Few kinds of communication can have the effect of a powerful presentation. Even a short speech can motivate people to change long-held beliefs or to take action, and a wonderfully delivered speech can transform a normal person into a leader. In this course, Prof. William Kuskin provides a series of pragmatic videos and exercises for successful public speaking and presentations. The course develops through four themes—mastering fear, developing a creative formula, using verbal and body language, and anticipating the room—so that you can discover your personal power as a speaker and give excellent presentations. Successful presentations do not rely on perfect teeth, a deep voice, or an army of scriptwriters. They depend largely on the same skills as successful Business Writing and Graphic Design: clarity, structure, and revision. The goal of the course, therefore, is to enable you to discover your own internal power as a speaker and express it to the world. After this course, with some practice, you will be able to go into any situation and command the room for as long as you like. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics. Learn more about the MS-DS program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder.
MK
Outstanding! Professor William Kuskin's Successful Presentation course provides learners with The Formula, a valuable asset to anyone needing to engage audiences, large or small.
PA
An excellent course to improve presentation skills. The content taught are very simple yet effective. I feel more confident in my presentation skills now. Thank you so much!
AN
William Kuskin has delivered a truly inspiring and empowering MOOC - legendary!His shared wisdom on presentation skills will help me for the rest of my days - thank you William!Onwards!
AS
Great course will a model that one can use for different presentation scenarios... though some of the content could have been pruned to make it more to the point. Very nice knowledgeable professor.
AM
I love everything that was shared in this course. I believed it will surely help me with my presentation skills. It has given me the motivation that I can do it. Thank you.
MR
Excellent course from Professor William Kuskin ! Everything is perfectly laid out in steps and all the teachings and suggestions he has given are definitely worth listening.
JM
very informative and i’ve learned a lot from this course. its not boring because our instructor, Mr William Kuskin explained every module clearly and I want to take this oppotunity to thank him.
VA
It is a very useful course. I completely caters all the required knowledge to deliver effective presentation. Thankyou william kuskin for your passionate teaching style.
AA
The quality of this course is so good. Contents are explained clearly by the speaker. Assignments and quizes check your knowledge about presentation topics. Overall , a great course.
PJ
Great Course! I have learned a lot of useful information that I can't wait to set forth and forward into the world. Thank you so much and I really appreciate all of your hard work and efforts!
LM
Really learned a lot about how to prepare for a presentation so that the talk flows easily just like any conversation that I would have with a friend or associate.
DI
I very like the way professor delivers the course material. After having passed the whole course, i have a feeling as if I have watched some high quality and very attractive film!
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William Kuskin has delivered a truly inspiring and empowering MOOC - legendary!
His shared wisdom on presentation skills will help me for the rest of my days - thank you William!
Onwards!
This review is written to discourage you to take this course. The classes do not teach presenting skills and the teacher is an awful presenter himself. There are lots more valuable courses capable of teaching you how to present.
The current course is not about presenting in a business setting. It is about anxiety, fear, and storytelling. It does not teach skills that will help pursue your audience. The lectures are focused on giving you pointers to cope with anxiety instead. Professional presentations are about more than the ability to fearlessly tell stories. Therefore, “Successful Presentation” falls short.
Additionally, the lecturer does not present well himself. He is exaggerating all aspects of public speaking. This makes him come across as being unauthentic. He overemphasizes every word he says, which makes him appear as if he is putting up an act. This distracted me from the content and made me question everything he stated.
Students need to complete this course to obtain the degree for the “Effective Communication” specialization. I will finish this course only for that reason. If you want to just increase your public speaking skills, I highly recommend forgoing this course. It will not teach you these skills and the presenter will annoy you. Coursera has some exquisite courses on similar topics. I would go for one focused on persuading audiences that is given by a public speaker you esteem.
very informative and i’ve learned a lot from this course. its not boring because our instructor, Mr William Kuskin explained every module clearly and I want to take this oppotunity to thank him.
Great Course! I have learned a lot of useful information that I can't wait to set forth and forward into the world. Thank you so much and I really appreciate all of your hard work and efforts!
Really this course is one of my favorite courses ever the way of professor Cuskin's presentation really mindblowing. It's a highly recommended course for all students or anyone with any background.
This course got me outside of my comfort zone in many aspects, and I will see public presentations with new eyes from now on ! The abstractions and philosophical topics gave me a lot to think, specially how a presentation is a reflection of our very private selves.
True mastery requires a lot of practice, and this course paved the way for improvements in a new set of skills. As the other courses in the specialization, I am sure I will revise the material every now and then.
Some improvements and suggestions: separate the optional and mandatory assessments, and mark the optional clearly. In some point I was a little bit worried I would not get enough peer reviews.
Onwards !
I truly needed this course. I will continue to view the videos and learn what i may have missed to utilize in my position. Thank you so much for the opportunity to take this course.
Very well presented course. Would recommend to everyone reading the reviews.
Onwards!
It was challenging for me and my few areas were badly exposed when I started recording. But the idea, subject matter and Prof Kuskin's formula really worked to pull up my level. I hope its a start from now "ONWARD". Thank you Prof Kuskin.
This course was interesting, and after attending Toastmasters International sessions during 10 years+, I did find a lot of good material, and learnt new techniques.
I regret what I felt was a one-sided approach to Public Speaking/Successful presentation. The one-point idea, the overall grid are excellent tools, but I'm not sure that they work for all types of speech... Inspire, Inform, Convince, Entertain, for example... There was no mention of motivation for the speech, why do we do a particular presentation. If we use the one-point method, it becomes obvious, but I think the motivation should come first.
Also no mention was made of the importance of the presentation length, but I may have missed it!?...
Yet with these reservations, I'm very glad to have taken this class.
In my job I have to deliver a presentation every week. Although I felt I was good at delivering presentations, I needed to learn the basics of a good presentation. This course, goes beyond the basics and teaches you a holistic approach to successful presentation. It achieves that by focusing on the 3 components of a presentation. Yourself, the presentation and the audience. I strongly suggest this course to anyone who needs to present regularly. Even if you believe you are good, this course will take you to the next level.
It is a wonderful course. Although I am not doing any presentation, I took this course to learn how to do a presentation and I discover a lot of new things than what I know and what I see when a person does a presentation all this time. It is really an eye-opening course and thank you to William Kuskin for a wonderful explanation of each video/topic. It was really inspiring and boosting. I will definitely do a presentation soon.
with due Respect ,
I would like to thank professor William Kuskin, and Dr. MacAndrew, and Mr. David Underwood as a team
this course was very effective and efficient for me, you have done a great Service to the knowledge and humanity. May God bless you all.
Jawid Akram Nazari
Excellent insights into the structure, preparation, and delivery of successful presentations and developing your own style.
La formation « Une présentation réussie » est claire, pratique et très bien structurée. Les modules sur le schéma inversé, le marquage du script et l’usage du corps m’ont permis d’ancrer le contenu en mémoire et de gagner en spontanéité. Les conseils concrets sur l’intonation, le rythme et la posture sont immédiatement applicables. J’ai senti ma confiance grandir dès la première répétition. Je recommande vivement cette formation à quiconque souhaite améliorer son impact devant un public.
Thanks so much for giving me financial aid to get the certificate required for my English class. Most importantly, much obliged for giving me this opportunity to learn and practice what is very important for my future career. I am so grateful. May God grant a long live success for all Coursera teams and families who worked so hard to spread the knowledge and cultivate a better future generation.
It’s a very inspiring and dynamic course, I enjoyed listening and practicing the tips given throughout the presentation. Apart from feeling more academically prepared for my last university presentation, I also feel emotionally prepared since I’ve identified by name strengths and weaknesses and how to either use them to my advantage or how to handle in tough situations.
All the tips offered in this course are very useful to be successful in any area to fururo, now the important thing is to make use of all the recommended formulas to achieve it, it is always important to know everything we have been taught. I am infinitely grateful that the teachers share their knowledge with us in order to enrich us professionally and grow as people.
I loved this course, the instructor's passionate delivery really helped internalize the teachings and key aspects of the material. But even more than that, every time I was walking away from a module, I felt I was leaving yet another great motivational talk. Really made me feel energized and confident that I have what it takes to present without fear.
Very helpful in my job as a department head wherein presenting to an audience is a must. Presenting my ideas either to my direct reports or my boss is always a scary thing for me. This course will help build up my idea and how to present to them in orderly and effective manner.