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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Speaking to persuade: Motivating audiences with solid arguments and moving language by University of Washington

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About the Course

In the professional realm, we need to be able to argue without being argumentative. Whether you are fundraising for a nonprofit, pitching a business proposal, or suggesting a change to company policy, you are making arguments. In making the case for your topic, you often want to raise awareness, identify a pressing problem, discuss appropriate solutions, and outline specific steps for the audience. To be persuasive, you must be clear (the audience may have little to no existing knowledge), you must be convincing (you are trying to sway the audience that your argument is valid), and you must be compelling (you are trying to motivate the audience enough so that they want to take specific actions). Persuasive speaking thus requires clarity, strategy, topic mastery, plus a sense of style and presence. By the end of this course, you should be able to design persuasive speeches that address problems and solutions and that motivate audience members. You should be able to use rhetorical style strategically and deliver passionate and compelling speeches. Learners will record speeches, providing and receiving peer feedback....

Top reviews

RS

Jun 2, 2020

Great course! I highly recommend this if you're looking into improving your communication skills, especially communicating ideas.

PS

May 9, 2020

I liked it and I can say for sure it clears the doubts of a speaker and gives a clear understanding of how one can write effective speeches.Regards

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By Nathan W

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Sep 28, 2018

Completed

By Omar A

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Oct 31, 2020

very goo

By Tanmay M

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Dec 23, 2019

Awesome

By Veervikaram B G ( R - R G

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Jan 2, 2021

THANKS

By Elías S M

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Jan 16, 2021

Good!

By Santiago P M

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Sep 22, 2020

Great

By Abdul H

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Aug 13, 2018

Great

By PREM K S

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Feb 6, 2025

good

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Jan 23, 2025

good

By Verónica R M H

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Nov 4, 2020

good

By Mona A A

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Aug 16, 2020

good

By SPEAR Y W X

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Jun 19, 2020

Good

By Rashed A A

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Jun 14, 2021

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By Rolandas R

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May 31, 2017

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By Suresh K S ( O - M S

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Dec 29, 2020

The course helped me to understand various pursuance technique how to arrange and style the speech. This will help me a lot in my

By Linda E

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Aug 13, 2019

Really rigorous. Learned alot. Final assignments were a bit redundant.

By Akella K M

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Nov 5, 2021

Good course content, quite the find.

By Imadeldin E T ( - A E T

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Nov 28, 2020

Very good training course

By Sreeenath K

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Jul 8, 2023

Nicely structured course

By Palani T A

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Jan 22, 2020

Very useful.

By Marcelo B Y

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Nov 9, 2017

Good corse, great practice with the vídeos. The interaction in the forums and groups is quite low, I thiink because s

By Ayesha A A S A

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Nov 11, 2021

course still showing in progress to me , why ??

By Astrid P D

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Aug 6, 2017

I prefer to stop the course because I can't longer watch more video with this professor. I am totally sorry but the way he speaks without pause, silence is very disturbing for me.

I prefer to give up and focus on other MOOC with the same topic but a more accessible presentation.