General

• Announcements Forum
• Welcome to the Public Speaking Course Page

Goal Setting

• Goal setting Page
• Move your attention toward the audience Page

  Many speakers focus only on themselves, it's very important to move your attention toward the audience. Your goal is to satisfy their expectations, and this is possible only through a detailed study of their characteristics. 

• The goal has to be specific Page

  There are rules to follow to a correct goal setting procedure. 

Improve your voice

Improve your gestures

• Improve your gestures Page

  Non verbal communication is one of the most important aspect of our communication. A very famous study by Mehrabian tried to estimate the social impact of non verbal communication, finding that the social effect we produce is based on non verbal communication for the 93%.

  This means that when we talk in front of an audience, we should take care not only of the communication content, but also to how you use your body when you talk. In this paragraph, we will see how to manage correctly your body language in order to create a good impression while talking. 

• How to use gestures in a public speaking situation Page

  There is a big debate in science about what is most appropriate to do in a public situation. Gestures can strenghten the efficacy of your speech in some cases, but creating obstacles in other cases. In this lecture you will learn how to use effectively gestures. 

• What are the gestures to avoid? Page

  There are some gestures or other non verbal communication aspects is better to avoid in order to improve the first impression you do in a public situation. Let's see them in this lecture. 

• How to train your gestures Page

  The use correct and effective gestures is only a matter of training. The more you train yourself in using correct gestures, the better will be the performance in front of real audiences. In this lecture you will see how to do this. 

Modelling

• Modelling is the road for excellence Page

  Modelling is one of the best strategy we have to learn behavior. This lecture introduce you in what modelling is and how you can use it for public speaking purposes. 

• Excellent speakers Page

  In this lecture, you can learn how to be an excellent speaker through modelling. Observational exercises are presented.