Этот курс входит в специализацию ''Специализация Dynamic Public Speaking'
Speaking to inform: Discussing complex ideas with clear explanations and dynamic slides
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In the professional realm, most speeches and presentations we give are informative in scope. A scientist needs to explain her recent research findings. A financial officer needs to report on quarterly earnings to his company’s board. A technology professional needs to educate a consumer about a new product. Any time you need to convey ideas or demonstrate a process, you’re dealing with informative speaking.
Informative speaking is a fun puzzle. You need to think from the perspective of your audience to identify what they need to hear in order to understand the key ideas. How much does the audience already know? What are the most important elements to convey? How should one convey these ideas with appropriate breadth and depth given the time constraints of the speech? This demands a strategic approach to speech design that we’ll undertake in this class.
By the end of the course, you should be able to explain complex ideas vividly and accessibly, design clear and compelling presentation slides, convey your passion for a topic while maintaining your professional credibility, and speak dynamically from notes and/or a manuscript. Learners will record speeches, providing and receiving peer feedback.
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CommunicationPresentationSpeechPublic Speaking
Программа курса: что вы изучите
Week
1Week 1: Targeting your presentation
Welcome. This is a big week. Here’s what we’ll be doing. We’ll start with an overview of the course. This course is about developing interesting and informative speeches. The way we’ll work on these skills is through the informative speech assignment. Next, we’ll focus on the key challenge in informative speaking. remaining audience-oriented. This requires us to assess what the audience knows and how our speech can be of the most value. We need to design our goals for the speech. Too often, speakers simply just dump their information on the audience. We need to be precise about what we want our speech to accomplish to protect against being boring. After we think about audience and our goals, we can start planning out our speech. A good outline is the foundation for a good talk. We want to adhere to the principles of simplicity, balance, and order. In this module, we'll work through a case study of a TED talk. Once we have a sense for informative speaking, you’ll perform a short introductory speech. It’s a fun and easy speech that allows you to get to know some of your classmates.
15 видео (всего 82 мин.), 5 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 4 тестов
15 видео
What's this course about?6мин
Informative speech assignment5мин
Your speech should be audience-oriented5мин
What do I know about my audience?6мин
What does my audience know about the topic?7мин
Identifying goals. What do you want the speech to achieve?7мин
Planning goals. Be concrete to be successful.4мин
Revising goals. Be realistic given the time and audience.6мин
Start with an outline that clarifies key themes.5мин
Simplicity. Focus on a few key ideas7мин
Order. Make the speech easy to follow along with.5мин
Balance. Are you spending time in the right sections?3мин
Sample introductory speech2мин
Recording good speech videos (optional)4мин
5 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Week one overview2мин
Informative speech assignment description (Optional reading)10мин
Case study. Juliana Rotich at TED20мин
Week one lesson summaries10мин
Week one assignment check-in10мин
3 практического упражнения
Valuable talks4мин
Speech goals5мин
Week 1 quiz10мин
Week
2Week 2: Designing informative speeches
Last week, we worked on developing the basic outline for of our speech. This week, we’ll take that structure and build a speech around it. We'll begin with discussing ideas clearly. This is the big challenge in informative speaking. With the body of the speech taken care of, we can now turn our attention to writing a full draft. This means thinking about the iterative process of good speech preparation. We also look at how to open and close the speech. Each speech will be arranged differently, but there are some broad genres. We'll talk about the various goals and arrangement models that might work for different types of informative speaking. Having discussed invention and arrangement, we'll watch and evaluate a sample speech. You’ll watch a speech, write up some feedback, and read how others analyzed the speech.
12 видео (всего 70 мин.), 8 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тестов
12 видео
Support overview5мин
Include clear examples and illustrations5мин
Summarize complex information7мин
Give the audience time to process what you're saying5мин
Refining your speech5мин
Good introductions set you up for an interesting and clear speech6мин
Good conclusions allow you reinforce and end on a strong note.5мин
Briefings and updates4мин
Product and design presentations4мин
Explaining research to a general audience7мин
Teaching talks6мин
Conference talks6мин
8 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Week two overview2мин
Case study. Explaining bee death15мин
Case study: Hans Rosling's magic washing machine10мин
A note on these models2мин
Speech analysis #1 overview10мин
Matt's feedback (Optional)10мин
Week two lesson summaries10мин
Week two assignment check5мин
2 практического упражнения
Introductions and conclusions4мин
Week 2 quiz10мин
Week
3Week 3: Clarity through support and slides
This week is all about slides! They can make or break a speech. We’ll talk about how to design slides so that they support you as a speaker (not replace you). By the end of the week, you should have skills and experience explaining ideas richly and designing and using clear presentation slides.
12 видео (всего 65 мин.), 3 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тест
12 видео
Slides aren't simply your notes5мин
Keep slides simple5мин
Use slides to clarify the speech's arrangement4мин
Using text in slides5мин
Using images in slides3мин
Using video in slides4мин
Presenting with slides5мин
Case study. Slides and text8мин
Michael Alley, Penn State: What's wrong with slides?4мин
Michael Alley, Penn State: How to make slides better5мин
Sara Battersby from Tableau Software6мин
3 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Week three overview2мин
Week three lesson summaries10мин
Week three assignment check-in5мин
1 практическое упражнение
Week 3 quiz10мин
Week
4Week 4: Delivering informative speeches
Now for some delivery work. We start with the concept of ethos. It is that performance of credibility that all great informative speakers have. We'll dive deep into how you can refine your ethos as a speaker. We’ll finish this course by focusing on the unique delivery demands of informative speaking: using notes, mics, and podiums effectively. Interacting with the audience well. By the end of the week, you’ll have some strategies for speaking more smoothly and with greater credibility. Having discussed invention and arrangement, we'll watch and evaluate a sample speech. You’ll watch a speech, write up some feedback, and read how others analyzed the speech.
11 видео (всего 70 мин.), 5 материалов для самостоятельного изучения, 3 тестов
11 видео
Arete: Performing your passion6мин
Phronesis. Showing your knowledge5мин
Eunoia. Displaying your goodwill4мин
Presidential ethos analysis9мин
Using podiums5мин
Using microphones6мин
Using notes7мин
Where and how to interact with your audience6мин
Audience getting sleepy? Try a delivery change up4мин
Sample informative speech8мин
5 материала для самостоятельного изучения
Week four overview2мин
Speech analysis #22мин
Matt's feedback (Optional)10мин
Week four lesson summaries10мин
Week four assignment check-in2мин
2 практического упражнения
Interacting with your materials4мин
Week 4 quiz10мин
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автор: JJ•Nov 14th 2017
Excellent lecture structure. The logical progression of the lessons made it easier to understand and grasp the key concepts of the course. I would recommend this course to everyone.
автор: VT•Jun 12th 2018
I like this course so much. I like the way Dr. Matt McGarrity encourage and teach everybody to overcome the fear of public speech.
Преподаватель
Dr. Matt McGarrity
Principal LecturerUW Department of Communication
О University of Washington
Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research universities in the world.
О специализации ''Dynamic Public Speaking'
Good speaking is your most enduring job skill. This four-course specialization will provide you with the instruction, experience, and practice to develop and deliver compelling presentations. Drawing from the established knowledge in communication, rhetoric, linguistics, and argumentation, each course balances proven ideas with lots of speech practice.
The courses in this specializations should help speakers at all levels. If you are nervous about public speaking, this is for you! I have spent an entire career helping nervous novice speakers grow into confident communicators. We slowly work up specific skills that you can practice multiple times before putting together a longer speech.
Часто задаваемые вопросы
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Once you enroll for a Certificate, you’ll have access to all videos, quizzes, and programming assignments (if applicable). Peer review assignments can only be submitted and reviewed once your session has begun. If you choose to explore the course without purchasing, you may not be able to access certain assignments.
What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
What is the refund policy?
Is financial aid available?
What do I need for this course?
This class has peer review speech assignments. You need to have a digital video camera or smart phone so you can record your speeches for upload and review.
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