Improve Your Public Speaking Skills with Clarity, Cadence & Confidence
In this multi-day course, your learners will understand the skills that are necessary for every great public speaker to have, and they will practice their newfound skills in a supportive and encouraging environment.
Pamela (she/her)
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(90)
What's included
8 live meetings
4 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. - Learners will need to work on their speeches in between classes, keeping in mind the skills that they have learned in each class and implementing them. - There will be 7 classes where they are being taught these skills, and feedback will be given asynchronously via the classroom or messages with their teacher as they draft their speeches of approximately 1 minute each in between live classes. - Learners will present their 1-minute speeches to the class in the 8th live class of this course.Assessment
- Learners will present their 1-minute speeches to the class in the 8th live class of this course (see "homework" for details) for peer review.Class Experience
This short course in public speaking will quickly give you the basics of public speaking in 7 focused lessons. If you would like to meet me first, before committing to a class, please visit my "Office Hours" class for USD$1: 12 and under: https://outschool.com/classes/office-hours-for-current-future-learners-enrolled-in-classes-with-pamela-7-12y-n4RWvPd2#ustAYO53Uy 13 to 18: https://outschool.com/classes/office-hours-for-current-future-learners-enrolled-in-classes-with-pamela-teen-pQU4TJrD#ustAYO53Uy I have made the class size the maximum allowed - 18 - so that learners can practice their public speaking skills in front of as many friends as possible. Public speaking is an essential skill for success, and one that creates a great deal of apprehension for many people. Practice the material learned in this course to gain confidence in your public speaking abilities. Even if you do not plan on giving any speeches in public as such, the same skills learned here can be applied to situations such as job interviews, and the age group that is recommended for this class is at the stage in their lives where they are likely to be going for their first ever job interviews in the foreseeable future. Get the edge on your competition for the position by improving your public speaking skills so as to communicate the best version of you that you can! Day 1: Why develop public speaking skills? Day2: Define your message; Day 3: Plan your message structure; Day 4: Engage your audience with stories; Day 5: Say it with style! Day 6: Easy Powerpoint (or Google Slides) Principles; Day 7: Deliver with confidence; Day 8: Present your 1-minute speech to your peers, and likewise review your peers.
Learning Goals
In this multi-day course, students will learn the skills that are necessary for every great public speaker to have, and then they will practice their newfound skills in a supportive and encouraging environment.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
- I will screen share Google Slides during our lives classes.
- I will post applicable YouTube videos in our classroom in between live classes.
- Learners do not need to access the internet outside of Outschool for our classes.
Supply List
Handouts: - Speech Evaluation Form (for peer evaluation)
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined June, 2022
4.8
90reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a native English speaker, and I have degrees, post-graduate, and professional qualifications in the following:
- Law - Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Admission as a Lawyer;
- TESOL - I have completed 8 out of 8 units towards the 150-hour qualification. When I receive my official professional certificate from Arizona State University I will update this here, it is expected to take up to 8 weeks to arrive;
- Criminology;
- I.T. Security;
- Applied Linguistics;
- Investigative Services;
- Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism;
- Nursing Science.
I have also completed the following short courses which are relevant to the classes I teach here:
- How Forensic Science should speak to the Court;
- Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases (USA);
- An Introduction to American Law (USA);
- English Common Law: Structure and Principles (UK);
- Economic Growth and Distributive Justice;
- Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries;
- Sustainable Agricultural Land Management;
- Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato;
- Technology and Ethics;
- ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students;
- The Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People;
- Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing;
- A Brief History of Humankind;
- Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology;
- Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights;
- Epidemics, Pandemics and Outbreaks (I took this course well before COVID-19);
- COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents.
I have also been a guest correspondent for the Asia-Pacific region on two different radio programs via KDVS, the radio station at the University of California - Davis campus. I have reported and discussed science and politics over the UC Davis airwaves, and these live radio programs are also available as podcasts. I have also co-hosted a journalism podcast for several years.
As a lawyer, the deciding factor of a case presented to the Court may not be the evidence, or at least, not just the evidence; it may be how well you speak, and how confident you appear.
This course will teach you how to become a better public speaker if you practice the skills that you learn here in your daily life.Reviews
Live Group Class
$90
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
3-18 learners per class
