Finding Your Voice- Public Speaking Mastery Course
Become a masterful and persuasive public speaker in this course designed and delivered by comedian, professional emcee and TV personality Adrian Alaberg. Learn the one skill AI can't replace
Welcome
Why should we learn to speak?
The threat of artificial intelligence
Course overview
Why do we feel nervous?
Nerves in our body
Nerves in our mind
Controlling your focus
How to utilize your body language
5 more keys for building unshakeable confidence
Knowing Your Audience
Audience Delivery Activity
Defining Your Target Audience
Structuring your Speech for Maximum Impact
Becoming a Powerful Story-teller
Story Recall Quiz
Powerful storytelling continued
Humour: Elements of Comedy
Jokewriting masterclass
How to write your notes
Notewriting: Word-for-Word
Notewriting: Dot Point
Delivering your notes
Controlling your speed
Slow down: here's why
How to control speed
Final notes on speed
Voice tone
Lets use your voice
Breathing and Projection
Speaking with your body
Activity: Emotion with the body
Projecting confidence with body language
Game: Confident or Not?
Final notes on body language
The power of eye contact
Activity: Eye contact with your virtual audience
Why eyes are crucial
Understanding your audience
Interview with comedian Matt Storer: How to direct the audience
Control your audience, control your speech
Activity: Reading and reacting to your virtual audience
Studying history's greatest speakers
Analysis: Barrack Obama's 2008 victory speech
Analysis: Martin Luther King's "I have a dream"
Prepare your final speech
Talk Task 7