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Successful Presentation
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 21 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة University of Colorado Boulder
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Few kinds of communication can have the effect of a powerful presentation. Even a short speech can motivate people to change long-held beliefs or to take action, and a wonderfully delivered speech can transform a normal person into a leader. In this course, Prof. William Kuskin provides a series of pragmatic videos and exercises for successful public speaking and presentations. The course develops through four themes—mastering fear, developing a creative formula, using verbal and body language, and anticipating the room—so that you can discover your personal power as a speaker and give excellent presentations. Successful presentations do not rely on perfect teeth, a deep voice, or an army of scriptwriters. They depend largely on the same skills as successful Business Writing and Graphic Design: clarity, structure, and revision. The goal of the course, therefore, is to enable you to discover your own internal power as a speaker and express it to the world. After this course, with some practice, you will be able to go into any situation and command the room for as long as you like. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics. Learn more about the MS-DS program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder.

الوحدات

The Terms and Conditions of Public Speaking

    • 7 Videos
    • 6 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Getting to know each other

7 Videos

  • Welcome to Effective Communication (For New Learners)
  • What’s so Great About the Capstone? (For New Learners)
  • Welcome to Successful Presentation
  • Understanding Fear
  • The Code Rule: Survival Reactions
  • The Paradox of Public Speaking
  • We've All Felt Fear

6 Readings

  • Earn Academic Credit for your Work!
  • Course Support
  • About the For-Credit Version of this course
  • About Successful Presentation
  • Kuskin's Top Ten Best Practices
  • Keith Code's Twist of the Wrist

Rethinking Public Speaking

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Rethinking Public Speaking

1 Discussions

  • Storytelling and fear

3 Videos

  • Successful Presentation is Storytelling
  • Stories and Storytellers
  • Performance

1 Readings

  • Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 1: Telling a Two-Minute Story

The Formula

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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3 Videos

  • The Basic Formula
  • The Secret Ingredient: Creativity
  • What Is Creativity?

2 Readings

  • The Formula
  • Raymond Chandler, Trouble Is My Business

The Introduction

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • The Introduction

5 Videos

  • The Central Importance of the Introduction
  • The Introduction: The Salutation
  • The Introduction: The Review of the Structure
  • The Introduction: The One Compelling Point
  • Kuskin Receives His Assignment for Coursera Presentation

1 Readings

  • Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 2: Crafting an Introduction

Content

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • Intro: The Modular Content Unit
  • Pushing Each Unit (Thinking in Circles)
  • Building Transitions
  • How Do You Push Yourself?

Conclusion

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • The Conclusion

2 Videos

  • The Conclusion
  • The Entire Talk Is a Circle

1 Readings

  • Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 3: Building Modules

Evolving Your Presentation

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Evolving Your Presentation

5 Videos

  • Dynamic vs. Static (Getting into Your Brand)
  • You Are Your Own Harshest Critic
  • The Reverse Outline
  • Rehearsing the Introduction
  • Passion in a Bottle

Verbal Language

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Verbal Language

1 Discussions

  • Reading (and Speaking) Shakespeare

2 Videos

  • Hearing Your Language
  • Marking Your Script

1 Readings

  • Shakespeare Reading

Body Language

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Body Language

3 Videos

  • Recognizing Your Body
  • Using Your Body
  • The Importance of Stance

Anticipating the Room

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Anticipating the Field of Play
  • A Chaucerian Interlude
  • Attending to Your Audience
  • Slides vs Handouts

1 Readings

  • Chaucer Manuscript

Dealing with Questions

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Hard and Soft Scenarios

3 Videos

  • What Is a Question?
  • Being Soft
  • Avery's Demo Presentation: "Frankenstein and Science"

Building a Portfolio of the Self

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Building a Portfolio of the Self

3 Videos

  • Building a Public Portfolio from the Private Self
  • The Paradox of the Public Self
  • Effective Communication

Honors Lesson

    • 1 Quiz
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 4: The Presentation

1 Quiz

  • Rubric Training Quiz

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Discover the art of impactful public speaking with "Successful Presentation," led by Prof. William Kuskin. This Business & Management course focuses on mastering fear, developing creative formulas, and effective verbal and body language techniques. Ideal for beginners, it offers 1260 minutes of content through engaging videos and exercises. Available on Coursera, it also counts towards CU Boulder’s MS-DS degree. Perfect for those looking to enhance their presentation skills and command any room.

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Professor William Kuskin