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Speaking to inform: Discussing complex ideas with clear explanations and dynamic slides
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 14 hours
  • Course by University of Washington
  • Offered by

About

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.

Modules

Week one overview--Start here

    • 2 Readings
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2 Readings

  • Week one overview
  • Get help and meet other learners. Join your Community!

Welcome and orientation

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Welcome to speaking to inform
  • What's this course about?
  • Informative speech assignment

1 Readings

  • Informative speech assignment description (Optional reading)

Audience orientation: Giving the audience something they need

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Valuable talks

3 Videos

  • Your speech should be audience-oriented
  • What do I know about my audience?
  • What does my audience know about the topic?

Strategically plan your speech goals

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Speech goals

3 Videos

  • Identifying goals. What do you want the speech to achieve?
  • Planning goals. Be concrete to be successful.
  • Revising goals. Be realistic given the time and audience.

Moving from plan to outline. Wrestling the content into shape.

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Start with an outline that clarifies key themes.
  • Simplicity. Focus on a few key ideas
  • Order. Make the speech easy to follow along with.
  • Balance. Are you spending time in the right sections?

1 Readings

  • Case study. Juliana Rotich at TED

Week 1 quiz and assignment check-in

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 1 quiz

2 Readings

  • Week one lesson summaries
  • Week one assignment check-in

Introductory speech

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Introductory speech

2 Videos

  • Sample introductory speech
  • Recording good speech videos (optional)

Week two overview

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Week two overview

Discussing your ideas clearly

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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4 Videos

  • Support overview
  • Include clear examples and illustrations
  • Summarize complex information
  • Give the audience time to process what you're saying

1 Readings

  • Case study. Explaining bee death

Refining your speech and adding the introduction and conclusion

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Introductions and conclusions

3 Videos

  • Refining your speech
  • Good introductions set you up for an interesting and clear speech
  • Good conclusions allow you reinforce and end on a strong note.

1 Readings

  • Case study: Hans Rosling's magic washing machine

Sample arrangement models

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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5 Videos

  • Briefings and updates
  • Product and design presentations
  • Explaining research to a general audience
  • Teaching talks
  • Conference talks

1 Readings

  • A note on these models

Speech analysis #1

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Speech analysis #1

2 Readings

  • Speech analysis #1 overview
  • Matt's feedback (Optional)

Review and quiz

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 2 quiz

2 Readings

  • Week two lesson summaries
  • Week two assignment check

Overview of week 3

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Week three overview

Building slides into your talk

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • What's the purpose of your slides?
  • Slides aren't simply your notes
  • Keep slides simple
  • Use slides to clarify the speech's arrangement

Designing and presenting effective slides

    • 5 Videos
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5 Videos

  • Using text in slides
  • Using images in slides
  • Using video in slides
  • Presenting with slides
  • Case study. Slides and text

Interviews with the experts

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Michael Alley, Penn State: What's wrong with slides?
  • Michael Alley, Penn State: How to make slides better
  • Sara Battersby from Tableau Software

Review and quiz

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 3 quiz

2 Readings

  • Week three lesson summaries
  • Week three assignment check-in

Overview of week 4

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Week four overview

Ethos. Speaking credibly

    • 5 Videos
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5 Videos

  • Ethos. Demonstrating your credibility
  • Arete: Performing your passion
  • Phronesis. Showing your knowledge
  • Eunoia. Displaying your goodwill
  • Presidential ethos analysis

Small things that make a big difference

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Interacting with your materials

3 Videos

  • Using podiums
  • Using microphones
  • Using notes

Interact with your audience to keep things lively

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Where and how to interact with your audience
  • Audience getting sleepy? Try a delivery change up

Speech analysis #2

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Speech analysis #2

1 Videos

  • Sample informative speech

2 Readings

  • Speech analysis #2
  • Matt's feedback (Optional)

Review and quiz

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 4 quiz

2 Readings

  • Week four lesson summaries
  • Week four assignment check-in

Final review

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Course review
  • Other recommended courses

Informative speech--video option

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Informative speech

1 Videos

  • Sample informative speech

Informative speech--written option

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Informative manuscript

1 Readings

  • Sample informative manuscript
Dr. Matt McGarrity
Instructor

Dr. Matt McGarrity