Course Description
Introduction to Public Speaking
Become the speaker you’ve always wanted to be with this free online diploma course on public speaking. This free online course will equip you with all the skills you need to be an effective speaker. Upon completion of this course, you will know how to get your message across effectively. You will also learn how to identify key audience characteristics to help you observe when you’re being listened to or merely being heard. If you’d like to become a trusted, valued public speaker, look no further than this opportunity. Sign up today!
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| Training Provider | Alison |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 4-5 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Categorize public speeches based on the intended purpose • Describe the four dimensions within which one should consider the context of a public speech • Describe the ethics pyramid and explain the three basic concepts of the pyramid • Describe how one can apply the principles in the NCA Credo to public speaking • Outline some of the symptoms of communication apprehension • Outline the flow of anxiety levels through its four stages • Describe some unexpected difficulties that you may experience during a speech • Distinguish between hearing and listening • Outline the four different types of noise and describe how they can affect listening • Explain some of the things to do that could represent ethical listening • Explain why it is vital to conduct an audience analysis • Describe the ways you can apply an audience analysis in a real-life scenario |
| Course Code | 3770 |
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