The Art of Public Speaking and Effective Presentations

By John Papa
Tell a story, engage the audience, leave them inspired. This course provides a road-map for delivering effective presentations and motivating an audience.
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(456)
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Beginner
Updated
May 2, 2013
Duration
2h 27m
Table of contents
Public Speaking
What to Expect 1m Settings Goals 2m Stick to the Plan 3m
Finding and Crafting Your Message
Importance of Your Message 2m Make Your Message Resonate 2m How to Make them Remember 2m Crafting Your Message 4m 1 Thing 7m Creating a Title and Abstract 7m Elimination Technique 1m Practice the Message 3m
Tell Your Story
Story Telling 2m Why We Tell Stories 5m Retrace Your Steps 3m Your Story Arc 2m Creating Flashbacks 2m Getting and Keeping Attention 3m Involve the Audience 3m Find Common Ground 2m Made to Stick 2m
Organizing Your Flow and Your Visuals
Materializing Your Story 1m Organization Tips 4m Tools 3m Organizing 4m Text 3m Presenting Code 3m Animate Wisely 2m How Many Slides? 2m Images 4m Image Rights 1m Slide Flow 1m Short URLs 1m Putting it all Together 2m
Demos
Creating Demos 1m Choosing Your Demos 3m Number of Demos 1m Being 'Demo Ready' 4m Preparing Visual Studio 3m Cooking Demos Like a Pro 1m Code Snippets 1m Bookmarks 2m AutoHotKeys 3m Preparing Plan B 2m Rehearse 1m Sharing Your Code 1m
Preparing for A Series of Unfortunate Events
What Could Go Wrong? 1m Presentation Survival Kit 2m Overcoming Nerves 2m Speaking Fumbles 1m Common Sense 2m Windows Update 1m When Stuff Fails 4m
Emotional Intelligence and Communication
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) 1m Why EQ is Important 1m Controlling Stress 1m Your Impact on Your Audience 2m Be Aware and Act 1m
Effective Delivery
Game Time 1m Taking the Stage 2m Injecting Humor 1m Exhibit Confidence 1m The Power of Your Voice 2m Is Movement OK? 2m Handling Questions 1m Know Your Timings 2m Enjoy Yourself 2m
Epic Successes and Failures
Learn from Epic Success and Failures 5m
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Tell a story, engage the audience, leave them inspired. This course provides a road-map for delivering effective presentations and motivating an audience through forming your message, designing visuals and demos, preparing for the unexpected, and effective delivery strategies. By the end of this course, you will learn many techniques on how to become a more effective presenter.

About the author
John Papa
About the author

John Papa is a Principal Developer Advocate with Microsoft and an alumni of the Google Developer Expert, Microsoft Regional Director, and MVP programs.

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