Good with Words: Speaking and Presenting
Description
Suppose you were good with words. Suppose when you decided to speak, the message you delivered—and the way you delivered it—successfully connected with your intended audience. What would that mean for your career prospects? What would that mean for your comfort level in social situations? And perhaps most importantly, what would that mean for your satisfaction with the personal relationships you value the most? This specialization is designed to help you find out. Based on an award-winning course and workshop series at the University of Michigan that has been taken by students training to enter a wide range of fields—law, business, medicine, social work, public policy, design, engineering, and many more—it removes the guesswork from figuring out how to communicate clearly and compellingly.
All of us have ideas that are worth sharing. Why not learn to convey yours in a way that people will appreciate, enjoy, and remember?
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Language
English
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Duration
16 weeks
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Status
Available
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U-M Credit Eligible
No
Instructor
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Patrick Barry
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Michigan Law School
Courses (4)
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Learn moreSpeaking and Presenting: Poise
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4 weeks
Poise is not some elusive or innate characteristic. It’s a series of choices, all of which can help you better connect with your intended audience. This course will help you identify those choices and -
Learn moreSpeaking and Presenting: Pitches and Persuasion
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4 weeks
The hope good presenters project when pitching their ideas is not naïve hope. They’re not Pollyanna at the podium. Instead, the solutions they offer are supported by research, data, and expertise. Thi -
Learn moreSpeaking and Presenting: Conversation Starters
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4 weeks
This course will teach you how to build persuasive surprises into your presentations, the kind of surprises that will change how your audience sees a particular situation or proposal and then gets the -
Learn moreSpeaking and Presenting: Tact
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4 weeks
To be an effective speaker you don’t need to overwhelm people with your intellect. You don’t need to dazzle them from start to finish. You simply need to give them the sense that what they are receivi
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