PUBLIC SPEAKING

  • The roots of public speaking. Aristotle's "Rhetoric" and Cicero's Five Canons of Rhetoric. How do we apply them today?

    (PS-51, 70 min)

  • Fear of public speaking, social facilitation, and attention span. How can the fear of public speaking be overcome? How can we use biases, fallacies, and principles of influence in public speaking?

    (PS-52, 70 min)

  • The principles of communication: goal, sufficiency, volume, iteration, and feedback. How can we use them to design presentations? A theme: do we always need it to convince listeners?

    (PS-53, 70 min)

  • How can we generate and sequence ideas, outline the talk, and plan attention traps?

    (PS-54, 70 min)

  • Nonverbal communication: the actual and perceived. Charisma and presence: do they exist? How can we appear more convincing?

    (PS-55, 70 min)

  • The audience as a group: establishing rapport, segmenting, and engaging it. How can we create memorable experiences?

    (PS-56, 70 min)