Introduction to Public Speaking: Give a 5-Minute Talk Without Dying - Skillshare Course

Fear of public speaking - Glossophobia - affects 74% of Americans. Meanwhile, only 68% of Americans fear death and only 30,5% fear spiders. What if you had a method to: present your concept in 20 highly visual sides? Connect with your audience on a personal level using something you do every day? Identify and eliminate verbal and physical tics? Practice only 5 hours and give a keynote speech? Convey your idea with the simplicity of 20 tweets? Source 20 free images to use for your slides? Do you look, act, and sound like a professional, even if you're a speaking newbie? Becoming a confident public speaker is something YOU CAN DO, but there is a step-by-step recipe that makes it much easier than trying to do it alone. In this course, you'll learn how to do all of the above, plus you'll have help crafting your first 5-minute talk, including how to choose a topic, how to summarize, how to prepare, how to eliminate embarrassing pauses and tics, how to stay on topic, and How to design your slide deck to keep the focus on you and your message. By the end of this class, you will have a fully developed outline, a fully developed slide deck, and a good start to giving your first talk. Who is this guy and how does he know how to speak in public? I'm Nick Armstrong: the geek-in-chief behind WTF Marketing, dad, author, Ignite, PechaKucha, Startup Week and TEDx speaker, audio drama enthusiast and award-winning entrepreneur. Through WTF Marketing and partner organizations, I have served a wide range of happy clients ranging from mom-and-pop stores to Fortune 100's. I have co-hosted community events such as Fort Collins Comic Con, Startup Week Fort Collins, TEDxFoCo, Ignite Fort Collins, LaidOffCamp/CareerCamp, PodCamp Fort Collins, and more. My local efforts landed me a prestigious spot as one of BizWest's 40 Under Forty in 2016 and the Community Library Association Award from the Colorado Library Association in 2018. If you're launching something new, my classes can help a: Develop a profitable business plan in 2 hours or less Learn the basics of public relations and marketing Name your brand Get paid faster Build better customer relationships Negotiate better