The Public Speaking Course Content is designed to help the instructor teach all of the objectives of the course and can be used as a whole or in pieces or modules.
ABOUT THIS CONTENT: This content was created as part of an Ohio Department of Higher Education Innovation Grant to create Open Educational Resources for high enrollment courses. A team of faculty content collaborators, a librarian, and a faculty review team worked together to curate this content and assure that it meets the Transfer Assurance Guidelines for this course. This work was completed and the course was posted in September 2019.
Sometimes the hardest part of public speaking is figuring out what to talk about. This video discusses the criteria that make a solid speech topic and provides some basic tips on generating ideas for speech topics.
Methods for identifying a purpose and topic for your presentation.
A brief tutorial on vocal delivery for public speaking. Topics include nonverbal communication, vocal variety, pronunciation, and articulation.
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This video explains the basics to giving an informative speech.
This is a short video overview on Figurative Language.