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SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION

This course is part of Effective Communication: Writing, Design, and
Presentation Specialization

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Instructor: Professor William Kuskin

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

 * Execute a public performance of the private self.


SKILLS YOU'LL GAIN

 * Communication
 * Writing
 * Business Communication


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THERE ARE 4 MODULES IN THIS COURSE

Few kinds of communication can have the effect of a powerful presentation. Even
a short speech can motivate people to change long-held beliefs or to take
action, and a wonderfully delivered speech can transform a normal person into a
leader.

In this course, Prof. William Kuskin provides a series of pragmatic videos and
exercises for successful public speaking and presentations. The course develops
through four themes—mastering fear, developing a creative formula, using verbal
and body language, and anticipating the room—so that you can discover your
personal power as a speaker and give excellent presentations. Successful
presentations do not rely on perfect teeth, a deep voice, or an army of
scriptwriters. They depend largely on the same skills as successful Business
Writing and Graphic Design: clarity, structure, and revision. The goal of the
course, therefore, is to enable you to discover your own internal power as a
speaker and express it to the world. After this course, with some practice, you
will be able to go into any situation and command the room for as long as you
like. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s
Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera
platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty
from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science,
Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no
application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of
undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science,
information science, mathematics, and statistics. Learn more about the MS-DS
program at
https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder.

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GETTING STARTED WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING

Module 1•5 hours to complete
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In this module William tackles the one element that makes public speaking
difficult: fear. Unlike writing a memo or designing a slide deck, presenting a
speech puts you directly in front of an audience. Public speaking is wrapped up
in the fear of immediate judgment and of lasting rejection. Yet the skills of
writing and design are exactly the same as those of public speaking: clarity,
structure, revision, and above all, storytelling. By applying these skills you
can control your fear and take center stage in public. The results will astound
you.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

10 videos7 readings1 quiz2 discussion prompts

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10 VIDEOS•TOTAL 35 MINUTES

 * Welcome to Effective Communication (For New Learners)•3 minutes•Preview
   module
 * What’s so Great About the Capstone? (For New Learners)•3 minutes
 * Welcome to Successful Presentation•3 minutes
 * Understanding Fear•4 minutes
 * The Code Rule: Survival Reactions•4 minutes
 * The Paradox of Public Speaking•3 minutes
 * We've All Felt Fear•4 minutes
 * Successful Presentation is Storytelling•3 minutes
 * Stories and Storytellers•2 minutes
 * Performance•2 minutes

7 READINGS•TOTAL 140 MINUTES

 * Earn Academic Credit for your Work!•10 minutes
 * Course Support•10 minutes
 * About the For-Credit Version of this course •10 minutes
 * About Successful Presentation•15 minutes
 * Kuskin's Top Ten Best Practices•15 minutes
 * Keith Code's Twist of the Wrist•10 minutes
 * Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 1: Telling a Two-Minute Story•70
   minutes

1 QUIZ•TOTAL 25 MINUTES

 * Rethinking Public Speaking•25 minutes

2 DISCUSSION PROMPTS•TOTAL 105 MINUTES

 * Getting to know each other•15 minutes
 * Storytelling and fear•90 minutes


A FORMULA FOR SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION

Module 2•4 hours to complete
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Like the Second Module of Business Writing, this module zeroes in on a practical
formula for successful presentations. William establishes this structure, and
then breaks down it down into modular elements, so the most complex
presentations can be created easily, revised effectively, and delivered
confidently. Still, no one-size-fits-all outline, no rigid set of rules, is
capable of expressing your own personality and unlocking your own brilliance,
and so William goes beyond the basic formula to teach you the secret ingredient
to public speaking: creativity.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

14 videos4 readings2 quizzes

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14 VIDEOS•TOTAL 54 MINUTES

 * The Basic Formula•5 minutes•Preview module
 * The Secret Ingredient: Creativity•8 minutes
 * What Is Creativity?•5 minutes
 * The Central Importance of the Introduction•1 minute
 * The Introduction: The Salutation•4 minutes
 * The Introduction: The Review of the Structure•1 minute
 * The Introduction: The One Compelling Point•3 minutes
 * Kuskin Receives His Assignment for Coursera Presentation•1 minute
 * Intro: The Modular Content Unit•1 minute
 * Pushing Each Unit (Thinking in Circles)•3 minutes
 * Building Transitions•3 minutes
 * How Do You Push Yourself?•3 minutes
 * The Conclusion•4 minutes
 * The Entire Talk Is a Circle•6 minutes

4 READINGS•TOTAL 150 MINUTES

 * The Formula•15 minutes
 * Raymond Chandler, Trouble Is My Business•15 minutes
 * Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 2: Crafting an Introduction•60
   minutes
 * Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 3: Building Modules•60 minutes

2 QUIZZES•TOTAL 55 MINUTES

 * The Introduction•30 minutes
 * The Conclusion•25 minutes


PRACTICING YOUR SELF

Module 3•4 hours to complete
Module details

We’ve all sat through presentations that had solid content but just didn’t seem
to work. Sometimes it’s hard to define why a speaker fails to deliver. The key
is practice. Practice is tricky, however, because poor practice techniques
actually make a dull presentation even duller—further from the inspiring,
passionate experience you want to create for your audience. In Module Three,
William redefines the notion of practice as a dynamic process of verbal and
physical language, and then teaches you how focus your language to express your
personal style of passion. Module Three teaches you to put passion in a bottle
and release it when you want.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

10 videos1 reading3 quizzes1 discussion prompt

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10 VIDEOS•TOTAL 44 MINUTES

 * Dynamic vs. Static (Getting into Your Brand)•6 minutes•Preview module
 * You Are Your Own Harshest Critic•4 minutes
 * The Reverse Outline•5 minutes
 * Rehearsing the Introduction•3 minutes
 * Passion in a Bottle•3 minutes
 * Hearing Your Language•1 minute
 * Marking Your Script•7 minutes
 * Recognizing Your Body•2 minutes
 * Using Your Body•5 minutes
 * The Importance of Stance•4 minutes

1 READING•TOTAL 20 MINUTES

 * Shakespeare Reading•20 minutes

3 QUIZZES•TOTAL 80 MINUTES

 * Evolving Your Presentation•30 minutes
 * Verbal Language•30 minutes
 * Body Language•20 minutes

1 DISCUSSION PROMPT•TOTAL 150 MINUTES

 * Reading (and Speaking) Shakespeare•150 minutes


ENGAGING WITH THE WORLD

Module 4•6 hours to complete
Module details

You’ve put away your fear. You’ve used the formula to write a clear talk, and
you’ve tweaked it with the secret ingredient of creativity. You’ve rehearsed and
mastered your personal verbal and physical language. Still, a conference room or
a lecture hall is an unpredictable arena, one that contains an uncontrollable
amount of variables: the layout of the space, the mood of the audience, the
complexity of the questions—these are the elements of a presentation for which
you can never fully prepare. How do you actually get ready to walk out on stage?
The last module of “Successful Presentation” teaches you how to anticipate the
field of the play so you are flexible, agile, and confident. It lays out, in
simple terms, how to deal with interruptions and hostility alike, concluding the
course by looking ahead to how you develop your own identity not merely as a
public speaker, but as powerful individual.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

10 videos1 reading2 quizzes1 peer review1 discussion prompt

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10 VIDEOS•TOTAL 39 MINUTES

 * Anticipating the Field of Play•2 minutes•Preview module
 * A Chaucerian Interlude•4 minutes
 * Attending to Your Audience•4 minutes
 * Slides vs Handouts•4 minutes
 * What Is a Question?•3 minutes
 * Being Soft•3 minutes
 * Avery's Demo Presentation: "Frankenstein and Science"•7 minutes
 * Building a Public Portfolio from the Private Self•2 minutes
 * The Paradox of the Public Self•2 minutes
 * Effective Communication•3 minutes

1 READING•TOTAL 15 MINUTES

 * Chaucer Manuscript•15 minutes

2 QUIZZES•TOTAL 55 MINUTES

 * Building a Portfolio of the Self•25 minutes
 * Rubric Training Quiz•30 minutes

1 PEER REVIEW•TOTAL 240 MINUTES

 * Successful Presentation Assignment, Part 4: The Presentation•240 minutes

1 DISCUSSION PROMPT•TOTAL 45 MINUTES

 * Hard and Soft Scenarios•45 minutes


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Professor William Kuskin
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