Best online speech / public speaking course?

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Hi HN - Has anyone taken an online course to help them with public speaking, speech and voice skills that they&rsquo;d highly recommend? Thanks!

Rzor · Accepted Answer

I don't know about the course itself, but you probably would like to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY (How To Speak by Patrick Winston)Content: 00:16 - Introduction 03:11 - Rules of Engagement 04:15 - How to Start 05:38 - Four Sample Heuristics 10:17 - The Tools: Time and Place 13:24 - The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides 36:30 - Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How To Think 41:30 - Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous 53:06 - How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words 56:35 - Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples

westurner · Answer

"TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking" https://smile.amazon.com/TED-Talks-Official-Public-Speaking-...
TED Masterclass: https://masterclass.ted.com/
"Power Talk: Using Language to Build Authority and Influence" https://smile.amazon.com/Power-Talk-Language-Authority-Influ...
Re: Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling; listening to metaphors and asking clean questions may be a more effective way to facilitate change: https://westurner.github.io/hnlog/#comment-15471868

jameshush · Answer

Heroic Public Speaking (https://heroicpublicspeaking.com/) is the best one in the industry. I worked with them for 6 months to develop a 45 minute keynote. When I was leading an engineering team I used the skills here on a daily basis. Michael and Amy are an absolute joy to work with, can&rsquo;t recommend enough. I now do paid speaking engagements on delivering features quickly without breaking everything because of the training I received from this program.

sethammons · Answer

I realize you are asking for online courses, but this in-person course from Decker was given to a lot of people at our company several years ago (dozens and dozens; hundreds?). Every. Single. Person. said it was valuable. I didn't get the opportunity and am still a tad sore about it :)https://decker.com/blog/public-speaking/

sloaken · Answer

I am a big fan of toastmasters. They are a non profit club. Very encouraging. But if you can visit a few, as each club is different. I was lucking in finding a great place. Visited a few that were a bit overwhelming (over bearing / harsh).

rickitan · Answer

I loved every single one here:Great Talks Most People Have Never Heardhttps://jamesclear.com/great-speeches

eddof13 · Answer

I haven't taken this one but I want to:https://www.dalecarnegie.com/en/courses/4486also this one: https://yourtruevoice.org/claim-your-voice/ but it's not live like the dale carnegie

Best online speech / public speaking course?

Hi HN - Has anyone taken an online course to help them with public speaking, speech and voice skills that they’d highly recommend? Thanks!

I am a big fan of toastmasters. They are a non profit club. Very encouraging. But if you can visit a few, as each club is different. I was lucking in finding a great place. Visited a few that were a bit overwhelming (over bearing / harsh).

I loved every single one here:
Great Talks Most People Have Never Heard
https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches

I haven't taken this one but I want to:
https://www.dalecarnegie.com/en/courses/4486
also this one: https://yourtruevoice.org/claim-your-voice/ but it's not live like the dale carnegie