Public Speaking Training: Create Compelling Speeches &

Presentations
Course 903

Duration: 3 days
Language: English
Level: Intermediate
17 PMI PDUs
In this Public Speaking & Presentation Skills training course, you learn how to strengthen your public speaking and presentation skills, build your
confidence, and establish rapport with the audience — all while practicing and delivering presentations in a safe environment with personalized
feedback.

Public Speaking Training Delivery Methods

In-Person
Online

Public Speaking Training Benefits

Speak publicly in a convincing, confident, and concise style

Deliver dynamic and effective presentations
Create reference materials that support a compelling speech
Build audience rapport through eye contact, vocal delivery, and body languageSharpen your public speaking skills by integrating feedback
Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

Public Speaking Training Outline

Module 1: Creating Compelling Speeches

In this module, you will learn how to:

Determine your baseline public speaking skills
Tame fears and increase confidence through practice and preparation
Integrate audience feedback to fine-tune your delivery
You will also learn how to use the five-step method for speech delivery
Hooking the audience
Identifying the critical need
Presenting the key ideas concisely
Explaining the payoff
Calling for action

Module 2: Building an Effective Presentation

In this module, you will learn how to:

Create a storyboard for your presentation
Assess and address the needs of your audience
Convert your ideas into clear, structured content
Apply learning theory for optimal information transfer when shaping your presentation
Employ the 7 +/- 2 short-term memory principle to maintain your audience’s attention
 Design effective presentation slides by simplifying complex data with visuals and graphics

Module 3: Engaging Your Audience

In this module, you will learn how to:

Direct the audience's natural eye movement
Move dynamically within the presentation space
Engage the entire audience with effective eye contact
Synchronize your gestures to the verbal message
Animate your speech with vocal variety, pitch modulation, pauses, and silence
Deliver memorable openings and closings

Module 4: Adding Interactivity to Your Presentations

In this module, you will learn how to:

Engage your audience by stimulating participation with preplanned, topical, rhetorical, group, and targeted questions
Handle questions from the audience with the reward, restate, and respond approach
Keep your answers short and simple
Get back on track after an unplanned interruption
Manage the post-presentation Q&A session

Module 5: Rehearsing and Delivering Your Speech

In this module, you will learn how to:

Build confidence with practice
Incorporate audience feedback to improve your presentation
Stay within your time limit
Open your presentation dynamically to create a winning first impression