Public Speaking
Enhance your team's public speaking and presentation skills with this four-hour Training Pathway from University of Phoenix Professional Development. Explore techniques to help build confidence by utilizing positive visualization and affirmations. Learners will also discover effective strategies to manage and reduce anxiety during public speaking engagements.
This Training Pathway can help your workforce create compelling presentations that captivate and persuade others. Learning materials cover crafting engaging outlines, incorporating storytelling and using body language effectively. Additionally, help employees learn how to adapt their communication styles to increase engagement for different audiences. Equip your team with skills to confidently deliver impactful presentations.
Skills you'll learn
- Utilizing essential techniques and practical strategies to build confidence and manage anxiety in public speaking.
- Employing essential techniques and practical strategies to deliver effective presentations with confidence and clarity.
- Applying essential techniques and practical strategies to personalize and enhance public speaking style.
- Utilize essential techniques and practical strategies to captivate and maintain audience engagement.
Reasons to buy for business:
- Employees can get registered and start learning today
- Track employee progress
- Finish skills pathway in about 4 hours
- Access skills pathway for 1 year
- Badges and Certificates of Completion
Skill modules
Building Confidence in Public Speaking
- Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety
- Building Self-Confidence
Delivering Effective Presentations
- Structuring Effective Presentations
- Mastering Delivery Techniques
Tailoring Your Public Speaking Style
- Understanding Public Speaking Styles
- Enhancing Communication Styles
Engaging Your Audience in Public Speaking
- Audience Analysis
- Strategies for Audience Engagement
Showcase your achievement
You will earn a Certificate of Completion and Skill Badge for each individual skill in this Skills Pathway when you've successfully completed each skill with a score of 85% or higher. Share your accomplishments by uploading them to your social media profiles, such as LinkedIn®¹.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a skill module?
A skill module teaches a single skill in four to eight hours
- A one-hour skill module teaches a single skill in about one hour.
Every type of skill module features one or more assessments and awards a shareable digital skill badge when completed with a score of 85% or better.
What is a Skills Pathway and what are the different types?
A Skills Pathway is a series of skills that can be learned over a period of time.
Prebuilt Pathway: A series of two or more existing skill modules that’s ready to launch today.
- Training Pathway: A series of two or more one-hour skill modules that does not prepare employees for a certification exam or help them earn recertification credits.
- Certification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees prepare for a third-party certification exam.
- Recertification Pathway: Completing this Prebuilt Pathway can help employees earn recertification credits for a specific agency such as SHRM® and HRCI®.
Tailored Skills Pathway: Select multiple existing skill modules to create this Pathway. Skill modules and assessments can be modified slightly to accommodate the needs of your business.
Custom Skills Pathway: Our team will build completely new skill modules and assessments for your business and workforce.
SHRM is a registered trademark of Society for Human Resource Management. HRCI is a registered trademark of HR Certification Institute.
Does Public Speaking have any prerequisites?
There are no prerequisites. All levels and skill sets are welcome to take the Public Speaking non-college-credit Training Pathway.
What’s it like to participate in the Professional Development Public Speaking Training Pathway?
Public Speaking has four one-hour skill modules comprised of subjects like Delivering Effective Presentations. Each module has a knowledge check and skill assessment where employees can demonstrate what they’ve learned. You can expect this Skills Pathway to take about four hours, and all modules are non-credit, 100% online and self-paced.