Presentation Skills for Confident Public Speaking
Presentation Skills for Confident Public Speaking
Skills you’ll gain
Stage fright, meet your match.
This course helps you turn nervous energy into confident delivery, so you can share your ideas with clarity, calm, and impact.
Whether you're speaking to a team of five or a room full of strangers, you’ll learn how to own the room, let go of your notes, and connect with your audience in a way that actually sticks.
In short, practical lessons, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand and refine your speaking style so you sound natural, not rehearsed
- Use movement, body language, and eye contact to keep your audience engaged
- Structure your message clearly, without relying on slides or a script
- Practice smarter to improve clarity, flow, and confidence
- Overcome nerves and break bad habits like filler words and fidgeting
- Build long-term confidence for every meeting, pitch, or presentation
By the end of the course, giving a great talk won’t just feel doable — it might even feel fun.
Syllabus
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Become the Speaker That Audiences Look At In Awe You don't need special apps or teleprompters - or even notes - to deliver a confident, effective presentation. 4m
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Give Your Memory a Break - Focus on 5 Points How to structure your speech and prepare it so your audience will remember it and take action. 7m
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Prep Your Notes on a Single Sheet of Paper A single piece of paper with short notes is all you should need to remember the main points of your talk. 8m
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Walk Around As If You Own the Room Use this strategy to own the room where you give your talk. 5m
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Rehearse on Video to Improve Your Delivery Recording on video and analyzing your rehearsal is a powerful way to find ways to improve your approach. 3m
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Use a Second Rehearsal to Fine-Tune Your Approach Don't stop practicing your speech or presentation until you're happy with it. 4m
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Eliminating Speaking Anxiety Understanding the source of fear, and the best way to overcome it 5m
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Avoid Fake Solutions That Don't Work Debunking the myths that only mask the underlying problems many speakers have. 6m
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The Process of Eliminating Fear Use a familiar process to refine your presentation and eliminate fear. 3m
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The Fear of Boring Don't mask your insecurities by presenting a giant data dump. 7m
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The Confident Speaker's Attitude The first step toward confidence is to stop telling yourself you have a fear of speaking. 2m
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Long-term Speaking Goals and Conclusion More opportunities to speak give you more chances to improve your skills. 2m
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Conclusion 2m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
TJ Walker
TJ Walker has been conducting media training workshops and seminars since 1984. Walker has trained Presidents of countries, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Super Bowl winners, U.S. Senators, Miss Universes and Members of Parliament.
His book, "Secret to Foolproof Presentations" was a USA Today #1 Bestseller, as well as a Wall Street Journal and Business Week Bestseller. Walker is a also a regular contributor to Forbes and the Reuters Insider Network and has written for the Huffington Post.
TJ Walker
Public Speaking Trainer and Author
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