eLearnAfrica
Become a Better Presenter: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
Royal Observatory Greenwich
  • Start Date: 19 Oct, 2020
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Learn how to improve your presentation skills and add personality into your presentation style on this three-week course.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Improve your presentation skills and learn how to engage with your audience


Presenting to an audience, either online or in person, can be a daunting prospect, and requires specific skills in order to be successful.


It doesn’t matter what your level of experience is, this course will help build your confidence and give you the tools you need to improve your presenting style.


Build presentation skills based on your strengths and weaknesses


You’ll reflect on your own presentation style, identifying aspects where you feel you excel as well as areas where you need to improve.


You’ll learn how to add personality and life into your presentation style, and you’ll also decipher how to explain information clearly and effectively to your audience without needing to rely on jargon or them having pre-existing subject knowledge.


Understand how to sharpen and improve your public speaking


Whether you’re presenting to a formal meeting or speaking to 500 people from a stage, you’ll find out how to sharpen your presenting skills and pitch to whomever your audience may be, specifically through improvisation and storytelling.


You’ll also learn what to do when things go wrong and will learn how to tackle difficult and controversial questions as well as how to manage challenging audience behaviour.


Finally, you’ll apply what you have learned in theory and put it into practice, and will share and discuss your thoughts and fears with other learners.


Learn from The Presenter Network at the Royal Observatory Greenwich


The Presenter Network - founded by the Royal Observatory Greenwich - brings people together to provide a supportive space where members can share experiences and techniques to help everyone grow and develop as presenters.


You’ll learn from a range of experts within the presentation field, and will be able to tap into a vast and experienced network of presenters.


This course is best suited to people from a whole range of sectors who need to present or speak as part of their jobs.


It will also be relevant to anyone who needs to present digitally now and is unsure where to start, as well as those who have experience of presenting but feel that they could improve.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

Royal Observatory Greenwich

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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