For non French speakers : Public Speaking Training

This training will allow doctoral researchers to beneficiate from a theoretical approach which will enhance their knowledge of discourse in general and from a considerable amount of time to work on their speech; henceforth, improving their oral skills significantly through various types of speech and their commenting of others.

1) Introduction on Public Speaking:
- Public Speaking in the business world.
- Professional and personal benefits of learning Public Speaking skills
- What is Public Speaking

2) The art of speech:
- Persuasion by Aristotle
- Cicero's Five Canons of Rhetoric
- Modern Elements of Public Speaking
- Styles of Speech

3) Fear of Public Speaking:
- Facts and statistics concerning anxiety and Public Speaking
- Why and how do people fear Public Speaking
- Myths about the fear of Public Speaking
o … and tips on how to diminish it.

4) Components of a Successful Speech:
- Storytelling
o Importance of Storytelling in Public Speaking
o Do's and don'ts
o Posture : Body placement, arms, facial expressions…
o Tone of voice
o Paralanguage : Pace, pitch, volume and enunciation of vocal speech

- Speech Pace
o Ways of improving one's speech pace

- The Influence of Pauses

- Visual Aids
o The importance of visual aids
o Defining visual aids : PowerPoint, cardboards, audio
o Do and don'ts for visual présentations

- The three P's of a successful speech : Preparation, practice and performance

5) PowerPoint Training : (15 minutes)
You will be given tips mainly to guarantee minimum standards adequacy.

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