PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR BUSINESS

Catalog description

This course is designed to develop student knowledge and basic oral communication skills with an emphasis on presentation skills, focusing on organization, delivery, and forms of support as applied in different professional contexts, including in-person and online delivery. Students will plan, outline, research, organize, prepare, and deliver platform and online presentations on topics related to business. The course introduces strategies for listening critically, taking a position on a business topic and expressing that position, and adapting presentations to specific audiences. The course also introduces techniques for reducing stress, improving diction, and using visual aids in a business presentation.