Confidence and Self-Esteem - Introduction

Welcome to this course on ‘Effective Speaking’.

When was the first time you ever tried speaking publicly? Can you recall the jitters you experienced and the rush of blood that kicked in when you took on the stage and tried addressing a group of people for the first time? Why are some people able to move an audience with their words and leave a lasting impact while some are not even able to hold the attention of their audience even for a short while?

Becoming an effective speaker is no rocket science. You too can develop the skills required to be a great speaker if you meticulously apply the learnings from this module in your everyday communication.

To become an effective speaker the first and foremost step is to speak confidently. The initial session of this module on confidence and self-esteem would help you become a convincing and fearless speaker. You will begin the journey by learning about the foundations of effective speaking that will let you present your thoughts to the audience in a clear and concise manner. This module addresses the aspects of oral communication followed by the four-step confidence framework. In continuation, you will learn some tips and tricks to hone your public speaking skills and get an understanding of how to deal with different audiences. Further, you will get an idea of different scenarios of oral communication and also learn how to communicate effectively via different online channels.

The next step in your effective speaking journey is to overcome the 'fear of public speaking', or ‘glossophobia’. Our subject-matter expert, Rakesh, will walk you through different techniques and methods to overcome this fear and ways to keep your panic monkey in check. He will also give you tips and tricks to deal with social anxiety and failure.

The final session of this module is about structuring conversations. Here, you will get pro tips on speech writing to enhance your oral communication skills. The module also includes frameworks such as the AOM (Audience-Objective-Message) and the OBC (Opening-Body-Conclusion) frameworks, where you will learn how to draft the perfect speech, one that is easy for your audience to understand and gets your message across clearly and as intended. You definitely want to adopt the right tonality and messaging in order to reach out to a particular audience

The module comes to an end by discussing how to master the art of writing winning speeches!  

Before you start this course, however, go through this pre-read and see if you can relate to any of those scenarios. 

We are pretty certain that at some point in time in your life you must have experienced a stressful situation like the ones mentioned above. This course will help you tackle such situations with ease in future. 

Let's now begin our journey!