Speeches which inspire

Values that speak to the topic and inspire your audience. With a sense for the topic, we can then get to know each other with an introductory speech.

Last week, we worked on developing the pieces of our speech values and support. There are a few broad arrangement models that prove helpful in organizing the speech in a compelling and moving way.

Having discussed invention and arrangement, we'll watch and evaluate a sample speech. You have your outline, so now let transform that into a manuscript. This week is all about style. These are equations for eloquence. You put your value into these stylistic devices and eloquence pops out the other side. From there, we can talk more about word choice and overall tone. Once we have the basic structure down, we can look to openers and closers, basically figuring out how to get into and out of the speech.

The optional assignment this week is a draft manuscript. This is just a chance to get some feedback from others on an early draft. Memory and delivery are clearly linked. No one approach is inherently better, but should be a good response to the rhetorical situation. Now we can finally get into some humor work. Some of this is certainly invention, but a lot of it is delivery. And just as important, what to do when a joke falls flat. The assignment this week is a speech analysis.

Thank you for your time in this course. I hope the material has proven helpful in some way. We concluded our discussion of the ceremonial speech last week. I would like to spend a bit of time reflecting on the course. We will end this week with your final speech. Choice 1: For the final assignment, you can either submit a video or written speech below. Choice 2: For the final assignment, you can either submit a video above or written speech.

Great course gives you an insight into preparing and delivering a great speech! I will recommend it. Thx Matt for conducting in-depth research into this topic and delivering it to us. Thanx to Coursera and Prime Minister for providing such learning opportunity. One of my best learning experiences.

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Good speaking is your most enduring job skill. This four-course specialization will provide you with the instruction, experience, and practice to develop and deliver compelling presentations. Drawing from the established knowledge in communication, rhetoric, linguistics, and argumentation, each course balances proven ideas with lots of speech practice.

The courses in this specializations should help speakers at all levels. If you are nervous about public speaking, this is for you!

I have spent an entire career helping nervous novice speakers grow into confident communicators. We slowly work up specific skills that you can practice multiple times before putting together a longer speech. Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit.

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Hope that all will be all right. Without hope, not only are the gays, but the blacks, the seniors, the handicapped, the 'us-es. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.

Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Frank Olito. Throughout history, leaders have made speeches that inspired millions and changed the course of history.

Those speeches still inspire us today. Famous speeches like Martin Luther King Jr. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in reminds people to honor those we have lost. In , Lou Gehrig gave his "Luckiest Man" that celebrated the beauty of life. Winston Churchill delivered the "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech in , showing the strength of the human spirit.

In , Mahatma Gandhi gave his "Quit India" speech, which encouraged peaceful protests. John F. Martin Luther King Jr.