My first public speaking course

17th of June, 2013

I want to remember this date! My first public speaking course has started on 17th of June, 2013.

I have enrolled in this course via Coursera, a free online education provider. Matt McGarrity from the University of Washington offered the amazing course of Public Speaking.

 

Like others, I have watched the very inspiring Matt's introduction video and decided to join the students' community.

You can read The Seattle Times story of how this course was prepared for teaching more than 40000 people from different countries.

McGarrity believes public speaking can be taught online — even without the practice, and attendant butterflies, of speaking before a live audience — because the skills involve more than just tips and tricks for getting through

Public speaking “is not just dressing up something you’ve written, it’s crafting something that can be delivered well,” McGarrity said. “If everyone was trained to pursue critically defensible forms of rhetoric, we would have better discussions, better politics — better everything.”

Join us! Click here https://class.coursera.org/publicspeak-001/class/index
This course is free and its content and community are helpful and rewarding!