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About the Course

Few kinds of communication can have the effect of a powerful presentation. Even a short speech can motivate people to change long-held beliefs or to take action, and a wonderfully delivered speech can transform a normal person into a leader. In this course, Prof. William Kuskin provides a series of pragmatic videos and exercises for successful public speaking and presentations. The course develops through four themes—mastering fear, developing a creative formula, using verbal and body language, and anticipating the room—so that you can discover your personal power as a speaker and give excellent presentations. Successful presentations do not rely on perfect teeth, a deep voice, or an army of scriptwriters. They depend largely on the same skills as successful Business Writing and Graphic Design: clarity, structure, and revision. The goal of the course, therefore, is to enable you to discover your own internal power as a speaker and express it to the world. After this course, with some practice, you will be able to go into any situation and command the room for as long as you like. This course can be taken for academic credit as part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Data Science (MS-DS) degree offered on the Coursera platform. The MS-DS is an interdisciplinary degree that brings together faculty from CU Boulder’s departments of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Science, and others. With performance-based admissions and no application process, the MS-DS is ideal for individuals with a broad range of undergraduate education and/or professional experience in computer science, information science, mathematics, and statistics. Learn more about the MS-DS program at https://www.coursera.org/degrees/master-of-science-data-science-boulder....

Top reviews

HB

Aug 1, 2020

It was amazing! Professor Kuskin has so much passion and is so good at delivering his message, that I couldn't stop listening to him. (and he also speaks very slow, so x 1.75 seems like a good speed.)

EE

Dec 11, 2021

I am glad to have found Professor Kuskin's course. His lectures are simple but full of useful tips and humour. I highly recommend to everyone who wants to get their messages across more effectively.

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By Jahtay T

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Feb 17, 2021

This course is repetitive and the videos seem to meander without getting to the specifics. the definitions are vague and there are hardly any examples. The course content is littered with typos and mistakes and the visuals don't really help to make any of the content more understandable. The few good points in this course are brushed over, and instead, each video just seems to talk about the circular nature of presenting and about "pushing" the point at each stage of the process. Of all of the courses in this specialization, this one is the most lacking and gives off a feeling of being half-hearted and extemporaneous.

By Marie A J B

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Apr 6, 2024

The videos were quite long, and the final assignment being a video I did not feel comfortable sharing it in public space, for cybersecurity reasons.

By TEJASWINI R

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Sep 29, 2020

VERY USEFULL

By Shivani

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Feb 5, 2024

Good

By Amy N

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Jun 27, 2024

I feel that this course was a lot of story-telling rather than actual useful information to help with presenting. I only took note of very few points in this overall course.

By Syed S

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May 22, 2020

expected more to learn but the course did not reach my expectations.

By Dorakei

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May 10, 2020

too tedious. totally wasting time!!

By Qian X

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Jun 29, 2024

this course is a disaster

By شريهان ن

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Nov 5, 2021

it is useful