Public Speaking

This manual contains projects to rehearse public speaking, meeting facilitation and other communication skills. The projects include speech assignments, exercises and blueprints for workshops.

How to use the material?

1. Find a supportive environment to practice speaking, e.g. a speaking club.

2. Give the speech for one of the projects.

3. Collect feedback by someone who has read the project description.

Easy Speech Projects

• Things you like
• Introduce yourself
• Present an Article

Speaking Basics

• Speech Structure
• The Speech Purpose
• Rhetorical Devices
• Speech Evaluation Workshop
• Giving Speech Evaluations

Facilitation Speaking Sessions

• Icebreaker Activities
• The Meeting Chairperson
• Impromptu Speech Moderator
• Ideas for Impromptu Speeches
• Timer
• Filling Word Counter
• Word Watcher
• Listener
• Exercise: What’s your position?

Speech Projects for Data Scientists

• The Lightning Talk
• The Live Demo
• The Educational Session
• Selling an Idea
• The Project Presentation

Other

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Licensing
• Contributing

See also

List of Speaking Clubs in Berlin

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Authors

Jörg Würster, Barbara Strauß, Harald von Treuenfels, Jasmin Touati, Raimo Graf, Sascha Goldmann, Schorsch Tschürtz, Armando Cristofori, Barbara Bosch, Magdalena Rother, Ulrike Münzner and Kristian Rother. Edited by Kristian Rother.

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