Pitching and Public Speaking

Pitching

Pitching Yourself (via LinkedIn Learning)
Thought leader Jodi Glickman shares her go-to approach for selling your ideas, your story, and yourself. Learn three easy steps to a successful pitch: destination, backstory, and connecting the dots.
How to Create a Perfect Elevator Pitch
Elevator pitches are not just for people who work in sales. You can use an elevator pitch in so many ways: at a networking event, when talking to customers, or to get buy-in from your colleagues. Take this course to learn how to create an engaging elevator pitch for your idea, your company, or the brand of you.
How to give the perfect pitch
At the Young Creators Summit 2016 in Amsterdam, David Beckett talks about how to give the perfect pitch.
One-Minute Idea Pitches
From TEDxBrisbane, a selection of one-minute pitches that can be used as examples when crafting your own.

One Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Your Idea, Your Product, Your Business--Or Yourself
Call Number: Available online
Also available at KG 658.85 151.
In One Perfect Pitch, Marie Perruchet will help you discover it, hone it, and present it, so that you get buy-in from colleagues and potential investors.
The 3-minute rule: saying less to get more out of any pitch or presentation
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The 3-Minute Rule will equip you with an easy, foolproof method to boil down any idea to its essential elements and structure it for maximum impact.
Pitch Perfect
Call Number: KG 658.452 99
In Pitch Perfect, Bill McGowan shows you how to craft the right message and deliver it using the right language--both verbal and nonverbal. With Pitch Perfect you can harness the power of persuasion and have people not only listening closely to your every word but also remembering you long after you've left the room.

Public Speaking

Designing a Presentation (via LinkedIn Learning)
In this course, designer Tony Harmer takes you through the essentials of presentation design to give you the tools you'll find most useful in thinking about, designing, and building successful presentations. Tony covers a variety of key topics, including moodboards, layout, color considerations, type, graphics and images, charts, transitions, and animations.
Public Speaking Fundamentals (via LinkedIn Learning)
This course helps you prepare, open, deliver, and close their speeches. Along the way, discover how to project confidence, outline a speech, take questions, and develop the creative story that adds life to a speech
How To Become A Master In The Art of Public Speaking
In this talk from Mindvalley University, Eric Edmeades gives some great tips on how you can master the art of public speaking in this two part presentation.
Become a Better Speaker: 9 Essential Public Speaking Tips
In this short video, Thomas Frank from College Info Geek describes nine techniques that can elevate your public speaking.
The science of stage fright (and how to overcome it)
Mikael Cho discusses how to overcome fears of public speaking in this animated TED-Ed talk.
How to avoid death By PowerPoint
In this TEDx talk, David Phillips outlines how to make your PowerPoint the perfect addition, not distraction, to your presentation.
The 110 techniques of communication and public speaking
This TEDx talk selects and discusses five of the 110 essential techniques David JP Phillips has found in his studies of 5000 public speakers.
The surprising secret to speaking with confidence
In this fun and personal talk, Caroline shares a story of moving from stage-paralysis to expressive self at a TEDx event.

TED talks: the official TED guide to public speaking
Call Number: KG 808.51 341
ISBN: 0544809718
For anyone who has ever been inspired by a TED Talk, this is an insider's guide to creating talks that are unforgettable.
I have something to say: mastering the art of public speaking in an age of disconnection
Call Number: KG 808.51 357
A veteran journalist discovers an ancient system of speech techniques for overcoming the fear of public speaking--and reveals how they can profoundly change our lives.
Give Great Presentations (and Without a Slide-Deck): 30 Minute Reads
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This succinct guide to better presentations will help you leave the power point behind, learn how to present yourself, pace your presentation and keep your audience engaged in just 30 minutes.

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