Public Speaking
Scheduled Dates
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
Location
Mercer County Communit College
Cost per Person: $279
Pre-Requisite: None
Length: 2 days, 6 hours per day
Class Time: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
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Course Description
Public speaking is a valuable skill and is important to individual success and professional growth. This two-day course is designed to explore different tips and strategies you can use to develop your confidence, build rapport, and communicate more effectively. By the end of day two you will have the skills needed to plan, prepare, and deliver a presentation for any audience.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop formal and informal public speaking skills
- Establish rapport with your audience
- Develop techniques to create a professional presence
- Implement techniques to reduce nervousness and fear
- Recognize the ways your body language impacts your ability to connect with others and establish credibility
- Identify your strengths as a presenter and how to appeal to different audiences
- Identity techniques to help you better maximize meetings
- Learn different ways to prepare and organize information
- Recognize how visual aids can create impact and attention
- Prepare, practice, and deliver a short presentation
Registration
Learning Management System Users: Please login into your Learning Management System account and navigate to “Now Enrolling” from the “Browse” drop-down menu. Select the training you wish to register for and click “Enroll.” This will initiate the required approval process.
External participants, can click here to complete the HR-1 Training Authorization Form. Your direct supervisor, departmental training coordinator, and fiscal officer must approve the form. HR-1's received without proper approval will be returned to the Department's Training Coordinator.
Please note: You are not scheduled for the requested classroom training until you receive an official email confirmation from CLIP.
If you have any questions about the program or the registration process, contact the CLIP Customer Success Team.
A $20 administrative fee will apply to learners who do not have Learning Management System (LMS) platform accounts.
