Have a cause is only the tip of the iceberg. You need to further it in order to bring change. You need to be found appealing by the masses, namely, the public. Public speaking is what makes you stand out from the rest and make people admire and support you. After taking a few of the courses below, you’ll see noticeable improvement and success of your efforts.

Ginger.com; Public Speaking eCourse

Simply subscribe with your name and email ID and become a recipient of the 6-week e-course. You get 30 tips and 30 graphical instructions on public speaking. This course works alike for beginners as well as pros so don’t worry about that.

Saylor.org; Public Speaking

Saylor.org, a leading e-course provider, has this excellent course on public speaking. It’s actually a part of a communications major university degree so you can expect everything to be covered in detail, quite theoretical. The course is divided on 15 units followed by exams and a lot more.

The Public Speaking Project

This site has an assortment of virtual tools to help you improve your public speaking skills. The first button, saying: ‘textbook’ gives you free access to a public speaking guide in PDF format. You can view this offline as well by opening it in your browser and saving it to your PC. You can register as well after completing a brief survey for more content.

Coursera.org; Public Speaking Course

This is an excellent course on public speaking by Professor Matt McGarrity of University of Washington. You study about the history of public speaking, it many different techniques, the pros and cons of each method over another like oral, written, and so on.

Free Video Lectures.com; Fundamentals of Public Speaking

This video course covers the fundamentals of public speaking and provides you with information on different communication methods, their pros and cons and their suitable utilizations. You are provided tips to improve on your tools such as better speeches, body language, expressions and so on.

Open Learning World.com; Public Speaking TMA150

This is a very in-depth course covering almost everything you should know about the art. Starting with the basic problem of nervousness faced by most people to how to overcome it to connecting with audiences going on to providing well prepared speeches; this course has it all.

Public Speakers University

Andy Harrington has made this website providing free public speaking courses via email newsletter. All you need to do is subscribe with your name and email ID and you’ll get 4 free courses along with a 75min video of Andy’s incredible Arena presentation on public speaking.

School for Champions.com; Public Speaking

After doing this course you will become better at not only expressing your knowledge and ideas but also steering an audience’s mind towards your thoughts and propositions. Be it a group at a school, business, personal life or at work; you will have all their attentions right on you.

The Online Public Speaking Academy

As you can judge by the name of the site, it provides data on public speaking. From articles on specific topics to all-to-one courses, this site has got you covered. Although most of the content is for paid users, you do get some articles and a free e-book on public speaking.

Learn out Loud.com; Public Speaking

This site uses multimedia to teach. It has a collection of video and audio files on different topics which make learning not only fun, but also very easy. There are 6 videos on public speaking to choose from here. Some of the videos feature renown authors and public speakers as well.

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