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Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations

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Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations

About Course

Learn power strategies to captivate your audience and leave them wanting more.  

 


 

Forrest Gump is known for having said Life is like a box of chocolates.

It occurred to the author in a dream one night, that life is more like a bowl of strawberries.

More precisely, public speaking is like a bowl of strawberries.



A few strawberries, freshly picked off the plant and immediately eaten, can be delicious.

A bushel basket of them sitting in front of you with the expectation you had to eat them, here and now, wouldn’t be.

But what about a nice strawberry sundae or a good-sized, mouth-watering portion of strawberry shortcake?

When it comes to public speaking, there are times when fewer words are better.

There are times we are bombarded with a speaker telling us everything they know about a subject. There’s too much to absorb… so we tune out.

Then there is the strawberry shortcake of presentations.

This is where the speaker whets your appetite, gives you just enough of a serving that you are close to being full and leaves you wanting more.

Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations provides you with the recipe for using words to help you become a dynamic speaker.

Veteran Toastmaster of over 30 years, Rae A. Stonehouse provides sage advice and helpful tips to whet your appetite to become a more dynamic speaker and presenter.

The course explores the following public speaking strategies:

 

  • The Language of Speaking
  • Improving Your Descriptive Powers
  • Using Vocal Variety to Make Your Presentations Come Alive
  • Using Gestures for a Powerful Speech… and much more!

Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations is for any speaker or presenter who wants to take their speaking to the next level.

 

Contents in the Course

  • Introduction to the Course
  • You Have Three Vocabularies
  • The Language of Speaking
  • Words Worth Forgetting
  • Improving Your Descriptive Powers
  • Using Vocal Variety to Make Your Presentations Come Alive
  • Using Voice Variables
  • Your Speaking Rate
  • Your Speaking Volume
  • Your Speaking Quality
  • Using Gestures for Powerful Speech
  • Your Voice and Your Image
  • Additional Resources

Here is a sample lesson from the course:

 

Course content

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videoWorking with Words Introduction Start
videoKey Points of Working With Words Introduction Video Start
videoSpeaking vs Reading Words Start
videoLesson Two: You Have Three Vocabularies Start
videoVideo: You Have Three Vocabularies Start
videoKey Points of You Have Three Vocabularies Video Start
videoThe Language of Speaking Start
videoVideo: The Language of Speaking Start
videoKey Points of the Language of Speaking Video Start
videoThe Language of Speaking Action Items Start
videoLesson Four: Words Worth Forgetting Start
videoVideo: Words Worth Forgetting Start
videoKey Points of Words Worth Forgetting Video Start
videoWords Worth Forgetting Action Items Start
videoLesson Five: Improving Your Descriptive Powers Start
videoVideo: Improving Your Descriptive Powers Start
videoKey Points of Improving Your Descriptive Powers Video Start
videoWorking With Words -Lesson Five: Improving Your Descriptive Powers Action Items Start
videoLesson Six: Using Vocal Variety to Make Your Presentation Come Alive - Part One Start
videoVideo: Vocal Variety Overview Start
videoKey Points of Vocal Variety Overview Video Start
videoVocal Variety Action Items Start
videoVideo: Voice Variables Start
videoKey Points of Voice Variables Video Start
videoVideo: Your Speaking Rate Start
videoKey Points of Your Speaking Rate Video Start
videoVoice Variables Start
videoVideo: Voice Variables Start
videoAction Items of Your Speaking Rate Video Start
videoYour Speaking Volume Start
videoVideo: Your Speaking Volume Start
videoKey Points of Your Speaking Volume Video Start
videoAction Items of Your Speaking Volume Video Start
videoVideo: Your Speaking Quality Start
videoKey Points of Your Speaking Quality Video Start
videoAction Items of Your Speaking Quality Video Start
videoLesson Eight: Using Gestures for a Powerful Speech Start
videoVideo: Using Gestures for a Powerful Speech Start
videoAction Items of Using Gestures for a Powerful Speech Video Start
Rae Stonehouse

Rae Stonehouse

Retired Nurse - Book Publishing/Marketing Consultant

Course Instructor

Introducing Rae A. Stonehouse: Renowned Author, Inspirational Speaker, and Esteemed Self-Publishing Consultant. With a rich career spanning over four decades in psychiatric and mental health nursing, Rae brings a wealth of compassionate insights and profound wisdom to both his writing and speaking engagements.

As a distinguished member of Toastmasters International for over 29 years, Rae has honed his communication skills and self-confidence, enabling him to impart valuable personal development insights. His unique style combines conversational ease with direct engagement, making his books and presentations not only informative but also deeply relatable.

Rae’s approach is marked by a blend of wry humor and sage advice, drawing from a lifetime of experiences in nursing and a commitment to continuous personal growth. Although retired from his nursing career, he continues to thrive in his roles as a writer, speaker, and mentor, empowering others to realize their full potential.

Beyond his professional pursuits, he has been productive as a do-it-yourselfer in renovating three older homes, one being a heritage home. As a legal boarding home, it had the reputation of being a brothel and illicit drug distribution center at a point in time. He also worked with building contractors to create three new homes and doing all the interior decorating and exterior landscaping himself with the help of his wife Sandra.

Backyard gardens of Rae A. StonehouseRae is an avid gardener, cultivating a lush array of flowers, shrubs, and vegetables.

Residing in the picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, Rae shares his life with his wife Sandra, a fellow retired nurse, their son Jeffrey, daughter-in-law Jennifer, and the joy of his life, granddaughter Maybelle. His journey is a testament to the power of lifelong learning and the pursuit of excellence in every endeavor.