Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Hold People's Attention
Hold People’s Attention
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Meet Professor Barry
Teaching Style and Resources
Syllabus
University of Michigan Survey
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-P-R-O-D-U-C-T
P-R-O-D-U-C-T
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(Optional) Introduction
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-P-R-O-D-U-C-T Element: Poise
Poise
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The Virtue of Clarity
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Being in Public
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Charisma
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(Optional) Chapter 1—Poise
(Optional) Class Clips
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Carpool Charisma
Exercise ("Carpool Charisma")
Community Engagement Rules
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Speaking Stats: Harper's Index
Speaking Stats ("Harper's Index")
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Edit Our Edits
Edit Our Edits
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Speaking Stories: Poise
Speaking Stories: LBJ
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Speaking Stories: Winston Churchill
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Speaking Stories: RBG
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Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Speaking Sagacity
Speaking Sagacity
Week 1 | Poise: Vocabulary-Poise and Pronouns
The Power of Pronouns
Exercise―Chatter: How Well Do You Know Your Inner Voice?
Week 2 | Poise: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Speaking Studies: Poise
Speaking Studies: Teachers
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Speaking Studies: Comedians
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Speaking Studies: Perfect Pause
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Week 2 | Poise: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Speaking Exercise: "Pause Practice"
Speaking Exercise ("Pause Practice")
How to Use the Gallery Tool
Week 2 | Poise: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Speaking Exercise: "Moments of Silence"
Speaking Exercise ("Moments of Silence")
Week 2 | Poise: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Stage Fright and Choke Points
Stage Fright
Choke Points
Week 2 | Poise: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Zoom Fatigue (and Fixes)
Zoom Fatigue (and Fixes)
Week 3 | Rhythm: Vocabulary-P-R-O-D-U-C-T Element: Rhythm
Rhythm
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More Saving. More Doing
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If You See Something, Say Something
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Parallel Structure
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The Rule of Three
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Same, Same, Kind of Different
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Verbal Technology
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(Optional) Rhythm—Chapter 2
(Optional) Resources: Class Clips
Week 3 | Rhythm: Vocabulary-Rap Rhythms
Rap Rhythms
Week 3 | Rhythm: Vocabulary-Speaking Stories: Rhythm
Women’s Suffrage
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Slavery
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Suffrage and Slavery
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Week 3 | Rhythm: Vocabulary-Good Sentences, Good Speeches
Good Sentences, Good Speeches ("Hollywood")
Week 4 | Rhythm: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Rhythm: Speaking Studies
Speaking Studies: What Makes it Great?
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Speaking Studies: Creating Power
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Speaking Studies: Classical English Rhetoric
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Week 4 | Rhythm: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Speaking Exercise: Rhythm and Poise
Speaking Exercise ("Rhythm and Poise")
Week 4 | Rhythm: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Speaking Exercise: Poem Share
Speaking Exercise ("Poem Share")
Week 4 | Rhythm: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Context Matters
Context Matters
Week 4 | Rhythm: Speaking Studies and Speaking Exercises-Course Wrap-Up
Course Feedback
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