The goal of this course is to help graduate students and postdoctoral scholars prepare and deliver excellent presentations to a variety of audiences. These requirements for public speaking are common to graduate students in every field of study. Speakers include faculty members experienced in public presentations as well as UC Davis communication scholar Michael Motley, whose research on issues in public speaking has gained a national reputation.
Lecture 09: Charles Bamforth, professor and chair of food science and technology at UC Davis, specializes in brewing beer. In this lecture, Prof. Bamf...
Lecture 08: Fernando Socorro, an Information Technology specialist at UC Davis, discusses uses of computer visual aids including PowerPoint and the Ma...
Lecture 07: Barbara Myslik describes effective uses of presentation aids, including Power Point. When should you use a visual aid? What are common mis...
Lecture 06: This lecture by Barbara Myslik addresses how to organize the information in your presentation. A practical example of this is given while ...
Lecture 05: Barbara Myslik presents different approaches to organizing a presentation. With many ways to organize the information, the best method oft...
Lecture 04: Thomas Roe, a licensed clinical psychologist and the coordinator for graduate student counseling services at UC Davis, specializes in work...
Lecture 03: Michael Motley, UC Davis professor of communication, talks about his approach to reducing public speaking anxiety known. In this lecture, ...
Lecture 02: Sharon Sausto Lasser is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Kaiser Psychiatry. In this lecture she gives us an introduction to a...
Lecture 01: Instructors Margaret Swisher and Barbara Myslik introduce the topics to be covered in GEO 298, a graduate-level course on public speaking ...