Become Better and Funnier at Public Speaking (Udemy.com)

Quick, easy & fun steps to enliven your presentation skills with proven techniques from the world of stand-up comedy.

( 312 Reviews )

Created by: David Nihill

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Identify and understand stand-up techniques that work in public speaking contexts
Know how to replicate the techniques being used by top TED speakers to get laughs and increase engagement
Know how to craft and tell an engaging ( and funny!) story
Learn effective memory techniques that will make sure you don't go blank on stage
Know how to craft a memorable story around your product/service
Learn how to hold an audience's interest
Know best techniques for overcoming fear of public speaking
Stand out from the crowd by making people laugh
Develop a file of tried and tested content to insert into presentations
Learn how to deal with the audience in a presentation or talk.
Know to recover if something falls flat
*Please note: This course has been remade and updated. The new version with lots of bonuses and extras is only available at Hacking Public Speaking dot com.

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Course Description

Learn 7 Comedy Habits to be better at public speaking, consistently funnier and help rid the world of boring presentations! This courses teachings, as referenced in Inc, Forbes, Fast Company, Lifehacker and featured by Prezi as one of the 5 best online training courses for presenters, outlines easy to apply steps from the world of standup comedy to improve your presentation and public speaking skills, using one of the most powerful tools available to us: Laughter. *Please note: This course has been remade and updated. The new version with lots of bonuses and extras is only available at Hacking Public Speaking dot com. What students are saying about it: "This course was engaging, entertaining and filled with great speaking tips. I loved it! Thank you! It was like reading a great book, I couldn't turn it off.""The course is awesome! Hands down the best collection and presentation of resources I have found on public speaking (not normally the most exciting topic, but here it most certainly is!). Highly recommended."This course is great. I havent taken it yet but David drew a picture when he was 6 years old of a penguin drinking beer in a Chinese restaurant and it was clear the potential for slight wisdom and misguided creativity were there. Marita Nihill, Davids Mother Top business speakers are using humor. They are developing laugh lines using the same process as comedians. You don't need to be a natural comedian to get laughs. We de-construct the process from standup comedy into 7 Habits and show you how to translate them into public speaking skills for the world of business. These 7 Comedic Habits are aimed at helping you deliver a more memorable, entertaining and engaging presentation, every time. Whether you are a seasoned presenter or someone with a real fear of public speaking (like me!) these easy to apply steps will help you stand out from the crowd. These techniques are being applied by numerous TED talks, start-ups, entrepreneurs, keynotes, interviewees and professional speakers to further engage their audiences and we take you through how to do the same. There are step by step assignments following each section that will help you develop your comedic writing styles and delivery methods. This is further supplemented with engaging viewing material from a number of TED talks and business presenters on the covered areas. This includes an impromptu performance by Robin Williams and video of my own jokes at some of California's top comedy clubs highlighting the techniques covered in the course. Most presentations are really boring. With application of these habits yours will not be! These techniques will your make presentations more engaging and entertaining by: Teaching you stand-up techniques that work in public speaking contexts.
Teaching you how to replicate the techniques being used by top TED speakers.
Showing you how to craft your key message into a memorable and humorous story.
Showing you to extract the funny and build it into joke structures through comedy writing techniquesPreparing you to test these jokes and stories on live audiencesShowing you techniques used by comedians to overcome stage fright and improve your deliveryInstructing you on how to open and close strong, make a great and funny first impression while getting laughs every timeTeaching you how to evaluate performances and identify which comedic elements should be added to your presentationsTeaching you how to manage an audience and hold their interestWho this course is for:
Anyone who wants to improve their public speaking slillsProfessionals who want to make their presentations more entertainingMarketing and Advertising professionals looking to add humor to their messagingStart-Up companies who want to stand out from the crowdEntrepreneurs looking to get a competitive advantageSales professionals looking to hone their humor skillsAnyone who wants to be consistently funnierThose who want to overcome a fear of public speakingThose interested in stand up comedyThose who want to fastrack the often lenghty learning process involved in Standup ComedyThose who want to learn a new skillStudents looking to stand out from their peers through comedyAnyone regularly making presentations

Time: 3h

Instructor Details

David Nihill

4.6 Rating
312 Reviews

David is the author of the best-selling book Do You Talk Funny? and the Founder of FunnyBizz Conference. His work has been featured in Inc., Lifehacker, The Huffington Post, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Forbes, NPR, The Wall Street Journal,The Irish Independent, TV3, Newstalk, TED and The Irish Times.
One of the best speaking coaches out there according to Forbes, Davids program has been featured by Prezi as one of the best training courses for presenters. His book remains one of the highest rated in the world on the (usually not so wildly exciting) topic of public speaking and was listed by Book Authority as "the best public speaking book of all time". His content has been read by over one million people.
A sought after international business speaker, David also performs standup comedy and was the winner of the prestigious 43rd annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition. As a storyteller he finished runner up in NPRs the Moths largest US story telling competition. As a lecturer he has taught at Stanford Graduate Business School, UC Berkeley, University of Oxford and University College Dublin.
A graduate of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School he calls San Francisco home when immigration officials permit, and was named on the Irish America 100 List, which recognizes the accomplishments of the best and the brightest Irish-American and Irish-born leaders.

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By Ethan Sivek on 10/8/2020

So far, this course has been phenomenal. It's helping me bridge my own sense of humor with presentations/public speaking in my head, which is something I've struggled to do since High School. I'm glad I decided to try to step outside my comfort zone for this course.

By Julie Arnold on 9/5/2020

Really enjoyed the presentation. Great hints/tips! thanks.

By Paulo Grilo on 8/24/2020

Amazing course. It blew my expectations. With this course i immediately thought of a story that happened to me and i hadn't remembered before this story. I think my presentation skills improved a lot. Thank you David
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By Sweta Kumari on 8/19/2020

I loved how carefully the content was curated and especially the Ted talks. Highly recommended. And thank you David for the course!

By Vickie Magallanes on 8/4/2020

great slides, speakers, kept my interest!

By Claren C Ruiz on 8/3/2020

This course is entertaining and I was able to learn a lot from this.

By Sam DeProspo on 7/23/2020

Well done course, the video examples worked well showing the ideas in action. The only problem i had with it was technical, the reflection of cars driving by in the monitors was really annoying and kept pulling me out the moment.

By Lawrence Mak on 7/23/2020

I very much enjoyed this course and found it helpful for my own public speaking repertoire. In the course of my work I do a lot of public speaking a presentations, programs, emceeing - most gigs are extra from my regular duties, but I enjoy the opportunities to keep refining my speaking skills.
I have had success incorporating humor into my presentations, and your Habits and tips will help take my speaking to the next level.
This is one of the most engaging and enjoyable courses that I have taken. Thank you!

By Pat Mac on 7/21/2020

Very helpful in structuring humor with content. As a former standup and now a teacher and coach, I am always looking for tips to combine humor and content to deliver material to high school athletes and coaches. Both, as you know, have short attention spans. David gave lots of storytelling tips and how to infuse humor. Great guy, great class.

By Charles Ferris on 7/10/2020