Effective Verbal Communication Skills for Professsionals (Udemy.com)
Learn to communicate clearly, confidently, and concisely in groups and professional conversations.
Created by: Alex Lyon
Last updated April 2024
What you will learn
- How to communicate concisely so you sound more credible
- How to make your communication an engaging dialogue rather than a boring monologue
- How to use clear main points to make sure listeners follow your message easily
- How to translate needlessly complex language into words that are easily understandable
- How to clean up common distracting verbal habits: "Powerful" vs. "Powerless" language.
How it compares
Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 73% of them
- Reviews87#371 of 393 by number of reviews
- Length0.9 hoursshorter than 85% of them
- Last updatedApril 2024earlier than 70% of them
Course Description
In this class, you will learn the fundamentals of Effective Verbal Communication Skills for Professionals!
Effective Verbal Communication is consistently ranked as a Top 10 Communication Skill that employers and hiring managers want their people to have. It's the foundation of many other communication skills.
In the class, you'll learn the following:
How to communicate concisely so you sound more credible
How to make your conversations an engaging dialogue rather than a boring monologue
How to use clear main points to make sure listeners follow your message easily
How to translate needlessly complex language into words that are easily understandable
How to clean up common distracting verbal habits: "Powerful" vs. "Powerless" language.
The class is designed for employee-level professionals (team members, individual contributors, etc.), but it is suitable for all levels of professionals.
The lessons in the class are based on both research and years of practical application with real clients. Each lesson takes a hands-on, practical approach, and provides numerous examples and illustrations. Each lesson wraps up with a practical application step.
This approach will help you put what you learn in each lesson into practice immediately.
There's also a 30-page downloadable workbook to help you stay on track. The lessons in the workbook help illustrate the lessons and tips in a memorable way.
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
87 Reviews
Alex Lyon
For over 20 years, Alex has been teaching, writing, and speaking about communication and leadership. He is especially interested in equipping emerging leaders with the skills they need to lead their teams to the next level of excellence. He believes that good communication and leadership change lives. He also has a growing YouTube channel on the same topic. He teaches college full-time in the beautiful state of New York.
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Reviews
By Miriam F. on 6/3/2024
Really good tips, especially about short talking turns and distilling them into 3 sentences.
By Egbogwa Mashack. O. on 5/13/2024
Well explain for better understanding. Thank you so much for the services.
By Ifeanyichukwu Esther on 4/23/2024
This is an interesting course, teaching you how to communicate without complications
By Abdulkabeer MohammedSamir Elshaikh on 4/13/2024
It's perfect for me, I'm enjoying it. Finally I found the solution I was looking for.
By 'Maria Adelaida Uribe on 4/13/2024
This course was with an easy language and he talked straight to the point. He had a nice presentation.
By Arty Nuff on 4/13/2024
I just finished watching it, it was quite educational, I learned a few interesting tips and techniques on how to maintain and build a conversation. Valuable class, can recommend!
By Maria Isabel Alvidrez on 4/12/2024
Yes they're not for me I'm learning to communicate better with people
By Usama Nazar on 4/12/2024
It is a very good course and I am learning a few new things throughout this course now I can have a concise conversation during the presentation and group discussion.
By Imam Ghozali on 4/11/2024
Exellent experience and lesson
By Lorna Okatch on 4/11/2024
It have learnt how to communicate more effectively
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