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Public Speaking: A tactical approach (Udemy.com)

This course will teach public speaking, communication skills and storytelling in an entirely new way.

Created by: Ivan Wanis Ruiz

Last updated March 2021

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What you will learn

  • Communication tactics to make public speaking and one-on-one communication more effective
  • How to create an effective opening statement based on Neuroscience

How it compares

Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews1,620#136 of 393 by number of reviews
  • Length0.9 hoursshorter than 85% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2021earlier than 85% of them

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Course Description

This course was born from frustration! Frustration that no one seems to be able to do what they’re teaching when it comes to speaking and communication. Everyone is either trying to teach you how to be a motivational speaker or some BS on overcoming your fears. In other words, it’s all self-help. But what does facing your fears and embracing your passion have to do with your regional sales report? Or a meeting with five people? Or doing a quarterly update for your company? Or a presentation in University? Nothing!

Let's be very honest.  If you have ever taken a public speaking course, chances are you’ve been bored through most of it and it probably didn't change anything.   This course will introduce a completely different way to learn communication skills and public speaking.  We are not going to talk about ideas that sound great, but do nothing to change behaviour, we are going to introduce physical tactics you can practice and apply instantly.

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Create opening and closing statements in a way that will activate the brain.

  • Design problem and solution statements that engage the imagination

  • Apply a strategy to effectively transition between ideas

  • Use a series of physical tactics to communicate confidence irrespective of how you feel

  • Identify a new way to practice speaking and deal with nervousness

Most people who teach public speaking were in sales or marketing their whole lives, but those are specific fields, and they don’t provide examples from outside of their fields or their personal experiences. Also, just because they did it for years, doesn’t mean they are any good at it. So, in essence, there are two big problems with the current state of public speaking education and training.

1. None of it is practical or applies to most of our day-to-day needs

2. The people teaching us aren’t themselves great at public speaking

That is why I made this course!

I realize that the market is saturated with public speaking resources that all make the same promise: to make you better at public speaking. So what makes this course any different?


REAL SPEAKERS: Most “Public Speaking experts,” are just from the corporate world and have never really had experience outside of marketing or sales for example. I went out and found people who actually do it in their day-to-day lives. I spoke to stand-up comics, buskers, and professional wrestlers because, if you think about it, these are people who can actually get crowds around them, make them feel something, get them excited, and make them stop what they’re doing and pay attention.

REAL EXPERTS: I spoke to police interrogators and professional poker players, and I asked them… how do you know when someone is lying? How do you know when someone is bluffing?

REAL SCIENCE: I researched evolutionary biology and neuroscience to figure out how the brain functions and how it has evolved to absorb and processes information.

REAL TACTICS: I took what I learned, and instead of giving you general ideas, this course will go a step further and literally give you physical tactics and actual sentence structures that you can use to make yourself more impactful right away.

REAL EXAMPLES: Instead of a bunch of general examples or hypothetical situations, I will give you nothing but specific examples from a variety of industries and backgrounds from previous participants of my training courses

In a perfect world, whether presenting a training seminar, leading a meeting, or sharing something in front of a classroom, people would look forward to your presentation, and you and your audience would leave feeling excited and energized.This course can you help us to make it a reality.That is right US!!!!I am on a mission to end boring and I need your help so don’t just read this course, please, try to apply it and let's make this perfect world a reality.

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Instructor Details

Ivan Wanis Ruiz

Most will teach by explaining and describing. I teach by applying and demonstrating. Everything I teach is physical and easy to practice with lots of laughs and fun along the way.


“Ivan is probably the best public speaking expert out there! I have contracted Ivan on more than one occasion to bring my brands to life and create awareness and excitement!”

Steve Wallace - Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer - Alpine Canada Alpin


When I am not teaching speaking I am doing it as an event host and emcee. I travelled across Canada twice as the host for both the Invictus Games and the PanAm Games torch relays. From 5 people in intimate shows to 50000 in huge national events I am equally comfortable.


"The idea of perfect communication is my obsession...so if you want a completely refreshing and entirely different approach to learning communication...why not try me?"

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Reviews

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1,620 ratings on Udemy

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By Maha Moazzam on 3/5/2026

I'm going to Start my personal branding, so I selected his course as well. He is speaking too fast.

By Hary Sin on 2/27/2024

Met Ivan in Vancouver, saw him speak & decided to get this course. Course content is very tactical with NO fluff. I loved it, found very useful and will definitely help me with public speaking. If you are thinking of learning more in public speaking, this is a great course. I sm certain you will love it and benefit from it.

By Maurice LeGendre on 1/20/2022

As a friend and student of Ivan's I've personally witnessed him command the attention of a room of 30 or a crowd of hundreds having his insights on he approaches public speaking...especially just some of the simple physical ones was amazing, and helped me connect the dots from what I have seen him do out there. Great course man!

By James Hill on 11/1/2021

Was good material. Ivan had some new ideas I hadn't thought about and some old ideas packaged better. Thanks!

By Kamil Borysiuk on 10/12/2020

I did a different course let by Ivan from University of Toronto (Communication Strategies for Virtual Age) and this course had some similar points but I think that is great. Ivan re-emphasised what've learnt already, gave good examples (by words and by showing) and practical tips. I think this is a really good material for anyone who does public speaking regularly, but even occasionally. Highly recommended.

By Thomas P on 9/7/2020

Wow.... one of the best and to the point trainings on giving impactful presentations. He dismantles a number of approaches that are commonly taught and gives you the tactics to really improve presentations skills. I look forward to putting these tactics to use. Great content. No fluff. Fantastic presenter.

By Mozhgan Milkarizi on 7/30/2020

It was an engaging course and i really enjoyed.specially, the part he talked about the body movements . Moreover, everything explained as it’s needed which is important to me for choosing these kinds of courses. Because I’d like to save my time as well.

By Hillary Jude. X on 7/18/2020

Wow buddy!! I enjoyed every lecture of this course, the way you gave speech, your voice, your gestures....awesome. It was like having you as an example while learning speaking tactics. Thank you. And another thing about this course, I felt it is compact and learnable.

By Basant Ezzat on 7/11/2020

first i thought it gonna be like every "speak confident" lecture and i was taking it just to add another theoretical notes that i can tell to others and non will do thing with, but actually it's fulfilling and hit right on the point.

By Diksha Sadhwani on 7/6/2020

love his energy and passion as a speaker, so much valuable tips I will be using to help myself and others become confident public speakers

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