Public Speaking Delivery Skills: How to Look & Sound Great! (Udemy.com)
Learn to sound more confident and composed even if you don't feel that way.
Created by: Alex Lyon
Last updated June 2025
What you will learn
- How to sound and look more confident when public speaking
- How to make good eye contact
- What to do with your hands and how to gesture with confidence
- How to stand and move with a purpose
- How to eliminate filler words like "um" and "uh"
- How to speak in a smooth, conversational delivery style
How it compares
Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 91% of them
- Reviews37#390 of 393 by number of reviews
- Length0.9 hoursshorter than 85% of them
- Last updatedJune 2025earlier than 53% of them
Course Description
This class will help you look and sound more confident by fixing some of the most common public speaking delivery issues people wrestle with. Specifically, the class will help you do the following:
Sound conversational and not stiff
Make good eye contact
Show you what to do with your hands and how to gesture
Show you how to stand and move with a purpose.
How to get rid of filler words such as "ums" and "uhs"
Have a much more confident-sounding voice.
Who is it for? The class is for anybody from beginner to intermediate level speakers. Ideally, if you have any type of public speaking or presentation coming up, you can use the course to be at your best.
Public speaking is one of the best ways to put your career on the fast track. Public speaking gives you more professional visibility. When you do it well, everybody watching will say to themselves, "That's a leader."
Better communication skills signal to everybody watching that you have leadership skills!
Please note: This course does not teach you how to overcome public speaking fears. Instead, the lessons teach you how to look and sound more confident and composed in the moment, even if you don't feel it.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
37 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 John Onuoha on 7/2/2026
Though I was listening on my earbuds and will watch later, I feel very satisfied with the conten and presentation style. I like everything about the presenter.
By Susana Santos on 7/26/2021
Well organized course, great tips with some really useful exercises to practise for yourself, and the way Alex explains is very clear! The time for each video is super balanced and each one transmits an important message. I took a lot of notes to practise for my next public speech for sure!
By Brandi Leigh Brown on 5/28/2021
-----------------Wonderful practical tips for how to improve on speaking to groups!
By Carlos Velazquez on 4/9/2020
The things I like are, the examples and ways to produce notes and how to deliver a speech. How to make contact with your audience.
By Glynis Turner on 3/22/2020
Helpful hints given with visuals to help you look more confident and less distracting when you speak.
By Cari Branning on 3/12/2020
Great content. I'm learning great techniques.
By Fuad Muftie on 2/2/2020
Although the lessons has been widely taught by other teachers, this course has added a number of important points in public speaking, which will increase my awareness when speaking in public.
By Nikki Thomas on 1/28/2020
This was a fantastic course!
By Faith A. Iyoha on 1/22/2020
it was very practical. highlighting the dos and don'ts. I gained a lot especially facial expression, gestures and using pause.
By Generalist Jake on 1/19/2020
Exactly what I had expected it to be. Very professional and helpful. The reason I didn't give it 5 stars was due to him not showing any live presentation examples. That would bring it to a 5 stars for me, as that would go above my expectations and normal standards.
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