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The Complete Presentation and Public Speaking/Speech Course (Udemy.com)

From page to stage; learn everything you need to know about giving a great speech for business & personal presentations.

Created by: Chris Haroun

Last updated May 2025

Our take

Based on the ratings of 20,365 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in May 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

Chris Haroun's course is a long, broad walk through giving a speech. It runs 207 lectures and about 16 hours, split into twelve Acts: audience, purpose, content, slides, confidence, delivery, Q&A, preparation, appearance and follow-up. The syllabus ends with 25 guides for different kinds of speeches, plus downloadable templates. He invites students to skip ahead, so it works as a reference as well as a class. Nothing is required going in, and no slide software experience is assumed.

Reviewers who liked it call it insightful, engaging and clear, and one praises the detailed resource pack. Several say they enjoy the teacher's style, and one chose it because they liked his finance course. The complaints are consistent. Low-star reviewers say it is too long and not to the point, and that stories crowd out teaching. One says the fear section tells how the instructor beat his nerves but gives nothing to practice. Two Spanish-language reviewers call the material old, and one says half the hours are him talking about his life. Another could not play the video clips.

The ratings are strong: 4.5 from 20,365 reviews, with about 10,700 five-star and fewer than 750 at one or two stars. It was last updated in May 2025, yet some students feel the material is dated next to newer tools. Expect to pick and choose. If you like a thorough, story-driven teacher, take the whole thing or jump to the Acts that matter. If you want a fast list of techniques, a shorter course will fit better.

Best forAnyone who wants one course covering speech structure, slides, nerves and Q&A, and is happy to skip around.
Skip it ifYou want a short, to-the-point set of techniques, or you tire of an instructor telling personal stories.

Pros

  • Twelve acts cover audience, structure, slides, nerves, Q&A and appearance in one place
  • 25 occasion-specific speech guides and a detailed resource pack of templates
  • Reviewers say the teaching is engaging and holds attention across a long course
  • Skip-ahead prompts make it usable as a reference, not just a 16 hour watch

Cons

  • At 16 hours it runs long, and low-star reviewers say it drifts from the point
  • Heavy on personal stories, and the fear section gives few steps to practice
  • Some reviewers call the material old and say newer tools make parts of it unnecessary
This was deeply insightful and genuinely useful. The breadth of content and clarity of thought is greatly appreciated.
oluwatimilehin Taiwo Olasunkanmi, a student

Listed for all levels. No speaking or slide software experience is needed, and the slide acts assume you are starting from scratch.

Featured in our guide: The 10 Best Communication Skills Courses on Udemy in 2026

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What you will learn

  • #1 Best Selling Presentation Skills Course on Udemy!
  • Deliver an Unforgettable Presentation Experience: We will discuss how to deliver your masterpiece + using the best body language.
  • Create Incredible Content: We will thoroughly cover what to include in your speech (MANY ways to start it, end it and how to structure it with more than 50 presentation templates that you can download and use).
  • Make Unbelievable Slides: We will discuss making incredible slides using many proven examples and more than 10 software applications/resources (assumes you have no experience in any of the presentation or image applications that we will discuss). More than 50 presentation templates are attached that you can use (made just for this course so that you can work smarter and not harder).
  • Be More Prepared than Anyone for Your Speech: How to prepare and be aware so you can deliver a perfect presentation (based on my 25 years of giving speeches/presentations/public speaking).
  • Impress Your Audience: We will identify with the audience (your customer/target market).
  • Increase Your Confidence When Presenting: We will learn how to be in peak confidence mode! : )
  • Learn Appearance Secrets from Professional Television/Movie Stars: What to wear + nutrition tips and more.
  • Answer ANY Question During Your Speech Q&A Session: How to ace the Q&A session of your speech.
  • Meet/Beat the Goal(s) of Your Speech: We begin with the end goal in mind of your speech.
  • Post Presentation To Dos: We will ensure that your speech goals are met.
  • 25 Presentation Guides: Use 25 speech guides for 25 different types of speeches.
  • Additional Resources to Help You Work Smarter and Not Harder: Additional materials to help you work smarter and not harder.
  • ....plus much more; please look at the course lectures/course outline for more details. Thanks

Course content

28 sections · 207 lectures · 16 hours of video 2 quizzes, 31 articles

  1. 1INTRODUCTION: Course Outline (One Perfect Presentation Can Change Your Life) 2 free previews5 lectures · 39 min
  2. 2ACT 1: AUDIENCE: Identify & Identifying with Your Audience ("The Customer") 1 free preview7 lectures · 57 min
  3. 3ACT 2: PURPOSE: What's the Purpose of Your Speech (Begin with the End Goal) 1 free preview4 lectures · 19 min
  4. 4ACT 3: CONTENT: Scene 1: How to START Your Presentation 6 free previews14 lectures · 1.6 hours
  5. 5ACT 3: CONTENT: Scene 2: What to Include and How to Structure the Content12 lectures · 1.3 hours
  6. 6ACT 3: CONTENT: Scene 3: Beating Writer’s Block & ENDING Your Presentation 2 free previews8 lectures · 37 min
  7. 7ACT 3: CONTENT: Scene 4: Getting Feedback & Testing the Presentation Content5 lectures · 21 min
  8. 8FIRST INTERMISSION: Your 1st Presentation Exercise & Analyzing my TEDx Talk 2 free previews4 lectures · 22 min
  9. 9ACT 4: SLIDES: Scene 1: Creating the Slides & Presentation Software Guide 6 free previews15 lectures · 2.3 hours
  10. 10ACT 4: SLIDES: Scene 2: Customizing Images & Adding Music 2 free previews8 lectures · 42 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anyone that is interested in improving or learning public speaking/speech/presentation skills.
  • Anyone that wants to become a better public speaker than literally anybody you know (you will love giving speeches too by the end of this course). : )

What you need before you start

  • Anyone can take this course (no prior knowledge of creating speeches or presentations or public speaking is required)!
  • Optional: access to any presentation software product (i.e., PowerPoint, Keynote, etc...or none - completely up to you)!
  • No prior knowledge of how to make presentations using software is required (many of the presentations software products used in the course are free).

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews20,365#23 of 393 by number of reviews
  • Length16.1 hourslonger than 94% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2025earlier than 54% of them

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Course Description

#1 Best Selling Presentation Skills Course on Udemy! Welcome to The COMPLETE Presentation and Public Speaking/Speech Course by the author of the best selling business course on Udemy, an award winning professor, TEDx Talk speaker, author and entrepreneur.

I guarantee that this is THE most thorough public speaking/speech/presentation course available ANYWHERE on the market - or your money back. This is the most thorough course I have ever made and anyone can take it and see remarkable improvements in how to give a speech/presentation (you will learn to enjoy public speaking)!

Giving a perfect speech or presentation can change your life and the lives of countless others (life often comes down to a few short moments).

Course Goal: From page to stage; you learn everything (yes everything) you need to know about giving a GREAT speech for business & personal presentations.

Course Outline: There are 12 parts (called "Acts") in this comprehensive and enjoyable speech/presentation/public speaking course with many exercises, examples and templates to help you work smarter and not harder when making your speech. The course outline is as follows:

  • Act 1: Audience: We will identify with the audience (your customer/target market).

  • Act 2: Purpose: We begin with the end goal in mind of your speech.

  • Act 3: Content: We will thoroughly cover what to include in our speech and how to structure it.

  • Act 4: Slides: We will discuss making incredible slides using many proven examples and more than 10 different presentation products from PowerPoint to Keynote and many more (this assumes that you have no experience with any of the software products mentioned in this course...many of which are free to use).

  • Act 5: Confidence: We will learn how to be in peak confidence mode for your speech! 

  • Act 6: Delivery: We will discuss how to deliver your masterpiece and using the best body language.

  • Act 7: Questions: How to ace the Q&A session of your speech and answer literally any question.

  • Act 8: Preparation: How to prepare and be aware so you can deliver a perfect presentation (based on my 25 years of giving/preparing for presentations).

  • Act 9: Appearance: What to wear + nutrition tips and more.

  • Act 10: Post Presentation To Dos: We will ensure that your speech goals are met.

  • Act 11: 25 Presentation Guides: Access to 25 speech guides and well over 50 slide templates for every type of presentation/speech/public speaking occasion. 

  • Act 12: Resources: Additional materials to help you work smarter and not harder.

  • Conclusion / Epilogue: Conclusions + Congratulations! 



Since this is a very comprehensive 16 hour course, there are 3 ways to take this course as follows:

  1. You can take the entire course in order.

  2. You can take the entire course in order and then skip ahead when prompted in the lessons to do so.

  3. You can choose to take only the topics that interest you the most.

This Course is Based on Real Practical Experience and Not Theory: This course includes 25 speech/presentation guide books and well over 50 presentations templates created for this course and for you. This course is based on my 25 years of experience presenting at keynote speaker events, a TEDx Talk, raising money investor presentations, lecturing at Stanford, McGill University, The Hult International School of Business, Berkeley, San Francisco State University, wedding speeches, panel discussions, conferences, being an MC, best man speech, online presentations, interviews, sales presentations, receiving and giving awards speeches, giving toasts, being put on the spot to speak with no preparation, media interviews with Forbes and other publications, university graduation convocation keynote speeches, many international speeches, board meeting presentations, group presentations, motivational speeches, business keynote speeches, etc. (all of which are covered in this course).

What students are saying about the course:

★★★★★  "Thank you for the great opportunity to follow your course. For the past years I have followed a number of courses on public speaking worldwide in order to update myself on skills in public speaking. As a speech language pathologist and fluency specialist I train people who stutter become 'wow' speakers. I must say I am very successful and that is why I always want to keep updated on public speaking skills. I must say that your course is the most comprehensive and straight to the point course. The content is very much similar to the courses I deliver but I enjoyed your passion, enthusiasm and also expertise. As you know lol, those are the secrets of public speaking. During our courses both of manage to change the fear into fun for public speaking. Once again, well done for the extremely well organized course. It could not have been better :) keep up the good work." -Dr Joseph Agius, Speech Language Pathologist

★★★★★  "I love Chris's passion for his subject - to be honest the idea of public speaking scares me rigid, but I'm beginning to get excited that I may finally overcome this fear - because I know I have so much value to deliver if I can become a good presenter!" - Alex Parker

★★★★★  "I am impressed with the contents and suggestions." - Maria Pinho

★★★★★  "The first impression is great and I lovely recommend the course to everyone who wants to improve his speech." - Vinko Susak


Life often comes down to a few short moments and giving a perfect speech or presentation can change your life and the lives of countless others (you will love public speaking by the end of this course).


This incredibly thorough course has a 30 day money back guarantee. Together, we will study the best public speakers in the world from business icons to actors to many many others. 


As always, I am here to help if you have any questions.

Enjoy the course; I had a lot of fun putting it together!  

Thanks,
Chris Haroun

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Instructor Details

Chris Haroun

Award Winning Professor Featured in Forbes, NBC, Business Insider, CNN & Entrepreneur

Please join me for my weekly Office Hours Q&A on my YouTube channel every Thursday from 8am until 10am Pacific time. Here is my bio thanks: 

Chris Haroun is the founder & CEO of the 300+ hour online Haroun MBA Degree Program®, an award winning business school professor, MBA graduate from Columbia University & former Goldman Sachs employee. He has raised/managed over $1bn in his career.

He also has work experience at hedge fund giant Citadel, consulting firm Accenture & several firms that he has started, including an investment firm that had a venture capital investment in Facebook several years before the Facebook IPO.

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Reviews

4.5

20,365 ratings on Udemy

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By oluwatimilehin Taiwo Olasunkanmi on 8/31/2026

This was deeply insightful and genuinely useful. The breadth of content and clarity of thought is greatly appreciated. The resource pack is extremely detailed as well.

By Udemy User on 8/10/2026

Yes, the course is a good match. My tutor when I started consulting already urged me honestly "In all what you do, stay true to yourself". Your clear explanation reminded me of this moment.

By Helen Leige on 5/22/2026

I loss a lot of family members throughout the years! I somehow lost the ability to share the love and memories putting into the right words and sharing it with others with confidence. I am a very personal person and this need to change! Let's embark on this Journey together.

By Shannon A Barber on 4/21/2026

The class keeps to topic and is engaging. One drawback in the course is I am unable to play the video clips. In these sections I feel I am missing quite a bit of information. Without seeing the video I feel like I am missing some points of the lecture.

By D S Lakshmi Lavanya on 4/8/2026

Hi It was an interesting and helpful session. The points which are focused in the video definitely useful in preparing presentations . Thank you

By Anonymized User on 3/30/2026

The course is indeed comprehensive. I chose the course because previously I took a finance course with him, and I really liked his explanations. So even though the 16h length of the course was a "No No" sign for to not pick this one, I took it because of Chris being the teacher. I can say he didn't disappoint me. Up until chapter 6, I was surprised of myself watching all extra inspirational videos he was suggesting to watch, and indeed I felt really inspired, so well done on that front Chris. I consider myself an impatient person, and just want to get immediately the gist of the topic. Even though Chris multiple times mentioned he speaks fast, I personally listened to the course at speed 1.5x. However, as I was saying, until chapter 6 I find the contents super useful, learning how to approach the narrative of my presentation, how to structure it. However, after that section it became so soft skill-y for me (aside from tutorials on how to make slides), so I just skimmed through all of those sections and the amount of notes I took from them were very few lines. If I want to give Chris a tip on how to restructure the course I would use his own tip: BE MINIMAL. I loved it that you used inspirational quotes, videos, anecdotes, etc, but you used too much of it. And this is the reason I give 4 start. Otherwise, I thank you for the contents and energy you brought to this course, well done!

By Cindy Milena Ramirez Chisco on 2/23/2026

Me gusta el contenido, pero me parece muy tediosa la estructura de inicio del curso. Me gustaría que fuera más didáctica

By Galina Ivanova on 12/18/2025

This is probably one of the best courses I have purchased from the platform. Everything is explained in accessible language with examples.

By Vilma T Padilla on 11/9/2025

Thank you very much sir Chris Horoun, for the great learnings from The Complete Presentation and Public Speaking/Speech Course. I truly appreciate your insightful lectures , a big, big thumbs up!

By Nicolette J Nierras on 10/16/2025

Chris is super thorough! I learnt so much from him and this course. I purchased another financial course from him earlier on, and I have yet to complete that, and when I started this course first, only then I noticed I purchased 2 of his courses already. I am very very picky - and the fact that I chose him for finance and public speaking (two very distinct topics) speaks a lot of volume about how I think of Chris based on his number of students, reviews, credibility etc. Thank you Chris for pursuing your passion in teaching!

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