Speaking Confidently and Effectively
In this LinkedIn Learning course I learned how to present myself and communicate well in any work environment that I am in, whether it be formal or informal. I learned that you need to know who your audience is, what do they want to know, what do they need to know, and then you present the information. One quote I took away from this course is that “less is more”. It would not make sense to give your audience all the information you know if they only wanted to know a small portion of it. This course also taught me how to think differently about the nerves and butterflies you get when you are about to present and focus on something else because it is the adrenaline that is running through your body, not the nervousness and focusing on succeeding will help you do exactly that. This helps me in career development and the future because I am taking away multiple tips on how to present information to an audience and speak in front of people formally and successfully. This was an important course for me to learn about because I have always struggled with speaking in front of an audience and that is something I am going to need to focus on for my career development and future, and I felt that this course helped me learn new tips. I also learned how to align my body, tone, and words when speaking to certain audiences and how this can affect the way they look at you and listen to your presentation.