{"id":39,"date":"2025-05-09T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/blog\/points\/communicating-with-confidence\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:22:50","slug":"communicating-with-confidence","status":"publish","type":"points","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/points\/communicating-with-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Communicating with Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-start=\"&quot;40&quot;\" data-end=\"&quot;152&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;relative\">I recently completed the &#8220;Communicating with Confidence&#8221; course offered by LinkedIn Learning, instructed by Jeff Ansell.<\/span> <span class=\"&quot;relative\">This course enhances communication skills by focusing on clarity, presence, and confidence in both personal and professional settings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-start=\"&quot;154&quot;\" data-end=\"&quot;310&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;relative\">Throughout the course, I learned practical strategies to improve vocal delivery, body language, and message structuring.<\/span> <span class=\"&quot;relative\">Key takeaways included techniques for effective eye contact, purposeful gestures, and managing speech pace and tone to convey messages more compellingly.<\/span> <span class=\"&quot;relative\">Additionally, the course addressed methods to overcome nervousness and build genuine confidence when speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-start=\"&quot;312&quot;\" data-end=\"&quot;430&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;relative\">By applying these techniques, I&#8217;ve gained a deeper understanding of how to present ideas more effectively and engage audiences with greater assurance.<\/span> <span class=\"&quot;relative\">This course has been instrumental in refining my communication abilities, which I believe will contribute positively to my professional interactions and presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/thoffman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}