Foundations of Business Success: Public Speaking

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Foundations of Business Success: Public Speaking
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Part A
1. What are you going to learn?
Since childhood, I have had a very low self-esteem and problems with conversation. I
have not been able at any time to initiate a conversation due to fear and lack of confidence.
Therefore, I would wish to learn public speaking skills. Public speaking not only allows you
to share information but also to learn many things. A public speaker is able to acquire
different opportunities and career development (Hermes, Behne, and Rakoczy, 2018). The
speaker is also able to exercise his or her leadership skill. I would like to expand my
opportunities through learning the skills of public speaking.
2. How are you going to learn?
Very many websites are offering courses based on the above topic. Therefore, I opted
to go for an online course to be able to learn the skills. I choose one of the best websites to
enhance my learning. Interacting with different people online will influence my speech as
well as other skills. Before going for the session, I am focused to practice speaking before an
audience. In addition, I will be listening and watching speeches from well-known public
speakers to get more skills and experience.
3. Date of completion
Fourth August 2018

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4. How are going to know you have learned
I will know that I have learned through practising the skills before my members of the
family so that I can be able to identify my weaknesses. From them, I will be able to know
whether I am able to implement the skills that I have learnt from the websites.
5. How are you going to prove that you have learnt it?
Am hoping that I will be able to perform according to perform well while making any
presentation or during communication. This is because there the online course was free and
could not give a certificate
Part B
NETWORKING MEETING
In my efforts to become a good public speaker, I decided to attend one of the many
networking meetings that my dad attends. In selecting the networking meeting, I was keen in
some aspects. First, I looked at the agenda and objective of the meeting. I selected a meeting
that had objectives close to what I wanted to learn. Secondly, I looked at the people who
attended the meeting in relation to my career. This is to be able to get the right information,
encouragement from them and to learn from their experiences (Nascimbeni, 2018).
1. Objectives
First, the meeting was to allow for an exchange of important information (Kasmani,
et al 2018). This is to enable the participants to gather important information about business
opportunities. Secondly, the meeting provided a platform for one to put themselves in front of
many people. Making friend was also an objective of the meeting. The meeting was an