How to Speak

MIT How to Speak, IAP 2018 Instructor: Patrick Winston View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/how_to_speak Patrick Winston's How to Speak talk has been an MIT tradition for over 40 years. Offered every January, the talk is intended to improve your speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules. 0:16 Introduction 3:11 Rules of Engagement 4:15 How to Start 5:38 Four Sample Heuristics 10:17 The Tools: Time and Place 13:24 The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides 36:30 Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How To Think 41:30 Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous 53:06 How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words 56:35 Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu