Power of Public Speaking

The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2.

---Guest Host ---

Dr. Steve Llano

email: [email protected]

blog: stevellano.com

podcast: anchor.fm/inthebin

---About Episode---

Controversial topics in the public speaking classroom... Should you allow your students to speak on controversial topics?

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In this episode, we sit down with Steve Llano at St. John’s University to discuss his experiences in the classroom, his approach to teaching the Basic Course, and how public speaking educators can best help their students.

In this episode, we sit down with Melissa Brock and Richard Slawsky, instructors of Public Speaking at the University of Louisville. We discuss what got them into teaching Public Speaking, their experiences in the classroom, as well as how our toolset, Pops Classroom, has impacted their teaching.

In this episode, we sit down with Michael Gold to discuss his work on the Universi Youth Media Program, an innovative program design to empower students through the development of their communication skills.

In this episode, we sit down with Faith Pincus to discuss her years of experience with public speaking in and out of the courtroom. We also discuss her new book, "Being Heard - Presentation Skills for Attorneys."

Dr. Marty Pollio, Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, sits down with Tyler Poteet, Vice President of ASI Visual Collaboration Systems, Power of Public Speaking, and a JCPS graduate, to discuss the JCPS Backpack of Success Skills program. The Backpack program not only enables a deeper learning experience for JCPS students, it offers them opportunities to practice their Public Speaking skills.

In this episode, we sit down with Heather Danek, Lauren Morgan, and Anthony Zoubek to discuss their work with the Illinois State Senate on a bill to allow for Oral Communication to be included in the Illinois High School course offerings for Fine Arts credit.

Correction: In this episode, a guest references three states that leave public speaking requirements to a local decision level. This was misstated, four states currently leave this requirement to local decision level.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Andrew Billings, the director of the Alabama Program in Sports Communication and Ronald Reagan Chair of Broadcasting in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. We discuss the need for the integration of Public Speaking into education.

In this episode, we sit down with Michael Golway, President and CEO of Advanced Solutions, Inc. We discuss the impact public speaking has had in his entrepreneurial career and how it plays a role in his daily life.