Career & communication · course 58 of 105

Public Speaking, Planned to the Minute

Plan any 2-10 minute talk so it gives them a reason to listen, makes one clear point, ends with a real ask and finishes on time, from status updates to wedding toasts.

4 modules

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Runs in Claude (claude.ai, the Claude apps or Claude Code) with your own Claude account. A course opens there as soon as your payment goes through; nothing is shipped.

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What it teaches

How to plan a short talk (2-10 minutes) that opens with a reason to listen, says its point in one sentence, moves through 2-4 main points with clear signposts, and closes with a review and a real ask, on time. Status updates, pitches to your manager, trainings, welcomes, toasts. The AI asks about your talks, places you, then drills you on other people’s openings and closes (spot the problem, fix the line), on timing maths (word budgets from your own speaking rate), and finally on your own talk plans: it scores each one on a written 10-point score, shows the word counts, and makes you redo what failed. Got a real talk coming? It builds and scores that one with you, then offers a rehearsal check on your timing and a transcript of your run.

How long

About 35-50 rounds plus 3+ talk plans and a final: 3-4 sessions (estimate, not timed with a real student). Real talk within 14 days? The fast track takes about one session plus your redos. The tutor gives a one-line save code at the end of each session; paste it into a new chat to carry on.

The modules

4 modules, drilled one item at a time.

M0
The 10 rules and the 10-point talk score
Concept questions
M1
Spot it and fix it
Label, Diagnose, Fix
M2
Time it
Timing maths
M3
Plan the talk
Scenarios

Before it teaches, it asks

1
What talks do you give, or have coming up (work updates, pitches, trainings, a toast, class)? Is there a real one coming? If so: when, how long, and who’s listening?
AI voice (ElevenLabs)
2
First line of a 4-minute talk: “Hi everyone, I’m Jordan from finance, and today I’m going to talk about the new expense tool.” What’s the main problem with this first line?
3
The whole close of a 5-minute pitch: “Okay, that’s all I have. Any questions?” What’s wrong with this close?

What’s exact, and what isn’t

Show

Straight from the course’s own notes.

Computed by script: Every M2 key; the opening and close word counts of every model plan against its 15% / 10% limit; every quoted phrase checked against the verified source list.
Sourced: The rules come from a college public-speaking textbook (Public Speaking, Lumen Learning open course; CC BY-NC-ND), said in this course’s own words with chapter references; its 20 short quotes were matched word for word against the chapter pages (2026-10-09).
Scored by checklist: Your talk plans: 10 lines, 2 gates (a clear purpose that meets what the scenario requires; a clean plan: nothing invented, confidential or new in the close). Judgment remains on “does the hook connect”, “is this a signpost”, and fit to the scenario’s goal.
Rules of thumb: Every rule is mainstream textbook advice, not a guarantee. “2-4 main points for a short talk” is the course’s own rule inside the book’s 2-7, and it says so.
Honest limit: The AI can’t hear you. Pace, voice and eye contact are your own check; the rehearsal step counts “um” and “uh” in a transcript you paste, and says that transcripts often drop them.
No speaking-rate norm: You measure your own words per minute. If you can’t, the tutor plans with 130 and says it’s a planning number, not a norm.
Not in it yet: Q&A handling, impromptu speaking, slide building, virtual meetings, speaking anxiety.