The Speech and Presentation Center offers students
- Personalized assistance with projects at any stage of the speech development process, from generating ideas and topics to delivering the presentation
- Feedback tailored to oral communication assignments required by instructors across disciplines
- Help in developing strategies for revision and enhancement
- Support in helping to manage speech anxiety (speech apprehension)
- Assistance in effective delivery including body language, expression, eye contact, gestures, notes and visual aids
- Assistance and advice on the preparation and use of visual aids
- An understanding of ethical and responsible speech
- A non-threatening, supportive location to practice speeches out loud, but in private
- An opportunity to experience the Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) in order to reduce communication apprehension
- Mediation services
- Practice and feedback on interviewing skills
The Speech and Presentation Center offers Faculty
- Help in designing speaking and presentation assignments to foster course objectives
- Limited classroom support for the preparation of students for speaking and presentation assignments
- Advice for faculty presentations (conference papers, panels, etc.)
- A non-threatening, supportive location to practice speeches out loud, but in private
- An opportunity to experience the Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) in order to reduce communication apprehension
The Speech and Presentation Center offers community members and businesses
- Help in designing speaking and presentation assignments to foster effective communication
- Technological support for speaking and presentation activities
- A location to receive advanced feedback on presentations
- Practice and feedback on interviewing skills
- New technology use
- Development of leadership skills
| Communication Department | College of Humanities & Social Sciences |