Media Training for Democratic Candidates: You Can Win

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Win Votes Every Time You Speak

Lecture 1: Tell Voters How Their Lives Will Benefit If You Are Elected

Lecture 2: Please Introduce Yourself

Lecture 3: What every candidate should do and not do

Lecture 4: The Nature of Scorpions and Republicans

Lecture 5: Instant Answers to Your Democratic Candidate Questions

Lecture 6: You Must Make the Case Why an Incumbent Should Be Fired

Lecture 7: How to ask for campaign contributions

Lecture 8: Campaign communications dos and don'ts

Lecture 9: How to raise campaign funds quickly

Lecture 10: Make sure voters understand you

Lecture 11: Campaign communications homework assignment

Chapter 2: The Secret to Being a Charismatic Public Speaker

Lecture 1: How to Give a Great, Not a Good Speech

Lecture 2: Developing a Stump Speech that Voters Love and You Won't Get Sick Of

Lecture 3: Brainstorm Every Topic and Message for Your Speech

Lecture 4: Exciting New Update to this Course

Lecture 5: What is Your Water Cooler Message?

Lecture 6: How to start a speech

Lecture 7: You Must Communicate with the Head and the Heart

Lecture 8: Spell Out Benefits for Your Audience

Lecture 9: Don't Make Your Speech a Data Dump

Lecture 10: Writing a Speech

Lecture 11: How Many Points Should Your Presentation Cover?

Lecture 12: Magical Phrase for Every Speech

Lecture 13: How to Start a Speech with an Icebreaker

Lecture 14: Course Update! Live Instructor Office Hours are Now Available

Lecture 15: What to Do if You Don't Like Your Voice

Lecture 16: How to Speak with Confidence

Lecture 17: How to Give a Formal Speech

Lecture 18: How to Put Your Audience at Ease

Lecture 19: How to Close a Speech

Lecture 20: How to Pace a Speech

Lecture 21: How to Prepare a Speech

Lecture 22: Tell 'em what I'm gonna tell 'em, tell 'em

Lecture 23: Public Speaking Rules You Should Never Break

Lecture 24: How can I find out whether my presentation worked

Lecture 25: Should I Rehearse My Speech and for how long?

Lecture 26: How to Eliminate Nervousness for public speaking

Lecture 27: How Not to be like Rick Perry

Lecture 28: What to Do if You're Losing Your Audience

Lecture 29: How to Handle a Heckler

Lecture 30: How to Handle Questions from the Audience

Lecture 31: Should I read my speech so that I don't make any mistakes?

Lecture 32: How do I remember what to say in a presentation?

Lecture 33: How to Prepare and Use Notes in a Speech

Lecture 34: How to Stop Saying Um and Ah when You Speak

Lecture 35: Why You Should Never Memorize a Speech

Lecture 36: How to Make a Speech Powerful and Persuasive

Lecture 37: How to Speak in Front of a Big Crowd

Lecture 38: What if You are asked a question You Can't Answer?

Lecture 39: Should I warn my audience I will be boring?

Lecture 40: A Positive Attitude for Public Speaking

Lecture 41: If my allotted speaking time is cut, what should I eliminate?

Lecture 42: How to Move around while Making a Speech

Lecture 43: How to Make Eye Contact with Your Audience

Lecture 44: How to to Use a Teleprompter

Lecture 45: How to Give a Motivational Speech

Lecture 46: How to Sound Conversational in a Speech

Lecture 47: How to Recover from Making a Mistake in a Speech

Lecture 48: How to Make Prepared Remarks as Good as Your Q and A

Lecture 49: What to Do with Your Hands when Making a Speech Public Speaking

Lecture 50: Have a Public Speaking Improvement Plan

Lecture 51: How to Use a Lectern or Podium When Giving a Speech

Lecture 52: Practice Your Democratic Candidates Homework Using the TJ Walker AI Clone

Chapter 3: Public Speaking – How to Tell Stories

Lecture 1: Stories Are the Most Important Part of Great Speeches

Lecture 2: Message Drives Stories

Lecture 3: What is the setting for Your Story?

Lecture 4: What Characters and Conflicts are in Your Story?

Lecture 5: Your Speaking Stories Must Contain Dialogue

Lecture 6: Share Your Emotions When telling Your Stories

Lecture 7: Your Story Must have a Resolution

Lecture 8: Don't Tell Stories, Instead Re-Live Stories

Lecture 9: Story Fundamentals

Lecture 10: What are Your Speech Goals?

Lecture 11: Public Speaking Conclusion

Chapter 4: Speaking to the Media

Lecture 1: Dealing with the Media

Lecture 2: Responding to Attacks

Chapter 5: Media Training – How to Look Your Best on Camera

Lecture 1: How to Look Your Best on TV Overview

Lecture 2: How to Apply Makeup for TV Interviews

Lecture 3: How to Sit for TV Interviews

Lecture 4: How to Smile for TV Interviews

Lecture 5: How to Move Your Head for Video Interviews

Lecture 6: How to Use Your Eyes During a TV Interview

Lecture 7: How to Move Your Body for TV Interviews

Lecture 8: How to Move Your Hands for TV Interviews

Lecture 9: How to Sit in Your Chair for TV Interviews

Lecture 10: How to Stand for TV Interviews

Lecture 11: How to Dress for TV Interviews

Chapter 6: Media Training – Messaging

Lecture 1: How to Frame a Media Message

Lecture 2: A Media Message Answers all Basic Questions

Lecture 3: Media Messages Must be Interesting to Reporters

Lecture 4: Media Messages Must Resonate with Media Audience

Lecture 5: Your Media Message Needs to Benefit You

Lecture 6: Three is the Perfect Number of Media Messages

Lecture 7: Media Messages using a Venn Diagram