14 Top Rated Communication and Public Speaking Courses

Some of these courses are free. But if you decide to purchase anything through the links below, the editor of Personal Growth (Dan — that’s me writing this) will receive a percentage of the sale as a finders fee. Thank you for your support. None of these courses or websites are recommendations. All I know is the courses below seem to have high ratings. The descriptions below are copied and pasted from the host websites.

1. Improve Your English Communication Skills:

This Specialization helps you improve your professional communication in English for successful business interactions. Each course focuses on a particular area of communication in English: writing emails, speaking at meetings and interviews, giving presentations, and networking online.

2. The Complete Presentation and Public Speaking/Speech Course:

In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to know about giving a great speech for business & personal presentations. There are 12 parts in this comprehensive and enjoyable speech/presentation/public speaking course with many exercises, examples and templates to help you work smarter when making your speech.

3. Complete Public Speaking Masterclass For Every Occasion:

Look comfortable, confident and relaxed in any speaking situation. Speak in a clear and understandable manner. Speak in a memorable way (this is the hardest for most people). Influence your audience. Know exactly what to do when speaking to any size audience on any occasion in any format.

4. Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills:

In the course, you’ll learn about and practice the four steps to a successful negotiation: (1) Prepare: Plan Your Negotiation Strategy (2) Negotiate: Use Key Tactics for Success (3) Close: Create a Contract (4) Perform and Evaluate: The End Game

5. Master Your People Skills:

Learn how to inspire, influence, and engage people in this life-changing program with Vanessa Van Edwards. You will learn how to increase your likability, deal with difficult people, be a master conversationalist, and quickly identify personality types.

6. English Grammar Launch: Upgrade your speaking and listening:

If you want to speak English more clearly, if you want to sound more native-like, or if you simply want to take your English to the next level, this course can help you achieve your goal of improving your English.

7. Dynamic Public Speaking Specialization:

This four-course specialization will provide you with the instruction, experience, and practice to develop and deliver compelling presentations. Drawing from the established knowledge in communication, rhetoric, linguistics, and argumentation, each course balances proven ideas with lots of speech practice.

8. The Power of Body Language:

In this course you’ll learn how to read people by gauging their visual cues. Use body language to your advantage in meetings. How to tell if people are lying. And more. You’ll be able to identify what impression your verbal and nonverbal language is giving, and how to increase it.

9. Data Analysis and Presentation Skills: the PwC Approach Specialization:

This Specialization will help you get practical with data analysis, turning business intelligence into real-world outcomes. Perhaps most importantly, we’ll help you to present data to others in a way that gets them engaged in your story and motivated to act.

10. Master Polite English:

Learn common polite phrases for a variety of communicative functions, such as complaining, interrupting, expressing disappointment and many more. By the end of this course, you will have a better understanding of polite English and will be able to communicate more effectively and appropriately.

11. Chris Anderson on Public Speaking:

In this course, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to use public speaking to share powerful ideas. Chris will walk you through real life examples of TED Talks that worked and also share firsthand stories of mistakes to avoid.

12. Become Better and Funnier at Public Speaking:

Whether you are preparing for a business presentation, giving a wedding toast, defending your thesis, raising money from investors, this class will take you from nervous and sweaty to stage-ready.

13. Become an Engaging Presenter:

Join former Late Night with Conan O’Brien performer, career coach, and business owner Andrew Whelan to learn how to be an engaging, dynamic presenter. You’ll learn how to prepare your story and rehearse, prioritize your message, improve your vocal strength and physical presence, manage anxiety and handle the unexpected, and more.

14. Seth Godin on Presenting to Persuade:

Instead of focusing on the craft of making slides, Seth takes you on a journey to understand what your presentation is actually for. He’ll help you see that a presentation is a unique and powerful opportunity, a chance to be heard, a moment where you have the leverage to make something happen.