Dr. Devesh Thakur
The video explains: 1. Strategies to enhance audience understanding in informative speaking include speaking with clarity, using principles and techniques of adult learning, clarifying unfamiliar ideas or complex processes, and appealing to various learning styles. 2. Speaking with clarity involves previewing main ideas, using transition words, summarizing key points, and providing visual outlines to help listeners follow the content. 3. Principles of adult learning include providing relevant information, involving listeners actively, connecting new information with their experiences, and helping them solve problems. 4. To clarify unfamiliar ideas or complex processes, speakers can use analogies, vivid descriptive word pictures, and appeal to the senses to create mental images. 5. Appealing to different learning styles involves recognizing that people have varying preferences for visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic learning, and speakers should cater to these preferences when presenting information.
Dr. Devesh Thakur is an enthusiastic and dedicated educator with a passion for cultivating confident communicators. His love for communications & public speaking has led him to earn several certificate courses in public speaking and presentations. He has written several articles, blogs, and books on communication and interpersonal skills.
With PG & Ph.D. from the prestigious Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Extension Education, he has fifteen years of experience in teaching communication courses to varied students of agricultural universities in India. His teaching philosophy revolves around creating a supportive and engaging learning environment where students can overcome their fears and develop the art of persuasive expression. Through a combination of recorded video lectures, and personalized online support, he strives to equip learners with the tools to articulate their ideas with clarity, impact, and conviction.