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How To Speak by Patrick Winston

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Patrick Winston’s legendary MIT talk breaks down how to speak clearly and confidently in high-stakes situations, using simple but powerful heuristic rules. You’ll learn how to structure your talk, choose tools like slides or props, and craft messages that inform or persuade—whether for exams, job talks, or presentations. Perfect for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively under pressure.

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MIT How to Speak, IAP 2018
Instructor: Patrick Winston
View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-tll-005-how-to-speak-ja…

Patrick Winston's How to Speak talk has been an MIT tradition for over 40 years. Offered every January, the talk is intended to improve your public speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules.

0:16 Introduction
3:11 Rules of Engagement
4:15 How to Start
5:38 Four Sample Heuristics
10:17 The Tools: Time and Place
13:24 The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides
36:30 Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How To Think
41:30 Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous
53:06 How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words
56:35 Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples

This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility.

The traditional Chinese captions courtesy of 高嘉宏. Used with permission. The captions are reviewed and edited by MIT OpenCourseWare. The simplified Chinese captions are by MIT OpenCourseWare.

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