PUBPOL 5147
Executive Presence for Public Affairs Executives
A vital skill in business and in life is being able to connect with other people by making your case and communicating genuine emotion, even in the most intimidating circumstances. In this course, you will learn through a cyclical pattern. You'll be instructed on a specific skill set, then asked to record and present yourself performing an activity or scripted behavior. You'll practice analyzing your performance, repeating and refining your work in exercises specially designed by Cornell Theatre Professor David M. Feldshuh.
Topics
- Analyze and understand your own strengths and weaknesses as a presenter.
- Connect and affect listeners when you transfer information, share emotion, or persuade for your purpose.
- Observe and appreciate the performance techniques used by others in the world around you, and recognize how these insights can contribute to your own presentation presence.
- Deal with performance anxiety, mannerisms, and other distractions that limit your effectiveness in presentation.
- Create a self-training process using self-recorded video, self-analysis, focused exercises, and rubric assessment to continue improvement long after the course is completed.
- Use practice and repetition to learn a new skill set: Executive Presence.
Official roster learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027