How to Speak
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MIT How to Speak, IAP 2018
For more information on Professor Winston's How to Speak lecture, visit https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-tll-005-how-to-speak-january-iap-2018/pages/how-to-speak/
Instructor: Patrick Winston
View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-tll-005-how-to-speak-january-iap-2018/pages/how-to-speak/
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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
Excellent video and lecture.
3:11 Rules of Engagement
4:15 How to Start
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5:38 Four Sample Heuristics
10:17 The Tools: Time and Place
One of the best classes I've ever paid attention to.
13:24 The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides
36:30 Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How To Think
I WANT TO STUDY AT MIT ONE DAY
41:30 Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous
53:06 How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words
لماذا لايتم ترجمة هذا المقطع الى العربية 😢 حتى في هذا نتلقى عنصرية للاسف
56:35 Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples
This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility.
June 2026?
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.
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
I don't know how many people will see my comment. Today, I was sitting with friends at a school reunion. Everyone was trying to be natural. Someone was dominating, someone was talking to others, someone was making jokes, and I didn't know what to do. I tried to force myself to laugh, to be relatable, to grab a chance to talk to someone sitting near but I didn't know what to do. I am feeling myself dumb. That's why I searched "How to talk" and this video came up.
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Fantastic video, really appreciate your effort!
More User Perspectives
hello maybe you should breath even louder in the mic. or just eat less.... that would be a good beginning. you make a video on how to speak and you do not even control your own breathing.....jeezes man
@barnabeadriaens3703Steel ball was a Jojo reference
@SattwikSahuIISERBLoved this video, keep up the great work!
@owusugodfred192A masterclass. One lesson for all your speaking needs.
@career_OSBro is teaching what people usually learn when they are 2 years old.
@germanoreis590Very well done, appreciate this video!
@HawoJillo-g4gJune 02-26, I find it extremely satisfying and profound that a lecture from 6 years ago at MIT validated my view and only obsession on the ultimate truth and power in the world is achieved by the ability to articulate your thoughts with deadly precision and be able to reason it well in writing(formalised way of thinking) and be able to connect with the observer effortlessly...It's truly lethal asf. Thank you Sir Patrick
@lalithbhonsle❤❤❤
@Alannew-l5s"I wouldn't have been able to speak if I hadn't found this video."
@sakshamuniyal1140Let’s talk about how many noises you make as a human you’re breathing you’re swallowing your gasping for air clearing your lips smacking your lips all distractions that take my mind away from your presentation
@DanielMichaels-q8ntitle: "How to speak"
the guy in the video: starts speaking
me: damn, he's good
Is anybody else thinking this man is so handsome? 🙈
@LastOne2LiveOK. From the outset this guy is talking of some perfect world where the quality of ideas directly links to success. He is old enough to know better and SHOULD NOT be teaching such nonsense.
@alpetterson9452Commenting cause I want more of this
@DelamoracarrizalGreat video! Really enjoyed it.
@EnochGunnerAnyone in June, 2026!?
@ShivPrasadDas-m5eSadly, this entire course isn't available anymore.
@marybuford9591This channel is a godsend for me! MIT and Stanford lectures on YT bring the Ivy League direct to homes around the world.
@MountainMadnessCanuckMmm mmmhh??, mmm, mmmmhhhh, mhhm.
Omg thank you now I can talk after seeing this video, before I was doing mmmms
Great job, this video was very useful!
@ShaunWoerner-w3gGreat job, this video was very useful!
@CarloGriner-p5lThanks for the inspiring!
@eu1860Loved the content, keep it coming!
@CarisNorthshoreUseless
@jeffreyfarrington4299La verdad es que me quedo con que saber comunicar es tan importante como tener buenas ideas.
@LulupaticThe microphone's power in picking up his breath, plus the gulping of water? Very distracting, perhaps less so in person?
@libertyfirst4083Thank you for this video, very enlightening!
@KaiGlover-l4c6eThank you for the great content!
@DanjumaSalihuAdiEverything was good till that Clinton clip showed up.
@WestViews13I wonder what he thinks about AI these days
@Kenijamaru32:45 THAT IS ONE NIIIIICE PRESENTATION GAD DAMNN
@KenijamaruThis was super helpful, thanks!
@IreneTugieSix years ago, he was already talking about artificial intelligence.
@710tokenThis was very informative, appreciate it.
@HarmonyOrn-g7xAs James beard and JC would have said...Wassail 🍞🥂
@paulinoeugenia266016:56 Leaving here...
@ArjunSengupta1This was very informative, appreciate it.
@dựphạm-b5iFantastic explanation, thank you!
@NaomiMwandukaFantastic video, really appreciate your effort!
@يومياتكنوز-ح7نThanks for sharing this, learned a lot.
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