{"id":2028,"date":"2020-10-21T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2028"},"modified":"2020-11-24T15:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:33:55","slug":"why-it-matters-public-speaking-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/chapter\/why-it-matters-public-speaking-on-the-job\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Public Speaking on the Job","rendered":"Why It Matters: Public Speaking on the Job"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_3620\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3620\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5348\/2020\/10\/23200646\/workplace-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A woman standing in front of a wall of post-it notes talking to a group of people sitting at a conference table\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> In any workplace, communication is key.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAt the outset of this course, we mentioned all the ways that public speaking can improve your career opportunities and job performance. This module is where we discuss the specifics of how that might happen.\u00a0Few jobs exist that don\u2019t require any public speaking abilities. Whether you're talking with customers, discussing scenarios with clients, strategizing with your team, teaching children or adults, or interviewing for a job, the outcome of the communication scenario depends on your ability to organize your ideas, support your arguments, and make your case.","rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3620\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3620\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3620\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5348\/2020\/10\/23200646\/workplace-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A woman standing in front of a wall of post-it notes talking to a group of people sitting at a conference table\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In any workplace, communication is key.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the outset of this course, we mentioned all the ways that public speaking can improve your career opportunities and job performance. This module is where we discuss the specifics of how that might happen.\u00a0Few jobs exist that don\u2019t require any public speaking abilities. 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