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Nov 1, 2022

Pops Podcast - Special - Heather Danek, Lauren Morgan, and Anthony Zoubek

Prefer audio only? Click here. In this episode, we sit down with Heather Danek, Lauren Morgan, and Anthony Zoubek live from the Illinois...

Jul 8, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E10 - Bonnie Keiper

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 10. --- Guest Hosts --- Bonnie J....

Jun 24, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E9 - Angela Kariotis and Dr. Jon Radwan

Prefer audio only? Click here. Download Slides. Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 9....

Jun 17, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E8 - Don Waisanen, Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, Caitlin McClure, and Gary Ware

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 8. --- Guest Host --- Don...

Jun 15, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E7 - Dr. Joshua Hoops

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 7. --- Guest Host --- Dr. Joshua...

Jun 3, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E6 - Drs. Suzy Prentiss, Joshua Westwick, and Stephanie Kelly

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 6. --- Guest Hosts --- Dr. Suzy...

May 27, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E5 - Drs. Karen Pitcher Christiansen and Julie Ferris-Tillman

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 5. ---Guest Hosts --- Dr. Karen...

May 20, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E4 - Annette Davies & Richard Schutta

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May 13, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E3 - Dr. David Moss (Guest Ben from Pops)

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 3. ---Guest Host --- Dr. David...

Apr 15, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E2 - Drs. Charlotte Klesman & Emily Dowd-Arrow

Prefer audio only? Click here. The Power of Public Speaking Community Podcast Series. Season 2. Episode 2. ---Guest Host --- Dr....

Apr 8, 2021

Pops Podcast - S2.E1 - Dr. Steve Llano

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Aug 27, 2020

Using Pops Classroom with Zoom®

With more classes than ever moving to hybrid, "Hyflex", and all-online formats, educators are also utilizing online tools more than ever...

Jun 10, 2020

The Value of Artificial Intelligence to Public Speaking Education

Education may never return to "normal." As we highlighted in a recent post, we are in unprecedented times.

May 26, 2020

Planning for the Fall 2020 Semester Amid COVID-19

We find ourselves in unprecedented times. Aside from education, perhaps few sectors have encountered the foundational upheaval that COVID-19

Apr 14, 2020

Be sure your classes are ready!

We are thrilled to be able to help so many educators and institutions during this unprecedented time. We quickly and smoothly onboarded...

Mar 24, 2020

6 Tips for Giving a Speech Online

With most of the world suddenly working at home, we have a six tips to giving the best online speech.

Mar 16, 2020

Pops Classroom access during COVID-19

We are making Pops Classroom available to schools during this unprecedented time to ease the transition from in-person classes to...

Mar 11, 2020

Pops Classroom & Coronavirus Update

The Pops team is currently assisting schools migrate in-person public speaking classes to online-based classes in response to the novel...

Feb 18, 2020

Thesis Drawing Game

This activity was developed and submitted by Maureen Wieland, ABD from Purdue University. Topic/Purpose/Learning Objective: Learning the...

Feb 12, 2020

How to Best Help Today's Public Speaking Students

Students (and most other people) have a common nightmare scenario… They’re on a stage for a class presentation or to pitch an idea and...