Shannon Wong Lerner, Ph.D.
Are You a PoC and Want to Make a Video on LinkedIn? Come join the Intersection Tutorial for Speech!

The Intersection Tutorial Premieres on Dr. Shannon Wong Lerner’s YouTube channel this Friday January 15th, 10am PT HERE
The Intersection Tutorial: Public Speaking – Dramatic Reading, Prepare like a Professional Actor
This is the first communication tutorial that I will produce each month for my listeners.
As queer PoC who has worked as an:
Ivy League performance, public speaking, and rhetoric professor
and classical vocalist,
I have studied and taught phrasing and stress patterns.
To hundreds of students and clients of color and non-native English speakers.
In this lesson, you learn how to prepare for different speeches and presentations through the art of dramatic reading or oral interpretation. Where you figure out:
🌈 What are the most important words? What is the flow of words? What are the stresses? What is the emotion?
🌈 How to speak to your audience in a way that feels authentic to you and WHO you are and WHERE you come from
🌈 How to present content at the level as an expert in your field and the sensitivity and acumen of a professional actor and speaker
I read from two very different texts and then analyze the content itself and why I made certain decisions in my delivery.
I do this both by analyzing the argument of the speakers themselves and the language itself.
Enjoy! Dr. Shannon Wong Lerner
The Intersection Tutorial Premieres on Dr. Shannon Wong Lerner’s YouTube channel this Friday January 15th, 10am PT HERE