2-Minute Tip: Scientist-Philosopher-Author To grow as a speaker, develop your path along 3 aspects. This is a framework you can use immediately to become more effective quickly. You have to be a scientist, a philosopher, and an author. Be a scientist and conduct experiments in your preparation and on stage. Figure out what works for you. What is the right level of energy? What gestures feel most…
hjklb 2-Minute Tip: Seek out Vulnerability Vulnerability can be a powerful element in your speaking. Being vulnerable doesn’t mean your weak. It’s about having the confidence to acknowledge how you can grow today and how you have grown in the past. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable helps the audience connect with the most human aspects of your nature. Post Tip Discussion A lot of us got…
hk 2-Minute Tip: Evaluate and Connect Create a scoring sheet for your audience members, and ask them to complete in at the end of the talk. In the Learning and Development field, we call these smile sheets, and they are the first step in figuring out if training is effective. In a speaking context, they can be a little different. One approach is to build…
2-Minute Tip: Be Authentic Present in a way that is true to yourself. Your content needs to resonate with you first, or it won’t resonate with your audience. When you can share a message that you are on board with, you can convincingly tell your story and you have the best opportunity to move your audience to take the action you want them to take. And isn’t that…