17/08/2018
SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER
Every single day there are speakers around the world either boring people to tears or wowing their audience. If you yourself are a speaker, then you want the reaction to be the latter. How is your audience reacting to you now?
No matter your response, there are always ways that you can improve your public speaking skills. In a world that is fast-paced and concentration levels are waning with the amount of information being thrown at your audience on a daily basis, you need to stay relevant and stick out from the rest. You do this by adding value to their lives. Be current, be relatable, be informative, be memorable and be valuable. You can become all of this by watching how other speakers structure their talks and present to their audiences.
In the video link below, you will be redirected to Julian Treasure’s TED talk. We found this talk particularly interesting because of the way he engages with his audience and helps them to remember his topic. We found the following patterns in the structure of his talk:
a. Julian introduces a problem that needs solving and makes these problems relatable for the audience.
b. He provides solutions with easy-to-remember acronyms and metaphors, e.g. HAIL and the Toolbox.
c. He asks for participation from the audience by mirroring his vocal warm-up exercises.
d. Then reiterates the problems mentioned in his introduction, and concludes with an easy-to-remember, simplified solution that summarizes his whole talk. This repetition is important to help his audience remember his message.
https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen -578726
