Demystifying Public Speaking

In our work, we each have moments of being in a spotlight - whether it's during team standups, giving a presentation to a client, or pitching your promotion to your boss - and yet we all have different fears about those moments.

This talk aims to help you identify your public speaking fears and learn tactics to address them, so you can feel prepared when that spotlight happens.

The book, which has all this content and MUCH more! https://abookapart.com/products/demystifying-public-speaking

Transcript

1. DEMYSTIFYING PUBLIC SPEAKING Lara Hogan @lara_hogan
4. That wasn’t the end.
5. The spotlight comes in many forms.
6. daily standup architecture reviews pitching a project to your team “managing up”
7. Public speaking is our #1 fear
8. VOICE & APPEARANCE
9. BEING WRONG
10. BEING JUDGED
11. We do it anyway.
12. 1. What do you want to say? 2. Practice and get feedback 3. Eat a donut
13. WHAT DO YOU WANNA SAY
14. Set expectations
15. this is where it starts getting meta ( )
16. Give yourself some structure.
17. Landscape Analysis Problem Options Solutions Reason Bigger Idea
18. Landscape Analysis Problem Options Solutions Reason Bigger Idea
19. Landscape Analysis Problem Options Solutions Reason Bigger Idea
20. Hold their attention.
21. Keep ‘em engaged Photo by Austin Heller
22. Delight yourself
23. Don’t distract your audience.
24. Wear what makes you feel like a superhero
25. PRACTICE & GET FEEDBACK
26. Humans are bad at feedback.
27. Let’s get better at giving and receiving feedback.
28. Pick your feedback crew.
29. Pick your feedback medium.
31. Tee up good feedback.
32. Is this too complex? Does my argument hold? Am I speaking too fast? Did I make any sense?
33. Practice surviving a fumble.
34. Prep your brain to hear the feedback.
35. Good feedback is specific and actionable.
36. General Specific & Actionable Positive Feedback — ‖ Negative Feedback ― –
38. PRACTICE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
39. “I’m afraid of…”
40. Your audience is rooting for you. (right? please?)
41. “I don’t know”
42. You’re still in control during Q&A.
43. Prep your feedback crew to practice answering questions.
44. Ask them to get weird.
45. Eat your donut.
46. “Talks don’t define you; you define you. Talks come and go, but every single one will make you a better you.” - Raquel Vélez
47. Landscape Analysis Problem Options Solutions Reason Bigger Idea we’re here now
48. What we need is a spectrum of 
 new voices.
49. Share your work and your knowledge.
50. Help others share their work and their knowledge.
51. Thank you!