{"id":3828,"date":"2021-05-18T02:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T06:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2021-05-18T02:49:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T06:49:33","slug":"invest-a-few-hours-to-excel-at-public-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/2021\/05\/18\/invest-a-few-hours-to-excel-at-public-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest a few hours to excel at public speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few months back, I was doing some research on public speaking, and I stumbled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w82a1FT5o88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on this short video<\/a>\u00a0of one of the world&#8217;s experts in public speaking Conor Neil. What I learned in the video changed forever the way I envision starting and finishing a talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there is a grownup way to say: Once upon a time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w82a1FT5o88?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny enough, I found a reference to Conor in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forge.medium.com\/the-7-emails-you-should-send-every-week-to-get-ahead-in-your-career-2358f8451ef9\" target=\"_blank\">a post from Michael Thompson<\/a>\u00a0which gave me the courage to send emails to people I don&#8217;t know to thank them for their great work. Something you may want to try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael, the co-author of <a href=\"https:\/\/iamincharge.club\/\">I am a Software Engineer and I am in Charge<\/a>, told me that even when you are not keen on public speaking, you can always use the improvement to make an impact when the moments arise, like saying something poignant at a birthday party, or maybe setting the best tone possible when meeting someone new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about meeting someone new, I recommend using the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog-alexis.monville.com\/en\/2018\/12\/09\/discovery-one-on-one\/\">One-on-one Discovery<\/a> technique and\/or prepare The Story of Your Life in 5 words as recommend in <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3VD2XYWO4fZCUkPRcI5wrN?si=oFZKzIyUTs2e7fGKudWFlA&amp;utm_source=copy-link\">the episode of the podcast Hidden Brain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I think there are many ways to use public speaking skills beyond the fear laden speaking in front of 300 people that most people think about (well at least I do) when we utter the words &#8220;public speaking&#8221;.<\/p><cite>Michael Doyle<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You may need more to be convinced that you can excel at public speaking. What about you try the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY\" target=\"_blank\">MIT Course in which Patrick Winston teaches How to Speak<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Unzc731iCUY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you can get to work on how your talk sound with Julian Treasure. His TED talk,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/monville.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=53b546caef9d0d5e503ffd29f&amp;id=25f1b947f9&amp;e=813b9a7cf7\" target=\"_blank\">How to speak <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen#t-463053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">so<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/monville.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=53b546caef9d0d5e503ffd29f&amp;id=25f1b947f9&amp;e=813b9a7cf7\" target=\"_blank\"> that people want to listen<\/a>, has more than 45M views! In his talk, you will learn about: register, timbre, prosody, pace, pitch, and volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"max-width:854px\"><div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" style=\"position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you learn from those world experts, you have to seize all the opportunities to practice. In the next meeting, the next internal lunch and learn, the next internal conference, maybe a meetup about something you are passionate about, or even submit your first talk? You can also join a local Toastmaster?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I experimented with the teaching from those world experts in the last talk I gave at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/developerfirst\/review\/541063372\/409921ed0c?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&amp;direction=desc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tech Leadership Conference<\/a>. Happy to hear your thoughts about what I should improve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back, I was doing some research on public speaking, and I stumbled\u00a0on this short video\u00a0of one of the world&#8217;s experts in public speaking Conor Neil. What I learned in the video changed forever the way I envision starting and finishing a talk. 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