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Hey, do you want to be a better public speaker? Do you want to be able to get up
in front of a group of people whether it is your church congregation or your
peers at school and be able to present yourself in a really well, sharp, and
professional manner? Well I've got some top public speaking tips for you. Hey my
name is Abbi J and if you haven't been to my channel before I am a life coach and
a public speaker and I get crazy excited about public speaking. It's something I
have spent a lot of time and energy and money traveling around and being able to
speak to different groups of people and it's something that I am crazy about so
I wanted to share with you my top tips for how to be a better public speaker so
that you too can get over the number one fear in the whole world and deliver
killer speeches every single time. So let's dive into these tips and welcome
to my channel. So tip number one is to listen to other public speakers. A lot of
people feel like they shouldn't listen to other people who are professional
speakers or even watch somebody else doing a topic similar to theirs because
they're worried that they are going to copy that other person or that they're
going to lose their personal style and actually nothing could be further from
the truth. The reason you want to watch other
speakers is to yes take elements of what they are doing.
You're not taking elements of their speech, you're not losing part of your
personality and how you like to speak but you're learning the skills from
somebody who's really good at it. You're able to look at somebody's speech and
start to dissect, well why does it work? Oh right here he had me so engaged what
was it that he did? Oh I like that hand gesture I'm gonna start doing that in my
videos or in my speeches there is so much that you can learn instantly by
watching other people speak and a little side effect of this tip is that you get
pumped about speaking when you watch somebody crush it on stage. It makes you
want to do the exact same thing. I would suggest you start looking at TED Talks,
check out Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn, they're master
of the stage look at Mel Robbins and look at Yayah and Josh Shipp. They are amazing
public speakers and they really engage their audience in a way that you can
mimic and copy in a way that's authentically you. So start to make a
list of your favorite speakers and get to work on dissecting what they do and
how you can do the same my second tip for you is to have a go to speech. A lot
of people feel that when they've been asked to talk they have to write a brand
new speech well most of your time in an actual speaking gig or even if you're
just presenting to your class is spent in the preparation. So save yourself some
time and look at past speeches. Now I totally get you can't use your speech
that you gave in English for your class in mathematics but some of the elements
are going to be the same you're going to probably have the same introduction and
a very similar conclusion. Maybe you want to tell the same story but emphasize a
different point. The reason you want to do this is because if this is a speech
that you've done before or a speech that you have mastered and you know that you
can deliver really well well that gives you confidence in this new speech. That
you're taking some of these old elements that you know are rock-solid and turning
that into another speech that you can use and really impress people. My third
tip for you is to practice those stories. If you look at amazing speeches across
history, across TED talks, and some of your favorite speakers, they tell stories.
Why is that? Well it's for a lot of reasons. What people remember stories.
People relate to stories. They start to feel like hey I'm like her I'm like him
I've had that experience. Oh man I know what that feels like those are things
that you want going through your audience's head and you can do that by
telling stories and the other reason that you want to tell stories is it's
easier on you the speaker. We all have to memorize our speeches right? Well or we
have our notes but we mostly tell it from memory.
How much more easy is it to tell a speech when it's story?
Because you lived it you were there and the details are memorable so it's really
hard to get yourself lost in a speech when it's a story and you know what
happens next and you know what follows your story. My fourth tip for you is to
Practice. I don't know what it is it's a millennial characteristic-I can't say that
word. It's a millennial trait that we kind of
think that the best speeches the best acting is improv and that it's we get up
we wing it and we do it with all of our heart. Well that's not what the pros do.
They practice and they practice in a situation that is as close to the real
thing as possible. If you're going to be speaking behind a podium get something
get a kitchen chair get a stool have something that will be very similar to
what a podium will be because you'll start to notice, oh I like to grab the
podium. Oh once I'm behind the podium I don't feel like I can move or you know
what practice with a hairbrush if you're going to have a microphone. You don't
realize it but these things can really throw you off if you haven't practiced
and I get you can be over rehearsed but I would say that it is far better to be
over rehearsed than it is to wing it and realize halfway through that you are so
jittery that you're so nervous and you don't know how to handle a mic. That what
you're saying isn't coming across to your audience because they're so
involved in watching you and how nervous you are and how unprepared you are so
practice, practice, practice! You are never above practicing. And my last tip for you
is kind of a unique one but it is huge if you want to be truly a remarkable
speaker and that is to work on your voice. Now this is something I do all the
time and I'm not saying my any means that I have my voice where I want it to
be but it is something that I'm very aware of. And why you this is important
you think well my voice is what it is. Well that's like a singer saying my
voice is what it is and I'm not going to take lessons. The brain doesn't differ
eat differentiate between speaking and singing and we shouldn't either. I
learned that from Roger love a professional and world-renowned speaker.
People will listen to the actual words you say more intently by the tone of
voice you use. Do you have a lot of melody? Are you interesting to listen to?
I bet you if you start to actually pay attention to people's voices you can
start to pick up things that you never thought of before but subconsciously you
had. I have a lot of friends, I hate to say this, who speak really high and
really soft because they're very feminine, and I hate to say this but
people view them as less intelligent. Like your voice can say so much about
you and so I'm committing to you in this video I work on my voice. I constantly am
doing vocal exercises and I hope that in future videos my voice is a hundred
times better but start today start doing some vocal warm-ups. Start doing some
singing exercises it might seem a little weird but the more you are aware of your
voice and start to use melody and timbre and pitch the better your speeches are
going to be because you will be able to move your audience in a way that's
intangible that people will say, I can't put my finger on it,
but your speech was amazing and it's gonna be a total combination of being
prepared, telling stories, watching other speakers, and learning their tips and
tricks. And that you have a very resonant voice that speaks to your audience. So I
hope you enjoy those tips and I hope you use these tips. Please let me know in the
description below of your upcoming speeches, what tips you like best because
as I said this is something I am crazy fanatical passionate about so please
give this video a thumbs up and of course subscribe to my channel so that
you don't miss a video. I honestly would love to hear what you are doing and
maybe some of the speaking arrangements that you have set up for you
life and that is as simple as giving a presentation in class. I want to hear it.
So thank you so much for watching and of course I will see you in the next video
Abbi J out.