5 Tips To IMPROVE Public Speaking For Beginners

About this video

Dan Martell recounts learning public speaking after moving to San Francisco in 2008, overcoming sweaty hands and a neck that turned bright red, and giving a first workshop to about seven people at a coworking space after saying yes despite wanting to refuse. He offers five beginner strategies. First, always say yes - advice from professional speaker Gary Maxwell - volunteering for wedding speeches, meetings and any speaking chance to get reps, committing first and figuring out delivery later. Second, use three acronyms: TTT (tell them what you will tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them), WIIFT (what’s in it for them, stated up front as benefits), and ETR (earn the right by sharing how you learned what you are teaching). Third, know only how you will start and how you will end, especially the first five minutes, since the audience never knows what you forgot. Fourth, structure content as point, story, metaphor - illustrated by excuses as one-pound weights added daily to a backpack while climbing a ladder of success. Fifth, act as if: do not announce nervousness, focus on who in the audience needs your best work, and perform as the speaker you are becoming.

Key takeaways

• Always say yes to speaking opportunities - weddings, meetings or workshops - to build skill through reps.
• Structure a talk with TTT, make the audience benefit explicit with WIIFT, and earn the right by sharing your story first.
• Prepare the start and the end thoroughly; the audience cannot tell if you omitted something in the middle.
• Build each section as point, story, then metaphor so the idea is explained, lived and locked in visually.
• Act as if you are already a confident speaker, do not apologise for nerves, and focus on serving one person who needs the message.

Episode details: published January 11, 2021 · 14:30 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dan Martell’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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