Recovering shy presenter here! 👋🏼 Listening back to my talks and paying attention to breathing has helped so much. And ditto to the jumping up and down!
Saying yes to leading more workshops so I have "practice" I can't bow out of and having a few key trusted people in the room to make eye contact with and ask for feedback - game changer.
“The one I picked up from listening to my own VMs is how often I rush one sentence into the next because I think what I’ve just said isn’t interesting. It’s like I talk with no full stops. I’m working on the pause!”
I found myself doing this a lot through listening back on and editing my YouTube videos! Intentionally speaking in full sentences and not up-talking at the end made me feel and sound more confident. This is great advice and a good reminder for me to keep practicing!
Recovering shy presenter here! 👋🏼 Listening back to my talks and paying attention to breathing has helped so much. And ditto to the jumping up and down!
I love that term "recovering shy presenter". What else has helped you?
Saying yes to leading more workshops so I have "practice" I can't bow out of and having a few key trusted people in the room to make eye contact with and ask for feedback - game changer.
“The one I picked up from listening to my own VMs is how often I rush one sentence into the next because I think what I’ve just said isn’t interesting. It’s like I talk with no full stops. I’m working on the pause!”
I found myself doing this a lot through listening back on and editing my YouTube videos! Intentionally speaking in full sentences and not up-talking at the end made me feel and sound more confident. This is great advice and a good reminder for me to keep practicing!
100% "Intentionally speaking in full sentences" is the most basic AND the most life-changing advice
Loom recordings can be so helpful when prepping for a talk! And I love the jumping up and down idea, going to have to try that next time :)
These are great tips! I love voice memos and use them with my story coaching clients for exactly this reason, the improvement they see is 10x.