Bart Farrell is a content creator and community leader in the public speaking world. Based in Spain, he has developed a massively popular platform through podcasting and consulting as a nontechnical person in a technical space.

In this episode, Farrell breaks down the ins and outs of public speaking. He also discusses the art form of speaking offline rather than online, what to expect when talking to an audience, and what it takes to deliver the gift of gab. Farrell also goes into his struggles in becoming a public speaker and his favorite influence on his craft—all this and more in this episode of The Business of Open Source.

Highlights:

• The Fear of public speaking (2:00)
• Not a life or death situation (5:10)
• Be comfortable while speaking(8:40)
• You only get one start (9:57)
• A I D A (11:22)
• Online is not offline (15:03)
• How to get into public speaking (17:00)
• Basic building blocks (19:00)
• How to improve in public speaking (23:35)
• A favorite public speaker (26:55)

Links:

Bart

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• bartfarrell.com