Story Teller and World Champion of Public Speaking Aaron Beverly talks about finding his voice as an introvert, 4 powerful ways to sharpen your public speaking skills, listening to what people are not saying, being authentic and Breaking norms as public speaker.

List of Questions - 

1. Why was your world championship speech on diversity and acceptance? (02:35)

2. What made you believe a story about an Indian wedding ritual would appeal to an international audience? (04:26);                                                                                                                                                     

3.  Why did you start learning Public Speaking? (07:46); Importance of mentoring in overcoming your fear of public speaking? (12:30);

4.  Importance of Feedback (14:40);

5.  Any specific feedback that has immensely helped you? (16:46);

6.  What has been your approach to learning public speaking? (23:50);

7.  What makes a meaningful speech? (28:20);

8.  How do you measure if your speech really led to some action? (30:17);

9.  What goes in to making a good persuasive speech? (32:42);

10.  How do you make your message clear? (34:33);

11.  How do you balance between stories and hard numbers in a regular corporate presentation? (35:47);

12.  Why is authenticity important? (37:40);

13.  What is more difficult – 7 Minutes speech or an hour long presentation (41:50);

14.  Don’t you think too much practise makes a speech sound robotic? How do you balance between practise and spontaneity? (43:16);

15.  How do you bring elements of surprise in your speeches? (47:15);

16.  Importance of humour in speeches? (51:06);

17.  In what ways has public speaking made your life more meaningful? (54:54);

18.  Please tell us little about your initiative SPEAK & BE YOU ? (56:38);

19.  Summary of takeaways (01:02:50) 

If you like to listen learn more about Public speaking then also consider listening to episodes on story telling with Mehak Mirza Prabhu (https://thebreakschool.com/mehak-mirza-prabhu) and Geeta Ramanujan (https://thebreakschool.com/geeta-ramanujam)