Public Speaking with David Murray

If you have listened to my series of top tips and interviews, you will know by now that stories are as important than ever to incorporate into your pitches, presentations and even conversations in every day life.

But, when adding stories into your speeches and presentations, there are some things that can go wrong.

So, in today's episode I will share with you three things that are guaranteed to stop your stories in their tracks and even turn listeners off.  1) Telegraphing it, 2) The Storyteller voice, 3) Being too vague or giving too much detail.

If you avoid these three things when telling stories, you will become a more impactful influencer and communicator in the workplace, in your business and beyond.

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What is the most important question you will be asked as a speaker but will probably never hear?

The answer is... “What's in it for me?”

Whenever you are presenting, delivering a speech or having an interaction with a work colleague, your listeners will be wondering what is in it for them?

What you should do in every speech or presentation is have the audience, your listeners, in mind when you are preparing it.

This is a big question to ask yourself, "What is in it for them?" Whether you are presenting at work, giving a motivational talk, or anytime you are speaking and want to share an idea.

Think about who will be attending the presentation or speech, who is in your audience and what is motivating them to attend.

Listen to todays show to hear why this is important and my top tips.

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9

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You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

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When you imagine yourself public speaking how does it make you feel?

Confident or nervous? Good or bad?

Public speaking notoriously provokes fear in many speakers.

Did you know that adding humour to your speeches can go some way towards alleviating your anxiety?

Humour helps to relax you and your audience, and can they feel more connected to you.

Many speakers say: “I could never use humour in my speech. I just don’t feel comfortable with it.”

But anyone can use humour.

Listen to today's episode for my tops tips on how to add humour to your speeches and presentations.

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9

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You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

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Allow me to introduce you to this week’s guest Cory Beckwith.

Cory is a teaching and research technician, a laboratory manager in a pharmacy college and a lover of music and science.

He talks about his interesting work in the field of pharmacognosy, which is the study of plants for use in medicinal drugs. Cory tells how he fell into his line of work by chance and how much joy it gives him.

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In Cory's line of work, he prepares and runs classes for undergraduates and MSc students. Which can be anything up to 50 people. With this in mind Cory shares his top tips for coaches thinking about running effective learnings sessions when there is a large number of people attending.

He shows us how to deal with difficult questions asked by attendees and how to cope when you don't have the answer.

He shares his advise to anyone thinking of speaking to a group, whether that be coaches running group sessions or people wanting to share their message through public speaking. And says "it is important to enjoy what you are doing".

He shares a great top tip for anyone who gets nervous before speaking to a group. And finally he talks about the keys ingredients for being a good communicator and says “research your subject, know your audience and focus on your message”.

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: https://davidalanmurray.com/free-pdf/

If you like this public speaking and confident communication coaching podcast, please subscribe and add a 5 star review on your favourite podcast app.

You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

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Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGB

Check out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSC

Imagine you've been ask to share your wisdom?

Is that at work? A seminar for a local learning group? Maybe you have been asked to deliver a TEDx talk?

How is that going to make you feel?  Maybe a little nervous?

Whether you are a beginner or experienced speaker, talking to a new audience can make you feel nervous.

What can you do on the day itself to help ease your nerves, make you feel confident, and take a little of the unknown out of what you are about to do?

Listen to today's episode and I share with you my top technique for taking the nerves out of standing on stage and delivering a talk, presentation or speech. Whether to one person, or a thousand.

And help you carry a confident positive state into delivering a successful talk.

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9

If you like this public speaking and confident communication coaching podcast, please subscribe and add a 5 star review on your favourite podcast app.

You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

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Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGB

Check out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSC

See my TEDx talk 'Embracing Uncertainty': https://youtu.be/61Aq60nRG_g

Adding humour into your speeches and presentations is a powerful way to bring attention to the point you are making and help the listener to better remember it.

But not everyone is comfortable with using humour in their speeches and presentations.

But like any skill, practice makes perfect and if you gently introduce humour into your speeches and presentations, you will quickly gain more confidence in using humour.

Do want to know a good place to start?  Listen to today's episode where I share with you a technique that all experienced public speakers use to guarantee they get a laugh when delivering speeches or presentations.

And the best thing, you can get a laugh without even having to tell a joke.

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9

If you like this public speaking and confident communication coaching podcast, please subscribe and add a 5 star review on your favourite podcast app.

You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

Links:

Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGB

Check out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSC

Imagine you are delivering a talk, or a presentation?  

What is the one thing you can do that will guarantee your clients or colleagues will either fall asleep be rushing to the exit door?

It is delivering your message whilst keeping both your hands in your pockets.

Audiences love it when you have an open and welcoming posture. This way you will look welcoming and you can use your hands to emphasis different aspects of your talk. 

Remember if you listen to Episode 32, you will hear how most of what we say is through our non-verbal communication.

So if you want to turn off your audience, keep your hands in your pockets and look not bothered and bored.If you don’t want to turn them off and want to feel confident and engage with them, have your hands out to the side and have an open and welcoming posture.

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You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.comLinks:Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGBCheck out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSCEpisode 32: https://davidalanmurray.com/publicspeakingwithdavidmurray-032/

Allow me to introduce you to this week's guest Carole Simb.

Carole is an entrepreneur, writer, model and experienced public speaker. https://www.carolescreperie.com 

She talks about how a career isn’t defined by only having one job.

And how she is engaged in various different professional interests that give her joy and bring a variety of skills and creativity into her life. Saying, whatever you decide to do, you must enjoy it!

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She speaks about what inspired her to want to develop her public speaking skills and shares her advice for those thinking about taking their first steps in public speaking.

Carole talks openly about her personal struggles in life and how she began writing about her experiences to help release the pain of her circumstances.

And used her story, her book, to empower woman who are experiencing their own personal struggles.

She shows us the importance of storytelling, saying you all have a story to share.  And says sharing a story is the ultimate way to connect with someone and be remembered.

Finally, she gives her formula for answering those unplanned, impromptu questions, where you are put on the spot.

Carole says " There is a power in our words!"  Connect with Carole Simb: Web https://www.carolescreperie.com Email [email protected] Book "The Long Road to Tomorrow"

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help you speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: https://davidalanmurray.com/free-pdf/

If you like this public speaking and confident communication coaching podcast, please subscribe and add a 5 star review on your favourite podcast app.

You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

Links:

Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGB

Check out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSC

When was the last time you sat in a meeting?

Have you ever sat in a meeting where most of the people in the room you had never met before?

Imagine you are sat in the room, the meeting chair looks around the room and says, let’s get to know each other.  And everyone has to introduce themselves.

One by one each persons sits or stands and says their name and starts describing what they do.

Everyone sounds confident and they describe their role in a way that sounds so much more interesting than yours will be.

Are you panicking by now, trying to think of something interesting to say?

Let me help you. Listen to my tops tips for how to speak up at work and avoid the circle of doom in meetings.

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If you like this public speaking and confident communication coaching podcast, please subscribe and add a 5 star review on your favourite podcast app.

You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

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Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGB

Check out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSC

Imagine you are delivering a presentation at work and you are using slides.

What is the one thing you can do that will guarantee your colleagues will either fall asleep or be rushing to the exit door?

It is turning your back to them as you speak and reading directly from your presentation slides.

Colleagues love it when you face them. Allow your audience to read from the presentation slides as you talk and fill in any gaps to add context to the words on the screen.

By facing your audience, they will will feel connected to you and can look them in the eyes as you emphasise an important message.

But if your back is turned and you are facing away from them, how can they feel connected to you?

Remember 60% of what we say is through our non-verbal communication.

So if you want to turn off your audience and send them to sleep, keep reading from the slides and have your body turned away from them.

If you don’t want to turn them off and want to feel confident and engage with them, speak to your audience and not the slides, they will thank you for it.

If you would like to discover more tips and techniques to help speak and communicate with confidence, you can subscribe to my newsletter and access my free confident communication top tips here: http://eepurl.com/gj6Sb9

If you like this public speaking and confident communication coaching podcast, please subscribe and add a 5 star review on your favourite podcast app.

You can find out more about my one to one coaching, workshops, events and get in touch, by visiting me here at https://davidalanmurray.com

Links:

Connect with David Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidMurrayGB

Check out my latest coaching videos on Youtube: http://ow.ly/WWu230nfrSC

Episode 32 'Communication skills for sensitive conversations': https://davidalanmurray.com/publicspeakingwithdavidmurray-032/