The Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking

Helen Langford has a very nice voice, and you may even have heard it before as she does get about a bit! Having trained to be an actor, she switched to voiceover work when she discovered that not only did she like it but people liked her voice.

Working mostly for corporate clients, including companies like Nestle Royal Mail, Boots, Highways England, and Cambridge English. Every day she tells stories, explains tricky concepts, promotes brilliant ideas and gets to be somebody new!

In this show I asked her to share her story and some voice tips to help public speakers bring their talks to life. So listen to the show to discover Helen's secrets for increasing engagement and utilizing one of the most powerful tools in your public speaker's kit.

What we talk about:

• Why it's important to record yourself as a public speaker.
• The power of the pause and why it should be one of your go to voice tools.
• How to avoid the droning voice.
• Why your voice is never fully dressed without a smile
• The difference between pitch and tone
• Why you should warmup your voice before you speak
• Simple vocal warmup exercises you can do at the side of the stage.
• The power of 'now' and how it can fuel our success.

Resources*

All things Helen:

https://www.helenlangfordvoiceovers.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/helensvoice/

Other Resources:

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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There are two reasons I created this podcast episode. Firstly, I heard a story from an influencer that really pushed my buttons. This story made me realise that a lot of organisations and coaches who teach and influence public speaking may be failing to share a vital ingredient for success…and I don't want you as a Speaking Club listener to miss this out. That's why in this show, I'm going to share what I believe is the primary thing to focus on and develop on your journey to becoming a sensational speaker and why.

The second reason for this show is that during the course of coaching my students to develop their talk and speaking skills, we always cover their talk title and coming up with the right one can be a struggle for them. Because the talk title is linked closely to the first reason for the show, I'm going to give you some tips on how to make it sexy and explain why you should!

Enjoy!

What we're going to cover:

• What is not important for speaking success.
• The most important thing to understand to become a successful speaker
• Why successful speaking is about changing beliefs.
• The three triggers for getting people to pay attention and take action
• The five principles of a great talk title

Enjoy!

Thanks for listening!

Resources:

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/thespeakingclub/062

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/podcast

https://www.standoutpitch.com

https://www.thespeakingclub.com/speakingcourse

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This show happened because a listener reached out to me and told me about the difference The Speaking Club had made to her life in just one month. Engineer and confirmed techie Karin Layton hated public speaking with a passion. She had massive anxiety, which resulted in shaking and sweating when she was forced to speak at all in her job. She described the thought of speaking as a waking nightmare.

But Karin was forced to have a heart to heart with herself when she entered a competition to get funding for her invention and realized that without becoming a better public speaker, she was going to fail miserably. So, she decided to do something about it and looked for a podcast to help her. She discovered the Speaking Club and binge listened to all the episodes, following the processes, putting the learning into action and fighting against all her instincts in relation to the content.

Listen to the show to discover the key lessons she learned, how her public speaking changed and what happened when she took a leap of faith and tried things a new way.

What we talk about:

• What motivated Karin to face her fear about public speaking.
• How confidence can be cultivated.
• How facts and technical details can get in the way of the message.
• What Karin did differently to prepare for her presentation.
• Why episode 011 wound Karin up.
• How stories and metaphors can work in a technical presentation.
• Why you've got to kill your darlings.
• The inverted rehearsal bell curve that leads to a high impact presentation.
• How amazing it can feel when you know that your message has landed.
• The one thing that helped Karin the most.
• How personal stories can set you apart.
• Why being yourself and likeable is so valuable as a speaker.

Resources*

All things Karin:

https://www.mimicid.com

https://www.facebook.com/karinklayton

Other Resources:

Life of Pi by Jann Martel

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There is something that gets in the way of a lot of speakers having as much impact as they would like. This thing is stopping them from delivering their message with power, authority, passion and personality. I know this because I've had the same issue…I couldn't stop trying to be 'perfect'.

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain in the hope that seeing my challenges and mistakes will help you either pat yourself on the back if you don't have them…or see that it's not just you, and there is a way to overcome them.

Without us being our most uninhibited, authentic and present selves when we talk, our message is going to be diluted. To achieve this state, we need to 'let go', but that is often easier said than done. Letting go has been very hard for me and in this show, I am sharing what was underneath it all and the new strategies and beliefs I used to find myself.

Enjoy!

What this episode covers:

• What was underneath my resistance to letting go of perfection.
• What speakers can learn from the top 1% of tennis players.
• What can make the difference between a good speaker and a great one.
• Why we need to learn the map not the words.
• How the search for significance will trip us up.
• The leap of faith that will lead to success.

Thanks for listening!

Resources

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/podcast

https://www.standoutpitch.com

https://www.thespeakingclub.com/speakingcourse

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Regardless of whether you're a motivational speaker who wants to inspire people to take action, an educational speaker that wants the audience to think in new ways, a corporate leader who wants their employees to buy into change, or someone who uses speaking to sell their products or services… to achieve your goals you need to understand how to reach people and how to influence them.

In most scenarios when we speak, we will be trying to convince people to take a different view of their life, their business, their health or something else. To do this we will need to overcome the beliefs that our audience is likely to be holding about the topic, themselves and a myriad of other things, that get in the way of them seeing new possibilities.

To overcome these beliefs, you have to engage your audience in a way that shows them that what you're offering is possible and possible for them. In this episode I will be sharing the most powerful tool public speakers have in their arsenal for changing beliefs, which can in turn change people's lives.

Enjoy!

What this episode covers:

• What might get in the way of your message landing.
• What you need to think when you are preparing your talk if you want to have maximum impact.
• Where objections come from and how to overcome them.
• How our beliefs get shaped.
• The most powerful tool a speaker has for changing beliefs.
• The real business that speakers are in.

Thanks for listening!

Resources

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/podcast

https://www.standoutpitch.com

https://www.thespeakingclub.com/speakingcourse

Leaving a review:

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Jesse Brisendine was on track to have a good life when tragedy and loss shook his world. Feelings of grief and guilt overpowered him, stifling his passion and purpose and snuffing out his natural positivity and optimism. In this podcast he shares how he found his way back towards the light, and how he now uses his story and experience to touch and transforms the lives of others, through his coaching, writing and speaking, and the global movement he has started.

There is gold sprinkled throughout this podcast for helping you manage life, loss, achieve your goals and become a great speaker.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.

What we talk about:

• The fear of not being enough and not being lovable.
• How stories can connect us across cultures and continents
• The impact of loss and what we make it mean about us.
• The epiphany Jesse had that led to him starting a movement thathas rippled across seven continents.
• The concept of being intentional with happiness.
• The power of accountability.
• What Jesse did to achieve the 1000 things in a year challenge.
• The one thing that was most important to Jesse out of the 1000 things he did.
• International Sunrise on Sunset Day
• How Jesse's experiences helped him to become a greater asset and teammate to his clients.
• The two greatest powers and adversaries' we humans have.
• How Jesse helped the actor Paul Walker overcome the challenges of working in Hollywood and the entertainment industry.
• What's possible if we put action behind our dreams.
• Why speaking is the greatest platform to connect and inspire change.
• Why real communication is not about how good you are with words, but being vulnerable and holding the space.
• How we should find our voice and direct it towards something meaningful.
• Why and how Jesse let go of scripted perfection as a speaker to focus on developing his authenticity and impact.
• Why it's important to prepare in order to achieve impact.

Resources*

All things Jesse:

https://jessebrisendine.com

Facebook / Twitter / Instagram - @jessebrisendine

1000 Challenge Facebook

Ouch My Heart is Broken by Jesse Brisendine

'Grief is Not a Life Sentence' – Jesse's TEDx Talk

Other Resources:

The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma

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In order to realise your full potential and impact as a speaker, it's important that you understand and harness the power of your body language and movement in your communication with an audience.

Performers in every genre, can evoke emotion in their audience without uttering a single word. Whether it's the arch of an eyebrow that makes the audience collapse in laughter, the arch of a body that communicates desire, or the arch of a conductor's hand bringing an orchestra to a crescendo. As a speaker you can also use your body in harmony with your voice and words to change the state of your audience and move them to action.

In part two of this series I'll be continuing to share how you can use your body and intentional movement to increase your impact.

Enjoy!

What this episode covers:

• How you can choreograph your talk to direct an audience's attention and emotion.
• Why it's critical to keep your energy consistent.
• How to use proximity as a powerful tool.
• Mirror neurons and why they are a friend to public speakers.
• How you should setup your stage.

Thanks for listening!

Resources

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/podcast

https://www.standoutpitch.com

Leaving a review:

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In order to realise your full potential and impact as a speaker, it's important that you understand and harness the power of your body language and movement in your communication with an audience.

Performers in every genre, can evoke emotion in their audience without uttering a single word. Whether it's the arch of an eyebrow that makes the audience collapse in laughter, the arch of a body that communicates desire, or the arch of a conductor's hand bringing an orchestra to a crescendo. As a speaker you can also use your body in harmony with your voice and words to change the state of your audience and move them to action.

In part one of this two part show I'll be sharing why body language is so critical to successful communication and how you can get it wrong on life as well as on stage!

Enjoy!

What this episode covers:

• Why body language and movement are critical to becoming a sensational speaker.
• What happens when your body and words are not talking the same language.
• How powerpoint can become a barrier rather than an aid to communication
• How you can choreograph your talk to direct an audience's attention and emotion.

Thanks for listening!

Resources

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/podcast

Leaving a review:

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Carl Honore started out his career as a journalist driven by a personal mission to change the world for the better. One day he realized that in his pursuit of making other people's lives better his own was passing by at breakneck speed and he was missing the important moments.

This epiphany set him on the path to writing his best-selling book 'In Praise of Slow' and spear heading the 'slow' movement which has impacted lives all over the world. It also meant that he had to face the terror he felt about public speaking and make the transition from 'page to stage'. A few best sellers on and he is now an international speaker with a new book, 'Bolder' just out that deals with another fear of his…aging.

In this show Carl shares some gems on the benefits of living more 'slowly', on how we should view aging, and gives a look behind the curtain at how he is putting his brand-new keynote together for Bolder.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.

What we talk about:

• The 60 second Snow White book and how it changed Carl's life.
• Why faster is not always better.
• How we need to marry the speed of today's culture with the older, slower truths of what it means to be human
• Why the world cannot sustain the turbo culture of today.
• Why there is no such thing as a lost 'slow' cause.
• The top five benefits of slowing down.
• The story behind 'Bolder' and societies hang ups with age.
• The irony between age and wisdom being qualities looked for in running nations but not teams in business and why companies are missing out.
• The upside to aging and how we can age better.
• Carl's transition from being terrified of public speaking to becoming an international public speaker.
• How perfectionism can rob you of fulfilling your potential as a public speaker.
• The process Carl goes through to prepare his talks.
• Why rehearsal is so critical to sounding 'natural' as a speaker.
• Why stories are crucial to speaking success and your origin story in particular.
• A journalist's view on 'fake news'.

Resources*

All things Carl:

https://www.carlhonore.com

Bolder by Carl Honore

In praise of Slow by Carl Honore

Under Pressure by Carl Honore

The Slow Fix by Carl Honore

@carlhonore

Other Resources:

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

Thanks for listening!

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This episode came about because someone contacted me for help two days before they were going to speak at an international conference to over 300 people. They were very scared and asked if I could give them some last-minute tips, which I did.

It got me to thinking that maybe there's others out there that would benefit from the same advice. Whether you're leading your first team meeting, or you're trying out a new bit of humour in front of a massive audiences, chances are you've felt anxious… and if you continue to grow, you'll keep on feeling it and the buzz that goes with it… if it's good anxiety getting you into perak performance state… BUT, if you are feeling so anxious that it's making you ill, that it's stopping you from sharing your message, or affecting the impact of your delivery… then it's bad. I hope there's some tips in this episode that will help, whichever scenario you're in.

Enjoy!

What this episode covers:

• How to keep your talk in perspective.
• Why it's not about you.
• What to do if you forget something.
• Why you need to speak more slowly
• The powerful body tips you can do to calm your nerves
• Why you should try to be likeable
• The right stance and resting place for your hands
• Have fun and be playful!

Thanks for listening!

Resources

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/podcast

https://www.storyledmarketing.co.uk/originstorychallenge

Leaving a review:

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