4 Steps to Improve Your Public Speaking

Check out my TED talk (now over 1M views): "The Discipline of Finishing: Conor Neill at TEDxUniversidaddeNavarra"
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Jim Rohn always said that it takes 4 simple steps to becoming a great speaker:
1) Have something to say.
2) Say it well.
3) Read your audience.
4) Intensity (the right words mixed with measured emotion).

How do we get something good to say? Live a full live. Meet lots of people. Fail. Succeed. Remember what it felt like and be able to share the emotion as well as the facts of what happened. Write a journal. Keep track of your stories.

How do we say it well? Prepare. Start strong. Breathe. Look up. Pause. Practice (lots).

How can you read the audience? Look at them. Listen to them. Feel the emotion of the room, of your listener -- by feeling your own emotion.

Intensity -- how do we get the right emotion? Tell personal stories. Share something. Only stories allow us to share emotion with others.

I have been teaching Persuasive Communications on MBA courses at IESE Business School for 10 years. This is part of a collection of short lessons compiled from my courses and shared for use both as a support to my classes, and a way of sharing this valuable knowledge to a wider audience via these awesome digital tools ;-)

[martinnhantran]

1. Have something to say, experience things in life
2. Say it well through speaking a lot: record yourself 3mins daily
3. Read the audience, feel what the audience is feeling
4. Say it with intensity

[aimanbadran]

I swear, 'don't ever swear'you are a great person in teaching, such an amazing two and half minutes .GREAT.

[patrickwalker]

Live life. Yes! Reminds me of  a quote. "Death whispers in your ear, live, for I am coming."

[MaiNguyen-uesy]

Very interesting advice, thank you so much, Conor!

[gulshanrana]

One of the best videos I found on Youtube about Public speaking... God Bless

[ricolerio]

Thank you Conor for the valuable tips.

[waqarahmed-wiee]

Conor i am big fanes of u, I always listen your videos when i have time, God bless u.I learn from it.

[GetThrivalTrainingConsulting]

Beautifully said! Thank you for sharing.

[sukhilongiaz]

Awesome tips and you are a great speaker. Thank you! God bless you.

[akmalbekshodmonkulov]

Dear Conor Neill your are a great speaker I wish to speak as you do. your speach is awsome

[amitbhatt]

Thanks to you for very helpful tips.

[manojkumar-fcps]

thank's so much sir. I enspire your speech ... once again alot' s of thank's

[ngat]

Thank you for your videos. I like them.

[ontalgeria]

i'm beginner in english, i hop so to speak this langage fluently i mean with the right sound, and what i liked in this video the idea about practice this method 3 min by day to become a great speaker...thank's for this video ans i hope to see you again

[sanjeevdirwal]

One thing I want to say you solve my English spoken in just 4 steps thank u so much and totally amazing you have sir such a wonderful teacher u

[zzzKyliezzz]

Thank you very much. That was absolutely helpful. Wish me luck for my Public speaking competition...

[technoparkktrichy]

today itself i will follow your spech way of encourge is too nice...

[yellowskyone]

wow it's great... sir... thank you very much

[nandakumar]

Very helpful and informative Pure Gold ❤

[SnSiGe]

3 min everyday. That's a very good suggestion. Thanks so much.