How to Speak on Camera

Let's shine some light on how to speak on camera in this week’s episode of MasterTalk.. Follow me on Instagram: @masteryourtalk

1. Video allows you to scale your IMPACT (0:45).

The general rule of thumb that I address with this, which a wise friend told me, since I’ve very impact driven, is the day I realize that my videos, in the long-term, can make a greater difference than my live sessions, I’ll take it more seriously. And he was right, it is just IMPOSSIBLE for me to teach everyone public speaking 1 on 1 to all 7.3 billion people on the planet though ideally that would be amazing, it’s just not possible, but with video, I can easily reach anyone around the world and share my best tips. In other words, once you realize the impact that you can make on camera, no matter how stressed you are, as I was, I believe you can overcome it. This is how to speak on camera.

What’s also amazing about being on camera, I’ve realized over the months of doing this, is that I can try forever until it’s perfect unlike a presentation that I can’t just rewind and start all over again with the same audience. In that regard, I believe that if you master a lot of my public speaking tips on the channel, you’ll automatically be better equipped to master the camera as well. I was terrible at the beginning, mostly because I never scripted and it ruined my thought process and wasted a lot of time in the video itself. But, this also means, for me anyways, that you can just sit alone with no one else watching and just keep trying until you get it.

2. Write out your script in FULL before presenting it (2:25).

This is just the truth (shows computer screen), as you can see here, the only way to say something that structured and well thought out in a YouTube video without wasting your precious time as my audience is to simply write out everything I want to say and then structure. It helps you a) come up with new ideas, b) explain your ideas in a different format, so in my case, most of my workshops were given out loud, but I never wrote them down until going on YouTube forced me to so do since I needed to be to the point and efficient with my advice to keep your attention.

So, if you know exactly what the main points are, and all the analogies you want to make, then, it’s much harder for you to lose your train of thought since you know where you’re going. It also helps me think about the best way to teach something as complicated as public speaking in the simplest, fastest and most structured way as possible. It's the best way on how to speak on camera.

3. Progress until you OBSESS (3:55).

This one, you’ll find interesting. At the beginning, even if I had everything scripted, obviously you’re not suppose to memorize every word or you’ll panic on camera. The trick is to give yourself small goals. So, my 1st video that’s still up on YouTube, the goal was more just “getting started”, I filmed it in 1 take and the greatest discomfort I had was just posting it on the channel. Once that was overcome, then I obsessed over getting the most value to my audience without panicking on camera, so it slowly went from just record and see what happens to keep recording until you get every point in. So, every video I film in 1 take, I’ve probably missed around 10 times. The 1st time I forget the 2nd point, the 5th time, I forget the last one and around at the 10th, I get everything I wanted to say in the video, so if you just obsess over doing the same video over and over again, you’ll be able to progress until you obsess. By obsessing, you will know how to speak on camera.

The last part is simply about looking energetic on camera, this really goes back to my tips about being obsessed with your audience that I’ll link in the description below and pretending as if you’re audience was in the basement, kitchen or wherever you’re filming, it’s just much harder to do when they don’t actually exist in your room, but if you can master this, you’ll be that much closer to mastering everything else, more specifically your talk.

As always, if you enjoyed this week’s episode, SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON and SUBSCRIBE to the YouTube channel to see more videos like this, and I’ll leave you with this, if you know one person that needs a little confidence boost about being on camera or even in presentations, send them this video so that they can master their camera.

Special thanks to Maison Leporem for letting me use the space.

[anjananimalarathna]

Thanks for offering your knowledge and experience for the novices❤

[debubesus]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge . Great channel

[everybodyworksinsales]

Great advice and tremendous energy. Well done Brenden. My business grew thanks to video and personal recommendations. Too many people focus only on recommendations.

[marytouch]

You give me more confidence with this video! Thanks brenden 😍

[WillChen-klhc]

Practice make progress.. Thanks for the tips Brenden!

[RochelleLumndeh]

I like this and which to learn from you

[pameladubois]

Great information!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[vishalchavan]

Thanks brother for sharing this amazing video !!

[rohanpulavarthy]

Thank you Brenden! This helps me a lot, especially during these times!

[makeachangeshow]

Your videos are literally amazing! This is very helpful

[jennb]

This was a GREAT Video !!! So much insight. Its really breaking down some communication walls for me. Thank you!

[IsaacJoshi]

So true when I first started I was wondering if there were secret tricks to get comfortable talking on camera, but the secret is just practicing alot 🤣

[remax]

Hey Brandon, do you use a teleprompter for your script?