🗣 How to speak

I watched Patrick Winston’s How to Speak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY and it correlates a lot with my thoughts https://www.goncharov.xyz/life/how-to-make-speech-en.html

However I've spotted some new ideas:
1️⃣ Impact = f(Knowledge, Practice, Talent). Talent to speak is more lightweight than Knowledge
2️⃣ Start with an empowerment promise. Do not start from jokes. Tell people what they will know at the end that they don’t know now yet. Makes the hour meaningful.
3️⃣ Cycle. Say things three times: Tell them, tell them again, remind them. Repetition increases the chance everyone gets it.
4️⃣ Build a fence around your idea. Say what it is - and what it is not. Prevent confusion with other similar ideas.
5️⃣ Ask one good question. A short, non-embarrassing question wakes people up and makes the talk interactive. Pause up to 7 seconds is OK.
6️⃣ Prefer props for teaching. Writing at the board or demonstrating props is the right speed for people to absorb ideas. Props create empathy, people mirror actions.
7️⃣ Use memorable props or demos. It turns abstract into physical, so people remember props far more than bullet lists.
8️⃣ Show vision fast (< 5 minutes). State the problem and what you’ve done - list steps and contributions. People decide quickly if you have impact.
9️⃣ Winston’s Star for memorability. Give your work a: Symbol, Slogan, Surprise, Salient idea, and a Story. One clear sticky idea beats many good ones.
🔟 End with contributions, not thank you. Final slide = what you did. Leave people with your contributions visible while they ask questions and walk out. Also you can make a joke at the end

🔗 you also can take a look onto https://www.coursera.org/learn/public-speaking

P.s. Also he created two awesome courses. I really insist to watch them:
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part1
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part2

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