Grant Baldwin and Mike Pacchione hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how to work on your speech and hone your craft during the quarantine.
During the live stream, Grant and Mike discuss:
- Tips and tricks for virtual speaking
- Enjoying becoming a first-time dad
- Helping speakers deliver the best talk of their lives
- How to prepare for your next live gig while social distancing
- Getting feedback on your talk using a recording
- A simple survey to send to friends and colleagues to obtain actionable feedback
- The power of asking strategic questions that actually help you build a better talk
- Why most TED talks don’t even make the website
- How speakers can set themselves apart from the crowd
- The unanticipated break from speaking gives you the chance to be objective in assessing your talk
- Sitting down to create a list of what you think makes a great talk and applying that criteria to your craft
- Asking yourself a tough question: does this talk seem to go on for too long?
- What characteristics can make or break a speaker’s presentation
- Why watching yourself with the audio off or listening to yourself without the video can reveal unknown weaknesses
- The underestimated value of self-awareness
- Is a speech ever really finished?
- The dangers of defaulting to quarantine or crisis-oriented content in your talk
- Avoid making coronavirus jokes because everyone else will be doing it
- Why virtual keynotes and digital presentation must have a higher quality than live talks
- Pacing tips for virtual events
- Erring on the side of more slides
- Making your virtual keynote interactive
- Just because there are more virtual events doesn’t mean there will be less live events
- And more
