Bono shares four essential public speaking tips: connect with your audience by starting with personal insights and humor, know your audience to enhance credibility, tell personal stories to draw them in, and inspire by relating your message to broader ideals. These techniques can help overcome fear and create a more impactful speech. Ultimately, he encourages speakers to elevate their message and leave a motivational call to action.

1. 4 Rocking
Public
Speaking
Tips From
U-2’s Bono

2. Ever Seen me
Speak?

3. Did you know I’m an
outstanding public
speaker?

4. I’m not just
good; I’m
absolutely
phenomenal.

5. Not because I’m
famous, but because
I use public
speaking techniques
we can all use.

6. Here are 4 awesome
public speaking tips!

7. Take time to connect1.

8. I take time at the
front end of my
speeches to
connect with my
audience.

9. I thank the
host.

10. Crack a quick
joke at my own
expense.

11. And provide a
personal
insight.

12.
I like to ask a
question that’s
on everyone’s
mind.

13. At the National Prayer
Breakfast I asked, “If you're
wondering what I'm doing
here, at a prayer breakfast,
well, so am I.”

14. It’s totally
disarming.

15. It breaks down
barriers and
sets the stage
for a great
speech.

16. Know Your Audience2.

17. It’s a maxim
and I take it
seriously.

18. It also a way
to overcome
fear of public
speaking.

19. And it helps me
connect with my
audience further
still.

20. When I addressed the
students at Georgetown
I referenced local pubs
and student hangouts.

21. I also poked fun
at the
university’s
administration.

22. Needless to say,
“I Rocked It!”

23. Seriously
though

24. Because I cared
enough to learn
inside information
I gained additional
credibility.

25. Tell Personal Stories3.

26. Telling personal
stories is an
excellent way to
connect with an
audience

27. It draws them
in.

28. They’re easy to
remember.

29. And they’re easy to
tell using a
conversational
tone.

30. I like to weave in
personal, humble
stories, not about my
rock star life, but my
personal life.

31. This is powerful.

32. “We all have
a story”

33. Inspire4.

34. I like to talk about lofty
ideals like justice, the
end to poverty and
solving world hunger.

35. But that’s my thing,
what’s yours?

36. Tie your
message back
to a larger more
strategic
picture.

37. The trivial can
interest, but the
grand inspires.

38. Use the
inspiration to
close with a
motivational call
to action.

39. I’m not the only
one who uses
these techniques.

40. Many great
speakers follow
this same pattern.

41. “U-2 can do the
same”

42. Ok, sorry about
that. In
summary…

43. Take time to connect Know Your Audience
Tell Personal Stories Inspire
2.1.
3. 4.

44. Thanks, good luck
and don’t forget to
share!