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- 1. Unleash the “Speaker” in YOU How and Why? 1
- 2. HELLO! I am Pricilla Bilavendran, Team Leader - Billennium IT Services (M) Sdn, Malaysia 2
- 3. Are You Glossophobic? (Fear of Public Speaking)
- 4. We grow fearless by walking into our fears — Robin Sharma. 4
- 5. What you should know about it? ⊗ Very common phobia, 73% of the population ⊗ Symptoms 5
- 6. How is your brain related to the fear? 6
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- 8. It’s YOU ⊗ Own insecurities ⊗ Holding onto the past ⊗ Self-limiting beliefs ⊗ Fear of failure ⊗ Fear of being embarrassed or rejected 8
- 9. Get Started Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon!! 9
- 10. SWOT ANALYSIS 10 STRENGTHS Confident areas, or your passionate WEAKNESSES Areas of improvement Possibilities to enter and shine as a Public Speaker OPPORTUNITIES What if’s THREATS
- 11. Tips and Tricks What works and what doesn't
- 12. Topic Selection 12 ● Your area of Strengths/Passion ● Past/Current work experience ● Your story/career path ● From the conferences or talks ● Books you read
- 13. Organising the talk ● Write down in a Paper ● Declutter ● Use tools (Notepad++, Trello, OneNote, Google Doc) 13
- 14. Few tips to overcome the fear 14 ● Proper research on the topic ● Planning and Organizing ● Ask for help (Mentor/Friend) ● Rehearsal, Refine and Repeat ● Train your Brain, Talk to your Fear ● Breathe deeply ● Prepare for the worst
- 15. Audience to fall in love with your talk 15 ● Smile (Mirror Effect) ● Story-telling (challenges or metaphors) ● Speak from your heart and be yourself ● Make Eye-Contact ● Invest time in preparing slides ● Demos ● Serial-position effect
- 16. Things to avoid 16 ● Offensive words ● Sales pitch ● Usual content ● Lack of flow/clarity ● Political/Religious Statements ● Infoxication
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- 18. Tools Helps to improve the speaking skills
- 19. MS Powerpoint (Rehearse with Coach) ● Browser version ● Provides instant feedback ● Only Audio 19
- 20. 20 Rehearsal Report ● Summary ● Pace ● Pitch ● Fillers ● Repetitive words ● Originality ● Pronunciation ● Inclusiveness
- 21. yoodli ● AI powered speech coach ● Both video and audio ● Categories: Speech, Interview and Fun Topic ● Share your speech ● Library of your videos ● Delete/Download the videos 21
- 22. 22 Insights ● Confidence Evaluation ● Filler words ● Hedging words ● Pacing ● Top Keywords ● Articulation ● Repetition ● Non Inclusiveness ● Loudness ● Pauses
- 23. Perks What you receive out of it
- 24. Benefits you receive 24 ● Public Speaking = A Better Brain ● Confident in expressing yourself ● Career advancements ● Inspiring others ● Standing out from the crowd ● Gaining strong technical knowledge
- 26. Develop your own Process 26 1 2 3
- 27. ROADMAP 27 1 3 5 4 2 Understanding the challenges Apply for ambassadorship programs Meetups (both virtual and in- person) Start small (Team, internal office meetings)s) Attend the Conferences/Recorded talks 6 Start applying for conferences
- 28. External Support 28 ● Ask your friends/Mentors ● Social media shout-out from your Organization ● Sharing across various communities
- 29. You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. — John Ford. 29
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- 31. 31 Are you ready to challenge yourself?
- 32. If I can do it, you can do it, anyone can do it. 32
- 33. THANKS! Any questions? 33 Happy Public Speaking!! https://direct.me/bpricilla
- 34. CREDITS Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free: ⊗ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ⊗ Photographs by Unsplash 34
Editor's Notes
- “Presenting is just too scary” "I'm naturally not a charismatic person" "I have no idea how to start" “I wouldn’t look good on the stage or camera” "What if people will reject me? what if I make a dumb mistake?" “I don’t like being watched.” “I don’t like the eyes on me.” “I don’t like being in the spotlight.”
- Symptoms including: Increased blood pressure/perspiration, Dry mouth, Shortness of breath and Intense anxiety
- Staircase slipped - quote a anecdote Prehistoric age, this is treated as threat. An amygdala hijack is an emotional response that is immediate, overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat
- Negativity Bias. Think about the Audience. You are here to share your knowledge. Think about the impact you are going to make in their lives. The negative bias is our tendency not only to register negative stimuli more readily but also to dwell on these events.
- Title, abstract, your stories, relevant, not important (based on the time)
- Vagus nerve related to brain and vocal chords
- Aha-moments. Keep it simple, non-native speakers. Dopamine effect, when telling stories. Bonding with Stories, everyone including children. Emotional context helps us to remember. Data with the Story and Soul. Include Demos, place doesn’t matter. Be ready with the content, show relatable examples Demo not everywhere, if possible. Primacy and Recency Effect. Coffee Bread Singapore Potato Shark Board Hungry Slide Swim Better Hell Square Puzzle
- Biriyani, spices, mix and match of right proportions. Make your own recipe.
- Every time you feel yourself wanting to use a filler, simply take a breath. If you do accidentally use a verbal filler, don’t react and don’t apologize. This is a slow way to retrain your brain that it should pause instead of filling.
- Meeting new people
- Authentic self
- Supernova Qualifying event with TTT, Testerspeak and Women In Testing, Synapse provided me to opportunity to be as Host, Internal webinars workshops with Billenium, first international conf experience, two talks with QA talks conferences, Women in APIs speaking cohort, MoT Virtual coffee, Community, Mentees, Blogging, Public speaking are my life savers during COVID days!
- School fine arts competitions, English Elocution competition, till district level.
- Male friends, motivating. Dear Women speak up