Speak Up and Lead

In a survey by GMAT,
employers ranked
25 different skills in job candidates.
What do you think topped the list?

Employers Want Communication Skills in New Hires, 2014. GMAT
Employers’ ranked skill preferences in new hires

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Corporate Subscribers

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Welcome

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* Selena Rezvani
Vice President of Consulting and Research
Be Leaderly
• Consultant, speaker and author on
women and leadership.
• Seasoned human capital consultant,
using workplace culture assessments
to help corporate clients be more
inclusive and welcoming to women.
• Author of two leadership books for
professional women – Pushback: How
Smart Women Ask—and Stand Up—
for What They Want (Jossey-Bass,
2012) and The Next Generation of
Women Leaders (Praeger, 2009).

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* Jo Miller
CEO and Founding Editor
Be Leaderly
• Dedicated to helping women around the
world advance into positions of
leadership and influence.
• Delivers more than 70 presentations
each year, for leadership conferences,
professional associations, and corporate
women’s networks.
• Founded Be Leaderly and this webinar
series to reach emerging women leaders
anywhere in the world.

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* Mary Cheyne
Professional Speaker & Public Speaking Coach
Magnetic Podium
• Has trained over 15,000 people in over 25
cities around the world and coached
hundreds of individuals on how to
communicate clearly and authentically in
front of audiences.
• Beat out 25,000 contestants from 14
countries to win 1st Runner-up in the 2009
World Championship of Public Speaking.
• Author of the Amazon best selling book,
“Present” Yourself in Public Speaking:
Tell Your Inner Critic to Shut Up and the
Real You to Speak Up.

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* Poornima Vijayashanker
Founder
Femgineer
• Was the founding engineer at Mint.com
where she helped build, launch, and scale
the product until it was acquired by Intuit.
• Launched Femgineer, an education
company for tech professionals and
entrepreneurs who want to learn how to
build software products and companies.
• Speaks at industry events around the
world.
• Author of How to Transform Your Ideas
into Software Products. Co-author of
Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public
Speaking.

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“To lead, you need to be able to
communicate, share and educate.”
— Mary Barrazotto, Vice President,
Associate General Counsel,
Brown-Forman

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* Why do mid-career professionals need
public speaking skills?
• Leadership role
• Demonstrate ability to communicate
with teammates and customers
• Visibility beyond company

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* You’ve said there’s a huge gap in the
way most people approach public
speaking training. What’s missing?
Presence

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* What are some easy ways to get
started as a speaker?
• Your company
• Your alma mater
• Meetups and conferences

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* Why do people get nervous? What are
some proven techniques for reducing
anxiety before a big presentation?
• Comfort Zone – Survival mode
– Prepare early
– Arrive early
– 1-to-many versus Many 1-to-1

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What’s one word you associate
with speaking to groups?

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Poll 1: What holds you back from
speaking to groups more frequently?

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* What are some of your top tips for
preparation (and how do you prepare?)
• Start with an outline
• Record yourself
• Form a mini-audience
• Do a dress rehearsal

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* What are some common myths and
misconceptions about speaking that
have people feeling disempowered?

I’ll wait for the
confidence
then I’ll speak
The audience
is judging me
It’s all about
me

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* You advise people to look for speaking
engagements outside their company.
What are some ways to get started?
• Your network
• LinkedIn
• Organizations and conferences with
panels
• Ask for video recordings and written
testimonials

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* What are some of the exercises you
teach that help people be authentic and
relatable in front of an audience?
• Get clear on your intention of service
• Get present (breathe)
• Be conversational

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* Do you have different suggestions for
introverts and extroverts?
• Understand what it means to be
present
– In our head
– Too outward
– Balance

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* What techniques do the best
presenters use to engage, persuade, or
motivate others?

Range
Engaging
stories
Humor

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* Give us some tips for rocking the Q&A.

Crowd Source
Strategy
Think ahead or
ask organizer to
compile a list
Use meet and
greet time to
compile
questions
Open talk by
jotting down
questions

Q&A
Jo MillerPoornima
Vijayashanker
Mary Cheyne Selena Rezvani

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Poll 2: What will you work on?

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Recommended
Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public
Speaking, by Poornima Vijayashanker
and Karen Caitlin.
Get your free copy at
gumroad.com/l/present-ebook/be-Leaderly
“Present” Yourself in Public Speaking:
Tell Your Inner Critic to Shut Up and the
Real You to Speak Up, by Mary Cheyne.
Get your free copy at
magneticpodium.lpages.co/ebook-landing-
page-for-beleaderly/

Closing Thought
Poornima Vijayashanker
www.femgineer.com
Mary Cheyne
www.magneticpodium.com

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Discussion Questions
1. What’s holding you back from doing more
speaking in front of groups?
2. What speaking opportunities would you like to
step up to?
3. What will you do to:
a) Prepare
b) Get over nervousness
c) Be authentic and relatable, or
d) Engage, persuade, and motivate your
audience