Category: Team

Create a resonating speech

Why: Connect your audience with you

How: Structure your speech and take care of reactions

What: I recently saw more than 40 startup speeches in a morning session and I was surprised on the number of information that could be triggered in just 1 minute. I was also surprised that only few knew the three key success factors of a speech.

  1. Know your intention of your speech. Is-it to get a prize, find an associate, sell your product to your audience, …?
  2. Start with a Why, then follow by the How and finish with the What. Simon Sinek explains it here.
  3. Ensure you connect with the Heart, the Hand and the Head of your audience. The famous speeches of Martin Luther King and John Fitzgerald Kennedy used these 3 components. Why not you?

When you play 2 and 3, see how the match makes sense: Why => Heart, How => Hand, What => Head.

Last, let’s make sure you get enough time to pause and checkout the reactions of your audience. Especially if your topic could make Heart of others vibrating so much. Breath 5 seconds, and continue.

Why not trying it?

Mind mapping

Why: Gather, connect and remember knowledge

How: Create a visual map of the topic you want to cover

What: Put your topic in the center of a page (ideally A3). Prepare the first level if you already know what you want to capture. Write down details based on parent-child concept. Use color per branches to remember the path between the dots (that will create engram).

We see couple of situations where a mind Map is powerful:

  • Preparing a job interview (sample)
  • Taking meeting/classroom minutes
  • Brainstorming
  • Teaching new English words to your children
  • Creating a book sum-up
  • …

Finally you can download training support (FR) on using such tool.

Why not trying it?

100% present

Why: Ensure your meeting participants are connected with each other’s

How: Allow participants to openly share their distractions

What: Start your next team meeting by a round table ice-breaker

Ask them what could be their distraction that prevent them to be 100% with the team. It could be a morning issue, a future meeting concern, …

Three rules are key:

    • You should start
    • It is optional for others
    • No comment or body reaction is allowed

Why not trying it?