This post was previously published in the Workplace by Facebook community of learners that I am community manager for. It was posted when I was facilitating a super circle of 3 Working Out Loud circles in Q1 2018 with members from as far west as San Francisco to as far east as New Zealand.
I was prompted to republish it here when I saw Ellen Gürtler’s LinkedIn query as follows earlier today:-
“Ted Talks and more
Hello everybody, last friday I had a wonderful zoomcall with Judy Micale from my first WOL Circle. Unfortunately we didn`t find any other women to start an international womens circle so we decided to keep in touch and had a very helpful and inspriring one to one.
In our conversation at one point Judy said "I see a Ted Talk coming up for you, Ellen" which made me stop breathing anjd smiling at the same time.
A topic I am avoiding for quite some time and decided to get started with because I would love to give talks in my own way.
So here comes the question:-) Does anyone know what I have to do or to whom I could reach out to to get on a Ted Talk stage.
I am already excited for any reactions and would love to offer a song for any help.
Have a wonderful day and don`t forget: "When too perfect, lieber Gott böse." (Nam June Paik) Ellen”
I was able to answer the question as follows:-
Info on nominating others or yourself for a TED/TEDx talk, see https://www.ted.com/about/conferences/speaking-at-ted #WOL
I have slightly adapted the post and I have included my original comments on the thread for the additional resources.
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defo worth a #ff ;) #7favpreachers @AlistairBegg @CliveCalver @djstrickland @DrRTKendall @Jeffreylucas @realrobbell @stevenfurtick
— Simon R.J. Fogg (@srjf) September 22, 2017
I am aware that there are at least 2 of the super-circle who are looking to improve their public speaking. One goal relates to becoming a keynote speaker.
This post has been triggered by hearing A talking about this in the Circle X call and hearing B talking about this in their introductory video.
Interesting goal! This is a new goal to me in the 3 circles that I have been a part of so far.
This is of more than passing interest to me. I had a bad stammer through my school and university years and for many years since. Over the years this has improved significantly and is often barely noticeable these days. Part of my story looking back is that being part of chatrooms increased my confidence and eventually spilled over into my physical life. It does return slightly when I get very stressed or tired. I am amazed at what I am able to do and say these days.
May be as a result of this, I have a passionate desire to understand what is being said and the heart from which it is being said and am less fussed about the eloquence and speaking skills of the speaker. One specific example is having vivid memories of hearing Alyn Haskey on a few occasions and being in tears and hysterical laughter in equal measure throughout his talks and poems reading. However, you had to work at hearing and interpreting his words as he had cerebral palsy and was in a wheelchair.
I am big on questions. The questions that follow are the output of a rapid personal brainstorm.
It would be great if you would add to this list of questions as well as recommending resources to all of us to improve our verbal communication in any way.
As I was finishing this post and remembered the tweet in the header listing my 7 fave Christian teachers/ preachers, I also remembered (she is in my list!) Danielle Strickland’s podcast interview (interview starts 41:30) which included a section on communicating (starts 56:05). Also lots on leadership and I love her take on women in leadership. A fave lady, a fave leader and she loves U2!
QUESTIONS
- Who do you look up to or admire in the area of verbal communication and public speaking that you would like to emulate or surpass? The more examples the better. Think widely. Include people who podcast and anyone you have heard in any context in any media.
- What is it about these communicators that you so admire?
- In what groups and settings do you communicate verbally either on your own where you are not the focus of attention or as part of a group or where you are speaking to an audience?
- Does public speaking fill you with dread or get your adrenaline pumping excitedly in a good way or somewhere in-between and why?
- Give some examples of where you have spoken publicly and thought you did an amazing job and where you did not do such an amazing job? Why do you take that view?
- What subjects do you know so well that you could be invited to deliver a keynote talk on that subject (or less grandly, lead a spot in a team meeting on the subject?
- What formal or informal training have you done or what resources have you used to develop your skills in this area?
- What would you consider your strengths to be in your verbal communication?
- What would you consider to be your areas for development in your verbal communication?
- Who could help you develop in this area? (per Contacts List in Week 1 and 2)
- What sorts of other people would you like to connect with to develop in this area?
- For each name on the 2 lists above, why specifically have you named them?
- and, for each name, how well do you know that named individual? (see Week 2)
- What contributions could you make to these people to initiate or further develop a relationship with them?
- For those that are looking to do public speaking as a revenue-generator, how do you propose to get speaking engagements, what speaking agent-type companies are you aware of? If none, consider investigating to identify some.
- For those agencies, what is their process for getting listed and how much work would you need to do to get listed?
- Why is this area uppermost in your mind as your circle goal?
- What would you like to achieve in this area by the end of the 12-week circle?
- How can your circle and the wider circle community help you with any of the above?
- If you feel able to, why not share your answers in your Goal group and elsewhere?
RESOURCES
- "Um" and "like" and being heard (Seth Godin, blog post)
- “Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols” (Talks at Google)
COMMENTS
... and this video of former Navy Seal Jocko Willink reading an extract from a military leadership manual is inspiring and encouraging and helpful on writing and speaking, well worth a play ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFS7jBQFOcU&t=7360s&ab_channel=JockoPodcast
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#DarkestHour
watched with whole family including GCSE #History student, A Level History student & 2nd Year #Politics student, highly recommended on all fronts
#Churchill #WinstonChurchill #GaryOldman #words #writing #speeches #speechwriting #leadership
https://youtu.be/eFFj2gS9UWs
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