Master Public Speaking with the World Champion of Public Speaking Aaron Beverly
Story Teller and World Champion of Public Speaking Aaron Beverly talks about finding his voice as an introvert, 4 powerful ways to sharpen your public speaking skills, listening to what people are not saying, being authentic and Breaking norms as public speaker. List of Questions - 1. Why was your world championship speech on diversity and acceptance? (02:35) 2. What made you believe a story about an Indian wedding ritual would appeal to an international audience? (04:26); 3. Why did you start learning Public Speaking? (07:46); Importance of mentoring in overcoming your fear of public speaking? (12:30); 4. Importance of Feedback (14:40); 5. Any specific feedback that has immensely helped you? (16:46); 6. What has been your approach to learning public speaking? (23:50); 7. What makes a meaningful speech? (28:20); 8. How do you measure if your speech really led to some action? (30:17); 9. What goes in to making a good persuasive speech? (32:42); 10. How do you make your message clear? (34:33); 11. How do you balance between stories and hard numbers in a regular corporate presentation? (35:47); 12. Why is authenticity important? (37:40); 13. What is more difficult – 7 Minutes speech or an hour long presentation (41:50); 14. Don’t you think too much practise makes a speech sound robotic? How do you balance between practise and spontaneity? (43:16); 15. How do you bring elements of surprise in your speeches? (47:15); 16. Importance of humour in speeches? (51:06); 17. In what ways has public speaking made your life more meaningful? (54:54); 18. Please tell us little about your initiative SPEAK a BE YOU ? (56:38); 19. Summary of takeaways (01:02:50) If you like to listen learn more about Public speaking then also consider listening to episodes on story telling with Mehak Mirza Prabhu (https://thebreakschool.com/mehak-mirza-prabhu) and Geeta Ramanujan (https://thebreakschool.com/geeta-ramanujam)
