‘First Impression’ Myth when public speaking
You must have heard this one. Your first impression is everything and people form their lasting opinion of your presentation in the first 30 seconds’ (or 8 seconds depending on who tells it). Not true. This implies that the lasting impression of your presentation won’t be your wisdom, your character, the clarity of your message or…
#2 Craig Bruce – Communicating to people vs a studio microphone
Personal Profile: Cam Barber interviews Craig Bruce who started as a radio DJ, and ultimately became Head of Content at SCA, overseeing 78 radio shows including Hamish and Andy and The Kyle and Jackie-O show. Craig speaks honestly and openly about his nervousness around public speaking and shares his challenges and…
#3 Steve Jobs’ Stanford Speech uses a chunk structure
The world’s most watched speech is Steve Jobs’ Stanford speech. His message: “Stay hungry. Stay Foolish.” In 2005 Steve Jobs made a low-key speech at Stanford University that was one of the first examples of going ‘Viral’. Over 100 million people have watched it. In this episode of the What’s Your Message?…
#4 Annie Stanton- Competing for attention with Hollywood legends
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5812759/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/550031/custom-color/c31f1f” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Cam speaks to Annie Stanton, Executive Director at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. While sitting in Madison Square park in New York City, Annie talks about her traumatic first experience in public speaking – and how she now…
#5 Paul Hogan-Australia owes you $5 billion
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5858810/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/550031/custom-color/c31f1f” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In 1984 Paul Hogan used his messaging skills to convince 300 million Americans to love Australia. His tourism campaign was such a success it underpinned Australia’s economic success for two decades. Unfortunately, that great messaging has been displaced over the last…
#6 Amanda Lee – “Is everything in your team aligned?”
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5906122/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/550031/custom-color/c31f1f” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Cam interviews Amanda Lee who is the Content Director at Perth radio station 92.9FM. Amanda talks about: Her leadership Message to her managers, “Is everything in your team aligned to create great content?” Her realisation that, even thought she wasn’t nervous…
#7 Sam Cavanagh “Fans not listeners”
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5913836/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/550031/custom-color/c31f1f” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Sam Cavanagh is a thought leader and Executive Producer of the Hamish and Andy radio show. His message of “Fans not listeners” helped the radio industry transition to the era of social media and web content. Sam gives behind-the-scenes insight on…
$100 million habit: Janine Allis keeps it simple and solves problems
I’m a fan of Janine Allis. A recent article in The Age outlines her story and secret to success with Boost Juice (250 stores, $130 million turnover). In a nutshell: ”What I’m good at is solving problems and keeping things simple.” One of the great things about Janine’s story is that her formal qualifications from Knox Tech (which she…
10 Reasons You’ll Improve Your Next Presentation By Using The ‘B’ Key
Business Insider interviewed me last week on the best way to avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’ and improve public speaking and presentation skills. I talked about the simplest and most powerful technique – the ‘B’ key. Otherwise known as blanking the screen during a slide show. They published the piece on Friday as ’10 Reasons You’ll…
3 quick tips: Presentation visuals
1. Lights Up Avoid turning the lights down during a presentation. If your visual support requires a darkened room, ensure it’s not long enough for them to take a nap! 2. ‘Be’ the visual… Use your arms and eyes and expression to show us the size of the fish you caught or how quickly your…
4 ways to start a speech strongly
The most important thing to start a speech or presentation is to make it clear to the audience where you are taking them. Think about a typical person in your audience. Their mind is full of to-do lists and daydreams; and you walk on stage. They’ve sat through boring presentations in the past and wonder…
A short speech – create a 3 minute speech that rocks
I’m in the Charles Pearson Theatre at the University of Melbourne, watching 12 short speeches. It’s a 3 minute speech competition called the 3 minute Thesis. These annual, 3 minute speech competitions challenge Ph.D and Masters students to effectively communicate 3-1/2 years’ of technical research into a short speech. Their task is to convey only the most important…
A wicked message: how to make sure your message gets results (part 2)
In the last post, we defined the difference between a wicked message (which requires more mental effort on the part of the listener) and a tame message (which is clear and easy to follow). To get a response, you need a tame message. So here’s how to do it How do you make your…
Anita Roddick’s Top 5 Leadership Messages
Great leaders like founder of The Body Shop Anita Roddick are associated with great leadership messages.This is no coincidence! Vivid messages help position people as great leaders. Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, Steve Waugh, Bill Clinton, Richard Branson and Janine Allis are examples of this. The story of The Body Shop is fascinating. Anita Roddick…
Ashton Kutcher speech uses Steve Jobs’ Structure
I love writing about Steve Jobs and his incredible communication skills. And this Ashton Kutcher speech let’s me do it again. For example, How Steve Jobs’ messaging changed the world, Steve Jobs top 5 leadership messages and particularly the speech outline of his famous Stanford graduation speech. Jobs’ ability to leverage message and structure helped Apple…
Book titles with a vivid message. Top 50 examples 1-10
A vivid message opens a window in the mind for more information.Great book titles capture interest in just a few words and draw you in to open the book and read more. Find a vivid title for your communication project The title for your speech or presentation – or the tagline for your brand or website…
Cam Barber Public Speaking interview on ‘Big Marketing’
Here’s how Tim Reid opens the interview: Cam Barber developed The Vivid Method to help you overcome the fear of public speaking. And thank God! I mean who doesn’t (you know what) themselves when they have the opportunity to get up on a stage or present to an audience of more than one?! But here’s…
Can you translate information to a vivid message? (if not, the sharks will die)
Great communicators can translate information into vivid messages. They have the skills to assess a situation and translate the information in ways that a particular audience can relate to. Technical presentation example While on holidays a few years ago I met a man who made his fortune with a company that builds aquariums. $20 million…
CEO Magazine interviews Cam Barber on Messaging and Public Speaking
“The Power of Messaging” Communicate your business message in the most memorable way by learning the tools of effective public speaking.By Skye Hoklas, CEO Magazine, September 2015. Public speaking is the process or act of performing a presentation or speech to a live audience in order to inform, influence, or entertain. For some, it strikes…
Communication Coaching: Using standup comedy for book publicity
Amy Doering is releasing a book and wanted book publicity and media promotion. We decided on a unique approach; we would create a 5 minute standup comedy routine using the stories in the book. Here’s Amy talking about the Coaching Project; how she was able to control nerves by refining the material and using a…