Ep. 045 - The Art of Presenting for the Faint Hearted

Spiders. Heights. Public speaking. All terrifying horrors to some, and while we can’t cure arachnophobia, we can make presentation nerves vanish.

Whether it’s presentations at work, or more general public speeches, Gary Gamp has a host of tips from simple attitude shifts to becoming a storyteller extraordinaire, that’ll give you the confidence to captivate your next audience.

Key takeaways from this episode:

• Be your normal self and let your personality shine through

• Think carefully about your audience and what you want them to do

• Be a storyteller

Gary Gamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garygamp

George Clode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeclode

Highlights:

“If I said to someone just to take this conversation we're having, and present that to even a small number of people, all the sudden the nerves and the butterflies start building in our stomach. Why is that?” - 5:20 - Gary Gamp 

“Create a theme, because it's a memory aid, and it helps you through the presentation. It also provides the audience with a thread because both everyone's nervous if someone else is nervous. Then people can pay attention when they know where you're going. ” - 7:00 - Gary Gamp 

“Forget the topic for a second. You know what your topic is, but who's the audience? The most important thing is to know who your audience is, and connected to that, what do you want them to do?” - 10:00 - Gary Gamp 

“Don't write out in full what you're going to say. Please don't do that. Your personality disappears on the page.” - 14:50 - Gary Gamp 

“The starting point for me is always to focus on getting immediate attention. You need to tell a story, maybe be controversial. If you're that way inclined, entertain. But something unexpected to get started is a hook. It's an anchor.” - 21:40 - Gary Gamp 

“Three little pigs, three wise men, three wishes. Everything’s in threes, because none of us, particularly men, can hold more than three things in our head. ” - 29:05 - Gary Gamp