Thank you for evaluating my speech. and yes I do agree with you about the crushing cigarette thing at the end. looking back at it, I think I would've finished stronger without it
Summary: Start: 1. Provocative Question, 2. Props, 3. Humor, 4. Get the audience to interact, speak, move, raise their hands, think, 5. Use a metaphor Middle: appeal to emotion using Personal Anecdotes End: Connect to metaphor
@James Two weeks after applying his method to my life, my life has completely changed. Public speaking, social anxi ety problems, and various types of addi ctions have begun to disappear. search youtube "paradox of I can do it"
@D1M1T: i like how u summarized this RU-vid video so efficiently. u summarized the main points of the video. but do you think that you have become a master communicator?
Today while I was aimlessly watching videos on youtube when I came across your video on eye contact, with Bill Clinton. I watched your video analysis and was instantly captivated. I immediately subscribed to your channel and began watching your other videos, and I came to a conclusion. What you are doing here is pure genius and unbelievably helpful. I can't thank you enough for how much you have helped me. I have applied your suggestions to me daily life, and with a little practice they have worked wonders. Keep up the good work I look forward to watching your videos for a long time to come!
+Nicholas Wisniewski Holy cow man! I'm so flattered. Hope that you get as much from the videos to come as you have from the ones I already made! By the way, we do have trainings that we sell. There is an hour-long module on first impressions that we offer to people ($17) after they sign up for our email list (which you may not have done). No pressure, but if you want to check it out, here it is :-) www.charismaoncommand.com/fioffer/
Holy cow, you saved me with this one. A couple others and I were assigned to talk to school heads about a project were working on and to represent the class, and boy oh boy did this make it slide smoother for me. I used a book as a prop, and made it interactive by making them actually solve a puzzle which was a part of the project. They all were blown away! A nice side effect I noticed is that this made me the more domminant speaker and put me in a leadership position to some extent...
I enjoyed this breakdown on this keynote. What impressed me the most is the use of silence throughout the presentation. I also liked the stories used and the level he uses to better allow the audience to experience what was happening. Your breakdown was very detailed and clear to understand. This helps me with my awareness of what to listen for in a keynote.
I had to do a 5 minute presentation in high school about some history war guy that I don't remember, but I was the only kid in school who could solve a Rubix Cube. When I got up to present, I had an unsolved Rubix cube and after every "slide" I would do a sequence. I timed it so that by the end I would have a solved cube. No one understood why but everyone loved it.
I love how simple your format is for literally just watching a cut up video and pausing at certain spots so we can hear your voice. That's easy to produce similar videos.
Would love to see a video on speaking at meetings, not necessarily giving a presentation but just holding our grounds and getting your point across in a conversation with multiple people.
Most interesting. I have presented to many audiences, small and large. I totally agree about the first few minutes. One of my most interesting presentations was given to a group of about 400 middle school students. I was to tell them about what I did for a living; i.e. my career. I am an electrical engineer and my career was in industrial automation. So, how do you engage a group of kids with that subject matter? (Originally, I was to present to one class of 20, but in the last 10 minutes I was told that they had changed the plan and I would present to the entire school!) As I walked onto the stage in the center of the auditorium I looked at all of those eyes looking at me. I knew that if I waited about 30 seconds to a minute I could have them, as they anxiously awaited for me to speak. I love audience interaction, and I had not planned on this large group at all. So, I asked them, "How many of you have ever been in an industrial mill?" About 80% raised their hands, and I thought, great this is going to be easy. Then I asked them, "OK, what did you see?" Nearly all of the 80% raised their hands, and I had about 4 or 5 respond, then I told them, "OK, let's talk about what I do". I knew that I had them just by looking at their faces. At the end, and I had an hour to speak, I told them that I had some trinkets to give them, but and since I had originally planned on 20 I did not have enough for all 400, so I told them that in the final minutes whoever asked a question would get one, and kids at that age all want a gift, so those 20 trinkets went quickly. When I had given my last trinket I looked up at the clock in the rear of the auditorium and saw my time was up, so I thanked them and concluded the presentation. I have found that when presenting regardless of the subject matter, never ever use notes, and never ever stand behind a podium. In one other instance I had an hour presentation to a group of about 40 in Brazil and none of them spoke English, and I did not speak Portuguese! I had a white board at my disposal so I used it to convey what I was saying, and to my surprise, you don't have to be able to speak the same language as your audience to get your point across. OH, and I love to present regardless of topic, and I have never had any formal training, I just watched and listened to presenters and adopted what I liked about how they did and what they did.
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I have been these tricks for one year in very single presentation I give in my business school. I have scored highest marks when it came to presentation and debate. these tip and tricks are really effective.
I love the use of props and the idea of using them to come full circle. Also telling stories are one of the most powerful ways to connect with people. Great video! Really enjoyed 🙌🏻
I learned a lot from this. It was particularly helpful to hear specifics like capturing their attention within the first 10 seconds and engaging audience interaction within 60 seconds. Also, I came the understand the importance of not telling the audience what you are going to talk about in the first minute of the presentation. This structure was very helpful.
Fantastic tips....but I'm afraid you missed something: Could you give us a list of the 6 tips? While watching the video I only came up with 5....1 Use a prop. 2. Get the audience responding to you. 3. Use humor. 4. Tell a story. 5. Leave the audience with a thought-provoking idea or a way to take action. Did I miss something?
Thanks for tips and for using Mohammed Al-Qahtani's speech. He is a fantastic speaker and I personally met him and listened to him during SATAC 2017 at Princess Norah University Riyadh which was sponsored by SABIC - my ex- employers. Being a member of the Saudi Toastmasters community, it was a proud moment for us when he won the world championship in the International Toastmasters Public Speaking Competition in 2015.
This is amazing! I've never done public speaking in my life. But I practice and visualize public speaking in my mind, and believe it or not I've actually hit most of these points when I practice/pretend. Hopefully one day I'll be able to give a public speech where I can put them into action.
I found the way you broke down this speech to explain and evaluate was extremely powerful and informative. Thank you for doing so. Can you create a video about speaking to younger audiences about important topics such as adversity and resilience? Thanks so much.
Even though you think this is "cliche", at the end of his speech crushing the cigarette, it is required in learning to how to give a speech. At least that is what my teacher is requiring. I am glad I found this, I have to re-read and then re-write my speech I wrote yesterday, I am struggling with it. It sure helps on those points, thank you.
This was such an interesting and informative video. I really learned a lot, and can clearly see why he was nominated for best Toastmasters Speaker 2015.
This is great Charlie! I’m not sure why this is in my feed again but I needed this and I remember how great it was when you first dropped it! Thanks for all you do to help me make my channel and my business better ! I appreciate you & your team Charlie!
You should do a video on how to write a killer essay or captivating letter. I mean it's just a suggestion but it would be cool to see how you deconstruct it and present it. By the way I love your game of thrones videos it added so much more depth to the show for me, I may have to re-watch the show and do character analyses for every character. And even do the same with the books I read. You have inspired me. So thank you for being the trigger or door opener to the thirst I have for more depth and understanding. I'm going to be such a nerd it's going to be awesome. I'm gonna have fun with this. XD
This video was very helpful. Learning that I must grab the audience's attention within the first 10 seconds, I need to get audience interaction so they will engage in what I'm saying, and make sure I have stories in my presentation along with points to the stories was really informative. Then I can't forget acting out my stories. Thank you so much!
This was awesome..I have a speech coming up on the 28th for the first time in my life and I’m nervous as all get up…this will definitely help! Thank you!
Hi Charisma, I"m not sure you're able to read and respond to all the comments, but I'd like to add mine as a way of Thankfulness and support. I love public speaking and have learned a lot about behaviors, postures, eye contact etc.... But do you have advise about creating content (i.e. speaker notes)? I really like to inspire people especially regarding confidence. I wrote a Bestseller (Awaken your confidence) and would like to hear your suggestion about how you select the content out of a book to create interaction with the public. What I mean is that a book is too much information, obviously, and it's hard to select one piece to create a presentation. Or anybody here can share their experience too. Always nice to hear. Thanks! Rachel
This all works, but it seems so damn dishonest. Instead of educating the audience you have to become its friend and entertain its short attention span.
Well, it's not dishonest if that's your style. I do my speeches that way and it's so much fun to not only me but the audience. It comes natural to me and coincidentally after watching this video, Charlie recommends it too.
yup you need to work hard to earn the right to send a message. the amazing thing is someone with a weak message can be more I fluential if they deliver it well, compared to someone with amazing insight, expertise, knowledge, experience ... who can't make that connection and delivery and that message is lost. look at Hitler!!! he basically brainwashed a nation through his ability to deliver powerful speeches
I learned that a keynote is a performance that includes humor, stories, utilizes the power of pauses and your asking questions. End the presentation with and emotional statement and a close for action.
@Charisma on Command - You don't captivate an audience's attention. You captivate an audience; you capture their attention. There are plenty of people who'd turn this video off right there (whether they'd be right or wrong to do so is beside the point); don't lose viewers by ignoring good word usage. "Words are power," as the speaker says. Use them well.
I love your videos! As a really shy and reserved person, your videos provide a lot of interesting insight and tips! Have you ever considered doing a segment on Jon Stewart or one of his correspondents? It would be really cool to see how they pull of charisma and humor so effectively!
What is "cliché" at the end is more the meaningless punchlines than crushing the cigarette! But Toastmasters is about packaging, not content. This distinction of context is everything!
“Even though I just made them up.” First minute capture attention than go into human brains love for stories (anecdotes) Take into present tense and demonstrate. He does a big sighhh Attention body than insight at end moral.
So true what has been said. And even the Proverb <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1101">18:21</a>- says "Death and Life are in the power of your tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit".
For a speech tournament I copied his speech (we were supposed to copy another persons speech and give it for the comp) and I won 2nd out of like 200 ppl I love this speech, I still have it memorized like 2 yrs later.
I know its a video you made in 2015 and i have just watched this now. Can you please do more of the break down video ? I lOVEEEE ITT!! Thank you so so much
Great video. I'm a stand up comic and this really helps me think about how I organize my set- not just spitting out a bunch of random jokes, but to take the audience on a journey. Thumbs up!
PROPS! I saw how this tool has captured my my attention by a comedian who was very funny once in a scene a local citcom. I am thinking of a prop for my next talk. 🤔 Thanks much for the fantastic content.
Some years ago, I was privileged to attend a talk given by Peter Weller, the original RoboCop. When he was introduced, he entered the room carrying a quite gaudy lamp. I was immediately mesmerized by this fascinating, scholarly man and remained so for over 2 hours as he related stories about and showed clips from some of his films. As a side note, I learned while chatting with him after his presentation, that he holds 2 PhDs; one in English Literature and 1 in Art History. His Bachelor degree is in Jazz Trumpet performance from the North Texas State University, one of the most respected Jazz educational institutions in the world. It was an incredible evening.
I'm a newbie at presenting lectures. My upcoming lecture will be at the MS Society in the middle of January. I'm nervous and scared but will do it anyway; it's all about experience. Will talk about the microbiome and the gut and how disease starts - doctors treat symptoms not the cause -- the root to disease begins with nutrition. How would I present in a powerful way to capture the audience's attention?
Am anew upcoming standup comedian but I have learnt how to capture people attentions, 1 carrying or do some thing do an action,then Question ,and then begin a giving example the a story then back to the point or an object or an action you started with.
Given the fact that he is a saudi which means English is a second language, he still did an amazing job with his speech " The Power of Words" . look up his facebook if u wanna know more.
No it isn't amazing at all, i speak 4 languages, a lot of eastern europeans speak 3 or more aswell, it's called dedication, you are just trying to drag attention towards this guy cause you are an arab.
Wequendi ...who knows ..he might know more languages ...and doesn't completely focus on a single language ..after all , they learn languages so other ppl who don't know your actual language can understand what you r saying ...and I am sure ..his English is quite understandable
Ahh man that had me laugh out loud. I was so excited smiling ear to ear thinking i dont have to quit smoking.. When he said he made it up i busted out laughing. That was a good one
This helps, thanks. I'm a 78 year old transvestite atheist, trying to save the world from nuclear obliteration. It's a tall order but I believe there is a possibility the world might wake up to what's really going on.
The reason to come back full circle is show that the meaning has changed. The cigarette is the same cigarette at the beginning and the end. But now it has a different meaning. It's expository writing or speaking, exposing the true meaning. Usually the figurative meaning changes; literal meaning is the same. I just subscribed to your channel
Scenario: So I need to present a subject what my Instructors think they should know or they don't know enough about. The problem is that they know more than me on the subject and are testing me. So how could I hook an audience with this type of presentation??
This video is spot on. I would like to add one thing. When coming full circle to your opening point, or in this case the opening prop, make sure your ending ties in with your opening. This man's didn't, and even though he made it work, I would have loved to see him do it a little differently. I would also love to see you do a few more public speaking videos. There are several options to choose from, just in the Toastmasters realm. Craig Valentine, Darren LaCroix, and Jim Key are a few good options there.
Excellent break down I have won Toastmasters contest and got to the semi-final rounds this speaker extremely natural and is very connected even comes through on the camera
Do you think that you could make a video about the logical fallacies that all humans should try to avoid? Or maybe the worst cognitive biases that nobody really thinks about. Btw I love your videos, keep up the great work! :)
