Speaking

Vietnamese-Australian magician, entrepreneur, and communication expert

Vinh Giang

If you want something to stick, deliver it in this number…

three

How do you get the audience’s attention back when you’ve been speaking the same way for awhile?

pattern interrupts

Speak from the ___ to inform people. 

head

Speak from the ___ to inspire people.

heart

Subtly matching tone, posture, and pace of audience. Then leading them where you want to go.

audience mirroring

Dropping your vocal pitch at the end of a point. 

power drop

Pausing before and after important points.

purposeful pausing

Unresolved question or story that you come back to later in conversation.

looping

A conversational tone in lecture-style speaking. 

conversational hook

Emote the energy you want the audience to feel. Laughing, focused, calm, inspired, fired-up.

energy transference

Turning a monologue into a dialogue. Ask a question for the audience to answer in their head.

call and response

Make someone feel heard by repeating their last words back to them.

empathy echo

3 drills for warming up!

Eee-ooo’s, lip flutters, siren technique

Adjust your posture every time you walk through a ___!

door frame

Where should you keep your hands at a table?

Above the table!

How many times should you say someones name in conversation when you meet them?

Three

Pause for how long before answering a question?

Three seconds.

Add positive detail to your goodbyes! Examples include…

“Great work on …”, “Great to hear about…”, “Well done on…”

Someone trying to deliver you negativity

The gift of negativity

A sequence of words or sounds, typically of an alliterative kind, that are difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly which improves speaking rate.

tongue twister

Speaking practice when timing your words per minute when reading a story

rate of speech

The hissing exercise or counting exercise focus on this function of speaking more quickly.

breath control

Understanding over memorizing is a rule for improving your speed of…

thought

Models for speaking on a topic that increases your response speed

frameworks

Prepare in order to reduce these mental antagonists in order to think quicker

anxiety and stress

Breathing method to ease anxiety with 4 seconds of in, hold, out, hold.

Box breathing

Starting sentences with “sorry…” or “this might not make sense but…”

apology prefixes

Ending sentences with “I think” or “so…” or “in my opinion.”

conviction killer