Increase Your Speaking Impact by Creating a ‘Push and Pull’ Talk - 268
Aug 24, 2023
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Learn how to captivate your audience like a Hollywood director by using 'push and pull' techniques in your speech. Discover how emotion and storytelling can influence thoughts and behavior, and grab practical tips to enhance your speaking impact. Get ready to create engaging talks that leave a lasting impression on your listeners!
Create emotionally charged moments to engage audience and make a profound impact.
Adjust emotions in delivery to influence audience reactions and enhance message reception.
Deep dives
The Power of Stories and Humor in Speaking
Recognizing the importance of stories and humor in speaking, the podcast emphasizes that the message delivered is crucial, not the perfection of speech delivery. It contrasts the idea of robotic speakers with sacrificing personality for perfection, encouraging individuals to embrace their authenticity while becoming exceptional speakers.
Understanding Audience Intimacy for Effective Speaking
Highlighting the significance of understanding audience emotions and desires, the podcast discusses tailoring messages to evoke specific responses. By incorporating emotionally charged moments into speeches, speakers can engage audiences on a profound level, utilizing storytelling to create connection and impact.
Leveraging Emotions in Speech Delivery
Emphasizing the role of emotions in speech delivery, the podcast explores how speakers can influence audience reactions through emotional alignment. By adjusting their own emotions and energy during delivery, speakers can effectively lead the audience's emotional state, utilizing mirror neurons to transmit intended feelings and enhance message reception.
As a speaker you need to be like the director of a movie, using your talk content and delivery to captivate the audience. Your talk should contain moments that challenge them, make them ponder, create desire and yearning and move them towards your intended destination. All in a way that feels natural and aligned.
In this episode, I’m going to share the levers you can use to achieve those things.
If you want to increase the impact of your speaking then you will definitely want to grab a listen.
What you’ll discover:
The ‘approach and avoid’ programming and how it affects us.
What impact it can have on your effectiveness as a speaker.
When to use ‘push’ and when to use ‘pull on our audience’.
What you need to understand to use this successfully.
The other big lever you can pull to influence thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
Why you need to think like a Hollywood director when you’re creating your content.
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