Transcript:
Hi, welcome to 5 Minute Speech Coach.
5MSC is an audio course to help anyone get better at public speaking through consistent practice.
My name is H, and I’m your facilitator.
Before we go any further, let’s take 3 deep breaths together. It’s gonna help us both get more comfortable.
Ready? [3 deep breathes]
Okay. Let’s get started.
It takes a lot of time and energy to sound like yourself.
The best speakers in the world are deeply authentic and engaging.
That’s because they sound like themselves -- the things they say and the way they say it are unique to them, things that no one else in the world can capture quite like they can.
“sounding like yourself” requires deep reflection, self awareness, and even a little mind and body coordination. The good news is -- you already have so much expertise you can draw upon for this course, even if you’ve never spoken in public before: it’s your entire life.
The bad news is, using that life experience requires reflection, discomfort, and practicing a lot of skills that at first glance, don’t necessarily seem related to public speaking.
5 Minute Speech Coach is designed to help you get comfortable with that practice, and practice in general -- one of the hardest parts of public speaking.
Each lesson is 3-5 minutes so that you can work on these whenever you have a few minutes to spare. In each lesson, I will introduce a concept, tell a story to illustrate it, and then share a guided exercise for you to work through on your own.
The rest of the time is yours to practice -- I’ll come back in at the end to tell you when our 5 minutes are up.
Today, that’s it. In the next episode we’ll get going with an approach to guide your public speaking practice, from evaluating your practice to finding time to make that practice happen. Talk to you soon.
