Matt is a Speaking Coach.
Speaking is a topic close to my heart knowing the pain with my own journey with a stammer and the struggle to communicate clearly and express. I know I’m not the only one.
I did a speaking session with Matt and we reflected afterwards.
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In our conversation we focused on loneliness and creating connection through speaking. The feeling of having all these amazing thoughts in your mind. But if you can’t express them, it is difficult to fully connect with people as your whole self. I’ve struggled with this, and I know I’m not the only one.
Which is why I wanted to host Matt on the podcast.
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Matt helps people find their voice in high pressure situations, usually that shows up in public speaking support but it is really speaking in public. Matt holds training retreats, works one to one with individuals and right the way through to working with corporates.
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𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
Matt’s journey really started 12 years ago. When he brought together three threads from his own passions and journey.
1. Improv – for self-expression and confidence.
2. Coaching & facilitation – the role he grew into within the agency he was working in.
3. Inner work – looking at his own patterns especially around fixing/helping.
Matt pivoted from process based work to working with people.
Matt went through the journey of finding his own voice, then built a business around it. Started with workshops around creativity and collaboration. People were coming to Matt for help with public speaking, so 7 years ago doubled down on that as a core offering and it has taken off from there.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟲-𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝘅 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Matt guided me through Pillar One of his 6-Point Speaker Programme.
The full programme helps people increase their confidence and competence to express through their voice.
Pillar One is ‘Prepare & Rehearse’
Prepare → a framework that brings your body your mind you voice online at the same time.
Rehearse → how to shape content through speech rather than thinking.
I loved the way Matt has turned speaking into what feels like a sport. It threw me back to being in in a swimming lesson as a kid.
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𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿...
1. Speaking is like driving a car. Use all your gears.
2. It is okay to really slow down. You can say more than you think in 1 minute.
3. It is okay to pause and remove filler words → which actually diminishes the quality.
We go much deeper on the episode.
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