Story Teller and World Champion of Public Speaking Aaron Beverly talks about finding his voice as an introvert, 4 powerful ways to sharpen your public speaking skills, listening to what people are not saying, being authentic and Breaking norms as public speaker.

List of Questions - 

1. Why was your world championship speech on diversity and acceptance? (02:35 )

2. What made you believe a story about an Indian wedding ritual would appeal to an international audience? (04:26 );                                                                                                                                                     

3.  Why did you start learning Public Speaking? (07:46 ); Importance of mentoring in overcoming your fear of public speaking? (12:30 );

4.  Importance of Feedback (14:40 );

5.  Any specific feedback that has immensely helped you? (16:46 );

6.  What has been your approach to learning public speaking? (23:50 );

7.  What makes a meaningful speech? (28:20 );

8.  How do you measure if your speech really led to some action? (30:17 );

9.  What goes in to making a good persuasive speech? (32:42 );

10.  How do you make your message clear? (34:33 );

11.  How do you balance between stories and hard numbers in a regular corporate presentation? (35:47 );

12.  Why is authenticity important? (37:40 );

13.  What is more difficult – 7 Minutes speech or an hour long presentation (41:50 );

14.  Don’t you think too much practise makes a speech sound robotic? How do you balance between practise and spontaneity? (43:16 );

15.  How do you bring elements of surprise in your speeches? (47:15 );

16.  Importance of humour in speeches? (51:06 );

17.  In what ways has public speaking made your life more meaningful? (54:54 );

18.  Please tell us little about your initiative SPEAK & BE YOU ? (56:38 );

19.  Summary of takeaways (01:02:50 ) 

If you like to listen learn more about Public speaking then also consider listening to episodes on story telling with Mehak Mirza Prabhu (https://thebreakschool.com/mehak-mirza-prabhu) and Geeta Ramanujan (https://thebreakschool.com/geeta-ramanujam)