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Importance of Systems in Public Speaking

- How systems provide structure

- Value of structure for introverts

Role of Systems in Preparation

- Preparing content and organizing thoughts

- Creating clear outlines

Components of Preparation Systems

- Researching and creating an outline

- Timing practice sessions

Benefits of Regular Practice

- Avoiding over-practicing

- Becoming a consistent speaker

Elements of Practice Systems

- Setting specific days/times for practice

- Recording practices for feedback loops

Flow and Delivery

- Importance of mapped-out flow

- Focusing on delivery over structure

Example of a Personal Prep System

- Detailed personal preparation system

- Use of spreadsheets for different speaking engagements

Content Creation and Review

- Creating new content vs. recycling old content

- Allocating time for content creation and reviews

Practice and Anticipating Audience Questions

- Running through the presentation

- Preparing answers for potential questions

Delivery

- Examples of different types of public speaking engagements

- Importance of systems in building proficiency in public speaking

Hello, and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today, I want to talk about how systems can make you a better public speaker. So here's the thing. Having the right systems can improve your public speaking skills mainly because it's structure. And so systems matter for all speakers, but interprets really thrive with structure. Those of you who like structure, this is for you. You see, the importance of a structured approach sort of when you're preparing your content, organizing your thoughts and creating a clear outline, researching outline and timing practice sessions. This is sort of the role of systems in preparing, and so you can create a really reliable preparation system which helps reduce stress and, at the same time, builds confidence.

Now there is the saying that practice makes perfect, and don't get me wrong, you can over practice or over prepare a speech or a talking point. However, when you are practicing with a system and knowing where to hit your points and what you do and how you do it, this leads to you being a very consistent speaker, which is great. So it could be something like setting aside specific days and times to practice and rehearse out loud. That is your system or part of your system. And so having that system and practicing regularly improves your clarity, your timing, your body language on all of these things. And if you record yourself, you can use it as a feedback loop or you can send it to others to give you feedback and refine your delivery. Now the other important thing about having your own prep system is your talks flow. If it's something that you have to practice, having the introduction, the transitions, and the conclusion all down and having a mapped out flow, it's just uncertainty during your talk.

So then you're just focusing on the delivery rather than worrying about the structure and your 's and your 's. It helps you to connect better with your audience. And so thinking about that, having a system where you know what you do for example, for me, my system, I I do some speaking engagements. And for example, if I'm doing a workshop for an organisation, I have a spreadsheet that I use. And so I'll put in the name of the organisation, how many people are supposed to be there, what their likes and dislikes are, what they're gonna be doing because sometimes they're at a lunch and they're gonna be eating while I am talking to them so I can't necessarily do an interactive thing. Then I would also put in notes of sort of like, when the contract has been signed, has the date been confirmed, the time, the dress code, logistics, do I need to bring my laptop, will they have a laptop, that sort of a thing. So that's, like, my pre gaming system for what I then need to then go and create my content. Now you might have content that you're creating fresh.

You might have content that you're creating from previous content and taking bits here and then putting them together to create something new. And having a time frame or time blocked off in your day or your week or your month where you know that I'm gonna sit down, I'm gonna work on these slides, and then giving yourself enough time to come back to them so you can review them, check for any issues, and that sort of a thing is really, really critical. Then you can sort of think about the notes you might have with those slides. You might have key bullet points or key words that you want to say to make sure that you don't sort of forget anything or any important pieces of information. So that's your preparation and then getting things together. Then there's your practice. If you get the chance to, even if it's one run through, just to have a clear idea of, oh, I'm gonna say this followed by this. What if I ask questions? Maybe when you're thinking and you're practicing, you could think in advance what kind of questions people might ask and have answers prepared so that way you're not super caught off guard and you have an idea of what you will say if someone asks this question or that question.

And so then that's the practice, and then you deliver it. You go ahead and you deliver your content, whatever that might be. It might be a TED talk. It might be a presentation at work. It could be just doing notes at a meeting. It is all important, and it starts building your systems, your speaking systems. And the sooner you start to build your methodology and your way of doing things, the quicker you will see results and become a better public speaker because of it. So just thinking about that, be really intentional about what you do to set yourself up for success when thinking about public speaking, no matter what form it might come in.

Having systems will be the secret to your success no matter what you do. Thank you for listening. This is Janice at The Courier Intuit helping you build your brand and get hired. Have a great rest of your week.