Unlock Your Impact: The #1 Public Speaking Tip for Coaches

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Unleash the secrets of impactful public speaking and transform your coaching sessions into unforgettable experiences. Imagine the potential of resonating deeply with your audience by simply shifting the focus away from yourself and prioritizing their needs. This episode of Modern Leadership unpacks practical strategies that will not only help you conquer the common anxiety associated with public speaking but also enhance your confidence and presence, whether facing a large crowd or a small group. We promise actionable insights on how to gather audience intelligence beforehand, tailor your message effectively, and make your delivery both impactful and memorable.

Join us as we recount a client's journey from anxiety to confidence when presenting to a large Facebook group for the first time. By focusing on understanding her audience's struggles, she was able to create a meaningful and engaging presentation. This episode is a treasure trove of tips for coaches and entrepreneurs who aspire to grow their businesses without sacrificing work-life balance. Embrace the power of making it all about your audience and watch as your impact and influence soar. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how to guide your clients to extraordinary results while nurturing your own personal growth and business success.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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(00:43):
So how can I improve my publicspeaking skills for coaching
sessions?

Speaker 1 (00:48):
I love that question.
I actually just helped a clientand our coach accelerator
through this process, becauseshe had been invited to speak in
front of a rather largeFacebook group and this was the
first time that she was evergiving a presentation, and so
what I told her, and what I liketo tell people here on YouTube,
is to not make it about you,but to make it about your
audience.

(01:08):
So whenever I'm speaking infront of a big stage or doing
something for the JusticeClearinghouse or any of the
other organizations, I alwaysremind myself that it's not
about me, it's not about mebeing nervous, it's not about
what do I have to offer.
It's always about them, whatthey're struggling with and how
I can best help and serve them.
Because when you make it aboutthe other person, it's not as

(01:28):
weird and awkward and you canactually make a bigger impact
because you're focused on themversus yourself.
Right Cause, very easy to getinto.
Who am I?
I'm not qualified and all thoseother things that our brain
tries to convince us to not stepinto it, but instead get
curious about the audience,right?
So for her, I'm like, hey, let'sset up a plan to ask them some

(01:49):
questions to see what you canactually help them with.
You would be amazed how manypeople get asked to speak and
then they just come up with itall on their own and you don't
even know your audience.
You don't know who they are,what they want, struggles
they're going through any ofthose problems, right?
You're not going to be able tohelp them much and you're really
not going to be able to connect.
And so for her, we compiled alist of questions and she went

(02:10):
and she asked them, and she wasso glad that she did, because
when she came back, she's likeMark, they're struggling with
this, this, this and this andthis.
And it was funny because in thebeginning she was a little like
it about them and you didn'tmake it about you.
So probably the biggest tipthat I would give is to make it
about your audience, not aboutyou.

(02:34):
Now we teach a little bit morein depth inside of the Coach
Accelerator.
We have an entire phase wherewe go through speaking, putting
together presentations, how topitch and all that kind of stuff
, and those are all things thatwe like to talk about, but it
all revolves around this idea ofmake it about them, and when
you make it about them.
It just makes it so much morebeautiful.
You're a coach with a big heartand a powerful desire to make a

(02:54):
real difference in the world,but what if you could increase
your impact, increase yourconfidence and grow a business
with ease?
I want to help by offering youa free coaching call so we can
discover exactly how to help youfeel aligned and equipped to
guide your clients to even moreincredible results.
We'll also create a plan toscale your business while
maintaining your work-lifebalance.

(03:14):
If you're ready to turn yourpassion of helping other people
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Thank you for being willing tolean in, and let's get right
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Speaker 2 (03:24):
Yeah, I also have one thing to say, because this is
also something that comes upwhen you're talking about public
speaking, and that is thefeeling that people get and the
nervousness that comes alongwhen you're asked to talk in
front of a crowd of people,sometimes maybe even like a
small group in an office.
It doesn't matter what it is.

(03:44):
This feeling of anxiety thatpeople get is very, very common.
And, speaking of the clientthat we're talking about, there
was this other thing that shetalked about that I thought was
really, really incredible and Ithink I should share it.
So she was nervous to do thispresentation, she was putting
her presentation together, butshe had that like nervous energy

(04:06):
and what she did was, insteadof focusing on it being a bad
feeling, like I'm nervous, I'mscared, she flipped it to
another type of feeling and thatwas more excitement, because a
feeling is like a vibration inyour body right, it's just our
brain is what interpretswhatever that vibration is, and

(04:28):
for her it was nervousness, butthen she turned it into
excitement.
So it's along the same lines ofwhat Mark was saying, like she
made it more about the otherpeople to get the most out of
the presentation rather thanfocusing on herself and how she
was feeling.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
I love that, and I think it's Mel Robbins who talks
about like a feeling ofexcitement and a feel of fear
feels the same way in your body.
You just get to decide whichone of those paths you want to
go down, and that's one of thethings that this client of ours
is really powerful with she'sable to coach herself through
that process, right.
That is what we focus on insideof the Coach Accelerator being
able to coach yourself so youcan rise up to that level.
Because when you're the personwho's asking others to do that

(05:05):
and you're doing it yourself, itreally does change the game
forever.
So, all right, I hope thathelped.
Guys, if this is something thatyou're interested in, you're
interested in learning how toget on stage, learning to have
better conversations, learningto ask questions in a group
atmosphere, putting togetherpresentations.
That's all stuff that we doinside of the Coach Accelerator
which helps you create moreimpact and income than you ever

(05:26):
have by developing yourconfidence and the skills to
really help people achieve theirgoals, right.
So if that's something you'reinterested in, we'll give you
the link and information in theshow notes.