Presenting, Pitching and Public Speaking with Toni Gargan – Essential Skills for Everyone
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Show Notes
In this episode, Jeannette talks to Toni Gargan, a coach that focuses on training people to become competent speakers and to improve their presentation skills, as well as being a property investor. They discuss the skills needed to become an effective public speaker, salesperson, and presenter. Jeannette explains how she overcame her nerves and imposter syndrome to do this.
They discuss how to acquire and practice those skills. As well as discussing how to adapt what you say and how you present it to better fit the audience you are speaking to.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Preparation is key for any kind of public speaking.
- Knowing your subject gives you confidence and enables you to adapt should you have to present without your notes or need to answer awkward questions.
- Many people suffer from imposter syndrome, you have to recognise this and come up with a strategy to deal with it.
- Most people are using presentation and public speaking throughout their workweek, often without even realising that they are doing so.
- Be yourself, this makes it far easier for your audience to believe in you and connect with you.
- Use empathy. It will help you to prepare a speech or presentation that is truly relevant to your audience.
- You need to adapt your presentations to suit who you are speaking to. To ensure you demonstrate how you can help them as an individual or an organization.
- Selling is serving, you should be selling things in a way that ensures that the other person can fully understand how they will benefit when they buy from you.
- Most people need to work on their presentation skills. The more you do, the better you will get.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Preparation is absolutely key.’
‘you can make anything interesting in the way that you prepare it. ´
‘It´s good not just to always be thinking about it from your own perspective.’
‘You're always presenting, you're always selling, even with friends and other people you know.’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
CONTACT METHOD
https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/
Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.