Ansonia Gibbs: Secrets of Speech Crafting
Ansonia Gibbs has spent years in the public school space and has a passion for speaking. It is one thing to talk to friends, but in business we want to do more than talk to communicate. We need to be more prepared to speak to all the people in the room with all the tools you have available to you. Ansonia is bringing the tech divas a wealth of information around presenting that will help you own the room in any situation. Tune in for tips to move from presenter to speaker, best practices for your presentation, unlocking the power of storytelling, and additional speech preparation tips.
“Everyone is a winner, you just have to put it out there.” -Ansonia Gibbs
Ansonia Gibbs has spent years in the public school space and has a passion for speaking. It is one thing to talk to friends, but in business we want to do more than talk to communicate. We need to be more prepared to speak to all the people in the room. Ansonia is bringing the tech divas a wealth of information around presenting that will help you own the room in any situation.
Ansonia has served in several public-school districts as Technology Specialist, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Director of Technology, Technology Consultant/Trainer. Ansonia is currently a Technical Adjunct for two Community Colleges in Will County Illinois.
Here are some great tips out of the gate on the show:
Talk to everyone in the room
Use the power of your voice and body language
Enlist audience participation through a call and response
Own your points
Use creative language
Most of all, be in the present moment and aim to connect to your audience. Think about what they will learn, gain, or feel after your presentation. For women in tech, it is important to promote and establish you expertise in a given situation. This will get you the credibility out of the gate so that you can focus on the topic.
She drops even more speaking gems as the show goes on around mastering your speech craft. Here are some mentioned:
Practice your presentations
Read through your materials
Send it to someone you trust to scan it for any areas to improve
Present it to yourself out loud
Record as a dry run and record the live if you can to replay
Leverage the power of the pause
We also discuss how to get organized and how to create the format of a presentation. It all goes back to knowing the audience and spending the time with those that invited you to make sure you meet the mark. This could allow you to reverse engineer the presentation to make the most impact when delivered. Try to incorporate the crowd, organizers, or even the organization into your presentation.
Throughout this episode, Ansonia and I discuss:
🎤Tips to move from presenter to speaker
🎤Best Practices for your presentation
🎤Power of storytelling
🎤Speech preparation
Establish yourself as an expert in the field, the room, and of yourself by having your elevator pitch. Master YOUR speech craft and tune in today.
✅Check out her upcoming Speechcraft training to master your speech. Small class size and 4 week program with just 2 interactive hours a week.
Read more and sign up today: https://born2speak2you.com/
You can register directly for the course she mentioned here: https://born2speak2you.com/speechcraft
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