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🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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In this episode, Matt Abrahams shares his expertise in communication and how to speak successfully when put on the spot. Matt is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. He has also helped countless presenters improve their communication skills, including those delivering IPO road shows and TED talks.
During our conversation, we delve into the power of spontaneous communication and how it can enhance our creativity and ability to convey ideas. Matt emphasizes the importance of mindset, managing anxiety, and being present in the moment. We explore the key ingredients of charisma and how they can be learned and practiced. Matt also shares practical strategies for structuring our messages and making them relevant and engaging.
Some highlights we explore:
Tune in to this episode to learn actionable techniques for thinking faster and talking smarter in any spontaneous speaking situation. Get ready to boost your communication skills and confidently convey your ideas in the moment.
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0:00.0 | A lot of our communication. In fact, I would argue most of our communication is spontaneous. |
0:05.0 | It's not the plan prepared types of talks. It's what happens in the moment. Somebody asks you |
0:10.5 | a question. Somebody asks for feedback. You make a mistake. You have to fix it. You're at a social |
0:15.6 | gathering and you have to make small talk. So the focus of my work has evolved over time to move from speaking in a planned |
0:23.6 | way, which is still very important, but to becoming more comfortable and confident and compelling |
0:28.6 | in what I call spontaneous speaking situations. And for anyone who's creative, this is critical. |
0:34.6 | How do you pitch your idea? How do you convey what it is you're |
0:38.4 | trying to capture? How do you share the experience that you've created for the people that you're |
0:43.3 | speaking to? You do that through communication, and often that communication is spontaneous. |
0:48.4 | Hello, folks, and welcome to another episode of the show. That nugget of wisdom was from |
0:53.0 | Matt Abrams. Matt is a lecturer at |
0:57.4 | Stanford School of Business, specifically around strategic communication. Now, one of the reasons |
1:03.7 | I wanted to have man on the show is because I believe that communicating ideas is ultra, ultra valuable in every walk of life. And I think we're |
1:14.7 | undersold on how important it truly is. Most people think that whether you're putting art |
1:20.1 | out of the world or business, that great ideas just catch fire. But the reality is that's not |
1:26.2 | how it works. We have to be able to communicate |
1:28.9 | our ideas. Our thoughts are, our work cannot always stand on its own. And you've had this |
1:35.4 | experience, right, with your own work. Well, that is an area of specialization for Matt, |
1:41.2 | but also the ability to do so spontaneously, to imagine, give a great toast, |
1:47.7 | or to be able to present an idea when your boss or your curveball or a client asks a tough |
1:54.6 | question. These forms of communication, I find to be super valuable and really not talked about |
2:00.6 | that much in culture. |
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