899: How to Speak Smarter When Put on the Spot with Matt Abrahams
How to Be Awesome at Your Job18 Sep 2023

899: How to Speak Smarter When Put on the Spot with Matt Abrahams

Matt Abrahams outlines six steps to improve your spontaneous speaking skills.


— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to feel more comfortable speaking on the spot.

2) Four tactics to keep speaking anxiety in check.

3) The easy formula for great self-introductions.


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— ABOUT MATT —

Matt Abrahams 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 received Stanford GSB’s Alumni Teaching Award in recognition of his teaching students around the world.

When he isn’t teaching, Matt is a sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant. He has helped countless presenters improve and hone their communication, including some who have delivered IPO roadshows as well as TED, World Economic Forum, and Nobel Prize presentations. His online talks garner millions of views and he hosts the popular, award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast. He is the author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot. His previous book Speaking Up without Freaking Out: 50 Techniques for Confident and Compelling Presenting has helped thousands of people manage speaking anxiety and present more confidently and authentically.

• Book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

• LinkedIn: Matt Abrahams

• Podcast: Think Fast, Talk Smart

• Website: MattAbrahams.com


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement” by Alison Wood Brooks

• Podcast episode: “Space, Pace, and Grace: How to Handle Challenging Conversations” with Matt Abrahams and Collins Dobbs

• Book: Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up by Patricia Ryan Madson

• Past episode: 253: How to Speak Out…Without a Freak Out with Matthew Abrahams

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