3 Ways Your Public Speaking Adds to Your Power
“Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions.” – Joseph Chatfield
Greetings, fellow technical speakers!
There are few other things that can accelerate the progress of your career than you presenting a talk on a topic in which you care deeply. As with your written words, your spoken words have great influence on colleagues, friends, and acquaintances.
You may have never thought of this, but you will add great value to the world by being a lifelong learner, always improving in your job, and adding to your ability through your speaking to significantly increase your influence with others. In other ways, adding to your power in life.
Below are three ways your public speaking can greatly add to your power:
Establishes You as an Expert
Although writing a book is the fastest way to establish yourself as an expert, speaking on a specific topic can also do the same. Why is that so? When you spend your time, money, or both attending a talk, you want the speaker to succeed. The speaker has instant credibility and you consider them an expert. The same will happen when you speak.
If you present the same talk over and over again, you will become the expert on your topic. As time goes on, you will find content and delivery items of your talk that will improve the presentation. Write them down as soon as possible and vow to improve your presentation next time. This is how with each presentation of your talk, you will improve.
One of the benefits of being the expert is it makes you well-known for your area of expertise which leads to other benefits.
Gets you well-known
One of the best ways for you to succeed is to become well-known for doing something exceptionally well. Becoming well known greatly opens doors to you in your quest for success. Your presentations are the doorway to your “Corridor of Opportunity.” Robert Ronstadt tells us, “The Corridor Principle states that the mere act of starting a venture enables entrepreneurs to see other venture opportunities they could neither see nor take advantage of until they had started their initial venture.” If you are an entrepreneur, it should be evident how The Corridor Principle, applied in your life and business, will make you successful. The Corridor Principle applies to you and your job also.
Becoming well-known for your area of expertise will help you reach their success as you define it. Take every opportunity to speak in front of others. Use the power of people to talk about you to others and sooner or later, the word on you will get to the person who has the power to hire you for your perfect job.
Don’t underestimate the power of those who know you positively!
The power of being well-known coupled with the power of drawing people to you will supercharge your career.
Multiplies Your Ability to Draw Others Toward You
There is not enough time in your life to search for and consult with the right people who can greatly help you in your in your career. The only way to find them and consult with these people is to draw them to you. One of the best ways to draw the right people who can help you get what you want is to speak often on topics important to them. Zig Ziglar said, “You can get whatever you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.”
Whether you are an entrepreneur or work for someone else, you are exchanging your time for monetary benefit. Aren’t you doing this when you give that presentation on the latest fiber optic technology, quantum computing, or the latest astrophysics breakthrough? Yes you are. You are selling your thoughts to others who want to pay for them and, therefore, drawing them to you.
Your spoken words have great power to influence others. You can add to this power by (1) using your speaking to establish you as an expert on your topic, (2) using your speaking to become well-known in your area of expertise, and (3) using your speaking to multiply your ability to draw others toward you.
Add to your power in these three ways and accelerate your career!
“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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