How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Show Up With Clarity in Your Local Business and Beyond
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Public Speaking. No, wait! Don’t go to click out of this one. You might hear the phrase public speaking and begin to feel a little queasy. Maybe unpleasant memories of high school English class come flooding into your brain. Or maybe you’re thinking, “I’m just trying to run a local business, I don’t need public speaking advice.”
Think again, my friend.
Erik Dominguez, owner of Speak Up Stories, is on this episode of Local to Legend to flip your expectations of public speaking upside down. It’s not just those who command a stage who need to communicate effectively. It’s the average business owner too.
When you hone in on your message and the work you do, you can create clarity. And clarity breeds focused action that will help you make quicker decisions and give you the confidence you need to deliver your pitch to anyone who asks, “So, what is it you do again?”
Improving your public speaking skills will transfer to more than just a keynote. They’ll trickle into how you show up on Instagram stories, Facebook lives, an networking event, a podcasting interview. When you’re clear on your story and your message, others will be too.
Tune in for topics like:
- Erik’s experience on the Speech & Debate team and how it influences his work today
- How improving your public speaking skills can help with on-the-spot questions
- Why “perfect” is not only unrealistic but irrelevant too
- A simple structure to follow next time you’re speaking
- Using a Facebook Group to grow your online community
Links from the episode:
- Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
- Marco Polo – app to record video messages
- Speak Up Stories Facebook Group
- Speak Up Stories website
- @erik.j.dominguez on Instagram
- Launch Your List – our free 5 day mini course that’ll leave you with a strong email marketing strategy and a business ready to grow
- Follow me (Emily Steele) (Love Local) on Instagram for a little business + a little life, and a whole lot of positive energy!
More From Erik Dominguez
Erik is launching Speak Up Skills in early 2021 to help people learn public speaking on the go. Speak Up Skills will be full of 365 days of speaking tips, motivators, mechanics, quotes, and prompts along with 52 extended lessons to improve your public speaking. Learn more here.
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Thank you for listening, friend. See you in the next episode!
