2 Minute Talk Tips

2-Minute Tip: Build a Team   Sometimes to get better, you may need help, and that's okay. Hire a coach. Join Toastmasters. Ask a friend or colleague. Take an online course. Take a traditional course. Read a book. Subscribe to a podcast about public speaking   Or do all of the above. Or some combination of them.   The point is you can build expertise, or at the very least, competence in a skill by assembling your own team of experts. They can be in person or virtual. It can be a dialog or a 1-way process.   But you don't have to do it all alone. There's a community there you can build or be a part of.   Post Tip Discussion: Meet Sandy Weiner   I think the best way to sum up Sandy Weiner's approach to speaking (and probably a lot of other things) is "Just jump in and do it -- but don't do it alone."   Sandy's first major talk was her TedX talk, which you can see here:   [embed]https://youtu.be/yvzUMIcrBYU[/embed]     While she may go straight for the deep end, she's successful because she prepares -- she work