2 Minute Talk Tips

  2-Minute Tip: Listen Actively     Speaking is about more than just giving a speech. It's about meeting the needs of the event organizer, getting the logistics right, and helping to put everyone at ease. One way to do that is with active listening.   When meeting with your event organizer, customer, colleague or SME, there are some things you can do to help everything run smoothly.   Look at them when they are speaking so you pick up on non-verbal cues. Take detailed notes. Ask questions to clarify things. Repeat back what they said to confirm you got it right. Follow up with an email summarizing the key details.     Post Tip Discussion: Apply the ADDIE Model to Public Speaking   As I read Dorie Clark's book Stand Out (affiliate link), it got me thinking about what I could learning by applying what I know in one field to another field. It occurred to me that the ADDIE framework we use in Training (or Learning and Development, or Adult Education, or Professional Development, or whatever yo