A Great Speech Starts w/ Throughline
This session breaks down how to craft powerful talks, identify your through line, and balance brevity with authenticity to engage any audience. (Watch full video below!)
🔸 Key Topics Covered:
🟧 Finding your through line: how to define the core message that ties every part of your talk together, from problem to solution, so your audience walks away with a clear takeaway.
🟧 Brevity with power: why starting with short, concise expressions of your ideas helps you refine clarity, then expand naturally for longer talks, workshops, or keynotes.
🟧 Building the problem early: how to hook your audience with a startling statement or compelling question, clearly laying out what’s at stake within the first few minutes.
🟧 Stylistic choices: when to reveal your through line upfront versus gradually, and how emotional storytelling can enhance the impact of your talk.
🟧 Balancing uniqueness and content: how to weave personal experience and credibility into your talk without losing focus on the universal idea your audience needs to grasp.
🟧 Practical frameworks: examples from TED Talks and client sessions showing how to move from problem to solution, create emotional resonance, and include a call to action effectively.
🟧 Q&A insights: handling over-preparation, pacing, audience engagement, and fine-tuning your talk while staying present, confident, and authentic on stage.
