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Description

Hi, I'm David Nihill. I've spent over 10,000 hours on stage. Here's how I can help you:
I've always been afraid of public speaking but I'm lucky enough to have the option to get paid to do it. Wacky I know. To try and overcome my own fears I spent the last 11 years on every stage I could find. I've won storytelling and standup comedy competitions, have a talk on TED, spoke at many of the world's largest tech and business conferences, recorded a comedy special, and taught this topic at some of the world's leading institutions, like Stanford Business School and University of Oxford. I wrote a bestselling book on the not so sexy subject and run a high level ghostwriting company that's behind many of the world's highest profile leaders talks.
I've applied a lot of what I've learned to help thousands of students manage fear of public speaking, give TED talks, be the one who speaks at conferences on behalf of their company, get promoted, get paid to speak (and get paid more to speak), deliver more engaging lectures, tell better and more impactful stories, and nail that wedding speech, job interview or non profit funding. Everything I learned clocking up over 10,000 hours on stage you'll learn in a fast and fun way. It will save you years of learning the hard way and is the most fun and laugh out loud way to become a better and more engaging public speaker.
What they're saying about it: 
“My audiences were engaged, emotional, and laughing out loud. David Nihill is a master.” Blake Irving - Former CEO and Board Director of GoDaddy
“I've given quite a few talks and David's content is the most helpful I've found on becoming a better speaker. Plus it made me laugh out loud!.” Justin Mares - Bestselling Author, Speaker, Founder of Kettle & Fire
“This course is great. I haven’t taken it yet but David drew a picture when he was 6 years old of a penguin drinking beer in a Chinese restaurant and it was clear the potential for slight wisdom and misguided creativity were there.” —Marita Nihill, David’s Mother
Most Presentations Are Glorified Snoozefests! Let's Change That
Aside from making your day a little less fun, boring presentations are also bad for business. Now, more than ever, your message is competing against hungry pets, rambunctious children, and everything happening on Tiktok. The good news: knowing a few techniques will make sure yours are never dull. The even better news: The bar out there is pretty low. No matter what your experience level, you can stand out fast. This course will make sure you do just that and in a fast and fun way, no matter what level you are. This is everything you'll ever need to know about public speaking in one place.
                               
Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to improve their public speaking slills
Professionals who want to make their presentations more entertaining
Marketing and Advertising professionals looking to add humor to their messaging
Start-Up companies who want to stand out from the crowd
Entrepreneurs looking to get a competitive advantage
Sales professionals looking to hone their humor skills
Anyone who wants to be consistently funnier
Those who want to overcome a fear of public speaking
Those interested in stand up comedy
Those who want to learn a new skill
Students looking to stand out from their peers through comedy
Anyone regularly making presentations
Anyone who wants to improve their storytelling skills
Keynote Speakers and aspiring keynote speakers
People of any experience level

What you'll learn

How to Replicate Top TED Talks & Speakers

Effective Memory Techniques so you Never Go Blank on Stage

How to Become a Great Storyteller

How to Add Humor & Up Engagement

Manage Any Audience & Hold Their Interest

How to Manage a Fear of Public Speaking

How to Deliver Better Virtual Presentations

How to Craft Your Message & Make Boring Content Fun

How to Bring the Energy Up

How to Manage Disruptions

How to Craft a Memorable Story Around Your Product/Service

Tried and Tested Techniques from Public Speaking's True 10,000 Hour Masters: Stand Up Comedians

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe XD 2019 or above. A free trial can be downloaded from Adobe.
  • No previous design experience is needed.
  • No previous Adobe XD skills are needed.

Course Content

27 sections • 95 lectures
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1-Welcome to the course!
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1.1-Hacking Public Speaking: The most entertaining way to learn public speaking!
1.2-Welcome to the course and thanks for joining me!
1.3-How we're going to hack public speaking
2-PART 1: CONTENT CREATION
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2.1-Breaking down and replicating talks
2.2-Using images and video to up engagement
2.3-Making the image the story
2.4-80/20 principle public speaking
2.5-Start with a story
2.6-Your funny story file
2.7-Assignment: Start your funny story file
3-Use comedy writing techniques
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3.1-Applying joke structure to your content
3.2-The rule of 3
3.3-Stacking techniques: Combining the rule of 3 and images
3.4-Stacking techniques: The rule of 3 and stories
3.5-How to avoid going astray with the rule of 3
3.6-Your writing skills needed here
3.7-Assignment: Get writing and link your stories to topics
3.8-Testing your wisdom
4-How to story
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4.1-Making storytelling easy
4.2-How to story part 1
4.3-How to story part 2
4.4-Assignment: Watch and try and create your own personal starting story
4.5-Watch these if you are struggling to come up with your own stories
4.6-In case you still think you've no stories: A socially proven content example
4.7-Testing your wisdom
5-How to make content un-boring
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5.1-Boring content? No problem. Ask this question
5.2-Start with frustration and pain points
5.3-Assignment: What drives you bonkers?
5.4-Use funny words
5.5-Use exaggeration
5.6-Use analogy
5.7-Link and contrast things that don't normally go together
5.8-Use memorable details
5.9-Use my favourite technique: Callbacks
5.10-Is my topic too serious a topic for humor?
5.11-How to get engaging fast
5.12-Assignment: linking stories to your presentation or talk topic
5.13-Assignment: Compare and Contrast
6-PART 2: CONTENT DELIVERY
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6.1-How to have awesome yet relaxed looking delivery
6.2-How to start strong
6.3-Assignment: Develop an Opening
6.4-How to get the best possible introduction
6.5-Assignment: Write out your intro
6.6-How to control the room if it's less than ideal
6.7-How to self edit your content
6.8-How to remove filler words (ah, ehh, but)
6.9-How to build more trust and control the room
6.10-How to never worry about forgetting what you plan to say
6.11-The secret to truly conversational presenting: The memory palace
6.12-Quick note on using the memory palace
6.13-Assignment: Start your own memory palace
6.14-What to do with your hands
6.15-How to turn negatives into positives and get a positive reaction from anything
6.16-How to 10X your delivery with very little effort
6.17-My own act out attempts
6.18-How to deliver key points
6.19-How to short cut preparation time
6.20-How to have the best possible finish: Never end with questions and answers
6.21-How to avoid ever going over your time limit
6.22-How to work in callbacks for huge audience reactions
6.23-Testing your wisdom
6.24-How to win over the audience
6.25-How to evaluate your own performance and improve fast
6.26-Assignment: Evaluate my story
6.27-Assignment: Listen to yourself
6.28-Delivery wrap up and summary
6.29-Assignment: Evaluation and permanent beta
7-Managing stage fright
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7.1-How to manage stage fright
7.2-Exercise: Watch this Talk on How to Beat Stage Fright
8-Bookending it
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8.1-The audience are on your side
8.2-Congrats! You made it! (here's that link for more resources as promised)
8.3-The book end. Wrapping it up!
9-Bonus Content
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9.1-How to Improve Your Virtual Presentations with our special guest
9.2-Better Virtual Presentations Interview and Tips
9.3-How to deal with shaky hands
9.4-Speaking on panels