UNSNOOZE Your Audience. A Guide to Powerful Public Speaking

Name: UNSNOOZE Your Audience. A Guide to Powerful Public Speaking
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Nikolai Kohler's 5 Finger Strategy to Making You an Incredibly Powerful Public Speaker

Created byNikolai Kohler

Last updated 1/2024

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What you'll learn

Learn how to fully enjoy speaking in front of people and forget about any stage fright
Know a simple and clear process to prepare your talk with the 5 finger strategy
Make your audience feel comfortable by matching their energy
Find out how (not) to start your talk and discover the power of Breath, Stance and Tone of Voice
Make people care about your talk by representing their hopes, fears and frustrations
Use the Hourglass Principle in preparation to make sure you have one main message
Evoke images in the heads of your audience by using great metaphors
Tell powerful stories by using the secrets of Kevin Hart's story-telling and other comedians
Humanize your message and find the right balance in how much personal stories you share
Use powerful questions
End your talk at the perfect moment in the most intriguing way

Course content

6 sections • 13 lectures • 2h 29m total length

Have You Ever Experienced This?2:13
Discover how to captivate your audience and avoid snooze-worthy talks by delivering engaging public speaking that sparks curiosity and relevance.
5 Finger Strategy – How to Structure Your Talk4:20
this course maps thumb readiness, index finger for audience connection, middle finger symbolism, ring finger personal honesty, and pinky for a strong ending using a five-finger framework for public speaking.

Forget about Stage Fright – How to Love Being on Stage20:17
Overcome stage fright by shifting your mindset from performance to contribution, focusing on delivering one gold nugget that adds value to each listener and their growth.
How (not) to Start Your Talk – Breath, Stance, Tone of Voice Matter11:11
Learn practical public speaking tips to start strong: master breathing, a grounded stance, a resonant tone, and begin with a story or metaphor to engage instantly.
How to Make Sure Your Audience is Ready to Listen16:07
Name the audience's negatives before you start to ease amygdala-driven resistance, then match their energy and provide a clear structure to guide attention.

Lady Diana – How to Make People Care about Your Talk17:15
Master powerful public speaking by touching your audience through the index finger technique, and by aligning your talk with their hopes, fears, and frustrations as shown by Lady Di's story.
The Hourglass Principle – Why You Should Have One Main Message11:48
The hourglass principle centers your talk on one main message, distilled through thorough preparation. Avoid overload by excluding nonessential content and using examples that help audiences remember the core idea.

Ticket Machines – The Power of Metaphors14:52
Learn to captivate your audience by using metaphorical language and vivid imagery. Craft memorable metaphors, analogies, and stories that evoke clear images in listeners' minds and boost engagement.
How to Tell Powerful Stories12:17
Use stories to make your talk visual and memorable, with a clear setup, middle, and resolution. Enrich stories with vivid detail and direct language to evoke moments and engage audience.
Why the Book is often Better than the Movie – Trust Your Voice10:16
Learn to trust your voice in public speaking by using concrete stories and imagery, avoid turning talk into a movie with slides or clips, and let audiences visualize your words.

Personal, but not Private – Finding the Right Balance in What You Share9:53
Learn how to humanize your talk by sharing personal, but not private, experiences. Use the ring finger concept to balance vulnerability with preparation and handle public scrutiny.
Are You Using Enough Question? (Just asking)8:12
Use questions to engage your audience, personalize your talk, and boost retention by asking novel, counterintuitive questions and exploring opposites.

Requirements

For Anyone Who Wants to Get Better at Speaking in Front of People
For All Experience-Levels

Description

Hi!

My name is Nikolai Kohler and I have been a public speaker for almost 20 years.

In this course I am giving you a clear step-by-step-process on how to become a truly powerful public speaker and presenter.

We will follow the 5 Finger Strategy, giving us a a structure and framework for every talk we give. Every finger stands for a specific aspect, which is important for your message to be powerful.

5 Finger Strategy – How to Structure Your Talk
1) THUMB – How to Make Sure You and Your Audience Are Thumbs Up When You Begin
- Forget about Stage Fright – How to Love Being on Stage
- How (not) to Start Your Talk – Breath, Stance, Tone of Voice Matter
- How to Make Sure Your Audience is Ready to Listen
2) INDEX FINGER – How to Touch Your Audience and Point into Their Lives
- Lady Diana – How to Make People Care about Your Talk
- The Hourglass Principle – Why You Should Have One Main Message
3) MIDDLE FINGER – How to Use the Power of Symbols in Your Talk
- Ticket Machines – The Power of Metaphors
- How to Tell Powerful Stories
- Why the Book is often Better than the Movie – Trust Your Voice
4) RING FINGER – How to Make Your Message Personal
- Personal, but not Private – Finding the Right Balance in What You Share
- Are You Using Enough Question? (Just asking)
5) PINKY – How to End Your Talk or Presentation Well
- The Last Impression is the Lasting Impression – End Your Talk with Intention

I believe that public speaking provides one of the greatest opportunities to inspire and positively influence other people at scale. I believe anyone can learn to become great at the art of public communication.

What it needs are just some fundamental insights into how audiences become engaged and start to care for what you have to say.

You will find every secret I have learned about public speaking over the last 20 years in this course. From how (not) start your talk to immediately capturing the audiences attention to learning how to focus on one main message. You will learn it all.

I hope that this course inspires you to believe in yourself and to go out there and be the best public speaker your audience has ever listened to.

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone, who wants to become a better public speaker or presenter.
Presenting at work
Giving a birthday talk
Speaking at a wedding
Pitching in front of investors
Motivational talks
Sales talk
Sales presentation

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INTRODUCTION – 5 Finger Strategy & More2 lectures • 7min

1) THUMB – How to Make Sure You and Your Audience Are Thumbs Up When You Begin3 lectures • 48min

2) INDEX FINGER – How to Touch Your Audience and Point into Their Lives2 lectures • 29min

3) MIDDLE FINGER – How to Use the Power of Symbols in Your Talk3 lectures • 37min

4) RING FINGER – How to Make Your Message Personal2 lectures • 18min

5) PINKY – How to End Your Talk or Presentation Well1 lecture • 11min

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