Grant Baldwin and Mike Pacchione hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how to work on your speech and hone your craft during the quarantine.

During the live stream, Grant and Mike discuss:

• Tips and tricks for virtual speaking
• Enjoying becoming a first-time dad
• Helping speakers deliver the best talk of their lives
• How to prepare for your next live gig while social distancing
• Getting feedback on your talk using a recording
• A simple survey to send to friends and colleagues to obtain actionable feedback
• The power of asking strategic questions that actually help you build a better talk
• Why most TED talks don’t even make the website
• How speakers can set themselves apart from the crowd
• The unanticipated break from speaking gives you the chance to be objective in assessing your talk
• Sitting down to create a list of what you think makes a great talk and applying that criteria to your craft
• Asking yourself a tough question: does this talk seem to go on for too long?
• What characteristics can make or break a speaker’s presentation
• Why watching yourself with the audio off or listening to yourself without the video can reveal unknown weaknesses
• The underestimated value of self-awareness
• Is a speech ever really finished?
• The dangers of defaulting to quarantine or crisis-oriented content in your talk
• Avoid making coronavirus jokes because everyone else will be doing it
• Why virtual keynotes and digital presentation must have a higher quality than live talks
• Pacing tips for virtual events
• Erring on the side of more slides
• Making your virtual keynote interactive
• Just because there are more virtual events doesn’t mean there will be less live events
• And more

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