Caroline Goyder

But most of us are still in the overwhelm.

And so as speakers, you've got to put the brakes on.

You've got to slow down because that helps an audience.

It doesn't mean that you have to be like a kind of, you know, speak your weight machine.

You can be energized, but you need pauses.

Oh, gosh.

I mean, you know that and I know that, that a good speech has dynamics.

And I say to speakers when I'm coaching them, think about what energy you want the audience to feel at each section of the speech.

Because another cool thing about the diaphragm, such a nerd, is that the diaphragm responds to different emotion.

So if you think, I really want the audience to be excited about this bit now.

And if you think about something that really makes you feel excited, guess what they do?

And if you want them to feel frightened, you know, think about something that really scares you.

And chances are, you don't have to work very hard.

If you're feeling it, they'll feel it too.

And so we can really move an audience through emotional gears, just like a good movie.

A good speech is like a good movie, isn't it?

The dynamics are so important.

Because if it's just one note...

All the way through, people get so bored so quickly.

Oh, gosh, that's so incredibly true.