Message
One-sentence message
Help me find the one-sentence message of my talk on [topic] for [audience]. Ask me 5 questions, then propose 3 options.
Career & Learning · 15 prompts
Speak With Confidence
Talks, presentations and toasts that people remember.
15 prompts for public speaking: finding your message, structuring talks, openings and closings, stories, slides, rehearsal, Q&A prep, nerves and feedback. For presentations at work, conferences, meetups and events.
What's inside
Every prompt in the PDF, listed by section.
Message
- 01One-sentence message
- 02Audience analysis
Structure
- 03Talk outline
- 04Opening options
- 05Strong close
- 06Story shaping
- 07Simplify the jargon
Slides
- 08Slide plan
- 09Speaker notes
Practise
- 10Rehearsal plan
- 11Q&A prep
- 12Handling a hostile question
- 13Nerves routine
Improve
- 14Feedback form
- 15Self-review
Sample prompts
Three of the 15, so you can see how specific they are. The PDF has the rest, plus a short introduction.
Message
Audience analysis
Describe what [audience] already knows, cares about and might resist about [topic], and how to adapt.
Structure
Talk outline
Structure a [minutes]-minute talk on [message] using [problem-solution/story/three points], with timings.