Episode 27 - Public Speaking, Do it Anyway feat. Andrea Miner
Glossophobia, or a fear of public speaking, is a very common phobia and one that is believed to affect up to 75% of the population. Andrea shares her journey around overcoming her fear public speaking and turning it into one of her biggest strengths. These next 10 days, you can get 40% off your Magic Mind subscription at: https://www.magicmind.co/shifting With My Discount Code: SHIFTING20.
Episode #27 Public Speaking, Do It Anyway feat. Andrea Miner, Director, Channel Sales, Everbridge, mom, grandma.
Join us to hear the conversation and learn about her:
· Practice for coming back to center.
· Message: That thing you’re afraid of, they are too. The difference is they did it anyway.
· Her oldest memory of traumatic public speaking, she was seven.
· View of the journey of overcoming stage fright, including Elvis.
· Practice and diligence helped her to feel comfortable.
· Aversion to feeling fear made her good at speaking. She embraced her fear.
· Experience of how CEO’s prepare in order to be ‘natural’….not so far off from any of us.
· Metaphor during a speech (her best one yet) based on her runny nose.
· Preparation tactics including defining your beginning, middle and end of message.
Andrea offers such vulnerable insight into her journey to overcome public speaking and what she has learned along the way. Her suggestions and viewpoints on how others can make the shift is spot on.
The conversation is important because it’s said that 90% of people have a fear of public speaking. This can be as big as standing on stage or presenting in a room full of people or even sharing ideas or concerns with a few or more people in an official setting.
Recommendations from Andrea:
· Check out her company Everbridge at www.everbridge.com focused on mass notifications around safety, company resilience and enhancing life.
· One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp.
* Andrea's post on LinkedIn: "What are you afraid of? How I stopped letting fear hold me back".
* Andrea's post on LinkedIn: "What are you afraid of? How I stopped letting fear hold me back".
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