My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. (That book is with my editor.)
Enjoy!
The Podcast:
The Transcript:
I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for January 24, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.
This is from the Effective Public Speaking book (which now has a cover!)
Volunteer to Teach Something
I've mostly focused on what the audience will learn from you and how to design and deliver your presentation so the audience does learn.
But speaking helps you realize what you do and do not know. I like to use speaking as the idea behind “See one, Do one, Teach one.”
If you've experienced something novel at work, consider teaching that to your colleagues. (Alternatively, pick a small, focused topic, research it, and then deliver a short presentation about it.)
Here's an example from my experience. I hate spending a lot of time on a project charter—I would much rather get right to work. However, there are an essential few ideas that allow us to start the work and finish it well. One of those ideas is release criteria, what done means.
After I facilitated a project charter with a team (see one), I then facilitated the team so they could choose their release criteria (do one). After that, I taught what I had done (teach one).
The Video:
Here is the link to the video.