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s🦸🏽✍🏽 Soulful Content (OGI)

Authentic Speaking

Authentic Market Discovery

Create Aligned Offers

Joyful Productivity (Course)

Authentic Content Flow

✨ Authentic Outreach (AO)

AI Tools for Solopreneurs

Conscious Money Flow

Create Your Framework

🙋 Effortless Yes

🌈 Energy Signature

Facebook Ads & Marketing

️ Interview Mastery

‍ Launch Your Group Program

🪙 Simple Authentic Moneymaking

Simple Podcast Creation

Substack Course

"What do you do?"

🎬 YouTube Mastery

Welcome! Take the onboarding steps...

6:54

Course Platform Orientation

Bonus Q&A Webinars -- Live Support Calls

General Questions (if you don't know where else to ask)

Short on time? Here are the most impactful lessons..

Short on time? Here are the most impactful lessons...

when will you do homework for this course?

When will you do homework for this course? :)

how to add a video to your Simplero comment

How to add a video to your comment

✨ Time-Limited Bonus Content

🤗 Would you like to get together with others in this course and practice?

Module 1 -- Your Energy Signature on video

44:17

warm welcome to authentic speaking

Welcome to Authentic Speaking! + Our community values

Your pre-course video 😅

imperfect speaking is how we begin - walk through the gate of full acceptance of yourself

"Imperfect" speaking is how we begin - let's walk through the gate of full acceptance of ourselves 🥰

2 video encouragers

2 Encouragers

importance of making videos

Why do you want to make videos?

confidence on camera

What other skill have you become confident by doing?

Your energy signature on video / talk to your ideal viewer

Talk to (be with) your ideal viewer...

how to integrate feedback from other students

How to integrate feedback from other students?

How's your energy signature different on video?

How is your video energy signature different from others in your niche?

Discover your weird :)

Discover your weird :)

Different energy signatures

✨ Examples of Authentic Speaking

eye contact on video

Eye Contact?

video hardware software

Video Hardware/Software

Why not use a script/detailed outline to speak your videos?

Why not use a script/detailed outline to speak your videos?

Can you prepare a lot and still be authentic?

Can you prepare a lot and still be authentic?

Recording a polished speaking video? Record segments of 10-15 seconds

Recording a polished speaking video? Record segments of 10-15 seconds.

Module 2 -- Video Personas

33:56

Check-Point 1

when and where will you record?

Where / When will you record regularly?

energy prep before video

✍🏽 Your Energy Prep for Video

impromptu speaking

Impromptu Speaking Practice

video persona -- what is it and why?

Video Personas -- what are they and why explore?

hero for video persona

Video Personas of people you admire + list of qualities

video personas or groupings

Three persona videos

your persona expansion plan

Your persona expansion plan

Begin brainstorming signature stories

What's a signature story and what are some examples?

Extra practice and Q&A? Join the AU-Asia sessions

Module 3 -- Your Signature Stories

54:22

Check-Point 2

consistent time & place (but inspired not at the laptop?)

Consistent Time & Place

Signature Storeis -- Your Business Topics

Your business topics

Stories -- reflection questions

Reflection questions to discover your stories

firehose of prompts -- BREATHE 🧘

a firehose of prompts 😬 ...breathe 🧘

Telling stories about people who watch your videos..

How to tell stories about people who might be watching your videos?

additional prompts for signature stories

Further brainstorming of signature stories

Vulnerability & credibility

Building credibility even as we tell vulnerable stories

How to come up with insights from our own stories?

How to come up with insights from our own stories?

Rate your stories

Rate your stories

Tracking stories

Start tracking your stories!

How George prepares the content of his videos

How George prepares the content of his videos

How do you know if your video is polished enough to be published?

How do you know if your video is polished enough to be published?

Module 4 -- Speaking Techniques to Keep Audience Engaged

59:06

authentic speaking - low vs high energy

Low energy, high energy...

Speaking elements

Speaking elements -- to help keep the audience awake 😄

engaging phrases in speaking

Engaging Phrases

translating in-person conversational ability to video work?

How to translate your conversational nature into video work?

how to start your video?

How to start your videos?

communicating credibility in video

Credibility indicator -- casually mentioning it

your video ending

How to end your videos?

How to stay on track in your videos

How to stay on track in your videos / remembering what to say?

Simple way to plan what to say in your videos

Simple way to plan what to say in your videos

KIT

KIT -- Key points, inspire, trust/record!

Tip -- do a rehearsal take before the real take

Tip -- do a rehearsal take before the real take

Module 5 -- Concise Speaking

25:58

Check-Point 3

Practice speaking for 90 seconds..

Practice speaking for just 90 seconds...

When recording yourself speaking, how do you keep track of time? Google "stopwatch"...

If you always find yourself speaking longer than your planned time..

If you always find yourself speaking longer than your planned time...

storytelling in 90 seconds

Practice telling your story in 90 seconds...

Give feedback to other authentic speaking students

Let’s give each other loving feedback 🥰

Learn from other short speaking videos

Which short videos are effective? Let's learn together.

How to be found on YouTube? Use the "Inspiration" tab and make videos on topics people are looking for..

How to be found on YouTube? Use the "Inspiration" tab and make videos on topics people are looking for...

Authentic Speaking -- what's your plan going forward?

Your plan going forward?

Stay in touch with a course by "following" your favorite lessons

Reminder of the ongoing value of this course!

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🎤 Authentic Speaking › Module 1 -- Your Energy Signature on video

Discover your weird :)

Updated Sep 19, 2024

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