66. 6 Don'ts for Effective Public Speaking with Joya Dass

Life After Corporate

Welcome to today’s episode of Life After Corporate! This is the place to be if you are leaving corporate to start your own business. Today we tackle one of the most important items when creating and growing your own business: Public Speaking. Our guest today is Joya Dass, she has been a business news anchor over the last 20 years. After working for Bloomberg, CNN, ABC, CBS and NY1 News. Tune in as we dive in into today’s topic with the founder of Leadership Academy: Joya Dass.

[00:01 - 9:10] Opening Segment

• I welcome our guest: Joya Dass.
• Joya shares her personal story.
• • Not living her life on anybody else’s terms but hers.
  • Going beyond what’s expected for an Indian woman.
  • Moving to New York to fulfill her dream of becoming a news anchor.
• Launching a documentary production company.
• • Creating impact inside the Indian women community
• Diving into her business projects, leaving corporate behind.
• Doing journalism on her own terms. Being naturally curious.

[09:11 - 22:30] Public Speaking: The Currency of Business

• Public Speaking as one of the top leadership skills in today's market.
• • Why communication is so important when creating and growing a business.
• Joya shares the 6 most common mistakes when speaking in public:
• The desire to use filler words.
• • How filler words distract your audience from your message.
  • Learn to leverage silence. Silence as a tool.
• How our attention span has reduced from 7 seconds to 2 seconds.
• • Win or lose an audience in a short span of time.
• Not reading your audience
• • Always making sure that you are speaking to the audience you are delivering to.
  • Joya explains why she talks directly to some members of the audience before going on stage.
• Joya shares how she structures and presents her content.
• • Starting with the big takeaway.
  • Using storytelling.
• The powerful pause:
• • The advantages of using silence and loosing fear of it.

[22:32- 25:06] Closing Segment

• Connect with our guest. See links below.
• Follow us on social media and leave a review.
• Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

“And if you knew me personally you know that when I want something I’m a heat seeking missile, that’s how people describe me. It’s not about if I’m gonna get it, it’s when I’m gonna get it.” - Joya Dass

“And truly I think anything that is going to flourish and be successful needs your focus. Focus trumps talent any day .” - Joya Dass

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