The 7 secrets of the greatest speakers in history | Richard Greene | TEDxOrangeCoast

I was 18 and I gave a puclic speech in front of my high school. I was a top student but not popular in the eyes of my language teacher (actually not popular at all because i was from a poor family) so she asked all the other popular ones before me to do the speech and they all said no. She asked me surely thinking I also would say no but i said Yes and that was it. I hadn't given any speech only one in front of my family and we hadn't practiced speaking at all in school. But it was for Independence day and I was a daughter of a war veteran so i felt called to do it. I wrote my speech and practiced couple of times and included something personal and shared how my father also had faught for our freedom as so many others had and that we should not ever take our freedom for granted. They all listened, they were all silent. I have no idea how i was able to deliver a clear and quite passionate speech about what freedom and independence of a country means to me and what i wished it to mean everybody. In front of few hundreds of people. ( Also they told me right before the celebration that my speech was the only program since others had canceled theirs. So that added to the pressure) But somehow i wasn't so afraid, naturally nervous but not scared, because I was confident in my message and i felt passionate about it. And that's how i learned about public speaking, if you want to move people you need to speak from your heart. ♥️

Secret 1-3: Words 7%, Voice Tone 38%, Body Language 55%. Secret 4: Lasered Compelling Message, Secret 5: Communications Effectiveness Continuum (3:20); Secret 6: Four Languages of Human Communication - Visual Auditory,Auditory digital, Kinesthetic, Secret 7 - Authentic Passion

Secret 1-3: Words, tone, voice/ secret 4: No much information, remarkable key words/ Secret 5: Public speaking is just a conversation from your heart/ Secret 6: You have to “speak” for the five senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting) so you can connect with all types of audience/ Secret 7: Authentic passion

'I have a dream' speech gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. GREATEST ever.

Who else has to watch this for a school assignment?

That 2nd MLK clip...wow. You can sense the heaviness in his heart that death may be looming and yet the confidence he has in God and willingness to stand firm. POWERFUL!

Out of all the hundreds of speakers I've ever heard on every subject under the sun, in 67 years I've been alive including 37 years saved and sober, also hearing numerous speakers in various recovery groups speak some very passionately and eloquently to their audiences... which also includes a variety of Pastors, Priests, and Preachers in a number of live sermons as well as prerecorded television, radio, and computer broadcasts to a variety of audiences...the Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" speech in the nation's capital of the United States is one of the greatest, most inspirational speeches of all time!!! Praise God!!! Let freedom ring for all men, women, and children everywhere!!!

I loved this inspiring ted talk. I’m 64yrs old, brought up 4 children, lived in poverty for many years, dyslexic, uneducated, have many health issues, am a ministers wife, always felt inadequate due to not being academic. But boy did this wonderful talk do me good. So many wonderful positives and wonderful things to hear, take inspiration from and learn from to inspire us and encourage us to speak out from our heart felt passion to help and serve others who need help and sticking up for. Lights and red spots all the silly negative comments others have made. What’s a matter with people, it’s the content that matters surely and that was fantastically inspiring I learnt so much, thank you Richard for your ted talk.

Richard Greene, you changed my life in as far as public speaking is concerned. How I wish I could thank you in person! Every time I have a public talk to give, I come and watch this and suddenly all the fear and panic just disappears

I'm starting my public speaking and training and the single most important takeaway i have from this talk is the fact that I am to 'have a conversation' with my audience and not 'give a speech' ... thanx for this upload

It's truly amazing how perspective really matters, meaning all our life we have seen it as a speech, you have to talk articulate, feel that robotic feeling of not being truly yourself. But if you see it as you just speaking from your heart it really changes it all around.

Fantastic! The world must keep remembering! It wasn't just empty words- thats the most important aspect. The words came alive!

Excellent Speech Mr. Greene. I used to be so scared & I turned that fear into my greatest joy. I know there is an opportunity that I can even to change one person's life, I have made a difference in the world. Summer Simonton. Thank you.

"Ive been to the mountain top" is Dr. King greatest speech

I almost cry watch Martin Luther Kings speeches.

Thank you for Ted. It allows anyone to learn something about anything. I only wish it was available while I was in school!

This is the best & probably the most moving Tedx/Ted Talk I've ever experienced. Deeply moved & touched almost to the point of tears. Very inspiring. A big thank you to Richard Greene for sharing such a powerful & much needed message..

I am a stutterer and enjoyed your insights.  Most inspired by the speech of King George during WWII who was also a stutterer and had to make a speech on the radio to the nation about the impending war - now that took real courage!

Every person who is willing to share their hearts full of love will be a great public speaker loving the audience...

I think we over consider the public speaking, the scare feeling is only because we don't want to be publicly judged and humiliated, if we consider as making a valuable conversation or delivering a message, which will be a totally different story. Thank you!