Mike DomitrzPresident, Author, and Speaker on Respect, The Center for Respect, Inc. · Author & Speaker on Respect for Schools, Corporations, & the Military since 1990 (has reached

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28 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief coaching monologue, the speaker emphasizes that effective presenters must be genuine subject‑matter experts who can discuss their topic fluidly without relying on a word‑for‑word script or constant slide prompts. The speaker argues that those who need to read every line or constantly glance at slides are likely not sufficiently knowledgeable about the material, and that true confidence comes from trusting one’s own expertise. The core message is a call to presenters to recognize and leverage their own brilliance, allowing them to speak naturally and authoritatively on stage.

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If you're an expert, you should know your content well enough that if you know what you're going to discuss, you should be able to discuss it on the fly. If you're not enough a subject matter expert on your topic, why are you talking from the front of the room? Because those are the people who script every word because they had to look up the topic to know what they're saying. They need the slide next to remind them where they're going next because they're not a subject matter expert. You should be a subject matter expert at some level of your topic if you're going to get up in front of that. And so if you are, trust your knowledge. You've got brilliance. Trust it.