Short live-stream segment in which TJ Walker argues that the common advice to "practice on video" is incomplete: one must repeatedly record, review, and revise a speech until one genuinely likes the performance. He emphasizes iterative recalibration of content and delivery—removing "boring data dumps" and making small or large changes—so the speaker can be proud of their recorded performance.
So it's 2015. What is the number one public speaking training blunder, presentation training blunder I see in the world today? Here's the number one blunder. These days, everyone says, well, sure, you have to practice your speech on video, but that in and of itself doesn't really help. Because if you just practice your speech once on video and watch it, what happens? For the vast majority of my clients, 95%, they see something that's awful, that's boring, that they can't stand. So here's the key with video, and it's a perpetual frustration because I see people who claim to be fans of mine read all my stuff and then do summaries on blog posts, and they just say things like, practice your speech on video. Well, that's not the point. The point is, you have to practice your speech on video until you like what you see. Very different from just practicing once, because again, most people see their first practice on video, they hate it. Why? Because it's a boring data dump. You have to use the information you see from watching your own video to recalibrate, to change it, to get rid of the bad stuff, to add more good stuff. And then what you have to do is keep practicing on video until you love your speech. You've got to get to the point where you can look at your video and say, wow, that guy, that woman is fantastic. If I can be half as good as he or she is, I'll be the star of my industry. And that only happens after you practice repeatedly and make small and sometimes large changes on your speech. So please remember, the key to being great and improving your public speaking isn't practicing on video. It's practicing on video until you actually like what you say.
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