Communications and Public Speaking CoP: The C.A.N.D.Y. Method: 5 Pillars to Speaking Confidently

Speech Title: The C.A.N.D.Y. Method: 5 Pillars to Speaking Confidently

Speech Abstract: 

Do you know that feeling you get before taking the stage, grabbing the mic, or stepping up in front of a group? That feeling that makes your palms sweat, your heart race, and your breath shorten up.

Would it be helpful to know how to calm and center yourself so that you can show up and speak with confidence?

I have been speaking in front of people since I was 8 years old. I started with church and the classroom. In my teen years, I spoke at retreats and youth conferences. During my college years, I pursued becoming a corporate motivational speaker. As a mom, I presented to many ministries and local organizations. Just before the pandemic, I attended Brendon Burchard’s “World’s Greatest Speaker Training”. During the lockdown, I became a student of Les Brown’s “Power Voice Academy.”

While my happy place has been on stages, I did not feel the same when it came to doing Facebook lives and virtual events. I was uncomfortable and self-conscious any time I was in front of a camera, not liking the way I looked or sounded.

Developing my video conference led me to design my 5-pillar method to help speakers reframe their nervousness into excitement and minimize their verbal fillers so that they can communicate with dynamic presence, certainty, and confidence.

I am excited and honored to share this method with you today!

5 Learning Objectives: 

• Clarity: Get clear about YOU, your story or message, and your audience
• Affirmation: Empower your self-talk
• Necessity: The roadmap to take you from where you are now to where you want to go as a speaker
• Discipline: Using your habits to amplify your strengths
• YOU: Own your amazingness and brilliance

Bio:

Ly Smith is the Speaker Performance Consultant with UpCycle Coaching, LLC, helping entrepreneurs and business professionals get clear and positive with their self-talk so that they can shine on stage and on camera with confidence.

She has been speaking in front of groups, in summits, and events for over 30 years, inspiring audiences to shift the way they see themselves so that they can step out of their comfort zone and into their true desires. She has studied professional speaking with Toastmasters International, Brendon Burchard's World's Greatest Speaker Training, and Les Brown's Power Voice Academy.

Ly integrates her skills as a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner to help her clients break through their limiting beliefs and minimize their inner critic so that they can present themselves with dynamic authenticity.

She loves trying most any new opportunity that comes her way. Because of that sense of adventure, she has become a 4-time international best seller author, a featured extra in a short docu-drama, a world traveler, hiker, ballroom dancer, zumba instructor, and more!

Ly Smith
Speaker & Certified NLP Master Practitioner

UpCycle Coaching, LLC
No Excuses, Only Excellence!