Do you find it challenging to speak up in meetings (both in person and virtual)? Do you find it hard to express your opinions, views, and ideas? Have you ever gone into and come out of a working meeting completely silent? Consider these 7 meeting tips. #speakwithconfidence #speakingtips #overcomefear #introverts #introvertstruggles #introvertproblems #shareyourexperience

1. How To Express
Yourself In Meetings
With Confidence
7 Easy Ways
To Speak Up
And Be
Heard

2. Do you find it
challenging to speak
up in meetings (both
in person and virtual)?
Do you find it hard to
express your opinions,
views, and ideas?

3. Have you ever gone into and come out of
a working meeting completely silent?

4. Have you noticed
that there are
always those who
speak a lot and
dominate and
those who are
almost invisible in
meetings?

5. THE PROBLEM

6. If you don’t speak up, they will
stop inviting you to meetings.

7. Meeting organizers remove
participants from meetings
and committees when they
don’t participate.
Guidelines for efficient
meetings usually suggest
reducing the number of
people in meetings.
Who will meeting organizers
will remove from the meeting
list? The silent ones!

8. On the other
hand, people
who were not
part of a
committee are
invited just
because they
regularly express
their opinions.

9. You can’t add
value to a meeting
if you never speak.
And you can’t get
better at adding
value if you are
not in the meeting
and don’t regularly
engage.

10. THE BENEFITS

11. Speaking up in meetings helps you thrive

12. Speaking in meetings:
Increases your visibility
with people you don’t
get chances to interact
with
Justifies your presence
in the meeting
Promotes your ideas,
personal brand, and
strengths

13. That can lead
to:
Opportuni-
ties
Referrals
Promotions
More
invitations
to high-
profile
meetings

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15. THE CHALLENGE

16. If you struggle to
speak up in
meetings, then
you miss the
opportunity to
promote yourself
and influence
others. You will
become anxious,
stressed, and less
confident.

17. Find what part of speaking up in meetings
is the hardest.
• Do you believe you do not
have anything worthwhile
to share?
• Find out 15 easy and
thoughtful things you can say
without bragging here.

18. Find what part of speaking up in meetings
is the hardest.
• Do you have a perspective
to share, but find it hard to
speak up at the right time
and to be heard by others?
• That is what we will talk
about in the rest of this
presentation.

19. Do you struggle with these situations?
Speaking in virtual meetings
Speaking in meetings with many people
Speaking during heated conversations where many people speak at the same time
Speaking in unfamiliar meetings
Being polite to get your message across when others are not as polite
Missing the opportunity of making a point before the topic moves to something else
Missing the opportunity of making a point & someone else says it later
Not being heard when sharing a view

20. THE SOLUTION

21. HOW TO SPEAK
WITH MORE
CONFIDENCE IN
MEETINGS
• Here are 7 ways to
confidently join the
conversation in
meetings and to
contribute with your
message.

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for you to learn to:
• Advocate for yourself
• Reach out
• Deal with negative
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• Ask for what you want
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23. Speak to the
meeting host in
advance
• You can let the person
running the meeting
know you have some
points to cover in
advance.
• That way the meeting
host can bring the
attention to you during
the meeting at the
right time.
1

24. Be visible in the
room
• In a virtual meeting,
keep your video on.
Remember that the
more you speak, the
more you’ll show up on
the screen of others.
2

25. Be visible in the
room
• In an in-person
meeting, sit
somewhere where
everyone can see you.
• This way you can
better read the
environment and easily
make eye contact when
you start to speak.
2

26. Be visible in the
room
• This will bring the
attention to you and
help you feel more
connected to others.
2

27. Be visible in the
room
• Sit at the center of a
rectangular table, sit
somewhere you will be
facing the people who
are either conducting
the meeting or who
tend to talk the most.
2

28. Speak first or
early on
• Why wait? Great
conversationalists
speak first.
• They dictate the theme
and bring it to
something they are
comfortable speaking
about and have
experience in.
3

29. Speak first or
early on
• You can use the same
trick to gain certain
control of the meeting.
• The start of meetings is
usually lower in energy.
• It is the easiest time to
be heard because
others are not yet
absorbed in their ideas.
3

30. Speak first or
early on
• When you share
comments at the start
of the meeting, you
feel more comfortable
during the entire
meeting and contribute
a lot more.
3

31. Speak first or
early on
• The early participation
builds your confidence
and causes others to
make more eye contact
with you while they
speak. This then makes
it more natural to join
the conversation.
3

32. Don’t wait for
silence, give
yourself
permission to
interrupt
• If you are in a meeting
where people are
constantly interrupting
each other, you have 2
choices to speak.
4

33. Don’t wait for
silence, give
yourself
permission to
interrupt
• You can ask the meeting host in advance or even during the meeting to
create a more structured process to allow everyone to have a chance to
speak.
• That could be as simple as raising the hands before speaking or going
around the table for comments.
4

34. Don’t wait for
silence, give
yourself
permission to
interrupt
• Or you can play the
game and speak up
when you notice the
person speaking is
wrapping up their
thoughts.
4

35. Don’t wait for
silence, give
yourself
permission to
interrupt
• Remember that many people feel uncomfortable with silence and will
speak just to fill in that void.
• When you notice the other person is wrapping up their point (that is
when their volume tends to go down), quickly start speaking at a
volume slightly higher than theirs.
• This will shift the attention to you in a natural way. Don’t think
interrupting in this form is confrontational.
4

36. Don’t wait for
silence, give
yourself
permission to
interrupt
• You can also start by
acknowledging their
contribution for
example saying, “that
was a great perspective
Joe” and then moving
on to your comment.
4

37. Don’t wait for
silence, give
yourself
permission to
interrupt
Ask to change
the rules or
learn how to
play well by the
rules!
4

38. Speak a little
louder
• With in-person meetings,
speak without hesitation.
• To be heard increase
your volume in first
words to bring the
room’s attention to you.
• That simple volume
increase signals
confidence.
5

39. Speak a little
louder
• The secret here is to
speak just a little
louder than whoever is
already speaking at the
start of your first
sentence.
5

40. Speak with your
body
• Your body can signal
engagement and
urgency. Use it to
command the room.
• A change in body
language can be an early
sign to others in the
meeting that you have
something to say.
• Lean forward, raise your
hands, and make eye
contact.
6

41. Speak with your
body
• In virtual meetings,
invest in good lighting
and frame the video so
others can see your
face and upper body
language.
• Look at the camera to
simulate strong eye
contact.
6

42. Rewind the
conversation to
make a comment
• You can and should
open a parenthesis
back to an earlier point
if you didn’t have the
chance to say
something you wanted
to share.
• Just say “about that
previous point, I would
like to add that …”
7
What if people move on to another topic?

43. First 5 minutes
This change in
attitude during a
meeting takes some
practice.
The easiest change
you can adopt as a
starting point is to
speak first or speak
early on, in the first 5
minutes of the
meeting.

44. Which technique will you
apply in your next meeting?
Remember that stress and
anxiety will reduce as you
continue to apply these tips.

45. Remember that your voice matters.
Honor yourself by sharing your perspective
with the world through meetings.

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How To Be Assertive Crash Course
7-Day Reach Out Challenge
15 Ways To Easily Speak Up In Meetings
How To Be More Appreciated At Work
Quiz - Your Work Communication Style?
9 Elements of Winning Goal Setting System
7 Steps To Say No Without Hurting Feelings
Speak Up Challenge
Here are FREE resources
for you to learn to:
• Advocate for yourself
• Reach out
• Deal with negative
feedback
• Ask for what you want
And much more with
assertive communication
skills – CLICK HERE.

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