Videosocials.net Co-founder, Mark Bullock, addresses new Videosocials members providing tips and advice on how to get past “new member jitters” in meetings.
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Transcript:
So, you’re brand new to Videosocials. You just had a meeting or two and it’s overwhelming. There’s so many logistics. There’s so many things to think about. You’re trying to figure out, ‘Do I use a script? Am I going to use notes? My lighting — my camera — my microphone — etc.’
First tip, take a breath. Note – mastery comes with practice and training. You’re not going to hit it out of the park unless you’ve got experience doing this.
And we designed this so that we could get feedback each time that we try. It is an experiential learning environment — in other words, we learn by doing. So, cut yourself a little bit of slack, take a breath, and realize that you’re going to chip away at the various issues that you might have or are trying to overcome.
So, whether it be backgrounds and any of the other stuff that I talked about.
Second of all, Video
socials.net/Brander is our knowledge base where I have 110, 120 videos — please don’t try to watch them all — that will go into all the various topics that you may have questions about.
Next, ask your fellow members as you’re doing things. ‘Does this work? What if I try this? Does anybody have any suggestions for…?’ Because we’ve all come through exactly the same process that you’re going through. When I first started, I thought that I had to create a script, as an example. I’m, I don’t know, 340, 350 videos in, and I basically don’t even use the little sticky notes that we recommend that you use for bullet points anymore.
But one of the things that I want to get across to you is that use your group, use your club as your audience, even if you’re comfortable in public speaking — and we have numerous Videosocials members who are on the international speaking circuit. Right? So, way better presenters than I even hope to ever be. So, that being said, coming into this environment and trying to talk to a camera and trying to condense their messages down to three minutes — It takes time, it takes practice, and it takes feedback from others that are doing the same thing — that are going to get you there.
Don’t try to knock it out of the park on the first time. Always look to improve incrementally and take the feedback and move forward. That way, you’re not coming into the room thinking: I gotta hit this out of the park this time. It’s gotta… I’ve gotta hit the ground running and it’s gotta be postable, ready to go, the first time. That’ll happen. But it probably is going to take some practice and it’s probably going to take a little bit of learning, and realizing that you don’t have to eat the elephant all in one bite. It’s one bite at a time — one step at a time, and thank you for your consideration in that, and giving yourself a little bit of space and a little bit of time and you’ll learn your style and you’ll learn how you want to present, and what best connects you to your audience.
Again, Mark — Videosocials.net and phoneBlogger.net. Have a great day.