How I Prepare for Public Speaking Without Memorising a Script

Why this episode matters

• You're either reading from a script, or winging it with no structure and missing your main point.
• Everyone wants a script as a safety net, and it ends up being a crutch that stops you riffing.
• The kit takes you through the five steps I use every week to prepare a live without reading a script.
• You know the shape of your talk well enough to give it without reading, with short notes to remind you where you are.

Inside The No-Script Talk Kit

• The step-by-step guide and checklist, so you know exactly what to do, in order
• The prompts and templates, to copy, paste and use: the template for getting your ideas down and then tidying them, the prompts that turn your notes into a running order and into short notes to glance at, and a prompt that turns your script into something you can listen to on a walk
• The method on one page, so you can see the whole thing at a glance

The 7 downloads for this episode

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• WordLockedPrompt pack3 prompts to copy and paste
• WordLockedTemplates and scriptsSplurge, then sharpen
• PDFLockedChecklist5 steps, to print and tick off
• ImageLockedDiagram 1The prep, drawn
• ImageLockedDiagram 2Why you don't need the script anyway
• PDFLockedThe full guideEvery step from this episode, to keep or print
• TextLockedTranscriptEverything said on the episode, word for word, with timecodes

The step-by-step guide

4 steps, in the order you do them.

1. Preparation is not performance

2. The prep, drawn

3. 1. The splurge

4. 2. The arc, from ChatGPT

5. 3. Presenter notes and a beat sheet, from Claude

6. 4. Gemini Notebook: the bit that blows minds

7. Why you don't need the script anyway

8. Your next hour