Hey Todayers,
In 17 days I am giving 15 speeches here in China! We are already off to a great start at our first stop in Beijing!
I wanted to make it a point to start every speech with a couple sentences of Chinese. It has been a combination of a lot of practice, asking several friends to listen to my pronunciation (which apparently sounds like I am from Japan) and me being scared I am saying a completely different word because of their focus on tones.
If you want to know how to start a speech when speaking in China, I would highly recommend you learn some Chinese.
This catches the audience’s attention, shows that you care and lets them know you are interested in being there! It worked for me during all three of my speeches yesterday. Here is what you can say:
1) Hi Everyone!
2) How are you doing today?
3) My name is (BLANK)
4) I am happy to be with you!
5) This is my first time speaking in China!
6) I have already enjoyed great food!
7) I am having a great time here!
8) I don’t speak Chinese (So I will speak in English now)
END: Thank you everyone!
We are off to the Great Wall today! I will post an “adventures of public speaking” video this Friday and I look forward to sharing more with you soon! Enjoy the rest of your week and as always…
Dream BIG,
Ryan
p.s. We can not access Facebook, Twitter or Instagram in China so we will not be able to share this on our social media accounts or communicate via social media.
Ryan – greetings from Port Moody! You were simply outstanding at the D96 conference and it’s great to see you are touring in China!
IF you can, I might suggest going to Da Dong in Beijing for their Peking Duck! Fabulous!
Cheers,
Sean
Thank you so much Sean! We weren’t able to get to Da Dong but we were able to try Pecking Duck while we were in Beijing and wow was it amazing! Hope all is well and I look forward to being back in Port Moody again soon!