Brain - Page - Stage

Back in my nursing days, particularly working in A&E, we always had a framework or a process to fall back on in different situations.

In Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) you follow certain steps that everyone understands.

When taking blood samples you obtain them in a particular order, which is called the “order of draw”.

The process of triaging a patient is done to make sure that the most urgent cases get seen first.

All logical, effective, and repeatable approaches.

Now I'm not saying for a moment that the work I do saves lives like working as an A&E nurse. That would be silly.

But having a framework or a process to follow gives us direction.

It allows us to triangulate our position and decide what to work on next.

The framework that I use is called Brain Page Stage.

Yes it's designed to be alliterative.

And use the rule of threes (more on that in a future newsletter).

It's also designed to start clearly  with you, and then build upon that with skills that you can use to speak and present.

All of my newsletters will be looking at different things which fit into those three areas.

When we're talking about Brain Page Stage, what do I actually mean?

Let's start with the first part - The Brain.

This is the part of the process where we go back to who you are.

In particular we look at your values, your character, what's important to you and why you want to speak.

I often say to clients that the process of developing your speaking is one which requires you to look inward and "do the work”.

But that work gives you a much better base to build upon.

A big part of the brain is also understanding the stories which you often tell and the stories which are important to you, because there's a reason why you tell those stories and we look at that in more detail.

The second part is The Page.

How do we take all of that great stuff about you and your stories and put it into a process?

This is the place where we look at how you write a speech, how you create content and assets.

And how you use different methods, vehicles, and processes to share your thoughts and words in the most effective way.

Language.

Rhetoric.

Storytelling.

All the things that people may not consciously notice but will unconsciously feel.

The final part is The Stage.

This is where we take all of the stuff we've worked on and deliver it to an audience.

How you move.

What you do with your hands.

How you set up the room for you to deliver effectively.

If all the other stuff we look at is unconscious, this is the conscious stuff.
This is the stuff that other people feel and notice.

When I first start working with clients, what we're trying to identify is which of these areas is already in a good place and which ones need work.

Some people know themselves and understand their stories.

Others are very good at writing.

A few have experience of speaking to audiences.

This approach isn't just for people starting out in speaking.

I've used it with people with zero experience and I've used it with people who deliver keynotes.

Everyone is different.

And that's what makes this work so much fun.

If you want to find out more about this stuff, drop me a message.