Insight #SPECIAL - Shakeelah Archibald: Helping Others by Sharing Experience Through Public Speaking and Coaching
00:02I see on panel.I talk about the first job I got within the art and props department.I share about...On a YouTube or somewhere?No, so like in person.So when I got my first job for film London,I made some great connections and I expressed for themthat I want to speak on panel.
00:27And they actually offered me a speaker role.this was like a year and a half agoand they keep inviting backand then I think the word got out to other organisationslike BFI, green skillsand yeah so whenever they have course that they're runningif the art department's being coveredthey will send me an email and they'll say
00:52hey Shakila we've got thisare you available do you want to speakI think you know you've got great experienceyour alumni with us and then I'll have a look at the dates and I'll kind of gauge what the audiencelike. I'll see if it's something I want to do. Not a lot of the time I say yes, but I'm reallypassionate about what I do and I'm giving back essentially. Great that I'm able to give backof the organisation that literally helped me. One of the organics really helped me get to where I am now.So positive influence in others by sharing your story or giving them advice.
01:33It's only great.And just out of curiosity, weren't you afraid before to speak in front of people about your experience?You know, because people are often afraid or was speaking in front of large audiences.I always had the fear of public speaking.That's why I wanted to do it.It was kind of like one of the things I wanted to tick off my life,be in front of a crowd.And I think I'm getting better at it.
02:00And that fear is slowly going away, but it's still there.Do you still get stressed when it comes to you?They still get a bit nervous.Oh, yeah.I still do get nervous.And I think a lot of it is making sure I say the right thing.A lot of the time I've been in panel talk or discussion, I think,well, I wish I said no, you know.
02:23I wish I said more of a lot of the timeYou know limited on timeAnd is it online or in person or bothIn person on ZoomFor certain personJust because you can kind of gauge the audienceAnd kind of have a feel of the ages as wellI think when it's online
02:44There's a little bit of disconnectBut when it's in person I currently enjoy itSo it would be some advicewhen it comes to speaking in front of people or even large audiences.You mean when I speak?Yeah.I'm good with small groups of people.So if it's under 30 people, I'm fine.
03:05But if it's more than 30 people, the anxiety, as we like to call it, increases.So now I've started writing notes, like on pieces of a paper,the things I might forget to say or to get me back when trying.usually I hold something in my hand as well to distract myself yeah I think those are mycoping the mechanisms at the minute and is there some funny or even awkward or some kind ofmoment from your speeches that would be funny to share maybe you forgot words or you saidsomething wrong oh I don't know actually or maybe all of them were I think earlier on I wasalways just scared. I remember one time they handed me a mic. I hate. Okay, that's one thing.
03:57I'm being on stage and talking into a mic. That for me, I don't enjoy that.I just don't remember I got giving the mic and I think they were recording it. I was just like,oh no, this is double whammy. So I've got a large audience. I've got a mic and recording me.And I've got to be smiley and I've got to remember what I've got to say.So yeah, there's a few times.That's the worst to watch it afterwards.Yeah, because you think, oh God, like,but now I'm, I don't know, if I make mistakes, I kind of laugh it off.
04:34Yeah, start again, let's start again.Yeah, everyone makes mistakes.And have you got maybe favorite speaker,or someone who inspires you or someone from whom you learned?Favorite speaker?Actually, motivational.be called Mel RobinThis lady with
04:55glasses and blood hair?YeahI think I read some books from herYeahI think she's one of the many people who IWent to for adviceOn this confident thing and speakingAnd he's one of the past people that come to my mind
05:14When I think about herI've seen a podcast with her as wellYeahI was just trying to think about that bookit was something like five seconds something or I cannot remember now.The five second rule.Nothing.Yes, that's the one.
05:29Yeah, I think that's the one.And I can't remember his name.There's another guy.He started off doing wine, I mean a wine company, and he still does.Yeah, is it, Gary, I mean a talk.That's it.Gary, Renato.This gentleman here let me in the face of his words.
05:50Thank you.
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