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en_spk001_5b59ed35_0000	talk about effective speaking in spontaneous situations. I thank you all for joining us even though the title of my talk is grammatically incorrect. I thought that might scare a few of you away. But I learned teaching here at the business school, catching people's attention is hard, so something as simple as that. I th...	en	informative	53.380001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	32.380001	0.8898	89.160004	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	0	0.01	53.389999
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0001	Three, two, one. Raise your hand please if you found three and only three F's. Excellent, great. Did anybody find four? Okay. Anybody find only five F's? And anybody find six? There's six F's.	en	informative	15.98	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.669998	0.6905	87.75	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	1	64.489998	80.470001
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0003	This is a perfect analogy for what we're going to be talking about today. The vast majority of us in this room, very smart people in this room, were not as effective as we could have been in this activity. We didn't get it right. And the same is true when it comes to speaking in public, particularly when spontaneous sp...	en	informative	26.423	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	39.759998	0.8297	93.239998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	3	108.572998	134.996994
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0006	calls. Does everybody know what a cold call is? It's where the mean professor like me looks at some students and says, what do you think? And there was a lot of panic and a lot of silence. So as a result of that, this workshop was created and a vast majority of first year students here at the GSB go through this worksh...	en	informative	26.423	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	44.009998	0.7706	91.769997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	6	187.843002	214.266998
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0007	than plan speaking. Perhaps it's giving introductions. You're at a dinner and somebody says, you know so and so, would you mind introducing them? Maybe it's giving feedback in the moment. Your boss turns to you and says, would you tell me what you think? It could be a surprise toast, or finally, it could be during the ...	en	informative	26.423	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	41.889999	0.7971	92.43	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	7	214.266998	240.690002
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0009	So let's get started with anxiety management. 85% of people tell us that they're nervous when speaking in public. And I think the other 15% are lying. Okay, we could create a situation where we could make them nervous too. In fact, just this past week, a study from Chapman University asked Americans, what are the thing...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.459999	0.7761	91.900002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	9	268.98999	297.584991
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0010	speaking. Among the top 5 was speaking in front of others. This is a ubiquitous fear and one that I believe we can learn to manage. And I use that word manage very carefully because I don't think we ever want to overcome it. Anxiety actually helps us. It gives us energy, helps us focus, tells us what we're doing is imp...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	43.950001	0.781	92.029999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	10	297.584991	326.179993
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0011	But before we get there, I'd love to ask you, what does it feel like when you're sitting in the audience watching a nervous speaker present? How do you feel? Just shout out a few things. How do you feel? Uncomfortable. I heard many of you going, yes, uncomfortable. It feels very awkward, doesn't it? So what do we do? N...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	40.990002	0.8125	92.809998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	11	326.179993	354.774994
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0012	page. And to the nervous speaker looking out at his or her audience seeing a bunch of people nodding or disengaged, that does not help, okay? So we need to learn to manage our anxiety because fundamentally your job as a communicator rather regardless of if it's planned or spontaneous is to make your audience comfortabl...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	39.330002	0.8481	93.699997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	12	354.774994	383.369995
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0013	message, but they have to be in a place where they can receive it. So it's incumbent on you as a communicator to help your audience feel comfortable, and we do that by managing our anxiety. So let me introduce you to a few techniques that I think you can use right away to help you feel more comfortable. The first has t...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.029999	0.767	91.68	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	13	383.369995	411.964996
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0014	What happens is many of us begin to feel whatever it is that happens to you, maybe your stomach gets a little gurgly, maybe your legs begin to shake, maybe you begin to perspire. And then we start to say to ourselves, oh my goodness, I'm nervous. Uh oh, they're gonna tell I'm nervous. This is not gonna go well and we s...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	38.23	0.8488	93.720001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	14	411.964996	440.559998
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0015	and say, hey, this is me feeling nervous. I'm about to do something of consequence. And simply by greeting your anxiety and acknowledging it that it's normal and natural. Heck, 85% of people tell us they have it. You actually can stem the tide of that anxiety spiraling out of control. It's not necessarily going to redu...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46	0.795	92.379997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	15	440.559998	469.154999
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0016	breath and say this is me feeling anxious. I notice a few of you taking some notes. There's a handout that will come at the end that has everything that I'm supposed to say. Okay? Can't guarantee I'm going to say it, but I you'll have it there. In addition to this approach, a technique that works very well, and this is...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	44.130001	0.7726	91.809998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	16	469.154999	497.75
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0017	When we are up presenting, planned or spontaneous, we feel that we have to do it right. And we feel like we are performing. How many of you have ever acted, done singing or dancing? I'm not gonna ask for performances. No. Okay, many of you have. We should note that we could do next year maybe a talent show of alums. It...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.740002	0.7866	92.160004	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	17	497.75	526.344971
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0018	at line, at the right time, at the right place, you've made a mistake. It messes up the audience. It messes up the people on stage. But when you present, there is no right way. There's certainly better and worse ways, but there is no one right way. So we need to look at presenting as something other than performance. A...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	49.049999	0.7341	90.849998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	18	526.344971	554.940002
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0019	rather than saying I'm performing for you. But it's not enough just to say this is a conversation. I want to give you some concrete things you can do. First, start with questions. Questions by their very nature are dialogic, they're two way. What was one of the very first things I did here for you? I had you count the ...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.700001	0.746	91.150002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	19	554.940002	583.534973
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0020	as if we are in conversation. So use questions. They can be rhetorical, they can be polling, perhaps I actually want to hear information from you. In fact, I use questions when I create an outline for my presentations. Rather than writing bullet points, I list questions that I'm going to answer, and that puts me in tha...	en	informative	28.594999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	39.259998	0.8062	92.660004	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	20	583.534973	612.130005
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0021	Beyond questions, another very useful technique for making us conversational is to use conversational language. Many nervous speakers distance themselves physically. If you've ever seen a nervous speaker present, he or she will say something like this, welcome, I am really excited to be here with you. They pull as far ...	en	informative	28.445	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	39.689999	0.8249	93.120003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	21	613.77002	642.215027
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0022	We use language that distances ourselves. It's not unusual to hear a nervous speaker say something like, one must consider the ramifications or today we're going to cover step one, step two, step three. That's very distancing language. To be more conversational, use conversational language. Instead of one must consider...	en	emphatic	28.445	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.470001	0.7714	91.790001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	22	642.215027	670.659973
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0023	Instead of step one, step two, step three, first what we need to do is this. The second thing you should consider is here. Use conversational language. So being conversational can also help you manage your anxiety. The third technique I'd like to share is research that I actually started when I was an undergraduate her...	en	informative	28.445	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.290001	0.7714	91.790001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	23	670.659973	699.10498
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0025	worry they're not going to get the right grade. Some of you are worried you might not get the funding, you might not get the support, you might not get the laughs that you want. All of those are future states. So if we can bring ourselves into the present moment, we're not going to be as concerned about those future st...	en	informative	28.445	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	49.369999	0.7194	90.480003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	25	727.549988	755.994995
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0026	He's very nervous. He's up in front of crowds of thousands. Behind the stage what he does is a 100 push-ups right before he comes out. You can't be that physically active and not be in the present moment. Now I'm not recommending all of us go to that level of exertion, 'cause he starts out of breath and sweaty, right? ...	en	informative	28.445	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	45.419998	0.7925	92.309998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	26	755.994995	784.440002
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0027	or a playlist that helps get them in the moment. You can do things as simple as counting backwards from a 100 by tough numbers like 17. I'm gonna pause because I know people in the room are trying, yeah. Gets hard after that third or fourth one, I know. My favorite way to get present oriented is to say tongue twisters....	en	informative	28.445	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.279999	0.7918	92.290001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	27	784.440002	812.88501
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0030	So let's get started on the core part of what we're doing today, which is how to feel more comfortable speaking in spontaneous situations. Some very simple ground rules for you. First, I'm going to identify four steps that I believe are critical to becoming effective at speaking in in a spontaneous situation. With each...	en	emphatic	24.440001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	43.240002	0.7813	92.029999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	30	909.150024	933.590027
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0032	the creative arts department, he teaches film and new media, and he's an expert at improv. And we've partnered together to help people learn how to speak more spontaneously. We call it improvisationally speaking. And Adam has taught me wonderful phrases and ideas from improv that I want to impart to you that really sti...	en	informative	24.440001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	32.560001	0.8829	94.57	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	32	958.030029	982.469971
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0034	are trying. The best thing we can do, the first step in our process is to get ourselves out of the way. Easier said than done. Most of us in this room are in this room because we are type A personalities, we work hard, we think fast, we make sure that we get things right. But that can actually serve as a disservice as ...	en	informative	24.440001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	45.970001	0.7502	91.25	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	34	1,006.909973	1,031.349976
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0036	Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. We stockpile. You all are excellent game players. I told you the game. Shout the wrong name. And you have already begun figuring out how you're going to master the game. That's your brain trying to help you get it right.	en	informative	17.379999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	45.619999	0.75	89.940002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	36	1,095.209961	1,112.589966
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0037	I'd like to suggest the only way you can get this activity wrong is by doing what you've just done. There is no way to get this wrong. Okay? Even if I call this a chair, no penalty will be bestowed upon you. Okay? Because I won't know what you were pointing at. You could have been pointing at the floor under the chair ...	en	informative	27.74	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.509998	0.7518	91.300003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	37	1,114.369995	1,142.109985
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0038	get it right, and there is no way to get it right. Just doing it gets it right. Okay? So let's try this now. We're going to play this game twice. Again, it's for 30 seconds. If you are willing and able, will you please stand up? You can do this seated by the way, but if you're willing and able, let's stand up. Okay? In...	en	informative	27.74	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	33.459999	0.8882	94.699997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	38	1,142.109985	1,169.849976
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0039	And loudly and proudly call them different than what they are. Ready? Begin! Porcupine! California! Salt shaker! Car! Library! Tennis racket! Purple! Orange! Putrid! Hello!	en	informative	27.74	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	43	0.8867	94.669998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	39	1,169.849976	1,197.589966
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0040	Let's you can stay standing because in a mere moments we're going to do it again. So if you're comfortable standing, we're about to do it again. First, thank you. That was wonderful. I heard great words being called out. It was it was fun. And some of you in the back were doing it in sync, so it looked like you were do...	en	informative	28.966999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	36.580002	0.9033	95.080002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	40	1,207.069946	1,236.036987
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0041	Some of you were going through fruits and vegetables. A few of you were going through things that started with the letter A, right? That's your brain saying, okay, you told me not to stockpile, so I'm going to try to be a little more devious and I'm going to give you patterns, okay? Same problem. When we teach that cla...	en	informative	28.966999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	42.209999	0.8598	94	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	41	1,236.036987	1,265.003052
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0043	Please have a seat. Thank you again. Did you notice a difference between the second time and the first time? Yes, was it a little easier that second time? No. That's okay. We're just starting. These skills are not like a light switch.	en	informative	20.753	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	39.389999	0.8081	92.699997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	43	1,316.189941	1,336.942993
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0044	It's not like you learn these skills and then all of a sudden you can execute on them. This is a wonderful game. This is a wonderful game to train your brain to get out of its own way. You can play this game anywhere, anytime. I like to play this game when I'm sitting in traffic. Makes me feel better than I shout thing...	en	informative	20.753	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	45.650002	0.7522	91.300003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	44	1,336.942993	1,357.697021
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0045	body things that I want to be shouting out, but I shout out things and it helps. You're training yourself to get out of your own way. You're working against the muscle memory that you've developed over the course of your life with a brain that acts very fast to help you solve problems. But in essence, in spontaneous sp...	en	informative	20.753	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	35.439999	0.8891	94.730003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	45	1,357.697021	1,378.449951
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0048	But that's not enough. Getting out of our own way is important, but the second step of our process has us change how we see the situation we find ourselves in. We need to see the speaking opportunity that we are a part of as an opportunity rather than a challenge and a threat. When I coach executives on Q and A skills.	en	informative	22.965	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	48.099998	0.7117	90.290001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	48	1,458.98999	1,481.954956
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0049	else. When they go in front of the media or whatever, investors. They see it as an adversarial experience, me versus them. And one of the first things I work on is change the way you approach it. A Q and A session, for example, is an opportunity for you. It's an opportunity to clarify. It's an opportunity to understand...	en	informative	22.965	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	48.400002	0.7012	90.029999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	49	1,481.954956	1,504.920044
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0051	So spontaneous speaking situations are ones that afford you opportunities. So when you're at a corporate dinner and your boss turns to you and says, oh, you know him better than the rest, would you mind introducing him? You say, great, thank you for the opportunity, rather than, right? I better get this right. So see t...	en	informative	22.965	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	43.950001	0.7726	91.809998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	51	1,527.88501	1,550.849976
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0052	I have a game to play to help us with this. This is a fun one. The holidays are approaching. We all in this room are going to give and receive gifts. Here's how this game will work. It works best if you have a partner. So I'm hoping you can work with somebody sitting next to you. If there's nobody sitting next to you, ...	en	informative	42.5	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.07	0.7232	90.580002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	52	1,552.51001	1,595.01001
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0053	Your partner will take the gift and open it up and will tell you what you gave them. Because you have no, you just gave them a gift. So, you are going to open up the box and you're going to look inside and you are going to say the first thing that comes to your mind in the moment, not the thing you have all just though...	en	informative	15.34	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	36.029999	0.8969	92.589996	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	53	1,596.689941	1,612.030029
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0055	is twofold in this game. The opportunity is for you, the gift receiver to name a gift. That's kind of fun, that's an opportunity, it's not a threat. But the real opportunity is for the gift giver, because the gift giver then has to say, so you look and you say thank you for giving me a frog's leg, and the person will w...	en	informative	22.65	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	48.779999	0.7906	92.269997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	55	1,637.060059	1,659.709961
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0056	Whenever you find the person who has received it is going to say, absolutely, I'm so glad you're happy. I got it for you because. So you have to respond to whatever they say, right? What a great opportunity. Now some of you are sitting there going, oh, that's hard, I don't want to do it, I'm gonna make a fool out of my...	en	emphatic	22.65	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	42.349998	0.8542	93.860001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	56	1,659.709961	1,682.359985
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0057	played like this. You and your partner will exchange, each will exchange a gift. One will start, then the other will follow. The first person will give a gift to the second person. Second person opens the box, however big the box is, and if the box is big and you find a penny in it, perfect, doesn't matter. If the box ...	en	informative	22.65	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	35.169998	0.8781	94.449997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	57	1,682.359985	1,705.01001
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0058	The person then, you will name it, you will say thank you for the whatever you saw in the box. The person who gave it to you will say, I'm so glad you're excited. I got it for you because. And you will give a reason that you got them whatever they decided you gave them. Makes sense? All right. So very quickly just in 5...	en	informative	24.559999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	49.139999	0.815	92.879997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	58	1,707.449951	1,732.01001
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0059	Pick an A and pick a B. Okay? B goes first. Alright. B give A a gift. B give A a gift. A thank them and then B will name and give the reason they gave it to him.	en	informative	18.4	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	false	30.110001	0.7312	89.980003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	59	1,748.569946	1,766.969971
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0061	Uh, wow! Nice. Nice. Uh, if you've got a Ferrari, you need a transmission. I like it. Who else found something that was surprising? What did you find? A live unicorn. That's a great gift, right? How was it as the gift giver? Were you surprised at what your partner found in the box? Isn't it interesting that when we giv...	en	informative	26.743	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	35.68	0.9013	95.029999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	61	1,897.670044	1,924.412964
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0062	And when they say live unicorn, we go, well, that's interesting, right? So the point of this game is to one, remind ourselves we have to get out of our own way like we talked about before, but to see this as an opportunity and to have fun. I love watching people play this game. The number of smiles that I saw amongst y...	en	informative	26.743	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	37.740002	0.8833	94.580002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	62	1,924.412964	1,951.156982
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0066	we jump ahead. We listen just enough to think we got it and then we go ahead starting our to think about what we're going to respond and then we respond. We really need to listen because fundamentally as a communicator your job is to be in service of your audience and if you don't understand what your audience is askin...	en	informative	26.743	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	49.290001	0.7554	91.379997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	66	2,031.386963	2,058.129883
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0068	You're going to get with the same partner you just worked with, and you are going to have a very brief conversation about something fun that you plan to do today. I know this is the most fun you're going to have all day, but the next fun thing you're going to do today, you are going to tell your partner what you are go...	en	informative	20.219999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	36.130001	0.8802	94.5	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	68	2,078.429932	2,098.649902
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0069	Okay? The I you'll see the benefit of doing this. So, with the partner you just worked with, person A is going to go first this time. You are simply going to tell your partner, actually you're going to spell to your partner what it is. of fun, something of fun that you're going to do today. Okay? Do what you were reall...	en	informative	32.540001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	42.57	0.7743	91.860001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	69	2,108.810059	2,141.350098
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0071	Now how do we respond? That brings us to the fourth part of our process. And that is, we have to tell a story. We respond in a way that has a structure. All stories have structure. We have to respond in a structured way. The key to successful spontaneous speaking and by the way planned speaking is having a structure. I...	en	informative	23.6	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	45.439999	0.7396	90.989998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	71	2,314.22998	2,337.830078
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0072	Two of the most prevalent and popular and useful structures you can use to communicate a message in a spontaneous situation. But before we get there, we have to talk about the value of structure. It increases what is called processing fluency, the effectiveness of which or through which we process information. We actua...	en	informative	23.6	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	45.860001	0.7718	91.800003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	72	2,337.830078	2,361.429932
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0073	fully and efficiently than information that's not structured. I love looking out in this audience because you will remember as I remember phone numbers, when you had to remember them if you wanted to call somebody. Okay, young folks today don't need to remember phone numbers. They just need to look at a picture, push a...	en	informative	23.6	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	42.93	0.8075	92.690002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	73	2,361.429932	2,385.030029
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0074	Do it. You chunked it into a structure, 3, 3, and 4. Structure helps us remember. The same is true when speaking spontaneously or in a planned situation. So let me introduce you to two useful structures. The first useful structure you have probably heard or used in some incarnation, it is the problem, solution, benefit...	en	informative	23.6	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	48.130001	0.7549	91.370003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	74	2,385.030029	2,408.629883
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0075	You then talk about a way of solving it, and then you talk about the benefits of following through on it. Very persuasive, very effective, helps you as the speaker remember it, helps your audience know where you're going with it. When I was a tour guide on this campus, many, many, many years ago, what do you think the ...	en	informative	36.599998	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.66	0.8157	92.889999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	75	2,410.25	2,446.850098
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0078	It can be reframed so it's not always a problem you're talking about. Maybe it's an opportunity. Maybe there's a market opportunity you want to go out and capture. It's not a problem that we're not doing it, but maybe we'd be better off if we did. So it becomes opportunity solution, which are the steps to achieve it an...	en	emphatic	15.38	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	36.66	0.8607	91.709999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	78	2,486.01001	2,501.389893
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0079	Another structure, which works equally equally well, is the what, so what, now what structure. You start by talking about what it is. Then you talk about why it's important, and then what the next steps are.	en	informative	16.059999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	50.869999	0.6322	86.330002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	79	2,502.949951	2,519.01001
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0080	This is a wonderful formula for answering questions, for introducing people. So if I'm in the moment somebody asks me to introduce somebody, I change the what to who. I say who they are, why they're important, and what we're going to do next. Maybe listen to them, maybe drink our wine, whatever, right? What, so what, n...	en	informative	30	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.66	0.7799	92	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	80	2,520.889893	2,550.889893
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0081	If you can become comfortable with these structures, you can be in a situation where you can respond very ably to spontaneous speaking situations. We're gonna practice, 'cause that's what we do. Here's the situation. Is everybody familiar with this child's toy? It's a slinky. Okay? You are going to sell this slinky to ...	en	informative	28.42	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	49.080002	0.7268	90.669998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	81	2,553.810059	2,582.22998
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0082	Or you could use what so what now what. What is it? Why is it important? And the next steps might be to buy it, okay? So by using that structure, see how already it helps you. It helps you focus.	en	informative	10.8	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.77	0.8033	87.980003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	82	2,583.969971	2,594.77002
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0083	Get with your partner, and we're only going to have one partner sell to the other partner, okay? So get with your partner, one of you will volunteer to sell to the other, okay? Sell a slinky using problem solution benefit or what so what now what. Please begin.	en	informative	16.52	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	49	0.7127	88.580002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	83	2,596.469971	2,612.98999
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0084	the microphone. So, when I debrief this, you can go ahead and pass them out. Does that make sense? After after Q and A? No, no, after this activity. Okay, and then after that we'll do Q and A. Correct.	en	informative	10.08	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	25.27	0.7853	82.440002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	84	2,633.570068	2,643.649902
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0085	I love it. I teach people to gesture and gesture big. It's great. I love it. So if you were the recipient of the the sales pitch, thumbs up. Did they do a good job? Did they use the structure? Awesome. I'm recruiting you all for my next business as my sales people. Please try to ignore this, but as we're speaking, the ...	en	informative	55.279999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	43.25	0.7941	85.5	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	85	2,730.290039	2,785.570068
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0086	The tools and the approaches to help us in spontaneous speaking situations. The very first thing we have to do is manage our anxiety, because you can't be an effective speaker if you don't have your anxiety under control. And we talked about how you can do that by greeting your anxiety, reframing as a conversation, and...	en	informative	49.700001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	47.619999	0.7834	88.959999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	86	2,794.389893	2,844.090088
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0087	Third, take the time to listen. Listen. And then finally, use structures, and you have to practice these structures. I practice these structures on my kids. I have two kids. When they ask me questions, I usually answer them in what, so what, now what. They don't know it. But when they go over to their friend's houses a...	en	informative	38.84	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.18	0.7532	91.330002	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	87	2,845.850098	2,884.689941
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0089	I think if you're on. Yes, yes. We can hear you. Great. Uh, can you talk about hostile situations? Hostile situations. Yes. So when you find yourself in a challenging situation, first, it should not become a surprise to you. It should not be a surprise. Before you ever speak, you should think about what is the environm...	en	informative	28.4	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	39.580002	0.8548	93.870003	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	89	2,931.189941	2,959.590088
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0090	So if somebody says, that's a ridiculous idea, why did you come up with that? To simply say, so, the idea I came up with was, right? Acknowledge the emotion, I recommend not naming the emotion. Right? So you sound really angry. Person says, I'm not angry, I'm frustrated. Now we're arguing over their mental state, right...	en	informative	28.4	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	42.48	0.8612	94.029999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	90	2,959.590088	2,987.98999
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0091	respond the way that makes sense. So if somebody raises their hand and says, your product is ridiculously priced, why do you charge so much? I might say, I hear great concern, and what you're really asking about is the value of our product, and I would give my value proposition, and then I would come back and say, and ...	en	informative	28.4	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	46.459999	0.7935	92.339996	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	91	2,987.98999	3,016.389893
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0092	The way to do this is to practice all the skills we just talked about. The only skill that I'm adding to this is the awareness in advance that you might be in that situation. First, I have to truly listen to what I'm hearing, right? It's very easy for me when I hear a challenging question to get all defensive and not h...	en	informative	28.4	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	43.490002	0.7879	92.199997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	92	3,016.389893	3,044.790039
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0093	So when you are speaking in a situation where not everybody is co-located, okay? In fact, right at this very moment, there are people watching this presentation remotely. What you need to do is be mindful of it. Second, try to include engagement techniques where the audience actually has to do something. So physical pa...	en	informative	23.847	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	41.150002	0.8112	92.779999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	93	3,057.75	3,081.596924
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0097	where people are interrogating me. Uh, I have certain themes that I want to get across and make sure that I I can do that in a way that fits the needs in the moment. If it's hostile, again, you the the single best tool you have to buy yourself time and to help you answer a question efficiently is paraphrasing. The para...	en	informative	28.113001	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	35.07	0.8655	94.139999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	97	3,167.542969	3,195.656982
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0099	Absolutely. Thank you. I think they actually there you might even have an opportunity to and it's on the sheet too. Everything I said is on the back of that sheet, but I'm happy to have this behind me while I while I talk. Other questions? Yes, please.	en	emphatic	13.14	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	28.440001	0.9009	90.029999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	99	3,233.909912	3,247.050049
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0100	So in terms of from your perspective as the speaker, I believe this applies. But when you whenever you communicate, part of the listening aspect is also thinking about is who is my audience and what are their expectations. So what are the cultural expectations of the audience that I'm presenting to. So there might be c...	en	emphatic	28.056	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	36.470001	0.8466	93.660004	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	100	3,260.949951	3,289.006104
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0101	present in the Ignite program, and if you have not heard about the Ignite program here at the GSB, it's fantastic. And I just did a presentation standing in one of these awesome classrooms that have all these cameras, and I just taught 35 people in Santiago, Chile. Right? And I needed to understand the cultural expecta...	en	energetic	28.056	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	37.91	0.8281	93.199997	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	101	3,289.006104	3,317.062012
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0102	What are the expectations of the audience? I think we have time for two more questions and then I'm going to hang around afterwards if anybody has individual questions, but some of these folks really want me to keep on schedule. Yes, please. I wanted to ask a question. One of the things that you've done effectively in ...	en	informative	28.056	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	32.200001	0.8787	94.470001	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	102	3,317.062012	3,345.11792
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0103	So, humor is wonderfully connecting. It's wonderfully connecting. It's a great tool for connection. It is very, very risky. Cultural reasons get in the way. Sometimes what you think is funny isn't funny to other people. What research tells us is that if you're going to try to be funny, self-deprecating humor is your be...	en	informative	28.056	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	44.09	0.7511	91.279999	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	103	3,345.11792	3,373.174072
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0104	It actually sets you back farther than if you would have gotten where you would have gotten if the joke would have hit. So, basic fundamentals you need to think about with humor. One, is it funny? How do I know I ask other people first? Second, what happens if it doesn't work? Have a backup plan, right? And then third,...	en	informative	28.056	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	44.029999	0.7739	91.849998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	104	3,373.174072	3,401.22998
en_spk001_5b59ed35_0105	Well, so let me give you two answers. One is I I have young boys and uh the power of the why is great. Just ask why a couple times and and you can get through that first two layers of training. You know, why do you say that? How do you feel about that? Uh, the the second bit is to what I have found successful in gettin...	en	informative	53.639999	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnw168huqA	true	36.48	0.8445	87.849998	spk_en_001	lecture	american_english	HAnw168huqA	105	3,427.209961	3,480.850098
en_spk002_c874b63c_0000	how do you decide if it's like or how do you advise people to decide if if it's if the best way is to go do this at some other company or do it themselves? Like it's easy in the photo sharing example, but in the real world, most of the time it's a little bit more here. So what's the framework you think through about?	en	informative	14.7	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	34.880001	0.9128	92.669998	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	0	829.530029	844.22998
en_spk002_c874b63c_0002	Valley. What happens there that's different than everywhere else? Why can't we do this where I'm from? And I think it's an instructive question, uh, even for people living here because you want to find, uh, what this is and surround yourself with the most concentrated version of it. The thing that I think is most impor...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	48.779999	0.8822	94.550003	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	2	1,253.154053	1,280.656982
en_spk002_c874b63c_0003	and say every idea is stupid. So if you have someone that's like, I'm going to start an electric car company, and they don't know much about batteries, even less about cars, it'd be very easy to write that off. Um, and yesterday Tesla passed Ford in market cap. And so people have learned that, uh, these wild ideas abou...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	52.029999	0.8633	94.080002	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	3	1,280.656982	1,308.161011
en_spk002_c874b63c_0004	contexts. People will just mock you, um, behind your back, to your face, whatever it is. Um, you really want to find the small number of people in your life that will, uh, support your ambitions, not belittle your ambitions. And this is hard to find. This is not, this is not the default state. We, we don't realize how ...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	50.16	0.8684	94.209999	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	4	1,308.161011	1,335.665039
en_spk002_c874b63c_0005	for what it is when if a person gets too tall, too ambitious, thinking too big, you cut them down. Um, there's not even really a word, a phrase like that in America, but there is one in most other cultures. There's also a very high density of people working on startups here, and there's a culture of paying it forward. ...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	50.759998	0.8778	94.449997	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	5	1,335.665039	1,363.167969
en_spk002_c874b63c_0007	Uh, start, uh, we have funded at Y Combinator. It was an idea first and a startup second. Uh, it was not a bunch of pivots. The, the, the very few pivots that were successful were when the founders discovered along the way that there was some other idea they were more passionate about than their first one. Uh, or they ...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	50.389999	0.8815	94.540001	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	7	1,390.671997	1,418.175049
en_spk002_c874b63c_0008	derivatives. They are not a copy of something else that was working pretty well. Most people try to start a copy of whatever worked last year. I don't know how many people started a Facebook clone in the year after Facebook. Had to be a lot. A lot. Uh, and none of those went on to really matter. Um, the next Facebook n...	en	emphatic	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	38.810001	0.9033	95.080002	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	8	1,418.175049	1,445.678955
en_spk002_c874b63c_0009	be on the forefront of technology. You can predict the great wave before it happens. And this idea of the great wave, uh, I think this is the most important concept to find good ideas out there. People wonder why startups cluster in small periods of time. Um, why were there a bunch of startups that were companies that ...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	47.189999	0.8895	94.739998	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	9	1,445.678955	1,473.182983
en_spk002_c874b63c_0010	And the reason is that there are these great waves, um, the internet and mobile in those two cases, smartphones, that all of a sudden new things are possible that were never possible before. Um, and when that happens because startups can move so quickly, uh, you can do things that, uh, that otherwise would never happen...	en	emphatic	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	54.959999	0.8218	93.040001	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	10	1,473.182983	1,500.686035
en_spk002_c874b63c_0011	is that it will be machine learning and just applied to every vertical. I think that's the easiest layup right now if I were going to start a company, but you all probably know what that is much better than I do. Whatever your peers are doing, whatever your peers are excited about, even if it looks like a toy today, es...	en	informative	27.504	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	43.799999	0.9164	95.410004	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	11	1,500.686035	1,528.189941
en_spk002_c874b63c_0012	It's also easier to start a hard company than an easy company. Most people, especially young people, want to pick something that doesn't sound too ambitious, doesn't sound too hard, because they're like, well, starting a company sounds, starting a company sounds really hard. I better pick the easiest possible company. ...	en	emphatic	48.34	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	43.970001	0.9168	93.190002	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	12	1,530.01001	1,578.349976
en_spk002_c874b63c_0013	As Dustin mentioned, in answering a question, co-founders are really good, but a bad co-founder is way worse than no co-founder. Because so many people say you need a co-founder, there are a lot of people that will pull some random person off the street and make her their co-founder. This is really bad. In fact, we did...	en	informative	25.937	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	45.790001	0.9035	95.089996	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	13	1,580.22998	1,606.166992
en_spk002_c874b63c_0014	Right, 100%. Um, you really need a shared history. You want someone that you know is good, you know you can work with, and that you have an obligation to. There are many times in the course of a startup where the expected value dips below the X-axis. Um, just temporarily, and it's not rational to keep going. And if you...	en	informative	25.937	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	52.200001	0.8565	93.910004	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	14	1,606.166992	1,632.103027
en_spk002_c874b63c_0015	You want to select determination. Determination is the most important value in a co-founder I've ever been able to identify, and it's not the thing people look for the most. Startups really, really hard, determine people are the ones that make it work. Startups are about not giving up. When we talk to our best founders...	en	emphatic	25.937	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	57.080002	0.8295	93.239998	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	15	1,632.103027	1,658.040039
en_spk002_c874b63c_0016	And these are the traits that it actually works. It's not that picture that Dustin showed from the movie of like a beautiful mind style writing equations on the window. Um, it's just dogged persistence and you keep going and eventually it works and that comes, it's co-founders that need to have that. So, uh, when I thi...	en	informative	25.937	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	42.73	0.9275	95.690002	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	16	1,658.040039	1,683.977051
en_spk002_c874b63c_0017	JavaScript and X and Y. Um, and really like you want to find someone that that matches your values, especially this value of determination. You want someone that just has a lot of potential and aptitude. And then and then finally you can think about specific skills. And finally you want someone that is humble and not e...	en	informative	25.937	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	44.610001	0.9151	95.379997	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	17	1,683.977051	1,709.912964
en_spk002_c874b63c_0018	my answer to that question is that there are more people than ever before that want to get into startups for the wrong reasons. that want to do it because it's the cool thing to do. These are the people that would have gone into investment banking in 2004. and you want people that are humble, that are not entitled, tha...	en	informative	25.937	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	46.18	0.9043	95.110001	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	18	1,709.912964	1,735.849976
en_spk002_c874b63c_0019	We have 5 lectures in this course devoted to the product, um, because a great product is the single most important thing that you do. Um, the one thing I want to mention for now, as you're thinking about the product you build, is that it is more important to have a small number of users that love you than a lot of user...	en	informative	24.236	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	50.529999	0.8745	94.360001	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	19	1,738.329956	1,762.56604
en_spk002_c874b63c_0020	love your product. That's almost impossible to do. In practice, you have two choices. You can go deep and narrow. You can have a small number of users that really love you, and then you can find out how to find more and more of those users and broaden the appeal of the product. Or you can have a lot of people that kind...	en	informative	24.236	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	54.169998	0.8373	93.43	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	20	1,762.56604	1,786.802002
en_spk002_c874b63c_0021	With high confidence, I can say, you want to start with a small number of users that really love you. almost all great companies have products that start this way. Think about the ones in your own life. The products that are so good that you spontaneously tell your friends about them. The products that are so good that...	en	informative	24.236	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	46.919998	0.9017	95.040001	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	21	1,786.802002	1,811.037964
en_spk002_c874b63c_0022	and frequency of use. So if you have, uh, and in fact, I think this is so important that you actually shouldn't track absolute growth in number of users in the early days of a startup. You should just track how often they're using it. Um, and we'll have a session on metrics later, but you really want to like get good a...	en	informative	24.236	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	55.150002	0.8497	93.739998	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	22	1,811.037964	1,835.274048
en_spk002_c874b63c_0023	other products in my space. Um, and that that's a good early indicator of users that love you. Um, better still is them spontaneously telling their friends to buy your product. But but the important point here is this. Nothing but a great product will save you. We're going to talk about a lot of other things in this co...	en	informative	24.236	0.9	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqgAy3h4OM	true	58.169998	0.8076	92.690002	spk_en_002	lecture	indian_english	ZoqgAy3h4OM	23	1,835.274048	1,859.51001

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Sarvam Indian TTS Dataset

A curated Text-to-Speech dataset containing Indian English and Hindi single-speaker audio segments, built as part of the Sarvam AI hiring assignment.

Dataset Summary

Property	Value
Total duration	78.8 minutes
English (en-IN)	57.5 minutes
Hindi (hi-IN)	21.3 minutes
Total segments	175
Human reviewed	99.4%
Mean quality score	92.1/100
Mean SNR	49.0 dB
Mean ASR confidence	0.900

Dataset Card

Data Collection

Audio sourced from YouTube educational and motivational content featuring single speakers with minimal background noise. All audio was processed through:

Speaker Diarization (Sarvam API) — isolate dominant speaker
Segmentation — 15–60 second clips, no overlap
Quality Filtering — SNR ≥ 15 dB, speech ratio ≥ 65%
ASR Transcription (Sarvam saarika:v2) — with word timestamps
Emotion Tagging (Sarvam LLM) — style/prosody labels
Human Review — transcript correction and quality verification

Audio Format

Format: WAV (PCM 16-bit)
Sample rate: 16,000 Hz
Channels: Mono

Schema

id              — unique segment identifier
audio           — WAV audio file (HF Audio feature)
transcript      — verbatim speech transcript
language        — en (Indian English) | hi (Hindi)
emotion         — style label (see taxonomy below)
duration        — segment length in seconds
confidence      — ASR confidence score [0, 1]
source_url      — original YouTube URL
human_reviewed  — whether a human verified this segment

Emotion Taxonomy

informative: 158
emphatic: 16
energetic: 1

Source Videos

Language	Description	Accent
English	Stanford GSB lecture (Matt Abrahams)	American English
English	Indian tech talk	Indian English
Hindi	Hindi motivational speech	Standard Hindi
Hindi	Hindi motivational speech	Standard Hindi

Note on English accent: The primary English source (Stanford lecture) features an American English speaker. This is documented transparently in the accent metadata field. The Sarvam en-IN ASR model was used for transcription regardless.

Pipeline

Full reproducible pipeline available at: https://github.com/[username]/sarvam-tts-dataset

scripts/
  00_setup_env.py         # environment validation
  01_download_audio.py    # yt-dlp download
  02_convert_audio.py     # ffmpeg → 16kHz mono WAV
  03_diarization.py       # Sarvam speaker diarization
  04_segment_audio.py     # 15–60s segmentation
  05_asr_transcription.py # Sarvam saarika:v2 ASR
  06_emotion_tagging.py   # Sarvam LLM emotion labels
  07_quality_scoring.py   # composite quality score
  08_human_review.py      # interactive CLI review
  09_build_metadata.py    # final CSV/JSONL assembly
  10_dataset_statistics.py # stats + visualisations
  11_upload_huggingface.py # HF Hub upload

Licensing

Dataset: CC BY 4.0
Source videos used under YouTube's fair use provisions for research/education
Transcripts are derived works; see individual source URLs for original content

Citation

@dataset{sarvam_tts_dataset_2025,
  title={Sarvam Indian TTS Dataset},
  year={2025},
  url={https://huggingface.co/Avishii0309/sarvam-tts-dataset},
  note={Indian English and Hindi single-speaker TTS dataset}
}

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