Twitter spaces: 5 tips for speakers
1. Speak slowly and clearly
2. Be careful with background noise
3. Keep it short
4. Keep a constant distance from your phone
5. Stand up to get extra energy & confidence
Hello everyone 👋
My name is YK, and in this account, I want to help you:
- Host & speak in small twitter spaces
- Help you become better space hosts
Hosting twitter spaces is an awesome way to increase your confidence, meet people and get better at speaking.
So let’s go 💪
500 followers!!!
Thank you so much everyone 🤗
More than that, though, I’m super happy to see more and more people hosting spaces.
It’s really for everyone and I think many people already understand that.
Essential tips to improve your communication skills:
1. Be there for other people, not just for yourself
2. Learn to read the room carefully
3. Don't just ask questions to help yourself. Ask questions to learn about others
4. Speak slowly and clearly
5. Speak concisely
I’ve helped/encouraged at least 10 people host their first twitter spaces.
They wouldn’t have started hosting spaces without all the work I’ve done - definitely not as early as they did.
Super happy that my work has had that kind of impact.
We’re just getting started though 💪
Public speaking tips:
1. Speak slowly and clearly
2. When speaking online, check your audio device
3. Be a good listener and understand what other people are interested in
4. Pay attention to how the other people react to what you say with facial expressions, body gestures, etc
Unfortunately, I’ve seen cases where
in Twitter spaces, people who know nothing about certain topics try to give their opinions or advice.
As the host, it’s on YOU to decide if you want to give them the stage or not.
Focus on real expediences & advice from experienced people.
So I noticed a fairly large creator here on Twitter copying other creators’ tweets and threads.
Made a quick video documenting everything but…
I decided not to publish it.
I’m just going to focus on making the best content I can instead.
Once you’re comfortable hosting twitter spaces…
In my opinion, the next step is to start cohosting.
This is a great way to help new hosts get started and help each other grow 💪
Beware of twitter space addicts ⛔️
Symptoms include:
- Celebrates anything and everything with a space
- Throat or mouth pain
- Dreams in spaces
- Says “I’m not addicted”
Once you grow enough on Twitter
Some people branch out to other social media
But just know that
Another valid strategy is to create more twitter accounts
Tips for speakers on spaces:
1. Make sure your audio device works well. Your phone’s native mic tends to work well
2. Speak slowly and clearly
3. Speak concisely. Keep it within 30 seconds or so.
4. (Perhaps most important) Read the room. Try not to disrupt the flow too much.
“3 types of twitter spaces you can host:
1. An expert panel. Find experts on the topic and ask them good questions.
2. Solo speaking. Prep a talk and speak by yourself.
3. Community space. Anyone can come up, but be careful about the info shared.”
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@DThompsonDev
If I host a space, I might be able to reach 1000 people tops.
But if I inspire 100 people to host their own spaces, I might be able to reach 100,000 people indirectly.
That’s why I want to inspire you to do that.
You don’t need to be an expert to start hosting twitter spaces.
You just need to have questions you want to ask or topics you’re curious about.
Then, you can reach out to people who know more about them than you do.
A tech twitter space host’s journey:
- A casual coffee chat with someone
- Another one
- A few more
- Try speaking in a space (check out
@codewithvoid
&
@DunsinWebDev
)
- Try it a few more times
- Host your first space
- Host a few more
- Be addicted. No more escape
my life goal:
- help you start a twitter space
- then help you raid another space from that one
- then another one
- another one
...
- then back to the first one by bending space-time
7. To find a good topic, think about what you want to learn more about
Or something you want to share with people.
Alternatively, you can always do something like:
coffee chat
developers chat
Those can be fun, too
Pro tip:
If there are too many twitter spaces going on at the same time
and it’s hard to decide which one to join…
Make another space to make your decision
Changing stuff on the internet doesn't make it go away.
Once it's captured in a video, for example, it's forever there.
The only thing you can do for your past wrongdoing is to apologize.
Most common mistakes by space hosts:
- Waiting to host until you have “a lot of” followers
- Not vetting the speakers enough
- Letting a single speaker ramble
- Not being fast enough to mute or kick someone who disrupts the space
- Trying to control the conversation too much
Pro tip for improving your speaking style in a twitter space:
You don't have to listen to your own voice recording!
Instead, just ask for feedback from someone who was there.
“What if no one comes to my Twitter space?”
Many people ask this question.
The best way to get around this is:
Make sure someone does show up.
So, book 2 or 3 speakers.
That way, even if one of the bails, you’ll at least have one person there.
Anyone else would be a bonus.
5. Don’t try to control the conversation too much
At the same time, you don’t have to control everything.
Free flowing conversations can be really good, too
Use your curiosity as your guide and ask questions that pop in your head
4. Keep the conversation focused on the topic
If you have a specific topic, make sure to guide the conversation back to the topic if it goes off track.
General topics like “coffee chats” can be fun, too, though
6. You don’t have to expect a huge audience
You can just have a conversation with people (or just one person) you want to talk with.
That’s enough.
If anyone else shows up, that’s a bonus.
pro tips for hosting twitter spaces:
- be extremely careful and slow with bringing up people
- then, let the conversation flow naturally by letting the speakers self-organize
- when the conversation slows down, call out people to come up or speak
Quick Twitter space hosting/cohosting tip:
When the stage goes quiet, simply encourage people to speak up.
Call out people on the stage or in the listeners section or ask a question.
1. You don’t have to accept every single speaker request.
The choice is yours.
You can accept them if you want.
It’s okay to have some of them wait, too.
Or it’s okay to tweet at them and ask them to tweet back their questions, also.
ty for coming here everyone!
btw in case anyone's interested in journaling - pls comment 👋 here.
I'm working on a software product that will help you get into the habit of journaling to help you reduce stress, reflect on yourself, etc.
Once you're good enough with hosting spaces, you won't need a speaker other than yourself because...
You can basically just interview yourself.
Ask yourself a question and answer it.
Then ask yourself a follow-up question and answer it.
Continue until someone else jumps in.
3. If someone speaks too long, it’s ok to cut them short.
Again, ultimately, you’re the boss.
The best way to do this is by saying:
“Thank you for that”
For maximum effectiveness, use their name like:
“Thank you for that YK”
Then make them a listener if necessary
2. Once someone speaks, it’s ok to put them back in the audience
Again, this choice is yours.
If someone’s audio/internet quality is not good, you can ask them to tweet at you instead.
After someone speaks, you can thank them and make them a listener if you want.
@ykdojo
FYI: We have two types of speakers here.
Panelists: host and/or cohosts trust them to provide value to the listeners as well as other panelists. They get to stay on the stage as much as they want.
Speakers: pls be concise with your question or comment, ideally <30 seconds.
Pro tip for anyone who hosts Twitter spaces:
As you speak and host, pay attention to how many people are listening.
If the number of people increases, that means you’re on the right track.
If not, be patient or change things up.
If people start to leave, it’s OK to close it.
@csdojo404
How to pitch yourself in 30 seconds (revised):
1. Greet and say your name
2. Say more about you (what you're working on)
3. Say what you're looking for (with a CTA if you'd like)
Pro tip for anyone who gets too many notifications here:
You can filter them so that you only see the ones from ppl you follow.
This might sound cold, but to me, this is the only way for me to manage them on my first two accounts.
I still see notifications on this one though