huashu-speech-coach_skill

Overview

This skill is a presentation and speaking coach based on Patrick Winston's How to Speak methodology. It helps you prepare live trainings, technical talks, tutorial videos, and slide decks by auditing structure, openings, interactions, and endings. Use it to sharpen hooks, pace, and audience-facing techniques for clearer, more memorable presentations.

How this skill works

I inspect your outline, script, or slides against Winston-inspired rules: empowerment openings, cycling core ideas, building fences, verbal punctuation, and question-and-wait techniques. I flag slide 'sins', suggest concrete repair actions, and produce a 10-point audit with scores and three prioritized edits that yield the biggest immediate improvements. I can also simulate feedback from a target audience persona.

When to use it

• Preparing a live workshop or corporate training and needing a stronger opening and interaction design
• Polishing a Bilibili/tutorial video script to secure the front-10-second hook and pacing
• Reviewing a meetup or conference technical talk for clarity, repetition, and differentiation
• Auditing a PPT/Keynote for visual problems, information density, and one allowed complex slide
• Rehearsing delivery with audience-simulation feedback to spot where listeners will drift

Best practices

• Start with an empowerment promise: state what the audience will gain in concrete terms
• Cycle your core idea three times in different forms: preview → explain → recap
• Tell the audience what you will and will not cover to prevent confusion
• Use verbal punctuation and numbered signposts every 3–5 minutes
• Ask a question and wait at least 7 seconds to recapture attention
• Make slides prompts not transcripts: minimal text, large fonts, no decorative clutter

Example use cases

• Send your workshop outline and get an audit: opening strength, interaction points, and closing revision
• Upload a 5–8 minute video script to optimize the first 10 seconds, pacing, and cyclical callbacks
• Share slides to receive a slide-by-slide diagnosis of the seven slide sins and fixes
• Request an audience-simulation report for a chosen persona (e.g., junior PM) marking where attention drops
• Get a 10-point scorecard (opening, structure, interaction, visuals, ending) plus three high-impact edits