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title: "The Oratium Public Speaking Method, Quantified"
author: "Christopher S Penn"
date: 2016-01-12
url: https://www.christopherspenn.com/2016/01/the-oratium-public-speaking-method-quantified/
categories:
  - "Speaking"
---

# The Oratium Public Speaking Method, Quantified

[![#MPB2B Photo by Steve Hall](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/22319927654_bf6a83a924.jpg)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/22319927654/in/dateposted-public/ "#MPB2B Photo by Steve Hall")

If you want to earn more accolades, net bigger fees, and land better bookings as a public speaker, then you need to become a better public speaker. I've taken a variety of public speaking courses and trainings over the years: Dale Carnegie, Toastmasters, NLP, and many others. Almost all public speaking training focuses on the **delivery** of our content - how we say things. A rare few focus on the **design**, the architecture of our content - what we say. The exception to this rule is the [Oratium speaking course](https://www.oratium.com/). Taught by [Tamsen Webster](https://tamsenwebster.com/) and her colleagues, Oratium will help you improve your public speaking by teaching you how to design a better talk. In March of 2014, I attended my first Oratium training. Since then, my speaking has gotten measurably better. How measurably, you ask? One of the tricks (first taught to me by [DJ Waldow](https://socialbutterflyguy.com/)) I use to track my speaking performance is the use of Twitter Likes. Instead of randomly Liking comments on Twitter, I Like praise about my speaking and use my [Twitter Likes as a record of my performance](https://twitter.com/cspenn/likes). [![Tweets_liked_by_Christopher_Penn___cspenn____Twitter.jpg](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1619/24333628785_4649e3b387.jpg)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/24333628785/in/dateposted-public/ "Tweets_liked_by_Christopher_Penn___cspenn____Twitter.jpg")

By storing my speaking testimonials this way, I can also turn the Likes into charts. Take a look at this multi-year chart of my speaking testimonials: [![Speaking Testimonials by Year - CSPENN.png](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1506/24225494642_b7fcc84741.jpg)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/24225494642/in/dateposted-public/ "Speaking Testimonials by Year - CSPENN.png")

I started using the Oratium method in 2014, but it took a few months to redesign my talks. I dove headfirst into the method; I revamped each talk with strict adherence to the method. I began to see an uptick in the testimonials I received in the second half of 2014. In 2015, I increased my positive testimonials by 68% year over year. One of the advantages of the Oratium method is that by writing out my talks, I'm able to generate abstracts and speaking proposals quickly. In 2015, I spoke at 25% more events as I did in 2014 - and doubled the number of keynotes. Finally, while I won't get into exact numbers, I earned approximately 400% more in 2015 from speaking than I earned in 2014. **68% increased positive praise. 25% more bookings. 400% more earnings.**If you want to receive more praise, land better speaking opportunities, and earn more, [take the Oratium course](https://www.oratium.com/events/). You'll become a better speaker the moment you start using the method. If you're an event organizer and would like to see the Oratium method in action, [contact me. I am happy to speak at your event](https://www.christopherspenn.com/public-speaking/). *Disclosure: I was not compensated by Oratium for this post, nor do I receive any financial benefit, directly or indirectly, from it. I did receive a substantial discount to take the class in 2014, but I was not asked to write about my experience.*