MIT "How to Speak" — 21 million views. One framework. Zero excuses.

Make your boardroom talks land.

You have one shot. The pitch, the board presentation, the job talk, the keynote. Speak Sharp scores your communication against the MIT framework that 21 million people have watched — and rewrites it until it is ready.

Professor Patrick Winston taught at MIT for 40 years that your success in life is determined by your ability to speak first, write second, and the quality of your ideas third. Most people get this backwards.

"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas — in that order."

— Professor Patrick Henry Winston, MIT (1943–2019)

Built for high-stakes moments

Speak Sharp is not a general communication tool. It is built for the moments where being unclear, forgettable, or unconvincing has a real cost.

Board presentations

Make your case land with decision-makers who have heard it all before

Investor pitches

Open with a promise, close with a contribution — not a thank you

Conference keynotes

Be the talk people remember, not the one they forget by lunch

Job talks

Signal competence in the first 60 seconds and hold it through to the end

Executive briefings

Get your message across to people who are already half-distracted

Sales presentations

Structure your argument so the decision feels inevitable

The 7-Dimension Framework

Every analysis scores your communication across the seven dimensions Winston identified as the difference between talks that land and talks that are forgotten.

How to Start

Open with a promise — give them a reason to stay

Four Heuristics

Cycle, fence, punctuate, question

Time & Place

Room, timing, density — the invisible variables

Tools

Boards, props, slides — used with discipline

Informing & Inspiring

Passion, stories, and how to make ideas stick

Persuading & Famous

Vision, achievement, the Winston Star

How to End

Contribution, salute — never 'Thank you'

From draft to delivery-ready

Score, fix, rewrite, and track — a complete preparation workflow for the moment that matters.

Score Any Spoken Communication

Paste your talk, pitch, or board presentation and receive an instant score across all 7 dimensions of the MIT framework — in under 30 seconds.

Specific, Prioritised Fixes

Every low score comes with exact, actionable improvements grounded directly in Winston's principles — not generic advice.

AI Rewrite Assistant

After analysis, let AI rewrite your entire talk or fix one specific dimension — applying the framework directly to your words while preserving your voice.

Track Progress Across Drafts

Save analyses and compare versions to see how your communication sharpens with each iteration before the moment arrives.

High-Stakes Templates

Study pre-analysed examples — a board presentation, an investor pitch, a job talk — to calibrate your own work against the standard.

Complete Framework Reference

The full Winston methodology in an expandable panel — every principle, every rule, every warning — always one click away.

Prepare for the moment that matters.

Paste your next board presentation, investor pitch, job talk, or keynote. Get a full 7-dimension score and a rewritten version that is ready to deliver — in under 60 seconds.