From Jumbled Thoughts to Clear Ideas: How AI Can Help Craft an Unforgettable Speech

Let’s be honest, AI is everywhere right now. It’s in our phones, our emails, our playlists, and if you are like me, it is practically a permanent member of your team. Some people are side eyeing it; some are terrified it is going to take over the world, and others? Well, we are busy putting it to work.

As a speaker, coach, and storyteller, I use AI every single day (I even used it to help me write this article). Not because I can’t do the work on my own, but because AI supercharges what I am already doing. It is my non-ADHD unemotional powerhouse assistant, my thought organizer, my rough draft wrangler, and occasionally, my very patient brainstorming buddy. 

I even use AI to help my clients quickly organize their ideas and see connections in their stories that would take them weeks to find manually.

I simply can’t gatekeep the awesomeness of AI anymore. So, today’s article is all about how AI can help you go from scattered ideas to a speech that leaves your audience thinking, “damn, that was awesome!”

Because here is the truth: whether you know it or not, you already have something powerful to say. AI just helps you say it better.

Most of us are not lacking ideas. In fact, we tend to have the opposite problem of drowning in them. You get a spark of inspiration in the car, a brilliant one-liner while brushing your teeth, a story from your past that suddenly feels relevant… and it all just lives in your head, your notes app, or scribbled in five different notebooks you cannot find when you need them. If you are nodding your head right now, thinking “how does she know?” then keep reading!

The more jumbled notes you have, the more overwhelming it is to think about going through them, which leads you to ignoring them and doing anything. This is where AI shines. 

I have good news for you: you don’t have to organize it…at all!

You can brain dump everything into a voice recording and you are on your way to letting AI become your best unpaid source of labor! Give it your half-formed ideas, your messy memories, your soapbox moments. It doesn’t have to make sense, it doesn’t have to be in any kind of chronological order, just dump it and let AI help you sort through it later.

It really is like having a very focused, never-tired, judgment-free assistant who listens to your chaos and says, “Okay, here’s what I think you’re trying to say.”

And nine times out of ten, it's right. And if it isn’t, you just ask it to try again…and it won’t roll its eyes at you or mumble under its breath!

Collecting your ideas is just one of the ways AI can help you get your story out of your head and into existence. Often, the most time-consuming part of writing a speech or story is figuring out where everything goes. We spend days, maybe even weeks, rearranging paragraphs, reworking transitions, and trying to make our story flow from Point A to Point Z without losing people at Points D, J, Q, and V.

But with the right AI tools, that process takes minutes.

You can ask AI to group your thoughts into themes, pull out the key message, organize your story chronologically (or not), and even suggest an opening line that hooks your audience right from the start.

It is like having an editor in your back pocket (one that does not charge by the hour).

Another perk of letting AI help you is that you basically have creativity on demand. Now, I don’t want you to think that you can let AI do all the work. It is still up to you as a creative being to prompt the AI. You still need to use your own thinking and brain power to create amazing things. But AI will enhance what you already have or are working on. 

Stuck on a title? Ask AI.

Need a metaphor? Ask AI.

Wondering how to make your speech more audience-focused? Yep, AI again.

The creative possibilities are endless when you have a tool that can generate options, iterate on your ideas, and help you refine your voice. The key here is that you are still in the driver’s seat. AI just makes the road smoother. Seriously, how do you think I crank out a new blog post every single week? I don’t do it alone; I have AI to help me. But I start by brainstorming and coming up with what I want before I have it help me build it.

“But if AI helps me build it, how I can claim the work as mine?” This is a great question. Some people will take the shortcut and let AI do all the work and then pass it off as their own. But most of us are using it as a tool to complement our skills and what we are already doing. When you feed AI the information you want it to build from, it will use only your work to create what you want. It is all in the prompting.

The most important thing to remember is that AI is not the storyteller, YOU are. AI can help you organize, enhance, and even inspire your audience, but it can’t be you.

AI doesn’t know what it felt like to go through that painful, hilarious, life-altering, deeply personal moment you are trying to share. It can’t tap into the heartache, the humor, or the healing behind your words.

It is a tool, albeit an incredibly powerful one, but you are the soul behind the story.

The human element? That is the part that will always matter most.

So, should you be using AI to help you craft your next speech, story, social post, or witty comeback?

Absolutely, 100% YES.

Use it to organize your thoughts.
Use it to turn a messy story into a clear message.
Use it to speed up the process so you can spend more time practicing, connecting, and showing up fully as you.

But do not use it to hide. Do not use it to water down your truth. Do not assume it can do the vulnerable, courageous work of storytelling for you.

You bring the heart. AI brings the help.

Together, that you’re a winning combo.

Ready to see what AI can do for your story?

Let me show you how to blend tech and truth to create a message that moves your audience—and feels like you. Click here to book a free call with me or grab my Start Your Story in 7 Days course and get a FREE bonus module on how to use AI to help you craft your message!

And if you just need a place to save all your amazing stories, ideas, and one-liners, check out the My Story notebook here!!