“What’s the most important message you want to leave your audience with and why should they care? Every listener instinctively wants to know one thing: What’s in this for me?” – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor Summer 2020 – In-person speaker
“When speaking in public, your message – no matter how important – will not be effective or memorable if you don’t have a clear structure.” – Patricia Fripp, Hall of Fame keynote speaker, executive speech coach, sales presentation trainer, & author of FrippVT You’ve researched your audience. You’ve
Make your weirdness a unifier, not a polarizerBob Burg devoted his Daily Impact newsletter this morning to endorsing a concept he found in Robert Greene’s book, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature: “Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your
“Talk to someone about themselves, and they will listen for hours.” – Dale Carnegie, American writer and lecturer, and the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking People listen to what they like, and people that think are like them.Humanizing your public speaking can make
“Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance” ? Stephen Keague, from his book The Little Red Handbook of Public Speaking and Presenting You’ve got your in-person keynote presentation ready for the conference. You know when to pause, gesture, and vary your voice for maximum effect with your live