What does it take to become a Fully Booked Speaker? One question that repeatedly comes up is, “How can I become known as a Speaker?” The journey to becoming a full-time speaker is generally not linear – it’s one that’s filled with twist and turns. However, I’m a firm believer that small consistent steps taken […]
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Speakers – How to Use Improv to Find Your Core Message
Core Message – Cut to the Chase One of the biggest challenges that I find my clients bring to the table is finding their core message. Also known as the throughline, or premise, your core message is that one thought that ties the ideas in your speech together. The more clear and concise your core message, the […]
5 Simple Speaking Tips to Transform your Presentation
Speaking and Biking – what do they have in Common? As a long-distance cyclist, I’ve been preparing for a fall ride along the second half of the Blue Ridge Parkway. During my summer training, my left knee started bothering me. Before I made an appointment with my doctor, I researched “knee pain and cycling”, and […]
Speakers Have you Lost Your Audience?
7 Tips & Techniques to Re-Engage your Audience Speakers, you know how frustrating it can be after spending hours preparing a presentation only to have your audience tune out within 5 minutes. You know you’re losing them, but are not quite sure how to reel them back in. Over the years I’ve consulted books, resources […]
11 Ways to Get More Speaking Gigs
Get Hired for Speaking at Association Meetings, Conferences, TEDx and more Summertime, for many businesses and business professionals, is a slower time of year as people take time off for vacation, the kids are out of school, and frankly, the hot weather seems to make some move at a slower pace. However, “there’s no time […]
Speakers – Stop using Pesky Filler Words
Discover how to Eliminate Filler Words from your Presentations Those verbal sounds (ahs, ers, ums, you know, like, etc…) we make during our conversations – actually make up about 5% – 8% of the words we use every day, according to Michael Erard, linguist and author of Um…Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders. Erard also notes that […]