Ep 130 — Fire Stories with Jason Jordan

At the core of everything we do is the why. Why do we pursue the career, focus on our new initiatives, and make major life decisions? The incidents and circumstances that drive us to do just that inform our #FireStory.

What is a Fire Story, and how can it help your #PublicSpeaking? Jason Jordan tells us about that and so much more at http://2MinuteTalkTips.com/FireStory.

Episode 123 — Spoken Word and Public Speaking with Huwa

If you think speaking is hard, try rhythmic poetry in front of a crowd.

This week, Nigerian Spoken Word artist and host of The Spoken World Podcast joins us to talk about her experiences with public speaking, the power of forensics in school, and the nature of the Spoken Word performance genre.

Episode 122 — Courtroom Graphics with Kerri Ruttenberg

Kerri Ruttenberg, now the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Litigation at Walmart, literally wrote the book on court room visual aids. This week, the author of Impact: Design and Use of Winning Trial Visuals joins us to talk about the relationship between speaker and graphics, the role of visual aids in the courtroom, how trial visual differ from conference visuals, and the school activities that put her on her current path.

Episode 079 — Know You Can Do It and Meet Dr. Denise Vaughan

2-Minute Tip — Know You can do It   The first thing to know about a talk is that this IS something you can do. You can get out on stage. You can move around deliberately to make the points that you want to make. If you’re not comfortable with eye contact, that’s fine. You can come up with a solution.   But regardless of the challenges, go into it…

Episode 078 — Focus on Feeling and Meet Hilary Billings

2-Minute Tip: Focus on how you make your audience feel     Hilary tells us about her experience interviewing mega-star interviewer, host, and generally larger-than-life character Ryan Seacrest. It’s intimidating to talk to someone that big for the first time. An experience like that can overwhelm the content of the actual conversation. But when she described her experience, the main thing Ryan did was help her feel at ease. He…