2-Minute Tip: Be Your True and Honest Self We talk a lot about authenticity because it matters. And while it may seem daunting, it can actually make things easier. When you don’t try to fake it, you don’t waste brain cycles and energy trying to maintain a façade. There are 3 questions to ask yourself when you prepare to talk to an audience: Who are you really? What do you…
Being a successful public speaker doesn’t require innate talent or charisma. It does require work. If you’re willing and able to put in the work, you can acquire the skills to successfully speak to crowds of people.
Cory Truax built his career this way — piece by piece as part of his day job, his side hustle, and his spiritual pursuits.
There is power in a process. Once you figure out how to do a thing, repeating it becomes easier and faster.
Process is the unstated theme in my conversation with Charles White about his business, his podcast, his TEDx Talk, and his work with 1 Million Cups.
Matt Fore has performed on cruise ships, helped entertainers book more gigs, written been, and been published on Success.Com and in the Huffington Post. This week, he joins me on 2-Minute Talk Tips to share speaking tips and happiness tips. Learn more at http://2MinuteTalkTips.com/Matt
High School History teacher Joel Hawbaker wanted to do more. He shares his insights on Inverted Leadership, the power of humility, and living a great life as part of a blended family through books and speaking engagements.
We spend much of this episode talking about the importance of storytelling.
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.
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.
2-Minute Tip: Build a Team Sometimes to get better, you may need help, and that’s okay. Hire a coach. Join Toastmasters. Ask a friend or colleague. Take an online course. Take a traditional course. Read a book. Subscribe to a podcast about public speaking Or do all of the above. Or some combination of them. The point is you can build expertise, or at the very…
2-Minute Tip — Tell a story to Open The beginning of a talk is when you have the maximum audience attention. Don’t squander it welcomes, thank yous, and introductions. Instead, tell a story to engage your audience at the very start. Think about a band coming out on stage. They don’t start with banter. They go right into a big opening number to get everyone excited for…
2-Minute Tip: Increase Attendance Retention with a Take Away One challenge with webinars and live sessions is keeping folks around until the end, especially if the material is on the dry side. To help folks stick around, let them know that at the end you’ll have a give-away for them. It could be something as simple as a collection of other resources or websites. Maybe it’s a…