Ask, Don’t Tell: Using Power Questions to Engage with Prospects By Andrew Sobel, coauthor of Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others One of my speech coaching clients and long time friends Andrew Sobel writes many great books. Enjoy this taste of Power Questions. The CEO of a $12 billion company summed […]
Read More...Public speakers “The enemy of the speaker is sameness”
My great speech coach Ron Arden who had enjoyed a successful acting and directly career always told his students “Public speakers need variety in their presentation just as we do in the theatre. The enemy of the speaker is sameness.” My World Champions Edge buddy Ed Tate sent this review to me from a TV […]
Read More...The Best Way to Open a Panel Discussion – Expert Advice
If you are a leader, manager, executive, professional speaker, Toastmaster, or ambitious professional, most likely you will have the opportunity to moderate a panel. If you believe there is nothing duller than a bad speech, may I suggest a dull panel is even worst? As with any great presentation, when opening a panel discussion, the […]
Read More...Do You Want Your Presentations to be Funnier?
Are your presentations lacking humor? The late John Kinde is remembered as a comedy mentor for many. Know for his skill with observational humor claimed his most frequently-asked question was, “How do I get to be funny?” After delivering a fun-filled, brilliantly-crafted presentation, an audience member referred to his Observational Humor monologue. “You certainly have […]
Read More...Want to Make Your Webinars More Exciting?
Be creative. Think Hollywood! Tell stories and give examples as you go through your program, the same way you would in person. However, your Webinar needs more visuals to help engage the audience. Use more slides than with an in-person presentation. Add bullet points one at a time as you “build.” Don’t present a list of all your points before you discuss them. Keep it simple, keep it moving, and interact often.
Read More...Emotional Connection with Eye Contact
We need to connect with our audiences emotionally and intellectually.
There are three ways to emotionally connect with your audience not matter how large or small your audience is.
Read More...How Long Should An Acceptance Speech Be?
Action star everyman Harrison Ford was honored with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, for “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field”-or more specifically, 35 movies over four decades, including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Witness, The Fugitive, and Patriot Games. He said,
Read More...Academy Awards Speeches Inspire If Good
Academy Awards Speeches Inspire If Good.
Most of course are not! However, if you have to give a speech this one may inspire you. I helped one of my clients prepare it. Look for good descriptive words, modesty, giving credit to those who came before.
The Boy Scouts Have It Right: Be Prepared
Read More...Robert and Patricia Fripp’s Favorite Grace
Brother learned this when he was in retreat with JG Bennet: All life is one and everything that lives is holy. Plants, animals and people all must eat to live and nourish one another. We bless the life that has died to give us food. Let us eat consciously, resolving by our labors to pay […]
Read More...Review by Lindsay Planner, Toronto All Music Guide Expert Review
“AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Innovation and Robert Fripp once again go hand in hand. Considered to be one of rock’s more enigmatic figures, Fripp has authorized this series of cassette tapes containing over eight hours of live and spontaneous questions and answers featuring Fripp interacting with 11 different audiences who initially had come only to hear […]
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