How to Knock Your Speech Out of the Park (2 of 6)

To be a persuasive speaker, you need to knock your speech out of the park. To help you remember this, use the acronym: SPEECH. In the first article, S is for Storytelling and how to be a great storyteller.

P is for Passion.

 

You cannot have too much passion. Passion drives you. [...]

Empowering Words: The Speech After the Speech

The Speech

On Monday I had a speaking engagement. I had been at a seminar all weekend and I completely forgot about it. Normally my Mondays are dedicated to working on my book. So there I was, in my pajamas at my computer leisurely responding to emails, when all of a sudden I noticed [...]

How to Get More Leads From Every Speech

Public speaking will get you more clients and more leads. Let me show you how. Take out a piece of paper and write LEADS vertically down the page. This will be an acronym that will help you to remember why public speaking is right for you.

L stands for Leverage

Public speaking lets you [...]

Turn Your Passion Into Profits Every Time You Speak

To turn your passion into profits, speak about what you love. Passion translates to others. They can see it. We’ve all heard speakers who don’t have passion about their topic. We wonder why they are speaking at all. There was a student of mine who sold energy drinks and was very lackadaisical in his [...]

Put A Spring Back In Your Speech

As summer approaches, I am already nostalgic for Spring. I love Spring. It’s like everything is fresh and new. The flowers come out, the breeze is warm, and it’s really beautiful here in Southern California. All over the world, Spring is about renewal and coming alive—a fresh new start.

It got me thinking. How [...]

How to Raise the Dead and Turn Your Audience into Live Listeners

I’m hooked on the new television show, “The Walking Dead,” which is about the end of the world with zombies in it. To me, it’s a show about relationships; about what happens when things get tough and people pull together to survive. But it’s also about zombies.

Have you ever spoken in front of [...]

Rich Speaker, Poor Speaker

Happy New Year. It’s time to step up and take massive action toward growing your business through public speaking.

This year resolve to become a rich speaker! A rich speaker gets their message out to the world, creates change and really makes a difference. A poor speaker–well, a poor speaker stays poor and makes [...]

What to Do When Things Go Wrong During Your Speech

Murphy’s Law states—whatever can go wrong, does. This is true even when you speak. The good news is, knowing what might go wrong ahead of time will help you to know how to handle it.

If Murphy does shows up on the scene, never let your audience see you sweat! Never [...]

7 Key Ways to Become a Persuasive Speaker

Would you like to become a more powerful persuader? People need help and you can help them by showing them where they could be, or where their business could be–all through speaking. Here are 7 Keys to overcome your fear of public speaking and bring you success.

Number 1: Build rapport with our audience.

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The day I met motivational speaker, Les Brown

The number one benefit of public speaking is that it positions you as an expert. And we all like to buy from experts. [...]