Mar 28, 2019

Think rehearsal and preparation kills your spontaneity? This episode could change your mind — by showing you how rehearsal actually frees you to make spontaneous choices in the moment. Tips, techniques... and an excuse to use coloured highlighters. What more could you ask from a podcast?

Music: “Upbeat” by John...

Mar 26, 2019

This episode, we pivot from speechwriting to speaking itself. And we start with the single biggest way most speakers can level up: authentic performance.

Links: Steal the Show by Michael Port is a smashing book on speaking and performance. I reviewed it a while back, and it's an easy book to recommend.

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Mar 21, 2019

How often have you asked for feedback with "let me know what you think"?

If you're trying to spark conversation, it isn't a bad gambit. But if you want actionable feedback on your speech, you need to use a much more focused approach. Here's how to ask the right person, for the right feedback, at the right time.

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Mar 19, 2019

Your speech has brought your audience on an emotional odyssey, and you've reached your narrative destination together. Now's the time to invite them to continue the journey themselves—with a powerful call to action and conclusion.

And you can do it in four steps: challenge, call, recipe and reward. Here's how.

Mar 14, 2019

...Wait, what?

By all means, meet — or beat — your audience's expectations for what they'll get out of your speech. But not for what you put into it. Here's how to be surprising... and unpredictable, but reliable.

Music: "Upbeat" by John Luc Hefferman. Used under a Creative Commons license.