We’ve all been there - cringing in our seats - thinking “Will this ever end?”. Yes, it’s the speaker from hell. Maybe they’ve got great content - even lessons we haven’t heard before. But their delivery is so finger-nails-on-chalkboard bad we’re… Continue reading
How to Keep Your Audience Leaning In
I was speaking to my BOS-Community members this week about the emotional roller coaster your audience goes through. It’s a good thing. Just like a great movie, you don’t want your audience at a peaked state for long. You also… Continue reading
A Quick Easy Way to get Any Audience to Take Action
There’s a moment in every speech when the audience can smell the barn. The break is 10 minutes away, the bathroom is calling, and you are about to wrap up. I know it too and for too many years I… Continue reading
Why the Opening to your Speech Sucks
You’ve just been introduced, the room is silent—this is your moment. You step on stage. You know the first few minutes of any speech are critical—you need to grab the audience. And then it happens - blank stares. But it… Continue reading
Get More Speaking Referrals with the ‘One Thing’ Question
You were brilliant! The audience leaned in for each point and scribbled your clever tweetables - heck you even finished 2 minutes early. Now it’s time to get referrals—you know, the stuff that puts food on the table. Of course, you… Continue reading
Should you share your best stuff on the Internet?
You work hard for what you know. As an author, public speaker, seminar leader, blogger, or coach, ideas are money. And then there’s social media - the wide-mouth, gaping suck-hole of content. Social media is where ideas gets shared. Holding… Continue reading
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