Category: Speaking
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The Oratium Public Speaking Method, Quantified
If you want to earn more accolades, net bigger fees, and land better bookings as a public speaker, then you need to become a better public speaker. I’ve taken a variety of public speaking courses and trainings over the years: Dale Carnegie, Toastmasters, NLP, and many others. Almost all public speaking training focuses on the…
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The danger of hard selling during your conference presentation
Few things irritate me like a conference session that turns into a sales pitch for the presenter. I don’t mind a quick plug at the beginning or the end, or a relevant case study that shows how you accomplished something as long as I can learn from it, too. I get it; I work for…
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How to make interactive, annotated slides live on stage
At Salesforce Connections, I tried something new out that the audience liked: turning my slides into 21st century overheads. I prepared a workbook (which you can download here), but instead of just talking through slides, I was able to draw on them on screen. Here’s a quick demo: Now imagine this on the big screen,…
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Reading the Room: 5 Zones of Audience Attention
When you’re speaking, be it on stage, in a boardroom, or even with your colleagues at the water cooler, you’re likely to notice different levels of attention and engagement. I’ve noticed roughly 5 zones of attention and indicators about where people are: I don’t care: The audience simply doesn’t care. They don’t want to be…
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My crazy speaker prep process
I’m often asked how I prepare presentations and talks for public speaking. The answer has changed a lot over the past year, but my current process is the one I’m most happy with. First and foremost, I have to know that I have something people want to hear about. There are some topics that are…
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Will your speech be a success?
Lots of different public speaking programs claim the ability to help you be a successful speaker, to be able to make people love you and adore you. With the exception of Oratium (which is more about presentation architecture than on-stage charisma), I’ve not found any that address the fundamental flaw in most speaking programs. The…
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Upping my speaking game
Photo Credit: MarketingProfs Over the last two days, I had the opportunity to attend a training for public speakers with a coaching firm, Oratium, led in part by my friend Tamsen Webster. One of the things I’ve always struggled with as a public speaker is coming up with a winning architecture for my presentations. I…
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Become a better speaker by setting correct motivation
I was having dinner the other night with one of my coworkers, and we were discussing a talk I had delivered at a recent conference. During the course of the conversation, I related one of the biggest breakthroughs I had as a speaker that totally changed public speaking for me. In the beginning of my…
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The Secret to Not Giving Away Your Secrets While Speaking
In the previous post, we talked about how to get at the secrets being shown in conferences in order to reap value for your company’s products or services. Let’s look at the flip side of that coin: suppose you’re presenting and you want to share your successes, but not give away the secret sauce of…
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