Sep 6, 2023 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Business Presentations, Leadership Skills, Persuasion, Presentation Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Virtual Presentations
Imagine a group of people floating on small rafts down a river. The water flow is calm and smooth. It’s a serene experience that leaves them relaxed and comfortable. In the speaking world, this is the equivalent of delivering a talk that’s predictable, requires...Aug 30, 2023 | Leadership Skills, Marketing, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Storytelling
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin utters a famous line, “ABC… Always Be Closing.” It’s memorable and a decades-old mantra in the sales profession, but there’s a problem: In the long run, it doesn’t work! Yes, salespeople sold a lot of products and...
Jul 25, 2023 | Executive Speaking, Leadership Skills, Presentation Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make your Point
Professional speakers primary goal is to engage, educate, and inspire our audiences, with some entertainment mixed in. With this in mind, it’s important to make our audiences feel good and uplifted when we speak, right? Are you sure about that? It seems...
May 1, 2023 | Persuasion, Presentation Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Storytelling, Tell a Story, Make your Point
Do you have to present intangible ideas that can be difficult for people to grasp? How do you present them so that people understand and don’t get confused by the details? I was a financial advisor for 29 years. We had to discuss concepts like rates of return,...
Apr 24, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Speaking Tip, Speaking Tools, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make your Point
You’ve probably heard about the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in language processing, data analysis, and machine learning. One specific AI, ChatGPT, is proficient in text generation, enabling users to receive quick and accurate answers to their questions. It has...
Apr 19, 2023 | Presentation Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Success
In our last post, you read about the importance of bad days to help you succeed. (If you missed the post, CLICK HERE to read it) The occasional off-day can be frustrating. But, what do you do when you have a series of tough days and it feels like they’ll never...