I loved playing Mad Libs as a kid. All you needed to do was fill in the blanks with different parts of speech to create a hysterical story. While this was great fun for me and my mom many moons ago, if you want to book more speaking gigs, you should never use a formula to create your presentation.  

Today, we explore:

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Speakers get obsessed about solving the wackiest things. What should I do with my hands? How do I stop saying “so”? Blue or black suit? (Neither, you want color!)

Answers to these questions can help you get better, but none of them are the most important thing to raise the bar on your presentations. To create an epic experience for your audience you need to create a remarkable presentation.

We get down to business in today’s episode and discuss:

• What remarkable presentations look like (Hint: It’s a presentation only YOU can give!)
• How to develop a remarkable presentation that converts well, gets you more speaking gigs and gets you paid what you’re worth
• How to be bold, audacious and a risk-taker to get your audience to take action

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.  Your Unfair Speaking Advantage
2. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group

Speakers get obsessed about solving the wackiest things. What should I do with my hands? How do I stop saying “so”? Blue or black suit? (Neither, you want color!)

Answers to these questions can help you get better, but none of them are the most important thing to raise the bar on your presentations. To create an epic experience for your audience you need to create a remarkable presentation.

We get down to business in today’s episode and discuss:

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While we might think variety is the spice of life, it turns out that too much variety can paralyze your audience into no action at all. Many speakers make the same mistake with their calls to action. In the excitement to be all things to everybody, they speak about the oodles of things they can do for their clients and audiences. While there is no doubt about their talent and skill-set, they are not effectively moving their audience to “yes.”

In today’s episode, we will delve into:

• Why you need to streamline your call to action for each presentation and not tell your audience ALL the things you can do for them
• Why too many options leaves your audience confused and they default to doing nothing at all
• How to determine the one natural next step that you can take with your audience to make a deeper connection

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.   The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group
2.   Your Unfair Speaking Advantage 
3.   Get to Yes

While we might think variety is the spice of life, it turns out that too much variety can paralyze your audience into no action at all. Many speakers make the same mistake with their calls to action. In the excitement to be all things to everybody, they speak about the oodles of things they can do for their clients and audiences. While there is no doubt about their talent and skill-set, they are not effectively moving their audience to “yes.”

In today’s episode, we will delve into:

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There are many people who could make a huge difference in the world. They have the talent and the message to share. But these talented people remain invisible to the audiences that need them most, because they keep making a critical mistake that continues to cost them speaking opportunities. They haven’t developed their signature speech.

In today’s episode, we will explore:

• The three reasons why you need to have a signature speech
• Why marketing yourself to land a speaking gig should happen only after you develop a signature speech
• Why re-creating the wheel for each speaking invitation dilutes your message

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.   The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group
2.   Nilofer Merchant, “How Can I Be a Speaker, Like You?”

There are many people who could make a huge difference in the world. They have the talent and the message to share. But these talented people remain invisible to the audiences that need them most, because they keep making a critical mistake that continues to cost them speaking opportunities. They haven’t developed their signature speech.

In today’s episode, we will explore:

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We’re going to pull the last three episodes together and tie them up in a pretty bow to create your unfair speaking advantage. Be sure to listen to episodes TRSP 19, TRSP 20 and TRSP 21 first, so that you have the building blocks in place to create a statement for speaking success that can serve as the basis of your signature talk. After today’s episode, you will have one statement that describes how you’re different and why someone should have you come speak to their organization.

We’ll discuss:

• The three questions that are the building blocks: rant or rave, adjective that describes your unique value and how your audience will change after hearing your speak
• How to take a Mad Libs approach to craft your unfair speaking advantage
• The best way to leverage your unfair speaking advantage in your marketing

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.    The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group
2.   Get the Discover Your Unfair Speaking Advantage blueprint

We’re going to pull the last three episodes together and tie them up in a pretty bow to create your unfair speaking advantage. Be sure to listen to episodes TRSP 19, TRSP 20 and TRSP 21 first, so that you have the building blocks in place to create a statement for speaking success that can serve as the basis of your signature talk. After today’s episode, you will have one statement that describes how you’re different and why someone should have you come speak to their organization.

We’ll discuss:

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As the next piece of the speaking gig puzzle, we delve into the reason you want to be a speaker (and to get paid to do it). But, as you’ve come to expect from the Communication Rebel, we’re going to turn this discussion on its head so you can stand out in the crowded marketplace to achieve speaking success.

In today’s show, we take another step deeper into my signature process to uncover your unfair speaking advantage. We’ll explore:

• How it’s critical to get clear on the vision you hold for the audience, because they are the most important people in the room
• Why you must be a giver rather than a taker
• The three possible results you can help your audience achieve and why you must change your audience to make an impression
• How to find the result that you and only you can give your audience

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.  The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group
2.    Get the Discover Your Unfair Speaking Advantage blueprint