Have you ever wanted to be a clown? Better yet, as a speaker, do you want to be able to use the essence of a clown so you can more deeply engage your audiences? My guest, Don Colliv er, shows you how you can better communicate through the power of authenticity, listening, and play, or what he calls the Secrets of Clown.

Takeaways

- How clowns relate to public speaking

- How you can engage better with their audiences

- What to do when things don't go as expected

- What to do to deal with nerves

- Whether you should add humor to your presentations

- Discover the key to clown presence

Resources

- https://www.DonColliver.com/

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

Do you want to wow your audiences? Would doing so help you stand apart from other speakers? Would it help you and your message be more effective and more memorable? In this episode, my guest, Ronny Leber, tells you how you can create what he calls Magic Moments so you can WOW your audiences.

Takeaways

- Discover the most important thing when speaking in public

- Hear the most common mistakes inexperienced speakers make and how to avoid them

- What magic moments are and how to create them

- Learn the key to WOWing your audience

- Preparing for speaking gigs, especially if you are just starting out

Resources

- https://www.RonnyLeber.com/

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

Do you want to be a speaker? That's great! Do you want to be a paid speaker? Well, that's different. In this episode, my guest, Grant Baldwin, explains how you can use his SPEAK Framework to become a paid speaker and build a profitable speaking business.

Takeaways

- Hear how the SPEAK framework helps you build your speaking business

- Why you should treat speaking business as a business

- Learn how you can get more opportunities to speak and get paid to speak

- Know what you should take into consideration when speaking for free

- Discover your two most important marketing assets

Resources

- TheSpeakerLab.com

- The Speaker Lab Podcast

- The Successful Speaker - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801094089

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

When you're developing presentations, how much thought do you give to being persuasive? Any? Well, you should because just about every time you deliver a presentation, you're attempting to persuade someone to buy what you're selling, whether it's a product or service or an idea, belief, proposition, or other concepts. So, if you want to be more persuasive when speaking, listen in as my guest, Bryan Rutberg, explains how you can make this a reality.

Takeaways

- Discoverhree things you should do before your presentations

- Learn if one is more important than the others

- Is being persuasive manipulative?

- How you can tell if your persuasiveness is working?

- In which environments being persuasive works

- Hear examples of how this works and those where it hasn't

Resources

- BryanRutberg.com

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanrutberg/

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

Are you active on LinkedIn? If you are, are you leveraging your presence to get leads, or like many, have you merely included your basic job information, such as companies, titles, and employment dates? No matter how you're utilizing the platform, listen in and discover how Daniel Alfon says you can increase your exposure, credibility, and your business with a change in mindset and a few tweaks to your profile.

Takeaways

- Why you should treat your profile like a website, not a cv.

- Learn what is perhaps the most important part of your profile.

- Should you focus on your company page or your individual profile?

- Discover the upside and downside of connecting with many people you don't really know.

- How often you should share on the platform.

Resources

DanielAlfon.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfon/

Create a LinkedIn Profile Headline That Sells - https://www.danielalfon.com/#freebie

The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

Are keynotes dead? Not necessarily. Yet my guest, Katja Schleicher, explains how it's time to put to rest the keynote as we know it. She believes today's audiences are looking for a different engagement and delivery style. So, listen in and hear how you might change your perspective on what a keynote is and how you can offer it to your audiences.

Takeaways

- Why keynotes are dying

- How things will be different in 2023

- Are stories as important as everyone says?

- Do we have a tendency to overrefine our stories?

- Why do we put our audiences in the dark?

- Why is interaction from a stage seen differently from interaction in a breakout?

- Why your presentation should be like custom clothing

- The part of your talk that provides the opportunity to be a moderator as well

- How things might change when speaking in other countries

- How to serve and assist meeting planners

- The benefits of being easy to work with

Resources

- https://www.KatjaSchleicher.com/

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/interviewtraining/

- https://www.youtube.com/user/katjaschleicher

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

This morning, when you were brushing your teeth or hair, did you look into the mirror and say to yourself, "Casey, I hope you are perfectly average today?" Probably not. I hope not! Yet, by definition, many of us will be perfectly average today. I'm not here to assert that you should 10X, 5X, or even 3X your efforts every day. However, I do suggest that you at least take advantage of small opportunities to be above average when they present themselves. Case in point:

Resources

The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

When it comes to connecting with your audience, how important are the pitch and tone of your voice? Are they serving you well, or are they undermining your success? In this episode, you learn from voice coach Susan Murphy why your voice matters, how it may be holding you back from truly connecting with your audience, and how you can find your authentic voice.

Takeaways

- Why your voice matters

- What's more important, voice or picture?

- Why speakers are not focusing on their voice

- How you could benefit from a voice coach

- How your voice may be holding you back

- Why you may have a voice that is not authentic

- How to find your authentic voice

- Why connecting with your audience matters

Resources

- SusanMurphyVOSOT.com

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

Have you questioned your own qualifications when doing something? For instance, have you ever asked yourself, "Who am I to be standing on stage speaking about this topic?" Or, "Will the audience see that I'm not THE expert when it comes to this subject?" Or perhaps, "Should I be the one leading this group?" If so, you may be experiencing impostor syndrome, and you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. In this episode, Sheryl Anjanette, author of "The Impostor Lies Within," explains why impostor syndrome is so prevalent and how you can deal with it so it no longer holds you back or weighs on your mind.

Takeaways

- Could you be suffering from impostor syndrome?

- Why you needn't feel alone if you suffer from impostor syndrome

- How we often disguise impostor syndrome

- When the pendulum swings the other way

- Why you shouldn't normalize impostor syndrome

- When we begin developing the foundation of impostor syndrome

- A powerful mindset to develop

- Should you fake it until you make it?

- The first thing you should do to overcome your impostor syndrome

Resources

- https://www.sherylanjanette.com

- https://www.sherylanjanette.com/quiz

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

Whether you're an aspiring speaker or an established one, what currency do you hold that you can convert beyond speaking? Do you have other opportunities that help you solve your clients' and listeners' problems, and how does your brand help you do that? My guest, Mary Henderson, is here to help you answer these questions and see what other opportunities are waiting for you to unpack and implement.

Takeaways

- How being a transformational leader matters now and in the future

- The power of a pull strategy when it comes to your marketing and branding

- The key word for your brand's success

- Using the currency you already possess

Resources

- MaryHenersonCoaching.com

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC)