The Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking

A load of old rubbish, or the secret to unlocking everything you've ever hoped and dreamed of?

Those are the two sorts of reactions that you get when the subjects of 'Manifestation' and 'The Law of Attraction' come up.

Like many, I watched 'The Secret' and was ever so slightly skeptical that if I visualised a Maserati turning up in my garage it would happen … (I actually don't have a garage, so I would have been doubly impressed!) But over the past two years I've been actively exploring the Law of Attraction and manifestation and I've had results with it that I can't ignore… that's why I wanted to bring Andrew Kap onto the show.

Andrew is the author of "The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need To Read" and it offers readers a different take on it from the usual books you'll find. It addresses WHY people who get excited about trying it still can't manage to get in the habit of using these methods for just five minutes a day.

The book has enjoyed continued success, including over 1,500 five-star rave reviews, #1 Best Seller status in multiple categories on Amazon, and a growing YouTube channel devoted to it.

I'm getting the low down on his work and how he manages skeptical audiences too!

Whatever your current position on it, I hope you'll listen with an open mind to what he has to say … you never know it might change your life!

What you'll learn:

• How Andrew discovered the Law of Attraction and how he used it when his life fell apart.
• The results he's personally experienced using it in his life and business.
• Why we consistently fail to get results in different areas of our lives, even though we know exactly what we need to be doing.
• How Andrew was taking a risk when he chose the title of his book.
• Why Andrew didn't include many stories or social proof in his book.
• How Andrew presents this topic to a cold audience to give his message the best chance of landing.
• Why you don't need to believe in it or care about the Law of Attraction for it to work.
• The side benefits of practicing gratitude in your life.
• The biggest obstacle to people getting results using the Law of Attraction in their life and business.
• Why you should let go of the 'when' and the 'how' and surrender to enjoying the experience of living in the future you want right now.
• How mindfulness and the Law of Attraction are connected.
• The 'Time Lapse' method that Andrew used to bring abundance into his life and how to use it.
• The five minute gratitude tool that can get you results in just five minutes a day.
• Why there's no way to do these techniques wrong if you're having fun.
• The 'Story Scripting' and 'Instant Replay' methods that can make you the movie director of your life.
• How Andrew uses speaking and storytelling build his audience and get his message out there.
• How your ego is keeping you from succeeding with the Law of Attraction and in other parts of your life or business.
• Why you shouldn't be looking for a perfect life.

All things Andrew:

https://www.lastlawofattractionbook.com

https://www.youtube.com/andrewkap

http://www.instagram.com/andrewkapinsta

Books:

What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thespeakingclub/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/challenge

https://www.facebook.com/SarahArcherSpeak/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.standoutpitch.com

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If you feel that there is a gap between where you are with your speaking and where you want to be, then chances are this show will give you an insight into what might be causing it and how to begin closing it.

That's because in this episode, I'm going to be sharing how I believe you need to 'be' as a speaker, if you're going to use speaking to successfully build your audience, business or movement.

The greatest speakers, those who light up the space and the audience, have four things in common. They are natural, inspiring, compelling and engaging… NICE. I believe that being a NICE speaker is something that is within everyone's grasp, but some people sabotage themselves before they've had a chance to fulfil their potential.

That's why I'm going to be sharing the things that can sabotage your success and those that can make you soar.

What you'll discover:

• The complementary episodes.
• A breakdown of each NICE element and what that looks like in real life.
• The four 'M's that can sabotage you and what is at the core of them.
• The four 'P's that can make you soar and what is underpinning them.
• The three things that will bridge any gaps between where you are and where you want to be as a speaker.

Enjoy!

Other Episodes:

Episode 118 – Is Your 'Content Flow' Causing Your Audience to Switch Off?

Episode 135 – Have You Got The Most Desirable Attributes of a Great Speaker?

Resources:

Join the Next Snackable Story Challenge

The Stand Out Pitching Bootcamp

The Speaking Club Facebook Group

The Speaking Club 'Live' Membership

Grab your copy of Straight to the Top - How to Create and Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch

Grab your copy of Cracking Speech Mate - How to Add Humour to Make You An Amazing Speaker

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.storyledmarketing.com

https://www.ratethispodcast.com/tsc

https://www.hotflushrebels.com

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My life and business revolve around stories… in my downtime I love reading, watching and listening to them, and in my business, I tell, teach and write them. But it's not just my life that stories impact… they underpin the fabric of all of our cultures, religions and societies, and they can bypass defences, connect with us, and build bridges like nothing else can.

Whilst the power of stories has always been there, it feels like their potential is just being realised in the world of business and I think it's true to say that if you are not using them yet in your business to market your products or services and build a relationship with your customers then you are missing a vital piece of the puzzle.

In my experience of working with clients both on the speaking coaching and the marketing side, there are two things that get in the way of people using stories. The first is not being clear on what is meant by story… and the second is doubting you have any interesting ones to share. In this show I want to tackle both of those barriers and move them out of the way for you.

Enjoy!

What you'll discover:

• The power of stories.
• Why stories are vital in speaking and marketing.
• The myth of creativity.
• The critical ingredients for creating stories that sell.
• What a story is and must do.
• Different story examples.

Enjoy!

Resources:

Join the Next Snackable Story Challenge

The Stand Out Pitching Bootcamp

The Speaking Club Facebook Group

The Speaking Club 'Live' Membership

Grab your copy of Straight to the Top - How to Create and Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch

Grab your copy of Cracking Speech Mate - How to Add Humour to Make You An Amazing Speaker

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.storyledmarketing.com

https://www.ratethispodcast.com/tsc

https://www.hotflushrebels.com

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If you're hustling day and night, but finding you've very little to show for it in terms of results, then don't worry you're not alone.

One of the biggest complaints you'll hear from people in business is that "there's not enough time in the day"... any yet many of us are wasting so much of it without even realising.

This can cause overwhelm, stress, anxiety and potentially burnout… and that's why I wanted to bring Catherine Gladwyn on this show.

She's an expert business mentor and multi-award winning #1 bestselling author of two business books. In 2018 The Independent newspaper listed her first book as one of ten best business books written by women and since then she has gone on to be featured in many national publications including The Guardian, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, etc.

Catherine has learnt through experience and necessity how to protect and value her time. That's because as well as enduring a recurring brain tumour, she also lives every day with Addison's disease.

After needing four months off in 2019, she has now designed and built her business so that if she ever needs surgery again, her business can continue on without her, keeping her finances and business presence secure.

In this show, she's not only sharing how to keep your business safe, but also how to grow by doing less.

What you'll learn:

• Why valuing Catherine's time became a necessity
• The difference between knowing what you need to earn and knowing your hourly rate.
• Why creating time boundaries is important, and where you should implement them first.
• The benefits of outsourcing.
• What you should outsource first and why.
• How Catherine uses a VA in her business to to accelerate her growth whilst minimising time and effort.
• What not to outsource.
• Why and how to find a replica of you.
• Tips on finding the right support.
• Advice on delegating and how to 'let go'.
• Why Catherine believes 'avatars' are overdone.
• Catherine's 20% rule - what is it and why you should care about it.

All things Catherine:

www.catherinegladwyn.co.uk

Facebook:

LinkedIn Personal Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/delegateva/

Book - The 20% Rule by Catherine Gladwyn

Book - How to be a Virtual Assistant by Catherine Gladwyn

Books:

Living with Addison's Disease

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thespeakingclub/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/challenge

https://www.facebook.com/SarahArcherSpeak/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.standoutpitch.com

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The news that you're going to have to do an interview presentation can result in a number of different reactions. Frustration and worry, overconfidence, or a complete meltdown that can even lead to withdrawing your application!

It's understandable why people can feel nervous, or cavalier about them. Often you get just a title, if you're lucky maybe a few lines of a brief, and if you're unlucky maybe you won't know what you've got to present on until you arrive at the interview.

Even in the best scenario, where you have a bit of a brief, it can feel like you have very little control, like you don't really know what they want and so you either get analysis paralysis or you decide to 'wing it'.

What I want to do in this show is to shift you away from these reactions, and show you a formula that you can apply to interview presentations.

Using these four steps will put you back in the driving seat, and build your confidence, so that you can be satisfied you gave it your best shot.

What you'll discover:

• How to mentally set yourself up for success.
• The lessons I learned from a golf psychologist that can help you too.
• The dots you need to connect between the job and the presentation.
• The universal preparation questions you need to ask yourself.
• The maths exam technique you need to apply to interview presentations.
• Tips for your interview presentation design.
• How to get the edge over the competition.

Enjoy!

Books:

Golf is not a Game of Perfect by dr Bob Rotella

Resources:

Join the Next Snackable Story Challenge

The Stand Out Pitching Bootcamp

The Speaking Club Facebook Group

The Speaking Club 'Live' Membership

Grab your copy of Straight to the Top - How to Create and Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch

Grab your copy of Cracking Speech Mate - How to Add Humour to Make You An Amazing Speaker

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.storyledmarketing.com

https://www.ratethispodcast.com/tsc

https://www.hotflushrebels.com

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After graduating with a degree in interpersonal communication, Brett Hill ended up becoming a technology expert, before bringing the two strands of technology and communication together to create a distinguished and successful career as a technical speaker and storyteller.

Alongside that career, Brett has spent many years studying and practicing mindfulness in many forms.

He studied Hakomi, a mindfulness-based somatic psychology with founder Ron Kurtz and he also trained as a facilitator in Matrix Leadership group dynamics with founder Amina Knowlan, before establishing the Quest institute meditation center in Dallas.

He credits much of his professional success in the corporate world to the skills and tools he picked up from the mindfulness world he also moved in.

Eventually, the desire to share the many benefits of mindfulness with others, so that they could live a richer and more powerful life of intention and connection, led to the work he does today.

I'm excited for you to discover some of those benefits from this interview.

What you'll learn:

• How Brett stumbled from a degree in interpersonal skills to becoming a technology expert.
• What a technical evangelist is.
• The broken heart that led Brett to find his future.
• Why we need to pay attention to the physical sensations we experience 'in the moment'.
• How we can diffuse potentially explosive situations and influence conversations by harnessing the power of mindfulness.
• The problem that Brett's work helps people solve.
• What it looks like and sounds like to others when someone is being truly present with them.
• How mindfulness can help you avoid confirmation bias and create new possibilities.
• The correlation between using language intentionally and mindfulness.
• The trap that many speakers fall into in relation to their audience.
• How to practice mindfulness in your day to day experiences.
• Tips for using mindfulness to make your presentations more powerful.

All things Brett:

[email protected]

https://www.languageofmindfulness.com

https://www.languageofmindfulness.com/tedx101

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/languageofmindfulness

Linked in personal Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindfulguy/

Linked in company page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/languageofmindfulness

Podcast: The Language of Mindfulness

Books:

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thespeakingclub/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/challenge

https://www.facebook.com/SarahArcherSpeak/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.standoutpitch.com

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Let's face it… on the surface some topics look dryer than the Sahara Desert… and a lot of people will get blocked from sharing their message because they struggle to see how they can make it interesting.

But I don't believe there's any subject that you can't make engaging for an audience.

So, if you've dreaded your turn to pitch at a networking meeting, or you've said "no" to speaking opportunities, or you've stopped yourself from doing a podcast, video or webinar because you think your subject is boring, then this is for you.

In this episode, I'm going to show you that anything can be made sexy, and how to do it.

What you'll discover:

• Why there are no boring subjects
• How you can make ordinary extraordinary
• The three laws involved in making a message go viral and how they apply to your speaking
• The four tools you can use to make any topic sexy
• Examples of making 'boring' subjects sexy

Enjoy!

Resources:

Framing Your Talks for Bigger Impact - 050

The Stand Out Pitching Bootcamp

The Speaking Club Facebook Group

Join the Next Snackable Story Challenge

The Speaking Club 'Live' Membership

Grab your copy of Straight to the Top - How to Create and Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch

Grab your copy of Cracking Speech Mate - How to Add Humour to Make You An Amazing Speaker

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.storyledmarketing.com

https://www.ratethispodcast.com/tsc

https://www.hotflushrebels.com

Books:

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

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There are some obvious benefits to improving your memory if you're a speaker, or you need to use speaking as part of your job or to grow your business. Remembering your content, people's names, complex information to name but a few… BUT besides these valuable advantages that improving your memory brings, there are other positives that make it a compelling goal.

That's why I am so pleased to have Dr. Anthony Metivier as a guest on this two-part show.

Anthony is an experienced memory expert, author, professor and memory improvement teacher, and is known as a bit of a rebel in the world of mnemonics, because of the different approach he advocates.

Since confronting his own negative beliefs about his memory, and seeing the amazing results he achieved, he has taught thousands of students in three different countries to achieve incredible results too.

What you'll discover:

• The difference between encoding and decoding in relation to memory, and why you should try and exercise all your different types of memory.
• What aphantasia is and why Anthony thinks it's a myth that causes a lot of unnecessary suffering.
• Why you shouldn't be afraid to share your opinions, and the benefits of being polarizing to grow your audience.
• Why it's important to know a bit of the science behind how memory methods work.
• Memory Palaces and how you can use them to improve your long term memory for learning languages and many other things.
• Anthony's three tips for helping you remember your talk.
• How Anthony used his memory methods to remember his TEDx.
• How speaking fits into Anthony's business model.
• Why changing the way he prepared for his talks helped Anthony's reach and impact.

All things Anthony:

Anthony's Magnetic Memory Method Masterclass

Anthony's FREE Memory Improvement Kit

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com

Podcast: The Magnetic Memory Method Podcast with Anthony Metivier

Youtube: Anthony Metivier's YouTube Channel

Twitter: Anthony Metivier (@AnthonyMetivier) | Twitter

Books:

Evolving Beyond Thought by Gary Webber

Happiness beyond Thought by Gary Webber

The Memory Code by Lynn Kelly

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thespeakingclub/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/challenge

https://www.facebook.com/SarahArcherSpeak/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.standoutpitch.com

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There are some obvious benefits to improving your memory if you're a speaker, or you need to use speaking as part of your job or to grow your business. Remembering your content, people's names, complex information to name but a few… BUT besides these valuable advantages that improving your memory brings, there are other positives that make it a compelling goal.

That's why I am so pleased to have Dr. Anthony Metivier as a guest on this two-part show.

Anthony is an experienced memory expert, author, professor and memory improvement teacher, and is known as a bit of a rebel in the world of mnemonics, because of the different approach he advocates.

Since confronting his own negative beliefs about his memory, and seeing the amazing results he achieved, he has taught thousands of students in three different countries to achieve incredible results too.

What you'll discover:

• That you don't have to be trapped by the current state of your mind and memory.
• Why Anthony describes himself as a rebel in the world of mnemonics.
• The flaw in memory techniques designed just to win competitions.
• The potential benefits of memory practice aside from remembering things.
• Why you should think about your mind as a garden.
• The epiphany that started Anthony on his own memory journey.
• The secret behind one of the oldest card tricks.
• Why memory techniques can have an impact on anxiety and depression.
• Why the Magnetic Memory Method is like a martial art of the mind.
• How using memory techniques can increase your creativity.
• What serial positioning is and how you can use it to help you and your audience remember the middle of your talk.
• The different types of memory and what they're for.

All things Anthony:

Anthony's Magnetic Memory Method Masterclass

Anthony's FREE Memory Improvement Kit

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com

Podcast: The Magnetic Memory Method Podcast with Anthony Metivier

Youtube: Anthony Metivier's YouTube Channel

Twitter: Anthony Metivier (@AnthonyMetivier) | Twitter

Books:

Evolving Beyond Thought by Gary Webber

Happiness beyond Thought by Gary Webber

The Memory Code by Lynn Kelly

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thespeakingclub/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk/challenge

https://www.facebook.com/SarahArcherSpeak/

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.standoutpitch.com

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It's going to be interesting to watch this year unfold, inevitably things will begin opening up again as the vaccine begins to turn the tide against COVID, but we all know that the landscape of business will not go back to the way it was.

The scrabble to shift online has birthed new professions, industries and communication platforms. It has also resulted in companies realising that there are significant economic benefits of automation, remote working and virtual communication...and they will be unlikely to want to give those up.

It also means that the way to reach your audience of potential customers has changed, and now more than ever you are going to need to see speaking as the number one marketing tool for your business.

In this show, I'll be sharing six big reasons why being able to both create and deliver compelling stories and content both 'live' and online, is more vital than ever if you want to grow your career or business.

What you'll discover:

• Why you can't afford to stay in the background anymore.
• Why speaking gets you the biggest bang for your buck.
• The quickest way to become an expert.
• Why speaking is the best way to sell gently.
• How speaking acts as an accelerant for action.
• Why now is the best time to invest in growing your speaking skills.

Enjoy!

Resources:

Book Your Space on the Next FREE Masterclass

The Stand Out Pitching Bootcamp

The Speaking Club Facebook Group

Join the Next Snackable Story Challenge

The Speaking Club 'Live' Membership

Grab your copy of Straight to the Top - How to Create and Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch

Grab your copy of Cracking Speech Mate - How to Add Humour to Make You An Amazing Speaker

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

https://www.storyledmarketing.com

https://www.ratethispodcast.com/tsc

https://www.hotflushrebels.com

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