In this episode Cindy and Jason welcome international speaker and publicist Jill Lublin.

Jill talks about helping messengers and speakers craft their own personal story so that they can get noticed and get their message out.

Cindy and Jason end with a listener question on how to cut your talk short if you become short on time.

In this kinky and and extremely deep episode, Cindy and Jason are joined by award-winning speaker and former dominatrix Dana Pharant.

Dana talks about the importance of presence and showing up naturally and powerfully. Discussion runs from the importance of being intimate with an audience, dropping into your body, eye contact, vulnerability and more.

In this insightful and off-the-wall episode, Cindy and Jason look at unlikely resources that will make you a better speaker and performer.

 Discussion runs from observing people on transit, to personality assessments, books on old carnival performers, movies about religious evangelists and much more!

Jason and Cindy welcome Natsuyo Lipschutz, a cross-cultural communications expert who explains how to be both understood and respected by Asian audiences, particularly Japanese.

They discuss the differences between high-context and low-context cultures, plus the importance of body language and reading your audience before you get on stage.

Cindy and Jason are joined by popular magician and keynote speaker Keith Brown. Topics include the importance of stagecraft, audience connection, learning from other entertainment disciplines and more.

Find Keith at http://absolutemagic.ca

Cindy and Jason end the show by taking a listener question about how to do short and concise videos .

Jason is doing a free live web-series over the next few months that can help you. http://greatbusinessvideos.com

Our Top FIve Ways To Tell Better Stories episode was a big hit, so we decided to do a sequel, including more advanced tips on telling great stories within your talk.

Cindy and Jason discuss the importance of story structure.

They also discuss how to spice up stories with scenes, dialogue, and tension, plus how to introduce time travel into your stories for maximum effectiveness.

In this latest “Top Five” episode, Cindy and Jason discuss the top five vocal techniques to magnetize your audience.

Cindy talks about the importance of breathing and physical relaxation as well as offering some practical suggestions on how to improve both.

We then move on to speaking about vocal vibrancy and word accentuation as well as varying the tempo of your speech.

As a bestselling author, and Certified Speaking Professional Charmaine has had tremendous success in finding corporate sponsors to fund her speaking and book projects/events/tours including her printing, graphic design, venues, travel, media, technology, hotels, even  her pet food and dog poop bags! 

To round out the show, Cindy and Jason respond to a listener question and share tips on how to keep your voice strong during long talks and day-long workshops.

Cindy and Jason welcome international keynote speaker and financial expert Jane Blaufus.

Jane talks about how to address difficult talk topics using the power of stories, how to handle A/V mix-ups, and how to do keynotes properly. She also shares information on how she prepares for high impact speaking engagements with some of the world’s largest corporations.

Finally, Cindy and Jason top the show off by answering a listener question about how to best memorize and internalize your talk.

Jason Reid welcomes a former long-time TV collaborator - Broadcaster, Coach and Video Consultant Sheryl Plouffe. Sheryl discusses her years of TV performance wisdom with Cindy and Jason.

They talk about speaking from the heart and the importance of knowing your message as opposed to knowing a script.

Sheryl also talks about how to create videos to brand yourself as an expert and how to do it in an easy and authentic fashion.