This quick talk tip will help you avoid the pitfalls that stop most speakers from realising their dream to become a professional, paid speaker. If you have that dream, then listen up. In this show I’m covering: The brutal truth about speaking

A Powerful Way to Raise Your Speaking Profile with Elliot Kay

22 days ago 50m 16s

How can you get the edge as a professional speaker? What can you do to make yourself more marketable? Well today on the show, my guest Elliot Kay, will be sharing valuable insights on how to achieve just that through The Speaker Awards. Elliot

Making National Security Meaningful with David Van Bennekum

29 days ago 1h 2m

When I met David Van Bennekum on Linked In and he told me he’d written a self-help book on National Security, I thought ‘That’s a bit unusual, followed by blimey he’s got some guts … that’s a challenging topic’. My curiosity was well and truly

License to Thrill… Your Audience

Mar 21st, 2024 21m 32s

The other day I had a talk planning call with a potential client, and he said: “I just want to get consistent results. Sometimes I start my talk and I can feel the energy shift, and I know I’ve engaged them. But other times, I just can’t get th

[Quick Tip] Why You Need to Think Like the Victim Not the Hero - 284

Mar 7th, 2024 17m 57s

Quick tips to build your speaking confidence, skills, impact, business or engaging talk content. These tips originate from issues that come up for students, and questions from my audience. If you want to get your question answered DM me on Inst

Making Your Brand Uniquely You with Becky Benfield-Humberstone - 283

Feb 22nd, 2024 57m 46s

Not too long ago I heard one of the gurus in my space say that one of the big factors in his success is that when everyone else ‘zigs’, he ‘zags’. You can see ‘zigging’ going on all around you, suddenly everyone wants to be a neurodiversity exp

[Quick Tip] How to Show Authority Without Shoving it in People’s Faces 282

Jan 30th, 2024 22m 46s

Itunes Summary (45 Words): Quick tips to build your speaking confidence, skills, impact, business or engaging talk content. These tips originate from issues that come up for students, and questions from my audience. If you want to get your ques

Karmic Selling - How to Win Big and Feel Good with Stan Gwizdak

Jan 18th, 2024 57m 13s

Most of us have experienced sales ‘tactics’, and likely we’ve either recoiled against them and scarpered (physically or digitally), or have gone ahead with our needed purchase, even though a little bit of shine has worn off the relationship wit

Protecting Your Ass-ets with Heather Pearce-Campbell - 280

Jan 5th, 2024 1h 9m

SUMMARY: Getting a clear understanding of how to properly protect the IP and assets you’ve created as a speaker can be a struggle. But doing nothing could leave you and your business at risk. Worry no more, that’s where my guest Heather Pearce-

The Person You Should be Role Modelling for Success in 2024

Dec 28th, 2023 16m 7s

As we leave 2023 behind and start making our plans for 2024, I’d like to offer you some suggestions for tools and techniques which you might want to add into your planning process. These have worked to help me achieve my goals in the past and h

[Quick Tip] Lead with the Problem

Dec 21st, 2023 12m 3s

I had a similar issue come up with two clients this week, and it’s a mistake I see people making regularly, not just with their speaking, but in other critical content too. This mistake can result in people not paying attention to you, lost bus

Stop Being Humble and Step into Your Power with Lisa Bragg - 277

Dec 14th, 2023 1h 4m

SUMMARY Is it possible to brag in a way that attracts people to you, rather than turning them off? Lisa Bragg, author of Bragging Rights believes so, and she is here to redefine bragging and share exactly how to do it the right way. SHOW NO

[Quick Tip] Talking About the Plane vs. Talking About the Pain - 276

Dec 7th, 2023 11m 56s

Dare to be Different with Kyla Skinner

Nov 23rd, 2023 53m 29s

How often, when it comes to writing in your business, has the blank page beaten you? I’ve seen so many people get stopped, or never share what they have written because they don’t think it’s good enough, or they are worried about being judged.

The Art of Explanation with Ros Atkins

Nov 10th, 2023 1h 12m

It’s often said that the real experts are the ones that can make the complex easy to understand, and Ros Atkins is an expert on making things easy to understand … so I guess that would make him the expert’s expert! As a journalist, and BBC New

The Epic Journey to the Stage with Jamie McAnsh - 273

Oct 27th, 2023 1h 11m

Waking up paralysed in 2014 completely turned Jamie McAnsh’s life upside down. He lost his job, and his independence, but he was determined to forge a new path and purpose for his life. That included becoming a top disabled athlete, and fulfi

[Quick Tip] Commit to the Hook of Your Talk

Oct 20th, 2023 18m 51s

One of the most important parts of your talk is the opening, because you have to grab the attention of your audience and show why the talk is relevant for them. What I’ve noticed recently with some of my clients, is that their ‘hook’, (or ‘ligh

Getting the Slide Advantage with Philippa Leguen de Lacroix

Oct 7th, 2023 1h 5m

Still one of the most prolific tools around, Powerpoint can literally make or break your presentation, depending on how you use it. That’s why I wanted to get Philippa Leguen de Lacroix on the show. She started life employed as a graphic desig

[Quick Tip] How to Downsize Your Keynote - 270

Sep 13th, 2023 11m 39s

This quick talk tip is in response to a situation one of my client’s found herself in, that could be an obstacle for you too. In this show I’m covering: Why you need to be able to flex your talk. Why it works How I used it and you can see it

Decoding Audience Sophistication: Tailoring Talks for Maximum Impact

Sep 5th, 2023 22m 22s

It wasn’t until I embarked on my marketing, influencing and sales odyssey, that I discovered the concept of ‘audience sophistication’ as I call it. It’s something I’ve often shared with marketing clients, but although I used it myself in my ta

Increase Your Speaking Impact by Creating a ‘Push and Pull’ Talk

Aug 24th, 2023 16m 8s

As a speaker you need to be like the director of a movie, using your talk content and delivery to captivate the audience. Your talk should contain moments that challenge them, make them ponder, create desire and yearning and move them towards y

Telling Stories and Creating Legacies with Jo Gatford

Jul 7th, 2023 58m 14s

As you may know in addition to teaching people how to become awesome speakers, I am a writer, and that’s how I first discovered Jo Gatford. I was writing my second play, and needed some concentrated time to focus on getting it written, queue Wr

How to Overcome Skepticism and Increase Audience Buy-In

Jun 29th, 2023 27m 9s

With technology now able to doctor images, people and chatbots pretending to be who they’re not and the advent of fake news, it might feel like it’s going to be harder than ever before to get people to believe new ideas. That doubt can hold us

Becoming a Magnetic Speaker with Tina Bakehouse

May 18th, 2023 1h 5m

Adding the label of speaker to your bio is becoming more common, but calling yourself a speaker and actually being able to deliver your message in a way that educates, inspires and motivates are two very different things. There are lots of peo

Live Well and Make Sales Every Day with Ross O’Lochlainn

May 12th, 2023 1h 28m

Ross O’Lochlainn is a former engineer-turned-copywriter who has blended his talent for problem solving and building systems with his ability to engage an audience with his storytelling flair. The result of this combination is a new way of look