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Nick discusses how to avoid a PR disaster with bestselling author Eric Yaverbaum

Eric Yaverbaum is the bestselling author of 7 seven books and Chairman of New York City-based Ericho Communications. Learn More: https://www.ericyaverbaum.com/

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Speakers Need Community!

In this post I want to address directly a tribe of people that don’t always know they are part of a tribe:  professional speakers. Yours is a lonely profession. Any given week you rise early, drive to the airport, catch a flight (multiple legs) to a remote location, and hole up in a hotel room ...

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Nick talks to CEO of Your Marketing Bo McDonald about the impact of tech in marketing.

Bo McDonald is President of Your Marketing Company and exists to change passionate people by providing opportunities to use their gifts. Learn More: https://yourmarketing.co/

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Nick talks to brand strategist Kristen Hartnagel about how to build a speaker brand

Kristen Hartnagel is a professional speaker, a brand strategist with Brand Builders Group, and a personal coach. How does a speaker build a brand? Kristen has generously offered a free strategy session with speakers to see how it might impact their business. Got to: https://www.freebrandcall.com/kh to sign up. ...

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Empathy Is up to Us

Empathy is up to us. And it’s on the decline.  We have reason to be worried, certainly here in the United States, and I assume around the world as well, if the news is to be believed.  I was thinking about the endangered status of empathy on a long drive to visit family on the ...

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How to Structure a Speech or Presentation

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a proponent of the Ancient Greeks’ way of thinking about organizing a speech known as the “problem-solution” method.  There are two versions of this speech structure, as follows: The Basic Problem-Solution Structure.  Since I believe that the opportunity to persuade an audience is the only ...

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What Should You Do About Filler Words and Sounds?

In this blog post I’m delighted to talk to teammate Jessica Cooper, who helps both speakers and singers develop strong, confident, compelling voices.    “Actually, it’s like, really, you know. . . .” Are you a user of filler words?  Almost everyone – except the heaviest users of them – agree that they are annoying. ...

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Nick talks to business coach and keynote speaker John Israel aka ‘Mr Thank You’

John Israel is affectionately known as 'Mr. Thank You' by thousands of people around the world, because of a gratitude project he started in 2016 that caught fire globally.  He's also a coach and a keynote speaker. Learn More: https://mrthankyou.com/

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Do Boomers Really Exist? What About Millennials?

Are there real differences between the generations, and do we need to treat Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers all differently?  Certainly, there has been lots of ink spilled and pixels patterned to suggest that each of the generations has different attitudes toward work and life, and therefore needs to be communicated with differently ...

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What About the 10,000-hour Rule — Is It Still a Thing?

You’re probably familiar with the so-called 10,000-hour rule, the idea that what it takes – and all it takes – to master something, like golf or public speaking is to spend 10,000 hours practicing.  And you probably know that Malcolm Gladwell, expert storyteller, popularized the figure in his book Outliers, based on some student violinists’ ...

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