Passionately Speaking Blog
How People and the Event Industry Has Changed
This is an early 2023 update… Events have changed, including live events. I organize an event each year for SCORE. For the previous year’s event, we had over 100 people signed up a month in advance. This year 12 days before the event, we have 33 people and 10 of them...
How To Read Your Audience’s Nonverbal Signals
We talk a lot about what we need to do when it comes to our speech and our story, but what about what the audience is doing? As speakers, paying attention to the audience is critical yet often overlooked by novice speakers. I have seen many speakers that are so...
How to Identify and Handle Difficult People
I want you to be able to identify difficult people both in your audience and off stage. This is important information to have because those people whether they are in your audience or not, they may become clients of yours at some point. Then, you’ll have this great...
The Top 10 Ways to Market Yourself By Public Speaking – Part 2 of 2
In my previous blog I shared the first 5 ways to market yourself and gain visibility and clients by public speaking. I covered: speaking to groups, putting on your own seminars, guesting on podcasts, doing webinars, and live streaming on social media. These ways are...
The Top 10 Ways to Market Yourself By Public Speaking – Part 1 of 2
Public speaking is one of the best ways to market yourself. This is part one of my top ten ways to use public speaking as a marketing strategy to attract more clients, generate unlimited leads and grow your business. There is no order to this list. One is not better...
You’re Hot, Your Speech is Not: How to Make Any Presentation Sizzle
How can you make your speech hot every single time you speak in public? You must make it SIZZLE! Here's how: S is for STORY If you want your speech to sizzle, you must include stories. There are four types of stories you can use. You may use one, two, or all four,...
How To Keep Your Cool When Your Speech Goes Up In Flames
When you step on stage, there are going to be times when things go awry, and challenge your confidence. You need to be ready. How To Overcome Speech Obstacles I believe that by knowing about potential problems and learning how to handle them, you will be ready in case...
From Frightened to Fired Up
The number one fear they say after the fear of death is the fear of public speaking. In this article I’ll show you how to get rid of any fear, reservation, or block that holds you back from public speaking. What is keeping you from getting out there and speaking in...
Be Courageous Every Time You Speak
What does "courageous" mean? It means to have courage. As a public speaker, you must have courage to get up on stage and say what you need to say. You must have courage to stand in whatever it is you believe in. You must have courage to share a message that just might...
7 Characteristics of a Million Dollar Speaker
Throughout my training, travels, and experience of speaking with giants on stage, I have found that the characteristics of million dollar speakers boil down to 7 key characteristics. Million dollar speakers: Get trained Become master storytellers Exude confidence Are...
