Public Speaking, Pitching, and Mindset Tips for Business Success
All of us want to be healthy, happy and live a long and active life, but getting clarity on how to achieve that is a struggle. The information we get is often tainted by corporate interests pushing us in the direction of their products or pills, and all of this can leave you feeling like you’re in a maze full of dead ends, getting spun around with no way to find the right path to wellness.
In the meantime, many of us are getting diagnosed with obesity and chronic diseases that can feel like a prison sentence.
When I heard Dr Brooke Bussard speak, it felt like there was light at the end of the tunnel. I had so many ‘aha’ moments that I felt sure my head would explode!
Brooke qualified as an MD in internal medicine, so that she could help to make people better. However, despite all her medical knowledge, she couldn’t find out what was causing her own chronic pain.
One day she had her own light-bulb moment, and it changed the trajectory of her life and the tools that she used to make people well.
She is a sought-after speaker, author, and member of The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
I am so thrilled to have her on the show, so that she can share more about how she engages her audiences and clients, and transforms them from confused consumers to empowered eaters.
Enjoy!
What you’ll discover:
All things Brooke:
https://plantsoveranimals.com/
https://plantsoveranimals.com/quick-cooks
Chew on This on Amazon: https://a.co/d/53CqYgt
If you are active on social media, please provide your links below:: www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-bussard-md
IG: @educated_eating
IG: @plantsoveranmls
Books & Resources*:
Walking With Peety by Eric O’Grey
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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.
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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 is co-founder of the speaker awards, a speaking coach, and a professional speaker.
About three years ago, he saw a huge gap for speakers, and had a big idea to fill it.
That’s when The Speaker Awards were born, and over those three years they have gone from strength to strength.
Eliot has gathered the great and the good from the speaking industry and you are going to be getting insights and behind the scenes info that will help you raise your profile, whether you enter the awards or not.
We’re going to be talking about the awards, the judges, the categories and the criteria, and tips for applying and winning and having more impact with your speaking in general.
So strap in and listen, as this episode will give you so much value to move your speaking career forward.
What you’ll discover:
All things Elliot:
www.thespeakerawards.com
www.elliotkay.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-kay/
Books & Resources*:
Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch
Resources:
The Hookology Workshop - Making Sure Your Talk is Captivating From the Start
Grab Your From Blank Page to Stage Guide and Nail the Topic for a Client Winning Talk
Get a Powerful Talk Structure - Join the Masterclass
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Want to create a signature talk that sells, then check out our Nail Your Signature Talk in 60 Days programme.
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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 piqued though, so I had a look at his LinkedIn profile and saw that he was a former United States Marine Corps Infantry and Logistics Officer. He was a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and he’d retired from active service as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Then I saw that besides that, he had a law degree and also a Masters in National Security Law from Georgetown University.
He obviously had the knowledge, but as I messaged him back to find out more, I’m not going to lie … based on previous conversations with some ‘experts’, I was fully expecting him to bore the pants off me!
But … the opposite happened. When he started sharing about it, he didn’t waffle on about facts and stats, no … he made me laugh and even better, gave me a light bulb moment about something truly important.
And that’s when I knew I had to get him on the show, because being able to make something complex, technical and difficult, engaging and relatable to an audience, is a key skill for writers and speakers.
If you want to get a different perspective on how to make your subject more entertaining, then sit back and listen ‘cause you’ll love this show.
What you’ll discover:
All things David:
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/searching-for-true-community
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvanbennekum/
X: @dvanbennekum
Books & Resources*:
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Resources:
The Hookology Workshop - Making Sure Your Talk is Captivating From the Start
Grab Your From Blank Page to Stage Guide and Nail the Topic for a Client Winning Talk
Get a Powerful Talk Structure - Join the Masterclass
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Practice your speaking & test your content in a safe space in The Speaking Club ‘Live’ Membership
Want to create a signature talk that sells, then check out our Nail Your Signature Talk in 60 Days programme.
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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 their attention, and I want to understand how to do this consistently every time I speak.”
The truth is that grabbing your audience’s attention in the right way, (or ‘hooking’’ them in, as I call it), is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for a successful talk.
The first 180 seconds of your talk is perhaps the most crucial, and that’s because in those two to three minutes you are communicating a lot to your audience without even realising it.
In this show, I’m going to show you how to make the most of that time, and to avoid the bear traps I so often see speakers falling into at the start of their talk.
Enjoy!
What you’ll learn:
And more!!
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Books:
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
Resources:
FREE RESOURCE - The 5 Levels of Pain
FREE NEW GUIDE - From Blank Page to Stage
Take the Snackable Story Challenge
Episode 103 - How to Discover Your Speaking Persona
Episode 268 - Increase Your Speaking Impact by Creating a Push and Pull Talk
Newspaper article with the Textile Zombie can be read here
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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 Instagram or LinkedIN @Saraharcher15.
This quick talk tip will help you attract people into your world and build a deeper connection with them, so that you will be able to get them engaged and into action.
In this show I’m covering:
Why your own journey has created obstacles to reaching your audience
The steps you need to take to connect
Why you can’t talk to your audience about what you think they need.
The secret to shifting perspectives.
Why I’m like Mr Myagi
Where the most profound messages have come from.
Enjoy!
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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
Resources:
FREE RESOURCE - The 5 Levels of Pain
FREE NEW GUIDE - From Blank Page to Stage
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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 expert, or an AI expert, because that’s what’s hot, because they are chasing the trend.
But what if you don’t do that? What if you go your own way, and stay true to who you are and who you want to help?
That is the path that Becky Benfield-Humberstone has chosen right from the get go. A born entrepreneur, Becky left school at 16 to start her own super niched business, Utterly Horses, which became the largest model horse stockist (yes, it’s a thing) in Europe, with a product range of over 2,500 items that retailed to a customer base of over 50,000 people and corporate clients. After successfully exiting that business in 2018, Becky wanted a new challenge.
That’s when she created Brand Artisan, and in that business she has been helping business owners bring their visions to life, stand out, and exponentially grow their businesses. She is joining me here to talk about all things branding, storytelling and marketing, and I know you are going to pick up some golden nuggets from her.
What you’ll discover:
All things Becky:
@beckybenfieldhumberstone
@postcardsfromafounder
Books & Resources*:
The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen
Resources:
Grab Your From Blank Page to Stage Guide and Nail the Topic for a Client Winning Talk
Get a Powerful Talk Structure - Join the Masterclass
Want to get better at finding and sharing your stories then check out our FREE Five Day Snackable Story Challenge
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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 Instagram or LinkedIN @Saraharcher15.
SHOW NOTES
If people believe that you can deliver what they want and need, they will book you to speak, or buy your products or services. But in showing them that you can deliver there's a fine line between confident and cocky, and if you cross that line, it can push people away… and you don’t want that.
So … how do you show authority without shoving it in people’s faces?
Well that’s what I’m going to talk about today. Here’s what this show will cover:
A definition of authority in this context
The five ingredients for building authority authentically
Why you need to convince yourself first and how to do it
The next level of self-awareness that has made all the difference to me
Why ‘it has to be ‘you’ - 100% of the time
The real way to show you’re an expert
Tips for breaking down barriers
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Books:
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
Resources:
Increase Your Speaking Impact by Creating a ‘Push and Pull’ Talk
FREE RESOURCE - The 5 Levels of Pain
FREE NEW GUIDE - From Blank Page to Stage
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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 with the person that used them on us.
Our experiences have made us sceptical of anyone with something to sell, and allergic to feeling ‘salesy’ ourselves.
But whether we like it or not, we’re all in the business of selling something to someone, whether that’s ourselves as a speaker, our book to a reader, or our products and services to clients and customers.
So … I guess that means you have to ‘suck it up’ and jump on the soft and hard sell bandwagon if you want to succeed.
Well no … you don’t.
That’s because there is another way that will likely yield you more reward in sales and personal satisfaction than anything you’ve come across before.
And that new approach is called Karmic Selling created by my guest Stan Gwizdak.
Stan Gwizdak is CEO of The Kormac Group, a results-driven management consulting firm that embodies his clean heart and commitment to serving others. As a chief executive and Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Stan has spent more than 30 years leading business transformations at General Electric, BAE Systems, Honeywell, Textron, Aurora Capital, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and more.
Stan is here today to talk about Karmic Selling and the successes and failures that helped him design his system and grow his company.
Whether you’re a speaker, sales executive, entrepreneur, you’ll discover why when you do good, even more good will come your way.
What you’ll discover:
All things Stan:
Books & Resources*:
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Resources:
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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-Campbell comes in.
SHOW NOTES:
Let’s face it, trying to navigate how to protect the IP you’ve created in talks, books and courses, can make you feel like Frodo trying to get the ring safely to Mordor
… confused, scared and worried about people stealing your precious stuff.
The truth is that the legal profession hasn’t really moved as fast as today’s entrepreneurs have needed it too… and that has left most of us using hope as a strategy when it comes to looking after our assets.
But, I’ve got you … actually more to the point Heather Pearce-Campbell has got you!
She is a dedicated attorney and legal coach for world-changing entrepreneurs, as well as the founder of Pearce Law PLLC. She is also the creator of The Legal Website Warrior®, an online business that provides legal education and support to information entrepreneurs (coaches, consultants, online educators, speakers & authors) around the U.S. and the world.
Heather has some huge names as clients including Lewis Howes (School of Greatness), Ryder Carroll (The Bullet Journal), and Kyle Cease (NYT Bestselling author & comedian), to name but a few.
On top of all of that she is also the host of the Guts, Grit & Great Business™ podcast, a speaker and a busy Mum!
She’s joining me on the speaking club to give you some clarity and confidence when it comes to setting the right legal foundations for your business and planning for success.
What you’ll discover:
How Heather’s career might have taken a different trajectory if her Dad had paid for college.
Why so many entrepreneurs feel scared and intimidated about the legal side of business.
The biggest legal risks that online entrepreneurs face.
Why entrepreneurs are so underserved from a legal perspective.
What speakers specifically need to be mindful of to protect themselves legally.
The difference between a registered trademark, IP and copyright.
At what point you should be taking steps to protect what you create.
A simple framework you can follow to protect yourself and your business legally..
The most important thing you need to do today to get started.
All things Heather:
www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherPearceCampbell
www.facebook.com/HeatherPearceCampbell
www.twitter.com/_HeatherPearce
www.instagram.com/thelegalwebsitewarrior
https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherPCampbell
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guts-grit-great-business/id151681505
Books:
The Middle Passage By Dr James Hollis
Swamp Lands of the Soul By Dr James Hollis
Speaking Resources:
Turn Your Book into a Profitable Talk ... in just 6 steps Workshop
Grab Your From Blank Page to Stage Guide and Nail the Topic for a Client Winning Talk
Want to get better at finding and sharing your stories then check out our FREE Five Day Snackable Story Challenge
Want to create a signature talk that sells, then check out our Nail Your Signature Talk in 60 Days programme.
Want to find out about working with me 121 then book a call here.
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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 have also helped many others to build the future they desire.
Some are a little ‘out there’, but I’ve tried them all out myself and I do believe they will give you more purpose, drive and clarity to supercharge this new year.
Whether you want to start speaking, get more results with your speaking, or simply want to tell better stories, I hope this coming year delivers everything you want.
What you’ll discover:
Enjoy!
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FREE RESOURCE - The 5 Levels of Pain
(If you want to hear Lavanyaa talk about her experience you can do that here)
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FREE NEW GUIDE - From Blank Page to Stage
Live Masterclass - 6 Step Blueprint to Creating Talks that Engage and Sell (without selling)
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