The Reluctant Speakers Club

How to open your presentation with a story

Learn 2 simple ideas that'll help you open a talk with a story - so you can grab attention from audiences you want to inspire in seconds: https://youtu.be/OdHeDmDxQA0

What every entrepreneur should know about raising money from angel investors

Startup funding - angel investor truths #angelinvestors #fundraising #startups

"A Speaker Walks into a bar..." Why you shouldn't include jokes in your talks, but should learn 3 awesome ideas from comedians to up your speaking game. https://bit.ly/StandUpLessons

3 Reasons Why You Need to Stop Using PowerPoint, Now! https://lnkd.in/dVrXVqnW

Discover the real reasons why using PowerPoint during your presentations can cause your audiences to almost instantly forget most everything you say! Includes:

📌 A tendency that can cause most audiences to switch off
📌 Competing words that further addle brains, and
📌 The damaging effects of 'out of sight, out of mind'

Zoom Presentation Tips - 3 Pro Speaker Tips to Win and Keep Attention

Discover 3 easy ideas from the pros that'll help you conquer Zoom fatigue and win more attention any time you give a Zoom presentation. https://bit.ly/3zoomprotips

Includes what you need to do to:

📌 Win your audiences over from the get-go
📌 Create more engaging 2-way conversations, and
📌 Close every online talk with greater impact

Zoom Presentation Tips - 3 Pro Speaker Tips to Win and Keep Attention Discover 3 easy ideas from the pros that'll help you conquer Zoom fatigue and win more attention every time you give a Zoom presentation. Includes what you n...

Authentic Leadership Tested - 2 Ways New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Tackles Bad News (And You Can Too)

Leaders, how do you keep trust when things go seriously wrong and quick corrective action is needed to avoid disaster?

In this new video I delve into further lessons leaders can take from the authentic leadership style New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern uses to earn and grow trust - even in the most trying of times (where an initially very successful Covid zero strategy has proved no match for the ongoing ravages of the Delta variant)...including:

- A very human tendency you should fight if your plans begin to fail
- The art of winning more buy in when facing a very unpredictable future

https://youtu.be/gTJhS_cIO4w

So, a weird thing happened to me.

After another lengthy Covid lockdown in Ireland, yesterday was a red-letter day. We can now drive further, gather outdoors in small numbers AND, talk about excitement, hairdressers are open for business again – meaning I could finally fix my never out of my eyes fringe!

But knowing most Irish barbers are first come, first serve merchants, I figured it’d be weeks before I’d actually get a haircut. Ah well.

But then and by sheer chance...
..On my way home from a school run, I was amazed to see my local Barber's shop door wide open – long before their normal opening times AND there was NO queue!

And while thinking ‘no way’, I spot a single space in their tiny car park too! “Double no way!”

Zoom, zoom, I got into that space in a tick and seconds later was greeted by Dave, scissors in hand.

“Jaysus, you REALLY need a haircut” says he.

"Oh yeah", says I. "I’m fed up of my missus telling me I look like an early 80s Beatle who has gone to seed”

Ten minutes of snipping later Dave’s work was done and as I was leaving an old man noticed my smile and said:

“Isn't it amazing how lowering your ears can lift your mood?”

Wow. What a line and a timely reminder to celebrate little wins and moments of joy as we emerge anew.

The awesome effects of listening to other people's stories

A lesson for leaders on the power of listening to stories from those you most want to understand, influence and inspire - sparked by listening to a podcast interview with the multi award-winning New York playwright Anna Deavere Smith (who is especially lauded for her powerful one-woman shows): http://bit.ly/ListeningToStories

How changing the stories you tell can radically boost your business results

If you’ve ever wondered how come some people can manage to achieve amazing momentum and results for a given business idea while others pursuing fairly similar ideas can’t and don’t…

…You’re going to love my recent interview with personal branding expert, keynote speaker, educator, blogger, podcaster and author Mark Schaefer about his brand new book Cumulative Advantage – when he spills the beans on how the stories you tell yourself and others about ‘how things could be’ can dramatically alter both:

✅ How confident you feel about what you’re trying to do, and

✅ Your ability to get your ideas rapidly heard, believed and actioned.

http://bit.ly/ReframeStoryImpact

Public speaking anxiety tips - Well meaning advice you should avoid (And what you should do instead to confidently give talks your audiences will love)

Get 3 specific tips that'll help you connect more confidently and engagingly with any audience - while being the real you and never trying to 'perform': https://youtu.be/_y3xJfRTv80

So I just uploaded this new trailer video to my YouTube channel and I'd love to hear any feedback, reactions, or observations you're happy to share: https://youtu.be/7MyT5aOtnPA

Cheers, Eamonn

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