Afleveringen
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Sometimes speeches soundâŚwellâŚspeechy! Darren and Mark challenge you to examine your content and offer advice for ensuring that your authenticity shines through in every presentation.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Be conversational
⢠Create a transcription
⢠Use tools like Microsoft Wordâs DICTATE feature
⢠You canât edit what you donât write down
⢠Write for the eye, not for the eye
⢠Bullet-point your ideas
⢠Use keywords
⢠Avoid âcop-speakâ
⢠Donât over-complicate
⢠Be natural
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Our senses can play a significant part in giving our audience an unforgettable experience. Today, Mark and Darren talk about the power of the sense of smell and share how you can use it effectively in your stories.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Use V.A.K.S.
⢠Use smell as you relive your experiences
⢠Smell can create a visceral audience response
⢠Use smell to transport yourself to the scene first
⢠Then use smell to transport your audience to the scene
⢠Physically show your response to an odor, scent, or aroma
⢠Let your face and body reflect your emotional response
⢠Let the audience âsenseâ the scene
⢠Let the moment linger; give the audience time to feel it
⢠Use the contrast between the expectation from a smell, and the reality
⢠Donât overdo it
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Delivering presentations every week is challengingâŚno doubt about it. Delivering to the same audience every week magnifies that challenge. How can you be unforgettable in those circumstances? Today Lee Coate provides Mark and Darren with the techniques that help him to consistently communicate unforgettably.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Communication is more than structure and whatâs on the page
⢠Develop your own voice and style
⢠Communication is a by-product of an individualâs character
⢠Donât be an actor
⢠Donât performâŚINSPIRE
⢠Avoid âspeaking downâ to your audience; speak eye-to-eye with them
⢠Audiences appreciate it when you delf-depreciate
⢠Avoid using technology as a crutch
⢠Let technology accompany, not distract
⢠Beware of going overboard with props
⢠Be aware of what resonates with your audience
⢠Identify speaker whose style matches yours and learn from them
Work with Mark and Darren:
https://www.stagetimeuniversity.com/get-a-speaking-coach/
Check Out Stage Time University:
https://www.stagetimeuniversity.com
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Your audience wants to know that you âgetâ them. Today Mark and Darren examine ways to connect with your audience, identify their challenges, and help solve their problems.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Audiences appreciate your genuine interest in them
⢠Ask different individuals in your clientâs organization
⢠Look for challenges, frustrations, and pet peeves
⢠Identify common concerns
⢠Bridge the gap between your content and their world
⢠If possible, attend events a day early and be observant
⢠Before your presentation, have hallway conversations with attendees
⢠Find out if they have solutions
⢠Name-drop; tell the story of your hallway conversation
⢠For connection, use photos with attendees in your presentation
⢠Encourage attendees to collaborate and share best practices
Work with Mark and Darren:
https://www.stagetimeuniversity.com/get-a-speaking-coach/
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Can you âup your gameâ in 2025 make it your best year yet?
Darren and Mark offer solid suggestions for upgrading your program, your presentation, and your presence in the marketplace. Applying these principles and practices will put you firmly on the path to being unforgettable...and making this YOUR BEST YEAR YET!
SNIPPETS:
⢠Itâs YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
⢠Assess your presentation and your business with the goal to improve
⢠Consider upgrading your speech title
⢠Revisit your content (open/close, structure, humor, delivery, stories)
⢠Review your video/audio recordings; what can you enhance?
⢠Upgrade your introduction, perhaps start using a video
⢠Rebrand if necessary
⢠Start or re-launch a newsletter
⢠Be intentional about social media presence; pick a platform
⢠Attend GAME CHANGERS conference at Stage Time University
⢠Collaborate with others
⢠Collaborate with a Mastermind, get a coach, attend industry conferences
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What does it take to deliver an extremely sensitive and emotional story, and why would you do it in the first place?
Darren and Mark get answers from âserial entrepreneurâ CEO Smoke Wallin as he explains why he shared his sensitive story to 2,000 CEOs. His answers will provide guidance and wisdom for anyone who is ready to tell their unforgettable sensitive story.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Share your story to help others
⢠Think it through and compose your talk with sensitivity to your audience
⢠Donât shock your audience
⢠Be very clear on your purpose and intent
⢠Only share after you feel called to share
⢠Share when you are ready
⢠Telling your story can unlock the container that chains your life
⢠Define and refine the message
⢠Your story is a gift; give it freely
⢠Share for the right reasons
⢠Decouple your identity enough to have detachment from the pain
Check out his speech:
https://youtu.be/jhz3q-baDuA?si=jiC8EmokkTJY2X_U
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Confidence. Every presenter needs it, especially when facing an unresponsive audience or dealing with the unexpected.
In todayâs episode, Mark and Darren provide strategies for building your confidence and delivering your unforgettable presentation.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Confidence is critical
⢠Not every audience responds emotionally and supportively
⢠Confidence doesnât come by accident
⢠Prepare well
⢠Internalize your content
⢠Test your material in a low-risk environment like Toastmasters
⢠Ego is a confidence-killer
⢠Draw confidence from your TOP 5
⢠Build your confidence by listening to your best work regularly
⢠Collect testimonial texts, e-mails and videos
⢠Inspire your audiences, clients and prospects to have confidence in you
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Your audience can hear your story, but can they SEE it? Today Mark and Darren explore ways that you can prompt your audience to go beyond just hearing your story, to experiencing it...right at the beginning. These simple techniques will help your audience to see your unforgettable story.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Telling your story is like creating a painting
⢠Share 2 or 3 details about the setting
⢠Let the audience paint the picture
⢠Let the audience see one visual and one emotional character detail
⢠Non-verbal depictions can paint a clear picture
⢠Dialog can be very descriptive
⢠Descriptions of characteristics and clothing are highly effective
⢠Your entire audience need not see the SAME thing; they must see SOMEthing
⢠Test your story by creating an audience (NSA, Toastmasters, Mastermind etc.)
⢠Ask them what they saw and respond to feedback
⢠Be creative and compelling
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Maybe youâre an emerging speaker, and you donât think you have enough content. Perhaps youâre experienced and have been delivering the same material for a long time. Where do you find more content? Darren and Mark provide strategies for finding new content, âuppingâ your game, and being unforgettable.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Ask: Is there better content available
⢠Perform deeper research on your subject
⢠Dive deeply into client concerns
⢠Interview clients for content and connection
⢠Tap into your expertise network
⢠Understand that you donât know everything about your topic
⢠Be willing to upgrade your existing material
⢠Find out what and who are trending in your area of expertise
⢠Verify all new content using multiple sources
⢠Revisit the âbasementâ and âarchivesâ of your life
⢠Test new material and listen to your audience to find out what resonates
⢠Challenge yourself to provide something new every year
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Illustrations can be powerful; they give your audience a memorable experience. How do you create and execute an experience that has 4,000 people on their feet, actively participating, and leaving transformed? Brian Biro, Americaâs Breakthrough Speaker, sits down with Mark and Darren to provide insight into how has been able to deliver unforgettable experiences for more than 30 years.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Help audiences to experience breakthroughs
⢠Become a master storyteller
⢠Shift from ego to âwe goâ
⢠Do more for other than you do for yourself
⢠When you enrich your audienceâs experience, you enrich your own
⢠Donât decide someone elseâs breakthrough potential
⢠Release your authentic energy
⢠95% of your breakthrough depends on where you place your focus
⢠BE confidentâŚand humble
⢠Never underestimate the power of simplicity
⢠Let every illustration have value and meaning
⢠SEE BRIAN IN ACTION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK2uZftQUpg
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In our zeal to share our knowledge with our audience, we sometimes offer too much content. Mark and Darren discuss this phenomenon and offer both perspective and practices for giving your audience your most appropriate content.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Vast content is a blessing
⢠You canât share everything you know in one presentation
⢠To share everything, write a book
⢠Give the highlights
⢠Whatâs the intent of the event
⢠What does the audience need to know
⢠Decide which details to share
⢠Be willing to let some material go
⢠If you squeeze too much content in, you squeeze your audience out
⢠Serve the needs of each specific audience
⢠Use a single-elimination tournament format to âeliminateâ content
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Presentations can often be boring. Why? In this episode, Darren and Mark examine three reasons and provide solutions to help any presenter move from boring to unforgettable.
SNIPPETS:
⢠You need a proven world-class structure
⢠Structure gives you confidence and gives your audience clarity
⢠Invest time to properly structure your presentation
⢠Solid structure prevents you from taking a labyrinthine journey
⢠Stories are the heartbeat of presentations
⢠Bullet-point your life
⢠Stories elicit emotion to deliver a message
⢠Structure your stories for maximum impact
⢠Get qualified feedback
⢠Set ego and laziness aside
⢠Seek education, not confirmation and validation
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Growth and success in speaking requires a steadfast mindset. Today, millionaire investor, event planner and professional speaker Ryan Pineda sits down with Mark and Darren to divulge how the right mindset and the right actions can put any presenter on the path to being unforgettable.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Know the type of speaker that you are
⢠Understand your value; donât underestimate it
⢠Repetition, practice, and stage time build confidence
⢠Determine how much can you relate to your audience
⢠Start by making short videos
⢠Be creative and spontaneous
⢠Start on small stages
⢠Have an âI want to WIN!â mindset
⢠Speaking need not be a zero-sum game
⢠Go through a season of preparation
Ryanâs Wealthy Kingdom Sermon:
https://youtu.be/__Nqs-mGqus?si=pAJX7HwXQEjjFCe_
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2024 World Champion of Public Speaking Luisa Montalvo sits down with Darren and Mark to discuss her journey from First Runner-Up in 2019 to World Champion in 2024âŚand her life-changing experience in between.
Luisa also shares her perspective on mentors, contests, taking risks, and serving your audience, providing tips that will help any presenter to become unforgettable.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Listen to your mentor
⢠Have fun
⢠Compete when itâs time
⢠Ask: âDoes the audience NEED this?â
⢠Be willing to take risks
⢠Be tactful
⢠Always keep the audience in mind
⢠Be open-minded to suggestions and criticism
⢠Follow your heart
⢠Prepare for the aftermath of a win
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Many pastors prepare new messages weekly. How can they create âmoments,â and what tools can they use to be unforgettable?
Pastor Shane Philip of Las Vegas, NV talks with Mark and Darren about his process, as well as the tools, process and techniques that help him to be unforgettable. He explains how he uses visuals, illustrations, and humor to connect with his audiences and offers advice on how to increase your relatability to your audience.
If you wish, see Shaneâs message hereSNIPPETS:
⢠Everything in life becomes a story
⢠Keep a file of interesting stories
⢠Start with a personal experience and/or humorous story for relatability
⢠Draw the audience in early and establish an emotional connection
⢠Normal, everyday stories are most effective
⢠Use AI to catalog your stories
⢠Use visuals that can say it better than you can
⢠The right object lesson for the right point will be unforgettable
⢠Value your audience by being fully prepared
⢠Fill yourself so you can fill your audience; read, listen, learn
⢠Rehearse out loud several times
⢠Normal, everyday stories are most effective
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Ping: (verb) to send a signal to (a device) in order to determine its status or location.
As presenters, we must be sure that our audiences receive our message. We âpingâ in order to determine our audienceâs status (engagement/understanding) and location (presence.) Today Darren and Mark drill down on âpingingâ and share how pinging, when done well, can leave a lasting impact.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Check in with the audience
⢠Confirm their thought process
⢠Make an emotional connection
⢠Are they following you
⢠Can they relate
⢠Do they fully comprehend
⢠Read the audienceâs reaction
⢠Ping and Pause
⢠Do you ping enough
⢠Do you ping at the right moments
⢠Ping for deeper connection and lasting impact
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Imagine being on stage for the FIRST TIME, telling a deeply personal and emotional story that youâve NEVER told before, to an audience of executives. How would you navigate ? Today Darren and Mark get answers form Monika, a coaching client from Australia who faced that exact situation recently. She openly shares her fears and triumphs, as well as the process that helped her to deliver an unforgettable presentation.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Donât underestimate the power of your personal story
⢠Use the power of your mind to overcome your fear
⢠You donât know you can until you try
⢠Take a leap of faith and
⢠Step out of your comfort zone
⢠Putting yourself out there is powerful
⢠If you feel afraid, you SHOULD tell your story
⢠Use a stage plan to help you to anchor the stages of your story
⢠Sharing your vulnerabilities can be empowering
⢠Good coaching is a game changer
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You've just completed an engagement, and the event planner gives you a 5-star rating because you kicked butt! What next? What more can you do to maintain world class standards and service and elevate your game?
Using one of his very recent experiences, Mark talks with Darren about proven practices to help any presenter shine after a successful event and remain unforgettable.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Ask: how can I provide more value
⢠Ask: How can I multiply what I have provided
⢠Get testimonials
⢠Screenshot comments on social media, messaging services and e-mails
⢠Get LinkedIn with event attendees
⢠ALWAYS have a debrief call with the event planner
⢠Give the attendees a reason to share your value
⢠Share testimonials/surveys with the event planner and bureau (if applicable)
⢠Capitalize on the high of the moment
⢠Offer to provide more than a presentation
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Do your clients and prospects know how much you have to offer? Mark and Darren discuss more than a dozen additional ways that you can serve your clients, and techniques for making meeting planners aware.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Add value
⢠Let them know during your pitch
⢠Reinforce during pre-event call
⢠Remind them during your follow-up meeting
⢠Put additional offerings in the contract/agreement
⢠Seed additional services during your presentation
⢠No need to sell from the stage
⢠Use TalkaDot
⢠Have a verbal Linktree conversation
⢠Pass a clipboard to collect information
⢠Use your newsletter
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Sometimes, life happens. Itâs inevitable. Today, Darren opens up about a personal tragedy, as he and Mark explore ways to navigate lifeâs challenges and remain unforgettable.
SNIPPETS:
⢠Life will happen
⢠You are not alone
⢠Accept help
⢠Tap into your professional network and mastermind
⢠Ask for grace
⢠Take care of yourself
⢠Call, or send e-mail to your clients and associates
⢠How can your tragedy help others?
⢠What can you still do amidst your challengeâŚeven from the road?
⢠Have a backup plan
⢠Who can you recommend as your replacement
⢠When life happens to your peers, would they call YOU? - Laat meer zien
