If you want to have a laugh whilst learning how to increase your confidence and public speaking skills, for personal or business growth, then you have come to the right place. Discover tips, tricks and strategies on how to speak and pitch using humour and performance. Find out how to better connect with people's pain points in a way that they will want to talk about and share, and get the low down on powering up your mind set. Sarah Archer, is a stand-up comedian, playwright, speaker and business woman. She is also author of 'Cracking Speech Mate! – How to use humour to make you an amazing speaker', and 'Straight to the Top – How to create and deliver a killer elevator pitch'. Communicating with authenticity and power, influencing through copy, spoken word and body language, managing negative thoughts and anxiety, building authority and trust, story-telling and comedy secrets...oh and we'll also cover focus and time management 'cause Sarah has a mind like a butterfly! Join her for fun and aha moments.
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Obstacles to Building Your Speaking Gig Pipeline - 295
Episode 294
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 • Duration 23:06
The question I hear most frequently from people, whether they're starting out on their professional speaking journey, or they have been going at it for a while is this one …
"How do I get paid to speak consistently?"
All they're getting is the odd few gigs, then tumbleweed. They want a pipeline of speaking gigs but they don't know how to build it, or they're trying and failing miserably.
That's why in this show, I'm going to share the big obstacles to building your speaking gig pipeline, so that you can shortcut your journey to consistent speaking gigs.
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[Quick Tip] Nuggets from the Speaker Summit - 294
Episode 293
Thursday, July 25, 2024 • Duration 24:11
I was at the Speaker Summit and Speaker Awards in London a couple of weeks ago, and I wanted to share some of the advice and tips from the experts there on the day.
In this show I'm covering:
The questions that can uncover speaking leads everywhere
How to turn your LinkedIn profile into a gig magnet
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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:
The messages you are communicating to your audience before you even start speaking.
The big mistakes a lot of speakers make with the start of their talk.
Why you should go for quantity over quality when you are looking for great ideas.
The questions you should ask yourself before you 'settle' for a talk title, open and close.
Why you should be provocative and what to do after.
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The Simple Truth About Successful Marketing with Kaye King - 195
Episode 194
Thursday, November 4, 2021 • Duration 01:04:57
Kaye King has had a long career in marketing, working for big brands like Kenco, Hilton and the Nationwide Building society. But when she left her corporate job to start up her own marketing consultancy, she found so many myths around marketing for small business owners. These myths were causing fear, confusion and overwhelm and ultimately stopping them from having successful businesses.
Today, Kaye is on a mission to debunk these myths that paralyse people from doing any marketing, or cause them to waste time, energy and money on marketing that isn't right for them.
Using her experience, she's able to strip everything right back to basics through practical, manageable, and stress-free mentoring.
Kaye is here to share her thoughts on how to promote your business in a way that feels right for you, and how she uses speaking to grow her business too.
So if you feel afraid, frustrated or overwhelmed by this huge machine called marketing, or want some fresh ideas, then you'll want to listen to this show.
Enjoy!
What you'll learn:
What Kaye learned after 30 years working for marketing agencies.
The difference between marketing for global brands and small businesses.
The distinction between marketing and sales.
The myths that scupper people's marketing and why they aren't true.
The secret to successful marketing.
The most important things you need to focus on first in your marketing.
There is no doubt that stories are the most powerful vehicle for getting your audience to buy in emotionally to your message. BUT you have a limited amount of time to get your story across before their attention starts to wander.
Even TV, movies or books that you have chosen to engage with, have a finite time to grab your attention, before you switch off, and in the world of speaking and marketing, that window of time is even smaller.
In this show, I'm going to be sharing the what and the why of tiny stories that pack a big punch, so that you can make sure you're not missing your opportunity to make your message land.
Enjoy!
What you'll discover:
The urban myth that started a tiny story trend.
Why you need to blend micro stories into your speaking and marketing toolbox.
How you can pull all triggers for attention in just a few words.
Examples of tiny stories.
The steps to creating a tiny story.
The difference between micro stories and snackable stories
Best Of: The Productivity Ninja Speaks with Graham Allcott - 193
Episode 192
Thursday, October 21, 2021 • Duration 01:09:42
One of the main things I teach people is how to get and keep peoples' attention. That's because in today's world attention is more precious and valuable than gold.
Social media companies employ genius minds to work out better ways to keep us 'in the matrix', and all of us are bombarded with notifications, information, entertainment and choice. So... not only is it harder to get peoples' attention, it's harder for us all to pay attention.
Yet without time that's free from distraction, we will never get our best work done. That's why I've brought this show back into focus for you. It's one of the first 50 shows I released and I believe it is one of my best.
Graham Allcott is a productivity expert, but it wasn't always that way. In this show you'll find out how he got productive and has helped thousands of people to get life and work back under control.
After founding his company Think Productive, Graham went on to write Productivity Ninja, which is a worldwide best seller. Today his team works with companies all over the world, he is a speaker, and is currently working on other productivity related projects that will broaden the Ninja brand and help us all work smarter.
Enjoy!
What you'll learn
Why it's good to teach what you struggle to learn yourself
Why you should detach your ego from delegation
How clarity can overcome procrastination
Why it's more interesting to not be the Guru.
How to develop positive productivity habits
How starting a business in a time of adversity can bring more opportunity
Why good design is important for all sorts of businesses
Why taking risks and having strong opinions can pay dividends
The main struggles around productivity
Why technological questions are always people problems
The silver bullet of productivity
The four steps to improve your productivity
How constraint can 10x your productivity
What attention management is and why it's crucial for productivity
Spotlight Review - Learn from My Take on These Talks - 192
Episode 191
Thursday, October 14, 2021 • Duration 24:28
I wanted to do something a little different with this episode and that's to add in some video content, so that you can see my teaching points in action.
Every month, as part of my regular newsletter, I do a talk spotlight. I share a link to a short talk and my analysis on what is good, or could be done differently to increase audience impact and engagement.
In this show I'm sharing some of these talks, my take on their structure, content and delivery, and some of the coaching points I'd have given to the speakers if they had been working with me. I'm hoping that it helps cement some of the tips and coaching I've given you in past episodes by bringing them to life for you.
Also, these talks have some great ideas and messages, and I'm sure you're going to learn some extra stuff from them too.
Enjoy!
What you'll discover:
How to open your talk so that you're audience lean in
The best way to use slides
Tips for making your talk come alive using voice and body language
How to increase your connection with your audience
How to Avoid Decision Making Disasters & Optimise Performance with Dr Sherril Kennedy - 191
Episode 190
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 • Duration 49:12
Dr Sherril Kennedy has spent many years helping organisations be more effective. First as an academic researching social psychology in relation to marketing, with organisations such as Bradford University, Cranfield School of Management, and as a founding member of the International Management Centre, the first action learning post-graduate school to be established in Europe.
Then latterly via her consulting company Kennedy, through which she has successfully helped many companies thrive through change and increase organisational effectiveness.
Sherril has developed a reputation for constructive challenge, and tackling issues and individuals others find too daunting. Her decision making work has enabled top teams to better understand human dynamics in decision making, and how to make better decisions that all of the team are committed to delivering.
If you want to give your business the edge when it comes to strategic decision making then don't miss this.
Enjoy!
What you'll learn:
How Sherril first discovered there was more to decision making than met the eye.
The biggest mistakes organisations make in decision making.
The connection between our movements and decision making.
How this affects individuals and teams.
Which levels of the organization this applies to and why.
How you increase the odds of avoiding a bad decision.
What difference understanding decision making patterns can make to individuals.
What sort of results organisations can get by learning how to make better decisions.
How Sherril is sharing her message about decision making.
What difference speaking and storytelling has made to her business.
The Top 5 Reasons Your Speaking Isn't Having the Impact You Want! - 190
Episode 189
Thursday, September 30, 2021 • Duration 23:08
My aim is that by the end of this show you'll get clear on what might be impacting your speaking success, so that you don't squander the golden opportunities that speaking gigs present.
I'll be walking you through the top five mistakes that I believe can stop you from making the most of the speaking opportunities you get.
And for each of these mistakes I've identified what I think is the underpinning thought or belief that causes them and what you should be doing instead.
On top of that, I'll be sharing what you need to include in your 'Signature Talk', so that it becomes a powerful marketing asset that you can use to engage your audience and create new customers and fans.
Enjoy!
What you'll discover:
Why not all facts are created equal.
How you might be pushing your audience away instead of pulling them closer.
Why you need to create from a beginners' mindset.
When your passion can become a problem.
The difference between 'presenting' and using speaking as a powerful marketing tool to sell an idea, product or service.
Why you might be educating someone else's audience
Why We Need to Treat Our Audience Like Ebenezer Scrooge - 189
Episode 188
Thursday, September 23, 2021 • Duration 15:22
As you know I believe that speaking is marketing, it's an opportunity to influence and inspire an audience to make a change.
But getting anyone to shift perspective and do something differently is as challenging as getting a river to alter its course.
For most of us the status quo is more comfortable and subconsciously feels 'safer', even if it isn't leading us to where we say we want to go. So … when you only have a short amount of time with your audience, how can you possibly motivate them to take action?
That's what this show is all about. I'm going to be sharing the dynamics of change with you, so that you understand what levers you need to pull, and then I'm going to show you how to move them in the direction you want to go.
Enjoy!
What you'll discover:
The dynamics of change.
Why time is our friend in influencing change and what we can learn from Charles Dickens.
How this strategy works even if there is no tangible evidence for making a change.
The critical ingredients for making this strategy work.
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