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More Ways to Be a Highly Persuasive Speaker

Jun. 3, 2014 by

Lately, I’ve been noticing principles that great speakers use to guide them.  I’ve talked about this before.  I like when speakers start by answering a question for the audience:  “Why is this important to me?”  I also notice when speakers

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Find Passion to be Persuasive

May. 20, 2014 by

Last week we looked at a good way to start a talk if you need to be persuasive–answer “What’s in it for me?” for your audience.  Get their attention right away, and you’ve got time and content to win them

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Highly Persuasive Speakers Do This

May. 14, 2014 by

For a presenter, few moments are better than feeling you have the audience in the palm of your hand. And few are more painful than feeling the gulf between you and your listeners getting wider and wider. Over the next few