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Great speakers leave us inspired, wanting to know more, perhaps even itching to get started... Here's one. Roman Krzaric. ✅ Beautiful conversational style directly with audience. No notes. No lectern creating a barrier between him and the people he's engaging with ✅ Storytelling - some of it personal, some of it bringing history to life, making it relevant and memorable for his listeners ✅ A golden thread of "Asabiyyah" or "collective solidarity" stitched through the entire talk to help us imagine ways we can overcome our fractured and polarised society ✅ A clear message that drives his whole talk and brings him back to where he came in - inspiration from the past to collectively build a future for humanity https://lnkd.in/eNuW5R_z #publicspeaking #standoutspeaking #inspirationaltalks

Everyone's a winner when coaching is a catalyst for growth and connection. A coach teaches, but also learns from the person they're coaching. The person being coached receives the learning and, simultaneously contributes to the coach's knowledge and experience. And everyone who comes into contact with them benefits from what they've learnt. Coaching really is a two-way street 😊. https://lnkd.in/e-cR_SbU #coaching #speakercoach #collaborativecoaching #fun #friendship #flexibility #feedback #publicspeaking #tedxcoach #nowyouretalking

I don't know Frank Luntz as a qualitative focus group moderator (21'14" into this recording), but I completely agree with his view that focus groups can open your eyes in a way quantitative polling can't hope to achieve. I DO know that Sally Mathie of Curious Alice will open your eyes... if you invite her to run focus groups for you @https://lnkd.in/dXd4iB-6 #marketresearch #mrx #qualitativeresearch #focusgroups

The week I was gifted the chance to practise my French, exercise my persuasive speaking skills and travel all over Paris for free. I had stupidly bought a Paris 2024 transport ticket. Madness! And a complete waste of money. So much more expensive than ordinary metro tickets. Worse. It didn’t work! To activate the pass, you needed internet and, with my phone contract, that meant paying for roaming. I’d already paid too much for transport, so I really didn’t want to pay even more. There was only one option left. Persuasive speaking. Every time I wanted to use the metro during a week in Paris for the Olympics, I had to persuade them to let me in without a functioning ticket. Imagine! With many variations on a theme, my tale of woe (in French) went something like this: Hello [with a smile]. Please can you help me. I bought a Metro Pass for the Olympics and it doesn’t work [sad face]. Some officials had clearly heard about this malfunctioning Pass and just opened the barrier to let me through. Others needed greater persuasion. I always started with the rational arguments about buying the Pass in good faith, what a good idea – go anywhere during the Games, but sadly I don’t have internet to validate my ticket. If that failed, I moved on to more emotive messages about how distressed I was to have a Pass that didn’t work, getting their agreement that it was a lot of money. At this point, most opened the barrier. But still not all. Always be prepared for counter arguments. They then pointed out that I would be travelling illegally and may get fined. I explained that I was prepared to take the risk and either explain or pay a fine. To help with this, I had a screenshot of the pass, so everyone could see I’d made a legitimate purchase. On one occasion, the issue was escalated three times, so I’d told my story four times before they let me through. But let me through they did once I got to the person with the authority to make the decision. I don’t know whether they were enjoying watching me do all this in French, didn’t want the bother or simply didn’t know how to handle. But the power of persuasion never abandoned me. And I was always given entry to the Metro without ever managing to activate the Pass. #persuasion #persuasivespeaking #foreignlanguages #nowyouretalking

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I stood on the red dot and delivered my TEDxTalk. I had two key purposes in delivering the talk: 🟢 To explore the devastating experience of loneliness and why it is so important for us all to stay connected to our fellow humans. We are social beings and do not thrive in isolation 🟢 To put my money where my mouth is. As a communications coach, I wanted to demonstrate how I bring to life the guidance and advice I give my clients Here’s the recording of Reach out and smash the loneliness pandemic: https://lnkd.in/dFFAfvMa It was a wonderful experience as is coaching people who want to give a keynote, signature speech or TEDxTalk. Please do get in touch if any of these is on your horizon. #publicspeaking #tedxtalk #tedxspeaker #loneliness #standoutspeaking #makeadifferrence #keynote #signaturespeech #speakercoach #nowyouretalking

I have friendships which began outside the workplace and tbise that started within it. The evolution of those friendships may differ, but they are all now a part if my life, not compartmentalised. Compartmentalisation does a lot of damage. You only have to look at the NHS to see how it can work against staff and patients alike. In our everyday lives, skills (often essential for our work) can be locked in our private lives and vice versa. We can't have too many good friends. We live in a world of loneliness, anxiety, loss of community... If your friendships are solid and proper friendships, they can show up in every part of your life. And even if they're relatively new friendships, give them time to evolve and blossom. Like all relationships, friendship changes over time #friendship #compartmentalisation #loneliness #communitymatters

Don’t be shy, he said. I paused and then unleashed my best shot at persuading a stranger that he needed me! Today’s the day! A level results day. The day that so many people will be celebrating that they’re off to the university of their choice. For those who aren’t, now’s the time to park the shyness and go for what you want. Thousands of places are available through Clearing. I didn’t get the A level results I’d hoped for many years ago. Not to be deterred, I went abroad to work in hotels with the intention of fine tuning my spoken French and German. In Germany I met someone who told me that I really ought to be at university. I explained that I had originally planned to study French and philosophy at university, but hadn’t got the results I needed. She recommended that I get in touch with her university and apply for a hospitality course. I did. They invited me for interview. I resigned from my job, travelled from Germany to Scotland only to be told that I didn’t have the grades they were looking for, so why should they offer me a place. I was gutted. Then I heard my interviewer urging me not to be shy. Without knowing it at the time, I unleashed a persuasive impromptu speech: ✅ Answer the question. Why should they offer me a place? I suggested they would lose out if they didn’t, saying something about my experience of working abroad, what I’d learned and who I am ✅ Speak with confidence. I really believed that I had something to offer, over and above conventional schooling and that came across ✅ Address the obstacles – I didn’t have the grades. I shared my explanation of what I thought had gone wrong and what I had learned from that. Here’s a chance to show humility and perhaps inject some self-deprecating humour ✅ Highlight positive points of difference. I shared stories about growing up in the old people’s home run my my mum, my experiences living in a six-generation household, preparing meals for everyone… ✅ Wrap up with a compelling reason to give you what you want that demonstrates mutual benefit – the win-win result. Good luck and don’t be shy! #communicationskills #persuasion #standoutspeaking #storytelling #makeadifference #nowyouretalking

Are you missing out? I love watching the Olympics on TV: ✅ You can see everything in close up as the cameras home in on competitors and specific events, though they do have big screens at all the venues ✅ Fantastic commentary from the many wonderful commentators we have. And I do mean commentators – experts in their sport – not post-event interviewers (https://lnkd.in/e4iwsCzQ). Very happy to miss hearing those painful post-event interviews ✅ Focused – one event at a time as it goes live. And very exciting to back your team… Come on! ✅ Slow-mo and replays so you can see anything you might have missed But what do you miss by watching remotely, through one device or another? ✅ The extraordinary energy of being in a live environment, being part of an enormous crowd ✅ The action of multiple disciplines present at the same time. For instance, in the athletics, as the hurdlers finish their race, the hammer throwing resumes, between throws, the long jumpers perform… ✅ The noise of supporters backing their team – no TV or device can go that loud ✅ All the participation you don’t see on TV. Between events, broadcasts give you analysis and replays, but in the venues you’ve got Mexican waves, inter-venue decibel-level contests, karaoke and all sorts of activities that keep the spectators engaged and having fun while they excitedly anticipate the next event ✅ The sound of nations getting on with each other, even when they’re backing their own representatives – Allez les bleus! come on! Los! And all the languages I don’t speak uniting us all in the fabulousness that is the Olympic Games I loved watching on TV and I loved being there, live. But they are different and each brings different benefits and pleasures. So, too, at work. Sometimes, the effort of showing up, in-person delivers benefits you can’t access through a device. Imho it’s about balance. Sometimes digital platforms are ideal. Other times, you’ll get more from being together, in person. Mix it up. There are benefits to both options and just sticking to one means you can easily miss out on the full picture. #workingfromhome #digitalplatforms #liveevents #inperson

Fun. Friendship. And a fabulous opportunity to practise my French 😊. I’ve just spent a week at the Olympics and couldn’t resist a quick look at the closing ceremony speeches from Tony Estanguet (Canoeist and Paris 2024 chief) and Thomas Bach (IOC President). Quite different in their presentation – one might be described as high energy and more extrovert, the other calmer and perhaps less dramatic – but with powerful emotive massages that complemented each other and made a warm and heartfelt impact. What made them a success? 💚 Simultaneously speaking to their immediate, in-stadium audience and to the world looking on through one device or another 💚 Warm, friendly, confident, engaging, relevant delivery and content. In short, a connection 💚 Humour, for instance - Record audiences. Record attendances. Record decibel levels [Yes, they were competing and measuring across venues]… And most marriage proposals at an Olympic Games - A whale even took part in the surfing finals! - And even though horribly corny, Bach’s groan reference to the Games being “SEINE-sational”. He did at least ask 'Dare I say...' 💚 Inclusive with something for everyone - Spectators from all over the world and their role – making every first-round event feel like a final and turning every medal into a national party - Athletes – having all their hard work rewarded - Volunteers breathing a party spirit into the games - Security (military, police, fire, ambulance – massively visible and always knowledgeable and friendly - Partners who collaborated to make the whole event a success - Transport operators that moved everyone around efficiently and safely As well as recognition of being the first Games to deliver Olympic Agenda reforms – younger, more urban, more sustainable, full gender parity - an observation that raised the roof 💚 Inspirational messages of what the Games show us and what we can all help to make real in our day-to-day lives - The greatness humans can achieve - A better world for everyone - Culture of peace, togetherness and unity #publicspeaking #Olympics #standoutspeaking #makeadifference #inspirationalspeeches #closingceremony

Thanks Rob Wynn for sharing my piece on ways entrepreneurs can become compelling speakers #speakercoach #standoutspeaking #makeadifference #nowyouretalking