The quickest way to connect with your audience is to share your failures, flaws, frustrations, and firsts. Why? Because most people have failed, they have flaws, they’ve had frustrations, and they’ve attempted something for the first time. In other words, they can relate. Plus, your failure intrigues us because we want to see how you […]
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One of the questions I get the most is, “Craig, where do you come up with your stories?” I generally look in the following 10 places for clues as to which stories I should develop and share. 1. Go to that part of your life where you don’t want to go. These are often where you’ll […]
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You have an opportunity to find the greatness in your speeches so that you can transform lives and generate significant income. How? By learning from one of the greatest motivational speakers in the world, Les Brown. Take a look at what Les says about learning to speak with confidence and power. Visit https://legendaryspeakingcourse.com/ while there […]
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Good speakers give speeches, but legendary speakers create unforgettable experiences for their audiences. They elicit emotions, make their audience members TALL (Think, Act, Laugh, and Learn), and leave them feeling more than satisfied. Here’s a 5-minute section of a recent MIC (Monthly Implementation Call) for my Speak and Prosper Academy Members that includes 2 tools […]
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You’re about to pick up one tool you can use to have your audience members remember your speech for years and another tool to have them feel extremely satisfied with the ending of your stories. The tools are called the StoryWrap Method and the Parallel Payoff Take a look at a short 5-minute segment from […]
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In mid-September of 2020, two World Champions of Public Speaking (Mark Brown and Darren LaCroix) picked my brain on the topic of storytelling on their Unforgettable Presentations Podcast. Now you have the opportunity to uncover various ways to strengthen your stories, feel a deeper connection with your audience, and become the kind of speaker that […]
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As a speaker, when you deliver your story, you must commit to something that you will pick up in the live audio below. Nearly 14 years ago, I shared this important idea with a small audience in Ohio and I’ve recently recovered the audio of it. When you follow the advice in the audio below, […]
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One of the best ways to stay connected and deepen your connection with your audience is to do something that I don’t see many speakers do. It’s to let your audience members beat you to the punch. What does this mean? Let them beat you to the punch Let’s use some examples. Listen to this […]
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If I put a trophy on top of a table, what do you think I want you to see, the trophy or the table? Of course it’s the trophy. We can look at narration and dialogue the same way. Narration is the table and dialogue is the trophy. The narration is only there to set […]
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As you may know, I have an entire Speak and Prosper Academy and we have Monthly Implementation Calls (MICs) to help members put these valuable tools into action. Every now and then, I share a short section of one of the calls to those outside of the Academy so that they too can use a […]
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