ON THE BOLD SPEAKER

by Sandra Schrift

I have been booking and coaching professional speakers since 1982 and here is what I have observed:

  •  The best speakers do not fill the air with a lot of words-they make the space for their audience to tell them what they need to know.
  • The best speakers ask, “What do you need to really hear from me to give you what you came to hear?” 
  • The best speakers are brief and clear and make the most of a short period of time.
  • The best speakers focus on observations, feelings, needs AND clear requests of their audience.
  • The best speakers demonstrate exuberance for their topic and engage their audience with that exuberance.
  • The best speakers are trusting, generous, loving and expressive.
  • The best speakers have great insight and wit and use deprecating humor where appropriate.
  • The best speakers are great storytellers – highly entertaining and inspiring
  • The best speakers are irreverent, zestful, courageous and have a masterful command of their language.

The Coach believes . . . that the best speakers inspire their audiences to make some change . . . if they do, things will probably get better.

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