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Michelle Mazur

Public Speaking Pet Peeve: Selling from the Stage

By Michelle Mazur > July 14, 2015
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Every time I go to an event, I have to shut off the part of my brain that I use with my clients. My job at a workshop is not to critique the speaker, but to experience and be present. I’d be lying to you if I said that this was easy. That I didn’t…

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Is your presentation missing this vital ingredient?

By Michelle Mazur > July 7, 2015
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There’s an urge in most of us to improve. It’s the reason no matter how much you nail your presentation – there’s that little nagging voice say “Oh, but I think this could be better…” Now some may say that voice is your negative nellie creeping in, but in my always humble opinion, I believe…

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What should you do after your speaking gig?

By Michelle Mazur > June 30, 2015
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  Last week, you got a backstage peek of how I get ready to take the stage on the day of a speaking event. It’s all about maintaining your routine, getting yourself moving, and having a set way for how you take center stage. But what you do AFTER your speaking gig is just as important as…

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A Backstage Tour of How I Prepare for Speaking Gigs

By Michelle Mazur > June 23, 2015
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Clients always want to know if I still get nerves before a speaking gig. The answer is HECK, YES. The days running up to a speaking gig tend to be stressful for me. I practice, I rehearse, and I tweak. The morning of a speaking gig I’m a bag full of nerves, and my routine…

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The Secret Pro Speakers Know (And It’s Keeping You From Your Speaking Dream)

By Michelle Mazur > June 9, 2015
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Do you ever fall down the rabbit hole of watching TED talks? I do. The “I’m going to take 12-minutes to watch Mark Ronson’s TED talk” leads to the next 90-minutes of watching every TED talk I can on music – and most likely watching Amanda Palmer’s talk twice because I love it so much.…

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