How do you create change in your industry by pushing boundaries instead of buttons? Listen up Rebels, you’re never going to change anyone’s mind if you approach your presentation with guns blazing, bound and determined to make change or else. Instead you need to craft a message that establishes your vision and gently guides your…

Want your audience to remember your message? Want to book speaking gigs because meeting planners must have you and ONLY YOU? Then you must find the BIG IDEA behind your presentation.   The biggest reason speakers don’t gain traction in speaking and aren’t paid what they are worth is because their speech is full of…

Have you ever scored a big speaking opportunity and went from elation to “OMG, what did I get myself into?” in less than hour? Don’t worry. You’re not alone. Writing a speech is a creative process. A process that is full of excitement, panic, and wondering if it will ever come together. In today’s, episode…

Imagine you’re standing on stage, and you’re nailing your presentation. The audience is laughing in all the right places, heads nodding, active participation, this speech could not have gone better. Until… You get to the end, shrug, and say “Thanks that’s all I have for you.” You’ve just blown the most important part of your…

I’m getting ranty today on the Rebel Speaker today chatting about my biggest speaking pet peeve ever. It’s the pet peeve where I want to scream “The audience is on to you and we are NOT buying it anymore.” Not only that this pet peeve has made speakers feel like gross, slimy salesperson for far…