Tell Your Story
Imagine you’re about to start your presentation. And then this bossy redhead (me) comes and swipes your notecards, steals your clicker, or yanks your outline off of the podium. She starts to give your presentation. How would she do? Great. There’s enough information and she could pull it off. Ok. But there are a few…
Read More“Are you ready to rebel against the status quo?” Every time I’m introduced as a speaker those are last words before I go on stage. My audience typically nods yes to this question because they are craving something a little different, but sometimes I scare my audience a bit. You see, the status quo is…
Read MoreExtra, extra, read all about it: high school students call B.S. on motivational speaker. Kash Shaikh gave a speech to Austin high-school students (33% of which are economically disadvantaged) about following your passion without having a plan-B. And boy did those students called bull-shit on Kash and his message. Kash, who is swimming in cash,…
Read More“There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.” -Whiplash How much are you willing to push yourself to achieve remarkable? In the movie Whiplash, Terence Fletcher believes his duty as a teacher is to push people past what’s expected of them and into greatness. He’s on the hunt…
Read More“I’ve got a message I want to share.” Good for you, so does every other aspiring speaker! The truth is that there are hordes of people who want to be speakers in order to share their story or give their message. And that’s wonderful. The problem is that many of the people in that horde…
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