actors Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/actors/ The Presentation & Storytelling Encyclopedia by Dave Bricker Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:38:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://speakipedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-puzzle-globe-60x60.jpg actors Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/actors/ 32 32 Three Person Dialogue? https://speakipedia.com/three-person-dialogue/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:38:18 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?p=616914   So many presenters miss the opportunity to engage their audiences with dialogue. Speaking is live performance; why share the words as written prose? Consider this dialogue excerpt from Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath: “If you wanta pull in here an’ camp it’ll … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #34: Allison Shapira https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-34-allison-shapira/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:35:33 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=616869 Transcript:  Dave Bricker (00:01) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia.com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast 30: Patricia Fripp https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-30-patricia-fripp/ Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:42:53 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=616632 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakepedia.com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #25: Rob Shanahan https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-25-rob-shanahan/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:05:09 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=616140 Transcript:  Dave Bricker (00:07) This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by Speakipedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk, smart strategies, and amazing stories from visionary speakers and thought leaders. From the heart of small town … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #22: Paula Rizzo https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-22-paula-rizzo/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:22:49 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=615880 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk, smart strategies, and amazing … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #19: Humphrey Bower https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-19-humphrey-bower/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:07:14 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=615759 Dave Bricker (00:00) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk, smart strategies, and amazing stories … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #12:Errol Leandre https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-12errol-leandre/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:03:54 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=613622 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:06) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media, brought to you by Speakipedia.com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast # 9:David H. Lawrence the XVII https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-9david-h-lawrence-the-xvii/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:18:52 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=613517 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:01) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakypedia Media brought to you by Speakypedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from … More ☛

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]]> How to Produce Audiobooks with Amazon ACX https://speakipedia.com/acx/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:12:13 +0000 http://theworldsgreatestbook.com/?p=4333 This article explains how to produce and market a professional quality audiobook using Amazon ACX. Through ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange), I was able to audition voiceover talent, choose a professional producer, review the work in progress, and make my audiobook … More ☛

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]]> Monologue https://speakipedia.com/monologue/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:44:20 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=9094 A monologue is a long speech given by one person.. In a theatrical context, a monologue allows a character to reveal their innermost thoughts, such as in Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be…’ soliloquy. In public speaking, a monologue … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #7: Kelly Swanson https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-7-kelly-swanson/ Tue, 28 May 2024 12:00:35 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=8648 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast # 4:Rosemary Ravinal https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-4-rosemary-ravinal/ Thu, 09 May 2024 12:04:25 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=8214 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by Speakipedia .com. I’m your MC, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #3: Scott Lesnick https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-3-scott-lesnick/ Thu, 09 May 2024 12:02:23 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=8210  Transcript Dave Bricker (00:06) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by Speakipedia .com. I’m your emcee Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from … More ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #1: Bruce Turkel https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-1-bruce-turkel/ Thu, 09 May 2024 12:00:32 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=8184  Transcript Dave Bricker (00:06) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia .com. I’m your MC Dave Bricker bringing you straight talk and smart strategies … More ☛

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]]> Speaking is the Art of Fourth-Wall Theater. https://speakipedia.com/speaking-is-the-art-of-fourth-wall-theater/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:31:54 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=7948 Imagine a stage where there’s a wall behind the actors and one more wall on each side of the stage. The fourth wall is invisible. That’s the one the audience observes the actors through. When an actor looks at the … More ☛

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]]> Monologues for Speakers https://speakipedia.com/monologues-for-speakers/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:39:32 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4798 Actors are encouraged to have monologues in their back pockets, rehearsed, and ready to go for auditions. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. But if you mouth it, as many … More ☛

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]]> Choose the Right Microphone https://speakipedia.com/choose-the-right-microphone/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:06:15 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4708 Microphones come in many varieties. Choose the right one based on your needs. Cost and Quality: Microphones can cast tens or tens of thousands. Avoid the cheap-o ones because you’re a speaker. The quality of your audio is even more … More ☛

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]]> Your Accent is Charming! https://speakipedia.com/your-accent-is-charming/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:11:38 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=4519 Where I live here in Miami, everyone’s from somewhere else. I meet so many people who are afraid to speak because I have dees accent and I no speak zee English so good The truth: We understand you much better … More ☛

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]]> Practice Big and Then Tone it Down https://speakipedia.com/practice-big-and-then-tone-it-down/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:23:50 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=3853 Speaking is theater but many speakers are afraid they’ll look “theatrical” or “over-the-top.” They hold themselves back and stay in the dynamic “safe zone.” And it’s true that we’re likely to deliver a bigger performance on a keynote stage than … More ☛

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]]> In Public Speaking, Being Theatrical is Authentic! https://speakipedia.com/in-public-speaking-being-theatrical-is-authentic/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 20:55:36 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=3648 So many speakers—even professional ones—are afraid to be “theatrical.” They worry that will be inauthentic or phony. A speaker I worked with told a story about a great injustice: A military leader was wrongly court-martialed and forced to retire in … More ☛

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]]> Care for Your Voice https://speakipedia.com/care-for-your-voice/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:15:54 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=3380 If you’re a speaker, you’re a voice athlete. Taking good care of our voices is just sensible. How do we do that? First, understand there are two pipes in your throat: The esophagus leads to your stomach and your trachea … More ☛

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]]> Hobbyist or Professional? Be the Best in the World. https://speakipedia.com/hobbyist-or-professional/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:00:30 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=1719 Hobbyist or professional? True professionals dedicate their lives to being the best in the world at whatever they do—not some day, but today—every day. Not try, do. I have played guitar almost every day for almost forty years. I play … More ☛

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]]> Public Speaking Tip: Speechcrafting Goes Beyond Speechwriting https://speakipedia.com/speechcrafting/ Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:00:07 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=2120 Speechcrafting is a special discipline of which speechwriting is but a single element. The effective speechcrafting professional understands the art of narrative and also the power of stagecraft—timing, pauses, dynamics, gestures. Eloquent words delivered by a lackluster presenter will miss … More ☛

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]]> Public Speaking Tip: Use Your Full Speaking Range https://speakipedia.com/speaking-range/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:00:04 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=2098 Speaking range is as important to a presentation as musical range is to performance. Actors refer to the combination of body and voice as an “instrument.” A piano has an eight-octave range of pitch, and the piano was originally named … More ☛

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