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Speakipedia Podcast #34: Allison Shapira

Speakipedia Posted on January 7, 2025 by juanJanuary 15, 2025
Speakipedia Podcast #34: Allison Shapira

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #33: Lucille Ossai

Speakipedia Posted on January 3, 2025 by juanJanuary 8, 2025
Speakipedia Podcast #33: Lucille Ossai

Transcript:  Dave Bricker (00:02) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence? 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 … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #32: Lois Creamer

Speakipedia Posted on December 10, 2024 by juanDecember 18, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #32: Lois Creamer

Dave Bricker: Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence? 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 … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast 30: Patricia Fripp

Speakipedia Posted on November 24, 2024 by juanDecember 4, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast 30: Patricia Fripp

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 ☛

The Music Industry’s $50-Billion/Year Storytelling Fumble

Speakipedia Posted on October 30, 2024 by juanOctober 29, 2024

  For decades, FM radio stations served as the primary outlet for major record labels to promote their artists. Radio listeners visited brick-and-mortar music stores to purchase records, tapes, and CDs. For a while, M-TV joined the party. Then the … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #27: Marilyn August

Speakipedia Posted on October 25, 2024 by juanNovember 13, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #27: Marilyn August

ï»ż Transcript  Dave Bricker (00:05) 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, smart strategies, and … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #26: David Murray

Speakipedia Posted on October 21, 2024 by juanNovember 6, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #26: David Murray

Transcript Dave Bricker  (00:05) 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, smart strategies, and … More ☛

Register for Say H.I. to A.I.—The Human Intelligence Factor

Speakipedia Posted on October 10, 2024 by juanDecember 6, 2024
Register to Say HI to AI.

Here’s the replay! Explore new tools for speakers, authors, influencers, and visionaries. These powerful resources were created to empower thought leaders like you to amplify your creativity and boost your productivity without losing your unique voice, tone, and style. How … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #23: Mitch Mitchem

Speakipedia Posted on September 13, 2024 by juanOctober 16, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #23: Mitch Mitchem

Transcript  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 … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #22: Paula Rizzo

Speakipedia Posted on September 12, 2024 by juanOctober 9, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #22: Paula Rizzo

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #17: Bill Stainton

Speakipedia Posted on August 21, 2024 by juanSeptember 4, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #17: Bill Stainton

Transcript   [00:00:00] Dave Bricker: 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 ☛

Clever is the New Currency

Speakipedia Posted on August 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 10, 2024

Not so long ago, content was currency. Your ideas, experiences, opinions, eloquence, education, and advice established you as a thought leader. Now, with the help of AI, any fifth grader can publish an articulate and accurate blog on particle physics. … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast # 15:
Simone Vincenzi

Speakipedia Posted on July 29, 2024 by juanAugust 21, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast # 15:Simone Vincenzi

  Transcript Dave Bricker: 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 ☛

Influencer Dashboard Support

Speakipedia Posted on July 29, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 29, 2024
Influencer Dashboard Support

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About The Influencer Tools (Members Only)

Speakipedia Posted on July 28, 2024 by Dave BrickerOctober 29, 2024
About The Influencer Tools (Members Only)

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Speech Timing Calculator

Speakipedia Posted on July 28, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 29, 2024
Speech Timing Calculator

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AI Prompt Monster (Free)

Speakipedia Posted on July 28, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 16, 2024
AI Prompt Monster (Free)

Many people use AI to generate content without considering the basics of the results they’re looking for. Though the best content comes from prompts that go WAY deeper than the ones you’ll generate here, this tool will inspire you to … More ☛

Test Member Page

Speakipedia Posted on July 25, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Test Member Page

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Speakipedia Podcast # 13:
Rick Lozano

Speakipedia Posted on July 5, 2024 by juanAugust 7, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast # 13:Rick Lozano

Transcription Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speekipedia Media, brought to you by speakipedia.com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

Newsletter

Speakipedia Posted on July 1, 2024 by Dave BrickerNovember 14, 2024
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About The Influencer Tools

Speakipedia Posted on June 26, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 16, 2024
About The Influencer Tools

The Speakipedia Influencer Tools are based on careful study of story structures. It’s easy to ask AI to “write a story” or “create an introduction for my next speech,” but unless we provide specific information and careful instructions, the AI … More ☛

Storytelling Wizard (Demo)

Speakipedia Posted on June 25, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 16, 2024
Storytelling Wizard

by Dave Bricker Load a demo and view the AI-generated results. Intro Setup Protagonist Transformation Conflict Steps Characters The Story Introduction If you have zero carpentry skills and you purchase a table saw, you’ll likely lose a few fingers by … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast # 9:
David H. Lawrence the XVII

Speakipedia Posted on June 21, 2024 by juanJuly 10, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast # 9:David H., Lawrence the XVII

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 ☛

Audience Inspector (Demo)

Speakipedia Posted on June 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerSeptember 25, 2024
Audience Inspector

by Dave Bricker Load a demo and experience the AI-generated results. Get access to work with your own content. Intro The Talk Audience Conflicts History News Landmines Material Content Introduction Prepare for Your Presentation The Audience Inspector collects information about … More ☛

Oratorical

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by juanJuly 28, 2024
Oratorical

Oratory is the art of speaking. And Oratorical relates to the art or practice of public speaking. An oratorical speech is typically formal, persuasive, and designed to impress or inspire the audience. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ … More ☛

Book Design Basics: Choosing a Book Font

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Book Design Basics: Choosing a Book Font

Selecting a book font seems simple enough, but important subtleties and fine points of typography are not obvious to the average writer. This article offers insights into fonts suitable for book typography. Though it won’t turn the average author into … More ☛

The Perfect Book Sales Page

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
The Perfect Book Sales Page

Tom Morkes published The Perfect Book sales Page on his blog. I’m usually the first person to reject formulaic approaches to book marketing. Many well-written books are horrible products. But what I like about Tom’s template is that it forces … More ☛

How to Produce Audiobooks with Amazon ACX

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 14, 2024
How to Produce Audiobooks with Amazon ACX

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 ☛

Simulating the Appearance of Traditional Print

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Simulating the Appearance of Traditional Print

Digital typography offers capabilities that printers working with hot lead type and wood type could only dream of. Digital type can be stretched and resized infinitely, justified within unusual boundaries, or wrapped around almost any shape. And yet, traditional letterpress … More ☛

A Manuscript is Not a Book: Ten Tips for Manuscript Preparation

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 18, 2024
A Manuscript is Not  a Book: Ten Tips for Manuscript Preparation

In my work with writers, I come across many common technical problems with manuscripts. These usually spring from the best of intentions as the writer attempts to create the feel of the finished book within the manuscript. Though they’re trying … More ☛

Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover – Part 3

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover – Part 3

This third installment of Judging a Book by its Cover looks at great book cover designs that won the 2012 Design Observer 50 Books-50 Covers award. Part 1 explored how most book design rarely rises above “competent.” Part 2 looked … More ☛

Blogging to Build a Speaker or Author Platform

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Blogging to Build a Speaker or Author Platform

How can speakers, indie writers, and self-publishers use a blog to build a platform? This article explains how to publish online content to build community around your books. Build a Platform: Set up Your Blog A blog (short for web … More ☛

Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover – Part 2

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 14, 2024
Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover – Part 2

Part 1 of Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover critiqued “professional” covers taken from Amazon’s Editor’s choice list. Read that article first as it provides background for this one. The article looked at design elements that worked … More ☛

Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by Its Cover – Part 1

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 16, 2024
Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by Its Cover – Part 1

Nothing screams “amateur” like a poorly crafted book cover. The standards for book design aspired to by trade publishers are not all that high, but self-publishers routinely fall short of them. If you want your book to be taken seriously, … More ☛

Why You Need a Professional Editor

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Why You Need a Professional Editor

After completing the final draft of a manuscript for my fifth book, I wanted a reality check. I hired a professional editor and learned something important about self-publishing. No matter how capable you are as a writer and proofreader, you … More ☛

Proposed Standards for Book Typography

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Proposed Standards for Book Typography

The word processor has placed new burdens on writers to understand how to use italics, big and small capitals, dashes, hyphens, initials, etc. Writers who do their own typesetting often produce mediocre results. Likewise, trade publishers sacrifice typographic aesthetics when … More ☛

Gatekeepers and Self-Publishing

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Gatekeepers and Self-Publishing

Indie publishers complain that the mainstream publishing establishment acts as a “gatekeeper.” Many readers rely on big publishing houses to filter out low quality books—even though trade publishers regularly print celebrity crap with impunity. Indie publishers often see themselves as … More ☛

Book Design Basics Part 3: Running The Numbers

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Book Design Basics Part 3: Running The Numbers

Part 3 of Book Design Basics explores better ways to present numbers on your pages. Numbers (called figures) look simple at first glance, but they present interesting typesetting challenges. Many digital typefaces offer several number styles but few designers know … More ☛

Book Distributors: What’s in it for Publishers?

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Book Distributors: What’s in it for Publishers?

There is a direct relationship between the number of sales you can expect from a book distributor and the value-added services they provide to publishers and readers. Publishers are best served to ally themselves with book distributors that do the … More ☛

Tips For Book Cover Design

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Tips For Book Cover Design

Most book designers make the same errors. One sore spot for me and with many of my university design students, is typography.

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Oratory

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Oratory

Oratory is the art of speaking. And Oratorical relates to the art or practice of public speaking. An oratorical speech is typically formal, persuasive, and designed to impress or inspire the audience. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ … More ☛

Satire

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Satire

(watch the full interview satire here) This millennial job interview video by Daniel Brea of Brea Films exemplifies this week’s word—satire. Satire uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #8: Maureen Mahoney

Speakipedia Posted on June 5, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 3, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #8: Maureen Mahoney

Transcript Dave Bricker (00:05) 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 … More ☛

Influencer Dashboard Terms & Conditions

Speakipedia Posted on June 2, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Influencer Dashboard Terms & Conditions

Let’s keep things simple. Your Name and Contact Information Will never be shared with any third parties for commercial purposes. Mailing List Your registration will subscribe you to the Speakipedia email list. You are free to unsubscribe without losing your … More ☛

Terms and Conditions

Speakipedia Posted on June 2, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 2, 2024
Terms and Conditions

Speakipedia Affiliate Program Terms of Service Agreement By signing up to be an Affiliate in the Speakipedia Affiliate Program (“Program”) you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Service”). Speakipedia reserves the right to … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #7:
Kelly Swanson

Speakipedia Posted on May 28, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 26, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #7: Kelly Swanson

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #6
Fabio Marques

Speakipedia Posted on May 24, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 26, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #6  Fabio Marques

  Dave Bricker (00:02) This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia.com. Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast # 4:
Rosemary Ravinal

Speakipedia Posted on May 9, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 26, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast # 4:Rosemary Ravinal

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #3:
Scott Lesnick

Speakipedia Posted on May 9, 2024 by Dave BrickerMay 30, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #3: Scott Lesnick

ï»ż 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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #2:
Kay Allison

Speakipedia Posted on May 9, 2024 by Dave BrickerMay 22, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #2:Kay Allison

ï»ż 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 emcee Dave Bricker bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #1:
Bruce Turkel

Speakipedia Posted on May 9, 2024 by Dave BrickerMay 17, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #1: Bruce Turkel

ï»żï»żï»żï»żï»żï»żï»ż 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 ☛

Join Us

Speakipedia Posted on April 16, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 16, 2024
Join Us

This page and the content has been automatically generated for you to give you a basic idea of how a “Join Us” page should look like. You can customize this page however you like it by editing this page from … More ☛

Using Other People’s Content: Fair Use

Speakipedia Posted on February 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Using Other People’s Content: Fair Use

When can you use someone else’s intellectual property? With the property-holder’s permission, you can do what you want. That’s the safest way to use anyone else’s anything. Otherwise, the “gray area” is governed by the doctrine of fair use and … More ☛

Protect Your Ideas: Copyright

Speakipedia Posted on February 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Protect Your Ideas: Copyright

Ideas are “intellectual property.” I.P. includes print-based material like books and articles and scripts, music and video, and also logos and names. As authors, speakers, and thought leaders, we make our living from our intellectual property, and we rely on … More ☛

Speech Timing Calculator (Free)

Speakipedia Posted on February 5, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 16, 2024
Speech Timing Calculator

by Dave Bricker Replace the sample text with a speech of your own. The word count will be calculated in the field below. The word count can only be changed by changing the text. Enter a target word count if … More ☛

AI Storytelling Wizard

Speakipedia Posted on February 4, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 29, 2024
AI Storytelling Wizard

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Twenty Most Popular Speaking Topics

Speakipedia Posted on January 24, 2024 by Dave BrickerJanuary 24, 2024
Twenty Most Popular Speaking Topics

Here are speaking topic trends observed in conferences, and media as of April, 2023. Speaking topic trends can change quickly. For example, “AI” would not have appeared on the list a few years ago. It seems reasonable to imagine that … More ☛

Speaking Tip: Don’t Overfeed Your Audience

Speakipedia Posted on January 22, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Speaking Tip: Don’t Overfeed Your Audience

We all love dessert! If you dine at Seasons 52, you’ll be presented with a selection of tiny sweets at the end of your meal—chocolate mousse, key lime pie, carrot cake, and a host of other delectable options to enjoy … More ☛

You’re Always On-stage; Walk the Walk!

Speakipedia Posted on January 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 26, 2024
You’re Always On-stage; Walk the Walk!

We all get so disappointed when our favorite movie gets embroiled in some tasteless scandal. We love them so much on stage and then, in real life, they turn out to be so horrible! How will your audiences feel about … More ☛

Should I Share My Slides?

Speakipedia Posted on January 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 26, 2024
Should I Share My Slides?

Should you share your slides? Not if they’re good—and here’s why: If your slides are well-designed, their purpose is to accompany you. When you disconnect your slides from your talk you end up with: Bullet points that lack explanations And … More ☛

Find The Phrase that Pays

Speakipedia Posted on January 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 26, 2024
Find The Phrase that Pays

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” Why is it that some words naturally stick in our heads
 like the lyrics to a song that keeps spinning in our brains? What if we could harness … More ☛

Blog is Short for Backlog

Speakipedia Posted on January 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 26, 2024
Blog is Short for Backlog

One of my colleagues has written a blog post every week for the past 17 years. If you’re that disciplined and you enjoy the challenge, go for it. But why add the extra pressure? At the time I’m writing this, … More ☛

AV Rider

Speakipedia Posted on January 18, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 16, 2024
AV Rider

A rider is a document that addresses additional details, conditions, or terms of a contract. Copy and adapt this “AV Rider” to suit your performance lighting, audio, and technology requirements. Mention it during your pre-conference planning session to ensure it’s … More ☛

News Flash! Virtual Backgrounds Don’t Work

Speakipedia Posted on January 10, 2024 by Dave BrickerMay 16, 2024
News Flash! Virtual Backgrounds Don’t Work

Virtual backgrounds for on-screen meetings are very popular. Why not hide that messy bedroom and look like you’re in a conference room, sitting under the aurora borealis, or sunning yourself on a beach in Tahiti? Here are a few reasons: … More ☛

Green Screen Basics

Speakipedia Posted on January 10, 2024 by Dave BrickerMay 16, 2024
Green Screen Basics

If you’re viewing this content in video format instead of reading it, you’re watching the magic of the green screen. The concept is simple: Film yourself speaking in front of a green screen. Some are fabric. Some are painted on … More ☛

Storytelling Mistakes: The Data Dump

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 9, 2024
Storytelling Mistakes: The Data Dump

WordPress is a content-management platform used to drive over 455 million websites. Written with open-source technologies like PHP and MySQL, this free software is supported by a huge developer community that extends its functionality through thousands of free and commercial … More ☛

Stories to Never Tell: The Chauffeur Story

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 12, 2024
Stories to Never Tell: The Chauffeur Story

Like the Starfish story, the Chauffeur story get recycled over and over. In the story, Max Planck, the famous physicist, is being driven around Germany on a lecture tour. One day, the driver makes a suggestion: “Mr. Planck, these scientists … More ☛

Store Your Beads in Your Jewelry Box

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 9, 2024
Store Your Beads in Your Jewelry Box

Like many speakers, I have many more hours of material ready than I could ever share in a single keynote—stories, exercises, lessons, conceptual models, and more. And I have hundreds of carefully-illustrated slides to go with this material. While aspiring … More ☛

Speechwriting: Anaphora

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 12, 2024
Speechwriting: Anaphora

Anaphora is the repetition of a phrase to drive home the impact of a speech. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used anaphora to great effect in several parts of his famous “I have a dream” speech. Here are a few … More ☛

Respect Other People’s Intellectual Property

Speakipedia Posted on January 5, 2024 by Dave BrickerMarch 20, 2024
Respect Other People’s Intellectual Property

It’s so easy to grab a photo off the Internet It’s so easy to use your favorite song as background music while you run up on the stage. It’s so easy to share that inspiring story you heard. But it’s … More ☛

How to Structure a Speech Part 3: Create the Opening

Speakipedia Posted on January 4, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 29, 2024
How to Structure a Speech Part 3: Create the Opening

In part 1 we defined the transformation. By knowing how we want our audience to think, feel, or act differently after they’ve seen our presentation, we can tailor our content to helping them achieve those goals. In part 2, we … More ☛

Engage and Educate with Interactivity

Speakipedia Posted on January 3, 2024 by Dave BrickerMarch 20, 2024
Engage and Educate with Interactivity

Over the years I’ve spent speaking, I’ve developed special ways to explain a variety of concepts. I’ve written books, created beautiful slides, and shared a number of workshops. But as clearly as I’ve mapped out my messages, I’ve discovered only … More ☛

Choose the Right Speaking Business Model for You

Speakipedia Posted on January 3, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 12, 2024
Choose the Right Speaking Business Model for You

Keynoting: Many people associate “speaking” with standing on a stage in front of an auditorium full of people, but there are many other ways to earn income as a speaker. Keynote work pays well, but it’s difficult to compete for, … More ☛

Privacy Policy

Speakipedia Posted on December 30, 2023 by Dave BrickerJanuary 8, 2024
Privacy Policy

Who we are: Our website address is: http://speakipedia.com. Speakipedia is a creation of Remarkable Stories, Inc. Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no … More ☛

Why AI-Generated Marketing Copy Misses the Mark

Speakipedia Posted on August 8, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Is AI-Generated Marketing Copy the powerful shortcut we’ve been told it is? The explosive growth of online content has done little for the evolution of graphic design or copywriting. Publishing has never been so easy, and the demands of producing … More ☛

How Good is AI at Writing Stories?

Speakipedia Posted on May 30, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

  AI Storytelling – Is it any good? I entered a simple prompt into ChatGPT. Yes, I could have been more specific about what I wanted—better prompts make for better output from the AI—but my intention was to analyze the … More ☛

No Response? Leave ’em Satisfied 
 and Hungry!

Speakipedia Posted on January 24, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

We all love dessert! If you dine at Seasons 52, you’ll be presented with a selection of tiny sweets at the end of your meal—chocolate mousse, key lime pie, carrot cake, and a host of other delectable options to enjoy … More ☛

Put a Price on Your Passion

Speakipedia Posted on August 30, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

How do you put a price on your passion? How can you charge a fair-but-high price for your services?   You’ve got a fantastic prospect on the line. The conversation is engaging. The relationship develops instantly. Your hopefully-soon-to-be client is … More ☛

Another Customer Service Horror Story

Speakipedia Posted on March 29, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Do you have a customer service horror story to share? What stories are you telling about yourself before you even show up to do business? A Customer Service Horror Story A friend of mine sailed his boat up on some … More ☛

Another Boring Speaker! The Problem and How to Fix It.

Speakipedia Posted on July 20, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

“This should be a great presentation,” said Jess as we walked into the Chamber of Commerce breakfast and grabbed a table near the platform. The speaker made a gazillion dollars taking startups public. He’s the CEO of
” “Why does everyone … More ☛

Public Speaking Tip: Speaking is a Service Industry

Speakipedia Posted on October 28, 2019 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Speakers are commonly asked, “What’s your topic?” or “What’s your message?” Such questions may sound intuitively reasonable but they lead would-be speakers astray before the first word is written. Questions about “your topic” or “your message” imply that your speech … More ☛

The “Become a Millionaire Speaker” Story

Speakipedia Posted on October 15, 2019 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

A friend asked if he should take a day off work to attend a free “Become a Millionaire Speaker or Coach!” seminar. No. Don’t quit your day job—even for a day. I’m sure the session offers hours of true and … More ☛

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