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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 #29: Susan Ford Collins

Speakipedia Posted on November 19, 2024 by juanNovember 27, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #29: Sussan Ford Collins

Dave Bricker (00:06) 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 … More ☛

Swim With Whales

Speakipedia Posted on October 31, 2024 by Dave BrickerNovember 4, 2024

Do you swim with whales? When we want big clients and big opportunities, we get in the water with them! And that’s what we’ll do in this coolest-ever business retreat. Check an Item Off Your Bucket List Spend six days … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #28: Rich Hopkins

Speakipedia Posted on October 25, 2024 by juanNovember 20, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #28: Rich Hopkins

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 #27: Marilyn August

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

 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 ☛

Googlify

Speakipedia Posted on October 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerNovember 1, 2024
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Speakipedia Podcast #25: Rob Shanahan

Speakipedia Posted on October 10, 2024 by juanOctober 30, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #25:Rob Shanahan

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #24: Captain Gene Flipse

Speakipedia Posted on September 16, 2024 by juanOctober 23, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #24: Captain Gene Flipse

Transcript Dave Bricker (00:03) 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 #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 # 20: Mark Entrekin

Speakipedia Posted on September 11, 2024 by juanSeptember 25, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast # 20: Mark Entriken

Dave Bricker (00:07) 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 #19: Humphrey Bower

Speakipedia Posted on August 26, 2024 by juanSeptember 18, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #19: Humphery Bower

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 ☛

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast # 16:
CJ Singh

Speakipedia Posted on July 26, 2024 by juanAugust 27, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast # 16:CJ Singh

 Transcript Dave Bricker (00:09) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speekipedia Media brought to you by spekipedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #14:
Andrea Gold

Speakipedia Posted on July 16, 2024 by juanAugust 14, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #14:Andrea Gold

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 … More ☛

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #12:
Errol Leandre

Speakipedia Posted on June 28, 2024 by juanJuly 30, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #12:Errol Leandre

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 ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #10:
Johann Callaghan

Speakipedia Posted on June 24, 2024 by juanJuly 16, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #10: Johann Callaghan

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 ☛

Pacing

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

Pacing is the speed at which a story unfolds or information is delivered. It plays a crucial role in maintaining audience engagement and building suspense and intensity in narratives and speeches. Many speakers think of the word “dynamics” as referring … 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 ☛

M&Ms, Rock Stars, and Divas

Speakipedia Posted on March 26, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

  What of M&Ms, rock stars, and divas? The rock band Van Halen had an infamous clause in their contract saying there could be no brown M&Ms backstage, or the promoter would forfeit the entire show at full price. It … More ☛

Every Sailor Runs Aground Sooner or Later

Speakipedia Posted on March 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

  Every sailor runs aground sooner or later! How do you know if a speaker really brings the experience they claim to? I was sailing along through clear turquoise water over a pure white sand bottom. A jagged line of … More ☛

Speaking Vocabulary

Speakipedia Posted on January 21, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Speaking Vocabulary

Words and Terms related to speaking and speechwriting: Adynaton [ad-uh-NAY-ton]: A form of hyperbole in which the exaggeration is so extreme as to be impossible “You will sooner find a donkey flying than see me agree to that deal.” Allegory … More ☛

Recover Your Audience After an Exercise

Speakipedia Posted on January 20, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Recover Your Audience After an Exercise

How do we get our audiences to return their focus to the presenter when we’ve sent them off to engage in a game or exercise? Interactivity is a hallmark of effective training. We can explain our strategies and success principles, … More ☛

The Speaker’s Real Job

Speakipedia Posted on January 16, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

  What is the speaker‘s real job? We’ve seen it too many times: A dynamic, charismatic speaker gets the audience on their feet, makes them dance, gets them to shout, “Oh Yeah!”—and works the room like a Baptist preacher in … More ☛

Pump Up Your Presentation with Sound Effects

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Pump Up Your Presenting with Sound Effects

Sound Effects The human voice is an amazingly versatile instrument. It can not only speak, it can sing, and imitate a variety of sounds. Here’s an excerpt from a story I’ve shared many times. As I made that quick turn … More ☛

They Don’t Have a Clue! 

Speakipedia Posted on December 18, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

  They don’t have a clue! In 1991, I sailed a wooden boat 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.  During my 38 days at sea, I battled seasickness, faced storms and calms, adjusted the sails, and minded the compass. Do … More ☛

Thoughts on Thanksgiving

Speakipedia Posted on November 21, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

When the urge to gripe arises, consider that no matter what dark clouds may loom on the horizon, you threaded the needle of human history. Imagine what life would have been like had you been born not so many years … More ☛

Jazz and Musical Storytelling

Speakipedia Posted on October 16, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

What is musical storytelling? Many of our favorite storytellers rely on music to help them deliver their messages with impact. Depending on what’s happening in the story, they use specific techniques and strategies. For example, when there’s a dream sequence, … More ☛

The Essential Absurdities

Speakipedia Posted on August 21, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Watch a sunbeam Magic! The light reveals swirling dust, a hidden universe Slip a jar under it Close the lid What do you have? Nothing   Take a picture of a sunset. Can you capture the grandeur of the frameless … 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 ☛

Jazz and the Dangerous Magic of Creative Flow

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Perhaps you’ve experienced flow writing. You sit down, watch your fingers tap away at the keyboard, and wonder, Where did that come from? Did I write that? That’s really good!  Sometimes the experience of flow can be as simple and … 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 ☛

Punch Up Your Pitch With Storytelling

Speakipedia Posted on April 18, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

You’ve been asked to pitch a big project. You and your teammates Shelly and Barbara sit at your conference table discussing next week’s big presentation. “It’s impossible to know how the competition is going to position themselves,” says Shelly. “We … More ☛

Illustrate Your Story with AI?

Speakipedia Posted on February 2, 2023 by Dave BrickerAugust 28, 2024

You’ve probably read about OpenAI and how artificial intelligence has come of age. It’s easy enough to generate articles and blog posts using tools such as ChatGPT, and if they turn out a bit too academic or clinical, you can … More ☛

Lost and Found Losers

Speakipedia Posted on October 25, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Lost and found items create logistical challenges, but stories are always about people. The story of how (or whether) a person is reunited with a lost item they need or value determines the success of important business relationships. Create a … 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 ☛

Inspire Prospects to ASK You to Sell!

Speakipedia Posted on August 16, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Inspire prospects to ask you to sell to them. Many years ago I was out sailing on Biscayne Bay with an old sailor friend. The conversation drifted from how to adjust the sails to light talk about our personal lives, … More ☛

Sound Advice for Writers & Publishers

Speakipedia Posted on July 26, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

The following advice on writing and publishing is based on my own experiences and those of my clients. I hope you find it valuable and encouraging, even if it changes your expectations. I’ve written and published twelve books, and I’m … More ☛

Hobbyist or Professional? Be the Best in the World.

Speakipedia Posted on July 12, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

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 ☛

Confirmation Bias: Storytelling at Your front Door

Speakipedia Posted on May 3, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

We give more weight to evidence that supports what we like—a phenomenon called, “confirmation bias.” Belief is often based as much on what we want to be true as on what we determine to be true through direct observation. Data, … 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 ☛

Advertising, Business Strategy, and Storytelling

Speakipedia Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

If you’re skeptical about the connection between business strategy and storytelling, consider the challenges faced by advertising agencies and marketers. Ad agencies’ storytelling challenges are complex because they must consider how the stories of their individual team members dovetail with … More ☛

The Virtuoso, the Teacher, & the Centipede

Speakipedia Posted on January 18, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

One Sunday morning not long after I had been introduced to sailing, I was enjoying a cup of coffee in the cockpit of my friend Strider’s boat. The sounds of rustling canvas alerted me to watch a bronzed man on … More ☛

Storytelling Tips: The Rush of Discovery

Speakipedia Posted on January 4, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Storytelling tips: You’re walking along and you happen to look down. “Hey, that’s not a scrap of paper; that’s a $20 bill!” Isn’t it a rush when something we thought was useless turns out to be meaningful. Stories—whether they’re truth … More ☛

My Club Got a One-Star Review

Speakipedia Posted on December 7, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

How do you handle a one-star review? Capable leaders are adept at untangling the many stories that compete for attention when problems need solving and egos need soothing. I monitor a FaceBook page for a local chapter of a national … More ☛

Sea Stories: Do You Trust Your Compass?

Speakipedia Posted on October 12, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Do you trust your compass? Finding your way in life, business, and traffic is a challenge. The easiest way to get somewhere without getting lost is to switch on the GPS. But too many people never know the joy of … More ☛

Storytelling Straight Talk: Humility Kills Conviction

Speakipedia Posted on September 28, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Leaders write and speak with conviction. Bold writing is not arrogant. Readers and audiences know that your words are a direct extension of your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and experiences. Don’t talk about yourself at the expense of offering value to … More ☛

Be an Effective Storyteller. Try Story Listening

Speakipedia Posted on August 17, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Storytelling is a powerful tool, but no one ever talks about story listening. Have you ever been with a friend, family member, client, or colleague and assumed they were thinking and feeling something completely different from what they actually were? … More ☛

Tempest in the Lizard Kingdom: A True Christmas Tale

Speakipedia Posted on December 21, 2020 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

In 1989, as a 25-year-old sailing solo on a 26-foot sailboat, I spent a surreal Christmas weathering a North Atlantic gale, at anchor in a not-so-sheltered place in the central Bahamas. This piece was originally published in my sailing memoir, … More ☛

Don’t Hire Experts and Tell Them What to Do!

Speakipedia Posted on September 14, 2020 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Too many professionals buy the story that expertise is a commodity: Hire an expert, tell them what to do, and get the job done. Experts are experts because they know more than you do about their professional discipline. Experts are … More ☛

How Do Stories Work?

Speakipedia Posted on July 7, 2020 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

How do stories work? You knew that movie was going to stink as soon as you got through the opening scene … but you sat through the whole thing to find out how the story ended. Numerous studies have explored … More ☛

Public Speaking Tip: Speechcrafting Goes Beyond Speechwriting

Speakipedia Posted on January 21, 2020 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

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 ☛

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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