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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 #31: Tamsen Webster

Speakipedia Posted on December 4, 2024 by juanDecember 11, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #31: Tamsen Webster

  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 speakepedia.com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from … 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 ☛

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 #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 ☛

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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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 ☛

Elevator Pitch Witch (Demo)

Speakipedia Posted on June 20, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 16, 2024
Elevator Pitch Witch

by Dave Bricker Load a demo and experience the AI-generated results. Get Started Opening Prompt Intro Call to Action Pitch! We’ve all suffered through the round-robin ramble—where meeting participants each deliver a boring, too-long, me-focused, exposition on who they are … 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 ☛

The Single Most Important Contribution to Publishing

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
The Single Most Important Contribution to Publishing

Many readers still love to feel the subtle emboss of letters stamped on paper with metal type. I was rummaging through the garage and came across an old copy of The Progressive Road to Reading Book 2 by Georgine Burchill, … More ☛

Book Design Basics Part 2: Optical Margins, Indents and Periods

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Book Design Basics Part 2: Optical Margins, Indents and Periods

Part 2 of Fundamentals of Book Design explores optical margins, paragraph formatting and spaces. Read about margins, layout and leading in Part 1. The self-publishing revolution is (aside from the Internet) the greatest thing ever to happen to freedom of … 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 ☛

How to Structure a Speech Part 4: Final Details.

Speakipedia Posted on April 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 26, 2024
How to Structure a Speech Part 4: Final Details.

In part one, you define the outcome, the transformation. In part two, you mapped out the road to get there. In part three, you crafted opening lines that inspired your audience to pay attention to you and your message. What’s … 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 ☛

Elevator Pitch Witch

Speakipedia Posted on March 7, 2024 by Dave BrickerSeptember 22, 2024
Elevator Pitch Witch

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Stage Lighting and House Lighting

Speakipedia Posted on January 22, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Stage Lighting and House Lighting

True story: Joe was hired to keynote at a huge conference—you know—a fancy stage with multiple iMag screens and colorful lights. He planned to make a splash, light up the audience, and please the meeting organizer who was in a … More ☛

Round-Robin Introductions

Speakipedia Posted on January 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 15, 2024
Round-Robin Introductions

We’ve all been to meetings where everyone in the room gets a turn to introduce themself. And we know how agonizing this can be! Most people take the commonsense approach. They state their name and they tell everyone what they … More ☛

After the Performance: The Meeting Debrief

Speakipedia Posted on January 19, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 26, 2024
After the Performance: The Meeting Debrief

The number one way to get more bookings is to turn each performance into more performances. The post-performance debrief is a useful strategy for accomplishing this. When you schedule your performance, also schedule a meeting or call during the following … More ☛

Use Your Emcee to Set Up Your Speech

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerMarch 19, 2024
Use Your Emcee to Set Up Your Speech

Agendas are boring. “Today we’re going to talk about A, B, and C” is not an engaging way to begin a speech. Here’s another presentation killer: “Before we begin, I need to tell you about x.” There is no before. … More ☛

How to Create Your Speech Introduction

Speakipedia Posted on January 3, 2024 by Dave BrickerMarch 20, 2024
How to Create Your Speech Introduction

Too many speakers write boring introductions that force the emcee to kill all the energy in the room before they even begin their speech. Your audience can read your biography in the event program. They probably don’t care about where … More ☛

Intromatic (Demo)

Speakipedia Posted on December 31, 2023 by Dave BrickerAugust 16, 2024
Intromatic (Demo)

Load a demo and view the AI-generated results. Speaker Introduction Wizard by Dave Bricker A strong, interesting, and concise introduction sets the stage for your performance. It builds energy and primes your audience to focus on the problem you address, … 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 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 ☛

Punch Up Your Elevator Pitch

Speakipedia Posted on March 4, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

The “elevator pitch” is an essential professional tool—a tool that should be kept razor sharp and as ready to deploy as a handshake and a smile—and yet, most professionals are woefully bad at introducing themselves. Have you ever attended a … More ☛

You Can Keep Your Business Cards

Speakipedia Posted on September 27, 2022 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

I was talking with a friend at a business networking event when a man came plowing through the crowd doling out business cards as if he were handing out candy on Halloween. After the most cursory of introductions, he put … More ☛

Your Unique Value Story

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

Imagine an event where each attendee is given a puzzle piece and directed to connect one-at-a-time with others in the room to see whether their pieces fit together. Though such a laborious process sounds absurd, it describes exactly how most … 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 ☛

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