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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 #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 ☛

Catachresis

Speakipedia Posted on September 19, 2024 by juanSeptember 19, 2024
Catachresis

Catachresis is a bold, often startling use of language where a word is used in a way that dramatically changes its usual meaning, pushing boundaries to create a striking effect. Essentially, it’s exaggerated metaphor. Shakespeare was a master of this. … 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 ☛

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 #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 ☛

Writing is Design: Avoid Writing Clichés for Better Prose

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Writing is Design: Avoid Writing Clichés for Better Prose

Since time immemorial, clichés have sneaked in the door when we least expect them to. They’re low-hanging fruit for writers who abscond with them quickly instead of striving for excellence. But to the trained eye, writing clichés stick out like … More ☛

Essay Writing and The Art of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Essay Writing and The Art of the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

The principles behind the simple art of essay writing can be applied to most any kind of written work. Even if you never write an academic paper again, these techniques will help you write more focused and powerful prose. Time … More ☛

Writing is Design: Two-Word Writing Clichés

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Writing is Design: Two-Word Writing Clichés

Two-word clichés are perhaps the least obvious kind. Unless we’re vigilant, they sneak into our prose, steal color, mask our individual writer’s voice, and make us sound like millions of other writers who mindlessly employ the same worn out word … 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 ☛

Book Typography: The Crystal Goblet by Beatrice Warde

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Book Typography: The Crystal Goblet by Beatrice Warde

Designers, writers and publishers will benefit from Beatrice Warde‘s eloquent perspectives on the craft of typography, the power of type and the importance of the printed word. “The Crystal Goblet” was an essay included in Beatrice Warde’s book of the … More ☛

Catechresis

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 14, 2024
Catechresis

Catechresis is a bold, often startling use of language where a word is used in a way that dramatically changes its usual meaning, pushing boundaries to create a striking effect. Essentially, it’s exaggerated metaphor. Shakespeare was a master of this. … More ☛

Climax

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 14, 2024
Climax

Climax. Yeah, we all know what that is … but in the context of storytelling and public speaking, a climax is the moment of greatest tension or conflict, where the stakes are highest and the outcome is decided. It’s the … More ☛

Metaphor

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

Metaphor—a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain it or make a comparison. Saying ‘Time is a thief’ suggests that time, like a thief, can take away life’s … 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 #2:
Kay Allison

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

 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

 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 ☛

Famous Speeches: General Douglas MacArthur: Duty, Honor, Country

Speakipedia Posted on January 22, 2024 by Dave BrickerJanuary 23, 2024
Famous Speeches: General Douglas MacArthur: Duty, Honor, Country

(385 words) Douglas MacArthur’s acceptance of the Thayer Award speech before the Corps of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on May 12, 1962, offers excellent examples of the “rule of threes.” Almost every paragraph … 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 ☛

Don’t Let the Truth Ruin a Good Story

Speakipedia Posted on January 10, 2024 by Dave BrickerMay 16, 2024
Don’t Let the Truth Ruin a Good Story

If we’re honest and authentic, we often feel compelled to fill in every detail of a story as it actually happened—but this isn’t always the best strategy. Be a journey-ist, not a journalist. The purpose of a story is to … More ☛

Use a Beautiful Model to Sell Your Message!

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerSeptember 19, 2024
Use a Beautiful Model to Sell Your Message!

We all like to look at attractive models… But I’m not talking about the kind that smiles for the camera. If you have ideas to share, communicate them with a contextual model. When I teach storytelling, I share the StorySailing® … More ☛

Tell Your Story About the Audience

Speakipedia Posted on January 8, 2024 by Dave BrickerApril 12, 2024
Tell Your Story About the Audience

Do you have a powerful story? Great! That’s an advantage. Now tell your story about the audience! What does that mean? Make your story a metaphor for the audience’s story. In my storytelling speech, I share a time when I … More ☛

Never Play the Victim Card

Speakipedia Posted on July 25, 2023 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

Keep your poor me stories off the stage. My friend Tony showed me a video of a speaker who told the story of her escape from alcohol and depression and her long, hard road to personal and professional success. “It’s … More ☛

Tell Your Story Concisely!

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

Can you tell your story concisely? A popular anecdote about Ernest Hemingway says he made a bet with friends that he could tell a story in only six words. That story:   Baby shoes for sale. Never worn.   Whether … More ☛

River Stories

Speakipedia Posted on October 26, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

River stories: Numerous stories have been written about rivers. We all have rivers to cross. Metaphorical rivers represent both the obstacles we encounter in life and business and where the “current” carries us. Perhaps a tough conversation lies ahead or … More ☛

I-We-You. Tips for Speakers and Writers

Speakipedia Posted on October 27, 2020 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

I-We-You. You’re addressing an audience. When should you switch from the inclusive “we” to the more personal “you?” When is it acceptable to use “I?” When talking about your own experiences, use “I.” Listeners will follow your story as long … 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: 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 ☛

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