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Speakipedia Podcast #26: David Murray
Transcript Dave BrickerĀ (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 ā
Speakipedia Podcast #25: Rob Shanahan
Transcript:Ā 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 ā
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 ā
Speakipedia Podcast #19: Humphrey 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 ā
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 ā
Speakipedia Podcast # 11:
Will Bowen
Transcription Dave BrickerĀ (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 ā
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 ā
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 ā
Speakipedia Podcast #5:
Neal Petersen
Transcript Dave BrickerĀ Ā Ā (00:06) 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 ā
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 ā
Whoās Your Meeting Monitor?
What is a meeting monitor? One of my colleagues and I jokingly refer to that role as āthe meeting monster.ā When presenting virtually, the speaker all too often ends up arriving early, welcoming guests into the session, explaining the guidelines … More ā
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 ā
Murphy Was an Optimist! Prepare for Disaster
My friend Kelly Swanson fell off the stage! She picked herself up, looked at the audience, and said, āI will now take questions from the floor!ā Standing ovation! Why is it that we waste so much energy hoping and praying … More ā
Speechwriting: Structure vs. Flow
Just sit down and write! Let the ideas flow! For many of us, they doāand it’s easy to become enamored with that feeling that we are channeling ideas from some sort of mystical āsource.ā Flow–writing is a marvelous feeling but … More ā
How Long Does it Take to Build a Speaking Business?
How long does it take to build any business? Celebrities and rock stars may find it easy to launch an enterprise based on name recognition. A few speakers are able to build a practice quickly when they retire as industry … More ā
Choose the Right Microphone
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 ā
Teleprompters
All these speaking tipsāhundreds of videos. Every one of them is scripted and displayed on a teleprompter app. I don’t do that on stage, but I can load the scripts for dozens of videos into my teleprompter, record them in … More ā
Donāt Eat the Microphone!
Microphones are designed to be placed a certain distance from your mouth. If you eat the microphoneāif you put it on your kips like an ice cream coneāit’s likely to pick up breathing sounds and sibilanceāthe percussive pops, clicks, and … More ā
Hiding Behind the Microphone (Beware the Mic Drop)
I watched a wedding guest who’d been asked to deliver a toast. As he spoke, the microphone drifted slowly down toward his stomach. If you’re uncomfortable speaking, and especially if amplifying your voice also amplifies your nerves, watch out for … More ā
Speak Standing Up!
I’ve been videoconferencing for years; this will be easy! I thought as I began my first virtual speech. When it was over, I was surprised at my lackluster performance, and by the number of filler words I usedāums, ers, and … More ā
Videoconferencing: 11 Tips You Haven’t Seen (But Should)
You’ve already read at least a dozen articles about ZOOM and videoconferencing that remind you to mute yourself when you’re not talking and look into the camera. Here are eleven important video tips you haven’t read before but should. … More ā
Public Speaking Tip: Use Your Full Speaking Range
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 āinstrument.ā A piano has an eight-octave range of pitch, and the piano was originally named … More ā