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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…

5 days ago

Elevator Pitch Witch

by Dave Bricker Explore this soon-to-be-released Speakipedia AI tool. Load one of the demos and view the AI-generated results. Get…

2 weeks ago

Nonfiction Writing and the One-sided Sales Conversation

Business, technology, and how-to books can be viewed as one-sided sales conversations. Though the author may hope to sell products…

3 weeks ago

Verbs: Spice Up Your Writing with Verbs that Rock

Verbs are the engines that move your writing and your readers, but many authors don’t spend enough time choosing the…

3 weeks ago

Want a Traditional Publishing Contract? Do Your Homework

This article discusses the pros and cons of traditional publishing. Abandon your biases, study the business of publishing, and choose…

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

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),…

3 weeks ago

Pacing

Pacing is the speed at which a story unfolds or information is delivered. It plays a crucial role in maintaining…

3 weeks ago

Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, particularly the use of figures of speech and other…

3 weeks ago

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…

2 months ago

Speech Annotator

By Dave Bricker Great words fail without great delivery, yet so many speechwriters deliver a manuscript and leave the performance…

5 months ago

Round-Robin Introductions

We’ve all been to meetings where everyone in the room gets a turn to introduce themself. And we know how…

5 months ago

How to Sell from the Stage?

Selling makes many of us uncomfortable. We receive thousands of BMS (Buy My Stuff) emails, and the last thing we…

6 months ago

A Pitch is Not a Mini-Website

It’s pitch day and five big construction contractors show up, each of them hoping to convince the university that they…

6 months ago

Voices and Accents

If you want to discover what the human voice is capable of, listen to Humphrey Bower narrates the audiobook version…

6 months ago

Speechwriting: Rhyme

Many of us can recite poems and lyrics we first heard when we were children. Rhythm and rhyme are beyond…

6 months ago

Consulting

Preparing for a presentation? Ask about support with contest speeches, TEDx talks, and the big pitch. Rock your talk with…

6 months ago

Public Speaking Dymamics: Vary Your Tempo

Tempo is speed, and it’s an important element of dynamic speaking. On a basic level, be aware of whether you’re…

6 months ago

Public Speaking: Vary Your Pitch

Dynamics means “change,” and yet so many speakers think “dynamic speaking” means being loud and emphatic. Being a dynamic speaker…

6 months ago

Practice Big and Then Tone it Down

Speaking is theater but many speakers are afraid they’ll look “theatrical” or “over-the-top.” They hold themselves back and stay in…

6 months ago

How to Evaluate a Speech

If you want to become a great musician listen to great music. If you want to become a great speaker…

6 months ago

Dynamics Means “Change”

So many speakers think a “dynamic” speaker should use their FM radio rock and roll DJ voice all the time.…

6 months ago

Find the Music in the Words

Writing an eloquent speech is 98% of the work. Delivering that speech in an engaging way is the other 98%.…

6 months ago

​​Be BIG! Your Audience Has Forgotten How!

For the most part, your audience has forgotten how to SHOUT unless they’ve lost their temper. They’re afraid to SING…

6 months ago

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