sailing Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/sailing/ The Presentation & Storytelling Encyclopedia by Dave Bricker Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://speakipedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-puzzle-globe-60x60.jpg sailing Archives - Speakipedia https://speakipedia.com/tag/sailing/ 32 32 Speakipedia Podcast #34: Allison Shapira https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-34-allison-shapira/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:35:33 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=616869 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 ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #27: Marilyn August https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-27-marilyn-august/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:52:15 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=616391  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 ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #22: Paula Rizzo https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-22-paula-rizzo/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:22:49 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=615880 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 ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast # 16:CJ Singh https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-16cj-singh/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:36:58 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=615113  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 ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast #14:Andrea Gold https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-14andrea-gold/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:44:26 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=615044 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 ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast # 13:Rick Lozano https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-13rick-lozano/ Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:18:02 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=614987 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 ☛

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]]> Speakipedia Podcast # 9:David H. Lawrence the XVII https://speakipedia.com/speakipedia-podcast-9david-h-lawrence-the-xvii/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:18:52 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=613517 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 ☛

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]]> Exordium https://speakipedia.com/exordium/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:44:26 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=8932 Exordium—the introductory part of a speech, where you set the stage and prepare your audience for what’s to come. The exordium is your first impression, and it’s vital for capturing attention and establishing a connection. An effective exordium might begin … More ☛

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]]> Oxymoron https://speakipedia.com/oxymoron/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:44:17 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=9123 Oxymoron—a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction. It’s used to create a dramatic effect or to highlight complex truths through contradiction. Examples include ‘deafening silence’ and ‘bittersweet.’ “A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written … More ☛

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]]> Motif https://speakipedia.com/motif/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:44:16 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=9103 A motif is a recurring theme, subject, or idea that appears throughout a literary work, which helps to develop the narrative’s major themes. In speech and writing, motifs reinforce and enrich the message or central theme. The repeated mention of … More ☛

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]]> Every Sailor Runs Aground Sooner or Later https://speakipedia.com/every-sailor-runs-aground/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:02:44 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=4774   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 ☛

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]]> Stay Relevant with “I Know What You’re Thinking!” https://speakipedia.com/i-know-what-youre-thinking/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:34:47 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=6885 How do you turn your me story into a you story? As engaging and interesting as the tale of your ocean crossing, summiting of Mount Everest, or successful marathon run may be, it won’t take long before audiences begin to … More ☛

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]]> Speechwriting: The Magic of the One-Sentence Paragraph https://speakipedia.com/the-one-sentence-paragraph/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:16:51 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=6423 One-sen­tence para­graphs are com­mon when short pieces of di­a­log are being ex­changed, but con­sider the ef­fect of se­r­ial one-sen­tence para­graphs in other con­texts. The fol­low­ing ex­cerpt from my sailing memoir, The Blue Monk de­scribes an ocean cross­ing in a small … More ☛

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]]> Is Your Story Big Enough? https://speakipedia.com/is-your-story-big-enough/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:23:14 +0000 https://speakipedia.com/?page_id=5771 Is your story big enough? What a sad question! Too many meaningful stories go untold because we fear they’re not as big as someone else’s. Why should we tell tales about life as a middle manager in a corporate cubicle … More ☛

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]]> They Don’t Have a Clue!  https://speakipedia.com/they-dont-have-a-clue/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:00:52 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=4795   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 ☛

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]]> Thoughts on Thanksgiving https://speakipedia.com/thanksgiving/ https://speakipedia.com/thanksgiving/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:05:52 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=1054 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 ☛

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]]> https://speakipedia.com/thanksgiving/feed/ 2 Illustrate Your Story with AI? https://speakipedia.com/illustrate-your-story-with-ai/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:31:16 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=4180 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 ☛

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]]> Inspire Prospects to ASK You to Sell! https://speakipedia.com/inspire-prospects-to-ask-you-to-sell/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:27:34 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=3440 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 ☛

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]]> Conflict: Sailing the Storms of Life and Business https://speakipedia.com/conflict/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:00:23 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=870 In storms of life and business, it requires immense energy to sustain conflict. Dangerous and destructive forces require attention and—at the appropriate times—resistance, but often the best strategy is to park and wait for the tempest to subside. A retail … More ☛

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]]> Storytelling and Your Mission Statement https://speakipedia.com/storytelling-mission-statement/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:00:54 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=3323 Anyone who questions the relationship between business and storytelling need look no farther than the humble corporate mission statement.   The goal of this article is to teach the value of storytelling so you can develop engaging mission statements that … More ☛

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]]> The Virtuoso, the Teacher, & the Centipede https://speakipedia.com/virtuoso/ https://speakipedia.com/virtuoso/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:00:46 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=866 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 ☛

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]]> https://speakipedia.com/virtuoso/feed/ 1 River Stories https://speakipedia.com/river-stories/ https://speakipedia.com/river-stories/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:00:24 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=953 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 ☛

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]]> https://speakipedia.com/river-stories/feed/ 1 Sea Stories: Do You Trust Your Compass? https://speakipedia.com/trust-your-compass/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:00:11 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=995 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 ☛

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]]> Be an Effective Storyteller. Try Story Listening https://speakipedia.com/story-listening/ Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:00:08 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=1021 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 ☛

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]]> Story Themes: The Unlikely Teacher https://speakipedia.com/unlikely-teacher-story-theme/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:00:06 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=1370 The unlikely teacher is one of my favorite story themes,  partially because I’ve been fortunate to have had wonderful, unlikely teachers in my own life, but also because it suggests pathways and opportunities for us to transform our lives and … More ☛

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]]> Problem-Solving & Storytelling: Understand Their Story https://speakipedia.com/problem-solving-understand-their-story/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:00:42 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=1104 Use storytelling for problem-solving. Think about the various stories involved in a conflict and plot a course for resolution. Seen through the StorySailing™ spyglass, a story is analogous to the voyage of a sailboat across the rocky, stormy seas of … More ☛

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]]> Tempest in the Lizard Kingdom: A True Christmas Tale https://speakipedia.com/lizard-kingdom-christmas/ https://speakipedia.com/lizard-kingdom-christmas/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:00:41 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=3046 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 ☛

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]]> https://speakipedia.com/lizard-kingdom-christmas/feed/ 3 If I Can Do It, You Can Do It Stories: Speaking Mistakes https://speakipedia.com/if-i-can-do-it/ https://speakipedia.com/if-i-can-do-it/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:00:47 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=2786 If I can do it, you can do it! Well … maybe. Is your story about your extraordinary personal journey? Talking about yourself for your own sake will be perceived by listeners as narcissism or seeking validation. Stories of dramatic … More ☛

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]]> https://speakipedia.com/if-i-can-do-it/feed/ 2 Public Speaking Tip: Speaking is a Service Industry https://speakipedia.com/speaking-service/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:00:15 +0000 https://storysailing.com/?p=2087 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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