<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:31:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>One-on-One Speech Coaching</category><title>&quot;Speak With Impact&quot; Coach</title><description>&quot;In our one-on-one coaching sessions I’ll teach you how you can craft a powerful message so it connects to your audience. You will possess information and skills almost no one else has, to help you Speak With Impact.  Every skill, technique and method we work on will be specific to what you do, what you want to say and what you want to accomplish!&quot;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-7848948848334770014</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-03-21T16:47:02.947-07:00</atom:updated><title>&quot;Speak With Impact&quot; Boot Camp </title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Your ability to communicate with IMPACT&lt;br /&gt;is no longer 
just an option.    &lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s a necessity!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;color: #004db4; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; helvetica&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In 
today&#39;s fast moving and competitive environment, effective communication skills 
are necessary in almost every field of endeavor. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Studies 
have found that highly effective communicators &lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;earn 73% 
more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; than average communicators, and they advance 3.6 times 
faster in their organization! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;You 
CAN be an even more effective communicator! Your ideas CAN be organized and 
impacting! Your listeners CAN be responsive! You CAN speak with calmness and 
confidence!&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;How do I know that? Because speaking 
before a group is a &lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;learned skill&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; and my 
career of over three decades as an award-winning professional speaker is proof 
of that! &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span&gt;Join 
me in Scottsdale AZ a&lt;span&gt;t m&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;y upcoming 
...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Speak With 
Impact&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; helvetica&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FULL 
DAY Boot Camp&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;div&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; helvetica&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Wednesday, 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;April 10, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; margin: 3pt 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; helvetica&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7:30am 
- 5:00pm &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; helvetica&amp;quot;, &amp;quot; sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I&#39;m going to share with you the secrets of my proven approach to successful 
speaking... all the insights and techniques I&#39;ve gleaned from over 38 years on 
the platform! &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Brilliant ways to organize your ideas 
for maximum impact. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;The key to 
establishing rapport with your audience. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Confidence-building 
ways to prepare for your presentation. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;How to create a 
powerful introduction that sets up your message. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Inside secrets for 
controlling your time as you speak.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Amazing ways to 
develop checklists so you forget nothing. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;The keys to getting 
audience participation. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Creative ways to 
bring facts and statistics to life. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;A little known way 
to use notes, and not memorize your speech. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;How to incorporate 
humor, even if you&#39;re not a funny person. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Exciting ways to use 
visual aids effectively. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Unique ways to close 
with impact, so your audience won&#39;t forget 
you! &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;em&gt;﻿&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span&gt;You&#39;re 
going to leave my FULL-DAY Session with a 3-ring binder FILLED with over 120 
pages of 
&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;priceless&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;material! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here&#39;s  what 
other students have said ...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 12pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&quot;With over 50 branches in eight 
states, I attend over 100 of our company meetings a year and I personally speak 
at about 30 of them. Not a meeting goes by that I don&#39;t think of and use some 
technique Joel Weldon has taught me! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Larry Cox, 
Director of Sales&lt;br /&gt;SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT CO.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&quot;I just recently spoke to 500 people 
for one hour and I have never been more comfortable! Not only did I hit a home 
run, I hit it out of the ball park! I had humor, was right on time and followed 
Joel&#39;s model of the Ten Building Blocks to the letter. I was so well prepared, 
it was all planned and then I executed it perfectly. I was 
thrilled!&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gary Bushkin, 
CEO&lt;br /&gt;National Curriculum &amp;amp; Training Institute, Inc.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&quot;Joel has built a system for 
organizing your ideas, and then delivering them, that&#39;s fool proof! It&#39;s 
guaranteed to work. I was a pretty good speaker to begin with - and I&#39;m using 
every one of his ideas to get even better!&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Brandon Ames, 
President/CEO&lt;br /&gt;Able Info Technologies&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&quot;I always thought I was good in front 
of a group. Now I know the difference and now I&#39;m so much more prepared, focused 
on the audience and connected to my listeners, thanks to Joel&#39;s &quot;Speak With 
Impact&quot; course. If you want to get even better as a company leader, Joel Weldon 
is the one who can help you build your skills!&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;color: #004db4; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Noel Jordan, 
President &amp;amp; CEO&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;SkipperLiner 
Industries&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #004db4; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;EARLY BIRD &lt;em&gt;Special&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;(before MARCH 30th)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;  &lt;span&gt;=  &lt;br /&gt;$1100 per 
person &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;(After MARCH 30th = 
$1500 per person) &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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limited to 10 participants&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2013/03/speak-with-impact-boot-camp.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-6437987861834668025</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-11-28T19:36:08.777-07:00</atom:updated><title>Take the FAST TRACK to More POWERFUL Presentations!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Being an AMAZING communicator is not a natural gift you&#39;re born with! I know, from my decades of experience coaching hundreds of executives, managers and super salespeople, that it&#39;s a LEARNED SKILL! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And no matter how good you are now, with my one-on-one &lt;span class=&quot;red&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;FAST TRACK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; speech coaching, you&#39;ll have an eye-opening experience that will almost &lt;em&gt;instantly&lt;/em&gt; take your speaking skills and presentation effectiveness to a whole new, more powerful level!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;You&#39;re going to reap tremendous benefits.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m going to share with you dozens of little known strategies, all the wisdom I&#39;ve gleaned from over 36 years as an award winning professional speaker, and I can take you to the highest level you want to go!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You&#39;ll be amazed and delighted to discover how much immediate improvement there will be in your &lt;em&gt;very next presentation!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here&#39;s just a partial list of the skills you&#39;ll quickly master:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1281895303&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1281895304&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1281895305&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_1281895306&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The key to establishing instant rapport with your listeners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Brilliant ways to organize your ideas and add stories for impact.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Confidence-building ways to prepare for your presentation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How to write a powerful introduction that sets up your message.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Inside secrets for controlling your time as you speak.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The key to getting audience participation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Creative ways to use facts and statistics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A little known way to use notes discreetly, not memorize your presentation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How to incorporate humor, even if you&#39;re presenting serious ideas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Powerful ways to use visuals for maximum impact.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How to close with impact so your listeners won&#39;t forget you or your message! &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have you got an important presentation coming up soon? No worries! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Charlie needed help with a presentation he was giving the very next day to land a big contract. He hired me to help, followed my suggestions, and won the contract!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Brian had only three minutes to tell his company&#39;s story at an international conference, but getting one new client would be worth $2 million to him. He hired me to help him prepare a powerful message and he closed the deal!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Steve needed more impact for the classes he was conducting for retiring teachers. My &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;red&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;FAST TRACK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; coaching immediately made a huge difference.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michelle, an M.D., was preparing to speak to over 4,000 financial advisers. She hired me to make sure her message would have the impact of a strong connection to that particular audience.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;John manages a hedge fund with $4 billion in assets. I gave him powerful ideas on presenting his opportunities to sophisticated investors. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stephen needed to deliver a 2-hour message on &quot;Intuition &amp;amp; Selling&quot; to 250 very analytical thinkers. He followed my suggestions, and hit a home run! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Just supposing you could take your message and make it connect in unique ways with your specific audience, and just supposing your message could include powerful stories, startling statistics, humor and visuals, and you could deliver it with amazing impact and unshakable confidence ... how much would that be worth to you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;red&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;FAST TRACK&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; one-on-one coaching begins at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;$1500 for 4 hours and includes all your materials.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Call me today at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000;&quot;&gt;1-800-852-8572&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Let&#39;s discuss your objectives and how I can help you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Then let&#39;s get you started on that...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; FAST TRACK TO POWERFUL PRESENTATIONS!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;!-- This clearing element should immediately follow the #mainContent div in order to force the #container div to contain all child floats --&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/03/take-fast-track-to-more-powerful.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-6239461889452422093</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-12T13:18:53.985-07:00</atom:updated><title>An Elephant in the Elevator</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;USING TIE BACKS TO CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Imagine the
scene&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;you and your three business associates have just arrived in the lobby of
a downtown conference hotel. You’re there to attend a 90-minute seminar to be
held in the fifth floor meeting room. You press the “up” button, the elevator
door opens and… you’re shocked beyond belief! Right there in the elevator is a
baby elephant dressed in a business suit and tie!&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;You
and your associates are utterly speechless!&amp;nbsp;
The elephant looks friendly enough, and so with trepidation you all get
in. The door closes and in seconds it stops at the second floor. The door opens
and the elephant exits the elevator, leaving all of you in amazement. How could
this be? It’s remarkable! An elephant in an elevator! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Hurriedly
you all make your way to the meeting room where the presenter greets you at the
door. As you bombard him with what you just experienced in the elevator, the
excitement spreads up and down the aisles. Throughout the room chatter abounds
and amazement continues.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The
presenter then checks his watch, steps up on stage and says, “Good morning. Today
I have three important objectives for you to focus on. First, our quarterly
goals. Second, how well we did last year, and third, my ideas on how we can
improve.” &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Stop
right now!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Is
that audience ready to start thinking about the quarterly goals? &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;No!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
About how they did last year? &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;No!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;All they can think about right
now is that there was an elephant in the elevator! If this presenter wants to move
forward with his ideas, he would have to at least acknowledge in some way the
amazing event that has preceded him and that’s plainly on everyone’s mind. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;It
seems so obvious, doesn’t it? First go to where they are! Then you can bring
them to where you are! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Yet,
in front of millions of people, one of the most well-known communicators in
America failed to do this. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The
scene was the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa. &amp;nbsp;As you probably know, Ann Romney spoke first.
For 21 minutes, she delivered a moving and heartfelt message all about love…
love for her husband, for her family and for America. The audience cheered
enthusiastically throughout her speech, and gave her a rousing ovation at the
finale.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The
applause and cheering had not even died out when Chris Christie, the big man
with the big voice, bounded on stage and immediately &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;changed the focus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;without
uttering a single word acknowledging Ann Romney in any way! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It’s
so vital to connect to your listeners by &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;tying back&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;to what they are thinking
and feeling &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;in that moment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; and to go to where they are! Then you can bring
them to where you are!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Instead
Chris Christie went on for 25 minutes focusing on &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;his&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; life, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;his&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
accomplishments and, oh yes, lessons taught him by &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;his&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; mother. And the most
important lesson he said his mother taught him was this: “&lt;i&gt;If you have to choose between being loved and being respected, always pick
being respected.” &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;What?
Not love?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;We just
spent 21 loving minutes with her, wrapped in words of love and loving stories. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;No
tie back from Chris Christie?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
Not even &lt;i&gt;“Wow, Ann Romney, thank you for
that wonderful message!” &amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Or,&lt;i&gt; “Hey, let’s give the next First Lady
another hand and show her your love!” &lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Obviously
that’s where the audience was! &amp;nbsp;That’s
what they were feeling, and he completely disregarded that!&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sadly,
most speakers never think beyond themselves and their message. But you can
decide to be different!&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;Here’s
what you can do...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;ol start=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Find out if someone is speaking
     before you, and if possible, what they’re going to say, so you can be
     prepared to tie back to it. (Hey, Ann Romney’s speech was given to the
     press prior to her delivery. Guess Chris Christie never asked for it and
     sure didn’t read it.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Go to “where
     your listeners are at the moment” and then make a connection from there back
     to your message. What if Chris Christie had used this tie back: &lt;i&gt;“Ann if you’d met my Mom you’d have
     loved her. She, like you, had a bunch of kids—and like you, she loved us all
     so much!”&lt;/i&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 6.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you
     ever find yourself in an elevator with an elephant, be sure that when you
     tell your friends and loved ones about it, you find out where their minds
     are and what’s going on in their world! What if &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;they&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; had just met a &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6;&quot;&gt;donkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
     in the donut shop!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;MAKE it a
great day! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOEL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-elephant-in-elevator.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-7140792873173577502</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-05T19:24:59.758-07:00</atom:updated><title>Thanks to Joel</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Xe3VuIrvFJspLdQAKBmTR0sunlC5axe_YubdNv9gbuNJU-v5cHSICbp3j5JU2Dj7eBE_rHbUjW3PPWY46RsntXP2EfyzeWeolMGVkOkks6S0fCbKZuV6hU92UPV-pD99kuRmwKbWdwU/s1600/Rick_Cohen_Benco.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 173px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 72px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joel’s coaching has made an enormous difference in my public speaking.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks to Joel, I’m much more comfortable in front of a large audience,&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and my feedback ratings have greatly improved.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Thank you, Joel, – you’re the best!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Richard Cohen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Managing Director&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1f497d; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Benco Dental Co&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/12/thanks-to-joel.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-4751294036811640954</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-28T15:05:30.374-07:00</atom:updated><title>Anthony Robles, Champion Wrestler to Champion Speaker, in 37 Days</title><description>&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWMapj1AP_Ixe8EePjnvCy0_ecsinbYSKZoSkssluLGv9ZQET2aZKRz7GlzRbD370QmUsC_s5O4hpNWsAZ5e-L7QIjfFmV_hkwNDeSbwAbwXwEzddFzQPboi9vtfdNh5Rm7jTAKd98VA/s1600/Anthony.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWMapj1AP_Ixe8EePjnvCy0_ecsinbYSKZoSkssluLGv9ZQET2aZKRz7GlzRbD370QmUsC_s5O4hpNWsAZ5e-L7QIjfFmV_hkwNDeSbwAbwXwEzddFzQPboi9vtfdNh5Rm7jTAKd98VA/s400/Anthony.jpg&quot; width=&quot;246&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Just in case you&#39;ve been&amp;nbsp;held hostage on&amp;nbsp;an alien spacecraft or&amp;nbsp;you&#39;ve been locked in a bunker at some government facility, and somehow you&#39;ve missed this story of overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds, here it is: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Anthony Robles was born with only one leg. No right leg and no right hip. His mother was only 16 when she had him.&amp;nbsp; She raised him with the firm conviction that he would always have the ability to do whatever he decided to do--without limitations. And that&#39;s what he has done!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Now keep in mind that, according to experts, wrestling requires more strength, agility, balance and flexibility than any other sport. And to be able to wrestle with only one leg is pretty amazing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;But to win the NCAA National Championship is beyond amazing!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;That&amp;nbsp;is the story&amp;nbsp;that has captured America&#39;s attention. And&amp;nbsp;what Anthony does as a speaker that&#39;s so outstanding is that he&amp;nbsp;uses&amp;nbsp;his wrestling achievements as a metaphor for life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&quot;We all wrestle with something!&quot; he says.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;He explains his missing leg as just an &quot;obstacle&quot; he had to overcome along the way, just as&amp;nbsp;his listeners&amp;nbsp;have their own obstacles--the loss of&amp;nbsp;a job, an illness, lack of education, a financial setback or a personal relationship challenge.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFweNzdlE-5-V9uZDXAfIe1-trINFZkjGOa38-5OS8KHa6MGenf3mCYuZmO_pcxgJm1Zq_Gv2hHyjF_413yCcsmCaD8a53rXeHL_-wmWy59h_XgyFnfS385RpB-Fo35DagpgU5OPEx_p4/s1600/Anthony_Speaker2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;172&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFweNzdlE-5-V9uZDXAfIe1-trINFZkjGOa38-5OS8KHa6MGenf3mCYuZmO_pcxgJm1Zq_Gv2hHyjF_413yCcsmCaD8a53rXeHL_-wmWy59h_XgyFnfS385RpB-Fo35DagpgU5OPEx_p4/s200/Anthony_Speaker2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;His talk is titled:&amp;nbsp; &quot;Being Unstoppable...How to Release the Champion Within You!&quot; and it&amp;nbsp;helps&amp;nbsp;people of all ages, in all walks of life,&amp;nbsp;see how&amp;nbsp;they can&amp;nbsp;be unstoppable--by not giving in to their obstacles,&amp;nbsp;and not&amp;nbsp;giving up on their dreams.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span _mce_style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Within 37 days of being named the NCAA National Wrestling Champion at 125lbs, Anthony Robles has become a champion as a public speaker with over 47 confirmed bookings for speaking engagements already. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span _mce_style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span _mce_style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;In my entire career as a professional speaker of well over three decades &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span _mce_style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;and over 2,800 paid presentations, I have never seen anyone connect the way Anthony Robles connects with an audience, and I&#39;ve never seen an audience respond to a speaker the way they respond to him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;But here&#39;s a hypothetical question for you. Just imagine that you&#39;ve had a tremendous&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;goal that you&#39;ve been pursuing relentlessly for over four years, and now, in front of 17,000 fans on live national TV, you&#39;ve just achieved it. You&#39;ve made history. You&#39;re an instant celebrity. How would you feel? Puffed up? Self-impressed? A bit full of yourself perhaps?&amp;nbsp;Or would you be gracious, humble and thankful, the way Anthony Robles was.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Then add to that the fact that your amazing achievement is being given extensive coverage on dozens of TV and radio stations, in&amp;nbsp;publications like the &lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Sports Illustrated&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;People Magazine, &lt;/em&gt;plus lucrative book and movie deal offers, all in just the first 37 days! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Add to that the fact that you&#39;re only 22 years old and still in college!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvlpkySFVwys60y0FgIeGc6ZTDnJ9MR5HV3Kh_gEDqI0NV9cRKx3h40Nl-iDihBo8qdHasruhjzvOCQwDCf9EghUqvlbrP1vYE0Ld5My-EwwVRGA2YXEeHS8ANKb0cb659ZwNCgiR0D4/s1600/Anthony_Speaker1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvlpkySFVwys60y0FgIeGc6ZTDnJ9MR5HV3Kh_gEDqI0NV9cRKx3h40Nl-iDihBo8qdHasruhjzvOCQwDCf9EghUqvlbrP1vYE0Ld5My-EwwVRGA2YXEeHS8ANKb0cb659ZwNCgiR0D4/s200/Anthony_Speaker1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;That is exactly what happened to Anthony Robles. But instead of arrogance, pride and egotism, which so often follow on the heels of such national acclaim, &amp;nbsp;Anthony has remained gracious, humble, respectful and sincere,&amp;nbsp;and when he speaks, that&#39;s exactly what his audience members&amp;nbsp;pick up on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;In my opinion, as his public speaking coach and mentor, and in the opinion of the hundreds of people who have heard him speak so far, it&#39;s those specific qualities that make him a champion as a speaker.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;And when you combine all those wonderful qualities with a story that&#39;s so amazing,&amp;nbsp;even Hollywood couldn&#39;t have created it -- you&#39;ve got an unstoppable combination!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;What about you? When you&amp;nbsp;get up&amp;nbsp;to speak, what&amp;nbsp;do you do to make sure your topic relates to the needs of your audience? Is your message one of real importance to them? Is it clear that you&#39;re there to help them, or just to impress them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Yes, Anthony Robles is a celebrity, and it&#39;s a thrill for people to hear his story and to honor him. But Anthony understands that as impressed as they are&amp;nbsp;with him and what he&#39;s been able to accomplish, what they really care&amp;nbsp;about is that his message&amp;nbsp;gives them hope, because&amp;nbsp;he shows them how they can apply the&amp;nbsp;principles from his experience&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;meet the challenges they face&amp;nbsp;in their own lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div _mce_style=&quot;text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot; align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s been an honor and a privilege for me to help him do that, knowing how many lives are being touched by this champion, Anthony Robles!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/04/anthony-robles-champion-wrestler-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWMapj1AP_Ixe8EePjnvCy0_ecsinbYSKZoSkssluLGv9ZQET2aZKRz7GlzRbD370QmUsC_s5O4hpNWsAZ5e-L7QIjfFmV_hkwNDeSbwAbwXwEzddFzQPboi9vtfdNh5Rm7jTAKd98VA/s72-c/Anthony.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-5178838233210677383</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-28T16:27:55.805-07:00</atom:updated><title>Public Speaking: A Conversation Held Publicly</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGP0EBchtunrUrA_hQo0X1MGwiscHpSrnTrBINOpYPyaGdPs8ZSgcxkK53WffaaPA94_AQ8swNrxcZKy7ndkYJXnk_BQQpuiHFCjsoy3-WKweM-wHk-2Z5tiSLKc9_Ugh6sqikMcoy9jE/s1600/Joel_Speaks.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;212&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGP0EBchtunrUrA_hQo0X1MGwiscHpSrnTrBINOpYPyaGdPs8ZSgcxkK53WffaaPA94_AQ8swNrxcZKy7ndkYJXnk_BQQpuiHFCjsoy3-WKweM-wHk-2Z5tiSLKc9_Ugh6sqikMcoy9jE/s320/Joel_Speaks.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In a private conversation with one to three people...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;You’re relaxed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;You look at them&lt;br /&gt;
•&amp;nbsp;You react to what they say&lt;br /&gt;
•&amp;nbsp;They react to what you say&lt;br /&gt;
•&amp;nbsp;You’re focused on them and they on you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In this private conversation you’re most likely not focused on:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;•&amp;nbsp;When to gesture&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;What you look like&lt;br /&gt;
•&amp;nbsp;What you sound like&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;•&amp;nbsp;When to soften or raise your voice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You’re just having a conversation! You’re talking. The only difference between that one-on-one conversation and speaking before a group is that there are more people listening to you—that’s all. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Watch&amp;nbsp;the video&amp;nbsp;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;tweet-url web&quot; href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/4wjzjnl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://tinyurl.com/4wjzjnl&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;status-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;entry-content&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #073763;&quot;&gt;Even when you speak to an audience of &lt;strong&gt;8,000&lt;/strong&gt; it&#39;s still a &quot;private conversation held publicly.&quot; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/02/public-speaking-conversation-held.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGP0EBchtunrUrA_hQo0X1MGwiscHpSrnTrBINOpYPyaGdPs8ZSgcxkK53WffaaPA94_AQ8swNrxcZKy7ndkYJXnk_BQQpuiHFCjsoy3-WKweM-wHk-2Z5tiSLKc9_Ugh6sqikMcoy9jE/s72-c/Joel_Speaks.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-5431866448609799008</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-14T06:35:04.367-07:00</atom:updated><title>Get a Crystal Clear Picture of What You Want to Communicate</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;London Bridge is falling down!&quot;&lt;/em&gt; Remember that old nursery rhyme about &lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/placename&gt; &lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bridge?&lt;/placetype&gt;&lt;/place&gt; Well, it hasn’t fallen down—and neither will you “fall down” in your next speech when you use the lesson of the &lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/placename&gt; &lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bridge&lt;/placetype&gt;&lt;/place&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;It all began in 1831 when the bridge was completed over the river Thames in &lt;city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/city&gt;. After 131 years of daily use it was starting to decay. In comes Robert McCulloch, Chairman of McCulloch Oil Corp, and he buys the old bridge for $2,460,000 in 1962.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;OK, you say, &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;“So what and who cares?”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Good question. You should care because what Robert McCulloch did with that bridge is just what you can do in your next speech.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;When you’re speaking, you have a message in your head and heart—and that message needs to be communicated to the heads and hearts of your audience. How do you do it so that your audience gets the same message? That’s where the &lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/placename&gt; &lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bridge&lt;/placetype&gt;&lt;/place&gt; comes in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;After six years of planning, government red tape, and ground preparation, the job was started in 1968 and it took until October 10, 1971 to complete. Robert McCulloch’s plan was amazing! Bring the &lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/placename&gt; &lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bridge&lt;/placetype&gt; to &lt;state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Arizona, c&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/state&gt;onstruct a city around it and sell land to homeowners and businesses. It worked! It’s called &lt;city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Lake Havasu City&lt;/city&gt; in northwest &lt;state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Arizona&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/state&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&quot;what&#39;s in it for you&quot;&amp;nbsp;portion is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; they did it. Oh, shipping thousands of giant stone blocks 10,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean through the Panama Canal and into the Pacific to &lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Long Beach&lt;/city&gt;, &lt;state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;California&lt;/state&gt;&lt;/place&gt; was a big job. Then trucking those thousands of bridge stones to &lt;city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Lake Havasu City&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/city&gt; was long, slow work. But the actual building of the bridge was pretty simple!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Engineers in &lt;city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/city&gt; made a drawing of the bridge and then numbered each block as they took the bridge apart. That one there was #4,763. This one was 4,764 and so on. Then the engineers in &lt;state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Arizona&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/state&gt; took those drawings and said in effect&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;, “Who’s got #1?”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;By putting each block in its correct position, three years later, the bridge appeared in &lt;state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Arizona&lt;/state&gt;&amp;nbsp;exactly as it did in &lt;city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/city&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;And that’s how your next speech should go—block by block your audience gets the message you&#39;ve delivered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Here’s what you can do…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Get a crystal clear picture of what you want to communicate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Prepare and outline the key points. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Organize your ideas so they fit together just like the blocks on the &lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/placename&gt; &lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bridge&lt;/placetype&gt;&lt;/place&gt; did.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;4.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Prepare your foundation. (That’s practicing the delivery of your ideas.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;5.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Deliver your message in a clear, organized and prepared way, and you’ll find that your listeners…get it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Check out the &lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;London&lt;/placename&gt; &lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Bridge&lt;/placetype&gt; and &lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;placetype w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Lake&lt;/placetype&gt; &lt;placename w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Havasu&lt;/placename&gt;&lt;/place&gt; on the web—some great pictures and stories. You’ll see it hasn’t fallen down! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://successcomesincans.com/contactus&quot;&gt;Contact me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for one-on-one Speech Coaching &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;or information on my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://successcomesincans.com/executive_speech_coach.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Speak With Impact&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Boot Camp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/01/get-crystal-clear-picture-of-what-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-2014507270648602479</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-13T14:20:59.793-07:00</atom:updated><title>&quot;77 Steps to Success??&quot;</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&quot;Get your pens out and start writing, because in the next few minutes you’ll have 77 steps to success.&quot;&amp;nbsp; How stupid! Yet, haven’t you heard speakers speak on a subject that’s impossible to cover in the time they’re allotted? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;So how do you speak on a complex subject in that brief time span, and make it effective and helpful?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;In one of my seminars on Values I use this story to help the audience decide on a personal mission statement:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A group of volunteer college students was being paid for a week long experiment. They would be placed in a room for seven days. Food, water and necessities would be provided. Their assignment was to fill a wheelbarrow with whatever they wanted in that room for a week—books, CDs, DVDs, weights, etc. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;At the appointed time the college students showed up with wheelbarrows piled high with stuff. Then they were told the rules had changed and they could only take ten items into the room for the week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;After much grumbling they took out lots of stuff and had their ten items. As they prepared to go into the room they were told another change had occurred—they could only take three items. Moans and groans followed until each had just three. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Then a final change—as you guessed, now it was only one item that could be taken in. After a near riot they each had the one item in hand. At that point the facilitator paid the students for the week and sent them home. Experiment over. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;What the researchers wanted to know was what was “the most important” item those college students owned. Some took a book, others an iPod, laptop, or exercise equipment. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The researchers knew that just asking what was their number one possession was almost impossible, but by narrowing choices from unlimited, to ten, to three, they could get to that number one item.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;So what’s the point here? The point is you need to take the same process with your next complex talk on Success, How To Get Rich, How To Be Fit&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;or&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;How To Speak Better and boil it down to “the most important point or points.”&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;If you have 77 steps to success, list all 77. Put them in your wheelbarrow and then reduce them to ten—to three—to one. In a typical short speech, you can’t say a lot, so why not focus on the important things?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;“My message today is about what I learned selling my home myself. Actually I learned 17 things. Three of those 17 are the most valuable. What you’ll hear is how you can take just one of those big three and save yourself lots of stress, time, effort and energy. First, here’s my list of 17 . . .”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Read them quickly and keep them short and snappy—two or three words. Then end with your big three, and focus on them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Forget the 77 Steps to Success. Just give your audience the most important one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/01/77-steps-to-success.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-7645342739836090113</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-13T14:17:24.741-07:00</atom:updated><title>&quot;Dollar Signs&quot; - Using Trivia in an Effective Way</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;This is a dollar sign &lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;, right? Yes it is. That dollar sign is actually and historically a combination of the letters “P” and “S” which was the official abbreviation for “peso.” Yes, pesos were, until 1794, the principal coin in the &lt;country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/country-region&gt; circulation. After that, we began marketing our own dollars and just kept that dollar sign! Did you know that? Most people don’t. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Well,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; SO WHAT &amp;amp; WHO CARES?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; That’s right, you’re busy, successful, intelligent, active and aware. Why waste time with some obscure fact from 212 years ago? It’s a bit of totally useless information…&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;unless&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; you make it relevant to your listeners! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;One of the past articles titled: &lt;i&gt;“He Jumped Out Of An Airplane Without A Parachute”&lt;/i&gt; focused on how to get your audience’s attention by using a startling statement. This one, &lt;i&gt;“Dollar Signs,”&lt;/i&gt; is focused on how to use seemingly obscure facts in interesting or unusual ways.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Let’s say your talk was titled “Dollar Signs” and after acknowledging the introducer and your audience, you made that trivial fact the key to your presentation opening. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;You could say: &lt;i&gt;“Right now a real peso, which is still used as Mexican currency, is only worth about ten or eleven American cents. And, you know what? Most Americans earn so little compared to what they should be earning they might as well be getting paid in pesos. During the next few minutes you’ll hear three specific ideas that can dramatically increase your income.”&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Or, you could go in an entirely different direction with this as your next thought after the 1794 fact: &lt;i&gt;“Right now in &lt;state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Arizona&lt;/state&gt;, it almost feels like &lt;country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Mexico&lt;/place&gt;&lt;/country-region&gt;, and our currency should be the peso—not the dollar. With thousands of illegal immigrants flooding our towns and cities, in the next few minutes I’ll offer you three specific suggestions on what you can do to help our state and our nation deal with illegal immigration, so your dollars don’t become pesos!”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;OK, you get the point. Now it’s your turn. How can you take these trivial facts and work them into your next speech? Or just work them into an imaginary talk? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;It’s great practice to help you move from “Good” to “Great.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Here are a few examples:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;On average, a Twinkie will explode in a microwave oven in just 45 seconds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The man who commissioned the Mona Lisa refused it once he saw it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.2in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Go ahead, do it! If you can, some big dollars can be in your future!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/01/dollar-signs-using-trivia-in-effective.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-3425919307592021004</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-13T14:09:45.736-07:00</atom:updated><title>&quot;Ten Thousand Mentors&quot; - Learn from Every Speaker You Hear!</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;“Who is, or was, your mentor to improve your public speaking skills?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; That question was asked recently by a friend’s 16-year-old daughter, as she interviewed me for a school project. The answer to that question, if it were asked of you, should be the same answer that I gave that young girl&lt;i&gt;—“I don’t have a mentor, never did.”&lt;/i&gt; That’s true, and it should be true for you too!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Actually I have had mentors—not ONE mentor, but at least 10,000 of them, and most likely a lot more! You see, since first studying speaking, I stumbled on to a great truth—a timeless truth—and it was this …You can learn to be a better speaker by studying &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;every&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; speaker you &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;ever&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; hear—the good ones as well as the terrible ones—if you ask yourself these five questions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;1. &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;“Do I like them?” &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Not in a social or personal way—but in a speaker/audience way. Did they connect with you? Were they the kind of person you enjoyed listening to and would like to hear again? Now that’s a simple no-brainer question. You know in just a few minutes how that speaker is making you feel. So at every business meeting, TV show or movie, where someone is giving a speech, ask yourself that question. Next ask yourself …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Why? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Why did you like or dislike that speaker? What did they say or do that turned you on or turned you off in their presentation? If you didn’t like them, what did you feel were the turn-offs? Too boring? Not believable? Talking down to you? Confusing? Arrogant? Self-focused, not you focused? Overbearing? Egotistical? Or, on the flip side, if you liked them was it because they were funny? Sincere? Credible? Passionate? Enthusiastic? Creative? Happy? Focused on you? Down to earth? Again with just a few moments of self-reflection you can answer that “why?” question. Then ask yourself …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;What did they say or do that made me feel the way I felt? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;If turned off by their arrogance, was it their body language? Hands on hip, head thrown back in the “I’m better than you” position? Or just their tone of voice? Now you’re cooking. Now you’re starting to see how you can learn from every single speaker you’ll ever see and hear! They are your mentors! They are your role models for what &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;not&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; to do—or for what &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;to do!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; If you were turned on and positively impacted by that speaker because of their self put down humor or their passion for the subject material, or by the sheer joy they emoted just discussing their topic—you now have a mentor to help you keep improving!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;So my fellow students of public speaking, for over 37 years I’ve been blessed by having at least 10,000 mentors. Yes, studying, as an audience member, every speaker you hear, can teach you:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;A.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;What not to do!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; Anything you see or hear that turns you off!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;B.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;What to do!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt; Anything you see or hear that turns you on!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Oh you’re not done yet! There’s a fourth question to ask yourself as you think of that “mentor speaker” you’re listening to . . .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;4.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;If I were giving that speech instead—what could I do to make it even better? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;It’s this fourth question that will move you to the next level. It forces you to keep improving. So let’s say you said to yourself &lt;i&gt;…”Self, if I gave that speech, I’d focus on just three points, not the 18 the speaker talked about.”&lt;/i&gt; Or &lt;i&gt;“I’d add humor.”&lt;/i&gt; Or &lt;i&gt;“I’d have a handout.”&lt;/i&gt; Or &lt;i&gt;“I’d open it up to questions.”&lt;/i&gt; Or &lt;i&gt;“I’d have visuals.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;So, are you committed to making every speaker you hear your mentor? And now the secret is out. So often students of speaking ask me &lt;i&gt;“Joel, what do YOU get out of listening to other speakers?”&lt;/i&gt; Now you know! &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;They’re my mentors&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;—it’s true!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;When I hear some speakers, it helps me be even more creative in my professional speaking. They inspire me to twist and turn my stories into something more interesting to my audience. When some speakers speak, it helps me vary my cadence, speed and rhythm. Their style might be so unique and add such impact to the message, with powerful pauses. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Here’s a specific example: At my recent presentation in Orlando for the leading testing and assessment company in the world—Pearson Assessments—I had my introducer add this line to my introduction &lt;i&gt;…”We gave Joel our Career Path Assessment test and it showed his people skills are so bad he should be a shepherd.” &lt;/i&gt;It brought the house down! Before I said one word, that got them laughing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;And after hearing a speaker speak recently, I didn’t like how much material was being squeezed into a short talk. It was information overload, and that brings us to the final question.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;5.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Do I do or say anything like that speaker that could turn my audience off or work against me?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I’ve now revised my next seminar after feeling that too much information was being crammed in. And … &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;What did that speaker do that was so effective that I should also do? &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Yes, copy the good stuff—not the specific words someone else says, but the principle behind what they did. I don’t speak like him, but I can take his unique style and add more pauses to my talks—and you can too!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;So get yourself a special “Mentors Notebook” and begin writing down and saving the answers to these five questions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Do I like them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Why do I like or not like them? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;What did they say or do that made me feel the way I feel?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;4.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;If I were giving that speech, not them, what could I do to make it even better?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 56.9pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -38.9pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore;&quot;&gt;5.&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;a. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Do I do or say anything like that speaker did that could turn my audience off?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.8in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;b.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What did that speaker do that was so effective that I should also do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Do this for the next four decades and you’ll have at least 10,000 mentors helping you become the great speaker you can become!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.successcomesincans.com/contactus.html&quot;&gt;Contact me&lt;/a&gt; for a free copy of my 10,000 Mentors Worksheet&quot;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/01/ten-thousand-mentors-learn-from-every.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358437963449363063.post-2880531377271956010</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-13T13:38:10.149-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">One-on-One Speech Coaching</category><title>One-on-One Speech Coaching</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The format of my one-on-one private coaching is simple and very effective. You and I will spend the time focused with laser-like intensity on just two things—crafting the specific content of your message and polishing&amp;nbsp;your delivery of that message. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Being an amazing communicator is a learned skill.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; It’s not a natural gift you either have or don’t have. I know from decades of experience, with hundreds of students, that no matter how good you are now…you can be even better!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;First you and I will discuss your objectives, your situation and your present content. I will prepare for our face-to-face time by reading or listening to a recorded presentation of yours, and reviewing the questionnaire you’ll be sending me about yourself. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I’ll then teach you how you can craft a powerful message so it connects to your audience. You will possess information and skills almost no one else has, to help you “Speak With Impact.” Every skill, technique and method we work on will be specific to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;what you do&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;what you want to accomplish&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, based on where you are now in your skill level. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The feedback from the students who have experienced&amp;nbsp;my &lt;strong&gt;“Speak With Impact”&lt;/strong&gt; coaching highlights three important benefits. In summary, here’s what these top level executives, managers and super sales professionals have said…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;1.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;“I never realized how vital it is to connect my message to my audience. Joel gave me the secret of how to do it, and now my message connects with the audience every time I speak!”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;2.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;“I immediately felt so much more confident when I spoke because I was so much more prepared and knew I had the right message for the right audience.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;3.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;“I now have a speaking skills tool box of all the materials I’ve received. I can go back to this massive and valuable resource as I progress, and keep getting even better as my skills improve.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;That’s exactly what you can expect to gain from your &lt;strong&gt;“Speak With Impact”&lt;/strong&gt; one-on-one coaching sessions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Our time together can be scheduled in increments of three half-day sessions, all in one week, or spread out over several weeks. We’ll make it fit your needs and your situation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;You will receive a massive amount of resource material in the form of a 125-page binder, plus CDs and DVDs. These tools will be an invaluable help as you continue to improve. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;To decide if this is right for you, answer this question: &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;“Just supposing, you could speak with even greater confidence and calmness, with a message customized specifically for your audience, that&amp;nbsp;included impacting stories, startling statistics, humor, visuals, and participation, how much would that be worth to you?”&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 6pt 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;You can call me directly at &lt;strong&gt;1-800- 852-8572&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;(480) 948-5633&lt;/strong&gt; and let’s discuss your objectives and set a date to get started!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://speakwithimpactcoach.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-on-one-speech-coaching.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Joel Weldon)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>