ALWAYS MAKE YOUR PERFORMANCE BIGGER THAN YOUR APPLAUSE!

Remembering the five key concepts below will dramatically improve your communication! Awareness and action toward the steps below will set you on the path to being asked to speak again, again, and again!!!

Share your knowledge and passion for your topic effectively!

1. AUDIENCES ARE DYING TO BE ENGAGED: Your job is to engage the listener! If someone in our audience is falling asleep it is OUR fault not theirs. Our job in any communication situation is to get the listener to respond, listen and interact. If you can accomplish this, the rest will follow.

2. ALIGNMENT OF MESSAGE AND MESSENGER: Remember what you say and how you say it must match. People will remember what you DO before they remember what you SAY. The hardest part at first to communicating strategically is aligning DELIVERY with CONTENT. Become aware of and remove any distractions that may cause the listener not to hear you!

3. ASSESS YOUR VISUALS: Enhance your information through the use of visuals. Use ALL forms of visuals ………not just PowerPoint. Physical items make great visuals! Anything that will create a picture for your listeners is fair game.

4. AUTHENTICITY: Be yourself! You are the gift! What you bring to the table no one else can bring. If you don’t share your story, expertise, knowledge, and wisdom, the world will be missing out. Do not try to be someone else in your presentation……the audience will appreciate YOU for being YOU!

5. AVOID “MIND SHARE COMPETITION”: Know what else with which you may be competing! Time of day, temperature of room, work-loads, personal issues, global issues…..all can take away from audience focus. Eliminating as many distractions as you can in advance (time, place, temperature) will help reduce mind-share competition. Knowing your audience and your room details can work wonders!

These 5 steps are just the beginning! Focus on what will create communication success for your audience!

I dare you to take the BART-onomics test. Here’s how it goes:

Walk through your company and ask one simple question to five different people.

The question is:

“WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE BENEFITS OUR COMPANY, SERVICE OR PRODUCT BRINGS TO THE TABLE?”

If all 5 people answer with the same answer……………..you’re golden!!!

If not ………….a COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IS NECESSARY AND CRITICAL TO YOUR SUCCESS!

How’d you do?

Bart

Bart Queen and Glenna Griffin, Remarkability Experts, featured in USA Today by America’s PremierExperts™, in recognition of being among of America’s leading experts in communication training.

Orlando, Fla. – January 9, 2009 – An elite group of celebrity experts from various industries were featured in USA Today in a full page color spotlight on December 19, 2008.  Two of these experts, Bart Queen and Glenna Griffin, CEO and COO, respectively, of  Ultimate PowerSpeak are being featured as a member of America’s PremierExperts™.  Bart and Glenna were chosen for this honor based upon their expertise and success in the communications training industry. Both are sought after speakers and trainers who driven to encourage others to make positive choices and changes in their lives.

Bart Queen said,  “Our goal is to help one million people live lives of intentional legacy. Imagine one million people sharing their life gifts….imagine the ripple effect of those million.  We truly can make a difference and change the world. The article in USA today hopefully will inspire others to experience the REMARKABILTY FACTOR.  This is the catalyst of one person taking the first step.  One will turn into thousands of first steps. The remarkability movement has begun!”

Glenna Griffin said,  “Our goal of encouraging individuals to lead lives of intentional legacy and true “Remarkability” impacts individuals nationally and internationally. The feature in USA today provided an immediate connection for individuals across the country to Speak America so that they can begin their journey today!  It is a wonderful opportunity to inspire individuals toward sharing their gifts with the world!”

America’s PremierExperts™ LLC is an organization that honors an exclusive group of celebrity experts who are dedicated to spreading knowledge and awareness in their field of expertise and making significant contributions to their industry and the marketplace as a whole.  Upon acceptance into America’s PremiereExperts™, members are invited to apply to participate in a 12-month innovative and extremely exclusive program, The Ultimate Celebrity Branding Experience™, for highly motivated entrepreneurs, authors, speakers and professionals, launched by Nick Nanton, Esq., The Celebrity Lawyer and J.W. Dicks, Esq., The Business Growth Lawyer, authors of the best-selling book, “Celebrity Branding You™.”

The participants selected to participate in this year’s program are forward-thinking business owners, entrepreneurs, professional speakers, authors and corporate CEOs looking to distinguish their brand, increase revenues, lock out their competition and capture a distinct advantage over competitors in their market.

For more information on Bart Queen and Glenna Griffin, please visit http://www.ultimatepowerspeak.com

For more information on America’s PremierExperts™, please visit http://www.AmericasPremierExperts.com