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Dan Millman: Life has just three rules?
Socrates: And you already know them...
Dan: Paradox, humour, and change.
Socrates: Paradox...
Dan: Life is a mystery. Don't waste time trying to figure it out.
Socrates: Humour... Dan: Keep a sense of humour, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure.
Socrates: Change...
Dan: Know that nothing stays the same. Dan: The journey is what brings us happiness... not the destination
This video combines breathtaking photography, inspirational quotes and real-life stories to reinforce each point on how to develop and maintain a positive attitude.
Be taken on a journey of personal discovery. It will help you manage your energy levels, keep your soul alive, take new paths, reduce stress, attack your fears, and hang on when the storms blow through.
Name the three best speakers you know. Are *you* on your list? If not, are those other speakers better than you?
If you ask your clients to name the three best speakers they’ve had at their meetings, are you on *their* list? Top speakers are continually looking for ways to be even better, to have more impact, and they have learned to look to show business performers for clues and techniques.
How do the skills of master performers translate to speakers? What do Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, and Jerry Seinfeld do in their performances that you can apply to your presentations?
Bill Stainton has won numerous Emmy awards. He knows what comedy and TV stars do to stay on top, and he’s going to share that knowledge with us.
Virtually all of the speakers who are making serious money in the speaking business have one thing in common: they are amazing on the platform! Everything else springs from that: referrals, spin-offs, product sales — everything. If you want to make it — really make it — as a speaker, you have to be as good as, or better than, the best.
Bill will share the secrets he’s learned from the people who have really made it in comedy and television, and translate those secrets directly to the world of speaking.
You will learn:
• How to structure your presentation for maximum engagement
• How to utilize predictable unpredictability to keep your audiences awake and interested
• A simple rule to help you plan your openings and closings
• How to use the secrets of comedy writers to make your speeches and stories come alive
• How to rehearse properly (most speakers don’t!) to set you apart from the competition more information here ... http://bit.ly/i9AeFR
PowerPoint problems run rampant in presentations, from busy, overdone slides that are impossible to read to poor usage where the speaker talks to the slide or blocks the screen. While there are lots of ways to improve slide quality and enhance PowerPoint usage, there is one little known, but powerful, strategy that can improve any PowerPoint presentation and put the focus more on the speaker, where it belongs. => http://bit.ly/eRhWK3
Humorist, songwriter and educator, Jana Stanfield combines laughter, wisdom and her million-selling
songs into an interactive experience that generates fun and positive action
"You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing. Get interested in something! Get absolutely enthralled in something! Get out of yourself! Be somebody! Do something. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have."
Norman Vincent Peale
Before any presentation, you need to define the wow - the impact you want your presentation to make. And part of that definition has to be what you want your audience to remember of you. What image do you want them to take with them?
Everything the audience sees needs to reinforce that image – clothes, facial expression, stance and gesture. At its most basic this means projecting confidence and sincerity. Unless you decide otherwise, the audience needs to know that you are comfortable with your message and believe in it.
If you are also using this presentation to present yourself as the face of your business, or as a candidate for a position, then take that into account as well. You need to be seen as trustworthy, competent, at ease with your material.
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
- Napoleon Hill
In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity and happiness -- and smarter decision-making.
