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Today's Tip:  Show Up

If, as the saying goes, half of success is just showing up, then speakers get two chances to do that. In the speaking industry, there is an old saying: "Behind every great speaker is a meeting planner with knocking knees." Get to your event a little early and slow the knee knocking by letting your organizer know that you are there.

Your second chance at 'showing up' is to truly focus on this presentation, at this event, for these people. Be there.Listen to the members of your audience you meet: be aware of how your physical setting works: focus on the outcome you want from your speech. It is sure to be a good showing.



Feature Article: Own the Podium

It is the middle of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and the home team is doing better than it ever has. Much of this success has been attributed to a government program which has been roundly panned by, especially, the British press. Apparently, they feel that the Canadians are supposed to continue to live up to their reputation as 'nice' people and they are not supposed to try to win. News flash to news reporters: the two are not mutually exclusive.

So, about now, you are wondering whether you've opened the wrong newsletter. Isn't this supposed to be about speaking?!? It is, indeed; and, the reason this story is relevant is that the name of the government success building program is, "Own the Podium". --- And, who knows more about a podium than a presenter. As your speaking coach, I simply couldn't resist the reference.

After all, the very pinnacle of public speaking is to have total control - - - to, in fact, 'own' the podium. This is the compliment that other professional speaker pay to my partner in SpeechGems, Norm Rebin. They just phrase it a bit differently and say, Rebin owns the platform. Podium or platform, what it does is allow Norm - and, you - to move an audience in any direction you choose.

• Whip them into a frenzy over an issue, then, send them out ready to do battle with problem.
• Break their hearts with a story of an opportunity missed; then, present them with a new beginning.
• Refer to a number of them individually; and, in the process forge a powerful, motivated team.
• Bind them to you and your purpose with a carefully crafted speech interwoven with pathos, outrageous laughter, deep empathy for their situation, rock solid facts and statistics, and great choreography, all of which lift their sights to help them capture the dream you are presenting.

This is the Gold Medal moment. We would love to help you get there.

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Today's Quotes: Team Work: "Win one for the gipper."
This popular quote about team work by coach Knute Rockne was adopted by US President Ronald Reagan as a campaign slogan after he had portrayed Rockne in the biographical film about the well respected coach.

"Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean."
Ryunosuke Satoro

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."
Michael Jordan

"The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side"
Margaret Carty

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."
Industrialist, Andrew Carnegie

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.
Akio Morita (Japanese Businessman chairman of the board (from 1976 through 1994) of Sony Corporation. 1921-1999)

And, that well known author, Anonymous, has a great deal to say on team work:

" There is no "I" in "TEAMWORK"."

"Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we."

"TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More"

"It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit. "



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