Steal the Show with Michael Port

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about how to share emotional topics on stage so that you and the audience both feel safe.  Nora McInerny is the best-selling author of the best-selling books, It's Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) and No Happy Endings , as well as The Hot Young Widows Club . She hosts the award-winning podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking , and presented on the...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about using the tenets of journalism to produce good content for the stage.  Melanie Deziel is the founder of StoryFuel, which teaches marketers, publishers, creators and companies of all sizes how to tell better brand stories. She's a keynote speaker, author, award-winning branded content creator, and lifelong storyteller who is on a mission to...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about using search engine optimization (SEO) to drive conference organizers and meeting planners to your speaker website.  Stephan Spencer is an SEO expert and bestselling author of three books: The Art of SEO , Social eCommerce , and Google Power Search .  He has optimized the websites of some of the biggest brands in the world, including Chane...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we dive into launching a successful speaking career at schools and universities and beyond. Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab, a training company that helps public speakers learn how to find and book speaking gigs. He has delivered nearly one thousand presentations to more than 500,000 people in 47 states and has keynoted events for audiences as...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about what it takes to transform from a good speaker to a fascinating one who stands out from the crowd. At just 24, Sally Hogshead was the most-awarded advertising copywriter in the United States. Since then, she has been inducted into the National Speakers Association's Speaker Hall of Fame and has published New York Times and Wall Street Jour...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about how to rely on your training on stage and off. Steve Drum is a retired Navy SEAL Master Chief, recently retiring from a 27-year career of, he says, "jumping out of planes and kicking in doors." He helped develop a "Warrior Toughness" training program for the U.S. Navy, ultimately changing the way the military branch prepares young sailors...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about "non-obvious" ways to provide more value to meeting planners and organizers, as well as audiences and fans. Rohit Bhargava is the founder and Chief Trend Curator for the Non-Obvious Company and the bestselling author of six books. His latest book, for the new decade, is Non-Obvious Megatrends. He is widely considered one of the most entert...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about reinventing yourself as a speaker, author, and thought leader. Dorie Clark is a self-reinvention and branding expert and the author of  Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and the Washington Post bestseller and Forbes Top 10 Business Book of the Year, Stand Out .  She delivers dozens of keynotes per year and has appeared on the TEDx stage...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about the neuroscience of fandom and how speakers can use it to connect with audiences and build a following. David Meerman Scott is the author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR , with more than 400,000 copies sold in English and available in 29 languages. His newest book, Fanocracy , co-written with his daughter Reiko, is about turning fans...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about using the tricks of the journalism trade for producing better storytelling online and on stage.  Ann Handley is a digital marketing pioneer and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Everybody Writes and Content Rules . Named by IBM as one of the seven people shaping modern marketing, she has more than 400,000 LinkedIn foll...

Want to learn how to unlock erotic intelligence in the bedroom and the boardroom? Listen in as I interview Esther Perel, who is an author and a couples therapist. She has been recognized as one of the world's most original and insightful thinkers about couples, sexuality, and the peculiar paradoxes found in modern marriage. Esther Perel wrote her first groundbreaking book called, " Mating in Capti...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about raising your speaking game using sports performance principles.  Alan Stein, Jr. worked as a performance coach for some of the highest-performing athletes on the planet, including NBA superstar Kevin Durant. He shows us how the lessons he taught top athletes can bring out the best in any performance. Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/p...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about crafting a speaking career that suits your personality and life goals.  Scott Stratten co-founded UnMarketing and co-hosts the UnPodcast with his wife and business partner, Alison Stratten. Together, they've published five bestselling business books and recently released, The Jackass Whisperer: How to Deal with the Worst People at Work, at...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about the value that speakers bring to the stage...and beyond. Simon T. Bailey is an author and the leader of the SPARK Movement whose purpose is to ignite sustainable transformation in people, systems, and nations. A former Sales Director for the Disney Institute, he shares his secrets for giving audiences not just what they want, but what they...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about building a community of raving fans. Giovanni Marsico is the founder of the Archangel Summit, an annual gathering of mission-driven entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals who want to do well by doing good. He shares with us his vision for creating transformational experiences on stage and behind the scenes. Read more at https://stealthe...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're talking about adding humor to our speeches and our lives. Drew Tarvin, the world's first Humor Engineer, with more than 5 million views of his TEDx talk, the "Skill of Humor," shows us how to infuse the funny into our content and keep on improving despite the haters and the hecklers. Read more at  https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/123-drew-tarvin-selling...

With nearly 120 keynotes and workshops a year, Phil M. Jones is one of the busiest public speakers on the circuit. The author of an award-winning business trilogy that started with Exactly What to Say, Phil's mastered the art of the speaking business by constantly striving to be better and aim higher. Plus, he finds sales fun. He believes that every speaker can find room for play in their sales, c...

On today's episode of Steal the Show , we're uncovering why some speakers' careers plateau and how to fix it or prevent it altogether. Tim Sanders—former Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer, bestselling author, and top-rated leadership keynote speaker—shares his best practices for switching from one-off speaking gigs to cultivating a few accounts that hire you again and again. Read more at  https://ste...

On today's episode, we talk about how to turn setbacks into wins with Alison Levine: an adventurer, mountaineer, New York Times bestselling author, and public speaker. Alison leveraged her experience climbing seven summits and skiing to both poles into a successful speaking career. Yet, other people have also climbed the world's highest summits, and, unlike her, they didn't famously turn back with...

"Those who have the courage to do something distinctly, purposefully, and strategically different will reap the rewards." - Jay Baer (click to tweet) On today's episode of Steal the Show , we are discussing talk triggers: the things that brands and businesses do that get us telling stories about them to our friends. However, to create one inside our own company is much easier said than done. That'...

  "Our job, as performers, is often to break the rules. That's what an artist does." - Michael Port (click to tweet) On today's episode of Steal the Show , we explore a listener's question: how do we make the technical appear in technicolor? Well, he doesn't exactly ask that. But how does a performer compel on a subject matter where the subject matter is dense, slides are expected, and a podium is...

"You have to make it easy for other people to communicate the transformation. Not for you to communicate it for other people." - Giovanni Marsico (click to tweet) Thanks to social media, we have the opportunity to engage with audiences before, during, and after events. When we do this, the in-person experience becomes something entirely different for the viewer: it's the beginning of a performance...

"In this business, you are not doing anything alone." - Amy Port (click to tweet) On today's episode of Steal The Show , we are joined by Amy Port for Part 2 of our conversation. Amy is the Co-Founder & President of Heroic Public Speaking, and today she unpacks the mechanics behind the keynote we delivered at the National Speakers Association Influence 2018 conference. Tune in to hear the principl...

"If you're having to decide whether you should do A or B with your time—you should just wake up earlier." - Amy Port (click to tweet) We've all been to the convention, where we spend our days sitting in lectures back-to-back, listening to speakers read from their slides. It's undeniably forgettable, yet we find most abiding by this template when they're on stage. So the question becomes: how do yo...

"If you look at the past decade, I'd be challenged to see another industry as disrupted by technology as speaking." - Mitch Joel (click to tweet) Today, most brands and businesses are also trying to be a media company. Selling a product or service is no longer enough. Whether it's an engaging social media presence or valuable email marketing campaign—this new expectation of content creation provid...