Public Speaking with Peter George

In this brief episode, you are going to learn how you can quickly differentiate yourself from other speakers, more effectively engage your audience, and have your audience understand the benefit from listening to you.   All you need to do is shift your mindset, and therefore your presentation, from being speaker-centric to audience-centric.   Once you've accomplished this, you're all set to provid...

Some public speaking myths have been around for years. I have no idea how they continue to be perpetuated. Hopefully, this episode will help bring these myths to an end ... at least for those who listen to it.   The 10 myths covered in this episode include: To become an excellent speaker, just get more speaking gigs. If you get nervous when looking people in the eye, looking above their heads is j...

Leaving a steady, secure job behind and transitioning to being a full-time speaker can be a nerve-racking undertaking, but it's well worth the effort and stress. That ... from someone who has successfully made the move, Clint Pulver.    Known as "The Millennial Speaker," Clint Pulver helps organizations that want to retain, engage and inspire their people.   As the president and founder of The Cen...

Whether you are beginning your speaking career or are a veteran, writing a book on your subject may be one of the most advantageous tings you can do to showcase your expertise.   In this episode, John Jantsch and I discuss how writing a book could affect your speaking career. As you'll discover, it's a daunting undertaking, but can be well worth your time and effort.   John is a veteran marketing...

Public speaking is a craft -- a craft that no one really masters. It is a constant work in process, and for those who work at their craft, it is also a work in progress.   Award-winning speaker and best-selling author Joey Coleman shares how he has shaped his craft and how it has shaped him. And we can all learn from his experience and perspective.   In this episode, you'll discover: Which of the...

Sima Dahl is a branding visionary who revolutionizes the way audiences think about generating demand. Her early career as an award-winning marketer paved the way for Sway Factor™, her groundbreaking model of modern influence that explores personal branding and its impact on traditional business and employer brands.   Sima has traveled from Boston to Budapest showing sales, marketing, and HR leader...

We all know how beneficial word-of-mouth marketing is, yet only 1% of businesses have a word-of-mouth strategy. This is because many of us believe that being competent in our professions inspires people to talk about us and our businesses. Oh, if only this were true.      Jay Baer, Hall of Fame speaker and author of the best-selling "Talk Triggers," explains how you can use talk triggers and other...

Is being a speaker one of your goals? You'll want to listen to Suzanne Evans, president of Driven, Inc., share your experience and advice to up-and-coming and established speakers alike.   In this episode, you'll discover: How speaking allows you to connect in ways social media does not. How speaking builds trust. The value of speaking when it comes to gaining visibility. Why optimism is a must fo...

This episode features an interview with one of my favorite raconteurs, Dr. Ivan Misner. Founder & Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world's largest business networking organization, Ivan is reknown for his engaging and illuminating stories that he effortlessly weaves into his business presentations. Tune in and become a more powerful storyteller.   In the episode, you learn: - the difference bet...

Every time you communicate, you're doing it for a reason. You want someone to understand something, do something, or change something. You're trying to make a point. But the only way to make a point is to have a point. And the surprising truth is, very few communicators know their point or even understand what a point is, rendering them pointless.   In this episode, Joel Schwartzberg explains how...

Bob Burg joins me for the first episode of The Speaker Station Podcast.   Bob is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences sharing the platform with everyone from today's business leaders and broadcast personalities to even a former U.S. President.   He is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales of well over a million copies...