Back in the 80’s, public speaking and presentation training were skills that only a few were committed to invest resources to master.
Because, a professional, after learning the skills of presenting effectively, had to find an audience to speak to.
So, if you wanted to speak to groups you had to:
a) Promote your own event (that requires time and money to put people in a room) b) Sell yourself to speak at ..read more
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If you’d like to learn how to be an amazingly persuasive presenter and overall better influencer, then please consider attending a very special event, where you will learn not only learn how to “speak like the pros” but you actually learn the art and science of persuasion.
In this class, you’re going to learn:
How to Turn Your Psychology ON! What you need to know about your audience The Question Technique The Mapping Association Technique The Secret Formula for Impromptu Presentations Influencing from the Front Presentation Structure How ..read more{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Approximately 2,500 years ago, in Ancient Athens, public speaking was considered one of the most important skills one could have.
Why?Citizens met in large Assemblies in the marketplace (agora) to debate issues of war and economics and politics. In addition, with the institution of the People’s Court by the Sage, Solon, in 594-593 BCE, citizens could take their grievances before a magistrate and argue their cases.
Since a family did not have a ..read more
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We just wanted to take a moment and thank all the wonderful friends that helped us this past weekend. With their help we were able to impact the lives of more than 40 people in many different ways.
I’m not going to call them out individually because they are too humble and would not like the attention, but they know who they are.
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It was July 18th, 2009 and it was another beautiful Saturday morning in San Diego, I woke up excited because I was about to have a nice work out in a brand new gym in my neighborhood. I have been a member of 24 hour fitness for over 10 years now, but I decided to check out a different club that is literally walking distance from my house (I ..read more
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One of the beliefs that I teach about influence is that “influence is automatic, either you are influencing or you are being influenced” regardless of the environment, the intention, the state of mind you are in, or your company.
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in my hometown Porto Alegre (Brazil) and my mom, my sister and I were relaxing in a coffeehouse, people watching, sipping “cafezinho” (expresso) and having ..read more
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Everything can be reframed! Is the cup half empty or half full? Is this a crises or is this an opportunity? Is this a failure or just a lesson to be learned? Are you fearful or are you excited? At one point or another, everybody in the self-development, coaching and training industry utilizes this concept of reframing, or changing the frame of reference.
Reframing is the strategy to change the ..read more
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One of the most overlooked skills in both personal and professional development is the ability to present. Last week I had two conversations, one with a lawyer and one with a business executive (who happened to have an MBA). Here is how my conversations went… I asked both of them how long they went to school (to obtain the MBA and JD degrees). Both said around 6 to 7 ..read more
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