Internationally awarded speaker Marnick Vandebroek reveals the most effective techniques that he, professional comedians, keynote speakers and respected politicians across the world use to capture the hearts and minds of their audience, and how you can apply these yourself in delivering your next presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The most effective techniques that professional comedians, keynote speakers and respected politicians across the world use to capture the hearts and minds of their audience.
Before you start reading 9
\nThe question that started it all 11
\nMINDSET – BASIC PRINCIPLES & BELIEFS OF GREAT SPEAKERS 17
\n1. Why should I learn to speak better? I’m not in sales. 18
\n2. Is it something you can learn or is it just a gift some people have? 24
\n3. How can I tell stories when everything in my company has to be to the point? 34
\nPERFORMANCE – OWNING YOUR STAGE LIKE A PROFESSIONAL 43
\n4. How can I become less nervous? 44
\n5. How do I avoid using filler words? 64
\n6. Should I use speaker notes? 70
\n7. How can I be funny? 76
\n8. How do I manage my energy, even on a bad day? 90
\n9. How do I speak with more confidence and enthusiasm without being seen as fake? 102
\nCONTENT – TURNING INFORMATION INTO IMPACTFUL STORIES 127
\n(It’s best to read these six chapters in order.)
\n10. How can I capture the audience’s attention? 128
\n11. How do I prepare my presentation? 144
\n12. How do I structure my presentation? 164
\n13. How do I turn my message into an actual story? 178
\n14. How do I interact with my audience and pose good questions? 190
\n15. How do I build a powerful slide deck? 214
\nCREDIBILITY – LEADING YOUR AUDIENCE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS 239
\n16. How do I stay in control when being challenged by my audience? 240
\n17. What if I don’t believe in the story I have to tell? 256
\n18. What if I’m expected to send something to my audience upfront? 264
\nCONTEXT – SPEAKING IN A DIFFERENT SETTING OR ROLE 273
\n19. Do these insights and techniques also work in front of a camera or in a video call? 274
\n20. How do I host an event or meeting? 288
\nAI – USING TECHNOLOGY TO YOUR
\nADVANTAGE 309
\n21. Can’t I just ask AI to do everything for me? 310
\nAnd so it begins 316
\nSources 318
\nWho is Marnick Vandebroek? 324<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21582],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56052","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-reference","7":"author-by-author-marnick-vandebroek","8":"publisher-lannoo-publishers","9":"series-lannoo-campus","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n