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March 28, 2023 24 mins

Sure, knowing your product or service is essential, but do you know how to develop and deliver that information in ways that your audience will remember, repeat, and respond to? If not, you’re missing out, and so is your audience. In this episode, John Watkis offers several ideas on how you can accomplish this by making your speeches sound like music.

 

Takeaways

- How a speech is like music

- Why are you would want to include a chorus

- Where does the chorus go?

- The value of using a hook

- How to make a “boring“ subject interesting

- Mistakes some speakers make

- How do you respond to resistance

- How to end your talk with power

- A key to storytelling

 

Resources

- JohnWatkis.com

- The Captivating Public Speaker on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ8HRPWC

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