Power To Speak with Confidence. Conversations that will inspire and empower.

If you want something to happen, you gotta work for it yourself! In this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking my guest is native Italian, Fab Giovanetti. Fab is an award-winning author, entrepreneur and marketing consultant helping busy professionals reclaim their time. She's also the CEO and head teacher at Alt Marketing School, supporting people making a positive impact through their marketing. She aims to help people grow their online audience, monetise their content and unleash their potential as creatives. Fab is a speaker and podcast host too. I first met her at this year's You Are The Media Creator Day where she bounced onto stage and delivered her message with such energy and enthusiasm that I wish she'd been my head teacher! Her school, Alt Marketing School, teaches positive impact marketing to professionals who want to do marketing differently. Her students learn how to market to hearts, not brains with unique, live cohorts featuring flexible curriculums. She's on a mission to help 100,000 professionals from all walks of life market to hearts, not brains, to connect with fellow marketers and business owners tired of the 'old way of marketing'. The movers. The shakers. From Picking Pears to working in Nando's this Italian gal from a small country town, learned the value of patience, acceptance, and attention to detail. More importantly, if you want something to happen, you gotta work for it yourself. We had a fascinating and lively chat about Speaking, teaching, modern marketing, humility, practice and progress! This was the last Speaking About Speaking in this format. Stay tuned to find out what happens next! To connect with Fab go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabgiovanetti/ Find out about her speaking and read her blogs here: https://fabgiovanetti.com/ Follow her on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/fabgiovanetti/ Check out Alt Marketing School: https://altmarketingschool.com/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ If you're completely lost when it comes to speaking to your audience let alone able to be persuasive then click the image to download my FREE guide to speaking with confidence: SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE: The Ultimate Guide: https://subscribepage.io/speakwithconfidence 3 simple but effective steps to raise your confidence and prepare you for talking to your audience. With easy to implement exercises and clear techniques that will get you excited about speaking in public. Go from fear to excitement and become the comfortable and confident speaker you always wanted to be! Get excited about sharing your message.

In this previously live solo episode of Speaking About Speaking, I talk about my acting training and experience of being an actor. I explain how I use them to get clients comfortable with their content, confident in themselves and excited to be in front of their audience. I discuss the importance of a physical warm-up for your body and face, and how to breathe for performance. Why playing games builds trust and positivity and why fully owning your ‘back story' helps you to speak confidently. I'll also touch on Master Voice Teacher and author, Patsy Rodenberg's concept of 2nd Circle energy and how you can use it to ‘reclaim your presence'. Fascinating stuff! Here's the link to that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub27yeXKUTY To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ If you're completely lost when it comes to speaking to your audience let alone able to be persuasive then click the image to download my FREE guide to speaking with confidence: SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE: The Ultimate Guide: https://subscribepage.io/speakwithconfidence 3 simple but effective steps to raise your confidence and prepare you for talking to your audience. With easy to implement exercises and clear techniques that will get you excited about speaking in public. Go from fear to excitement and become the comfortable and confident speaker you always wanted to be! Get excited about sharing your message.  

"The accident stripped my confidence." Alix is a freelance journalist, copywriter and certified cheese addict. She has a love for academics, having studied both journalism and law and having managed to combine the two – with one of her varied positions a media reporter for a criminal barrister on the island of Bermuda! Alix started out as a feature writer for lads' mags in the early 2000s and learned early in her career that she had a knack for writing for very different audiences. From humorous articles one day, to in-depth white papers the next, she loves a writing challenge. Alix and I have met several times at You Are The Media events; I even gave her a very speedy hug at Creator Day this year as she attempted to break the most hugs in a minute world record (she came very close!) With her varied career and personal challenges, Alix has an incredible story that she wants (and should) share with the world. To that end, she has enrolled in my Speak Like a Speaker Club and very bravely put herself forward for Matt Denyer's Failed Nights event next year, where she'll speak for 15 minutes on her ‘failures'! Despite the title, it's an uplifting and humorous event full of love and learning. (I spoke this year and had a riotous time!) This was a lively 30 minutes. Alix's story despite the life-changing accident that nearly killed her is uplifting, humorous and inspiring.  To find out more about Alix go to https://alixking.com/ Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alixkingcopywriter/ Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lixxxyloo/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ If you're completely lost when it comes to speaking to your audience let alone able to be persuasive then click the image to download my FREE guide to speaking with confidence: SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE: The Ultimate Guide: https://subscribepage.io/speakwithconfidence 3 simple but effective steps to raise your confidence and prepare you for talking to your audience. With easy to implement exercises and clear techniques that will get you excited about speaking in public. Go from fear to excitement and become the comfortable and confident speaker you always wanted to be! Get excited about sharing your message.  

"To be community-led is to have community at the centre of our decisions."  Rosie Sherry is the founder and CEO of the Ministry of Testing, the leading community of practice for software testing professionals. She's an expert at community building and writes and researches around the subject via Rosie.land. She advocates for community building, indie-pendence for life choices, neurodivergence and home education. I saw Rosie on stage recently where she spoke about the importance of community and the role it plays in uniting people and shaping business. We discussed her obsession with community for connection rather than for ROI and how her community of software testers are asked to speak, sometimes for the first time to fellow members at the annual conference. Rosie lives in Brighton where she and her husband ‘unschool' their 5 children and run their business and several successful communities! I'm exhausted just thinking about it! A fabulous conversation. To connect with Rosie go to https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiesherry/?originalSubdomain=uk And check out her communities at https://rosie.land/ https://www.indiependent.land/ and follow her 'unschooling' journey on Insta https://www.instagram.com/unschoolme/   To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ If you're completely lost when it comes to speaking to your audience let alone able to be persuasive then click the image to download my FREE guide to speaking with confidence: SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE: The Ultimate Guide: subscribepage.io/speakwithconfidence. 3 simple but effective steps to raise your confidence and prepare you for talking to your audience. With easy to implement exercises and clear techniques that will get you excited about speaking in public. Go from fear to excitement and become the comfortable and confident speaker you always wanted to be! Get excited about sharing your message.

Rebecca Leppard is an Indonesian entrepreneur who transitioned from a high-powered corner office at a 5-star hotel to the fast-paced and dynamic world of tech and consulting in the UK. I first met Rebecca at a YATM Lunch Club and again when we were asked to speak at a Federation for Small Business event. Most recently Rebecca was on stage for the YATM Creator Day where she spoke about her journey from 5* Indonesian high-flyer to pandemic refugee, having to work her way back up from nothing when the world was in lockdown. It's a fascinating story.   She founded Upgrading Women, a media company and marketing agency helping feminists in business go to market. The agency is a 15-women operation, each with her speciality from LinkedIn to podcasts to newsletters. From the agency's success, Rebecca launched Girl Brand Content Club, an affordable way for coaches and service providers to ‘steal' her content marketing best practices. Alongside talking to Rebecca about how she ended up a refugee in lockdown with no Visa and no job, we discuss how speaking and entrepreneurial culture differs between Southeast Asia and the UK and how she's rebranded and built a successful personal brand from nothing. Check it out: yourgirlbrand.com Follow Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leppard/ And upgrading Women: https://upgradingwomen.com/#:~:text=Amplifying%20the%20underrepresented%20voices%20across,brands%20hidden%20across%20the%20globe. To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ And subscribe to the Power To Speak YouTube channel for more tips and techniques on how to get excited to speak to your audience. If you're completely lost when it comes to speaking to your audience let alone able to be persuasive then click the image to download my FREE guide to speaking with confidence: SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE: The Ultimate Guide: subscribepage.io/speakwithconfidence 3 simple but effective steps to raise your confidence and prepare you for talking to your audience. With easy to implement exercises and clear techniques that will get you excited about speaking in public. Go from fear to excitement and become the comfortable and confident speaker you always wanted to be! Get excited about sharing your message 

Positive persuasion takes sincerity, honesty, and respect. You need to communicate effectively and build rapport with your audience, whoever they are. In this Speaking About Speaking episode, I discuss how you can speak confidently and persuasively. As my friend and fellow speaker, Andrew Thorp says, we are all in the persuasion business. Whenever we speak, we hope to influence, build trust, and create emotional bonds, whether for business, a relationship or as a parent but how do we do that without crossing over to the dark side of manipulation and arrogance? I start the episode by sharing my 5 top tips on speaking with confidence... 1. Believe what you are saying. 2. Breathe 3. Be prepared 4. Vocal variety 5. Tell a story And then I talk about the devices and techniques we can use to influence and persuade, in a good way.

My guest for this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking is coaching offer expert, Sales & Marketing Strategist and B2B Speaker, Janine Coombes. Janine's speciality is in positioning services and helping coach- shaped clients create sizzling hot offers. For me though it's her love of performing (she used to have a covers band!) and comedy which shines through her always colourful, sometimes irreverent and often hysterical posts on social media that makes her so watchable. With over 15 years of industry experience including working with big brands like Orange, EE and Europcar, Janine has also delivered many engaging talks both on and offline including Atomicon, You Are The Media, Elevate and MarketEd.Live. We obviously discuss her madcap videos, dressing up as characters and her love of improv but she also shares her best speaking advice, how she found self love through LinkedIn video and how you don't have to be a performer to sell your offers - but it helps! Find Janine at: https://janinecoombes.co.uk/ You can sign up for her free workshop on Thursday 13 June here: https://janinecoombes.co.uk/coaching-sales-workshop/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ And subscribe to the channel for more tips and techniques on how to get excited to speak to your audience.

At the end of last year Brand Strategist, Podcast Host, and Founder of Brand Compass, Shelley Röstlund asked me to help her prepare for a talk she'd been asked to give on stage to an audience of 200 peers for You Are the Media Creator Day in Poole, Dorset in April. She'd been on stage before but found it uncomfortable, so much so she couldn't even remember the experience. She explained during a conversation we had for this podcast in February how she was terrified of the ‘bobbing' heads beyond the lights! Well, she did it! I was there and can report, that in fact - she smashed it! Even better than that, she remembers the whole experience and she had some amazing feedback (she got mobbed in the ladies after!) This conversation was our first chance to have a full debrief about the day, the talk and the aftermath. We discuss the process I took her through. From ‘pulling out' the stories that were relevant and would resonate with the audience to getting her past ‘uncanny valley'. Shelley underlines the importance of storytelling for your personal brand. It was also something that she took away from our work together. The quality of conversations she had after the event surprised her. In our conversation she tells me she's learnt not to edit those stories because you don't know what will ultimately resonate with the audience. She says, ‘tell your story, in your voice and in a way that's comfortable for you'. I couldn't has said it better myself.   If you're about to give a talk or presentation and want to speak with confidence. Or if speaking to your audience is something you want to do more of, but fear is holding you back, then my conversation with Shelley is a must!   Find Shelley at: https://shelleyrostlund.com/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ And subscribe to the channel for more tips and techniques on how to get excited to speak to your audience.

For this previously live episode of Speaking about Speaking I spoke with Michelle Haslam, a TikTok-preneur known as the TikTok Lady. The mid 40's mother of two uses her own experience with the platform to show small business owners how to use it to grow their business (without having to dance!) Having started her own small business in affiliate marketing in May 2021 alongside a part-time 9-5, she moved to TikTok to promote it. She admits being shockingly bad at first but stuck with it and after researching, learning and honing her videos to suit the platform's algorithm started making some traction. She is now making consistent sales and has over 95k followers on one of her accounts. Her mid-life TikTok ‘influencer' status means that she is now invited to speak on stages about her experience. She tells me how with my help she is now comfortable and excited to get in front of an audience (also, how I got her sweeping my kitchen floor with her finger tips!!) We also discuss how she how she monetises her TikTok feed, copes with the inevitable Trolls and how she managed to be featured in the Irish Sun Newspaper for rubbing banana peel into her face! Follow Michelle on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@michelle.haslam.official To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/ And subscribe to the channel for more tips and techniques on how to get excited to speak to your audience.

My guest for this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking is Corporate LinkedIn trainer, employee advocacy expert and Keynote Speaker, Sarah Clay. In the past Sarah has trained as a lawyer, produced TV and music videos, and ran marketing and PR departments. Sarah loves LinkedIn and now runs her own social media business training people how to use the platform and speaks to audiences on the subject too. She grew up as the only girl with six loud and confident brothers which meant she had to quickly learn the art of making herself heard. Being raised in a male-dominated environment, she's a woman with a burning desire to change the world. Which she is doing by regularly stepping on stages and hosting her own podcast from her luscious Live Lounge. Sarah and I have met several times at You Are the Media and Digital Women events. And we've played pool and danced a couple of times too (I like to think if we'd we met at school, we'd have been BFF's!

Don't Worry About Worrying! It doesn't matter who we are or what situation we are in we all worry! We ALL get anxious. So should we worry about it? Does it mean there is something wrong with us? For this previously live episode of the Speaking about Speaking podcast I'll be sharing my thoughts on the subject and the advice I give not just to clients, but to family and friends when they are facing a situation that causes them discomfort. I talk about getting comfortable outside of your comfort zone, using status exercises so you don't have to 'fake it until you make it' and how to we ALL get nervous when we have to do anything for the first time. Plus I share other peoples thoughts on how to deal with walking in to a room full of strangers and feeling comfortable with small talk. What worries you? A social situation? A business network? Talking to work colleagues? Presenting to an audience? Leave me a comment below. And subscribe to the channel for more tips and techniques on how to get excited to speak to your audience. To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/   Here are the links mentioned in the episode...   Belly Breathing for performance: https://youtu.be/ajYXuhlEndY Breathing to help anxiety: https://youtu.be/n-FyY1qdyTQ Amy Cuddy at TED, Superposing: https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Tim Box at TEDx: https://youtu.be/ZidGozDhOjg?si=jpFrXQRz8SJooPoc    

Stay humble, stay challenged. In this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking I speak with Director, Financial Strategist, and former CFO of Gymshark, Philip Daw.   Chartered accountant, Phil spent 28 years as senior partner in general practice, before in 2019, he was tempted by fast-growing gym wear brand, Gymshark to join them as chief financial officer (CFO).   A brave move considering founder, Ben Francis, was only 27 and the average age of Gymshark employees was 28, but Phil embraced the challenge. During his time with them they became what's known as a ‘Unicorn' business, that is they achieved a billion-dollar valuation!   Now, as Director and financial lead at We Are Whanau, alongside former Gymshark president, Steve Hewitt, Phil helps other companies find their ‘North Star' and progress to Unicorn status.   Of course, this is fascinating stuff but - I hear you ask - what has this got to do with Speaking About Speaking?   Let me explain... I knew very little about Gymshark, the business or its ethos before Phil asked me in September 2021 to go to Gymshark HQ in Solihull and work with him and the team to help improve their public speaking skills. They were presenting to an important and formidable audience and Phil in particular needed a confidence boost.   As I always do, before heading off I did a little research and found that founder, Ben Francis, being an introvert, realised his lack of speaking confidence was making his audience feel uncomfortable, so decided it was his duty to learn the art of public.   I also found that the company motto is ‘Stay Humble.' Which I love! For me, humility is an underestimated but crucial quality that creates curious and compassionate speakers.   I was honoured and excited to have Philip join me for this conversation. We discussed all of the above. Plus, the power of ... Building a culture that empowers people. Influencer marketing. A simple business model. The sliding doors moment. To find out more about Phil go to: https://wearewhanau.com/ Or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-daw-02780810/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/  

What is homophily and does it make the boat go faster? In this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking I speak with Trainer, Coach and Speaker, Adam Armstrong, a former Head Boy of and teacher at the famous Italia Conti Performing Arts School. His acting credits include The Bill, Grange Hill, and The Minder. And his students have included Russell Brand, Danny Mays, Martine McCutcheon, and Claire goose. I met Adam a year ago when, alongside fellow acting coach, Peter Ferris, we designed an acting course for stunt trainees which we now run for the British Stunt Register. Adam also founded his own training company, Herald, in 2009, which offers bespoke presentation training and coaching around personal effectiveness, communication skills, creative thinking and change management. Also, he's studied Psychology and NLP, and he's ex-champion runner, completing a mile in very close to 4 minutes! Before I met Adam, I'd never heard the word homophily or the expression ‘Does it make the boat go faster?' Now I use both regularly! To find out more about Adam go to LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-armstrong-72489a31/?originalSubdomain=uk To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/

In this previously live solo Speaking About Speaking episode, I talk you through T.R.I.P.P., my acronym for increased confidence, creativity... and fun in your life. You may know me as a speaker and acting coach. It's my business, it's how I help people speak to their audience and I love it... But my reason for being is to use my training as an actor and artist to build connection, confidence, and resilience, through improvisation, play, and positivity. Follow TRIPP to help develop your creativity and your joy. So, what does T.R.I.P.P. stand for? T - Truth but can also represent TRUST. 'Confidence is a trust in oneself.' Cicero R - Resilience. The joy within. Finding and owning your story. I - Improvising but can also represent INNOVATION (creativity) "You Can't Use Up Creativity, the More You Use the More You Have" Maya Angelou P - Play. The difference between child-ish and child-like. 'Playful people are creative people.' Tom Morris P - Positivity. Passion and enthusiasm for life and work. I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas on the subject so leave a comment below. And if you've enjoyed the episode please subscribe! To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/

"Podcasting changed my life!" so says podcast Junkie, Harry Duran. In this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking my guest, Podcast Strategist, Keynote Speaker, Author and Podcast Junkie, Harry and I discuss the merits of an actors training and how it can help you show and share your vulnerable side. Harry spent 20 years working in the Marketing departments of JPMorganChase and E-Trade before switching to the world of podcasting. He's hosted his own show since 2014 and has published over 300+ interviews across his 3 shows. Originally, with an interest in electronic music, he intended to podcast interview DJs but soon pivoted when he realised that tracking down and interviewing superstar DJs wasn't so easy! And so, Podcast Junkies was born, an interview-based show focused on, he says, the true superstars of podcasting, the hosts themselves. He's since founded FullCast, a full-service, done-for-you podcast agency and has made it his personal mission to help one thousand business owners launch their podcast and become the leading authority in their market. And if that wasn't enough, he founded and hosts the Vertical Farming Podcast. He explains what that is and why finding a niche, especially if it's on a topic that 'lights you up' can lead to success for you and your audience. This is a fascinating conversation about speaking, podcasting, acting, and farming! To find out more about Harry go to https://www.podcastjunkies.com/ Or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryduran/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/

"The real biggest growth I got was when I started posting my vlogs [...] My content means something to them." My guest for this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking is Content Creator, Business Leader & Speaker, Matt King. I first met Matt on a Zoom screen in 2020 during the first lockdown. At that time, he was running his sales coaching business, Sales Change and hosting a podcast of the same name. Since then, he's evolved winning awards for his business leadership, becoming a brand ambassador, vlogger and blogger. Now he's all about helping teams grow to the next level. Focusing on collaboration, enjoyment, mindset, and everything that builds the momentum that leads to sales and growth - as long as it's fun! He's a modern-day renaissance man, curious, creative, collaborative and a consistent content creator. We talk about the journey (including stints in the military and broadcasting) that led him to speaking on stages and how congruence, consistency and creativity (so many great C words!!) have contributed to his success. We discuss the importance video content for your social media (Matt has become a bit of a celebrity with his clients by vlogging his adventures), and how even an employee needs a personal brand. Plus, how a haircut can help you speak with confidence to anyone, even to the most intimidating audience! Such a cool conversation! (more great C words!!) To find out more about Matt: https://www.immattking.com/ or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/immattking/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://powertospeak.co.uk/newsletter/

Even though you know speaking in public is going to feel uncomfortable you have to grab those speaking opportunities to grow your business! My guest for this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking is one half of husband-and-wife duo, Yellow Tuxedo. The wife half that is, lovely Emily Braithwaite. Emily and husband, Alan have run a business together for over 10 years, firstly in the wedding and events arena and now in the Digital Marketing world. With their company, Yellow Tuxedo, they show small business owners how to increase their online presence. They also, launched a podcast last year called Digital Circus LIFE | The Small Business Podcast. Although Emily is an adventurous soul, receiving a medal from Queen Camilla for her services to scouting and recently heading a group of women on a trip to Malawi, she is just as happy at home with Alan, their 3 kids and the chickens. Although used to speaking to a virtual audience producing videos and webinars for Yellow Tuxedo's YouTube channel and its Digital Circus membership, Emily is now expected to speak on larger stages to live audiences which she admits to finding it uncomfortable. We discuss how she deals with the nerves and whether being part of a dynamic duo helps (or hinders!

Brand Strategist, Podcast Host, and Founder of Brand Compass, Shelley Röstlund has been invited to speak to an auditorium of peers in April for the You Are the Media Creator Day in Poole, Dorset and she's asked me to help her speak with confidence and get performance ready! This includes helping her shape an engaging, entertaining, and insightful 20-minute talk.   Shelley has been on stage before but found the experience uncomfortable. We discuss why she thought it necessary to work with a coach, how she's feeling with the event on the horizon and about the process I'm taking her through. She also tells me about her fear of the ‘bobbing' heads beyond the lights, the fear of not being funny and her past 'blank trauma'. I offer her some solutions and listen as she shares the story behind her talk and the video that prompted event organiser, Mark Masters  to ask her to speak.     If you're about to give a talk or presentation and want to speak with confidence. Or if speaking to your audience is something you want to do more of, but fear is holding you back, then my conversation with Shelley will answer some of your questions. To find out more about Shelley: https://shelleyrostlund.com To hear her speak at the You Are The Media Creator Day: https://www.creatorday.uk Follow her on Instagram and find the video that inspired the talk: https://www.instagram.com/shelleyrostlund/ I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

Get out of your comfort zone and learn to speak with confidence. It's important for your business says Relentlessly helpful® LinkedIn® nerd, trainer & consultant, John Espirian. John was my guest for this this previously LIVE episode of Speaking about Speaking LIVE.  John helps small businesses & solopreneurs build an effective presence on LinkedIn® and the web without using pointless ads, cringey outreach or craptacular sales. Relentlessly helpful® is his trademarked phrase, and I having known John for a while I know it's not just a trademark but his life's purpose! He's not only a LinkedIn nerd (his word not mine) but a speaker and now a conference organiser, too. Did you know that LinkedIn doesn't run its own conference? I think they're missing a trick, but luckily for us John has stepped up and with the help of Jeremy Freeman and Gus Bhandal has organised the LinkedIn focused Uplift Live event in Birmingham next month. So, I took the opportunity to ask John not just about speaking, video and showing up on LinkedIn but also how he went about choosing and booking speakers and what he thought it took to be a good speaker. He also gives some great advice on how to get picked to speak at an event. There are some fabulous questions from the audience and some wise and insightful take aways from John. I particularly liked his advice to make the biggest promise you can keep and use the smallest set of words to describe yourself. This episode is bursting with nuggets of speaking, personal brand and LinkedIn gold!  To find out more about John go to his website https://espirian.co.uk   I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

As you may know... I help individuals create talks that are entertaining, engaging, and educational and give them tools to help them excited about speaking to their audience. I, also, help corporate teams make their presentations impactful. I've been hosting a podcast since 2020. I'm a speaker who speaks about speaking, confidence, resilience and finding the joy within you. What you may not know is... I was a Fashion designer. I trained as an actor. I worked backstage at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and others. I've dressed Judi Dench. I survived and thrived after a breast cancer diagnosis at age 28. I began an English Literature and Creative writing degree at age. My father is a stuntman. I teach stunt trainees how to act. I have one beautiful and gifted daughter who's a singer songwriter. I've had a varied career and an 'interesting' life, full of ups, downs and complete turn arounds so, I thought what I've learnt on my 50+ years on the planet my help others on their own adventure. In this previously LIVE episode of Speaking About Speaking I invited questions from the audience. Here's a couple of the questions I was asked... What can you do to calm nerves in the 5 minutes before you step in front of an audience? What's the difference between a speaker and presenter? What's your best performing experience and why? Crisps or Chips? This was such a fun 30 mins (for me at least :)) Have a listen and if you're inspired to ask a question write it in the comments and I'll get back to you. ------------------------------- I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

In March of last year I started an in person speaker club, the Speak Like a Speaker Club. I wanted to create a supportive space where the introverted and unsure could exercise their speaking muscles and put in the speaking reps! A gym for the mouth and mind, so to speak. After all, you speak wherever you speak – networking, boardroom, water cooler or dinner table. As well as getting speaking practise and feedback, club members play 'get out of your comfort zone' exercises (scary for most!) which give the brain a thorough workout and aid concentration, coordination, and focus. For this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking I invited along Copywriter, Westrow Cooper, Marketing Consultant, Mark Masters and Creative Business Coach, Christophe Stourton, all SLAS Club members to talk to you about their experience of stepping outside their comfort zones, the process of practice and feedback, and how it's helped their speaking confidence and their business. Thankfully they have all felt the benefit of practice, feedback, and support. Our conversation highlights the need to push yourself to the edge of your comfort zone, to lean into the fear and to challenge yourself. Find out more about Westrow here: https://westrowcooper.com Find out more about Mark here: https://www.youarethemedia.co.uk Find out more about Christophe her: https://www.deadlinology.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

Is a TEDx talk on your ‘to do' list for 2024?  If so, listen to this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking. It's a TEDx Special! My guests have all stood on that red circle. They've walked the walk and most definitely talked the talk! Alongside me will be TEDx event organiser, speaker and coach, Catherine Sandland, communication and Unsquashing expert, Trisha Lewis and Multi-Story man, speaker and TEDx emcee, Andrew Thorp. If you're interested in speaking, coaching speakers, organising an event, or hosting one, this episode will answer SO many questions for you. How do I find an event? How do I apply to be a TEDx speaker? Do I need to be a confident speaker? How long should a TEDx talk be? A TEDx has been on my bucket list for years but only in the last couple have I even contemplated actually going for it. So, this is a dream panel for me and it was a fabulous conversation. Find Catherine at https://www.catherinesandland.com Find Trisha at https://www.trishalewis.com Find Andrew at https://andrewthorp.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

My guest for this previously LIVE episode of Speaking About Speaking was International Sales Coach, Author of Amazon best seller, Live It, Love It, Sell It, and keynote speaker the fabulous Jules White. I first interviewed Jules for my Creative Conversations podcast in Feb 2021 when we spoke about her passion for sales, growing up in a sweet shop and life after securing investment on Dragons Den (the reason she is known as the ‘real dragon slayer!)' Published in October 2018, Jules book 'Live It, Love It, Sell It' draws on both her passion for selling and her love of human conversation, as well as her experience in corporate sales and as an entrepreneur. The ‘Live it Love it Sell it' methodology helps passionate entrepreneurs and businesses get clarity on their ‘why' and learn how to sell in an authentic human way. As an International Inspirational Sales Speaker she talks about ‘Putting HUMANITY back into sales' and her TEDx talk, to 1600 people at Europe's biggest TEDx in Brighton, focused on ‘there being no such word as can't'. Jules' ultimate aim is to make sure everyone falls in love with sales, because life skills are sales skills! We discuss how speaking on the TEDx stage with little notice or rehearsal benefitted her business and how our fear of rejection makes the selling process feel Icky? We also, talk about how when you you speak with confidence you can sell with confidence! You can find out more about Jules here: https://liveitloveitsellit.co.uk ------------------------------- I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

Your Video Voice made Easy Peasy! My guest for this previously LIVE episode of Speaking About Speaking was Gillian Whitney. Gillian is a LinkedIn Live livestream strategist and coach who helps business professionals use live and recorded video to build trust, boost online visibility, increase sales, and promote their business. With over 10 years of experience as a marketing coach, Gillian has helped clients from all over the world use video to achieve their business goals. She is the host of a weekly LinkedIn Live Show and LinkedIn Easy Peasy podcast. Gillian is also the author of two books: How to Feel More Comfortable on Camera and Stand Out in Your Job Search With Video. As a global digital nomad, Gillian currently resides in Las Vegas with her husband and business partner Devon Whitney. She is a citizen of four countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Israel. Contrary to public opinion, she is not an international spy. We spoke about how to get comfortable and confident for video and how you can use your voice and stories to create interesting and engaging content.   Find out more about Gillian here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillianwhitney/ ------------------------------- I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

My guest previously LIVE episode is the founder and CEO of Balbert marketing and the founder, host and producer of the Real Business Connections podcast, Ben Albert. He is a collaborator, connector and visionary and he's due to speak on stage alongside Richard Branson in Las Vegas, very soon! When Covid hit in March 2020 Ben was a sales executive bobbing along quite nicely in his hometown of Rochester, New York. Within a month he was unemployed and in his own words ‘lost'. He was in a dark place. Did he say did he stay there and wallow in self-pity? Hell, no! • He launched a network of podcasts including Real Business Connections (on a mission to actually move the needle on 1 million lives, one conversation at a time!) A Podcast that recently had over 12000 downloads in just 24-hours! • He's spoken on countless podcasts. • Founded the GrowGetters Network and networked with new friends that he hopes to support for the rest of his life. • Worked professionally with multiple businesses, built multiple B2B partnerships and helped numerous brands. Ben says... ‘There is no key to success. It's a combination lock. And each and every one of us has our own unique combination.' Ben is an inspiration on so many levels. He has helped, supported and connected me to some of his incredible network since we met just over a year ago. We talk about his inspiring journey, finding the balance between doing what lights you up and revenue driving activities and the power of saying YES. Contact Ben through the website: https://realbusinessconnections.com ------------------------------- I'm Jackie Goddard, a speaker (and acting) coach, speaker, content writer and creator. I can get you performance ready and excited about speaking to your audience. So, if you want to talk more in '24 get in touch.

Ben McKinney is a B2B copywriter, content Strategist, and Superhero Window Cleaner. He makes your business look great, just with words not shiny windows. Ben uses pugnacious, punchy business writing that shows off your personality and pulls in your ideal clients.

How do you get from fear to excitement and become a confident communicator? How do you transform from a gibbering speaking mess to a super speaker, oozing confidence? In this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking, I share my insights, experience and top tips with you. What is fear? What is excitement? And how can a little bit of both help you to speak with confidence? To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

How Do You Write a Talk That Inspires and Speak It with Confidence? In this previously live solo episode, I talk you through creating an inspiring talk that fulfils the brief, engages the audience and leaves them wanting more! I talk about my own experience of creating and performing a talk with the instruction to be 'inspirational' for 20 minutes!

In this previously live episode, I speak with international award-winning keynote speaker, strategist and author of the world-famous Newsjacking, Jon Burkhart. I know Jon as part of the You Are The Media community. He was the first person I ever interviewed in person for my podcast. A firecracker when it comes to speaking, his energy onstage and off is frenetic and infectious. As a professional speaker, he talks about the WHAT, HOW & WHY of what makes a brand more memorable and meaningful. Jon describes himself as a 'firecracker' and he's not exaggerating! He is dynamic, different (he started our conversation wearing a Panda's head!) and an advocate of 'dopamine storytelling'. He explains what that is in our fascinating and all-too-short conversation. He tells me how he trained to be a speaker before he became a marketing strategist and we discuss amongst other things whether speakers are extroverts or introverts, and what makes him nervous on stage. Plus, what he mean by Newsjacking and Fartstorming! His answer to what makes a good speaker good and a bad speaker suck is quotable. So here it is... 'Good speakers always have the end in mind. Bad speakers always have themselves in mind.' So true. It's always great fun talking to Jon and I promise it'll be as much fun to listen.   To find out more about Jon follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonburkhart/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In this previously live episode, social media and LinkedIn expert, Ella Orr and I discuss how you use your voice on social media. We talk about the platform you use, the content you create and the risk to your Personal Brand and status when you show up in front of an audience. So... Do you Speak up or shut up? ❓ Do you consider the risks to your personal brand when you put yourself in front of an audience? ❓ Are you concerned that speaking up or standing up for your values will lower your status in the eyes of your tribe and alienate potential clients? ❓ Do YOU conform to fit in so as not to make waves? Ella argues that building a personal brand requires you to take a risk. ❓ Is that something that worries you and means you stay in your box and in your comfort zone? A fascinating topic and an interesting, and lively conversation. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Please leave a comment below and don't forget to hit the subscribe button. To find out more about Ella go to her website https://muchmoresocial.co.uk/about/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Mark masters. There was some weird mix-up with Streamyard and/or Linkedin messing up the timing of the live stream, which goes out at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday. For some reason (maybe the algorithm got confused over BST, British Summer Time or that fact I was streaming from SWINDON!?

PART 1. There was some weird mix-up with Streamyard and/or Linkedin messing up the timing of the live stream, which goes out at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday. For some reason (maybe the algorithm got confused over BST, British Summer Time or that fact I was streaming from SWINDON!?

My guest for this previously live episode of Speaking About Speaking was the marketing legend, Mark Schaefer. I first became aware of Mark through the marketing-based community You Are The Media when during lockdown and with Covid he spoke at one of their Zoom events. He likes to say he was a Covid early adopter. I feel incredibly fortunate that he agreed to come on my little ol' podcast as not only is he a globally recognised speaker of 20 years, (his speeches have inspired audiences in 40 countries) but he's also the best-selling author of 10 books. Including Belonging to the Brand, a book on the role of community in modern marketing in which he dedicates a chapter to Mark Masters, founder of You Are The Media. He also co-authored The Most Amazing Marketing Book Ever with his own community, Rise. (FYI, my own podcast is referenced, and I get a mention in the Endnotes!!) His blog, GROW, and podcast “The Marketing Companion” are ranked among the top-rated publications in the marketing field. He's a futurist, business consultant and educator. And I was right - 30 minutes wasn't long enough. However, the 43 minutes we spent together were incredibly insightful if you want to get paid to speak, write a book, develop your personal brand and become KNOWN! Mark shares his humble speaking beginnings when payment was a chicken dinner. He tells of how he put on his 'big boy pants' and battled his nerves to get on stage. We discuss what should come first the book or the talk and how to monetise both. He also shares some novel ways to get compensated for speaking and why, even though he coaches speakers he's never been coached himself! And at the end of it all declares, Personal Brand is Everything! To find out more about Mark go to the website: https://businessesgrow.com/ To find out more about Mark's classes go to: https://businessesgrow.com/social-media-speaker/marketing-class/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In this previously LIVE episode, I speak with public speaking coach and mentor, Adrienne Saunders. Adrienne is the Founder and Director of Yes You Can Training which provides learner-based and practical public speaking and confidence training programmes to small and medium-sized companies. The first line of her website says it all... ‘Every time you speak and there is someone listening, it's public speaking.'  She works mainly with female leaders in a male-dominated business environment to enhance their communication skills so they can make themselves heard. Adrienne's background is in team gymnastics, achieving World and European Championship medals. Her sporting skills led to success in a business career which she now shares with professionals to help them reach their full potential. Obviously, we spoke about Adrienne's medal-winning sports background and discussed how an athlete's discipline and focus can be used in the business world. Plus, how confident communication skills can make a leader's job easy! She also told me how she helps clients craft a talk and gets them on a TEDx stage. So if you think you can't speak in public - YES YOU CAN!   To find out more about Adrienne go to her website: https://www.yyctraining.com Or follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yes_you_can_training/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0  

Yay! School's out for summer so I celebrated with a panel of 3 lovely rays of speaking sunshine!

My guest is Vanda Varga, the Tour Guide to Your Mind! Vanda is an accredited trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnotherapy and a Silva Method practitioner. As a tour guide to your mind, Vanda can help you explore, uncover and re-map your map of the world. I have recently been a student of Vanda's and what a fabulous experience it was. I took the NLP practitioner training course and am now an accredited NLP practitioner!

The one that should have been Jackie speaking about speaking with Vanda Varga but...

For this episode, I spoke about speaking with Anna Bravington, marketing strategist and co-founder of Those That Dare. Anna has 24 years of experience across digital and marketing and has worked on some crazy campaigns in partnership with brands like Microsoft and PlayStation whilst heading up digital marketing at GAME. In 2022 she was named one of the NatWest Telegraph 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch. Anna is a huge advocate for diversity in marketing and is investing in new ways of capturing diverse voices. Most recently Anna has joined 36 authors, from 10 countries, to collaborate on a Mark Schaefer project and write the first book ever created entirely by a Web3 community entitled, The Most Amazing Marketing Book Ever. In her chapter, Anna discusses Experiential marketing. She reads her own chapter and tells me how reading your own words is harder than it looks. Anna is also a speaker. She has presented at, among others at Brighton SEO and the You Are the Media Creator Day. She is multi-faceted and multi-talented. Among the questions, I asked Anna was what advice would she give to an introvert, i.e., somebody that's quite shy but knows they need to get out there and promote themselves by speaking in public? Her answer was to start where you feel comfortable and with an audience that will encourage and support you and also give you constructive (not destructive) feedback. And I agree. Take baby steps! Start small and start with an audience that loves and supports you. For Anna and myself that audience is the You Are The Media community, but for you, it might be a group, or online community you belong to, family or even your other half (an audience of 1 is still an audience). Anna also tells me how you can successfully market Christmas dinner in a tin! Be daring with your marketing, she says. She is a lover of data and says by using SEO correctly she can get CEOs excited about the metrics. To find out more about Anne Bravington - https://thosethatdare.com/ or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabravington/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In this episode of the Speaking About Speaking live stream, I speak about speaking with Maureen McCowen. Public speaking coach and founder of Soft Skills Success, Maureen works with teams and individuals to unlock their speaking confidence. With 30 years experience of in presenting, teaching, and connecting, she's on a mission to take the fear out of speaking in public. She believes there's no reason why networking, pitching, reporting, and presenting can't be productive, successful and enjoyable for everyone! We discuss how to unlock your speaking confidence, how to discover your authentic voice and how to determine your speaking style. Plus, we answer questions from the comments like what is the value of soft skills in business. To find out more about Maureen got her website: https://www.softskillsuccess.ie/ or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureenmccowen/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In the latest of the Speaking About Speaking live streams, I speak about speaking with Gus Bhandal, a highly experienced marketing professional and go-to guru on all things LinkedIn! He specialises in social media, events, and communications across a range of industries. He loves orange and is the founder of ‘The M Guru' – a digital marketing agency, where the M stands for marketing and also for media, management… and magnificent! Gus has also done a bit of speaking. We met through the Digital Women network (Yes, Digital WOMEN!) and I heard him speak at Failed Nights, part of the You Are the Media Creator Day event, where he shared his winding and often amusing career journey, proving that there are no failures only feedback. We discuss how he uses speaking to promote his personal brand and how failure led him to marketing (and LinkedIn) success. Plus, why chatting cheese and onion crisps helped him build business connections. To find out more about Gus, go to his website: https://www.themguru.co.uk/about/ or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mguruuk/?originalSubdomain=uk To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In this episode of Speaking About Speaking, I spoke with Master Practitioner in Mindful Eating, author of Boosting Breakfasts, podcaster, online course creator and speaker, Lori Weber. As well as running the Mindful Eating Clinic, Lori, founded Perfect Pitch in October 2003 and works with leading associate companies in the training and development arenas. Her dual background in performing arts & a number of business roles has equipped her with the skills and creativity to get the best out of people. This was an interesting conversation!  We discussed how a good speaker knows how to use pitch, pace and pause and how beneficial it is to anyone who needs to speak for their work to bite the bullet and attend a drama class. As I always say, actors' training is fundamental to confident communication, self-awareness and life in general!  Plus, how you can amplify yourself to elevate your business and how you become a great podcast guest. Enjoy.

For this episode of Speaking About Speaking, I'm flying solo! Just me, Jackie Goddard giving advice on how you can speak confidently in a presentation and in front of any audience by using the 3 B's that underline public speaking training - believe, breathe and be prepared. I also answer questions from the audience. Such as, what is the benefit of public speaking to your business and where can you find the opportunities to speak? If you want to find out how I can give you the confidence to harness your fear and stand on any stage to present like a pro, contact me through www.powertospeak.co.uk Connect with me on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ or leave a comment below. And if you want a hard copy of the 3 B's in your hand download the free PDF: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0  

S.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. For this episode, I was joined by the fabulous, Sarah Townsend. Sarah is a copywriter, speaker and best-selling author who loves language. Which is handy as we're speaking about speaking.

For this previous LIVE stream, I was joined by Ted Talk Coach and Speaker, Catherine Sandland. Catherine's a speaker coach working with people who are ready to stand up and be heard. She's coached hundreds of people including TEDx speakers so that they can share their message. Helping them look, sound and feel supremely confident. Catherine is a TEDx event organiser and our conversation contains lots of tips on how to shape and share your TED stage idea that's worth spreading! To find out more about Catherine go to her website: https://www.catherinesandland.com or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-sandland-023ba08/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

I have followed Lucy since I was recommended and bought her Confidence on Camera digital course back at the beginning of the lockdown (as did thousands of others). I took on her challenges and tuned into her 'how to create a course' webinars, filmed in her spare room once her son was in bed and whilst wearing some very comical hats! I've been inspired by her journey and success and am SO chuffed that she took the time to speak to me.

S.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. On this previously LIVE episode, I was joined by communication coach and TEDx speaker, Jon Torrens. A self-confessed introvert, Jon uses his experience as a stand-up comic and video games designer, to deliver fun and effective. His aim? To create successful, confident speakers who pitch with confidence and cut wasted time from software development. This is an interesting conversation for any introvert who needs to sell stuff! I was interested to find out from Jon how as an introvert he managed to survive in the stand-up arena!   To find out more about Jon go to the website: https://jontorrens.co.uk Or follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jontorrens/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking Meets Digital Circus LIVE The first ever S.A.S. as a panel discussion. And thank you to all the guests that popped in for a chat on my live stream which I re-titled for the day. They were Tour Guide to Your Mind, Vanda Varga, Queen of Calm, Louise Miller and Web3 guru, Steen Stones. It was my first attempt at a round table discussion and I think it worked bloomin' well! We discussed the highs and lows of running workshops and speaking at virtual events, the best advice we've been given as speakers, self-awareness, being present and community!  A jam-packed 30 mins. To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

S.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. For this previous LIVE stream, I was joined by musical keynote speaker, communication coach and networking rock star, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair. Stephanie works with Creatives and Service Based Entrepreneurs who are spinning their wheels at networking events to know what to say and how to say it. She's a professional singer and stage performer with over 20 years of coaching experience. Plus, she's written a 45 min musical keynote talk!! We discuss, among other things, the power of making a great first impression and having a clear message, when networking and presenting. To find out more about Stephanie go to the Empowered Voice website: https://www.empoweryourvoice.com/ or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theempoweredvoice To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. With me for this previous LIVE stream is Speaker, LinkedIn guru and founder of Much MoreSocial, Ella Orr. Ella, a former teacher of 30 years, retrained as a social media marketer and personal brand specialist. As part of her own personal brand journey, she decided to share her experience, knowledge and story by creating (with a little bit of help from me) a Signature Talk. And since first stepping on a stage a year ago hasn't looked back, speaking to audiences online and in person. I'm looking forward to finding out how she found the process and how she feels being in front of an audience. Also, asking whether it's helped her business and what advice she can give to help others.

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. Except for this previously LIVE episode, it was just ME, Jackie Goddard. I decided that at the end of every 6-week block of LIVES, I would take over the 30-minute slot to answer questions from anyone out there that would like like to know my take on speakers, speaking, how to prep and how to perform. This was my first solo performance.

The 4 February was World Cancer Day and so my guest for this episode, like me has fought cancer. MMS founder, Patrick Melville uses his experience to help companies and individuals with their marketing and mental health. He has a passion to take away mental health stigma and help others avoid burnout caused by work and personal trauma. We discussed how he approaches uncomfortable subjects in his talks and presentations and how sharing through speaking and storytelling can relieve stress and give new perspectives to difficult conversations. Speaking and listening are vital tools that Patrick uses in his work as a mental health first aider.  To find out more about Patrick and his work go to the website: https://www.melville-solutions.com or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melvillesolutions/ To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/ Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8 And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0