Talk Your Way to the Top: How to Address Any Audience Like Your Career Depends On It

Key Learnings for Delivering a Talk to Inspire

Do:

• Select a story that had great emotional impact on you.

• Make sure the story has an implied message that is right for the audience.

• Tell it well, with strong emotion. Pull out all the stops.

• End with an uplifting “lesson learned.”

Don’t:

• Drag out the story. Short is better than long.

• Try to explain a lot. Let the story do the work.

• Think you can be detached and be successful. You have to bleed up there. But it will be worth it.