The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
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Elevator Pitch Technique: The Human Expert Combo
Elevator Pitch Analysis for Organization Director I’m {NAME}. Out of curiosity, how many of you felt prepared for life after high school? Me either. I’m actually the first in my family to go college, so growing up I often felt alone. I was lucky to have...
Stumble and Acknowledge – Sarah Silverman
Stumble & Acknowledge Sarah Silverman In this moment from her 2017 special "A Speck of Dust," Sarah means to say one group but says another group instead. The audience immediately realizes that she made the mistake, and then she quickly calls attention to her...
Comfortable Vulnerability – Gary Gulman
Comfortably Vulnerable Gary Gulman Gary Gulman shows us that the safest place to aim any joke is at yourself. No one is offended this way, and if you show that you are okay throughout the telling of the embarrassing story or joke, the audience will love it. Let's...
Positive Reframing – Colin Ryan
Positive Reframing Colin Ryan In this clip, I get an audience to open up on a very sensitive subject by asking a very easy to answer question, holding until I get a response, and then going somewhere they didn't expect. At which point a student tells me over the...
Dynamic Body Language – Naomi Ekperigin
Dynamic Delivery Naomi Ekperigin I sometimes describe Naomi Ekperigin as a millennial Aretha Franklin who does comedy. She's so funny, so deep, and so animated in delivery both with her body and her facial expressions. It makes what she's saying even better. I had the...
Rehearsed Spontaneity – Brene Brown
Rehearsed Spontaneity Brene Brown In her 2019 Netflix special A Call To Courage, Brene Brown tells a story that is stand-up comedian-level funny. She does this often. Transcription: "And I said, "Steve, the chances of me getting to Chicago are slim. And I've been...
5 Performers Tricks to Add Humor To Any Message
Stumble & Acknowledge Sarah Silverman In this moment from her 2017 special "A Speck of Dust," Sarah means to say one group but says another group instead. The audience immediately realizes that she made the mistake, and then she quickly calls attention to her...
How to Buy Happiness
People are always telling us what not to spend our money on. But what about what we can? By taking advantage of research and success habits, we can actually spend money in ways that increase our career flexibility, our confidence, and our happiness in life. That’s...
Find A Great Mentor
“How do I find a mentor?” is one of the most common questions I get asked by students after a speech. The #1 person you should have in your corner is a mentor, who knows the career you're interested in and can teach you in a conversation or two things they...