Grant Baldwin and Michael Port hosted a Facebook Live to talk about what speakers can do to take advantage of the extra time during quarantine to improve their value as a performer.
During the live stream, Grant and Mike discuss:
- This is the time to be working on your talk
- “Either it will pass or I will pass.”
- Best practices for wearing glasses on camera
- Surviving as a speaker in the midst of a crisis
- Why speakers can’t afford to be average
- Everything you do as a performer must be transformational
- How the expected quality for speakers will increase
- What speakers should be working on right now
- How speakers can maximize the gift of time during quarantine
- Why using live events as rehearsals is a mistake
- What deep work looks like for speakers
- Mapping out an effective rehearsal process
- Reinventing your speech in ways you never imagined
- Asking specific questions when it comes to feedback
- How to scale your choices from good to great
- Using a mystery box visual to raise the stakes for your audience
- The risk of failing to deliver on the promise your performance makes
- Why Michael retired from keynoting
- How to wisely leverage the trust you earn from an audience to enrich their experience
- What Pixar considers a perfect film
- Crafting a transformational experience for your audience
- Are virtual events merely a temporary fix or a lasting trend?
- The challenges events face in replicating the impact of in-person trade shows online
- Advice for speakers to keep their head in the right space
- Making sure you continue to support your network of colleagues and clients
- The #1 most important factor in booking more paid speaking gigs
- Creating a productive work environment
- Incrementally improving your speech 5 minutes at a time
- And more
