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Ep. 75. Getting back on track
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Ep. 74 Why you need to rehearse — and how
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Ep. 73 No more boring speaker introductions!
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Ep. 72 Dana Rubin is Speaking While Female
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Ep. 71 Get out of your lane
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Ep. 70 Find Your Red Thread with Tamsen Webster
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Ep. 69 Seven deadly sins of online presentation (part two)
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Ep. 68 Seven deadly sins of online presentations (part one)
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Ep. 67. Avoiding plagiarism: Are your words really your own?
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Ep. 66. Keep the "thought" in thought leadership
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Ep. 65. What we've learned from a year of remote presentations
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Ep. 64 I now pronounce you... correctly
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Ep. 63. Less is more, and short is beautiful
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Ep. 62. Zoom out! You're more than just another face
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61. Go big AND go home: Why you need to amp up your online energy for work-at-home audiences
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Ep. 60. The pivot: Mozilla adapts to communicating in the lockdown
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Ep. 59. Leadership communication through curation
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Ep. 58. Going virtual (and staying human)
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Ep. 57. Making the best of a cancelled speech
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Ep. 56. Leadership communications in a crisis (part two)
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Ep. 55. Leadership communications in a crisis (part one)
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Ep. 54. It's called public speaking. Not public singing.
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Ep. 53. How to Talk to Experts
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Ep. 52. Drop the pitch!
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Ep. 51. Zoom in on your audience
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Ep. 50. The Pigeon of Dorian Gray
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Ep. 49. What kind of emotional connection do you want with your audience?
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Ep. 48. Find your speaker superpowers in your origin story
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Ep. 47. Careful with that spotlight!
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Ep. 46. "Long Shot" and why speakers and speechwriters need some one-on-one time
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Ep. 45. What HBO can teach us about how NOT to write a speech
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Ep. 44. Speakers, have a seat (in the audience)
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Ep. 43. "How do you do, fellow kids?" Speaking to young audiences
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Ep. 42. Speechwriters of the world, unite! Creating communities of practice: interview with Elana Aptowitzer
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Ep. 41. Changing the world... with op-eds
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Ep. 40. Cop an attitude — and take a stand
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Ep. 39. Quote me on that
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Ep. 38. To tell the truth
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Ep. 37. Making the most of a rally speech, with guest Tzeporah Berman: part 2
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Ep. 36. Making the most of a rally speech, with guest Tzeporah Berman: part 1
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Ep. 35. Speechwriters on stage
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Ep. 34. When the questions get tough, the tough get prepared
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Ep. 33. Cue the theatrics! What speakers (and speechwriters) can learn from actors
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Ep. 32. Getting started in speechwriting
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Ep. 31. Sorry seems to be the hardest word: delivering a great apology
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Ep. 30. Build your organization's podium strength.
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Ep. 29. Broaden your media diet
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Ep. 28. Listen to speakers outside your niche
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Ep. 27. Make your speech a content factory
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Ep. 26. Think strategically
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Ep. 25. Build a platform
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Ep. 24. Review your performance
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Ep. 23. Go all in
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Ep. 22. Own the space
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Ep. 21. Make the most of your voice on stage
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Ep. 20. Hey! The audience's eyes are up here! And over here... and...
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Ep. 19. Get your hands dirty
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Ep. 18. Prepare... even when you don't have time
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Ep. 17. Practice. No, really practice.
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Ep. 16. Don't just read your speech. Perform it.
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Ep. 15. How to get great feedback on your speech
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Ep. 14. Get your audience to expect more... of themselves.
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Ep. 13. Don't meet your audience's expectations
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Ep. 12. Make your audience a little uncomfortable
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Ep. 11. Use slides well... if at all
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Ep. 10. Ease up on the statistics
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Ep. 9. Suspense!
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Ep. 8: Consider all of your audiences
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Ep. 7. Use plain language... but not just plain language
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Ep. 6. Defend your narrative arc
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Ep. 5. Get vulnerable
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Ep. 4. Plot Your Emotional Arc
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Ep. 3. Tell one big story... with your audience as the hero.
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Ep. 2. Know your audience
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Ep. 1. Know what you want to accomplish