January 28th, 2009
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Everyone has heard motivational speakers like Jack Canfield and Brian Tracy. The hidden element behind a motivational speaker is passion, and that’s the most important element you can bring to your 60-second commercial and your 10-minute presentation. You can’t afford to be ordinary, and if you’re not excited about what you do, no one else will be, either.
To become a motivational speaker, answer the following questions from your heart.
- What can you say about yourself that your competition can’t?
- How does your work fulfill you?
- What do you most enjoy about your work and why?
Never forget that one of the top ten traits of the master networker is enthusiasm.
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July 30th, 2008
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This week Dr. Misner describes a unique experience: a meeting about storytelling. Academy Award-winning movie producer Peter Guber invited about 16 people, including Dr. Misner and individuals such as Warren Bennis, one of the world’s foremost experts on leadership; Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone; and Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, as well as many other “storytellers” from various businesses, backgrounds and areas of expertise.
One lesson particularly appropriate to BNI is that “What if?” is more powerful in a story than “How to.” Make your messages personal and concrete. Think about this next time you give a presentation at a BNI meeting.
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July 2nd, 2008
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Dr. Misner wants to thank the BNI members in Hong Kong and Malaysia where he gave a number of presentations this past week.
At the global networking conference in Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Misner attended a presentation by Penny Power, the founder of Ecademy.com. Penny’s topic was the need for entrepreneurs to stay in their flame: doing what they truly enjoy doing. Then the work doesn’t really seem like work.
Business owners who get caught up in the aspects of the business that don’t come naturally to them are working in their wax and not nurturing their full potential.
The solution is to remember that your wax is someone else’s flame. There is another entrepreneur out there who loves to do the things you hate doing. Delegate the things you don’t like or aren’t good at to employees or outside contractors.
The more time you stay in your flame, the more successful you will be. Flame work is infectious. So find the people in your BNI group whose flame is your wax. It may take time, but stick to it. The key is to see progress.
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April 9th, 2008
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Even though BNI wasn’t founded to train people to speak in public, participating in a BNI group builds self-confidence in front of groups. Many people fear public speaking more than death.
One early BNI member threatened to quit rather than give a 10-minute presentation. Dr. Misner suggested that she make up questions to ask the group and have members guess whether the answer was “True” or “False.” Because she didn’t think of herself as “speaking,” she was able to be humorous and informative and give a great presentation.
Five suggestions:
- Prepare, prepare, prepare. Don’t wing it, and don’t read a script. Practice in front of a mirror.
- Be specific and talk about the things you know best. Focus on 2 or 3 areas.
- Use handouts, visuals, or PowerPoint slides to support your presentation.
- Remember: you’re the expert.
- Be creative. Think of some way to communicate this information in a way that you feel comfortable.
If you want additional information on this subject, check out the article on page 103 of Dr. Misner’s book Masters of Networking.
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Continue reading “Episode 49: “Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking”” »
January 30th, 2008
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Ivan Misner and Bob Adelmann discuss ways to make your first 10-minute BNI presentation not just painless, but brilliant by providing an outline.
P: Point of the talk (the purpose, the premise, the promise)
S: Story from your own life experience to prove the point (2 minutes)
S: Story from your own life experience to prove the point (2 minutes)
S: Story from your own life experience to prove the point (2 minutes)
C: Call to action or challenge (“The best referral for me would be…”)
Q: Quotation to act as a memory hook.
Remember: Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance on the Part of the Person Putting on the Presentation.
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