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How to Get Any Audience to Lose the Will to Live in 35 Minutes, or Less
Anyone can give a half-way awful presentation – and most of us have at some point in our lives – but it takes a special person to give the kind of presentation that ticks every box for outstanding, gob-smacking awfulness. It's not easy, but it can be done. If you'd...
How Do I Get MORE Speaking Gigs
How a little sequence can make all the difference to the number of your bookings: This post won't get you over the fear of public speaking, only training, practice and experience will BUT it will help you getting yourself into the speaking circuit. THE ONE question I...
How to Land a Game-Changing Speaking Gig
We had TEDx Clapham curator Alex Merry on our stage this month. Enjoy Alex's words of wisdom and let us know as soon as you land you FIRST or NEXT game-changing speaking gig. Alex Merry: Want to share your story on stage? Think again! Last night I was invited to give...
Storytelling & Storytelling Loops: A conversation with Clinton Swaine
Clinton Swaine, Founder of Frontier Trainings is known as the World Leader in experiential business trainings. He’s spoken on many of the world’s top stages and produced over 200 games and processes which teach business, personal development and speaking skills to...
How To Get Started With Speaking Gigs in London
It’s Annik from Speaker Express, coming to you from the stunning co-working space, WeWork, Tower Bridge. Today, I want to talk about an experience I had at one of our events that are part our 6-month Speaking Accelerator. It was all about storytelling and accessing...
How Do I Get On A TEDx Stage?
I hear it on a weekly basis, the question: 'How do I get on a TEDx stage?' Well, SPEAKER Express member Lizzy has done it (and some other members too BUT Lizzy is the only one who wrote about her experience). Pay close attention to the 'clucking like a chicken' bit...
Fu*k Perfection
Boldness is a way to becoming MORE of yourself by deciding to be DONE with bending over backwards for EVERYONE! I always say: 'No matter who you are and what you do, there will ALWAYS be someone who won't like what you say, the way you say it and sometimes even your...
The One and Only Way to Deal with Fear – FEEL the Fear and…
One of my clients threw a little tantrum the other day. She felt nervous about speaking, and wanted those nerves gone. Immediately. I think some of us can relate to that, right? As speakers, it can be frustrating to feel the familiar sensations of fear time and time...
How It All Started – Two Years of Speaking Without Limits
Two years ago, back in May 2011 – a pub in Islington, twenty people in the audience, three speakers – three judges, the ‘getting your heart racing’ Impromptus and Speaker Express Club was born. It’s our BIRTHDAY this month – two years of Speaker Express – two years of...
Entrepreneurship & Public Speaking – Action is more Important than Perfection
You put an idea forward and no one listens? Some other ‘boring’ idea gets more attention than yours? Can you relate to his? We can, been there, it hurts and this is probably one of the main reasons why Speaker Express loves to support you communicating your ideas in a...