Ep. 203 – Your Audience Helps You Write Your Speech?
Darren LaCroix, CSP, AS, WCPS
Top-Rated Opening Keynote Speaker | World Champion Speaker | Expert in Engaging and Energizing Conference Audiences
Ep. 203 – Your Audience Helps You Write Your Speech?
Believe it or not, your audience can be an ally who helps you to hone your content and make your presentation even better. Mark and Darren explain how being attentive to your audience can make you unforgettable.
? Have a pre-event conversation with meeting planner and client
? Listen for client stories that you can use to customize your presentation
? Ask about the client’s challenges and concerns
? Listen between the lines (oohs and aahs); reactions reveal what resonates
? Observe between the lines (nods, notes etc.); confirm that content connects
? Record post-event conversations…with permission.
? Sift through audience comments and use what will help improve your talk
Darren LaCroix
2001 World Champion of Public Speaking
About Darren LaCroix
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He felt invisible in high school.
He failed as a business owner.
He worked in a cubicle for over a decade.
Today he's a world champion speaker.
What made the difference for him
?can make the difference for you.
A Real-Life Underdog Story Filled with Humor and Hope
After a failed business in 1992, Darren LaCroix took a dare and took the stage at an open mic night at a Boston comedy club. He bombed miserably.?It was horrible. The headliner that night told him,?"Keep your day job kid."?Friends told him that his dream of making people laugh for a living was crazy and stupid. He didn't listen.?
He may have been born without a funny bone in his body, but Darren possessed the desire to learn and the willingness to fail. These were the essentials for achieving his dream. This self-proclaimed?student of comedy?is living proof that?anything?can be learned.?
Less than nine years later, in 2001, Darren LaCroix outspoke 25,000 contestants from 14 countries to become?the World Champion of Public Speaking…ironically with a very funny speech. Some said it was one of the best speeches in the history of the contest.
Since that victory, Darren has delivered keynotes in every state in the U.S. and 44 international cities. He is passionate about showing people that if you pray, find the right mentors, and become a sponge, anything is possible.
Darren is currently?the only speaker in the world?who is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), an AS (Accredited Speaker), and a World Champion of Public Speaking. In spite of this, Darren always reminds people,?“The letters after your name are not as important as the professional you become in the process.”
He is the author of the book?17 Minutes To Your Dream, the co-author of?Deliver Unforgettable Presentations?and the co-host of?Unforgettable Presentations?podcast. Through his live workshops and Stage Time University, he helps good presenters become UNFORGETTABLE.
Through his live master workshops and online programs, Darren works with presenters eager to learn what it takes to connect deeply with their audiences. He is the founder of?StageTimeUniversity.com ?where "we help passionate presenters stand out, deliver a memorable message, and leave their audience wanting more."
Are you feeling stuck? RESOLVE to live forward. I will show you how. Mindset coach | Keynote Speaker | Podcaster | Author | Grandpa | Toastmaster | Widower
1 年Loving the fact that Darren is here with me in Lakeland, FL today. He is my guest at Catapult until we depart for our speaking venue, The Well, 114 East Parker Street, in midtown Lakeland.