Creating Your Talk with Harriet Turk

The Speaker Lab Podcast

The Speaker Lab

Authors, Public Speakers, Public Speaking, How To, Marketing, Smallbusiness, Coaching, Education, Entrepreneurship, Speaking, Business, Side Gig

4.8 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Creating your talk is one of the basics of becoming a great speaker.

Joining us to lay out the details of this process is Harriet Turk. Harriet is a masterful speaker who also helps Speaker Lab students create their talks. On this episode, Harriet walks us through the basic steps, the role of stories and much more.

Tune in to hear it all on the 338th edition of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

What is the first thing you must know when creating your talk?
Is it okay to use secondhand stories?
How do you know which stories are usable?
Should you use a story that is emotionally charged?
How is authoring a story different than presenting a story?
How to tweak and develop your story over time.
Should you write out your entire speech?
Why memorizing your speech can lead to disaster.
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, Fran, Graham Baldwin here.
0:01.4	Hey, what if I told you that there was a single marketing asset that you could use to book tens of thousands of dollars in paid speaking gigs before you even have a website?
0:10.2	Well, that tool exists.
0:11.4	And Dan Irvin, one of the speakers on our team, used it to book over $36,000 in speaking gigs without a fancy website or any social media presence.
0:19.6	Even better, we're going to teach you exactly how
0:22.1	to create that tool for your speaking business in under an hour. For a limited time, we're going to
0:26.9	be offering a free live training on how to build and use this marketing asset to start booking
0:31.9	paid gigs in just a few weeks. If you want to hear more, go to thespeakalab.com slash marketing.
0:38.5	That's what you got to do is go to the speakelab.com slash marketing and we'll see you there.
0:50.0	Hey, what's up for Instagram, Baldwin here? So good to have you here with us today for episode
0:53.4	338 of the Speaker Lab podcast.
0:56.0	Got some great content for you today as we talk with three-time guest Harriet Turk about crafting your talk.
1:02.3	Now, Harriet is a friend and colleague who actually collaborates with some of our students here at the Speakal Lab,
1:05.8	helping them create and take their talk to the next level.
1:08.8	She has tons of experience as a professional speaker.
1:11.1	I'm incredibly grateful for her willingness to share some insight and expertise.
1:14.7	In today's episode, Harriet's going to walk us through the early stages of developing our presentations through goal setting and storytelling and how to ensure that you're leaving your audience with clear takeaways.
1:24.1	She reminds us of the value of third-party feedback and learning from other speakers without allowing their influence to overshadow our opportunity to be genuine with our audience.
1:32.1	No matter where you find yourself in your own speaking career, Harriet reminds us to be
1:36.1	professional and prepared without being over coach. She's going to explain how to engage your
1:40.9	audience and leave a lasting and genuine impression. We've got a lot to learn from Harriet, so let's jump right in.
1:45.6	Here's my conversation with Harriet Turk.
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