How to Prepare For When Things Go Wrong as a Speaker

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The Speaker Lab

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🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Inevitably you'll run into some issue before, during or right after you give a talk. Do you know how to prepare for when things go wrong as a speaker? Both my co-host and I do and that's what we're talking about on today's show.

Our co-host Melanie Deziel is back for her 3rd segment: the blooper reel. On episode 173 we talk about how to respond to any number of potential scenarios and pitfalls as a speaker.

You'll find out what to do if you are running late or having travel issues or if you are feeling sick. we'll discuss how to handle tech issues, if your time is cut short or if you have a difficult audience member.

Today we'll pull open up the curtain to share our best and worst stories, buckle up and join us because there's plenty to learn on episode 173 of The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

Why to avoid traveling the day of your speaking engagement.
How to think two steps ahead and always have a Plan B in place.
How do you know if you should go on stage when you're sick?
Why keeping the same routine is just as important on the road as it is at home.
What are the two technologies that never work for speakers, and how can you avoid using them?
Why shouldn't you apologize from stage?
What do you do if someone heckles you or shows off from the audience?
Should you call out the elephant in the room when you're speaking?
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, are you looking for ways to book more paid speaking gigs?
0:03.7	Well, of course you are.
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0:27.2	This training is free.
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0:32.5	All you got to do is head over to thespeakerlab.com slash get booked.
0:36.3	That's all one word.
0:37.2	Thespeakelab.com slash get booked. That's all one word, the speakerlap.com slash get booked
0:39.3	and register right now. We look forward to seeing you on the live training.
0:50.4	Hey, what's on my friend? Grant Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. We are so
0:54.0	honored and delighted that you are here today. Appreciate you joining us for episode 173 of the podcast. Now, before we get to today's guest and today's conversation, one of the things that I've mentioned to you the past few weeks, if you haven't already, you need to make sure you do this. We've got a brand new free training that we're offering teaching teaching you exactly how to find and book paid speaking engagements. So if you haven't already, you definitely want to stop by elitspeakerworkshop.com. Again, that is elitesteperworkshop.com. We're going to be walking through a step-by-step system on exactly how to find and book paid speaking engagements. At the end of that, we talked through
1:28.2	a little bit of how you could actually have a call with ourselves, our team, us helping you to better
1:33.8	implement some of these strategies in your own business. So if you're looking for that handholding
1:37.8	and support, you definitely want to check out elite speakerworkshop.com, elite speakerworkshop.com.
1:44.0	All right. So once again, we are back here with our co-host, Melanie Diesel. We've had her on for the past couple of weeks, and we've got one more week after this one. And just trying a different format this month of having a co-host with us. So today, Melanie and I are going to be discussing the topic of the blooper reel. What are the things that go wrong on stage? What are things that can go wrong before an event and how to handle those situations? So we're going to be talking about what do you do if you're running late to an event, you know, or you have travel issues. What do you do if you're feeling sick before you go speak? What do you do if your time got cut short for whatever reason? What do you do if you have tech issues, microphone issues or slides or
2:17.5	the clicker, you know, those type of things that have me. What if you start having a trouble with an audience member? What are you doing those situations? So we're going to walk through the various types of situations. We're going to share some war stories, pull back some of the wounds that we've had, but at the same time tell you exactly what you need to be doing in these situations and circumstances. So lots to learn here, lots to get into.
2:36.2	So let's not waste any more time.
2:38.1	Enjoy this conversation with Melanie and myself.
2:40.1	All about the blooper reel and what to do when things go wrong.
2:43.9	Enjoy.
2:49.0	What's on my friends?
2:49.8	Graham Baldwin here.
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