Using Improv To Be A Better Speaker with Mike Ganino
The Speaker Lab Podcast
The Speaker Lab
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
When you think of improv do you think of sketch comedy, Saturday Night Live or do you think of becoming a better speaker? It can be all of the above! So says our guest for episode 138 of The Speaker Lab, Mike Ganino.
Mike is a former self-proclaimed restaurant guy with an intereste in theatre and in improv. After leaving the restaurant biz he became a consultant and learned to use his improv skills to help his clients become leaders. Soon he found his niche speaking about building organizations for the present and the future, and working with public speakers with Michael and Amy Port.
On today's show we dive deeper into his personal story, as well as how to use improv to improve your speaking skills and why improv doesn't always mean funny. You'll learn about that and more on this edition of The Speaker Lab!
THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:
- What is blocking, and why should you avoid it?
- How much improv training should you take?
- Why improv isn't the same as "winging it".
- A few things you can do to practice by yourself.
- What's the only cure for bombing on stage?
- What is the "last word first word" technique?
- Why the time you put into rehearsal is so critical to your success on stage.
- Is improv always funny?
- And so much more!
EPISODE RESOURCES
- Mike Ganino's web site
- Mike Ganino on Twitter
- Mike Ganino's Improv For Speakers giveaway
- 7 Proven Steps to Finding And Booking Paid Speaking Engagements
- Get Free Speaker Resources
- Book a Call with The Speaker Lab
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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. |
| 0:48.8 | Hey, what's up, my friend. Graham Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. We're |
| 0:52.3 | on episode 138 and I'm glad you're here. |
| 0:54.4 | We've got a great episode for you today where we're going to be talking about improv. |
| 0:58.8 | All right. Now, if you're someone who's like, well, I'm not really an improv, I'm not a comedian, |
| 1:02.0 | I'm not, you know, into sketch comedy or anything like that, then hang with us, all right? |
| 1:08.1 | Because I learned a lot myself. I had some of those preconceived ideas |
| 1:12.3 | going into this conversation and I came out on the other side going, you know, I think I don't |
| 1:17.0 | think of myself as an improv person, but I actually realize I use improv a lot in my speaking. And |
| 1:22.4 | there's a lot of ways to incorporate improv in your speaking. So some great tips and ideas on how to |
| 1:26.8 | actually do that. |
| 1:28.0 | So today we're talking with Mike Gennino, and Mike has been speaking for a few years and actually |
| 1:32.1 | comes from a improv background. So he talks about how he got into speaking, but then also talks |
| 1:37.0 | about how he uses improv and how improv can actually make you a better speaker. We also talk |
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