Positive persuasion takes sincerity, honesty, and respect. You need to communicate effectively and build rapport with your audience, whoever they are. In this Speaking About Speaking episode, I discuss how you can speak confidently and persuasively.

As my friend and fellow speaker, Andrew Thorp says, we are all in the persuasion business.

Whenever we speak, we hope to influence, build trust, and create emotional bonds, whether for business, a relationship or as a parent but how do we do that without crossing over to the dark side of manipulation and arrogance?

I start the episode by sharing my 5 top tips on speaking with confidence...

1. Believe what you are saying.

2. Breathe

3. Be prepared

4. Vocal variety

5. Tell a story

And then I talk about the devices and techniques we can use to influence and persuade, in a good way. 😊

Here are links to techniques I mentioned in the video:

Belly Breathing: https://youtu.be/ajYXuhlEndY

Box Breathing: https://youtu.be/n-FyY1qdyTQ

Barbara McAfee TEDx: https://youtu.be/Ze763kgrWGg?si=p4fDrNMtPZWXc7cq

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