Unforgettable Presentations Darren LaCroix, Mark Brown

You have just attended a conference, heard good speakers, and received powerful content. You walk away with a folder full of notes, e-mail addresses and phone numbers. NOW what should you do?
Darren and Mark share best practices to keep your enthusiasm and momentum alive and productively take full advantage of the event experience.
 
SNIPPETS:
• Review KEEPERS and ACTION ITEMS
 
• Prioritize ONE ACTION and follow through on that action consistently
 
• Connect with another attendee as an accountability partner
 
• Create a mastermind with other attendees
 
• Connect with fellow speakers and attendees on LinkedIn
                                           
• Connect with the event planner and thank them
 
• Eliminate items that create bad habits
 
• Apply the principles your learned
                                           
• Revisit your notes from the last event you attended and take ONE ACTION

You have just presented at an event and after all your hard work planning, preparing, and presenting, what should you do?
Today Mark and Darren offer solid suggestions to help you stay on top of your game after every speaking event.
 
SNIPPETS:
 
• Schedule a day off
 
• Block time for your family, even if they are at the event with you
 
• Don’t ruin your “speaker’s high”
 
• Debrief with the client within a week
 
• Treat the debrief as a sales call
 
• Connect with fellow speakers and attendees on LinkedIn
                                           
• Ask for other opportunities to serve

So, you want to travel the world and share your message. Perhaps you’ve wondered what it’s like to be a ‘road warrior.’ Mark and Darren pull back the curtain on their experiences of a combined 50+ years of traveling to speak, and share their time-tested tips for being a successful road warrior.
 
SNIPPETS:
• You are not alone
 
• It’s not always glamorous
 
• Give yourself grace
 
• Going international hire an agent/bureau to manage proposals & negotiations
 
• Examine the systems you set up to function while you’re on the road
 
• Arrive a day early to prepare yourself
 
• Tack on an extra road day to refill yourself; self-care is critical
 
• Decide what’s best for your stress
 
• Join frequent air/hotel/rental car programs
 
• Take photos of room numbers and parking spaces
 
• Use airport security programs like TSA Pre-check, CLEAR and Digital ID
 
• Maintain balance

Imagine, your largest audience so far has been fewer than ninety people, and you now get to tell your most emotional personal story on a BIG STAGE to more than 1,300 CEOs! What thoughts swirl through your head, and how will you pull it off?
 
Today Darren and Mark get answers from Management Consultant and Executive Coach Jody LaVoie. Mark and Darren helped to prepare Jody for her first time on the big stage…a global conference for CEOs. Jody’s lessons learned and wisdom gained will help you to get ready for your first (or next) time on the big stage!
 
SNIPPETS:
• Be open to your coaches’ point of view
 
• Start preparing your presentation with the end in mind
 
• Build your story in scenes
 
• Invest time refining your message
 
• Use  Foundational Phrase to make your message more meaningful
 
• “Don’t over-Darren” - Bring YOURSELF to the platform
                                           
• Focus less on delivering your next line, and more on your audience
 
• Make sure your message lands with the audience
 
• Serve your audience
 
• After your first time on the big stage, take time to do nothing tomorrow

Have you ever received advice that changed the game in your business, career, or relationships? Today Darren and Mark discuss some of the nuggets of wisdom that they’ve received…and successfully applied…throughout their careers.
 
SNIPPETS:
• Let no one out-prepare you
 
• Strive to be the client’s favorite
 
• Your money should make more money than you do
 
• A true champion overcomes all adversities
 
• Write a speech you can’t wait to deliver
 
• Humanize data
        
• Invest in your success
 
• Don’t be informative; be transformative

Don’t memorize, internalize! Do you have a stage plan? Had you considered using the stage with purpose? A stage plan can help you internalize your speech while giving your audience clarity.
 
It helped me and four CEOs that Mark and I coached over this past month. It was a game changer.
 
SNIPPETS:
• Why are you moving?
 
• Are you clarifying or diluting your message?
 
• Do you move on your key lines? Don’t!
 
• Do you know stage left vs. stage right?
 
• Do you use the depth of the stage?
 
• What is your plan? Do you have one?