Craig Valentine Blog
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Craig Valentine, MBA, an award-winning speaker, and trainer, has traveled the world helping thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations reap the profitable rewards that come from presenting with impact and persuading with ease.
Craig Valentine Blog
2w ago
Good speakers give a speech, but great speakers create an experience. Here are 4 short videos featuring 4 tools you can use to get your audience involved, keep them excited, and create an experience for them. When they have a wonderful experience, they’ll bring you back so they can have that experience again. Remember, it’s ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
1M ago
When you build yourself up, you let your audience down. Let’s face it; there are some speakers who use the platform to stroke their ego. When we talk about how great we are and speak only of our successes, our audience members think of us in 1 of 2 ways: “Wow, he ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
2M ago
Here are 3 lessons you can use to take advantage of the most important word in public speaking, avoid the mistake that instantly makes your speech sound written, and understand how to make your speeches tighter so you can have a more powerful impact on your audience. Take a look. Want More? One year from ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
2M ago
For years, this necessary ingredient was missing in my speeches and I still see it missing in many speakers’ speeches today. Once you integrate it, it will make your audience’s experience much more satisfying and, as a result, you’ll likely find yourself in higher-demand as a speaker. The missing ingredient is “Reflection.” When they reflect ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
4M ago
Do you want to get the kind of buzz that gets you booked to speak time and time again? Do you want to touch thousands (maybe millions) of lives around the globe? Do you want to become known as a speaker with a powerful message? If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, watch ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
5M ago
Have you ever heard someone say, “Good luck is when preparedness meets opportunity?” Do you know why they said it? It’s because it’s true. And it’s especially true in the professional speaking industry. If you can stay ready to speak on multiple topics on a moment’s notice, you’ll be able to take advantage of the ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
7M ago
One of the deadliest mistakes you can make as a speaker is lifting yourself above your audience. Why is it deadly? Because it kills your connection with your audience. When you lift yourself up, you let your audience down. Similar, Not Special As a speaker, you want to come across as similar, not special. If ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
9M ago
Write this down somewhere: If they’re predicting, you’re connecting.” Getting my audience to predict what happened next in my story is one of my favorite ways to stay connected (or even deepen the connection) with them. Take a look at this very quick story and see if you can figure out where I get my ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
10M ago
There are two questions you can ask that will likely make your audience laugh, get them to reflect, and have them feel more connected to you. What are the 2 Questions? There are dozens of variations of these questions (or requests) but the key is to ask them back-to-back and in this order. “Have ..read more
Craig Valentine Blog
10M ago
What’s wrong with asking your audience the following question? “What is standing between you and your goal?” The problem with that question is you are basically telling your audience there’s something standing between them and their goal. You’re assuming. Some of your audience members might think, “You don’t know me. Why are you telling me ..read more