Why it’s a mistake to focus your preparation entirely on the time you’re standing on the stage …
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A speech begins long before you say your first word.
Speaker:How you walk up the stage.
Speaker:How you interact with the audience members during the break before your talk.
Speaker:How you treated the staff during the checkup.
Speaker:Or how you interacted with your host in the pre event communications.
Speaker:How you prepared material that the organizers needed.
Speaker:How you spoke on the phone.
Speaker:How you tailored the content to that specific audience.
Speaker:How you practiced.
Speaker:All these things add up.
Speaker:As do the things that you do after you said your last word.
Speaker:How you show up in the coffee break after your talk.
Speaker:How you respond to questions from the audience, how you respond to people
Speaker:reaching out to you on social media.
Speaker:All these things add up to organizers who are excited to have you on the
Speaker:stage, staff who are delighted to work with you, audiences who look forward
Speaker:to listen to, and during analysts who are eager to write about you.
Speaker:A speech is not just the time between your first and your
Speaker:last word that you say on stage.
Speaker:It's you – the entire you.
Speaker:The shortcut to make it a delightful experience for everyone, is actually
Speaker:the detour of treating every step along the journey as equally important.