Standing Ovation

Show Notes Unless you are just an extraordinary motivator on stage, at some point all speakers must provide EVIDENCE that the recommendations they are making to the audience actually work. Legendary speaker Zig Ziglar used to say that the similar situation is the best way to make a sale.  Show me somebody in my scenario […]

Show Notes What do you think is possible in your speaking career? Could you do 40 paid events per year? Could you speak at the biggest events in the world? Could you have a hugely popular TED Talk? Could you make one million dollars a year as a speaker? All of that is possible, and […]

Show Notes What is your actual job as a speaker and as a brand? To educate? To inform? To entertain? To make the audience feel good? Or, is it to make the audience feel good about themselves? Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker, author, and acclaimed branding expert Bruce Turkel would probably say the latter, and […]

Show Notes What are you willing to do to stand out? How many chances will YOU take? Will you reinvent an entire product category, just to be different?  Lady Gaga would and she did. And keynote speaker and author Jackie Huba tells the story of the most unusual Lady Gaga perfume in her presentations. You’ll […]

Show Notes Some of the most effective and impactful stories from speakers are when they are the butt of the joke; when their own foibles and uncertainties make the speaker more relatable to the audience, who can envision themselves doing the exact same thing.  Meredith Oliver is a Keynote Speaker, author, and sales and digital […]

Hear from Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Fighter Pilot Rob “Waldo” Waldman who is a Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker that has flown 65 combat missions.

Keynote Speaker Mark Schaefer discusses the modern relationship between companies and customers, and how it’s changed the way speakers find their customers.

Keynote Speaker Laurie Guest reveals her obsession with a particular brand of water and talks about her unique signature story on Standing Ovation.

Hall of Fame Speaker, Stephen Shapiro shares a signature story about the nightmare that is baggage claim and his best tips to help ‘keep it real on stage.’

Captain Charlie Plumb is a Former Fighter Pilot, six-year prisoner of war and a Keynote Speaker who was ejected from his plane behind enemy lines and spent six long years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. Hear his life-changing story about a man who had a very special role to play in that fateful flight as legendary speaker on this episode of Standing Ovation.