Keeping Audiences Engaged in the ADHD Era
How to use stagecraft techniques, emotional storytelling, and situational awareness to keep any audience from dropping out.
Whether it’s on stage, at a networking event, or in a client meeting, attention is in short supply. Brian shows you how to deploy key public speaking and stagecraft techniques to keep audiences engaged — how to package and organize your points so they actually get through, how to find the stories that best showcase your brand, how to attach them to your audience’s emotional needs, how to use humor effectively, and the common mistakes that send people’s heads down into their phones.
No Home Runs Without Big Swings
Finding your calling despite life’s landmines and rookie errors.
Everyone who starts a business has a higher-than-normal tolerance for risk — but how do you separate opportunity from delusion? Brian talks about his transition from a successful political consultant to a wedding-business entrepreneur: what he did right, what he did wrong, and how he managed through a string of unexpected challenges. A candid, funny, and practical talk for existing and future entrepreneurs preparing for new projects, roles, or ventures.
What People Say: The Last Major Blind Spot of a Wedding
The consequences and missed opportunities when we leave the speaking parts without professional guidance.
What people say in wedding speeches, vows, and ceremonies can be the difference between personalized and generic, powerful and boring, successful and disastrous — yet these moments rarely get the same supervision as every other part of the event. Brian delivers a highly entertaining tour through some of the worst disaster stories sourced from wedding pros, the key components of a great speech, and how he helps couples, officiants, and wedding-party speakers make the most of their moments.
