Ryan Foland speaks with Drew Dudley, a dynamic and fascinating speaker whose viral TED Talk has been voted “one of the 15 most inspirational TED talks of all time.”
Ryan and Drew cover a wide range of fantastically helpful topics in this podcast that range from how to effectively tell stories that connect with your audience, to how to get more bookings and become a highly-valuable speaker.
Listen to this podcast to find out:
- A practical guide to authentically living your values
- Anecdotes or stories? How to connect and teach your audience
- Reverse engineering: how to sell your talk to organizers, which will get you more bookings
- Why being useful is better than being motivational or inspirational
- How to overcome nerves and connect with your audience when you first start speaking on stages
- Why you need to become a truly amazing speaker before investing in marketing your speaking business.
2. DREW DUDLEY
"If you want a free leadership tip— spend
time with five-year-olds, they will blow
your mind."
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3. DREW DUDLEY
"Leadership isn't about having answers.
It's about the type of questions you ask."
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4. DREW DUDLEY
"Questions that are boring to answer don't
teach anybody anything."
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5. DREW DUDLEY
"The story is the basic unit of human understanding,
and we're never going to understand ourselves or
each other if we don't tell our stories."
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6. DREW DUDLEY
"Think about the stories you've been told and the people
who have blown you away with their insights, the type of
things that have made your life better. Then go on stage
and tell those stories."
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7. DREW DUDLEY
"Take the things you want to stand for every day.
Figure out what they are. And then tie them to
questions that you have to ask every day."
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8. DREW DUDLEY
"Don't just accidentally live your values, plan to live
your values. That's what separates good leaders
from great ones."
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9. DREW DUDLEY
"I would discourage anyone from going on stage trying to
be motivation or inspirational. It's a way to crash and burn.
Always try to go on stage to be useful."
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10. DREW DUDLEY
"An anecdote is something that happened. A story
is something that teaches things. Don't tell
anecdotes in your speeches, tell stories"
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11. DREW DUDLEY
"Make sure you're putting some money aside for slower
months. As a professional speaker, you're really only working 8
months of a year because of holidays. During July/August and
December/January you're not really going to get on stages."
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12. DREW DUDLEY
"As a speaker, if you are amazing as a speaker, you are not
going to have to worry about marketing. Your marketing
will make you more successful, but ultimately, most of the
business that I've gotten came from word of mouth."
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13. DREW DUDLEY
"People will always pay attention to 3 things—
things that make them angry, things that make them
scared, or sex."
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14. DREW DUDLEY
"Talk to 3 people during your first speeches. Someone on
the left, in the middle, and on the right. Pick people who are
smiling and who just has that vibe to them that they like you."
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15. DREW DUDLEY
"If you can make clear that you're on stage to address
their fear, if you can convince them that listening to you
is going to alleviate it, you've got them."
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16. DREW DUDLEY
"I know that we want to be motivational, inspiring and we
want to move people, that's why we want to be speakers.
But in order to get that opportunity to move an individual,
you have to sell a product to a gatekeeper."
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17. EXPERT INSIGHTS ON
GROWING YOUR
SPEAKING BUSINESS
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