— SPEAKING COACHING WITH RICK CLEMONS
— SPEAKING COACHING WITH RICK CLEMONS
| MOVE THE ROOM |
| OWN THE STAGE |
| SAY THE THING |
| LAND IT CLEAN |
| NO SAFETY NET |
| REAL TALK ONLY |

— THE REAL PROBLEM
Comfortable rooms don't move.
They nod and go home.
Here's what's actually happening
when a speaker plays it safe: the
audience feels it.
Not consciously.
They can't name it.
But they feel the
gap between what the speaker
almost said and what they actually
said.
They feel managed. And managed
audiences don't take action. They
take notes and forget them by Thursday.
— WHAT OTHER SPEAKERS DO...
They take the room somewhere it couldn't get to without them.
That's not inspiration. That's impact. There's a difference and
audiences feel it instantly.
— SOUND FAMILIAR?
→ You've been on stages. They
just haven't moved rooms yet.
→ You know the exact moment you
held back. You remember it right now.
→ The talk is polished. The room
isn't moving.
→ You've been performing instead
of present.
→ You want the impact back.
Not the applause.
You don't need
more polish.
You need to stop protecting people from your real message.
| PRESENCE |
| IMPACT |
| AUTHORITY |
| PRESENCE |
| IMPACT |
| AUTHORITY |

— WHAT THE ROOM SAID
