E173: Engage Your Audience With Executive Presence With Don Colliver

Laura’s guest is Don Colliver, public speaking internal expert at Google and around the world; leads improv, clown, and sketch comedy classes for the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre. . Don’s mission is to help every communicator profoundly impact their audience through the power of authenticity, listening, and play. He recently released a #1 Bestselling Amazon book entitled "Wink: Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence" to help anxious speakers and organizational teams everywhere connect more deeply when they communicate. Laura and Don bring you all kinds of practical wisdom pearls so that you can engage even the toughest of audiences. Takeaways include: - Research actually proves that competent leaders are better perceived when they share certain imperfections - 3 specific ways to increase engagement with your very next presentation (in person or virtual) - The kind of humor that helps you and the kind to avoid - What your audience secretly craves from any speaker - The ingredient that makes people laugh is what drives connection to a speaker (meaning you can connect without being funny! This episode brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already Contribute by Laura Camacho, PhD.

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Do you often feel sidelined in discussions, wanting to speak up and have more influence? Ever experience that you say something in a meeting and then it seems like people maybe are still not getting what you’re saying? Do you need more executive presence in high stakes meetings? Discover tactics to confidently assert yourself and make your ideas count on Speak Up, the podcast for high-performing introverts and ambiverts. You'll learn: 1. Visibility Strategies from the art of persuasion, ensuring your voice is heard and respected in meetings and sought after for key projects 2. How to expand your influence, to reclaim your recognition, get green lights, and avoid your ideas being taken credit for by others 3. How to develop your confidence, to participate actively in senior leadership and executive meetings and beyond Host Laura Camacho, with 20 years of coaching experience, guides high-performing professionals to express their ideas clearly and build executive presence. Tune in every Monday for a 10-minute executive communication skill, Wednesdays for a half-hour industry leader interview, and Fridays for a 8 to 10-minute charisma or leadership tip from leading personalities like JK Rowling and Elon Musk. If you're ready to move forward in your career, listen to Speak Up episode 390: These 12 Science-Backed Charisma Tactics Skyrocket Executive Presence & Leadership Impact: https://pod.fo/e/2c2b5e