{"id":584622,"date":"2016-08-27T15:48:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T19:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=584622"},"modified":"2023-03-17T19:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T23:10:50","slug":"ep-19-give-great-speech-elaine-bennett","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/podcast\/ep-19-give-great-speech-elaine-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 19: How to Give a Great Speech (with Elaine Bennett)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>We all know the difference between a great speech and a boring one. The one where you can\u2019t wait to hear the end of the story vs. the one where you\u2019re checking your phone.<\/p>\n<p>How do you write and give a great speech that excites and inspires your audience about your organization? Today&#8217;s guest, Elaine Bennett, tells you how to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re a staff leader, the development director giving a major donor pitch, or a board chair representing the organization, you need to be able to capture people&#8217;s attention and get them interested and curious about your organization.<\/p>\n<p>In this podcast, Elaine Bennett offers really practical, actionable takeaways on how to improve your ability to give a truly great speech.<\/p>\n<h2>Who Is Elaine Bennett?<\/h2>\n<p>Elaine Bennett is an award-winning speechwriter who has worked with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies (including Warren Buffett!)\u00a0and has helped\u00a0people in fields from financial and professional services to nonprofits and politics deliver better speeches.<\/p>\n<p>She won the Cicero Award for best-written speech on diversity in 2011 for Barry Salzberg, the CEO of Deloitte.<\/p>\n<p>She is so passionate about great writing that she started a coaching business, Bennett Ink, to help people create more of it.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine\u2019s stated mission is \u201cTo make the world more interesting one sentence at a time.\u201d Elaine enjoys bringing unexpected touches to business speeches, using humorous anecdotes and bits of history to illuminate even the most serious topics.<\/p>\n<p>She has a lot to teach all of us about delivering a terrific speech.<\/p>\n<h2>In This Episode:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The 3 elements of a great speech<\/li>\n<li>A crazy connection that happens between the speaker and audience (hint: it involves brain waves)<\/li>\n<li>3 questions you can ask yourself to help you write your speech<\/li>\n<li>The difference (with examples) between a gala speech that is &#8220;endured&#8221; vs. a memorable one people actually want to listen to<\/li>\n<li>The 3 most common mistakes of speechwriters<\/li>\n<li>How to overcome the curse of knowledge when writing a speech (or anything else)<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not enough to write a great speech&#8230; you also have to know how to best deliver it (Elaine gives advice on this as well)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Episode Links:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bennettink.com\/elaine-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elaine Bennett&#8217;s Bio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bennettink.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett Ink<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bennettink.com\/simple-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simple Words<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TED Talk: <a href=\"https:\/\/embed-ssl.ted.com\/talks\/uri_hasson_this_is_your_brain_on_communication.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This is Your Brain On Communication<\/a> by Uri Hasson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400064287\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1400064287&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=joanmgarry-20&amp;linkId=RSA2HQMDKH4VEWLV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Made to Stick<\/a> by Dan and Chip Heath<\/li>\n<li>Music by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jukeboxtheghost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jukebox the Ghost<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you write and give a great speech that excites and inspires your audience about your organization? 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