Building Authority Through Public Speaking, with Michael Port
Release Date: 10/12/2022
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Michael joined Skilljar with 20+ years of marketing, strategy, and operations experience across a broad set of industries, from startups to the Fortune 100. Most recently, Michael was the CMO at Certent (acquired by Insightsoftware), a SaaS provider for equity management and financial reporting software. Prior to that, he held a number of roles of increasing responsibility and leadership at companies such as Adaptive Insights (acquired by Workday), Highfive, ShoreTel, Mecalux, Teleflora, The Walt Disney Company, and Maersk. Michael has a BA in Communications Studies from University of...
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Michael Port is the author of nine books, which have been translated into twenty-nine languages. A few of them have become perennial bestsellers and made it onto such lists as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Some have won awards from 800-ceo-read and Amazon. After delivering thousands of paid speeches on the world’s biggest stages, Michael and his wife, Amy, built Heroic Public Speaking HQ , a performance training center, to develop and nurture the next generation of professional speakers along with CEOs and founders, bestselling authors, business owners, and...
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Ben Slager is a seasoned account manager currently working as Principal Customer Success Manager at HubSpot. He resides in Seattle with his wife and Siberian cat, Ladyhawke. Ben has extensive experience managing customers and helping them solve complex challenges. He’s worked in a broad spectrum of industries from non-profit fundraising to healthcare to tech. Ben holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration: Marketing from Dordt College. Away from work, you can find Ben supporting all the Seattle sports teams, playing indoor soccer, campaigning with his friends in D&D, or...
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Before he entered the world of marketing, A Brave New’s Content Director Brad Steinbacher spent 14 years as a journalist and editor at Seattle’s leading alternative newspaper The Stranger. His marketing work has included creating content for Fortune 500 companies, political campaigns, and penning opinion pieces for former members of Congress and professional sports stars. At A Brave New, Brad guides and oversees all content for clients, ensuring brand guidelines and voices are followed, and generating new ideas for content delivery. In his free time, Brad enjoys sports, playing video...
info_outlineMichael Port is the author of nine books, which have been translated into twenty-nine languages. A few of them have become perennial bestsellers and made it onto such lists as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Some have won awards from 800-ceo-read and Amazon. After delivering thousands of paid speeches on the world’s biggest stages, Michael and his wife, Amy, built Heroic Public Speaking HQ , a performance training center, to develop and nurture the next generation of professional speakers along with CEOs and founders, bestselling authors, business owners, and people leading movements and advancing important causes. More at www.HeroicPublicSpeaking.com.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- Tips for staying focused and energized while working at a high level across many things at a time
- The difference between a thought leader and and influencer
- The formula for creating a sustainable speaking career
- The importance of intentionality behind the speaking process
- The two things that reduce nerves when you're going to give a speech
- How you develop fractals for speaking so you can effectively spread your ideas and help your overall efforts at building influence as a leader
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