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39 contributions to The Public Speaking Community🔥
How to Write Speeches That Impact
Have you heard this episode with Simon Lancaster? Simon is a genius in scriptwriting and at one point got a bit fed up with other people getting the applause for his jokes. So he decided to do something about it; --> To step up on the stage as himself. And what a journey it has been! Listen to the episode and grab our free resource on scriptwriting based off of the episode here: https://www.skool.com/challenge-with-david-6528/classroom/9f627c93?md=080b243506874b3d858aa61b6bd7d62c
0 likes • 18d
@Glen Hutsell Hi Glen, I find that the 3 breathless sentences and the 3 balancing statements have had the most impact in my leadership and safety talks/presentations. I new about the 3 repetitive statements but he gave ideas to sharpen that. I don't tend to use time much but I use alliteration a lot. I’vebeen paying attention to the audience when using it and there seems to be subtle shifts in attention and body language. Yes, alliteration and 3 balancing statements, and 3 breathless statements are fantastic practices. Watching how he put his own lessons into his TEDx talk in Verona was as entertaining as it was educational.
0 likes • 17d
@Glen Hutsell, I wrote the techniques right into the speech and presentation. Then they are part of the content and flow naturally in the delivery and I can then gauge the audience so that the talk is still audience-centred. Seems to work quite well.
Winner of SKOOLx is....
..you have to watch the video! 🥳 I didn't fully know what to expect when we launched this project. @Ben Sherry approached me with an idea, I think it was something else at first but then through dialogue we ended up at SKOOLx.. Almost 3 months have passed since that discussion and now we're announcing the winner. That's crazy. What's also crazy is how you've celebrated each other, come together to create something and created bonds that will last ❤️ Again I'm taken by the power of community and coming together 🙏 The winner of SKOOLx walks home with a free ticket to SPEAKERx. SPEAKERx is our extended live version of "SKOOLx" - weekly practice, coach feedback, refining your talk from idea to standing on a stage. We end it off with a finale where we meet IN PERSON, invite people (live audience), bring cameras and mics and pull off a real event! More info about SPEAKERx can be found here: https://headgain.com/speakerx I will reach out to all of the finalists over the next 24hrs, expect a ping in your DMs 🫡
Winner of SKOOLx is....
9 likes • Jun 29
Congrats congrats congrats. I have some catching up to do here. Right on!
The 3 am Phone Call No One Ever Wants To Have
I had to improvise on some of this video as I was travelling for a client. I had all the lights on in the hotel room. Discovered that my mic was dead. 🤦🏻‍♂️haha fun times. I'm on a mission to change how we talk about work place safety. Let’s try this again https://youtu.be/DSizOvVUwpU?si=sECX_w5oVai3_Fq5
3 likes • Jun 19
@Anil de Vries Now I’m sure it's one of those SBCK errors. 😆
2 likes • Jun 25
@Ben Sherry right on. Thanks for that. A good idea, like a call to action.
🚨 Finalists!
The votes are in! 🙌 Over 250+ people voted for their favourite talks that will go on to the finals 💪 A special thank you to all who participated, got stuck in, created their talks and dared to share 🙏 It takes courage, commitment and strength to pull all the way through, and you all did that: @Doa Kaptan @Éva Raposa @Subhan Nair @Anil de Vries @Emma Fábryová @Sam Dunlop @Janet Little @Ayu Masruroh @Justin Yip @Sungsoo Choi @Harrison Angwin @Rodrigo Rios @Tony Mulligan @Dani Rosenblad James @Wolfram Grohnert @Natalie Duncan @Semih Yalap @Danny Hansen @Vernon Foster @Craig Gauvreau @Jim Jenkins @Kevin Pagan @John Doorbar @Björn Hagemann Each and everyone of you; I salute you. I thank you. For being here, doing the work and committing. Thank you for taking part of this first round of "SKOOLx" 🙏 Now. For the FINAL......🎉🎉🎉 Date: Saturday 27th June Time: 3PM-5PM CEST (Central European Timezone - check your local timezone in the calendar) Event & Link: https://www.skool.com/beginner/calendar?eid=f24ef92ee00d4da19068964a87bef0a4
🚨 Finalists!
4 likes • Jun 23
Congrats to the finalists!!! 🎉🎉🎉 So very cool!!!
The Carousel Stop
I want to start by telling you something about permission. For years, I believed permission came from the outside - from achievements, from degrees, from other people's approval. I was a girl who learned to be invisible while trying to be extraordinary. I thought if I just achieved enough, climbed high enough, I'd finally have permission to take up space. But then something happened that changed everything. A breakup. A song. A city on the other side of the world. And I realized I'd been asking the wrong question my entire life. What if permission was never something to be earned? What if it was something I had to give myself? This is the story of how I learned that. And how a carousel taught me what I'd been missing the whole time.
The Carousel Stop
3 likes • Jun 23
Your quiet calm voice added so much to the importance of the message. Nicely done. If you can add some functional gestures this will help, as @Doa Kaptan put it, take up space. I too can't wait for you and your message to be bigger and louder. The mixed messages we are all taught. This was so good. We are enough!!! Oh yeah!
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Craig Gauvreau
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Health & safety consultant, writer & speaker From Alberta, Canada. I work primarily in industrial construction and oil & gas. Safety, make it personal

Active 2d ago
Joined May 2, 2025
Alberta Canada