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Steal the Show with Michael Port

Speeches, job interviews, deal-closing pitches. Do you know the best way to handle yourself in the spotlight? Steal the Show from Heroic Public Speaking is a fast track to learning what it takes to engage your listeners, manage your nerves, and maximize your message's impact in every situation, every time. Through interviews with top performers, listener Q&As, and expert chats with Heroic Public Speaking staff, we’ll help you make the most of every public speaking opportunity to improve results in every aspect of your life. At Heroic Public Speaking, we believe that the most transformative speeches change the world and the people in it—including the speaker. Your host Michael Port is the Founder and CEO of Heroic Public Speaking and a former professional actor, having guest starred on shows like Sex and The City, Law and Order, Third Watch, and many others. He is the New York Times bestselling author of 9 books on the topics of business and public speaking, including Book Yourself Solid, Steal the Show, and The Referable Speaker.
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Dec 31, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re talking about using the tricks of the journalism trade for producing better storytelling online and on stage. 


Ann Handley is a digital marketing pioneer and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Everybody Writes and Content Rules. Named by IBM as one of the seven people shaping modern marketing, she has more than 400,000 LinkedIn followers.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/128-ann-handley-serving-audience-better-storytelling/

Dec 24, 2019

Want to learn how to unlock erotic intelligence in the bedroom and the boardroom? Listen in as I interview Esther Perel, who is an author and a couples therapist. She has been recognized as one of the world's most original and insightful thinkers about couples, sexuality, and the peculiar paradoxes found in modern marriage.

Esther Perel wrote her first groundbreaking book called, "Mating in Captivity," which introduced Americans to the inherent conflict between emotionally safe but boring intimacy, and thrilling but potentially risky eroticism, love, and lust.  In 2017, she released her new book, "The State of Affairs: Cheating in the Age of Transparency.”

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/unlock-erotic-intelligence-esther-perel/.

Dec 12, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re talking about raising your speaking game using sports performance principles. 

Alan Stein, Jr. worked as a performance coach for some of the highest-performing athletes on the planet, including NBA superstar Kevin Durant. He shows us how the lessons he taught top athletes can bring out the best in any performance.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/127-alan-stein-sports-mindset-can-level-speaking-career/

Dec 10, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re talking about crafting a speaking career that suits your personality and life goals. 


Scott Stratten co-founded UnMarketing and co-hosts the UnPodcast with his wife and business partner, Alison Stratten. Together, they’ve published five bestselling business books and recently released, The Jackass Whisperer: How to Deal with the Worst People at Work, at Home and Online—Even When the Jackass is You. He shares what he’s learned from delivering upwards of 70 speeches a year.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/126-scott-stratten-harnessing-personality-fun-profit/

Dec 3, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re talking about the value that speakers bring to the stage...and beyond.


Simon T. Bailey is an author and the leader of the SPARK Movement whose purpose is to ignite sustainable transformation in people, systems, and nations. A former Sales Director for the Disney Institute, he shares his secrets for giving audiences not just what they want, but what they need.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/125-simon-t-bailey-quitting-full-time-job-pro-speaker/

Nov 19, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re talking about building a community of raving fans.

Giovanni Marsico is the founder of the Archangel Summit, an annual gathering of mission-driven entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals who want to do well by doing good. He shares with us his vision for creating transformational experiences on stage and behind the scenes.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/124-giovanni-marsico-building-tribe/.

Nov 11, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re talking about adding humor to our speeches and our lives.

Drew Tarvin, the world’s first Humor Engineer, with more than 5 million views of his TEDx talk, the “Skill of Humor,” shows us how to infuse the funny into our content and keep on improving despite the haters and the hecklers.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/123-drew-tarvin-selling-topic-no-ones-searching/

Nov 5, 2019

With nearly 120 keynotes and workshops a year, Phil M. Jones is one of the busiest public speakers on the circuit. The author of an award-winning business trilogy that started with Exactly What to Say, Phil’s mastered the art of the speaking business by constantly striving to be better and aim higher. Plus, he finds sales fun. He believes that every speaker can find room for play in their sales, content development, and business-building. It starts with asking the right questions and giving yourself permission to grow.

 

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/122-phil-jones-getting-gigs-want/

Oct 29, 2019

On today’s episode of Steal the Show, we’re uncovering why some speakers’ careers plateau and how to fix it or prevent it altogether.

Tim Sanders—former Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer, bestselling author, and top-rated leadership keynote speaker—shares his best practices for switching from one-off speaking gigs to cultivating a few accounts that hire you again and again.

Read more at https://stealtheshow.com/podcast/121-former-yahoo-executive-tim-sanders-talks-building-long-term-client-relationships/

Oct 22, 2019

On today’s episode, we talk about how to turn setbacks into wins with Alison Levine: an adventurer, mountaineer, New York Times bestselling author, and public speaker. Alison leveraged her experience climbing seven summits and skiing to both poles into a successful speaking career. Yet, other people have also climbed the world’s highest summits, and, unlike her, they didn’t famously turn back within 100 yards of Mount Everest’s summit. She realized that it wasn’t her life-changing experience as much as her message—that complacency kills and fear can propel you in the right direction—that makes her have a referable speech.

Read more at http://stealtheshow.com/podcast/alison-levine-scale-story-referable-speech/

 

 

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