Persuasion is not manipulation. Manipulation is about getting you to do something that is in my interests. Persuasion is about getting you to do something that is in my interest and in your...
Conor Neill
Moving people to Action
Speaking
The Psychology of High Performance
The 4 elements of resilient mental strength that are present in all cases of high performance. http://youtu.be/v3BgjFj2rY0 The 4 Mental Models of High Performance There are 4 aspects of the mental approach of these high...
Entrepreneur: The 7 Elements of an Elevator Pitch
The 7 elements of a powerful elevator pitch if you need resources for your entrepreneurial startup http://youtu.be/fs6nUu0q-OE The 7 elements of a good entrepreneurial elevator pitch A good entrepreneurial elevator pitch...
The 5 aspects of a Powerful Voice
The 5 vital aspects of a powerful speaking voice. Develop a voice that transmits credibility and authority to the...
Pathos, Moving People with Emotion
Human beings will only commit to action when an emotion is attached to that action. This is the third of Aristotle's triad of Persuasion:...
The Power of Story
In the online course Persuading with Story, you learn to use the 5 ancient human story structures in your speaking. You will learn to capture and maintain your audience's attention and deliver impactful and memorable...
4 Steps to Great Speaking
Conor Neill outlines 4 steps to becoming a great speaker. The steps are not simple, but they will take you there. Inspired by the great Jim...
The 3 Pillars of Persuasion
2,300 years ago, Aristotle brought together the science of persuasion into three things that a speaker must transmit to the audience in order to move them to action: Logos, Ethos and...
The first step in preparing a speech
The very first thing to do in preparing a speech. Define your "Point X". This gives clarity to what content serves the audience and what is irrelevant. Defining point X avoids the Data Dump - the worst of all...
Improve your Speaking through Practice
You don't become a great speaker by reading. You don't become a great speaker by watching. You become a great speaker by regularly speaking. The webcam is a cruel audience, but a powerful tool if you choose to use...
Grabber: How to Start a Speech
How to start a speech. Great speeches start in one of three main ways, but the best speeches start in the same way that we begin a story to a...
The 4 types of Audience
There are 4 types of audience that you will speak to in your life as a leader and as a...
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