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Introducing the Social Speech Podcast

If you’re involved in public speaking – as someone who delivers speeches and presentations, or as an executive communications practitioner, or as an event organizer – then this is for you.

Over the next several weeks, I’m going to share conversations I’m having with some of the smartest people I know about public speaking and social media: how connected audiences are transforming the world of…

Social Speech Podcast, Episode 1: Nancy White

The social web has gone a long way toward changing what it means to be in the audience at a speech – making an audience member less a passive spectator listening to a monologue, and more an active participant in a conversation among peers.

And nobody does that quite like Nancy White– except she doesn’t just rely on digital technology. She’s one of the best group facilitators in the business,…

Social Speech Podcast, Episode 2: with Tod Maffin

If you were to assemble a herd of top-notch researchers, and tell them “Find me someone who embodies public speaking, social media and podcasting,” chances are fights would break out as several of them vied to be the first to get to Tod Maffin‘s door.

One day he’ll be speaking to large corporations about digital marketing; the next, to a hometown social media conference about podcasting. His…

Social Speech Podcast, Episode 6: Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel has a lot to share with the world – including some brilliant insights and expertise on marketing, communications and community – so it’s now wonder he’s found so many ways to do it. He has a long-standing blog, a podcast that just passed the 300-episode milestone, a book… and a well-deserved reputation as one of the best keynote speakers around.

In our conversation, Mitch talks about…

Social Speech Podcast, Episode 7: Chris Brogan

For several years now, Chris Brogan’s blog has been a must-read for anyone who wants to use social media productively. Add his thriving practice as a speaker, the fact that he co-founded PodCamp, and his New York Times bestseller Trust Agents (cowritten with Julien Smith) along with two other books (Google+ for Business: How Google’s Social Network Changes Everything and Social Media 101)…

…andhi…

Social Speech Podcast, Episode 8: Nancy Duarte

It’s hard to say just where Nancy Duarte has had the biggest impact: as the architect of Al Gore‘s presentation on climate change in An Inconvenient Truth… as the author of two profoundly powerful books on crafting and delivering presentations, slide:ology and Resonate…

…as the co-creator of Duarte Design, a firm that has been redefining the art and science of presentations for nearly a…

Social Speech Podcast, Episode 12: Mitchell Beer

Mitchell Beer has been a leader in conference communcations for more than a quarter of a century. His firm, The Conference Publishers, reports and repackages conference content – keeping it useful and relevant long after the closing gavel.

How does that change in the social media era? In this episode, Mitchell tells me how conference reporting is evolving to take advantage of everything from…