{"id":1146,"date":"2020-07-07T07:54:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2020-07-07T07:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T11:54:06","slug":"connect-craft-your-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/connect-craft-your-message\/","title":{"rendered":"CONNECT: CRAFT YOUR MESSAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is awesome to witness a spectacular speaker that engages the audience with a thought-provoking message, supported with colorful stories, and leaves you wanting more. We all want to become great speakers.\u00a0 There is no feeling that compares to when the audience is completely connected to you and your message.\u00a0 However, we often focus on the visual and vocal portions of our speech, often to the detriment of the written portion.<\/p>\n

I believe that great speaking begins with great writing.\u00a0 No great speaker became great by \u2018winging it\u2019 on stage.\u00a0 To become great, you should pay the same or more attention to your speech writing as you give to your speech delivery. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t matter if you are giving an ice-breaker speech, delivering a keynote address, or competing in a speech contest, I highly recommend that you write out your entire speech. \u00a0With a written draft of your speech, you have the ability to craft your message.<\/p>\n

Anyone can write a speech; however, it takes practice and patience to craft a message.\u00a0 While it may take a day or less to write a quick draft of a decent speech, the magic is in the crafting process.\u00a0 It is that pains-taking process of reviewing, revising, and re-writing that simplifies and clarifies your message and the supporting points.\u00a0 This process, which separates good writers from the great writers, can take weeks or years.\u00a0 If you want to connect with your audience, your message must be well-crafted to attract and maintain their attention and address their specific needs.<\/p>\n

About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mario Lewis, DTM, is an award-winning, energetic speaker, and presentation coach, who provides audiences and individuals with \"\"<\/a>motivational messages and strategies to become powerful and dynamic communicators. He delivers high-powered talks at leadership conferences, and corporate events that teach people how to CONNECT with their audiences to make their message unforgettable.\u00a0 As a finalist in the Toastmasters\u2019 2012 World Championship of Public Speaking (and a semi-finalist in 2017 and 2018), the largest public speaking contest in the world, Mario has demonstrated the unique ability to engage audiences of all sizes and backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong>\u00a0 Mario@MarioLewisConnects.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Website: <\/strong>https:\/\/mariolewisconnects.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

LinkedIn: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mario-lewis-5963a51a7\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is awesome to witness a spectacular speaker that engages the audience with a thought-provoking message, supported with colorful stories, and leaves you wanting more. We all want to become great speakers.\u00a0 There is no feeling that compares to when the audience is completely connected to you and your message.\u00a0 However, we often focus on … Continue reading “CONNECT: CRAFT YOUR MESSAGE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}