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Q&A – with Rising Star Speaker Clint Pulver

January 18, 2019

In honor of Clint Pulver’s incredible success and rise to the top of speaking so quickly, as well as his relaunched web site and brand new video for the New Year (all of which I recommend you check out ASAP and consider patterning yours after, he’s doing so many things right), I am going to answer every question he sent in a few months ago, hope you enjoy! Clint asks: Clint Pulver October 26, 2018 at 9:07 am Jason, I look forward to your blog every week and hope it will continue. Here are also some ideas of
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Getting THE SHOT

January 4, 2019

Training for Speakers, Entertainers, Performers, and Entrepreneurs ~ For years we perform in front of magical audiences. The view from our stage is something to behold. We work our tails off to capture the perfect shots of us performing beautifully, speaking eloquently, and becoming the Legends of Stage. And then one day we realize: No one gets to see what we see from the stage. In 2018 alone I had about 5 events with between 10,000-15,000 people in the audience. No shots of that from my perspective. Yet I’d seen, and salivated over, the amazing shots my peers had
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The DJ, Soccer Star, and The Twerk Comment

December 6, 2018

PSA to Speakers, Emcees, DJ’s, Hosts, Performers ~ A reminder of the internet’s powerful ability to ruin our life’s work when things are out of context: The DJ, Soccer Star and the Twerk A few days ago Norwegian soccer star Ada Hegerberg became the first female to receive the Ballon d’Or, an historic moment, and her conversation with the Emcee of the event, following receipt of the honor, went terribly wrong. In a world that is, rightly so, in constant vigilance regarding the way women have been treated and victimized, the ill-timed comment by a male DJ asking her on
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2nd Step is Greater Than The 1st

October 2, 2018

For Speakers, Entertainers, Trainers, and Those Who Long to Improve Their Stage Performance ~ In my trainings I speak about Philipe Petit, the French wire-walker acrobat, juggler, and artist, who bravely danced between NYC’s Twin Towers on August 7, 1974, just prior to their completion, a quarter mile above the ground, and was subsequently….arrested (I highly recommend both the documentary “Man on Wire”, as well as the Hollywood remake, “The Walk“). That day not only did Philippe become a legend, but he brought life to these towers that critics had called ugly and unfortunate, whereas Philippe saw
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How Much Do You Customize?

September 27, 2018

For Speakers, Entertainers, Trainers, and Those Who Long to Improve Their Stage Performance ~ The other day I landed in Vermont for my first event ever in that State. I looked around as the rain poured down, and I had to laugh, as my wife was so excited to see my photos of the leaves turning colors and I was there at the perfect time of year. Everywhere I looked was absolutely stunning…and absolutely green. Not a dead, nor dying, autumn leaf in the entire State. In fact, I drove up and down the interstate for over 2 hours
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My New Keynote

September 12, 2018

Training & Philosophy For Speakers, Entertainers, Performers, and Imperfect Perfectionists ~ This morning I will walk on stage and do a Keynote I have now only done once before, and that was yesterday. 70% BRAND NEW MATERIAL. What am I thinking? This is a full fee event! How often we change things up on ourselves is determined by our willingness to fail, which in turn allows us to succeed at levels yet attained. When we find a formula for speaking, performing, entertaining, we tend to stick with it. Question is: How long should you? In the past year
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The New Age Mastermind: One-on-One

August 23, 2018

Training for Speakers, Entertainers & Entrepreneurs ~ From Sunday to Wednesday this week, my friend Stephen Shapiro, CSP, CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, and I locked ourselves in a hotel deep in the heart of Las Vegas and worked our brains to exhaustion helping each other improve our speeches. You think your Mastermind is effective with 4 or 5 people you admire? A monthly one hour call, maybe an annual get-together to chum and have fun? Hey, I don’t fault you with that. A Mastermind can be a beautiful and very helpful thing. But let’s be honest –
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Attend Every Show You Can

May 21, 2018

This past weekend I sat with tears in my eyes as I watched a beautiful musical called “Tuck Everlasting” at the brand new, multi-million dollar Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, Utah. Everyone around me was crying, too. A week prior I sat in awe watching the masterful Waldo Waldman kill it as keynote speaker for Maverik. A week before that my family and I sat in disbelief at the brilliance of the touring show, “Hamilton” (mostly disbelief at the cost of the night, but that’s another blog post). When was the last time you attended a musical, a concert,
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The Importance of Your Pre-Show Ritual

May 10, 2018

My friend and fellow Keynote Speaker, Chris Bashinelli, recently asked me what I do prior to an event in order to get ready to perform but also in regards to meeting with the client pre-show for cocktails and so forth. Recently I had what I would consider a moment of lost integrity, when I was not asked, but told, by a client to do something I was quite uncomfortable with as a part of my pre-speech introduction to the audience. I went along with it to be a nice person, a team player, and it made me rethink my
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How To Make a Career From Stage: Module 2 – Message

November 1, 2017

Throughout November we are going to delve into how to make your career on stage happen, because on Wednesday, November 15, I will be presenting the course in it’s condensed entirety to the NSA Mountain West Chapter in SLC, UT if you would like to join us click HERE. We offer a full course online that gives much more detail than I will here, however, here’s a taste of what you can get with the course and summary of some of the essential points. Answer these questions for yourself to determine what needs improvement. Last week we discussed – Module 1: Mindset
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