2 Minute Talk Tips

2-Minute Tip: Tell Your Personal Truth   To be effective as a speaker on the big stage, you have to be able to tell your truth. That means you have to know what it is. This may take some personal work to understand what you are passionate about — what you truly believe.   Where it really pays off is in the connection to your audience. They can sense the authenticity. More importantly, they can sense artifice.   Ultimately it goes back to the words of Maya Angelou:   “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”   Post Tip Discussion: Meet Mel Andre   In the conversation I had with Mel, we covered the big picture stuff, but also some of the nitty gritty stuff about developing talk. There’s a nice mix of practical, individualistic, and conceptual material here.   And like any good motivational speaker, Mell brings some great enthusiasm to our talk.   Bio   Mel M. Andre is an Entrepreneur, Life Coach, Motivational Sp