Ryan Foland speaks with Salo… Kenyon Salo (aka. The James Bond of speaking). Kenyon is a high-voltage speaker who takes audience engagement to the next level. His years of experience as one of the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydiving Team gives him a unique perspective on living life to the fullest. Ryan and Kenyon talk about how speakers can set themselves apart from the crowd by looking for opportunities to do things differently and channel their inner confidence to deeply engage their audiences. Listen to this podcast to find out: Why you need to find out what your key message (or platform) is, and how to change it based on which audience you are speaking to. How to engage and create content specifically for modern audiences (TOP TIP: Stop using bullet points on your slides.) Why audience engagement is the number one thing that will set you apart from all the other up-and-coming speakers. Why you need to start taking action: stop being obsessed with how you are going to do something and jump in How to effectively use technology on stage.

2. KENYON SALO
"I find what keeps people from doing what they really want to
do is that they try to figure out exactly how they are going to
do it in the moment. Instead, say "YES!" and let the "how"
figure itself out after. It always does."
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3. KENYON SALO
"There are no wrong decisions, there are
lessons. No matter what happens in my life, an
amazing story is coming from it."
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4. KENYON SALO
"That's the fault of a lot of up-and-coming speakers: they
don't have the message (the delivery, per se)
Once they learn that, they're able to make that jump into
being a more successful speaker."
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5. KENYON SALO
"I had to figure out my platform that I would
stand on, that would let me stand out from the
crowd, and then allow them to see me."
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6. KENYON SALO
"We have to go outside our comfort zones; we have to challenge
ourselves to do new things, go to places that most will not go,
and do what most will not do. To have what most will never
have."
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7. KENYON SALO
"We're starting to consume content differently: it's super hard
to get somebody to watch a 15-minute video, but they'll be happy
to watch 10 x 3-minute videos. Even though it's 30 minutes, it's got
to change every 3 minutes with something new happening."
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8. KENYON SALO
"PowerPoints and slides just
destroy the audience."
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9. KENYON SALO
"Throughout the keynote there's video, audio, and
wonderful visuals. There is not one bullet point
in my keynote, not one."
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10. KENYON SALO
"When I am done and I get off stage: how does the
audience feel about what they saw, what they
heard? That's what's most important to me."
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11. KENYON SALO
"To this day, I still do small audiences.
You can have a great time in front of
any sized audience."
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12. KENYON SALO
"Every audience that we have in front of us is our
opportunity to pitch our greatness. Somebody in the
audience that could put you on another stage, that could put
you on an equal stage, or a larger stage."
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13. KENYON SALO
"I say to the client very clearly, "80% of my keynote is set
in stone, it's the framework I've designed, it works. The
other 20% I'll adjust to your audience and then the
vertical that you're looking for."
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14. KENYON SALO
"Be you - like you're talking to your best bud about the things
that you love. When you do that, the audience will relate to
you. It becomes more of a feeling of a conversation as
opposed to like some sort of teaching or talking to.
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15. RYAN FOLAND
"So many people are looking for the magic pill and the magic
pill is knowing that the formulas are always changing and
you always have to keep trying."
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16. RYAN FOLAND
"Successful speakers are doing what everyone
else can do, but not everybody does."
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17. EXPERT INSIGHTS ON
GROWING YOUR
SPEAKING BUSINESS
Listen to the World of Speakers Podcast Series on iTunes.
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