by Jon Acuff | Sep 21, 2015 | Skills
Recently I was in Dallas, TX speaking to 10,000 people at a Young Living Convention. That’s an intimidating amount of people, but five lessons I’ve learned over the years helped me deliver the speech. Here they are: 1. Speak to a person, not a crowd. No...
by Jon Acuff | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Recently, a client flew me out to California to help him with two speeches. In many ways, they will be the biggest speeches he has ever given. I’m not a speech writer, I’m a speech amplifier, so that’s what I did. I helped him find the opening line, work on seamless...
by Jon Acuff | Nov 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Garth Brooks is a marketing genius. I don’t care if you hate his music, the guy is brilliant when it comes to performing. (I know the Chris Gaines thing didn’t work, but we always act like Beyonce didn’t try the exact same thing with her “Sasha...
by Jon Acuff | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Roughly 99% of public speakers ruin their speeches in the first sentence. How? They start off their speech by thanking the audience. No one cares about that. No one doubts that you’re excited to be there. No one needs you to reintroduce yourself right after the host...
