Jake Young is a member of my mastermind group and a real estate investor. http://collaborativeco.com/ I admire Jake for many reasons. His business acumen. The advice he has given me. How he lives his life. Recently, a seller called Jake on a Thursday. They wanted to sell their property and for Jake’s company to make them an…
In 2004, I met a genius. Nowadays, I realized that this term is loosely used and passed out like Halloween candy. However, Todd Siler is an actual genius and a modern-day renaissance man. He has a Ph.D. from MIT in psychology and … Art. That’s right. I said art! He is the first person ever…
“It’s fear of fear you fear. The fear itself hurts more than the thing you are scared of.” – Darren Hardy, Editor of Success Magazine I hurt my back while exercising. It was my first back injury–ever! I quickly discovered that the back is the structural foundation of our body. It affects all movement –standing,…
“Tomorrow, do not wear aftershave or cologne.” It’s BC – Before COVID. I had just finished a speaking tour. I’m in Miami, having dinner with my wife, Sarika, and Chim Francisco – a Toastmasters District Director for Southern Florida. On this tour, Chim had gotten me a few Fortune 500 speaking engagements, and I was…
The year began with the global pandemic. Enough said. #COVID-Exhausted! Now, the second wave has hit. Not coronavirus! Instead, a wave of global protests over police brutality. Honestly, I’ve been struggling with what to say. I have friends and family on both sides of the debate. I have friends who are police officers. One of…
<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>How to Bounce Back From Losing</h1> <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/434836126″ width=”640″ height=”480″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”></iframe> At Ed Tate & Associates, we help organizations and individuals win high-stakes presentations. As the cliché goes, you can’t win them all. However, you can learn from your losses and be prepared to win the next time. Here is an…
Interview by Kate McClare, ACS, ALB Photos by John Schneyer, DTM Professional speaker, coach and leadership consultant Ed Tate won the World Championship of Public Speaking in 2000 — his first attempt. His clients include Darren Tay, the 2016 World Champion. Tate shared advice (and lots of great stories) in several presentations at the Spring…
In Part One of this post, (found here), we revealed six common business presentation mistakes that could sidetrack your business presentations: Presenting Abstract Ideas (without specific examples). Simply put, your ideas live in the clouds and never visit earth. For your audience to relate to abstract concepts, match with specific, concrete examples. JargonOveruse. Jargon overuse…
Over the past fifteen years, I’ve coached thousands of executives, leaders and corporate employees on how to make their business presentations memorable. Over the years, I’ve regularly run across the same presentation mistakes. Are you making these mistakes in your business presentations? Presenting abstract ideas without specific examples. Think of an abstraction as hiding the…
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, my coaching client, Darren Tay, won the Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. For the unfamiliar, it is a yearlong contest with over 30,000 contestants. Darren was the last one standing. Think of it as “America’s Got Talent” for public speaking. Not bad. In…