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I write about faster, better ways to communicate your ideas to tough audiences - aimed at lawyers/professionals who communicate complexity. Also how to have presence when presenting.

Lawyers Give Up on Speaking Too Soon: 3 Tips to Help You Hang In There

I've seen lawyers give up too soon when using speaking at conferences to get clients...

They give up before they see results. But wait...

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ "๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด" ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ?

I learned about it last week from productivity guru Ali Abdaal, of YouTube fame. He's a former UK physician turned productivity guy. ๐Ÿค“

-> Many new podcasters never get past 3 episodes.
-> Even fewer get to 20 episodes.
-> If you post 21 episodes - you'll be in the top 1% of podcasts worldwide

So close...! Lawyers (and the rest of us) try these ideas to keep speaking just a bit longer:

๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

๐Ÿญ- ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ - ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ
โ€ข What is the hottest topic you can speak to?
โ€ข Titles: 5 ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด... or 7 ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต... or 5 ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜–๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด...
  You CAN create actionable titles. You'll stand out and get a better crowd.

๐Ÿฎ- ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
โ€ข Use practical examples that show your recent expertise -> aimed at the clients you want who are likely attending the conference
โ€ข Clients love lawyers who offer actionable, practical advice, without legalese


๐Ÿฏ- ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ -> ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜
โ€ข Offer something tangible you can send later (if they give you their card afterwards)
โ€ข Have a QR code or link on a slide to give them a checklist or other resource
โ€ข Mention you'll hang around to answer any follow up questions individually

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€.

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