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Episode 068

July 8, 2020

068: Use Your Facilitation Superpowers to become a Better Public Speaker with Sarah McVanel

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    Intro

    Sarah McVanel is a recognition expert, a public speaker, a facilitator… and she thinks that we are “mutts”.

    Put your pitchforks down, this is a good thing – and she explains herself beautifully!

    Sarah’s perspective on the transferable skills in facilitation will leave you feeling empowered and inspired. You might even be happy to call yourself a mutt!

    Sarah has successfully pivoted to work as a public speaker (as well continuing as a facilitator and recognition expert) and believes that facilitators are uniquely placed to transfer into other fields.

    Find out about

    • Why facilitators are ‘mutts’ – and why that is a wonderful thing!
    • Why recognition is a superpower we all have without knowing it
    • How facilitators have some amazing transferable skills for public speaking
    • What Sarah believes facilitators can learn from public speakers
    • What it means to ‘FROG’ and some examples of how Sarah practices this beautiful act

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    Questions and Answers

    01:27 When did you first call yourself a facilitator?

    06:29 What is a ‘savvy facilitator’?

    08:47 What would your hashtag be?

    14:21 What is a recognition expert?

    18:11 How can we better recognise others – and how do you teach this when you speak on stage?

    31:22 How did you get into speaking from facilitation?

    36:55 Did your facilitation skills make you a better public speaker, or vice versa?

    45:26 What do you wish you had known before you started a career in speaking?

    51:50 What makes a workshop fail?

    56:38 What is the one thing you want listeners to take away?

    Connect to Sarah

    Sarah’s website

    Sarah’s LinkedIn