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Get Good® At Life + Work Showreel (Shorter Version) from popular Motivational Speaker Lee Jackson – more info: http://leejackson.org/motivational-resilience-speaker-in-business-lee-jackson/ 

Here is a little more info… Get Good® At Life + Work is Lee’s bespoke keynote presentation and workshop for conferences or staff away days. It’s an engaging mix of common sense, ancient wisdom and good research which is both encouraging and challenging, and it’s funny too. His keynote and follow-up workshop works very well in small and large conferences alike, Lee loves the after-lunch slot too! After the main keynote, the workshop would add to the keynote and go deeper with discussion and take-away exercises including one written exercise that serves as a great way to do work differently after the conference. 

Here is a flavour of what Lee delivers.

In a nutshell, he covers:

The Why – pressing pause and helping delegates understand ‘why’ they do their job and how that can help them every day, using examples of people who have found that out.
 
The How – learning some good skills that we all need to be better at our work. Beating Procrastination. Handling the temptation to firefight all day long. Dealing with email so it doesn’t take over our lives. Understanding that working hard works. The big fear that all humans have, the fear of failure and how that can affect us. And the process of understanding how to Get Good little bit by little bit every day – marginal gains make us more successful. 

The Keeping On Going – The problem of perfectionism. Attitude, teamwork and resilience stories, including many stories of those we know and some we don’t.

Lee aims to be professional, funny, encouraging and challenging.  

There is some more info here:
https://leejackson.org/getgoodatwork

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https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-t5524-b4f8c9

Get Good At Presenting Ep13 – Lee talks this week to presentation slide expert and designer Dave Henson about Powerpoint and how to avoid making really bad slides that ruin your talk and reputation. Seriously bad slides are like the elephant in the room at conferences – and still, no-one seems to talk about it. Death by Powerpoint is still really bad in some cases. So Lee who’s done research on this talks to his go-to guy Dave Henson -‘The Slide Presentation Man’ to try and find ways that you can make your slides as good as your talk! Don’t let your slides ruin a great presentation. Dave Henson is here: https://www.theslidepresentationman.co.uk/ and Lee’s website is here https://leejackson.biz and his course Powerpoint Surgery is here and is on offer: www.powerpointsurgery.com

Source:
https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-zbky6-b4f869

Get Good At Presenting Podcast Ep12 – What does a speaker need to always have in their bag wherever they are so they can work? And navigating the complex world of international speaking with Roger Harrop. Roger is one of the UK’s most experienced international speakers and he shares with Lee what he always takes with him when working and how his magic speakers bag has gotten him out of trouble on the road thousands of miles away from home. Roger is here: https://www.rogerharrop.com/ and Lee’s website is here: https://leejackson.biz

Source:
https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-gskun-b4f831

Ep11 – How to make your talks funnier, MC-ing events and what we can learn as speakers from putting together an Edinburgh Fringe Show with Speaker, MC and award-winning humorist Jeremy Nicholas. Jeremy or Jem as he is often known is a former BBC Radio host and experienced humourist and speaker, Lee and Jem have a funny and frank chat about being funnier on stage and how to survive 30 shows in a row in Edinburgh! Find out about Jem’s new 2019 Edinburgh Festival show and his speaking here: https://www.jeremynicholas.co.uk and Lee’s website is www.leejackson.biz

Source:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6gjhk-b45141

Ep10 – How to get your voice heard and engage an audience with incoming PSA President Steve Bustin. Steve is a former journalist and got into professional speaking and communication coaching fairly naturally, he is a speaker and presentation coach and works out of Brighton, in the UK. Learn how a journalist who introduced the internet to the BBC became a speaker, find out the importance of improv and why you should never use a written script when public speaking. A fun interview with a genuine expert. He is at https://www.getyourvoiceheard.co.uk and https://www.twitter.com/steveinbrighton

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-469ss-acdaef

Leon Bamforth is the current champion of the national speaking competition ‘Speaker Factor’. Speaker Factor is the annual competition for the newer members of the Professional Speaking Associaton across the UK & Ireland. In this episode, Lee asks Leon to share what tips and tricks he took on board to go from a so-so speech to becoming the winner of a national competition in front of 200 professional speakers! You can find Leon at http://leonbamforth.com
Ep9 – How to win a speaking competition with Lee’s guest, the award-winning speaker Leon Bamforth. 
Subscribe now to hear the other episodes full of tricks and tips for public and professional speakers of all levels. Always fun, always down to earth, with no jargon, and free!

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j6xmf-a72fa7

Ep8 – Laughs and learning with Lee’s special guest John Archer – a BAFTA award-winning comedian and the first person ever to fool Penn and Teller! In this episode, Lee and John have a relaxed conversation about how John went from being a Police Officer to a full-time performer. They also talk about the keys to speaking in larger venues, creating new material, remembering the order of your content, how not to get bored when delivering, getting laughs and much more. Two old mates talk comedy legends, speaking and performing. John is on tour constantly and is the UK’s most popular comedy magician, he also teaches lots of new magicians in the art of on-stage banter and comedy magic. Enjoy. John’s website is www.john-archer.com you can also follow him on twitter here.

Source:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ewiuv-a478ff

When a fellow speaker is in your hometown, I thought that at least I could do was to say hello, pick them up, take them to the train station and record the conversation along the way! In this episode, we talk about the art and practicalities of great storytelling and much more with my guest Alan Stevens aka The Mediacoach. We also talk about the sights of Leeds, David Bowie, Emmerdale, Victoria Wood, the PSA, Comedy and peoples insecurities on stage! Enjoy and learn with a fun chat with my guest Alan Stevens aka The Mediacoach – http://mediacoach.co.uk
(P.S. People on social media can get a little wound up when they hear that you have recorded something in a car. So let me be clear: the recording device was fixed to the car and we do not touch it at all during our journey. We were in effect just having a chat in the car and happen to record it. No laws were broken in the making of this podcast, thank you!)