Mark Scharenbroich: The Craft of Speaking

Speaker Interviews

Public speaking is a skill that can be learned, developed, and even mastered.

But the path toward mastery demands your all.

Keen self-awareness, the humility to be a life-long student of the craft, and an unrelenting commitment to put in your time.

Because more than anything, mastery requires putting in your “reps,” delivering countless speeches in all kinds of venues to all kinds of audiences – for decades.

It’s the costly nature of mastery that makes it so rare. 

So when the opportunity comes along to talk with someone widely regarded by their peers as a master of their craft, you pull up a chair, lean in close, and take some serious notes.

That’s what I had the opportunity to do when I sat down with Mark Scharenbroich, an Emmy award-winning, Hall of Fame speaker (and personal hero of mine) who’s been tenaciously honing his craft for more than 40 years.

On this episode of SP&S, we cover:

  • 00:00:19 // Tomfoolery and witty banter (and jackhammer sounds)
  • 00:04:59 // Introducing Mark
  • 00:08:40 // How much you should customize your speech for a particular audience or event.
  • 00:15:36 // Why you must choose being clear over being clever.
  • 00:32:20 // How to ensure your delivery reaches every person in an audience no matter the venue
  • 00:42:55 // How to answer the question: “Who comes first – the audience or the client?”
  • 00:51:25 // Creating content your audience will actually remember long after you’ve left the stage.
  • 00:56:15 // How to decide which kind of marketing is best for you.
  • 01:00:17 // Protecting your most important relationships while building a speaking business.
  • 01:05:18 // How to successfully transition audiences (e.g., education market to corporate)
  • 01:11:59 // What characteristics make a speaker extraordinary?

Mark Scharenbroich is an Emmy award-winning, Hall of Fame speaker with over 40 years of experience delivering first-class presentations worldwide. But what makes Mark stand out most is his compassion, humility, and warmth. In this episode, Mark shares some of his hard-won wisdom on the art of public speaking, including how to craft a great speech, how to deliver it with power and pizazz, and how to make a real and lasting impact in the lives of countless audience members.

Pull up your chair and get ready to jot down a notebook’s worth of pages. You’re about to become a genuinely better writer and speaker.

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