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How to Be a Motivational Speaker (Part 5) Add Humor
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Humor Tips for Speakers, Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers, Video on 16 February 2010
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How To be A Motivational Speaker | Humor Tips — Give the Audience a Voice
A How-To video series about how to be a motivational speaker.   In this very informal video in which Brad Montgomery — a funny motivational speaker — Brad explains the simple technique of Giving the Audience a Voice.   It’s a guaranteed humor [...]

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How To Be a Motivational Speaker (Part 4) Adding Humor
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Humor Tips for Speakers, Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers, Video on 3 February 2010
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Be A Motivational Speaker!
How to be funny on the platform:   a specific technique

Here is Part 6 of the continuing series about how to be a motivational speaker. In this video, Brad Montgomery discusses adding humor to your presentation. (And if you want to be a paid professional speaker, you’ll need to be funny — if [...]

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How To Be a Motivational Speaker (Part 3) Speech Template
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Humor Tips for Speakers, Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers on 26 January 2010
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How To be A Motivational Speaker | Template for a Keynote Speech
A How-To video series about how to be a motivational speaker.   In this very informal video in which Brad Montgomery — a funny motivational speaker — Brad explains the simple format (or template) for creating a motivational keynote speech.      Interested in exactly how you [...]

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How to Be a Motivational Speaker (Part 2)
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Mobile Brad, Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers, Video on 15 December 2009
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How To Be A Motivational Speaker Tips   Choosing a Topic
Here’s another one of my tips on how to be a motivational speaker. Today I talk about how to choose your topic. Questions? Leave them in a comment below and I’ll answer them in a video.

Learn more about how to be a motivational [...]

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Brad’s Teaching Speakers in Houston Nov. 8th
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Comedian Speakers, Humor Tips for Speakers, Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers, Video on 6 October 2009
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I’m psyched to be visiting the fine folks of the National Speakers Association Houston Chapter on Nov. 8th and wanted to invite you all.  This event is open to the public, so if you have a hankering to learn more about the world of professional speakers, here’s your chance.
I’ll be covering two topics.
1)  How to [...]

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Back to College! (To Be Funny)
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Humor Tips for Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers on 7 April 2009
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Wondering how to be a comedian?  
Do you want to know how to be a funny motivational speaker?  Here is your answer.
I am so proud of this project.  Humor College was a series where I interviewed some of the top speakers and comedians around and asked them:  How can we be funny like you?   It [...]

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Your PowerPoint Presentation Sucks
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips on 21 January 2009
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Powerpoint has to be one of the most overused and abused tool ever invented.  Lousy, uncreative and lazy  presenters mistake good slides for a good speech or presentation.  My point?  Even though you have a “professional” Powerpoint presentation, you still are a mediocre (at best!) speaker.
 
Ok, maybe not you.  But everybody else reading this blog.
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Insecure Comedians?
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Comedian Speakers, Comedians, Humor Tips for Speakers, Presentation Tips on 31 December 2008
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This cartoon cracked me up — and makes a legitimate point about comedians.
Sure, to be a great comedian or comedian speaker you have to have:
• Great Material
• Great Timing
• Appropriate Topis for Any Given Audience.
But most of all, you have to have confidence.  Audiences know right away when we are psyched-out and insecure.   It [...]

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The Worst Comedian? Me at Age 20
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Colorado, Magicians, Presentation Tips, Tips for Choosing a Speaker on 5 November 2008
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Folks, I’ve been speaking and performing for a long time. A very long time. Guess what: I actually:
1. Am not burnt out.
2. Still have family members that talk to me.
3. Still have that vest (I think – – or is that what I saw the kids lining the doghouse with?).
4. Still have my dignity. A [...]

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How To Be A Motivational Speaker
By Brad Montgomery
Posted in Motivational Speakers, Presentation Tips, Tips for Speakers on 1 October 2008
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Do you want to learn How To Be A Motivational Speaker? I can help.
I have had several hundreds of people call and ask me to “Pick my brain” or “Ask me for some tips on speaking” or … you get the drill. After years of answering the same questions to hundreds of people, I finally [...]

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