Creating real connections. Ryan Foland speaks with Michelle Tillis Lederman, CEO of Executive Essentials. Michelle provides custom communication and leadership training and coaching programs and has been named one of Forbes Top 25 Networking Experts. The main focus of this talk is about building connections with your audience, whether you are on stage or networking. Learning how to deeply connect will help you positively impact your audience with your message, make a great impression on event planners, and get more speaking opportunities as a result. Listen to this podcast to find out: - How to build relationships with your audience, both on and off stage - Why you should repeating the same talk over and over, and how to avoid this be speaking authentically - How to know whether you are being authentic or not. [Spoiler: if you are thinking “I should…” you are probably not being authentic.] - A perspective switch that will help you change your nervousness into empowerment. - What to do when stuff goes wrong on stage, and how to handle it like a pro.