J.T. Compeau
What Are You Asking of Your Audience?

Whether they realize it or not, they are a representative of something to the audience, whether that’s a community or an idea.

What Are You Asking of Your Audience?
J.T. Compeau
Revisit: Good Communicators are the Leaders We ...

Revisiting this post from March 2020: Good communicators are leaders because they know how to give their audiences what they need. To paraphrase the Jack Welch quote, they become leaders because they grow themselves as they work to grow others.

Revisit: Good Communicators are the Leaders We Need
J.T. Compeau
What is Your Idea, Really?

Family squabbles and a TED Talk raised a single question: what is your idea, really? Reframing your content with this question elevates it for your audience.

What is Your Idea, Really?
J.T. Compeau
The Mission of Your Message

The success of personal finance gurus, who inject personality and brand into their advice, telegraphs a deep level of knowledge and intuition about how their audience thinks and feels about money. That has big implications for how you deliver your message as a speaker or a thought leader.

The Mission of Your Message
J.T. Compeau
"Who Is This For?"

There’s ample benefit and opportunity to examining ideas from multiple angles, but only if everyone agrees on the idea. Learn how the concept of “quiet quitting” demonstrates a potential pitfall for your message.

"Who Is This For?"

content development

Three Lessons from Success

Three Lessons from Success

"Success is a form of trauma."

My career coach, the woman who worked with me to develop what would eventually become The Content Interpreter, told me this once, and I never forgot it.

While I have not had all the success I'm seeking in my life, here are three lessons I've learned. Each has a strong connection to public speaking and thought leadership.

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