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Set The Tone (ft. Scott Bloom)
Manage episode 333689641 series 3290820
Set The Tone (ft. Scott Bloom)
A comic-turned-keynote speaker on turning laughs into impact
OPENING QUOTE:
“So obviously, you know, a little bit of a parody there making fun of our psychic friends. And what's great about that piece is it's interactive, it gets connected with the audience, and it's just a way to sort of show that you can make fun of, you know, of anything and it's something they can, you know, definitely relate to.”
-Scott Bloom
GUEST BIO:
As a stand-up comedian turned MC and keynote speaker, Scott Bloom has brought comedy to corporate events for the last 20 years. He’s now one of the most sought-after hosts and MCs in the business, capable of warming up even the grumpiest audience to transform boredom into laughter, and laughter into dollars and impact.
Links:
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[11:06] - The Role of Humor in Speaking
More than entertainment
Humor doesn’t just make people laugh. It opens them up, gets them engaged. It brings the energy of the room to a positive place and creates resonance between the speaker and the audience. Laughter is a manifestation of emotion, and relationships are built on emotional connection.
[17:35] - Speakers & Hosts
What they can learn from each other
Speakers can learn from hosts that you should always be in the moment, dealing with changes as they come. You have to present but also entertain. Hosts can learn from speakers that you should always have a clear focus, vision, and message that you want to talk about— even if you’re open to shifting from that initial game plan.
[22:50] - The Best & The Rest
What sets apart great presenters
The best presenters, speakers, and hosts are able to shift the tone of a room by their presence and message alone. When an audience feels they’ve seen it all before, a great speaker can shock energy into the entire room and get people listening, learning, and laughing. In Scott’s words, the best are capable of doing what’s necessary to “bring them where you want to be.”
[28:11] - Make Keynotes Funny Again
Comedy tips for speakers from a true pro
For anyone looking to deliver keynotes that are engaging, effective, and funny, Scott’s advice is to know your audience and recognize that what works in the club won’t work in a corporate environment (the reverse is also true). He also embraces the role of repetition— the antidote to nerves and anxiety is preparation, knowing your material backwards and forwards. Ironically, it’s this knowledge of your game plan that lets you comfortably veer away from that game plan when the situation allows.
RESOURCES:
- [16:13] Conan O’Brien’s Podcast
- [32:10] Scott Bloom on Acronyms
Follow Scott Bloom:
Follow Josh Linkner:
ABOUT MIC DROP:
Brought to you by eSpeakers, hear from the world’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing tipping point moments, strategies, and approaches that led to their speaking career success. Throughout each episode, host Josh Linkner, #1 Innovation keynote speaker in the world, deconstructs guests’ Mic Drop moments and provides tactical tools and takeaways that can be applied to any speaking business, no matter it’s starting point. You'll enjoy hearing from some of the top keynote speakers in the industry including: Ryan Estis, Alison Levine, Peter Sheahan, Seth Mattison, Cassandra Worthy, and many more. Mic Drop is produced and presented by eSpeakers; sponsored by ImpactEleven.
Learn more at: MicDropPodcast.com
ABOUT THE HOST:
Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He believes passionately that all human beings have incredible creative capacity, and he’s on a mission to unlock inventive thinking and creative problem solving to help leaders, individuals, and communities soar.
Josh has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million and is the author of four books including the New York Times Bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming and The Road to Reinvention. He has invested in and/or mentored over 100 startups and is the Founding Partner of Detroit Venture Partners.
Today, Josh serves as Chairman and Co-founder of Platypus Labs, an innovation research, training, and consulting firm. He has twice been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is the recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award.
Josh is also a passionate Detroiter, the father of four, is a professional-level jazz guitarist, and has a slightly odd obsession with greasy pizza.
Learn more about Josh: JoshLinkner.com
ABOUT eSPEAKERS:
When the perfect speaker is in front of the right audience, a kind of magic happens where organizations and individuals improve in substantial, long-term ways. eSpeakers exists to make this happen more often.
eSpeakers is where the speaking industry does business on the web. Speakers, speaker managers, associations, and bureaus use our tools to organize, promote and grow successful businesses. Event organizers think of eSpeakers first when they want to hire speakers for their meetings or events.
The eSpeakers Marketplace technology lets us and our partner directories help meeting professionals all over the world connect directly with speakers for great engagements.
Thousands of successful speakers, trainers, and coaches use eSpeakers to build their businesses and manage their calendars. Thousands of event organizers use our directories every day to find and hire speakers. Our tools are built for speakers, by speakers, to do things that only purpose-built systems can.
Learn more at: eSpeakers.com
SPONSORED BY IMPACTELEVEN:
Make a bigger impact, faster. ImpactEleven is a speaker training, development and accelerator community, working to transform individual lives and the world around us so that each of us can rise to reach our full potential on the speaking platform.
Learn more at: ImpactEleven.com
PRODUCED BY DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
SHOW CREDITS:
- Josh Linkner: Host | josh@joshlinkner.com
- Joe Heaps: eSpeakers | JHeaps@eSpeakers.com
- Connor Trombley: Executive Producer | connor@DetroitPodcastStudios.com
62 episodes
Manage episode 333689641 series 3290820
Set The Tone (ft. Scott Bloom)
A comic-turned-keynote speaker on turning laughs into impact
OPENING QUOTE:
“So obviously, you know, a little bit of a parody there making fun of our psychic friends. And what's great about that piece is it's interactive, it gets connected with the audience, and it's just a way to sort of show that you can make fun of, you know, of anything and it's something they can, you know, definitely relate to.”
-Scott Bloom
GUEST BIO:
As a stand-up comedian turned MC and keynote speaker, Scott Bloom has brought comedy to corporate events for the last 20 years. He’s now one of the most sought-after hosts and MCs in the business, capable of warming up even the grumpiest audience to transform boredom into laughter, and laughter into dollars and impact.
Links:
CORE TOPICS + DETAILS:
[11:06] - The Role of Humor in Speaking
More than entertainment
Humor doesn’t just make people laugh. It opens them up, gets them engaged. It brings the energy of the room to a positive place and creates resonance between the speaker and the audience. Laughter is a manifestation of emotion, and relationships are built on emotional connection.
[17:35] - Speakers & Hosts
What they can learn from each other
Speakers can learn from hosts that you should always be in the moment, dealing with changes as they come. You have to present but also entertain. Hosts can learn from speakers that you should always have a clear focus, vision, and message that you want to talk about— even if you’re open to shifting from that initial game plan.
[22:50] - The Best & The Rest
What sets apart great presenters
The best presenters, speakers, and hosts are able to shift the tone of a room by their presence and message alone. When an audience feels they’ve seen it all before, a great speaker can shock energy into the entire room and get people listening, learning, and laughing. In Scott’s words, the best are capable of doing what’s necessary to “bring them where you want to be.”
[28:11] - Make Keynotes Funny Again
Comedy tips for speakers from a true pro
For anyone looking to deliver keynotes that are engaging, effective, and funny, Scott’s advice is to know your audience and recognize that what works in the club won’t work in a corporate environment (the reverse is also true). He also embraces the role of repetition— the antidote to nerves and anxiety is preparation, knowing your material backwards and forwards. Ironically, it’s this knowledge of your game plan that lets you comfortably veer away from that game plan when the situation allows.
RESOURCES:
- [16:13] Conan O’Brien’s Podcast
- [32:10] Scott Bloom on Acronyms
Follow Scott Bloom:
Follow Josh Linkner:
ABOUT MIC DROP:
Brought to you by eSpeakers, hear from the world’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing tipping point moments, strategies, and approaches that led to their speaking career success. Throughout each episode, host Josh Linkner, #1 Innovation keynote speaker in the world, deconstructs guests’ Mic Drop moments and provides tactical tools and takeaways that can be applied to any speaking business, no matter it’s starting point. You'll enjoy hearing from some of the top keynote speakers in the industry including: Ryan Estis, Alison Levine, Peter Sheahan, Seth Mattison, Cassandra Worthy, and many more. Mic Drop is produced and presented by eSpeakers; sponsored by ImpactEleven.
Learn more at: MicDropPodcast.com
ABOUT THE HOST:
Josh Linkner is a Creative Troublemaker. He believes passionately that all human beings have incredible creative capacity, and he’s on a mission to unlock inventive thinking and creative problem solving to help leaders, individuals, and communities soar.
Josh has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million and is the author of four books including the New York Times Bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming and The Road to Reinvention. He has invested in and/or mentored over 100 startups and is the Founding Partner of Detroit Venture Partners.
Today, Josh serves as Chairman and Co-founder of Platypus Labs, an innovation research, training, and consulting firm. He has twice been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is the recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award.
Josh is also a passionate Detroiter, the father of four, is a professional-level jazz guitarist, and has a slightly odd obsession with greasy pizza.
Learn more about Josh: JoshLinkner.com
ABOUT eSPEAKERS:
When the perfect speaker is in front of the right audience, a kind of magic happens where organizations and individuals improve in substantial, long-term ways. eSpeakers exists to make this happen more often.
eSpeakers is where the speaking industry does business on the web. Speakers, speaker managers, associations, and bureaus use our tools to organize, promote and grow successful businesses. Event organizers think of eSpeakers first when they want to hire speakers for their meetings or events.
The eSpeakers Marketplace technology lets us and our partner directories help meeting professionals all over the world connect directly with speakers for great engagements.
Thousands of successful speakers, trainers, and coaches use eSpeakers to build their businesses and manage their calendars. Thousands of event organizers use our directories every day to find and hire speakers. Our tools are built for speakers, by speakers, to do things that only purpose-built systems can.
Learn more at: eSpeakers.com
SPONSORED BY IMPACTELEVEN:
Make a bigger impact, faster. ImpactEleven is a speaker training, development and accelerator community, working to transform individual lives and the world around us so that each of us can rise to reach our full potential on the speaking platform.
Learn more at: ImpactEleven.com
PRODUCED BY DETROIT PODCAST STUDIOS:
In Detroit, history was made when Barry Gordy opened Motown Records back in 1960. More than just discovering great talent, Gordy built a systematic approach to launching superstars. His rigorous processes, technology, and development methods were the secret sauce behind legendary acts such as The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
As a nod to the past, Detroit Podcast Studios leverages modern versions of Motown’s processes to launch today’s most compelling podcasts. What Motown was to musical artists, Detroit Podcast Studios is to podcast artists today. With over 75 combined years of experience in content development, audio production, music scoring, storytelling, and digital marketing, Detroit Podcast Studios provides full-service development, training, and production capabilities to take podcasts from messy ideas to finely tuned hits.
Here’s to making (podcast) history together.
Learn more at: DetroitPodcastStudios.com
SHOW CREDITS:
- Josh Linkner: Host | josh@joshlinkner.com
- Joe Heaps: eSpeakers | JHeaps@eSpeakers.com
- Connor Trombley: Executive Producer | connor@DetroitPodcastStudios.com
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