“Finding Your Speaking Superpower”

Steve Sapato shares his brilliance and knowledge on how to become an excellent speaker that engages your audience and has them hanging on to ever work you deliver. He has a unique way of educating through fun and humour while getting key points across to listeners. In this podcast, he drops massive value and demonstrates how anyone can become a great speaker through what he calls “Storytizing.” I learned so much from Steve through this interview with him. His brilliance and expertise shine through and you will find this podcast both entertaining and highly educational. Apply what he shares to your next speaking event and watch the energy of the audience change. I know I will!

About the Guest :

Steve Sapato has been a corporate trainer and motivational speaker for over thirty years. He has trained thousands of people on success principals, management principals and life achievements. He is a bestselling author of the relationship book, ‘The Twenty’ things you need to learn to find the love of your life, and the professional business networking book, ‘Become The Go-To Person For Your Own Success’. When Steve fires up the stage he changes lives and changes people with his life examples, enthusiasm and instils a self-belief in people to help them change themselves. He trains others to become professional paid speakers to and he is on a mission to eliminate “boring speakers” from the stage.

About the Host:

Ann Carden is a highly sought-after Expert Business Growth Consultant, Marketing Strategist, three-time published Author and a #1 Bestselling Author, and Professional Speaker for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

With more than forty-one years of business experience and coaching and consulting hundreds of coaches, entrepreneur’s and owners in more than forty different industries to more success, Ann knows what it takes to succeed in all areas of business. After spending thirteen years in corporate business management, Ann started her journey as an entrepreneur building businesses for herself for twenty-nine years. Here first business started out of financial hardship and Ann was able to propel that business into the international market (before the internet.) After selling that business, she went on to start and build five more businesses to success. She has sold those businesses and today has a passion for helping small business owners and entrepreneurs build their success. She has been featured on the affiliates of ABC, NBC, CW and FOX, among many other media outlets. Her articles have been published on Small Business Trendsetters and Business Innovators Magazine, and she has been a featured guest on multiple podcast shows such as; “Business Innovators Radio” podcast which can be heard at: BusinessInnovatorsRadio.com/Ann-Carden. She was also chosen as one of the top coaches in the world by Six-Figure Coach Magazine. Through the years Ann has educated thousands of professionals through speaking, workshops, seminars, and online platforms as a Speaker.

(0:00) Introduction and guest, Steve Sapato (3:37) Engaging speech and its importance in business growth (11:03) Overcoming fear of public speaking and improving presentation skills (13:17) The power of storytelling in business and making dry topics interesting (18:40) Understanding and connecting with your audience (23:33) Monetizing speaking opportunities and pitfalls to avoid (27:13) Value of structured meetings and making the most of speaking opportunities (31:08) Crafting a compelling message and finding high ticket clients (35:07) Personal growth, education, and Steve Sapato's program for speakers (39:34) Recap, the value of the podcast, and upcoming master class (41:07) Importance of networking and final thoughts (43:13) Dealing with technical difficulties and closing remarks