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Welcome to the Compelling Communicators!
Welcome! This community is here to help you communicate better with groups of people, on both live and virtual stages. Here are your next steps ๐Ÿ‘‡ 1. Start a free course: So You Want to do a TEDx Talk? OR PitchMaster Fundamentals 2. Book your free 1-1 call: 3. Join the Monthly Q&A calls: Book in the Calendar 4. Introduce yourself: Name, Country, and your goal. 5. Stay active: ask questions, help others, share wins, make friends, have fun! To your success! Chris ๐Ÿ˜ƒ PS: Whatโ€™s your biggest goal for the next 30 days?
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Let everyone know who you are and where you are. And tell us of the most memorable live presentation you saw or gave. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
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[Gulp - Big Breath] This was the plan all along, and to be honest I have been slow getting to this point. ๐น๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” - Nothing changes for you right now. Free membership is exactly the same you get everything you have now. For as long as you want. Well actually that isn't entirely true, you do have one added benefit, if you introduce anyone to the community and they pay for a workshop or take on a paid membership you will be paid a 40% commission. This commission is paid directly by Skool. -๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค. ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ - These will be on different aspects of preparing your talk. A free member can pay $150 for access to any of the workshops. Paid members will get 'free' access to these workshops. ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ - This is a premium membership. For the first 100 members this will be priced at $25/month (with a discount for annual memberships). After 100 members the price will be increased to $50/month, but founding members will stay at $25/month for as long as they keep the membership. These premium paid memberships will get access to the monthly workshops, and Premium Members Only virtual sessions to get their questions answered. ๐•๐ˆ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ - This is a bit different. I will be offering this from time-to-time. This will be a 90-day group training going through the exact training I take my TEDx Speakers through for TEDxUoWaikato. Including 1-on-1 coaching with me through those 90 days. These members will also get all the other benefits of paid membership. This program is charged at $1,500, with a year of paid access to the community. All prices quoted are in USD. ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ - If you introduce anyone to this community and they become free members, and later take on any of these paid offerings you will get a 40% commission. For example if you become a Founding member and get two other people to join as founding members you will be recouping 80% of your membership each month. If you get three people to join you will actually make a profit every month.
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Weekly Coffee and Chat 4th Apr 2026
This week we welcome new members: @Anna Tamurova @Dani Rosenblad James @Cristal Vancarson @Sammie Chaffin And I chat to @Jon Nabbs about his superman adventure running unsupported across Canada (among other adventures) and his intention to turn this into a speaking career. We talk about what is available in the community, what should our culture be? And Jon shares he is looking for someone to practice and chat with about his talk. I recommended Jon talk to @Orly Amor, and in a facepalm moment on camera, I realise I need to ask Orly to do an interview with me for the Expert Resources section... Doh! Watch the video, if you have any ideas or suggestions add them to the comments below. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
Weekly Coffee and Chat 4th Apr 2026
Staying too narrowly in your lane makes you seem two-dimensional.
There's a lot of pressure these days to be a specialist. To "stay in your lane." To only talk about your one thing. But people are complex. We have multiple interests, perspectives, and experiences. If you only ever present one narrow slice of yourself, you start to seem shallow. Unreal. And ultimately, less trustworthy. Vincent Van Gogh put it well: "It is good to love many things, for therein lies strength." ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. I teach communication. But I regularly draw on lessons from martial arts, filmmaking, and podcasting โ€” all things that fascinate me and give me a library of stories to share. Those other interests don't dilute my expertise. They enrich it. They make me more relatable and more real. And if you ever have to speak on a topic you don't naturally love? Your job is to find a connection to something you do love. If you're talking about climate change but it doesn't energise you, think about your grandchildren and the world they'll inherit. If you're presenting on online advertising but it feels dry, consider how it can change the lives of entrepreneurs and their families. The passion has to come from somewhere. Find it. What's an unexpected interest that's shaped how you communicate? ๐Ÿ˜‰
Staying too narrowly in your lane makes you seem two-dimensional.
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