{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fafcbfc28-5f60-4884-8d3b-b70916056e56","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"27: Mastering Performance Skills: From Journalist to Transformational Speaker with Australian Broadcast Journalist Sophie Scott OAM","description":"In this profound episode of The Speaker Driven Business, Jacqueline Nagle lets us in on an illuminating conversation with Sophie Scott, an accomplished Australian journalist who boldly transitioned into professional speaking and carved out remarkable success for herself.\n\nSophie offers insights from delivering her first TEDx talk on recovering from burnout. She reveals a crucial realisation \u2014 that she needs to evolve from being a straightforward, instructive journalist to becoming an engaging, relatable speaker. \nJacqueline and Sophie dive deeper into key learnings, including narrowing content to impactfully deliver what the audience can absorb, the discomfort of new challenges, letting messages land through strategic pausing, and grounding yourself physically when you\u2019re up on stage. Sophie also stresses embodying emotions so audiences feel moved rather than just informed.\nThis enlightening and amusing episode lets us further unearth other gems \u2014 the significance of vocal variety, the concept of being in the Second Circle when presenting, and the value of discerning feedback.\n\nPeppered with vulnerable reflections and sprinkled with laughter, this episode will leave you feeling connected, motivated, and re-energized about the exhilarating craft of impactful speaking.\n\nTo connect and learn more about creating a Speaker Driven Business connect with Jacqueline on LinkedIn. You can also follow Jacqueline on Instagram.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4bb11ad3-2e6c-4b29-aa52-69eccf7596c4/79811c70-425a-11ef-adad-d34607f59e67.png"}