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Passion Sells

At first glance, this title might seem crass and cheap, but let me explain. I’m on a flight home from working with a speaker just beginning a tour in which she delivers five 5-7 minute talks to arenas filled with middle school kids. An audience NOT for the faint of heart, I might add!

Jacqueline Pierre and I had spent two days together weeks before the tour, crafting the talks she’d written, getting the right words and thoughts together, finding the best scripture translations, and working on her storytelling.

Since Jacqueline is just 15, what she was saying needed to sound how someone her age would say it, as opposed to how an adult might say it. We also had to think about her audience and make sure what she was saying made sense and was relevant to how a “junior high mind” thinks as well.

Then we worked on creating some moments; we worked on … Read More, Watch, Comment – Backstage Pass Required