Bill McGowan on How to Speak Memorably and Communicate with Clarity & Confidence - Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Bill McGowan, author of <a href="https://amzn.to/4ml59Aw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Speak Memorably: The Art of Captivating an Audience</a>, shares practical ways to make your ideas stick—on stage, on Zoom, and in any high-stakes moment. We get into dynamic delivery, smarter structure, and memorable language devices you can use immediately.In this conversation, we discuss:<ul><li>Dial it up (a bit): Why what feels “over the top” on video usually plays just right.</li><li>Story over stats: Using Francis Ford Coppola’s “three best things” idea to craft stronger openings and closings.</li><li>Primacy & recency: Designing beginnings and endings people actually remember (and skipping the dreaded agenda slide).</li><li>Cliffhangers > previews: Start with something engaging—don’t promise you’ll be engaging later.</li><li>Slow beats...