From the Pulpit to the Podium

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From the Pulpit to the Podium

How to inspire an audience to act (and maybe even pass the

plate)

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Andrew Barlow, CEO, Overflow CommunicationsAndrew@OverflowCommunications.com

@barlandrew

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PREACHERS

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Where I grew up

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Where I went

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What I learned1. Have a point2. Keep it simple3. Make it memorable– Acrostics– Alliteration– Rhyming– Chiasmus

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What I learned4. Be vulnerable5. Engage your audience (call & response)– Be authentic– Be brief– Pick an emotion

6. Embrace emotion

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What I learned7. Stimulate the senses8. Engage the mind9. Rely on your text10.Express a belief11.Issue a call to action12.Pass the plate

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A word of caution“No sooner is any new impulse given either to philosophy or to religion than there arises a class of men who copy this form without substance, and try to make the echo of the past sound like the voice of the present.”

- D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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