{"id":1622,"date":"2018-08-27T02:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2020-03-02T09:10:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T14:10:35","slug":"118-listener-qa-make-dry-technical-topic-compelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/118-listener-qa-make-dry-technical-topic-compelling\/","title":{"rendered":"118 Listener Q&#038;A: How to Make a Dry and Technical Topic Compelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Listen Now<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6970108\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/3f7998\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ac\/22bYN\">\u201cOur job, as performers, is often to break the rules. That\u2019s what an artist does.\u201d &#8211; Michael Port<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(click to tweet)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode of <em>Steal the Show<\/em>, we explore a listener\u2019s question: how do we make the technical appear in technicolor? Well, he doesn\u2019t exactly ask that. But how does a performer compel on a subject matter where the subject matter is dense, slides are expected, and a podium is the norm? Where\u2019s the balance between what\u2019s expected and breaking the rules to create a memorable experience for the audience?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a difference between being a critic and being a performer. One asks you to purely look at things from the top-down, pointing out what is wrong and what needs fixing. The other asks you to build an entirely new experience from scratch, subverting whatever\u2019s wrong with the old by transcending it with something entirely new.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this episode to hear how to apply these principles to your own high-stakes moments.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ac\/Dr861\">\u201cAudience interaction should be proportionate to the amount of trust you have earned.\u201d &#8211; Michael Port<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(click to tweet)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Steal The Points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Work to music that has the same emotional sensibility you want the work to evoke.<\/li>\n<li>Break rules by creating an experience that defies expectations.<\/li>\n<li>Develop unconventional, creative ways to relay the data to the audience.<\/li>\n<li>Just because something is done a particular way doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s the most effective way.<\/li>\n<li>Self-expression is the name of the game, as long as it serves the audience in the room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Now \u201cOur job, as performers, is often to break the rules. That\u2019s what an artist does.\u201d &#8211; Michael Port (click to tweet) On today\u2019s episode of Steal the Show, we explore a listener\u2019s question: how do we make the technical appear in technicolor? Well, he doesn\u2019t exactly ask that. But how does a performer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-2","category-steal-the-show","tag-michael-port","tag-public-speaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>118 Listener Q&amp;A: How to Make a Dry and Technical Topic Compelling &#8211; Steal the Show with Michael Port<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How does a performer compel on a subject matter where the subject matter is dense, slides are expected, and a podium is the norm?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/118-listener-qa-make-dry-technical-topic-compelling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"113 Mike Ganino on The Power of Improv in Corporate Culture and A \u201cYes, and\u2026\u201d Mindset\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On today\u2019s episode of Steal the Show, we are joined by Mike Ganino to discuss what happens when we take the principles of improvisation into our real life. 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