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Taming the Bully between
your Ears
PMR: What are some tips you’d offer to meeting
planners that would improve event attendance or
audience interaction?
JCM: No more death by PowerPoint. Meeting
Planners are shocked because I don't have a
PowerPoint, I use a flip chart. Everywhere I go I use
a flip chart, it's more interactive. They are used to
having people with power points and needing all
this audio visual, and I invite you to step outside
of the box and look at some different ways to
interact with your audience.
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ur Editor sat down with Jeanie Cisco-Meth,
Speaker, best-selling author of Bully Proofing
You, and soon to be released Taming the Bully
between your Ears. Jeanie shares her journey from
the classroom to the stage and some tips to help
make the most of your next event. Here’s what
she had to share.
PMR: How did you get started as a Speaker?
JCM: I transitioned from the classroom to the
stage in 2012 when I realized that I could reach
more people from the stage than I could in my
classroom.
PMR: What is your message and what makes you
so passionate about it?
JCM: My message is called “Bully-Proofing You”
and it's all about helping people heal their pain.
Because I know that hurt people, can hurt other
people. If I can help them start to heal that pain,
then we can end some of the violence that is
occurring in the world today.
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PMR: How do you make your presentation
interactive?
JCM: That's a great question because as a high-
school teacher I taught at an alternative high school.
If you can picture 30 ADHD kids in a classroom,
that was my class! You did not just stand and
lecture, you had to have the engagement and
involvement with the students or you lost them
very quickly. We do exercises, experiential
learning, partner shares, group shares, raise your
hands, high fives, these things that have been
around for a long time. The struggle can be getting
them to interact. As a presenter, you must train
your audience because they are so used to just
sitting there passively listening.
PMR: After your speech is over, walk us through
what you do next.
JCM: When I'm wrapping up, I always give them
a call to action. Something that I want them to do.
We just spoke at an elementary school yesterday
and I encouraged them to meet 5 people over the
weekend.