Show Prep: The Power Of the Outcome Of Tomorrow

Show prep is nothing more than making a road map for your show or podcast. It's simply finding things that you are interested in talking about and developing talking points that are interesting for the audience to engage with you. You've got to talk about what you know. You got to talk about your personal experiences with your topic. You've got to introduce something that you think your audience is not aware of; then you've got to have an opinion about it. In creating humor for your show, look for the funny. Look for the opportunities to embellish something with your own brand of humor. Get comfortable saying out loud what you keep on the inside. That's the key to becoming unique. People who make blanket statements using generic jargon and filler words to try and make themselves sound intelligent in a conversation show they have a lack of depth. You're playing it too safe; you're not risk-taking with your material, and therefore your material is a big Thud. Show prep is all about content development; sometimes it's good to have five strong, well-developed things to talk about during your show than to have 25 to 30 ideas that cause you to be very sterile and generic. The more you take time out to develop your content, you will produce the outcome that you are looking for every day. Show prep takes more than one hour like most people think. If your only responsibility is to produce a great show every day, then how many hours after you get off the air should be dedicated to producing the outcome that you want for tomorrow's show? That is a serious question if you want to be great connecting with your audience.