Acknowledgments

Mutual Gratitude

Jared Spool sat in on our first Speaker Camp workshop in Chicago and provided thoughtful critique and insight throughout the day, while also offering his guidance to the attendees during their individual presentations. On top of that, he has been generous with his time and advice, and we’re flattered that he provided us with the Foreword to this book.

Dan Willis, that crazy genius, started off the Cranky Talk Workshops and invited both of us to be faculty. It was an amazing experience—one that changed our lives and made us dramatically better at this speaking at conferences stuff. We can’t thank Dan enough for the opportunity, and we hope we’ve done this spin-off some justice. Our other Cranky Talk alums, Adam ...

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