Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog,
Having now done literally hundreds of interviews/livestreams/podcast over the past seven years, I’ve learned a few things about media. The first is that this is a lot harder than it looks.
I’ve done it the very hard way, limited success through repetitive failure.
It’s who I am. I’m neither a book nor ear learner. Learning is a kinetic process for me.
For those who aren’t natural public speakers it’s even harder than that. They have to take lessons and shit. And practice. Practice. Practice. I got a small amount of training back when I ran as a Libertarian in 2002. How to dress, reactively listening (Still no clue how to do that), etc.
So, while I’m no expert public speaker, I have become pretty aware of a few things about it: Long form is better than short. Not all media …