In this week’s episode of Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking, Kirsten and Kellie talk about music, rhythm, and public speaking. Find out how NPR’s Tiny Desk concert opened a rabbit hole and how their teenagers expanded their repertoire.

Our favorite moments:

• Kirsten goes down a rabbit hole to understand rap
• Lin Manuel Miranda’s writing reminds Kellie of the 19th-c poet, Lord Byron
• There’s a course on Rap Theory at M.I.T.
• Rap’s tie to public speaking
• Read  piece of writing out loud to hear whether it’s working or needs edits
• Following rabbit holes is important for public speaking
• Tim David, “The day you stop working on your keynote is the day it starts to die”
• Kellie’s take-away
• Kirsten’s take-away

If you enjoyed this conversation about how music, language, and voice, check out Season 3, Episode 32: Can AI Replace the Human Voice?: Interview with Liz Solar. The link is in the show notes.

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• Mariano Parra Flamenco
• Rapper Eminem on the Need to Practice
• Rap and Hip Hop: Crash Course in Black American History #47
• Lupe Fiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: An Introduction”
• It may be profligate, but is it not life? Byron, Don Juan
• Hamilton: How Fast Daveed Diggs Actually Raps As Lafayette
• _Hamilton_ soundtrack, “Guns and Ships”
• Rapper Knox Hill reacts to _Hamilton_
• Rapper Knox Hill reacts to _Encanto_
• _Hamilton_ soundtrack, “Blow Us All Away”
• Free Jazz & Atonality Explained – The Jazz Piano Site
• NPR Tiny Desk Concert | JID
• Season 3, Episode 32 | Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking: Can AI Replace the Human Voice?: Interview with Liz Solar – Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking
• Tim David’s LinkedIn profile
• Hamilton (musical) – Wikipedia –

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Kirsten Rourke CEO of Rourke Training

Kirsten Rourke is the mouth and mind of Rourke Training, LLC. She is on a mission to create engaging communication in online and in-person presentation and speaking spaces. Kirsten is the creator of the Prep, Practice, & Pivot method for elevating presenting and speaking skills. She works with leaders to transform online educational, sales, and corporate events to meet business and learning goals. She has spoken, coached, trained, and facilitated for thousands of companies internationally since 2000. She speaks on and provides expert coaching on Public Speaking, Running Virtual Events, Instructional Design, Storytelling, and Creating Online Engagement. In addition to being a Certified Technical Trainer and Certified Online Training Professional, she also has a Master’s of Education in Instructional Design. She also runs a podcast and community, Ongoing Mastery: Presenting and Speaking, to support development and improvement in creating successful, targeted results in pitches, sales presentations, training, and high-stake events.