SPEAK
EASY
Connect with EVERY Conversation
SPEAK EASY
In Speak Easy, professional speaker and podcaster Lou Diamond drills down into the methods and strategies used by renowned interviewers and hosts, and shows you how to transform every conversation you have into an opportunity to connect, engage, and win in business and in life.
Through action items, exercises, tools, and real-life case studies, Diamond arms you with the tactics and skills you need to prepare for, maximize, and drive a great conversation with a prospect, colleague, client, or partner. He shows you how to kick-start a conversation, keep your conversations fun and engaging, stay on track, and set the stage for more conversations.
You’ll also learn about what the real goal of a conversation should be, how to skillfully move a conversation to a call to action, and how to always leave your audience wanting more. Whether you’re a salesperson, entrepreneur, manager, or even in show business, Speak Easy is your essential playbook to unlocking the unlimited potential that lies in every conversation.
Author Notes
Hear from LOU DIAMOND about SPEAK EASY
EVERY MEANINGFUL CONNECTION BEGINS WITH A CONVERSATION.
Conversations have the power to inspire, engage—and even entertain. From late night talk show hosts to award-winning podcasters, great conversationalists can move an audience to laughter or tears, action or stillness, and always keep the crowd wanting more.
In Speak Easy, Lou delivers both the ingredients and the method to empower anyone to elevate their conversational competence and influence others with integrity.”
Phil M Jones
Best Selling Author
‘Exactly What to Say’
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“Everyone loves a great conversation, yet most people haven’t mastered the art of crafting one. In Speak Easy, Lou delivers both the ingredients and the method to empower anyone to elevate their conversational competence and influence others with integrity.”
Phil M Jones
Best Selling Author
’Exactly What To Say’
“Speak Easy is a love letter to creating significant conversations and authentic influence. Lou Diamond captures the power of words in a fun and unique way that made this book readable, dynamic, and also prescriptive. Grab a glass and enjoy this roadmap to creating authentic connection that lasts...Cheers.”
Clint Pulver
Emmy Award Winning Keynote Speaker and Author of I Love It Here
“Engaging conversations are what keep our business relationships thriving. Lou Diamond has written the go-to guide on how to better connect with every conversation you have with prospects, customers, and colleagues.”
Shep Hyken
NYT bestselling author of The Amazement Revolution
“Lou Diamond’s Speak Easy provides us with the road map we need in today’s disconnected world to create relatable conversations in both our professional and personal lives.”
Rachel DeAlto
Communications & Relationship Expert, Speaker & Best-Selling Author
“Conversations lead to trust. Trust leads to engagement. Engagement helps you reach your goals. Lou Diamond’s Speak Easy shows us how to have better conversations.”
Ron Tite
Best-Selling Author of Think. Do. Say.
“Lou Diamond has created a masterful handbook on the power, process and yes - even profit of meaningful conversations. After reading this, you’ll never be lost for words again.”
Leslie Ehm
WSJ & USA Today bestselling author of ‘Swagger’
“It is such a quick and easy read, and it's a wonderful, wonderful reminder that every conversation is an opportunity to connect with somebody.”
Callie Roberson
Owner + Creative Director of Manifestive Design
“The heart of the Coaching Habit, is the ability to connect with other people. You do that through curiosity and conversations and that’s why Lou Diamond’s Speak Easy is so important.”
Michael Bungay Stanier
Best-Selling Author of The Coaching Habit
“Speak Easy is an easy, breezy read that makes clarity and confidence something that’s within your grasp.”
Chris Westfall
Coach, Speaker, Consultant, Author of Easier
“Speak Easy is a must read for anyone looking to up-level their life or their business.”
Jen Zawdzki
Entrepreneur & Founder of Future You Project
“If you want to learn how to connect with others, the best thing to do and perhaps the only thing you need to do…is get yourself a copy of SPEAK EASY.”
Jay Baer
6-Time Author & Hall of Fame Speaker
