How to Give a Good Talk for Large Groups, Small Groups, and Everything in Between

Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)

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Evangelization, Catholic Life, Sharing The Gospel, Catholic Teachings, Dave Vanvickle, Ministry, Catholic Faith, Catholics, Catholic Parish, Jesus Christ, Mike Gomer Gormley, Evangelize, Ascension Presents, Christian, Mike Gormley, Religion, Catholicism, Christians, Roman Catholic, Ascension Catholic, Religion & Spirituality, Catholic Ministry, Catholic Religion, Mission, Catholic, God, Ascension Press, Bible, Faith, Catholic Church, Christianity, Catechist, Gomer, Ascension, Catechism, Jesus

5 • 788 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered how Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle prepare their talks and teachings? Wonder no more! Mike and Dave discuss some of their suggestions for how to structure talks and keep an audience engaged from the start. They also share how they prefer to evangelize: one on one, in a classroom, or to a large group.

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There was a time where beauty could easily lead a person to God. However, now it is far more common that it is hurt and woundedness that leads someone to God.

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0:00.0	I get the whole talk to do that.
0:01.4	What I'm going to do is establish rapport with the wound in their heart and bring it
0:06.2	to the surface so that we can talk about it.
0:25.3	Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to every v. We shall bow.
0:26.1	My name is Mike Gomer Gormley, and I am joined today by Dave.
0:30.1	Thank God he's alive, Van Vickle.
0:31.7	How are you doing, Dave?
0:32.5	I am alive.
0:34.0	You are alive.
0:34.9	Every day.
0:35.9	I'd like to know our topic because as you counted down, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, a big blinking
0:43.2	on our screen, I said, oh, what are we talking about?
0:45.8	Because you got to choose this topic.
0:47.0	And you just ignored me completely.
0:49.6	So this is great.
0:50.6	This is just great.
0:52.2	It is great.
0:53.2	It is great. No, what I want to do, I want to talk, I want to come up with an approach for us to talk about how do you communicate the faith in groups and with individuals, right? So with the discipleship model, I know, I know. It's frustrating, but discipleship model, right, one-on-one, awesome, classroom environment, It's, it's frustrating, but, discipleship model, right? One-on-one, awesome.
1:12.6	Classroom environment, great. Like, it's a totally different thing, but it has its own
1:17.0	pluses and minuses. Yeah. And then large group stuff, events, homilies. Are you saying, like,
1:22.5	okay, all right, like conferences, that kind of thing. Yeah, yeah, because I think that, because a lot of people can be good in a classroom, but terrible on a stage.
1:31.1	A lot of people can be great on a stage, but terrible one-on-one.
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