With a mix of in-depth interviews with international keynote speakers and professional communicators, The Speaker Notes Podcast is the definitive podcast for PowerPoint heroes, keynote speakers, and anyone eager to enhance their presentation skills.
Executive Paralysis, Pollen, and the Power of Turning Up
In this episode of Speakery Notes, Marcus John Henry Brown explores one of the most important Speakery principles: Do the work. Not glamorous work. Not visible work. Not the kind that earns applause on social media. The quiet, consistent work of showing up — especially on the days you don’t feel like it.
Recorded on a groggy, pollen-filled morning in Munich, Marcus reflects on discipline, purpose, creativity, and why the best communicators build confidence through repetition, research, journaling, testing ideas, and turning up when nobody is watching.
In this episode:
Why confidence is a result of preparation, not personality
How to build speaking skills through tiny daily habits
What Marcus Aurelius and Jerry Seinfeld teach us about consistency
Why your presentations suffer when your “palette” is too small
How ADHD, executive paralysis, and resistance can be worked with — not against
No shortcuts. No magic tricks.
Just the work.
23 Apr 2026
To Be Yourself on Stage (with an ADHD Brain)
What if the biggest risk you can take as a speaker… is simply being yourself?
In this episode of Speakery Notes, Marcus John Henry Brown explores one of the most difficult — and most overlooked — principles of communication: knowing yourself.
Drawing on personal experience, from hiding behind online personas to navigating a late diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Marcus reflects on what it really means to show up authentically on stage.
In this episode:
Why hiding behind “clever” storytelling can disconnect you from your audience
How ADHD, burnout, and rejection sensitivity shape the way we communicate
The long, often invisible work of becoming comfortable with who you are
Anchored by a line from Hamlet — “to thine own self be true” — this episode is a quiet but direct challenge:
Stop performing. Start showing up. Start showing the world who you really are.
22 Apr 2026
How ADHD Shapes the Way I Prepare for a Presentation
What if the way you prepare for a presentation isn’t about discipline — but about how your brain actually works?
In this episode of Speakery Notes, Marcus John Henry Brown shares the five-step process behind his presentation preparation — and how it was shaped by the coping mechanisms he'd developed for the neurodiversity he didn't even know he had.
From deep research to playful experimentation, from structured storytelling to obsessive rehearsal, Marcus breaks down a method designed not to fight distraction — but to work with it.
This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about building a system that allows you to show up calm, prepared, and ready to perform — whether you’re stepping onto a conference stage or into a quarterly meeting.
In this episode:
The difference between practice and rehearsal (and why it matters)
How to use “practice playtime” to unlock better ideas
A five-step framework for preparing talks without last-minute panic
Why consistency beats intensity when it comes to speaking
Whether you identify as neurodivergent or not, this is a practical, human approach to preparing presentations that actually work.
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