Dylan or Springsteen: which speaker are you?

As a speaker, you can either be 𝗕𝗼𝗯 𝗗𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻 or 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻.

They both have a lot in common as poetic and charismatic singer/songwriters 

But as performers, they could not be more different, according to this analogy by NY Times journalist David Marchese:

BOB DYLAN: "If you see him live, it almost feels like the crowd is incidental. He's going to be doing whatever he's doing, whether or not people show up."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: "He clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back-and-forth with his audience."

In other words, whether you are on a panel, delivering a keynote, or speaking at the company all-hands, you can either...

...check the boxes by rattling off your pre-configured talking points while speaking to the moderator or teleprompter.

OR...

...color your talking points with personal stories and interact with the audience.

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁.