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Tracy Hooper

Tracy Hooper

Founder of The Confidence Project, Portland, OR — former TV news reporter/anchor and author of "The NOW Hello" who coaches leaders on confident communication.

Sep 2, 2026

3:06
What do you mean, Tracy, when you talk about becoming words? What makes a word becoming?
3:11
A word becoming, I mean, it's a word that gives you agency.
3:17
For instance, if you use the word things, the most interesting thing, the thing I'm most proud of, the thing I'd like to talk about.
3:26
What is that thing? Is it an idea? Is it a project? Is it a success? Is it a program? Patricia Fripp, who was the first female president of the National Speakers Association says, if it weren't a thing, what would it be? And that really makes me think about the words that I choose.
3:48
My most interesting project is.
3:50
I'm most proud of this program.
3:53
I feel confident about.

13 MINS LATER

17:16
What comes to mind, Tracy?
39:14
Right.
39:15
That's why we love TV and YouTube and movies.
39:18
The more we can paint a picture about some- about our topic, the more people will remember.
39:25
And remember, we wanna speak to the, for everyone who's, uh, presenting, you wanna speak to the audience of your audience.
39:33
You want your audience to go and talk to other people about what you said.
39:38
You're not just presenting to your own audience, you're speaking to the audience of the audience.
39:43
And the more you can get rid of jargon, get rid of acronyms.
43:12
Mm-hmm.

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