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Shatter the Fourth Wall

The complete 264-page book on why audiences disengage and the system for bringing them back. Written by someone who has emceed hundreds of events, not someone theorising about it.

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What you get

  • The full 264-page book, twelve chapters plus two appendices and a glossary
  • PDF and EPUB, so it works on Kindle, iPad, phone or laptop
  • The Engagement Wheel: read, plan, interact, repeat
  • The eight Proven Principles behind every moment
  • The Whole Person Principle: mind, heart and body
  • The Three D's: dream it up, draw them in, drag it out
  • Ten original diagrams, drawn for this edition
  • Two appendices of agenda templates, plus a glossary
  • How to build the fourth wall properly before you break it
  • Yours for good, no subscription

Why people buy this one

It explains the why, not just the what

Most engagement advice is a list of activities. This gives you the reasoning underneath, so you can invent your own moments instead of borrowing someone else's and hoping they fit your room.

It was written from the floor

Every principle came out of a real room, including the ones that went badly. The chapter on recovering from a moment that lands flat exists because that has happened, repeatedly.

It is a book, not a prompt pack

Twelve chapters that build on each other, covering the whole arc from determining the why through to producing on the day. You can read it once and use it for years.

Is this the right one for you?

You want the ready-to-run material too

The book teaches you the system. If you would rather not invent every moment from scratch at 11pm three days before your event, the Complete System adds the Engagement Playbook: 95 ready-to-run moments, emcee scripts, question banks and worksheets.

See the Complete System, $79

You want to run this across a team

If you have a production crew, an emcee team, or staff you want working from the same system, the Team License covers up to 10 people for less than four individual copies.

See the Team License, $249

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