The book
Speak Less, Get More
A field guide to hosting conversations that connect.
Ebook $14.99 · Paperback $24.99 · Hardcover $39.99
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What’s inside
For anyone who has to get people talking
The best thing you can bring to any conversation is your attention. This is the book about the part nobody teaches: the listening.
Preparation
Everything before you hit record: the research, the angle, the one sentence you want your audience to walk away carrying.
Orientation
The first couple of minutes once you are rolling, where you and the guest land on what the conversation is for.
Discovery
The heart of it: the stretch where you follow the person instead of your list.
Sendoff
How a conversation lands instead of just stopping. Most interviews do not end, they run out of gas.
Ten chapters build to PODS and the habits that make it automatic.
Live and in person
See it taught live
I’m teaching the ideas in this book at Creator Camp 2026, Ecamm’s three-day flagship event, September 28 through 30 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Small group, hands-on, no big stages. If you’d rather work through this in a room with other people than alone with a book, that’s where I’ll be.
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Matt Stagliano
Twenty-five years behind microphones in radio, television, live streaming, and podcasting. Founder of Stonetree Creative, host of The Generator Podcast, writes Depth of Field on Substack. Lives in Bethel, Maine.