Futurist Jeff Jarvis nearly caused a riot at the National Speakers Association conference when he told speakers that audiences wanted to hear speakers less and audiences more. He advocates that speakers give a bit of content from the platform and then take advantage of the collective wisdom in the audience. In fact, his keynote speech…
Category Archives: Public Speaking
Do You Grab Your Audience’s Attention?
At Michael Penland’s last event, I watched Glenn Turner hold an audience spellbound. You could see people leaning forward, hanging on his every word. While he was a good speaker and had good content, he didn’t excel over the rest of the speakers in those areas. A few of the other speakers had better more…
Doctors Should Write a Book To Get Speaking Engagements
As a doctor, it is important to gain speaking engagements to promote yourself and your practice to both your peers and to gain new patients. Here are the top ten things you can do to get more speaking dates. 1. You need a terrific website that is informative and grabs the viewer’s attention as soon…
Making Free Talks Pay
To make free talks pay for themselves, ask for: A copy of the group’s newsletter with articles about your talk, publicity materials, and stories about you in local media for your portfolio. This will help when you approach other groups. A testimonial letter The names and contact information for other groups who may be interested…
6 Ways To Create a Talk Title That PULLS Clients In Like Crazy!
I’ve often said that the 3 best ways to attract clients quickly and consistently are: consistent networking, a stay-in-touch vehicle such as an ezine, and a Client Attractive signature talk. What’s a signature talk? It’s the one talk you give that you start to be known for, referred for, and the one you’ll know like…
What’s the Story about Stories?
When it comes to story tellers, Patricia Fripp would be on any meeting planner’s short list. Now, storytelling is all the rage. I interviewed Ms. Fripp recently on how to use stories to leave a lasting impression on your audiences. She is doing a three-day coaching session on this topic. For info click here: http://www.fripp.com/getcoachedtospeak.html…
Facing “The Bob”
Speaking in front of more than half-a-dozen people used to terrify me — probably still does when I’m not talking about the mysteries I write. I’m not sure what makes public speaking about books different than public speaking generally but it’s definitely easier. Book crowds are mostly friendly — perhaps that explains it. Yesterday I…
Public Speaking: The Do’s, Don’ts and the E.E.I.I. Module
This article was originally published on Deanna’s blog. I’m just starting out in my career so I am by no means an expert on Public Speaking. I’m just speaking from my own personal experience. However, within the next few months, I will be doing some speaking engagements on and offline, so it is important that I mentally…
Book Marketing With Free or Paid Talks
Writing and speaking, when carefully performed, may be reciprocally beneficial, as it appears that by writing we speak with great accuracy, and by speaking we write with great ease. —QUINTILIAN When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is in the hope that we’ll be funnier to look at than to read. —SINCLAIR LEWIS…
Market Your Business Book at Speaking Events
When you appear at events, you can spread the gospel about your book. If you’re physically in contact with audiences, you can sell copies of your book. When people see and meet you, they frequently buy your book. If you give speeches, you’re almost guaranteed to sell your books because at most events, your books…
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