Archive for March, 2011
How to Break Into a Professional Speaking Career
Are you one of those people who are able to speak in front of groups? Do you find yourself enjoying it?
So maybe you have been doing presentations for a while now and you have good feedback and received plenty of compliments from people. You may be considering this as a full time means of income. Perhaps you have heard that a lot of people had already earned large sums of money from speaking professionally and you also want to be successful in this endeavor. You want to become a professional speaker but you don’t know what steps to take to break into the industry.
Free Vs Fee Speakers
When is it cheaper to hire a professional than it is to hire free speakers? The answer that many meeting planners would instantly offer is, never. The other day, I had an eye-opening conversation with the executive director of an association based in the eastern part of North America. If you answered the opening question the same way, hopefully, this will open your eyes.
The 3 Deadly Sins of Motivational Speakers And How To Avoid Them
As I survey the speaker’s market I’ve become a tad weary willfully wearing the title “Motivational Speaker”. All speakers worth their salt seek to motivate or cause action. Maybe it’s just me, but does the mere mention of the term “Motivational Speaker” conjure irritating mental pictures in your subconscious mind? There are far too many stereotypes being propagated regarding speakers. I will address a few of these speaker stereotypes and hopefully simultaneously construct a not-to-do list that aspiring speakers may use on their roads to success in the lucrative speaking industry.
Understand the Professional Speaking Business
Q&A about the Speaking Business
The answers below are my opinion. I’ve answered as honest as possible. There is no one way to succeed in the professional speaking business. That’s one of the attractions of it. You can write your own rule book. The answers below are from my experience and perspective.