Archive for April, 2011
Four Types of Conference Speaker – Make Sure You Get The Right One
As my career has developed as a speaker I have come to believe that there are four main categories of speaker in the market place. By “speakers” I am talking about people who perform at conferences and conventions across the globe, playing a specific role in the event. Herein lies the graveyard of many events where they make a fatal error of not deciding what that role should be. Is it simply to fill in some time during the event? Will the speaker be delivering the key new global strategy or are they there to rebuild the confidence of the team after extreme cuts?
Being an Excellent Speaker
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
- Shana Alexander
What is Excellence in Speaking?
How to Make Your Investment in a Professional Speaker More Worthwhile
Hiring a professional speaker can be a substantial investment. The important realization? It’s not what an investment costs, it’s what the investment returns that is important. Some meetings bring in multiple speakers for good reasons. Sometimes each speaker has a specific capability only they can deliver. Or your audience wants to see a particular speaker. Perhaps a speaker is local and does not charge travel costs. All good reasons.
Public Speaking: From Trainer to Speaker – A World of Difference
A lot of trainers have aspirations to become professional speakers and are often misled into thinking that because both activities involve speaking to a group of people they are all basically the same activity. The truth is that there are probably more differences than similarities between training and speaking.