By Featured Speaker Patricia Fripp You’re waiting your turn to make a speech when suddenly you realize that your stomach is doing strange things and your mind is rapidly going blank. How do you handle this critical time period? In all of my speaking classes, students ask me how to […]
By Featured Speaker Nancy Daniels Recently I had the opportunity to hear an international speaker address a large group of women. The women’s ages ranged from their 20’s to their 60’s. While the speaker used the F-word once, the silence in the large ballroom was much more apparent when he […]
A speaker sheet, also called a one-sheet, is a basic marketing tool for speakers. When you are booking gigs, you will often be asked for your one sheet. This sheet includes the basic information that event planners will use to decide whether they want to hire you for their event […]
By Featured Speaker Lily Iatridis We all want to improve public speaking skills, don’t we? Toastmasters is fantastic for having a group of peers support one another as everyone works on their skills. But sometimes, there isn’t a toastmaster’s club chapter near you, or the timing of meetings doesn’t suit […]
By Featured Speaker Eric Gilboord I am often asked what the difference is between sales and marketing. Marketing researches the opportunity, prepares the strategy, produces the tools to inform the prospect and places the potential sale on the table. The Salesperson then picks up the ball and confirms the opportunity, […]
Often, when speakers start out in the business (and sometimes even after they are established), they will offer to do free events. But a free event does not necessarily have to devalue you as a speaker. In fact, it can give you a number of benefits, if you go about […]
Speaking is an offline activity, but you can use the Web to boost your speaking business. Here are five suggestions: Polish your online presence Does your website look contemporary and professional? Or does it look like it was created in the 1990s and forgotten? Worse, does it look like you […]
