The Art, Science, and Business of Speaking
From the Succeed Speaking newsletter: As a speaker, you’ve undoubtedly seen lots of speakers speak. Some of them make you say “Wow!” Some of them don’t. When you think about the “wow!” speakers, what is the one quality that comes to mind? In one word, what is it that makes […]
My wife and I watched Julie and Julia (starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams) over the weekend. I can’t say it was one of my favorite movies, but it was enjoyable and worth watching if for no other reason than learning one thing: While Julia Child is a legend today, […]
As my friend Josh Shipp will tell you, the life of a youth speaker is one of the most rewarding there is — you have the opportunity to “make a difference” while you “make a living” (and a rather good living if you manage your business wisely). Check out this […]
Optimism and ambition always abound at this time of year. We all have high expectations for the year ahead. Right? What are your big goals?
The good news is, indications are that the speaking market will be better this year. We closed 2010 strong at The Speakers Group and several speakers shared similar reports with me.
I don’t believe the speaking market will ever look like it once did — that’s partly due to economic reasons, partly due to advancing technology, partly due to… well… time moving forward. We must never become too attached to doing things a certain way, because if we do, progress will run right over us. But opportunity for growth and even greater success than we’ve ever experienced is there. Here’s the bad news…
Richard Branson said about entrepreneurs in his recent Entrepreneur.com column, “we’re a lot like Formula 1 race-car drivers: The person in the cockpit gets all the glory since fans tend to forget about the pit crew and the behind-the-scenes effort it takes to keep the driver on the track. Business […]
There’s a cool video going around that you may have seen — it shows a million-dollar plan on how you can start from scratch and become a highly-paid expert through books, speeches, coaching, and online marketing: Sign up to watch the video here The video is from Brendon Burchard, creator […]