The Art, Science, and Business of Speaking
Embed from Getty Images While most people are still talking about the Super Bowl this morning–it was awesome!!–I keep thinking about the Republican Presidential Debate. (Yes, that probably says something about me.) Two things in particular struck me. First, this was hilarious: And second, as someone who has worked with professional […]
A Guest Post from Catherine Joyner You’re standing on a podium behind a lectern giving a speech to a packed house and you’re hands start shaking ever so slightly. You start to notice beads of sweat trickling down your face and you become self-conscious and nervous that people will notice. […]
The National Speakers Association’s 2011 Annual Convention starts this weekend and it promises to be “rad, relevant, fresh, practical, fun and thought-provoking.” I would add overwhelming to the list… unless you go in with a plan. Do you have plan? If not, let me give you one. (You can adapt […]
Your value as a speaker is not in what you know… It’s in what you can help others do. [ad code=4 align=center] Last week we wrapped up the Succeed Speaking Summer Marketing Camp, and I opened the final session by speaking about Dr. BJ Fogg’s Behavior Model. (Dr. Fogg is […]
He made $5.6 million in 24 months. She sold 2 million books last year. She has over 10 million Twitter followers. He just spoke to an audience of over 5,000 people. Oooooooo…. impressive! We love big numbers, don’t we? Are big numbers attached to any of your goals? Probably so… and there’s nothing […]
“I’m a pediatrician and an anesthesiologist, so I put children to sleep for a living. And I’m an academic, so I put audiences to sleep for free.” – Dr. Elliot Krane, TED, March 2011 That’s how Dr. Elliot Krane opened his TED talk earlier this year… and I think it […]