Archive for 'Speaking'
Public Speaking: Top 5 Mistakes Speakers Make While On Stage
March 3rd, 2009. Published under Speaking. No Comments.
Public speaking is known as one of the most powerful ways to market your business. As a professional speaker and public speaking trainer, I have the opportunity to see many great speakers on stage. One trend that is on the rise is non-speakers who are smart enough to use public speaking to market their businesses. […]
How To Deliver A Killer Thank You Speech
February 24th, 2009. Published under Speaking. No Comments.
Writing a terrific thank-you speech is great, but the magic behind a really great speech is the speaker’s ability to deliver it in a manner that matches the eloquence of the words themselves. Here are eight keys to delivering a fantastic acceptance speech that anyone can use.
1. Speak to individuals
Instead of addressing your audience as […]
Thrill Clients and Sell More Business with Your Book Tours
December 10th, 2008. Published under Speaking. No Comments.
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.
–Winston Churchill
There’s nothing quite like a business book tour to get you out of the office and meeting lots of new people. Naturally, you’ll want to say hello to your clients while you are away in all those cities.
Be careful how you […]
Avoid the Busiess Book Tour Blues
December 2nd, 2008. Published under Speaking. No Comments.
A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory
and hopes other people don’t.
–Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Let me share with you what I’ve learned about what to do and not to do on a book tour by sharing my experiences. I’m sure you can do better with a little advance warning and preparation.
Having heard that […]
Are You Guilty of Selling Your Product Before It is Fully Developed?
November 20th, 2008. Published under Speaking. No Comments.
This one tends to be a bigger problem for the platform speaker from what I’ve seen, than for anyone else. It can certainly be true of any information marketer, but here’s what I’ve seen happen frequently from platform speakers.
They get the audience stirred up (in a good way), and folks are rushing to the sales […]
7 Tips for the Master of Ceremonies
November 17th, 2008. Published under Tools and Resources. No Comments.
MC’ing events and conferences at the top professional level is a real blast. The fundamental key is to make everyone else look like stars…then you’ll shine along with them. Forget the ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ lists - think positively, and just do the ‘Do’s’!
Do: Research the event.
The more information you have, the more relaxed you will […]
Speakers: Think Through What Might Happen to Prepare Your Audience
October 14th, 2008. Published under Speaking. No Comments.
Art is lone, life short;
judgment difficult, opportunity transient.
–Goethe (adapting the words of Hippocrates)
In September 1995, I made the most important (and perhaps the only important) speech of my career when I introduced the 400 Year Project (a program to help everyone learn how to accomplish 20 times as much with the same time, money, and […]