Download or read book The Successful Speaker Five Steps for Booking Gigs Getting Paid and Building Your Platform written by Grant Baldwin and published by The Speaker Lab. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have a message you want to get out into the world? Have you ever dreamed of speaking for a living? Is there something you have to say but just aren't sure what to do next? The Successful Speaker is a proven, easy-to-follow guide to helping you do just that. Whether you want to speak at your next board meeting or community gathering, start making some extra money on the side, or become a full-time professional speaker, Grant Baldwin knows how to get you from here to there. Why? Because he's done it himself and has coached over 2,000 speakers. In The Successful Speaker, you will learn the five-step road map to start and scale a speaking business from the ground up, including: - How to hone your message and know exactly who it's for - The preparation process to help your next speech move an audience to action - What it takes to establish yourself as an in-demand expert - Practical steps to finding and booking paid speaking gigs - How to know when it's time to grow your impact and income In each chapter, you will get specific action steps and case studies from professional speakers (including some of the most successful communicators in the world) to put you on the fast track to booking gigs, getting paid, and building your speaking platform.
Download or read book Paid to Speak written by and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The content corresponds with the four core competencies identified for success as a professional speaker. Members of the National Speakers Association, who have built thriving speaking businesses, weigh in with valuable insights and proven strategies on a gamut of topics.
Download or read book How to Become a Professional Speaker written by Kevin C. Snyder and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever desired to become a professional speaker? If you are already speaking, do you desire to be PAID more? The chapters of this book, 'How to Become a Professional Speaker,' are written as transcribed coaching modules within the PAID to SPEAK!(tm) program. This book will teach you everything you need to know about how to get started in the professional speaking business as well as how to get PAID more! Each of the five modules has a unique focus and is designed to carefully guide you step-by-step through a systemized process that personalizes your objectives and helps you to identify a transparent strategy for your speaking business.This book is not about how to SPEAK; rather it is about how to get PAID doing it. Those who complete this book will receive a special gift - a complimentary 30-minute coaching call via phone valued at $125! Also, this book contains a bonus chapter titled, 'How to Write and Publish Your Book!'
Download or read book The Referable Speaker written by Michael Port and published by Page Two Press. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use the gigs you get to get the gigs you want. You spend a ton of time building your personal brand to generate more speaking opportunities. You write a blog, record podcasts, post on Instagram, and upload to YouTube. You refine your speaking website, work on that book, participate in Clubhouse, and comment on LinkedIn. You share your expertise and insight freely. All of that hard work might get you one gig. And, unfortunately, none of those things will guarantee you the next gig. But what if you became a referable speaker? In this ground-breaking guide to building a speaking career, New York Times bestselling author Michael Port, co-founder of Heroic Public Speaking, teams up with bestselling author and world-renowned keynote speaker Andrew Davis to show you the fastest, most practical way to increase your fee and generate more leads. Discover precisely how event organizers select their keynote speakers, what you can do to win them over, and even how to set your fee. Port and Davis show you why you need to stop investing in marketing yourself as a great speaker and start investing in your speech. Because, unless you're famous, event organizers won't buy you (or your personal brand). They'll buy your speech, then your idea, then you―in that order. You'll learn exactly how 81 speakers built sustainable speaking revenues by evaluating the three F+E+E Factors and 10 sub-factors-factors that turn novice presenters into transformational keynote speakers. And you'll evaluate how to make the most meaningful impact through 58 professional speaker case studies based on six years of industry data. See how elegantly simple it is to make the leap from breakout rooms to the keynote stage. You'll leave with an entirely new, eye-opening, and refreshing understanding of how the speaking business really works and how you can make an impact fast. Do you have what it takes to become a referable speaker? You do. Go ahead, take a look inside!
Download or read book How Your Story Sets You Free written by Heather Box and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Human beings understand the world best through stories. . . . And in this book Heather and Julian are ace story-enablers. A must-read!” —Bill McKibben, New York Times–bestselling author of Falter and Radio Free Vermont Everyone has a story to tell. Sharing that story can change you, your community, or even the world. But how do you start? Discover the tools to unlock your truth and share it with the world: Storytelling coaches Heather Box and Julian Mocine-McQueen reveal how to embrace the power of personal storytelling in a series of easy steps. You'll learn how to share your experiences and invaluable knowledge with the people who need it most, whether it be in a blog post, a motivational speech, or just a conversation with a loved one. How Your Story Sets You Free is the path to finding the spark that ignites the fire and reminds you just how much your story matters. • Features over 100 pages of practical and motivating advice, with quotes from renowned storytellers including Maya Angelou and Marshall Ganz. • Includes specific step-by-step instructions to help you find the words to tell your story in the most powerful and impactful way. “Working with Heather and Julian changed everything by getting me over the hurdle that stood between what was true about my life and what I was willing to share with the world. I’m so grateful they’ve distilled their wisdom and vision into this book.” —Caledonia Curry, artist who goes by Swoon “Heather and Julian are masterful in navigating you through the funny, rocky, delicate, and sometimes scary terrain of sharing yourself boldly, humbly, and unapologetically.” —Rha Goddess, founder CEO of Move The Crowd, author of The Calling
Download or read book The Mom Test written by Rob Fitzpatrick and published by Robfitz Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little . As a matter of fact, it's not their responsibility to tell you the truth. It's your responsibility to find it and it's worth doing right . Talking to customers is one of the foundational skills of both Customer Development and Lean Startup. We all know we're supposed to do it, but nobody seems willing to admit that it's easy to screw up and hard to do right. This book is going to show you how customer conversations go wrong and how you can do better.
Download or read book The Breakthrough Speaker written by Adam Smiley Poswolsky and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hungry Authors written by Liz Morrow and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this primer that Publishers Weekly says, "aspiring authors will want to study," prospective nonfiction authors will learn insight and advice from industry insiders. So many people want to write a book. They dream of holding their work in their hands, seeing their name on the spine. They feel passionate and invigorated, ready to take action. They know it won’t be easy; it takes grit, initiative, and commitment. But with the right mindset and the right plan, publishing a book is within every writer’s reach. In Hungry Authors:The Indispensable Guide to Planning, Writing, and Publishing a Nonfiction Book, writers and publishing experts Liz Morrow and Ariel Curry offer aspiring authors an engaging, hands-on resource that includes: Hope and optimism about the publishing landscape A fresh and humorous perspective on the work and business of being a writer A practical roadmap for ideating, planning, writing, and publishing a book Tips and tricks for how to get an agent or publisher’s attention, even without a huge platform Access to dozens of extra resources on the accompanying website, www.hungryauthors.com Good books don’t happen by accident. They happen because the author has a plan every step of the way, from their book’s structure to the publishing path that’s best for them. Any author with a great idea and a boatload of gumption can write and publish an impactful nonfiction book, and Hungry Authors is the tool every writer needs to make that happen.
Download or read book The Improv Handbook written by Tom Salinsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance. First published in 2008, this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane, as well as new exercises on endings, managing blind offers and master-servant games, plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan. The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner, an expert, or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared, The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.
Download or read book Do It Speaking written by David Newman and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the principles, practices, and insider secrets of paid professional speaking success in 77 instant-access “microchapters” that will help you market your smarts, monetize your message, and dramatically expand your reach and revenue. For thought-leading CEOs, executives, consultants, and entrepreneurs, the true test of your personal brand comes down to one simple question: When you speak, do people listen? Nationally-acclaimed marketing expert and host of The Speaking Show Podcast David Newman teaches you how to build a thriving speaking career. Regardless of the speaking venue: in-person events, virtual appearances, conference stages, and any other place where you are being paid to share your expertise with an audience, the powerful articulation of your value, relevance, and impact is what makes experts stand out. But where do you start when you’re trying to build your speaking platform? In Do It! Speaking, Newman shares advice that helps you: Develop your speaking-driven revenue streams. Quickly commercialize your knowledge in today’s economy. Bolster your visibility, credibility, and bank account. Become a better messenger of your company’s message and dominate your marketplace. Do It! Speaking shows you the inside track on marketing, positioning, packaging, prospecting, outreach, sales, and how to get more and better speaking gigs on behalf of your company, your brand, and yourself.
Download or read book Rock the Dancefloor written by Phil Morse and published by . This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to know how it feels to be the DJ, to share the music you love with other people, to receive the adulation of packed dancefloors night after night, this book will show you exactly what to do to get there. Whether you're brand-new to this, a DJ who wants to finally break out of the bedroom, or you just want to improve your game, the five-step formula in Rock The Dancefloor! will help you to become a truly great DJ. This clear and practical guide will enable you to: Understand modern DJ gear, in order to avoid expensive mistakes Assemble the best music collection, so you can fill any dancefloor Quickly master all the techniques, so your DJ mixes sound amazing Perform like a pro at any type of gig: parties, bars, night clubs... Promote yourself effectively, for more and better paid bookings
Download or read book Wikinomics written by Don Tapscott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed bestseller that's teaching the world about the power of mass collaboration. Translated into more than twenty languages and named one of the best business books of the year by reviewers around the world, Wikinomics has become essential reading for business people everywhere. It explains how mass collaboration is happening not just at Web sites like Wikipedia and YouTube, but at traditional companies that have embraced technology to breathe new life into their enterprises. This national bestseller reveals the nuances that drive wikinomics, and share fascinating stories of how masses of people (both paid and volunteer) are now creating TV news stories, sequencing the human gnome, remixing their favorite music, designing software, finding cures for diseases, editing school texts, inventing new cosmetics, and even building motorcycles.
Download or read book Creative Pep Talk written by Andy J. Miller and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every artist needs a little pep talk now and then. An inspiring tool and beautiful art book in one, Creative Pep Talk offers illustrated words of wisdom from 50 of today's leading creative professionals. With full-color, typographic prints and explanatory statements from a host of creative luminaries—including Aaron James Draplin, Oliver Jeffers, Lisa Congdon, Mike Perry, and many others—this volume encourages artists to stay excited, experiment boldly, and conquer fear. "Create curiosity," "Learn to say no," and "If you can't be good, be different" are just a few of the motivational maxims in this visually rich collection that's perfect for students, designers, artists, and creatives at any stage in their careers.
Download or read book The Visible Expert written by Lee W. Frederiksen and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to become a well-known expert in your field - someone other practitioners and the media seek out for leadership and insight? We call these stars Visible Experts . And becoming one is easier than it looks. In this research-based book, you will learn how you or your colleagues can become Visible Experts and leverage this status to drive significant new growth and profits for your firm. You will discover which tools and techniques you need to build your reputation and ascend to prominence. And you will hear from real experts from across the professional services who have climbed from obscurity to the peak of their profession. The Visible Expert is the essential manual for any individual or firm that is ready to take their expertise to the highest level. Based on interviews with over 1,000 experts and buyers of their services, this book will take you higher, faster."
Download or read book Keynote Mastery written by Patrick Schwerdtfeger and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever wanted an inside look at what it takes to become a professional speaker, this is the book for you. Keynote Mastery is the most transparent account ever written about that journey. Patrick Schwerdtfeger welcomes you into his life, recounting the struggles and hard-earned victories he experienced while building his career as a full-time, professional keynote speaker. You will learn how you can: ● Get paid $10,000 or more for a 60-minute keynote ● Travel to the most exotic destinations on the planet ● Validate your expertise and attract consulting clients ● Avoid the mistakes that most aspiring speakers make Patrick originally thought he needed an indisputable victory before he could become a professional speaker. He was wrong. Over an 8-year period, he's headlined events in Dubai, Bangkok, New Delhi, Bogota and Moscow, among many others, as well as dozens of cities across the United States and Canada. Keynote Mastery is more than a memoir or a how-to book. It's an inspiring story of tenacity and triumph, full of lessons and insights for aspiring speakers and self-employed professionals alike. If your goal is to position yourself as an expert in your field, Keynote Mastery will accelerate your journey and energize your spirit.
Download or read book Stop Chasing Influencers written by Kimanzi Constable and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building a Business and Your Dream Lifestyle Does not Have to be a Mystery Building your dream is within reach and not as complicated as we make it. We live in a time with amazing tools and technology; knowledge is freely available. Understanding how to apply this knowledge to your business and life, however, can be frustrating and overwhelming. Too many of us are chasing when we could be building. Stop Chasing Influencers gives you a step-by-step blueprint for building a business and life you love. It addresses the emotional roadblocks and mindset traps that could keep you from progress and provides you with a game plan to conquer them. Kimanzi and Jared give you actionable strategy. Here are a few of the things you will learn: � How to book paid speaking. � How to start your coaching business. � How to book paid consulting. � How to create a successful podcast. � How to launch a bestselling book. � How to host your conference. � How to get your writing featured on some of the largest websites in the world. � How to keep the proper balance between your dreams and life.
Download or read book The Wealthy Speaker written by Jane Atkinson and published by Speaker Launcher. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From evaluating whether professional speaking is an appropriate career and setting up an office to creating a dynamic marketing platform and designing the perfect website, this text takes readers through all stages of establishing a profitable and rewarding business.
