Entries Tagged as 'Public Speaking'

How to Be a Good Audience Member

March 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment

When you go to a seminar or speech, you want the speaker to give a good performance. But do you do your part to make the event a success? Having an audience that is involved and responsive not only makes the speaker feel better, it creates positive energy that makes the experience better for everyone. [...]

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Answering Questions After a Speech

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Some speakers absolutely dread taking questions after they have presented a talk. Although you can carefully script your presentation, you never know what questions will come up when you open it up to questions from the audience. Will someone ask something you don’t know? Will there be questions you don’t even understand? Or, perhaps worst [...]

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Asking For the Sale

March 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Are you asking your customers to buy? This is one of those “duh” things that many of us miss. It’s so simple we often overlook it. And sales will suffer as a result. The fact is that in order to make a sale, you’ve got to ask someone to buy. It’s not being pushy, it’s [...]

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Tags: Marketing · Public Speaking

Profit from Giving Free Speeches

December 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Giving free speeches to professional and community organizations is an easy way to improve your credibility and build your reputation as an expert. More than that, it is also a way to make money—directly and indirectly. First, create or obtain products you can sell after your talk. The fastest way to do this is to [...]

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Tags: Creating Information Products · Public Speaking · Turn Content Into Cash

Has Your Resume Outpaced Your Abilities?

October 25th, 2008 · No Comments

At an industry conference, I heard a speaker who has a reputation as someone knowledgeable in his field. He even talked about the high fees he charges for speaking and consulting, such as $15,000 for a speech. But he couldn’t get through a sentence without at least one “um” or “uh,” he went off in [...]

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Tags: Dealing with Clients · Pricing · Public Speaking

Do’s For Public Speaking

February 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

I recently posted a list of Don’ts for Public Speakers from a book published in 1916. Some things do not change much over time, and the characteristics that made a speaker great in 1916 will make you a great speaker today. Take a look at the following list–do you do these things when you speak?

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Don’ts for Public Speakers

January 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I discovered these tips for public speakers in a book from 1916. Although this list was written more than 90 years ago, these suggestions are still good today. It seems that good speaking habits are timeless.

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