Welcome to the Wealthy Speaker University podcast series with Jane Atkinson. On today’s episode Jane talks with Lou Heckler about best practices in delivering an epic keynote.
I am reading Shonda Rhimes’ new book, The Year of Yes, right now. She is the creator of ABC’s famed series Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. The basic premise of the book is that Shonda moved from being an unhappy reclusive person playing it safe to saying “YES” to everything that scared her (including public speaking). I
This week I’m sharing a special guest post from author and speaking coach, Judy Carter, that offers 7 Tips on How to Write Your TED Talk in 20 Minutes. I hope you enjoy!! 7 Tips on How to Write Your TED Talk in 20 Minutes CARTER’S SEVEN STEPS TO WRITING A KILLER SPEECH When preparing
I’ve been talking about it for years – your presentation being your #1 form of marketing. If every speech is leading to more business (there will be some exceptions), then the strategy of ‘be awesome’ marketing is at work. If people are talking about how other conferences “must book you as their speaker”, then ‘be
A few years ago, my very wise friend Brian Palmer of the National Speakers Bureau in Chicago said, “Clients seem to be steering away from hiring someone who describes themselves as a speaker… preferring, instead, to engage a smart person who happens to speak.” Every day more and more people are getting into the speaking
We always hear about picking the low hanging fruit. That is the business that is right in front of us. It might be a stack of business cards that you have not followed up on or leveraging your inner circle. Some of us can do a better job of picking that fruit and nurturing our
Last week I said to my husband “I have an idea of what we should do with our backyard.” I laid it all out to him (gazebo, conversation furniture, fire table, etc.) and he liked it. Then I told my friend Lydia about my idea. She laughed. I said, “why are you laughing? Was this
The 2015 Best Website Contest this year brought in dozens of nominated sites, hundreds of votes and loads of learning. Thank you, everybody, for participating! Not only do we appreciate you looking at the sites and voting, but those that threw their hat in the ring put themselves out there for “judgment”, and that is
Oh boy, we had an amazing number of websites to review for this year’s Best Website Contest. I encourage you to go through the submitted sites and my comments, as the idea behind this contest is learning and there are a lot of great tips and ideas. If your website was submitted and didn’t make
Have you ever tried to explain your offering to a client and you weren’t totally clear? Or you’ve attempted to write out the copy for your website, and it didn’t come easily? It might be that you were Firing, before getting Ready and taking Aim. Been there done that!! You are not alone. The
An idea that Wayne Dyer once wrote was around “detaching from the outcome”. I interpret it that you set your sights on what you want, you put things in motion, and then you detach from the outcome. Being too attached or “controlling” of how things go down can sometimes work against us. My husband and
Being famous will get you the booking the first time, but to get asked back, you’ve got to surprise them. Decision makers who are looking to put bums in seats by hiring someone famous, love it when you go out of your way to: Know who the group is and what they do Know how
Welcome to the Wealthy Speaker University podcast series with Jane Atkinson. On today’s episode Jane talks with Lou Heckler about best practices in delivering an epic keynote.
I am reading Shonda Rhimes’ new book, The Year of Yes, right now. She is the creator of ABC’s famed series Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. The basic premise of the book is that Shonda moved from being an unhappy reclusive person playing it safe to saying “YES” to everything that scared her (including public speaking). I
This week I’m sharing a special guest post from author and speaking coach, Judy Carter, that offers 7 Tips on How to Write Your TED Talk in 20 Minutes. I hope you enjoy!! 7 Tips on How to Write Your TED Talk in 20 Minutes CARTER’S SEVEN STEPS TO WRITING A KILLER SPEECH When preparing
I’ve been talking about it for years – your presentation being your #1 form of marketing. If every speech is leading to more business (there will be some exceptions), then the strategy of ‘be awesome’ marketing is at work. If people are talking about how other conferences “must book you as their speaker”, then ‘be
A few years ago, my very wise friend Brian Palmer of the National Speakers Bureau in Chicago said, “Clients seem to be steering away from hiring someone who describes themselves as a speaker… preferring, instead, to engage a smart person who happens to speak.” Every day more and more people are getting into the speaking
We always hear about picking the low hanging fruit. That is the business that is right in front of us. It might be a stack of business cards that you have not followed up on or leveraging your inner circle. Some of us can do a better job of picking that fruit and nurturing our
Last week I said to my husband “I have an idea of what we should do with our backyard.” I laid it all out to him (gazebo, conversation furniture, fire table, etc.) and he liked it. Then I told my friend Lydia about my idea. She laughed. I said, “why are you laughing? Was this
The 2015 Best Website Contest this year brought in dozens of nominated sites, hundreds of votes and loads of learning. Thank you, everybody, for participating! Not only do we appreciate you looking at the sites and voting, but those that threw their hat in the ring put themselves out there for “judgment”, and that is
Oh boy, we had an amazing number of websites to review for this year’s Best Website Contest. I encourage you to go through the submitted sites and my comments, as the idea behind this contest is learning and there are a lot of great tips and ideas. If your website was submitted and didn’t make
Have you ever tried to explain your offering to a client and you weren’t totally clear? Or you’ve attempted to write out the copy for your website, and it didn’t come easily? It might be that you were Firing, before getting Ready and taking Aim. Been there done that!! You are not alone. The
An idea that Wayne Dyer once wrote was around “detaching from the outcome”. I interpret it that you set your sights on what you want, you put things in motion, and then you detach from the outcome. Being too attached or “controlling” of how things go down can sometimes work against us. My husband and
Being famous will get you the booking the first time, but to get asked back, you’ve got to surprise them. Decision makers who are looking to put bums in seats by hiring someone famous, love it when you go out of your way to: Know who the group is and what they do Know how
Relationships still run the speaking business (yes, even now). Jane has laid out three of the reasons to help you get more bookings!