How To Build A Successful Career In Public Speaking

How to Build a How to Build a Successful Successful

Career in PublicCareer in PublicSpeakingSpeaking

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Aims & Objectives Aims & Objectives

How To Get Clients

How To Gain National &

International Recognition

How to Build a Career from Public Speaking

How to Start a Public How to Start a Public Speaking CareerSpeaking Career

Choose your category

Keynote speakers are usually experts of some

kind in a field, such as aviation, science, child-raising, and so on.

Become an Outstanding Personality

Most entities that are seeking speakers look

for speakers in one of these classes: Authors, celebrities,

executives, media, political, motivational and

spiritual/religious leaders.

3 Sensational Secrets 3 Sensational Secrets for Branding Yourself As for Branding Yourself As

A SpeakerA Speaker#1: Tell Your Signature Story

Nothing is better than a good story.

#2: Create a Signature Presentation Style

and Look that's All Your Own

I have developed a reputation as a dynamic

presenter and I’m known for this even in my attire.

3 Sensational Secrets 3 Sensational Secrets for Branding Yourself As for Branding Yourself As

A Speaker(con’t)A Speaker(con’t)#3: Pull your Hobbies, and Interests into Your

Program

Watch WWE Monday night Raw (Wrestling) and you

know that people get pretty passionate about their

interests. That's why weaving your interests and hobbies

into your speaking programs turns regular audience

members into raving fans.

Understand People’s Understand People’s Listening and Listening and

Thinking CapacityThinking CapacityPeople Think Faster Than Hear

Have Short Attention Span

Jump to Conclusions

Easily Distracted

Listening Listening RemediesRemedies

Keep Speech Focused

Divide Speech into

Compact Segments

Analyze Audience Carefully

Adapt to Situation

Understand & Define Understand & Define Your PurposeYour Purpose

InformInspire /

PersuadeEntertainAcceptIntroducePay Tribute

Understand the Understand the Speech Making Speech Making

ProcessProcessChoosing/Narrowing a TopicResearching TopicOrganizing Your SpeechDeveloping an OutlineRehearsing SpeechDelivering Speech

Choosing an Choosing an Appropriate TopicAppropriate Topic

Is It Important to You?Is It Important to Your Audience?Will It Hold Audience’s Attention?Is It Manageable in the Time Available?Is It Appropriate for Oral Presentation?Is It Clear?

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Successful Career in public speaking

Develop Central Develop Central Idea Idea

Write a one sentence

summary of speech.

Narrowing a Topic Narrowing a Topic Examples:Examples:

1. Amazon Kindle Publishing

2. How To Start a Career in Book

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3. Clickbank Publishing Demystified

Sources of Sources of Supporting Material Supporting Material Books

Periodicals

Newspapers

Reference Materials

CD-ROM Data Bases

DVD’s and Videos

Sources of Supporting Sources of Supporting Material (con’t)Material (con’t)

The Internet/World Wide Web– Search Engines

Infoseek Yahoo Lycos HotBot Google, etc.

– Online Libraries

– Articles Directories

Tests of Tests of Supporting Supporting

MaterialMaterialIs Information Specific?

Is Source an Expert?

Is Source Unbiased?

Is Information Timely?

Tests of Supporting Tests of Supporting Material (con’t)Material (con’t)

Is Information Relevant to Point

Made?

Does Information Support the Point?

Is Information Timely?

Special Considerations Special Considerations for Online Informationfor Online Information

In Physical Print, Quality Is Controlled by Experts– Journals - Peer Review– Periodicals - Editors– Published Texts - Editors, Librarians

Online, Must Do Own Quality Control– Beware! Everything On the Web Is Not ALL True

Don’t Use Don’t Use Someone Someone

Else’s Else’s Speech!!!Speech!!!

ConclusionsConclusions

Types

Functions

Types of Types of ConclusionsConclusions

Summary

Quotation

Personal Reference

Challenge to Audience

Offer Vision of the Future

Functions of Functions of ConclusionsConclusions

Summarize Speech

Reemphasize Main Idea

Motivate Response

Provide Closure

Methods of Methods of DeliveryDelivery

Manuscript Reading

Memorized

Impromptu

Extemporaneous

Elements of Physical Elements of Physical Delivery or Body Delivery or Body

LanguageLanguageAppearance

Posture

Facial Expression

Eye Contact

Movement

Gestures

Rehearsing Rehearsing SpeechSpeech

Practice Out Loud

Practice Standing Up

Watch Yourself

Rehearsing SpeechRehearsing Speech

Practice Gestures

Practice Eye Contact

Practice Volume

Plan, Prepare, Polish, Plan, Prepare, Polish, Practice, PresentPractice, Present

The better you know your material the less anxious you’ll be about presenting it.

Smile and act natural. Don’t apologize for being nervous. No one will know you’re nervous unless you call attention to it.

66 Low Cost Ways to Low Cost Ways to Promote YourselfPromote Yourself

1. Write articles and offer them for free to offline and online publications.

2. Create and giveaway a free e-book. In the e-book include an 'About the Author' section which is where you will promote yourself, business, products and services.

3. Send media releases online and offline. One of the easiest ways to promote yourself is through media releases. Write a media release announcing a new product or interesting industry event.

6 Low Ways to 6 Low Ways to Promote Yourself Promote Yourself

(cont’d)(cont’d)4. Establish a training class. Your class

could be live, online or even over the phone.

5. Create a business Card.

6. Use Social Media Effectively to promote your self as a Speaker

Sources of Income in Sources of Income in Professional SpeakingProfessional Speaking

Sell Your Knowledge via Books and eBooks

Create a Training System Using CDs, DVDs

Get Paid to Speak in Other People’s Events

Work With Training Organizations

Do Joint Venture With Other Speakers

Organize Free Seminars and Sell Your Products

Easily

REMEMBER!!!!REMEMBER!!!!Information + Action = Transformation