Author Archives: Richard Andrews
Dealing With a Speaker Bureau
Once you have answered the six questions everyone should ask before booking a professional speaker, it’s time to contact a speaker bureau with your request. What is a speaker bureau? A speaker bureau is a company that maintains a database of … Continue reading
Self-Promotion: Building a Speaker Summary
In the world of professional speaking, self-promotion is mandatory. Especially when you’re just starting out. Sure you may have a moving message to share or important knowledge to impart, but that’s not enough. It doesn’t matter how moving or important … Continue reading
How to Book a Professional Speaker
To date the Inspiring Speakers Blog has mainly been geared toward emerging and professional speakers looking to improve their speaking skills and build up their speaking business. Today I’d like to welcome all those who are looking for information on … Continue reading
Social Media Monday: Twitter for Professional Speakers
I’m going to assume that after reading last week’s Social Media Monday post titled “Twitter 101” that you all ran off and signed up for your very own Twitter accounts. Today let’s talk about how you, as a professional speaker, … Continue reading
Inspiring Speaker Friday: Sebastian Wernicke and Bobby McFerrin
The TED 2012 Full Spectrum conference was held last week in Long Beach, California. It was a weeklong celebration of the art of public speaking and featured inspiring talks on everything from science to social injustice and from climate change … Continue reading
Audience Feedback
So you’ve given your speech, you’ve answered the audience’s questions, you’ve made your concluding remarks and – phew! –you’ve breathed a sigh of relief because your presentation is over and it’s time to relax. Not so fast! I hate to break … Continue reading
How to Start a Successful Motivational Speaking Business
Becoming a successful professional speaker is heavily dependent on how well you market yourself. As you grow your new business, the majority of your time should be spent on marketing efforts. It is of course very important that you have … Continue reading
Guest Post: The 3 As of FRANKxtraordinary Speaking
We have a special guest post today courtesy of Frank Simmons Jr., a nationally known speaker, trainer, coach, mentor, author and motivator. By Frank Simmons Jr. Have you ever wondered what you could do to improve on your speaking talent? … Continue reading
Question Period
Yesterday we established that asking and answering questions is one of the best ways of engaging with your audience. When it comes to question and answer sessions, my advice – as usual – is practise makes perfect. There’s nothing worse than … Continue reading
Engaging With Your Audience
We’ve already talked about how to make a good first impression on your audience and how to not distract your audience while you’re speaking. So what’s next when it comes to speaker-audience interactions? Audience engagement! Keeping an audience’s attention is … Continue reading
