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Interview with Susan Levin, Speaker Services by Wendy Scharfman. I came across Susan several times as I was building my business and I believe “Attention must be paid” to the seeming coincidence of someone repeatedly appearing in your life. She offers great services, training and a wealth of information for people who want to market themselves as speakers.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )In this day and age, to truly make a lasting impact, you need to be a media conglomerate: a compelling speaker…a credible author…a believable video performer…a master marketer.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )# Your team shows off its ability to glean information from a client group and organize that information into something solid and real.
# Teammates demonstrate how they work with one another. Team dynamics can be quite telling.
Post by Lisa Sassevich
Lisa at the Speakers Summit
When you’re trying to get booked to speak on stages or teleseminars, it’s crucial to give your talk a hooky title. By that I mean, an instantly appealing and easy to remember name. A hooky talk title can mean the difference between getting booked or not and between [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )www.speakerservices.com
Feb 2010 E-Zine
Boy was I blown away when I saw that over 1,200 people downloaded the complimentary preview teleclass mp3 call for the Speakers Summit http://ping.fm/thJw8 Get Booked at Colleges with Brent Scarpo, Jack Barnard and myself last week. It’s a hot topic and Brent and Jack gave us great content. We learned what topics [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )In this Issue
- Note from Susan Levin
- New & Renewing Speakers & Authors
- Tips & Advice & Resources
Subscribe to e-zine http://www.speakerservices.com/nl
Greetings,
Happy New Year. May 2010 be the best ever for you.
I had a great holiday season, lots of movies and an open open house New Years Day gathering at my home. The photo is [...]
In this Issue
- Note from Susan Levin
- New & Renewing Speakers & Authors
- Tips & Advice & Resources
- ARTICLE: Public Speaking Tips for Webinars:
Add Impact When You Present Through Webinars, Patricia Fripp
I love getting e-mails from my speakers. Susan, I wanted you to know that due to your speakers’ directory, I have my first speaking [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE
In the speaking world, the media stars are the keynote speakers. A lot of seminar leaders and trainers ask me how they can adapt their material to this intense, high-profile, and often lucrative specialty.
“The keynote speech comes from the discipline of show business. The seminar comes from the discipline of [...]
Speaker Services- October ’09 - E-Zine
This is the first time I am publishing my e-zine on the blog. More then likely I will post some of the past issues soon especially if ya all send me your comments.
There is so much valuable information to be shared.
If you care to subscribe to our e mail out [...]
Patricia Fripp, Reliable Plant Magazine
The executive gets up to speak. Everyone there needs to hear what he has to say about the company, but within 10 minutes, they are either hopelessly confused or falling asleep. What is he doing wrong?
Whenever you open your mouth, whether your audience is one person or a thousand, you want [...]
Posted by @Mark Ivey, 4/2/09 Ion Digital
photo by Sean Dreilinger
Susan’s Note: The world is changing rapidly you gotta keep on investing in your practice. Twitter offers another challenge read on.
Pretend you’re a speaker approaching the stage at a big conference. As you walk up to the stage, you notice two big [...]
post by Joseph Sommerville
In challenging economic times, buyers look for value. The more you provide, the more likely you are to become the provider of choice. Presentations offer excellent opportunities to provide that value at different stages of the business development cycle.
5 Ways to Create More Value in Your Presentations
1. Solve [...]
PRESS RELEASE
Diane DiResta, a licensed Speech Pathologist and author of Knockout Presentations, spoke at The Voice Foundation, the 38th annual scientific symposium on the voice. The conference attracts International otolaryngologists, speech scientists, vocal coaches, and speech pathologists who want to learn about the physiology and care of the professional voice.
According to the National Institute on [...]
The Summit was fantastic and everyone had a wonderful learning experience plus alot of fun. The Summit is once a year and the dates for 2010 are April 30, May 1 and 2.
Photos: Deb Halberstadt
Barbara Niven, Speaker & Actress, Performance Coach
Professional Acting Skills for Oscar Level Presentation
Jack Barnard, Master Branding, Media, Presentation Coach
One [...]
You’ve decided to become a speaker, you have the knowledge, the talent and the desire to share with the world! You have spent hours putting together the perfect presentation and the money to create a speaker kit along with an online presence…now what?
Where will I find the opportunities that will give me more exposure…more credibility?
First, [...]
How quickly do you think your audience evaluates you when you begin your speech or presentation? Do you think it takes 5 minutes? Perhaps 10? Do you believe that your audience has the patience to wait until you finish to decide if they like you as a speaker?
The truth is that your audience will decide [...]
View video testimonials re the Speakers’ Summit http://ping.fm/ZKMtD May 1-3 LA, 18 fab speakers see program http://ping.fm/9QiX5 about 21 hours ago The team at Speaker Services has [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )by Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, The Productivity PRO®
You’ve got the talent! You’ve got the ambition! You’re sick of that corporate job! You’re ready to break out on your own as a professional speaker…or are you? Here are some things to consider before you leave that 9 to 5 job and segue into a professional speaking [...]
The following post is from Graham Moore
Presenting to an audience no matter how small or how large is an important part of the way we do business today. It may be to motivate and influence our team to perform at their best, it may be to pitch for new business, it may be to present [...]
The 4th annual Speakers’ Summit was a great hit. As you can see in the photo the theme was Make the Connection. I am always inspired and come away with new ideas for my business. Actually I am on fire. Will share more with you as it manifests.
I learned so much and it opened up [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mark Hayward
http://northxeast.com/blogging/like-it-or-not-blogging-is-public-speaking/
Do you get sweaty palms, an increased heart rate, or feel like you are going to faint when you have to make a presentation in front of an audience? Would you like to improve your public speaking skills and enhance your blogging at the same time?
Public speaking and blogging are similar in many ways [...]
TJ Walker http://www.speakingchannel.tv weighs in today on why the audience does not remember a thing that was said. He shares that the solution is to give real thought to becoming more memorable.
In every presentation there are three possible outcomes for the presenter:
1. A good impression was made.
2. A bad impression was made.
3. No impression was [...]
The following post is from my colleague Diane DiResta from her blog
Has this happened to you? I attended a teleseminar the other day. The guest speaker was touted as a real expert in his field. Based on his background this was true.
The teleseminar was given in two parts with each part being one hour.
Although I [...]
The following post is from my colleague Burt Dubin.
We’re talkin’ about the game of being an expert at what you do. These rules are unforgiving. Break them and a remorseless force simply sweeps you off the board, clicks you off the screen—and you’re not even history. You’re nuthin’, baby.
Abide by these rules and you [...]
Imagine that you have spent the better part of two weeks working on an important speech you plan to give to your firm. You think you have done everything right. Read on as Laurie Brown offers simple tips to keep the audience from falling asleep (post from Rain Today )
You have created a PowerPoint [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Good speakers become great speakers with the proper training. Investing in professional speaker training can greatly improve your bottom line.
There is no downside to improving your speaking skills.
The key to effective speaking boils down to one thing: The ability to be able to tell a compelling story. I was taught years ago that effective [...]
I love the following post written by my colleague Diane DiResta. Are you guilty of platform abuse?
The platform is a privilege. When invited to speak, we have a responsibility to respect the audience and the nature of the platform (culture, venue, purpose of the invitation). Yet, many speakers take this responsibility lightly and abuse [...]
By Chris Crum
Knowledge is Power.
It’s an age old saying, but it will never change. Without trying to sound like an NBC public service announcement, the more you know, the more you will be able to use that knowledge in your own life, or in this case, business.
A business owner’s time is limited, but some of [...]
This Essay was in the LA Times on June 15, 2008 written by Seth Greenland.
Today’s authors must sell their work — and themselves. The publisher’s promotional budget wouldn’t cover bus fare to the book party for “Shining City.” What to do? Try a hot tub, high-priced escorts and a pimp.
Not long ago, I found myself [...]
For the past 16 years I have been working with professionals and authors to support them in growing their business and income through speaking. We have literally have trained hundreds of people and I have watched them go through our programs and climb to the top of the ladder. Some of them are [...]
