Speaking Engagements

Demonstrate Your Services During Your Presentations

There are several ways you can demonstrate your services during your presentations. For example, if you are a business coach, you could demonstrate coaching someone. If you are a voice coach, you could help someone improve their singing style.   Some Benefits of Demonstrating What You Do as Part of a Presentation You provide value to both the attendee you are helping and the rest of the audience. People get a chance to see you in action. If they relate to your service style, they might be more likely to hire you. You challenge yourself by demonstrating your service in [...]

By |2024-01-25T20:40:24-07:00January 25th, 2024|0 Comments

How to Improve Your Training Experiences

Would you like to learn how to improve your training experiences? Reflecting on my recent training experiences, I’ve considered what contributed to their being well-received. My advice relates to preparing for the training, delivering the training, and the follow up after the training. Prepare for the Training When you first commit to giving the training, get the basics of date, time, location, and audience. Book the training in your calendar and create a system for gathering the additional information you’ll need. Confirm the length, focus, and purpose of the training. Talk by phone or Zoom with your point of contact [...]

By |2023-11-17T21:03:35-07:00November 17th, 2023|0 Comments

Say Yes to New Opportunities

  Do you say “yes” to new opportunities? In other words, when you have the chance to stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone, how do you respond? My tendency is to take the chance, and when I’ve done that, I’ve rarely regretted doing so. Here’s some recent examples of times that I’ve said “yes” and had wonderful experiences. Last-Minute Invitation to Present a Workshop Kris Pool, a Toastmaster leader in Wisconsin, and I have been connected for 14 years on LinkedIn. We are not in regular communication, though she occasionally comments on my posts. She’s a member of Professional Career [...]

By |2023-08-30T21:48:26-06:00August 30th, 2023|0 Comments

Nine Ways to Promote Your Speaking Engagements

There are at least nine ways to promote your speaking engagements. I’ve tried a variety of ways to promote these types of engagements and increase attendance – whether at my own events or as a guest speaker. The tips in this blog post apply whether it is an in-person or virtual event.   Prepare to Promote Your Speaking Engagement Make sure your presentation title is short, catchy and understandable. You need to grab people’s attention right away, and that’s what the title will do for you. Include a short description of your talk with key words woven into it. Bullets [...]

By |2022-04-21T09:29:34-06:00April 21st, 2022|0 Comments
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