The Business of Speaking-- Part 1
Robert Smith and Associates
January 16, 2007
Millions of Americans have nightmares about speaking in public? Some speakers have reported that when they have to stand up in front of a group their mouth goes dry or their stomach turns somersaults.
Yet, there’s an entire industry of professional public speakers who travel the world, inspire huge audiences, and get paid big bucks. Some of the most popular and highest paid speakers include Stephen Covey, Dr. John Demartini, Joachim de Posada, Anthony Robbins, and Mark Victor Hansen.
If you get a chance to talk to a professional speaker one-on-one you will find that there are many challenges that most people fail to understand.
A big challenge for Trish Rubin of The Edventures Group is staying globally savvy as a communicator around the world with different cultures and ranges of audiences from 20- somethings to baby boomers in the audience.
Professional speaker Josh Gordon two greatest concerns are creating a message that is compelling, unique, and engaging to both audience members and the organizations that hire me while presenting myself as an essential part of the company meeting agenda/corporate training goals.
I’m learning to embrace my differences from other speakers and not just be a razzle-dazzle type speaker,” says Gordon, author of Presentations That Change Minds
Some speakers have a different set of problems. Al Myles said,“ The biggest challenge I’m facing is finding how to balance a jam packed schedule with my home life.”
I think there is also a crisis in the failure of leaders, both on a corporate and political level to set models for the general workforce,“ adds Lewis Harrison
In this article we’ve found that the challenges are as diverse as the speakers themselves.
(This is part 1 of a 6 part series.)
Sources:
Lewis Harrison www.thelewisharrison.com
Josh Gordon www.joshgordon.com
Trish Rubin www.theedventures.com
Al Myles no website given
Yet, there’s an entire industry of professional public speakers who travel the world, inspire huge audiences, and get paid big bucks. Some of the most popular and highest paid speakers include Stephen Covey, Dr. John Demartini, Joachim de Posada, Anthony Robbins, and Mark Victor Hansen.
If you get a chance to talk to a professional speaker one-on-one you will find that there are many challenges that most people fail to understand.
A big challenge for Trish Rubin of The Edventures Group is staying globally savvy as a communicator around the world with different cultures and ranges of audiences from 20- somethings to baby boomers in the audience.
Professional speaker Josh Gordon two greatest concerns are creating a message that is compelling, unique, and engaging to both audience members and the organizations that hire me while presenting myself as an essential part of the company meeting agenda/corporate training goals.
I’m learning to embrace my differences from other speakers and not just be a razzle-dazzle type speaker,” says Gordon, author of Presentations That Change Minds
Some speakers have a different set of problems. Al Myles said,“ The biggest challenge I’m facing is finding how to balance a jam packed schedule with my home life.”
I think there is also a crisis in the failure of leaders, both on a corporate and political level to set models for the general workforce,“ adds Lewis Harrison
In this article we’ve found that the challenges are as diverse as the speakers themselves.
(This is part 1 of a 6 part series.)
Sources:
Lewis Harrison www.thelewisharrison.com
Josh Gordon www.joshgordon.com
Trish Rubin www.theedventures.com
Al Myles no website given
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