Passionately Speaking Blog
7 Characteristics of a Million Dollar Speaker
Throughout my training, travels, and experience of speaking with giants on stage, I have found that the characteristics of million dollar speakers boil down to 7 key characteristics. Million dollar speakers: Get trained Become master storytellers Exude confidence Are...
What To Do When Your Speaking Time Gets Cut
As a professional speaker, you’ll run into situations where an event has gone off schedule and your time may be cut. First and foremost, be gracious. Know that the event coordinator wouldn’t cut your time if they didn’t have to. They have a lot to manage, and they...
How to Turn One Speaking Engagement into Multiple
Just like getting a new customer, it takes time, energy, and expense to get a new speaking engagement. In sales, we’ve all heard, it is easier to nurture customers and have them be repeat customers. Speaking engagements are the same. It’s much easier to nurture a host...
What Speakers Don’t Know Can Hurt Them
Imagine this, someone contacted you and asked you to speak at their event. You are all excited and do the happy dance. You send them your topic, bio, and picture. You find out when you’re speaking, how long you are speaking, and you rush out to celebrate. However,...
When to Say No to Speaking Engagement Opportunities
Not every speaking engagement opportunity is right for you. Believe or Relate to the Cause Don’t speak for groups that support something you don’t believe in or to groups you can’t relate to, or to groups with too big of an age difference. For example, I would never...
If You’re in Business, You’re A Speaker – Own It or Go Broke
Business owners and professionals often think they can speak well on stage, without any training. They usually fail miserably. They don’t know how to build rapport with their audience or package their content in a way the audience will understand and want to know...
Traveling as a Speaker
I’ve been blessed to see the world because of speaking. I’ve spoken on three continents traveling to international destinations like Rome, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Canada, The Yucatan, and Jamaica – for little or no cost. There are several ways to get...
Infinite Impact
God said, “Let there be light” and there was light. He made us in his own image. If God made us in his own image, this means our words are just as powerful as His. They create worlds. Our words have created the world we live in today and the world for those around us....
Give Your Audience HOPE
In your next speaker presentation, give your audience hope. Think about how you can integrate and add hope into your talk. Ask yourself, “How can I inspire my audience and give them hope?” Here are four ways using the acronym GIVE: G is for Grab You need to grab your...
How Speaking Can Triple Your Income and Double Your Time Off
I’ve been using public speaking as a marketing strategy throughout my whole corporate life and now as an entrepreneur. I learned early how powerful public speaking is. The world is speeding up and there will be a time when each one of you will be asked to speak,...
