4. Aims & Objectives
How to Build a Career from
Public Speaking
How To Get Clients
How To Gain National &
International Recognition
5. How to Start a Public
Speaking Career
Choose your category
Keynote speakers are usually experts of some
kind in a field, such as aviation, science, child-raising, and so on.
Become an Outstanding Personality
Most entities that are seeking speakers look
for speakers in one of these classes: Authors, celebrities,
executives, media, political, motivational and
spiritual/religious leaders.
6. 3 Sensational Secrets
for Branding Yourself As
A Speaker
#1: Tell Your Signature Story
Nothing is better than a good story.
#2: Create a Signature Presentation Style
and Look that's All Your Own
I have developed a reputation as a dynamic
7. 3 Sensational Secrets
for Branding Yourself As
A Speaker(con’t)
#3: Pull your Hobbies, and Interests into Your
Program
Watch WWE Monday night Raw (Wrestling) and you
know that people get pretty passionate about their
interests. That's why weaving your interests and hobbies
into your speaking programs turns regular audience
members into raving fans.
8. Understand People’s
Listening and
Thinking Capacity
People Think Faster Than Hear
Have Short Attention Span
Jump to Conclusions
11. Understand the
Speech Making
Process
Choosing/Narrowing a Topic
Researching Topic
Organizing Your Speech
Developing an Outline
Rehearsing Speech
12. Choosing an
Appropriate Topic
Is It Important to You?
Is It Important to Your Audience?
Will It Hold Audience’s Attention?
Is It Manageable in the Time Available?
Is It Appropriate for Oral Presentation?
Is It Clear?
13. Develop Central
Idea
Chinedum Azuh’s lecture
Write a one sentence Shows you how to build a
Successful
summary of speech. Career in public speaking
14. Narrowing a Topic
Examples:
1. Amazon Kindle Publishing
2. How To Start a Career in Book
Ghostwriting
3. Clickbank Publishing
Demystified
16. Sources of Supporting
Material (con’t)
The Internet/World Wide Web
– Search Engines
Infoseek
Yahoo
Lycos
HotBot
Google, etc.
– Online Libraries
– Articles Directories
17. Tests of
Supporting
Material
Is Information Specific?
Is Source an Expert?
Is Source Unbiased?
Is Information Timely?
18. Tests of Supporting
Material (con’t)
Is Information Relevant to Point
Made?
Does Information Support the
Point?
Is Information Timely?
19. Special Considerations
for Online Information
In Physical Print, Quality Is Controlled by
Experts
– Journals - Peer Review
– Periodicals - Editors
– Published Texts - Editors, Librarians
Online, Must Do Own Quality Control
– Beware! Everything On the Web Is Not
ALL True
28. Plan, Prepare, Polish,
Practice, Present
The better you know
your material the less
anxious you’ll be
about presenting it.
Smile and act natural.
Don’t apologize for
being nervous. No one
will know you’re
nervous unless you
call attention to it.
29. 6 Low Cost Ways to
Promote Yourself
Write articles and offer them for free to offline
and online publications.
Create and giveaway a free e-book. In the e-
book include an 'About the Author' section which
is where you will promote yourself, business,
products and services.
Send media releases online and offline. One of
the easiest ways to promote yourself is through
media releases. Write a media release
announcing a new product or interesting industry
event.
30. 6 Low Ways to
Promote Yourself
(cont’d)
Establish a training class. Your class
could be live, online or even over the
phone.
Create a business Card.
Use Social Media Effectively to promote
your self as a Speaker
31. Sources of Income in
Professional Speaking
Sell Your Knowledge via Books and eBooks
Create a Training System Using CDs, DVDs
Get Paid to Speak in Other People’s Events
Work With Training Organizations
Do Joint Venture With Other Speakers
Organize Free Seminars and Sell Your
Products Easily