Speaking

Brian Collins, Ovation.tv, gave the attendees of the San Diego Chapter of SCORE some great public speaking tips to help the women business owners market their businesses.

Make sure to grab a pen and paper. He has acronyms for his different modules. I found them to be wonderful tips on preparing for, and delivering your presentation. Let me know what you think by commenting!

Cross The Digital Divide on Friday, August 8th at 3pm Pacific time when we’ll spend 30 minutes discovering how to syndicate our content in Facebook.

If you have a blog, you have the heartbeat to sharing your message with the world, in my humble opinion. Now, add a Facebook page and you have the beginnings of a megaphone on the Internet.

In this 30 minutes you’ll discover how to:

• Post to your blog once and share it several places
• Share your photos and videos
• Use widgets to keep your website or blog visitors "in the know"
• and maybe a few more tidbits….

So, sign up to Cross The Digital Divide with me on Friday, kick your shoes off, grab a beverage of your choice and learn how to spread your passionate message across the Internet.

Are you a speaker looking for more speaking opportunities?

A professional DVD of your presentation will open those doors for you, whether with a meeting planner, speakers committee, or speakers bureau!

A quality video will:

• *Get you past the "gatekeepers" to the decision makers
• *Show your unique style and how the audience responds to you
• *Entice potential clients, grab their interest and make a great impression
• *Reach thousands of potential clients by streaming your demo on your website
• Increase the caliber of your bookings.
• *Get you hired and increase your income

Join us Saturday, March 1st for a day of DVD Speaker Presentations. If you want a DVD of your presentation to show to potential speaker bureaus or meeting planners, this day is for you!

Innovative Video Solutions will be on hand to record your presentation, in front of an audience, then create a video you can stream from your website, or share on a DVD. Click here for the event details.

Here are some speaker demos I saw when I searched "speaker demo videos" at YouTube.

Thayer Willis Speaker Demo

Geoff Bond International Speaker – Demo video

Joel Block – Speaker Demo Reel for 2007

I attended a large SCORE breakfast recently. I must admit, I attend way too many events with speakers. Is it just me, or are they getting more self-promoting?

Here’s my advice to speakers who want to “market their business” to the attendees, don’t! We attend to take back to our businesses, one or two action items we can put into place immediately for our business success.

I didn’t come to hear about your $1,000 SEO program, your Warm Spirit Multi-Level Marketing business or to watch you read out of your recently released book. I came for networking and information for my business. I know you’re selling your books, you don’t need to whack me over the head with it. I know you’re selling your products because I can see them on the huge table you build right behind the lecturn.

If I don’t attend the meetings because you don’t provide me with any concrete info, and cut into my networking time, then there won’t be a future meeting for you to speak at to market your business.

You and I would be much better served, if you followed the handout you gave us and provided useful tips and/or tools for our business success. Your credibility as an expert would be further enhanced by actually giving us info we can use.

To you speakers who like to speak to promote, which I highly advise as a good marketing strategy, I have a word-of-the-day for you, subtly!