- Your Speech or Your Life: Perils of International Presenting
I was contacted by one of my book readers from the most populous city in Nigeria, which in turn, is the largest country in Africa.He asked if there was a way that I could bring my seminars to his country.Let me digress for a moment, to share my philosophy with you with regard to international speaking and presenting opportunities. I can sum it up in one phrase:"Just say YES!" - Top Speaker Says: Enthusiasm Beats Content Nearly Every Time
I hold five earned degrees. I’ve taught at 40 universities, and I’m the best-selling author of 12 books and more than 700 articles. - Top Speaker Says: Even A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day!
I just came across a poorly written article that turned me off from the very beginning.
The writer didn’t know a thing about crafting a good opening line and he even seemed to forget what they teach in English composition classes about starting with a thesis paragraph. - Motivational Speaker Asks: If Success Is Temporary Can You Ever Afford To Stop?
All glory is fleeting,” said General George S. Patton, as portrayed in the movie, “Patton” starring George C. Scott. - Top Advisor Asks: Why Does So Much Coaching and Consulting Skew Towards Training?
A few sessions ago, I was running my class at UCLA Extension: “Building Your Consulting Business,” when a mature, highly experienced student asked a fundamental question about my practice and many others. - Top Speaker Says: Find A Way To Like Your Audiences
In a classic movie from The Golden Age of Hollywood, “The Best Years of Our Lives,” Myrna Loy tells her daughter, Teresa Wright, that during the course of a long marriage, you have to make yourself fall back in love with your mate, over and again. - Speech Expert Notes The Best Times For Running Seminars
When you create and market seminars, as I do, you are nothing less than “The Master” of all pertinent variables. - Speech Expert Asks: Should You Call On Seminar Participants & Put Them On The Spot?
When I was teaching college undergraduates I’d purposely call on quiet and whispering students to see if they did their homework, to expand the zone of participation, and as a way of controlling counterproductive behavior. - Speech & Seminar Expert Asks: Is A Dynamic Delivery Overrated?
I was selected as part of an elite team to train 18,000 senior U.S. Navy managers in 18 months. - Speech Expert Says To Hecklers: "May I Ask You To Leave The Seminar With A Full Refund?"
I was making a presentation as part of a panel at a regional meeting of a contact center association a few weeks ago, when a fellow in the audience made an obscure point, and then followed it with a quick advertisement:
“I consult, too; I just wanted to mention that!” he declared to the group. - Seminar Expert Says Greeting Everybody Is Not Optional!
Let’s say you’ve been selected to teach a class at the local university or to run a session at a chapter of a trade association.
First, consider yourself lucky. You’re getting a chance to “serve,” and it’s good for you to feel you’re making a contribution, which I’m sure you’ll do.
But there is a great responsibility that comes with leadership of this sort. It is your job to make sure as many participants as possible feel good about the experience. - Seminar Expert Asks: Should You Speak For Free Or For A Fee?
A faculty colleague of mine at a large university once quipped that “Academic politics are brutal, even more so than governmental, for the precise reason that so LITTLE is at stake.”
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