Insights from 15 Industry Leaders on Making an Impression, Booking Stages, and Getting Invited Back Next Year Speakers are always asking us how to make a good impression with a meeting planner. How do you go from a total unknown to a booked speaker? Where should you invest your time when you’re just getting started? …
Breathe. Move around the stage. Stay loose. Connect with the audience. Speak up. I have seen a lot of speakers over the last 13 years. Some are really incredible and dynamic. Some are…OK (and some are flat out terrible). I have also met a lot of speaker coaches over the years. Everyone has their favorite …
I sat motionless. I knew that something had finally “clicked.” As the applause was dying down I tried to discreetly wipe the tears that had pooled in my eyes. From my seat in the front row I had the advantage of none of my students seeing how emotional I had become. I tried to gather …