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I.C. Jackson said,         
May 4 2008

Great post!

The advice is sound, and I will be keeping this blog in mind when I talk to public speakers!

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Public Speaking Success: The 80/20 Rule of Speech Preparation | Overnight Sensation said,         
September 22 2008

[...] People who speak for a living spend a great deal of time marketing themselves and their programs. So to get those three or four speaking engagements a month, they have to prospect, network, advertise and promote themselves to drum up new business. It’s a lot more difficult than it sounds considering that many of them are in highly competitive industries and the barriers to entry can be tough – getting your foot in the door to most companies is often even more difficult than going through the job interview process. So once you have the event booked, the first thing you have to do is coordinate all the details. Even with an unpaid speech, you still have to confirm the date, time and location as well as the topic. If travel is involved, you need to make and confirm your arrangements. And if you’re getting paid for your speech, you need to negotiate your fee, draw up a contract, confirm details, make arrangements for payment and, of course, do all the associated accounting. This is already a lot of work and we haven’t even gotten to your speech topic. [...]

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Three Reasons Why You’re Cheating Yourself by NOT Improving Your Speaking Skills | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development said,         
October 17 2008

[...] skills that are necessary to be a good speaker including topic selection, determining the goals for your talk and writing your speech so that it’s a hit with your [...]

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Public Speaking Success: It’s How You Say It - Part 1: Enthusiasm | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development said,         
April 13 2009

[...] the easiest way to speak with enthusiasm is to be genuinely interested in the topic you’re speaking on. The more passionate you are about your topic, the more naturally enthusiastic you’ll be. Of [...]

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Adam Lawrence said,         
September 4 2010

But….but…..WHY? :(

Sorry, but if someone is not passionately interested in something, he will not move me, so it is not worth my time listening to him.

And if he IS passionately interested in something, he won’t need to search for the topic. In fact, he won’t be able to stop thinking about it.

Some of these tips could be useful when for looking for angles or ways of talking about your burning topic, so thanks for that.

But if you are groping for things to talk about, it means you are talking for talking’s sake.

And there are few things the world needs less.

All the best,

Adam
Work•Play•Experience

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Toastmasters Tips Roundup | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development said,         
July 30 2011

[...] How to Get Ideas for Speech Topics is full of tips to help you find topics to speak about. My Personal Experiences with Toastmasters [...]

 

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