Grant Baldwin and Mike Michalowicz hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers should handle their finances in the midst of crisis.
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Grant Baldwin and Carrie Wilkerson hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers can diversify their business.
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Grant Baldwin and Erick Rheam hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers can convert live events that are postponed or canceled into virtual gigs.
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Staying positive on your speaking journey will help you succeed, and our guest today is the perfect example of this.
Jon Gordon is the author of Stay Positive, The Energy Bus and many other best-sellers. He's also an equally prolific and successful speaker.
On episode 282 of The Speaker Lab, he tells us how he got started speaking, the pros and cons of speaking for free, and how he thinks about his business beyond the stage. Join us for this intriguing and illuminating conversation with Jon Gordon on this edition of The Speaker Lab.
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Grant Baldwin and Josh McGhee hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how event planners are responding to the coronavirus and its impact on the speaking industry.
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Grant Baldwin and Terry Brock hosted a Facebook Live to talk about you can create virtual speaking opportunities.
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Grant Baldwin and Shawn Hanks hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speaking bureaus are responding and adjusting to the coronavirus.
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Grant Baldwin and Kyle Scheele hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how the youth speaking industry is responding and adjusting to the coronavirus.
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Grant Baldwin and Neen James hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how to diversify your speaking income right now.
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Narrowing down and focusing on your speaking topic is can be one of the harder aspects of speaking.
Here to help ease that process is David Newman. David is a professional speaker who also coaches other speakers, and all-around great guy!
Today on The Speaker Lab, we talk about everything from speaking fees, the NSA and demo videos. He even walks us through a specific exercise to find the right topic that has speaking opportunities within it. Be sure to join us and hear it all on episode 281 of The Speaker Lab.
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Grant Baldwin and Vinh Giang hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers and magicians can adapt to delivering virtual experiences in unprecedented times.
During the live stream, in addition to a live magic trick, Grant and Vinh discuss:
Grant Baldwin and Brian Fanzo (from iSocialFanz.com) hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers can best use technology in this current climate.
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Grant Baldwin and Jane Atkinson (from Speaker Launcher) host a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers can deal with the current changes in the industry.
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Speakers are feeling fearful right now, and to help ease that we're talking about how to thrive in a crisis.
Joining us to talk about this unique time is Erick Rheam, our Director of Student Success at The Speaker Lab and also a well-respected speaker in his own right.
On this episode of The Speaker Lab, we're going to help you deal with the COVID-19 crisis and future challenges you may face in the speaking industry. Erick lays out four points to mitigating the impact of any crisis as he learned during his time in the armed forces.
1. Secure the perimeter
2. Evaluate your business. Now is the time to evaluate, learn, think and pause. Ask yourself questions like:
3. Gain Perspective.
4. Enjoy these moments.
Our guest today, Srini Rao, runs the site and podcast called The Unmistakable Creative. He's also a prolific best-selling author and sought-after international keynote speaker.
Today, he joins The Speaker Lab to talk about his speaking journey, how he pitches a broad topic like creativity to companies and how he balances the business side of being an artist.
This is a far-reaching conversation, be sure to join us on episode 280 of The Speaker Lab to hear it all!
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Here to tell us how passion can fuel your speaking success, and why you don't need to climb Mount Everest or win a gold medal first, is Kindra Hall.
Kindra is a successful keynote speaker who has exploded on the speaking circuit in the last few years. On today's The Speaker Lab, you'll hear how passionate Kindra is about speaking, and how you can be a great speaker even if you don't have any special skills or experiences.
We cover those areas, plus a lot more on this show. So get ready to take some notes and join us for The Speaker Lab with Kindra Hall!
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Ever wonder how successful speakers are managing the highs and lows of speaking? Mitch Joel can tell us and he's here to do just that for today's The Speaker Lab.
Mitch is a returning guest (previously on episode 144) who came back to cover everything from the value of building relationships with other speakers to managing the highs and lows of this career path to the importance of making friends with other speakers.
You're going to learn all of that and more when you join us for episode 278 of The Speaker Lab!
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To commemorate the official launch of my book, The Successful Speaker, my friend and co-author of the book, Jeff Goins, is here!
On this edition of The Speaker Lab, Jeff and I talk about the book writing process for The Successful Speaker: Five Steps For Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform. We also give you a behind the scenes look at the making of this book, how this journey began with a joke (!) and how working on this book actually helped Jeff's speaking career.
Join us and you'll find out all of that and so much more on episode 277 of The Speaker Lab with Jeff Goins.
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Welcome back to The Speaker Lab for a special bonus episode!
The Successful Speaker is a book I am releasing soon and as part of the launch, you're going to hear the first few chapters on today's show.
Directly from the actual audiobook, you'll hear what's in this book, who I am and my story on becoming a speaker. You'll also get an overview of the successful speaker roadmap and then chapter one about choosing your audience.
Join us to hear these topics and then be sure to get your own copy of The Successful Speaker!
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Tweetable: "Your job is to solve a problem, not deliver a speech.."
Virtual reality is becoming part of our lives, even part of our speaking careers.
Terry Brock is our guest for today's show and he's to dig deeper into something we touched on during his first visit: how to become a virtual speaker.
On this episode of The Speaker Lab, we get into the finer details on virtual speaking and things like the technology you need, how to price yourself, the clients who hire virtual speakers, and how you can actually earn more as a virtual speaker than speaking in-person.
Terry tells us those things and much more so please be sure to join us for episode 276 of The Speaker Lab!
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Erick Rheam is our co-host and we are talking about the 5 step goal setting process you can use to create and achieve your goals in 2020 and beyond.
On today's episode of The Speaker Lab, Erick and I walk you through each of the five steps and we also talk about how we use these personally in our speaking careers and also here within The Speaker Lab itself.
Whether you're listening at the start of the year or any other time you're going to get useful and practical advice, including specific examples you can follow immediately. Join us for that and more on episode 275 of The Speaker Lab.
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Whether you're a speaker or a writer or both, you should be asking how to find your voice.
The woman with the answer is Allison Fallon and she joins us on episode 274 of The Speaker Lab. On this edition of the show, Allison and I talk about how to deal with nerves before you speak, the value of writing as a speaker and why you should create a writing habit.
Be sure to check out those topics and more in this conversation with Allison Fallon on episode 274 of The Speaker Lab.
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A man who is an expert at selling yourself as a speaker is here for episode 273 of The Speaker Lab!
Mr. Matthew Kimberley is a sales wizard and he gives us great strategies on what it takes to truly sell yourself in the speaking world. On today's show, we also talk about when and why he speaks for free and the math behind that choice.
You can hear that and much more when you tune in to this edition of The Speaker Lab.
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Ever consider how to turn your clients into fans - even raving fans? Our guest today, David Meerman Scott, has literally written the book on doing so and he's here to share his insights.
Today on the Speaker Lab, we talk about how to turn your clients into raving fans, and how he can talk about a general topic that applies to many audiences while still standing out in the marketplace. We also discuss how he landed speaking gigs on Tony Robbins' stages, something he does frequently.
Plus you'll want to stay tuned til the end when he tells one of the BEST stories! It's a nightmare for any speaker, but it's hilarious so join us to hear it on episode 272 of The Speaker Lab.
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