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What Makes A Successful Speaker?

C2004 by Sandra Schrift. All rights reserved

 

Successful speakers do not necessarily do all the right things all the time. They often take risks and risk bombing. But all highly successful speakers take action, mostly daily, to move toward their goals with lots of course adjustments.

They connect with their audience quickly; usually in the first sixty seconds. To connect is spiritual. It's the core.

They speak with E's They educate, entertain, and provide their audience with an interactive experience.

They speak with influence, not control or to engender guilt. They know that with the privilege of the platform comes the awesome responsibility of motivating and influencing the audience to feel, think, and act differently.

They get the audience involved through group exercises, role-playing and simple questions and answers. When people interact, they get it better and retain it longer.

They give the audience the facts laced with a good dose of humor. Adults learn better when they are lightening up! Here's the place for some magic tricks, handwriting analysis, or a song.

They vary their tone of voice, smile often, and show passion for their subject matter. Their body language reflects their comments.

They hold themselves accountable for excellence. They help each person in the audience be accountable and live up to his or her potential. They give audiences what they need, not just what they want.

They are the speaker who motivates the audience to admire and respect them. They know they have succeeded when people say, I want to be like him or her.

They are supportive of their audience. They believe in them. They say, I did that. And so can you.

They stand and accept their applause.

Are you ready to take your business to the next level? Get more clients and consistent monthly income? Judy Cullins, book coach, and Sandra Schrift, speaker coach, invite you to join a "Business Marketing Achievers" small group coaching beginning January 19th. We are looking for 12 committed people who are ready to use speaking and writing to catapult their business. For more details, contact Sandra at 1-800-340-3683 between 9-6pm pst. Hurry! This group will fill quickly.


Sandra Schrift 13 year speaker bureau owner and now career coach to emerging and veteran public speakers who want to "grow" a profitable speaking business. I also work with business professionals and organizations who want to master their presentations. To find out HOW TO MAKE IT AS A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, go to http://www.schrift.com/success_resources.htm Join my free bi-weekly Monday Morning Mindfulness ezine http://www.schrift.com/monday.htm This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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