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Why you don't want to be an inspiring speaker

By Michelle Mazur > November 3, 2014
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Inspiration is everywhere these days. Login into Facebook (not right now) and you’ll see post after post of inspiring quotes. Head over to Pinterest and see dozens of beautiful pictures to inspire your creativity. You can waste hours on social media being inspired. Heck, I just got over cold and on the wrapper of my Hall’s cough drops…

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The Best Place to Find Speaking Gigs

By Michelle Mazur > October 22, 2014
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You’ve nailed the first essential step to landing speaking gigs. Your 3 T’s (title, topics, and takeaways) should have meeting planners drooling over the value you’d bring to their event. But the problem still remains. Where can you find speaking gigs? The answer is right under your nose or at the very least in your iPhone…

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As A Speaker Your Biggest Responsibility is to….

By Michelle Mazur > October 13, 2014
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…The Audience. My friends over at Prezi with the help of Harris Interactive conducted a poll that revealed that 46% of people check out of presentations! They check their email, their texts, Facebook, and some even check the back of their eyelids. (Hope they don’t snore) Have you ever sat through a presentation and thought:…

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The First Essential Step to Land Speaking Gigs

By Michelle Mazur > September 29, 2014
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Every week I get phone calls, emails, and tweets asking one question: How do I land speaking gigs? Heck, you probably ended up here because you’re dying to know the secret, right? I hate to answer a question with a question, but my reply is always the same: How’s your speaker marketing? The replies range…

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How to Write a Client Generating Speech (Hint: Start with Your Message)

By Michelle Mazur > September 15, 2014
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So you want to know how to write a speech that attracts clients. Let me start this blog post with a curious question for you. Question: What’s the hardest part of writing your speech? The results of this informal poll from LinkedIn revealed the biggest block to writing a speech is (drumroll please): Starting Apparently,…

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