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What should you do after your speaking gig?

By Michelle Mazur > June 30, 2015
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  Last week, you got a backstage peek of how I get ready to take the stage on the day of a speaking event. It’s all about maintaining your routine, getting yourself moving, and having a set way for how you take center stage. But what you do AFTER your speaking gig is just as important as…

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A Backstage Tour of How I Prepare for Speaking Gigs

By Michelle Mazur > June 23, 2015
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Clients always want to know if I still get nerves before a speaking gig. The answer is HECK, YES. The days running up to a speaking gig tend to be stressful for me. I practice, I rehearse, and I tweak. The morning of a speaking gig I’m a bag full of nerves, and my routine…

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How to Land Your Dream Speaking Gig

By Michelle Mazur > May 26, 2015
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I meet so many people who tell me that they dream about taking the TEDx stage. They long to be the keynote speaker at their industry premiere event. Or they plan to dominate the world at World Domination Summit. Does this sound like you? Big speaking dreams. Big goals. Huge vision. When I ask “What…

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Why You're REALLY Not Landing Speaking Gigs

By Michelle Mazur > March 3, 2015
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Once a week at Communication Rebel Headquarters, we get an email that goes a little like this: “Dear Michelle: Love your blog. I’m not looking for a speaker coach, but I need help landing speaking gigs. Can you help promote me as a speaker? You can check out my speaking here: www.iamthegreatestspeakerofalltime.com (not a real url)…

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So You Want to Be a Speaker? Don’t Fall into this Trap

By Michelle Mazur > February 17, 2015
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“I’ve got a message I want to share.” Good for you, so does every other aspiring speaker! The truth is that there are hordes of people who want to be speakers in order to share their story or give their message. And that’s wonderful. The problem is that many of the people in that horde…

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