Seth Godin once wrote “The only reason ever to give a speech is to create change.”

I agree with him 100%. However, most speakers try to change the whole world in just 20-minutes when what is most meaningful to any audience is a small change that really produces the desired result.

A small change puts the audience on the path to a larger change and that small change gets you known as a speaker for the results that you produce.

On today’s show, we’ll get super specific in defining the result that you can produce for you audience that gets you known for what you can do as a speaker. You’ll find out:

Do you have a plan for how to make money with your speaking?

Or are you hoping that someone will hear you speak and want to hire you right out of the gate? Or that someone will hear you speaking and give you your big break as a paid professional speaker?

If you don’t have a plan for generating revenue, then you need to make one, big time

On today’s show, we’ll discuss the two paths to revenue for speaking and how to craft a speech for each path:

• Understand the two paths to creating revenue with your speaking
• Why a client attracting speech is NOT about selling from the stage
• Know the difference between a “what” speech and a “how” speech
• The difference between creating a speech that attracts clients versus getting paid speaking gigs

1. Stop Dreaming About Landing Speaking Gigs and Do This Instead (TRSP 10)
2. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group

Do you have a plan for how to make money with your speaking?

Or are you hoping that someone will hear you speak and want to hire you right out of the gate? Or that someone will hear you speaking and give you your big break as a paid professional speaker?

If you don’t have a plan for generating revenue, then you need to make one, big time

On today’s show, we’ll discuss the two paths to revenue for speaking and how to craft a speech for each path:

You’ve heard this public speaking advice before:

“Share your soul-stirring story.”

But is that that piece of advice costing your revenue, clients, and speaking gigs? Yes, yes it is.

The reports about how much your audience cares about your story have been greatly exaggerated.

On today’s show, we’ll discuss how to tell your story in a way that matters to the most important people in the room - your audience:

• Why telling your story is hurting your speaking business
• The difference between a “hey, look at me” story vs. a “hey, look at you story”
• How to share your story in a way that is meaningful to your audience
• Why you need to give your audience a tool based on your story

1. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group

You’ve heard this public speaking advice before:

“Share your soul-stirring story.”

But is that that piece of advice costing your revenue, clients, and speaking gigs? Yes, yes it is.

The reports about how much your audience cares about your story have been greatly exaggerated.

On today’s show, we’ll discuss how to tell your story in a way that matters to the most important people in the room - your audience:

We are 16 days away from 2016. I’ve been deep into my 2016 planning for about a month now.

And one thing I know for sure as a speaker: If you don’t have a plan to speak for 2016, you won’t be speaking at all.

How do make a speaking plan that sets you up for success in 2016?

You’re in luck! On today’s show, we’ll cover my four part process for planning to succeed, including:

• Why you need to look backwards at the-year-that-was before you start planning for the year-to-be?
• How to figure out the numbers behind what you want to happen in your speaking business
• A process to identify where you want to speak in 2016 and beyond
• How to make contact with the organizations where you want to speak (hint: it’s not about cold calling or cold emailing)
• My process for building relationships with organizations where I want to speak

1. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group
2. How Do You Choose Your Speaker by Meetings & Conventions
3. Speak for Impact to make sure you’ve got a talk that sells

We are 16 days away from 2016. I’ve been deep into my 2016 planning for about a month now.

And one thing I know for sure as a speaker: If you don’t have a plan to speak for 2016, you won’t be speaking at all.

How do make a speaking plan that sets you up for success in 2016?

You’re in luck! On today’s show, we’ll cover my four part process for planning to succeed, including:

Does booking a paid speaking gig feel more like luck to you? A matter of who you know instead of what you’re capable of as a speaker?

If you’re like many speakers out there, you’re ready to get off the hamster wheel of free speaking or you want to charge more for the speaking you’re doing now.

There’s a key mindset shift you need to make about your speech in order to make that happen.

On today’s show, we’ll discuss the mindset shift you need to make ae well as:

• The one word that will shift your mindset and change the way you see your speech
• Why viewing your speech as an expression of yourself is bad for business
• One question to ask yourself about your current presentation so that you can demand a higher fee

1. Tara Gentile - Speaker & Business Strategist
2. Speak for Impact
3. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group

Does booking a paid speaking gig feel more like luck to you? A matter of who you know instead of what you’re capable of as a speaker?

If you’re like many speakers out there, you’re ready to get off the hamster wheel of free speaking or you want to charge more for the speaking you’re doing now.

There’s a key mindset shift you need to make about your speech in order to make that happen.

On today’s show, we’ll discuss the mindset shift you need to make ae well as:

Have you sat in the audience watching one male speaker after the next wondering where all the female speakers are?

A friend of mine went to a marketing conference last year and every single speaker was a male. How is that even possible? Aren’t there any women who speak on marketing?

Well statistically it’s not possible. There are many women who speak and speak well on marketing but weren’t represented on that stage.

On today’s show, we’ll cover three reasons why you aren’t seeing as many women on that stage:

• Why there is historical bias against women speakers
• How the male way of speaking dominates the professional stage
• How women are holding themselves back from going after paid speaking opportunities

1. Why are there so few women speakers by Dr. Nick Morgan
2. National Parliamentary Debate Association
3. Toastmasters International
4. Gail Larsen - Transformational Public Speaking
5. Tanya Geisler - Imposter Complex
6. Tara Mohr - Playing Big
7. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group