The Speaker Lab Podcast

Speaking has changed because of COVID-19 and here to share about pivoting during a pandemic is our friend and yours Karen Harris of CMI Management.

Karen is a return guest, previously joining us on episode 210 of The Speaker Lab to share about speaking management. But today we're looking at how speaking has changed in light of the global pandemic, what the future holds and the differences between the speakers who are succeeding and those who aren't during this unprecedented time.

Join us to hear those details and more on the 323rd edition of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• How did they pivot hundreds of their events because of the pandemic?
• What was a catalyst for stronger movement in the industry?
• What are the big milestones that will make people more comfortable with in-person meetings?
• Does she think virtual speaking is here to stay?
• What are shifts speakers have made to be successful in this new environment?
• Why it pays to diversify your offerings.
• What areas are doing well right now and will continue to do so?
• How can speakers make virtual as impactful as possible?
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

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• Episode 210 of The Speaker Lab
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What does it look like if you're scaling your speaking business? Our guest today shares his journey from being a one-man show to scaling his speaking business beyond just himself.

Houston Kraft is a speaker in the education world, as well as an author and the founder of Character Strong. On today's Awesome Health, he tells us how and why he started Character Strong along with the long-term implications of being a youth speaker in the education space.

Listen in to hear all the details on episode 322 of The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• How did he combine his interests and passions to find his speaking path?
• How do you start with what and who you know?
• What's the best way to find a need you can fulfill for your audiences?
• Why is this business a momentum business?
• What's the first thing to think about if you want to build a speaking business not dependent on you?
• The importance of boundaries when you're scaling your speaking business.
• Can you say yes to too many things?
• How your content can shift if you aren't the only one delivering it.
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Houston Kraft's web site
• Character Strong web site
• Houston Kraft on Twitter
• Houston Kraft on Instagram
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How to tell a great story and help audiences are two of the strongest skills a speaker can have in their repetoire, and someone who knows full well how to do both is Chris Field.

If you're a long-time listener of the show you'll remember Chris from a previous episode (123, which you can find here). But if you are new and/or haven't heard Chris before, he is a successful keynote speaker who founded a non-profit organization over a decade ago. With his background in that area, today he mainly speaks to associations and other non-profit groups.

Creating and running his own non-profit gave him a sense of purpose and led him to the topic he mainly speaks about now: empowering audiences to disrupt for good, something he has been doing most of his life. In fact, being a disruptor has been such a notable part of his path that he wrote a book called Disrupt For Good.

On today's episode of The Speaker Lab, Chris tells us why disruption can actually be a good thing, how the pandemic has shifted his business and how he made the adjustment, and why it's cool to be in several industries.

Join us to hear that and more on the 321st edition of The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• What to do if you have the potential, but need a plan.
• The three things you need if you want to be a successful speaker.
• How can you transition from telling a great story to helping audiences and solving problems?
• What's the difference between giving a good speech and disrupting and transforming audiences?
• How he leverages his credibility into additional speaking gigs.
• What advice does he have if you're feeling discouraged?
• Why is it important to continue to get your reps in?
• What is the best marketing for a great speaker early in their career?
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Chris Field's web site
• Mercy Project web site
• Chris Field on Twitter
• Chris Field on Instagram
• Chris Field on Facebook
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Is changing speaking topics a difficult transition? It can be done and here to tell us about the journey is Jessica Kriegel.

Jessica is an author, leadership expert and speaker who is a researcher at heart. On today's episode of The Speaker Lab, Jessica tells us how and why she got into speaking, what it's been like changing speaking topics and her advice for people looking to make it in the speaking world.

Join us to hear that and more on episode 320 of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• What was the goal of writing her first book?
• Why did she seek out coaching to grow her speaking career?
• What does your online presence have to do with your speaking success?
• How did she translate her subject expertise into speaking topics and audiences?
• Can you work with people who are not in your target industries?
• Why you should consider doing your outreach yourself.
• Are there downsides to changing speaking topics?
• Do speaking bureaus do her marketing for her?
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Jessica Kriegel's web site
• Unfairly Labeled, by Jessica Kriegel
• Jessica Kriegel on Twitter
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The beauty of speaking is that you can do it full-time or you can make speaking as your side hustle. Our guest today has done just that. Ryan Gottfredson is a leadership professor at Cal State-Fullerton, and his speaking and consulting work on the topic of mindset is his side hustle.

Today on The Speaker Lab, he explains why the connection speaking offers is so fulfilling for him and how speaking feeds the other avenues of his business today.

Join us to hear his wisdom on these topics and even more on episode 319 of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• Where's the most bang for the buck coming from in his prospecting?
• Did his early free gigs help him gain momentum?
• Why you want to focus small versus focusing on big.
• How effective is speaking as a lead gen tool for his consulting biz?
• What questions should you ask before choosing a speaking course?
• How has he pivoted as a result of the pandemic?
• What early steps does he recommend taking if you are starting out?
• And so much more!

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How to speak on cultural diversity and inclusion is our topic for today's edition of The Speaker Lab. Joining us is speaker, consultant and corporate leader J. Israel Greene.

Israel speaks to tech companies on leadership development, diversity equity and inclusion. He works with them on cultural issues that often show up as low employee engagement, stalled sales and poor leadership. He helps them transform that culture through workshops and consulting.

On today's show, Israel tells us when he made the jump to a speaking career and how the Booked and Paid to Speak network has generated over $20k for him in his business. You can hear that and more when you listen in to episode 318 of The Speaker Lab.

 THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• Which of his acting skills does he apply to speaking?
• What personal stories does he include in his content?
• How did he know he wanted to make speaking into a business?
• What are "fuel up" moments?
• Can you borrow other people's stories and still be a great speaker?
• How to reconcile your interests with what the market needs.
• What does he do when he gets frustrated?
• How does he use "lunch and learns" to generate business?
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• J. Israel Greene's web site
• J. Israel Greene on Twitter
• Glassdoor web site
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As a speaker, creating impactful stories matters. Here to talk about how creating impactful stories is something you can do consistently to help grow your speaking career is Rain Bennett.

Rain has been a documentary filmmaker who knows how to tell a good story when you don't have a lot of time, money and resources. Today he helps those folks understand the storytelling tactics they can use to make impactful video stories for their audiences. You'll hear about that plus how he went from his first non-paid speaking gig in the basement of a library to national keynotes in a year.

Join us for that plus his advice for anyone trying to build momentum on today's The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• What strategy can get you from doing free gigs to being paid to speak at big conferences?
• Should you make your social media a hybrid of your personal life and your professional?
• Why sharing your missteps and struggles is so powerful to growing your network.
• What does it mean to find your unique intersections?
• How honesty and transparency became keys to his success.
• Can you rely on discipline alone?
• How can you go deeper with current clients during the pandemic?
• Why inaction is the enemy and how to tackle it.
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Rain Bennett's web site
• Six Second Stories web site
• Rain Bennett on Twitter
• Rain Bennett on Instagram
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Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith has gone from physician to full-time speaker, and she joins us to tell us how she made the leap!

After two decades in the medical world, today Dr. Saundra speaks about burn out and work-life integration. During episode 316 of The Speaker Lab, we talk more about her own experiences in this realm and how she made the transition from physician to full-time speaker, and how the pandemic has impacted her business and her life.

Join us to hear those details and more on this episode of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• What is the key to restoring ourselves without stopping all activities?
• How many types of rests are there?
• When should you start small?
• How can you build a speaking business while you're working in another field?
• Why your fee should include your time for studying your specific audience.
• What part of the process was scary for her?
• How many years did she speak before going into it full-time?
• How did she adapt to virtual speaking and will she do it more in the future?
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith's web site
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• Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith on Instagram
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Do you have an interest in speaking in the tech space? Our guest is a premiere speaker in that industry and she's here to tell us about it.

Ilana Golan helps executives grow in their careers from performing better to reinventing themselves. Prior to speaking she worked in engineering and tech working her way up the corporate ladder. On today's The Speaker Lab, hear why she moved over to running her own enterprise and how she made the move from unpaid speaker to six figures.

Join us for all of that and more on episode 315 of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• Do organizations take it more seriously when they pay you?
• What's the recipe to make you shine as a speaker?
• What is the assumption if you aren't putting your message out in the world?
• What two groups hire speakers in the tech space?
• How can you accelerate your growth as a speaker?
• Why you don't need to find the biggest keynotes to make an impact.
• What changes has she made due to the pandemic?
• Why you need to invest in yourself and your business.
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Ilana Golan's web site
• Ilana Golan on Twitter
• Ilana Golan on Facebook
• Ilana Golan on LinkedIn
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One key to creating a thriving speaking business is knowing your identity and knowing what you bring to the table as a speaker.

Our guest is an expert at helping others know themselves and what they have to offer. Rocky Garza is a speaker and coach whose focus is on how our identities play into the roles and positions we fill. On The Speaker Lab today, we dive into what his life was like before he became a speaker and coach, how he made the leap and how he's adjusted to speaking during a pandemic.

Join us to hear that and more on episode 314 of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

• Why are so many of us "illiterate" about ourselves?
• Can fearlessness and vulnerability co-exist?
• What is the link between intensity and intimacy?
• How to learn not to apologize for being who you are.
• What is the most powerful thing we have as speakers?
• How did he land on the corporate space as his audience, even though he's never worked in that world?
• If you want to be a speaker then what should you do?
• What single pivot led to him booking at least 10 events since the pandemic started?
• And so much more!

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Rocky Garza's web site
• Rocky Garza on Instagram
• Rocky Garza on Twitter
• Rocky Garza on Facebook
• Rocky Garza on LinkedIn
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