Only some books have a table of contents up front (fiction doesn’t do that often). The reason I use the word "structure" is because that and the content is EVERYTHING. If someone is paying me to speak, they deserve both content and structure that works and will work for their audience (unless they are happy to pay for improv). chrisbrogan.com Home About Speaking Rockstars Newsletters Contact Best Of Make Better Presentations - The Anatomy of a Good Speech February 23, 2009 · Comments You deserve some great tools, so I’d like to share what I’ve been working on.

I recently attended my local ASTD chapter meeting ( www.dcastd.org ) where a panel of CLOs talked about the role of global learning in tough economic times. Determine the 3 or 4 key messages that will be relevant to your audience and organize succinct, clear content around them. I'm not usually a fan of panels, because they frequently appear disorganized with speakers rambling , cutting each other off and running out of time. But this panel was refreshingly different and very effective. 

post my general one-sheets (keynotes and workshops) and the topic-specific sheets on my homepage for immediate access and download. A well-designed, general one-sheet, professional profile includes: Banner benefit statement at the top of layout Speakers name (in a stylized typestyle) Full-body or 2/3 view action photo on one side Portrait photo on the other side (without a microphone) Defining statement of your unique or valuable expertise Program descriptions, titles (one paragraph, plus three to five bullet-pointed benefits) Results to be generated, bullet pointed under title

I spent most of last week at the American Society for Training and Development ( ASTD ) International Conference and Expo (8000+ attendees) here in Washington, DC at the very impressive Walter E. Couple of lessons: the scribe has to be familiar enough with the content to determine what the nuggets are; figure out how to toggle back and forth between the big screen and the laptop screen before the session; recognize that there is a several seconds delay between hitting enter on Tweetchat and having the tweet appear in the stream. Washington Convention Center . The days were chocked