Probably not too many. My guess is that all of you will say that you became a professional speaker because you have a message you believe is important which you are passionate about delivering to others. That passion for your message, combined with your talents for public speaking and connecting with others, is what drives you to succeed in a competitive, sometimes exhausting, but potentially very lucrative industry. Now, another question: �How are you feeling about the business of your speaking career?� Many of you might answer that you�re a bit bogged down by the time-wasters

In July of 2005, NSA’s Professional Development Council recommended that NSA’s eight competencies be re-formatted into four areas to make them easier to remember and manage. NSA’s Professional Competencies Expertise This competency refers to knowledge, skills and experience in a specifically-defined area, with a particular emphasis on the application of this knowledge, these skills, or experience. recording, MY PROFILE EVENTS INSIDE NSA TOOLS MEMBER SERVICES CHAPTERS/GROUPS PUBLICATIONS BLOGS Related Topics

While I’m in the venture capital business, this rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc. If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don’t have a business. The ten topics that a venture capitalist cares about are: Problem Your solution Business How to Change the World A practical blog for impractical people. « A Brief History of Mine | Main | Resolution Assistance » December 30, 2005 The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint I suffer from something called Ménière’s disease—don’t worry, you cannot get it from reading my blog.