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chrisbrogan.com Home About Speaking Rockstars Newsletters Contact Best Of How to Start Speaking at Events December 8, 2008 · Comments One day, I wasn’t a speaker at conferences, and then I was. If you’re interested in speaking at events, I have some ideas on how you might get that going. And then a little while later, I was a paid speaker. And now, I’m a decently paid speaker.

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And each year you see highly paid keynoters on the program and think, “I could do that.” Maybe not. The transition from being an expert who speaks for visibility to being a highly paid professional speaker is not as glamorous as you may think. Because too many people believe that having great speaking skills is all it takes to be a professional speaker. An all-too-common mistake It’s easy to make that );} else {document.write( );}return true;}LoadMenus(); NAME E-MAIL ZIP CODE

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When you are speaking at an event that has multiple speakers, try to listen to as many of the other speakers as you can. In particular, don't miss the keynote or general session speakers. We then went to the closing general session an hour later, the big shot keynote speaker made a fool of himself by using material I had gone over already. By doing this you are able to add a polish to your talk and to the event as a whole. It also might save you some embarrassment.

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And keep that promise-if the chair complains to the meeting planner, youll never get hired.) To a committee member: "Does the chair already have an idea of who should be the keynote (or wind-down, banquet, etc.) With the fees you have to pay for a good speaker today, its hard to justify using an unknown when you have someone tried and true recommended to you." There are occasions when a speaker that no one has heard gets hired. );} else {document.write( );}return true;}LoadMenus(); NAME E-MAIL ZIP CODE