Speaking Pro Central is a new website which aggregates content from many different speaking and presenting sites. Tony Karrer is the driving force behind the site. Speaking Pro Central is particularly useful if you don’t want to subscribe to all the speaking and presenting blogs - but just want to be able to find the content you want when you want it. First, there was alltop , now there’s Speaking Pro Central . What’s special about it is that it has a clever search feature that allows you to find the top posts “according to social signals”

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The site says that it allows moderation, although it doesn’t show how it’s done. If you’re interested in that, subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Twitter and I’ll let you know when it’s ready. Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to manage the backchannel.

I was intrigued by a recent contest being run by SpeakerNetNews (BTW, if you are in the speaking business and aren’t subscribing to this weekly e-mail newsletter, you are missing out big time – go to www.SpeakerNetNews.com and subscribe right now). They were inspired by a web site that collects six word stories and asked subscribers to submit a six word presentation. Six words?!? Am I joking?

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Having a speaking page has given me lots in the way of evidence that I’m doing okay when it comes to presenting. Social Proof I also use my LinkedIn profile to get recommendations from people who’ve seen me speak, and I list professional speaker as one of my “jobs” on the site. That’ll come out by the end of the week, so if you’re interested in more, subscribe for free . 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.

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