Here's a site that uses technology to help women working in high-tech get closer to speaking opportunities : GeekSpeakr allows you to post a profile, including your topics and expertise, to help event organizers identify women speakers. The site also includes a graph showing the top 25 topic tags for registered speakers. In my interview with Elizabeth GeekSpeakr's in beta, and needs you to register for its launch. There was the usual rolling of the eyes and comments like “Don’t we want the best?”

Most people don’t know it, but some speakers at events they attend are paid to be there. An entire business exists for speakers, conference organizers and what are called speaker’s bureaus, for matching speakers and events together. interviewed Shawn Ellis, the founder of The Speaker’s Group , to hear an insider’s view on the speaking world. I The Speaker’s Group represents many names you know, from basketball coach  Pat Riley , to Dilbert’s Scott Adams , to Man vs.

Did you know that great speakers are often nervous with butterflies in their stomach before giving a presentation? My 13 years as a professional speakers bureau owner allowed me to hear several thousand speakers give their presentations. One speaker suggests that you curl your toes and get rid of your adrenalin. And there are many actors/actresses who can not speak to live audiences without cue cards. Here are a few tips I learned from them.

Along with other women interested in public speaking, I've sometimes wondered "Where are all the women speakers?" We started following each other on Twitter after airing similar issues about women unable to get speaker slots at professional conferences.) It's a twist on what other women speakers have done--like create their own "speakers' bureau"-- in order to get visible in hopes of getting more women placed on conference program. Today, on Twitter , I saw another woman, Allyson Kapin (who goes by @WomenWhoTech ), get frustrated when she saw a list of "top" folks in social media that, once again, omitted all but one woman. (We

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September marks the start a new year of meetings for the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA/NC). It kicked off with a “Wealthy Speaker Seminar” conducted by Jane Atkinson, who promised to share a “Proven Formula for Catapulting You To The Top 3%” of the speaking business. [...] September marks the start a new year of meetings for the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers NSA/NC September Meeting NSA/NC September Meeting

Even if you don't know of talented women speakers in your organization, you can consult with the vast number of women's speaker bureaus. Ask the women's committee, a local university or state agency, or put out a call for submissions targeted to women speakers, to spread those opportunities around: Legal issues are covered by the American Bar Association's Women and Minority Speakers bureau is a national U.S. For many women focused on public speaking, half the battle is getting an invitation to speak. Getting women on the program at your community meeting,

When I ran my speakers bureau, I was often asked if greatspeakers are born or made? Now that I am a coach to speakers,I see how successful many speakers become with some training and coaching. Here are the three secrets that make them sought after speakers: 1. They are conversational, not scripted. They focus on the audience because it is about their audience and not the speaker.

First prize wins the title of Best Speaking-Expert Website which includes announcement to Jane’s list of 5000+ speakers and bureau agents (ie:  exposure). The person who nominates the winning website (even if it’s their own) will receive either a one hour marketing makeover coaching call with Jane Atkinson OR 5 copies of  The Wealthy Speaker to “pay it forward” to other speakers. People are always asking me to show them examples of great websites.  Today, I’m announcing the best speaking-expert website contest!

How to Give a Great Speech As a former owner of a National Speakers Bureau, I have learned from several thousand professional speakers "How to Give a Great Speech." Here are some techniques that I share with my coaching clients who want to become paid professional speakers or business professionals who want to deliver masterful presentations. 1. Speak from the heart. Believe in what you have to say, or dont say it. If your passionate about your subject the words will come.