No list of great contemporary business speakers would be complete without Seth Godin. As a speaker, Seth has the persona of an approachable, down-to-earth academic, very smart and savvy. Many blogs, and speakers, could benefit from Godin’s economy, simplicity, and style. You can see him here, talking about marketing to Google a few years ago: [link]. MORE
Once again, Andrew Dlugan at Six Minutes has posted an excellent list of gifts for speakers. You should find excellent gifts in all price ranges on both our lists, whether for the seasoned pro or for the busy speaker-around-the-office. (My Download audio here. MORE
Pardon my French My good friend and fellow professional speaker, Marc Andre Morel , delivers a speech with the title, “ Pardon my French ”. English speakers sometimes use the phrase, “Pardon my French” when they use crude or rude language. I wish that they would see how silly this concern is because most natural born English speakers are less than perfect English presenters. As an English speaker all my life and with a university education I still make English errors. MORE
What happens: You get an incoming call from someone who needs a speaker. You can just see all the spin-off business – and then reality hits. Either the prospect goes silent or after chasing them for several weeks, you learn another speaker was chosen. What’s going on: The person you talked to was assigned to find a speaker but wasn’t told the budget. They begin the conversation with, “We are not looking for a speaker. MORE
Guy Kawasaki epitomizes Silicon Valley cool – he’s a former Apple employee, now a venture capitalist. He’s written books on entrepreneurship that eschew grand theories in favor of practical advice: The Art of the Start ( [link] ) and Reality Check ( [link] ). I recommend both highly if you’re an entrepreneur or you have those cravings. MORE
So instead of focusing on the gestures themselves, to look natural as a speaker, focus on the underlying intent or emotion that you’re trying to convey. Many business speakers run into problems here because they believe – erroneously – that emotions should be kept out of business and speaking about business. To the contrary, any business speaker with charisma expresses emotions clearly and forcefully. MORE
No top-ten list of great contemporary business speakers would be complete without Marcus Buckingham. Marcus is a phenomenon – a polished speaker able to project a poised, conversational, comfortable demeanor on small screens and in big halls, and a bestselling author several times over. MORE
What to Say When.You’re Dying on the Platform: A Complete Resource for Speakers, Trainers, and Executives. by Lily Walters. MORE
But it is the wrong fit for business. And the motivation for many to join Toastmasters is to become more successful in business. One was focused on an obscure island whose history the speaker covered over centuries. In business, you can't be boring. MORE
An added bonus this year was a Strictly Come Dancing style UK Business Speaker of the Year Award on the eve of the conference. I've often said that professional speechwriting is a bit like robbing banks. It's a job that's done in isolated secrecy. You can't boast about your successes. MORE
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In his earlier books, The Radical Leap and The Radical Edge , Steve worked to infuse love, energy, audacity, and proof into business leadership. For energy and passion on a subject that is important for everyone interested in the future of the human race to rally around, Steve Farber ( [link] ) is hard to beat. You can see Steve speaking here: [link]. and here: [link]. (Warning: the first video contains a common 4-letter word.) MORE
Called “One of the Most Influential Women in Technology” by Fast Company, Charlene Li is an accomplished speaker on the subject of social media -- the topic of her notable book Groundswell (Harvard Business Press, 2008) and her research. Charlene was a V-P and analyst at Forrester Research and a Harvard Business School graduate before she launched her own company, the Altimeter Group, last year. MORE
tags: presentation design ) See the other entries in the contest at SlideShare.net George Torok Motivational Business Speaker Presentation Skills Coach Executive Speech Coach, Business presentation tips from George Torok, the Speech Coach for Executives. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. presentations tips business presentations PowerPoint presentation coach MORE
But how good a speaker is he? Eric’s a highly self-assured and competent speaker. But overall, he’s quite comfortable with his speaking, and that’s unusual for a business speaker. As CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt needs little introduction. And before his current world-shaking job, he was CTO of Sun Microsystems, where he led Java development, and CEO of Novell. MORE
What if you could find a way to make the fluctuations in the economy have a less-than-significant impact on your speaking business? What does it take to differentiate yourself, so you become a “movie star” of speakers, rather than merely one of the pack? with Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE. MORE
Promoting yourself as a professional speaker is not like promoting any other product because what you are really marketing is yourself. That fact alone should shift your perspective as you consider the best ways to market your business. Here are some things to consider as you begin to promote yourself as a professional speaker. #1 Similarly, if you want to be a business speaker, it is critical that you have a solid understanding of the world of business. MORE
If you’re a speaker, you don’t get to be as good as Susan until and unless you put in the hours and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. Few of us have climbed a mountain or won a top sales prize, so those that have done so are worth paying attention to for what they have to say. Fewer still have climbed a really big mountain, like, say, McKinley, or won a President’s Club award – the kind that go out to the very best salespeople. MORE
My final entry in this top ten list of great contemporary business speakers is a sentimental favorite: Sir Ken Robinson. Robinson is passionately devoted to spreading creativity around, first in education, and then in the rest of human endeavor. I’m wholeheartedly with him on this project; it’s a life-long cause of mine too. MORE
We’ll be taking new registrations for the next session of 8 Weeks to Business Acceleration until Monday, August 3rd. ctt title=”#Speakers accelerate & position […]. Events Speaker Marketing Speaking Business Strategy accelarate business speakers speaking business MORE
Speaker Net News SpeakerNet News is a free weekly email newsletter sent each Friday to more than 8,500 professional speakers, consultants, trainers, and authors. If that description fits you then be sure to register for this free newsletter written by professional speakers for professional speakers. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. MORE
I’m closing out my series on current speakers and their books with another counter-intuitive choice: Bishop T. What can business speakers learn from this powerful preacher? It’s a lesson that many a business speaker needs to learn. Two great lessons from the Bishop that all business speakers would do well to remember – and make their own. MORE
This is the first blog in a series about great contemporary business speakers. I’m starting with a certifiable rock star of the business speaking circuit: Tim Sanders. Tim’s the author of two very successful previous books: Love is the Killer App , and The Likeability Factor , and he’s an amazing speaker with tons of energy, enthusiasm, and, well, likeability. What makes Tim a good speaker? MORE
Once again, Andrew Dlugan at Six Minutes has posted an excellent list of gifts for speakers. You should find excellent gifts in all price ranges on both our lists, whether for the seasoned pro or for the busy speaker-around-the-office. (My MORE
We have launched a prize to be awarded to an outstanding figure in the business world who speaks well. This is the fourth year that judges from the UK Speechwriters’ Guild have selected the Business Communicator of the Year. He uses self-deprecating humour to talk about business. MORE
He’s a brilliant, charismatic speaker, because he embodies the 2 secrets of charisma: focus and passion. Jim Collins, author most famously of Good to Great and Built to Last , doesn’t speak in public all that often, but when he does, he’s worth hearing. Most people think that charisma is something that’s innate, something you’re born with, as if there were charismatic babies. Well, guess what? All babies are charismatic. MORE
This concept is called "in fun" (see Wake' em Up Business Presentations for a complete explanation.) is one of the greatest speakers ever and that's just not my opinion, it's his/hers too. is one of the greatest business speakers alive today.Of Test humor is humor that is placed in your written introduction. It is to be read by your introducer, not by you. Pick a couple of these lines and stick with them. MORE
My friend keynote speaker and Emmy winning pal Bill Stainton delivers a great keynote speech about the 5 best decisions the Beatles made and why we should adapt them. 1,500 professional speakers of all ages acted as if they were at a rock show. MORE
For my sixth pick of great contemporary business speakers, I’m going with David Meerman Scott. His previous book, The New Rules of PR and Marketing continues to be a bestseller and it was that book that first propelled David onto the national and international stage as a speaker on a ‘must-have’ subject, the new social media and viral marketing. You can check him out at: [link]. MORE
The whole idea was that the speaker would talk for a while, and then occasionally show a slide that illustrated a point with a picture or a striking image, or made a set of numbers clear with a bar graph or a pie chart. They became speaker outlines. Now we watch in horrified fascination as a speaker plods through every word on slide after slide with 20 lines or more of text on them. MORE
What to Say When.You’re Dying on the Platform: A Complete Resource for Speakers, Trainers, and Executives. by Lily Walters. MORE
Anyone in the public speaking business has likely paused at the news that Steve Jobs has resigned from the iconic Apple Computer. Jobs has consistently been one of the most powerful and best role models for business speakers in high tech. MORE
Business speakers are speakers whose target audience is business professionals. Their primary role is to motivate and inform people in business. The demand for business speakers is high. Even with the high demand for business speakers, this is a role not just any speaker can fill. A business speaker must have experience and solid expertise in the field. What are the qualities of a good Business Speaker? MORE
A bureau’s first responsibility is to satisfy its clients — organizations who hire speakers. They want to place speakers who are: &# The easiest to book. Meaning… they’re famous, they get rave reviews, they don’t require much publicity, their presence as a keynote speaker at an event will increase attendance, etc. &# Exclusive with them. All other things being equal, why not place the higher fee speaker? &# Dependable. MORE
Can a speaker inspire an audience with a negative message? The short answer is ‘no’, but of course you’re thinking about politicians – just to take a particularly blatant example – who appear to inspire their followers with all sorts of negative messages, so you’re thinking, ‘certainly a speaker can!’ If we know we have a problem already, we want to hear that you (as a speaker-leader) understand it. MORE
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They may pace nervously -- the familiar 'happy feet' of some speakers. They may cross their arms, hide their hands behind their backs, or keep their arms firmly fixed to their sides, only waving their forearms, in a characteristic gesture of many business speakers that I call the 'Penguin flap' All of these gestures, and others besides, signal nervousness to the audience. MORE
Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. boardroom presentation skills presentation skills coaching business presentations MORE
Walt Disney certainly was a powerful and inspirational business and community leader. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. story telling quotations business presentations public speaking MORE
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In the case of the economy and our speaking business, the pendulum still applies. See you soon Wealthy Speakers! Most Recent Post Economy Speaking Business Speaker BookingsThe pendulum idea applies to nearly everything in life. MORE
Tim Gard - professional speaker If you want to be a better speaker, watch and learn from other speakers - political, business and profesional. Tim Gard is a professional speaker. MORE
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Business speakers are speakers whose target audience is business professionals. Their primary role is to motivate and inform people in business. The demand for business speakers is high. Even with the high demand for business speakers, this is a role not just any speaker can fill. A business speaker must have experience and solid expertise in the field. What are the qualities of a good Business Speaker?
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No top-ten list of great contemporary business speakers would be complete without Marcus Buckingham. Marcus is a phenomenon – a polished speaker able to project a poised, conversational, comfortable demeanor on small screens and in big halls, and a bestselling author several times over.
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No list of great contemporary business speakers would be complete without Seth Godin. As a speaker, Seth has the persona of an approachable, down-to-earth academic, very smart and savvy. Many blogs, and speakers, could benefit from Godin’s economy, simplicity, and style. You can see him here, talking about marketing to Google a few years ago: [link].
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This is the first blog in a series about great contemporary business speakers. I’m starting with a certifiable rock star of the business speaking circuit: Tim Sanders. Tim’s the author of two very successful previous books: Love is the Killer App , and The Likeability Factor , and he’s an amazing speaker with tons of energy, enthusiasm, and, well, likeability. What makes Tim a good speaker?
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My friend keynote speaker and Emmy winning pal Bill Stainton delivers a great keynote speech about the 5 best decisions the Beatles made and why we should adapt them. 1,500 professional speakers of all ages acted as if they were at a rock show.
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If you’re a speaker, you don’t get to be as good as Susan until and unless you put in the hours and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. Few of us have climbed a mountain or won a top sales prize, so those that have done so are worth paying attention to for what they have to say. Fewer still have climbed a really big mountain, like, say, McKinley, or won a President’s Club award – the kind that go out to the very best salespeople.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
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He’s a brilliant, charismatic speaker, because he embodies the 2 secrets of charisma: focus and passion. Jim Collins, author most famously of Good to Great and Built to Last , doesn’t speak in public all that often, but when he does, he’s worth hearing. Most people think that charisma is something that’s innate, something you’re born with, as if there were charismatic babies. Well, guess what? All babies are charismatic.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
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For my sixth pick of great contemporary business speakers, I’m going with David Meerman Scott. His previous book, The New Rules of PR and Marketing continues to be a bestseller and it was that book that first propelled David onto the national and international stage as a speaker on a ‘must-have’ subject, the new social media and viral marketing. You can check him out at: [link].
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Are you experiencing repeat and referral business time after time? Life-changing, transformational speakers are those who are captivatingly authentic. Tags: public speaking public speaking business speakers speaking speaking career with Glenna Salsbury, CSP, CPAE.
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A bureau’s first responsibility is to satisfy its clients — organizations who hire speakers. They want to place speakers who are: &# The easiest to book. Meaning… they’re famous, they get rave reviews, they don’t require much publicity, their presence as a keynote speaker at an event will increase attendance, etc. &# Exclusive with them. All other things being equal, why not place the higher fee speaker? &# Dependable.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
What if you could find a way to make the fluctuations in the economy have a less-than-significant impact on your speaking business? What does it take to differentiate yourself, so you become a “movie star” of speakers, rather than merely one of the pack? with Scott McKain, CSP, CPAE.
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What happens: You get an incoming call from someone who needs a speaker. You can just see all the spin-off business – and then reality hits. Either the prospect goes silent or after chasing them for several weeks, you learn another speaker was chosen. What’s going on: The person you talked to was assigned to find a speaker but wasn’t told the budget. They begin the conversation with, “We are not looking for a speaker.
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In the case of the economy and our speaking business, the pendulum still applies. See you soon Wealthy Speakers! Most Recent Post Economy Speaking Business Speaker BookingsThe pendulum idea applies to nearly everything in life.
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An added bonus this year was a Strictly Come Dancing style UK Business Speaker of the Year Award on the eve of the conference. I've often said that professional speechwriting is a bit like robbing banks. It's a job that's done in isolated secrecy. You can't boast about your successes.
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Can a speaker inspire an audience with a negative message? The short answer is ‘no’, but of course you’re thinking about politicians – just to take a particularly blatant example – who appear to inspire their followers with all sorts of negative messages, so you’re thinking, ‘certainly a speaker can!’ If we know we have a problem already, we want to hear that you (as a speaker-leader) understand it.
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They may pace nervously -- the familiar 'happy feet' of some speakers. They may cross their arms, hide their hands behind their backs, or keep their arms firmly fixed to their sides, only waving their forearms, in a characteristic gesture of many business speakers that I call the 'Penguin flap' All of these gestures, and others besides, signal nervousness to the audience.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
JANUARY 28, 2011
The whole idea was that the speaker would talk for a while, and then occasionally show a slide that illustrated a point with a picture or a striking image, or made a set of numbers clear with a bar graph or a pie chart. They became speaker outlines. Now we watch in horrified fascination as a speaker plods through every word on slide after slide with 20 lines or more of text on them.
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But it is the wrong fit for business. And the motivation for many to join Toastmasters is to become more successful in business. One was focused on an obscure island whose history the speaker covered over centuries. In business, you can't be boring.
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AUGUST 25, 2011
Anyone in the public speaking business has likely paused at the news that Steve Jobs has resigned from the iconic Apple Computer. Jobs has consistently been one of the most powerful and best role models for business speakers in high tech.
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What to Say When.You’re Dying on the Platform: A Complete Resource for Speakers, Trainers, and Executives. by Lily Walters.
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What to Say When.You’re Dying on the Platform: A Complete Resource for Speakers, Trainers, and Executives. by Lily Walters.
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This concept is called "in fun" (see Wake' em Up Business Presentations for a complete explanation.) is one of the greatest speakers ever and that's just not my opinion, it's his/hers too. is one of the greatest business speakers alive today.Of Test humor is humor that is placed in your written introduction. It is to be read by your introducer, not by you. Pick a couple of these lines and stick with them.
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Professional Speaker - George Torok George Torok is a professional business speaker that specializes in personal marketing and presentation skills. This is a speaker that you have to see and hear soon. Your business future could depend on it.
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I’m closing out my series on current speakers and their books with another counter-intuitive choice: Bishop T. What can business speakers learn from this powerful preacher? It’s a lesson that many a business speaker needs to learn. Two great lessons from the Bishop that all business speakers would do well to remember – and make their own.
Speak Schmeak
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Once again, Andrew Dlugan at Six Minutes has posted an excellent list of gifts for speakers. You should find excellent gifts in all price ranges on both our lists, whether for the seasoned pro or for the busy speaker-around-the-office. (My
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MAY 28, 2008
Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. boardroom presentation skills presentation skills coaching business presentations
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OCTOBER 2, 2009
My final entry in this top ten list of great contemporary business speakers is a sentimental favorite: Sir Ken Robinson. Robinson is passionately devoted to spreading creativity around, first in education, and then in the rest of human endeavor. I’m wholeheartedly with him on this project; it’s a life-long cause of mine too.
Max Atkinson
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
We have launched a prize to be awarded to an outstanding figure in the business world who speaks well. This is the fourth year that judges from the UK Speechwriters’ Guild have selected the Business Communicator of the Year. He uses self-deprecating humour to talk about business.
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NOVEMBER 27, 2011
Promoting yourself as a professional speaker is not like promoting any other product because what you are really marketing is yourself. That fact alone should shift your perspective as you consider the best ways to market your business. Here are some things to consider as you begin to promote yourself as a professional speaker. #1 Similarly, if you want to be a business speaker, it is critical that you have a solid understanding of the world of business.
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Speaker Net News SpeakerNet News is a free weekly email newsletter sent each Friday to more than 8,500 professional speakers, consultants, trainers, and authors. If that description fits you then be sure to register for this free newsletter written by professional speakers for professional speakers. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com.
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tags: presentation design ) See the other entries in the contest at SlideShare.net George Torok Motivational Business Speaker Presentation Skills Coach Executive Speech Coach, Business presentation tips from George Torok, the Speech Coach for Executives. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. presentations tips business presentations PowerPoint presentation coach
Speak Schmeak
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Once again, Andrew Dlugan at Six Minutes has posted an excellent list of gifts for speakers. You should find excellent gifts in all price ranges on both our lists, whether for the seasoned pro or for the busy speaker-around-the-office. (My Download audio here.
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
So instead of focusing on the gestures themselves, to look natural as a speaker, focus on the underlying intent or emotion that you’re trying to convey. Many business speakers run into problems here because they believe – erroneously – that emotions should be kept out of business and speaking about business. To the contrary, any business speaker with charisma expresses emotions clearly and forcefully.
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Tim Gard - professional speaker If you want to be a better speaker, watch and learn from other speakers - political, business and profesional. Tim Gard is a professional speaker.
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Read the rest of "8 Presentation Flaws that Steal Your Money" Find more Presentation Skills Articles George Torok Toronto Presentation Skills Coaching Toronto Business Speaker Executive Speech Coach, Business presentation tips from George Torok, the Speech Coach for Executives. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com.
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Walt Disney certainly was a powerful and inspirational business and community leader. Executive Speech Coach & Business Presentation Skills Expert George Torok www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com. story telling quotations business presentations public speaking
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Pardon my French My good friend and fellow professional speaker, Marc Andre Morel , delivers a speech with the title, “ Pardon my French ”. English speakers sometimes use the phrase, “Pardon my French” when they use crude or rude language. I wish that they would see how silly this concern is because most natural born English speakers are less than perfect English presenters. As an English speaker all my life and with a university education I still make English errors.
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But how good a speaker is he? Eric’s a highly self-assured and competent speaker. But overall, he’s quite comfortable with his speaking, and that’s unusual for a business speaker. As CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt needs little introduction. And before his current world-shaking job, he was CTO of Sun Microsystems, where he led Java development, and CEO of Novell.
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