Become a Motivational Speaker » Speaking Career http://www.presentationfire.com Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:07:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to Become a Speaker Tip 1 http://www.presentationfire.com/how-to-become-a-motivational-speaker http://www.presentationfire.com/how-to-become-a-motivational-speaker#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 01:37:31 +0000 Motivational Speaking Team http://presentationfire.com/?p=4 Starting your job in motivational speaking is no easy task. I always advise everyone to not quit their day job until they have a full understanding of what are the entry level tools required for a speaking career. The speaking business, in many ways, parallels the entertainment business. When the hit show American Idol rolls into your city for auditions reports of 4000 plus will wait for days to audition. Only a small handful will be selected from each city. The speaking business is a great career but the first tool you need to start working on is finding your message and writing a book about it. If you do not have a book you can still get speaking jobs. Having a speaking career is different than getting some speaking jobs. A career is about crafting a great message that is worth writing about and becoming a motivational speaker. There are several ways to get your book finished. In fact, you may be a great speaker but not very good a writing. Ghost writers can take your hand written notes or even audio CD’s of your ideas and turn it into a work that you’d be proud to publish. In our Public speaking training course we’ll give you lists of writers and publishers. You’ll also want to self publish your first book, unless of course, you have already been signed by a publisher. If that is the case then you must know Oprah personally.


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Some have attended keynote speeches and thought to themselves “if that speaker can have a motivational speaking career…then I can do that too”. Well don’t underestimate the time and energy it takes to prepare a keynote speech. Learn from Winston Churchill. One day, while Prime Minister Churchill was splashing in his bathtub, his valet overheard him loudly talking. Believing he needed assistance, the valet entered andinquired, “Did you call, Sir?” “No,” Churchill replied. “I was just giving a speech to The House of Commons.”

At the small risk of leaving myself open to a charge of splitting hairs rather than implanting new growths, I’ve decided to separate speaking practice out from underneath the umbrella of speaking preparation. Practicing, or rehearsing, stands alone in effectively extinguishing fear. That said, let’s explore the value of vigorous rehearsal. You’d never have caught Sir Winston standing before Parliament and winging it.  In fact, according to James vanFleet, in his book, Hidden Power, Churchill never made a speech of major importance without first rehearsing his speaking in front of a mirror.  Imagine the man voted to have one of the greatest careers in public speaking but not be willing to rehearse?

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