Everything You Want to Know About the Paid Profession of Speaking: (And No One Will Tell You)

By Judi Moreo

Everything You Wanted to Know About The Paid Profession of Speaking is a comprehensive overview of the business side of becoming a professional speaker. From getting started to choosing your titles and marketing, this book contains insight and advice from a successful speaker. If you are serious about speaking you need this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Aug 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9780988230705

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Everything You Want to Know

(And No One Will Tell You)

About the Paid Profession of Speaking

Judi Moreo, CSP

For more than twenty years, I have enjoyed an exciting and successful career as a paid professional speaker. This profession has taken me to 27 countries where I have met fascinating people from all walks of life.

I have been asked time and again about how someone becomes a professional speaker. Some people see it as a glamorous profession offering travel, fame and fortune. Others believe they have something important to share. All of them have one thing in common. They have no idea where to go, what to do or how to get started.

This booklet is not intended to be the ultimate training guide for speakers. It will, however, address some of the questions I’ve been asked over the years and outline some of the things to think about as you develop a business plan and set your goals. I have shared some of the basic information that I have learned – from great mentors, from my own mistakes, from observing other successful speakers, by joining speaker organizations and by reading articles, books and blogs from coaches, speakers and business leaders.

It is my hope that by having this information early in your speaking career, it will make your climb to success a little easier.

Kindest regards,

Judi

TESTIMONIALS

Thank you, Judi, for making my speaking career not only possible, but meteoric! From the time you focused your outstanding coaching talents and instincts on my career, it has risen straight up. Your advice has proven to be excellent on all counts. Where I had nothing, I now have steady bookings as a motivational speaker and trainer. I look forward to reaching even greater success with your steady experienced hand on the helm.

Bob Walker

Salvage Master Productions LLC

What I like about your coaching, Judi, is that you build on my strengths instead of forcing your ideas and formulas. You coach with a very positive attitude and that encourages me to work hard. The most important part is that you believe in me.

Paul Noor

Civil and Structural Engineer

Judi is joyful, tenacious, driven by vision, committed to purpose and open to possibilities ~ especially open to possibilities. But what I honor and value most is that she always has a hand out to bring someone else along for the ride. I think the smartest thing anyone could do is to hire Judi or become her friend ~ my world is a better place because I know her.

Gail Cohen

Power Seminars LLC,

53 New Ocean St.,

Swampscott, MA

"Authenticity, tenacity, and integrity are embodied