Ready to Turn Your Expertise into a High-Paying Speaking Side Career?
If you want to build an empire around your message, join me for “Speak and Get Paid: How Five Bestselling Authors Built Their Empires.” Inspired by Inside the Actors Studio, this masterclass brings together five world-class experts to reveal how to monetize your voice...
Get Into the Scene Late: A Hollywood Technique Every Speaker Can Use
My friend Michael Hauge is a Hollywood story consultant. We met 25 years ago when he came to hear me speak at the Los Angeles chapter of the National Speakers Association. At the time, I was in my heavy-duty screenwriting-seminar days. I quoted David Freeman, who...
The Presentation Is Bigger Than the Speech
You don’t have to be the star to help make the show a success. Recently, my friend and colleague Tracy Spears, CSP, spoke at the Keurig Dr Pepper Territory Leaders Conference. I was there to hear Tracy’s presentation and support her. That is one of the pleasures of...
What James Lipton Can Teach Professional Speakers
I have been given a fascinating assignment. Henry DeVries invited me to moderate a UCLA masterclass, Speak and Get Paid, interviewing five legends whose expertise spans voice, comedy, business, storytelling, speaking, writing, and publishing. They are: Arthur Samuel...
