Invited to speak: should you RSVP?
Active Voice has some excellent advice on accepting invitations to speak as a member of a panel. I’d add only that his tips are valuable outside the tech world as well. Panel speaking engagements are tricky – when they’re good and your spokesperson...Know your audience
Previously, we talked about how speakers (or their staff) need to negotiate a reasonable speaking time with their hosts. It’s part of going into every speaking engagement with your own agenda: a clear idea of what you want to accomplish, and the circumstances...It isn’t an invitation. It’s a bargaining position.
Entertainment mogul David Geffen once gave Lynda Obst a key piece of advice: never go into a meeting without an agenda. He didn’t mean a schedule. He meant that, before you walk into a meeting, you should know what you want to achieve It’s good advice for...Now here’s an iPod ad Apple isn’t going to run anytime soon.
Unless, of course, there’s a hidden market of speech geeks like moi. Jason Kottke offers 50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod, including this one: American Rhetoric has made available audio versions of many famous political speeches, including MLK’s “I...“He talked exactly what I wanted to hear.”
Dammit, they’ve found out: this is exactly how we write political speeches.
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
