Make more profit from your speaking performances and drive your audiences wild at the same time... ...starting right now! This site is for two types of speaker: Those who get paid to speak in public (professional speakers) Those who don't earn a fee directly, but have to be good at it to represent their organizations (corporate speakers), e.g. company directors, sales and marketing personnel, accountants, lawyers etc. Get ahead of the competition by discovering the strengths and challenges of your speaking business with our FREE unique, online, questionnaires. Find out your effectiveness in the four critical zones of performance, product, marketing and operations. Armed with this knowledge you can focus on what's really going to make the difference to your business and your performance.

There are two questionnaires, designed to meet different needs:

For Professional Speakers there is a full length questionnaire, assessing your skills in each of the four main areas.
For Corporate Speakers there is a special questionnaire which emphasizes performance skills and your attitude towards public speaking.

Having completed one of the above questionnaires, you'll find lots of articles, video tutorials, checklists and other valuable templates to help you increase the impact of your performance and the impact of your business. Have a look at some of our Featured Resources and Top Rated Downloads below.

Post event follow-up Not only is there the possibility of being re-booked by the company or event organisers, but there is the potential for everyone in the audience -- including the other speakers - to book you too. This applies whether you're speaking to just a select few or maybe hundreds of people. . . . keep reading Client Needs It sounds too obvious to say that the more you understand what it is that your client wants to achieve, the greater the chance that you'll be able to help him or her. However, it's worth keeping this essential truth in mind. Why? Because speakers are approached on many occasions by third parties seeking presenters for events they're organizing. Let's be clear who I'm talking about when I say 'third parties' -- it's not just event organizers, or bureaux external to the end client; it could just as easily be someone from the client organization who is a long way removed from the executive who's paying the bill. . . . keep reading Review of online survey tools Most of the time, many business owners especially those which have been in the industry for quite some time now think that they are aware of what their customers think about the product or service they provide. They also think that they already know what their customers really want. However, assumption is the most ineffective tool to draw an accurate conclusion. . . . keep reading Introduction to High Definition For the viewer, High Definition (HD) means crystal clear pictures with up to three times the horizontal and up to twice the vertical resolution of standard digital television. This allows you to produce amazing and detailed lifelike images that can approach film quality with clear, sharp edges, realistic colours and a greater depth of vision. HD refers to those systems of a higher resolution than those of Standard Definition (SD). . . . keep reading How to burn DVD's Burning footage to disc has never seemed so complicated, particularly with the rapid evolution of formats, codecs and programs. So to give you the great satisfaction of finally writing your own video, the following points will help clarify the process of burning to disc. . . . keep reading More

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