Category Archives: Speaking

Preparation is Key with Speaking Opportunities!

Broadview Coaching

I hope you are enjoying my blog series on getting and mastering speaking opportunities! Make sure to check out the rest of my blog if you’ve missed any of the posts. This week’s blog is all about effective preparation for a speaking opportunity, and where to start so that you get on the right planning track right from the beginning. Planning and Preparation are key aspects to a presentation. Some people are gifted at giving impromptu presentations, but many people … Read more…

Getting Speaking Opportunities

Broadview Coaching

As I mentioned in my ezine last week, the next few blogs will be focused on getting and mastering speaking opportunities. In my last blog post, I talked about how to put on a self-sponsored speaking event. It’s a great way to get started with speaking, leverage your network and hone your presentation. This week, I’ll be talking about strategies to get speaking engagements at local organizations that are looking for speakers like you! Believe it or not, most organizations … Read more…

Curious How To Get Clients Through Speaking?

Broadview Coaching

One of the fastest ways to get new clients is through Speaking Engagements. My clients typically get about 30-60% of the people in the room to raise their hand to have a Breakthrough Session (aka Enrollment Conversation, Discovery Session or Strategy Session) when they have speaking engagements. If you have a great enrollment process and have the right people in the room, you can fill your practice with just one or two speaking engagements. Now with that said, most people get really nervous … Read more…

The 6 Biggest Blunders Speakers Make

Broadview Coaching

A week ago, before heading off to Maui for a blissful vacation from which I am returning as I write this (#Ilovemylife), I attended a two day conference with 20 of my clients – most who have been working with me for 4 or more years. At the conference, I witnessed one of the best speakers I have ever seen/heard, as well as a few of the worst. The best one was Joey Coleman (http://designsymphony.com/) The worst included a very … Read more…

Why Video and Tele-Summits Work

Broadview Coaching

Welcome to September – one of the big Video and Tele-summit seasons of the year. January/February and September/October are the two most popular times of year to do Summits, often by intentional strategic design. January/February is a great time because it’s the beginning of the year. September/October is the short window between two major “excuse times” (the Summer and The Holiday Season). Many of my clients love the Summit format, particularly when they find a great Summit theme and a … Read more…

The Power of Presence

Broadview Coaching

I had the pleasure of seeing Bo Eason (www.boeason.com) speak for the 4th time last week at a Mastermind Group with 25 of my oldest clients – some who I’ve been working with for 5 years.  For those of you who don’t know Bo, he is a former NFL player who went on to write and act in a one man Broadway show called “Runt of the Litter” and now focuses on helping other people (like myself and my clients) … Read more…