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Public Speaking: How To Become An Infopreneur

The speaking business has changed in recent years. Just relying on speaking engagements is not enough. What if you became sick, injured or could no longer travel? How would you make money?

Creating information products is one of the most profitable things you can do for your business. Products such as CD's DVD's and ebooks are always in high demand and can be created very inexpensively even from your home office. You can supplement your speaking income greatly by including the manufacture and sale of these products. You are the expert. This is why you are a speaker. Sell your expertise on these types of products to increase your visibility and celebrity status. This gives you plenty to sell at the back of the room, too.

You have to step up your marketing plans in this tough economy. What if there is another attack like on 9/11? Would your business be able to withstand a further economic downturn? Creating an information product empire will help your business thrive. Learn what it takes to be a New Breed Of Speaker!

Public Speaking: The Eyes Have It

Try this in your next five speeches. Hold eye contact with each audience member you look at for a full four seconds.When I am critiquing videos of even very experienced speakers sometimes I feel like the speaker is watching a tennis match orworse yet a ping pong match.

They oscillate back and forth never really connecting with anyone. If you hold that eye contact just shy of the point where you would be considered staring, I will bet you find that more people want to talk to you after your speech. Try it and let me know how it works.

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Tom Antion Speaking: Assistant Humor

=> Congratulations. This is the earliest you have ever been late.

=> An angry boss yelled, "YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AT 8:00."
The reply, "Why? What happened?"

=> A ten minute coffee break a day equals over 43 hours over the
course of a year . . . hey that's a week's vacation.

=> Sign: When everything else fails, why not try what the boss
suggested?

=> Administrative assistant test:
Can you say the following? If so, you're hired.

"She hasn't come in yet."
"I expect her any minute."
"She called to say she would be a little late."
"She came in, but had to leave."
"She's gone to lunch."
"She should be back from lunch any minute."
"She's not back from lunch yet. May I take a message?"
"She's in the building."
"She's away from her desk."
"I'm not sure whether she'll be back or not."
"Sorry. She's gone for the day."
"Sorry. She's left the company."

=> Boss: "Don't discuss your paycheck with others."
Employee: "Don't worry. I'm as ashamed of it as you are."

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Public Speaking: Funny Props

I almost always use some kind of funny prop when doing a
presentation that is supposed to have a high percentage of humor.

Some props are just funny looking themselves, . . . like putting
an Elvis wig on yourself or an audience member.

Other props need an explanation to be funny. I use a little odd
looking piece of plastic that holds socks together so they
don't get lost in the washing machine. It's not obvious what the
prop is until I tell the audience what it does and why I so
desperately need a sock organizer.

I like props because they offer a different way of keeping the
audience member's interest. The concept of "keeping interest" is
the cornerstone of my entire "Wake 'em Up!" speaking system.

Funny props also take some of the pressure off of you to be glib
with your humor. You may want to add some humor to your
presentations and you may realize the value of doing so, but you
may not feel confident enough to pull it off. Props can save the
day because funny looking ones can carry the load for you because
they inherently get laughs even if your timing is not perfect.

This doesn't mean that props don't take skill and practice. You
have to know when they should be seen and when they should be
hidden. And if they are hidden, you need to know just when the
right time is to reveal them. If you are on camera, you need to
know how to hold them so they are seen by the camera.

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Public Speaking: Bribes

. . . or, as I like to call them, "Tips in advance" are a part
of my speaking life. Does that mean I am an unethical person.
ABSOLUTELY NOT! It means I am a realist. It means that when
I am 30 minutes from the beginning of a presentation and I have
been trying to get a projection screen for two hours, it might
be time to grease a few palms. I just consider it an investment
in my image. I am the one who is going to look bad if I am not
prepared to begin on time. If it costs me five or ten or even
twenty bucks to get some action, so what? I don't believe in
penny pinching when you get in a pinch.

Am I happy about this? No, I am not happy, but I am always
willing to invest in excellence. Also, I would rather lose a
few bucks than get all worked up and upset before a presentation.
In addition, any problems I am having are probably not the fault
of the maintenance or set up person who gets the money. It makes
me feel good to give them a little boost in their pay for that
day. So, have a few small bills handy before every presentation,
just in case you need to get something done quick.

One more thing . . .This also works when you have too much baggage
at the curb side check in. An extra bag costs 50 bucks at the airline
ticket counter, so I give the skycap 20 and save myself 30. It
doesn't work every time, but most of the time it does.

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ALERT: EMAIL HOAX DIRECTED AT PUBLIC SPEAKERS

http://www.holyapostlespimlico.org/

The church website says this email is a hoax

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Collins [mailto:londonyouthconference0@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:30 AM
To: Tom Antion Orders
Subject: LONDON YOUTH CONFERENCE

Dear Tom Antion,

My Name is Rev.Fred Collins from the London Youth Community Here in
London UK. We want you to be our guest Speak at this Year LONDON YOUTH
CONFERENCE which will take place here in UK.We are writing to invite
and confirm your booking to be our guest speaker at these year.We want
all LONDON YOUTH to come close to GOD and realize the future is in their
hands. That is why we intend to use these conference to turn them away
from the illicit behavior.

LONDON YOUTH CONFERENCE.
The Venue as follows:
VENUE: Holy Apostles Church Hall,
47 Cumberland Street,
Pimlico London, SW1V 4LY
Website.www.londonyouthconference.com (CURRENTLY UPDATING) Expected
audience: 3500 people Duration of speech per speaker: 1 Hour Name of
Church/Organization: LONDON YOUTH CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY,
Topic: HONESTY AND TRUE/RELATIONSHIP
Date:19th of September 2009-23rd of September 2009.


We came across your profile on https://events.mynsa.org and we say it's
up to standard and we will be very glad to have such an outstanding
personality in our mist for these overwhelming gathering. With your
multi talented speech more lives will come close to GOD, Sorry about our
late invitation it is due to the fact that our Speaker had back out
because of her sudden illness.

Arrangements to welcome you here will be discussed as soon as you honor
our invitation. If you have any more publicity material, please do not
hesitate to contact me. A formal Letter of invitation and contract
agreement would be sent to you as soon as you honor our invitation. We
are taking care of your traveling and Hotel Accommodation expenses
including your Speaking fee.

Stay Blessed
Dr Fred Collins
www.londonyouthconference.com
LONDON YOUTH CONFERENCEDear Julie Alexander,

Public Speaking: Publishing Books In Alternate Formats

If you have a book or specialized reports and articles you can
have them formatted to be sold to millions of Palm Pilot and
Visor users. This market is growing by leaps and bounds and there
is no reason you can't tap it.

Not only that. Just think of the possibilities when you are at
meetings or on airplanes and you run into a hot prospect. Simply
beam him/her your book. This sure beats the heck out of a simple
business card.

I'll visit this more as I convert my books, but here are some
places to get started:

http://www.smashbooks.com

http://www.peanutpress.com Purchase and make books for PDAs

"Epublishing for Dummies" by Victoria Rosenborg
http://catalog.dummies.com/product.asp?isbn=0764507818

http://www.diskuspublishing.com/

Public Speaking: Create A Commercial

The "Original Commercial" for an imaginary product is always fun.
People have fun with the Commercial because they get to think of
a product or service that would ease their lives. They then build
a short sales presentation around it, usually making it funny.

I remember the lively commercial a single woman gave for what she
called a "Creep Detector." The imaginary gadget was no bigger
than a computer mouse. When run down the side of a prospective
date, it revealed such character traits as "habitual lying,"
"fear of commitment" "dislike of his mother" and "impatience with
children."

Another memorable product was the "Clapper Crapper" . . . a
toilet whose seat went up and down with hand commands to
accommodate gender differences. One clap up, two claps down. No
more marital arguments over who failed to leave the toilet seat
properly positioned.

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Public Speaking: Non Hotel Events

When you are speaking at an event that is NOT in a hotel setting,
you must pay particular attention to making sure you have
everything you need to make a smooth event.

Here's a brief checklist of things that may not be available if
you aren't in a hotel:

Projection Screen
Flip Chart
Extension cords
Power strips
Ice
Refreshments, coffee, juice, water, etc.
Lunch
Cups
Napkins
Pens
Pencils
Microphone and sound system
Adapters
Signage
Copies

Add to the above list any items particular to your event that the
hotel usually supplies. Pay close attention to every detail
because there may be no time to head to Radio Shack or some other
outside vendor before your event starts.

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Public Speaking: More Speaker Humor

=> "All my wives were my favorites."
-- Cary Grant born January 18, 1904

=> "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this
cheap."
-- Dolly Parton, born January 19, 1946

=> "Happiness is having a large, loving, close-knit family .
. . in another city."
-- George Burns, born January 20, 1896

=> January 21, Hugging Day

=> Hugging is a means of getting two people so close
together they can't see anything wrong with each other.

=> January 21, Speak Your Mind Day

=> A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.

=> Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

=> "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who
haven't got the guts to bite people themselves."
-- August Strindberg, born January 22, 1849

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