44 New Speaking Leads

Wow! 44 new speaking leads have been added to the member area…is it possible? Yep, we have had a busy couple weeks and I even had to take a second look myself to make sure our count was correct! It is correct and there are 44 new speaking leads!

Speakers & workshop leaders needed 

Members log in and review the new leads and get your proposals submitted…some of the deadlines are coming up so don’t put it off. 

Not a member? Learn more here 

H.E.A.V.E.N by Nan Becklean

This over-the-top comedy/murder/romance, Sarah, a gorgeous ninety-four- year-old who hardly looks fifty thanks to rejuvenation procedures, resolves to escape the death sentence of HEAVEN (Homeland Equitable Amendment for a Victimless Economy and Nation) scheduled to take place on her upcoming birthday, August 28, 2073

Workshop: 5 Steps To Positioning Yourself As A Public Speaking Expert So You Can Start Securing Speaking Engagements Within 90 Days!

Upcoming Live Workshop Invitation

Date: November 7th, 2009 – Omaha, Nebraska

 Topic: 5 Steps To Positioning Yourself As A Public Speaking Expert So You Can Start Securing Speaking Engagements Within 90 Days!

Workshop Leader: Wendi McNeill

Description: This workshop is intended for new public speakers or for re-entry speakers who are struggling to fill their speaking schedule and position themselves. This workshop will cover the top 5 ingredients step by step to creating a successful and lucrative speaking business. There are vital steps involved in positioning yourself as a speaker. If you skip one or try to move too fast you end up backtracking and this creates a lot of frustration, time and a big dent in their pocketbook.
 
Wendi has created an extremely effective and foolproof blueprint for anyone who wants to start and grow a successful and lucrative speaking business. Simply follow the steps, follow through with them and you’re on your way to speaking success!

Learn more about the workshop here and get in on the early bird special!

Public Speaking: The top 8 success tips that will bring you speaking success!

1. Find your niche and audience…once you do dig deeper and really narrow in on a very specific group of people, a group that you are meant to serve, one that desperately needs your solution to their very specific problem. Find the problem. Offer the solution.

2. Create a brand for your speaking business. What do you want to be known for? Research your competitors and see how they’re positioning themselves…set yourself apart from them and be different, don’t be afraid to be the purple cow in the field. Be clear with your brand; do not confuse your audience. It really needs to be focused, targeted and clear. Be consistent with your brand as it will follow you everywhere and on everything from your marketing material to the way you answer your calls.

3. Create an online presence: A website that is designed to meet the needs of your target audience and one that includes all the necessary ingredients for online success as a speaker (this is vital because about 95% + planners and media professionals are going online to find their experts and you need to make sure you’re easily found with a very clear message)

Continue reading article here….

Public Speaking: Are you a Generalist or Specialist?

By Wendi J McNeill

Some will say Generalist because they “think” they can reach a wider audience hence producing a full schedule and higher income…I disagree. We all have heard the saying you can’t please everyone and such is the case even when you’re a speaker. You have a very unique gift and a solid knowledge base and you’re meant to serve only one type of audience, you have something to bring to a very specific group of people that will change their lives for the better…continue reading article here

Enjoying the simple things in life…taking time out

Taking time to enjoy life!

 

 

Take some time to relax and enjoy with friends and family. Wendi takes a break and enjoys some time on the beach with family. Left to Right: LJ (nephew), Talia (niece), Wendi and Mary (sister-in-law)

Book Trailer by Charli Jane: Steve McGill: The Cave

The Cave by Steve McGill features a young man driven by his great-great-grandfather’s example of courage in World War I. This story is for young readers about finding courage in unlikely places. Visit Steve online to learn more at www.SMcGill.net 

You can also learn more about getting your own book trailer created here http://www.charlijane.com/video-services.htm

How to Set Healthy Boundaries

4 Week Teleseries on How to Set Healthy Boundaries in Your Personal and Professional Life. Brenda Adelman is creating a home-study system with the recordings and is offering this 4 week class for FREE. This will be your ONLY opportunity to get this critical information in your hands for free.

For the course outline (each class builds upon the one before) and to secure your spot please visit her online here.  Planet Teleclass is taking registrations on this page.

Brenda is also looking for one coach for each session that she will coach personally. If you want to experience an empowering shift (and it applies to growing your business and setting healthy boundaries in your personal life) sign-up before all the spots are filled.

Two coaching spots are already taken. It’s 4 Wednesdays starting July 29th at 9 PM EST. Click here to sign-up.

Speaker of the Month: Lisa Marie Platske

Lisa Marie Platske

Lisa Marie Platske, President of Upside Thinking, Inc., is an award-winning entrepreneur and dynamic motivational speaker known for her contagious high energy, cutting-edge leadership strategies, and ability to change the way leaders approach their personal and professional lives.

Because she believes that every enterprise rises or falls with leadership, Lisa Marie empowers professionals to develop an authentic leadership vision, and maximize their influence. And, since happiness, success, & meaning come from living a balanced life (not simply making more money), she shows clients how they can achieve that equilibrium in each workshop and her book Designing Your Destiny: Achieving Personal and Professional Success.

Visit Lisa Marie’s full profile online at Charli Jane.

Compassionate Forgiveness Teleseries by Brenda Adelman

I’m excited to share with you that my friend and colleague Brenda Adelman has extended her invitation to join her  Compassionate Forgiveness Teleseries for a few more days. The good news for you is that because there are only 3 weeks left she’s giving each and every participant who starts the class this Thursday, June 18th a complimentary 45 minute one-on-one telecoaching forgiveness breakthrough session with her. She’s a transformational life coach and during your session she will help you delve into where you are not living your full potential by helping you identify where you are judging yourself, blaming yourself for choices you have or haven’t made or beating yourself up. Then she’ll help guide you to transform your judgments into self-love and honoring action steps.

For an idea of how she works and the possibilities for breakthroughs in your own life she’s generously included a link here to her last two part series on the Power of Healthy  Boundary Setting. http://www.forgivenessandfreedom.com/audiolinks.html

Did I mention what qualifies her to not only teach on this tough topic but also why she’s so passionate about helping her clients and basically everyone who is around her? Brenda’s father shot and killed her mother in 1995 and then married her aunt. Brenda  lived and learned first hand what holding on to anger and resentment does and was able to not only let go of her rage and transform it to love but she also learned how to teach others to also experience freedom and joy again even after they didn’t think it was possible.

In the Compassionate Forgiveness Telecoaching Series you will blast through what’s been stopping you from really feeling happy.  In the next three 90-minute sessions you will dive into the work that’s needed in order to start feeling better and you’ll have Brenda, M.A. In Spiritual Psychology and the other group members by your virtual side for support.

Here’s what some recent participants in the telecoaching series had to say:

“Finally, I really do have compassion, actual compassion, for the ways I can be. And that has been a huge breakthrough in Self-Forgiveness.”

“Thank you Brenda, and to the group as a whole, for this class, and for helping me get back in touch with my better parts.”

In your three weeks together you will gain a real understanding of  how you can take your power back by shifting how you look at your world.

Go to  http://www.forgivenessandfreedom.com to find out how you can join this intimate forgiveness gathering and start experiencing more peace today.

The next class is Thursday, June 18th at 6 PM Pacific.  Hope to meet you soon!