"No matter what your level of experience . . .from rank
beginner to polished professional . . . you’re going to find in
this book a practical reference guide to help you achieve
smashing success with seminar speaking. . .
Guaranteed."
Why You Should
Read
129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips
If you’re not doing seminars or some kind of public
speaking, then you’re just throwing away money. If you are
doing some form of speaking, I can guarantee you’re making mistakes that are costing you a lot of money and keeping you from earning what you’re really worth.
Let’s put it this way: You are throwing money away
because you’re not doing seminar speaking right—or at
all.
Either way, you’re lucky you have this book right now because these proven, real-world tips and techniques are
going to save you a lot of money—and make you a lot of
money.
In this book, I like to use the generic term “seminar speaking” when I talk about any kind of public speaking.
I use the term “seminar speaking” to include any time you
speak to a group of people. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an
actual seminar, a workshop, or a meeting. It doesn’t matter
if it’s a class, a boot camp, or training. It doesn’t matter if it’s a conference, a charity fund raising event, or a political dinner. I don’t care if it’s a wedding speech, a keynote speech,
or a presentation to the board of directors or a group of
sales prospects. If there are people there and you’re speaking to them as a group, you are doing what I call Seminar
Speaking.
If you’ve never done seminar speaking of any kind before, you’re going to find a treasure chest full of tips, tools, and techniques here. Each tip, tool, and technique has
been road-tested in the real world and proven effective—and can be put to use immediately.
If you have done some seminar speaking before, you’re
going to find some missing pieces in what you’ve been doing (or not doing) that will take your skill, ability, and effectiveness to a whole new level of success.
Finally, if you’re a seasoned pro, you’re going to be able
to take these tips and put a fine shine—a high-polish—on
what you’re doing.
No matter what your level of experience—from rank
beginner to polished professional—you’re going to find in
this book a practical reference guide to help you achieve
smashing success with seminar speaking.
- You will find inspiring tips that will motivate you to action.
- You will find life-saving tips that will help you conquer stage fright and overcome fear of public speaking.
- You will find tips that will allow you to organize your own seminars with ease.
- You will find tips that will allow you to prevent your seminar from becoming a chaotic disaster.
- You will find a number of terrific marketing tips—tips on how to get the “butts in the seats” or even get other people to do that for you.
- You will find tips on how to be a master of the stage and a polished and professional presenter.
- You will find tips on how to avoid deadly mistakes.
- And much more…
This book will set you on the right path. No more guess-work, no more mistakes. No more scratching your head wondering what to do. I’ll separate the myths from the realities. I’ll separate the lies from the truth. I’ll separate the wheat from the chaff. I’ll untangle fact from fiction. I’ll set the record straight.
In this book you get all meat—no fluff, no filler.
A Few Tips from David R. Portney
That You Will Find in
129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips
Who is David R. Portney?
David R. Portney has been doing trainings, keynote
speeches, seminars, and every kind of public speaking you
can imagine for over 22 years. He has conducted trainings
and talks for major companies such the National Notary
Association, The Learning Annex, and The Los Angeles
Times.
David’s seminars, workshops, books, manuals, and kits
instruct you in many ways, including . . .
- how to completely conquer stage fright and eradicate public speaking fear forever.
- get the behind-the-scenes business side of things so you enjoy profits and not suffer losses.
- get the logistics of organizing your own seminars and prevent chaos and disaster.
- master expert presentation skills practically over-night so you’re not fumbling around.
- exactly how to prepare and deliver a stellar presentation every time, even with little or no time to prepare.
How You Will Use
129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips
129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips is comprised of 129 tips. Each tip is based
on my real-world experience doing literally thousands of
seminars, classes, trainings, workshops, keynote speeches, presentations, and public speaking engagements for the
last 26 years. These tips are not in any special order or sequence—and that’s on purpose. You can open up to any
page at random to find a tip you can use in the real world
starting right now. The first tip listed is not first because it’s
meant to be read first, nor is the last tip meant to be read
last.
You can treat this book like “a box of chocolates” and
just open to any page and be surprised and delighted by
what you find. I also think of each tip as being like a potato
chip: you can’t eat just one. Reading one tip will make you
want to read another tip. The difference between this book
and potato chips or chocolate is that this book is a lot less
fattening. However, if you decide to use seminar speaking
as a way to further your career or promote your business
or sell your products and services, you will certainly make
your bank account fat!
Taken altogether, the collection of tips comprises a serious body of knowledge and experience that you can put
to practical use in the real world starting right away. This
is not a theoretical work, nor is it a compilation of other works. You’ll find that this book stands unique as compared
to other works on the topic.
- You’ll find tips that help you to conquer stage fright.
- You’ll find tips that help you to overcome fear of public speaking.
- You’ll find plenty of terrific tips on how to find bookings and speaking engagements.
- You’ll find tips on how to handle questions, tips on how to structure a flowing and flawless presentation, and tips on expert presentation skills.
Taken as a whole, this book allows you to conquer
stage fright, know how to organize any kind of seminar or
group event, and become a master of seminar speaking.
Another way to use this book would be to pick one tip,
and master that tip that day. If you choose to master one
tip per day, you’ll find your ability and expertise growing measurably and steadily day by day.
You may wonder why I didn’t group the tips according
to various themes and organize the book in a “logical” format based on different subjects such as conquering stage
fright, or the logistics of doing seminars and group events,
or masterful presentation skills that make you a polished
pro no matter what your level of experience. While all of
that is indeed in this book, I decided against grouping the
tips according to subjects. This allows you as the reader
to be led into the book with more of a sense of adventure. Once again, it’s like a box of chocolates and you never
know what you’re going to get!
No matter how you read this book, I hope you’ll realize
that this book is not meant to be just read—it’s meant to be
used. It’s meant for you to take action. If you read my book
and say “What a great book!”, then I will not have achieved
my goal. My goal is to produce a practical book you can put
to use in the real world. I hope you’ll use my book this way
and put it to use. Put it to the test. Make it produce real results for you that matter in your personal and professional
life. Use this book to become more empowered, wealthier,
and even use it to become famous, if that’s what you want.
Each tip is short, to the point, concise. Don’t be fooled
by the brevity of each point; the brief nature of each tip
is overshadowed by the power it contains. As I said, these
tips come from my real-world experience of having conducted literally thousands of workshops, seminars, classes,
trainings, keynote speeches, and speaking engagements
of all kinds for the last 26 years. I’ve distilled a great deal
of what I’ve learned through direct experience into these
succinct, to-the-point nuggets of information; nuggets that
are worth their weight in gold—literally!—because you can
use these tips to increase your income by furthering your
career, promoting your business, and selling your product
or service.
In this book I use the term “seminar speaking” as a generic term for getting up in front of a group of people and
talking. Seminar speaking, as I use that term in this book,
includes workshops, classes, seminars, trainings, keynote
speeches and speeches of any type, conferences, public
speaking, boot camps, meetings, presentations—any kind
of group event where you’ll speak to two or more people.
The rewards of seminar speaking are virtually unlimited. . .
- You can use seminar speaking to promote your business.
- You can use seminar speaking to raise funds or just raise awareness.
- You can use seminar speaking to further political aspirations.
- You can use seminar speaking to sell a product or service.
- Seminar speaking allows you to set yourself apart from the competition and “de-commoditize” you and your business.
- You can use seminar speaking as a recruiting tool.
- You can even use seminar speaking to make yourself famous if that’s what you want.
There’s almost no limit to the ways you can use seminar speaking to further your personal and professional life.
With 129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips, you can truly accelerate and explode your success!
129 Seminar Speaking Success Tips
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