A guide to helping anyone interested in speaking professionally know better how to market themselves....how to set your fees, how to create your marketing materials and how to work with speakers bureaus. It also includes over 130 stories from 70 different professional speakers on their most unusual experiences in the speaking business. There are only a few such books on the market, the first of which (SPEAKING FOR MONEY) co-authored by Mike Frank, but it is out-of-print today. FOR PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS ONLY is a revision of the initial book with about three times the amount of addtional material. The book has been endorsed by most of the past presidents of the National Speakers Association and hundreds of other speakers.
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-President of the 3800 member, National Speakers Association (1980-81) -Chairman of the Speakers Bureau Owner Group within NSA
(1985-86) -Has received all the top honors within NSA....CSP, Cavett Award and CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame -Veteran of over 3,000 speeches -Has "booked" over 11,000 engagements for more than 400 speakers -Has produced 100 public seminars featuring dozens of major speakers -Has produced 10 professional speakers showcases...the largest attended showcases in America
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Disappointing and dated,
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With this book comes a one page note from the author. Even though it was originally published in 1995 (apparently self-published--and the quality shows), he claims it's still very relevant. In the note he says that since the 1995 publication, "there is quite a bit of technology that has become critical. It is not referred to in this book." Uh, why the heck not!!! (He's never heard of second editions?!)
He also says there are "a few typos in the book" and he apologizes for them. Then says, "even with ten proofings, we still missed some items, most of which are minor." MOST OF WHICH? Has this guy never heard of hiring a proofreader? And he's supposed to teach me how to be a "professional" speaker? Granted writing and speaking are different things, but come on, even he should be able to see how unprofessional this is. So I got past the initial feeling of "oh boy, this is going to be amateur-ish" and started to read. I wanted to give the book a fair shake...(Beware, nearly half of the book is nothing but a collection of war stories from speakers around the country.) In the first chapter, he says to be narrow with your topics. He ridicules speakers who list 50 topics upon which they can speak. He calls this "impractical." So I went to HIS website to see how a pro does it...LOL, he lists 34 topics ranging from sales skills to time management to change management to leadership to teamwork to customer service to presentation skills to.... At that point, the author's crediblity was shot and I stopped reading. I just skimmed the rest, hoping for tidbits, which I did find. THus 2 stars instead of 1. Obviously, this guy knows his stuff. He just doesnt know how to write and/or publish a book.
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Terrrific! Grrreat!,
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An incredible resource for professional speakers writen by a master speaker with over 32 years in the speaking, speakers bureau and public seminar field. Mike Frank, CSP, CPAE, knows his stuff! A must-read for anyone who speaks!
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- Speaking for Money by Gordon Lee Burgett in Front Matter, and page 78
- Speaking For Profit: For Executives, Consultants, Authors and Trainers (Originally Title : Business of Public Speaking) by Herman Holtz on page 78
- Humor: The Magic of Genie by Jeanne Robertson on page 22
- Speak and Grow Rich by Dottie Walters on page 78
- The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincen Peale on page 123
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- Careers for Nonconformists: A Practical Guide to Finding and Developing a Career Outside the Mainstream by Sandra Gurvis on page 125
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