Speak and Grow Rich (Paperback)

by Dottie Walters (Author), Lily Walters (Author), Lilly Walters (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This money-making guide explains the techniques and shortcuts used by today's top speakers; tells how to identify paid speakers' venues; how to pick good topics for speeches, gives guidelines for setting fees; how to book oneself, explores the ins and outs of working with speakers' bureaus; and more. Included are sample forms, such as fee schedules, audience survey sheets, brochures, speakers agreements, and engagement reminders.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press; Rev Upd Su edition (October 22, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134904001
• ISBN-13: 978-0134904009
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #559,237 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

76 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Will Not Help You Become A Better Speaker . . ., October 2, 2000

By	Dan Poynter "Author-Publisher-Speaker" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews

. . . but it will help you get booked. If you are looking for a book on professional speaking techniques, this is not the book for you.

Speak & Grow Rich is about the business of speaking: How to get booked, what to charge, why you need a book, how to become an expert, how to work with agents and bureaus and much more. It is absolutely essential if you are entering the paid-speaking business.

No one gives more than Dottie and Lilly Walters. These great speakers are the most generous people in the business. [e-mail].

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Best Public Speaking Guide For Proactive Promotion", June 4, 2001

By	Randy Gilbert "Best Seller Mentor" (founder of 'BestSellerMentoring.com') - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Dottie Walters and her daughter Lilly are the gurus of the public speaking business and they have created a wonderful book; and I dare say it is the best book on how to promote yourself as a public speaker. Public Speaking is a profession of tremendous integrity, so who better to write about it than Dottie. Dottie is one of my success mentors and this book has played a huge role in helping me to be a successful speaker and consultant. Because of her I am a better PROMOTER of myself.

Dottie Walters has been a proactive promoter of the Speakers Bureau Business and was the founder of Association of Speaker Bureau Owners. Dottie covers every aspect of the speaking business as a proactive thinker, using smart thinking, system thinking, futuristic thinking, and positive thinking. Dottie is the hallmark of a proactive thinker because she is highly motivated, achieve her dreams, recognizes opportunities, overcomes failures, has exceptional values, and promots good change. If you are truly seeking the kind of success and abundance that makes your life 100% livable - you must get this book. Some of the ideas she promotes are found in SUCCESS BOUND, another book built on learning how to live a proactive life by eliminating the fear of failure.

I recommend that you get Speak and Grow Rich, even if Public Speaking is just a spark of an idea in your mind. It will begin to give you the ability to see that with the right topic and the enthusiasm that comes with a definite major purpose, that you can be a confident public speaker too.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This launched my career!!!, December 4, 2004

By	Lee Fuller "Reviresco" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

Speak and Grow Rich is key for any speaker who is serious about the business of speaking. I continue to get revelation each time I refer to it. The author is clearly concerned and interested in the success of everyone who reads it. My career as a speaker would be, at best, mediocre without the valuable insights, suggestions, warnings and techniques shared within. Speak and Grow Rich provides a service to us in the field so we can better serve those we speak to. Buy this book and study it.