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How to Deliver a Really Good Toast at a Party
From the archives: The Esquire guy gives advice for celebrating your employees' victories and your competitors' failures.
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Building a Business
The Secrets to Becoming a High-Income Public Speaker
Public speaking can earn you millions of dollars over time. Here's how to get started, even if you have zero experience giving talks.
Thought Leaders
6 Easy Tips for Conquering Your Fear of Public Speaking (Infographic)
Turn a weakness into a strength by using these steps.
Building a Business
I Went From Unknown Speaker to Charging More Than $10,000 Per Gig — and You Can, Too
Follow these tips to get more gigs and make a great first impression.
By Jose Flores
Marketing
Learn to Stop Saying ‘Um’ and ‘Ah’ Before the Media Comes Calling
It's natural, we all do it -- insert little placeholder words to buy time to finish forming a sentence -- but media time is precious for increasing your company's visibility. Train yourself to become a good interview.
By Sharon Bolt
Thought Leaders
6 Things You Need to Do to Become a Paid Public Speaker
Want to get paid for speaking appearances? Here's how.
By Amar Hussain
Thought Leaders
Instantly Be More Persuasive With These 12 Tips
Command, convince and convert the audience the next time you speak.
Building a Business
Do Us All a Favor and Stop Saying These Words Around the Office
It's time to lose these phrases from your vocab.
By Rose Leadem
Marketing
7 Ways Self-Publishing Can Make You 6 Figures
If you've got knowledge to share, publishing your own book can establish you as a thought leader and create new leads as well as a passive-revenue stream.
By Josh Steimle
Building a Business
10 Words You’re Probably Using Wrong — and What to Say Instead
To save yourself some embarrassment, here are the definitions of 10 tricky word pairs.
By Rose Leadem
Marketing
4 Ways to Make An Irresistible Offer Without Selling
Learn how to overcome fears of public speaking and over-selling-no matter the presentation.
Marketing
10 Strategies to Prepare for Speaking Engagements
Prepare carefully for your speech but, remember, everyone is there to see you. Let your personality show.
Thought Leaders
3 Secrets to Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
Learn to read the cues from the audience and adjust accordingly.
Thought Leaders
How to Get Paid As a Speaker
Why not set yourself up to get paid to share what you know?
By Wendy Keller
Thought Leaders
How to Market Yourself as a Speaker
It's going to take more than a wish and a vision board to transform yourself into a successful paid speaker.
By Wendy Keller
Thought Leaders
3 Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned From Speaking in the Dark
You need a plan for when your plan isn't working, and then another plan for when nothing is working.
Thought Leaders
The 5 Steps to Marketing Yourself as a Speaker
Preparation, packaging, and promotion will make the difference between whether you get paid to speak or not.
By Wendy Keller
Thought Leaders
Before You Take the Stage Make Sure You Look the Part
Speakers who invest and hire pros to make them look like superstars are the ones who's fees double, triple, in sometimes quadruple.
By Wendy Keller
Thought Leaders
How to Effectively Market Yourself as a Speaker
Before you take the stage, you have to effectively market yourself as a speaker.
By Wendy Keller
Thought Leaders
The 5 Things You Must Know Before You Pursue Paid Speaking
Save yourself from frustration and embarrassment with these simple tips.
By Wendy Keller
Building a Business
4 Traits of Expert Communicators
While there is no outwardly visible signs of an expert corporate communicators, here are four surefire ways to tell you are in the presence of one.
Building a Business
How to Get a Standing Ovation During Your Next Speech
Here are three tips to help you beat the blahs and earn applause the next time you take the stage.
Building a Business
Don’t Embarrass Yourself Saying These 12 Commonly Misstated Phrases
The easiest way to sound very smart is to not repeat the dumb things everybody else says all the time.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
6 Ways to Channel George Clooney When Delivering Your Pitch
Like other entrepreneurship skills, smooth speaking takes practice. Here's how to stop fumbling over words in front of a crowd.
By Amy Rosen
Building a Business
How to Craft an Incredible Speech
Public speaking is terrifying for many people. Here are a few pointers to help you get past the fear of talking in front of a crowd.
By Lewis Howes
Building a Business
9 Steps to Help You Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking (Infographic)
Panicking isn't an option. Preparation is.