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Delete This Slide from Your Presentation
- April 18, 2022
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
No CommentsYou only have a few minutes on stage before the audience will decide to stay with you or tune out and check their phone messages. So when starting your presentation, don’t waste any time with slides that don’t directly impact your audience in a personal way. Unfortunately, most business professionals do the exact opposite
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Are You Moderating a Panel? Try These Tips
- April 4, 2022
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Moderating a panel isn’t as easy as just asking some people some questions when you get up on stage. It’s a delicate balance between giving equal attention to the audience, your guest panelists, and the clock (that last one is the trickiest). I’ve created a brief document you are more than welcome to share with
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How to Make Old Content New and Fresh
- October 31, 2013
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Life as a Professional Speaker, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
How fresh are the topics you are speaking about? Nowadays more and more speakers are popping up but they aren’t saying anything fundamentally new. Many of them are just parroting back what they heard another speaker say that inspired them to get into the business. I’m not pointing fingers either. When I got into the
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Specialist, Expert, or Master – Which One Are You? (part 3)
- October 12, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Alright, so today is the part three of a three part series on what should you call yourself. Should you call yourself a specialist, an expert, or a master? We had an interesting discussion on Facebook because I saw a speaker who basically said that if you want to be an expert, call yourself an
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Specialist, Expert or Master – Which one are You? (part 2)
- October 11, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Today is part two regarding a topic that we started out yesterday about a Facebook post that I made at http://www.facebook.com/professionalspeaking. It was quoting a speaker by the name of Daniel Wagner who said that if you want to be an expert, just say you’re an expert because it’s not something which is awarded to
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Should You Offer a Money Back Guarantee? (part 2)
- August 13, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Life as a Professional Speaker, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Remember, when determining your money back guarantees, there are two parties you need to protect. Your customer and YOU! so make sure your guarantees are good for both of you. Otherwise, it’s not a good deal.
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Should You Offer a Money Back Guarantee? (part 1)
- August 12, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Business Tips, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Thanks to Kevin for emailing me this question. If you have a question about Professional Speaking, just post it on http://www.facebook.com/professionalspeaking and I will answer the question with 24 – 48 hours.
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What are the Best Online Content Delivery Systems?
- August 3, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Check back shortly and I will have all the links for the service providers I mention above in this video.
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Building a Support Team for Your Seminars
- July 16, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Blog, Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Today’s question comes from Rona, and she asks “How do you build a team of people for your live events?” I am going to share with you the logistics and the aspects of that. There are seven specific roles that have to be done at every event. It does’t matter if the event has five
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Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking
- July 12, 2012
- Posted by: Topher Morrison
- Category: Speaker Tips, Video Blog
Today’s question is all about how to overcome your fear of public speaking, and the answer might just surprise you! Here are some links to the banners mentioned in the video: http://www.bulletproofspeaking.com The finest online speaker training in the world. http://www.legacycertification.com The worlds most comprehensive speaker training. We don’t just give you a certificate, we