by The WSA Team | Jan 4, 2012 | Speaking
By Mimi Donaldson, Speaker & Author Los Angeles, CA USA In the early years of my speaking career, I experienced a wake-up call that it’s NOT about me. I was NOT a celebrity. I was a hired speaker. I was booked to keynote at a women’s conference at a university...
by The WSA Team | Jan 2, 2012 | Events, Speaking
By Kari Hanley, President, Gather Central Connecticut USA Being a professional speaker is not for everyone, but for those of us who love it, the satisfaction of connecting with an audience is a gift that makes all the hard work worthwhile. However, the landscape of...
by The WSA Team | Dec 28, 2011 | Speaking
By Deborah A. Genovesi, Accredited PR Veteran Temecula, CA There’s a lot of harmful misinformation floating around about what you do and do not need to become a sought-after professional who speaks in public. I heard a real doozy on a teleclass that I unfortunately...
by The WSA Team | Dec 14, 2011 | Speaking
Judy Carter, Master Teacher, Author & Humorous Speaker Venice, CA According to an article in News Medical, they do. They could have saved a few bucks on research if they had just asked some of us standup comics. We don’t need a neurological study to know...
by The WSA Team | Dec 12, 2011 | Speaking
By Kristin Arnold, High Stakes Meeting Facilitator & Mainstage Conversationalist Scottsdale, Arizona and Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, Canada One of the most powerful ways you can connect with your audience and begin a conversation is by asking an engaging...
by The WSA Team | Dec 10, 2011 | Speaking
By Mimi Donaldson, Speaker & Author Los Angeles, CA USA I know that speaking is my best marketing tool for more speaking. I started my speaking career by speaking for free in the evenings and weekends since I still had my day job in Human Resources at Disney,...
