by Deborah Northcutt | Branding, Speaking Skills
There are so many people out there who want to get started speaking. You have a message that you want to get out to the world because you know that you can help so many people if you just can get a chance to speak about it. You have done your due diligence on the...
by Deborah Northcutt | Mindset, Speaking Skills
Cassie was a new to the speaking industry and she wanted to start speaking. She was very excited to get started. As a new speaker, she was elated to get out there and start spreading her message that she knew people need to hear and help a lot of people. Cassie found...
by Deborah Northcutt | Branding, Speaking Skills, Virtual Assistants for Speakers
A friend of mine was asked to speak at a local event. She happily said, “Yes!” But when she saw the promotional flyer for the event, she cringed. The event coordinator had used an old photo of her that was low-resolution. It distorted and looked terrible. The bio that...
by Deborah Northcutt | Mindset, Speaking Skills, Virtual Assistants for Speakers
We live in an interconnected world with the internet. People can send a message and get an instant connection. Because of this, it seems that traditional networking has gone by the wayside. However, nothing could be further from the truth. You always want to make sure...
by Deborah Northcutt | Mindset, Speaking Skills, Virtual Assistants for Speakers
Tammy was a copywriting coach who was looking to grow her business. A friend suggested she give public speaking a try and encouraged her to experiment with the idea. Tammy was intrigued but she wanted to know more about public speaking and how it could grow her...
by Deborah Northcutt | Mindset, Speaking Skills, Virtual Assistants for Speakers
If motivating others were easy, everyone would do it. Don’t you agree? You can’t just read about a few techniques and implement them, expecting major changes to happen. It takes practice like anything else worthwhile. Motivating others requires them to be willing. If...
by Deborah Northcutt | Mindset, Speaking Skills
Do you want to know how to be confident every day! All you have to do is rid yourself of confidence killers. Confidence killers are self-defeating thought patterns. You can be confident every day in the face of confident killers! All you have to do is rid yourself of...
by Deborah Northcutt | Branding, Speaking Skills
Let’s say that you are a new speaker trying to break into the speaking field and you want to get paid? Well one of the most important tools that you will need is a speaker reel, also known as a demo reel, and also known as a sizzle reel. You need to know about...
by Deborah Northcutt | Mindset, Speaking Skills
Many famous speakers, actors and comedians, despite their success, confess to being shy or to having social anxiety. Shocking isn’t it? They are in front of others and a camera every day doing their thing and doing it well. Yet they apparently are uncomfortable...
by Deborah Northcutt | Speaking Skills
Never share your expertise and knowledge for free. Or people won’t appreciate and respect what you have to offer for free. Have you been told that? I know I’ve been told that before. You must be strategic with sharing your speaking engagements for free because...
