Michael Neece is the Kindness Speaker
Michael Neece is the Kindness Speaker
Michael Neece is a professional speaker and author of the book In Kind: Consciously Craft a Meaningful Life and Career. On behalf of those of you who are interested in becoming speakers, I’m interested to hear his thoughts on picking a speaking topic, marketing yourself as a speaker, and pricing services. Let’s get to those thoughts!
To get in touch with Michael, visit / yournextkeynotespeaker .
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0:00 Introduction
0:45 How did you come to your speaking topic?
1:25 What type of work did you do before becoming a speaker?
2:23 What services do you provide?
3:11 Besides a speaking topic, what do you need to have in place if you want to be a speaker?
4:33 Why write a book?
5:29 How do you position your book to get speaking engagements?
6:36 How do you market yourself as a speaker?
7:25 How do you handle following up?
9:24 When it is it appropriate to ask for something when approaching someone cold?
10:50 How do you handle pricing your speaking services?
12:56 What should a speaker ask for when negotiating if speaking for free?
14:07 What’s your book about and what do you hope people take away from it?
15:47 How do you strategize against the saying “Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness?”
17:24 What are your thoughts on speaker programs?
19:13 What do you need to have in place before leaving corporate and embarking on a full time speaking career?
20:54 How can people contact you?
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