For 2017, a preparation checklist for superior presentations
Speakers, the opportunities are increasing—as are the competitors for those coveted event spots. Here’s how to step up your game and leave your audiences clamoring for more.
Speakers, what are your plans for 2017?
How are you going to prepare yourself to develop your best voice, presence and message this coming year?
It’s a great time to be a speaker; the conference marketplace has bounced back from its 2009 lows to record opportunities.
The downside is that the competition is fiercer than ever. Everyone wants to stand on that keynote stage, rock the audience and move them to action.
So, here’s your to-do list for 2017 to get you in the best presentation shape ever:
1. Do your daily prep. Speaking is a psychological torment for most speakers—wonderful when it goes well, and like a preview of hell when it doesn’t. Take some variables out of the equation by beginning each day with your own mental preparations. Get a positive mantra to tune up your unconscious mind and remove any lurking impediments to success. Run your mental movie—the one of you killing it in front of thousands of rapt audience members—every day.
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