How can experience in event planning enhance your motivational speaking business?

Event planners are some of the most creative and focused individuals I have ever met, partnered with or had the pleasure to witness. Their attention (and intention) to detail while remaining poised are traits all speakers can learn from. Call it grace under pressure or a master of management, either way, these are skills that a speaker can emulate when embarking on a speaking engagement.

Regardless of whether you are traveling to speak or speaking from your home office virtually, being prepared is as critical as understanding the environment in which you will deliver your presentation. Set yourself up for success and do as much prep as possible from dry runs to physical walk-throughs. The more you can prepare the more confident you will be.

It is never about your story but about inspiring others to become better than you. When you are invited to an event, there are some criteria that you need to work on: - Find a mutual Theme between you and your speakers - Do not exaggerate & Share your honest experience - Be structured and organized Sometimes the feeling of becoming overwhelming can make you start losing your focus on what is your objective, Your speech must resemble your personality & experience matching your audience's levels & jargons, Be the Difference!

The emotional, psychological and physical experiences are all important when delivering a presentation. Even if you are virtual, consider your audience and of course your own environment. Pay close attention to the details from camera framing, to room/stage and seat location. Do you plan to be at eye level or speaking downwards? Will you stand on their left in the room's front or choose something else? Think through what you want your audience to walk away with and work backwards from there.

When will those in Leadership begin to be held to the standards they hold those beneath them too? This question has been asked to me on several occasions in the last few months and the answers that I have gotten from those in Leadership is baffling and disgraceful. Yet these are the leadership whom you are asking to lead your company, make executive decisions, while at the same time morale and retention is at an all time high. One thing I respect about those who have served their country and are faced with things that shows a lack of leadership. Veterans understand leadership and will respect until it shows it deficiency, inadequacies, lack of organization, and most importantly a lack of respect.