Become a Speaker: How Professionals Can Monetize Their Knowledge Through Public Speaking

This book is aimed at those who want to share their professional experience with an audience but do not know how to become a successful speaker.

How to understand what exactly the audience wants to hear from you, and how to convey this information without fluff and boredom? Where to find grateful listeners and good venues? How to prepare for a presentation and make a truly interesting talk? How to cope with excitement and fear? What to do if, during the presentation, your memory lets you down, your throat gets dry, or you want to abandon everything and run away? How to properly engage with the audience, deal with negativity, and what to do with feedback? Is it appropriate to ask organizers for a fee for the talk, and how to determine how much to ask for?

Answers to these and other important questions await you in this book. The author, a Russian entrepreneur and professional speaker who once hesitated to take the stage, shares how to become a successful orator. You will learn how to make your presentations memorable and monetize your existing expertise and skills in the new profession of a speaker.