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College and graduate school wasn’t a place where you learned how to network, unless you had a really great advisor who helped mentor you in that way. Whether you learned it then or have never learned to network, start considering the “truths” in this article. See if they are true for you–and maybe ask someone [...]

Tags: networking, Professors, Speaking, Teaching

As a trainer and speaker, particularly if you work with teachers, administrators, librarians, or other school district personnel, you may have the same question that was posted on my blog recently: For those of us who work primarily with schools, what are some options we have for making money during the summer months? Especially if [...]

Tags: money, presentation, speakers, Speaking

As an academic, you certainly need to be productive and to extend your reach (without spending TONS of time and additional effort). Here are some ideas for increasing both your productivity and your reach by using teleconferencing. Interview previous students who have been successful with you. Current or future students can listen in and gain [...]

Tags: Productivity, Speaking, Teaching, technology, teleseminars

When you teach in the college classroom, it’s hard to keep track of the time.  This is true during lecture, Q & A portions, learning activities with your students, student presentations, and yes…even breaks during long classes.  You may create any number of different timers for yourself or feel free to access the ones that [...]

Tags: concentration, focus, Speaking, Teaching, time, timers

Pricing of services is never easy, especially when you are entering a new business or offering a new service. You may wonder, “How much is enough?” “What is my value and how do I put a dollar value on it?” “Do I tell people in my marketing materials what my price is or wait until [...]

Tags: consulting, Marketing, money, pricing, Speaking, value

Recent question during a Life of E’s Email Extravaganza:  Do you truthfully believe those of us without PhDs, a university teaching career, an established speaking reputation, and published books can actually draw a large enough audience for teleseminars and webinars to even cover the costs of producing them (i.e., shopping carts, Adobe subscription, etc.)? And [...]

Tags: audience, credentials, money, reputation, Speaking, teleseminars

Speakers (of every different ilk, i.e., keynoters, workshop leaders, consultants, trainers, etc.) often wonder what to charge and how to decide their fees. Since I have been a speaker (in all of these roles) for many years, I’ve given this question a fair amount of consideration. Here are some ideas on how to determine your [...]

Tags: fee, payment, price, rate, speakers, Speaking

Question submitted from this morning’s Life of E’s Email Extravaganza: I am almost ready to start booking some speaking engagements with business and government groups in order to provide value and generate awareness of me and my business. (I am considering timely topics that would be of general interest to target audiences without trying to [...]

Tags: Lions, Rotary, Soroptimist, speaker, Speaking

As you know, I have recommended to everyone that they subscribe to SpeakerNetNews so that you can get the weekly ezine, which always has ideas in it that I can use. Speaker Net News also has created a product “Beginning a Profitable Speaking Career” and it would be worth taking a look at for those [...]

Tags: career, SpeakerNetNews, Speaking, speaking career