1. Achieving Success as a professional speaker
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Attaining success as a professional speaker is no easy matter! Talent and hard work are absolute musts. And, another absolute is EXPOSURE # success as a professional speaker depends on promoting yourself and becoming known to the people who are the gatekeepers to your audience.
2. The Benefits of Professional Speaking
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   No matter how good you are, you'll still have something to learn or some new set of skills to acquire.
3. Email scam which targets professional speakers
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   An email scam targetting professional speakers is making the rounds. The NSA, a British speakers' association reports that the scam has been aimed at its members. Speakers listed with SOURCES - www.sources.com - have also reported being targetted.
4. Gain Clients (and Earn Money) By Speaking Engagements
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   One of the best way to get new clients is by speaking to organizations. There's something about the immediacy of being in front of people that has great spin-off benefits. So whether you do it for the fees or for the contacts or both, you really can't lose.
5. Getting your story into the media
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources # human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people who make stories interesting and informative.
   For more than 30 years, SOURCES has provided a vital networking service connecting journalists with the sources they need # the experts and spokespersons without whom the media would have no stories to tell.
6. International Image Institute Inc.
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
7. Personal Impact International
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
8. Professional Speakers: Create Brilliant Marketing Material
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Speakers really find it difficult to talk about themselves in glowing terms but that's exactly what you need to do. Put your words on paper in a way that really reflects your brilliance.
9. Professional Speakers: To Market, To Market!
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Your positioning defines your market. Once you've decided on exactly what you stand for, you are now clear about who wants to hear you speak.
10. Professional Speakers: What#s on Your Menu of Services?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    As a professional speaker, you need to offer more than simply a keynote or two to your clients. But you don't want to offer so many different things in different forms that you confuse your client.
11. Review: Your Guide to Public Speaking
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1997
    A no-nonsense guide to public speaking.
12. Secrets of Power Presentations
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
    
13. 7 Tips for Effective Speeches
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1996
    How to make your speeches more effective.
14. 6 Keys to Becoming a Six Figure Speaker
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    Rather than ask what the hot topics are, ask yourself what you want to say and then find the fit you're looking for.
15. Smooth Talking! Explore the Paid Speaking Market
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2005
    Becoming a professional speaker.
16. Sources.com
    Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students -- and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
    Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
    Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
17. The Sources HotLink
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    A website and newsletter dealing with media relations strategies.
18. Sources media training
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Media training to ensure that you are ready to handle media interviews. Topics include Message making, Staying newsworthy, Safe spokesperson techniques, Preparation and relaxation techniques, Media ethics and expectations. Simulations of all media venues including talk shows, double enders, stand-up interviews and scrums, print columnists, videographers, and editorial boards.
19. Sources Select Speakers
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.
20. Lorraine Weygman
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
21. Why Buyers Don't Choose You
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Positioning is basically how you differentiate yourself in the marketplace. The most powerful positioning addresses your prospects' (often unspoken) needs. It appeals to the emotions first, then the intellect.

Experts on Speaking/Professional in the Sources Directory

1. Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem, M.Ed.
2. Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
3. The Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
4. Randall Craig, Social Media and Networking Expert
5. Cheryl Cran, CSP - Thought Leader on Trends, Generations and Technology
6. International Image Institute Inc.
7. Alan K'necht, SEO, Internet Trends & Innovations Expert
8. Marin Media Group
9. Personal Impact International
10. Sources
11. Speakers Gold
12. Lorraine Weygman
13. Joshua Zuchter, International Life Coach and Business Coach