The Seminar Source Objectives:
· To encourage readers to offer seminars as part of their businesses.
· To increase awareness of ready-made seminars available..
· To provide tips on how to earn money giving seminars.
· To provide samples of available books and seminars you can use. Month/Year
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Greetings! January is about the most exciting part of the year for me. The opportunity to begin anew, make improvements, plan ahead combine to create lots of energy and enthusiasm.
I hope your holidays went smoothly. We spent a week in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, with the entire family. When my son told us we were going on a sleigh ride, I kinda panicked. I could not picture myself sitting on a Flexible Flyer headed straight down a hill. No No! Fortunately, his sleigh ride was absolutely delightful. We even had a real cowboy!
For those of you who no longer make New Year's Resolutions, you may be interested in an alternative plan for the future year. If you go to my website, you will see a plan for the week, including projects, that enables me to know exactly what I should be doing each day. I am an absolutely devoted and proficient daydreamer. I could stare out a window for hours and thoroughly enjoy myself. By keeping my tri-fold in my day planner, however, I know exactly how much time I can allot to my favorite pasttime--daydreaming.
What you see is a general, rather than specific, outline. My copy has the projects written in and is much more complete. The tri-fold you see is just to give you an idea of something different to try.
May your 2009 bring you peace, good health, prosperity, and great happiness!!
Happy, happy,
Gail
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Feature Article:
DESIGNING YOUR PROGRAM
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by Gail Cassidy
DESIGNING YOUR OWN TALK
The outline for designing your speech is a variation on the old adage, "Tell what you're going to tell them, tell them, and then tell them what you told them."
The first step in the process obviously is determining what you are going to speak about, second is determining your purpose in telling them, and third is designing your talk.
You may want to speak about some facet of the economy--certainly relevant today. That's the broad topic. You may narrow it down to a specific law being proposed to congress regarding lending regulations--that's your topic.
Your purpose may be to convince the audience to support the bill or convince the audience to defeat the bill. Once you are clear on your purpose, you are ready to begin your planning.
A particularly effective method of organizing your talk is to use a pyramid formula: 1. State your point; 2. Provide evidence to prove your point; 3. Restate your point. 4. State the benefit to your audience of following your advise. Everyone wants to know "what's in it for me?"
Memorizing a speech can be hazardous; however, memorizing your first line and your last line is perfect. You are most nervous in the beginning, so if you know exactly what your opening lines will be, you are safe. At the end, knowing your last line, gives you the perfect ending you planned for.
There is a lot written about openings. You could use a joke, but only if you are a funny person. You could mention the audience, something special about them. You could say your "thanks you's"--whatever is necessary to set the tone for your talk. Transition into your talk as smoothly as possible.
For more information about the specifics of developing and delivering talks, check out You Cannot NOT Communicate and One Talk Fits All which provides the topic and you choose the variations according to the group(s) you are addressing.
There is nothing more satisfying than knowing that your talk made a difference!
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Quote of the Day
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882; US transcendentalist writer, minister & activist
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Gail Cassidy
http://www.Coachability.com
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