“Professional” speakers are among the last people to recognize the importance of proper presentation, which, when you think about it, is hard to understand, and especially so when you get to the upper reaches of speakers—the people with serious speaking chops. It’s those people that the rest of us should be able to consider the industry’s leaders. But when  you go on to a speaker’s website and see a boatload of misspelled words or you get an email from a “World Champion” and see glaring punctuation and grammar mistakes, what are you supposed to think? Using proper punctuation and grammar in internet content, books, and other promotional materials is just like wearing clean clothes, in my opinion; otherwise, you stink. I did stick a non-speaker sentence in here—a sentence I found online while researching a program I presented last week—but, really, these sentences are from people who you’d think would know better and care more.

Attention professional speakers:

please show leadership.

1) ”You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression”
2) In 2003, Joker Marchant Stadium was renovated. The State of Florida’s $4.5 million grant was the biggest financing chuck, while the Polk County Tourist Development Council chipped in $2 million.
3) If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, simply return it for a refund (excluding shipping and handling) within 1-year of purchase date.
4) He will give you practical tips on running a booth at a trade show, so many that you will go “I should have known that, why didn’t I do that!”.
5) 4 Hour Workshop – in addition to everything covered in the two hour workshop, this interactive session will help you develop 30, 60 and 90 Second Infomercials to help you properly promote your business at trade shows and beyond, teach you how to Disengage the Tire Kickers, and help you develop Power Questions specific to your business.
6) You’ll read about each author, how their speech came to be, the speech itself and the dissection of the speech which reveals the many techniques used to add humour that so many speakers overlook when giving presentations. There’s an old saying in the speaking business, “You don’t have to use humour… unless you want to get paid!”
7) Find out how to win the loyalty of employees and customers, how to stand out from the competition, how to make your workplace fun and enjoyable , and much more.
8) Here’s a sneak peek at what you’ll learn :
• How to build credibility, market and position yourself as an expert authority on your speaking subject matter.
• How to go from speaking for free to getting paid engagements
• How to reach a wider audience and deliver your message with impact
• How to set your speaker fees based on a simply formula
• How to find and book speaking engagements and get referrals
• And generating income a professional speaker
9) Here’s just a taster of what you’ll get on this free training:
• How to build credibility, market and position yourself as an expert authority on your speaking subject matter.
• How to go from speaking for free to getting paid engagements
• How to reach a wider audience and deliver your message with impact
• How to set your speaker fees based on a simply formula
• How to find and book speaking engagements and get referrals
• And generating income a professional speaker
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15) And inside the book I reveal all the tips, tricks, strategies and secrets I’ve discovered and developed over a 30 year speaking career.
16) There are four kinds of pauses you can use to put more power into your presentations. They are, “The Sense Pause”, “The Dramatic Pause”, “The Emphatic Pause”, and “The Sentence-Completion Pause”.
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18) It also gives you speaking cues, incase you lose your train of thought.
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20) Communicate your idea in a 2-4 minute video.
21) Ensure that the production value of the the video is good.