Episode 116

How to become a professional speaker | Lee Jackson

How do you go from public speaking to professional speaking?

What does the life of a professional speaker look like?

How important is it to have a book or two published?

As an author of multiple non-fiction books, an experienced speaker and a former president of the Professional Speaking Association in the UK, Lee Jackson knows a few things about what it takes to become a paid public speaker and how you go about building a business in on the back of public speaking work.

In this episode:

  • What you really need to start as a professional speaker
  • What does the average day of a pro speaker look like?
  • Do you have to be funny to be paid?
  • Do you need to be published to get bookings?
  • Who should not consider becoming a pro speaker?
  • What big mistake should you avoid?
  • What the heck is a Kajagoogoo?

This and more in an informative but light-hearted conversation about professional speaking.

Lee has some great books available for you to check out. Get Good at Presenting and Get Good at Slides are a few you may particularly want to check out. They are also available to read for free if you have Kindle Unlimited. You can find out more about Lee and his speaking work and workshops from his website https://leejackson.org/

Lee recommends a few good books that are worth checking out:

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John Ball

From former flight attendant to international coach and trainer, on to podcaster and persuasion expert, it's been quite the journey for John.
John has been a lead coach and trainer with the Harv Eker organisation for over 10 years and is currently focused on helping his clients develop their personal presentation skills for media and speaking stages through his coaching business brand Present Influence.
He's the author of the upcoming book Podfluence: How To Build Professional Authority With Podcasts, and host of the Podfluence podcast with over 150 episodes and over 15,000 downloads John is now focused on helping business coaches and speakers to build a following and grow your lead flow and charisma.
You can now also listen to John on The Coaching Clinic podcast with his good friend and colleague Angie Besignano where they are helping coaches create sustainable and successful businesses, and the Try To Stand Up podcast where John is on a personal and professional mission to become funnier on the stage and in his communication.