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Question ❓ for my speaker friends! What is the most exciting part about speaking for you? Is it: ✅ Finding speaking opportunities. Research. ✅ Prospecting and reaching out. CRM stuff. Following up. ✅ Planning the talk. Preparing. Practicing. Promoting. ✅ Traveling. ✅ Delivering your talk. Being on Stage (physical or virtual). ✅ Audience engagement. Meeting the audience afterward. ✅ Debriefing. Getting feedback. Sharing on social media. ✅ Developing new opportunities after the talk. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. #speaking #speaker Sandra Long

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Star Dargin, PCC, CPCC, VC

Leadership Coach | Workshop Leader | Facilitator | Speaker | Author | Innovation | Gratitude | Practical | Results, Now!

11mo

The engagement with the audience and knowing that something you said may land and change someone's life for the better. Here's a simple example, I was stopped in the hallway of a corporation to be thanked by a guy I barely knew but had presented to over ten years ago. He wanted to thank me. I graciously accepted and asked him, why, what for? At the time, he was a newly promoted manager and needed to hear, "Don't take it personally." That became his mantra. He needed to hear it somewhere first.

Jaime Diglio🥇

Coaching leaders & sales teams to build a ⚾️Moneyball Mindset™ + Master the NEW ROI: Return on Interactions | TEDx Speaker | Mom

11mo

Excellent question Sandra Long. My favorite part of speaking at events is actually going to the conference or SKO early. Talking with attendees and asking them questions about what they are looking to get out of the event. Finding out their problems and needs. I typically try to talk to at least 8-10 people ahead of time and use the information they share in these conversations to put myself in the attendees shoes real time. I have found it to be very effective in meeting the audience where they are and connecting with them. 🙏

Leonardo Bellini

Training LinkedIn & Social Selling to B2b teams is my real passion since 2010 🔸 Personal Branding per CXO 🔸 B2b Content Strategy 🔸 Serial LinkedIn Book Author 🔸 Founder of LinkedInForBusiness.it

11mo

Difficult to answer for me Sandra; maybe the creative part from idea to content production…

Dennis Wiens

Senior Impact Catalyst at SAT-7 USA, Host of the Unconventional Ministry podcast

11mo

Audience engagement. Meeting the audience afterward.

Kristie Jones

We help B2B SaaS sales reps and leaders reduce anxiety caused by anemic pipelines and missed quotas by formalizing processes, hiring top talent, and holding reps accountable. | Coach | Hiring | Author | Speaker

11mo

For me the audience engagement is key. It's encouraging to learn what concepts made an impact on someone and why.

Leslie Greenwood

Chief Evangelist, Community Strategist, Co-Founder of Wednesday Women, Startup Advisor, Ex-Stay-At-Home Mom

11mo

Such a great post. My first virtual speaking engagement is Aug 10th.

Beth Granger

Accelerating Your LinkedIn™ & Networking Learning Curve • Exactly What to Say™ Certified Guide • LinkedIn™ Beta-Tester • You Can't Automate Relationships™

11mo

Both delivering the talk and getting feedback! I also really like making slides - You can take the woman out of graphic design, but not the graphic design out of the woman.

Gwen Acton, PhD

CEO of Vivo Group | Innovation Leadership Expert for Science & Technology Industries

11mo

Interesting question Sandra Long. The best part of speaking is the energy from the audience and knowing that they have received real value from it.

Janice Litvin

Burnout Speaker, Author: Banish Burnout Toolkit. STEM, Banking, IT

11mo

being on stage, for sure.

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Delivering and audience engagement. I love the discussions that occur afterwards.

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