Standing oration

By Kristian from Speakers Loft

Standing oration is a bonfire for public speakers. Huddle around with the rest of us, as we talk about living and working as a public speaker.

Previous issues

Bureaus are not (necessarily) your friend.

#20 Oct 14, 2019

PLAY THE SCENE: What speakers can learn from actors

#19 Oct 7, 2019

Pitching: Make the meeting planner listen

#18 Sep 30, 2019

#17

Sep 23, 2019

An illness that targets speakers – The silent epidemic of loneliness is over us and more so than ever before. Learning how to tackle it,
#16

Sep 16, 2019

Lose some digital weight – INTERVIEW: Don't overextend yourself. If you want to make it to the top, you need to be laser-focused
#15

Sep 9, 2019

"You don't need to close every sale" – Interview: If you always settle, you will never make it to the big leagues. Hold to your fee whenever
#14

Sep 2, 2019

Contagious - for speakers – BITE-SIZED: Author Jonah Berger looked into what it takes to make an idea spread. He put it all in hi
#13

Aug 26, 2019

Killing the speaker's spleen – The speaker's spleen is when you tire of your talk because you have given it too many times. But the
#12

Aug 19, 2019

A public speaker centerfold – The bigger the country, the higher the fee level. It is about size rather, than average salary or eve
#11

Aug 12, 2019

The Art of Community - for speakers – BITE-SIZED: None of us have time to read all the books we want to. I read The Art of Community by Cha
#10

Aug 5, 2019

Start with trust – We called a neuroscientist to ask what the science says about building a tribe around your ideas and
#9

Jul 29, 2019

A BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHT OF WITS – Having talked to lots of speakers about social media, it is clear that taking the straight route does
#8

Jul 22, 2019

Prepare to go naked – How do you remember the content? One speaker wrote to us, telling us how he wanted to learn how to pr
#7

Jul 15, 2019

Public speaking in Europe vs. America – Apples to oranges: When it comes to public speaking the Europeans, and the Americans navigate in radi
#6

Jul 1, 2019

The importance of a good bargaining position – Last week I wrote about parity. This week I break it down further because doing so reveals something
#5

Jun 24, 2019

PARITY: The struggle is real (but it maybe a question of confidence) – Men tend to make more than women. It is true in speaking, and it is true in the rest of society. We t
#4

Jun 17, 2019

The value of emotions (when writing your pitch) – Anger is worth more than excitement. Happiness is also great. Save your enthusiasm for the stage.
#3

Jun 10, 2019

Mostly nay: Speaker directories are no easy sell – It started as a letter in my inbox, the discussion grew on our LinkedIn group - and I decided we coul
#2

Jun 3, 2019

How public speakers really feel about social media – Social media is not a happiness factory. If you think you're stuck in the muck, at least you can feel
#1

May 27, 2019

Public speaking in a global world – We are making speaking a global league. You are welcome to join.