Lee Jackson | How to become a professional speaker

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 speakerWhat 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:Outraged by Ashley 'Dotty' CharlesSlideology by Nancy DuarteUnspeak by Steven PooleBob Monkhouse's Complete Speaker's HandbookDid you enjoy the show? Did you learn anything new or useful? If you did, then the best way to show your appreciation is by sharing the show to your online network. Tag me and I'll give you a shout out on an upcoming episode. Leave a review and I'll read it out on the show.Of course, if you REALLY liked it, you're welcome to support the show financially too using the link below.Support the show (https://speakinginfluence.supercast.tech/)Mentioned in this episode:Podfluence WeeklyJoin us for the official Podfluence Weekly newsletter https://present-influence.ck.page or Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6882642444815519744

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