Jan 17, 2017 | Pursuing Your Dreams, Speaker Tips
I packed my bag and jumped in my car for the six-hour drive to the Leverage conference. I love long drives because it gives me time to think, and I had plenty on my mind at this point in my career. As a professional comedian and television host, I have enjoyed an...
Jan 11, 2017 | Speaker Tips
When I started speaking regularly more than a decade ago, I only had one criterion for saying “yes” to a speaking engagement: an invitation. I was so thrilled to be wanted that my knee-jerk response to every request was an automatic, over-eager, “Yes!” My first...
Jan 5, 2017 | Audience, Blog, Blogging, Curation
by Robin O’Neal Smith When you visit a museum and notice a sign with artwork: “From the Collection of….” Somewhere there are many more pieces of art, but a curator selected the specific items they wanted to display. And the other items are stored elsewhere....
Jan 4, 2017 | Blog, Pursuing Your Dreams
by Greg Hurley I attended Leverage because I want to be the keynote speaker God created me to be. Living in the Bay Area, my calling is to encourage Bay Area Christians to live as God intended, in the areas of calendar, cash and calling. Three areas we all tend to get...
Dec 21, 2016 | Blog, Platform, Speaker Tips
As a fledgling speaker, I had much to learn about audience. Not just any audience, MY audience. Who is my target audience? Who are the people that are going to sit in those seats and absorb with keen attention everything I have to say (or write). And hopefully apply...
