Nov 11, 2016 | Blog, Platform, Tell Your Story
As Christian writers and speakers, it’s vital that we monitor our motives and notice the need of our audience. We must regularly ask ourselves: Why do I step up to a microphone in front of an audience to deliver a spoken message? Why do I spend hours at the...
Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Tell Your Story, Writing
“Share your story!” is a popular buzz phrase for communicators these days. This push for authenticity can leave us, as writers and speakers, uncertain about how much is too much, too little, or just right to share with our audiences. During her...
Oct 19, 2016 | Blog, Social Media
by Robin Smith As an author, speaker or coach, you want to be found. You want people to be able to search for you and find out more about you. You want them to desire to connect with you and become raving fans. You need to improve Facebook engagement. So often...
Oct 5, 2016 | Blogging, Criticism
In my early years as a speaker, I passed out a simple speaker evaluation form to all audience members after each message, asking them to rate my content, preparedness, delivery, etc. Those evaluation forms almost caused me to quit my speaking ministry. Not the forms...