Public speaking and
teaching
Speaking and teaching
can be one of the more profitable venues for writers. In addition
to earning money for addressing audiences, authors are typically
allowed to sell their own books, CDs, tapes and videos at the
back of the room.
Online classes provide
many teaching opportunities as well. A wide variety of workshops
and seminars ranges from adult education classes priced at $29
for an evening to professional seminars charging $500 and more
for a weekend. For an online guide to classes and teaching venues
on hundreds of subjects, see http://www.classearch.com/
and follow the links to become a learning provider.
Also see http://www.shawguides.com
for workshops around the U.S..
To find appropriate
speaking gigs, list associations, clubs, trade organizations,
trade shows, conventions, community events, corporations and
businesses related to your topics. Contact the Public Relations
Director for the organization to pitch yourself as a speaker.
Register yourself
as an expert with speakers agencies at http://speakers.com/database/agentindex.asp
and list yourself for free at http://www.speaking.com.
To help prepare yourself
for speaking and presenting for money, consider joining Toastmasters.
You can practice speaking before groups, get feedback from members
and other speakers and enjoy meeting new people who might buy
your ebook, http://www.toastmasters.org.
Put on your own seminars
for profit. But be prepared to do lots of prep work to make
your workshops successful. For a basic primer on how to
earn money from teaching classes, see Make
A Difference by Bob Walling. Bob co-founded Open U in
Minneapolis and really knows how to help you get started teaching
in the adult education field.
Also, read Speak
and Grow Rich
by Dottie Walters. Dottie's the guru of public speaking
and her book is the step-by-step guide.
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