The most common question I’m asked by my peers is, ‘How do you secure speaking engagements?’
It’s a great question but a loaded one, as there are no quick answers and every journey is unique. But I’ve learned a lot over my years of speaking and I wanted to share my insights. I’ll be breaking up my answer into two parts. This article will cover the high-level basics and part two (to come) will cover putting together a good pitch.
So, if you’ve decided that you want to kick off your career or side hustle as a speaker, here are my top tips for getting started: