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 Speaking
Success for Athletes
Because
of your athletic success, you are invited to speak. Microphone in
hand, you look out at three hundred expectant faces. Now what? Is
it enough tell a few stories about your pursuit of victory?
No, it's really not. Not if you'd like to be invited back next year,
or referred to another organization. Not if you'd like to make more
money, or feel more comfortable, or receive more applause. And not
if you're seeking long-term success in the speaking business.
Anyone can speak, right? Yes, and anyone can play sports. But successful
speakers, like successful athletes, need to practice. They also
need to be coached.
Speaking
Success for Athletes includes
- Topic
development
- Presentation
skills training
- Customized
marketing strategies
- Publicity
kits
- Media
training
- Referral
networks
Everything
you need to succeed as a professional speaker.
Mariah Burton Nelson and Arnold Sanow offer coaching, mentoring,
and support in the form of:
- Customized,
one-on-one training sessions
- Retreats
with other athletes, agents, coaches
- Follow-up
consultations via phone, email, fax
- Instant
web access to promote your speaking services
Whether
you're planning for your first speech or your 100th speech, you'll
learn how to:
- Choose
a topic that suits your personality and passion
- Use
your sports experiences to create motivational stories
- Connect
with the audience so they laugh and think—and believe
- Use
humor in a natural and engaging way
- Arrange
for seating, lighting, staging, and mikes to make you look and
sound your best
- Overcome
stage fright
- Incorporate
video, slides, and other visual aids
- Market
yourself to corporations
- Get
paid what you're worth
- Build
a referral network with other athletes, coaches, agents
- Create
a speaking-specific publicity kit with written materials and demo
video
- Use
the media to promote your message and your career
- Avoid
mistakes that other speakers make
- Get
on the fast track to speaking success
- Build
an interesting, challenging career that will support you long
after you've retired from sports.
Graduates
of the Speaking of Sports program:
- Receive
more invitations
- Earn
more money
- Feel
more confident and comfortable on the platform
- Women
will also receive the Speaking of Sports
- Graduate
Certificate, which qualifies you for representation by the Women's
Sports Foundation's Speaker's Bureau
What clients say about Mariah Burton Nelson
"After twenty plus years I decided to make some changes in my professional life. I recently changed the emphasis in my psychotherapy practice to work more with athletes who are focusing on their next life choices, be they professional, academic, or personal. Mariah Burton Nelson was extremely helpful in getting me to think differently about marketing myself as a personal life skills coach. Her pragmatic, insightful questions were most helpful." -- Judy Guillermo-Newton, MA, MFT, Personal life skills coach
"I’ve had 2 – 4 speaking engagements per month the last several months (in addition to 13 focus groups!) which has given me opportunity to practice my speaking and sell books. I’m feeling more and more comfortable with my keynotes and getting better at story-telling and timing. My sister who had not seen me speak in about 6 months saw me in April and commented how much I’d improved. Your coaching really helped!" – Mary Foley
Great and timely for me, I have a keynote coming up.
Humorous, Good stage presence, Great rapport with audience
Great content presented extremely well . Thanks for the food for thought. I was hungry!
Great! Good content delivered in an entertaining way.
Mariah's presentation was worth the whole $119 registration fee.
Very easy to follow, very inspiring. The presentation was a tool for learning how to properly structure a presentation. Great info!
This presentation helped me to start thinking about how to really create my niche and how I would most market it!!
Practical, helpful advice to structure your presentation. Encouraged me!
Excellent! I learned a lot. Mariah has a great presence and I look forward to being able to learn more from her.
--participants, National Speakers Association/Washington, D.C "How to Write and Deliver a Keynote"
To contact Mariah about her coaching, call 703/276-8323 or write to her at Mariah@MariahBurtonNelson.com
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