Speaking is Not The Business - Getting The Gig is The Business! 

There are countless opportunities to speak for audiences across America and around the world, and yet most speakers starve. The fact is that the advice offered to speakers, often has nothing to do with why we actually get booked and get paid! In this eye-opening, actionable, and very entertaining session, David Avrin, CSP, Global Speaking Fellow, will dispel common myths about the speaking business and reveal the business strategies and tactics his team employs to keep him booked around the world. 

WARNING: this is a practical, tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense session that will tell some hard truths to help you build your business and feed your family. If you are fragile, this may not be the right session for you. 

In this practical and actionable session you will learn:

● Outbound marketing strategies and tactics to reach meeting planners with a compelling message at the right time.

● The language that kills opportunities and the speaking content that gets booked today

● A specific pitch strategy that gets meeting planners to respond so that you can make your case.

About David Avrin, CSP, GSF

One of the most in-demand Customer Experience speakers and consultants in the world today, David Avrin, CSP, Global Speaking Fellow, has shared his content-rich, very entertaining and actionable presentations with enthusiastic audiences and organizations across North America and in 30+ countries around the world. Recent presentations include Singapore, Bangkok, Melbourne, Brisbane, Antwerp, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mumbai, Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, Manila, Rotterdam, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, London, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg, and Dubai. David helps organizations better understand and serve their changing customers and clients to help future-proof their businesses by becoming Ridiculously Easy to Do Business With™.

David's business insights have been featured on thousands of media outlets around the world. He is also the author of 7 books published in multiple languages including the acclaimed: It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You!, Why Customers Leave (and How to Win Them Back) and his newest book: Ridiculously Easy to Do Business With: A practical guide to giving customers what they want—when and how they want it.