Top 7 Ways to Succeed in the Business of SpeakingWritten by Sandra Schrift
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print fre*e of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for ezines, and my Web site address(http://www.schrift.com) in hyperlink for other sites. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to sandra@schrift.com Thank you. ___________________________________________________________TITLE: Top 7 Ways to Succeed in Business of Speaking AUTHOR: Sandra Schrift CONTACT: sandra@schrift.com COPYRIGHT: ©2004 by Sandra Schrift. All rights reserved ___________________________________________________________ Top 7 Ways to Succeed in Business of Speaking How attractive are you as a speaker? No, your looks, but your consistent ability to provide a quality presentation, attract clients, and be irresistibly attractive to meeting planners and speaker bureaus? Below are some useful tips that I learned while owning a national, professional speakers bureau for 13 years. 1. Presentation – do you have something interesting, inspiring, and useful to share with audiences? Be mindful of your voice (keep it deep and low pitched), your personality and attitude (positive), your tone (soft, loud. Encouraging as needed), your style, your vocabulary. 2. Connection – how quickly do you get to core of your audience’s problems and challenges? Skip what is between their ears and go straight to their hearts.
| | What To Ask Before You Hire Security Services For Your BusinessWritten by Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print, free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for Ezine’s. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to secuone@aol.com Thank you.“What to Ask Before You Hire Security Services for Your Business” © 2004 Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O. C&M Consulting Services ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE Most business owners never think about what they security need for, they just want to know how much it will cost them! This has a variety of adverse affects on your business right away! First old cliché, “You get what you pay for” has never been more appropriate than when you hire security at a low rate per hour! When you take lowest bidder to provide security for your business, then you are asking for trouble, you will usually get lowest service possible. When security has no real stake in your business, then they have no reason to protect it like it was their own. They know that if they loss this job, there will be another one to go to. That is why you really need to look at security when hiring a service and ask some pointed questions before you pay lowest price. This can save you a large law suit if they do something wrong while working for you. This can occur through security negligence, failure to protect or failure to properly train their staffs. Any way you look at it, they can cost you a lot of money if they make a mistake and you get sued for it, after all, you are liable for all that happens on your property. So let’s look at main questions you should be asking before getting a low ball price quote for security services. How are security officers trained? Who trains them? Are their instructors certified to train them? How many refresher hours of training do they get a year? Are they certified in unarmed defensive tactics? Are they background checked before hiring? Are they insured? Are they bondable? What security associations do they belong to? Are they supervised on shift? Do they know how to write reports? Do they know what to do in case of an emergency? Do they have any medical training? If armed, do they qualify quarterly? Who certifies them to be armed?
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