Why Every Professional Speaker Earning Less than $500,000 per year should attend the Bob Proctor Cruise

Bob Proctor has done it again! He’s booked an entire major cruise ship for the October 18-25, 2008 voyage of the Bob Proctor Cruise. If you’re a fan of personal development, check it out at www.bobproctorcruise.com  If you’re a professional speaker earning less than 500k USD per year, you NEED to be there. 12 professional...

Bill Gove Speech Workshop Graduate David J. Pollay Inspires Millions with his “Law of the Garbage Truck”

Nothing gives me greater professional pleasure than witnessing the success of the next generation of Bill Gove Speech Workshop Graduates making their mark in the professional speaking industry. One of the brightest graduates we’ve had in the last 5 years is a man named David J. Pollay, from Ocean Ridge, Florida. When David came to the workshop his speaking...

Your Professional Speaking Mentor Should Be Earning at least a Million Dollars per year before you put your career in his/her hands

One of the single best pieces of wisdom Bill Gove offered me in the early days of my speaking career was to select my speaking mentor on the basis of his/her track record, and then follow to that person and no one else. That was in 1996, when I had 6 professional speaking consultants on...

You Tube marries Professional Speaking

If you’re interested in promoting yourself as a fee-paid professional speaker visit www.publicspeakingshowcase.com  This free resource is You Tube for Professional Public Speakers.

Do You Look Like a $10,000 Professional Speaker?

One of the questions that’s been coming up for the last 61 years of the Bill Gove Speech Workshop is; Does this speaker look Presidential? In other words, does this speaker look and sound like a speaker a Fortune 500 company would pay $10,000 for a speech? Is someone who carries him or herself like a...

Public Speaking Wisdom from Keith Harrell and Bob Proctor

What is it that professional public speakers really do? Besides delivering content that solves problems, many speakers believe there’s a higher purpose. This post is about two speakers who believe speaking is more than just content and entertainment. Two of my mentors and friends; Keith Harrell and Bob Proctor, shared their views about this in private...

Bill Gove’s Wisdom Some Speakers Don’t Like to Hear

After being on the road for 5 years with the great Bill Gove, the father of professional speaking, I can tell you so many stories and all the great lessons he taught me. One of them comes from the old school, and as critical as it is, it’s not the most popular. One of the...

Why Do Most Professional Speakers Fail?

This is the taboo topic in the speaking business no one likes to talk about. But the fact is, the overwhelming majority of people trying to break into the speaking business will fail in the first 12-24 months. I know dozens of speakers who have been trying to break into this business for 25 years...

Medical Sales Expert Mace Horoff: A Professional Speaker and His World-Class Blog

Mace Horoff, a fellow graduate of the Bill Gove Speech Workshop, has a world-class blog on his topic of expertise called the Medical Sales School Blog. Mace was the best of the best as a medical sales person when he decided to retire to south Florida to fly his private plane ( parked in his...

When Should a Public Speaker Write a Book?

I get a lot of calls about this from graduates of the Bill Gove Speech Workshop, as well as from members of the National Speakers Association. Is a speakers book a business card…or the most important representation of you and your expertise? My first book, 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class, sold 100,000...