TJ Walker

When is the perfect time to start preparing for your next speech? I would recommend right now! I don’t mean that you have to sit down, roll up your sleeves, and start typing away, doing 20 page drafts. No ones that disciplined to start the second they hear about the opportunity to speak. That is…

This is a question that I get from live audiences all the time: TJ, how do you remember what to say? The answer is that I don’t. I don’t rely on my memory. I feel comfortable giving presentations and speeches because I enjoy them and I have given thousands of them. Still, there is a

Lee writes in with the following question: what do you do when your speech is shorter than you thought? For example, I am supposed to give a 45 minute speech but it only takes 20 minutes so you have to either push it longer or be embarrassed. And you don’t realize this until the day

Today’s topic: finding your own gatekeeper speaking frequency. What am I talking about? Everyone can get opportunities to give presentations from time to time. Typically, there is a gatekeeper. If you are a professional, it is the meeting plan of the association that calls you a year in advance and books you. If it is