Nice Podcast · November 7, 2022

NICE44 - Public speaking, company culture, and remote teams with Grant Baldwin.

Grant Baldwin, Founder, and CEO of The Speaker Lab and author of The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform. 

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What we talked about...

• How to start your public speaking business, find, and book engagements.

• Choose an Industry, Identify an Interest, and Speak with Integrity.

• The seven industries for speaking engagements. 1. Corporations, 2. Associations, 3. Faith-based, 4. Nonprofits, 5. Government & Military, 6. Colleges & Universities, and 7. Education K-12.

• Grant started The Speaker Lab in 2015. He has grown the fully remote business to thirty employees.

• He shares tips and the importance of focusing on culture as a virtual company.

• Giving your stuff autonomy and freedom.

• Who you are is more important than what you do.

• Onboarding techniques for new talent.

• Company retreats.

• 15Five. for weekly check-ins.

• Current trends in the professional speaking business.

• From standup comedy to keynotes.

• Don’t reinvent the wheel.

• Read: ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.

• Contact Grant at The Speaker Lab.

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