Grant Baldwin and Erick Rheam hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers are still getting booked and paid to speak even in the midst of the pandemic.

During the live stream, Grant and Erick discuss:

• The state of the speaking industry
• Dealing with ambiguity and anxiety
• Long-term ramifications of social distancing
• How some speakers are still getting booked and paid to speak
• Reaching the point of turning down new opportunities
• When to say no if a gig is outside your brand/industry
• Thinking about the balance between virtual and live events in the future
• How do you stay positive and keep moving forward?
• Why proven systems don’t break even if the variables change
• What speakers can do to work with live events to postpone without losing income
• The value of relationships and why you can’t ignore them
• Now is the time coaching really matters
• Are speakers still booking events that are happening in the future? (Spoiler Alert: YES!)
• Pros and cons of virtual events and how to book them
• Why speakers are in the problem-solving business
• How to adapt live event keynote to virtual offers that are still on message
• Being prepared to pivot a lot
• Starting somewhere and being willing to try new things
• The dangers of a scarcity mindset
• Never knowing who’s in the audience
• How many “sleeps” are you gone for live events vs virtual gigs?
• Going from 40 potential gigs in his pipeline to 81 during the pandemic
• Industry insights direct from event planners
• Using this time to position yourself for when the wave of live events comes back
• And more

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