Grant Baldwin and Neen James hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how to diversify your speaking income right now.

During the live stream, Grant and Neen discuss:

• Comparing the impact of COVID-19 to the 2008 recession
• Relocating to the United States and starting speaking business over from scratch
• How uncertainty creates a unique challenge
• Keeping your head in the right space
• A service vs a sales mindset
• Defaulting to positivity and generosity
• The difference between making money during a crisis and making money from a crisis (shout out to Sean McCabe)
• Unique challenges faced by different industries
• Managing a long lead time before your next live speaking gig
• The domino effect of events getting postponed
• Financial practices that speakers should emulate
• The reality of what events are actually getting canceled vs rescheduled
• How speakers can look at their available speaking dates as inventory
• “Be kind or be quiet."
• Avoided short-sighted decisions
• Don’t sell something you’re not qualified to teach
• Playing the long-game with intentional attention
• The invaluable gift of asking “how can I help?"
• "You can’t organize history. You can’t live in regret of what you should’ve done."
• And more

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Neen James on Twitter
• Attention Pays, by Neen James
• The Thought Leaders Practice, by Matt Church
• Preet Banerjee finance videos
• The Successful Speaker, by Grant Baldwin
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