Romhany, Paul: Key Note Speaking For Magicians ©2010 Paul Romhany, KeyStone Entertainment Softcover, comb-bound, 8.5x11", 250 pages

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Contents (from book ToC):

3 Contents
7 Introduction

11 Why Become A Speaker?
12 Cost And Time Involved
13 Income
13 Make A Difference
14 The Business
14 Go Full Time

15 2 Putting It All Together
15 The Topic - Laugh Yourself Well
16 Why Humor?
17 Using Your Skills
18 Why Use Magic And Humor In Your Presentation?
19 Speaking From Experience
21 Five Ways To Get Your Audience To Like You
23 Finding Your Own Humor Stories
24 A Short Example Of A Humor Story
25 How Humor Heals
28 Five Steps To Writing Original Material
28 Make A List
30 Does Humor Interest You?
31 Vary Your Speeches
32 Websites Of Other Speeches
33 Speaking For Free
35 Why Book You?
36 Humor Benefits:
36 Give ‘Em What They Want
38 Your Audience
38 Can I Make Money From This?
39 A Winning Concept
41 Overcoming Nerves
42 Stress And Public Speaking

45 3 The Speech
46 Writing Your Own Introduction
48 Investigate The Type Of Audience And Occasion
48 Ways To Learn About Your Audience
48 Incorporate Magic In Your Speech
50 Goal Of Your Speech
50 Your Basic Statement
50 Do Your Homework
52 Formula For Making A Point
53 Be Original

56 4 Putting A Speech Together
56 Opening
57 Body Of Your Speech
58 Closing Your Speech
60 Magic Placement

62 5 Basic Presentation Skills
68 Some Simple Advice

71 6 The Basis Of My Speech
71 Humor In The Workplace
79 Magic Trick

93 7 Magic Tricks And Applications
96 Phone Gag

107 8 Business Side Of Speaking
107 Professionalism
115 Business
118 Reliability

119 9 Promoting Yourself
119 Five Tips To Establish Yourself As An Expert
121 Business Cards
122 Brochure
123 Photo
124 The Fee
125 Website
127 How To Get Free Publicity

131 10 Putting Together A Business Plan
131 Getting Started
133 A Basic Business Plan Format

148 11 How To Make Money As A Speaker
148 Sell Your Knowledge
148 Get Sponsorship
149 Get Directly Paid
149 Speaker Bureaus
150 Public Seminars
150 Newsletters And Blogs
150 Training Companies
151 Speak Free To Promote Your Business
151 Cruise Ships
153 Product Ideas
154 Information Products
156 Produce Your Own Audio CD
161 Producing Your Own Promotional DVD

169 Research Notes
169 Laughter Is The Best Medicine
178 Laughing For The Health Of It
180 The Twelve Affirmation's Of Positive Humor
182 Psychology Of Laughter
182 Grades Of Laughter
186 Children And Humor
193 What Is Stress?
194 What Happens When We Are Stressed?
196 What Causes Stress?
198 How Can Humor Be Used To Defuse Anger?
200 Mental Health
202 Ways To Cope With Stress

205 Humor At Work
206 Ten Reasons How Humor Benefits You Your Organization And Your Customers
208 Humor In The Office
222 How To Use Humor In Presentations
223 Creativity And Humor
229 Being A Full-Time Fool Advisor
231 The Professional Fool
234 Humor Quotes: 25 Ideas For Building Fun Into Your Work Setting

246 References