A big welcome to the newest members of the Inspiring Speakers Bureau Skool group! 🚀 Please join us in welcoming: @Mark Newey @Kennedy Moguche @Doa Kaptan @Laurence Modeste @Mona Henderson @Jason Hagelberg @Ayu Masruroh @Marcia McFarland @John Jones @Ian Capon @Danielle Drew @Kelly Llippenholz @Lynn Baker @Dawn Ziegerer @Andrew Haley @Ariel Thorne @Lynda Monk @Scott Kyles @John Ball @Brandon Triola You are now on the path to building a THRIVING 6 & 7-figure speaking business using the "6-Figure Speaking" training program and our proven success blueprints! 🔥 Help the Inspiring Speakers community get to know you! Create a NEW POST titled "MY INTRO" and share: ✅ Your speaking expertise & professional background ✅ Your social media or speaker website ✅ Your goals & aspirations for building your speaking business and growing your expert brand 🚀 Next Steps: Once you’ve introduced yourself, head to the Classroom and start Week 1: Build Your Speaking Business. Post any questions or insights, and let’s WIN together! Drop a 🔥 in the comments if you're ready to take your speaking business to the next level! 🎤✨

Hey folks! We’ve had some fantastic conversations lately on our weekly Inspiring Talks Zoom calls, and we are continually posting short video clips from those sessions on our YouTube channel. These clips capture some of the best insights, ideas, and breakthroughs shared by our members — from speaking strategy to mindset shifts to practical ways to grow your speaking business. Here's a short clip from one of our calls that you may benefit from watching: https://youtu.be/povy9Xh7ebg?si=hDKhDrdD_hBOaIsm We encourage you to: • Watch the clips we send each week and revisit the key moments from the calls, and then watch the full Zoom videos of our weekly calls, all of which are posted in the community • Share them with your network if you think they’ll benefit others • Invite colleagues and fellow speakers to join our growing community • Join our upcoming weekly Zoom calls so you can participate live and be part of the conversation Every week the discussions get richer and more valuable, as experienced speakers, coaches, trainers and branded experts contribute their perspectives and real-world experiences. We've had some truly amazing calls with many powerful insights, and they just keep coming! If you know someone who would benefit from being part of a supportive community focused on growing a speaking business, please feel free to invite them. We're excited to keep building this community together, and we look forward to seeing you on one of our upcoming calls! To your speaking success! David & Drew Inspiring Speakers Bureau "Inspire the World!"

HAPPY MONDAY! My name is Brandon Triola and I speak on how creative services professionals can succeed ABUNDANTLY in this new, AI-era. My message is simple: Success as a creative comes down to learning three kinds of skills they don't teach creatives in college, courses, or conferences. I turned my message into a book last year called Save The Creatives and it's basically my blueprint for how an uneducated creative kid went from barely making 300/mo, to building a multi 7 figure, global, creative biz. Pumped to learn from all of you and help amplify your message as well! -BT

My story is being played at a museum in Washington D.C. Let that sink in. I came to America at 17 with nothing. I slept on cardboard in a basement. No money. Eating peanut butter and jelly just to survive. Took 17 years to finish college. Then one day, a manager at The Home Depot asked me how I was doing. I told him the truth: I was sleeping in a basement and didn't know how I'd make it. He didn't just listen. He gave me $600 dollars to buy a mattress. Then he took me on a journey. Showed me what leadership actually meant. Showed me that people matter. That your story matters. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream selected my story among 10,000 Americans featured in their exhibit. Same room as Oprah Winfrey. Kevin O'Leary. Magic Johnson. And the late Bernie Marcus Co-Founder of The Home Depot. ( RIP). The company that believed in me when I was sleeping on cardboard. I didn't come from privilege. I came from a basement, sleeping on carboard. I came from nothing. And somehow, my story is now on a museum wall. Today I help leaders find their story, tell it with confidence, and use it to build authority and influence. Because what happened TO you is not the end. It's the beginning of someone else's breakthrough. I've watched leaders get promoted. I've watched them build movements. All because they stopped hiding their story and started owning it. This is why I speak and coach others to tell them this: Your story is your strategy. Not your setback —> your strategy. Don't you ever let anyone tell you your story doesn't matter. It belongs in rooms you never imagined. Who's the person who believed in you when you didn't believe in yourself?

Does the word "networking" make you want to hide? I get it. But for us, networking isn't about awkward business card exchanges. It's about building an Advocacy Circle. Here is how you build yours naturally: First, try a Speaker Swap. Connect with people in different niches and refer clients to each other. Second, utilize the "Post-Event Thank You." Drop an email to the other speakers from your last gig to build on that shared experience. Finally, simply Be a Resource. Send an interesting article or a lead to an event planner with "no strings attached." The bottom line is that your network is your "net worth" in this industry. Focus on who you can help, and the bookings will follow.