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Professional Speaking Organizations
- National Speakers Association
- The most well known association for speakers and companies that sell services and products to speakers. They offer a great deal of help to new and experienced speakers.
- Toastmasters International
- This is another organization that is helpful to a new speaker. Toastmasters helps members with presentation skills and other issues pertinent to professional speakers.
- Professional Speakers Guild
- The Professional Speakers Guild is an international organization of speakers, trainers, authors and other communications and meeting professionals, who have come together to pursue common goals, share their experience, raise industry standards, and improve their ability to achieve satisfying and rewarding careers.
- World Speakers Association
- The World Speakers Association is the international speakers association that serves Professional & aspiring Professional Speakers in building Professional Speaking, Business & Marketing Skills. Our number one goal is to assist Professional & aspiring Professional Speakers in "building and perfecting the best Professional Speaking businesses." TM
Publishing Organizations
- Self Publishing and Independent Publishing Trade Association
- As a nonprofit trade association, SPAN is dedicated to advancing the interests and expertise of independent publishers and authors through educational opportunities and discounted services.
- Specialized Information Publishers Association :: Great Ideas. Greater Profits.
- If you thinking of starting an electronic or print publication-newsletter, online advisory, looseleaf service, directory or interactive database? For 30 years, SIPA has helped thousands of people with entrepreneurial spark succeed-by helping them build extraordinarily profitable publishing enterprises.
- International Publishers Association
- The International Publishers Association (IPA) is the global non-governmental organisation representing all aspects of book and journal publishing worldwide. Established in 1896, IPA's mission is to promote and protect publishing and to raise awareness for publishing as a force for cultural and political advancement worldwide. IPA is an industry association with a human rights mandate.
- The Association of American Publishers
- The Association of American Publishers (AAP), with some 260 members located throughout the United States, is the principal trade association of the book publishing industry. AAP, representing publishers of all sizes and types located throughout the country, is the principal trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry.
The Terminology Of Writing
- Abridgment - a shortened version of a written work.
Abstract Words - refer to qualities, ideas, and actions that aren't experienced by the 5 senses. Ex: criticism, loyalty, society.
Acronym - a pronounceable abbreviation formed from the initial letters of a term.
Acquisition Editor - publisher designee who reviews and rates incoming articles and manuscripts for potential publishing value.
Adaptation - written work that has been recast in a different form. For example, the movie is an adaptation of the stage play.
Alliteration - repetitive initial sounds of several words in a group to create a mood or to give the reader an effective glimpse that reinforces an intended meaning.
Allusion - referencing a character from another written work.
Analogy - figurative comparison explaining a complex or abstract idea by comparing it to a simpler idea or more concrete concept. The items compared are from different categories. Ex: Work and sailing are not literally alike, but can be alike in suggestive ways. Sometimes both are smooth, both can be adventuresome, and both can change courses. Using analogies in writing gives the reader a different view of a familiar idea.
Anecdote - short story of an interesting incident.
Anthology - collection of short stories, poems, articles or plays.
Argumentative Essay - persuasive writing in efforts of encouraging the reader to take action or to accept a certain position on a debatable issue. Ex: In an essay on hunger you might try to convince the reader to volunteer in a soup kitchen or to donate food.
Atmosphere - the emotional environment of a written work.
Attribution - assigning a quality, character or function to a thing or person. For example, hurricanes are an expression of God's wrath.
Autobiography - story of a person's life that is written by the person who is the subject of the book.
Autobiographical - writing that indirectly reflects an author's life experiences but is not a direct or verbatim rendering of the story.
Bibliography - written documentation citing all references used in of article or publication. List all web sites, books, articles, encyclopedias and all other reference materials.
Biography - story of a person's life written by someone else. A biography can be written in collaboration with the person who is the subject of the book or it can be written and published as an unauthorized work.
Citation - written indication that credits a referenced or quoted resource in an article or research paper.
Cliché - also called a trite expression or stock phrase, a once trendy expression that has been overused and has become stale. Ex: big as a barn, older than dirt, sharp as a tack.
CMS - Chicago Manual of Style writing guidelines. This writing style guide is often called the real person guide with its accepted use growing significantly.
Colloquialism - expression of language that is native to a regional dialect. Ex: She is a right fair-looking girl. She is an incredibly stunning female specimen. She is a half-way decent looking gal.
Concrete Words - refer to concepts that are experienced by the 5 senses. Ex: orange, handshake, hug, laugh, salty, screech.
Copyeditor - the person that corrects and prepares a written work for publication.
Copyright - standard of protection decreed by U.S. Law (Title 17 U.S. Code) to original works of authorship by the original artist, whether literary, musical, graphical, dramatic or certain other intellectual works.
Descriptive Essay - uses specifics and features to depict a scene, an event, a person, an object, or an atmosphere. Ex: In a descriptive essay on hunger, you might re-create the scene in a soup kitchen as people wait in line for food.
Dialogue - conversation between two characters in a written work such as a play, short story, or novel. Use of dialogue is also effective in other writing such as web content writing and/or marketing copy.
Edition - The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type, a single copy from this group, the form in which a publication is issued or a version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions.
Editorial - written work expressing a particular opinion. Newspapers and magazines regularly feature work reflecting the opinion of its editor or publisher. Online publications such as e- zines also feature editorials.
Epilogue - supplementary details at the end of a book providing readers with further information about the topic.
Euphemism - word or words substituted in place of those considered harsh or blunt. Ex: low-income = poor, passed away = dead.
Expository Essay - written to inform, explain or analyze. Ex: In an essay on hunger you might explain the causes of hunger in a particular area, analyze options for lessening the hardships of hunger, examine hunger from a historical perspective, or relate the effects of hunger upon a local community.
Fictitious - a made up person or situation to hide true identities or conditions.
Final Draft - ready- for-press or ready-for-submission article or other written work that has undergone a comprehensive edit and has been verified as correct grammatically and in content with respect to tone, clarity and flow of thought.
Footnote - A note at the bottom of a page that cites a reference for a statement or portion of text.
Genre - specific category of writing that reflects a particular style in content or form. Ex: Academic, Business, Children's Literature, Mystery, Mythology, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, and Technical.
Glossary - list of specialized words with a definition often found at the end of books.
Imagery - a word or series of words appealing to 1 or more of the 5 senses to intensify an impact. Ex: moonlight edging upward across the horizon like a grin spreading across a young boy's face... reflects the use of imagery.
Jargon - specialized language of a trade, profession, association or other groups.
Metaphor - expresses a comparison indirectly, not using like or as. Ex: No child should have to endure the spiraling staircase into the hell of homelessness.
Mixed Metaphor - improper expression created using two or more incompatible comparisons. Ex: Concepts that flourish in her thoughts often flicker in her writing. Revise by saying: Concepts that flourish in her mind often only flicker in her writing.
Neologisms - relatively new words or terms that usually have a short lifespan. Ex: palimony.
Non Fiction - a category or books that are based on true events or principles.
Novel - a fictional prose work of substantial length. Historical or biographical novels may use real characters and events but that does not make a work non-fiction or historical text.
Objectivity - the ability to judge without being influenced by emotion or prejudices.
Obsolete Words - words or a specific meaning that is no longer used at all. Ex: coy, damsel.
Onomatopoeia - usage of words that sound like the words it represents.
Outline - description of a project that includes the main points.
Paradox - statement or situation that seemingly contradicts what is known to be true.
Parallel Structure - repetition of sentences of the same structure.
Permissions - Formal consent or authorization to reprint portions of a written work or to include quotes.
Plagiarism - stealing another person's words or ideas and using them as your own without crediting the writer who produced it.
Personification - humanizes ideas, animals and objects. Ex: As the breeze danced through her hair, the sun smiled and the roses turned green with envy.
Plot - structure of a story. The plot is not one aspect of a story for is generated by various components of it.
Preface - an introduction to a speech or written work.
Premise - to state or assume an argument or explanation.
Quotations - a portion of a written work that references a passage from another written work or a statement by a well known person.
Redundant Phrase - says it twice. Ex: progress forward, consensus of opinion, mix together, basic fundamentals, visible to the eye.
Reprise - to repeat or resume an action.
Rights - conditions determined by a publisher to print your article. Common rights are all rights, one time rights, electronic rights, print rights, etc.
Sarcasm - a cutting ironic remark meant to inflict pain.
Satire - written work intended to mock the subject of the work. Its main purpose is to induce and breed contempt. Ex: Politicians are easy targets for satirical writings.
Simile - expresses a comparison directly by using like or as. Ex: Her eyes were soft and wide like a deer.
Style guide - document specifying the details of writing style such as punctuation, spelling and capitalization, formatting, etc.
Symbolism - usage of a word that represents an idea. Ex: Greed can be reflected as a hungry beast whose appetite cannot be satiated.
Synonym - a word having the same or similar meaning as another word.
Synopsis - general overview or summary of an article or other written work.
Syntax - pattern of sentences or phrases in a language or literature.
Theme - an overriding or recurrent idea.
Transition - passage from one subject to another.
Unabridged - a piece of work that has the full detail of the original.
Verbatim - repeat dialogue word for word.
Verbiage - the use of too many words with necessity.
Vernacular - the standard language of a country or locality.
The Terminology Of Publishing
- Acquisition Editor - publisher designee who reviews and rates incoming articles and manuscripts for potential publishing value.
Advance - money paid to a professional writer prior to publication.
Anthology - collection of short stories, poems, articles or plays.
Autobiography - story of a person's life that is written by the person who is the subject of the book.
Autobiographical - writing that indirectly reflects an author's life experiences but is not a direct or verbatim rendering of the story.
Biography - story of a person's life written by someone else. A biography can be written in collaboration with the person who is the subject of the book or it can be written and published as an unauthorized work.
Book Tour - A travel itenerary set up specifically for an author to present his books on television, radio and in person.
Edition - The entire number of copies of a publication issued at one time or from a single set of type, a single copy from this group, the form in which a publication is issued or a version of an earlier publication having substantial changes or additions.
Epic - a major written work dealing with a significant theme. An epic may also be called a saga or a chronicle.
Essay - written work about a single subject reflecting the author's point of view. Ex: It is composed from the writer's interpretation through personal thoughts, insights and values.
Ghostwriter - accomplished writer who researches and writes a book on an assigned topic for someone else who will publish it under his or her own name instead of the author's name. Ghostwriting services or ghosting is generally offered for a fee by a contract or freelance writer.
Glossary - list of specialized words with a definition often found at the end of books.
ISBN - International Standard Book Number; unique number code assigned to each published book for the purposes of identification.
Manuscript - a book in tangible form. It can exist in printed form or in a word processing software program.
Non Fiction - a category or books that are based on true events or principles.
Novel - a fictional prose work of substantial length. Historical or biographical novels may use real characters and events but that does not make a work non-fiction or historical text.
POD - Publish on demand (also known as self publishing).
Prepress - The design phase of publishing a book where artwork is ordered and layout is decided.
Proposal - a writer's written expression of interest in a project specifying either a contract price or hourly fee for a project. A well-written proposal also outlines exactly what will be delivered and a projected date of delivery.
Publisher - person or company responsible for overall production process, including direction of writing, editing, design, production, printing and marketing of any written product or content. The same definition applies to both printed and online content.
Redistribution Rights - writer-determined rules outlining particulars in which a publisher may market, publish or offer an accepted book or other written work that is protected by copyright.
Royalties - writer's percentage of a book's sales price based upon the number of copies sold. Payment does not begin until after the total sales have exceeded the amount of any advance issued to the writer.
Self-Publishing - publishing process paid for by the writer of the work being published. Exercise caution here and confirm that the self- publisher you may be considering is a reputable professional.
Unabridged - a piece of work that has the full detail of the original.
The Terminology Of Speaking
- After-dinner speech - a speech given after a meal that is light and entertaining.
Audience demographics - The makeup of an audience that often includes gender, age, employment history and commmon ties.
Bibliography - aources used when preparing a speech.
Ceremonial speech - special occasion speech sometimes combined with an award ceremony.
Cliché - an overused expression.
Competence - the intelligence and experience of the speaker.
Conference - an event that usually lasts several days.
Contract - a written agreement between a speakers bureau or client and the speaker.
Credibility - the ability of the speaker to present themselves as a competent resource.
Crescendo ending - The end of a speech that reaches a high peak of intensity.
Enunciation - articulate clearly.
Event - a gathering that is often held on one day.
Example - a story that illustrates a point.
Fee - the required payment from a client to a speaker.
Gig - another term for a booked event.
Identification - the technique used by the speak to bond with the audience.
Imagery - mental images derived from the use of intense language.
Inclusive language - words used that does not include stereotyping or excluding a group of people.
Inflections - voice changes in the pitch of a speech.
Jargon - specialized language.
Master of ceremonies - an emcee figure who sets the tone for the meeting.
Monotone - a flat, inexpressive form of speech.
Narrative - the use of a story to illustrate a point or idea.
Panel discussion - group discussions in front of an audience.
Paraphrase - a summary of a story told by someone else.
Patchwork plagiarism - passing off work as your own when it came from two or more people.
Pause - a break in the speech.
Plagiarism - stealing work from someone else and not giving credit..
Presentation - the act of speaking to an audience.
Pronunciation - clearly producing the sounds of speech.
Simile - comparing two things that are different yet sound alike.
Speaker - the person who is presenting an oral message to a
listener.
Speaking outline - an outline, usually written, to help a speaker organize a speech.
Summary statement - when the contents of a speech are summarized at the end fo the presentation.
Target audience - the audience that best fits the topic of the
speaker's speech.
Topic - speech subject.
Volume - the tone of a speech.
The Music Of Words
- Several weeks ago, I met with a successful architect on a windy ridge in the Santa Monica Mountains. He spoke five languages, had received numerous awards and was featured in many trade publications. During the course of our conversation, he stared into the canyon and said, wistfully: "I wish I could write. I'd love to write a book some day." I followed his gaze into the lush green canyon, and I wondered how many others have yearned for this mythical land, a place where words grow on trees, and perfect clauses fill the rivers, and the hills are cluttered with magnificent paragraphs, and publishers wait with open arms and lucrative book contracts.
I thought of Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, who was famously quoted in a November 1967 McCall's as saying: "To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make." Too often, we confuse the act of writing as a product oriented undertaking, where the craft of writing becomes overshadowed by the expectations of our labors. Without question, thousands of people write books, articles, memos, letters, emails and essays, which result in a product that can be bought, read, filed, saved or deleted. But what happens before the creation of the product? Why does the anticipation of this creation stop so many potential writers dead? What happens to the music of words?
Many of us progressed through an education system, where writing was manufactured at the request of teachers, parents and administrators. We wrote summaries, formal essays, and paragraph responses to a wide variety of prompts. We read stories and books to understand theme. We were trained to view writing as a way of resolving or understanding a problem. Of course, some of us didn't even get that opportunity. I remember an English teacher, who would stumble into class reeking of cigarettes and alcohol. He would assign the class a poem to copy, then tip back his chair and fall asleep. In the classic student/teacher paradigm, writing becomes associated with a chore, an obligation to fulfill-in short, a product to produce.
So, what happens when you want to write that book you've always wanted to write? How can you make the words flow like sweet cream? How do you enter that mythical land? Like the architect, many professionals find themselves at a stage of life where they're ready to impart their bountiful knowledge. They've got a product, a plan, a lifestyle, a vision, a method, or a program. Unfortunately, a built-in conflict is about to take shape. The eager writer becomes focused on product, not process. Sadly, before the writing begins, the book fails.
When process becomes displaced by expectation, the writer's labor becomes overwhelmed with impatience. Words cease to flow. Computers fly out of windows. The walls of your home develop strange holes, where your golf club or hairbrush has slammed into the drywall. Eventually, your editor suggests you get a job at McDonalds. On the other hand, through process the execution of your words becomes infused with a vital energy, an energy that invigorates each page and chapter with passion. Fortunately, when that energy appears on the page, your reader will submit his or her precious hours to any world you wish to create. And when that happens, you have found the music of words.
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57 Reasons Why You Should Write Your Book
- 1. People need to know what you know so they can make their lives better.
2. You make money from it.
3. It presents a chance for passive secondary revenue.
4. It provides a focal point for your career.
5. It makes your literary agent money. ; )
6. It gets you out of the "wannabe published" group.
7. A book establishes you as the credible expert on your subject.
8. A book with a coupon in the back can help you build your database of prime prospects.
9. A book can get you onto talk shows.
10. A book can get you onto radio shows.
11. A book will make your mother proud.
12. A book will make your spouse proud, or your ex-spouse turn green.
13. A book will preserve your knowledge for future generations.
14. A book will give you a competitive edge.
15. A book will give you product to sell in the back of the room.
16. A book creates an aura around you and your career.
17. A book can boost your company's earnings.
18. A book will help you close more sales.
19. A book will help you sell your product.
20. A book is a hefty business card that will not be thrown away.
21. A book distinguishes you in your profession.
22. A successful book makes money for years.
23. A successful book can provide retirement money.
24. A book opens doors to opportunities you cannot imagine today.
25. A book opens doors you only wish would open today.
26. Writing a book saves you having to explain the same thing over and over to your customers, clients, friends, students, etc.
27. Writing a book neatly organizes your thoughts, for later use in your speeches and presentations.
28. A book educates, informs, inspires or entertains those who read it.
29. A book is a lasting contribution - part of your legacy.
30. A book gives you more career options.
31. A book forces people to recognize your special knowledge.
32. A book insists people recognize your achievement.
33. A book disseminates your knowledge faster than you can personally share it.
34. A book gets you speaking engagements.
35. A book brings you money. Did I mention that part?
36. A book gives you some fame. The better the book, the more the fame.
37. A book can change your life for the better.
38. A book makes you proud of your dedication to the task.
39. Writing a book opens your heart and mind on your topic.
40. Writing a book helps you stay current in your field of expertise.
41. Writing a book purges the soul of the author.
42. Writing a book just might be part of your life's mission.
43. Writing a book might lay to rest some personal demons.
44. A book is an exhilarating and worthy accomplishment.
45. A book's revenues have sent many children and grandchildren to college.
46. While writing a book, you will be forced to learn even more about your subject.
47. Writing a book will bring you clarity on your own viewpoint on the topic.
48. Writing a book will make you proud of yourself!
49. Finishing writing your book will be a huge boost to your morale.
50. Writing a book exposes you to a new customer base.
51. Writing a book can expand your business.
52. Writing a book can crown a successful career.
53. Writing a book is a lifetime achievement.
54. Writing a book can sell your product or service faster, better and cheaper.
55. A book is the cheapest possible form of advertising for your business.
56. A book will bring you prestige and recognition.
57. Your book might help save the world.
© 2007, Keller Media, Inc. Want to use this article in your publication? Reprints welcome so long as the article and by-line are reprinted intact and all links made live.
Fame Finders delivers a proven marketing, training and promotion system. Our focused intention is to catapult you into the national spotlight through radio, print, television, internet, publishing and paid speaking. We orchestrate the transformation of writers and speakers into well paid, renowned thought leaders. Our system provides a clear competitive advantage for successful individuals who are now ready to lead the field.
For Authors: How To Turn Yourself In a Paid Speaker
- A book is your golden ticket into the speaking business. If you had a book published by a "real" publisher within the last 12 months in your hands, you have the calling card you need to get those speaking engagements now.
Some authors-to-be and new authors have trouble figuring out precisely how to leverage that book into speaking. First, when the book is printed, ask the publisher for a few hundred copies of the cover, as "overrun." Usually you can have them free or at cost. They make large-sized, noticeable postcards to send to meeting planners to attract their attention.
Next, you want to get media. Radio, print, television appearances based on your book are all critical. Capture the name of the show, the host and the date you appeared and put it on your website, in your speaker's package, and in your file. Eventually, you will collect all of your TV clips and ask a professional video editor to combine it into an excellent montage. These will impress the heck out of a meeting planner and should be used liberally.
Now that you've got some ammo, and assuming you have a website touting your brilliance and your book, it's time to petition all those hapless meeting planners out there. Write letters, make phone calls, send post cards, follow up and be persistent.
You can buy a book of meeting planners in any industry online. Then, you make them your new friends. Go to their meetings. Hang out. Cold call them and be friendly.
I personally love cold calling. I also don't even notice rejection. I suggest you adopt my personality for a little while each day. In the speaker trainings I do, I make them all recite a mantra that will help their business. "The most important thing that I can do is make 12 calls between 10 and 2." That refers to the minimum I expect from a speaker-to-be. Make 12 calls each day to meeting planners, offer them you, a free copy of your book, send them a postcard thanking them for their time on the phone written on your book jacket cover, and make at least three follow up calls (or fewer if they tell you to quit calling.)
Make those 12 calls five days a week. Give them what they ask you for. If you do this, you will make 3,120 calls in a year. You will have gotten speaking engagements simply by the law of averages. Your investment of time will be small, but results can be huge.
Good luck!
© 2007, Keller Media, Inc. Want to use this article in your publication? Reprints welcome so long as the article and by-line are reprinted intact and all links made live.
Fame Finders delivers a proven marketing, training and promotion system. Our focused intention is to catapult you into the national spotlight through radio, print, television, internet, publishing and paid speaking. We orchestrate the transformation of writers and speakers into well paid, renowned thought leaders. Our system provides a clear competitive advantage for successful individuals who are now ready to lead the field.











