The Breakthrough Speaker: How to Build a Public Speaking Career

by Adam Smiley Poswolsky

SHARE YOUR STORY, STAND IN YOUR WORTH, SHAKE UP THE SPEAKING CIRCUIT. A Practical Guide for the Next Generation to Break into Public Speaking. From the bestselling author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough comes a groundbreaking guide for a new generation to take over the speaking industry. Millennial workplace expert and internationally renowned keynote speaker Adam Smiley Poswolsky shares the lessons he learned in his journey from an unpaid storyteller to a paid speaker. Now, he’s regularly paid $10,000 for 30-minute presentations and wants to help you do the same. Part Speak your truth will help you discover your story, craft an anchor to earn credibility, and discover how to align your zone of genius with a top-of-mind hook that organizations care about and are willing to invest in. Part Share your truth will give you the marketing tools to spread your message, reach a wider audience, and make your work stand out from the crowd. Part Get paid for your truth provides tips for you to break into the corporate speaking industry, stand in your worth, negotiate higher speaking fees, and become a speaker who clients love. Public speaking has become an essential life skill. The lessons in this book will help new speakers looking to break into the corporate speaking industry, as well as entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers who want to gain exposure, build their personal brand, and make a greater impact. This practical guide provides helpful lessons, tools, interviews, and workbook-style exercises for speakers to start earning money from sharing their story. THE BREAKTHROUGH SPEAKER is the first guide for the next generation to take over the speaking industry from Boring Old White Dudes. There has never been a better time to break in and shake up this archaic industry.

261 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2018

About the author

ADAM SMILEY POSWOLSKY is a millennial workplace expert, motivational speaker, and author of The Quarter-Life Breakthrough, The Breakthrough Speaker, and Friendship in the Age of Loneliness.

Smiley regularly speaks at Fortune 500 companies and has advised heads of state and foreign leaders about millennial talent, multigenerational engagement, and fostering belonging in the digital age.

Smiley’s TED talk on “the quarter-life crisis” has been viewed over 1.5 million times, and he has spoken in front of fifty thousand people in twenty countries.

Smiley’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Fast Company, CNN, and the World Economic Forum, among many other outlets.

Reviews

[Robbyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t like this book at the beginning cause it was too basic—so for the average schmo who wants to give talks, go figure out what to talk about! Not helpful for most people who would pick this up. But I actually found the later chapters to have lots of good, helpful info. It’s a bit hilarious that he wrote this book after being a public speaker for 4-5 years only. I bought this on a recommendation and I would have thought twice if I knew he was pretty new to this career. Still, I found some things helpful and it was an easy read.

[Manpreet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tips

This book is excellent for speakers beginning their career or growing it. Practical and has great storytelling that keeps it engaging.

[Oleksandr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Speakers guide

Good book to read, although it focuss on American audiences. This book still matters in UK as the principles apply here at UK.