Digitally Speaking: Old Techniques Meet New Technology

This book is written for the speakers of tomorrow – those who wish to merge the effective public speaking techniques of the past with the digital technologies now evolving. Drawing from exclusive interviews with top speaking bureau executives, this book explores how technology and communication tools are changing the way professional speakers market themselves and deliver content. New platforms such as online video, live webinars, blogging, holograms and 3D virtual worlds are shifting the nature of the game. With information at their fingertips, audiences are far more interested in dialogue, participation and interactivity. Increase your value as a speaker with this quick and simple overview. Practical advice is coupled with the philosophical perspective of successful speakers and bureaus. On one hand this book provides classic advice from the age-old tradition of public speaking. On the other, this book prepares you to be a speaker in the 21st century.