Chennai Hosted the First Summit on Global Speaking Business India’s largest gathering of Professional Speakers to Master the Business of Speaking
Chennai Hosted the First Summit on Global Speaking Business
India’s largest gathering of Professional Speakers to Master the
Business of Speaking
January
2019, Chennai: The apex body of speakers
in India, Professional Speakers’
Association of India (PSAI), today organised Professional Speakers Summit 2019.Themed“Speak
Global”, the summitwas India’s largest gathering
of professional speakers under one roof.
This two-day event
was dedicated to learning and sharing the knowledge on the best practices in professional
speaking: marketing, positioning, branding, productization, speaker bureaus,
client management and of course how to speak globally and earn in Dollars and
Euros.
“Professional
Speaking in major countries is a full time and only profession of some people
where they deliver key note speeches for 15 to 20 minutes in conferences and
are paid thousands of dollars. This motivated me to start the association in
India to help upcoming speakers from India do it in a more organized and
professional way. The fundamental
objective is to help speakers become better in the ‘business’ of speaking and
enable them to travel the world for speaking gigs by developing a global
mindset. ‘Speak Global’ is clearly the need of the hour and PSAI Summit 2019
facilitated an exchange of ideas and insights to help professional speakers in
their journey towards achieving it,” said Kiruba Shankar, President of
Professional Speakers Association of India (PSAI).
Some of the speakers
included President of Global Speakers Federation - Elias Kanaris, PrakashIyer
- best-selling author, motivational speaker and leadership coach, Fredrik
Haren - author and speaker on Business Creativity, RadislavGandapas - President
of the Commonwealth of Independent States Speakers Association.
Inaugurating the
summit, James Taylor, Keynote Speaker on Creativity, Innovation and Artificial
Intelligencesaid, “It was an honour to give the opening keynote speech at the
Professional Speakers Association of India’s Summit 2019 on how speakers can
grow their businesses using Creativity and Artificial Intelligence. India is a
place with so many amazing stories, speakers and storytellers and is a country
which is on-track to become one of the biggest global markets for professional
speakers”.
Themed “Speak Global,”
the two-day conference at The Park featured keynote addresses and master
classes led by experts in the fields of creativity, artificial intelligence,
business of speaking, digital media, and professional development. The event
was for speakers from all ages and backgrounds who are interested in building
communication skills, global speaker, thought leaders and tools to get speaking
gigs.
Main
sessions included:
·
From Zero
to Highly paid Global Keynote Speaker in 12 Months
·
How I
prepare my speeches and What you can learn from it
·
How to
Get More Speaking Engagements by Writing a Book
·
Giving
2000 Keynotes in 65 Countries
The summit invited
speakers from different countriesthat helped attendees gain a global understanding
of professional speaking. Topics such as how becoming an author can help one
get more speaking gigs, how to turn keynote speech into a book and vice-versa,
how to gain and retain attention of the listeners, and so on were discussed.
Fredrik Härén, an
author and speaker on Business Creativity said, “As a professional speaker who
has been speaking 65 different countries, I am confident when I say that India
has the potential to become the superpower in the professional speaking market.
That is the reason why I was enthusiastic to collaborate and help in initiating
to start the Professional Speakers Association in India. In the years to come
when the industry gets organized, speakers from India will be known across the
world for having lot of well-known and well respected thought leaders.”
The event was packed
with insightful discussions and master classes on various critical aspects of speaking
globally, PSAI Summit 2019 proved to be a great learning and meeting ground for
professional speakers from India.
About Professional
Speakers Association of India:
Professional Speakers Association of India (PSAI) is the unified voice
of Indian professional speakers. The Professional Speakers Association of
India has been formed to help build a strong community to help one enhance their
professional speaking career globally.They are proud to be part of the Global
Speakers Federation, an organisation of 14 National Speaking Associations of 14
countries which include USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Malaysia,
Singapore, South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and
Germany.PSAI provides members with comprehensive mentoring, resources,
networking, throughout a lifetime for which they need to master the skill
of their trade. They are committed to professionalism, excellent striving throughout
to create a better platform in the services industry.The association together
with its members is creating differences in the world we live in with its
audience.It needs the enthusiasm, continued support towards its goals from
others to excel in all aspects. They believe in creating a generous,
supportive and friendly environment where one can thrive.
