(#216) Tips for Therapists to Obtain Paid Speaking Engagement

Interested in branching out into public speaking? In this season where mental health is still at all-time high, therapists can definitely get an opportunity to land more speaking opportunities. So whether you're just starting out or already looking for ways to increase your paid speaking engagements, hear these tips out.

In this episode, I'm going to share with you how you can position yourself and your expertise to obtain paid speaking engagements. We'll first go through some prerequisites that therapists should pay attention to before offering services such as workshops or multi-week programs. You'll get practical tips on picking that 'one' speaker topic to start with, how to engage with your target audience in order to gain social proof, and what value points to consider before setting your price. Most importantly, I'll be giving you ideas on how you can package your services so that you'll no longer be priced per hour.

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Timestamps:

  • Featured question of the day (01:30)
  • Using the Mental Health Awareness Month as an opportunity to position yourself (04:25)
  • Choosing your Speakers Topic (07:31)
  • Determine your pricing based on these value points (13:51)
  • Offering a package over pricing yourself per hour (21:52)
  • Upcoming event with Doctor TK (33:08)

  

Standout Quotes:

  • "If you're wondering why you're not getting contacted, it may have something to do with the way in which you are showing up and demanding your authority with whom you serve as the expert." (07:16)
  • "Stop undervaluing the information that you know because you know a whole lot more than other people who are not in our field." (09:17)
  • "You want to always show up as the best version of you so that an entity, a company, an organization can test drive you. And if they want to hire you again, now you have social proof. Now you have feedback." (13:33)
  • "You not being licensed is not a reason to me for you not to be able to go out there, position yourselfā€” and it's really about branding and marketing anyway beyond your degreeā€” so that you can speak." (14:26)
  • "We want to package things, not price per hour." (21:49)

 

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