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Four Steps to Hire the Perfect Vision Board Party Speaker

 
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“I want to host a vision board workshop without actually ‘hosting’ it. Can I just HIRE a vision board party speaker to do it?”

This topic comes up a lot. And I'm here to tell you… YES YOU CAN!

Public speaking leave your palms sweaty?

Don’t have time to get to grips with how to actually teach vision boards?

Here’s the exciting news—YOU DON’T HAVE TO!

I’m going to guide you through how to hire someone to help with your workshop vision. 

Let’s dive right in.


How to Hire Your Vision Board Workshop Speaker

GET YOUR WORKSHOP GOALS IN ORDER 

Before searching for the perfect vision board workshop facilitator, clarify your workshop goals. 

Of course you want someone who can engage with your audience, get them excited and drive them towards their goals!

But you also want to find someone who can serve your group with the right message! So before you go looking for a host, make sure you understand your audience and their needs:

  • What do you want their experience to be?

  • What will create that ‘a-ha’ moment?

  • What’s the takeaway message that will help them reach their goals?

Once you’ve got this nailed, home in on who’s the perfect fit to communicate your unique message.

DO YOUR SPEAKER DUE DILIGENCE

A speaker can make or break your event so you want to choose wisely.

Their message has to align perfectly with your workshop goals to give the audience the experience they need and deserve.

It’s crucial to find someone with the right background.  

Imagine wanting to do a workshop for people working on their finances.

If you asked me to speak, I would say: “Sorry, but I’m not your girl!”

Why??

I specialize in workshops on goal setting or intentionality, that’s what I love to talk about! I wouldn’t want to talk about finances, instead I’d want to talk about what each person wants to focus on.

Sure, the answer might be finance, but I totally recommend throwing finances out the window if something else brings that person joy.

APPLY THE ‘HECK YES’ TEST

You found a potential speaker and you’re excited.

But there’s still homework to do.

The speaker may sound good on paper, but make sure that translates in real life…

… they gotta pass the ‘heck yes’ test!

What’s the ‘heck yes’ test, you ask? 

This is where you hop on the phone with your potential speaker to evaluate their ability to serve your event and your audience. How you feel after this conversation is likely how your audience will feel. Now is the time for quality control!

After your conversation, ask yourself:

  • Would you enjoy working with the speaker? 

  • Did the speaker feel like a breath of fresh air? 

  • Are they relatable and trustworthy?

  • Will their story motivate and inspire your audience into ACTION?

Pay close attention to your answers, here. 

Did you say “HECK YES!” to all of those questions?

Otherwise, my friend, it’s a ‘heck no’ and move on to the next candidate.


GIVE THEM ALL THE INFORMATION

When you’ve found your ‘heck yes’ vision board workshop leader, give them as much information as you can, including:

• goals for the workshop;

• audience and their needs;

• the key message and takeaways.

Without ALL the background, your speaker won’t be able to create, or deliver, the awesome workshop you’re hoping for. 

Hire to Inspire

A speaker can up level your workshop or allow you to host, without actually hosting! 

YOU’LL have a professional on side to bring your workshop goals to life and deliver the transformation you’re looking for on the day.

YOUR AUDIENCE will leave the workshop with actionable steps, taking them closer to their goals. 

There’s nothing stopping you from following your workshop dreams.

So go out and find that message-giving, action-generating vision board workshop speaker, and bring those dreams to life!

Drop a comment here: What’s YOUR dream vision board workshop? Who would be your dream workshop speaker?

Want To Start Planning Your Vision Board Party? 

  1. Download the FREE vision board party planning checklist.

  2. Craft your inspiring vision board workshop talk with our FREE High Impact Storytelling Journal Prompts

  3. Plan, promote & host your first (or next) professional & profitable vision board workshop with our signature course, Sold Out Vision Board Parties.


This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cyrene is a fun and accomplished workshop facilitator, learning and development guru and Human Resources professional. Being at the helm of Thrive Lounge has been a long-time dream. Through vision board workshops she plans to accomplish two-way learning. Sharing her vast years of knowledge to motivate and encourage others; while simultaneously getting the reward of great energy, ideas and questions to ponder back from each group. A super win-win. Please join our Thrive Lounge community so you too can benefit!

5 Ways To Become A Vision Board Party Speaker

 
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The first time I spoke at a vision board party, I was the host. My palms were sweaty, I was stumbling over my words, and to be honest…. I was pretty scared. I didn’t practice as much as I should have. I was afraid that my story wouldn’t resonate with the people in my audience. I was fearful that I wouldn’t get the response I was hoping for.

I really wanted to change lives.

I had been through SO much, and had come SO far, from having absolutely nothing. I knew that if I could find a way to authentically share what I had been through with others, that they might just be inspired to work on accomplishing dreams of their own.

Becoming a vision board party speaker is easier than you think. You can always host your own vision board party. And YOU can choose to BE the speaker for the party. You have the opportunity to speak as much or as little as you want. There is no one telling you that you can't do it, no barriers in front of you….. except maybe yourself.

In this post, I am going to give you all the tools that you need to become a GREAT vision board party speaker.

HAVE A COMPELLING STORY TO TELL

Let's be honest, no one wants to hear a boring story. If you're going to tell your story….. make it an epic one!

In my story, I went from a college graduate with no job prospects, bills up to my eyeballs, suffering from depression, and honestly contemplating suicide. I was able to go back to school, get a Masters, land my dream job, triple my income, AND create a better life for myself and my daughter.

I now get to use my story to help others see that they too, can do ANYTHING that they put their minds to. I am sure that you have your own story of trial and triumph. As a speaker, it’s your job to deliver that story in a way that’s compelling enough to inspire and motivate others.

HAVE A MESSAGE TO SHARE

It's not enough to have a great story of trials and triumph.…you also need to have a takeaway that the audience can immediately apply to their vision boards AND to their life.

Having a story is NOT enough. You want your audience to walk away from listening to your story feeling like they have actionable steps to move forward and to make Real. Lasting. Change.

Say for example, you used networking to take yourself to the next level. Simply saying ‘I used networking’ is not enough to convince an audience to make a change. You want to share exactly how you did those amazing things. You want to give them step-by-step actions. If you aren’t going to give them the goods, your talk may not be worth their time, Be open. Be honest. Be vulnerable. Be very detailed about how you changed your life. Break it down so it’s easy to understand and easy to follow. If you can do that, then you’ll really be able to help your audience make long lasting changes in their lives.


TAILOR YOUR TALK TO YOUR AUDIENCE

Write down the audience that you’re speaking so that you can tailor your story to the recipient of that story. I’ll give you an example.

I have a great story about how my daughter and I worked together in order to get me accepted into grad school. I literally had my 6 year old reading me flash cards, and helping me get through definitions of big hard words in preparation for the GRE. I would give her quiet time so that I could study. And when I came home from school, super tired, she would read ME bedtime stories so she could still get her reading in and I could rest.

We were quite the team.

Related Content: How to Guarantee Grad School is Worth Your Time & Money

However, if I’m speaking to a room of college students, that story might not really inspire them. It wouldn’t be relatable to them because the majority of them probably are not Moms, much less single Moms who are working, studying and parenting. They wouldn’t need that type of advice. They wouldn’t need motivation and influence through parenting. When you tell your story, make sure to tell THE story for the audience that you’re speaking to.

Being able to relate to the people that you’re speaking to will foster inspiration and motivation. Once you have both your story nailed down and your action plan set for the audience that you’re speaking to….. it’s time to practice.

PRACTICE

I like to record my story on my phone and listen to it during walks. I listen to it during transit whenever I’m in a car, bus, train, or plane. It’s important to hear your story over and over again.

Practicing with yourself is great, but, to really know what works in front of an audience….you’ll have to actually get yourself in front of an audience.

SPEAK AT VISION BOARD PARTIES TO HONE YOUR CRAFT

It’s important to get yourself in front of an audience because it is the only way for you to see how people will receive your message. This is where you will see when they laugh, when they smile, when they get silent, and when the entire room is so engaged - that you could hear a pin drop.

This can also be one of the BEST marketing tools if you want to continue speaking at vision board parties. If you do a good job, it’s likely that someone in that audience will remember your story. Their lives will be changed by crossing your path. And they’ll recommend you to others when future events come up.

A lot of the speaking engagements that I’ve gotten, are a result of speaking at a previous event. Someone who was at that event would call me up or email me and say ‘Hey, I saw that great talk that you gave and I’d love for you come and talk to my audience’.

So always make sure to put your BEST foot forward for Every. Singe. Talk. that you do, no matter how big or how small, because you never know what opportunities could follow.


Vision board parties are a great way to share your story. And it’s an amazing way to help others change their lives. By simply sharing your journey, they’ll be motivated to take action.

Share. Inspire. Change. Grow. Motivate.

Want To Start Planning Your Vision Board Party? 

  1. Download the FREE vision board party planning checklist.

  2. Craft your inspiring vision board workshop talk with our FREE High Impact Storytelling Journal Prompts

  3. Plan, promote & host your first (or next) professional & profitable vision board workshop with our signature course, Sold Out Vision Board Parties.


This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info.


About the author

Cyrene is a fun and accomplished workshop facilitator, learning and development guru and Human Resources professional. Being at the helm of Thrive Lounge has been a long-time dream. Through vision board workshops she plans to accomplish two-way learning. Sharing her vast years of knowledge to motivate and encourage others; while simultaneously getting the reward of great energy, ideas and questions to ponder back from each group. A super win-win. Please join our Thrive Lounge community so you too can benefit!