222 Future of Speaking with Maria Franzoni

Scouring the broadsheets looking for new work, a cryptic advert stood out from the others. It asked "Are you able to negotiate and communicate at senior level without being phased?" and caught the attention of Maria Franzoni. Responding to it took her on a very unexpected journey and catapulted her into the speaking business industry. Maria has since spent decades working amongst phenomenal storytellers and change makers whose conversations have literally changed the world. Understanding the audience and helping these incredible people to share their message and impact globally, Maria is facilitating the future of speaking.   KEY TAKEAWAY "I focus on my one thing which is my one thing that I want to be doing in my business which comes from the WHY." BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS* The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D and William D. Danko Ph.D -https://amzn.to/2ZLIybm My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding - https://amzn.to/31n82fN   ABOUT MARIA FRANZONI Founder and Chief Mentor at Speaking Business Academy, Maria Franzoni is one of the most experienced speaker bookers in Europe and recognised as a speaking industry expert. She supports speakers (established and new) to turn their speaking into profitable businesses.  She does this by helping speakers to be more bookable. From understanding the complex and fragmented "speaking industry", so as to position themselves as highly paid experts, through to developing simple sales and marketing strategies to monetise their expertise.     CONNECT WITH MARIA www.linkedin.com/in/maria-franzoni www.MariaFranzoni.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpeakingBusiness/ https://twitter.com/MariaFranzoni https://www.youtube.com/c/MariaFranzoni www.speakingbusinessacademy.com   ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker, Mastermind Host and Property Investor. Through coaching and workshops, Amy works with businesses to Focus on WHY to create people-centred environments, by improving productivity and employee engagement by focusing on fulfilment, values and purpose. Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking. Helping them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would like Amy to help you to launch your podcast or to focus on your WHY then please book a free 20 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall Please sign up for the weekly Friday Focus newsletter at https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter   CONNECT WITH AMY https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyrowlinson/ https://www.instagram.com/focusonwhy/  https://www.instagram.com/amy.rowlinson/ https://www.facebook.com/RowlinsonAmy/ https://www.facebook.com/focusonwhy/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/focusonwhy/ https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@amyrowlinson   HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson   DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.  *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.