Four years ago, I was invited to do my very first webinar. It was for Vistage and it launched my speaking career.

I’ll never forget the very first speaking engagement I did for them. It was in Washington, D.C. I was 30 minutes late to the meeting because I got lost and traffic was worse than I expected. Then, when I arrived, they didn’t have a projector or screen. So I had to talk from slides on my laptop.

My “leave-behind” was electronic and I’ll never forget a member saying to me, “You’re smart and you’re nice to look at, but you have to be better prepared. That includes having something with your contact information to actually hand us.”

To say I’ve gotten better is putting it mildly. And you know what? The audience has gotten better, too. (more…)