How to Use Speaking Gigs

Gifted Underachievers · May 16, 2026 · 16m

In this segment, Gifted Underachiever Dobes is just in from the opera house, where she did a high-profile speaking engagement and had them rolling in the aisles.

Kidding!

But Dobes has, in fact, spoken in front of an audience, occasionally for money. James has also spoken in front of an audience—for example, his legendary talk on creativity for the organization called Creative Mornings.

We talk about how to enjoy your speaking engagements and how you can use them to bolster your other marketing tools.

Questions for Listeners:

* Have you given talks on your creative or creative-adjacent work?…