Location: New Zealand
Member Since: April 05, 2010

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Linda McDermott

Biography

Are you a speaker, entrepreneur or individual wanting to Tap Into Your Talent and Take The Next Step? Linda McDermott helps you make your speeches, your products or your life more energetic, more rewarding and more fun! She is a Creative Director, Public Speaking & Performance Coach

Apart from 'normal' coaching, Linda's interesting clients have engaged her for many things: bringing them up to standard to get paid over $20,000 for their keynote speech; creating a concept for a one-woman show; bringing an animated character to life to include in a keynote; writing headlines and article angles for free publicity; adding the fun-factor to writing, products or speeches; interviewing for promotional video clips; inspiring to dream bigger with personal projects.

Linda has taken dance lovers’ tours to New York and run workshops with international dancers. She pitched her romantic comedy screenplay at the Los Angeles Screenwriting Expo. At the same event she was a top 10% scene-writing finalist in the CS Open.

She wrote How to Get Free Publicity after promoting her dance tours to New York with zero advertising budget but plenty of motivation and creative thinking.

After being inspired by a funny speaker she spent four years working out how they did it! As a result and wrote her little book '88 Ways To Tell Funnier Stories' for speakers, trainers, writers and people who want to have a laugh with friends.

Linda's personal mission is to bring colour and laughter to
her world - so that it enhances yours.

Books

88 Ways To Tell Funnier Stories by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,930. Language: English. Published: May 29, 2011 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Business communication / meetings & presentations, Nonfiction » Weddings » Wedding planning & checklists
Gain confidence to make your stories, case studies and anecdotes funnier. For speakers, trainers, educators, writers, professionals and people who want to laugh. Buy as a fun read, as a workbook or to have on your computer as an affirmation! 'Now when I get asked "How can I make my stories funnier, like yours?" I'll be able to simply tell them to read your book! " Tim Gard International Humorist
How to Get Free Publicity by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 21,560. Language: English. Published: April 5, 2010 . Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Public relations, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Marketing
Every business, organisation or venture needs some kind of publicity. If you’re a speaker, trainer, sales person, self-employed or a committee chair, the proven tips in this book can save you thousands in advertising dollars, as it did for the author. No matter what your level of experience, for a simple way to sort out your strategy, this practical, fun book is a must.

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