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1) Overview of Kent's current speaking business 2) Kent's story — early life At-risk child Positive impact of hearing a speaker in high school Positive impact of educators College Success 3) Kent's first career track Working with youth via non-profit organizations and coaching Eventually, Kent became the Executive Director of a national youth association Opportunities to speak "on the side" continued to grow 4) Two insights from first career track Speaking opportunity grew only because Kent had a PLATFORM — he had no clue how to market his speaking business Part of his job as an Executive Director was to hire speakers — this gave Kent a front-row seat to what worked and DID NOT work when it comes to booking paid speaking engagements 5) Kent's speaking track 2005 — launched a career coaching business as a side hustle  2008 — transitioned to being employed very PT and primarily working on his career coaching business 2009 — full-time business owner and speaking was added to the mix of the services Kent provided Insight: Kent spent the four years from 2005 to 2009 learning how to market his speaking services Episode Resources: 9 Ways to Get Paid as a Speaker Paid to Speak Podcast Launch Contest Got questions? Submit them here Hey Mic — the Bluetooth microphone specifically designed for smartphone videos Kent's speaker website Paid to Speak Conference