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If
you pay them, they will come!
There's
Big Money in Public Speaking
Big
money for teaching public speaking?! No, unfortunately, but there is big
money for speaking in public. These are the approximate per speech fees
charged by some well-known public speakers. So, break out your wallets
and select the speaker of your choice. Remember, "If you pay them, they
will come!"
- $100,000--Margaret
Thatcher (former Prime Minister).
- $80,000--Mikhail
Gorbachev (former leader of the Soviet Union).
- $75,000+-- Stephen
Covey (motivational speaker), Anthony Robbins (motivational speaker),
Joe Montana (former quarterback) or George Forman (heavyweight boxing
champion).
- $50,000-75,000-Magic
Johnson (former basketball player), Pat Riley (basketball coach), Dr.
Laura Schlessinger (radio advice-giver).
- $50,000--Colin
Powell (retired U. S. Army General), George Bush (former President)
or Henry Kissinger (former Secretary of State).
- $35,000--Larry
Bird (former basketball coach), Paul Harvey (radio commentator) or Larry
King (television and radio commentator).
- $30,001-50,000-Jimmy
Johnson (former football coach), Rick Pitino (basketball coach) or Mike
Wallace ("60 Minutes" reporter).
- $25-50,000--Gerald
Ford (former President), Barbara Bush (former First Lady), Bill Bennett
(former Secretary of Education) or Mario Cuomo (former Governor of New
York).
- $25,000--Lou Holtz
(former football coach).
- $20,001-30,000--Mike
Ditka (former football coach), Buzz Aldren (Apollo astronaut), Jackie
Joyner Kersee (track star), Joe Torre (baseball manager), Tommy Lasorda
(baseball executive) or Mark Russell (humorist).
- $10-25,000--Jeanne
J. Kirkpatrick (former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations), Ivana
Trump (former wife of a millionaire), F. Lee Bailey (attorney), Patricia
Schroeder (U. S. Senator), Bobby Knight (basketball coach),Dee Dee Myers
(former Bill Clinton spokesperson), Lynn Martin (former Secretary of
Labor) or Mike Singletary (former football player).
- $10,000--Steve
Palermo (former Major League umpire).
- $9,500--Joe Theismann
(T. V. commentator and former quarterback).
The public speaking
business has always been good. In the 19th century Ralph Waldo Emerson's
per speech fee was $6.00 and a bag of oats for his horse.
Attend-Listen-Learn-Study-Practice-Perform!
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