HUGH CULVER

How to negotiate your speaking fees and get hired

How to negotiate your speaking fees and get hired

I’m a terrible negotiator. Either I give away the farm (“Why Yes, I’d love to fly red-eye to North Dakota and speak for free to 80 dairy farmers.”) or stick to my guns and end up with nothing. But other times, and with a bit of creative negotiation, there’s an...

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Why you need to SLAP your Audience to be Memorable

Why you need to SLAP your Audience to be Memorable

In the late 19th century, in a lab at the University of Berlin, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus was staring intently at a long list of nonsensical 3 letter words. Curious about the slippery nature of memory, Ebbinghaus was carefully measuring his memory recall...

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