The following is a transcription taken from Explode Your Practice.

David:  Right.  Now, do you have a bio as a speaker?

No, not as a speaker.

David:  There you go.  Se we need a bio, and in there you need some testimonials, well you don’t need it, but it is great to have a one pager that looks good, has your photo on it, says bing, bing, bing, here are the benefits of my speech, here is the title, something punchy, and two or three testimonials with people’s names and the companies.  And probably only use the company if you spoke for that company.  But their name and their title.  Now you’ve already done some speaking.  So go back, beat the bushes, get testimonials from people, let them know what kind of testimonial you want, you know, maybe send them a draft and say hey, can you give me something that feels good, and then whack it in.  When you’ve got a great bio, and the first speaker seeker you speak to, you can fax them your bio or e-mail, and you’re in.  Because you’ve already spoken.  How does that sound?