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“Your Book Is Your Hook!” – The Making Of Inspired Speakers

March 16, 2010 by

[HTML1]More about Saskia Shakin
Saskia Shakin started coaching Leaders in 1980—in a career that never ceases to surprise her.

Her clients have worked in the White House; appeared before Congress; run global corporations; written Broadway plays; managed prestigious law firms; and held chairs at major universities.

She saw herself as a consultant; her clients called her “coach.” She had expected to carve a niche in the world of PR and advertising; she ended up coaching executives in corporate America.

She never studied law but trained expert lawyers to craft compelling stories and speak from the heart; she shunned Economics 101 but ended up training expert witnesses to use plain English before juries. Her interest was in the Arts; her clients were more often in Finance.

One thing her career has taught her is: Expect the unexpected!  Another thing her career has revealed: When we speak in public, we bring to the podium not just our speeches but ourselves. We speak what we live . . . and we live what we speak.

So, before we work on a speech, we must work on our passion. For it is our passion, more than our words, that persuades.

Her book, More Than Words Can Say: The Making of Inspired Speakers is a collection of war stories and wisdom taken from her vast experience as a coach to speakers in positions of leadership.

Her website gives more details on her experience and her philosophy, as well as offering excerpts from her book.

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About Jennifer S. Wilkov

Radio show Host Jennifer S. Wilkov is a #1 international best-selling award-winning author and the creator of the From Thought to Sales in 90 Days™ Book Process. Jennifer has supported first time and seasoned authors and writers with the writing, getting published and marketing of their book ideas and projects as well as the building of their platform to raise their visibility to readers and the media.

She is also an award-winning freelance writer (2009 Silver Eddie Award for an article featured in Marie Claire April, 2009 issue) who has been quoted and whose writings have appeared in national magazines and newspapers.

Jennifer has sat on Boards of Advisors and spoken at major industry events including the New York Center for Independent Publishing, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, RT Booklovers Convention, Writers for New Orleans, Self-Publishing Book Expo and BookExpo America.

Through the years, Jennifer’s works have been endorsed by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Robert Allen, Barbara De Angelis, Treehugger.com, publicists, literary agents, publishers, many in the field of green book publishing, her martial arts Senseis in Shintaido and Aikido, and many more.

Jennifer is also the Host and Executive Producer of the Your Book Is Your Hook! Show on WomensRadio. Your Book Is Your Hook! is designed to serve and support authors, writers and readers of books and other writing mediums. It showcases industry professionals and authors who share insights, experiences and wisdom about writing, marketing and publishing your book and beyond including Hollywood film, television, radio and more..