Jane Atkinson

Jane Atkinson is the author of The Wealthy Speaker 3.0: Your Recipe for Building the Speaking Business of Your Dreams as well The Epic Keynote: Presentation Skills and Styles of Wealthy Speakers. SPEAKING BUSINESS: Jane has been helping speakers catapult their businesses for over 20 years. As a former speaker's agent, she has represented numerous speakers who have vaulted to the top 3% of the industry including Vince Poscente, Peter Legge and Joe Calloway. In Jane's role as an agent, she often took speakers from 0 to 80 engagements per year at very high fees. Jane went on to work as Vice President for International Speakers Bureau in Dallas, TX managing their Exclusive Speakers Division. There she represented celebrities like boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and President of Washington Wizards Basketball, Susan O'Malley. Also included in the ISB roster were bestselling authors like Gary Hoover of hoovers.com and the Swedish authors of Funky Business, Jonas Ridderstrale, and Kjell Nordstrom. Currently, Jane is a full time business coach and consultant dealing exclusively with professional speakers, celebrities and CEO's. Her clients are the who's who and the up-and-comers of the speaking world. She is often asked to speak at National Speakers Association and Canadian Association of Professional Speakers conferences and Chapter meetings. Jane has been trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and combines coaching with consulting. The results are a combination of 20+ years industry experience with actual coaching technique and structure. Jane's book entitled The Wealthy Speaker 2.0: A Proven Formula for Building a Successful Speaking Business has been touted "the bible" of the speaking industry. Her follow up The Epic Keynote: Presentation Skills and Styles of Wealthy Speakers is also getting rave reviews.