Motivational Speaking Timeline and Objectives

Here are timelines and objectives for my capstone project:

Capstone 1 Objectives:

• Have written materials for all 6 hours(4 Hours Audio, 2 video) of training program including: screen plays, speeches, handouts, and marketing plan.
• Record practices on film and audio, with a journal on how I will improve.
• Get feedback from peers who are willing to assess my performance

Capstone 2 Objectives:

• Perfect Performances and Edits of written materials
• Film 2 Hours of material
• Record 4 hours of audio material
• Publish handout materials to be used
• Put together project portfolio with written materials, drafts, feedback, and improvement journal.

Capstone 1: Timeline:

Week of March 7:

• Hour 1 (Audio) written and recorded in first draft and posted on blogger
• Get detailed feedback from 2-3 sources
• Journal of improvements recorded and edits made for hour one

Week of March 14:

• Screen play for 30 min video 1
• Hour 1 (Audio) Re-recorded with Improvements
• Improvement Journal

Week of March 21:

• Hour 2 (Audio) written and recorded in first draft and posted on blogger
• Get detailed feedback from 2-3 sources
• Journal of improvements recorded and edits made for hour 2

Week of March 28:

• Screen play for 30 min video 2
• Hour 2 (Audio) Re-recorded with Improvements
• Improvement Journal

Week of April 4:

• Hour 3 (Audio) written and recorded in first draft and posted on blogger
• Get detailed feedback from 2-3 sources
• Journal of improvements recorded and edits made for hour 3

Week of April 11:

• Screen play for 30 min video 3
• Hour 2 (Audio) Re-recorded with Improvements
• Improvement Journal

Week of April 19:

• Hour 4 (Audio) written and recorded in first draft and posted on blogger
• Get detailed feedback from 2-3 sources
• Journal of improvements recorded and edits made for hour 4

Grant Weaver’s Recommended Leadership Reading List

Here is a list of books that I am pulling from. I have added a few more that I have been reading recently. I have also kept all the textbooks from the courses listed below but did not have want to take the time to reference them in detail:

Microeconomics

Macroeconomics

Principles of Personal Excellence

Managerial Economics

History of Economic Thought

Organizational Behavior

Leadership Process

Human Resource Management

Principles of Management

1. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

2. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by the Arbinger Institute

3. Influencer by Vital Smarts

4. The 8^th Habit by Stephen Covey

5. The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden

6. Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferazzi

7. Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras

8. Good to Great by Jim Collins

9. Crucial Confrontations by Vital Smarts

10. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High by Vital Smarts

11. The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino

12. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

13. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

14. The Art of War by Sun Tzu

15. Getting Things Done by David Allen

16. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

17. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

18. Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams

19. The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking by Dale Carnegie

20. In Pursuit of Excellence by Terry Orlick

21. The Power of Full Engagement by Dr. James E. Loehr & Tony Schwartz.

22. The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations by Jeffrey Nielsen

23. The Tao of Leadership by John Heider

24. The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck

25. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

26. The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn

27. The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

28. The Lessons of History by Will Durant

29. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

30. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

31. Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon

32. The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

33. First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

34. Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham

35. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

36. The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

37. The Cultural Dimensions of International Business

38. The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

39. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer Adler

40. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not by Robert Kiyosaki

41. The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer

42. What Matters Most: The Power of Living Your Values by Hyrum W Smith

43. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi

44. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

45. Difficult Conversations

46. The Greatest Secret in the World by Og Mandino

47. The Greatest Miracle in the World by Og Mandino

48. The Leadership Challenge

49. Outsmart Your Brain

50. Connecting: With Self and Others

51. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

52. The Effective Executive by Peter F Drucker

53. The Art of War by Sun Tzu

54. The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J Stanley

55. The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt

HaHardball Selling by Robert Shook

My plan

So I want to be a motivational speaker....

What I would like to do for my 'thesis' is actually develop my own motivational training program. To accomplish this I will:

• Film 4- 30 minute videos- These videos are meant to be creative and entertaining as well as a way for me to teach my material. I am considering doing a few shorter video segments as marketing methods that I can use on the internet and in my short seminars to bring in clients for a larger training program and to get more speaking opportunities. I might then instead do 2 half hour videos and three or four 10-15 minute videos.
• Prepare 4 one hour speeches/seminars also to bring in clients for a longer training program. For my end product I will have written copies of the speeches but more importantly I will record them digitally to show my work as a performer. The material is important, but I will need to find my stage and speaking style in a way that engages people in what I am saying. To show my progress I will record different versions of each speech so that my progress can be monitored.
• Create and implement a marketing plan as a motivational speaker. To be able to charge people money for speaking I will need to build a reputation so my first performances will probably be for free.

Note: I already have material that I need to only develop further into finished products. My overall topic and theme is: Time and Energy Investing. I will use principles of Economics, Leadership, and Psychology to teach people how to get the greatest returns by analyzing the strategies of how one invests his or her time and energy. This program takes time and energy management a step further by emphasizing the analysis of one's resource (time and energy) allocation.

Help I need:

• The filming part- I could use my digital camera and have my wife film it, but are there film students at UVU that need a project to film? Can I pay someone to do it for me? How much would that cost?
• The recording part. My early versions will be done on cheap recording technology but I would like my finished product to be recorded in a studio. Where? How? How much?
• Practice audiences: In the next few weeks I will have my rough speeches done and would like to practice them. I realize that a lot of my practice will be done in front of the mirror. However, if anyone knows of any speaking opportunities or needs some motivation and would like to listen and give feedback on my materials, please let me know.

Next week:

Implementation plan & timeline.