Tips From the Pros: Winnie Griggs

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Davalynn Spencer here again, from Colorado’s Front Range, welcoming today’s featured author, Winnie Griggs. Winnie was last featured on the CAN blog in 2009, and she’s written quite a bit since and come up with some great tips for us all. Thanks for visiting with us today Winnie. How many books do you have published now, and what are a few of your latest titles? My 16th just came out. The last four have all been connected and the titles and release dates are: Handpicked Husband   September 2012 The Bride Next Door   June 2013 A Family For Christmas  October 2013…

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Review: The Bride Next Door by Winnie Griggs

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Review by Vickie McDonough, author of Whispers on the Prairie The Bride Next Door pits spunky, down-home Daisy against Everett, a stuffy newspaper publisher. Daisy longs for a home, family, and roots, but Everett only sees the small town of Turnabout as a step to bigger and better things. When the town gossip reveals a secret, Daisy and Everett are forced into a very inconvenient marriage-of-convenience.

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A Baby Between Them by Winnie Griggs – A New Release

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A Baby Between Them by Winnie Griggs Publisher Love Inspired Historical ISBN 978-0-373-82919-4 For two months, Nora Murphy has cared for the abandoned infant she found on their Boston-bound ship.  Settled now in Faith Glen, Nora tells herself she’s happy.  She has little Grace, and a good job as housekeeper to Sheriff Cameron Long.  She doesn’t need anything more – not the big family she always wanted, or Cam’s love… A traumatic childhood closed Cam off to any dreams of family life.  Yet somehow his lovely housekeeper and her child have opened his heart again.  When the unthinkable occurs, it…

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Speaking Engagements – Developing Your Outline or Talking Points

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Hi.  Winnie Griggs here, with the next installment in my posts about speaking engagements. To read previous installments, see the links at the bottom of this post. Today we’re going to discuss creating an outline for your presentation. And remember, as I’ve mentioned in some of my previous posts, I’m a very strong type A personality so I tend to plan everything out to the nth degree. You can take this to whatever level of detail works for you.

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Speaking Engagements – Research Venues

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Hi.  Winnie Griggs here, with the next installment in my posts about speaking engagements.  To read previous installments, see the links at the bottom of this post. Before we talk about research venues, let’s discuss the different types of talks you might be called on to present.  I categorize these in four groupings as follows:

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Speaking Engagements – Understanding Expectations

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Hi.  Winnie Griggs here, with the next installment in my posts about speaking engagements.  So far we’ve covered why book speaking engagements, dealing with butterflies  selecting a topic, creating a speaker resume, finding speaking venues and pitching your program.  Today we’re going to talk about understanding and meeting expectations. Understanding the expectations surrounding you and your presentation is a key factor in pulling off a successful speaking engagement.  There are two kinds of expectations you need to understand and manage – facilitator expectations and audience expectations. Let’s look at them one at a time  

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Speaking Engagements – Pitching Your Program

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Hi.  Winnie Griggs here, with the next installment in my posts about speaking engagements.  So far we’ve covered why book speaking engagements, dealing with butterflies, selecting a topic, creating a speaker resume and finding speaking venues.  Today we’re going to talk about how to actually pitch your talk. Once you have selected your topic, have your resume together and have located possible speaking opportunities, how do you let folks know you’re ready and willing? Well, first you need to make certain you can effectively convey what it is you’re offering.  You do this in two steps:

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