In the speaking world, an abstract summarizes who you are, what you speak on, and how you can help your audience.
These summaries help event planners hire speakers based on the needs of the event, workshop, or seminar.
**The grounding question being: **
How can this person help our organization solve a problem, inspire us, educate us, and/or build morale for our company, association, or community?
We all have an abstract. Everyone brings experiences, gifts, skills, and art to the world. We all solve problems of various kinds.
I wonder if we should all write an abstract? You don’t need to be a speaker to do this.
Do you know why you’re here, what you do, and the art you make to help the world?
Do it, write a one-page abstract.
Answer these questions:
- Who am I? What am I here for?
- What expertise, skills, gifts, and art do I bring to the world?
- What problems can/have I solved in the past? What problems do I hope to solve in the future?
- How can I help others today?
