1. Achieving Success as a professional speaker
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Attaining success as a professional speaker is no easy matter! Talent and hard work are absolute musts. And, another absolute is EXPOSURE – success as a professional speaker depends on promoting yourself and becoming known to the people who are the gatekeepers to your audience.
2. Getting your story into the media
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Stories are the heart and soul of the media. Journalism is about telling stories, and good stories require sources – human contacts, the people who provide informed comment and expertise, the people who make stories interesting and informative.
   For more than 30 years, SOURCES has provided a vital networking service connecting journalists with the sources they need – the experts and spokespersons without whom the media would have no stories to tell.
3. Sources.com
   Portal for Journalists and Writers - The directory for reporters, writers, editors and researchers
   Resource Type: Internet WWW site
   Published: 2009
   Sources is an information portal for journalists, freelance writers, news editors, authors, researchers and journalism students – and a resource for organizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals who want to get media coverage of their expertise and their views on newsworthy topics.
   Journalists: Use Sources to find experts, media contacts, spokespersons, scientists, lobbyists, officials, speakers, university professors, researchers, newsmakers, CEOs, executive directors, media relations contacts, spokespeople, talk show guests, PR representatives, Canadian sources, story ideas, research studies, databases, universities, colleges, associations, businesses, government, research institutions, lobby groups, non-government organizations (NGOs), in Canada and internationally.
   Newsmakers: Use Sources to raise your profile and get media coverage. Sources is a powerful tool which complements and magnifies your other efforts to publicize yourself. See www.sources.com/Profile.htm, fill out the membership form, or call 416-964-7799.
4. Sources media training
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Media training to ensure that you are ready to handle media interviews. Topics include Message making, Staying newsworthy, Safe spokesperson techniques, Preparation and relaxation techniques, Media ethics and expectations. Simulations of all media venues including talk shows, double enders, stand-up interviews and scrums, print columnists, videographers, and editorial boards.
5. Sources Select Speakers
   Resource Type: Internet WWW site
   Published: 2009
   Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.

Experts on Speaking/Professional in the Sources Directory

1. Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem, M.Ed.
2. Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
3. Canadian Centre for Skills Development & Travel College Canada
4. The Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
5. Randall Craig: Career Planning, Networking, and Social Media Expert
6. Cheryl Cran, CSP - Expert on Generations and Leadership
7. Dale Curd, Counselor, Men's Issues Expert
8. Anne Day -- Company of Women
9. International Image Institute Inc.
10. Wendy Moore-MacQueen, Author, Speaker and President of Mormac Brand Re-engineering
11. Personal Impact International
12. Dorothy Ratusny, M.A., (C). OACCPP., Psychotherapist and Author of The Purpose of Love
13. Sources
14. Speakers Gold
15. Lorraine Weygman
16. Joshua Zuchter, Life and Business Coach, Human Dynamics Specialist