George Torok
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Public Speaking & Business Presentations Expert
George Torok Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Personal Marketing, Presentation Skills, Creative Problem Solving
- Best Sellers
- Secrets of Power Marketing
- Career Focus
- Business consultant, speech coach, author, radio show host
- Affiliation
- Canadian Associaton of Professional Speakers, Business in Motion
Speech Coach
George Torok works one-on-one with professionals and executives from business, associations and government to help them present themselves with power. He will show you how to build on your natural strengths and character. Your time is valuable so his speech coaching style is direct and constructive. He will help you get the results you want and need from your presentations. When you work with George Torok you will notice dramatic results in your presentations and speeches that are immediate and enduring.
Motivational Business Speaker
George Torok has delivered over 1,000 professionals presentations - including speaking on a moving train. Don't worry - he didn't fall off - he was on the inside.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Secrets of Power Marketing
http://www.powermarketing.ca/book_excerpt.html
Power Marketing articles
http://www.powermarketing.ca/marketing_articles.php
Presentation Skills Success
http://www.presentationskills.ca/
Business in Motion blog
http://businessinmotion.blogspot.com/
Business Presentation tips blog
http://executivespeechcoach.blogspot.com/
Free - Power Marketing Tips
http://www.powermarketing.ca/free_marketing_tips.html
Secrets of Power Presentations
http://www.peterursbender.com/spp/index.htm
Presentation to the Seven Dwarfs
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Presentation_To_The_Seven_Dwarfs.html
Handling Questions with Authority
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Torok6.html
How to write your speech in five minutes
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/How_to_write_your_speech_in_five_minutes.html
Motivational Speaker: Boxing Legend George Foreman
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Motivational_speaker_Boxing_Legend_George_Foreman.html
When you have somethng important to say
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/When_You_have_Something_Important_to_Say.html
What a Difference a Decade Makes to Marketing
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/What_a_Difference_a_Decade_makes_to_Marketing.html
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What do your best customers smell like?
Smart marketing starts with asking the right questions and uncovering the answers that will help you build your business. If information is power, how much do you know about your customers? Try this quiz. 1 Who are your three best customers? 2 Why do they do business with you? 3 What is their competitive edge? 4 What are their greatest challenges? 5 Who are their chief competitors? 6 What significant trends are impacting their industries? 7 What do your best customers have in common? Marketing intelligence doesn’t need to be expensive.
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Five Steps to Build a Personal Brand Like Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini died in 1926. Yet he is still remembered as the greatest escape artist of all time. Even David Copperfield doesn't come close in terms of brand and name recognition. That is the power of personal branding. Build a solid personal brand and it catapults you to success. Build a really good personal brand and it survives your death. Will your brand survive 80 years after your death? More importantly, will your personal brand help you while you are alive? Just imagine how difficult it was to build a personal brand at the beginning of the 1900's. There was no Internet.
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Presentation Success: The First Question You Must Ask
Before you deliver your next presentation you must ask yourself one critical question. If you ask yourself this question before every presentation you will create a more effective presentation every time - and you will write it faster. You will be better able to adapt the length of your presentation to last minute changes. You will look and feel more confident and convincing. You will be better prepared to handle questions and interruptions from your audience. You will be better equipped to avoid wasteful tangents. You will stay focused.
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Mentors and Protégées
Find a mentor. Mentors can help you cut years off your growth curve. They can save you from making mistakes they made or seen others make. You are then free to learn from new mistakes. A mentor is someone - perhaps a family member, friend or business associate - who is more experienced in the business who is willing to give you some of their time, advice and support. Mentors never do this for money. They enter into the relationship because they want to help you. They see some potential in you and maybe a little of themselves in you. They want to help and you must be ready.
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How not to start your presentation: 10 Roads to Disaster
Preparing a speech can be like sculpting. You keep removing the excess clay until you have your work of art. If you want to start your presentation with a bang instead of a bust avoid these ten mistakes. These tips will show you how not to start your speech. 1. You like me, you really like mer Sally Fields did this when she accepted her academy award. Her gushing outburst was mocked because it seemed unprofessional. We all want to be liked but Sally pushed our puke button with her act. If they are giving you the award don't insult them by pretending that you don't deserve it. 2.
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Change what you do to change what you get
"If you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you've always gotten." proclaimed Peter Urs Bender, keynote speaker and best selling author of five books including "Leadership from Within". But Bender adds this warning, "If you continue to do what you've always done - you will get less. Just to stay even you must change what you do - and to grow you must change drastically how you do it." Bender spoke on communication and leadership skills. But his statement applies to most aspects of business and our career.
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Problem Solving: Don't Ignore the Nudges
All problems are not equal. Some will bite you. Some just nudge you. Those nudges are worthy of more attention. You will encounter two types of problems, acute and chronic. They have two distinct warnings signs and different methods of solving them. You need to be aware of both types of problems and how to solve them. You may already know about the first type. But knowing how to identify and solve the second type will provide greater benefit for you and your organization. The acute problem is most common. You don't need to go looking for it.
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Who Wants a Mentor?
What is mentoring about? Mentoring is a special relationship between a master and an apprentice. You can find good examples in modern culture: Obiwan Kanobee and Luke Skywalker from Star Wars and Cane (David Carradine) from the old Kung Fu TV series. In centuries past this was the only way to pass on critical knowledge of a craft. The mentor's role was to teach, coach and encourage. Why have a mentor? Your mentor can help you avoid costly mistakes and cut years off your growth curve.
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Networking for the Shy
Just answer this simple question: “How can I help you?” Networking is the science of connecting with other people to advance your agenda. What do you want more of? Sales leads, resource contacts, job offers? You can get those results from networking - if you do it wisely. Be honest with yourself. The only reason you network is because you want something from others. There is nothing wrong with that. So don't feel guilty if that is your purpose in networking.
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When You Have Something Important To Say
How to emphasize the key points of your presentation so that your audience hears, digests and remembers your message. When you are delivering a presentation to your management, a proposal to the committee or changes to your staff they are not hanging on your every word. When you get to the key ...
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What A Difference A Decade Makes To Marketing
Imagine that you could continue to market successfully the same way for ten years. Do you like that thought? Well delete that daydream because it just isn’t so. Welcome to marketing 2008. It’s more threatening, more promising and more exciting. Buckle your seatbelt, take your motion sickness ...
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Motivational speaker: Boxing Legend George Foreman
When he was a boy his sister taunted him, "You'll never be anything." He skipped classes and slept during the day. But that taunt hurt him. It angered him. It awakened the fighting spirit within him. He wanted to change but he didn't know how. George Foreman became heavy weight boxing champion ...
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Insights from George Torok
You need a system to succeed. Talent is never enough.
You have all the confidence you will ever need inside of you. It may be hidden deep – you must give yourself permission to let it out.
The more we see you speak in public – the more we believe you to be a leader.
Public speaking is not a talent – it is a skill.
Your audience is always right in the way they feel and think.
If the speaker sends a message that the receiver does not understand – then who needs to change?
If you present yourself as perfect while speaking – we will not believe you and we will hate you. We like you when we see that you are imperfect like we are.
We love to hear stories. We don’t need another lecture. Just ask your kids.
The little voice in the back of your head will always find something wrong with you. But nobody else can hear that voice.
Murphy said that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy loves computers, especially PowerPoint presentations.
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Contact George Torok
By phone - 905-335-1997
Visit the main website - Torok.com
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The Speech Coach for Executives
Speech coaching and presentation skills training for productive business presentations.
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George Torok offers motivational keynotes presentations for association conferences and conventions. He speaks for corporate sales meetings and workshops.