If you belong to the medical industry, then there is no doubt that you have probably heard of the physiatrist Dr. Mary Kneiser. She has achieved a lot in her field and still continues to do so. Her field of expertise is generally involved in the rehabilitation or recovery of patients through physical medicine for bones and muscular injury. Aside from being a full-pledged physiatrist, she also publishes articles, teaches physiatry students and delivers keynote speeches in events where the main subject is physiatry and people in convention would want to hear most about her field, and especially, her career.
For Dr. Mary Kneiser, being a successful keynote speaker is not easy, but it is definitely not as hard as you think it is. All you need is to have a positive mindset and the knowledge to motivate, inspire and stimulate people. For Dr. Kneiser, the first thing a person needs to have is to know her strengths. In order to be a good keynote speaker one must be clear in the message he or she wants to convey. She needs to have a detailed or bulleted list of the things she wishes to include in her speech which he or she thinks will be most useful to the listeners. Second, to be able to be an effective keynote speaker is to know your craft. To be a keynote speaker, people would surmise that you are an expert in the field and that you are hired because you are already considered as a guru or someone who can inculcate ‘words of wisdom’ to the listeners since she has already done everything a professional in a particular field should have done. Lastly, one must put in mind that keynote speaking is an opportunity to share knowledge and it is not a job. A keynote speaker must be willing to deliver a speech even when there is no monetary payment in exchange. A keynote speaker’s integrity can be reflected in his or her willingness to share knowledge because he or she genuinely wants to and not just because one can earn money from guesting on an event. Keynote speaking can be a professional’s best way to give back to the society that shaped, commended and admired him for his career.
Motivational speaking can be an identifier if a person is already successful as regarded by the society, mainly because only pros and experts are invited to deliver speeches. For Dr. Mary Kneiser, motivational speaking can be her best way to sincerely pour on some of her knowledge and tell tales of her career journey which can be useful for aspiring physiatrists. This is her method of paving way for the generations to come and she might just be one of the molders of this young and bright people.
