The new book, Confessions of a public speaker, is wrapping up and will be out late October / early November. As is tradition, I’ll be doing a book tour right when it’s out to help spread the word and give away lots of free copies.

The book, in two sentences: everything I’ve learned about public speaking and communication, written for anyone interested in speaking and thinking better. Or if you’re interested in what life is like for someone like me who writes and speaks for a living, the book is for you.

I need help finding venues. Here’s my criteria

• The bigger the crowd the better
• Audiences that like buying books
• Corporations or universities are ideal
• Speaker series that do their own promotion or have a following
• Bonus points if it can be open to the public
• Must be scheduled week of November 3rd thru 6th.

If you’re interested in helping, here’s what you can do:

• Run your network. If you have contacts at a university or corporation that might want me to give a free lecture, let me know who you know.
• If folks ask, here’s a good sample of me in action at Ignite.

Typically I put together a list of candidates, prioritize and then try to schedule something with as many as I can in 2 or 3 days (often it’s 7-10 lectures).

Right now I’m focusing on Boston and possibly NYC. But Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Pittsburgh are a stretch but might be possible.

(update) Several days in San Francisco is probable for December.