Cyle Young is a sought-after for his speaking and teaching. He’s spoken to audiences all across the US, in five countries, and on two continents. He encourages his audience by challenging them with practical ways they can move forward in their business, career, writing, and relationship with Christ. Book Cyle now… you won’t be disappointed!
Categories Cyle Speaks About:
(video teaching samples below)
Cyle offers many programs for different events. He is comfortable speaking to large groups of 1000+ people, or small groups of 10. Book him for your next small group, retreat, conference, or keynote.
He would love to design a program around the specific theme of your event. Contact him for details and scheduling information at cyle@cyleyoung.com.
Resolution: GO – January 2016
Unresolution – January 2015
POPULAR TOPICS
The “Polish” Draft – Selling your book before you submit.
Become a writer that wows a prospective agent or editor by enhancing your manuscript and proposal submission with targeted editing geared to make your submission shine above the competition. Learn how to perform a proper “look” test, make sure you always kill the “as” monsters, “beat” up your dialogue, pull “weeds” and much more!
The S.P.R.I.N.G.S. Method.
Propel your book forward/chapter with a powerful first paragraph) Every book/chapter needs a powerful first paragraph to spring the story forward and compel the reader to invest his or her time on reading further. A good opening paragraph drives a story onward, it sets the tone and mood for what follows, and draws the reader deeper.
Winning at Winning Contests: From Contest to Contract
Winning your way to a publishing contract and/or agency contract. Embrace contests to initiate your writing career. Create publicity and create market awareness by winning contests. Learn why you need to separate your writing passion from your contest entries, and harness your contests entries to work for you.
100+ Tech Tools Every Author Should Know
The Internet provides a wealth of resources for writers. In this class we will review over 100 new and popular tech tools that will help you as a writer. Learn what a Thunderclap is and how it can help you share your book launch with the world. Gain more twitter follower through Followback programs. Create amazing graphics for book covers and social media through Canva or PicMonkey. These are just a few, come to the class and learn about many more!
Creating Your Author Website/Blog
This class will walk its participants through the entire process of setting up a self-hosted Wordpress website/blog, from purchasing a website name, buying a hosting package (godaddy or bluehost), installing the software, and creating a blog utilizing a free or paid theme.
Starting a Group Blog to Maximize Platform
Tired of plugging away at the keyboard, only to find out your blog post was read by only a handful of people? Want to create a larger platform through the power of a Win-Win strategy? Start a group blog. Learn how-to harness the power of community while working together with 5-40 other authors to create a shared platform.
Radical Grace – October 2015
Modern Day Parable – Sept. 2015
MORE POPULAR TOPICS
From Aliens to Passing Gas on a Horse – Devotions from Your Life.
Devotions don’t have to be super-serious or so chock full of scripture that there’s no room for a personal story. Jesus himself utilized scripture based stories and parables to launch a movement that changed the face of the world. You can too! In this class, you will learn how to recognize the teachable moments in your everyday life, and use those moments and stories to create riveting devotions that will capture the readers thoughts and direct the readers heart to Christ.
Shouting in a Windstorm
Understand why only 12%-16% of your friends or followers see your Facebook or Twitter posts, and learn how to improve the chances they will be seen. Discover the secrets of Edgerank, Facebook’s ever-changing formula, and learn how you can maximize your social presence. Learn the secrets to post frequency and utilize a top social marketing philosophy to create ancillary accounts and pages to drive traffic, increase your followers and likes, and grow your platform.
The Wonderful World of Wordpress Widgets
A Wordpress blog is only as good as its plugins and widgets. This course covers over 50 of the most useful and necessary plugins and widgets for the Wordpress blogging platform. Class participants will leave this class with greater understanding of how to set up their site to produce the most reader connection. They will also discover how to maximize their sites footprint in web searches.