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Big Changes + Announcement
I made a pretty big decision a couple of weeks ago about my business. (Tbh, I’m hesitant to write and send this email because I don’t want it to come across as self-indulgent. The reason I’m sharing this with you is because seeing behind the scenes in someone else’s business has proven useful to me,…
Read MoreThis will set you apart as a speaker
I’ve been listening to TEDx talks by women to find potential guests for my new podcast. Their talks are well done – good delivery on important topics in women and leadership. But most of them are missing that X factor that makes them intriguing and memorable. They haven’t moved beyond the WHAT into the WHY,…
Read MoreStepping Stones to Get You to a Keynote or TEDx Stage
If you’re reading this, I know you’re interested in upleveling your speaking. You imagine yourself as the keynote speaker at an important conference in your industry or you’re standing on a stage giving a TEDx talk that blows the audience away. I know you’re fully capable of doing this. But, here’s the thing: to get…
Read MoreMy Word for 2017, An Embarrassing Story, & 3 Stages We Go Through
Happy New Year! Do you come up with a “word of the year” to help focus you? My 2017 word is Intention. To me, Intention means reflecting and determining on a course of action with focus and purpose. Intention about the services I offer, the clients I attract to work with me, the projects I…
Read More3 Stages We Go Through as Entrepreneurs and Speakers
There are three stages we go through as entrepreneurs and even as speakers: Experimentation, Intention, and Growth. Because my business was still new in 2016, I was all about Stage 1 – Experimentation: trying different things to see what worked and what didn’t, what I liked doing and what I didn’t, which kinds of clients…
Read MoreMy favorite books in 2016
As I’ve been doing a recap of 2016, one of the things I like to do is look back at the books I read (I keep a running list in Evernote – I’m at 35 books so far this year). These are the books that had the biggest impact on me in 2016. What were…
Read MoreYour voice is needed
“Ha, you haven’t heard me sing,” I thought to myself as one of the Kirtan* musicians reassured the group of us that no one has a bad voice. We were sitting in a semi-circle on the floor in the yoga studio, the lights dimmed, candles glowing, cold air lightly seeping in on a brisk wintry…
Read MoreThe 3 C's of Successful Speaking (and Business)
You know the spare closet in your house that ends up holding lots of random stuff and eventually becomes so full that the next time you open it, everything spills out? That’s how my mind has felt the past couple of months. I had been consuming so much information during the past year that I…
Read MoreWhat's your twist? Make your talk interesting, not just informative
A couple of weekends ago, I sat staring at my computer. I was working on my TEDx talk about women in leadership and politics – and I knew it was missing something. My first draft was good – about the benefits of having more women in elected office, the gender stereotypes female candidates face, and…
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