Public Speaking
Register for Our New Free Live Training: The 3 Key Elements You Need to Go from Commodity Speaker to Thought Leader
We have a brand new FREE live training happening on Tuesday, August 16! If I take a look at your slide deck or presentation outline and I can’t tell that the content is yours (vs. another speaker on your topic), you’re in danger of being a commodity speaker. Commodity speakers are undifferentiated and interchangeable. It…
Read More5 Ways to Bore Your Audience in 2022
Have you attended a talk recently (online or in person) where you got bored and started daydreaming about how to gracefully exit without being rude? Perhaps you saw someone else leaving and you considered hopping out right behind them down the aisle and out the doors. Or you wondered if you could just close the…
Read MoreA Framework for Creating a Signature Talk for Income and Impact with Carol Cox: Podcast Ep. 288
Do you sometimes sit down to create a new presentation and stare at a blank document or slide deck, not sure where to start or you feel like you have so many ideas you don’t know which to include? Or perhaps you’ve been delivering your presentations for a while and they’re not quite as effective…
Read MoreCarol Cox on The Juicy CEO Podcast: Authentically Build Your Juicy Speaker Career (Ep. 90)
Does living YOUR best life include stepping up as a keynote speaker? I had the pleasure of being on the The Juicy CEO Podcast with Monique Bryan – episode 90. In this episode of The Juicy CEO podcast, you’ll discover: Whether “natural speakers” exist… and how to fake it til you make it! How…
Read MoreWhat a Speaking Coach Is and When You Need One with Carol Cox and Diane Diaz: Podcast Ep. 286
What exactly do we do as speaking coaches when we work with our clients? When is the right time for you to work with a speaking coach? In this episode, Diane Diaz, our lead speaking coach, and I talk about: Different types of business and speciality coaches When and why we’ve hired coaches ourselves The…
Read More4 Speaker Archetypes: Learn How to Market and Sell Your Speaking with Carol Cox: Podcast Ep. 285
What kind of speaker are you? How would you describe your style? I’ve always told our clients that we don’t want to fit you into some type of “speaker mold” that doesn’t feel natural to you. Instead, I encourage you to take your natural speaking strengths and amplify them. This also means adding to your…
Read More6 Winning Ways to Open and Close Your Talks with Carol Cox: Podcast Ep. 281
How should you open and close your talk? When we work with our clients on their signature talks using our framework, we always make sure to have a strong opening and closing. In the beginning, you want to make a good impression and set the right tone. You may also be nervous, so feeling…
Read MoreMaking the Shift from Expert Presenter to Storyteller in Your Keynotes with Katie Anderson: Podcast Ep. 280
Last year on this podcast, I did several episodes about the distinction between being an expert and a thought leader. As speakers, we often get stuck in what I call “the expert trap.” We get comfortable training and teaching in our area of expertise and we think that’s the only way to provide value to…
Read MoreSummit Speakers Reunion Roundtable
We are hosting a very special online event on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, and we would love to have you join us. In October 2020 and April 2021, we held our Brave. Bold. Beyond. Live Virtual Summit. Attendees told us that the women speakers who graced our virtual event stage were: Powerful. Brave. Bold. Brilliant.…
Read MoreBuilding Trust and Connection Through Vulnerability with Dr. Katrina Skinner: Podcast Ep. 279
Do you have an experience that happened to you that you’re reluctant to share with your audience? What would happen if you did? So often we feel like our stories are too uncommon or unrelatable or not interesting enough to include in our talks. What I see happen is that speakers generalize their stories…
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