Public Speaking
How Public Speaking Built My Businesses: Lessons and Mistakes: Podcast Ep. 155
Public speaking has undoubtedly been one of the key factors in building 3 different businesses over the last 18 years. You’ll hear the lessons and mistakes I learned, so you can use speaking effectively and strategically as part of your overall marketing strategy, whether you’re newer in your business or years in. Why does public…
Read MorePublic Speaking Trends for 2020: Podcast Ep. 154
What trends are on the horizon that you can capitalize on to get better speaking engagements and to get better results from them? How can you improve your presentations so the audience raves about you and you get invited to do more (including paid speaking)? How can you be memorable as a speaker? In this…
Read MoreWhere Are They Now: Updates from Past Coaching Guests Teresa McCloy and Anne Torrez: Podcast Ep. 152
Remember the VH1 series from the late 1990s called “Where are they now?” The show would look back at artists, bands, and actors (mostly from the 1980s) and see what happened to them. It was captivating television because we’re curious to see what happens to people, especially famous people, after they’ve had their big success.…
Read MoreDream Big, Speak Big: Inspiration from Women Speakers [Goals & Planning Series]: Podcast Ep. 151
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What stage do you dream to be standing on, looking out at the audience, sharing your message? What kind of speaker do you want to be? This month on the podcast, we’re talking about goals and planning, so I thought it would be fun to bring on some women entrepreneurs and have them share with…
Read MoreA Different Way of Setting and Achieving Your Speaking Goal [Goals & Planning Series]: Podcast Ep. 149
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Before you ask yourself *what* goals you want to achieve as a speaker, ask yourself *who* do you want to *be* as a speaker and then what do you need to do to become that? Taking on that identity is what will make the goals real to you. This has been so helpful to me…
Read MoreFeatured in Forbes: How Carol Cox Is Helping Women Speakers Get Paid What They Deserve
Women speakers not getting paid (at all or equitably) is an issue we get on our soapbox about. Big thanks to Janice Gassam, Ph.D. for highlighting this in her recent Forbes article about the work we’re doing at Speaking Your Brand and how to close the pay gap for women speakers: https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2019/12/01/how-carol-cox-is-helping-women-speakers-get-paid-what-they-deserve/#1f5c3921533f
Read MoreComparing Political Speeches from Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Storytelling Series]: Podcast Ep. 140
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What can we learn from political speeches to apply to our own presentations? Quite a bit! For this episode, we watched speeches given by former First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator and Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known as AOC). I’m joined by one of our speaking coaches Diane Diaz as we talk…
Read MoreHow to Make Money from Speaking [Podcast Series]
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Money and getting paid to speak – especially as women – is something we need to talk more about. This is why I’ve loved our 5-part podcast series on Money. To kick off the series, in episode 132, Diane Diaz and I talked about 7 reasons why you aren’t getting paid to speak – and…
Read MoreHow to Use the Feedback Form for Higher Quality Lead Generation [Money Series]: Podcast Ep. 136
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How can you use increase leads and sales at your presentations? By asking for them! Having a feedback form that the audience fills out is one of the best ways to generate leads, especially if you don’t feel comfortable making a hard sales pitch in your presentation or if the place you’re speaking at forbids…
Read More7 Reasons Why You Aren’t Getting Paid to Speak: Podcast Ep. 132
As women entrepreneurs and speakers, we face a gender pay gap, just like many women who work for companies. Some of the pay gap is structural, but some of it is self-imposed: we’re not asking to be paid more or we’re not asking to be paid at all for our speaking. In this episode,…
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