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Register for NEW Training: How to Create Your Own Framework to Set You Apart as a Speaker & Thought Leader
Do you know that one of the most powerful elements of your presentations is showcasing your own framework? Having your own framework differentiates you from others – you’re building your thought leadership and intellectual property. A framework is a tremendous asset for your business – you can use it for sales conversations, on your website…
Read MoreIntegrating Your Story Into Your Talks with Carol Cox, Diane Diaz, and Joy Spencer: Podcast Ep. 297
How do you integrate your story into your talk and message? Which story should you choose? This is one of the main areas we work on with our clients in our Thought Leader Academy. Your personal story is one of the essential ingredients for your thought leadership and for your talks, whether you’re delivering a…
Read More[Coaching] Get More Leads from Your Presentations with Monica Young: Podcast Ep. 290
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One of the best reasons to be a speaker is to increase brand awareness for your business and to generate leads and clients. Especially as social media gets noisier and the algorithms make it harder for our content to be seen, being a speaker standing in front of an audience (whether in person or virtually),…
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 MoreDiane Diaz on the Second Brakes Podcast: Discovering a New and Different ‘You’ in Midlife with Diane Diaz (Podcast Ep. 185)
In this episode, Lou and Diane discuss How Diane Diaz allowed serendipity to take the lead when figuring out her next move The steps she took to ‘help’ serendipity find her Discovering new interests and parts of herself she didn’t know about Why developing your ‘signature talk’ isn’t just for folks who want to be…
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 MoreConnecting Your Ideas into One Message with Cindy Rowe: Podcast Ep. 284
Have you ever felt like you have a bunch of ideas and you’re not sure how they’re connected and how to get them into one message? You are not alone! Most of us struggle with this because we’re too close to our own ideas, expertise, and stories. Our guest, Cindy Rowe, owns a marketing agency…
Read MoreHow to Exceed Expectations as a Speaker at an Event with Jill Janecke: Podcast Ep. 283
If you’re going to be speaking at an in-person conference, this episode has some excellent tips on how you can exceed expectations as a speaker to make it a win-win-win for you, the audience, and the event organizer. Our guest is Jill Janecke, who is a mental health counselor and has opened and operates 15…
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