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Advocating for What You Want for Yourself and Others with Nicole Tisdale [Leadership Series]: Podcast Ep. 141
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We’re kicking off a new podcast series on Leadership: what does it mean to be a leader for your audience, your clients, your community, and yourself. You’re going to love the stories and strategies that my guest, Nicole Tisdale, shares. Her story of literally running down a Congressman to ask him for a job is…
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 MoreSelecting the Best Stories to Include in Your Signature Talk with Marie Fiebach [Storytelling Series]: Podcast Ep. 139 [Coaching]
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We’re continuing our series on storytelling with this on-air coaching call episode about what stories you should select to include in your signature talk, whether it’s a business presentation, a conference session, or, in this case, a keynote. My guest is Marie Fiebach, who is a speaker and a regular contributor on her local TV…
Read MoreThe Missing Ingredients in Your Stories [Storytelling Series]: Podcast Ep. 137
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We’ve all heard to use stories in our presentations. Stories make our content more interesting and memorable for the audience and can aid in learning. What I’ve seen is that we’re good at providing a *summary* of the story. But, what we’re not doing is *telling* a story. What’s the difference? 5 key ingredients that…
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 MoreThe Profits in Putting On a Live Event for Your Community with Anna Seewald [Money Series]: Podcast Ep. 135
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For the past few episodes, we’ve talked about how you can monetize your speaking, whether it’s by getting paid a fee or generating leads and sales. Have you thought about putting on your own live, in-person event as another way to monetize your speaking and business? Notice that the title of this episode is “profits”…
Read MoreGender Pay Gap: Talking About Uncomfortable Topics with Your Audience with Michelle Gyimah [Money Series]: Podcast Ep. 134
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For many companies, the gender pay gap is one of those issues that they want to be seen as making progress on, yet having real conversations around it, that lead to action, can be challenging. How can you approach an uncomfortable or difficult topic with your audience, so that they open up and you can…
Read MoreAuthentic Selling at Your Speaking Engagements with Nikki Rausch [Money Series]: Podcast Ep. 133
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When we’re doing unpaid speaking engagements, the expectation is that, because it’s free, we can use it for building brand awareness and for lead generation. However, many conferences and groups not explicitly forbid “selling from the stage.” I’ve never liked that phrase because it conjures up images of a pitchman on stage hawking their wares…
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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