Podcast
Speaking for Income & Impact: The 3 Key Elements You Need (and What’s Getting In Your Way) to Go from Commodity Speaker to Thought Leader with Carol Cox: Podcast Ep. 291
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. This means that, as a commodity speaker, it will be harder for you to…
Read More[Coaching] Get More Leads from Your Presentations with Monica Young: Podcast Ep. 290
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 MoreLess Free, More Paid: How to Increase Your Speaker Fees with Carol Cox: Podcast Ep. 289
If you’ve been getting speaking requests, but they’re free or low paid, or you’ve been charging the same amount for a while and aren’t sure if (and how) to raise your speaker fees, tune in to this episode. I share 3 reasons you *should* increase your speaking fee and how to confidently do so. I…
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 MoreDiane Diaz on The Life Shift – Conversations about Life-Changing Moments Podcast: Triggered by Two Words | Leaving a Toxic Relationship
In this episode, Diane and Matt Gilhooly discuss Diane’s journey to finding her confidence and grit, fueled by an abusive and mostly absent father, and how she vied never to repeat the cycle. Tales of how she found herself in an emotionally abusive relationship in college and how just two words changed the trajectory of…
Read MoreThe ROI of Investing in a Speaking Coach with Dianna Deeney: Podcast Ep. 287
What can you expect when you work with a speaking coach? What are the outcomes and results you get? In last week’s episode, we talked about what a public speaking coach does and when you need one. In this episode, I talk with one of our Thought Leader Academy grads, Dianna Deeney, on why she…
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…
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