Use Your Voice
How In-Person Speaking Practice Builds Confidence and Stage Presence
In-person speaking practice builds confidence by giving your mind and body repeated evidence that you can deliver the material, respond to an audience, recover when something changes, and improve through feedback. Confidence develops through action—not through waiting until you feel completely ready. You cannot think your way into speaking confidence. I say that with great…
Read MoreHow to Choose the Right Public Speaking Retreat for Women
The best public speaking retreat for women should give you more than presentation tips. Look for an experience that includes repeated stage practice, personalized coaching, feedback from a real audience, opportunities to make adjustments and try again, and professional assets that support your speaking goals. A room full of information can teach you what effective…
Read MoreExecutive Presence Starts with Clarity, Not Confidence with Mary E. Maloney: Podcast Ep. 484
When you hear “executive presence,” do you picture someone walking into a boardroom looking polished, confident, and completely certain of what to say? My guest, Mary E. Maloney, sees it differently. Executive presence matters most when you’re in the middle of a high-stakes identity shift, such as after a promotion, a career change, the sale…
Read MorePublic Speaking Workshop for Women in Orlando: Build Confidence, Calm Your Nerves, and Speak Without a Script
You know your material. You have valuable experience, strong ideas, and a message worth sharing. But when it is time to stand in front of a room, something changes. Your heart starts beating faster. You worry that you will forget what you planned to say. You grip your notes a little more tightly than you…
Read MoreFrom Workshop Leader to National Conference Speaker: Corrin McCloskey’s Thought Leadership Journey: Podcast Ep. 480
If you love facilitating workshops and trainings, but you know there’s something more you want to say, this episode is for you. My guest is Corrin McCloskey, a healthcare executive, speaker, writer, and facilitator who has made the leap from being a fabulous facilitator into a true thought leader. Corrin joined us in Thought Leader…
Read MoreHow to Develop a Thought Leadership Platform That Creates Influence, Opportunities, and Impact
Most accomplished women don’t have an expertise problem. They have a visibility problem. Not because they aren’t qualified. Not because they don’t have ideas worth sharing. Not because they lack experience. The challenge is that expertise alone rarely creates recognition. You can be incredibly knowledgeable and still struggle to attract speaking engagements, media opportunities, clients,…
Read MoreAI Can Generate Content. It Cannot Generate Perspective.
What You’ll Learn Why so much AI-generated content feels forgettable The difference between content and perspective Why human voice matters more in the age of AI How thought leadership is changing as expertise becomes commoditized Why storytelling, lived experience, and point of view are becoming competitive advantages How leaders and organizations can use AI without…
Read MoreFrom Expert to Thought Leader: The Communication Shift Women Leaders Must Make
What You’ll Learn What the “expert trap” is and why so many smart women get stuck in it Why expertise alone is becoming less valuable in the age of AI The difference between expertise and thought leadership Why storytelling, perspective, and voice create influence How women leaders can move from invisible expertise to visible thought…
Read MoreHow to Become a Thought Leader in the Age of AI
Your voice matters more—not less—when everyone has access to the same tools. AI can write your LinkedIn posts. AI can draft your newsletter. AI can summarize books, generate slide decks, and create endless “content.” And yet… We’re entering a moment where original thinking, clear communication, and human perspective are becoming more valuable—not less. Because when…
Read MoreStorytelling as Resistance: Finding and Using Your Voice with Janice Gassam Asare, PhD: Podcast Ep. 461
Your story is not just your story. It’s part of a larger narrative about whose voices are heard and whose are erased. I’m honored to have Janice Gassam Asare back on the podcast. She’s an organizational psychologist, equity consultant, and author of the new book Rise and Resist – and this conversation went places…
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