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Breakdown of speaker, author and founder of IDOLOGY, Caroline McHugh’s 2013 TED talk, “The Power of Being Yourself”.

Each month, we’re sharing a resource that offers tangible, actionable strategies and principles to help you raise your visibility, maximize your impact and grow your personal brand through speaking. This month’s resource is How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking by Viv Groskop. One of the best ways to grow […]

Each month, we lean into a notable speech example and mine for learnings you can use as you level up your leadership through compelling, effective, impactful speaking. This month, we’re breaking down Amy Cuddy’s “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are” TED Talk. Shared at TED Global in 2012, social psychologist and Harvard professor, […]

Have you ever said, “no, thank you” to an invitation to speak? Most women you know have. Sharp, accomplished, incredible women we’d be lucky to learn from. But they hesitate.  They decline for reasons like the pressure to be an “expert,” the nerves that come with public speaking, or a lack of clarity and confidence […]

Each month, we lean into a notable speech example and mine for learnings you can use as you level up your leadership through compelling, effective, impactful speaking. We’re kicking off our speech breakdown series with Sir Ken Robinson’s “Do Schools Kill Creativity?”. According to TED, this talk has been viewed over 75 million times since […]

Did you know that most people are more afraid of public speaking than death? Seinfeld has a hilarious bit poking fun at the fact that most of us would rather be in the casket than delivering the eulogy. A little over the top, maybe. But the struggle is real. So I’m here to tell you […]

Not every speaker is paid. And speaking offers many benefits that aren’t financial. But if you dream of speaking professionally and having the ability to spend significant time and energy sharing your message, you’re going to need to be paid to speak. Today, we’re talking about 4 irrefutable laws about making money on stage. Most […]

Think of the difference perfect practice can make. That’s exactly what you get to create with mental rehearsal.

So my 2nd big speaking event got off to an unexpected start. But I learned a few things that can help us both

Whether the medium is written or spoken, words matter. Words have the power to lift a heart, change a mind, shift a perspective. As speakers, we encourage and inspire when we deliver a message to an audience. It’s the verbal exchange through which we work our magic and share our gift. Whether in person or virtual, put us in front of an audience, and we’re at home. But it’s not all one and none of the other. To be their best, all speakers should be writing.