Bringing you fresh ideas and interviews by entrepreneurs, creatives and experts that inspire, to grow your creativity, online presence, digital business and overall wellbeing. Listeners are curious, impact driven people that want to listen to new and innovative ideas in an entertaining and bingeworthy format.
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‘Speak to Scale with Jessica Rasdall’ is a podcast for entrepreneurs who want to scale their business with public speaking. Each and every week we’re sharing expert interviews, actionable education, and inspiration to help you grow your business from the stage. Adding speaking to your business doesn’t have to be a mystery. Whether you’re an entrepreneur ready to add speaking to their business or you’re planning to host your own events, Speak to Scale breaks down the barriers between organize ...
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Creating Stories, Asking Better Questions and Career Transformation with Journalist and Advocate Briana Blackett
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1:11:44Joy speaks with award-winning communicator and journalist Briana Blackett. With her extensive global news experience, we explore how to tell a compelling story and authentically connect with people. We explore how to navigate misinformation and disinformation whilst telling our own impactful stories. Briana is currently Future Women’s Head of Conte…
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Sharing Your Story on a Podcast & Digital Strategy I've Discovered This Last 6 Years
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33:27Joy shares best practice of what and who we consume online and how to ferociously apply digital strategies to support ourselves and our kids. We can build authority, be more googleable, discoverable and sprinkle that digital confetti across the internet - to build our profiles and businesses for more opportunities and greater human connection. We e…
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Sharing Your Story Online, Stagecraft & Writing Your Life Memoir
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22:42Joy shares about courage to amplify your story online and the creative steps to take to show up onstage and on a podcast. She talks about stage craft, X -factor and listening to Darren Hayes narrating his memoir Unloveable. Joy shares a personal story of working on one of his unforgettable shows at the Sydney Opera House and his pure artistry. Joy …
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Exploring Your Death - Conversations with Funeral Director and Death Doula Bec Jackson
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54:30Joy speaks with funeral director, death doula, celebrant and end-of-life educator Bec Jackson, to explore death, grief, and end-of-life care. Joy and Bec discuss the importance of normalising conversations about death, the roles of death doulas, funeral directors, and the significance of rituals, personal choice, natural death and grieving. Convers…
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Level Up Your Video Content + Online Presence with Dom Anders
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1:01:51Joy & Dom share ideas to show up on camera for social media, build confidence, share advice on networking and stepping out of your comfort zone to maximise online presence. A "how to" on being more engaging and discoverable for greater opportunities. Dominique Anders is a former TV producer & director turned video marketing strategist & content cre…
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How To Manage Your Life On Social Media & Insider Secrets You Need To Know
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20:11Joy talks about discoveries she's made immersed in social media and digital tech for the last 6 years. What makes us unique to the millions out there on social platforms and what drives her to produce Nerds of Joy sharing thoughts, ideas and important voices. She explores the brevity of our lives, how we will be remembered and choosing action for g…
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Days For Girls and Big Opportunities with Celeste Mergens
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51:00Joy talks with Celeste Mergens, bestselling author, sought after speaker and Founder of Days for Girls, a global award-winning organisation that has reached over 3 million women and girls in 145 countries. We explore how big challenges can also be big opportunities, serendipity, purpose, quantum physics and the importance of menstrual equity. Let's…
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Survival on Social Media - Recent Observations & What You Need To Know
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28:15Navigating social media can be challenging for all humans and Joy shares her observations and reflections on what you could do to safeguard your time, energy and attention. Joy shares some best practice to save you and your kids from digital trouble. This is a great dive to find clues into the ways sly operators, influencers and grifters game human…
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Top Tips Adopting the Digital World and Surviving on Your Terms. It's Harder Than You Think
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25:00Joy reintroduces herself and gives insights on what it is to be a Podcast Producer and the key to becoming a successful guest. She uncovers the premise of Nerds of Joy and ways to stretch your ideas, use your voice to get your message out there and grow your business brand. Embedding ethical tech and wellbeing, rolling out all things digital to our…
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Making Creativity A Priority in Your Work, Life and Business
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8:38Claiming your creative worth takes a sure footedness that can only come from doing parts of it, bit by bit and a knowing that it will work out in the end. It is a modality, a training, a skill cultivated overtime that strengthens with great mentors and tutors. "Will they be able to sustain life as artists or will their inherent talent and dedicatio…
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I'm wondering how you are going on your entrepreneurial journey? How much "raw and organic" information can you handle or do you prefer to seek out mentors in your quest to discover more about entrepreneurship? Do you listen to podcasts recommended by your family or friends, do you have a tribe or are you going it alone? I've been part of the judgi…
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Becoming An Entrepreneur - It's Not A Linear Path
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12:10Hey entrepreneurs. The first rule of the game is to surround yourself with the right people that have done the things you want to do. People that can mentor and encourage you on this wild journey of entrepreneurship. Every deviation or detour is a possibility for something new. Seize it, be open to the opportunities, or make your own. What might yo…
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How to Be A Better Digital Storyteller & Podcast Guest
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12:47Why do we have so much fear showing up and feel compelled to hide behind avatars. On digital platforms, why do people desire to be a thought leader or speaker but have to use hype reels and highly edited video to deliver concise information, as they build an audience. How do we make it fun for the listener and include them? Can we show up as oursel…
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Stretch Your Attention & Focus Like A Stage Manager
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37:51Joy talks about Attention & Focus. How to stretch out these essential ingredients to be more productive, guard your energy, time and common beliefs that keep us on a perpetual scroll. Learn how to choose better, discover specific techniques to expand your digital, listening and viewing repertoire for better outcomes. In today's hyper cycle of socia…
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Help Me - AI Is Taking Over Everything - A Parents Guide To Safeguarding You Kids + Yourself
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18:46Joy collaborates with her bot Brian on this episode, to flesh out how to navigate AI and the even more complex developments being added into every aspect of our lives. If the data is right and we spent at least 4 hours on our smartphones everyday - what impact will it have on our creativity, wellbeing, jobs and relationships? in this episode we tal…
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Ep 232 - Introducing…The Speak to Scale Agency!
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22:56Meet The Speak to Scale Agency! We offer full-service speaker management and strategy to business owners who want to scale through speaking, but don’t have the capacity to do it on their own. We’ve got the expertise, the connections, and the passion to support you on your speaker journey. Learn how The Speak to Scale Agency came to be, how we do th…
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What YOU Need to Share Your Voice With The World
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5:56Joy speaks about the courage to put yourself out on social media as an authority or personal brand - exploring the vulnerability, authenticity, and immense power that comes with sharing your voice with the world. It's a quick bite episode, Joy bullet points the very best impact this has on our lives, businesses, opportunities and legacy. If you enj…
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Ep 231 - Building a Business that Speaks to Your Audience (Ft. Sarah Michelle)
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40:08Sarah Michelle is the founder of SMNP Reviews, an educational platform that helps students pass nurse practitioner exams. She’s also a public speaker, podcast host, mother, and of course, a former nurse practitioner herself. I’ve had the honor of helping Sarah with a big keynote presentation over the past few months. When I learned more about her a…
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Be Careful Who You Follow - Uncovering Influencer Secrets So You Don't Get Burned
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33:03Who you follow matters! Attention is everything in the digital landscape. How influencers connect with you can often be disingenuous and what do you seek to extract from your time on social media? Joy outsources to AI and speaks to the trickery of bots and strategies for engagement, how to curate your feed well, build confidence online and the late…
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Human Psychology - Tools We Can Use To Heal Trauma & Live Better Lives with Psychotherapist Phyllis Leavitt
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1:11:41Joy speaks with Phyllis Leavitt, psychotherapist of 30 years about the fracture in society, great trauma and suffering in the world that stops us from reaching our greatest desires. Phyllis provides answers and solutions to questions from an Aussie outsider. We talk about healing human relations, with a focus on America. We explore why greater unde…
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Midlife Women - Essential Information to Know Before You Hit 35 - Perimenopause & Menopause with Dr Ceri Cashell
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1:13:48Joy speaks with Dr Ceri Cashell MD, about perimenopause and menopause. So many women have no idea about this stage of life until they are hit with a tsunami of symptoms. If you have found yourself with mystery illnesses and are sleuthing for solutions then this episode is a tonic of ideas and factual information about gold standard treatments to he…
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Eclectic Musings About Life & Society From A Neurodiverse Brain with Media Personality Ben Sorensen
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1:07:15Joy chats with Ben Sorensen, quirky, eccentric and neurodiverse media personality about the why of chasing professional hosting, passion, creation and pro techniques of being on a microphone. We discover Ben's path to MCing huge events from vaudeville performance as a kid, to hosting a hit radio show interviewing major celebrities and how he naviga…
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Ep 330 - Stop Saying Yes to Every Speaking Opportunity
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18:31There’s this misconception out there that a busy speaker is a successful speaker. You see someone booking all the podcast interviews, getting all the media attention, and speaking at all the events, and you think, “Dang, that speaker’s made it. They know what they’re doing!” But that’s not always the case. Trust me, I work with some of these speake…
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Building Better Relationships with Friends IRL and Virtual Connections with Liz Simner
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1:19:43Joy chats with Liz Simner to explore the mechanics of long term friendship. We think deep on how to sustain it, maintain it, speak of the positives and pitfalls of sisterhood and if you really can build true connection online with virtual friends. Their friendship was forged, before the internet was used by the masses and we explore how to thrive i…
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Ep 229 - Start Speaking with Podcasts (as a Host or a Guest)
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26:12“As a beginner speaker, you have to get on stage. Traditional speaking events are the only way to go.” Have you heard this idea before? Is it something you believed before you started speaking? Well, friends…it’s not true. Speaking does not always mean you have to get a spot in a conference with thousands of attendees. There are so many unconventio…
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Myth Busting Social Media Culture, Asking Questions and Harnessing Your Scroll for Good
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24:04Who you follow, shapes your world view, so it's critical we curate who we let into our feed. With the algorithm serving up the very worst, irrelevant, polarising and damaging content, how important is it for us to stage an intervention? Joy shares her last 6 years on the internet, her digital journey and the tough pills she has had to swallow to ow…
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Ep 228 - Choose Your Adventure: Three Paths to Profitable Speaking
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22:25What’s the key to making speaking work for your business? Well, not just work. It can help your business grow, help you make an impact on the world, and help you create the life you’ve always wanted. The key is to figure out the path to successful speaking that’s best for you. If you don’t — and you jump into speaking without understanding your str…
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Ep 227 - How to Prioritize Yourself and Your Speaking Journey in 2024
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23:04As a business owner, it’s easy to get into the habit of putting everything and everyone else first. You keep serving your clients, helping them accomplish their goals, and grow their businesses. What you want, like speaking, gets put on the back burner. I see this happen all the time with our clients. And I do the exact same thing. I’ve spent so mu…
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What is Social Bloat - Gaining More Opportunities in Business and Life by Being More Googleable
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19:43Joy unpacks what Social Bloat is (a term she coined) and how to build social skills and your talent, to be more discoverable to your audience, potential clients and connections. In a world gone wild with AI, how can we authentically create and present ourselves as real life humans with experience, to forge greater opportunities? It's a skill to be …
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A quick bite taster for Season 9 featuring some of our favourite guests. If you are just stumbling across this podcast - Welcome - where have you been? Conversations with heart that help you navigate your entrepreneurship, creativity, development and ability to be seen and heard digitally. All essential skills to broker more and stand out from the …
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Ep 226 - Should You Pay to Speak (or Even Pay to Apply)?
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24:21A friend recently reached out to me and asked if she should pay to speak at a certain event. When I realized I had been invited to speak at that same event the night before — without being required to pay — I found out that paying to speak was now a thing. And I needed to talk about it on the podcast. This episode is not meant to bash the whole pay…
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Ep 225 - What to Do About Speaking in 2024 If You’re Pivoting Your Business
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15:01Recently I was thinking of an old business friend for a potential speaking opportunity when I realized something: I hadn’t “seen” them online in a while. Which isn’t uncommon on social media with algorithms that are always changing. But when I looked them up, I found that they were doing something completely different with their business. This happ…
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Leveraging Your Online Presence, Being A Podcast Guest and Finally Nailing Social Media
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32:01Joy shares her strategy to social media and showing up online. Some practical magic to find your voice, amplify your position and the pits she's fallen down, to help you avoid the struggle and master your digital presence online. Now more than ever as the world wrestles with AI, cloning and privacy, how do you maintain wellbeing and navigate social…
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Ep 224 - How to Stay Motivated with Speaking When the World is on Fire
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23:09The world feels like a heavy place to live in right now. Things feel broken, maybe even irreparable. Whether you’re directly affected by current events, feel anxious about what’s happening in the world, or are going through something personal, it’s understandable if you’re having a hard time serving your people. How do you stay motivated with speak…
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Chronic Disease Management, Two Double Lung Transplants & Life Habits with Shawn Smith
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1:03:50Joy speaks with Shawn Smith, about chronic disease, his double lung transplants, setting goals with complex health planning and how to stay optimistic. If health is our wealth then a focussed conversation like this will help you navigate your life challenges with determination and advocacy. Shawn's pulmonary issues started in 1985 when he was 15 ye…
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Ep 223 - How to Show Up on Stage When You’re Uncomfortable in Your Skin (Ft. Brittany Braswell)
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39:26Browse through the backlog of this podcast with over 200 episodes (!!), and you’ll find a lot of advice on preparing to speak on stage. Advice like overcoming your speaking anxiety, using slides in your presentation, and practicing so that your flow and rhythm are natural. These topics make sense; as a speaker, you want your voice and talk to make …
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Ep 222 - How to Use Data to Book Speaking Engagements (Ft. Arel Moodie)
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48:46Everyone, please welcome back to the Speak to Scale Podcast…Arel Moodie! Arel joined me on the podcast way back in Episode 59, where we talked about how a mentor can help you become a successful speaker. With Arel as my own mentor, I can attest to that. He’s built several 7-figure businesses based on speaking and spoken to over 750,000 people all o…
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Building Your Authentic Community with Dot Hennessy
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57:51Joy and Dot Hennessy OAM, drill down into the idea of Community. What it is, how to build it and the benefits of service. We discover how to be less isolated in this teched up perpetual scroll, to become part of a community, explore the idea of giving and the recognition that comes through awards. Dot believes in "service above self" and encourages…
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Ep 221 - Paid Vs. Free Speaking Gigs: Which One is Right for You Right Now?
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28:43There’s a myth out there about what the “natural progression” of getting paid to speak looks like. At first, all you do is take free speaking gigs. You’re putting in your time and paying your dues. No one will want to pay to book you…yet. Until you slowly start replacing unpaid speaking engagements with paid engagements. When that happens, you’ve “…
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Ep 220 - How to Find Speaking Opportunities in Niche Communities (Ft. Racheal Cook)
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43:20Recently I got to speak with Racheal Cook of The CEO Collective and Promote Yourself to CEO podcast. She shared so many nuggets of wisdom (including how to find speaking opportunities) that I’m so excited to share with you all. Racheal serves women entrepreneurs who run service-based businesses who are ready to sustainably scale, without sacrificin…
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Flexing Your Camera Roll & My Top Discoveries at SXSW Sydney
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17:40"Curate your life" is something Joy has said since Day One of podcasting. Your camera roll on your smartphone holds the real life data of your everyday world. Look within the scroll. Can we use the internet to be more discoverable for opportunity and success and how exactly do we do this? How do we create works online and apply curation to our live…
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Ep 219 - Busy and Slow Speaker Seasons: What Should You Do This Fall?
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18:36No matter what industry your business serves, you’ll have to weather busy and slow seasons. But does that same principle apply to your speaker journey? Are there times you should be working on speaking for your biz? The answer? Always. Whether your calendar is packed with speaking opportunities, you’re focusing on pitching, or you’re connecting wit…
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Cannibalisation of Creativity - Creating with Authenticity
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14:34Joy talks about the Cannibalisation of Creativity and how we can authentically create. Copy catting and template strategy can gain you attention, but is not a true or authentic source of innovation. So how many new and seasoned creators feel unworthy or like imposters as they attempt to authentically create - Stand firm, you are flexing your creati…
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The Comprehensive Guide To Put Yourself Out On The Internet For Success
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44:31Joy shares the importance of harnessing the power of social media, expanding your digital footprint, how to lay digital easter eggs on the world wide web and becoming more Google-able for maximum reach and greater opportunity. Discover how to be a next level podcast host, a knowledgable guest and how to build a synergy with an audience. Joy talks t…
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What is the point of friending, following or reaching out if you are not truly connecting with that somebody? Do we build lists of followers to feel more connected and worthy, but actually don't engage beyond the digital like. Should we not like, comment and share to help connectivity and show support for digital creators. How do we use our voice t…
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Ep 218 - Should You Write Your Own Talk or Outsource It?
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14:16You can write your own talk, or you can have someone else write it for you. (Like me!) But the question is, should you? That depends. Your goal is always to deliver a great presentation, but the way you create it will be influenced by a couple of different things. Let’s dig in to see if you should outsource or not. For full shownotes and links: htt…
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Discovering Excellence: Amplify Your Story Now!
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9:45Season 8 is bringing BIG things! 1. "Discovering Excellence" - A podcast for emerging speakers, leaders, and change-makers to amplify their stories and ideas digitally. 2. Unlocking Potential - Overcome self-doubt and fear of visibility, empowering listeners to find their passion and share their expertise confidently. 3. Human Connection in the Dig…
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Ep 217- How Homeschooling My Kids Has Made Me a Better Speaker
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24:42In the early years of my business, I was on calls with a bunch of ideal clients to gain information for a program I was developing. After a few calls, I noticed something: almost every single one of my clients had either been a teacher or wanted to be a teacher when they were young. It was fascinating! My people were educators at heart. It was fasc…
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Becoming Flawesome with Kristina Mand-Lakhiani
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40:02Joy chats with Kristina Mand-Lakhiani, co-founder of Mindvalley and author of new book Becoming Flawsome. She's an international speaker, entrepreneur, artist, philanthropist, and mother of 2. Her book is a celebration of our whole selves, warts and all, and the glory that is to be found in living in our truth. In the book, Kristina shares her own …
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Ep 216 - Make an Impact with Speaking Using the Speaker Sprint Gameplan
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28:25You know those moments when someone asks you a simple question and it just blows your mind? A question that makes you fully pause and appreciate its greatness? I got one of those questions a few months ago from a client. She asked, “Knowing what you know now…if you had to start from scratch today, what would you do to see success as a speaker, fast…
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