Public speaking gives you credibility – it’s an external validation of your awesomeness. Someone outside your company knows of you and likes you enough and thinks enough of you to invite you to speak at their event.
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In Her Words
The Three Men I Met
Public speaking gives you credibility – it’s an external validation of your awesomeness. Someone outside your company knows of you and likes you enough and thinks enough of you to invite you to speak at their event.
Read MoreBusiness Books by Innovation Women Who Mean Business
“You had the power all along my dear.” -Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Innovation Women are talented. They start companies, develop innovative new products, live on the bleeding edge of technology, and write scores of creative, fact-filled, and entertaining books. We’ve gathered a batch […]
Read MoreFour Ways Public Speaking Boosts Your Career
Public speaking gives you credibility – it’s an external validation of your awesomeness. Someone outside your company knows of you and likes you enough and thinks enough of you to invite you to speak at their event.
Read MoreSpeech Reach: How Speaking Makes You Famous(er)
We talk a lot about how public speaking adds to credibility and thought leadership status. It puts us in front of potential customers, partners and employers. It increases our reach into new markets. It helps female founders get funded. It might help us get a new job, a promotion or […]
Read MoreMaking Our Ideas Better
A few months ago, I “met” Kelly Peckham from SmartPak. (Got horses? Check out SmartPak.) Kelly was looking for speakers for her in-house women’s leadership group (SWAG). SmartPak’s group likes to host various types of events (speeches, panels, videos, demos, etc.), related to various personal and professional topics. After we […]
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We Were Not Surprised
(Originally shared in the November 2, 2018 Innovation Women newsletter) Here’s how the conversation usually goes: Event Manager: “We really want to have a diverse and inclusive event. But last year we had fewer than 20 percent women on stage. What do you think a good number is for this […]
Read MoreYes, Fast Company, Women Can be Experts too. Our 2019 Trends
Fast Company shared this article, The Biggest Tech Trends of 2019 According to Top Experts through their newsletter. One of our speakers, Nancy Shenker, immediately noticed an issue: “Where are the women?” Yes, that’s right, when it was published, and distributed to however many zillion people get Fast Company newsletters, […]
Read MoreThe Year of Women Helping Women
Can we make 2019 the year of women helping women?
Read MoreDon’t Put Yourself on a Shelf: Books to Help You Thrive, Not Just Survive During the Holidays and Beyond
Ah, the holidays. There’s a sense of excitement in the air and everything glistens. There’s also a ton of food and that cousin of yours who was a Senate page and summers in Nantucket. She’s a size 4 and tells you, “No matter what I do, I just can’t gain […]
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