Public speaking is one of  the fastest ways to accelerate career opportunities. Having the ability to present ideas in a compelling way and engage an audience can be applied to any meeting and event.  Listen to this podcast interview with featured guest Bobbie Carlton, Founder of Innovation Women and TEDx speaker as she talks with host Natalie Benamou about all the ways being an engaging speaker will accelerate visibility and help you to be viewed as a thought leader.

This is a special episode as HerCsuite celebrates our alliance partnership with Innovation Women's 8th anniversary. This speaker bureau is helping more women be featured speakers on stage. Take a listen as we explore all the ways you can leverage your voice to gain visibility to learn the art of public speaking.

5 Speaker Power Tips:

1. Know Your Audience. Find out what matters most to them and connect in meaningful ways.
2. Prepare, Practice, Anticipate. Make the delivery of your presentation feel natural and effortless.
3. Be brief and keep it simple.  Fewer slides and more stories help the audience relate to your content.
4. In a Hybrid presentation, ask a question to the online audience first. 
5. Seek and receive genuine feedback from other speakers.

Bobbie and Natalie uncover helpful tips to make the right impression:

• How to leverage your speaking at work and become a sought out expert on topics.
• Introverts can ask a question at a program and gain visibility as an engaged participant.
• Real world examples from Innovation Women’s more than 2,200 speakers.

Resources: 

• Bobbie Carlton LinkedIn
• Bobbie Carlton Twitter
• Innovation Women Website
• HerCsuite™ Website 

Quotes from Bobbie Carlton:

“Ask a question at an event, and you have just become a public speaker.  This is the first way to speak to an audience in a professional setting.”

“A speaker friend will share real feedback that you can use to improve your speaker skills.”

Quotes from Natalie:

“If you are nervous about being solo on the stage, an easy entry point is being a moderator.”

“I prepare a lot before I speak, and then make it seem like a conversation that is between me and an individual rather than a large group.”

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Thank you to Bobbie Carlton for being a valued alliance partner, and member of HerCsuite™. 

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