Kathi is back with Amberly Neese to continue their discussion about the four important points to keep in mind when starting or refreshing your speaking career. Last week, they covered the first two points: Getting clear on your topic and your audience’s needs. Now, it’s time to learn the final two points, which focus not only on your audience but also on your event organizer.

Listen in and learn how to:

• Get clear on your deliverables.
• Get clear on the benefit to the event organizer.

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Are you looking to start or refresh your speaking career? Then this episode is for you! Join Kathi as she talks to Amberly Neese about some important points that can help you stay focused and avoid unnecessary heartache.

Listen in and learn the first two points:

• Get clear on your topic.
• Get clear on your audience’s needs.

If you join The Red House Writers Collective by January 6, 2023, you can get 50% off using the coupon code CHECKIN. All you have to do is go to our website, click on the enroll button, and use the coupon code before the offer expires!

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Connect with Kathi's guest, Amberly Neese, here: https://www.amberlyneese.com/ 

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Kathi is back to share the second half of a workshop from her Leverage speakers’ conference. In this episode, she is joined by Kristie Christie to focus on the fourth and final communication style: motivating.

Listen in and learn:

• Why motivation is a good way to end a talk.
• What you should remember about motivating people.
• Some final tips for discovering your communication style.

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As speakers, many of us start out by imitating others. Then we wonder, “Why doesn’t this work for me?” Today Kathi shares the first half of a workshop from her Leverage speaker conference. She is joined by her husband, Roger, and author Michele Cushatt. They discuss the first three of four communication styles:

1. Entertaining: Driving a point home in a memorable way using humor.
2. Educating: Bringing a new concept to change the way an audience thinks.
3. Inspiring: Persuading listeners to feel differently and encouraging those who feel depleted.

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Have you ever struggled with ADHD and creativity? Join Kathi as she discusses how ADHD can impact both characters and creatives with her fellow author Suzanne Woods Fisher.

Listen in and learn:

• How ADHD can present itself in characters and creatives.
• Some simple tips for limiting distractions.
• Why it’s so important to say no sometimes.

Living with ADHD can be challenging. However, as Suzanne says, it can also be a gift. So, take a moment to consider how you can slow down, take back control, and stop adding unnecessary things to your life.

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About Anything But Plain:

It’s not easy being the bishop’s daughter, especially for Lydie Stoltzfus. She’s not like other Amish girls, as much as she wishes she were. The only thing she does well is disappoint others. Leaving her family and church seems unbearable, but staying might be worse.

Knowing Lydie is “between” jobs, the local doctor asks her to fill in at the front desk for a few months. To Lydie, this is a boon. It gives her time to figure out how she’s going to say goodbye to her neighbor, Nathan Yoder–the main reason she needs to leave Stoney Ridge. Nathan claims he’s in love with her, but she knows she’s not good enough for him. If in doubt, Nathan’s father reminds her frequently.

As Dok spends time with Lydie, she recognizes symptoms of a disorder rare among the Amish. She offers treatment for Lydie. But will it be enough to make her stay? Or has help come too late?

Bestselling and award-winning author Suzanne Woods Fisher invites you back to Stoney Ridge, a small town that feels like an old friend.

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