Apr 11, 2018 | Author Tips, Platform, Recommendations
When you’re trying to interest an agent or publisher in your book, you’re often asked to provide “comps”—other books that could be compared to yours, or books that might compete with yours. A good book proposal always has a...
Apr 4, 2018 | Platform, Pursuing Your Dreams, Recommendations
My tutelage under Communicator Academy began in 2007, when I first heard Kathi speak at a moms’ group. After a decade of consuming Kathi Lipp books, conferences, blog posts, podcasts, and Facebook exchanges, I was honored when she invited me to serve as a 2017...
Mar 28, 2018 | Audience, Platform, Speaker Tips
I get so excited and feel honored whenever a group of women ask me to speak at one of their meetings. It might be a presentation at a Mothers of Preschoolers’ (MOPS) meeting or leading a conversation at a Junior League meeting. Both might ask me to share the same...
Mar 21, 2018 | Communicator Academy, Platform, Pursuing Your Dreams, Speaker Tips
You have a message that is right in the crosshairs of what you are most passionate about and meets the felt needs of your audience. And, joy of joys, you have an event planner that wants YOU for their next speaking engagement. Woot-woot, let the celebrations begin!...
Mar 19, 2018 | Platform, Podcast, Speaker Tips
Kathi and Michele talk about how to create speaking topics and how hard it can be to come up with the descriptions of your speaking topics. As Kathi says, “It’s not supposed to be easy or everybody would be doing it.” There are three key tips that...
Mar 15, 2018 | Audience, Platform, Social Media
People are longing for connection. We live in the most connected time in history, but we have more lonely people than ever before. Sometimes, social media loses the social part, and it becomes just another avenue for marketing. And people sense insincerity and will...
