Apr 17, 2017 | Podcast, Speaker Tips
Listen In Have you ever been called at the last minute to cover a presentation for another speaker? Do you wish the time you spend to prepare a message could be minimized? This episode was tailor-made for you! Hosts Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt, who have prepared...
Mar 15, 2017 | Speaker Tips
As I paced the unknown bedroom, my nerves were a bundle of knots. I kept going over the notes for my talk, and my heart wondered, “Why? Why speak? I could do anything else.” My tummy was upset. My brain was in overdrive, and I doubted if sleep would come,...
Jan 25, 2017 | Pursuing Your Dreams, Speaker Tips
When Leverage boasts that it is “the speaker conference for you,” they mean every word of that statement. I have never attended a conference in which I felt sincerely cared for by each of the speakers and my amazing coach. Leverage changed my ministry by...
Jan 23, 2017 | Marketing, Podcast, Speaker Tips
Listen In In this episode, hosts Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp discuss the importance of graphics and visuals in the speaker’s ministry with the incomparable Nicki Koziarz. Nicki is a popular Proverbs 31 speaker, author, pug owner, and graphics rockstar. They...
Jan 17, 2017 | Pursuing Your Dreams, Speaker Tips
I packed my bag and jumped in my car for the six-hour drive to the Leverage conference. I love long drives because it gives me time to think, and I had plenty on my mind at this point in my career. As a professional comedian and television host, I have enjoyed an...
Jan 11, 2017 | Speaker Tips
When I started speaking regularly more than a decade ago, I only had one criterion for saying “yes” to a speaking engagement: an invitation. I was so thrilled to be wanted that my knee-jerk response to every request was an automatic, over-eager, “Yes!” My first...
