Speaking Your Brand: Public Speaking Tips and Strategies

As speakers and entrepreneurs, we often focus on the facts, data, and tactics we want to share – but what about the emotional connection? In this episode, I talk about the power of finding the emotional heart of your message and why it’s essential...

Show Notes

As speakers and entrepreneurs, we often focus on the facts, data, and tactics we want to share – but what about the emotional connection?

In this episode, I talk about the power of finding the emotional heart of your message and why it’s essential for creating talks that resonate deeply with your audience and leave a lasting impact.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Why the emotional heart of your message is critical for building trust and connection
  • How mirror neurons make our brains wired for empathy and why that matters in storytelling
  • Examples from popular culture, including Hamilton and Taylor Swift, that demonstrate the power of emotional storytelling
  • How to uncover your own emotional heart by tapping into experiences of loss, struggle, or transformation
  • A personal story about facing resistance in my purpose – and the lessons I learned from it
  • Practical steps to include the emotional heart in your next talk or presentation

Think about a story or experience that’s deeply meaningful to you – one that still tugs at your heart. How can you weave that into your next presentation to create a lasting impact on your audience?

(This episode originally aired as episode 263 on February 8, 2022.)

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Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/263/

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What is Speaking Your Brand: Public Speaking Tips and Strategies?

It's time to escape the expert trap and become an in-demand speaker and thought leader through compelling and memorable business presentations, keynotes, workshops, and TEDx talks. If you want to level up your public speaking to get more and better, including paid, speaking engagements, you've come to the right place! Thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders have learned from Speaking Your Brand and now you can too through our episodes that will help you with storytelling, audience engagement, building confidence, handling nerves, pitching to speak, getting paid, and more. Hosted by Carol Cox, entrepreneur, speaker, and TV political analyst. This is your place to learn how to persuasively communicate your message to your audience.