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What’s Your Big Idea?
Crafting a TEDx talk starts with a powerful idea. 💭 ✨ At the Thought Leader Academy, we focus on honing that idea into a clear, impactful message. 🚀 My own idea? “Creating a diversity of thought leadership by helping experts step into...
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Giving the Talk of a Lifetime
Crafting a TED-style talk is an art form like no other. 🎤✨ It's all about idea-centric storytelling—going beyond the script and into authentic, body-and-mind connection. 💡❤️ This fall, our Thought Leader Academy members will dive into this...
Leading a Room with Confidence
As we develop our skills as thought leaders, being able to effectively lead a room as a presenter or facilitator is essential. This means having confidence in our content AS WELL AS in our performance. Our audiences need us to have fun, to...
using your research to build your story
While it is important to have proof of our beliefs, when we rely too heavily on external sources, when we use the data without incorporating it into our thinking, we are reporting rather than providing value. When we quiet...
you have more influence than you might think
What if I told you that influence and knowledge don't have to first be acknowledged by others in order to be valid? Both influence and knowledge are subjective and empirical in definition but looking at our lives and the...
the importance of Storytelling for thought leaders
Stories are powerful tools to help our audiences understand and connect to our ideas, ideas that are often complex and impactful. So how does one use story as a business tool? You need to be intentional and focused and...
how does your core idea support you as well as serve others?
Our core idea, once identified, isn't just something that is used in our work. In reality, the underlying purpose - the "why" of our statement - is often where we get our energy from. Our ideas are underpinned by our own...