How do you impact 100,000 small business owners from a farm in regional NSW? That’s the question that drove Jenn Donovan of Social Media & Marketing to start speaking, first through her podcast and then from stages.    Now she’s working towards impacting one million small business owners through her no-nonsense, fluff-free marketing advice.    In this conversation Jenn and I discuss:  The importance of NOT underestimating your ability to make a massive impact, even if you’re ‘just’ working from home  Why marketing should be a priority for small business owner ..read more

Would you like to successfully secure grant funding for your business or community group?  Have you ever wondered what makes for a successful grant application?  Liz Fleming, from The Grants Club is a grant expert and is so passionate about supporting people to access money to help them make a bigger impact.  Listen in to hear  How to get ‘grant ready’ (it’s easier than you think)  Why aligning your business objectives with the government’s objectives increases your chances of success (and how to do that authentically)  How to find grant opportunities that match ..read more

Are you making this speaking mistake?  In this special episode where I share part 1 of my recent 3-part Speaking with Impact workshop, I share one of the biggest mistakes people make when speaking.  Chances are you, you’re making it too!  Listen in to hear:  Why speaking powerfully is a key to professional success  The number one mistake people make when speaking …   A simple way to STOP making this mistake … TODAY  Why authenticity matters  If you’d like to watch the other 2 parts of the workshop, along with other bonus content, simply head to ht ..read more

Where does confidence come from?  Confidence generally comes from experience, training, results … but when you’re a service-based professional, our results are ephemeral. It’s not like we can see our work hanging on the walls like art, or a beautiful, bountiful garden.  In the absence of ‘tangible evidence’, confidence comes from the stories we tell ourselves. And, let’s face it, most of the stories we tell ourselves aren’t confidence-inducing.  In this episode I share the insights from the Speaking with Impact workshop series about finding your brag bag stories and using them n ..read more

Tracy Harris, aka Mums with Hustle on Instagram, has created a multi-million dollar business using Instagram as her primary audience building tool.  In this episode, we explore the power of short-form video content to build an audience of your soulmate customers and HOW to speak impactfully in 30, 60 and 90 second reels.  Listen in to hear:  Tracy’s motivation for helping others create a life by design  How Tracy overcame her fear of showing up online to now leading a MASSIVELY successful business  How Tracy prepares for reels and live videos  Why using Instagram ..read more

In this episode I chat with sales expert Frances Pratt, about overcoming the discomfort associated sales. We explore the importance of mindset and understanding the process of selling. Frances encourages me, and listeners to be ourselves and how to get over our fear of rejection and we discuss how authentic selling is a selfless act, focused on providing value to customers. I love Frances’s concept of the minimum lovable product and the importance of understanding customer needs. She provides tips on starting a cold call, asking for the sale, and recapping and closing the sale. Frances conclud ..read more

In this episode, I chat with Erica Webb, a registered counsellor and somatic exercise coach, about the importance of self-kindness and nervous system regulation. We chat about the importance of finding a safe home in our own skin and how learning to be kind and compassionate towards ourselves can change our speaking … and our life. We chat about nervous system regulation and how our bodies respond to perceived threats AND we discuss using Instagram, easily and imperfectly to build our business and profile.   Listen in to discover:  The power of being kind and compassionate towa ..read more

In corporate environments, why do we speak in ‘stiff, robotic, corporate speak’ in our workplaces?    That’s the very conversation I’m having with Louise Davis, Creator of the Speaking Human Strategy, in this episode.    Louise specialises in building leadership capability in frontline managers and is a master facilitator. In this episode we explore:    How to speak ‘human’ instead of corporate-speak  The HUMAN acronym that Louise uses to remind us of the point of communication  How to have difficult conversations … and how to perhaps not see them as di ..read more

Season Finale! This is an ‘out-of-character’ episode to finish up the year with a reflection on the year that’s been. No speaking tips as such, instead though a casual reflection and some questions for you to wrap up your year with presence and satisfaction.  Listen in to hear:  The most popular 3 episodes of the year  My biggest highlights of the year  My biggest lessons of the year (I’m quite sure you can’t guess what they are!)  An invitation for you to let me know your highlights and lessons  Why I think celebrating our wins is sooooooo important    ..read more

How do you effectively introduce yourself when you wear many professional hats?    That’s the question I asked Laura Elkaslassy, owner of FOUR different business and mum of two!    We also discussed how to find that common thread through all those hats and roles.    Listen in to hear:    How Laura introduces herself even when her approach doesn’t ‘fit’ the box that people are expecting  Why Laura is such a passionate advocate for creating a business that works for YOU, not the other way around  The questions to ask yourself to design a busines ..read more