263: Finding the Emotional Heart of Your Message with Carol Cox

Since we’re in the month of February, I figured it was a good time to talk about finding the emotional heart of your message.

As speakers, we can get so focused on the information we want to share that we neglect emotions and feelings and making a heart-to-heart connection with the people in our audiences.

If you want your talk to be memorable and impactful and you want to become a keynote speaker, be on bigger stages, deliver a powerful TEDx talk, you need to have an emotional heart to your message.

In this episode, I’m going to share:

• What I mean by the emotional heart of your message
• Examples ranging from Eliza Hamilton to Taylor Swift to a recent workshop I facilitated on storytelling
• You’ll hear a clip from my keynote about what happens when we find resistance in our purpose
• Question prompts to help you find the emotional heart of your message

About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals clarify their brand message and story, create their signature talks, and develop their thought leadership platforms. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power because it's through women's stories, voices, and visibility that we challenge the status quo and change existing systems. Check out our coaching programs at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.

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Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 197: What We Can Learn as Speakers from 'Hamilton' with Carol Cox
• Episode 244: Behind the Scenes of My Recent Keynote with Carol Cox
• Episode 262: The Four Layers of Thought Leadership with Carol Cox

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