306: All Things Speaking with Dorie Clark: What to Charge, TEDx Talks, & More

This is a fun and lively conversation about all things speaking, from what to charge to what makes a great TEDx talk to setting long-term goals.

My guest is Dorie Clark, who is a keynote speaker, a top business thinker, and a bestselling author.

Dorie has given 4 TEDx talks since 2015. Her most recent one this year currently has over 1.8 million views (!).

I’ve been a fan of Dorie’s since reading her books, including The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out.

Dorie and I talk about:

• Her goal of writing a musical that appears on Broadway (with my love of Hamilton, I had to start there)
• What it means to think and set long-term goals in a short-term world
• What makes a great TEDx talk (hint: it’s the opposite of what we do in our businesses)
• What to charge for speaking engagements
• And much more

About My Guest: Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She was honored as the #1 Communication Coach by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards and one of the Top 5 Communication Professionals in the World by Global Gurus. She is a keynote speaker and teaches for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game, Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album, and a Broadway investor.

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.

Links:

Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/306

Dorie’s website: https://www.dorieclark.com/

Dorie’s self-assessment tool = https://dorieclark.com/entrepreneur

Dorie’s article “I’m an introvert and I’ve built a career around public speaking”

Discover your Speaker Archetype by taking our free quiz: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/.

Join our Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/

Connect on LinkedIn:

• Carol Cox = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox
• Dorie Clark (guest) = https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec

Become Bookable Live Online Workshop - April 15, 2026
If you want to speak more but you’re not sure where to start or your efforts haven’t produced the results you want, I’m hosting a live online workshop called “Become Bookable: How to Get Speaking Invitations” on Wednesday, April 15th.

A lot of brilliant women assume they just need to pitch themselves more. But the real reason speakers get invited isn’t because they pitch harder — it’s because they’re positioned as bookable.

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