“How do you quickly prepare when you’re put on the spot?”, that’s the question I’m answering in today’s episode of Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson.

I was recently asked,

“How to prep in 2 minutes - I went to a networking event recently and once I got there the host said "ok, we're going around the room and everyone will come up to the front and introduce yourself, your business, and why you're here today"

-- pro: I didn't have days to agonise over messing it up, like I would if I knew ahead of time

-- con: I was there more to socialise and was totally unprepared to promote my self/business

How do you not garble it all up?”

Such an AWESOME question!

Listen in to hear:

• How to quickly understand the ‘What’s In It For Them’ (WIIFT) of the attendees at the particular function … and how to introduce yourself in a way that’s relevant to them

• Why you then want to check in with your WIFFM - your’s ‘What’s In It For Me’ in this particular context

• How to use your elevator pitch, or your ‘I Am … ‘ story to connect their WIFFT with your WIFFM

• Why a rigid elevator pitch is NOT the way to go

• Why you ALWAYS want to be ready to talk about yourself and your business … and how you can do that with ease

My SpeakEASY Elevator Pitch Practise Session is happening Friday 29 August. Register now.

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It’s my birthday … it’s a big milestone birthday … as such, this episode is a little bit different to normal episodes.

As I reflect on my career, my business, and my work, the themes of imposter syndrome, humility and authenticity have been percolating … and I wanted to share some of those thoughts today.

Listen in to hear:

• My own ‘I’m not good enough’, ‘who am I to be teaching this’ thoughts
• How the suggestion to write a book has me bumping into all my ‘imposter syndrome stuff’
• How Jacinda Ardern’s memoir has reminded me of the importance of modelling authenticity, and how we NEVER know how the impact we make on others
• Ardern’s beautiful reframe of imposter syndrome

FREE SpeakEASY Elevator Pitch Practise Session - Friday 29 August - register here.

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“How To MC an Event” is the question I’m answering in this week’s episode of Speaking with Confidence … a question asked by Louise in my community.

MCing is my favourite speaking format … so I LOVED answering this question!

Listen in to hear:

• What is the role of an MC (and what many people get wrong)

• How to do an Acknowledgement of Country that is meaningful and DOESN’T sound tokenistic

• Why as MC you want to make the experience enjoyable for the audience, and how to do that

• What to do with those extra long speaker bios

• How you can leverage the opportunity to build your profile while you’re MCing

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