Betsy Myers—The Power Of Vulnerability As A Speaker

Journey To Paid Speaking Gigs with Charles Clark

Betsy Myers is a leadership expert, author and consultant who speaks all across the world on topics like changing the nature of leadership, women’s issues and diversity. Her book, “Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire and Bring out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You” continues to be the basis of her work as her experience spans the corporate, political and higher education arena. Her exposure to the speaking world began with the Clinton Administration where she advocated for female entrepreneurs. From there, she began to find more speaking and training opportunities that took her life down a path of becoming a full-time speaker.
Key Takeaways

• How Besty makes sure to know the beginning and ending of her speech to avoid rambling on and hold her audience’s attention with stories.
  
• Betsy shares her plan for recharging and reclaiming her energy after imparting knowledge to their audience.
  
• Betsy shares her “don’ts” when planning a speech such as, don’t read from slides or “over-powerpoint” because it will disengage you from the audience and keep you from making a deeper impact.
  
• How Betsy figures out what she is saying about her topic that is different from what everyone else is talking about.

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Memorable Quote

• “Even though I have this platform, I’m not perfect and when you admit that, people are willing to listen. - Charles Clark
  
• “Always share a personal story so you can truly connect to your audience and show vulnerability.” - Betsy Myers

Episode Resource

Betsy Myers Website
Take The Lead

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