Delight in the Limelight Linda Ugelow

How do you learn to be authentically yourself in your public speaking and writing? And how do you deal with the emotional impact of any negative feedback you get?In this episode of the Delight in the Limelight Podcast, award-winning copywriter and founder of Talking Shrimp, Laura Belgray, joins me to talk about the challenges (and benefits!) of being authentically yourself.Listen to our conversation to learn:- What it looks like to truly be yourself- How to balance authenticity with professionalism in a work environment- Laura’s approach to handling negative feedback- One very effective strategy for building your confidenceThis is a conversation for anyone who wants to be true to themselves in their work and online.Click here to check the full show notes.

Just how important is storytelling for public speaking success? According to today’s guest, it’s the key to delivering an engaging and entertaining presentation.Mike Ganino is a seasoned public speaker, performance coach, and former executive producer of TEDx Cambridge. In this episode of the Delight in the Limelight show, he joins me to discuss the importance of emotionally honest storytelling, drawing on your individual perspective, and incorporating your lived experiences into your presentations.He also introduces us to his unique approach to public speaking - the Mike Drop Method.Listen to our conversation to learn:- Mike’s top strategies for making your presentations more entertaining- What public speakers can learn from method acting- How to explore and use your own lived experience in your presentations- How to talk about data in an engaging and relatable wayThis is a conversation for anyone who wants to bring more of themselves to their speaking.Click here to check the full show notes.

Do you want to draw your audience in more as a speaker, or maybe you want to feel more creative and carefree around your ideas and inspirations?Join me on Delight in the Limelight Live where I'll be having a conversation with Susie deVille, author of BUOYANT: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Becoming Wildly Successful, Creative, and Free.What you’ll get in this episode, where Delight meets Buoyant:

- Learn how to bring forth the uniquely individual self-expression that draws your market toward you.

- How to distinguish what is truly you from everyone else so you can stop caring about what others think.

- How to shift into an ultimate energetic state that turns speaking into a peak experience.

- An introduction to a whole-brain creative journaling system you can utilize to unlock your brilliant ideas and inspirations.

This is a conversation for entrepreneurs, business leaders and speakers who want to unleash their full potential to communicate with freedom and lead their businesses with creativity, confidence, and joy.
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When life is hectic and you’re frazzled, it’s natural that you would bring that same energy to your speaking. Today on the Delight in the Limelight show, I’m joined by Nina Nesdoly a work stress and burnout prevention speaker and researcher. She draws on her interdisciplinary background in Organizational Behavior and Neuroscience to examine work-related stress from both management and physiological perspectives.We’ll be speaking about how to:
- Set healthy boundaries and manage expectations to reduce pressure and anxiety around public speaking - Identify high achievement patterns that worsen speaking anxiety - Get over people pleasing and caring what others think

We also dissect the differences between type-A personalities, people pleasing, and perfectionism. 
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Are you struggling to create a workplace culture where people feel comfortable speaking up? 
Join me for this live show with Stephen Shedletsky, author of the upcoming book Speak-Up Culture. You'll come away with the tools, mindset shifts, and strategies you need to transform your workplace with a feedback-rich culture of open communication.
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When we speak in public, we tend to focus on the words we want to say and forget that we speak with our body, through our vocal production. By attending to the way we use our voices, we can find keys to what inhibits us, and what sets us free. 

Join me in conversation with Jennifer Hamady, a voice coach and therapist specializing in technical and emotional issues that interfere with self-expression.Click here to check the full show notes