Volume 12 | June 18, 2020

A WEEK IN THE LIFE & A NOTE FROM DARIETH CHISOLM

It's been a month of processing and experiencing intense emotional heaviness. There have been days of tears, anger, confusion and despair. I've given myself permission to acknowledge it and experience it. I'm also praying more often, offering my love and light, focusing on the healing that is so desperately needed, calling on justice and reform and an end to the violence and hatred.

If you've been with me for a whil...

You might be like a few million people who have a dream of speaking on a TEDx stage. And why wouldn't you, since so many TEDx presenters really do experience a bump in credibility and influence? But you might also be sitting on the sideline saying to yourself, "Is it really all of that and a bag of chips?" Well, stick with me because in this next video and blog post I'm going to share with you three main benefits I experienced after my time on TED and why you too should consider being on a TEDx ...

Everybody's got a story. But what if your story is one that has the potential to harm someone or even harm you? In this blog post and video I'm going to share with you 3 safeguards that you can use to determine when and how to share your story. But before we dive in, let me introduce myself.  I'm Darieth Chisolm and I’ve helped hundreds of women worldwide tell their stories. Basically I help them get seen, get heard, and get paid. I'm qualified to do this because I've spent over 30 years in the ...

What kind of speaker are you? Are you a platform speaker where you get on to stage so that you can tell more people about ways that you can help them and you want to sell your products and services? Or are you a keynote speaker, a motivational and inspirational speaker who is typically paid to come and speak? Either way, we're going to talk about both of those speakers and what you need to do to maximize either being a keynote speaker or a platform speaker.

I have been speaking for over 30 y...

Are you one of those people who has a dream of being a very successful speaker? One of those speakers who is booked on lots of stages, making great money, impacting people's lives, really living on purpose and on mission, and sharing their message with the world? Has it not happened for you yet? In this video and blog post I'm going to share with you what I believe are the 3 biggest reasons holding so many people back from living their lives as a successful speaker and how you can not let that h...

Volume 11 | May 19, 2020

A WEEK IN THE LIFE & A NOTE FROM DARIETH CHISOLM

 What a month it has been! I started out my quarantine taking bubble baths, playing jacks on the floor, skipping outdoors with my neighbors, and excitedly planning and creating content for the relaunch of my YouTube channel. With all the fear and suffering spreading as fast as the coronavirus itself, I was intentional about giving myself time to just breathe and not get carried away with conversations or narratives th...

The word pivot has been all over social media lately and for those of us in business, it makes sense for us to look for ways to pivot; to manage this change and continue to do our businesses successfully, both online and offline. But for those of us who are speakers, how do you pivot and get onto a stage when nobody's getting on the stages these days? Well, I've got you covered. In this next video and blog post we're going to talk about how speakers can pivot even while being stuck at home. 

There are certainly a lot of us around here talking about being optimistic in these uncertain times, and I get it, if thriving in business right now feels scary because you can't even figure out if you can go outside or give someone a hug or what it's going to mean to return to some sense of normal, then pay attention.

I get it. We have all been thrusted into this space of feeling fearful and in this space of lack and uncertainty. But I gotta tell you that it's probably now more than ever that ...

Do you believe we get what we focus on? Do you believe that what we focus on expands? I do. And I also believe that through the power of creative visualization, we can begin to manifest our greatest desires. I know that sounds a bit “woo woo”. And I don't even know how it works. I just know that it does work. So in this video and blog post, I want to share with you some creative visualization techniques that you can use to begin to manifest your dreams. 

When I was a young girl my mother use...

If you're new to speaking then you may have questions about speaker one sheets and how precisely they are supposed to help you get booked. What should you include and what shouldn't you include? Well, I’ve got you covered. In this video and blog post I'm going to dive into some great examples of speaker one sheets, some do's and don'ts, what to include and what not to include, and how best to use a speaker one sheet to get you booked for your first or next speaking gig. 

I've seen lots of sp...