Mic Drop Workshop

You don’t need a more interesting life to tell better stories, you just need a different way of looking at the life you’re already living. ☀️

That’s what we’re doing in our upcoming Moment to Meaning™ Speaking Challenge! 💬

Join Jess Ekstrom, Forbes Top Rated Speaker and bestselling author of “Making It Without Losing It” and “Chasing the Bright Side,” for a FREE 10-day experience designed to help you uncover meaningful stories already hiding in your everyday life.

There’s no pressure to perform and no right or wrong way to participate. Think of this as a judgment-free space to experiment, reflect, and notice what comes up. 🔎🌟

Whether you create content, lead teams, speak, write, or simply want to communicate with more confidence, this challenge will change the way you notice your own experiences. 🌱

✨ Begins August 24
💛 Free to join

Comment “CHALLENGE” or visit MicDropWorkshop.com/Challenge to save your spot today!

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You don’t need a more interesting life to tell better stories, you just need a different way of looking at the life you’re already living. ☀️

That’s what we’re doing in our upcoming Moment to Meaning™ Speaking Challenge! 💬

Join Jess Ekstrom, Forbes Top Rated Speaker and bestselling author of “Making It Without Losing It” and “Chasing the Bright Side,” for a FREE 10-day experience designed to help you uncover meaningful stories already hiding in your everyday life.

There’s no pressure to perform and no right or wrong way to participate. Think of this as a judgment-free space to experiment, reflect, and notice what comes up. 🔎🌟

Whether you create content, lead teams, speak, write, or simply want to communicate with more confidence, this challenge will change the way you notice your own experiences. 🌱

✨ Begins August 24
💛 Free to join

Comment “CHALLENGE” or visit MicDropWorkshop.com/Challenge to save your spot today!

Some of the most meaningful moments happen after the applause. 👏🏻

💬New conversations begin.
💭Ideas get exchanged long after a session ends.
🔗And good stories have a way of turning introductions into lifelong connections.

Tag someone in the comments! We’d love to know, who is one meaningful connection you’ve made through a programmed event or conference? 💖

Are you ready to take the stage? We need people like YOU to share, disrupt, inspire, and challenge what’s already out there! 💖

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Where are you shining your light?💡

We have been conditioned to believe that public speaking means being “in the spotlight.” But when you operate as a spotlight speaker, the beam of attention points directly back at you. 🔦

This mindset tends to cause anxiety, and forces you to treat speaking like a theatrical performance where your success depends entirely on the audience’s approval, something you can never actually control.

A lighthouse speaker actively turns the dial and flips the beam of light away from themselves and out onto the crowd. The goal shifts from shining to guiding. Anxiety melts away. You stop performing, start serving and begin to answer questions like:

“What does this room need from me right now? How can my story, lessons, and failures help them navigate their own paths?” 💕✨

📌 Save this post as a reminder:

A lighthouse doesn’t stand on a cliff wondering if the boats like its paint job or think it’s charismatic enough! Its only job is to stay anchored and shine a light so others can find their way. ⚓