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Bette Elly has spent over 30 years helping professionals find their voice. But where did hers come from?

In this special episode, the mic turns around. Carl Richards interviews Bette, tracing her story from a music-filled Toronto childhood, a tape recorder at age 12, and a shy kid who won every public speaking competition she entered, to 26 years in the classroom, a palm reading that changed everything, and the founding of the Speaker Skills Institute.

You'll hear how a singing performance for a room she thought was full of vision-impaired guests taught her more about courage than any course could. And you'll hear the moment a priest took her notes away mid-class and said, "Just talk to them."

This is the origin story. The fears, the pivots, the mini careers, and the belief that drove all of it: where there's a will, there's a way.

If you've ever wondered who is behind the coaching, this episode is for you.

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Eye contact is the invisible thread between a speaker and their audience. In this episode, Betty Eli breaks down three research-backed eye contact methods, the Horizontal, the WM, and the Alphabet, so you always know exactly where to look and why it matters.

But this episode goes deeper than technique. Betty shares three real client stories: a businessman who hadn't spoken in public since a traumatic moment at age four, a politician who wallpapered her bedroom ceiling with affirmations the night before an election she went on to win, and a woman who rebuilt her self-worth through speaking and now carries her message to audiences worldwide.

Whether you freeze in front of a crowd or just want to command the room with more authority, this episode gives you the tools and the proof that it works.

In this episode:

• Three eye contact techniques you can use in your next presentation
• Why fear of public speaking often traces back to a single forgotten moment
• The affirmation method that helped a politician win, and stay in office for a decade
• How one client went from hopeless to speaking on stages for the National Speakers Association

Have a comment or question about something you heard on the show today? Reach out to Bette directly:

Email: speakerskills@rogers.com

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What does a radio broadcaster who used to stutter have in common with a theater arts teacher who coached a father through a 400-person wedding speech? More than you'd think. In this debut episode, Bette Elly sits down with podcast strategist and broadcaster Carl Richards to talk about the real roots of speaking fear, what it takes to manage it, and why your audience is always rooting for you. Honest, warm, and packed with hard-won insight.

Carl Richards has spent more than 25 years behind the microphone, on radio and on stage, entertaining and influencing audiences world wide. He’s a 3x best selling author, TEDx Speaker and TEDx emcee, podcast host and the founder and CEO of Podcast Solutions Made Simple. Carl helps coaches, consultants and other subject mater experts become the got authority by launching, OR being guests on world class podcasts. He lives with his spouse in Gananoque, Ontario Canada, where he enjoys camping and boating in the Thousand Islands.

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Have a comment or question about something you heard on the show today? Reach out to Bette directly:

Email: speakerskills@rogers.com

Check out the many resources Bette has on her website

https://speakerskills.com/

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Thanks to Carl Richards and his team and Podcast Solutions Made Simple for their help in putting this show together.

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36 years. Thousands of executives. One mission: help you own any room you walk into.

Bette Elly, founder of Speaker Skills, brings her no-nonsense coaching to the podcast world. Each episode delivers real, field-tested tools for executives, presenters, and professionals who want to speak with confidence, clarity, and impact. New episodes dropping twice per month!

Have a comment or question about something you heard on the show today? Reach out to Bette directly:

Email: speakerskills@rogers.com

Check out the many resources Bette has on her website

https://speakerskills.com/

Follow Bette on social media

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Thanks to Carl Richards and his team and Podcast Solutions Made Simple for their help in putting this show together.

Have an idea for a podcast? Want to explore being a guest or starting your own show? Book your podcast strategy session here:

Podcast Strategy Session