speaker spotlight
good time? And I know I want it to be 
a good time, but I also want it to have 
some kind of profound “Aha!” moment 
where you go back and you become 
a better human being as it relates to it. 
Because that’s really what I do – I teach 
others how to be better human beings.
CM&E: What inspired you to 
start public speaking?
CB: Long story! I started my career 
in grocery and worked for Kellogg’s, 
Snapple, Labatt. During that period, 
one of my colleagues suggested I 
take a program called Dale Carnegie 
and How to Win Friends and Influence 
People. I’m not affiliated with the 
program at all, but I took the program, 
eventually became an instructor of 
the program and just kind of fell in 
love with it. I got the bug of not being 
the star of said show, but recognizing 
through the orator, the vocal word, 
that you could have an impact on 
somebody else. It could be to make 
them laugh, it could be to inspire them, 
to teach them, whatever the thing was, 
but you could do something with your 
words. And so that was the start of it.
CM&E: Understanding that 
everybody brings something 
different to the table, in broad 
strokes, what do you think makes a 
good keynote speaker?
CB: We’re all human beings 
having a human existence, so to 
treat anybody other than kind is 
unconscionable. That’s my mantra. 
What makes someone a great public 
speaker is humility and a lack of ego, 
and the desire to serve. It’s not about 
putting on a show. It’s not about 
the flashy lights. It’s not about the 
fancy PowerPoint slides. It’s about 
understanding who’s in the audience 
and taking whatever knowledge that 
you’ve acquired – and you’ve been 
afforded the luxury of talking in front 
of a group – and giving that to your 
audience. A lot of people don’t  
get that.
CM&E: Sounds like generosity 
and a generosity of spirit plays a  
big part.
CB: It’s the most important part. 
Even though I do this for a living, I still 
get nervous, which just means I care, 
right? It’s actually good to be slightly 
nervous. You still have to be prepared, 
but how I got my butterflies flying 
back in formation was to meditate 
around, “Caroline, this isn’t about you. 
I know that you’re going to have a 
couple thousand eyes staring at you, 
but this isn’t about you. This is about 
delivering the message that you’ve 
been asked to deliver.”
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