Building Frameworks That Grow Your Speaking Brand with Melanie Deziel

Nov 11, 2025

In this insightful conversation, Melanie Deziel, an author and content strategist, shares her expertise on building impactful frameworks for speakers. She emphasizes the importance of structured ideas in creating memorable presentations and how they evolve into intellectual property. Melanie introduces the IRON method—Information, Relationship, Operation, Name—guiding listeners through crafting effective models. She shares common pitfalls like overloading frameworks and the value of nuanced naming, ensuring your framework genuinely reflects your expertise.

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ADVICE

Let Ideas Lead, Don't Force Fit

Resist forcing too much content into a single model; keep ideas leading the process.
Melanie emphasizes waiting to name the model until after ideas form the structure.

INSIGHT

Structure Makes Ideas Usable

Many experts have lots of ideas but lack a usable structure to share them effectively.
Melanie Deziel says frameworks turn scattered ideas into memorable, scalable intellectual property.

INSIGHT

IP Is Market Association

Intellectual property in this sense is an idea people associate with your name in the marketplace.
Melanie says this association makes you more referable, memorable, and drives inbound opportunities.

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“Once you have your go-to framework, your go-to model, and then as you innovate, few come up with new ideas, and instead of just doing away with the old one, it becomes a tool in your pocket. And you can keep building that toolbox as you go.”

This week, host Grant Baldwin reconnects with his good friend, renowned speaker, author, and content strategist Melanie Deziel. If you've ever struggled to organize your ideas, wanted to stand out in the crowded speaking market, or wondered how successful speakers build frameworks that turn concepts into intellectual property, you're in the right place.

Grant and Melanie explore the crucial role frameworks play in building a memorable and scalable speaking business. Melanie breaks down why frameworks matter, what separates a strong framework from a pile of raw ideas, and how you can start developing your own signature process or model. Using relatable analogies, the discussion centers around how having a clear structure not only makes your message more memorable but also acts as a powerful tool for marketing, referral, and content creation.

Listeners will gain practical strategies with Melanie’s “IRON” method—Information, Relationship, Operation, and Name—for building frameworks step-by-step. She discusses the risks of trying to cram too much into one model, why a unique name or catchy acronym isn’t the first thing you should focus on, and how to make sure your framework truly represents your expertise.

Whether you’re a new speaker refining your message or a seasoned professional reimagining your brand, you’ll find plenty of guidance on how to take your ideas from abstract to impactful!

You’ll learn:

How frameworks offer structure, scalability, and memorability
Building intellectual property (IP)
Overcoming the fear of narrowing your expertise
The IRON Method: Information, Relationship, Operation, Name
When to innovate an existing framework vs. introducing a new one
Leveraging AI for brainstorming, organization, and naming
And much, much more!

“The real challenge is having so many ideas, but they are not in a usable structure to be able to share those ideas effectively.”

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