CaptivatingTalk

One of Los Angeles’ most sought-after musical performers for private parties, weddings, charity galas, corporate and entertainment industry events, Jeremy Weinglass is an award-winning, classically trained pianist who connects deeply with his audience inspiring emotion and creative energy with soul-piercing intensity. Jeremy has been performing professionally since the age of 12 and evokes a melodic modern classical style that makes him instantly recognizable. With a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from UC Santa Barbara, Jeremy possesses a true talent and passion for music composition for piano as well as a range of orchestral instruments. He maintains a wide-ranging repertoire of original music, classical, jazz, standards, musicals, pop and rock while keeping current with the latest hits. While he most often performs as a solo artist, his expertise and grasp of diverse musical styles have also led him to be in demand as a pianist to accompany other musicians, singers and performers.


In this interview Chanti chats with Jeremy about his life and influences. Discover how he met and proposed to the love of his life and learn about the other girl in his life - melody!  Jeremy has composed a beautiful song "Choose Love" which has been released along with his album of the same name. It's an inspiring piece that was years in the making.

The words you choose are as important as the way in which you deliver them. We know that tone is all important but word selection cannot be ignored. The words we choose evoke a cognitive and emotional response. Our job as communicators is to send a message as accurately as possible to achieve a desired result. The old saying 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me"? is not true. We are all aware of the enormous power of the spoken word. 


In this episode we talk about how to choose words that will elevate rather than deflate and how you can speak to be heard, rather than speak to be judged. Chanti Niven and Desiree share our captivating speakers secrets every week on Monday morning. Tune in or download our podcasts on iTunes. Look for 'Captalk' in the iTunes store.

Stories stick with us and that's why storytelling is an important skill to learn. Stories take us in, transport us, and allow us to live vicariously and visually through the experience of someone else. We think in pictures and when we tell stories we create a movie in the mind of our listeners and this is why stories are so memorable. Stories help us to connect with other people and accelerate interpersonal connection. Storytelling also helps anyone speaking or presenting in front of an audience. Learning how to confidently tell stories in a way that grips an audience's imagination is vital. In today's episode, Joanne Nall, a master storyteller and humorist will be talking with Chanti and Desiree over morning coffee and sharing some of her insights. Tune in and brush up on your own storytelling skills.

Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. How to tell a story that draws an audience in.

Tell stories that draw your audience in and keep them rivetted.

We are wired to tell stories because it is how we make sense of the world around us. Storytelling is an ancient art form that has been around as long as mankind has. Being able to tell a story in a compelling way is a skill that can be developed. It helps an audience understand your message and retain it for longer. In this episode we discuss some of the secrets of storytelling at its finest. Tune in.

We are wired to tell stories because it is how we make sense of the world around us. Storytelling is an ancient art form that has been around as long as mankind has. Being able to tell a story in a compelling way is a skill that can be developed. It helps an audience understand your message and retain it for longer. In this episode we discuss some of the secrets of storytelling at its finest. Tune in.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

—Robert McKee

Stories have power. They delight, enchant, touch, teach, recall, inspire, motivate, challenge. They help us understand. They imprint a picture on our minds. Want to make a point or raise an issue? Tell a story. — Janet Litherland

Stories are all around us.  They are what move us, make us feel alive, and inspire us. Our appetite for stories is a reflection of the basic human need to understand patterns of life — not merely as an intellectual exercise but as a personal, emotional experience. Stories are the way to reach out to people and emotionally connect.

Yet most of us are used to the business-as-usual approach to communicating ideas, looking at the umpteenth Powerpoint bullet list or Word document. We may even build presentations that we ourselves wouldn’t want to sit through.  Why do we do that? How is it that we such expert story consumers that we can confidently walk out of a movie after only a few minutes, but we often fail to recognize both the importance of a good story and the weakness of our own approaches to communication when it’s our turn on the stage? What happens if we move beyond business-as-usual, and start building content that is engaging and powerful, by harnessing the energy of the well-told story?

Listen in to Chanti and Desiree chat about what it takes to captivate. Learn how to speak so that you will be more interesting to listen to. Identify about pesky filler words that dilute your speech and learn how to weed them out.  The importance of being understood and how you can ensure that you are. In this episode we speak about the things you do that make you annoying and you'll learn why people may tune you out.

Listen in to Chanti and Desiree chat about what it takes to captivate. Learn how to speak so that you will be more interesting to listen to. Identify about pesky filler words that dilute your speech and learn how to weed them out.  The importance of being understood and how you can ensure that you are. In this episode we speak about the things you do that make you annoying and you'll learn why people may tune you out.