Conversations About Conversations

Our guest on this episode was Meredith Lee. Meredith is the Program Director of the Russ Berrie Making a Difference Awards. Not only is she a difference maker herself, but she is surrounded by difference-makers. In addition to discussing the awards program, we discussed ten traits of difference makers.

The Russ Berrie Making a Difference Award is a prestigious awards program that honors "unsung heroes" who demonstrate their passion and unstoppable commitment to serve the most vulnerable. Since the inception of the Russ Berrie Making a Difference Award in 1997, there have been over 400 honorees who've received more than $4 million in cash awards. Their work is improving people's lives and making communities stronger. This year, eleven outstanding changemakers were honored at the 27th Anniversary Award Ceremony. They received awards totaling $160,000.

VISIT https://russberriemakingadifferenceaward.org/ for more information.

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Conversations About Conversations is a show that helps people be more effective in their conversations, their business relationships, and in the projects and endeavors that they lead. The goal is to make the business world a better place one conversation at a time.

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1. Have a reason, purpose or objective(s) for your conversations.

2. Set an agenda and check for acceptance of it. Make sure it's mutual.

3. Use active listening to confirm understanding.

4. Establish and maintain rapport.

5. Unless this is a completely new relationship, reference or connect to past conversations and shared understandings.

6. Learn and explore.

a) Elicit thoughts, feelings, needs and wants.

b) Gather information about people, places, things, circumstances and problems.

c) Discuss goals, dreams and aspirations.

7. Exercise self-control.

8. Discuss ways to address needs, sticking points or objections.

9. Determine what decisions need to be made.

10. Agree on next steps with key agreement words.

Thank you, Jane Stoller for joining me in this conversation about conversations. This segment was from a recent episode of the podcast called: Organizing Your Business and Your Conversations with Organized Jane.

WATCH the full episode called Organizing Your Business and Your Conversations on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oqwjwfKsYcs

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Our guest on this episode was Brian Ahearn. Brian is the Chief Influence Officer at a company called Influence PEOPLE. He's an author, TEDx speaker, international trainer, coach, and consultant. His LinkedIn courses on persuasive selling and coaching have been viewed by more than a half a million people around the world. His first book, Influence PEOPLE, was named one of the 100 Best Influence Books of All Time.

Our agenda was threefold: 1. a quick review of the seven universal principles of influence, 2. a discussion of how to deal with four different personality types, and 3. a strategy to make you a listening all-star.

WATCH the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MXu7Uw96DsY

Here's a link to the first episode we did with Brian Ahearn called the Seven Universal Principles of Influence: https://youtu.be/OpqHxg0ygSE

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Conversations About Conversations is a show that helps people be more effective in their conversations, their business relationships, and in the projects and endeavors that they lead. The goal is to make the business world a better place one conversation at a time.

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This episode's conversation leader is Jane Stoller. Jane is an author, speaker, and business and life organizer whose passion is decluttering spaces and organizing business processes.

She's the founder of Organized Jane and the author of two books: Organizing for Your Lifestyle and Decluttering for Dummies. Her goal is to help you reduce stress, overcome overwhelm while simultaneously accomplishing more.

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For more information visit: conversations.biz/podcast or organizedjane.com.

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In this video book report, I discuss the five major choices Vaden highlights when you are deciding how to approach the tasks and items on your to-do list:

1. Eliminate

2. Automate

3. Delegate

4. Procrastinate

5. Concentrate

I found this framework to be a game changer for me and I hope it's helpful to you as well.

Michael is a game-changing motivational speaker and author of four books:

· The Mount of Olives: 11 Declarations to an Extraordinary Life

· The Traveler's Secret: Ancient Proverbs for Better Living

· The Servant With One Talent: Five Success Principles from the Greatest Parable Ever Told

· The Cabin at the End of the Train: a Story About Pursuing Dreams

You can learn more about the important conversations he's leading at speaklife365.com.

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Our guest was Susan Murphy. Susan is a voice coach for broadcasters. We discussed the kind of situations she can help with.

Susan spent 40 years on-air and in production learning what works and what doesn't work. She's been a shadow traffic reporter, program director, and New York radio personality. Her clients benefit tremendously from her experience.

Broadcasters aren't the only ones who need to mind their voice. Everyone in business has a voice. Susan likes to say: "If the eyes are the window to the soul, the mouth and voice are the front door." Your voice is your authentic you. Your voice makes a great first impression, or it doesn't. Your voice connects with your audience, or repels them away from you.

Learn more about the important conversations she's leading.

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Our guest on this episode was Dr. Thomas Jordan. Dr. Jordan specializes in the treatment of unhealthy love lives and has been studying them for over 30 years.

Dr. Thomas Jordan is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. He is on the faculty of NYU's Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, author of Learn to Love: Guide to Healing Your Disappointing Love Life and founder of the Love Life Learning Center.

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Our guest on this episode was Robert Mack. Robert is a positive psychology expert and celebrity happiness coach. He is an inspirational speaker, published author, and television host & producer.

Robert is the author of two books:

• Happiness from the Inside Out: The Art and Science of Fulfillment and
• Love from the Inside Out: Lessons and Inspiration for Loving Yourself, Your Life, and Each Other

In addition to serving as a celebrity love coach for Famously Single on the E! Network for two seasons, Robert also worked as consulting producer and on-camera expert for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and executive producer and host of Good Morning LaLa Land on Apple TV and Hulu. He has been featured on television shows like Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Morning Show, Access Hollywood and now... Conversations About Conversations.

Robert is one of the most exciting, engaging, and extraordinary coaches and speakers in the world today. But all of this is not what impresses me most about Rob. In preparation for this conversation, I listened to 20 of his interviews. What impresses me most is the quality of his ideas and the quality of his conversations. His ideas have changed my life and helped me to be a happier person. I hope they do the same for you.

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Our guest on this episode was Conor O'Malley. Conor is the author of the book Trust Begins and Ends with Self. He defines trust as delivering on your commitments to self and others consistently.

Conor is a Professional Certified Executive Coach. He's known as the CEO's Caddy. He's an accredited Ontological Coach and sought-after speaker. He's co-author of How to Talk to Strangers and There is No Such Thing as a Difficult Conversation. He has a background in executive leadership in logistics and supply chain management. He believes in leading from the heart as well as the head.

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