Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast with John Chen

For more than a decade, Jen Santos has led event technology at some of the world’s largest companies. 

She brings the technology and team building best practices from over 20+ years of IT consulting and coaching experience to event delivery teams so they can deliver exceptional events. She is now teaching others to do the same in the Smart Event Academy.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Her #1 engagement technique
🫶 Jen’s favorite openers
😔 Avoid these hybrid and virtual event mistakes

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Sybil “Sage” Stewart is CEO of conVerge wellness solutions, LLC. She is an author, speaker and personal brand coach and consultant. She is on a mission to redefine professional one powerful brand story at a time. After spending over a decade supporting, building and protecting national and global brands she now supports women executives and entrepreneurs with a story to tell. Let’s connect!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👌🏿 Celebrating Black History Month
🖼️  Interior zoom design plan tips
🤔 Philosophy around brand and virtual presence

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Rob is an authority on executive presence and transformative learning experiences. He is a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, an MIT Leadership Center Master Executive Coach, and the author of – Leading from Your Best Self: Develop Your Executive Poise, Presence and Influence to Maximize Your Potential (McGraw-Hill).

What is unique about Rob is that for the first half of his career he was a performing artist where he traveled the globe delivering his unique, one-person variety show. He is an accomplished tap dancer, rope and wire walker and storyteller. He now takes his finely honed stage and audience connection skills to business leaders to help them enhance their presence, connect authentically with others, and create momentum behind their ideas by becoming great storytellers.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏗️ Tech setup tips to better audience connection 
👍 What tech or non-tech should you use for your virtual presentation
😉 One way to improve your virtual meeting with no tech

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Amanda Lea Kaiser is a keynote speaker and author of Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community. Through her research, Amanda is at the forefront of exploring how member and attendee engagement is rapidly changing within professional communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡  Strategies to creating a thriving member community
😰  How to handle technology anxiety
💻 Designing an engaging virtual event 

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Venia Logan spent the past 9 years learning the diverse skills necessary to create strong stable online communities that put brand's services at their center. 

She started my own YouTube channel in 2010, and RESCQU.NET in 2013. And worked for Constant Contact, and returned to college for a specialization in online community management. Then she attained all 12 certifications from DigitalMarketer and helped dozens of communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⭐ Common traits of a successful community
💁‍♀️ Top trends in creating community in virtual
🔮 The future of virtual communities

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Born in Mountain Home, AR, and settled in Central Arkansas, she taught Special Ed  for over 20 years and now is a multi-faceted artist.  She has two daughters and has been married for over 26 years.  She has multiple interests and hobbies, calling herself a Jill of All Trades.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Nicole’s background story
🎨 When did she start to be an artist
📚 The inspiration behind his children's book

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Rob Anderson is a Learning & Development/Learning Technology practitioner. Currently honing in the next organization, but he has spent time at Meta, GoDaddy, Nintendo, T-Mobile, and Starbucks!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨‍💻  Robert’s career journey
⚙️ Transitioning from in-person to online
🚀 The future of technology

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JO Welch, (she/her) Certified Interpreter, is a 1st Gen Latine. She grew up in the marginalized space between Latinx and American cultures and is influenced by her commitment to the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

❤️ What inclusiveness means to you in virtual
📝 Why you need a will
👌⌨️ What you see in virtual for people with disabilities

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Michelle Teague is an experienced, award winning international speaker, trainer, and coach.  She has several years of experience working as a corporate trainer with multiple companies.  Michelle also works with many coaching clients in business, academia, and government.  

Jim Teague is an award winning speaker and educator.  He has over 20 years experience teaching college classes in business and he has also served as a university department chair. In addition, Jim has extensive experience providing business training in leadership, effective communication skills, and overcoming obstacles.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤔 How they transition from in-person to virtual training
🫶 Favorite interactions to use in a virtual meeting
💻 Best practices in a hybrid meeting

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Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement. Today’s theme is “IMPACT”.

Contact Roger at [email protected] 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

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