How To ROCK Virtual Engagements!

In this episode, I interview Grant Swanby, who is an actor, producer and acting coach that has been in the industry for over 25 years. Oh and I can write backwards! He is the Academic Head at Act Cape Town Film Acting Academy and also Producer at Haas & Kaas Productions.

In this episode we talk about overcoming performance anxiety in front of the camera, authenticity, how to "make love" to a camera and his framework for communication L(isten), O(bserve), V(Validate)and E(nthuse) or L.O.V.E.  

So much good stuff in there specifically for business people who find this webcam thing a but much!

In this episode, I interview Alan McCarthy who has been an independent sales consultant since 1987. He worked in 55 countries, in 25 of the 50 US states, He is a Director of 5 businesses,  one of which is a tattoo studio run by his youngest daughter and her husband.

He has also written and published 5 books on conflict resolution and negotiation.

Alan is a master of conflict resolution and negotiations and we unpack the 4 stages of negotiation, Rule no 1 and rule no 3 of negotiations, tone of voice, mirroring and much more. 

Alan is truly a master of his craft!

Enjoy

In this episode, I interview Seamus Byrne,  Irish born in the US (both passports), he went to school in Dublin, London and Limerick and lived in Paris for 7 years after college, his wife is French/Spanish and has two great and exhausting kids and he has immediate family in 5 countries.  If he wasn't so naturally modest, he'd called himself a citizen of the world.  Seamus is passionately fascinated by how humans think, interact and make decisions.  Big influences are the work of Daniel Kahneman, Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris and Steven Pinker.  Stimulating, challenging, exhausting, exasperating and sometimes even inspiring are descriptions he is willing to share. 

Fun fact: Danced Bollywood for charity in front of a 1,000 strong audience  and made a bunch of amazing friends.

Seamus also has 20 years HR and Recruitment experience working for big tech firms; he is also a Director of www.sapient.ie and is affiliated to SNP Communications.

Episode highlights include the 1 thing as sellers we can do to make a virtual audience feel more engaged, dialling up the charm, the elephant and the rider, Brad Pitt and charm and bringing entertainment into virtual meetings to make them more fun!

A brief introduction of myself, your host Alistair Davis, and why I am so keenly interested in virtual meetings, engagements, training and entertainment. How virtual has impacted my personal as well as my business life! The business, personal and environmental impacts are there for all to see!