Victoria Cooper - Resigning from a 15-year career has led to creating a podcast that defines kindness for self and community. Part of The Great Resignation series. Little Decisions Podcast

September of 2021, WomELLE and I partnered to celebrate International Podcaster Day. Podcasters from around the USA were interviewed and collected in one location, Hey Podcasters. Today’s guest Evo Terra was one of the trailblazers I interviewed.

His podcast is Podcast Pontifications. Evo’s mission is to make podcasting better! His insight and tips delivered Monday – Thursday is worth studying.

Evo released the 40th podcast – ever, so yes, he is a podcasting philosopher!

Author, radio broadcaster, businessman (podcast strategist). Remarkable conversation with a veteran podcaster.

Her Business Her Voice starts a new year, #NewyearNewway so let me tell you about the changes we are working on to give you the content you want and can use!

Highlights:

Who is Margo Lovett?

What content does this podcast cover? What's here for you?

Female Podcasters.

What does Reinvention have to do with this podcast?

Reconstructing this podcast - what have we added? Where is our focus in 2022?

Episode sponsor - PodcastAcademyOnline.com

Sept 2021, WomELLE and I celebrated International Podcast Day, and the website  HEY PODCASTERS was introduced to the world. I sat with a panel of podcasters, and we took on the hot topic, should guests pay to guest on podcasts? Wow, what a lively, insightful, and yes, funny convo! What’s your takeaway?

  Please, I want to hear YOU, the listener's comments!

Larry Roberts, host of the podcast Readily Random

Ashley Sanders, co-host Girls Ask Guys Show

Dr. Madeline Ann Lewis Success 4 Women

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Imagining, building, and launching your podcast isn’t hard when you have the right balance of information and accountability. 

Podcast Academy Online.com will help you build, monetize, and show up in all major podcast directories like Spotify, Apple Podcasts. Visit  https://podcastacademyonline.com/, and let’s develop your podcast!

Na'ilah Amaru - fiercely informed, a democratic strategist able to help all of us understand "politics" government, the dynamics of power, and mobilizing communities to stay vigilant, do the long-term work, and celebrate every victory. Meet Na'ilah Amaru, policy strategist, and advocate, political commentator, Iraq Veteran. We discuss the polarization America is experiencing now.

Her website – http://nailahamaru.com/about-nailah-amaru/ Understand why podcasts, national news outlets, publications call for her take, insight.

Questions answered:

You have dedicated your adult life to serving this country, positioning and, yes, qualifying yourself to be effective via the political arena. But are you still as passionate and hopeful today as you were even ten years ago?

How vital are nonprofits to the heartbeat (political in particular)?

Why is it essential to become informed about the issues, candidates on the ballot, and vote? Is it more important today than it was even five years ago?

Voter reforms, your thoughts, and how you will explain all of this to your community?

Do you believe that grassroots movements are powerful? Explain.

Margo - (3m 18s): So are you as enthusiastic about this work, being a democratic strategist, the world of politics, you started 20 years ago, are you still as enthusiastic about it today, as you were said, even 10 years ago?

Na'ilah -(4m 5s): I love that question. And the short answer is yes, I am just as passionate and hopeful for the world today as I started out, you know, over 20 years ago, the nuanced answer, however, is yes, and also a lot more experienced. You know, when I first started, you know, embarking on grassroots organizing and building community power, a lot of it was really rooted in understanding that dismantling systems of oppression is a long game and a long game never really, you know, hits home until you've been doing this work for decades.

Na'ilah - 4m 47s): And you realize I have been pushing for advocacy changes. I had been working in law and government, and nonprofit. Oftentimes we are still fighting for the very same things that generations before us have been fighting. I am a Congressman John Lewis alumna, and one of the lessons, one of the many lessons I've learned from being in his presence and watching him working alongside him has been,  the work is long and that's the commitment and discipline of community organizing and our work as organizers, as advocates, as strategists as everyday people, in dismantling all the systems of oppression that we navigate every day is to understand that it can be a long process, but also to find joy in knowing that every day we are not working alone. We are surrounded by fellow advocates and organizers and strategists and everyday people who are just as in love with this promise of America as I am.

You have access to the raw transcription here - https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/64058834

Disclaimer: All of my guests and I profess Christianity, speak of scripture references according to life and the chapters we (yes, I am a contributing author too) added to this project.

  It was a pleasure to speak with Sheila Farr, the visionary author and two contributing authors of the Amazon Best Seller A Joyful Heart: Reflections of Gratitude, Grace, and Praise. The book title speaks for itself loud and clear, especially this Thanksgiving holiday season. Authors Adeyinka Kilani, Tia Locke-Simmons, and Sheila share their life lesson chapters. The hope is that as people think about these past few years, this book will guide them into an attitude of gratitude, grace, and position of praise; it all comes from a grateful heart.

Sheila Farr: https://www.facebook.com/shefarr

Purchase- Amazon Kindle - https://amzn.to/3nPYByg

Video Livestream of this conversation - https://youtu.be/yGEsmCBOm3A

Episode sponsor:

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  During September 2021, home of International Podcasters Day, WomELLE and I decided to celebrate podcasters in September of 2021. So this week's episode is my conversation with three female boomer podcasters! Although we're over age 50, we are confident, intelligent, and savvy. So let me introduce you to Yvonne Di Vita, Lucy Forsting, and "Lisa "Hurt.

 This conversation is a look at the perspective and insight that mature women bring to the podcast industry. You will want to listen, find your place behind the mic, claim your voice! Then, share this episode with friends and colleagues.

Yvonne DiVita – Publishing and business coach, podcaster

https://www.nurturingbigideas.com/

Videocasts on YouTube

“Lisa” Hurt – Resilience/ elevation coach, writer, podcaster

https://adbl.co/3HvClS2  / podcast interview

Website - https://www.hurtnpoetllc.com/

Lucy Forsting – Author, podcaster, intuitive life coach

Miss Twiggs – latest publication

http://synergyconnectionradio.com/   / podcast

 Episode sponsor:

Podcast Academy Online (dot) com, a virtual academy that graduates podcasters! 7- week, live online group sessions, heavy on how-to instruction, information, and accountability. Graduate with your custom-designed, functioning podcast. Podcast Academy Online (dot) com designed with the adult learner in mind. Schedule a free consult, visit the website https://podcastacademyonline.com/

Today’s conversation is with jazz vocalist Grammy-nominated artist Carmen Lundy. It happened on my birthday, a gift I cherish!

Conversation highlights:

• Music opened the world to her, but she began in Miami (hometown). She went to NYC to launch her recording career, not get into nightclub singing, which is demanding. But she worked hard gigging while going to school! Take a listen, and you can understand the magnitude of her talent, hoot spa, love for her musical studies while singing six nights a week!
• Her work in Europe
• Her brother Curtis, their background, and its impact on her music
• How she creatively worked through the early lockdown days of covid and the negativity in the world.

 Carmen spent 8-to-10-hour days, four ½ months to edit VHS film that celebrates the music & conversations of her mother and aunts, singers in a gospel group for over 40 years! To revisit that “time tunnel” was a gift, and Nothing But The Blood was born!

• Her Grammy-nominated work Modern Ancestors https://youtu.be/8dyKPez2SM0
• We speak of her work Soul to Soul. Had I not been in strict fangirl mode, I would have asked her about her creations - When they would learn and Daybreak! (lol missed opportunity)
• The pandemic has been tough on professional musicians – contribute to Afrasia Productions/ PayPal &Venmo or The Jazz Foundation of America https://jazzfoundation.org/covid19fund/

Website - https://carmenlundy.com/    Shop, dance, enjoy the videos; it’s an experience!

You absolutely must “shop” while exploring Carmen’s website! My personal favorites/ Jazz And The New Songbook – Live At The Madrid (2-cd collection). Soul To Soul / Modern Ancestors. Sit back, enjoy the videos, and when you have a chance to catch this fantastic artist live, do not let the opportunity get past you! It’s as though you are with her, live jazz!

  Episode sponsor:

Podcast Academy Online (dot) com, a virtual academy that graduates podcasters! 7- week, live online group sessions, heavy on how-to instruction, information, and accountability. Graduate with your custom-designed, functioning podcast. Podcast Academy Online (dot) com designed with the adult learner in mind. Schedule a free consult, visit the website https://podcastacademyonline.com/

Lisa Ellen Niver, M.A., is a well-traveled woman with “a love affair with travel.” Her award-winning YouTube travel videos all viewed over 1,250,000 (over one and a quarter million views). Today we discuss how the pandemic has affected families in Bali, travel as the pandemic remains on the evening news, and the elements of kindness, respect. This episode, recorded in late summer 2021, but the conversation is still vital!

What is travel without pictures! Check out Lisa’s latest article in WIRED.

  Today’s conversation is another opportunity to hear from Lisa! Our first conversation on Her Business Her Voice Her Conversation led me to call her “The travel goddess affectionately.” During our first chat Reinvented to travel 101 countries, I found this reinvented science teacher, award-winning travel expert, columnist for Jewish Journal to be an all-around swell and fascinating person!

We Said Go Travel  Website/ YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/WeSaidGoTravel.

Conversation Highlights:

• There is no unemployment structure set up in many countries. When the pandemic hit, there was no government or state help to meet the financial needs of people without an income. Being a world traveler, Lisa spoke with a connection is Bali, Indonesia; Tosh is his name. At the time of our conversation, there were twenty-two families out of thirty found without income. Covid, lack of tourism, banks closed; recovery does not happen overnight, and you listener can help! Tosh and PADI have assisted with care packages, but a great need is still there; We can help.
  https://wesaidgotravel.com/making-a-difference-during-covid-in-bali-how-you-can-help/
• Lisa spoke of travel pre covid and especially during the pandemic. Vital information from a worldwide traveler!
• Yes, we spoke of kindness, respect, and, yes, travel!

Episode sponsor:

Podcast Academy Online (dot) com, a virtual academy that graduates podcasters! 7- week, live online group sessions, heavy on how-to instruction, information, and accountability. Graduate with your custom-designed, functioning podcast. Podcast Academy Online (dot) com designed with the adult learner in mind. Schedule a free consult, visit the website https://podcastacademyonline.com/

My conversation is with Denise Reed, the CEO of The Concierge Office Suites - Chattanooga, Tennessee. One fantastic savvy business lady!

Conversation highlights:

• You're working in an industry you love, ask for an opportunity to buy the company! That's what happened. Denise bought Concierge Office Suites, a coworking space, in 2006! Big move, bold move. Wait, the story gets bigger!
• What happens when an Angel investor volunteers to assist with financing Denise's new business? Keep listening; this is so cool!
• Does Denise answer the question-are coworking spaces worth it? Valid question seeing that these spaces are becoming quite popular.
• What is the component, the basis for building a coworking space that has continued to serve the community for 25 years? What's Denise's secret to success? Her secret sauce is the "Just in time experience." When a customer comes to The Concierge Office Suites, they expect to have all office resources available to them, thus "anything a traditional office has, it's there at Concierge. Concisely, service is the main ingredient.

Hold onto your chair! This lady, with a background in commercial real estate, also has a FARM! Denise and her husband have run a commercial broiler chicken farm, Wing And A Prayer. Nope, not a small undertaking, Wing And A Prayer operate on 40- acres. But, do know, there are no chicken coops! So, can somebody say, Green Acres! http://denisereed.is/ventures/wing-and-a-prayer/

Know this; more highlights and reasons to visit The Concierge Office Suites.

Denise was vetted and accepted into the National Concierge Association as a Business Concierge in 2021

She says, "surround yourself with smarter people."

"Business is not easy but simple – somebody pays you = a business."

The Concierge Office Suites, Central Business District/ 633 Chestnut St, suite six hundred, Chattanooga TN 37450 / 423.266.6388

https://theconciergeofficesuites.com/

Episode sponsor:

Podcast Academy Online (dot) com, a virtual academy that graduates podcasters! 7- week, live online group sessions, heavy on how-to and accountability. Graduate with your custom-designed, functioning podcast. Podcast Academy Online (dot) com designed with the adult learner in mind. Schedule a free consult, visit the website https://podcastacademyonline.com/