Shlomi Ron is my first guest since the coronavirus became the new normal throughout the world.  I’ve found that some people have had life events that presented a new normal experience even before COVID-19 hit us.  Shlomi is one such person to be fortunate to have gone through heavy challenges that he is well prepared for today’s times.

Shlomi is the CEO of the Visual Storytelling Institute, an incredible organization that layers in all sorts of creativity, art, marketing, and storytelling - something more important than ever as many of us are consuming an unprecedented amount of media.

Find Shlomi: Visual Storytelling Institute | LinkedIn | Total Acuity (Book) | Brian on the VSI Podcast

Scot and Susan are the husband and wife team behind Pragmatic Digital - a consultancy that helps businesses use emerging technology to improve their customer experience. They are also the authors of Voice Strategy: Creating Useful and Usable Voice Experiences.

It’s Susan’s 1st SXSW, though Scot was there a few years ago - but their first foray into SXSW as Voice Experts. They will be speaking at the Tiny VOICE @SXSW events and sharing their insights on creating successful Voice experiences. The Tiny VOICE @SXSW events will be taking place at the Modev booth Monday through Wednesday from 1 - 2pm. Susan and Scot will also be signing copies of their book.

In this episode, we talk about the role that Voice can play in helping businesses do more with less and why now is the time to start developing a Voice strategy and plan. Scot and Susan also touch on how Voice fits into an omnichannel marketing strategy and how brands can leverage their existing content for consistency and efficiency.

Find Susan and Scot :

Susan:  Twitter | LinkedIn

Scot Twitter | Linkedin

Pragmatic Digital | Twitter

Voice Strategy Book

Leigh Durst is a recognized authority on business, operations and digital transformation, and a trusted advisor to global Fortune 100s, startups, and businesses across industries. Her book, Walk, Climb, or Fly: Surviving and Thriving in the Workplace Wilderness, is designed to help executives, managers, and professionals better navigate complicated workplace dynamics, improving relationships, collaboration, and performance.

Leigh is a 13-year SXSW veteran and a longtime SXSW Advisory Board Member. Working in partnership with SXSW and clients, Leigh has helped curate over 70 official SXSW sessions, featuring 150+ world-class thought leaders, such as Adam Savage, Nolan Bushnel and Tim Berners-Lee.  It is Leigh’s mission to help people move beyond mere career survival to a thriving professional existence.

We’ll talk about Walk, Climb, or Fly’s simple visual model for workplace dynamics - and how knowing your Operational Style can open the door for better collaboration.  We’ll also provide a sneak peek at some cool sessions and activities at SXSW 2020.

Find Leigh Durst at walkclimborfly.com | leighdurst.com | livepath.net

Bob Burg co-authored the international bestseller The Go-Giver. He’s a sought after speaker at sales and leadership conferences and committed to inspiring the entrepreneurial spirit in us all. He shows that companies large and small that conduct their business the “Go-Giver” way are not only of much greater value to their customers, they’re also significantly more functional and profitable as well.

Providing value isn’t about giving away free stuff. We’ll talk about how to shift your focus from getting to giving, and growing your business through value, influence, and authenticity.

Listen in to learn how to be a Go-Giver.

Mentioned on the podcast: Dr. Rick Rigsby on "The Smartest Person I Ever Met"

Find Bob at burg.com

Tuli Kraus has been making noise lately on LinkedIn but he's come to a realization: there's a lot of noise on there these days.

What can you do to stand out? Be creative.  Easier said than done, right? Tune in for this fun dialog on how to take practical steps on implementing and being an effective communicator!

Find Tuli: LinkedIn | Instagram

Atara Twersky isn't what you'd expect from an NYC attorney as she's now also the author of the acclaimed children's book series, Curlee Girlee.

Atara is the founder of the curly girl movement inspired by her young daughter in an effort to ensure they love themselves just as they are. 

Join us as we talk about parenting, work-life balance (if such a thing exists!), and showing our children how to hope for the future on a very empowering podcast!

Find Atara - curleegirlee.com | podcast

Chris Ronzio has developed a passion to allow other business leaders find time to do more of what they love.  We all know that the process and the journey are just as important as the solution, and Chris has truly embraced this methodology.  His company, Trainual allows you to document your processes like never before.  

Listen in for Chris' journey and scaling up!

Find Chris: LinkedIn | Trainual

Rich Keller has an inspiring story.  Going from the safety of corporate America to taking the plunge and following his dreams after overcoming health challenges, he's definitely found his stride helping today's youth by finding the one word that defines them.

Rich is a catalyst and knows how to distill important brand messages into one word.  What's your one word and story to tell? Listen in to this truly remarkable episode for more!

Find Rich at: LinkedIn | TheRichKeller

Deepak Shukla has a bright future gaining momentum building from the strength of an SEO agency and is moving toward specialized agency expertise.  Gone are the days where one can walk around trying to be a full service agency living among a world of experts.  

Join Deepak and I for a lively discussion of agency growth strategy on this week's episode!

Find Deepak at LinkedIn | Pearl Lemon

Today's guest Yoav Vilner has gone through a fork in the road, trying to decide if it's worth being a Chief Marketing Officer to many through his former highly known agency vs showing up as a full time CMO & Founding member to one specific startup.

He's emerged as the CMO for L1ght which is changing the game to stop online toxicity for children through data science.

Listen in to his journey and future in truly building out something meaningful in this episode!

Find Yoav at: LinkedIn | Facebook | L1ght