Planners on Purpose Podcast

In this episode, we explore ways that you can unleash your creativity as an event professional. We are all on a journey to become prolific and brilliant while maintaining our creative health, and this podcast episode will share ways in which our creative expression works best. 

We will delve into the importance of balancing productivity, brilliance, and health to avoid burnout. Additionally, you'll find some brief tips on how to structure your day to harness focus and maximize your time effectively. 

Staying inspired and bringing ideas into your world can be a challenge when you are so incredibly busy, so Naomi shares some tips on how you can stay in the know and spark your creativity.

We hope you enjoy this episode, until next time stay on purpose!

Links and Resources
The Accidental Creative by Todd Henry

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Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

This thought-provoking episode delves deep into the world of event professionals and mental health. 

Mental health is a topic that's crucial for all of us, but it takes on a unique significance for event professionals. The demands of the industry can lead to burnout, stress, and overwhelming pressures. Naomi aims to shed light on the importance of mental well-being and how it plays a central role in our lives.

In this episode, you'll discover what mental health truly means and how it impacts your ability to cope with life's stresses, realize your potential, and contribute to your community. Moreover, you'll explore the common challenges that event professionals face, such as anxiety, burnout, and exhaustion.

You'll learn how to enforce boundaries in your workspace, refine your mental health plan, and explore resources available for support.

If you're ready to prioritize your mental health as an event professional, this episode is a must-listen. Join Naomi Tucker as she empowers you to navigate the event industry while maintaining your well-being. Your mental health is a basic human right, and this podcast will guide you toward achieving a sense of balance and purpose in your life. Don't miss this insightful journey – tune in now!

Links and Resources
World Health Organization on Mental Health
Center for Disease Control on Mental Health
Skift and Cvent - Worklife Balance for Event Planners
PCMA Mental Health and the Business Events Industry
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Banish Burnout Challenge 

To learn more about Planners on Purpose, visit our website at www.plannersonpurpose.com. 

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Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

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Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

In this episode, Naomi shares valuable tips and strategies for effectively managing household responsibilities, finding motivation, and alleviating the burdens of maintaining your home, even on days when you're physically and emotionally drained. She understands the struggle of missing family events and special occasions due to work commitments and offers solutions to help you feel more in control and fulfilled in all areas of life.

Whether you're listening on a busy Saturday as you catch up on personal tasks or any other day, this episode is here to guide you through practical solutions that make home life management more manageable. Join us and discover ways to achieve a balance that ensures your personal life is just as successful as your professional one.

Links mentioned in this episode:
How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis

Thanks for listening, until next time, stay on purpose!

For more information on Planners on Purpose, visit www.plannersonpurpose.com. 

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Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

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Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

In the midst of the pandemic, Lauralee Whyte had a major revelation when it comes to her work. She wanted to be intentional about creating diversity and representation with her work. Feeling that there wasn't any representation, belonging, or connection in her industry, Lauralee set out on a quest to create the environment in the speaker industry that she wanted to see through her company Spectrum Speakers.

In this episode we chat about how the awareness of the necessity of diversity that surfaced in 2020 has long since fizzled out, replaced by a cookie-cutter embrace to get instant public satisfaction. However, the real intentional work that needs to be done in the event industry still has a way to go.

Lauralee suggests that while sustainability is a safe topic, with less controversy or less room or need to do or say the wrong thing -  diversity and inclusion can be a heavy subject with a lot to tackle. Hence, the event industry tends to avoid the deeper conversations that can move the needle.

The big takeaway from our conversation is that there is still a lot of work to get done. And because many people walk on eggshells in an effort to not do or say anything wrong we unfortunately turn our backs on making real change.

Lauralee was a pleasure to have on the podcast and will give some tangible tips in this podcast for you to have awareness with action when it comes to diversity and inclusion.

Links and Resources:
Planners on Purpose
Spectrum Speakers Website
Spectrum Speakers LinkedIn
Spectrum Speakers Instagram
Diversify by June Sarpong

To learn more about Planners on Purpose, visit the website at  www.plannersonpurpose.com.

Thank you for listening, until next time, stay on purpose!

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Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

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Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

With only 60 days left in the year, it's time to finish strong and turn your year-end goals into reality. In this episode, we'll provide you with an action plan to make it happen.

Naomi will review how you can get clear about your goals, break them into small steps that serve your purpose, establish a reasonable timeline for you to complete your goals, and of course, celebrate.

The end of the year comes with a tremendous opportunity for us to finish strong, and do those things that we have been wanting to complete all year. Perhaps work has gotten in the way, or perhaps your home life is overwhelming, but the good news is that there is still time.

So, let's make these last 60 days count and finish the year strong. Stay on purpose, and share your journey with us on Instagram at @plannersonpurpose.

To learn more about Planners on Purpose, head over to the website at www.plannersonpurpose.com.

Support the show

Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

Snag Free Gifts and Learn More at https://www.plannersonpurpose.com

Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

Finding true balance in your life can be quite a journey. Especially if you're in a high-touch, high-performing role like event management. 

In this episode, Naomi discusses how the concept of work-life balance can be looked at differently to show that it is very rare for a person can achieve balance in all areas of their life all at once. Naomi shares how putting focus on different areas of our lives, in different seasons might be just what you need for you to have your idea of balance. 

Tune in and listen in on this episode. Do you believe that you can obtain true balance in all areas of your life? We would love to hear your feedback on social! Use #plannersonpurpose or tag us on social and let us know!

Until next time, stay on purpose.

To learn more about Planners on Purpose, go to www.plannersonpurpose.com.  

Support the show

Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

Snag Free Gifts and Learn More at https://www.plannersonpurpose.com

Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

Get ready to dive into the world of event planning with industry pace-setter, Sara Gorlick! In an unexpected twist of fate, Sara Gorlick kicked off her corporate career with a 1,500-person Health Care Summit. After being thrown into the fire of logistics, floor plans, programming, and solving on-site crises she was hooked.

In this episode, Sara unravels the mystery of assembling a high-performing team. Sara loves it when a team functions in at its peak, anticipating challenges before they arise. Join us as we uncover the profound impact a well-oiled team can have on the success or downfall of an event.

Sara's journey takes a personal twist as she opens up about the invaluable role of mentorship in her life. Discover how a great mentor can be your guiding light, helping you to grow, and providing the wisdom that you need for your next steps. Mentorship is a delicate dance where support outweighs judgment, and Sara shares her story of how this unfolds for her.

Our conversation doesn't stop there, because we expand to discuss the extraordinary power of kindness and how it can magnify the success of your events, especially when overcoming challenges. Sara's passion shines as she shows us about showing how planners can lean on kindness when it comes to interacting with clients, partners, and suppliers. Even when an event goes wrong, handling challenges with kindness can give you a much bigger outcome.

Get ready for another episode that is bound to leave you inspired and motivated. Sara has had a remarkable journey, you'll get some remarkable takeaways from this podcast episode. To learn more about Sara's story, and her book, "The Lucky Boxcutter" visit www.luckyboxcutter.com or connect with Sara on Instagram.

Tune in, get inspired, and stay on purpose!

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Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

Snag Free Gifts and Learn More at https://www.plannersonpurpose.com

Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

In this episode, I connect with Shanondoah Nicholson about many subjects, mainly event planning and how you can embellish your career as an event professional. Shanondoah shares her story of how she came into the event industry and gives some suggestions and advice for aspiring event professionals.

Episode Highlights:

• Shanondoan shares the most important part of where you are in your career. 
• How a great team can help you see your ideas differently for the best perspective.
• Getting her CMP impacted Shanondoah's career, learn how important she thinks that the designation is.
• How to rest and recharge during the off-season and how it is important for you to maintain your sense of well-being thus decreasing stress and overwhelm.
• Importance of letting your network know when you are in a season of higher stress can help you put a boundary around what is currently important.
• The importance of saying no, and saying yes respectfully.
• How doing the unexpected can light up the worlds of our customers. 
• Shanondoah shares the reason for her starting her very own podcast, and how she loves to talk about corporate events and how they have made an impact on her career.
• How keeping track of your commendations and accomplishments in your role can help you as you advance your career.
• Also learn about Shanondoah's go-to travel accessories, favorite self-help book, and what she loves to do in her free time. 

Links and Resources
Beyond the BEO - Instagram
Shanondoah Nicholson - Linkedin

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Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

Snag Free Gifts and Learn More at https://www.plannersonpurpose.com

Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

From entrepreneurship to self-care, Virginia Frischkorn shares with us insights, tips, and personal stories that aided in her success as Founder & CEO of Partytrick. Find out key tips to help you support yourself as you grow as an entrepreneur or how to spark joy in the eyes of your attendees at your events. This episode has a little bit of everything for you, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Episode Highlights

• Find out why it's important to have a personal network supporting you. Whether it be your team at work, or your team at home, having support is important. 
• How entrepreneurs should be curious, always push, be engaged, and be intentional about making their businesses better.
• Learn Virginia's routine for keeping her network authentic, strong, and engaging.
• Uncover tips on how to conquer self-promotion and find untapped areas of networking, like LinkedIn.
• Virginia shared how to embrace transitions and lean into the uncomfortable.
• Learn three things you can ask yourself if you are getting overwhelmed. They worked for Virginia! 
• Discover how important breathing deeply really is, and learn tips on how to incorporate it into your day. 
• Find out what really made Virginia pivot and change in her career and why she moved forward. 
• Perfectionism is a struggle, and progress is a much better goal. Learn how communication can set the bar so that you can hold others to the same standard. 
• Virginia shares about her company, Partytrick, and how it enables everyone to design, plan, and host their personal or private events by simply making a quick selection online. 
• How diversifying your assets as much as possible is valuable for event professionals to grow passive revenue streams.
• Virginia discusses her most memorable event and what made it so special to her. 
• How having intention and humor when planning events can spark joy and make events so special.
• Also, learn about Virginia's favorite travel destination, which celebs she keeps tabs on, and her favorite books. 

Links and Resources
Partytrick Website 
Get two months free of Partytrick using code POP23

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Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

Snag Free Gifts and Learn More at https://www.plannersonpurpose.com

Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.

In this episode, I sit down with Marsha Acker with Team Catapult. Marsha shares her leadership tips and expertise with me as we dig through some event industry challenges.

Episode Highlights:

• It doesn't matter what strategies you have or the tools you buy. If you can't come together for a conversation and create change, then these things won't matter- it’s the relationship that we are able to build and the effective conversation that we have that makes the difference.
• Leadership is the art of engaging with others in a way that helps us all be the best version of ourselves - Marsha Acker
• Just because we lead differently, it doesn't mean that we can't be impactful in our own way.
• It is important as leaders for us to be clear on how we behave, how we lead, and what is our model for leadership.
• Do you make space in our companies to think and talk as a team? We are excellent at communication, but we may see things differently than others. 
• Marsha talks about the key thing she does with her team to encourage relationship-building and open communication. 
• Discussing your team's individual values and then collective values can be a useful tool for leaders of thriving teams. 
• Choosing not to maintain relationships in your business, can be detrimental for companies and teams. 
• In change management, we can resist change that is happening, or we can consider what we might create from it.   
• If you feel like you are efforting more than others, it may be time to do a self-check to see if you have to let go of the perspective that it has to be a specific way.

Links and Resources
Team Catapult
Marsha on LinkedIn
Defining Moments of Leadership Podcast
Build Your Model for Leading Change Book

Thank you so much for listening!

Support the show

Share today's episode and tag me @plannersonpurpose

Snag Free Gifts and Learn More at https://www.plannersonpurpose.com

Overwhelmed and Struggling with how to move forward? Get clarity by downloading my FREE Master Your Burnout Guide.

Want to work together, friend? Well, I'm here to help you start to get clarity, confidence, and zap out the chronic stress you experience in your event planning process. 

1. Get Clarity and Confidence in Your Purpose by scheduling a Purpose Call.
2. Advance your Career by Adding Ease To Getting Your CMP.