It's our big 90-minute season 3 finale: The Backstage episode!!! 

For our 100th recorded episode, the podcast team sit around the studio table and have an open, honest conversation about how the show got started and what happens behind the curtain.

 

BRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:

Still - Wikipedia

Game of Thrones (HBO) - HBO.com

Gatorland Zoo - Gatorland.com

Olive Garden - OliveGarden.com

Banding People Together - BandingPeopleTogether.com

eHarmony - eHarmony.com

Farmers Only - FarmersOnly.com

Fort Pastor (Christian Rock band) - amazon

Alan Schaefer - LinkedIn

Tin Foil Studios = pseudo name of Thoughts That Rock studio

Men in Motion - MeninMotionDancers.com

Problem Child 2 - imdb.com

John Ritter - imdb.com

Welcome Freshman (Nickelodeon) - imdb.com

Swamp Thing (Universal Studios) - imdb.com

Nicholas (Christian gospel) - Wikipedia

Nike - Nike.com

Vanilla Ice - VanillaIce.com

Swedish Fish - amazon

Joe Rogan - Wikipedia

Cannonball Kids’ cancer – CannonballKidscancer.org

Hard Rock International – HardRock.com

Count Chocula - GeneralMills.com

Tony MacGehee - LinkedIn.com

KT Bloedorn - LinkedIn.com

Skype - Skype.com

Zoom - Zoom.com

6-Track Zoom Recorder - amazon

Audio-Technica Headset Mic - amazon

"Ordinary Life" (Big Kettle Drum) - BigKettleDrum.com

Hand of God (amazon) - imdb.com

Ron Pearlman - Wikipedia

Animal Planet - AnimalPlanet.com

Garage ReHab (The Discovery Channel) - imdb.com

Gas Monkey Garage - GasMonkeyGarage.com

Melissa Bagwell - MelissaBagwell.com

Muppets - Muppets.com

Voice 123 - Voice123.com

Famous Footwear - FamousFootwear.com

Honda - Honda.com

Best Buy - BestBuy.com

Loreal - Loreal.com

Rich Johnson - SpectaclePhoto.com

Emmy Awards - Emmys.com

Imaging USA (Professional Photographers Association) - ImagingUSA.org

Frito Lay - FritoLay.com

Hilton Hotel - Hilton.com

All State - AllState.com

NASCAR - nascar.com

Strategery - Wikipedia

Libsyn - Libsyn.com

Podcast Movement Conference - PodcastMovement.com

Simplecast - Simplecast.com

YouTube - YouTube.com

KickAssGuest.com = fake website; it's available if you want it

Cameo - Cameo.com

Keppler Speakers - KepplerSpeakers.com

"Pitch Slapped" (Ron Tite) - RonTite.com

Soledad O'Brien - SolededOBrienProductions.com 

Tim Tebow - TimTebow.com

Sir Mix-a-Lot - Wikipedia

Lorenzo Lamas - Wikipedia

UPS - UPS.com

William Shatner - Wikipedia

DropBox - Dropbox.com

Smokey Bones - SmokeyBones.com

Joy Foot Spa - JoyFootSpa.Online

bookstarPR - bookstarPR.com

Bobby Williams - LizardsThicket/History.com

Lizard's Thicket - LizardsThicket.com

South Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association - SCRLA.org

National Association of Realtors - NAR.Realtor

Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) - Wikipedia

Groundhog Day - Wikipedia

"The Total Life Freedom" podcast (Vincent Pugliese) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"The Coup" podcast (Ron Tite) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"Entrepreneurs of Fire" podcast (John Lee Dumas) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"Create Your Own Life" podcast (Jeremy Ryan Slate) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"The Freenoter" podcast (Tom & Tamsen Webster) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"Raise Your Game" podcast (Alan Stein Jr) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"Punk Rock HR" podcast (Laurie Ruettimann) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"Hustle and Flowchart" podcast (John Fryer & Matt Wolf) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"Steal the Show" podcast (Michael Port) - Podcasts.Apple.com

"VS" podcast - Podcasts.Apple.com

Kevin Hart - imdb.com

Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola.com

Pepsi - Pepsi.com

Gibson - Gibson.com

Fender - Fender.com

US Air Force - AirForce.com

Jordan Harbinger - JordanHarbinger.com

Jim Kwick - JimKwick.com

Eric Thomas - ETInspires.com

Rich Roll - RichRoll.com

Hal Elrod - HalElrod.com

Brene Brown - BreneBrown.com

Page Two Books - PageTwo.com

Usher - Wikipedia

Payless Shoe Store - Payless.com

Thoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.com

Certified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.com

Culture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.com

Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.com

Rock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.com

Big Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.com

Spectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.com

Jeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT Keel

 

JIM KNIGHT'S BIO:

A Training & Development veteran for 30+ years, Jim Knight facilitates on a variety of interactive topics, including sessions around amping up organizational culture, world-class differentiated service, building rock star teams and leadership.

Jim cut his teeth in the training field through the Hospitality industry, starting out in the snack bar at Gatorland Zoo, as a restaurant staff-level employee for Olive Garden and then as a host & manager at Hard Rock Cafe. He eventually became the head of the School of Hard Rocks, running point on all global learning & development functions for Hard Rock International.

Although part of a small training group that supported all cafe, hotel & casino properties, Jim Knight’s role at Hard Rock involved many facets of organizational training, including: creating/managing all staff & management training materials & programs, facilitating its corporate university, overseeing management training locations, producing training videos, directing company e-Learning initiatives, facilitating leadership transitions and traveling to properties to deliver on-site classes & measure standards.

Jim has put his experience and creativity to work, which has consistently developed cutting-edge training concepts. During his time with the Hard Rock brand, his team won coveted video Telly Awards (“Guest Service” in 2000, “Menu Rollout” in 2007, “Harassment & Discrimination Prevention” in 2008), garnered Training Directors Forum’s 1998 prize for “Reengineering Training” and won Brandon Hall’s Gold Best in Class Award for their “Service Recovery” e-Learning course. Jim Knight was also recognized by Training Magazine as representing one of the Top 125 training companies in the world out of all industries & businesses. Jim has since been featured in Forbes Magazine, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Nation’s Restaurant News, Business News Daily and Fox Business News.

Jim has a music degree in Vocal Performance & Education and taught in the Florida public school system for 6 years, before catching the “hospitality bug”. He is a lifetime member of CHART (an Association of Hospitality Trainers), previously sat on the Certification Governing Board of the National Restaurant Association and started a local networking group (The Training Summit: CHART’s 1st Regional Training Forum) with over 100 active members in Central Florida, to share best practices and discuss common issues with other industry professionals. 

Jim is the Owner & CEO of Knight Speaker, which positions him to facilitate at any association or company event, in any industry, as a keynote or breakout speaker. He is also the best-selling author of Culture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture, now in its 2nd edition, which was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the “5 Books That Will Help You Transform How You Do Business”.

Along with his business partner, Brant Menswar, Jim hosts a weekly leadership podcast called, Thoughts That Rock, which includes a rock star guest and presents 2 life-changing pieces of advice in 30 minutes. Finally, Jim and Brant offer a leadership training program called, Certified Rock Star, as an edu-taining, Rock ‘n Roll-inspired experience for leaders looking to amp up their business in a variety of areas.

A portion of Jim Knight’s book sales, podcast revenue, speaking fees and training program proceeds goes to No Kid Hungry to eliminate childhood hunger in the U.S. and Cannonball Kids’ cancer, which funds innovative, accessible research for children fighting cancer with better treatments, quality of life and options for those told they have run out of options.

 

BRANT MENSWAR'S BIO:

Brant Menswar is a core values activist, former rock star, one of the country’s “Top 10" motivational speakers and a self-professed coffee snob. His books and podcast (Thoughts That Rock) expand on the ground-breaking work around values-based leadership described as “disarmingly simple and incredibly powerful.” 

He has helped to change what’s possible for industry-leading organizations like Netflix, Verizon, Anthem, SunTrust, Microsoft, ESPN, Hilton, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and dozens more.

Passionate and engaging, Brant encourages audiences to discover their Black Sheep Values® and move forward with deliberate intention. His interactive and entertaining ways of defining what matters most compels audiences to dig deeper into their lives and start living on purpose.

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