Speaking and Communicating Podcast

How do you communicate with your podcast listeners?

Meet Dave Jackson!

Dave Jackson started experimenting with audio on the Internet in 2004. In 2005 he launched his first podcast and soon launched the School of Podcasting (the Internet's first site dedicated to helping people learn the right way).

Dave has produced over 30 shows and has over 4 million downloads in his podcasting career. In 2018, he was inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame.

On this episode, Dave shares all the strategies that he teaches other podcasters at School of Podcasting, on how to launch a successful podcast, connect with your listeners and how to decide on podcast content.

Connect with Dave:
Website: https://schoolofpodcasting.com
Website: https://davidjackson.org

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-connection-through-podcasting-w-dave-jackson/id1614151066?i=1000655978082
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/18K3WoLrCFEusxvcIuOGDZ
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_GWLZizTNc

Do you have to be funny to add humor to your presentation?

Meet Irishman Speaks (Conor Cunneen)!

Conor Cunneen is an Irishman, happily exiled in Chicago where he says “the Guinness is good, the people are friendly and he has been force fed more corned beef and green beer than he ever had in Ireland!”

As an Irish immigrant, he is a very proud recipient of the President’s Gold Medal for Volunteer Service for the work he does with job seekers. He is an in-demand keynote speaker, facilitator, author, consultant, award winning humorist and master of ceremonies to associations, corporations and healthcare.

Conor's mission as a motivational, humorous keynote speaker and consultant is to leave his audience and client with

*a Smile on the face, 

*a Spring in the step and 

*memorable actionable takeaways.

He gives clients actionable takeaways to improve employee engagement, the customer / client experience and create a better workplace.

Connect with Conor:
Website: https://irishmanspeaks.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/irishmanspeaks

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/add-humor-to-your-presentations-w-irishman-speaks/id1614151066?i=1000655695674
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TKb8IByqjXHuUU0EIDQgB
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TpC_a2ycg

What do you need to overcome?  Depression?  Anxiety?  Low self esteem?  Self loathing?  Childhood trauma?

Meet Linda Bjork!

Linda's personal mission is to empower people to become their best selves. She is a personal development expert, best-selling author, host of Linda's Corner Podcast, and the founder of Hope for Healing non-profit. 

The organization's website has free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, manage stress, improve relationships, and alleviate depression and anxiety.

Linda is also Host of Linda's Corner Podcast where she has amazing guests who inspire listeners to become their best selves. 

On this episode, Linda shares the childhood trauma she went through, how it created the perception of self she had and eventually overcoming that. Now she helps others do the same.

Linda believes that despite what you have been through, you can be the champion of our own story! 

Connect with Linda:
Website: https://hopeforhealingfoundation.org
Website: https://lindascornerpodcast.com

Additional Resources:
"Crushed: A Journey Through Depression" by Linda Bjork
"You Got This" by Linda Bjork
Podcast: Linda's Corner

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-from-trauma-w-linda-bjork/id1614151066?i=1000655446700
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3wAmMDw880UkS9TFAbQu8E
YouTube: https://youtu.be/VvXMHuhfL_k

How do you stand out from the online crowd?

Meet Scott Murray!

Scott specizalises in content strategies designed to create contrast in crowded spaces and connections with modern audiences. He helps B2C and B2B content stand out using innovating frameworks and communication strategies.

So many wonder why they create content but most of it hardly connects with anyone. If your content looks exactly the same as millions of others', it's a no-brainer. Scott is here to help you determine why no matter how often you post, it just does not connect with audiences.

Scott is also the co-author of "The Most Amazing Marketing Book Ever" - a bestseller championed by Mark Schaefer with 30 other global marketing experts.

Key Points:
- how to capture people's attention
- creating meaningful connection
- what do content consumers prefer?
- how to humanize communication online
- where businesses go wrong in their marketing strategies
- standing out in the world of templates
- how to truly engage your audiences
- the STAMP Framework for content creation

...and so much more!

Connect with Scott:
Website: https://scottmurrayonline.com

Additional Resources:
"The Most Amazing Marketing Book Ever" by Mark Schaefer and Friends on Amazon

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/content-creation-for-connection-w-scott-murray/id1614151066?i=1000655271902
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fmPSzXiYmU60IcFiGWuvh
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePLaOH3lvN0

How do you become a powerful public speaker?

Meet Barbara H. Smith!

Barbara is an Award Winning Celebrity Speaker, Trainer and Coach. She helps B2Bs take presentations from Boring to Bravo. She is also the TV Host of Empowering YOU!

The Barbara H. Smith training company helps CEO’s, managers, and entrepreneurs overcome the fear of public speaking, propelling them forward to confidently stand up, stand out, engage their audiences, and tell their stories to clients, prospects, and customers.

An author, international speaker, entrepreneur, coach, actor, and business strategist - her speaker development training events have expanded to include a TV show, The Empowering You Show which streams every week on the IBMTV network, POD.TV on Roku and broadcasts live and on demand to over 200 countries.

Her bestselling book titled "Speak, Coach, Train! Strategies to Discover Your Passion", is a self-help book that engages, inspires, and empowers readers to level up their careers and lives. With more than 20 years’ technology experience and training, her claim to fame is executive coaching, helping countless business leaders transform. Empowering others to level up their communications, presentations, and themselves.

Key Points:
- how to engage your audience
- overcoming fear and nerves before speaking
- what to do before the speaking event
- how to overcome stuttering
- pacing and other strategies to elevate your speaking
- how to redirect your message if the audience is not on board

...and so much more!

Connect with Barbara:
Website: https://barbarahsmith.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bh-smith/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFrBa0XB8sx9iGO9PL8A42Q

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review on Apple & Spotify:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/become-a-powerful-public-speaker-w-barbara-h-smith/id1614151066?i=1000654969319
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BaeRBTvVpr97P9OCcegN1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-LAmrCrlms&t=354s

Are you in a toxic relationship with a narcissist?

Meet Shannon Petrovich!

Shannon helps women heal from narcissistic and other toxic relationships so they can release the hurt and pain, regain their strength and clarity, help their children heal, and choose a better partner in the future.

When Shannon was in her late teens, she had an abusive boyfriend and it took her a couple of years to see it for what it was and get free. She has been a therapist for over 35 years, specializing in helping people deal with and heal from toxic relationships.  In 2018 she started a YouTube channel - Therapist Talks to help people from all over the world who have no access to therapy. 

With a growing focus on narcissistic and other toxic relationships, the channel grew to over 25k subscribers with over 1.5 million views. In 2022 Shannon published the book, "Out of the FOG Into the CLEAR; Journaling to Help You Heal from Toxic Relationships" which earned Amazon Best-seller status in Codependency, Self-help for Abuse, and Personal Transformation.

Now she's bringing her education, expertise, and experience together to offer information, strategies, support, and encouragement to help people overcome their toxic relationships, and make a better future for themselves and their families.

Connect with Shannon:
Website: https://www.healfromtoxicrelationships.com
Website: https://www.nofoggydays.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-petrovich-lcsw-lisac-bcd-658a317b/

Additional Resources:
"Out of the Fog into the Clear: Journaling to Help You Heal From Toxic Relationships" by Shannon Petrovich on Amazon

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heal-from-toxic-relationships-w-shannon-petrovich/id1614151066?i=1000654687498
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ByxDJbMmCaMuJNXmw75oL
YouTube: https://youtu.be/5kt1bCGp8VE

How can you use podcasting to grow your business?

Meet Karen Roberts!

Karen, a fitness industry veteran turned podcast mogul, launched "A Coffee with Karen" after helping coaches transition online. Recognizing a common need, she created the Raising Vibrations Podcast Network in 2021. Now a top 1% global podcaster, Karen, with partner Evans Putman, offers Podcast Profit School, coaching, and post-production services for impactful storytelling and business success.

As a podcaster, she has found this to be the most fun way to build my business. She has met the most amazing people doing amazing things within their communities. One piece of content broken down into difeerent mediums to share on SM to grow her list and drive sales.

Key Points:
- why podcasting is less nerve-wrecking than public speaking
- how to show up as your authentic self
- how to connect with global audiences
- communicating about your business and how it helps others
- why clients are drawn to your business
- how podcasting helps you with messaging

...and so much more!

Connect with Karen:
Website: https://podcastprofitsunleashed.com

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcasting-for-your-business-w-karen-roberts/id1614151066?i=1000654435957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uvtlku2HZ0Pdu0xXaiLhn
YouTube: https://youtu.be/-k37KWY4kOs

How do you become a High-Impact Public Speaker?

Meet Steve Lowell!

Steve Lowell is an award-winning, global speaker and for over 30 years he has been training and mentoring executives, thought-leaders and professional speakers around the world. He’s the 2021 President of the Global Speakers Federation (GSF) and the past national President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).

Steve has been involved with the Dale Carnegie training program for a few years, working in sales and soaking it all in, taking every single course they offered and learning, learning, learning. He started the coaching, and is able to pull out of you a story that you have been carrying around your whole life. Your work deserves to be known and appreciated and you deserve to be well paid for it. The stage (either live or virtual) is THE platform to reliably scale your impact AND your revenue.

Steve has authored 3 bestselling books, including "From Stage Fright to Spotlight" and "Emerge" with Brian Tracy. This book will help you to create a healthy liberating sense of confidence as you develop powerful speaking and presentation skills. With Steve’s techniques and strategies laid out in this book, you will be able to:•deliver high-impact keynote speeches•drive revenue and build wealth through your speaking engagements•transform your belief systems and the way you speak in public•feel empowered and energized when public speaking.

Key Points:
- the true role of a speaker: it's not what you think!
- why stage fright is your secret weapon
- the art of storytelling: making your audience feel seen
- the misunderstood concept of audience engagement
- the 3 principles of language every speaker must master
- gain the skills you need to rock the stage

...and so much more!

Connect:
Website: https://stevelowell.com

Additional Resources:
FREE E-book: From Stage Fright To Spotlight by Steve Lowell
Grab all 3 of Steve's books from https://stevelowell.com/store/ or Amazon

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/become-a-high-impact-public-speaker-w-steve-lowell/id1614151066?i=1000654176715
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5sOomfOsFeDgv6JM2wfv7T
YouTube: https://youtu.be/gXydCdyxxBM

How can a conversation be productive for all parties involved?

Meet Joel Silverstone!

Joel is the Founder of TFR: This Feels Right, Trainer, Coach, Speaker and Podcast Host. Toronto, Canada. He brings 25 years of global experience, supporting Fortune 500 companies and thousands of participants.

Joel is on a mission to empower leaders and sales teams with communication skills. He believes in ensuring high stakes conversations feel right. He does this through helping leaders and teams to communicate effectively, supercharging their abilties to manage high-stakes conversations.

For 25 years, globally, he has supported thousands with effective communication skill techniques, emotional and social intelligence strategies with a dash of acting/improv tips that unlock the potential of communication, collaboration, and motivation.

When organizations work with him, they know that he thrives to lead engaging and interactive sessions based on Learn, Laugh, and Do! Let's learn it, practice it, have some fun, and feel confident applying these skills in your world.

Key Points:
- communication skills that lead to collaboration and connection
- unlock sales interactions that influence customers
- motivating feedback skills for managers and leaders
- navigate difficult conversations towards mutual respect
- easily deliver impactful presentations
- strategies for having productive conversations

...and so much more!

Joel also hosts a podcast titled TFH: This Feels Right, that is focused on a communication skills and leadership.

Connect with Joel:
Website: https://thisfeelsright.ca

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-have-productive-conversations-w-joel-silverstone/id1614151066?i=1000653943798
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/21BdIfO35N401qtmEb0jaZ
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_CT7GQ2gn8

How can leaders take care of their team members?

Meet Bindu Chowritmootoo!

Bindu is an ICF Certified Professional Coach, C-Suite Leader and Published Author. She has helped over 200 businesses reach their performance and leadership goals. Her work includes employee retreats, leadership workshops, women's conferences, motivational speaking and networking. Her professional goal is to positively influence the mindset of driven leaders, sales team members and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Bindu recently published her bestseller, "Flip the Switch; Unleash Your Leadership Potential". Her craft is sharing her personal story, her unmatched energy combined with her passion and motivation is what makes her a speaker in high demand. Most organizations have never experienced the way Bindu can improve a culture by how she moves people emotionally, inspires them to believe bigger, empowers change and motivates them to action.

Listen as Bindu shares:
- how leaders can take care of their people
- why productivity increases when prioritizing their well-being
- the 60:40 Rule of Leadership and why it's crucial for success
- mentorship and who you surround yourself with
- foster a servant leadership mindset to inspire and retain your team
- the importance of your circle of influence on personal and professional growth
- the transformative power of "flipping the switch" to a go-getter attitude

...and so much more!

Connect with Bindu:
Website: https://www.manifestwithbindu.com

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-care-of-your-people-w-bindu-chowritmootoo/id1614151066?i=1000653701749
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YccIBmGXUV5pLnak7ANb7
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209bZ5KYd3Q