By Jaimey Walking Bear
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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.
My guest for Episode 207 is Adrion Porter, who stopped by for a special Generation X-themed episode of The Audience.
Adrion is seasoned speaker, mid-career mentor, workplace consultant, employer brand strategist, podcaster, and the host of GEN X AMPLIFIED — the premier podcast dedicated to elevating the voices of the powerful generation between the Boomers and Millennials.
Adrion thrives on helping create a world where all of us, no matter what age, are inspired and empowered to turn up the volume on our best selves. That’s why he has made it his life’s work to help individuals at mid-career and 40+, thrive at work and in life.
This pair of grey-bearded Gen Xers had a good time chatting about all kinds of things about our ‘Forgotten Generation’ — including mindset hacks and tips for Gen Xers in the middle of a life or career transition, and advice for fellow Gen Xers who are eyeballing the leap into speaking as your calling.
Hope you enjoy!
(P.S. If you listen closely, you can hear our 3 yo, grey-chinned German Shepherd, Hugo, in the background. High fives and hugs to our boy for the guest appearance. :-) )
My guest for Episode 206 is Melanie Deziel, making a repeat visit to The Audience to drop all kinds of advice and tips about getting paid to speak
Melanie is the founder of StoryFuel, which teaches marketers, publishers, creators and companies of all sizes how to tell better brand stories. She is also the author of The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas — which released February 24, 2020.
She is a keynote speaker, award-winning branded content creator, and lifelong storyteller, on a mission to share the power of compelling and credible content with others.
In the episode, we talked about the most common questions that I get from so many speakers when it comes to getting paid to speak, including:
My guest for Episode 206 is Neen James. Neen is an international keynote speaker and author of the books Folding Time and Attention Pays™.
Neen has been named one of the Top 30 Leadership Speakers by Global Guru several years in a row because of her work with companies including Viacom, Comcast, and Abbot Pharmaceuticals among others. Neen’s quick-witted boundless energy offers powerful strategies to pay attention to what matters so you can get more done and create more significant moments at work, and home. Neen engages, educates, entertains, and delivers real-world solutions that apply in your organization, home, and community.
Some of the awesome topics Neen and I discussed from Attention Pays and her genius zone included:
My guest for this episode is Josh Windmiller, musician and event producer. Josh is an amazing and electric performing artist who has worked in many parts of the music industry, both onstage and off. His band, The Crux, is known for their theatrical shows.
Josh (among many other things) is the Founder and Director of the Railroad Square Music Festival in Santa Rosa, CA, and has also been the Music Director for Petaluma, CA’s Rivertown Revival festival for more than a decade. He starting a new theater (The Lost Church), also in his hometown of Santa Rosa, California.
I’ve known Josh for over 10 years, since the first time seeing The Crux perform, and am always captivated by his performances. In prepping for the episode, I learned a bunch about his background in theatre and education AND discovered that he’s such a student of the performer-audience dynamic. We had a chance to discuss that, how he triggers and experiences Flow, how he removes the traditional “4th Wall” between him and an audience, and a bunch more. And we did our level best to relate his practices and performance experiences back around to be accessible and relevant to public speakers.
I had such a good time doing this episode and hope you enjoy all of it. :-)
My guest for Episode 204 of The Audience is Denise R. Jacobs, an expert on creativity and how to banish your Inner Critic. Denise is a Speaker + Author + Creativity Evangelist who speaks at conferences and consults with companies worldwide. As the Founder + CEO of The Creative Dose, she promotes techniques to unlock creativity and help people become engaged contributors, synergistic collaborators, and authentic leaders.
She is the author of the best selling Banish Your Inner Critic, the premier handbook on silencing fears to unleash creativity. She’s a web + tech industry veteran and expert on design and web standards. She is also the Head Instigator of The Creativity (R)Evolution, and the founder of Rawk The Web.
I had a great time discussing Denise's best practices for silencing the inner critic — and especially relating that back to aspiring and seasoned public speakers alike. Denise’s systems outlined in Banish Your Inner Critic are accessible, easy to follow, and effective. As a Flow geek, I loved that Denise name-checks Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (who originally recognized and coined the term Flow as a psychological state of peak productivity) in her book, and loved the bonus opportunity to talk Flow states with her in the episode. Enjoy!
My guest for Episode 202 is Gini Dietrich. Gini is the founder, CEO, and author of Spin Sucks — an outstanding professional development hub and blog for marketers, PR professionals, and a variety of other communicators, She is the host of the Spin Sucks podcast, and author of a bestselling book by the same name. She also has built, run, and grown her own successful agency — Arment-Dietrich — for the past 14 years. Gini is co-author of Marketing in the Round, co-host of Inside PR, and co-host of The Agency Leadership podcast.
Gini has a wide variety of expertise that we could have focused on, but I looped her in to talk about building trust with an audience — a core foundational ingredient that every speaker should be striving for with every speaking engagement. The idea for this particular topic came from an article that Gini had previously posted to Spin Sucks — THE DECAY OF TRUST IN TODAY’S SOCIETY.
We talked about Gini's 'mantra of trust' she uses to evaluate whether she can trust a piece of information, a news story. something on social media, etc — and how she applies that to her speaking practice. And we got to chat a teeny bit about the two-toed sloths that sometimes visit the property that my wife Ixchel and I live on in Nicaragua. Not related to building trust with an audience. Just because sloths are neat. :-)
Hope you enjoy it!
My guest for this episode is the awesome Chris Brogan. Chris is the CEO of Owner Media, a best-selling author of 9 books (and counting!), a keynote speaker, host of the Making the Brand podcast, and a business advisor who helps companies navigate the evolving cultural effects of the digital landscape. He’s spoken for or consulted with some huge brands including Google, GM, Microsoft, Coldwell Banker, Titlelist, Humana Health, and a bunch more. He frequently publishes and appears in national media outlets, and he’s consistently listed as a power influencer in marketing, business, and entrepreneurship.
He has a new book — Dented: Retrofitting Humans for the Modern Digital World — in the works right now.
I've admired Chris's work for many years, first through his books, and eventually got to know him personally through working with him as a speaker. He's become a friend, a mentor, and someone who's advice has been invaluable to my professional career. Bigger than that, Chris is just a good human who consistently brings his humanity and authenticity everywhere he shows up and tries to make a difference.
Chris stopped by The Audience to chat about discovering and owning your voice, as a speaker and a writer. I love Chris's down-to-earth point of view, and we covered some great practical ideas you can use to discover or fine-tune your personal voice. Enjoy!
My guest for this episode is Dr. Taryn Stejskal, who is currently the Head of Leadership Development, Executive Programs, & Coaching for Cigna. In that role, Dr. Stejskal leads strategy and execution of Cigna’s global talent management agenda and enterprise-wide leadership development initiatives focused on executive programs and coaching.
She is an expert on leadership and organizational resilience, and is writing, speaking, and lecturing frequently on her research around this important topic. It was an awesome conversation that included:
This is all really foundational stuff, IMO, for anyone who is starting or growing a business — including speaking, performance, or bringing transformation to an audience.
Really cool conversation, which I hope you enjoy! Full show notes can be found at http://eventsoul.co/podcast
My guest for this episode is Anne Gherini a marketing executive, writer, and public speaker with over a decade of experience leading both B2B and B2C marketing teams. Anne’s career roots include building strategic partnerships for Paramount Pictures and Sony PlayStation — which has led to building successful marketing strategies at several venture backed startups, including StumbleUpon and now at Affinity.co. Anne's superpowers these days include go-to-market strategy, performance marketing, and artificial intelligence for sales and marketing. She is also a columnist for Inc. Magazine, Huffington Post, and more.
If you caught Episode 008 with Peter Corbett, you heard some great advice and cues for anyone looking to exit from a startup or entrepreneurial venture — or at least how to read the intuitive signs of when it’s time to transition to something new.
In this episode, Anne and I talk about what it takes to thrive in the startup scene. This episode is great for any of you thinking about starting a business — whether it’s purely a solopreneur business or one for which you might eventually need funding.
Things we discussed in this episode include:
My guest for Episode 008 is Peter Corbett, who I’ve had the pleasure to know for a number of years as we’ve worked in various overlapping circles in the tech community.
Peter is the Founder and now Retired CEO of iStrategyLabs, a DC-based, global digital agency, that develops solutions to clients’ challenges and brings them to life in the online and offline world. He is a tireless champion of innovation, and disruptors everywhere — be they in technology, business, media, venture capital, and more
We sat down to talk about his life as a "Retired Founder," including:
This is a great episode for any of you who has been running a startup, business, consultancy, etc, and has been wondering if it’s time to let go of that to pursue other things that are more aligned with what is your truth right now.
The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.