The post 171 How To Be a Great FB Live Guest with Cheri Gregory appeared first on Communicator Academy.

Kathi welcomes one of our favorite regular guests, Cheri Gregory, as they discuss how to be a great guest on Facebook Live! It is time to take this thriving media to the next level and make it work for you!

Sit back and enjoy as you hear the experts talk about what to do and not do on your next guest appearance.

• How to prepare for an interview.
• What tech is worth it and how to look and sound like a pro because of it.
• Kathi and Cheri talk “pet peeves” – do you do any of them?
• How to add value and insure an audience shows up.

PRINT A PDF of the DO’s and DONT’S HERE. 

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The post 170 Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All by Elisa Camahort Page appeared first on Communicator Academy.

Kathi speaks with author, advocate, blog guru, and co-founder of Blog Her, Elisa Camahort Page about advocacy, doing your part to make the world a better place, and how to have a civil discourse with those with whom you disagree.

• How to find your most important issues.
• How to affect change in your local area.
• How to use more than money to support your values.
• How to identify click bait / partisain reporting and avoid it.

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The post 169 How to Set Up Your Home Video Studio Part 2 – Making it Look Great appeared first on Communicator Academy.

Join communicator expert, Kathi Lipp and tech genius, Matt Troutman as they talk about the design elements of your home video studio. Creating video content can be easy and inexpensive. Be sure to click through to the links and resources shared in this episode. If you missed Part 1 be sure and check it out.

• How to set up backgrounds.
• Inexpensive lighting tricks to warm up any space.
• The importance of staying on brand.
• Pre-production wardrobe dos and don’ts.
• Knowing your audience.
• Platform differences. (YouTube versus Facebook Live)
• The value of setting appointments with your audience.

 A picture of one of Kathi’s directional lights. 

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For more information on “batching” check out these influencers: Sean Cannell and Benji Travis https://www.youtube.com/user/videoinfluencers

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The post 168 How to Set Up Your Home Video Studio with Matt Troutman – Part 1 appeared first on Communicator Academy.

Kathi takes the time to speak to Matt Troutman who is the Founder of Genius Lounge, a company designed “To Make Technology Accessible to Mere Mortals.” If you want to start a vlog or podcast and you are wondering what it takes to set up your home video studio, listen in and take notes as Matt gives us the run down of what you need – the basic tech – to get started.

• What it takes to get started.
• How to best prepare for recording.
• A list of helpful items to make a great video.
• Great tips and tricks to get the best video quality.
• How to set up lighting (and where to get them cheap)!

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“Free Better Best ” List as curated by Matt Troutman

Cellphone Stand

Microphone

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Join us for next week’s episode (Part 2) when we learn more from Matt! You won’t want to miss it!

Kathi and Michele talk about what it takes to write a difficult story. As a three-time cancer survivor, Michele knows what difficult looks like. Intimately. That knowing and so many moving, deeply personal parts of her story prompted her to write her latest book, Relentless: The Unshakeable Presence of a God Who Never Leaves. You get a special, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to write the hard parts of your story.

• How much do you tell?
• How do you write to relate with, but not overwhelm, your audience?
• How do we navigate a shared story without invalidating our own experience?
• How do we tell a hard story and still honor the people we love?

Do you have a difficult story to write? If so, “How to Tell the Hard Parts of Your Story” Writing at the Red House Retreat is for you. Painful stories need to be shared in such a way that they don’t bring the reader down, but leave them with a way of looking up. Learn from industry experts and featured writers in residence, Michele Cushatt, and Kathi Lipp, as they take you through the ins and outs of crafting your unique true story and how to best share you and your story with the world. Rooms are filling up. Book NOW. 

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Michele Cushatt https://michelecushatt.com

Tonya Kubo https://www.tonyakubo.com

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How to tell the hard part without recklessness.

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