Are you bogged down with too many speaking engagements? Or weary from saying "yes" to the wrong ones? Are there wrong ones when one is doing Kingdom work? In this episode, hosts Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt are joined by Cheri Gregory, author and speaker, as they approach the topic of discerning which speaking gigs to accept. Part one of this episode contains engaging stories of mishaps and mayhem in previous speaking engagements and the pitfalls of not carefully and prayerfully choosing one's opportunities. You do not want to miss this delightful installment or its second half!

Producing and sharing content that is relevant is critical to your audience. In this episode, hosts and experienced communicators, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt, share how to determine whether your content is evergreen and how to recycle content to best serve your audience and to make the best use of your time, as well. Come listen in and determine what content meets your audience's felt need best.

Is it really work if I enjoy doing it? Glynnis Whitwer, Author, Director of Compel Training and She Speaks, explores this question with successful author, Kathi Lipp, along with the motives and challenges that arise and keep us from observing a Sabbath. For ministry workers, we can sometimes not recognize that we are constantly working and not creating important time for rest. To be more productive, ironically we must do less and evaluate what really needs doing in the first place. Come on in and get your rest on and discover the benefits of the Sabbath rest God has called you to.

When God calls us, we can get sidetracked by our insecurities. Worse yet, we try to placate our insecurities with busyness. In this podcast, Kathi Lipp and Glynnis Whitwer guide us into recovery for the writer and speaker in the public eye. Getting down to the root of our insecurities helps us to identify the faulty belief that we are attaching to our insecurities and overcome them by dependence upon God and replacing false beliefs with His truth. Glynnis’ book, “Doing Busy Better” is about finding the balance between work and rest and getting to a place of soul rest, which is where the LORD wants to take us all. Weary from battling your insecurities? Come on in and listen and peel back your insecurities one by one.

Do you have a story to tell?  Have you had some experiences that have forever shaped your life and your speaking ministry?  In this episode, hosts and experienced communicators, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt provide insight on how best to avoid being pigeon-holed into a certain niche and how to leverage the story God has given you to make the greatest impact.  You do not want to miss this encouraging and powerful message!

Feeling called to speak but don’t know where to begin? In this Communicator Academy episode, Kathi and Michele guide you through the groundwork that needs to be laid to establish and kickoff a successful speaking career. Come learn how to connect your assets with the message God has placed on your heart and learn valuable ways to get the word out.

Today’s episode is part two of “A Podcast on Podcast”. Join Kathi and Michele as they share six tips along with a discounted podcasting course to help you get your podcasting off the ground. If you have ever thought about podcasting, this podcast will help you work through the many details involved and get a strong start to your podcast. As promised, we have a great offer on a resource for how to set up your podcast: the course, 7 Days to a Published Podcast is normally $99, but for listeners of Communicator Academy, it is $45. Use the code “communicator”. This offer is good through 2017.

In this episode of Communicator Academy, get the skinny on podcasting from Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt. The first in a series of two episodes on podcasting, learn whether podcasting is for you and get tips to help guide you in setting up your podcast. Serious about starting your own podcast? We have a great offer on a resource for how to set up your podcast: the course, 7 Days to a Published Podcast is normally $99, but for listeners of Communicator Academy, it is $45. Use the code communicator. This offer is good through 2017. Come and listen next time to part two of “A Podcast on Podcast”.

In today’s episode, Kathi and Michelle breakdown the process about writing a blog post quickly. Need to tighten up your writing process? Agonizing over days over a single blog post? Michelle and Kathi will help remove obstacles and make the process of blog creation a quicker, less “cluttery” process. Today’s episode offers four essential components and bonus tips that you can use as a template to help you be more expedient and to make the blogging process easier. 

Are you considering writing a book with a friend, colleague, or acquaintance?   Are you facing a project you think better tackled by two?  In this informative and candid episode, host Michele Cushatt puts co-authors (and co-host) Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory in the hot seat as they discuss their adventures as co-authors.  They discuss three major questions to ask before diving into such a project and ways to avoid pitfalls.  You do not want to miss this episode as it will help any and all who want to collaborate effectively!