Podcast appearances and mentions of kathy klotz guest

Kathy Klotz-Guest is Founder of Keeping It Human—a consultancy helping teams at Google, Amazon, and Wells Fargo ditch rigid thinking and spark bold breakthroughs with humor and improv. With 20 years in global tech and 25 years on comedy stages, Kathy brings laughs and innovation to business. We explored it all this week on the On Brand podcast. About Kathy Klotz-Guest Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA, is Founder of Keeping it Human (keepingithuman.com). She combines 20 years marketing and innovation leadership in Global Tech with 25 years of storytelling on improv and comedy stages. When companies and leaders at places including Google, Amazon, or Wells Fargo want to bust rigid thinking, fear, perceived limits and experience bold creative breakthroughs while laughing, they call Kathy. A top selling Amazon author ("Stop Boring Me") and comedian, Kathy is a professional speaker and expert in improv and humor in business and life. And you can still catch her on comedy stages. From the Show What brand has made Kathy smile recently? Kathy pointed us to the engaging and humorous social media accounts from Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the other Great Lakes. “They had these lake roast battles that were great!” She also shouted out Liquid Death's "Kegs for Pregs" ad, which reinforced the brand's “Hell yeah, this is who we are persona.” Connect with Kathy on LinkedIn and check out the Keeping it Human website. As We Wrap … Listen and subscribe at  Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart, YouTube, and RSS. Rate and review the show—If you like what you're hearing, be sure to head over to Apple Podcasts and click the 5-star button to rate the show. And, if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review to help others find the show. Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you'd like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show. On Brand is a part of the Marketing Podcast Network. Until next week, I'll see you on the Internet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the secret to surviving chaos at work isn't just strategy—it's laughter? In this eye-opening return to Thrive Loud, host Lou Diamond brings back the incomparable Kathy Klotz-Guest: speaker, podcaster, workshop leader, humorist, and “human connector.” This episode is a masterclass in how organizations (and individuals!) can harness improv, humor, and creativity to navigate relentless uncertainty, adapt to change, and strengthen connection—even in an AI-driven workplace. Key Highlights: Improv in Leadership: Kathy reveals why the “yes, and…” mindset from improv isn't just about saying yes—it's about embracing curiosity, experimentation, and resilience in fast-changing environments. The AI-Human Balance: Think AI is coming for your creativity? Kathy demystifies why human skills—humor, storytelling, connection—can't be automated, and shares how to partner with AI for efficiency without losing your humanity. Culture Check: Discover why laughter is a leading indicator of healthy workplaces, and how losing humor could mean losing your best talent. Building Trust and Connection: Kathy shares post-pandemic observations: teams are more disconnected than ever, and trust is low. She challenges leaders to tackle this head-on, not just with words, but by creating cultures that encourage play, vulnerability, and genuine human interaction. The Power of Content Creation: Hear why sharing authentic stories (even the messy, funny ones) can build bridges and encourage audience engagement—plus the unexpected gifts creators receive in return. Ready to make your workplace future-proof, fun, and more human than ever? Start with a smile—and “keep it human.” Timestamped Overview 00:00 Adapting Through Improv and Humor 04:34 Embracing Adaptability and Humor 09:34 Embracing AI for Workplace Efficiency 13:03 Connection and Change Post-Pandemic 15:06 "Confront Organizational Issues Directly" 18:00 "The Gift of Relatability" 20:52 Podcast Growth & Scheduling Balance 26:23 Comedy in Mundane Moments 28:07 "Comedy's Essential Truth" 32:13 "Epic Global Family Journey"   Follow Us:

Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA KEEPING IT HUMAN Kathy Klotz-Guest is an incredibly funny lady and we had so much fun on this podcast! Her energy is boundless and her passion for the people she serves is lovely. She is a comedian, storyteller, improviser, speaker and author. Listen as Kathy shares her comedy journey with a stopover in the tech industries. Kathy brings out the laughter in those she's touched. She positively is keeping it human! I know you'll love her as much as I do! Check out her book “Stop Boring Me!” How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv.” https://www.keepingithuman.com/books-from-kathy-klotz-guest/ Contact Info linkedin.com/in/kathyklotzguest Websites keepingithuman.com/ (Humor in business speaker) keepingithuman.com/blog-kathy-klotz-guest/ (Kathy Klotz-Guest blog) keepingithuman.com/kathy-klotz-guest-keynote-speaker/(Inspiration / Transformation) Phone 408.578.8040 (Work) Email kathy@keepingithuman.com Twitter kathyklotzguest Visit my website where I speak to today's leading innovators of improv. My guests are improvisers and therapists from all over the world who share their stories and offer insight into the unique ways they use improv. margotescott.com/podcast/

Author, podcast host, keynote speaker and comedian Kathy Klotz-Guest shares how she helps companies infuse humor into their everyday practices through the tenets of improv and comedy through her company, “Keeping it Human.” Kathy shares her approach while also discussing: How most organizations need to get out of their own way to bring humor back Why it's still a challenge for women to be funny (and not be funny) in their jobsWhen your humor comes off cringe, learn to “embrace the suck”

If you are an aspiring storyteller or performer, or maybe just want to flex your creative muscle a little more, I am sure the advice to “develop a strong point of view” has graced your ears more than a few times. In order to really make interesting work, it needs to be embedded in truth. However, what do we get beat out of us as kids? (Hint: our voice, our opinions, and expressing them). Especially if you are a woman. Our guest this week,https://www.keepingithuman.com ( Kathy Klotz-Guest) is a speaker, author, comedian...and a recovered tech exec. She spent her career “doing tech in the day, comedy at night.” She loved her time on stage because it was a place she could experiment, be honest, and tell all the “truths” she was living. In this conversation, we dig into how to develop your voice and have the courage to express your point of view. Specifically, we discuss this within the context of being a woman when there is pressure to present yourself in one conventional way. Kathy says, “I hate to see funny women settle for less than who they are.”  Access Full Show Notes Here:https://www.heatherparady.com/blog/bestwaytopromote ( )https://www.heatherparady.com/blog/kathyklotzguest (https://www.heatherparady.com/blog/kathyklotzguest) Connect With Kathy Klotz-Guest: https://www.keepingithuman.com (https://www.keepingithuman.com) TOPICS FROM THIS EPISODE: Uncovering your voice (if it's been a while since you used it) Being a funny woman (who is respected) in the workplace Bringing more TRUTH into your brand CONNECT WITH US! Facebook Group:https://bit.ly/2lPut5A ( https://bit.ly/2lPut5A) Youtube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/heatherparady ( https://www.youtube.com/heatherparady) Follow Heather on IG:https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/ (https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/) Follow Heather on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heatherparady (https://twitter.com/heatherparady)

In this episode, Kathy Klotz-Guest and A. Lee Judge discuss being authentically you, content creation, marketing strategies and more.Kathy Klotz-Guest shares the importance of being yourself and using improv as a marketing strategy to create engaging content and build reputable relationships. In this episode of the Business of Marketing podcast, Kathy Klotz-Guest and I talk about how to “Keep It Human”, get past “Business Boring” and creating engaging content.Conversation points:Kathy, I love it when I see people who have been able to bring their whole selves, (including their natural talents and passions) to the business world. Tell me about your journey in bringing Improv Comedy into your lessons in business and marketing strategy.Help me paint this picture Kathy… You meet with a stiff, over-jargoned executive team. That team has been tasked with being a part of the content creation process by being the experts in audio and video content. You know that they and their company culture is a bit boring. Where do you start? Kathy, I've worked for some very, very conservative global organizations. So conservative that, showing that you have a unique personality can be seen as unprofessional. How does one be more human and show more color in their personalities without crossing the line? I was in Israel a few years ago and saw a billboard ad for English lessons. It had a picture of Samuel L. Jackson with his famous line from Pulp Fiction saying… “English Motha F... Do You Speak It!?”This is how I feel when I'm in some business meetings. When it comes to being more human in Branded Content, what do you say about Jargon? Kathy, we've both been involved with teaching Content Marketing for a while and you have a book with a title that I love, ““Stop Boring Me!” How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv.”” Tell us about the book. Kathy, it's been a pleasure chatting with you, but before we go, please tell us where we can find you online and even more fun, in person at one of your improves.A. Lee Judge is the host of The Business of Marketing podcast.Please follow the podcast on your favorite podcast listening platform.This podcast is produced by Content Monsta - A leading producer of B2B Content.

Should everyone use humour in their stories and presentations? Is it ever the wrong thing to do? And how do you actually do it?? 98. How Everyone Can Tell Stories with Humour with Kathy Klotz-Guest Welcome to The Storypowers Podcast, the show about the power of stories, the people who tell them and why you should be doing it too. I'm your host, keynote speaker and storytelling coach, Francisco Mahfuz. If you want to learn how to find, craft and tell stories that work, check out the Storypowers Bootcamp at https://storypowers.thinkific.com/courses/storypowers-online-bootcamp My guest today is Kathy Klotz-Guest. Kathy is a speaker, author and comedian. She spent 16 years leading story development in tech and almost 24 years crafting stories on improv and comedy stages. Today she helps leaders transform using comedy tools, and her clients include Amazon, Cisco, IBM, United Way and many more. You can find her at https://www.keepingithuman.com/ and on LinkedIn. If you like the show, please leave us a rating on Apple podcasts, share it and SUBSCRIBE! The support is very much appreciated. And please send me your comments on what you'd like to hear on future episodes. You can connect with me on LinkedIn, and on https://storypowers.com.

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you'll learn how to set boundaries in life and work with creativity instigator Melissa Dinwiddie and storytelling and creativity strategist Kathy Klotz-Guest. We're so used to hearing “no” as a bad thing. But when we say no to something we don't want, we're saying yes to ourselves. Boundaries are about choosing yourself, and that can make your business infinitely more profitable and joyful. Learn how in this episode. Key areas discussed: Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/a0dH52K0H-4 or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/. #Boundaries

On the Profitable Joyful Consulting podcast, I teach you how to increase your profits and enjoy your business more. In this episode, you'll learn how to set boundaries in life and work with creativity instigator Melissa Dinwiddie and storytelling and creativity strategist Kathy Klotz-Guest. We're so used to hearing “no” as a bad thing. But when we say no to something we don't want, we're saying yes to ourselves. Boundaries are about choosing yourself, and that can make your business infinitely more profitable and joyful. Learn how in this episode. Key areas discussed: 1:33 How Melissa and Kathy developed a program around boundaries  4:00 Examples of common boundary violations  9:05 What's a boundaries inventory? And how to take one. 9:36 Why an honest “no” is so much better than a misleading “maybe” 11:17 Why we sometimes keep our boundaries fuzzy (and what that does to us) 13:54 What boundary testing is and what it can look like 16:24 Some of their favorite “limit testers” 20:05 How to decide what you need to set boundaries around  22:33 An improv role-play of a boundary violation!  28:30 Boundaries as a transferable skill 29:17 How to respond to common boundary violations in business 33:41 Setting boundaries with ourselves   Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/a0dH52K0H-4 or listen on your favorite podcast app: https://samanthahartley.com/blog-podcast/. #Boundaries 

Why is a sense of humor and humanity so important that you should bring both to work and keep them in your life? In fact, a sense of playfulness can be your superpower. It certainly was for this week's guest: Kathy Klotz-Guest.  In today's episode, Kathy shares her story as a woman in technology who excelled in Silicon Valley by being funny and smart. We delved into the #1 fear most of us share: the fear of judgment especially by others (particularly from our coworkers). Kathy also shares how you can avoid living a fragmented life at work and instead bring more of your personality to the table as an asset. We talk about what you may need to feel psychologically safe enough to let your guard down a bit and show your humanity.  Kathy shares where the magic is as well as other lessons she has learned from her ‘improv' experiences, including a concept called the “yes, and.” Hopefully, after listening to this episode, you'll be inspired to add more humor and a spirit of playfulness into your life.  I also want to invite you to grab your free copy of my Courage Makerspace Playbook. In this playbook, you'll have an opportunity to grow and test your own courage muscles. See where they are today and where they can use some strengthening so that you can get more out of your life. Pick any one of my 7 specific exercises centered on boosting your courage so you get to a point where you rise up and you and you can finally be your real, authentic, and playful self. You see, approaching your life purpose or going after your dreams is a lot easier if you are intentionally playful along the way; and in my playbook, I give you my process.  Simply go to www.melissallarena.com/courage. Once you receive your playbook, turn to page 29 for an exercise that will help you intentionally add playful experiences into your life. You will also notice how intentionally planning for playful experiences each month will get you to a space where you'll be making your responsibilities work around those playful and memorable experiences and not the other way around. Grab your Courage Makerspace right now if you want to rather approach your life purpose and mission laughing, than being burnt out.  About Kathy Klotz-Guest Kathy Klotz-Guest is a speaker, author, comedian, and former tech exec who uses tools of improvisation and humor to help leaders, teams - even companies - be more human and communicate like humans. By helping people bring more of their humorous selves to work, we can lead positive change and create safe spaces for bold, "unsafe" ideas that matter. The founder of Keeping it Human, Kathy trained at ComedySportz and at LA's Second City, and she and her work have been featured in Forbes and The Huffington Post.  Inc.com named her book, “Stop Boring Me!” a must-read for leaders. It was one of the top 10 humor and communication books on Amazon in 2018.  Kathy has graduate degrees from Stanford University and UC Berkeley, and performs stand-up comedy and improv as well as teaches it in theater and business settings. Her 12 yr old still thinks she's funny, though she knows that the window is closing very soon. She is working on her 3rd book and just launched an improv and business course on LinkedIn Learning called 'Leading in the Moment.' Share this episode with a people leader whom you know is secretly a funny person who might just need a nudge to share their gift with others! Encourage them to use their superpower by sharing this conversation with them.  Highlights Curiosity: Consider the idea of saying “yes, and” in your life so that you can follow your hunches and stay the course with whatever might be necessary for you to do during your day-job Creativity: Create or find your own safe space. Watch how creative you can be when you feel psychologically safe. Courage: Honor yourself and your ideas and show up for others. It's time to stop living a fragmented life and start becoming more of yourself. Embrace who you are and that's where the magic is! Leadership: Leaders worth following have a sense of humor and humility. If you take yourself so seriously, you can't laugh at your mistakes and embrace your own humanity.  Humanity: We all have inside of us this capacity for lightheartedness and joy. If we don't want that as part of who we are, then we're not connecting with all of who we are. Fear: The number one fear is people are afraid of being judged by their co-workers, we're afraid of judgment. Perspective: Be honest about the reality that some people will not like who you are. Show up more and the world around you will start to change. Authenticity: If you can be more you during the hiring process, the right employer, the right culture, the right team, and their propensity to accept the real you will reveal itself. Humor: People feel more comfortable with humor when it's organic and when there's psychological safety. Culture: When the people in an organization aren't laughing, it could mean that fear is high and psychological safety is low. And so, look at the net you put under people. Self-aware leaders who are progressive are open to the challenge, and psychological safety starts with them. Adapt: We were born improvisers. Every day, everybody in life and in business has to adapt. They have to pivot and the greatest pivot involves COVID. Playfulness: Play is not the opposite of serious. It's the opposite of depression. Reclaim playfulness starting with doing the little things and whatever works for you. Whatever feeds your soul is valid play. There's no one way to play. Play in the workplace: There's no wrong way to do it. Play a little bit in every meeting. Meetings don't have to be boring!  Safety: As leaders, make it a safe place for people to speak of how they feel, and that kind of safety opens people up. Play is both a top-down and bottoms-up approach. It doesn't excuse leaders from doing their share to create psychological safety.  Joy space: Make sure you do something that brings you joy every day. Whether that's teaching or listening to music, whatever that looks like, create these places where you find joy and feel safe. Self-talk: We all have the universal fear of failure, fear of embarrassment, fear of being wrong, and the fear of being judged. And you've got to rewire the self-talk. The inner critic: Whenever you're criticizing somebody else's creation, you are feeding your inner critic such that when you go to do something creative, it will turn on you because you fed it with other people. So practice grace with other people. Links to continue to learn from: https://www.twiiter.com/kathyklotzguest  Join the human storytelling community: https://www.keepingithuman.com/ FREE DOWNLOAD Want to grab your free copy of the Courage Makerspace (™) Playbook? Download the Courage Makerspace(™) here www.melissallarena.com/courage   Boost your courage in 7-days using the exact courage design tools that have worked for both me and my clients. Grab your free playbook instantly so that you can discover how to:   Figure out what makes you tick Be more accountable and not procrastinate Overcome imposter syndrome Stop caring about what others think Progress despite self-doubt Manage anxiety Ask for help You will have a step-by-step playbook to help you finally fulfill your life purpose! Do not miss out on this free opportunity as it will not be available for long. Want to continue the conversation? Find me on Instagram! You can read my daily mini-blogs centered on the same three topics that my podcast features: creativity, courage, and curiosity. I believe that without all three it would be impossible to solve the challenges we were each uniquely made to solve. Wouldn't you agree? I'm easy to find on Instagram @melissallarena Rather keep it professional? Let's connect on LinkedIn. I encourage every single podcast listener to connect with me.

In episode 66, Kathy Klotz-Guest helps you realize whether or not you are nurturing innovation or if you are sending “shut up” signals. Kathy Klotz-Guest is a storyteller, humor in business expert, and Founder of Keeping It Human. In this episode, we talk about the conversations leaders should be having with their team... and how improv can create psychological safety. We also explore having a template mentality and how leaders should get creative with their approaches in order to build more trust. Tune in for an entertaining and valuable episode and to learn about the difference between a “Yes, and” and a “Yes, but” mentality.

Let's play The Words Matter Game! We've learned and used a lot of lingo and jargon over the years and unfortunately, it's confusing to a lot of our prospective clients. Kathy Klotz-Guest calls that jargon-monoxide poisoning, so the game today is to take your favorite architecture words and phrases and translate them into the words your clients would use.

I always envied improv comics for their quick quips and on-the-spot ideas. But, then I learned that improvisation is a skill, and like any other form of entertainment, you can "get good" with practice. Then I learned that improv is not just entertaining, but also a powerful tool for the workplace. I had a fun, energy filled chat with renowned comedian and owner of Keeping it Human, Kathy Klotz-Guest. Check out this episode to find out how you can usher in creative problem solving and help your team with improv principles.  About Today's Guest: Kathy Klotz-GuestKathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA, MLA, is a business storytelling strategist, author, speaker, and comedian. Founder of Keeping it Human, her mission is to help organizations turn jargon-monoxide into compelling business stories, abolish boring marketing, and uncover boldly creative ideas for marketing content, products, branding and more. She calls them idea orgasms!https://keepingithuman.comKathy's BooksLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTube ChannelInstagramSlideshareAbout the Lead with Levity PodcastThe Lead with Levity podcast is a show for leaders who care deeply about what makes/breaks the employee experience. Our guests are dynamic researchers, practitioners, consultants, and business leaders. We cover foundational elements that are needed to avoid forcing the fun. We also invite lively managers who lead with levity to show us how it’s done. Thanks for joining us on this journey.

This week on Timeless Leadership, we're talking about Humor. How can you use humor in the workplace? What kind of humor is acceptable? Why is it okay not to be serious all the time? Our guest is Kathy Klotz-Guest, whose career is a story of using play as creative fuel. Her burning question for companies is "How does your culture focus on making peoples' lives better?"  Her answer: It can and should run like an improv group with a collaborative “yes and” mentality.  Links Required reading: "The Social Element of Humor" Kathy's site: https://www.keepingithuman.com Kathy's book: Stop Boring Me!: How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv  Subscribe to the Timeless & Timely newsletter   Don't forget to leave us a rating or a review.  And if there's an extraordinary leader you know, please let us know by emailing timeless@scottmonty.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.timelesstimely.com/subscribe

Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA, MLA, is a business storytelling strategist, author, speaker, and comedian. Founder of Keeping it Human, her mission is to help organizations turn jargon-monoxide into compelling business stories, abolish boring marketing, and uncover boldly creative ideas for marketing content, products, branding and more. She calls them idea orgasms! A podcaster (Keeping it Human's Improvised Marketing Show), stand-up comic and improviser, Kathy has written two other short books on humor, content, and storytelling (The Executive's Bedtime Guide series) in addition to Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv." Her work has been published in Convince and Convert, Business of Story, Marketing Profs, Ragan.com, PR Daily, Business2Community, and CustomerThink. Her 7-year-old is still her favorite audience to make laugh. ** Go grab yourself a copy of Stop Boring Me! by clicking the image below. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Adam talks with the wonderfully smart and funny, Kathy Klotz Guest. Kathy Klotz-Guest is a story-telling and creativity strategist, keynote speaker, author, and improv comedian. She shares how businesses can use humor to connect with your customers. We talk about the role of humor in marketing and the most common reason businesses fail to inject humor into their marketing. Find this episode insightful? Subscribe, rate, and share this podcast so we can produce more. Follow Adam @adamhelweh or visit www.secretsushi.com. | Music by mogillaguerrilla@gmail.com IG: @mogilla_guerrilla_beatz --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marketingintheraw/message

How to ignite the creativity in your storytelling? Join my live interview with the one and only Kathy Klotz-Guest to discuss creativity and storytelling Kathy is a keynote speaker, author, storytelling and creativity strategist, and improv comedian. During the live interview, Kathy shared practical tips to include humor into your storytelling and how improv can enhance our skills as a storyteller. ---- You can watch our interview on my YouTube channel via this link. ---- Give this episode a listen and give your biggest takeaway by sharing this on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Make sure to tag me @AiAddysonZhang and use my hashtag, #ClassroomWithoutWalls --- Do you know that this podcast is also a weekly live streaming show? Every Wednesday, at 2pm PST | 5pm EST, my guest and I go live on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch to delivery valuable content to you. I highly encourage you to join us live and ask your questions. You will get immediate answers! You can follow my other social media channels: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook ---

WOW!  What a great time I had talking with Kathy Klotz-Guest on this episode.  We talk improv, we talk comedy, we talk leadership...we talk about it all!  I think you'll dig her too...Check it out! More on Kathy... Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA combines her business and comedy backgrounds to teach leaders, teams, and professionals how to use humor to enhance their business and personal lives. A former Silicon Valley marketing executive and improv comedian for over 20 years, she has been featured in Forbes and The Huffington Post. Inc.com named her last book, “Stop Boring Me!” a CMO must-read on improv and humor for storytelling and creativity. A bay area native who trained at ComedySportz and at LA’s Second City, Kathy has also performed stand-up all over the country (now on Zoom) including at The Improv, Funny Bone and Flapper’s. She teaches improv (virtually), and loves doing storytelling slams whenever she can.  Kathy still makes her kid laugh, though that window is closing rapidly. Socials: Twitter / LinkedIn: @Kathyklotzguest Facebook: fb.com/kathy.klotzguest Insta: @klotzguest   Music from https://filmmusic.io"Run Amok" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

2021 will be awesome if....you know how to maneuver quickly and have a team that can do it with you.  This isn't a chance encounter....it is the result of building a team whose cornerstone is TRUST! On this episode, I talk with innovation expert Kathy Klotz-Guest.  She earned her skills the hard way....in the board room and on the comedy stage (simultaneously)!  She shares some keen insights on how to keep it real, keep it moving, and keep in human! CHECK IT OUT! More on Kathy... Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA combines her business and comedy backgrounds to teach leaders, teams, and professionals how to use humor to enhance their business and personal lives. A former Silicon Valley marketing executive and improv comedian for over 20 years, she has been featured in Forbes and The Huffington Post. Inc.com named her last book, “Stop Boring Me!” a CMO must-read on improv and humor for storytelling and creativity. A bay area native who trained at ComedySportz and at LA’s Second City, Kathy has also performed stand-up all over the country (now on Zoom) including at The Improv, Funny Bone and Flapper’s. She teaches improv (virtually), and loves doing storytelling slams whenever she can.  Kathy still makes her kid laugh, though that window is closing rapidly. Socials: Twitter / LinkedIn: @Kathyklotzguest Facebook: fb.com/kathy.klotzguest Insta: @klotzguest

Innovation takes both technology, culture and business changes. While your company plans to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to change your industry’s game, how do you cultivate the right innovative culture, customer obsession and bias for action for ML success? Join Sandy Carter, VP Amazon Web Services, one of the Top 39 Engineers per Business Insider and Kathy Klotz-Guest, author, Founder of Keeping it Human, and one of the top improv in business leaders in the world, as they share humorous stories along with great best practices. In this session, you’ll learn to recognize the needed culture changes, how to obsess over your customers, leverage machine learning, and to say “yes and” to new ways of thinking. This session will be fun and inspiring.

Bryan and Nicolette welcome Kathy Klotz-Guest, Founder, Keeping It Human, to chat about incorporating comedy and improv into storytelling for business. What would happen if we welcomed others' ideas and built on them with a "yes, and" mentality? How would employees flourish? How would businesses flourish? At the core of your success is your story -- and it doesn't hurt to laugh about it. Tune in for some laughs and great ideas for incorporating storytelling into your company's strategy.

In this episode, Maria and Kathy discuss:Creating an environment of trust in the workplace and why it matters. How to use improv techniques to enhance innovation and creativity.Using comedy and improv to create a safe space. Key Takeaways:When trust goes up, humor goes up, and when humor goes up, trust goes up. It's a virtuous cycle! If we are not hitting that minimum viable culture of safety, you will never get to the good stuff - ever. Trust is both a short-form improv game and a long-form improv game - you're playing for both.You've got to build the muscles of empathy first, and then humor becomes safer and easier and less scary for people to express. If you have a humor problem, you don't have a humor problem, you have a trust problem and an empathy problem.  "The thing that is so important to remember is that when teams ‘Yes, and' each other, they're going to, over time, come up with far better ideas and more ideas. It's a force multiplier." —  Kathy Klotz-Guest About Kathy Klotz-Guest: A former Silicon Valley marketing executive and a trained improviser for over 20 years, Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA combines her business team management and comedy backgrounds to help people, teams, and brands be more human, super creative, and joyful every day. Trained at ComedySportz and at LA's Second City, she has been featured in Forbes and The Huffington Post. Inc.com named her book, “Stop Boring Me!” a CMO must-read. Her company - Keeping it Human, Inc - provides speaking, consulting, and play-based experiential workshops to ignite collaborative creativity and storytelling results by helping teams work better together. She still performs and teaches improv and comedy. Connect with Kathy Klotz-Guest:  Website: KeepingItHuman.comBook: Stop Boring Me! - amazon.com/Stop-Boring-Me-Kick-Ass-Marketing/dp/1684191092/YouTube: youtube.com/user/kathyklotzguestTwitter: twitter.com/kathyklotzguestFacebook: facebook.com/KeepingItHumanLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kathyklotzguest/Instagram: instagram.com/klotzguest/SlideShare: slideshare.net/klotzguest Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

In this episode, Maria and Kathy discuss:Creating an environment of trust in the workplace and why it matters. How to use improv techniques to enhance innovation and creativity.Using comedy and improv to create a safe space. Key Takeaways:When trust goes up, humor goes up, and when humor goes up, trust goes up. It's a virtuous cycle! If we are not hitting that minimum viable culture of safety, you will never get to the good stuff - ever. Trust is both a short-form improv game and a long-form improv game - you're playing for both.You've got to build the muscles of empathy first, and then humor becomes safer and easier and less scary for people to express. If you have a humor problem, you don't have a humor problem, you have a trust problem and an empathy problem.  "The thing that is so important to remember is that when teams ‘Yes, and' each other, they're going to, over time, come up with far better ideas and more ideas. It's a force multiplier." —  Kathy Klotz-Guest About Kathy Klotz-Guest: A former Silicon Valley marketing executive and a trained improviser for over 20 years, Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA combines her business team management and comedy backgrounds to help people, teams, and brands be more human, super creative, and joyful every day. Trained at ComedySportz and at LA's Second City, she has been featured in Forbes and The Huffington Post. Inc.com named her book, “Stop Boring Me!” a CMO must-read. Her company - Keeping it Human, Inc - provides speaking, consulting, and play-based experiential workshops to ignite collaborative creativity and storytelling results by helping teams work better together. She still performs and teaches improv and comedy. Connect with Kathy Klotz-Guest:  Website: KeepingItHuman.comBook: Stop Boring Me! - amazon.com/Stop-Boring-Me-Kick-Ass-Marketing/dp/1684191092/YouTube: youtube.com/user/kathyklotzguestTwitter: twitter.com/kathyklotzguestFacebook: facebook.com/KeepingItHumanLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kathyklotzguest/Instagram: instagram.com/klotzguest/SlideShare: slideshare.net/klotzguest Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

Today's guest has comedy, storytelling, and strategy in her DNA. When she was eight years old, her first oral presentation was about Harold Lloyd, Hollywood's premier comic stuntman and director of the silent film era. Even better, she admits that she mimed and her comedy and storytelling nerd superpowers were visible from space. She is a keynote speaker, strategist, comedian, and author of several books including, “Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv.” She is the founder of Keeping it Human, Inc. Believing we are all wired for creativity, she is passionate about helping teams, leaders, and brands tell human stories, banishes boring marketing, develops great culture, and unleash their creativity for big ideas and results. Please join me in welcoming Kathy Klotz-Guest. In this episode we discuss: her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is the ability to evolve your own thinking, whether you have a team or not. I think there is a self-management aspect of it.” how business storytelling and comedy are alike. her experience with being selected for the debate team in high school and having a mom to advocate for her leadership capabilities. when she decided to leave for the corporate world to pursue comedy. how she gained referrals to help get rid of any blind spots she had in her business. her love of networking and how she leans into serendipitous meetings at networking events. Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com - episode 156

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Friday, May 25th, 2018. Thanks to Jim Katzaman for capturing my thoughts on #livestreaming from last week's #SocialROI Twitter chat. Jim wrote the blog post and published it on Medium and LinkedIn. Madalyn Sklar and Manage Flitter asked questions about how to add live video to your content mix and the future of live streaming. You can see my answers on Jim's Medium profile at @JKatzaman. On the viewing schedule for today and the weekend… At 1pm ET today, it's The Yes and Brand Show with Kathy Klotz-Guest. Allen Gannett is CEO of Trickmaven and author of “The Creative Curve.” He joins Kathy on Kathy's personal Facebook profile. On Saturday, 9am ET is Nimmin Live with Nick and Dee helping you grow your YouTube channel. View at YouTube.com/NickNimmin. 10:30am ET is Ask The Podcast Coach - Dave Jackson and Jim Collison take your questions at askthepodcastcoach.com/live. At 11am ET, it's Fork It Over Radio with Leslie Nance of go2kitchens and her husband/sidekick Robin. Improve your health through your kitchen. View on Periscope or on the Fork It Over Radio Facebook page. And Sunday at 2pm ET, it's the Live Stream Insiders. Krishna De and Peter Stewart discuss developments in live streaming on the Live Stream Insiders Facebook page. Show & event links at our website. For LivestreamUniverse.com, I'm Ross Brand. Have a great weekend! The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/content-marketing-with-live-streaming-video/ (Content Marketing with Live Streaming Video (Update Ep75)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, May 16th, 2018. Facebook Live continues to roll out new features. Last week it was cross-posting and persistent stream keys. Now you also have the ability to download your video on mobile once your livestream ends. Previously downloading was only possible from desktops or laptops. Tip of the hat to Jennifer Quinn for reporting this new feature. On the viewing schedule: AT 12pm ET, it's the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin. Mike Russell joins the show to talk about getting the best audio for your videos. At 3pm ET, it's Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney on the BeLive TV Facebook page. Molly will be sharing 5 fun ways to calm your nerves and minimize the use of "um" and other filler words. At 6pm ET, it's Business SHEnanigans with Kerry Gorgone and Kathy Klotz-Guest. They will be discussing your brand story post-Klout with Tamsen Synder Webster. Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I'm Ross Brand. Have a day! The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/how-to-get-great-audio-for-your-videos/ (How to Get Great Audio for Your Videos (Update Ep69)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Friday, May 11th, 2018. If you're looking for a Twitter chat about live streaming, check out the new #StreamerChat hosted by Ileane Smith on Saturdays at 2pm ET. You can Tweet Ileane your live streaming questions using the hashtag #streamerchat. Tomorrow's topic is getting started with live video. On the viewing schedule for today and the weekend… At 1pm ET today, it's The Yes and Brand Show with Kathy Klotz-Guest. Lately CEO Kate Bradley Chernis joins Kathy to discuss her journey from radio to software. That's on Kathy's personal Facebook profile. At 3pm ET today, Eddie Garrison hosts EG Live on his personal Facebook profile. He'll be talking about dealing with creative differences On Saturday, 9am ET is Nimmin Live with Nick and Dee helping you grow your YouTube channel. View at YouTube.com/NickNimmin. 10:30am ET is Ask The Podcast Coach - Dave Jackson and Jim Collison take your questions at askthepodcastcoach.com/live. At 11am ET, it's Fork It Over Radio with Leslie Nance of go2kitchens and her husband/sidekick Robin. Improve your health through your kitchen. View on Periscope or on the Fork It Over Radio Facebook page. And Sunday at 2pm ET, it's the Live Stream Insiders. Krishna De and Peter Stewart discuss developments in live streaming on the Live Stream Insiders Facebook page. Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I'm Ross Brand. Have a great weekend! The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/streamerchat-the-new-twitter-chat-on-live-streaming/ (#StreamerChat: The New Twitter Chat on Live Streaming (Update Ep66)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Friday, April 27th, 2018. Melonie Dodaro was a popular live streamer back in the early days of Blab, but she's better known as one of the world's top LinkedIn experts. Her new book, "LinkedIn UNLOCKED," dropped yesterday. In it's first day, the book hit number one on Amazon in 7 countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Brazil and 63 categories. Speaking of Amazon, the company will retain live streaming rights to NFL Thursday Night Football games for at least two more seasons. Amazon hopes to build on last year's 310-thousand average viewers per minute. That accounted for 2.2 percent of total viewership. Last year, Amazon paid more than 50 million dollars for the 11-game package. That's 5-times more than Twitter shelled out for Thursday Night Football in 2016. KNEKT TV will be live streaming the Daytime Emmy's on Sunday, starting with the Red Carpet pre-show. You can watch it on the Daytime Emmys website or social media platforms. It will also be available on KNEKT's digital network on Apple TV, Roku, iOS and Android. On the livestream viewing schedule: Today at 1pm ET, Kathy Klotz-Guest hosts Yes and Brand on her personal Facebook profile. Her guest is Kerry Gorgone, who will talk about her journey from lawyer to podcaster. On Saturday, 9am ET - It's Nimmin Live on YouTube with Nick and Dee helping you grow your YouTube channel — watch that at YouTube.com/NickNimmin 10:30am ET is Ask The Podcast Coach - Dave Jackson and Jim Collison take your questions at askthepodcastcoach.com/live. At 11am ET, it's Fork It Over Radio with Leslie Nance of go2kitchens and her husband/sidekick Robin. Get the latest news and tips on making your body inhospitable to cancer through your kitchen. View on Periscope or on the Fork It Over Radio Facebook page. At 12pm ET, Rob Greenlee and Todd Cochrane co-host the New Media Show, You can catch it at NewMediaShow.com/Live. And Sunday at 2pm ET, it's the Live Stream Insiders. Krishna De and Peter Stewart discuss developments in live streaming on the Live Stream Insiders Facebook page. Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I'm Ross Brand. Have a great weekend! The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/linkedin-unlocked-hits-no-1-amazon-to-livestream-nfl-again/ (‘LinkedIn UNLOCKED' Hits No 1; Amazon To Livestream NFL Again (Update Ep56)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Friday, April 20th, 2018. Are live streamers the new brand influencers? Janette Speyer, VP of Marketing at Web Success Team, thinks so. She writes in a crowded internet space, podcasters, web casters and live streamers are the answer to getting your product in front of new audiences. She cites the loyalty of livestream viewers, the passion hosts have for their show topics and the ability of brands to target a specific audience. Janette says Melissa Reyes and Tawanna Brown Smith are two live streamers who are delivering for the brands that work with them. You can read the article at WebSuccessTeam.com. We will hear from Janette Speyer on the Livestream Universe Update next week. On the livestream viewing schedule: Today at 1:30pm ET, Kathy Klotz-Guest hosts Yes and Brand on her personal Facebook profile. Popular guest Phil Gerbyshak joins Kathy to discuss “bad marketing.” 3pm ET - Eddie Garrison will be talking about his Facebook Live Training and Equipment Guide on his personal Facebook profile. On Saturday, 9am ET - It's Nimmin Live on YouTube with Nick and Dee helping you grow your YouTube channel — watch that at YouTube.com/NickNimmin 10:30am ET is Ask The Podcast Coach - Dave Jackson and Jim Collison take your questions at askthepodcastcoach.com/live. At 11am ET, it's Fork It Over Radio with Leslie Nance of go2kitchens and her husband/sidekick Robin. Get the latest news and tips on making your body inhospitable to cancer through your kitchen. View on Periscope or on the Fork It Over Radio Facebook page. At 12pm ET, Rob Greenlee and Todd Cochrane host a live audio-only edition of the New Media Show, You can catch it at SpreakerLiveShow.com. And Sunday at 2pm ET, it's the Live Stream Insiders. Krishna De and Peter Stewart discuss developments in live streaming on the Live Stream Insiders Facebook page. Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I'm Ross Brand. Have a great weekend! The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/live-streamers-are-brand-influencers-in-2018/ (Live Streamers are Brand Influencers in 2018 (Update Ep51)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Livestream Universe Update for THURS, March 15, 2018: ** MLB & YouTube TV extend their partnership for 2 more years ** Vimeo study reports over 60% of people who do a free OTT trial end up paying for the service (HT: Streaming Media) ** Only 25% of IG influencers are compliant with FTC guidelines (Find out which industries were the best & worst) via Mobile Marketer. ** Chris Brogan is the guest on Business SHEnanigans hosted by Kathy Klotz-Guest and Kerry O'Shea Gorgone, 6pm ET on Kathy's personal FB profile. ** Professor Nez is relaunching #NezNation at 12pm ET on the Professor Nez FB page. ** Jeff Adams talks about coping with stress at 3pm ET on Live Positive with Jeff Adams on the BeLive.tv FB page. ** Learn how to add scrolling text to your BeLive.tv broadcasts in minutes at RossBrand.tv. Livestreaming Resources: LIvestreamUniverse.com/resources. Hosted and produced by Ross Brand for LivesteamUniverse.com. The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/mlb-youtube-tv-extend-partnership/ (MLB & YouTube TV Extend Partnership (Update Ep33)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Livestream Universe Update - Ep 33 Friday's Livestream Universe​ Update includes: *On Wirecast Live, Andrew Haley​ of Telestream Wirecast​ has a simpler way for Ross Brand to change shots while recording updates *Instagram's code reveals possible audio and video calling (via TechCrunch​) *Livestreaming College Basketball Tournaments on The ACC Digital Network and TuneIn​. *On Ross & Nez​, we discuss NCAA basketball scandals, Mark Cuban and more.  *It's Day 4 of the Content Creators Summit hosted by Kim Doyal​ of LeadSurveys​ and featuring Coach Jennie Mustafa-Julock​ and Steven B. O'Sullivan​. *Kathy Klotz-Guest​ has a new episode of "YesandBrand" *Michael Murphy​ talks EBooks on Mike Murphy Unplugged *It's Nimmin​ Live Sat, 9am ET providing advice on growing and optimizing your YouTube channel. Hosted and produced by Ross Brand for LivesteamUniverse.com. The post https://livestreamuniverse.com/andrew-haley-of-telestream-wirecast-instagram-direct-dialing-ep-033/ (Andrew Haley of Telestream Wirecast & Instagram Direct Dialing (Update Ep32)) appeared first on https://livestreamuniverse.com/ (Livestream Universe).

Ready for more? This week, two more BeLive broadcasters will be featured by Ross & Rachel on the Best of BeLive: Life of Dad and Kathy Klotz-Guest! From coaches to crafts, podcasters to performers, and writers to web designers, livestreaming is literally for everyone... but not everyone can knock it out of the park. We're learning so much from each week's featured livestreamers; you can't afford to miss this week's show! If you want to get even better at using BeLive, or just want to watch & laugh with us, type the word LEARN in the comments below. Join us this Tuesday at 8pm ET right here on BeLive! Guests: Art Eddy of Life of Dad, Kathy Klotz-Guest Hosts: Ross Brand and Rachel Moore Sponsor: BeLive TV Originally broadcast on the BeLive TV Facebook Page (644 views, 55 comments)

Episode 84 of Livestream Stars with Ross Brand of Livestream Universe. Subscribe to the podcast: https://rossbrandrecordings.com/ (https://rossbrandrecordings.com). On Livestream Stars, Keeping It Human inventor Kathy Klotz-Guest discusses improv, comedy and business storytelling. Kathy is the author of Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv.

Ross Brand of Livestream Universe serves as the Red Carpet host and interviewer for Season One of the Never Settle Show. He discusses the products featured in the swag bags given out to in-studio audience members at the live show. Ross also promotes his upcoming appearance on Kathy Klotz-Guest's "Yes and Brand" show. Subscribe to the podcast: https://rossbrandrecordings.com (https://rossbrandrecordings.com) Originally livestreamed on Ross' personal Facebook profile.

I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  I help business and marketing executives and their teams tell their most important human stories to the world, and uncover bold ideas for marketing, branding, products, and customer service innovation. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Feel free to comment on the show. Let me know what you want more of. My new book, "Stop Boring Me!" is available on Amazon now. The Dark Side of Brand Storytelling Brand Storytelling is critical for all businesses today. Every organization - and every person - is a brand. However, sometimes bad storytelling happens to good people and bad consequences happens when storytelling fails to address hidden issues and ethics around matching human needs with narratives. So what things do companies need to be aware of and how do we navigate those tricky parts?  Join me today on the podcast as we chat about this topic. 

Kathy Klotz-Guest, MA, MBA, MLA, is a business storytelling strategist, author, speaker, and funny lady. Founder of Keeping it Human, her mission is to help organizations turn jargon-monoxide into compelling business stories, abolish boring marketing, and uncover boldly creative ideas for marketing content, products, branding and more. She calls them idea orgasms!  ThinkLikeAJournalist.com See the show notes.

I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  I help business and marketing executives and their teams tell their most important human stories to the world, and uncover bold ideas for marketing, branding, products, and customer service innovation. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Feel free to comment on the show. Let me know what you want more of. My new book, "Stop Boring Me!" is available on Amazon now. Telling a Powerful Brand Story Storytelling is critical for brands today. Can you name a great brand today that doesn't have a powerful story? It's hard to do. Join me for a chat with Park Howell, host of the Business of Story podcast on October 6th at 3:30 PM PDT. About Park Howell Park Howell has been in advertising for 30 years, has run his own agency for 20 years, and has been steeped in business storytelling for the past 10+ years. He is the founder of the Business of Story, a proven platform based on his 10-step Story Cycle system to help business leaders achieve epic grow for their enterprise and their people.  

In this episode, I answer questions you give me ahead of time. I posed the question across social media: "What do you want me to discuss under the marketing, content marketing, business storytelling, improv and comedy umbrella?" And you answered. We'll discuss those topics and I'll also talk a bit about my upcoming book: "Stop Boring Me! How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv." To sign up for my newsletter, visit stopboringme.com. About Kathy and the Improvised Marketing Show – A viral marketing show with serious tips and a sense of fun. I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT most days.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product, employee, and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog.  

I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  I help business and marketing executives and their teams tell their most important human stories to the world, and uncover bold ideas for marketing, branding, products, and customer service innovation. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Feel free to comment on the show. Let me know what you want more of. My new book, "Stop Boring Me!" is coming out in Septembe 2016. Creating a Culture of Humor That Enables Marketing Innovation We talk a lot these days about content marketing and taking risks to create bolder, more humorous content. But that doesn't happen. Forget content; let's talk about creating a culture that gives employees responsibility to execute and fail based on ballsy ideas. Because that's how great content starts.  Join me Thursday, August 4th when we talk with Chris Lindland, CEO of Betabrand, about what Betabrand does differently and why it works so well. About Chris  As CEO of Betabrand, Chris contributed to its efforts and products: including Cordarounds, Beebeard, i-drive.com, Silicon Valley Fashion Week. He is recognized as a 2015 AdWeek Top 100 Creative. A speaker, he has spoken at places including Zappos, Chlorox, Deutsch, Nordic Commerce Summit (Stockholm), Digitalk (Sofia), University of Chicago, Pratt Institute. He is just an all around fun, smart guy.

I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT 2-3 times per month.  I help business and marketing executives and their teams tell their most important human stories to the world, and uncover bold ideas for marketing. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Feel free to comment on the show. Let me know what you want more of. From Agency Partner to Social Media Influencer What do you do when the agency you helped create is up and running and you realize you want to do more in the world? Well, if you are Bryan Kramer, you seek your next challenge by writing a few books (H2H and Shareology) to help connect others. With a TED talk under his belt, Bryan has embraced his Inner Focker and asked the big question, "What can you share with the world to help change it?" A natural connector with an easy laugh, Bryan is all about being more human. And I couldn't agree more with his message. Join us April 21 when I chat with Bryan about his journey to social influencer, embracing his inner Focker (and why you should, too) and lessons he's learned along the way about the human need to connect and share. About Bryan Bryan is an international keynote speaker, a bestselling author and strategist consulting Fortune 500 clients such as Harvard, IBM, Cisco, Mastercard, Dell, NASA, NFL and many more on humanizing business through marketing and social media. He is the CEO of Purematter, a content, social and digital marketing agency in San Jose, CA.  His latest book, Shareology, made the USA Today's Top 150 Book List the week of its release, as well as #1 on Amazon in four categories.  

I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT 2-3 times per month.  I help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product, employee, and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. I would love it if you would leave a comment on the blog about the show. From Introvert to Well-Known Social Media Speaker Brian Carter, author of a number of books including Facebook Marketing and The Cowbell Princple (co-author), went from an introvert to well-known social media consultant and speaker. At one point, he was even told he wouldn't have a speaking career worth noting. Today, Brian is one of the most well-known Social Media speakers out there known for his practicality, humor and ability to connect with audiences.  Join me Thursday, April 14, for a podcast that will make you laugh and learn - and leave you feeling motivated and excited about your own journey, and telling it! About Brian  With a background in digital media and in comedy, Brian Carter is a 15-year digital marketing veteran and popular keynote speaker (with clients like NBC and Microsoft, but also small businesses and franchises) who delivers entertainment, motivation and practical takeaways. The Brian Carter Group offers results-focused implementation, ideation and innovation to boost profits for growth-minded businesses.     

Welcome to The Keeping it Human Improvised Marketing Show  I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT most days.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product, employee, and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog. How to Find and Hone Your Content Voice Your content's secret sauce depends on your voice. How do you hone it so it works for your organization? Join me as I chat with one of my favorite content people who helps dial LinkedIn's marketing content to 11, Jason MIller. Jason worked in music for 10 years before moving to B2B. Today, he helps shape LinkedIn Marketing's voice and he uses his personality to do it. Get ready to turn up your content voice to a Spinal Tap 11. About Jason Jason Miller leads global content and social initiatives for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions helping marketers understand how to use LinkedIn to achieve their marketing goals.  Before B2B, he spent ten years at Sony developing and executing marketing campaigns around the biggest names in music. When he is not building campaigns and creating remarkable content and tracking the ROI, he is winning awards as a concert photographer, singing 80's metal karaoke, and winning at Seinfeld trivia. Jason is a frequent contributor to Content Marketing Institute, Social Media Examiner and has presented at numerous industry conferences including Dreamforce, Social Media Marketing World and more.  

Welcome to The Improvised Marketing Show! I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT twice each month.  We help organizations, execs, and their teams humanize their most important stories! And we do it with fun and humor. As always, we are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog. Or email me: kathy@keepingithuman.com! Brand Storytelling: Finding Your Message in the Messy You are a busines owner and young mom celebrating your new roles when life throws you a curveball: you are diagnosed with lung cancer, and you never smoked. What do you do? How do you pick up, move forward, and use that as fuel to hone your personal and brand stories? Well, if you are Felicia Slattery, author and speaker, you fight hard, keep going, and grow your business. You turn messy into a message with a mission. Join me for a great chat with the wonderful Felicia Slattery at 11AM PDT Thursday! (NOTE: special time!) Felicia Slattery, M.A., M.Ad.Ed., is on a mission to motivate, inspire and train experts, business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs and celebrities to create meaningful connections through effective communication and public speaking. The Amazon  #1 best-selling author of “Kill the Elevator Speech,” and “21 Ways to Make Money Speaking” is also the creator of the Signature Speech™ system and is an internationally-acclaimed, award-winning speaker. Felicia presents to audiences large and small on topics related to communication, speaking, and being a successful entrepreneur in spite of everything life can throw at you. 

Welcome to Improvised Marketing Show – A viral marketing show with serious tips and a sense of fun. Organic and jargon-free! I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT most days.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product, employee, and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog. How do you tell your story when your service, product, or technology is new to the world? It's a question I get a lot and a good one. The truth is it's not all that different from the way we communicate anything - with great stories. We'll talk about this and more on the podcast Thursday, February 25th at 3:30 PM PDT. Join me. Got questions for me? Email me at kathy (at) keeping it human (dot) com.

In this podcast, the first of 2016, I will be talking about how to streamline and humanize your communications with prospects and customers this year. Mindfulness is a human operating system and we need to think differently about not just our content; (the what) we need to think diffferently about *how* we communicate. How we communicate can destroy or add value. And we all want to be in the "add value" column.   Happy New Year - no let's go out and Humanize! Kathy Klotz-Guest  

Welcome to Jargonorrhea Live – A viral marketing show for leaders. Serious tips and a sense of fun. I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog.   Business Storytelling - The Power of Vulernability Often times, business storytelling fails to create emotional resonance that sticks. And in many cases, these stories fail because they lack vulnerability.  Yet, vulnerability is key to not only great storytelling; it's key to differentiation. Join me July 30th at 3:30PM PDT for a podcast on the power of vulnerability to create better and more differentiated stories.

  Welcome to Jargonorrhea Live – A viral marketing show with serious tips and a sense of fun. I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog.     Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins. Great stories win marketplaces. Business Storytelling is a critical skill for companies, teams and entrepreneurs today. Are we telling the right stories? Are we too superficial? Join me May 28 when Annette Simmons, author of the Story Factor  and Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins (now in its second edition) joins the podcast. She is a storyteller's storyteller and this is going to be a lot of fun!   About For two decades, Annette has inspired audiences to find and tell powerful stories that spread new ideas, build collaboration, and facilitate innovation.  After writing Territorial Games and A Safe Place for Dangerous Truths, Annette wrote The Story Factor, (chosen as One of the Best 100 Business Books of All Time by 1-800-CEO-READ) and Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins now in a second edition and just released in May of 2015)

Welcome to Jargonorrhea Live – A viral marketing show with serious tips and a sense of fun. I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog. Facebook Marketing Lke Google, Facebook keeps changing – its capabilities, algorithm, and ad technologies - and that means keeping up with constant changes. What are the biggest things you and your marketing team should be thinking about when it comes to growing your business through Facebook? That's what we will be discussing on the next episode . Join Andrea Vahl, aka "Grandma Mary," and I for a spirited chat on Thursday, May 21st. About Andrea Andrea is the co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies and was the Community Manager for Social Media Examiner.  She uses her comedy skills to blog as a slightly cranky character, Grandma Mary at www.AndreaVahl.com.  She has presented at Social Media Marketing World and New Media Expo and was named 50 Favorite Online Influencers of 2014 on Entrepreneur.com and Top 30 Women in Social Media by Boom Social.   

I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show normally airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  We help business and marketing executives and their teams humanize what they do by telling their most important company, product and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing more human and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog.   Banish Boring Content Even if you are in B2B, there is no excuse for boring content today. In a world of too much noise, you have to stand out. Your marketing can and should be fun. Join me Thursday, April 23rd, at a special time - 1:30PM PDT - with British copywriter extraordinaire and creator of the funny video channel, AmyTV: Amy Harrison. Now you get two funny ladies in one podcast! About Amy Harrison is a copywriter, content trainer and owner of Write With Influence: an online resource that helps business owners write better marketing content faster and easier. She is also the host (and many of the characters) of AmyTV: an online comedy sketch show all about writing compelling business copy.      

Welcome to Jargonorrhea Live – A viral marketing show with serious tips and a sense of fun. I am Kathy Klotz-Guest, founder of Keeping it Human, coming to you live from San Jose, CA, in Silicon Valley. This show airs Thursdays at 3:30 PM PDT.  We help marketing executives and their teams tell their most important company, product and customer stories to the world. This podcast is all about making marketing communications and content more human, fun and effective. We are a jargon-monoxide-poisoning free zone. Leave a comment on the blog.   Shareology - Why Humans Share People only share content they value, that is relevant to them, and that makes them look and feel good. Does your content do that? Join me Thursday, April 9th when Bryan Kramer, CEO of Pure Matter and author of H2H, and I talk about why people share and what your organization can do to create content that people value and share. We're both advocates of humanizing business! About Bryan As President/CEO of PureMatter, Bryan's leadership has steered the agency to consistent growth over the last 10 years, earning it a spot as one of the fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley for over five years by the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal. Bryan was  listed as #26 by Kred as a Global Top CEO Influencer on Social Media and as one of The Top 50 Social CEOs on Twitter in the world by the Huffington Post. .