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In this episode, we sit down with Lauren Parsons to explore the art of thriving under pressure, particularly in the fast-paced and often stressful world of events. Lauren shares how resilience, mindset, and self-care techniques—like exercise, breathwork, and creating non-negotiables—are essential for boosting productivity without burning out. She also discusses how leaders can foster emotional connections and make a lasting impact at events by cutting through the noise and creating moments of significance.About Lauren Parsons:Lauren is a multi-award-winning Wellbeing Specialist who believes that everyone deserves to thrive. With over 20 years' experience, she is passionate about helping busy people re-discover how to feel vibrant, confident and energised. Awarded NZ Keynote Speaker of the Year and Educator of the Year 2023/24 by the Professional Speakers Association. Lauren is a sought-after international speaker and one of only a dozen Certified Speaking Professionals in New Zealand, who integrates her wellness and business background to help leaders find the sweet spot between boosting both wellbeing and productivity.Lauren's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenparsonsnz/ Website: https://laurenparsonswellbeing.com/ About The PCOA: The PCO Association is the leading body representing the interests of Professional Conference Organisers and Event Managers in Australia and New Zealand.The Association's objectives are to increase the standard of professionalism of its members and promote a better understanding of the roles, functions and contributions of Professional Conference Organisers and Event Managers and other practitioners in the conference and event sector.Website: www.pco.asn.auAbout Connected Event Group: At Connected Event Group we offer innovation and creativity in audio-visual services and event production, employing technical solutions that help people and businesses communicate with each other. We've been translating event technologies for our clients for over two decades specialising in AV equipment and service, technical event production management and broadcasting, across a range of industries. We're experts in making the impossible possible.Website: www.connectedeventgroup.comAbout Libbie Ray: Libbie Ray is the Director of Connected Event Group and the President of the Entrepreneurs Organisation Sydney. Libbie's 20 years of experience across marketing, events, technology, and broadcast production provides a well-rounded approach to the new world of events. Libbie's passionate about sharing her knowledge and insights and works with Skills IQ and TAFE to assist in the development of the training and education framework for her sector. Libbie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/libbie-ray/ Send us a text

Alison Weihe is a founder and award-winning entrepreneur in the construction industry in South Africa over the past 25 years. The Creative Stone Company has built a reputation as an ethical design-driven company of excellence and service. In the past six years she transitioned into the coaching, speaking and writing space where she won further awards – Speaker Factor Winner 2021 of the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa (PSASA) and a Global Coaching award from the Coach Foundation and is a nominee in Women of Stature Awards in South Africa 2025 in the Coaching and Mentoring Category. As a serial entrepreneur passionate about making a difference, Alison became an Executive Partner in the Mindset Development Institute, alongside her business partner, Jabu Zwane and their growing team, recently winning a further award as one of the top empowerment companies in South Africa. Both Alison and Jabu have a deep commitment to do legacy work, build entrepreneurship education and tell the untold stories of hope and healing in South Africa. Alison has an interesting background as an entrepreneur. She was a political activist for almost 20 years in different shapes and forms, as a journalist and a trade unionist under COSATU. Alison was part of COSATU's launching Congress in 1985 and worked directly under President Cyril Ramaphosa and many other remarkable leaders of that time. What sets Alison apart is her vulnerable tone as a profound storyteller. She is known as a Soul Speaker. She believes it is her mission to use her voice as one of reconciliation, hope and healing at a seminal time in our country's history. Alison's message: Own your story, live with grace, step into the power of who you were truly meant to be. That is how we heal some of the anguish in the world, one conversation at a time. Alison joins us from Johannesburg, South Africa. Learn more: Website:  https://alisonweihe.com/ Book: Belonging – Finding Tribes of Meaning, by Alison Jessica Weihe Purchase from Amazon: https://a.co/d/6Xezlll Facebook: www.facebook.com/alison.weihe Instagram: www.instagram.com/alison_weihe/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alison-weihe/

In this week’s episode of the Common Creative Podcast, Ian Stephens shares his inspiring journey from a corporate career to becoming one of Australia's leading speakers. He shares so many insights, including the courage it took to step away from the security of a career to follow his passion, and an area where he had no idea what to do. The hall mark of a creative act. Ian Stephens is a top-rated business speaker, trainer, and award-winning educator specializing in sales, leadership, and mindset. A master of NLP, he equips teams and leaders with practical tools to drive results. Ian is the author of seven books, and his dynamic, humor-infused keynotes and workshops inspire focus, discipline, and success. Ian is also the convener of the Professional Speakers Association's 2025 conference Cadence. LINKS: Ian Stephens - Special Guest Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianstephensspeaks/ Website - https://ianstephensspeaks.com/ Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Discover how to build your indelible influence by busting three myths: A – Beyond Your Seductive Ego vs. False Humility B – Beyond Your Genius vs. Ineptitude C – Beyond Your Journey vs. Purpose   Our guest speaker has been known to disrupt his audiences around the world and is notorious for awakening dreams. He is a conscious leadership authority and keynote speaker who has worked with thousands of leaders from over 100 countries.   In 2022, the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa inducted him into its Educators Hall of Fame for his work. He is the author of Lead Like Morpheus: The Genius of Conscious Leadership and co-author of Love Like Morpheus: Principles of Relationship At Work launching in 2025.   He is the founder of Totally Morpheus, where his team provides bespoke and custom leadership transformation solutions for organisations that build on human genius.   When he is not mentoring emerging leaders, you will find him savouring a gourmet coffee, geeking out over the latest hifi equipment, or wrangling with his next Zulu lesson.   Loved This podcast... You Can: 1. Do an assessment of your business at www.circleofexcellence.biz 2. Learn some practical business advice at www.worldwidebusinessintelligence.com 3. Grab a free copy of our #1 selling book Entrepreneur X Factor at www.exfbook.com

Global Intelligence Updates with Ian Hatton on How to Build Your Product Portfolio Through Speaking Takeaways -Positioning – Are you going to be known as a speaker, a subject matter expert, or a client journey partner? -Process – Creating your unique client journey for repeat business and referrals -Setup – Ideas for both virtual and in-person presentations Our guest has mentored, inspired and liberated thousands of leaders from more than 100 countries. He is an international keynote speaker widely loved for his genuine, warm stage presence and transformative message. His leadership development work has earned him a place in the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa's Educators Hall of Fame. He is the author of Lead Like Morpheus: The Genius of Conscious Leadership and the founder of Totally Morpheus. When he is not mentoring the next generation of leaders, you will find him colonising Mars with his global alliance. Prepare to liberate your leadership with our guest speaker, Ian Hatton. Loved This Podcast... You Can: 1. Do an assessment of your business at www.circleofexcellence.biz 2. Learn some practical business advice at www.worldwidebusinessintelligence.com 3. Grab a free copy of our #1 selling book Entrepreneur X Factor at www.exfbook.com

In this episode of the Speaking Business Podcast, host Maria Franzoni sits down with award-winning speaker and Professional Speakers Association founder, Rikki Arundel. Rikki shares their inspiring journey, from early beginnings to receiving the Speaker Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award, revealing valuable lessons for speakers at all stages. They discuss the power of finding your niche, the importance of resilience through career shifts, and what it takes to craft a message that truly resonates. Tune in for Rikki's insights on building a brand, making an unforgettable impact, and navigating the challenges of a speaking career that speaks volumes.

Really Interesting Women - the PodcastEpisode 137Dr Louise MahlerDr Louise Mahler is one of the world's leading keynote speakers. She has been voted. amongst the top experts in both Body Language and Communication globally.  ...and it started following a decade singing Opera in Europe, including a soloist contract at the Vienna State Opera. From that, Louise began an exploration of performance as it applies to the business context. Louise is a highly sought-after media figure and commentator and is regularly interviewed on Sunrise, The Today Show, SBS, the ABC, and radio stations across Australia. You may recognise her from that and from analysing politicians during the last federal election and Royals such as Prince Harry and Meghan. Her analysis of the Johnny Depp and Amber Herd trial attracted over 2 million views on YouTube. But beyond that public image, she also helps leaders and teams to elevate their body language and voice.  She was awarded the Professional Speakers Association's Keynote Speaker of the Year for 2021 and the Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement helping Women in Business. Head to the link in my bio to listen to our conversation.    Dr Loise Mahler's latest book is Gravitas: Timeless Skills to Communicate with Confidence and Build Trusthttps://www.amazon.com.au/Gravitas-Timeless-Skills-Communicate-Confidence/dp/1394237332Visit instagram @reallyinterestingwomen for further interviews and posts of interesting women in history. Follow the link to leave a review....and tell your friendshttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/really-interesting-women/id1526764849

The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this third conversation of Series Sixteen, we talk with Mykel Dixon. Mykel Dixon is an award-winning speaker and author, master facilitator and recognised authority of Creativity, Culture and the Human Future of Work. He works globally with a stellar cast of fortune 500 and ASX 200 listed companies who want to liberate themselves from boring work, bland events and beige bosses. A jazz musician by trade, gypsy by nature, fierce non-conformist and prolific anti-perfectionist, Myke leads a new wave of conscious, creative business leaders who strive to make work feel more like play, teams feel more like family, and organisations feel more like festivals of possibility. In 2018, he was named Australia's Breakthrough Speaker of The Year (by the Professional Speakers Association) and in 2021, his second book Everyday Creative was named the #1 Leadership book in Australia by the esteemed Australian Business Book Awards. Blending his unique career and life experience, an obsession for audience participation and a magnetic stage presence, Myke's live learning experiences are unrivaled. Fusing live music, spoken-word poetry, visual storytelling and spontaneous audience interaction. Just like that time you were upgraded to first class, once you've experienced a Mykel Dixon anything, it's hard to go back to coach. The Game Changers podcast is produced by Evan Phillips supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at gamechangers@circle.education, on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Phil and Adriano via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let's go!

If you are wondering what leads to happiness, tune in to our latest episode of the podcast with Sheryn Knaider. Sheryn currently resides in Dubai and is the founder and head of the Professional Speakers Association of Arabia. In this episode, we discuss how creativity and public speaking lead to happiness and help with the mental health epidemic. We discuss reasons for the epidemic and ways to combat it and make yourselves happy. An episode not to be missed.  #Professionalspeaking #publicspeaking #Happiness #mentalhealth

In today's episode, Lois speaks with Vhutshilo Masibigiri, founder of Diversity SA, a South African company working in the diversity, equity and inclusion space. During the conversation, Lois and Vee discuss the reason that disability seldom enters the DEI conversation in South Africa, the work Vee is doing to raise awareness about disability and empower people living with disabilities. As an HR and DEI practitioner, Vee shares her work in tackling difficult conversations, and some of the realities facing persons with disabilities in the poorest communities with which she works. Vee also talks about the story behind her fascination with diversity integration, which she learned as a young child from watching the way her mother engaged with members of their community. Note: During the interview, Vee mentions Lois's presentation at the PSASA Midterm Convention, which was about ways to make events more accessible to persons with disabilities. The PSASA is the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa. Reach out to Vhutshilo: Website: https://diversity-sa.co.za/ Vhutshilo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vhutshilo-masibigiri-494a592a/ Diversity SA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diversity-sa.co.za/ Diversity SA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.diversitysa.co.za Podcast Image description: A woman of colour sitting at a desk with a laptop open in front of her. She is wearing a white blazer over a dark top, has short black hair, and is wearing gold hoop earrings. Her hands are clasped together in front of her, and she has red nail polish on her nails. On the desk, there is a white mug, a book titled "belonging", and a pair of glasses to her right. I'd love to hear from you – contact me at Web: https://www.loisstrachan.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lstrachan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loisstrachanspeaker This episode edited by Craig Strachan using Hindenburg PRO – find out more on Hindenburg.com Credits and music by Charlie Dyasi of Naledi Media.

Molly Harvey is one of those women about whom people say "the grass doesn't grow under her feet." Growing up on a country estate where her family worked in Northern Ireland, Molly's thirst for reading was ignited by Lady Waterford, who would come knocking on the family's door every Christmas, carrying a brown wicker basket containing a gift of a new hardcover book. When Molly's father died, when she was just 14, her mother insisted she leave school and go to work. Molly refused and her mother cut up all of her school books. In response, Molly vowed to read one book every month for the rest of her life. And she still does.   Molly went on to become a world authority leader on leadership development, the Visionary Founder of OWL (Outstanding Women Leaders), the first national woman President of the Professional Speakers Association in England, a founding member of the Transformational Leaders Council, and the author of 9 books. If that isn't proof that regardless of our early life circumstances, we all can achieve our dreams if we set our minds to.  #MollyHarvey #Leadership #MakeChangesNotExcuses  #SandieSedgbeer #NoBSSpiritualBookClub #Lifestyle #Spirituality #Interviews #Consciousness #PersonalGrowth --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sandie-sedgbeer/support

Air Date - 21 December 2023Molly Harvey is one of those woman about whom people say “the grass doesn't grow under her feet.” Growing up on a country estate where her family worked in Northern Ireland, Molly's thirst for reading was ignited by Lady Waterford, who would come knocking on the family's door every Christmas, carrying a brown wicker basket containing a gift of a new hardcover book. When Molly's father died, when she was just 14, her mother insisted she leave school and go to work. Molly refused and her mother cut up all of her school books. In response, Molly vowed to read one book every month for the rest of her life. And she still does.Molly went on to become a world authority leader on leadership development, the Visionary Founder of OWL (Outstanding Women Leaders), the first national woman President of the Professional Speakers Association in England, a founding member of the Transformational Leaders Council, and the author of 9 books. If that isn't proof that regardless of our early life circumstances, we all can achieve our dreams if we set our minds to.VIEW MOLLY'S 10 BEST LIST https://www.sedgbeer.com/molly-harveys-10-best-spiritual-books/.#MollyHarvey #SandieSedgbeer #NoBSSpiritualBookClub #Books #Interviews #Spirituality #Consciousness #PersonalGrowthSign up free for Sandie Sedgbeer's NO BS Spiritual Book Club Newsletter – save money, get the best spiritual book recommendations from the leading new thought speakers, authors, and teachers you trust, and never miss a live streaming episode https://forms.aweber.com/form/93/758545393.htmSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

Julia Grace talked to us last time about her journey with mental health, the work she was doing speaking into that space, and her recognition that there isn't a line separating well and unwell, but that we're all on a continuum of mental health.  It's a profound and fun kōrero and definitely worth a listen. Julia joins me on Catching Up With to talk about how the journey of speaking in the mental health space is going, her recent appointment as president of the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand, and most excitingly, her upcoming book, Be Kind to Your Mind. Order Julia's new book here, or check out her website, juliagrace.co.nz, Facebook, or Instagram.  ___ Connect with me at downtoearthconversations.com or at Facebook: facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations  Instagram: @downtoearth.conversations Email: downtoearth.conversations@gmail.com

When I saw that my friend in New Zealand, Elias Kanaris, became CEO of the Customer Contact Network New Zealand, I just knew that I had to have him on the podcast to talk about the customer experience. There are so many things about customer experience and customer service that transcend borders. We had a great conversation that has so many applications to your business, no matter whether you're a solopreneur or run a team.Listen to this new episode for insight and tips into how you can create a better customer experience, right from the first contact.About Elias KanarisElias Kanaris is a thought leader in the area of resilience, leadership and building trust. He works with CEOs and their teams, building high performing team, navigating adversity and introducing T.R.U.S.T. as a business currency. With over 25 years' experience in corporate and not-for-profit organisations, Elias has used that experience to become an expert in helping leaders lead. He has developed a blueprint to empower organisations to navigate adversity to protect their brand, retain top talent whilst growing their bottom line. Elias has spoken in 13 countries, on four continents.Elias is the CEO of the Insight and Strategy Group and has served as President of the Global Speakers Federation (2018-2019) and was the President of the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand (2015-2017). He is currently the CEO of the Customer Contact Network New Zealand and a Chair for The Executive Connection in New Zealand. Email: elias@EliasKanaris.com LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliaskanarisFB: https://www.facebook.com/Elias.KanarisIf you have any questions about anything in this, or any of my podcasts, or have a suggestion for a topic or guest, please reach out directly to me at Alan@WeddingBusinessSolutions.com or visit my website Podcast.AlanBerg.comPlease be sure to subscribe to this podcast and leave a review (thanks, it really does make a difference). If you want to get notifications of new episodes and upcoming workshops and webinars, you can sign up at www.ConnectWithAlanBerg.com Join me at an upcoming event, conference or Mastermind this November & December in Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Alabama and New Jersey. Visit podcast.AlanBerg.com for links and info.

Global Intelligence Update with Kevin Bees presenting on How Your Beliefs Are Limiting Your Profit & What To Do About It   Don't miss this impactful session!   Takeaway points: Money mindset belief causing you to miss millions in opportunity Visualisation techniques used by the world's most successful people Empowering affirmations that will quickly attract new $ to you Techniques to rewire those believe and manifest more profit with less effort and stress   For nearly two decades, Kevin Bees has been dedicated to empowering business owners and leaders to optimize profitability, regardless of prevailing market conditions. With a steadfast focus on the bottom line, Kevin has served as a senior financial executive, consistently enhancing the performance of prominent organizations such as Intel Corporation, Airbus, Qantas Business Travel, and Australia's revered brand, Hills Hoist.   In his role as a speaker, Kevin has left an indelible mark on the lives of countless individuals worldwide. He has delivered transformative insights for esteemed organizations like Tony Robbins, Industry Rockstar, Professional Speakers Association, Bizversity, and Bring Basic Bananas, among others. As a coach, Kevin has collaborated with Tony Robbins' elite clientele and senior executives from renowned companies such as Amazon, Nike, Walmart, BCG, as well as a diverse array of entrepreneurs spanning various industries.   His profound expertise lies in understanding human behavior and facilitating change, enabling him to swiftly mobilize leaders and teams for peak performance. Moreover, his background as a financial executive equips him with the acumen to translate these improvements into tangible value for businesses. ____ Get Your Free Ebook Copy Of Mike Handcock and Landi Jac's Entrepreneur X Factor: www.exfbook.com   www.worldwidebusinessintelligence.com We bring you worldwide business intelligence with heart, purpose and one goal. Your increased Prosperity, with greater Freedom and significant purpose.

Charlotte Kemp is the Futures Alchemist, a futurist keynote speaker who works with organizations to co-create preferred futures. Charlotte is the Immediate Past President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA), President-Elect of the Global Speakers Federation, and is a professional member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF). Charlotte's website: https://www.futuresalchemist.com/   SuccessGrid FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/successgridinsiders   SuccessGrid Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successgridofficial/   Show notes: https://successgrid.net/sg172/   If you love this show, please leave a review. Go to https://ratethispodcast.com/successgrid  

What differentiates good leaders from great ones? What is the mark of an authentic and influential leader?Meet Ian Hatton!Ian is a Conscious Leadership Expert, an International Keynote Speaker and Creator of Lead Like Morpheus and Morpheus Genius. He is the Owner at Totally Morpheus and helps leaders establish the culture for the impact and legacy they desire. His international audiences and clients know him best for authentic leadership with heart. Over the past 2 decades, he has trained and coached thousands of leaders from over 80 countries in effective, authentic and conscious leadership. In 2022, the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa inducted him into the Southern African Educators' Hall of Fame for this work. Driven by innovation, Ian curated a successful IT career – that saw him in a senior marketing leadership role at Microsoft South Africa. In 2002, his fascination with people and leadership led him to reinvent himself as a facilitator, speaker, and writer, resulting in grooming thousands of business leaders in over 80 countries.An expert in authentic connection, Ian's unique style assists people to understand, influence, and succeed beyond just the numbers. As the creator of Morpheus Genius and Lead Like Morpheus, Ian is a leading authority on living and influencing from your truest self. He's an influence and conscious leadership expert. Also known as Morpheus, he empowers personal mastery by tapping into authentic essence.Connect with Ian:Website: https://totallymorpheus.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianhatton/?originalSubdomain=zaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/totallymorpheus/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Ov1IJ_f78X7jIYZAO8KKQAdditional Resources:Leadership EGG (Essence Growth Gap) Quiz: https://totallymorpheus.com/egg/FREE Sign-up for the monthly Intelligence Updates: https://totallymorpheus.com/intelligence-updates/Listen to the Podcast, leave a rating and a review:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-great-leaders-inspire-and-influence-w-ian-hatton/id1614151066?i=1000623903109Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/183r4jtR1Ap0M3uoAkELG7YouTube: https://youtu.be/YmqL9vNUuIk

In this guest episode, The Occupational Philosophers chat with Dr Louise Mahler.  Dr Louise is the polymath's polymath and is recognised as a Top 30 Global Guru in both Body Language and Communication. She was an Opera singer for 10 years with the Vienna State Opera.  Louise's qualifications include B.Econ; B. Mus; Post Grad Dip Music; L.Mus.A; Master of Applied Science in Organisational Change and a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.  She has completed an award-winning PhD around the unsung wisdom of the mind-body-voice connection she named Vocal Intelligence. She is a sought-after commentator discussing leadership, body language and effective presentation on television, radio and in the media. Her recent interviews with Channel 7 where she analyses the body language of Harry and Meghan Sussex have over 2 million views. Louise's clients include Fortune 500 clients around the globe.  Louise was voted Keynotes Speaker of the Year in 2021 by the Professional Speakers Association and is the author of "Resonate: for people who need to be heard"  She is the virtuoso of the voice, the high priestess of hot air and the femme fatale of unfailing attraction.  In this episode we explore:  The importance of breathing out (not just in)  Why we all need to channel ancient Rome and have way more Grrrrrrrravitas  Why communication should not just be a linear give and receive  Why we need to stop making excuses for communication (including being left-handed)  How we need to embrace Move, Move, Move  How wit and levity are wingmen for all types of communication  Why it's important to be an active listener, not just a passive listener The importance of saying ‘yes, please!' more often More about Louise https://louisemahler.com.au/   Say Hello www.occupationalphilosophers.com Their day jobs JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/ SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg   Take the Innovation Scorecard! https://empoweringinnovation.scoreapp.com/   Take creativity & innovation to the next level Answer 25 questions and we'll send you a personalised report to benchmark the  level of creativity and innovation in your organisation It just takes a few minutes takes just a few minutes It's completely free Receive customised results instantly    

Michelle ran an award winning marketing business and all was going swimmingly, until she found herself in the 2004 Tsunami that hit the countries around the Indian Ocean. After multiple illnesses, Michelle decided to forge a new path. She outgrew the behaviour tools she knew and created her own, she now uses these diagnostic tools to help businesses understand themselves and their teams at a deeper level. She's the Membership Director for the Professional Speakers Association and incoming VP. You can find Michelle's website here You can find Michelle on LinkedIn here    

Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is on the executive boards of the Global Youth Mental Health Awareness Inc (GYMHA), Australia, and the Professional Speakers Association of India. Watch Live: Youtube - @expansionofconsciousness --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/expansionofconsciousness/support

Teatime with Miss Liz joining for his T-E-A is the one and only Ian Hatton, a.k.a. Morpheus Conscious Leadership Expert, International Keynote Speaker, and Owner of Totally Morpheus Leadership Development January 19th, 10 Am EST "Rescheduled for February 13th, 10 Am EST" LIVE SHOWS AND MULTIPLE PODCAST APPS AND PLATFORMS Bio: Ian Hatton is a conscious leadership expert, international keynote speaker and the owner of Totally Morpheus, where he offers exclusive leadership development programmes. Over the past two decades, he has trained and mentored thousands of leaders from around the world. The young leaders he has mentored as a community service have gone on to make a significant contribution to industry and society. Today, with his community of conscious leaders, Ian explores what is possible as we lead from our authentic essence, and calls out the same authenticity in others. A former president of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa Virtual Chapter, Ian has also been inducted into the Southern African Educators' Hall of Fame for his work in conscious leadership. Links: Web: totallymorpheus.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ianhatton Facebook: facebook.com/totallymorpheus Instagram: instagram.com/totallymorpheus YouTube: youtube.com/@totallymorpheus --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/misslizsteatimes/message

Born without arms, not without attitude!Nicky Abdinor is an expert on doing MORE, with less. Nicky is a registered Clinical Psychologist, international speaker, and founder of the non-profit organisation, Nicky's Drive. Nicky has a passion for challenging our perceptions of ABILITY. She is a firm believer that it's not our situation, but how we THINK about our situation, that determines our emotional well-being.  Nicky is a sought-after inspirational keynote speaker who gained international recognition following her TEDx talk, "Driving Dreams." She was awarded the 2022 “Speaker Hall of Fame” award, a great honour through the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa. Nicky has presented talks as far as Europe, the USA, Middle East and Australia - and now will be chatting to us from her office in Cape Town Some key points from our interview: ·        How unbroken means finding meaning in our perceived brokenness·        How there was no medical explanation for being born without arms and shortened legs·        How her parents always focused on what she could do and not what she couldn't which led to her never seeing her limitations·        How it was never a question of can Nicky do this? but how ·        How she focused on academics and trained as a psychologist·        How she believes her humour helps her with her positive attitude ·        How meeting a client who had lost and arm and a leg in an accident made her realise she should share her story to motivate others ·        How a woman in the UK gifted her an adapted car and she said driving gave her wings·        How she started a non profit organisation to help other people with disabilities get their car adapted to meet their needs ·        How she believes it's so important to not ignore what is wrong, but focus more on what is right Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickyabdinorspeakerTwitter: @Nicky_AbdinorLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyabdinor/Instagram: @nicky_abdinorWebsite: www.nickyabdinor.com TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJV9LG9-Vp0   Short of time but want to tune in?Watch Short Vlog Versions on our You Tube Channel HERE

Goals give us direction and purpose, helping us to work towards the things we want to achieve in life. However, it can be challenging to reach our goals, and it can be difficult to know the best way to move forward.  In this episode, I sit down with Keith Abraham to discuss strategies for achieving our goals more efficiently and effectively. He shares his biggest financial mistake and how he recovered from it. Keith Abraham is the global authority on goal achievement and the creator of the GoalDriver™ Formula. He is a goal-setting expert with over 24 years of experience and 1.6 million people in over 33 countries. The Nevin Award, the greatest honor awarded to a professional speaker, was next given to him in 2002.  He also received the Keynote Speaker of the Year award in 2012, and the Professional Speakers Association of Australia awarded him with the Educator of the Year award in 2019. From his extensive research and published best-selling books, Keith offers valuable insights and techniques for realizing our full potential and reaching our personal and professional goals.  Whether you're looking to progress in your career, improve your relationships, or simply live a more fulfilling life, this podcast has something for you.  Are you ready to move forward, move up, and beyond? Listen to this podcast!   Key Takeaways: Why do people have so much stigma about setting goals in life We learn more from the goals we don't hit than from the goals we do hit SMART Goals won't work unless you integrate emotional connection Shifting from “Am I” to “I am” thinking. Make a better future decisions from past experience How world-class speakers think and talk to people   Connect with Keith Keith's website Keith on LinkedIn Keith's Blog Keith on Instagram Keith on Facebook Keith's Youtube channel GoalDriver Access Get On More Stages Grab his amazing books at: https://keithabraham.com/author/   P.S Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you create more cash flow, more wealth and more time: 1. Get the 60-minute crash course In our FREE Facebook Community, we have an on-ramp program that will help you map out your goals, review your foundations, get some quick runs on the board and get you excited again about your life and business. If you want to learn more, visit  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewealthmentorcommunity/   2. Join our Your Lifestyle Business Implementation Program and be a Case Study I'm putting together a new business owner case study group this month... stay tuned for details. If you'd like to work with me on your scale plans... contact me on Messenger and comment the word 'Case Study' at  https://www.messenger.com/t/jackson.millan   3. Book a Breakthrough Session And if you ever want to get some 1:1 help, we can jump on the phone for a quick call, and brainstorm how to get you to remove cash flow bottlenecks and turn your business profits into personal wealth. contact me on Messenger and comment the word 'Breakthrough' at  https://www.messenger.com/t/jackson.millan

Linda Sage is a criminal psychologist, speaker, writer, and broadcaster living in Leeds, England. Linda has spent over 40 years with the most heinous criminals in the UK's recent history; serial killers, sex offenders, murderers, and psychopaths were her daily companions. She has lived and worked in many places throughout Europe, the Middle East, the USA, Canada, and Spain. Psychopaths are not all axe murderers; they are found in all walks of life. Psychopathic traits are found in many people. Corporate leadership is often a great home for them. Loving a narcissistic personality will leave you scars, but there are tells and red flags to see if you want to. Call us on - 01133 18 93 95 Send a message - info@lindasagementoring.com We're here - Successful Mindset Ltd,1A Potternewton Lane, Leeds,LS7 3LW Unmasking mental health and hidden disabilities to build a better business: Mental health and hidden disabilities are the 2nd pandemic affecting your staff and business. Most owners, directors, managers, and team leaders are not mental health specialists, and you may think you do not have the budget for a mental health specialist. It is not true; like many mental health myths, misconceptions, and mutilated truths, solution strategies can be quick, simple, and inclusive for your whole workforce. LindaSage.com Linda is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) with Toastmasters International and has been a member of the Professional Speakers Association. You can also join Linda broadcasting on Facebook Live and on ELFM radio. Business Networking show 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm (GMT) Sunday Stressbuster show 4th Sunday of the month at midday – 1 pm (GMT) Learning from Life Podcast – New every Friday – https://bit.ly/LindaSagePodcast Articles in Yorkshire Bylines online newspaper – https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/author/lindasage/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobegreat/message

In this episode, learn how to create magnetic visual story brands that engage and connect with your ideal customers. By using stories and visuals, businesses can create a more personal and engaging experience that will magnetize their ideal clients. Highly sought-after world-class brand Photographer and Videographer, Author, Speaker, and Artist – with savvy marketing nous! Zahrina Robertson is Australia's most sought-after radiant force. A multi-award-winning businesswoman who works with speakers, leaders and entrepreneurs on ideas, visual assets, and styling and develops unique brand strategies with her marketing background. Her visual storytelling outcomes are a mix of intuitive and highly creative processes that produce world-class visual assets in no time – for quality results, every time! This is Zahrina's natural MAGNETIC FORCE! ... not found elsewhere. Zahrina Robertson's clients include Richard Branson, Tony Hsieh, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tim Ferris, Dale Beaumont, Taki Moore, Jane Anderson, Christine Joy, Janine Garner, Matt Church and Simon Sinek and many others. Photographer for Global Forum featuring George Clooney. Martha Stewart, Dannii Minogue, Ita Buttrose, Carla Zampatti, and Event photographer for Emirates, Tourism Australian and Business Chicks and many international clients. Partnered with Professional Speakers Association for Australia. Connect with Zahrina: https://ZahrinaPhotography.com Insta @Zahrina_photography_video @speaker_showreels LinkedIn - Zahrina Robertson ▼ ▼ You can connect with/follow Talking with the Experts: Grab The Podcast Wizard Checklist (it's free) https://bit.ly/3djRBXz Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rosesdavidson Become a patron https://www.patreon.com/talkingwiththeexperts Leave a Google review: https://g.page/r/CaXk7K3UlEhzEBI/review Leave a review on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/talking-with-the-experts-1491692 Email: guest@talkingwiththeexperts.com Website: https://rose-davidson.com/ LinkedIn: Rose Davidson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-davidson/ Talking with the Experts: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkingwiththeexperts/ Facebook Page: [Rose Davidson] https://www.facebook.com/onlineeventmanagerandpodcasttrainer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosedavidson_speakersupport/ SoundCloud: [Follow] https://soundcloud.com/talking-with-the-experts YouTube: [Subscribe] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkM5n5QJhnNAmUiMzii73wQ #business #entrepreneur #learnpodcasting #podcastepisode #podcastguest #podcasting #podcastinterview #podcastplaylist #podcasts #podcastskills #podcastshow #rosedavidson #smallbusiness #talkingwiththeexperts #video #vodcast

Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is on the executive boards of the Global Youth Mental Health Awareness Inc (GYMHA), Australia, and the Professional Speakers Association of India.https://renewalism.com/

Charlotte Kemp is a Cape Town, South African resident with a passion for getting organizations, teams, and individuals to be more forward-thinking. Through her writing, speaking, coaching, and consulting, Charlotte has made it her mission to help people brace for and calculate the "what ifs" of the near (and distant) future. Charlotte and I had a great conversation ranging from what it means to be a futurist, to how to monetize a career for futurism, what she's the most optimistic about locally and globally, we discuss the adage "futurists have a moral obligation to be optimists" which was a phrase Charlotte heard many times while studying to become a futurist.I am going to come back and add anything I missed to this but for now....Remember Death, and that everyone you know will die, everything we know and feel attached to is fleeting and every single person on the planet is currently dying. That is the rough english translation of MEMENTO MORIBackground: Charlotte Kemp is the Futures Alchemist, a futurist keynote speaker who helps people and organizations find new ways to think about the future.Charlotte is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) as well as the President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA) and the newly appointed Vice President of the Global Speakers Federation (GSF).Charlotte is the author of a number of books, including ‘Futures Alchemist' which presents a narrative of how to use her Map, Compass and Guide model to navigate unknown futures.For research and insight, Charlotte hosts a podcast series called ‘Futures Facets' and interviews people around the world to gain an understanding of how we see the future from our different points of view.Charlotte's signature talk is “Become the Conscious Futurist your Industry Needs, Now” and explores ways to intentionally create changes that will usher in our preferred future for our own industries.She also serves on a number of association boards and steering committees and works as an Association Futurist.Charlotte lives in Cape Town, South Africa but loves to travel (Covid willing) and speak internationally.Where to find Charlotte:FacebookYouTubeLinkedInCharlotte's Website"WHAT MORE CAN I SAY..."SHOW INFO:Theme Music by Chantil Dukart - (Day to Day)START YOUR OWN PODCAST AND GET A $20 AMAZON GIFT CARDhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1903566Learn more about Nick PaulySupport the show

How COVID impacted speaking gigs, but he innovated the game plan for the Professional Speakers Association. Catch this latest episode about creative talk with our guest Tony Eades. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer and CEO of Salted Stone APAC, and is a featured expert on one of Australia’s leading business TV shows -- with 3M + weekly viewers. Tony works with growing companies to develop market leadership authority and deliver measurable ROI across the buyer’s journey. He is passionate about digital marketing and thrives on growing brands, from start-ups to corporate enterprises.Tune in and listen to how he changed his mindset from playing to win, rather than playing not to lose!Links:Tony Eades: linkedin.com/in/tonyeadesTwo Common Creatives: https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/Ideas & Stories that Matter: https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/workshopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois's purpose is to help others overcome the challenges they face in their professional and personal lives. As a motivational speaker, she uses her personal story to teach audiences techniques to become resilient and manage change. Her curiosity about the world around her has led to her facilitating on numerous diverse topics – from writing and publishing books to digital accessibility of websites and training materials for those with visual impairments. She is also an experienced speaking and writing coach who loves to see her clients achieve more than they dreamed possible. Lois is the author of 6 books, including 4 illustrated children's books, a memoir and a book written from the viewpoint of her guide dog. She has been hosting a podcast since 2018, originally focusing on travel for persons with disabilities but now focusing on more general subjects around her own brand of A Different Way of Seeing. Lois achieved a BA Honours (cum laude) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is a Distinguished Toastmaster and has a diploma in coaching. In 2015 she was awarded a Tributes Excellence award in the category of education and literature. In 2017 she was a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Citation from Toastmasters International. She is a past president of the Cape Chapter of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa, is a past District Governor of the Southern African district of Toastmasters International, and currently serves as a director on two boards. Lois lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her husband and a houseful of dogs, one of whom is her beloved guide dog, Fiji.###Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and  coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal  Meridith Grundei CoachingYou can find Joseph: Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

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Simon Zutshi is a professional property investor. He has over two decades of personal experience investing in residential property in the UK and overseasSimon started investing as a first time buyer in 1995 as a recent graduate in debt. He found a strategy to purchase his first property using none of his own money. By renting out the spare rooms, he was able to cover the mortgage payments and effectively live for free! Caught by the property bug, Simon Zutshi started to buy more property. Thus, by the age of 32, he was financially independent. All from the passive income generated from his property portfolio.Since an early age, Simon Zutshi has been interested in the art of magic. He started performing professionally at the age of 13. He then became a member of the world-famous Magic circle. This was by his early 20's. Simon has often said that investing in property draws many parallels with magic. Once you know the secret, what seemed impossible before is simple to achieve. As and in order to become truly successful, you must practice and apply your knowledge with skill.Simon now spends his time helping and educating other investors. This is by sharing his ‘hands-on experience' gained over many years as a successful investor. He is one of the few property investors in the UK who is a member of the Professional Speakers Association. As such, Simon Zutshi is regularly invited to share his residential property investing strategies at the major property exhibitions and entrepreneurial business conferences in the UK and around the world.'

Simon Zutshi is a professional property investor. He has over two decades of personal experience investing in residential property in the UK and overseasSimon started investing as a first time buyer in 1995 as a recent graduate in debt. He found a strategy to purchase his first property using none of his own money. By renting out the spare rooms, he was able to cover the mortgage payments and effectively live for free! Caught by the property bug, Simon Zutshi started to buy more property. Thus, by the age of 32, he was financially independent. All from the passive income generated from his property portfolio.Since an early age, Simon Zutshi has been interested in the art of magic. He started performing professionally at the age of 13. He then became a member of the world-famous Magic circle. This was by his early 20's. Simon has often said that investing in property draws many parallels with magic. Once you know the secret, what seemed impossible before is simple to achieve. As and in order to become truly successful, you must practice and apply your knowledge with skill.Simon now spends his time helping and educating other investors. This is by sharing his ‘hands-on experience' gained over many years as a successful investor. He is one of the few property investors in the UK who is a member of the Professional Speakers Association. As such, Simon Zutshi is regularly invited to share his residential property investing strategies at the major property exhibitions and entrepreneurial business conferences in the UK and around the world.'

Linda Sage has had an extraordinary path and she has experienced all the burnout issues that health workers experienced due to COVID. Her path to recovery has allowed her to use her knowledge and skill in psychology to create a working program for mental health management and recovery. Linda's experience working in a prison environment gave her the deep insight into difficult environments and how this affects mental health and the results of not managing it. Linda's real life experience has allowed her to mentor people and businesses in making mental health an important part in looking after their employees. Her program focuses on mental health for managers and one of the components is SAGE which includes focusing on Self, Anxiety, Goals and Engagement. Linda is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) with Toastmasters International and has been a member of the Professional Speakers Association. She has written for major news outlets including Forbes. Linda can be contacted using the following links or socials Website - https://www.lindasage.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/meetLindaSage Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-sage/ YT - https://www.youtube.com/user/MeetLindaSage

Amy Rowlinson is the host of the successful podcast called 'Focus on Why', but it wasn't the first one Amy hosted. She used to run a property podcast but then at the beginning of lockdown her business partner suggested they stop it. As it happens it was the best thing she did, because Amy had been talking a lot about purpose within business so this transition was a natural one. Amy speaks at all sorts of events on her key subject and is an active member of the Professional Speakers Association. She is also an active volunteer from the Olympic Games to cricket and has won an OSCAs award presented to her by Michael Vaughan at Lords Cricket for her services to Cricket. Her influence was also apparent with a tragic accident that affected her son, having to have emergency brain surgery within hours of playing a game of rugby. A very personal post that followed she put on LinkedIn has attracted over 150,000 views. Amy says what I have seen from that is the power of sharing a message. Listen in to this heart-warming interview. @thebcma Presented by @gordonglenister Produced by Neil Whiteside at Freedom:ONE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Risner – The Thoughtful Leader with Mindy Gibbins-Klein Episode 035 Can You Be Too Thoughtful? with Nigel Risner Nigel Risner is a motivational speaking who uses humor and real-life examples to guide professionals through adversity and change.  His memorable title of Zookeeper is part of his storytelling talent to help people in the workplace understand communication styles based on fun, animal characteristics. In his popular book, It's a Zoo Around Here, the four communication styles described as lion, elephant, monkey and dolphin show how teams can benefit from the diversity of team members. Nigel ran a successful finance company and was one of London's youngest CEOs at age 26. He's a former president of the London Chapter of Professional Speakers Association, has been named Speaker of the Year by the Academy of Chief Executives, Vistage and Footdown, and is a Companion of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management. In our conversation, we spoke about corporate leadership embracing change and opportunities, like working from home and uniting teams remotely. We also discuss: Understanding communication styles in the workplace. The meaning of trust in the workplace. Thought leaders and thought leadership. Leaders need to recognize that managers manage facilities, not people. The purpose of a “gut” diary. Here's to your Thought Leadership Journey! Connect with Nigel: Website: https://www.nigelrisner.com/ Connect with Mindy: URL: https://www.mindygk.com/ Twitter @MindyGK https://twitter.com/mindygk Facebook @mindy.gibbinsklein https://www.facebook.com/mindy.gibbinsklein LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindygibbinsklein/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is actively involved with the Professional Speakers Association of India. https://sandeepnath.com/

Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is actively involved with the Professional Speakers Association of India. https://sandeepnath.com/

This week I bring amazing news for the Speaking Industry. The market is hot, it's picked up, in fact so much so that many of my Speaker Bureau colleagues are recording booking figures higher than in 2019. WOW! After a very tough 18 months, this is just the news we have all been waiting for. The even better news is that 2022 is looking very positive too. So are you making the most of this fabulous news? Are you out there prospecting, talking to clients, talking to prospects and saying, do you need my help? Do you need my services? Because if you aren't, you're going to miss out. If you've found this audio useful you might find this week's podcast interview How to market yourself as an international speaker with Frank Furness, very helpful too - https://mfl.global/2021/10/05/frank-furness/. Frank Furness is an international specialist in sales, technology, social media and goal setting and how they work in tandem to produce great results for organisations. He is Past President of the Professional Speakers Association of Europe and past Chair of the International PEG for the National Speakers Association of USA. Many of the world's most successful speakers started out by attending his 'Speakers Bootcamp' which he runs on 5 continents. In this podcast, Frank shares marketing tips for speakers, how he established himself as an international speaker, what his speaking business consists of and the services and products he offers.

In this episode of #SpeakingBusinessPodcast, I talk to Frank Furness.  Frank is an international specialist in sales, technology, social media and goal setting and how they work in tandem to produce great results for organisations. He is Past President of the Professional Speakers Association of Europe and past Chair of the International PEG for the National Speakers Association of USA.  Many of the world's most successful speakers started out by attending his 'Speakers Bootcamp' which he runs on 5 continents. Frank shares marketing tips for speakers, how he established himself as an international speaker, what his speaking business consists of and the services and products he offers. Links: More about Frank Furness An Ebook 'Creating the Perfect YouTube Marketing Video' More about Maria Franzoni Ltd Connect with Maria on LinkedIn Connect with Maria on Facebook Listen here: Podfollow Libsyn  Itunes  Stitcher Spotify This podcast was created using Alitu.  Powerfully simple recording and editing tools for podcasters.  Record your show, edit it in minutes, and publish directly to your host.  Find out more and join here.

Alex MacPhail  talks to Verity Price, who is a former singer/songwriter who is currently a professional speaker and facilitator, speaking passionately about helping people and businesses change their thinking and write a different story. She went to the Waldorf School in Cape Town, ended up in a more formalised competitive high school, and studied psychology and anthropology. She's been in Hollywood movies, she's albums on Spotify, she does corporate training, she is a wife and a mother, and she is the world public speaking champion.Verity won the 2021 World Championship of Public Speaking, hosted by the International Toastmasters  A nonprofit educational organisation that teaches public speaking and leadership skills; it has more than 300,000 members in 149 countries. Verity Price is a member of both the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa and Toastmasters. She is not only the first South African world champion of public speaking but also the first from the continent of Africa.Please enjoy this conversation. Remember to subscribe.ALEX MACPHAILEmail: alex@alexmacphail.co.za Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMacPhail1  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexmacphail99 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyingmogul YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCztTx1LzCAnC4woeNOpU5-A Website: http://www.alexmacphail.co.za VERITY PRICETwitter: https://twitter.com/helloverity  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/verityprice Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamverity Website: http://www.tapresults.co.za/                       https://www.iamverity.com/ 

Elias Kanaris is an author, professional keynote speaker, executive coach, leadership trainer, and entrepreneur. He has been a regular keynote presenter and he has frequently spoken to audiences in the I.T., telecommunications, insurance, financial services, real estate, and education sectors across thirteen countries on four continents. Since the early 1980s, Elias has been using humour and energy to deliver great learning experiences to his audiences.Elias was the President with the Global Speakers Federation (2018-2019) and the President of the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand (2015-2017). He is also a Founding Partner of the John Maxwell Team (where he served on the President's Advisory Council).Elias was born in North Africa, was educated in the UK, and now lives in Murrays Bay in Auckland with his wife of 22 years and two of his four children.He has authored three book. His latest book, ‘Leading From The Stop: Positive influence and heartfelt resilience in times of adversity' is about the leadership lessons learned from the people of Newfoundland, Canada in the aftermath of 9/11. Elias Kanaris offers an insider's view of what happened on 9/11 when the plane he was flying on was diverted, alongside another 37 planes, to Gander International Airport due to the terrorist acts in NYC and DC. What the passengers expected was going to be a short layover, turned into five days as they were hosted by the Salvation Army in Newfoundland, Canada.To learn more about Elias and possibly purchase his new book "Leading From The Stop" visit www.eliaskanaris.comThis episode is a bonus Thursday episode in honour of the 20th anniversary of that fateful day and tribute to how compassion and kindness make a difference.New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts.You can also visit www.GaleForceWins.comTo message Gerry visit: www.linkedin.com/in/gerrycarew/To message Allan visit: www.linkedin.com/in/allanadale/

The man behind the myth of Guru Pranachandra. Since Sandeep is passionate about raising human consciousness, he coaches people on ‘Limitless Living' and believes that the world is a mere 30 habits away from Renewal, as documented in his 2nd book titled RENEWAL – Your unexpected role in saving the planet. .This book, he says, was conceived by Guru Pranachandra, who is a form of energy that channelled through Sandeep's mind and hands… as he penned the 240 pages on simple habit-switches that will raise human consciousness. Not one to be swayed by poor logic, Sandeep has experienced how ancient energy wisdom works using Inner Power. He is also a Reiki Master, Qigong Instructor, Mindfulness Coach, and Tibetan Buddhist.He lives in India in Delhi, though he is passionate about travel. He presents in English and Hindi – and since his wife is from Mexico – even in Spanish with reasonable fluency. Sandeep is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is actively involved with the Professional Speakers Association of India. Guest Website: https://achievewithenergy.com/matrix/. His link provides details on why we as a human race are sabotaging ourselves without realizing it. Also, what we can do to self-regulate - as individuals - and fulfill the most fundamental existential requirement - alignment of body, mind, and spirit.For additional information, please refer to: https://sandeepnath.com/

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Charlotte Kemp about futures literacy and developing a futures thinking mindset. See the video here: https://youtu.be/THFxoZKY3Zo.  Charlotte Kemp (https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottekemp/) is the Futures Alchemist, a futurist keynote speaker who works with organisations to co-create preferred futures. She is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) as well as the Deputy President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA).  Charlotte is also the author of a number of books, including ‘Futures Alchemist' which presents a narrative of how to use her Map, Compass and Guide model to navigate unknown futures. For research and insight, Charlotte hosts a podcast series called ‘Futures Facets' and interviews people around the world to gain an understanding of how we see the future from our different points of view.   Charlotte's signature talk is “Become the Conscious Futurist your Industry Needs, Now” and explores ways to intentionally create changes that will usher in our preferred future for our own industries.   Charlotte also serves on a number of association boards and steering committees and works as an Association Futurist.  Charlotte lives in Cape Town, South Africa but loves to travel (Covid willing) and speak internationally.   Check out Dr. Westover's new book, 'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/bluerthanindigo.  Check out Dr. Westover's book, The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/leadershipalchemy.  Check out the latest issue of the Human Capital Leadership magazine, here: https://www.innovativehumancapital.com/hci-magazine.  Ranked #6 Performance Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/performance_management_podcasts/  Ranked #6 Workplace Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/workplace_podcasts/  Ranked #7 HR Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/hr_podcasts/  Ranked #12 Talent Management Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/talent_management_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 20 Personal Development and Self-Improvement Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/  Ranked in the Top 30 Leadership Podcasts: https://blog.feedspot.com/leadership_podcasts/

Frank Furness is an international specialist in sales, technology, social media, and goal setting and how they work in tandem to produce great results for organizations. Frank is the Past President of the Professional Speakers Association of Europe and past Chair of the International PEG for the National Speakers Association of USA. Many of the world's most successful speakers started out by attending his ‘Speakers Bootcamp' which he runs on 5 continents. Questions: • How did you establish yourself in the International Market? • What does your speaking business consist of what are the services and products you offer? • How has the business changed since Covid? • You are the specialist at marketing yourself, what are some of your tactics and strategies? • Where are some of your favorite places you have presented and why? https://speakersu.com/how-to-market-yourself-as-a-professional-speakers-122  

All Episodes can be found at www.speakingpodcast.com All Social Media + Donations link https://linktr.ee/speaking Our Facebook Group can be found at www.facebook.com/speakingpodcast All my 5 Podcast can be found at https://bio.link/podcaster About my Guest: Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is actively involved with the Professional Speakers Association of India. ​ What we Discussed: - The advantages of being part of a professional speakers association - Connecting in the Virtual World - How to adjust to your audience when speaking on 4 Continents and lots of Countries - Structuring Workshops - Over coming the fear of speaking - Client acquisitions - How to leverage PR - The S.M.I.L.E. Method - His books and explaining about the Renewalism movement and more How to Contact Sandeep: RENEWAL of human consciousness https://Renewalism.com The Book https://renewalism.com/options/ https://SandeepTalks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roy-coughlan/message

Futures Literacy is a concept that UNESCO first developed, and it means using the future to innovate the present. It isn't easy to adapt, innovate, and transform yourself if you cannot anticipate future scenarios. And the discipline of anticipation is futures literacy.To discuss this further, today, we have Charlotte Kemp from Cape Town, South Africa, as a guest.In this episode, we talk about:The map, compass, and a guide model.What is future literacy?People talk (a lot) about adaptability - what's your take on it?What can individuals and businesses (small and large) do in their capacity?How to visualize your future before acting on it?What is your view on negative thinking?How can you learn more about this?Charlotte is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF). She also serves as the President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa and vice president of the Global Speakers Federation.As a professional futurist, Charlotte works with organizations to co-create their preferred futures.ABOUTICT Podcast is all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today's world. If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.WEB: https://www.anandtamboli.comLINKEDIN: https://www.anandtamboli.com/linkedinYOUTUBE: https://www.anandtamboli.com/youtubeBOOKS: https://www.anandtamboli.com/amazonSupport the show (https://www.anandtamboli.com/author?s=podcast)

Gavin Scott is a Customer Experience expert. He has been delivering inspirational and entertaining seminars and workshops since 2009. He has over 20 years' experience working in fast-paced market leading organisations, with key responsibilities ranging from managing tactical contact centre environments, to delivering forward thinking development interventions to all levels. Gavin has recently published his first book, “Finding Gold Dust” on how to create exceptional customer experiences. The book was launched in December 2020 and achieved “Number One Best Seller” status in three categories on Amazon, one of which was Customer Services. Gavin is a member of the CIPD and holds a Certificate in Training Practice as well as a degree in Business Management. He is also a member of the Professional Speakers Association and is a full member of this association. 

Are you building your future or you're blind sighted and conditioned by the rest of the world? How do you know if you're making the right choices for your future?   In this episode, Ivan Temelkov chats with special guest Charlotte Kemp. Charlotte Kemp is the Futures Alchemist, a futurist keynote speaker who works with organizations to co-create preferred futures. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) as well as the President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA).   A fresh episode of The RAS Project starts at 12:00pm CST/1:00pm EST/10:00am PST/18:00 GMT on Facebook, LinkedIn Live, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch.   Watch LIVE in audio and video at https://www.ivantemelkov.com/podcast/    It is also available in audio format on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Alexa and iHeartRadio.   Apple Podcasts - https://ivnt.io/ras-on-apple-podcasts Google Podcasts - https://ivnt.io/ras-on-google-play Spotify - https://ivnt.io/ras-on-spotify iHeartRadio - https://ivnt.io/ras-on-iheartradio YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/ivantemelkov Twitch - https://ivnt.io/twitch

Is it possible to test the emotional temperature of your virtual/workshop group?  Today's guest share her ideas, and fun ways of reinvigorating her virtual sessions. She's an absolute rockstar and I cant wait to share her facilitation story and experiences on today's episode.I met Nikki Bush when I was lucky enough to present a workshop for the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa (Jo'burg Chapter) a couple of months ago. We got along so well (thanks for the intro, Yoke!). I love Nikki's enthusiasm, resilience, presence, wisdom and her energy which you'll pick up in today's episode for sure.About today's guest: Nikki BushHuman Potential and Parenting Expert, Nikki Bush from https://nikkibush.com/   empowers individuals, families and teams in business and education to win at work, home and life. She has the knack of putting difficult, complex and sensitive topics on the table (ones we often prefer to avoid), and making them accessible, such as disruption, future-proofing, dealing with loss and adversity, team dynamics, self-leadership, parenting and more. Nikki's book on disruption, Future-proof Yourself (Penguin Random House) hits the shelves in July 2021.(Comment from Leanne - I have a version of this book and the actionable tips across all aspects of work and life are spot on!)Nikki has also has co-authored four best-selling parenting books with major publishers, including, Future-proof Your Child for the 2020s and Beyond, Tech-Savvy Parenting and Easy Answers to Awkward Questions . She has fielded almost 3 000 media interviews in the past 15 years. You may have seen or heard her on her weekly slots on Radio 702 and SABC3's Expresso among many others.Nikki always speaks with energy, passion, self-deprecating humour and a disarming honesty and vulnerability. She packs a powerful sound bite whether from the stage or the 18 different virtual conferencing platforms she has experience with. Your audience will be left with valuable insights and practical solutions to help them to win at work and life. Nikki is a founding member of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA), holds the international Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, and was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame in 2019 – the first woman in South Africa to ever receive it. She was the 2020/21 President of the Johannesburg Chapter of the PSASA.For more information and a full length bio, visit Nikki's website. In this episode you will learn how to:Use the drivers of human nature to enhance your workshop experiencesDetect the emotional temperature of your audience, even when you're in a virtual workshopBoost the interactivity with your audienceIncrease your profile, to appear in media outlets (without using a PR agency) Here are some questions I asked Nikki during the conversation:Can you tell us the story of how you got here and where you started from?You talk about getting set up for remote work, you mention that one time you're in a call, a parrot escaped and landed on your head. Talk us through that, how did you recover? Did you embrace it? What did you do next?What's your advice to our listeners to create that engagement?Resources mentioned in this episode:Visit Nikki Bush's websiteConnect witShhh... I'm releasing 5 secret podcast episodes over 5 days to help you book out your facilitation business, BUT you need to register to get access.Head on over to bookedoutfacilitator.comSupport the show (https://buymeacoffee.com/leannehughes)

Bruce Wade is a Strategy Adventurer who toils with the issues of sustainability, innovation and profitability with his global base of clients. Often described as Purposeful and Driven, he has a huge heart for the people he works with and shares a passion for the capability growth of both individuals and communities. Drawing on his superpowers gleaned from the Bat, He has created many models and frameworks that are Agile, Adaptable and laser-focused on the issues at hand. Serving as Company Director at EM Solutions and Galant Accounting and volunteer committee member at the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Professional Speakers Association, he still finds time to balance his life with model ships, ropework and agriculture projects. Connect with Bruce: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruceawade/ http://brucewade.co.za/ https://em-solutions.co.za/blog/ https://em-solutions.co.za/

What is good friends-This episode is filled with enlightening conversation. Meet my guest Sandeep joining me from India. Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is actively involved with the Professional Speakers Association of India. My link provides details on why we as a human race are sabotaging ourselves without realizing it. Also, what we can do to self-regulate - as individuals - and fulfill the most fundamental existential requirement - alignment of body, mind, and spirit.https://sandeepnath.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/renewalism/https://www.facebook.com/qigongforbeg...https://twitter.com/sandeepnath/https://www.instagram.com/gurupranach...Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men's below-the-waist grooming.  ​@MANSCAPED ​ offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at https://www.manscaped.com​​​​Support for this episode for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​Smile Brilliant​, that brings you custom-fitted teeth whitening trays and night guards for a fraction of the cost. Get 30% off at checkout Using Code: Freehttps://smilebrilliant.comAs always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below:https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​​​​Stay Healthy, Stay Ready-Deanna Marie Kuempel#ad​​​​​ #sponsor​​​--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/labelfreepodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/labelfreepodcast/support

What is good friends- This episode is filled with enlightening conversation. Meet my guest Sandeep joining me from India. Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. As a Coach, he has taken the sacred wisdom of our Inner Power to more than 46 cities spread over four continents. An international Reiki master, Business Qigong guide, Mindfulness coach, and Author of two books, Sandeep is an expert on Stress Management and applying ancient oriental wisdom to modern business challenges. He is actively involved with the Professional Speakers Association of India. My link provides details on why we as a human race are sabotaging ourselves without realizing it. Also, what we can do to self-regulate - as individuals - and fulfill the most fundamental existential requirement - alignment of body, mind, and spirit. https://sandeepnath.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/renewalism/ https://www.facebook.com/qigongforbeg... https://twitter.com/sandeepnath/ https://www.instagram.com/gurupranach... Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming. ​@MANSCAPED ​ offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at https://www.manscaped.com​​​​ Support for this episode for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​Smile Brilliant​, that brings you custom-fitted teeth whitening trays and night guards for a fraction of the cost. Get 30% off at checkout Using Code: Free https://smilebrilliant.com As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below: https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​​​​ Stay Healthy, Stay Ready- Deanna Marie Kuempel #ad​​​​​ #sponsor​​​ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/labelfreepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/labelfreepodcast/support

Charlotte Kemp is the Futures Alchemist, a futurist keynote speaker who works with organizations to co-create preferred futures. She is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, as well as the Deputy President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa. Charlotte is also the author of a number of books, including ‘Futures Alchemist’ which presents a narrative of how to use her Map, Compass, and Guide model to navigate unknown futures. In this episode, we discuss what being a “futures alchemist” actually is, and how being able to interpret signs and symbols of the future can lead to desired outcomes. We talk about how you can outperform your fear of the future by taking agency over it, and how using her “Conscious Futurist” model can help you break your cycles of failure and fear, or what Charlotte calls, the “Nostalgia Narrative”. And finally, we discuss how facing your future involves being vulnerable, learning from, and reconciling with your past. I hope you’re ready to look to the future because where we’re going, we don’t need roads! So strap in as we blast off to 88mph and dive into the future with the one and only, Charlotte Kemp! ---- Be sure to subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, and leave us a rating & review! And follow Charlotte on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fearlessu/support

On this episode I chat with Ross about data privacy and the storm in a teacup that is WhatsApp.  We also look at Telegram and Signal and discuss the implications of WhatsApp for business. Ross specialises in data protection and information security, raising awareness and educating staff on the human aspect to what can, and does, go wrong in data protection. As an international speaker, facilitator, and consultant, Ross demystifies technical, security, and legal topics to make them accessible at all levels of the organisation. He started as a paperboy in 1999, perhaps subconsciously influenced by the video game of the same title… His skill improved with practice (both at video games and real life), and his love for games saw him move into the field of IT. He then moved through a range of technical positions, with a brief dalliance in software development. Since then, Ross has spent numerous years in strategic management for a multitude of multinational software companies. Ross has a particular passion for data privacy, having been a victim of identity theft and seeing first hand the impact of data breaches on both individuals and organisations. He aims to help organisations manage their data effectively, avoiding the pitfalls they may not be aware of. His “happy place” is the intersection between business, technology, and people. He has a passion for helping companies get the best out of their business process and technology, all while improving the way that teams of people interact with these systems and each other. Ross loves simplifying the mysteries of technology and enabling people across the business spectrum, be it via speaking, training, or consulting. Ross holds a Masters Degree in the Management of Technology and Innovation, is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and is an EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH). He is a past National President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa (PSASA), and is a Professional Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

"Born on the East Rand township of Tembisa , Mother was a Domestic Worker , Father a Driver ... we never slept hungry , no iPads , Netflix , WiFi , Apple etc ... however in the past 20 years I've travelled to over 59 countries ... Inspiring Individuals , Athletes , CEO's , Fortune 500 Companies , Heads of States etc ... am not special , I just had a DREAM .. . Never stopped being hungry learned from multitude of Mentors and Coaches... the DREAM and hunger is still in my soul ... I focus on Personal Development and not entertainment ... You have more access than most of us had ... make the right DECISIONS, FOCUS , chose your immediate CIRCLE  and you will IMPACT the World .. remain GRATEFUL And HUMBLE ..."Billy Selekane Billy Selekane is an  Internationally Acclaimed Inspirational Speaker , Organization Culture Expert , working with successful CEO'S , MD's , HR Executives is assisting them to build high performance cultures .He assists CEO's to articulate their messages and re-connect with their people for maximum impact and profitability.He professionally trains Entrepreneurs , Leaders and upcoming Generations on how to Master their Lives and Businesses and build a profound legacy.Billy Selekane is a  CSP (Certified Speaking Professional ) , Inducted into the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa Hall of Fame , Recipient of on an EXPY ( equivalent to an Oscar in the Speaking Industry ).

Norma T. Hollis (USA)is an Executive Coach and International Speaker with a demonstrated history of helping people and making a difference in the world. She’s an international authority on authenticity and self-awareness, and a change agent who serves as a catalyst for transformational growth in individuals and organizations.  Norma has written multiple books including “The Process to Become a Professional Speaker”, “Blueprint for Engagement: Authentic Leadership” and “Ten Steps to Authenticity”.  She was the first black woman to own a speaker bureau for black speakers and now helps others learn the process through her R.A.P.I.D.S. Speaking System certification programmes.  People have been using her authenticity processes for over 30 years and she has taught these programmes around the United States, in China, and the Caribbean. In 2014 Norma was identified as one of the Top 100 Professionals in the Health Promotion Industry, and was awarded the Collaborator of the Year award from the Professional Speakers Association.  With a first degree in Child and Family Life Sciences giving her a chance to understand human nature, her signature accomplishment is the “Authenticity Grid”, a graphic representation of the nine dimensions of authenticity and the “Authenticity Assessment”, a self-assessment that provides an overview of an individual’s perceived level of authenticity and self-awareness. Overview of Norma's work  The Authenticity Assessment   Ten Steps to Authenticity Free Online Masterclass - Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST ---------- Make Monday Mine is hosted by Deborah Claire Procter and produced by Clear Insight Productions This is about conversations so we’d love to hear your thoughts and take-aways.  Email your questions and comments to: comments@makemondaymine.com If you enjoyed this episode then it would be wonderful if you can head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! ----------  

Billy Selekane is an  Internationally Acclaimed Inspirational Speaker , Organization Culture Expert , working with successful CEO'S , MD's , HR Executives is assisting them to build high performance cultures .He assists CEO's to articulate their messages and re-connect with their people for maximum impact and profitability.He professionally trains Entrepreneurs , Leaders and upcoming Generations on how to Master their Lives and Businesses and build a profound legacy.Billy Selekane is a  CSP (Certified Speaking Professional ) , Inducted into the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa Hall of Fame , Recipient of on an EXPY ( equivalent to an Oscar in the Speaking Industry ).

If there is one thing you wish society would talk more about, what would it be? “A topic that isn’t talked about nearly enough is Identity: or more specifically, shifting identity states. It plays a massive part of our lives and governs so much of our behaviour, yet we know SFA about it.” ___ A behavioural scientist, Darren Hill knows first hand what’s required to build high performance cultures. Along with a client book of Fortune 500 and ASX 200 companies, Darren’s the co-founder of Australia’s premier Behaviour and Motivation Strategy company, Pragmatic Thinking — a company that has made the Australian Financial Review's Fast 100 list the last 3 years running. Darren's a best-selling Author, published in multiple languages and is a regular in mainstream media, such as Sky Business News and Channel 9 and the Australian Fin Review. In 2018 Daz was awarded the Australian Educator of the Year award by the Professional Speakers Association, a remarkable feat given the only person who can read his writing on a whiteboard is his Executive Assistant. Daz & I have known each other for a number of years and you couldn’t find a more down to earth, quintessential aussie bloke who cuts through the crap & always gets you thinking. Connect and find out more about Darren here;- Instagram: www.instagram.com/pragmaticthinking Facebook: www.facebook.com/pragmaticthinking Website: www.darrenhill.com.au LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fromdarrenhill And for more information about the Wabi Sabi Series, please find us here:- https://wabisabiseries.com/ Instagram @thewabisabiseries Facebook @thewabisabiseries If you have a burning topic you’d love society to talk more about, or know someone who’d be great to come on our podcast, drop us a line at hello@wabisabiseries.com

Allan Kleynhans has been a mentor of mine for over 5 years. He is truly an incredibly wise man with so much knowledge given his 3 decades in the personal development industry. In this episode we look into self sabotage, purpose and how to truly be authentic in life. If you're feeling lost and not sure where to turn, this one is for you! Allan Kleynhans is an outstanding International Speaker and high-end Performance Coach. With a vast amount of experience accumulated over three decades, he is highly skilled as a Training Facilitator. He is one of the founding members of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa in 2004 and now regularly facilitates in a leadership capacity as one of Tony Robbins’ Elite Trainers at his international events. Allan speaks all over Europe regularly delivering workshops and trainings with a mission to serve and a goal to add value in any way he can.

If we plan for our families or for our businesses then we are natural futurists. We don’t often think about what it means to be a futurist, but there are skills and models we can develop and use, to be more effective, to avoid potential disasters and to take advantage of even unexpected opportunities. Being a conscious futurist means intentionally moving up a spiral of awareness from merely surviving to becoming responsible, invested and then conscious about the future we create for those we care about. Charlotte Kemp is the Futures Alchemist and will show you how to think about the future, discover tools and direction and to continue your investment in your family business in a way that will be more sustainable and have a more positive influence over the years. Charlotte Kemp is a futurist, professional speaker, author and podcaster and the Deputy President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa. Her parents were born in Zimbabwe and she has happy memories of her early childhood there with parents, grandparents and cousins nearby. In this session, you will be provided with a model for thinking about the future as well as a one-page visioning exercise to use to start your futures thinking.

All rise for episode seventy-one of The Presentation Boss Podcast. Today on the show we have fellow Brisbane-boy Lindsay Adams. And if you're wanting to hear from someone who has been there, done that and got the T-shirt when it comes to speaking, then listen in close today!Kate and Thomas first met Lindsay almost by chance at a Professional Speakers Association meeting, and soon after learned the magnitude of his accomplishment. Also, plenty of previous guests have made sure we never forget about him!Chatting to him was relaxed, authentic and full of lessons, stories and great tips (Thomas has already implemented some since the recording). A man who worked in the public sector, started his own business and has since become a global speaker on relationships in business. We know you'll pick up plenty to make this listen very worthwhile.About Our GuestLindsay Adams is a practiced speaking professional, seminar facilitator and relationship marketing specialist. With over 20 years relationship marketing experience, Lindsay's focus is on building effective relationships and generating more sales in less time by doing business by relationship.Lindsay is able to identify what stimulates staff. In his presentations he coaches his audience to help them achieve peak performance. Lindsay offers solutions to help increase sales and maximise an organisation's ‘Relationship Building Power'.His customised keynote presentations and workshops are tailored to meet specific organisational needs and provide educational information in an entertaining way. He provides the tools to assist you to retain, re-train and relate to staff, and focus on teamwork and achievement.Lindsay was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the January 2020 Australia Day Honours for his service to the professional speaking industry. He was the 2009-2010 President of the Global Speakers Federation and is a Past National President of the Professional Speakers Australia (PSA).He holds the first ever Global Speaking Fellow designation. The Global Speaking Fellow is awarded by the Global Speakers Federation and the only internationally recognised designation for professional speakers.What You'll Learn• How Lindsay's work uses a spin on the traditional DiSC to help create relationships• The history and transferable lessons that lead Lindsay from public servant to serving his industry• Why and how we should be investing in relationships in these slow economic times• A handful of actionable tips and steps to help you get ahead in communication and conversations• Exactly how much effort you should put into your professional relationships• Is constant contact annoying, being a pest or actually ok?• What the benefits are to looking at a professional speaking organisation such as the PSA or Toastmasters• How serving and being a leader can pay itself back to you tenfoldMentioned In The Show• Lindsay Adams' Website• Lindsay is the CEO of Integrus Australia• Free Colour Assessment Tool• The Professional Speakers Association• Toastmasters International• Lindsay recommended 18 Minutes by Peter Bregman• The book he couldn't think of was Building a Story Brand by Donald MillerResources and Links • Email us: podcast@presentationboss.com.au• The Presentation Boss Podcast: https://presentationboss.com.au/podcast/• Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-norris/• Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-krafft/• Presentation Boss on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/presentationboss/• Presentation Boss on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/presentation-boss

Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen on iTunes here. Listen on Spotify here. Do you use your intuition in leadership? Would you like to develop your inner knowing to a greater level? How about a 30-second hack to change your brain waves into a meditative state? Speaker, author, and advisor Scott Stein shares his insights and practical tips on these, delegation, strategic planning, and the core of what we leaders need to do in current times of tension. Native American ancient wisdom: using the Fox Walk to change brain waves for movement meditation Compression planning and how it saves tons of time and avoids ‘talk fest' in strategic planning The four levels of delegating and mistakes to avoid #boundlessleadership *** SHOWNOTES: About Scott: Speaker Scott has worked with thousands of leaders around the world helping them to become better leaders by fast-tracking their thinking and their approach with people. Scott is a highly sought after international speaker and mentor who has worked with a range of global and Australian businesses. He has a Master's Degree in Communications and taught Communication and Public Speaking at Central Michigan University. In addition, Scott received the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from Professional Speakers Association, which recognises him as one of the top speakers across the globe. Author Scott is the author of four books, his most recent titled: ‘Leadership Hacks' that aims to equip leaders with effective and fast track strategies to boost impact and results as a leader. In ‘Leadership Hacks' Scott identifies possible distractions that could be slowing leaders down and provides an expansive toolkit to help in streamlining delegation skills, fast-tracking productivity and re-routing meetings so that leaders come away with more productive outcomes. So, if you are a CEO, aspiring CEO or just somebody who would like to improve their leadership skills and effectiveness, you should be adding Scott's new book Leadership Hacks to your bookshelf. Advisor Scott also advises individuals and organisations pulling from his Native American heritage and wilderness survival training. Scott's desire to help others is inherent. As one of the founding board members for the charity Hands Across the Water, assisting children who lost their families in the 2004 tsunami, it is within his nature to support and encourage those who need guidance in finding their path. Scott also guides a number of Senior Leaders and Business owners whom he mentors on a regular basis. Despite championing the business world, Scott's ego is well and truly on the ground next to him. Humility and approachability are perhaps two of his most defining characteristics, enabling him to be so successful in what he does. Congruently, his experience as a practical expert on leadership and influence has helped many of the world's best-known brands and government agencies to clear the way to improve communication, connection and results. www.scottstein.com *** Related Episodes: E101 - The curious, non-intuitive way to change culture E98 - Manager to leader - a shortcut with these great questions E97 - Habits and Meetings, plus book review of The 25 Minute Meeting with Donna McGeorge *** About your podcast host, Zoë Routh: Zoë Routh is one of Australia's leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical. Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards. Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast. www.zoerouth.com

In Episode 83, I converse with Graham Dobbin, the founder of Asentiv New York. Graham Dobbin is an experienced trainer, business coach, consultant and public speaker. An active member of the Professional Speakers Association, Graham has delivered keynote addresses to audiences as diverse as WeWork, Bangor University, and the Football League.We talk about people engagement, authenticity, assessments, rapport, networking, ways to stay productive during COVID-19, Asentiv NY's events and services and much more.

My guest this week is a cognitive neuroscientist, specialising in the unconscious processing of emotion and behavioural change.  She is also an experienced entrepreneur having owned 3 businesses.    She works with senior leaders and their teams helping them to better understand the science of change and development and harness this power through heightened awareness of how their brain works.  She is founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme designed to help professional people use applied neuroscience in their work.    Like her, her work is always informative, fun and extremely practical.  Please welcome my guest this week Dr. Lynda Shaw   Bio Dr Lynda Shaw is a cognitive neuroscientist who holds a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience, specialising in unconscious processing of emotion and behavioural change. She is a registered chartered psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, a Fellow of the Professional Speakers Association, holder of the prestigious Professional Speaker Association award for Excellence, a Forbes contributor as well as an entrepreneur and author of adult and children’s books. She is founder of the Neuroscience Professional Development Programme designed to help professional people use applied neuroscience in their work. Lynda works with senior leaders and their teams who want to better understand the science of change and development and harness this power through heightened awareness of how their brain works, limiting beliefs and how to take charge of one’s behaviour for the better in this fast changing world.  Lynda’s work is always informative, fun and extremely practical. Recorded on: 18th May 2020 Links: More about Lynda Shaw More about Maria Franzoni Ltd Connect with Maria on Linkedin Connect with Maria on FaceBook To book any of the speakers featured on the Speaking Business podcast, click here  Listen here: Libsyn  Itunes  Soundcloud Stitcher Spotify  

Douglas Kruger is a multiple award-winning international speaker and business author. In 2016, in honour and excellence in his craft, Douglas was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame by his chapter of the Professional Speakers Association. The enigmatic Douglas Kruger is an inspiring voice who uniquely dismantles the self-imposed rules that can hamstring aspiring companies. Douglas is a thought leader who has helped many successful, blue chip companies and individualswith how to develop their talent whilst guiding them away from cultural norms that can kill innovation. Steve Stavs chose to interview Douglas in order for the Made To Thrive community to optimise performance and innovation over this very uncertain time.In this episode, we explore:How to use marketing tools to diversify your income streamHow Douglas wrote his latest book ‘Virus proof your small business' in just 1 week!Why personality is so important in becoming an expertDouglas's purpose and how it's made him successfulA new look at basic freedom- how removing burdensome regulation can create agility, creativity and resultant capital for things that really matterWhy profitability over costs is an economic imperativeIs leadership defined at birth?Why pixels can't make up for hugsDouglas's top 3 tips on how to move from amateur to expertJoin our community:Facebook MadeToThriveZA; SteveStavsZAInstagram SteveStavsZA; Twitter @Steve_StavsMENTIONSContact: Douglas KrugerDouglasKruger.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/DouglasKruger1BOOKSBen Shapiro quote and book: Facts Don't Care about Feelingshttps://www.amazon.com/Facts-Dont-Care-About-Feelings-ebook/dp/B07XJ75GKP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RBHM9H3E3374&dchild=1&keywords=ben+shapiro+facts+dont+care+about+your+feelings+book&qid=1588684642&sprefix=ben+shapiro+facts+%2Caps%2C359&sr=8-1 The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterlyhttps://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Experts-Economists-Dictators-Forgotten/dp/0465031250/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1588684733&sr=8-1 Is your thinking keeping your poor? 50 ways the rich think differently by Douglas Krugerhttps://www.douglaskruger.com/books.html Virus proof your small business, Douglas Krugerhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/virus-proof-your-small-business-50-ways-survive-covid-19-crisis/9781776095728 Poverty proof: 50 ways to train your brain for wealth, Douglas Kruger https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/poverty-proof-50-ways-train-your-brain-wealth/9781776094516VIDEOSFrom Amateur to expert daily: Douglas Kruger

After watching friends succumb to poor health and cut down in the prime of their life. Dave Skattum knew he had to make some major changes in his life to see his dreams come true. After 10 years of grueling work, not only did he make some miraculous transformations, he also found his passion in life; To Help Men Take Steps Towards Good Health.This show promises to be a place that will encourage you to take steps towards good health. We do three things; 1. Provide cutting edge teaching on men’s health topics, 2. Interviews with men who have done it and 3. Interviews with major influencers and pros in the men’s health arena. All focused around helping men move closer to good health. How Douglas went from skinny and scrawny to muscular and healthyBuilding a strong foundation for health by doing 2 things:1. Finding an activity, you love2. Making a small compliment and lowering the barThe importance of sleep for good healthHis new book Virus Proof Your Business1. How he wrote it in 7 days2. 50 tips on keeping your business going in hard times3. How to use a Point, a Story and an Application to get your point across About Douglas KrugerWhen you insist on ‘owning’ your industry, there is no alternative: International speaker and business author Douglas Kruger CSP helps you to build your brand, to out-pace your competitors through innovation, and to position yourself as an industry leader.Douglas is the author of 6 business books, including the highly acclaimed ‘Own Your Industry – How to Position Yourself as an Expert,’ with Penguin Random House. A multiple award-winning speaker, his clients include senior management at companies like MultiChoice, BMW, Liberty and HP. In 2015, Liberty and MultiChoice booked him for their multi-city roadshows. Douglas’s results were so exceptional that in 2016, both organizations insisted on using him again.In 2016, in honor of excellence in his craft, Douglas was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame by his chapter of the Professional Speakers Association. In 2018, he was granted the acclaimed ‘Certified Speaking Professional’ designation by the National Speakers Association in America, the highest earned award granted by this international body, and held by only 12 per cent of speakers globally.What does he do differently? Douglas dismantles the self-imposed rules that can hamstring aspiring companies and shows you how to develop talent. He guides you away from the cultural norms that can kill innovation, and he is a committed crusader against victimhood-mentality.Douglas’s thought-leadership ideas have been featured repeatedly on CNBC Africa and he has been published in Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines. His newest book, ‘They’re Your Rules – Break Them!’ looks at how behemoth organizations can become more agile.When you need industry-leading ideas, backed by research and packaged with humor and charm, call on leading professional speaker Douglas Kruger CSP. His aim is to bring life to your event and prosperity to your brand. Find Douglas at www.douglaskruger.com, or his YouTube channel titled From Amateur to Expert. About Dave Skattum:Dave Skattum is a family man, a health guru and an inspirational speaker. In his late 40s, some life-changing experiences created a starting gate for him to make drastic changes to improve his health. Since then he has taken off 70 pounds, participates in Triathlons and Ultra Trail running, and has weaned himself off junk food. He enjoys nutritious foods, has become accurate in his thinking, and has taken his spiritual life to a new level.When speaking to an audience about his experience in getting healthy, he brings excitement and hope. Dave is a Certified Nutritarian, a CPT, distinguished Toastmaster and a Certified Instructor with the Napoleon Hill Foundation. To get in touch with Dave, join the online forum and to order his book visit http://www.the4pillarsofmenshealth.com The 4 Pillars of Men’s Healthhttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/the-4-pillars-of-mens-health/

After watching friends succumb to poor health and cut down in the prime of their life. Dave Skattum knew he had to make some major changes in his life to see his dreams come true. After 10 years of grueling work, not only did he make some miraculous transformations, he also found his passion in life; To Help Men Take Steps Towards Good Health.This show promises to be a place that will encourage you to take steps towards good health. We do three things; 1. Provide cutting edge teaching on men’s health topics, 2. Interviews with men who have done it and 3. Interviews with major influencers and pros in the men’s health arena. All focused around helping men move closer to good health. How Douglas went from skinny and scrawny to muscular and healthyBuilding a strong foundation for health by doing 2 things:1. Finding an activity, you love2. Making a small compliment and lowering the barThe importance of sleep for good healthHis new book Virus Proof Your Business1. How he wrote it in 7 days2. 50 tips on keeping your business going in hard times3. How to use a Point, a Story and an Application to get your point across About Douglas KrugerWhen you insist on ‘owning’ your industry, there is no alternative: International speaker and business author Douglas Kruger CSP helps you to build your brand, to out-pace your competitors through innovation, and to position yourself as an industry leader.Douglas is the author of 6 business books, including the highly acclaimed ‘Own Your Industry – How to Position Yourself as an Expert,’ with Penguin Random House. A multiple award-winning speaker, his clients include senior management at companies like MultiChoice, BMW, Liberty and HP. In 2015, Liberty and MultiChoice booked him for their multi-city roadshows. Douglas’s results were so exceptional that in 2016, both organizations insisted on using him again.In 2016, in honor of excellence in his craft, Douglas was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame by his chapter of the Professional Speakers Association. In 2018, he was granted the acclaimed ‘Certified Speaking Professional’ designation by the National Speakers Association in America, the highest earned award granted by this international body, and held by only 12 per cent of speakers globally.What does he do differently? Douglas dismantles the self-imposed rules that can hamstring aspiring companies and shows you how to develop talent. He guides you away from the cultural norms that can kill innovation, and he is a committed crusader against victimhood-mentality.Douglas’s thought-leadership ideas have been featured repeatedly on CNBC Africa and he has been published in Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines. His newest book, ‘They’re Your Rules – Break Them!’ looks at how behemoth organizations can become more agile.When you need industry-leading ideas, backed by research and packaged with humor and charm, call on leading professional speaker Douglas Kruger CSP. His aim is to bring life to your event and prosperity to your brand. Find Douglas at www.douglaskruger.com, or his YouTube channel titled From Amateur to Expert. About Dave Skattum:Dave Skattum is a family man, a health guru and an inspirational speaker. In his late 40s, some life-changing experiences created a starting gate for him to make drastic changes to improve his health. Since then he has taken off 70 pounds, participates in Triathlons and Ultra Trail running, and has weaned himself off junk food. He enjoys nutritious foods, has become accurate in his thinking, and has taken his spiritual life to a new level.When speaking to an audience about his experience in getting healthy, he brings excitement and hope. Dave is a Certified Nutritarian, a CPT, distinguished Toastmaster and a Certified Instructor with the Napoleon Hill Foundation. To get in touch with Dave, join the online forum and to order his book visit http://www.the4pillarsofmenshealth.com The 4 Pillars of Men’s Healthhttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/the-4-pillars-of-mens-health/

The solution to developing world-class thinking around sales, marketing and business growth is focusing on your ABCs. In this episode Phil interviews world-class communications trainer, Andy Bounds. Awarded the title Britain’s Sales Trainer of the Year, and described by AstraZeneca’s Global Communication Director as “a genius, whose advice can’t be ignored”, Andy’s insights stem from the fact his Mother is blind. This has given him a lifetime’s experience of communicating from someone else’s point of view… so critical when seeking to persuade others. Andy’s three books are all international best-sellers. In fact, one was only kept off Amazon's #1 spot by Harry Potter. He has spoken in 35+ countries, to audiences of all sizes. He has delivered keynotes at the Professional Speakers Association conference, as well as for blue-chip companies, Governments, professional bodies and business experts. If you enjoyed the podcast then please spread the word by leaving a review on iTunes! Comments and feedback are very welcome via Phil's LinkedIn or Twitter pages.

Thom Singer invites Jenny de St Georges to episode 529 of "Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do" to talk about building a business.  Jenny has an impacting story of how she started her speaking business talking specifically to dentists.  Her success over the decades has been unparalleled in the world of speaking and training.  She gives advice that come from doing.  She has lived the entrepreneur life. She wants people to have faith in themselves but to not get paralyzed by being a perfectionist. Perfection can sabotage growth. Jenny has been a perfectionist, but has learned that sometimes you have to just ship the product or you will never be done.    Jenny de St Georges has a special service helping entrepreneurs think out of the box and find ways to be more creative with title and naming. Too often people are too blah in their titles and creative descriptions.  She thinks people need to use their brains more than just relying on tech tools.    "Common sense and logic never go out of style", says Jenny.  It is so evident in today's business world that common sense is not as common as we think. People shy away from having an opinion.  Even business coaches do not push people, but she does.     About Jenny de St Georges     Jennifer de St Georges delivers her content driven, solution based Program designed for both professional and emerging speakers in her trademark fast paced and humorous style. Her common sense & logical approach to sharing over four decades of speaking career has won her a loyal global following.   Like many of us, Jenny started her speaking company out of her house. Incensed re the poor quality of seminar she attended in her field of expertise (dental practice management) she requested a full refund.  Her professional speaking career started 16 weeks later!   Jenny created a dental practice management program and for the next ten years ran her own public full day seminars across the county.  In time,  she grew JdSG International Inc. to 7 full time corporate staff and a team of 8 consultants and a teaching facility. She became a ‘big fish’ in the small pond of dentistry! Some years later, Jenny sold her dental speaking & product company to a global dental corporation.    A member of NSA since the mid ‘80’s she is an active member of the Northern California (NC) Chapter, where she has served on the Board, been awarded Member of the Year and actively involved in the Speaker Academy since its inception. Jenny has presented at several NSA annual conventions and various State Chapters. Globally, she is very active in the Professional Speakers Association of UK (PSA/UK) and is an honorary Fellow of the association.  Jenny has also presented for the   speaking associations Eire, UK, France & Germany   Between her two speaking markets of dentistry and the National Speakers Association, Jenny has presented over 1,000  programs on five continents.  She has over 350 published dental business articles. For most of her speaking career, her dental product line outpaced her dental speaking income.   https://thomsinger.com/podcast/jenny-de-st-georges 

Hey there podcast family, welcome to episode 48 of the Small Business Made Simple Podcast. Thank you for lending me your ears today – I know you have lots of choices, so I sincerely appreciate me being one of them! If you’re a first time listener, super super welcome, I am so pleased to have you here.  I am your host Jenn Donovan, and, as you’ll learn along the way, I pretty much live, breathe, dream marketing and social media!  I’m all about marketing your life, your business and your marketing simpler.  Because business isn’t always easy, but it should be simple or at least simpler. One way I help to make your life simpler is by having a group of like-minded business owners all in one stop.  To ask questions, get answers and enjoy the journey of business! If you haven’t joined the Like Minded Business Owners Facebook Group, then hope over there after this episode and join!  Simply search Like Minded Business Owners in Facebook or come to the show notes for the like.  Show notes are at www.socialmediaandmarketing.com.au/podcast www.facebook.com/groups/LikeMindedBusinessOwners Today I wanted to share with you something that just might give you a nudge.  The nudge is for you, although as I am recording this podcast, it seems like the podcast is all about me! But it’s really not, yes these are my stories but the message is 100% for YOU my gorgeous listener. But before I get into all that, let’s do the discovery of the week. THIS WEEK’S DISCOVERY! This week’s discovery is an app that will add captions to your videos.  It’s called Mix Captions.  If you’re a avid listener of the podcast – you’ll know that I have often talk about and use Clips – an app that does captions on videos as you speak. But the difference with this app – Mix Captions - is that you can upload a video you’ve already recorded and add captions to it! How sensational is that?? So, I can use my favourite app for recording video – which is Snow – one of my discoveries of the week in episode 19 and now upload it in Mix Captions and have it captioned. For me this is a game changer! We all know we should have captions on our videos for social media, more than 65% of people watch videos without sound, so this app is solving that problem. It’s available in your app store – search   As always, just a little disclaimer, my discoveries are just that and I am in no way affiliated with any of them but promise to tell you if I ever am.  I just love them and from the response of my listeners, you guys, you are loving them too! Hey and if you have a little discovery, or something you use in your business that you’d like to share, please do so.  Email me at jenn@jenndonovan.com.au or tag me @smallbusinessmadesimple.  I really love to know what tools you use to help make your life simpler! THE YEAR OF SAYING YES I have to say, straight up, this episode is putting me out of my comfort zone.  I am always ALL about my listeners, my customers, YOU – so talking about me, is giving that rolling tummy feeling. But I wanted to share and hopefully even inspire you to think about what you’d like to achieve in 2020 and how, just maybe, having a year of “saying yes” just might get you there (wherever it is that you want to go). BUT what this story isn’t about is being busy.  I’m not telling you my story about “saying yes” to every opportunity to encourage you to book up your calendar with “stuff”. It’s about saying yes to opportunities that align with your values or your business values, with your hopes and dreams, but may have always been outside your comfort zone and therefore you wouldn’t normally say yes to. So, again, this isn’t about being busy being busy, it’s still about alignment and strategy, it’s more about comfort zones. Ok, so the story starts about 3 years ago, on News Years Eve. I’m at my besties house, it’s very late (way past my bed time) and my bestie and I are laying watching the stars.  We’ve consumed a bit of wine, ok a lot, and we are starting to get, well, DEEP! For me, the coming year was either going to be EPIC or horrid.  My choice right? About a week ago I’d listed my retail business for sale and we already had a purchaser.  I know right, insane.  I was selling my baby.  Something I’d built up, nurtured, poured my heart, soul, and salty tears into and now it was going to be someone else’s baby. So, my bestie turns to me, keeping this in mind, and also keeping in mind that we were pretty cloud 9-y by now, and says “Jenn what are you going to do this year with no shop”?  I said, “I don’t know, I really don’t know, but I’m not going to say no to opportunities” Bestie said “No, ok, me either” And so become to drank pack of having the year of not saying no. Just an edit here – why not the year of saying yes you might be asking – wine.  Wine is the answer to that question. So here I am, basically unemployed because I sold my business, feeling just a wee bit lost but determined to make this work – I just didn’t know what “this” was. Sometimes we don’t have to have it all worked out – we just need to trust the journey. Here’s what the year of not saying no gave me or did to me! Firstly, not business wise, but that very bestie used this “not saying no” against me and signed us up to do a 20 mile race (32 kms) from one side of King Island to the next.   I DON’T RUN!   It took me almost 5 hours, it was emotionally draining.  The footage of me crossing that finish line will never see the light of day.  Oh the crying, not just normal crying, ugly face crying – everything hurt.   But the lessons I learnt about myself and business from that day make a fabulous Keynote presentation.   I would never had said yes to anything like this… EVER.   I landed my dream role in a business. I’d always had a mentor, a marketing mentor, in my business so it was like Christmas when my mentor rang and said “hey, want to come work with me – you’d make an amazing business coach”.               Umm, heck yeah – I’m in.               Although, there was bumps and some which couldn’t be overcome in this partnership, those 2              years, 110% changed me and gave me the confidence to do what I’m doing now and freaking loving              it.               I am beyond incredibly thankful for that time.               Again, I would never have said yes to an opportunity like that if I had time to think about it – but    there was no time to think about it – the answer simply was yes, because it was the year of not       saying no. I got my first ever paid speaking gig.   You may not think that’s big, but for me that was HUGE!  Only 12 months beforehand I was a steer in headlights when it came to public speaking.   I never thought, NEVER, that I would have a business that involved speaking to audiences.   And although before that very first speaking gig, I was in the toilets bringing up lunch, because I was so enormously nervous – there was no choice – the answer was yes.   Sometimes I think I need a new bestie, because that year she also made me do a half marathon ☹ - she really took advantage of me …   I started networking. Again, a deer in the headlights when it came to networking – so very far outside my comfort zone back then.  Something I’d never done before.   I was asked to attend the Professional Speakers Association night, which made my tummy roll, but I said yes.  I wasn’t networking with my own kind here, I was seriously upleveling my networking.    But there was no choice.  I had to say yes.    At the night, I found some other newbies attending and they made wine – so I was set – they talked wine – I tasted wine – it was perfect! I could go on and on about all the different parts of my journey to here, today, that were brought on by the “year of not saying no”.  But I’m hoping that just those few above might just inspire you. So, when you sit down and think what’s my new years resolution going to be this year, make it that you’ll have a year of saying yes (or not saying no!) and see where the yes take you. Commit to it.  It’s the only way.  When someone asks you to do something – don’t hesitate, say yes. Of course, I mean in reason, it’s got to be safe of course. But I’ve found in my life and many of those around me, that fear takes over and they say no to opportunities because saying yes is too scary. Embrace the scary. Be bold Have the year of not saying no – I promise you it will be the best year of your life. Oh, but word of warning, watch who you tell about this little “saying yes” thing, because people will take advantage of you – umm 32 kms – say no more. I didn’t really tell anyone.  Not until the year was almost done and people would say to me, wow you’ve had an amazing year haven’t you and I would say, yep, it’s because I said yes. Who’s in?  You in? Send me a message or email or head into the Facebook Book, Like Minded Business owners and commit to everyone in there that you’ll make 2020 the year of not saying no!  Or the year of saying yes! If you’re not a member of Like Minded Business Owners, simply head to Facebook, type in Like Minded Business Owners and join up.  Otherwise, there’s a link in the new notes at www.socialmediaandmarketing.com.au/podcast www.facebook.com/groups/LikeMindedBusinessOwners I’ll be back next Thursday with some more marketing know-how and another discovery of course.  If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode and share this with a friend.  And maybe leave me a rating and a review wherever you listen in.  Those things are like gold for podcasters like me!  PS – you can leave more than one rating and review – just saying! But that is all for Episode 48. I’d love to connect with you all on social – so let’s get social on social – I’m on all the platforms, so let’s do that! …….. and remember small business peeps, as my opening song says, there’s no point in dreaming small!      

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In today's episode of The Speakers Life I talk with Pravin Shekar, Using Virtual Summits To Get More Speaking Gigs. Please SUBSCRIBE ►http://bit.ly/JTme-ytsub ♥️ Your Support Appreciated! If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on YouTube, iTunes or Stitcher and write a brief review. That would really help get the word out and raise the visibility of the Creative Life show. 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Pravin is a startup specialist and parallel entrepreneur and speaker on agile entrepreneurship, guerrilla marketing, and business networking. He has KREA, which is India's leading Healthcare Research panel, and is an angel and social invested in entities like INS eight, which is agile research, candy, which is a BPO. By and for the physically challenged, and KSE, which is a fresh cheese making entity and what I'm going to learn about this, he's the recipient of the emerging leader in market research, the 440 Award from the American Marketing Association, and as president of the Market Research Society of India, and a trustee of the Japan stem cell research center. He described speaking as his alternative career, but one has taken him so far to four continents. Outside of speaking he is a keen photographer and images have been published in National Geographic traveler, and Lonely Planet. India's my great pleasure have been with us today. So welcome, Pravin. Thank you very much, James, I look forward to it. So it's fantastic having you here. I know you and I've been working there. But your speakers you remember, and I've been kind of coaching you. But But before we kind of get into I think you're doing really cool things when it comes to online summits. Before we get into that. Tell me how did you get started in this world of speaking with the begin for you. I've been speaking quite a bit. But on stage internationally, it was 2006 in Rome, when I did my first biggest speaking. And this was based on synopsis and ideas that you have to send across the dimensions before. None of this was paid until 2009. But I had my point of inflection, the talk that I gave in Switzerland catapulted me to another league. And that was possible, due to couple of mentors that I had. But that was when it started my speaking career, not the professional speaking. But the speaking part of it internationally started in 2006. Who, as you were getting started as a speaker, who were those early role models for you who are the speakers that you looked at. And so I like to be either have that type of career speaker, or you just really admired the craft. And now the way they spoke. I've been inspired by a lot of people. So I can't name one role model. But I can name a couple of mentors. Now in the business sector, I have a business mentor called the G Krishna. When I was the beginning of my speaking career, he was there in all the talks. There was another gentleman Ray pointer, who was also instrumental in my 2009 talk. And these are people who might admired the way they captivated the audience. None of these are professional speakers, but they are speakers and entrepreneurs in their own right. So those are the two really big ones that I can name. But other than that, James, I love listening to talks and getting inspired because you never know these small bits that spark. Something has a little bit that grows on you. Absolutely. And united spent a lot of time together in Singapore, and also the the professional Speakers Association India that you're heavily involved in as well. And you're obviously a speakers you member and one of the things I was really impressed with what you did is one of the things we teach our speakers you about creating online summits or virtual summits. And and so a number of our members have created their own virtual summits. But you took it a few steps further. So first of all, tell us what what was it that interested you about the idea of doing virtual online summits? I'm a crazy networker, James, I love meeting people, but then you meet with a purpose, the connections from them. So last year at the APSS Singapore summit, you did a pre convention workshop, and you blew our minds away from what a virtual summit is. That caught on, we then started the coaching part of it and us so free and giving the information I decided to continue on when I launched my first summit for the global reference summit, because as speakers as an entrepreneur, bulk of the business comes through word of mouth, and that's the most economical way to grow your business, but there's no strategy around it. So that was how the global reference summit came about. Because there is a need and not too many people know about the need. We followed your guidelines to the tee. But what we decided is, can we do a summit to raise awareness about blood cancer, that it is curable, that there is a particular need for people to be aware, because also in movies and TV serials here in India, James, if you've got blood cancer, you're dead. But in specific cases, there is a possibility to reverse it. And that is why we tied up with G one, which is a nonprofit, to raise awareness that there is a cost like this that goes ahead and and does. So that was our first step, which is the global reference summit, 30 Global referral and word of mouth experts that was launched a couple of months ago, phenomenal success, and that's setting the stage for the further science. So what what did you learn about doing that very first time because often when, when I coach people on virtual summits, the first one I always tell is the most difficult because your learning curve is going to be the fastest. And you have you're doing all these things in the technology and in this interviews, marketing, and what were some of the key learning points, you sent me some of the things that you really struggled with it first, yet to really develop learning on and what were those things that you found, actually, I really enjoy doing when creating a summit. So I'm an entrepreneur. And the first thing that comes to me is I have to do it myself. And I tried doing it myself in between my other professional speaking gigs. And a month after month after month, suddenly I had committed a summit because you have to 100 day challenge and hundred today and there was no summit inside. So first thing I did is form a team around. And I had a couple of really good guys. One guy is a rock star KP for the party, my colleague who became the Falcon. And once the team got set, James it was that much more easier for me to focus on strategy while the team took care of scheduling, the pre interviews the actual interview and taking care of the entire studio setup and having everything ready. The first three, four interviews, we made sure we brought in some big guns, we got celebrities, I had Bob bird, Ivan Meisner, and it was also that the HPC, Singapore, and that set the stage for the other speakers, because the first question that came up was is there. And the minute they heard these names, they said, Yes, I am legit, the conference is legit. Therefore we can go ahead and do. But for me, the biggest learning is former team. And it was the team, now you are watching me, but through me the team is getting pushed by you. Because we all have to read and have the standards of the template. And now as a thank you to the team, each one is running their own summit, which is going to be launched in August, November and early next year. So that's from a company perspective, a thank you to each of them that I'm going to do the support role. And each one of them is going to host them on summit, one on remote sales slash inside sales, and other one on LinkedIn marketing. And we are also assisting a couple of other Indian speakers, the members of the professional Speakers Association of India to launch their own songs. I love that model, what you've what you've done there. And and this is one of the things I was I think I mentioned it probably at that event in Singapore, I think the second or third summit I ever created. I did it with I mean, I've already got a team. But then I also brought in a co host, as well. And suddenly, when you have when you have a team, the two interesting things always happen, I think, first of all, is you have accountability instantly, because it's asking, you know what's happening, what stage is at. The other thing I think is very interesting from doing that is it brings in a diversity of ideas and views. And it allows you to just you almost like market testing in a very small way with a group of six people on a concept. There's a danger, sometimes if you just do all try and do it all on your own, that you can do something and people when you launch, it wouldn't work. And someone might say, Well, you know, think about doing this, if I don't need so. So I love that model that you've done now. So you're doing all these other summits and I love this and the LinkedIn summit, I'm definitely sign up for that one as well. And what So you mentioned this idea about networking with a with a person carpets. For you Where do you see these summits? Is it is it primarily around just word of mouth about raising your profile and the profile of the other people you're working? Or is it generating leads? Or is it about bringing in sponsorship or something else? I could have said all three before the summit, but having run the summit, James, my biggest advantage of the summit is learning I get to speak and learn from 30 experts forget the 2400 subscribers who came in, I have to prepare for the meeting. And then during the discussion, they throw nuggets that I probably wouldn't have considered. So to me, the number one reason why I'm going to be involved in all these summits is learning. Yeah, networking, of course will happen. Because if you and I don't know, but we've spent half an hour talking that is spatial recognition that is top of mind and the minute you say outlier marketing, my name comes in the virtual summits are total than James Taylor comes in through. And that is my main reason is that I learned my subscribers and my followers will learn automatically. Yeah. And to, if I may, yes, what we have to guess from the 30 interviews, we have picked up eight to 10 points per speech, and are launching the key learning ebook from the 30 speakers. As a thank you a delight, thank you. But then every week, there is a gift that goes out to the deli and each of the speakers as a book as a program has something that they would like to offer. And that's obby to thank you and also stay in touch with all the subscribers. That's fantastic. I love that idea. I remember seeing when mutual friend of ours, Shelly Taylor, who's also a speakers, you remember when she did her summit, because she comes from being an author, primarily, it would be natural for her to create that book and a nine, I've never done with any of my summit shit. So I applaud you for doing I think it's such a natural thing when you've taken in all that information. And and some people, frankly, they don't have the time to go watch all the videos. And they just said, Can I just buy and some people like to read that's how they they like learning. And if you're able to create that piece of content for them, that provides it, you know, great value for them. So now, so now you're starting to build, obviously, you're speaking what what are some of your goals for the next year or so when it comes to the speaker part of proving right, just to take it to the next stage, which is why I signed up for this because you and your coaching James, I started my speaking career in 2006. But the professional speaking happened really about three to four years ago. And every stage is an inflection point. Now I'm at a particular stage. And one of the things that I learned from the business, Singapore this time is can I create multiple streams of revenue for me as a speaker? And to can my speaking business run without me actually speaking? Yeah. So if you ask my key goals, that is what I'm working towards. And that also means increasing my team expanding and investing a little bit more on creating IDs. And that's where my thought processes headed towards right now. Because you've had this experience, obviously, coming from the business community and entrepreneurial community, you're, you're you're thinking about those multiple streams of income. And I encourage you, any speaker, to have those different, you don't have to have lots but just to have those different forms of income, because we don't know what happens. Sometimes you might get sick, or maybe the market the economy crashes in the country, you speak a lot in and there's no law, the word dries up there. And to have these different income streams just gives you more options. But I'm intrigued when you said that idea, the idea of building a speaking business where it doesn't actually require for all the time for you to be speaking on stage, what is your thinking about that? Book books, online training programs that go on consulting, as a protein shake a brand, a whole lot of my colleagues coming into the play, because my horizontal is marketing and my vertical is outbound marketing, which is non traditional marketing, especially when people are stuck doing traditional work, but they still want to grow, you've got to do different things to get on. And that is the area that for me Chico's a brand as a speaker, and trying to be able to work towards. It's an it's an exercise I always do with, with companies on creativity, I do creativity training with different organizations, and it's called the out exercise outrageous ideas. So for example, outrageous law firms have no lawyers, or what I actually use all the time I've mentioned people is mutual friend of ours, Frederick Heron, outrageous books have no words, he actually created a book which didn't really have any words in it, which is so very, very well, a quarter million copies or something. But that's actually quite useful thought experiment to do, outrageous speakers who don't speak. And there was one I was talking about a conversation with someone the other day, who's building a business, based upon initially that idea outrageous speakers that don't speak. And what he's been doing is he's say his fee level is this amount. But he gets a lot of inquiries where clients, they can't necessarily pay that. And in the past, what he's done is he's either given it to another speaker that he knows all or he's given it to a speaker Bureau, for example. But what he's doing now is he's building in training, two other speakers, one that will be a little bit lower than him when it's a lot price lower than him. That means now, when the client comes in and say, you know, we'd love your topic, we love the fact you speak on, you know, influencer marketing, for example, I would love to have you speak our event. But it turns out, they don't have the budget, then it gives it will I tell you what, I can speak at it. But I've had this other speaker, who's you actually can give my speech, I've had to give my speech on influencer marketing, and you can bring her in, and it's for X X amount as well. So this idea, this idea of speakers who don't speak using it as a thought experiment can be quite useful thing. I'm an experiment, James, I'm an entrepreneur, experimenter. And all it takes is just a spark for me to try things out. And you never know that it goes exactly as you try it out. Now, for example, the first virtual summit for me is a video setup in the professional setup, using the tools and tricks that you mentioned. Now that the setup is there, I have started a new video interview series called em fail, where I talked to speakers, leaders, entrepreneurs, on their marketing failures, because nobody wants to talk about failures. everybody's ready to talk about successes. But nobody talks about failures. And when I said this is going to be a weekly interview series, a lot of the entrepreneurs said, hey, I've got a story. Because my view as an entrepreneur, James, and you will relate to it as a coach is I would rather Learn from your mistakes and repeat that I can go and make new mistakes and share them with you. So I'm currently compiling a bunch of stories on marketing failures, which will become my stump speech in 2020. So So on that note, then I'm going to ask you the question of all the speaking, you've been doing, like speaking more professionals in 2009. Can you tell us about some a time when you worked on something, maybe a speech where you going and doing an event? And you gave it your all but something didn't quite work out like you'd hoped? And what did you learn from that experience? You all have that don't be my first talk in Jakarta. I was invited, flown over. Everything was because the the convention had had heard me speak in Berlin. And I had to go and repeat the same job markets adopted was my shtick for that year. And I went there, there was just zero audience participation. The faces were just playing. It was one of my first in that country. I was like, you're almost halfway through as to what is happening is the audience even understanding, I slowed down my English, the only person nodding was the convention head, and one colleague of hers was when he speak, I went through the motion, finished the talk, got the claps, but I still had the confusion didn't work. Until the I had to confront the organizer. At the end of the summit, she took me out to drink some popi lock, which is the most expensive, what did you get out there? And I asked her look, I have this nagging feeling that the audience just did not read, I did not relate to the audience. And I'd like to hear the feedback. They said, that's how it is here that people have, do not show emotion. When I asked them to be interactive, they will not be interactive. So that was a talk, that was a personal failure for me, because I had not prepared I had not spoken, I have not studied that country or the people out there. So the next time when I have to give a talk in Japan, I work with the organizers a couple of months in advance, I sent them my speech, or written speech for them to translate. And then they also had a simultaneous translator, who I spent some time with the previous evening, to work things out. And I had to mix everything up and that I had a far better response than the one I had in Chicago. So if you ask me for one of our my personal talks that I did not get a resonance, that would be the talks that I would refer to just fantastic. There's different color, those cultural differences you find in different places. And I remember I haven't spoken yet, but Lloyd Luna, who we both know, he said, he said, You've got to come to the Philippines, because the Philippines audiences are the most ecstatic, most exciting audiences. So and and you know your words that you go to some countries where the audience is, they're enjoying the speech that you mentioned there. But they might be sitting with their, their hands. And you think i think i'm is this working is what is what's going on here. And it's only at the end, and they go fantastic and getting people coming up to you after but in the moment, it feels like it's not working. So I guess it's getting to learn those different, different cultures. And so you're obviously based you're in, in southern India, and China July, you're highly involved in the professional Speakers Association of India, which is a great Association just had your, your conference, your annual concert few months ago in July, What's your feeling about the Indian speaking market specifically, because this is obviously a country has been on the rise for many, many years, I was just reading a book yesterday about the rise economic rise of of India, how you feeling just now but the Indian speaking market is evolving James for ears. There was no concept of being speakers at best LPA, the airfare and then you come over, I'll take you out for a drink kind of mentality. But that is changing. But it's a big ship, turning it is going to take time, which is where the professional Speakers Association is also evangelizing and educating the market market that you go watch a movie you pay for it. It's a three hour movie. Here, it's not just my one hour of talk, but the hours of preparation, the lead up to the talk. So I can add value to your organization or to your convention. So we are in the process of evangelizing it, you're very confident it will work through. But as I said, it's a big ship, it's going to turn slowly, but on it will see so that movement from going from Brianna and other countries have gone through that same same challenge. And they've kind of come out now. And this year starts people who stopped paying a small amount and then gradually over time it comes out. And then inevitably, in any field, you're going to obviously see it will see this in India as well, you have this superstar speakers there as well, who you know, will get the get the big bucks, but behind them, they bring a new generation of speakers that are coming through. So I'm hugely optimistic about India, as a country for, for speaking. And I say this, especially anyone who's watching or listening to this just now, the thing excites me a lot of India is because you have a large English speaking population. Obviously, there's lots of languages spoken across India. But it's one of those countries where you can go into business the same everywhere. Where if you're a native English speaker, you can you know that there are already audiences. And obviously, you have a massive middle class and growing middle class. And other challenge in front of us is our members. Most of them are very good speakers, but they don't know that they are delivering a value and they can actually go ahead and charge plans for it. So that's a bit of training. And that's a book that I'm writing. James, I reached out to you earlier for that, which came out of lunch conversation with the members of the better local chapter of the PCI, except for me, and I've been speaking for five years. But how can I go ahead and charge? How did you get your first speaking gig? So it was a wonderful two hour lunch. And I promised you write a note. And the note became longer longer. It's now a 50 page ebook really quick, 25 minute read. But then I said that's for our members. And I'm going to pass it across three, with comments from you, Frederick and a bunch of others as to how you got your first paid speaking gig, and how they can go ahead and charge how much to charge, how to ask without being sheepish is a note that that's my wiki work. It came out in a couple of weeks. And that's something that I'm sitting across. Fascinating and, and actually I just saying that I was also thinking terms of going the other way, one of the best speakers in the world Minaj, my Sudan. And my knowledge is the Toastmasters. I think he's the he's won it twice, best speaker in the world. And I remember him and I having a conversation once about something he calls the alien advantage, where he always felt that in his home country, he was never, he wasn't he was never given the fees appreciated as much as when he goes abroad. And he speaks abroad. So he and I find this as well. So I'm obviously from the UK. By really speaking my home country, most of the time, I'm speaking in Asia, Middle East, like South America as well. And it's a funny thing. So I actually wanted to whether we're the the Indian speaker superstars that are going to be coming through, they will become superstars not in India, but actually in other places as well. And who knows, let's see, let's see what happens. I mean, we think it I mean, I think just that the not a football fan, but there was a big match here recently. And it was the the, the Egyptian footballer for Liverpool. And you know, he's probably one of the most famous, you know, if you want to go and give a speech, you give a speech on anything in in the UK just now as well. But how much you would get paid? If you give it an easier I'm also Sure. So as I think there's a very interesting kind of inflection point at the moment and anyone that's watching this or listening to this now highly encourage you try and get to the PSA. Professional Speakers Association of India is one of their annual conferences, I believe the next one's happening in, in New Delhi. In Delhi, the first and second effect, fantastic dancer and we'll put some links here to that as well. So just switching things up a little bit. I as a question, I always ask them any speakers that I interview is, what is in your speaker bag? What is it that bag that you carry with you to all of your various speaking engagements, whether you're speaking in Japan or Jakarta, or in Jaipur zoom recording Because bookmarks and my books, and you mentioned your books, so how, because this is something I often think about for speakers you're traveling, I do normally have them shipped in advance to the place that you're speaking in? Or do you try and get the client to buy a certain number of books in advance, or you just you just have a big box that you take with you. I've done drop shipping, my publisher takes care of that. And then certain cases I carry them through with me when it's just a sampler. My experiment with getting the clients to buy it has not been too much of a success. And I don't want to push that that much. And my is a hit. They buy the books themselves on Amazon. So that kind of works out. And do you have an online resource or an app or a tool that you use, you find very important for the work that you do. I love Evernote. And I fell in love with it three years ago was writing my first book. And that's you never know when inspiration will strike your James so it could be for me. I love watching movies and TV series and I have an Evernote called dialogue diaries. So you never know when a dialogue inspires. And I quickly posit write that down. And at least two or three instances, I've had an entire speech come out of that one dialogue because it despise you so much. Fantastic. So just capturing when the idea idea comes to you. And let's imagine proving you have to start again, you have to start from scratch. This time. No one knows who you are, you've you, you have no connections, but you haven't the knowledge that you've acquired over the years of speakers, author and entrepreneur, what would you do? How would you start things, invest in a team invest in automation significantly to build the brand and give value before I sell myself as a speaker? Okay. So that is what I will do it the first thing? Well, I mean, it's been an absolute pleasure speaking with you today. Thanks so much for coming on. I think what you're doing just now with virtual summits, online summits now you're building them and training other people and and I think it's amazing. I really looking forward to seeing the success of these. And especially I know you're doing a lot of them for nonprofits as well, which I see is a big area, that's a lot of opportunity there. What's the best place for people to go to learn more about you, maybe they want to refer you for a speaking opportunity, or they want to learn about your online summits, would be my personal website, pravinshekar.com. Fantastic. I'm going to put those links here as well, proving thank you so much today. I wish you all the best with all the summit's you're doing you're speaking, and I'm looking forward to sharing a stage together at some point in the future. Oh, and thanks a lot James for seeding and sparking the creativity through speakers you it's been a phenomenal learning the last one year, as I said, not just for me, but for my team as well. So heartfelt thanks for all of us here to you, James. keep rocking. How would you like to get paid to travel the world to share your message and expertise? How did it feel to get paid 5000 10,000 $25,000 to travel first class and stay in five star hotels in exotic locations. What I've just described is the lifestyle of international keynote speakers. And you can join me and over 100 of the world's best keynote speakers, and speaker trainers as they reveal their secrets to becoming a better speaker and getting booked to travel the world as a professional keynote speaker and Bestival. As it's an online summit You don't even have to leave home plus it's not going to cost you a single dollar euro pound ruble peso or yen. 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Joanne is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant who specializes in Transgender Awareness and support to businesses and organizations throughout the UK, Europe and elsewhere. She is an International Keynote Conference speaker that delivers workshops and seminars, and works with organizations to develop policy & best practices to be more inclusive for all people. She is a member of The Institute of Equality & Diversity Professionals, The Rotary Club, Toastmasters International, The Professional Speakers Association and as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, she believes passionately that “people are people” and, no matter who they are, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Joanne lives by the mantra of “Smile, Engage and Educate” in order to promote awareness and understanding to overcome people's fear of getting it wrong! Website: https://seechangehappen.co.uk ATTEND THE PITTSBURGH BUSINESS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE | SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 | Get Tickets Here To comment or connect, visit www.belongingfactor.com or email ibelong@belongingfactor.com About the host: (www.devinhalliday.com, www.rudimentsolutions.com) Devin Halliday is a Northern California native, living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He's explored the people, places and cultures across this beautiful planet. He's been amazed. He's been humbled. He's been outraged. But mostly, he's been inspired. After nearly twenty years leading people and delivering award-winning results in a Fortune 15 technology company, he started a new and fulfilling chapter. As Founder and Chief Belonging Architect of Rudiment Solutions - A People Empowerment Company, he is able to bring a lifetime's worth of inspiration and influence to those looking to achieve more. As the author of the book "BE/LONG/ING FACTOR" and host of the Belonging Factor Podcast, Devin gets to share his personal mission with the world. Check out Serendipity Labs at www.serendipitylabs.com if you want to experience the most amazing office and co-working space I've ever seen! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/belongingfactor/message

In this episode, Mo walks through the basics of setting up a social media presence to a group of speakers at the Professional Speakers Association of Namibia. While highly relevant for both speakers just starting out in the industry and seasoned veterans alike, the concepts are still applicable to practitioners in other fields of business. Connect with Mo on social media (@shehuphd) and visit shehuphd.com for more.

Joanne is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant who specialises in Transgender Awareness and support to businesses and organisations throughout the UK, Europe and elsewhere. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9Nxc5_a13t0 Joanne is an International Keynote Conference speaker that delivers workshops and seminars, and works with organisations to develop policy & best practises to be more inclusive for all people. She is a member of The Institute of Equality & Diversity Professionals, The Rotary Club, Toastmasters International, The Professional Speakers Association and as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, she believes passionately that “people are people” and, no matter who they are, deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Joanne lives by the mantra of “Smile, Engage and Educate” in order to promote awareness and understanding to overcome people's fear of getting it wrong! Connect with Joanne... Website: https://seechangehappen.co.uk Twitter #1: https://twitter.com/jo_lockwood1965 Twitter #2: https://twitter.com/seechangehappen Instagram #1: https://instagram.com/jo_lockwood1965 Instagram #2: https://instagram.com/seechangehappen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolockwood/ Testimonials: https://seechangehappen.co.uk/testimonials YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMriJBhJS0iGPQSP8nRLxRw A huge thank you to The Village Hotel Portsmouth for their hospitality. The new Portsmouth hotel is located next to the picturesque International Port. Located within the Lakeside North Harbour. You'll find everything you need in once place, with a business space, a gym, Starbucks, restaurant and bar, all in one location. Find out more... https://www.village-hotels.co.uk/hotels/portsmouth/ Follow Colleagues Getting Coffee on social media and don't miss the conversation! Facebook Instagram Twitter Website Want to get a coffee? Connect with Annelies on LinkedIn

A business podcast where we deconstruct successful business owners and figure out how they got to the top.   Andy Bio:                                                            Andy was awarded Britains Sales Trainer of the Year and has been described by senior executives as “A Genius, Who’s advice cannot be ignored”. Andy has spoken in over 35 countries to audiences of all sizes. He has delivered keynotes at the Professional Speakers Association conference, as well as for blue-chip companies, Governments, professional bodies and business experts. Author of 3 books: Top Dog - Impress and influence everyone you meet, The Snowball Effect - Communications techniques that make you unstoppable and The Jelly Effect - How to make your communication stick.    Scott Ewart Online: https://www.instagram.com/iamscottewart/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEoECR9TBvQvhziDLjui-A https://www.facebook.com/iamscottewart/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel https://uk.linkedin.com/in/scott-ewart-5a68b511b   Andy Bounds Online:   http://www.andyboundsonline.com http://www.andybounds.com

Each and every day we can be damaging our chances of winning business by poorly written Emails, proposals and just by presenting to clients with the wrong mindset. International Sales Trainer Andy Bounds talks about how to become a Sales NINJA! How badly written emails are killing our chances before the client opens the email and how to construct a proposal using Andy’s proven ABC method do closing more sales.   Andy Bio:                                                            Andy was awarded Britains Sales Trainer of the Year and has been described by senior executives as “A Genius, Who’s advice cannot be ignored”. Andy has spoken in over 35 countries to audiences of all sizes. He has delivered keynotes at the Professional Speakers Association conference, as well as for blue-chip companies, Governments, professional bodies and business experts. Author of 3 books: Top Dog - Impress and influence everyone you meet, The Snowball Effect - Communications techniques that make you unstoppable and The Jelly Effect - How to make your communication stick.  Scott Ewart Online:  https://www.instagram.com/iamscottewart/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEoECR9TBvQvhziDLjui-A https://www.facebook.com/iamscottewart/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/scott-ewart-5a68b511b   Andy Bounds Online:   http://www.andyboundsonline.com http://www.andybounds.com

    Welcome to Episode #189 of How to Win the Game of Business Today   In this episode, Roger Harrop and I discuss how business owners can develop and succeed as a business owner and become a business leader.   So if you want to understand many things about the traits that a business owner should develop, and become a true business leader, tune in now!   In this episode, you'll discover: What is the #1 that a Business Owner should develop? What is the best way to develop the skill of thinking big and looking at the big picture? Are there any other critical skills other than understanding the big picture that business owners need to harness? What are the other things that business leaders need to put a focus on?   About Us Spent over 25 years leading international business at the highest level An Oxford UK based award-winning international motivational business growth speaker  Ranked amongst the top ten Business speakers worldwide A recipient of the prestigious Professional Speaking Award of Excellence,  Twice Speaker of the Year with The Academy for Chief Executives and one of only 20 globally to have been awarded the CSP Global designation.  Also an author, business advisor, mentor, consultant and independent director.  Have extensive experience across a broad spectrum of businesses – from small start-ups to large multinational corporations; from high tech manufactured products through basic commodities, to people based services businesses and not-for-profit organizations  Spent seven years as Group CEO of an FTSE quoted, high tech industrial instrumentation group  Have run businesses for major multi-national corporations and have been a tutor with one of the leading leadership and teambuilding programs for over 25 years.  A former President of The Professional Speakers Association, a former Vice-President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Liveryman with The Worshipful Company of Marketers. I am an accredited SME business advisor, a trained Assessor, and Coach.  Known as The Helicopter Speaker as well as The CEO Expert   More Information: Address: Roger Harrop Associates, Anchor House, Cuxham Road, Watlington, United Kingdom, OX49 5JW Telephone: +44 (0) 1491 613635  Mobile: +44 (0) 7900 697160  Email: info@rogerharrop.com  Skype: rogerharrop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerharrop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCEOExpert Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rogerharrop   Understanding Insurance Links & Mentions From This Episode: Click Here!   Thanks for Tuning In! Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below! If you enjoyed this episode on understanding the whole concept of insurance and how it plays its role on your business., please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our “How to Win the Game of Business Today” And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get.  Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode #188 of the Small Business Mistakes You May Not Know Actually Affect Your Business  In this episode, Roger Harrop and I discuss on how a Business Owner can Win the Game of Business and What are the Mistakes that Business Owners Are Currently Making that Stops Them from Winning in this New Business Scene. So if you want to understand how to be a true business leader; how to succeed continuously in running your business and avoid mistakes that you do not even know, and achieve the right mindset to be successful, tune in now! In this episode, you’ll discover: What drives Roger to keep doing what he is passionately doing? What are the common mistakes that business owners make that oftentimes they make without knowing? How to avoid doing those mistakes? What is your mindset as a business owner and as a leader in running your own business?   About Us Spent over 25 years leading international business at the highest level An Oxford UK based award-winning international motivational business growth speaker  Ranked amongst the top ten Business speakers worldwide A recipient of the prestigious Professional Speaking Award of Excellence Twice Speaker of the Year with The Academy for Chief Executives and one of only 20 globally to have been awarded the CSP Global designation. Also an author, business advisor, mentor, consultant and independent director.  Have extensive experience across a broad spectrum of businesses - from small start-ups to large multinational corporations; from high tech manufactured products through basic commodities, to people based services businesses and not-for-profit organizations  Spent seven years as Group CEO of an FTSE quoted, high tech industrial instrumentation group. Have run businesses for major multi-national corporations and have been a tutor with one of the leading leadership and teambuilding programs for over 25 years.  A former President of The Professional Speakers Association, a former Vice-President of The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Liveryman with The Worshipful Company of Marketers. I am an accredited SME business advisor, a trained Assessor, and Coach.  Known as The Helicopter Speaker as well as The CEO Expert   More Information: Address: Roger Harrop Associates, Anchor House, Cuxham Road, Watlington, United Kingdom, OX49 5JW Telephone: +44 (0) 1491 613635  Mobile: +44 (0) 7900 697160  Email: info@rogerharrop.com  Skype: rogerharrop LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerharrop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCEOExpert Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rogerharrop   Understanding Insurance Links & Mentions From This Episode: Click Here!   Thank you so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below!   If you enjoyed this episode on understanding the whole concept of insurance and how it plays its role on your business., please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Small Business Mistakes You May Not Know Actually Affect Your Business " And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get.   Thanks for listening!

The rules about what makes a successful blog are changing. People want longer content. Video is more popular than ever. And more of us are paying for promotion and distribution. Today, Nic and Sarah look at what’s blogging best practice in 2018.   On My Desk Sarah’s recommendation was How to Get Published in a Single Shot Nic’s recommendation was do a little bit of old-fashioned sponsorship. He’s sponsoring the Professional Speakers’ Association’s conference.   Links you might need Here is an Orbit Media article about trends in blogging.   Brand Newsroom is a marketing podcast for anyone who has a say in how companies are communicating — covering marketing, content marketing, public relations, media, branding and advertising.   www.brandnewsroom.net

Automotive Industry, Series 1As part of our motor month series, We have selected a list of interviews that people in the Automotive industry may find of interest.This week I chat with Jeff Smith. Jeff is the author of no less than 6 world-wide #1 best-selling books, He set up his own business in 1999 and is the most prolific contributor to the automotive industry across the world.As well as being the most successful trainer, consultant and conference speaker in the automotive industry, in 1999 he became a founder member of the Professional Speakers Association of Europe and has appeared many times as an automotive expert on Sky Television.At the last count, he's spoken in 67 different countries, hundreds of different cities and helped tens of thousands of people in the process. As well as speaking at large conferences all over the world, Jeff’s client list reads like a "who's who" of global success and includes nothing less than Royalty, a string of Fortune 100 companies and he's cited by his clients as the world’s #1 authority on the subject of key performance indicators.CheersJoehttps://joedalton.ie/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode I'm joined by Andy Bounds (@Andy_Bounds), who has been awarded the title Britain’s Sales Trainer of the Year, and described by AstraZeneca’s Global Communication Director as “a genius, whose advice can’t be ignored”, Andy’s insights stem from the fact his Mother is blind. This has given him a lifetime’s experience of communicating from someone else’s point of view… so critical when seeking to persuade others. Andy’s three books are all international best-sellers. In fact, one was only kept off Amazon's #1 spot by Harry Potter! He has spoken in 35+ countries, to audiences of all sizes and has delivered keynotes at the Professional Speakers Association conference, as well as for blue-chip companies, Governments, professional bodies and business experts. For more information, you can visit www.weareopusmedia.com or follow us on Twitter @WeAreOpusMedia, and if you have any thoughts that you would like to share with us, you can tweet using #RuleTheWorld. This episode is brought to you by The Writer Coach. You’re listening to this podcast because you know the power of storytelling. Now I want you to bring that power to your own writing, with Roger Schulman at TheWriterCoach.com.  Roger’s unique coaching method connects your personal story to whatever you’re writing, giving it heart and depth. The result: your presentation, website copy, keynote address, or screenplay becomes compelling, entertaining and persuasive.  Roger is the the winner of a British Academy Award, and nominee for the Oscar and the Emmy. So go to TheWriterCoach.com and schedule a free Discovery session. Let Roger “bring the Hollywood” to your writing.

Mike Handcock interviews Dr Wolfgang Riebe from South Africa - the mindset guru. Having spent most of his early life as a very well known magician with his own TV show, Wolfgang realised that everything one ever wanted they recieved depending on their mindset. He went on to get a PHD in Communication and Philosophy. He is the immediate past President of the Professional Speakers Association of SA 2010 - 2012 and considered to be a world leader in this industry. In 2012 the National Speakers Association (NSA) awarded him the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional)

This week's review of sustainable business comes from the annual convention of the Professional Speakers Association in a week when oil hit $96/barrel. Hear interviews with Will Kintish, (www.kintish.co.uk), on the benefits of running teleclasses, Alan Stevens, incoming president, (www.mediacoach.com), on getting difficult messages across and Graeme Codrington, (www.hannahsrules.com)  on how future generations will hold us to account. Is your business ready? Presented by Anthony Day www.anthony-day.com