Behind the Lectern

We have a fun, lively conversation about Rich’s history, his challenges, and his triumphs.

Steve shares his amazing Speaker Journey from young, professional musician to civic organization speaker, to paid professional speaker, to CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers) Chapter President, then CSP (Certified Professional Speaker) to President of the Global Speakers Federation. We also learn what all those organizations do.

Join me there each and every Thursday, or drop in when you can. Every Thursday 12:30-2 Central time Register Here: http://tiny.cc/SpeakerPlayhouse In this episode, Lorraine shared her speaking journey and about her methodology when helping people manage their anger. In 2007, Lorraine had to speak to parents and wanted to get better. She discovered Toastmasters International, and now she's a mentor. We learned anger management from our family. Holding things in had a physical affect on Lorraine's body. School board offered a chance to teach about anger. She learned something new each time she taught it. Is using tips she learned then in her current coaching.

In this episode, Pamela Cowan shares how she started her speaking journey and how she helps and empowers people to achieve resilience in their personal and professional lives. Pamela’s coaching: Simple Toolbox to Build Resilience Rest Replenish Emotional need Silence TIME True

Sue Wilhite shares how she went from teaching the Basic programming language to engineers, overcame her fear of public speaking with the help of a hypnotherapist , and is now a sought after speaker and coach.

Pamela Stambaugh’s experience is very diverse. She spoke in corporate first. She shared a stage with NSA Leader Ken Blanchard and spoke in Greece on a public stage. We had an interesting discussion about presentation slides and about coaching. According to Pamela, counseling is not coaching, is not therapy, is not psychology, and is not psychiatry.

Steve Feld Started having to speak for work, but he had glossophobia, or, the fear of public speaking. Went to Toastmasters International (TI) for help Learned how to get booked and worked on speech to really help businesses I hope I don't pass out - left the stage exhausted Learned how to limit filler words Learned about TI specialty clubs Works with the AZ Toastmasters Speaker Bureau At Toastmasters meetings, they get to do a 1 to 5 min speaking engagements each week Steve advanced along the Speaking Spectrum He started by running live workshops. From those came requests to speak. He was speaking about leadership and personal advancement. He learned how to make an offer from the stage. He partnered with more coaches and developed a new lead gen strategy. He is creating an eLearning academy for small biz and entrepreneurs. Steve shows business owners how they can find 10-100k in hidden annualized revenue in just 45 min.

Janine started speaking about data, pharma developments in the age of aids. She worked in radio in 1987 lobbied and informed legislators in 5 States about home schooling because they moved to each State. Did blog talk radio and a written blog called smart sense on money - audio blog sponsored powerful women. Meeting planners sought Janine for MC work - handled transitions well, was comfortable speaking off the cuff, MCing is a special skill. Now, she’s interviewing 99 authors - The 99 Author Project. Book: The 10 Steps to Abundance

Listen and join us as Tracy Pohlmann shares her desire to help people with their careers by dressing up effectively, and how it turns into speaking.

In this episode, we get to learn from Dean Hankey as he shares his values and process in serving and contributing to success for others.

Erica Bigelow

Paulette Ensign

Jeff and his guest, Beth Stoller, had many things in common. They work with the same kinds of people, helping business professionals, experts, and solopreneurs use speaking to promote themselves.

This episode was recorded as our Valentine’s Day show. We talked about all kinds of love and finding the right community. Ico prides himself on providing resources for those who call themselves non-traditional to be loved and find love. We talked about who people are and how they tell the world and perhaps why. Ico says his superpower is helping someone who is uncomfortable in their sexual expression feel like they belong and feel loved unconditionally - in their authentic sexuality.

In this debut episode, Jeff shares his story of how he became a speaker and how SpeakerCoop.com was born. We then move into some time doing Q&A with his studio audience. After that our special guest, Shery Prindle joined us and we had a lot of fun talking about her unique Speaker Journey from Seminar Road Warrior to now, where she’s known as the Trainer of Trainers.