Jason Falls is the EVP of Marketing for CIPIO.ai; hosts the widely-downloaded Winfluence podcast; is the author of three books; and is the executive producer of the Marketing Podcast Network.

What we talked about...

• Jason says “influence marketing” rather than “influencer marketing.”
• Community influencers are more likely to create authentic content about brands. 
• Affiliate and partner relationships. 
• Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand.
• Warnings when running influencer campaigns.
• The state of social media, according to Falls. 
• Artificial Intelligence and the future of content marketing.
• Read Happywork: A Business Parable About the Journey to Teamwork, Profit, and Purpose by Chris Reimer.
• The power of meditation and hiking.
• TM transcendental meditation.
• Contact Jason at JasonFalls.com.

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The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™.

What we talked about...

• Nick Westergaard’s StoryLab program.
• Dave’s guest appearance on Nick’s podcast.
• Telling your story is foundational. The ability to craft, hone, and shape your story with others. 
• Stories that come from saying yes, saying no, and making mistakes.
• Story starter ideas.
• Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks. 
• Generate stories by thinking of a theme.
• First _____
• Last _____
• Best _____
• Worst _____
• From blogging to books.
• Strategies for writing a book.
• Moth Storyslam.
• Advice for TEDx speakers. 
• Staging information.
• Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds by Carmine Gallo.
• Summaries, scenes, and reflections.
• Personal vs. professional brand storytelling tips.
• Brand coaching.
• The value of mentors.
• Read The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown.
• Check out Nick’s books.
• Contact Nick at nickwestergaard.com.

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Diana Kander is a serial entrepreneur who entered the US as a refugee from Ukraine at the age of eight. Today, she is an innovation consultant, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

What we talked about...

• “The Eye of Delaney.” - Best surprise ever!
• Juggling, handstands, doing the splits! Each year she takes on a physical feat. 
• How to unlearn your blindspots.
• She tried standup comedy for the first time in front of 260 women. 
• My attempts at standup comedy.
• The Curiosity Muscle book.
• Go Big or Go Home: 5 Ways to Create a Customer Experience That Will Close the Deal.
• How standup comedy can improve your presentation skills. 
• Being memorable hinges on understanding how forgetting works. Audiences forget 50% of a presentation one hour after; one week later, they have forgotten 90%. We don’t get to choose the 10% they remember.
• Five tools that spell out MAGIC. 
• M - make it surprising. 
• A - analyze them on a deeper level.
• G - give the pitch in the right order.
• I - include 3D objects.
• C - co-create together. 
• Ronni Bennett interview about slowing time. 
• The Golden Window - first 30 seconds with the audience. 
• After they laugh, they listen.
• Your gravy is not an appetizer.
• The Master Communicator Secret Weapon.
• The Nice mug photo! 
• What’s the Deal With Water Bottles? By Jason Zinoman.
• Stalk and awe! 
• How to get a meeting with anyone using LinkedIn.
• Read Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention by John Ruhlin.
• TEDX talk, Discover the Three Keys of Gratitude to Unlock Your Happiest Life! by Jane Ransom.
• Connect with Diana Kander.
• Get a free copy of her book by emailing Diana@diaanakander.com.

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Shirley Bloomfield is the CEO of NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association, and a huge fan of collaboration, partnerships, and getting broadband to all Americans.

What we talked about...

• What is the NTCA?
• Eight-hundred and fifty community-based providers who bring essential services across the country.
• NTCA members are small businesses that serve from 1,000 to 100,000 people.
• Shirley is the “Master Dot Connector.” 
• To run an association for so many people, she has created special interest groups (SIGs) to serve them. 
• Approximately 17 M - 33 M Americans still do not have broadband access. However, they are changing this with help from the White House’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal.
• Infrastructure Week finally included broadband thanks to the NTCA and the pandemic proving Americans’ need for adequate broadband.
• Leading and communicating with transparency and humor using the NTCA blog’s “Thoughts From Shirley.”
• Employee retention is greatly improved when teams are mission based.
• The White House Talent Pipeline Challenge.
• NTCA programs help rural employers retain talent by providing benefits. 
• The power of mentorship. 
• A Chief Storyteller. 
• Dave’s Nice Method Presentation Skills workshop he delivered for NTCA.
• Get in touch. sbloomfield@ntca.org

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Fred Stutzman is the Founder and CEO of Freedom, software that helps you be more focused and productive by blocking distractions. Stutzman holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master's degree in Information Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the same institution.

What we talked about...

• Freedom is a company that was never intended to be a company.
• He was studying and noticed how much time people spent on social media, so he created a free Mac app to lock the internet for 45 minutes. It went viral.
• In 2015 they created the first iteration of Freedom. 
• They have grown to over 25 employees. 
• He gets excited about human-computer interface problems. 
• When companies shelf the best ideas. 
• His study, “In Evaluation of Identity-Sharing Behavior in Social Network Communities" (2006) - This paper examines the motivations behind users' decisions to share personal information on social networking sites and how this behavior affects their privacy.
• The Internet Identity Workshops. 
• ClaimID.
• The Wild West of the early days of the internet.
• Early concerns and thoughts about online privacy.
• How to work with social media and avoid falling down rabbit holes.
• Artificial intelligence and our future with AI. 
• How social media can be helpful during life transitions.
• The future of social media, search, and voice interfaces.
• Sensemaking in research and use of artificial intelligence like GPT.
• Stopping doom scrolling and getting sleep. 
• Running Remote Conference.
• Read The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande.
• Try Freedom for free.
• Connect with Fred on Twitter @fstutzman and LinkedIn.

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Andrew Kintz is Executive Vice President of the Music Industry Group and Private Client Services at First Horizon Bank.

What we talked about...

• Andrew Kintz started working at Sun Trust Bank in 1998 in Atlanta.
• Music industry finance and banking since 2009.
• Full bank within a bank only for music industry, corporations, businesses, and individuals in the music industry.
• Andrew introduced this in 2016 when he joined the bank.
• Andrew sings and can play guitar and piano.
• The Basement and Grimey’s.
• Nashville oozes musical talent!
• Talents from commercial bankers.
• Dave Briggs interview.
• Specialty divisions tend to have high retention rates.
• Complexities of how copyright works on music played internationally.
• All Along the Watch Tower.
• We geek out on Neil Young.
• Brian Williams at Third National and Sun Trust.
• How to leave a lasting impression on young talent.
• Southern hospitality and the Golden Rule.
• Changing clothes depends on who you are working with.
• Providing top levels of service.
• Human capital management for high network families.
• Communication challenges.
• PPP loans during Covid.
• Read And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham.
• Contact Andrew on LinkedIn.

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Seth Goldstein is the founder and principal creative director of Goldstein Media, a full-service digital marketing agency based in suburban Philadelphia.

What we talked about...

• Streaming television advertising. 
• Loving on Jason Falls and Marketing Podcast Network.
• Goldstein Media helps companies get found online.
• Shifting careers from newspaper journalism to web design.
• Jumping from corporate work to entrepreneurship. 
• Working from home versus the office. 
• Seth’s podcast, Entrepreneur’s Enigma.
• Productivity increases when you work from home. 
• Remote teams need leaders who are accessible and offsites to bring your team together.
• Denis O’Shea interview about shadow IT and security concerns.
• Designing for accessibility. Fediverse
• Alt text descriptions of images. 
• Geeking out over movies.
• Interview tips for podcasts and interviews.
• Mastodon vs. Twitter.
• How companies should use Mastodon. 
• Check out Seth’s resources for navigating the fediverse.
• Read Winfluence by Jason Falls. 
• Give yourself a break before the day.
• Find Seth at GoldsteinMedia.com.
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Tricia Brouk is an international award-winning director of Right Livelihood a Journey to Here, and founder of The Big Talk.

Tricia worked in theater, film, and television in New York City for over three decades. In addition to her work in the entertainment industry, she applies her expertise to the art of public speaking. She produced the event’s Speakers Who Dare and TEDxLincolnSquare. She curates and hosts the Speaker Salon in NYC, The Big Talk, an award-winning podcast on iTunes and YouTube. Her documentary Right Livelihood A Journey to Here about the Buddhist Chaplain at Rikers Island won Best Documentary Short at The Olympus Film Festival, and You’re Gorgeous, I Love Your Shirt, An Inside Look at Bullying, and Mental Health also won Official Selection at The Awareness Film Festival. Tricia's mission is to create an inclusive community of dignified speakers who want to change the world.

What we talked about...

• The importance of mentorship.
• Performance and working as a professional dancer.
• Choreography and working in film and television.
• Writing plays, musicals, and award-winning documentary films.
• Recognizing she is a storyteller.
• Speakers Who Dare on YouTube.
• Ego nature vs. Buddha nature.
• Pausing, breathing, and meditation.
• Lions Roar magazine.
• “No means not yet.” How to handle rejection.
• The Big Talk Podcast with Tricia Brouk.
• She teaches speakers in her Big Talk Academy.
• Tips for virtual speakers and investing in good home equipment. Check out Dave’s tools.
• Read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
• Ideas to practice self-love.
• Contact Tricia at triciabrouk.com.
• Get a free chapter of Tricia’s book, The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean for Lasting Legacy, at theinfluentialvoicebook.com/chapter.

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Franklin Graves is an in-house technology and IP attorney who publishes the Creator Economy Law newsletter weekly on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials are for general informational purposes only. Information may not constitute the most up-to-date legal or other information. Listeners should contact their attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular legal matter.

What we talked about...

• The power of a Thank You note.
• The AI explosion and future of work related to artificial intelligence.
• Who owns the copyright on first-generated content edited by a human.
• Three legal buckets about AI. Bucket one is about data sets that train AI tools, bucket two is about algorithms and the actual tools, and bucket three is about the output.
• What tool are you using, and what are the terms?
• Midjourney, ChatGPT, and more.
• Kris Kashtanova, AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection.
• The implications of copyright content generated by AI.
• Creative Commons licenses.
• The dangers for businesses hiring content creators who use AI.
• The dangers for artists using AI to generate content for clients.
• Adobe guidelines for working with generative art.
• If you use AI to generate a contract, can you sue if the contract fails to perform?
• The case of AI in the courtroom via AirPod telling the person what to say.
• Do you read the Terms of Service (TOS) or Terms of Use?
• Using Microsoft’s CoPilot in Github.
• Privacy Policies.
• Dima Yarovinsky the artist who visualizes the lengthy terms of services of large corporations like Facebook and Instagram.
• How to stop AI from plagiarizing your own content.
• Getty Images sues AI art generator Stable Diffusion in the US for copyright infringement.
• Steps artists can take to protect their intellectual property.
• Watch RiP, a Remix Manifesto documentary.
• Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist.
• Read Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age by Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne.
• Subscribe to Franklin Graves’s Creator Economy Law newsletter on LinkedIn.

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Clare Kumar is a productivity catalyst and highly sensitive executive coach and speaker who helps professionals improve productivity and well-being while avoiding exhaustion and burnout. Clare also hosts the Happy Space Podcast.

What we talked about...

• On fresh starts.
• Intentional living can begin at any time.
• Productivity CPR: Compass. Performance. Rituals.
• Pay it forward activities.
• Things you can do to make your future self thankful.
• Setting expectations.
• The Master Communicator’s Secret Weapon.
• David Bowie the Archer (Image).
• Career choices and a culture of overwork.
• Connecting people to their capacity and finding the voice to say they can’t take on more work.
• How to decide what to say “yes” to.
• Tune in before you lean in.
• Slow down and change your perception.
• Karen Ward.
• Adam Grant - Thank Again.
• David McRaney - How Minds Change and You Are Not So Smart podcast.
• How we can approach highly sensitive people on our teams.
• One in five people is genetically wired to be more sensitive.
• SEED. Sensitivity to simulation, Empathy, Emotional responsiveness, and Depth of processing.
• Susan Kaine’s books.
• Introverts and extroverts.
• How to deal with anxiety.
• On compassion and advocating for others.
• Lessons learned from being a restaurant server.
• READ The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron.
• FEZIBO Standing Desk.
• Visit ClareKumar.com to say hello and learn more.

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The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders of fast-growing companies to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™.

What we talked about...

• Speaking truth to power.
• The idea of retirement is obsolete in a world of longer lives.
• The number one reason people love their jobs is their connection to others.
• The Spanish word for retirement is Jubilación which means jubilation.
• In Japan, there’s a special word for your 60th birthday - Kanreki.
• Being called old is only insulting in a world where it is an insult. Ageism is any judgment based on age, too young as well.
• Physical function is not about age; it’s about ability.
• The only two bad things about aging are that some parts of your body will fall apart, and people you love will die.
• Ashton Applewhite’s TED talk, Let's End Ageism, has nearly two million views.
• Asking for help is especially shameful to men.
• Send in questions to “Yo, is this ageist?”
• My adventure in Iqaluit.
• Age equity and Age transparency.
• We can’t challenge bias unless we are aware of it.
• Experience is not a liability. It’s an asset.
• Age bias in corporations is a disadvantage that affects everyone.
• My interview with Ronni Bennet. Check out TimeGoesBy.net.
• READ A Natural History and Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett.
• Check out oldscool.info.

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Thank you to Shannon Cassidy from ROG Return on Generosity for interviewing me.

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders of fast-growing companies to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™.

What we talked about...

• Conducting stay interviews.
• All about the Nice Method.
• How to use active listening to hear your team.
• Why you should think beyond the walls of your org.
• How to avoid the wrecks caused by poor communication.
• What do you like least about working here?
• What do you like most about working here? What keeps you here?
• What might tempt you to leave?
• Writing (handwritten) thank you cards.
• Conducting AMA sessions (Ask Me Anything). 
• Repeating instructions to help you remember and confirm understanding.

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Loic Le Meur is a seven-times entrepreneur. He has invested in one hundred startups. Loic is the co-founder of PAUA, a conscious conference, and community. He is a Sundancer who trained with the Yawanawa tribe in the Amazon forest.

What we talked about...

• Loic's Newsletter & Podcast. loic.substack.com
• On becoming a father again at fifty.
• Growing up in Southern France near Spain. 
• Loic was inspired by his parents, who sold sailboats. He's worked for himself since he was twenty-three when he started a website agency in 1996. 
• On managing one hundred employees.
• He started the LeWeb conference in 2003 about blogging.
• The early days of online communication from bulletin board systems (BBS) to CB radios.
• All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin.
• Lying by Sam Harris.
• On honesty in business and life.
• Seesmic, Loic's early video social network. 
• PAUA community and conference, at the crossroads of business, consciousness, and spirituality.
• What Loic learned on a one-year, solo, silent retreat in the Amazon forest and his experiences with ayahuasca. 
• On worrying and stress. 
• Read The Mysticism of Sound and Music by Hazrat Inayat Khan and Not in His Image by John Lamb Lash.
• Contact Loic at loic.substack.com

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Drew Tarvin teaches people how to use humor to achieve better business results. He has partnered with organizations–including IBM, NASA, and the FBI–to solve human challenges with humor solutions. He is the founder and CEO of Humor That Works and the author of Humor That Works: The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work.

What we talked about...

• Da Ali G Show. FBI headquarters. VIDEO.
• Working with the FBI.
• Humor humanizes the people you’re working with.
• People behind brands.
• The power of a smile and how your mood is contagious.
• The Skill of Humor TEDx Talk. VIDEO.
• From computer science and engineering to improv comedy.
• Embracing improv comedy as an introvert.
• Audience expectations for standup comedy vs. improv comedy.
• On adding jokes and puns to your email signature.
• Understanding appropriate jokes in the workplace.
• The three situations when humor at work can be inappropriate.
• Making your humor positive and inclusive.
• The average person spends 90,000 hours at work.
• The Rule of Three / The Comic Triple.
• Dave’s attempts at standup comedy.
• Check out David Nihill and Amy Cuddy.
• Read The NEW Comedy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy by Judy Carter and Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin.
• Contact Drew Tarvin at HumorThatWorks.com or find him on social media.

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Kim Farmer is the CEO of Mile High Fitness & Wellness, a corporate wellness organization serving companies of all sizes and individuals with fitness and nutrition coaching services.

What we talked about...

• On volunteering and being a hero.
• Public speaking about health and wellness.
• Fifteen years in her business.
• Time and money can be saved with health and wellness.
• Shifting her business to the corporate environment.
• Moving activities to virtual during Covid.
• Pivoting content based on client needs.
• Trends in health and wellness.
• The need for mental health support.
• The positive power and misunderstandings of EAPs (employee assistance programs).
• Virtual fitness vs. in-person.
• Tips for overcoming procrastination.
• On forming good habits and stopping bad habits.
• Mindset and motivation.
• Psychological safety.
• Mentoring team members and practical leadership skills.
• Stay interviews.
• Read The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation by Timothy R. Clark.
• Contact Kim Farmer on LinkedIn or Mile High Fitness and Wellness.

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Grant Baldwin, Founder, and CEO of The Speaker Lab and author of The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform. 

What we talked about...

• How to start your public speaking business, find, and book engagements.
• Choose an Industry, Identify an Interest, and Speak with Integrity.
• The seven industries for speaking engagements. 1. Corporations, 2. Associations, 3. Faith-based, 4. Nonprofits, 5. Government & Military, 6. Colleges & Universities, and 7. Education K-12.
• Grant started The Speaker Lab in 2015. He has grown the fully remote business to thirty employees.
• He shares tips and the importance of focusing on culture as a virtual company.
• Giving your stuff autonomy and freedom.
• Who you are is more important than what you do.
• Onboarding techniques for new talent.
• Company retreats.
• 15Five. for weekly check-ins.
• Current trends in the professional speaking business.
• From standup comedy to keynotes.
• Don’t reinvent the wheel.
• Read: ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.
• Contact Grant at The Speaker Lab.

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Kurt Daradics, General Manager @ Hunt Club. Lime, Esri, CitySourced (Co-founder, Acquired), Podcast Host of The Kurty D Show, and collector of amazing friends.

What we talked about...

• The Kurty D Show.
• Jack Dangermond, CEO and Founder of Esri.
• Duke Stump, Chief Brand Officer of Newlab. 
• Kurt’s dad, Peter Daradics.
• Kurt’s interview with Dave on his podcast.
• Professional networking.
• The RoadTwip back in 2009 with @JolieODell and @Dingman to Big Omaha Conference.
• RoadTwip video from the Nashville visit.
• Working in real estate and losing everything. 
• The ‘Imagine the Day’ exercise from Duke Stump.
• Digital Family Reunion.
• The Diamond Cutter book.
• Ikigai - What you love, What the world needs, What you can be paid for, What you are good at. Ikigai is the bullseye. More here.
• Interview with Aaron Ross from Kurty D show.
• The secret to success. 
• Mindfulness and manifestation.
• Dave mentioned Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
• On surfing and playing guitar. 
• On performing standup comedy and improv.
• Read Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant.
• Contact KurtyD.com and @kurtyd on social media.

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Rich Russakoff is an internationally renowned speaker, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and coach of seven EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners and over 100 INC. 500 Award Winners.

What we talked about...

• The power of gaining clarity. 
• Warren Buffet’s goal-setting methodology.  
• Follow Rich on Amazon regarding his current and next book, a business fable.
• TEDx Louise Evans presenting The 5 Chairs.
• On investing in knowledge and experiences, you are interested in.
• On planning successful events. 
• Eighty to ninety percent of Rich’s coaching clients are from EO. 
• The decision series by Randy Nelson.
• The importance of networking and receiving referrals.
• Don’t solve problems; create the future.
• Providing feedback and creating a fearless culture. Praise in public, critique in private.
• Find people’s zone of genius. Don’t set them up for failure. 
• The zone of incompetence, zone of competence, zone of excellence, vs. zone of genius.
• How to succeed as an entrepreneur with the five principles of creating a world of opportunity. 
• How to determine your values and strengths.
• On writing and publishing your work. 
• Read Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo.
• Contact Rich at Rich@coachtothebest.com or visit coachtothebest.com.  

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Brian Roland is a Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Abenity, the 6x Inc. 5000 Company that’s powering corporate perks for top brands, including U.S. Bank and MasterCard.

What we talked about...

• Coffee snobbery and a herniated disc.
• Starting Abenity as a fully remote team in 2006 led to his obsession with coffee.
• On founding the company with his brother and bootstrapping to millions of members and nearly $10M in annual revenue.
• Brian fired himself after thirteen years. He hired a CEO and President to run the business.
• Improving performance reviews and providing feedback.
• Focus on building momentum and scaling your business.
• Thirty team members across ten states - fully remote.
• Covid redirected their focus.
• Social mission sponsoring children with each client via WorldVision.
• “Just show up. You’re looking for the people who are looking for you.”
• Adding a task management platform like Asana to help communication.
• Hiring team members who already have relationships with staff is important.
• Open jobs are not advertised. They only tap their existing team for recommendations.
• Trust, respect, and accountability are already there as they onboard new people.
• The dangers of hybrid work and loneliness.
• Using DiSC personality assessments to determine how they will work remotely.
• Manage output over activity.
• Read Faith Driven Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Step Into Your Purpose and Pursue Your God-Given Call to Create by Henry Kaestner.
• Contact Brian at BrianRoland.com. Check out Rules of Engagement for Fully Remote Teams.

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Denis O'Shea founded Mobile Mentor in 2004 with a simple mission - to empower people to achieve more with their devices. The technology is always changing but Denis' purpose is the same and today most of Denis's energy is helping clients to deploy Microsoft 365 and balance security and employee experience. Denis is really passionate about solutions that make an impact in healthcare, education and government.

What we talked about...

• On moving from Ireland to Nashville. 
• Check out the 2022 Endpoint Ecosystem Study.
• Mobile Mentor provides technology security and support services to mid-sized firms.
• Security implications of team members working from home on their own devices, Wi-Fi networks, and using their own software. 
• The staff doesn’t understand the gravity of security. Leadership does because of the costs of cyber insurance.
• Team members often ignore the security training companies provide. 
• Why Generation Z tends to ignore security issues but focuses on privacy.
• Password hygiene and why eliminating passwords is the most secure option.
• Shadow IT and technical friction.
• Working together and collaborating. 
• Read Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing.
• Contact Denis on LinkedIn or visit Mobile-Mentor.com.

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Scott Lockhart is an Australian American entrepreneur and real estate technology expert. Known for his innovative work in real estate tech and leadership roles with Showcase IDX and eXp World Holdings.

What we talked about...

• Contingency plans for leaders.
• A brief history of WordPress.
• You can’t do everything yourself.
• Let your team make good mistakes. Identify the difference between good and bad mistakes.
• Bad mistakes are mistakes that are repeated.
• Psychological safety.
• They don’t use email internally. They use Slack.
• How to properly onboard new talent and build trustworthy cultures.
• Differences between working fully distributed versus working in person.
• Online petting zoos.
• How to be a feared-less leader.
• Use Assumed Positive Intent (API) when things don’t go right.
• Emotional Intelligence and empathy.
• Birkman Reports. A consultant does monthly town halls. All team members can access individual reports to understand their colleagues better.
• Communication will make or break a company.
• Differences in Australians and Americans.
• Tips for finding mentors.
• VIDEO: What’s it like to work for ShowcaseIDX.
• Read: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
• Contact Scott on LinkedIn.

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Wesley Faulkner co-hosts the developer relations-focused podcast Community Pulse and serves on the board for SXSW. His experience spans multiple facets of the technology industry. With over 20 years of domain knowledge in product marketing, product management, strategic planning, and software/hardware implementation, Wesley’s ability to communicate advanced concepts to general audiences, stakeholders, and engineers makes him ideal for his role as a Developer Relations professional.

What we talked about...

• It’s a game changer when a manager has confidence in you and fully invests in your success.
• On the importance of providing feedback and recognition.
• Kindness is a currency.
• Overcoming self-doubt with your LinkedIn recommendations and by reviewing your Instagram photos.
• Be just like me, different - Video.
• You don’t grow a community by isolating yourself, you grow it by bringing people in and allowing them to be themselves.
• The first step of trusting someone is trusting them. Model the behavior you want the community to have.
• Radiate your morals, principles, and values as a community.
• How to meet the needs of developers and build those relationships.
• Hugh Forrest and SXSW Interactive.
• The rising cost of living in Austin and Nashville.
• Neurodiversity.
• Thoughts about job interview processes.
• Fundamental Attribution Error.
• Meme about feeding house guests.
• The biggest business lie.
• Wesley’s article about his journey through a Devrel role.
• On having the courage to be authentic and brave.
• READ The End of Bias: A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias by Jessica Nordell and Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to Build a Kick-Ass Culture by Kim Scott.
• Find Wesley83 on Twitter and Polywork.

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Brian Moyer is the former President & CEO of the Greater Nashville Technology Council. He’s an entrepreneur, innovation broker, advisor, board member, and master connector. Moyer was featured on the Nashville Business Journal’s 2020 and 2021 Power 100 list of most influential business leaders in Nashville. 

What we talked about...

• Moving to Nashville in 1999.
• How collaborative Nashville is. 
• Networking best practices.
• Leading by example.
• The best way to use LinkedIn for connecting. 
• Nashville Technology Council peer groups. 
• On using groups to keep connections warm.
• “The best skill to teach a child is reinvention. Change is the only constant.”
• Career advice for graduating students.
• Becoming a life-long learner.
• The innovation economy.
• Creating a personal board of advisors.
• Don’t do it alone.
• The imposter syndrome. Interview with Kris Kelso.
• Read Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.

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Brian Fanzo is a Digital Futurist, Keynote Speaker, “Girl Dad x 3”, and Host of NFT 365 Daily Podcast.

What we talked about...

• Fatherhood and having three daughters aged 8, 10, and 12.
• How getting milk in the grocery store led to nine years as a government contractor in cyber security.
• Brian is from Pittsburgh, went to school in Virginia, and lived in Arizona for 8 years. He now resides in Northern Virginia with his three daughters.
• Imposter syndrome, personal brands, authenticity, and being called out by your mom.
• Humanizing yourself. Sharing your imperfections.
• How leaders can use video to improve how they communicate.
• The difference between transparency and oversharing.
• Access is key.
• Brian is neurodiverse with ADHD and dyslexia.
• Video shrinks the distance between us digitally. Brian’s two rules of video. 1. Perfection is a fairytale. 2. Control is an illusion.
• Web 3.0 and the creator economy.
• Transparency is a vehicle for trust.
• Consistency is what you decide it is; over time, it builds a layer of trust.
• Scheduling creative content with a calendar.
• What are blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens?
• Understanding how you can apply NFTs to the workplace.
• Read Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You by Brant Menswar and watch The Mighty Ducks.
• Contact Brian at Isocialfanz on social media.
• Check out his podcast, NFT365podcast.com.

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Business leader and host of Lessons in Leadership with Randy Powell.

What we talked about...

• Common questions executive MBA students are asking.
• The main differences between great and not-so-great leaders.
• Creating a healthy corporate culture.
• Moving from construction accounting and finance to leadership roles.
• Meeting with leaders, learning, and sharing that information.
• Emotional intelligence. 
• On hiring people to offset your weaknesses.
• Personality assessments.
• Book clubs and meeting members once a week for 8-12 weeks after each book to discuss.
• Napkin sketches. 
• Transitioning from an employee to an entrepreneur. 
• Acquiring a print and design business. 
• Adapting and finding new ways to serve customers doing the pandemic. 
• Switching to hybrid, more flexible work. 
• How to build loyalty.
• Read Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.
• Find ways to push yourself, continue to learn, and improve. Avoid complacency. 
• Check out Lessons in Leadership.

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Ralph Schulz is the President and CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

What we talked about...

• Ralph was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee when he was 12. He went to UT Knoxville. 
• His first job in the mid-1970s was in Nashville. He moved away and returned to Nashville in the late 1990s to run the Science Center. The center was struggling at the time and this piqued his interest. 
• Ralph is more face-to-face. He’s more about conversation instead of soundbites. He doesn’t use social media.
• The Nashville Chamber job was the only other job he wanted and when it became open he applied. It attracted him because it’s led by business leaders in the community who want to see a difference. They don’t just hand over a check, they want to be engaged. 
• Community leaders often have the desire but don’t have the wherewithal to take the steps to support the community. That’s how the Chamber helps.
• After three years as President of the Chamber, they won the Chamber of the Year Award in 2009. 
• Determining your value. Setting goals. Scheduling with a timeline.
• Ask, what do we value as an organization? Create a Purpose statement. Set goals and a timeline to achieve the goals and track the ROI of your work.
• How to measure success at the chamber from employee retention to where employees depart to. Setting expectations.
• The chamber is a talent generator it also has to be very good at original research, regional collaboration, agenda facilitation, and economic development.
• They have a new plan every five years from surveys and polling. They meet with 80 business leaders and determine priorities and metrics to measure success. This doesn’t happen without clarity. 
• How to communicate clearly for onboarding new hires. 
• Assigning a buddy for new hires.
• Re-skilling, up-skilling, and the need for continuous learning. Stackable skills.
• Common elements in great leaders. 
• Read American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodward. 
• The importance of family. 
• Contact Ralph via RSchulz@nashvillechamber.com or nashvillechamber.com. 

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David Briggs serves as regional president for Fifth Third Bank in Tennessee. He has 30 years of diverse banking experience. Briggs also served in several executive leadership roles in banking, including as market president of Capital Bank, commercial and private market executive for Bank of America, and commercial and industrial banking executive for First Horizon.

What we talked about...

• The Dave’s I Know by Kids in the Hall.
• Dave Briggs spent 27 years at Bank of America.
• He left during the Great Recession with a Bank of America veteran, Gene Taylor.
• Challenge, sense of loyalty, and friendships kept him working at the same company for 27 years.
• Pandemic pivots.
• How travel brings you together with your teammates.
• Serendipity and networking nicely. Being out and about matters.
• Find opportunities to move your team members within the organization.
• Process and discipline.
• Advancing team members from one role to another to advance their career and save you recruiting.
• People vote with their feet.
• Why culture is so important. Questions to ask hiring managers when you apply.
• Checking in with your team members.
• Be mindful of who you work for. Hint, it’s not your employer.
• Thoughts about employee and employer loyalty.
• On living in Europe and reflecting on our security.
• Setting and clearly communicating your business objectives.
• Read Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson.
• Contact david.briggs@53.com.

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Dr. Chloe Carmichael is a licensed clinical psychologist. She focuses on anxiety and stress management, relationships, and goal attainment. She is the author of Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety. 

What we talked about...

• How leaders can harness the power of their anxiety.
• The healthy function of anxiety is to stimulate preparation behaviors. 
• Setting a great example to your team about how to be comfortable with anxiety. 
• Avoid micromanaging, irritability, and substance abuse caused by anxiety.
• How to prepare for high-stakes presentations or interviews.
• The three-part breath technique to center and focus yourself.
• Meditation, mindfulness, and metacognition.
• Yoga and Buddhism and meditation with Tenzin, Bob Thurman.
• Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Dr. Sanjay Gupta M.D.
• Rethinking self-doubt.
• The Dunning Kruger Effect. The person with low ability overestimates their actual ability.
• How to choose a good online therapist or coach article.
• Get anonymous feedback from your team members.
• Hybrid work and balancing work with family.
• Being 100% responsive on chat during work hours. Chatting-in and chatting-out. 
• Setting expectations and sharing why. 
• Creating a culture remotely with virtual and local parties and using Kiva.org.
• Watch the ROI of Nice webcast.
• Read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
• Dr. Chloe's Insiders Club. Free 30-day access.

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Colton Mulligan is the CEO and Chief Strategist at FoxFuel Creative. He also facilitates retreats and workshops for CEOs and entrepreneurs. He loves stories and drinking Negronis.

What we talked about...

• Owning your work and honesty in what you do.
• Transitioning from being a bad boss to a better one.
• Creating a fertile environment to grow and reducing the fear of failure.
• Being a sponge of knowledge to improve your leadership skills.
• The Win Without Pitching manifesto.
• Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Strengths Finder.
• Better Book Club - My interview with Arnie Malham.
• AMA Coffees.
• Sherry Deutschmann's “Lunch with Lucy”.
• EO Nashville.
• Building relationships at work.
• Scheduling mini-retreats with new hires and the rest of the team.
• How the pandemic has affected culture.
• Creating a hybrid work schedule that fits everyone.
• Success by being nice while networking. Asking questions.
• Cameras on policy while working remotely.
• Read Emotional Intelligence 2.0
• Contact Colton at foxfuelcreative.com.

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Pamela Slim is an award-winner author, speaker, and business coach who works with small business owners ready to scale their businesses and IP. She is the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation, Body of Work, and The Widest Net. Pam and her husband Darryl co-founded the K’é Main Street Learning Lab in Mesa, Arizona, where they host scores of diverse community leaders and regular small business programming.

What we talked about...

• K'é Main Street Learning Lab.
• Running an event space during the pandemic.
• Having a connected community and relationships.
• Overcoming sales challenges.
• Empire Model of business development versus Ecosystem Model.
• Find your peanut butter and jelly partners (PB&J). Ask your ideal clients who they work with.
• Tiny Marketing Actions (TMAs).
• Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg and Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear.
• Tracking and planning your actions to identify patterns in business development.
• Why persistence is important in your sales outreach and how to handle it.
• Use your CRM to track your outreach and stop checking your inbox.
• Choosing the right tools. Focus on your minimal viable need.
• Best practices for interviews with your past clients.
• Creating your Justice League - a shared mission to solve problems.
• Read If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland.
• Contact Pam at PamelaSlim.com

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Brad Ebenhoeh is CEO & Partner of Accountfully -- a modern outsourced accounting solution.

What we talked about...

• On starting and running a business with your spouse.
• Accountfully has offices in Charleston and Nashville. 
• How the pandemic has (and hasn’t) affected their business.
• They initially opened their office up again and invited their staff back when they wanted to come in. They then shifted to have their staff who resided nearby work from the office Tuesdays - Thursdays. Mondays and Fridays can be from home. 
• How virtual work is convenient but how the culture takes a hit when the team is remote.
• Challenges on finding talent now.
• The importance of onboarding and coaching employees.
• Company retreats and meet and greets.
• Don’t Settle For Something That Sucks - Brad’s Disrupt presentation.
• Building something bigger than yourself.
• Setting and sticking to goals.
• How to find downtime for the family when you’re running a fast-growing company.
• Using Slack, Asana, and Google Meet for internal communications.
• Read Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy.

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David Meerman Scott is the author of twelve books, including New Rules of Marketing & PR, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, FANOCRACY, and Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead. Scott is a marketing and business growth strategist, entrepreneur, and advisor to emerging companies.

What we talked about...

• Grateful Dead guitars. 
• Brian Halligan at Hubspot. 
• Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans he wrote with Reiko Scott.
• Talking to strangers and generosity. 
• Passion is infectious. Share what you’re passionate about in your business.
• Give yourself permission to break down the barriers between your personal and professional life.
• The importance of travel. 
• The problem with polarizing people with Facebook’s algorithm. 
• Harry Potter, K-pop, ComicCon, and fandom. 
• Tony Robbins and speaking at his events.
• Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru documentary (Netflix).
• How businesses can build and sustain strong cultures in a hybrid and remote era.
• The neuroscience of video communication and landing pages.
• David’s speaking page with video.
• Read anything by Seth Godin.
• Exercise every morning.
• These Are The Good Old Days blog post.
• “Educate and inform instead of interrupt and sell.”

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Jane Allen is the Chief Executive Officer at Nashville Entrepreneur Center.

What we talked about...

• Journaling about what you are grateful for.
• Practicing empathy.
• On creating Counsel on Call.
• Paid maternity leave. 
• The Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
• Circle Back Podcast with Clark Buckner.
• Keeping Nashville entrepreneurs together around the pandemic and tornado aftermath.
• The 4 phases of the entrepreneur’s journey. Phase 1: Innovate. Phase 2: Rapid Growth. Phase 3: Stabilize or Exit. Phase 4: Circle Back.
• Her small-town upbringing and how it applies to building community. 
• The importance of taking personal notes and documenting everything.
• Contact her Jane.allen@ec.co.

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Matt Bailey teaches how to turn data into decisions. Matt is the founder of SiteLogic and host of the Endless Coffee Cup podcast.

What we talked about...

• On the power of audience feedback, reviews, and comments.
• Endless Coffee Cup podcast
• How spontaneous conversations occur at conferences.
• Informal meals and picking up the check.
• Bulletin Boards (BBS) on the Commodore64.
• Matt studied journalism and moved on to real estate.
• He built a website for his real estate business because the cost of print advertising was out of reach.
• He created an agency from the demand he received from fellow realtors for their own sites.
• The most valuable question he asked himself was, “What’s the most profitable use of my time?”
• He discovered big numbers lie. Quality over quantity.
• He grew his agency to eighteen employees and decided to pivot to training. 
• The power of teaching others. 
• Search engine optimization tips for your website.
• Content management systems like WordPress and Squarespace.
• Building online courses and measuring how you know if people learned. 
• From Northeast Ohio to Dubai!
• Setting time aside to read a book a month. 
• Read Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric.
• You Are Not So Smart podcast.
• Setting expectations and finding balance offline.

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Natalya Berdikyan is an entrepreneur, energy leadership and wellbeing coach, speaker, investor, and EO Board Member. She is the founder and CEO of Life By Design Academy.

What we talked about:

• Living in Europe. Moved from Russia to the US at 16 years old. Speaking four languages and moving from Berlin to Barcelona. 
• She loves understanding how people function and relating to different people. 
• How COVID has affected our businesses and our lives.
• She works with entrepreneurs and leaders and their energy. More businesses need the strength not to focus on being a victim of circumstances but on being more in charge and the creator of their experience. 
• She practices yoga daily.
• Life By Design Academy helps people in organizations improve their way of living and operating, their leadership performance, and well-being. 
• Bringing on peace and awareness through energy. 
• Energy Leadership Index Assessment.
• Meditation and mindfulness.
• Introverts and extroverts.
• Two types of energy - Catabolic, which is destructive and draining, and Anabolic, which is constructive and healing.
• Manifestation, visualizing, and using energy to bring the future into the present.
• Natalya takes Dave through an exercise. 
• Practicing non-judgment and not being attached to outcomes. 
• Seeing a bigger picture brings more creative solutions, opportunities, and people. 
• How to find your tribe and surround yourself with people who give you energy. 
• Entrepreneurs' Organization.
• Establishing your values. 
• Read Personality Isn't Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story by Benjamin P. Hardy.

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Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, elevator, and multiple award-winning author. Minter is an agent of change who has exercised twelve different metier and moved country fifteen times, he’s the author of the WWII story, The Last Ring Home, as well as three business books: Futureproof, Heartificial Empathy, and You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader.

What we talked about:

• Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, London. 
• The importance of meaningful conversations. 
• Dunbar’s Number. 
• The power of a hug.
• How The Grateful Dead and the best brands create unique and special experiences. 
• Company retreats, off-sites, special events, and conferences. 
• How trust is the critical glue. Trust comes from vulnerability. 
• Walk the talk. Say something, do it. Tap into your own humanity.
• Why touch is important.
• You can only learn empathy if you want it.
• The core idea is observation and listening. 
• Repeating what you heard. 
• Close Communication Bias. Finishing off sentences of the people we’re close to. Complacency creeps in.
• The CHECK mindset. Curious. Humility. Empathy. Courage. Karma.
• (VIDEO) Angry Voicemail We Got From an Alamo Drafthouse Customer. NSFW.
• Bringing back handshakes, hugs, and high-fives.
• Culture eats strategy for breakfast. 
• Recognize and reward your team members. 
• When you ask for advice - take it and report back.
• Tips for helping employees to establish their personal brands. 
• Read Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari.

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Scott Rouse is a behavior analyst and body language expert. His extensive training, education, and practice of nonverbal communication have made Scott an expert and consultant to law enforcement and to the United States military, as well as to Fortune 500 CEOs, doctors, attorneys, executives, and entertainers. He is the author of Understanding Body Language: How to Decode Nonverbal Communication in Life, Love, and Work.

What we talked about…

• Scott has taught body language and interrogation methods to members of the military and law enforcement. 
• Working together at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. 
• How body language best practices can be used in pitching investors. 
• How to get investors in the head space to help you instead (or in addition to) fund you.
• VCs invest huge amounts of money into startups, so Scott sits in and sniffs out the dishonest entrepreneurs.
• What to do when you don’t know the answer.
• There are no absolutes in body language.
• An essential question to ask during the hiring process and beyond.
• Things to consider (and not) about eye contact.
• How to use your body language to make people feel comfortable.
• The most common problem in business communication - “CEO-itice” 
• Signs your team member doesn’t really know the answer or isn’t listening to your question.
• The power of taking analog notes while listening. 
• How Scott got connected to Dr. Phil. 
• Don Wells on Summer Wells Missing Interview Body Language Analysis (YouTube).
• On how to improve virtual meetings.
• Scott recommends Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday.
• Dave recommends Think Again by Adam Grant.
• Kindle reading tips.
• Contact Scott at ScottRouse.com.

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Consistency, personal branding, blogging, and your Cumulative Advantage with Mark Schaefer.

Mark Schaefer is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, educator, business consultant, and author. His blog {grow} is hailed as one of the top marketing blogs in the world. His latest book is Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business and Life Against All Odds.

What we talked about...

• Creating momentum for your life, your business, and your ideas.
• How to stand out as a friend and a brand with cookies and bacon.
• How effective leaders help us grow.
• On saying “no” the right way by addressing problems, not people.
• Consistency is more important than genius. 
• The power of blogging.
• How Tim Ferris advanced his career.
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.
• Reinvention and relevancy.
• Force yourself to go to conferences to learn new things and meet new people.
• Mark talked about LunchClub to be matched to people with similar interests.
• Subway horror stories.
• Mark recommends “How to Heal our Divides” Brian Allain. 
• Learn more about Mark at BusinessesGrow.com. 

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Dunbar's Number, friendships, and collaboration with Robin Dunbar.

Robin Dunbar is the creator of "Dunbar's Number". He is an evolutionary psychologist and former director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University. Professor Dunbar is also the author of multiple books, his latest is Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships. 

What we talked about...

• Dunbar’s Number.
• Friendships as extroverts and introverts.
• Loneliness.
• The case for supporting the extroverts in your life.
• Why touch is a fundamental way of engagement with friends and family.
• Facebook friends vs. acquaintances  
• Can VR trick our brains into touch, and are there concerns?
• The value of pub life. 
• McDonald's as a rural social hub. 
• Can the workplace become a social center for friendships?
• Why working from home won’t work.
• People would rather have less money and more of a social environment.
• Building collaborative workplaces.
• Book recommendation: The Life of Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood from Today's Leaders, Icons, and Legendary Dads.

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Ben Landers is the founder of Blue Corona. He has been building, growing, and leading his company, a 9-time Inc. 5000 marketing services and technology company, since 2008. 

What we talked about...

• The power of 15-minute weekly huddles to share quarterly goals, insights, and news.
• How to win an Inc 5000 Best Company to Work Award.
• Read Winners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office by Bill McDermott.
• Ben shares lessons and inspiration from his former boss at Hot Jobs, Richard Johnson.
• Being a consistent leader in action and words.
• Why mixing and mingling with your team members is important.

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Pat Owings is the owner of 12 Point Signworks, Redwoods Management, and Oak Ridge Association Management.

What we talked about...

• Cultural and other challenges in acquisitions of businesses.
• Employee communication is key.
• How to reassure team members when new management comes in.
• They are listening to your plans, but they looking for your actions and will judge based on this.
• How to effectively fill open positions through word of mouth from your employees.
• Honesty is the number one thing in culture building and sustaining.
• How to manage a strong work-life balance.
• Transitioning back to face-to-face work.
• How in-person networking suffers for online events.
• The importance of including employee families in strong company culture.
• Setting email expectations.
• Failure and innovation.
• The power of personality assessments.

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Michael Port is an NYT bestselling author, co-founder, and CEO of Heroic Public Speaking. His latest book is The Referable Speaker: Your Guide to Building a Sustainable Speaking Career—No Fame Required, which he co-authored with Andrew Davis. 

What we talked about...

• Parenting picky eaters.
• Being born and raised in Manhattan, NYC.
• Michael’s education at Tulane in New Orleans and his Masters's Degree in Acting at NYU Graduate Acting Program.
• Moving to Bucks County 17 years ago.
• Why he doesn’t believe he’s a writer, even after writing nine books, including best-sellers.
• What question is the presentation answering?
• What book is the author answering?
• Do a little writing every day.
• Don’t set pre-determined outcomes too early in your process.
• Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way book and her Morning Pages.
• Deep thoughts on collaboration.
• In order to be a great partner, you have to know you can bring value and be appreciative of the value others bring.
• The best business partnerships are the ones where each person feels they got the better end of the deal.
• Aim for delivering “How to Think” speeches instead of “How to” speeches if you wish to deliver referable keynote presentations.
• Moving beyond your personal brand to something bigger.
• Read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
• Contact Michael at Heroic Public Speaking.

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Tamsen Webster is a part strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, she helps experts drive action with their ideas. She’s also a gifted keynote speaker and the author of the new book, Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible.

What we talked about...

• Tamsen shares the best advice she’s received in her career.
• Honest feedback and being true to yourself.
• Tamsen’s mantra, “Be useful, be thoughtful, be passionate, be kind.”
• +EBI = positive + even, better, if.
• Lying and honesty.
• Content ideas and creating a swipe file.
• Content marketing and personal branding.
• The persuaders' paradox.
• Figure out how to minimize the time spent on stuff you don’t want to do.
• Ann Handley said, “Write the book that’s easiest for you to write.”
• Writing rooms. 25 minutes writing. 5 minutes off.
• Set up a Zoom room - invite friends working on books.
• Why a “red thread”?
• The Duck/Bunny - the power of identifying contrasting views.
• Read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

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This is a previously recorded interview I did with Ronni Bennett in December 2014. Sadly, Ronni passed away on October 30, 2020.

Ronni Bennett ran Time Goes By, a blog The Washington Post called “the quintessential seniors’ blog”. She was a radio and television broadcasting veteran who produced shows like 20/20 and The Barbara Walters Specials on ABC. Ronni also produced programs for Lifetime, NBC, PBS, and CBS. She was the first managing editor of CBSNews.com.

After producing shows for Barbara Walters, John Tesh, Whoopi Goldberg, and Matt Lauer, Ronni Bennett began investigating, reporting, and researching all things related to aging. In 2003, she began writing the blog, “When Time Goes By: What It’s Really Like To Get Older.”

What we talked about...

• Why aging is a gift.
• How we can slow time.
• Ageism.
• Preserving our digital legacies.
• Facing retirement and death.

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Harry S. Campbell is a keynote speaker and former president of two Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of Get-Real Leadership, Get-Real Culture, and Get-Real Mindset.  

What we talked about...

• How to get a dream job with Fortune 500 companies like P&G.
• Why kindness matters.
• Why “business speak” is the worst.
• The Audio Golden Rule.
• How to lead teams authentically.
• Lessons learned from Sam Walton.
• Commonalities of strong leaders.
• 7 words to discover your personal brand.
• Body language.
• HeadForTheCure.com
• Harry S. Campbell recommends reading “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't ” by Jim Collins.

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Arnie Malham is an entrepreneur, proud parent, culture consultant, and the founder and president of BetterBookClub.com. He is also the author of Worth Doing Wrong - Build a Culture that Rocks.

What we talked about...

• The Innovation Stack book.
• Greenlights audiobook.
• Walk in the Woods book.
• How to retain what you read.
• We learn the most when we teach.
• Ryan Holiday’s notecard method (VIDEO).
• The value of pattern recognition.
• How to group ideas and outline a book.
• Better Book Club.
• Camel Culture at CJ Advertising.
• How leaders can attract and retain talent.
• Send a morale survey.
• Leaders need to take ownership of issues with culture.
• Jack Daly is a hero of Arnie’s. He speaks about how you can smell the culture.
• Onboarding new employees.
• Who are your ‘But, not, for’ people?
• Book recommendation “Love is Free. Guac is Extra” by Monty Moran.

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Jeffrey Shaw is a keynote & virtual speaker, small business coach, and the author of The Self-Employed Life - Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success.  

What we talked about...

• Imposter syndrome when networking.
• We’re all playing tennis with a better player.
• Recognition is a strategy, not a destination.
• Door-to-door egg sales. Photography.
• How to price your product or service.
• Never had a job or paycheck.
• Pricing creates perception and positioning.
• The Self Employed Ecosystem. Personal development. Business strategies. Daily Habits.
• We can control the environment for the results we want.
• Finish your medicine.
• When we should find a business coach.
• Why your web design matters.
• HUG marketing.
• Gut instincts.
• What’s going right journal.
• Read Sell the Way You Buy: A Modern Approach To Sales That Actually Works (Even On You!) by David Priemer. 

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Today, I am chatting with Marc Pitman, an executive coach, emcee, speaker, and the author of the new book The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be.

What we talked about...

• Covid and the business of speaking.
• New business development.
• Personality assessments.
• Having trusted allies.
• Pandemic life for extroverts.
• Mindfulness and meditation.
• Setting “Magnet Goals.”
• The power of journaling.

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Richard Turner is a world-famous expert 'card mechanic' who is known for his brilliant card trick performances. He was honored with a Golden Lion Award in Magic from Siegfried and Roy and the Lynn Searles Award for Excellence in Card Manipulation. He is the 2014 and 2017 recipient of the Close-Up Magician of the Year award from The Academy of Magical Arts and the subject of the inspiring documentary Dealt.

Turner's audiences have included Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Brad Pitt, Muhammad Ali, and Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is also a 6-degree black belt in karate. But what makes all of Turner’s accomplishments truly incredible is that he is blind – and has been since childhood.

What we talked about...

• Dealing with the Imposter.
• How we can use social media more
• My article about the documentary, Dealt.
• The importance of family.
• Playing cards and card magic.
• Richard constantly practices his card shuffles (you can hear this in the background of this episode)
• Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
• The importance of travel.
• How Richard earned his sixth-degree black belt.
• Richard fooled Penn & Teller on their TV show.
• How Scarlet Fever led to Richard and his sister becoming blind.
• Figure out your passion.
• Discipline breeds discipline.
• Don’t put off today what you can do right now.
• Giving back.

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This week, I’m trying something a little different. What you are about to hear is Scott Monty’s Timeless Leadership podcast. Scott was kind enough to interview me for his show, and he agreed I could share it with you here. Be sure to subscribe to Scott's incredible Timeless & Timely newsletter. 

Scott is considered a corporate therapist, strategic thinker, and trusted advisor. He is a sounding board and clarifier who is equally adept with the pen and the microphone. Once ranked by The Economist as #1 on its list 25 Social Business Leaders. Called "a visionary" by Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Company.

What we talked about...

• The power and importance of kindness.
• The ROI of Nice.
• How to actively listen with intent.
• The three steps of networking nicely. 1. Show up. 2. Follow up. 3. Catch up.
• How leaders can be nicer.
• Productivity tips.
• Why journaling is important.
• Practicing empathy.
• Mr. Rogers.

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Kris Kelso is a keynote speaker for leadership conferences, corporate events, and universities and is a frequent guest on television, radio, and podcasts. He is a trained and certified executive coach and is the author of Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead With Confidence.

What we talked about...

• Dealing with the Imposter.
• How we can use social media more socially.
• Asking thought-provoking questions.
• How industries and locations lead to imposter syndrome.
• How imposter syndrome can be a good thing.
• Silencing your inner critic.
• Embracing failure. Considering the outcomes.
• Perspectives on fear and feelings.
• Self-doubt and insecurity.
• Michael and Amy Port at Heroic Public Speaking.
• Public speaking and performance.
• Communication skills.
• Power in partnerships.
• Proud insecurity vs. humble confidence.
• Read Getting Naked by Patrick M. Lencioni.
• Dave mentioned reading If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? by Alan Alda.

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Marcus Whitney is a Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, the most active venture capital firm in America focused on innovative healthcare companies with a portfolio of over 130 companies. He recently launched Jumpstart Nova, the first Black healthcare venture fund in America.

Marcus is also co-founder and minority owner of the Major League Soccer team, Nashville Soccer Club. He has been listed in the Power 100 by Nashville Business Journal and has been featured by Inc., CNBC, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and The Atlantic.

Marcus is the author of the best-selling book Create and Orchestrate, about claiming your Creative Power through entrepreneurship. He is a member of the board of Celtic Bank, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation, Instruction Partners, and Launch Tennessee.

What we talked about...

• BarCamp Nashville (VIDEO).
• Being thoughtful and nice.
• Self-publishing and crowdfunding his book, Create and Orchestrate.
• Imposter syndrome and community for authors.
• Manifestation and the impact and action from your thoughts.
• Think of yourself as the thing you are trying to become as long as it quiets down the chatter in your head.
• You have the tools of psychic self-defense to overcome the inner-talk that will be negative.
• The Magic of Thinking Big by David Joseph Schwartz.
• You’re less likely to become derailed if you stay anchored with a clear purpose.
• The pros and cons of a personal brand.
• Nashville hustle -- to change your world, you gotta lie a little: Marcus Whitney at TEDxNashville (VIDEO).
• Dave’s Three C’s. Creating, consuming, and converting. Finding the balance.
• Marcus’s article, Nashville's health care leaders must acknowledge systemic racism.
• Samuel Howard and his legacy in Nashville and beyond.
• The sunk cost fallacy as it pertains to divisive political groups and communities.
• “If you proactively lay your armor down, you give people a cue that they can do the same.”
• Read Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear.
• Get a good night's sleep.

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Liane Davey is an NYT best-selling author, Harvard Business Review contributor, psychologist, public speaker, and business strategist. Read her books, The Good Fight, You First, and Leadership Solutions.

What we talked about...

• The importance of travel and family.
• On being introverted and extroverted.
• Loneliness in entrepreneurship and at. home. Read this.
• Working together virtually.
• Ways to deal with conflict at work and understanding conflict debt.
• Conflict coming from a base in empathy feels like problem-solving.
• Productive tension creates growth, strengthens resources, and creates coverage.
• Normally conflict is addressed as friction and this wears us down.
• Empathy creates healthy teams with lots of tension but without friction.
• Why leadership and teams feedback is crucial and causes a communication breakdown.
• Recognizing the stakeholders.
• “Bless her heart.” vs. “Interesting”.
• Read Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown.

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As a professional motivational keynote speaker and Washington Post best-selling author, Laura helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get “unstuck” in their thinking - and achieve extraordinary results. She is turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She is an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she has never met a revolution she didn’t like.

As a professional female keynote speaker, Laura inspires audiences to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. Her motivational presentations encourage professionals to think bigger and accept greater challenges beyond their current limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to identify their voice, and generate the confidence necessary to tackle bigger-than-life challenges while exploring innovative ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.

Laura’s 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at a respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com. She founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose.

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier more connected employees.

What we talked about…

• Being present for your people.
• Practicing gratitude.
• Spending twenty years as a headhunter and five years in politics.
• Learning how to listen effectively.
• Networking as an introvert.
• Brenè Brown and Dolly Parton.
• “Figure out who you are and do it on purpose.” - Dolly Parton.
• Consonance. Calling, Connection, Contribution, and Control from her book, Limitless.
• How we can zero in on our calling and gain some drive.
• You’ll never outperform your inner circle.
• Following your passion is the worst career advice. Instead, invest in your passion.
• Practicing gratitude. Larry Fish wrote Thank You notes.
• “Wear your nice on your sleeves and we’ll all applaud your fashion sense.”
• Read Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You by Brant Menswar.
• Say hello @heylgo on social media and heylgo.com.

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Lisa Cummings, Founder of Lead Through Strengths, brings 20 years of experience (and experiments) into this practice. She lives to help people find and leverage their strengths at work. She brings a differentiated approach to your participants by making the content stick with memorable musical activities.

What we talked about:

• Why it’s paramount to identify and confirm your strengths as a leader.
• Discover how to apply your strengths to improve your work and the performance of your team.
• Learn more and contact Lisa Cummings at leadthroughstrengths.com
• Read Strengths Based Leadership by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie.
• Read First Break All The Rules by Gallup Press.

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Denise Jacobs is a speaker, author, and creativity evangelist who increases employee productivity and engagement through evangelizing leading-edge techniques for busting through creative blocks in order to help individuals to be their brilliance, cultivate collaboration, and develop leadership skills.

What we talked about...

• A simple activity you can do with your hands to banish your inner critic.
• The Dunning Kruger Effect
• Negativity bias and fear conditioning.
• Why mindfulness is key to helping you overcome fear and embrace creativity.
• Contact Denise Jacobs at denisejacobs.com, and find her book at thecreativedose.com.
• Read Banish Your Inner Critic: Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work (A Gift for Artists to Combat Self-doubt and Listen to Their Inner Voice) by Denise Jacobs. 
• See Denise Jacobs speak at Adobe Max. 
• Denise Jacobs's LinkedIn Learning Course.

👋 Say hello info@futureforth.com. 

🐦 On Twitter @davedelaney.

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Chris Brogan is an executive-level strategist and CEO advisor, working with companies at the 100M+ revenue range. The projects he works on with C-level executives involve everything from scouting M&A opportunities in B2B enterprise SaaS, strategic pathing and decision-making, reorg efforts, and more.

What we talked about...

• Learn about reinvention.
• Authenticity vs. bravery.
• Selling yourself and staying humble.
• Anxiety and depression.
• Why it's important to share compliments.
• "Humankind's greatest need is to feel wanted or useful." - Chris Brogan.
• Contact Chris Brogan @chrisbrogan on Twitter, chrisbrogan.com, and The Backpack Show. 
• Read Don’t Try to Be Authentic. Be Brave by Chris Brogan
• Read The Biggest Business Lie by Dave Delaney
• Book Recommendation: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell. 

👋 Say hello info@futureforth.com. 

🐦 On Twitter @davedelaney.

❤️ Subscribe to the Nice Maker Newsletter at nicemaker.co.

🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca.

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