Power To Speak -The Podcast: Recent Episodes

JacquelineGoddard

Surprising answers, inspiring stories. Motivational, Educational, Inspirational...Wise words from Creatives, business and thought leaders, authors, in fact, anyone with an interesting story to tell. How did they get here, what did they learn and what can they teach us?

Yay! School's out for summer so I celebrated with a panel of 3 lovely rays of speaking sunshine! 🤩

Trisha Lewis, chief unsquasher, communication skills expert, author, podcast host, TEDx speaker and **rock climber.

And Sarah Townsend, copywriter, best-selling author, keynote speaker and **obsessive birder and all-round nerd.

Plus, Ella Orr, Personal brand and social media specialist, former teacher, public speaker and **weight lifter.

In this end-of-term special, we chatted about what you should do to get you and your talk remembered. How to build rapport. How much personal stuff you should share with your professional network and when to say NO?

We also discuss our most embarrassing, cringe-worthy and funny speaking moments! Such fun... 👏

But more fun than that, I really wanted to know why these wonderful women chose those hobbies?!

To find out more about Trisha go to her website https://www.trishalewis.com

To find out more about Ella go to her website https://muchmoresocial.co.uk/about/

To find out more about Sarah go to her website https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

My guest is Vanda Varga, the Tour Guide to Your Mind! Vanda is an accredited trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnotherapy and a Silva Method practitioner.

As a tour guide to your mind, Vanda can help you explore, uncover and re-map your map of the world.

I have recently been a student of Vanda's and what a fabulous experience it was. I took the NLP practitioner training course and am now an accredited NLP practitioner! 👏

She's an amazingly engaging and supportive teacher. A credit to her knowledge and experience of her subject but also to her communication skills.

She explains in our conversation one of the presuppositions of NLP - there is no failure only feedback - i.e., we either succeed or learn! She explains how what we shine a light on is where our energy flows, so choose where you direct your attention!

It was an enlightening conversation that also touched on Vanda's experience with the Silva Mind Control Method as a child and how it shaped her map of the world.

We also discussed her amazing tool bag of NLP techniques including The Circle of Excellence and anchoring that help build confidence and diminish the anxiety of speaking in public. As well as how to overcome imposter thinking by speaking more positively to ourselves.

To find out more about Vanda, her coaching and NLP practitioner training programmes go to: https://vandavarga.co.uk

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

The one that should have been Jackie speaking about speaking with Vanda Varga but... 😱

I made a huge BOO BOO and got the day wrong!!

Apologies. So, I spoke about speaking with myself. I answered some questions that I'd asked myself but have answers that are relevant to anyone that needs to raise their confidence to speak to their audience. These include:

What can you learn from being on stage?
What happens when you work at the edge of your comfort zone?
How can learning to improvise help with confidence and creativity?
How can you connect with your audience?
How when you ask your 'tribe' what they think of you, you can uncover your Superpower and help your Personal Brand.

Plus, we waste so much time being who we think we 'should' be that we forget that we are enough just as we are.

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

For this episode, I spoke about speaking with Anna Bravington, marketing strategist and co-founder of Those That Dare.

Anna has 24 years of experience across digital and marketing and has worked on some crazy campaigns in partnership with brands like Microsoft and PlayStation whilst heading up digital marketing at GAME.

In 2022 she was named one of the NatWest Telegraph 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch.

Anna is a huge advocate for diversity in marketing and is investing in new ways of capturing diverse voices.

Most recently Anna has joined 36 authors, from 10 countries, to collaborate on a Mark Schaefer project and write the first book ever created entirely by a Web3 community entitled, The Most Amazing Marketing Book Ever. In her chapter, Anna discusses Experiential marketing. She reads her own chapter and tells me how reading your own words is harder than it looks.

Anna is also a speaker. She has presented at, among others at Brighton SEO and the You Are the Media Creator Day. She is multi-faceted and multi-talented.

Among the questions, I asked Anna was what advice would she give to an introvert, i.e., somebody that's quite shy but knows they need to get out there and promote themselves by speaking in public?

Her answer was to start where you feel comfortable and with an audience that will encourage and support you and also give you constructive (not destructive) feedback.

And I agree. Take baby steps! Start small and start with an audience that loves and supports you.

For Anna and myself that audience is the You Are The Media community, but for you, it might be a group, or online community you belong to, family or even your other half (an audience of 1 is still an audience).

Anna also tells me how you can successfully market Christmas dinner in a tin! Be daring with your marketing, she says.

She is a lover of data and says by using SEO correctly she can get CEOs excited about the metrics.

To find out more about Anne Bravington - https://thosethatdare.com/

or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabravington/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In this episode of the Speaking About Speaking live stream, I speak about speaking with Maureen McCowen.

Public speaking coach and founder of Soft Skills Success, Maureen works with teams and individuals to unlock their speaking confidence.

With 30 years experience of in presenting, teaching, and connecting, she’s on a mission to take the fear out of speaking in public.

She believes there’s no reason why networking, pitching, reporting, and presenting can’t be productive, successful and enjoyable for everyone!

We discuss how to unlock your speaking confidence, how to discover your authentic voice and how to determine your speaking style.

Plus, we answer questions from the comments like what is the value of soft skills in business.

To find out more about Maureen got her website: https://www.softskillsuccess.ie/

or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureenmccowen/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In the latest of the Speaking About Speaking live streams, I speak about speaking with Gus Bhandal, a highly experienced marketing professional and go-to guru on all things LinkedIn!

He specialises in social media, events, and communications across a range of industries. He loves orange and is the founder of ‘The M Guru’ – a digital marketing agency, where the M stands for marketing and also for media, management… and magnificent!

Gus has also done a bit of speaking. We met through the Digital Women network (Yes, Digital WOMEN!) and I heard him speak at Failed Nights, part of the You Are the Media Creator Day event, where he shared his winding and often amusing career journey, proving that there are no failures only feedback.

We discuss how he uses speaking to promote his personal brand and how failure led him to marketing (and LinkedIn) success.

Plus, why chatting cheese and onion crisps helped him build business connections.

To find out more about Gus, go to his website: https://www.themguru.co.uk/about/

or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mguruuk/?originalSubdomain=uk

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

In this episode of Speaking About Speaking, I spoke with Master Practitioner in Mindful Eating, author of Boosting Breakfasts, podcaster, online course creator and speaker, Lori Weber.

As well as running the Mindful Eating Clinic, Lori, founded Perfect Pitch in October 2003 and works with leading associate companies in the training and development arenas.

Her dual background in performing arts & a number of business roles has equipped her with the skills and creativity to get the best out of people.

This was an interesting conversation!

We discussed how a good speaker knows how to use pitch, pace and pause and how beneficial it is to anyone who needs to speak for their work to bite the bullet and attend a drama class. As I always say, actors' training is fundamental to confident communication, self-awareness and life in general!

Plus, how you can amplify yourself to elevate your business and how you become a great podcast guest.

Enjoy. 😊

To find out more about Lori: https://www.themindfuleatingclinic.com/

Or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-weber-0970841aa/?originalSubdomain=uk

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

For this episode of Speaking About Speaking, I'm flying solo! Just me, Jackie Goddard giving advice on how you can speak confidently in a presentation and in front of any audience by using the 3 B's that underline public speaking training - believe, breathe and be prepared.

I also answer questions from the audience. Such as, what is the benefit of public speaking to your business and where can you find the opportunities to speak?

If you want to find out how I can give you the confidence to harness your fear and stand on any stage to present like a pro, contact me through www.powertospeak.co.uk

Connect with me on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

or leave a comment below.

And if you want a hard copy of the 3 B's in your hand download the free PDF: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

S.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

For this episode, I was joined by the fabulous, Sarah Townsend.

Sarah is a copywriter, speaker and best-selling author who loves language. Which is handy as we’re speaking about speaking. 😊

She has over 30 years of experience in marketing and publishing. 20 years of that as a freelance marketing copywriter and copy editor. She also helps freelancers and small business owners prioritise their mental well-being and get more enjoyment from self-employment.

Since publishing her Amazon #1 bestseller, Survival Skills for Freelancers, she’s been on a mission to help freelancers and small biz owners set better boundaries, achieve brilliant balance, and avoid burnout.

Her latest book, The Little Book of Confusables, is a must-have companion for anyone who writes.

Sarah’s appeared on 50+ podcasts and taken part in 50+ live events. She knows how to write, and she knows how to speak!

To find out more about Sarah go to her website: https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk

Or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahtownsendeditorial/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

For this previous LIVE stream, I was joined by Ted Talk Coach and Speaker, Catherine Sandland.

Catherine's a speaker coach working with people who are ready to stand up and be heard. She's coached hundreds of people including TEDx speakers so that they can share their message. Helping them look, sound and feel supremely confident.

Catherine is a TEDx event organiser and our conversation contains lots of tips on how to shape and share your TED stage idea that's worth spreading!

To find out more about Catherine go to her website: https://www.catherinesandland.com

or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-sandland-023ba08/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

I have followed Lucy since I was recommended and bought her Confidence on Camera digital course back at the beginning of the lockdown (as did thousands of others).

I took on her challenges and tuned into her 'how to create a course' webinars, filmed in her spare room once her son was in bed and whilst wearing some very comical hats!

I've been inspired by her journey and success and am SO chuffed that she took the time to speak to me. 🙏🏼

Lucy helps people to live more, and work less. Her courses including Confidence on Camera have sold over 50,000 to date. She helps turn knowledge and experience into memberships and digital courses. She writes and talks about how to create passive income so that you can spend more time with those you love, doing what you love.

As a former TV journalist, she spent years working in Asia and the Middle East. In our extraordinary conversation, she tells me what it was like to be a woman in a war zone, reporting from the likes of Ukraine and Myanmar.

We also chat about life as an Airbnb host, a life and business coach and the creator of the highly successful Confidence on Camera online course.

She shares some truly amazing stories with me for the podcast but also more widely to her social media community.

To find out more about Lucy go to the website: https://lucygriffiths.com

Or follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucygriffithsdotcom/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

S.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

On this previously LIVE episode, I was joined by communication coach and TEDx speaker, Jon Torrens.

A self-confessed introvert, Jon uses his experience as a stand-up comic and video games designer, to deliver fun and effective.

His aim? To create successful, confident speakers who pitch with confidence and cut wasted time from software development.

This is an interesting conversation for any introvert who needs to sell stuff!

I was interested to find out from Jon how as an introvert he managed to survive in the stand-up arena!

To find out more about Jon go to the website: https://jontorrens.co.uk

Or follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jontorrens/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking Meets Digital Circus LIVE

The first ever S.A.S. as a panel discussion.

And thank you to all the guests that popped in for a chat on my live stream which I re-titled for the day.

They were Tour Guide to Your Mind, Vanda Varga, Queen of Calm, Louise Miller and Web3 guru, Steen Stones.
It was my first attempt at a round table discussion and I think it worked bloomin' well!
We discussed the highs and lows of running workshops and speaking at virtual events, the best advice we've been given as speakers, self-awareness, being present and community!

A jam-packed 30 mins.

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

S.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

For this previous LIVE stream, I was joined by musical keynote speaker, communication coach and networking rock star, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair.

Stephanie works with Creatives and Service Based Entrepreneurs who are spinning their wheels at networking events to know what to say and how to say it.

She's a professional singer and stage performer with over 20 years of coaching experience.

Plus, she's written a 45 min musical keynote talk!!

We discuss, among other things, the power of making a great first impression and having a clear message, when networking and presenting.

To find out more about Stephanie go to the Empowered Voice website: https://www.empoweryourvoice.com/

or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theempoweredvoice

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

With me for this previous LIVE stream is Speaker, LinkedIn guru and founder of Much MoreSocial, Ella Orr.

Ella, a former teacher of 30 years, retrained as a social media marketer and personal brand specialist.

As part of her own personal brand journey, she decided to share her experience, knowledge and story by creating (with a little bit of help from me) a Signature Talk. And since first stepping on a stage a year ago hasn't looked back, speaking to audiences online and in person.

I'm looking forward to finding out how she found the process and how she feels being in front of an audience. Also, asking whether it's helped her business and what advice she can give to help others. 😊

To find out more about Ella go to the website: https://muchmoresocial.co.uk/about/

or find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-orr/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

Except for this previously LIVE episode, it was just ME, Jackie Goddard.

I decided that at the end of every 6-week block of LIVES, I would take over the 30-minute slot to answer questions from anyone out there that would like like to know my take on speakers, speaking, how to prep and how to perform.

This was my first solo performance. 😱 It was totally interactive and so there were questions like: How do you cope with nerves when talking to strangers at networking or in a social situation, and how do you deal with interruptions during a presentation?

All fabulous questions but in true Blue Peter style I had a list of my top 10 tips on how to build your public speaking confidence that I'd prepared earlier!

If you want info on Power To Speak coaching go to the website www.powertospeak.co.uk

And to book on to the next Speak Like a Speaker Club in-person event go here: https://powertospeak.co.uk/speak-like-a-speaker-club/

The 4 February was World Cancer Day and so my guest for this episode, like me has fought cancer.

MMS founder, Patrick Melville uses his experience to help companies and individuals with their marketing and mental health.

He has a passion to take away mental health stigma and help others avoid burnout caused by work and personal trauma.

We discussed how he approaches uncomfortable subjects in his talks and presentations and how sharing through speaking and storytelling can relieve stress and give new perspectives to difficult conversations.

Speaking and listening are vital tools that Patrick uses in his work as a mental health first aider.

To find out more about Patrick and his work go to the website: https://www.melville-solutions.com

or find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melvillesolutions/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

In this previously LIVE episode, I will be speaking about speaking with guest communication skills trainer & business storyteller, Andrew Thorp.

Andrew works with leaders and other professionals to help them communicate in a more effective way, whether on a stage or in normal conversation.

We discuss how you can influence, impact and inspire your audience.

Bring along your question and interact!

My guest for this episode calls herself a Creativity Doula. It describes what Hollis Citron does beautifully.

But what is a Creativity Doula?

Listen to the episode to find out, of course, but in a nutshell, Hollis helps her clients 'birth' their creativity. She gives them permission and support to express themselves creatively.

A former art teacher, turned coach, multi-book author, publisher and host of the Creative Conversations podcast, she is on a mission to make creativity accessible to everyone and is passionate about helping people build the confidence to recognise, encourage, and express the innate creativity that they are born with. And she believes as do I that Creativity goes beyond the pencil and the brush.

There is SO much synergy between Hollis and me that our conversation was a joy. We cover all things creative (obviously) but we also talked about parenting, labels, sharing stories and finding your voice.

And her definition of Creativity is profound!

Find out more about Hollis at https://www.iamcreativephilly.com/

Listen to her podcast here: https://creativeconversations.podbean.com/

Read more about Express Yourself Publishing here: https://www.iamcreativephilly.com/express-yourself-publishing-house

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

In this previously LIVE episode, I spoke about speaking with Brian Hilliard, a Popular Speaker, Coach & Author of the Best-Selling Book “Networking Like a Pro!”

Since 2001, Brian has written 7 books, created 200 podcasts, and has spoken at literally hundreds of business meetings and conferences across the US on Marketing, Mindset & Personal Achievement.

He also gives advice to aspiring speakers on how to get paid speaking gigs. In this conversation, we discuss the 'hierarchy' of payment 'needs'. So what to expect to be paid, starting at the lower end with travel expenses only through breakout room sessions, then up to Keynote and beyond...

Brian also discusses what meeting planners are looking for and the 6 groups that hire paid speakers.

There is so much valuable information in our conversation if you are looking to get paid to speak.

Find out more about Brian at https://brianhilliard.com

Or https://morepaidspeakinggigs.com

And find out about his Speakers Networking and Mastermind group here https://morepaidspeakinggigs.com/networking-mastermind-group

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. In this LIVE episode, I will be speaking about speaking with today’s guest author of Mental Theft, Paul Newton.

Following a brush with the military, magician, mind reader, and former actor Paul, now talks about cyber security and cybercrime.

He's a much sought-after keynote speaker, who has some great presentation and speaker tips.

I absolutely loved this chat. Paul is entertaining and informative. We discuss whether having a book is important to a speaking career, how to get booked and how much to charge.

His top tips - slow down and be YOU.

Follow Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnewtonmagic/

Visit the websites: https://mentaltheft.co.uk and https://www.paul-newton.co.uk/post/mental-theft

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

For tips and techniques on improving your public speaking and getting in front of your audience, sign up for the fortnightly Power To Speak newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/h0x0h8

And download the FREE How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience E-booklet: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) will be a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.

My guest for this LIVE Speaking About Speaking episode is Rikki Arundel.

Rikki is a storytelling Expert and Gender Inclusion Speaker, They are the founder of the UK Professional Speaking Association, and help business leaders and professional speakers to use stories to make their presentations more memorable and inspire action.

As a non-binary trans person, Rikki uses personal stories and experience to help business leaders to make their organisations more LGBTQ-inclusive and more profitable.

Follow Rikki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikkiarundel/?originalSubdomain=uk

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My guest is an online course mentor and former BBC comedy writer, Glen Long.

Currently, Glen is an online course mentor, helping individuals and small teams to create effective and engaging courses, cutting through the hype that surrounds online courses.

Before that, he was the "Course Creation Guy" for a 7-Figure Entrepreneur creating courses that generated over $1 million in revenue and served 1,000+ paying students.

And before that, he was a Writer, Editor and Producer for BBC Comedy Online and worked with new writers and performers to create viral comedy videos.

We had a fabulous conversation about his very interesting career to date. Talk about the career ladder as a jungle gym! Glen's path has not been a straight line.

We start with the Footlights at Cambridge University, and his (our) experiences at the Edinburgh Fringe (we both performed at the Bedlam Theatre there).

Then how he pitched comedy ideas (good and bad!) to the BBC, with some success.

Before moving on to his very successful online course creating career. If you have an interest in creating a course yourself then you really should have a listen.

Find out more about Glen and online course creation on his website: https://www.glenlong.com/

Or follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenlong/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

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Jackie Goddard, founder of Power To Speak, talks with speaker and voice & presentation skills trainer, Simon Raybould.

Simon is the director of the training company Aware Plus and helps anyone who wants to make better use of their voice and make more impact with their presentations.

He spent 24 years as a research scientist and now works with professionals that would rather not be on a stage at all.

So, how do you encourage 'reluctant' speakers to step up and engage their audience whilst delivering data-heavy content?

We also chat TedX, good vs 'sucky' presentations and legendary voice and actor coach, Cicely Berry.

To find out more about Simon: https://presentationgenius.info

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

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Mark England is a TEDx Speaker and Co-founder and Head Coach of Enlifted. He has been researching, coaching and presenting on the power of language and identity for the past 15 years.

Believe me when I say this was a fascinating conversation!

Mark is a language expert and we discuss how the words used can define us and how we influence others. He shows me how, with subtle changes in the way we speak, we can transform our lives and relationships.

We also, discuss victim mentality, imposter syndrome and the pillars of architect language - projection, negation and soft talk.

Plus, Mark explains the actual meaning of those magic words Abracadabra and Spell, and how we should for the sake of our own well-being stop hoarding our stories.

In Mark’s TEDx talk, he addresses the power of words as a tool for change in perception and he describes his own penny-drop moment.

Find out more about Mark and Enlifted here: https://enlifted.me/

And Procabulary here: https://procabulary.org/

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Jackie Goddard, the founder of Power To Speak, talks with Caribbean voice actor and speaker coach, Daya Ottley.

Daya has been a Voice Over artist for over 2 decades and uses the skills he acquired when working with clients. He helps them understand how to communicate with expression, warmth and colour.

Jackie and Daya both use their experience as performers to help their coaching clients step in front of their audience with confidence.

Here they discuss, among other things, how to craft your message and shape your voice. How to use intentional pauses to embrace and control the silence on stage. And whether it’s a good thing to show your vulnerability to an audience.

To find out more about Daya follow the link https://linktr.ee/DayaOttley

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

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Join me and speaker, magician, podcast host and CEO of The Confident Club, Ricky Locke.

We speak about all things speaking and share tips and techniques to build your confidence and get you excited about speaking to your audience.

Including, the power of metaphor and stories to convey your message especially when data-heavy. How to avoid torture by PowerPoint and how props can spark curiosity.

To find out more about Ricky Locke Magic follow the link http://www.rickylocke.co.uk

To find out about The Confident Club follow this link https://confidentclub.com

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

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Ricky Locke, speaker, award-winning magician of The Magic Circle, CEO of the Confident Club & host of the Unlocked podcast, speaks with me, Jackie Goddard.

With an extensive background in Retail leadership, colleague development & training, over the last 15 years, as well as running his own business, he's been on the front line in one of the UK's biggest retailers; performing, serving, studying and putting to practice a simple formula on how to UNLOCK the best version of himself & his team to achieve extraordinary results!

Through his own experience and amazing adventures, he Is on a mission to help inspire others to UNLOCK their full potential and live extraordinary life.

We discuss everything from magic to hypnotherapy. Speaking confidence and the power of YES...

Oh, and how we all have on average 4000 weeks so stop procrastinating and start living! Step out of your comfort zone because that's where the magic happens...

Links to Ricky

www.rickylocke.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricky-locke/

https://www.instagram.com/rickylockemagic

https://confidentclub.com/

Podcast link https://kite.link/THE-UNLOCKED-PODCAST

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

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Carlton Brunton is a video marketing expert with a wealth of knowledge and experience in helping business owners to build their audience and share their passion.

Salisbury-based, Carlton, set up Brunton Media in 2017 and went full-time just as the pandemic hit.

We discuss everything related to showing up on film.

From video marketing to 'trend jacking'.
Whether you should go for views or clients!
Short form video for thought leaders.
YouTube as a search engine rather than a social media platform.

Plus, why you should show up with personality to be memorable. Carlton ALWAYS does!

Find out more about Brunton Media at https://www.bruntonmedia.com/

Or check out their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Brunton_Media

Follow Carlton on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/carlton-brunton-73aaa1180

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Speaking About Speaking (S.A.S.) is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking. In this previously LIVE episode, Trisha Lewis and I will be speaking about speaking.

We both started as actors before moving into the communication and speaker coaching field, so there's a lot to talk about.

Communication and confidence coach, Trisha, has written a book about self-squashing, which we are all guilty of, and recently did a TEDx talk on the subject.

To find out more about Trisha go to her website at https://www.trishalewis.com

To find out more about Jackie Goddard and Power To Speak coaching go to https://www.powertospeak.co.uk

I'm LIVE with voice coach and former TV and radio personality, Susan Murphy.

Susan's spent the majority of her 40-year career on-air. Starting as a shadow traffic reporter and programme director in Philadelphia she then moved to New York and became a radio personality before hosting and producing PBS television fundraising drives, crossing paths with our very own Charlotte Church.

She once even rode an elephant through New York. She's been a voice-over artist for commercials, TV, websites and E-learning but her heart has always been in teaching and so having set up her company VOSOT (Voice Over Sound on Tape) she now 'polishes the on-air sound of anchors and reporters.'

Find out more about Susan on his website: https://susanmurphyvosot.com

Find out more about Jackie Goddard and Power To Speak here: https://www.powertospeak.co.uk

My first guest for the live stream of Speaking About Speaking was the WORLD’S BEST speaker, (in my opinion!) the amazing, Tom Morris!

Tom is not only the world’s best keynote speaker having spoken over 1200 times, but he’s also known as America’s philosopher and has written 30 fiction and non-fiction books.

The man is a legend - think Gandalf, Dumbledore and Yoda all rolled into one! Whether you are interested in public speaking, philosophy, or storytelling (he tells fabulous stories!), you won’t want to miss this.

We discuss imposter syndrome, and how to turn public speaking anxiety into excitement. We touch on the philosophy of speaking and learning. And Tom also gives me his definition of charisma

Plus, I ask him what makes a great speaker great and a bad one suck?

If you'd like to watch the reply of the LIVE episode you can find it on the Power To Speak YouTube channel. This link will take you directly to the episode: https://youtu.be/2U_Jr0HODhA

Find out more about Tom on his website: https://www.tomvmorris.com

Find out more about Jackie Goddard and Power To Speak here: https://www.powertospeak.co.uk

Brand Consultant and Digital Marketer, the 'Frank' part of frankandmarci.com, and Rise Above the Blah founder, Frank Prendergast is a creative Irishman, artist and actor who talks about personal brand and storytelling.

He is the perfect guest for me!

He says, 'Nothing in my long and winding path has turned out to be futile. These days, I utilise all the different aspects of my creativity in my work as a designer and actor.

'With his wife Marci, they are FrankandMarci.com, a brand strategist and brand storyteller, and an award-winning digital marketing team. They help solopreneurs rise above the blah and develop unforgettable personal brands by creating human-sounding content that grows connection and community.

In our conversation, we discuss all of the above of course but we really dig deep into the benefit of having a personal brand and, how it crosses over with acting. Renowned acting coach Sanford Meisner said acting is 'living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.' Frank says showing up online with your personal brand is, 'living truthfully under digital circumstances.'

Find out more about Frank at https://www.frankandmarci.com Or at https://www.frankprendergast.ie

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

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My guest is personal brand specialist and founder of Much More Social, Ella Orr.

Ella does social media marketing & personal branding for finance, law and regulated industries. She's a former teacher and event speaker. She lifts brands – and weights 🏋🏾‍♀️

She retrained in social media marketing following a long career as a teacher, so has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience on her five-year journey from educator to business owner.

Ella also runs training workshops and masterclasses and works as a speaker and presenter to support professional development. We had a fabulous conversation discussing the importance of story telling and sharing for your personal brand and how a signature talk (like the one I helped Ella prepare earlier in the year) boosts your brand.

To find out more about Ella and Much More Social go to the website: https://muchmoresocial.co.uk Or find Ella on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-orr/

To find out more about Power To Speak coaching follow Jackie Goddard on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiegoddardpowertospeak/

Or message her through the website: www.powertospeak.co.uk

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My guest is speaker, coach, and founder of MasterTalk, Brenden Kumarasamy.

Canadian, Brenden has been coaching since he was 19! Now 27, he’s an experienced and expert communication coach. He started by coaching his fellow business students and learnt his craft by teaching others.

His YouTube channel has nearly 29K subscribers and is jam-packed with valuable free resources on how to communicate confidently and effectively. He says, 'A wise friend once told me that I couldn’t possibly coach every human being on Earth with the limited time I had in my life, so I needed to go on video to share my message with the world. I got over my fear, and practised 100’s of times on camera until I was finally able to say that I was “YouTube Ready”. His is a story of trial and error, hard work and help from supportive family and mentors.

As well as his own inspiring story we discuss imposter syndrome, what an expert is, and how to manage your fear when sharing your message.

There are also some fabulous communication tips, techniques, and memorable quotes in our 45-minute conversation, including this one from Zig Ziglar,

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”

To find out more about Brenden go to his MasterTalk YouTube channel or the website https://www.mastertalk.ca.

For his free communication workshops https://www.rockstarcommunicator.com

To find out more about Power To Speak go to the website.

Anna Grabow is a business mentor and coach focused on changing the way others view the world. She used to believe that the world was out to get her, but through divine life experiences, came to realize that life is not what we thought-- it is actually all created out of love.

She hosts The Premise of Purpose Podcast, a show where entrepreneurs and other leaders are interviewed on how they found their purpose and continue to live it every day.

She also leads 1:1 and group coaching for aspiring entrepreneurs who want to find their power and make a difference in the world. Anna believes that everyone has their own unique magic that originates from them, and she is on a mission to help others discover that within themselves.

Anna and I discuss validation and giving others permission to be themselves. Also, how we all play a character, usually, one that we think we SHOULD when presenting ourselves to the world.

If you want to take a 5-day challenge with Anna follow this link: https://annagrabow.lpages.co/5-day-launch-your-business-challenge/

Find out more about Power To Speak at www.powertospeak.co.uk

Ben Albert is the founder and CEO of Balbert marketing and the founder, host and producer of the Real Business Connections podcast.

When Covid hit in March 2020 Ben was a sales executive bobbing along quite nicely in his hometown of Rochester, New York. Within a month he was unemployed and in his own words ‘lost’.

He was in a dark place, taking comfort in a bottle of whiskey. Did he say did he stay there and wallow in self-pity? Hell, no!

He re-launched the Rochester Groovecast podcast. He started the Everything Balbert blog. He taught a podcast in class at Rochester prep high school and became a marketing consultant. He launched Rochester Business Connections. And there’s more ...

Over the last 2 years, he has been fortunate enough to work professionally with over 40 businesses, built multiple B2B partnerships and helped numerous brands. He's spoken on countless podcasts and networked with new friends that he hopes to support for the rest of his life.

Wow! See what happens when you put the bottle down and put your mind to something. As you would imagine, our conversation is jam-packed and full of advice and wise words. From stacking your skills to amplifying the underdog to leaning into vulnerability and what to do if you're too short to play basketball.

Find out more about Ben and Balbert Marketing by following this link: https://balbertmarketing.com

To find out more about Power to Speak, the podcast and speaker coaching go to www.powertospeak.co.uk.

My guest is voice-over artist, Santa Claus extraordinaire and all-round creative being, Richard Crossman

Richard is Canadian-born but of British heritage. It's the reason he is so adept at its regional accents, particularly English RP (received pronunciation), beloved by BBC broadcasters of the 50s. Currently, he is a voice-over artist working from his home studio and due to his not-so-passing resemblance to a particular jolly gentleman in red he works extensively, virtually and in-person, bringing Christmas joy globally.

Richard has been performing since the age of three and first dressed as Santa at the age of seven.

He's had a fascinating journey. Not only is he an accomplished voice-over artist narrating everything from audiobooks to medical papers but he's a trained opera singer and retired school professor, specialising in pastry arts and commercial baking.

Oh, and he makes theatrical costumes too. See, an all-round creative being.

Welcome to this special ‘best of...’ edition of Power To Speak, the podcast.

Unbelievably, the podcast is 2 years old. During that time, I’ve had the privilege to speak with creatives, business owners and thought leaders about the importance of creativity for their work and life, as well as their unique journeys.

Thanks to the podcast I have learnt, been inspired, educated, and enthused by those I have interviewed.

None more so than these seven inspiring gentlemen – I shall call them the Magnificent Seven! – bundled together in my, happy 2nd birthday, edition entitled, Six Marketing Masters, One Public Philosopher and Me. They are:

Joseph Jaffe. Author of 5 books, including Built To Suck, Flip the Funnel and Z.E.R.O, thought leader, speaker and host and founder of CoronaTV.

Trevor Young, strategist, Consultant and Content Marketing & Communications coach, author & Speaker.

Jason Miller. Currently, the Marketing Director at CreativeX. Best-selling author of Welcome to the Funnel and founder of RockNRollCocktail.co.Former Senior Content Marketing Manager at LinkedIn and Senior Manager of Social Media Strategy at Marketo and Microsoft.

Jon Burkhart. Award-winning keynote speaker and regular at South By Southwest Interactive, as well as a performer, educator, marketer and fire-cracking firebrand! Co-author of the marketing book Newsjacking: The Urgent Genius of Real-time Advertising and founder of marketing consultancy TBC Global Ltd.

Mark Masters. Founder of You Are The Media, author of The Content Revolution and all-around community building, and marketing legend.

Geoff Cottrill. CMO of Topgolf. The former head of marketing for Coca-Cola, Converse and Starbucks

Tom V Morris. Professor of philosophy, keynote speaker and author of 30, yes, 30 books,

0.4 secs. Tom Morris. Creativity comes from hard work.

1.37 secs. Joseph Jaffe. Marketing 101. Differentiation and the authentic voice.

3.01. Mark Masters. Pull a seat up at the table. Try something new.

3.39. Joseph Jaffe. Productive originality. original and purposeful.

5.25. Tom Morris. Rodin’s The Thinker. Doing while thinking. Thinking while doing.

6.10. Jason Miller. The elegance of constraints. Creative leadership and permission to fail.

11.09. Geoff Cottrill. Speak up. What a creative boss can do. Coca Cola.

14.57. Joe Jaffe. 2020 sucked but it was great for humanity.

15.56. Tom Morris. Disney and the philosophy of Winnie the Pooh

18.15. Mark Masters. Step outside your comfort zone. Banish hierarchy, and create community.

22.17. Trevor Young. What do you want to be known for? Curiosity feeds evolution.

23.02. Jon Burkhart. Newsjacking, Deathjacking and highjacking.

29.25. Geoff Cottrill. Converse is 100 years old. What you should actually use an 8-week marketing budget for.

34.23 Tom Morris. If Harry Potter ran General Electric. Fear is a feeling; courage is a choice.

38.09 Mark Masters. The joker.

Susan Murphy's spent the majority of her 40-year career on-air. Starting as a shadow traffic reporter and programme director in Philadelphia she then moved to New York and became a radio personality before hosting and producing PBS television fundraising drives, crossing paths with our very own Charlotte Church. She once even rode an elephant through New York. She's been a voice-over artist for commercials, TV, websites and E-learning but her heart has always been in teaching and so having set up her company VOSOT (Voice Over Sound on Tape) she now 'polishes the on-air sound of anchors and reporters.' As a voice coach, myself, I of course loved this conversation. There is a lot of cross-over with what Susan and I do even though we work in different areas. A common element that occurs for both of us is a determination to help find our client's AUTHENTIC voice. So important when having to convey trust and authority. To find out more about Susan and the work she does visit her website https://susanmurphyvosot.com Or follow her on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-murphy-a649406/ To find out more about Power To Speak and to sign up for the newsletter go to https://www.powertospeak.co.uk For the complimentary 12-page PDF, How To Impact, Influence and Inspire Your Audience, follow this link. https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r4g3m0

Polymorph and wide boy is the way that Jason De Jonge describes himself.

According to Linkedin, Jason is a recruitment and outsourcing specialist, a public speaker and a manager of a team of e-commerce gurus. With this many job titles, he is, indeed, polymorphic. But 'wide boy'?

Well, he started his career on the family market stall selling souvenirs to tourists in London's West End, followed by a stint on a City trading floor before running a fashion retail business from a shop on Carnaby Street. Then clubs and bars, eventually ending up in recruitment via an aerospace company! See, polymorph and wide boy!

Plus, he is the director of Purple Fedora, where along with MD, Gareth Wax they help people convey their message online.

In our fascinating conversation, Jason takes me on the journey through all over the stages of his incredible career.

And what is his advice to young people just starting out - life is long. Enjoy it.

Follow Jason on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thescribbler/

Or check out Purple Fedora. https://purple-fedora.com/index.html

For more info on Power To Speak, podcasting, and speaker coaching go to www.powertospeak.co.uk.

Trevor Young is a Strategist, Consultant and a Content Marketing & Communications coach. He's also an Author & Speaker, a Content Creator & Social Broadcaster.

He provides "up-to-the-minute communications strategies and astute guidance for forward-thinking individuals and businesses wanting to grow their influence and create more impact in the marketplace."

If you make content to promote your business you NEED to listen to my conversation with Trevor.

A 'country kid' from Australia and son of a bank manager, Trevor grew up in a bank next door to the local newspaper offices. He went to sleep to the sound of the printing press. No surprise then that he became a journalist before moving into the world of social media and content marketing.

He’s been blogging since 2007 and has written 2 books, Micro Domination and Content Marketing for PR. He's also a personal brand mentor and guide (he's known as the PR Warrior), speaker, educator and content creator.

We talk about his growing up in Warracknabeal (yes, that's a real place!), his initial fear of public speaking (he did his first 50 talks for nothing), his love of writing, the benefit (and pitfalls) of self-publishing and how writing a book has opened doors to other opportunities.

On creating content, he says we should 'nail our colours to the mast!' What is it we want to be known for? We are our own media companies and should pick one platform, master it, and then move on to the next. He has some great advice on how to earn your audience and 'cut through the noise.'

And apart from all of the above we just about had time to discuss when’s a good time to write the great Australian crime novel and his time on legendary Aussie soap, Neighbours!!

Seriously, there were SO many takeaways, from our conversation. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. If you want to find out more about Trevor visit trevoryoung.me at: https://trevoryoung.me/category/reputation-revolution-podcast/

To find out more about Jackie Goddard and how Power To Speak can make you excited about sharing your message with an audience visit powertospeak.co.uk at: https://www.powertospeak.co.uk

Caleb Nelson describes himself as Your Concierge to Happiness, Functional Spokesperson and Image Consultant. What does that mean? Well, put simply he has dedicated his life to inspiring others to live life to their fullest potential. His company (and podcast of the same name) Naked Sunday is the pursuit of all aspects of personal growth. Exploring all topics, ranging from health, love, spirituality, wealth, discovering your purpose, and beyond. He works with leaders and business owners to eliminate obstacles and shed self-limiting beliefs. He believes we need more great leaders in the world and helps the cause by facilitating the change. With Naked Sunday he hopes to ‘hold space for people to be truly honest and authentic, cultivate a greater connection within themselves and their relationships, and ultimately live a happy and fulfilling life.’ During our fascinating conversation, we discuss how he does this, of course, but he also tells me how the pursuit for his own ‘nexus of happiness’ developed out of a childhood spent as part of the religious cult known as the ‘Moonies’ and how the prospect of an arranged marriage (like his parents) and lack of autonomy left him feeling like an outsider, with the need to give and receive unconditional love.

Check out the Naked Sunday podcast here.

As an Executive and Business Performance Coach, Al has worked with 1000s of people around the world, helping them to achieve remarkable success, through infinite pie thinking.

His mantra is ‘Improve your thinking, improve your performance.’ He has over 30 years of business experience and is passionate about personal development and performance improvement.

He also hosts the @infinitepiethinking podcast. Where he talks with remarkable people from the business, sports and entertainment industries, sharing with his audience their stories and perspective on success and failure.

As well as a coach and storyteller he is Co-Founder of Infinite Pie Ltd & Gift of Story, a new initiative giving people the opportunity to gift their story to loved ones.

And as if that’s not enough he is a father to three girls which he and his wife home-schooled. Al shares how he has used some of his own experiences and lessons learned to guide them.

We talk about his growing up in Australia and how a love of storytelling has shaped his career.

Check out the Infinite Pie website: https://www.infinitepie.co.uk

Follow Al on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-fawcett-12014b14/

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Today’s guest is author of Mental Theft, Paul Newton. Magician, mind reader, and former actor Paul, after a brush with the military, now talks about cyber security and cybercrime. As a much sort after keynote speaker, he scares the bejesus out of his audience’s telling them,

‘You may have the best security systems in place, but I can hack the people in your organisation! It’s not all about high tech, it’s about people. They’re either the weakest link or your strongest defence.’ 😱

A family man and a people person, based in the New Forest, Hampshire, he started magic at the age of 7 having been given a Paul Daniels magic set. Paul’s career has been a mix of theatre and corporate making for a very interesting conversation.

There are some great presentation and speaker tips in there too. Like how you can step out from behind a script and why we have a fear of the unknown rather than a fear of speaking. It’s insightful and entertaining stuff.

If you want to find out more about Paul check out the websites: https://www.paul-newton.co.uk

https://mentaltheft.co.uk

And book tickets to see him live in aid of the Minstead Trust at Hangar Farm:

https://www.minsteadtrust.org.uk/charity/events/paul-newton-mental-theft/

For Paul's podcast Newton's Nuggets: https://www.newtonsnuggets.com

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My guest this week is Growth Strategist, Kallum Nicholson.

Kallum (with a K) introduces himself as ‘the unconventional business coach that puts a foot up your ass and wears you like slippers.’

Kallum helps SMEs and larger corporations grow to the next level.

And if that wasn’t enough, he is a SUPER networker hosting both his own and others. He’s also a magazine editor, keynote speaker, business show host and school governor.

And all this at the tender age of 26!

But as you will hear in our conversation Kallum has been an entrepreneur since he was at school. That is the school he is now a governor at, by the way.

Amongst many other things, Kallum tells me the best thing you can do for yourself, and your business is to learn the art of public speaking - and unsurprisingly I couldn't agree more!

Connect with Kallum on Linkedin or go to his website https://kwakademy.com

My guest is self-confessed Creativity Evangelist, metal kid and Clash super fan, Jason Miller. He was the Senior Content Marketing Manager at LinkedIn and Senior Manager of Social Media Strategy at Marketo and Microsoft and is currently, the Marketing Director at CreativeX,

He is the best selling author of Welcome to the Funnel and runs RockNRollCocktail.com.

Jason is a global content marketing leader by day and a rock ‘n’ roll photographer by night. Starting out as an artist development rep at Sony Music, he became friends with some of the world's biggest bands. After his first disastrous photo shoot, he vowed to master the camera and is now a legit photographer!!

I first met Jason at an online You Are The Media lunch club where he is often called on to share his extensive content marketing knowledge with the crowd. However, it was Jason's interest in the subject of creativity that struck a chord with me.

In our fun and fascinating conversation, Jason and I discuss how a heavy metal kid became the senior content marketing manager at Linkedin. Plus, Intelligent risk, photography, music and of course creativity and improvisation.

Connect with Jason on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsnmiller/

Or on Instagram and Twitter @JasonMillerCA

Digital visibility specialists and founders of Yellow Tuxedo, Emily & Alan Braithwaite, a husband-and-wife team who run their successful business from home and around their 3 young kids.

They are on a mission to make growing a business online simple for as many people as possible. Emily and Alan are all about personal brand, and they are what they teach. This is a fabulous conversation that covers everything from creativity, work-life balance and deciding what you DON'T want.

Oh, and a world record involving loo roll holders!!

Find out more about Yellow Tuxedo and digital visibility here: https://www.yellowtuxedo.co.uk And register for The Digital Circus Live at https://hopin.com/events/the-digital-circus-live-2022/registration

‘What I've learned is that when you have a clear vision of what kind of company you want to be and the value it offers; the confidence to market it, defend it and sell it, follows.’

This is a quote from MY business coach and guest, Christophe Stourton, and I couldn’t agree more. Christophe, founder of DEADLINOLOGY®, is a big believer in small creative businesses and aims his coaching specifically at ‘micro-businesses (i.e., those with 10 people or less). He gives them 'commercial confidence', which he's very good at. I know because that’s what he has done for me.

Having worked in event creation and dabbled in the film industry, he has a creative background himself and says he became a business coach to ‘witness creative people build businesses they can bank on.’

No surprise then that our conversation covers creativity and how to value and use it in your business.

Connect with Christophe here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophestourton/ or visit his website: https://www.deadlinology.com

Welcome to the 2nd half of my fabulous conversation with Joan Hodges, actor, and wife of the late and legendary Chas Hodges - the Chas half of Chas and Dave.

In this half, I find out what happened when 'Dave came along'. Also, we discuss her acting career and appearances in TV classics like Only Fools and Horses, It’s A Sin and Eastenders. Enjoy...

Watch the whole conversation on YouTube https://youtu.be/tsI5nF8TOAY

Follow Joan on Twitter https://twitter.com/joanhodges66

Check out her website www.joanhodges.com

You can find Joan's 17 February 2022 episode on BBC Iplayer.

My podcast guest this week is Joan Hodges, actor, and wife of the late and legendary Chas Hodges - the Chas half of Chas and Dave.

Joan’s acting career started aged 40 once her 3 children had all grown up. She’s appeared on stage and in TV classics like The Bill, London’s Burning and Only Fools and Horses, and more recently in It’s A Sin and Eastenders, proving that it’s never too late to follow your dream.

In this the first half of our fascinating conversation we discuss her time as one of the original 6 UK Playboy Bunny girls, an exciting and glamorous job, which in 1966 saw her working in America and mixing with the A-listers of the day, the Me-Too movement, and life with a rock and roll star.

You can catch up with Joan's appearance in the 17 February 2022, episode of Eastenders on BBC IPlayer.

www.joanhodges.com

My guest for this episode is Johanna Hooper, Director at Limitless Peak Performance. Johanna says she is on a mission to help “accidental leaders” become leadership legends!

A former Naval Officer, Johanna has had many experiences that tested her own leadership skills and has a story to prove it. Ever been on a sinking ship whilst in a leadership role?? Johanna has and it's why she can effectively coach others on how to manage themselves and the team around them under VERY challenging circumstances.

As a professional speaker, Johanna has used her 'sinking ship' story to share her insights into building resilience.

Check out her illuminating Ted X talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj6MvVi7ZeM During our chat together we discuss the 'sinking ship', resilience, stress and the importance of humour.

Also, the 'accidental monster' and the 'ugly mirror'! Fascinating and inspiring.

Visit Johanna's website: https://www.limitlesspeakperformance.co.uk

Daniel J. Moore is Creative Director at Iron Dragon Design, a freelance creative studio based in Bournemouth, UK.

Daniel’s a graphic designer whose designs are eye-catching, often encapsulating the love and interest he has in all things ‘mythical’. It’s a passion he brings to both his work and play. He’s an avid live-action role player.

Part artist part psychologist Daniel uses the 12 Jungian Archetypes to help businesses define their brand story. It’s a concept I find fascinating. Alongside that, we discuss how his mental health has been an issue in the past and he shares with me the strategies he used to help him put his depression in context.

What archetype are you? Take the quiz here: http://www.irondragondesign.com/brand-archetypes/ Connect with Daniel on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljmooredesignmercenary/

or via the website www.irondragondesign.com to find out more about him and his latest offer.

My podcast guest this week is content copywriter and magical storyteller, Stefano Capacchione.

Stefano runs Puck Creations where he helps businesses to define their brands with content that spurs the customer into action...

But he also spreads a little magic with words.

He’s an Englishman living in the Netherlands and has been called the "King of the wholesome blog".

He created Storytelling with Puck to share the magic that words can bring. With over 7000 subscribers’ stories are shared every week with contributors from all over the world.

And Storytelling with Puck 2022 is coming. This is an opportunity for you to share a story. Starting January 30th and running for 8 days you can join in with Storytelling with Puck.

Find out more by following Stefano on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanocapacchione/

Find out more about Puck Creations on their website. https://puckcreations.com

My first guest of 2022 is the wonderful Jill Nalder.

Jill is a singer and actress who has played Madame Thénardier in Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre and was in the original 1994 cast of Sam Mendes production of Oliver at the London Palladium. She is also a founder member of the WestEnders, a musical theatre group that tour the world performing songs from West End and Broadway musicals.

Early in 2021 you will have seen Jill in Russell T Davies award-winning TV series, It's A Sin. Spookily, playing her own mother!

Russell (a childhood friend) used Jill's experiences living in a flat with gay friends in 80's London as inspiration for the show.

Jill's activism, on behalf of those suffering from HIV and AIDS, plus the care, dedication and support she gave to her friends led to the creation of the hashtag, Be more Jill which trended online after each episode.

So have a listen to this sneak peek and watch our full fascinating conversation using the exclusive link below.

This is a fascinating conversation with an inspirational human being.

Enjoy...

Jill and theWestEnders have produced a charity single, One Voice, in aid of the Sussex Beacon. You can buy it here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Voice/dp/B098CY4T2P

And If you'd like to find out more about The Sussex Beacon and the specialist care and support it provides for people living with HIV here - https://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk

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My podcast guest this week is the amazing, Gerry Clarke.

Gerry is an International communications consultant and has produced over 350 films!

He's an entrepreneur, educator and co-founder of the World Happiness project and Global Happy Cafe.

A qualified botanist, Gerry has climbed Kilimanjaro, crossed North America on a Greyhound bus and designed a mobile unit to help the King of Swaziland communicate with his people.

Gerry's mission now is to create a global television series or stream about happiness and wellbeing.

I could have talked to Gerry for a week about his amazing career, life and loves, but had to be satisfied with just 50 minutes! There will be a sequel! Enjoy...

Find out more about The World Happiness Project here: https://www.world-happiness-project.com/

Connect with Gerry here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-clarke-b974a513/?originalSubdomain=uk

My guest is local businessman and Southbourne legend, Gordon Fong.

Apologies in advance for the sound quality and background noise. WE recorded huddled in a corner of the downstairs bar having been evacuated after a power cut from our original venue and following Gordons presentation at the You Are The Media Christmas extravaganza. We chatted whilst everyone else was enjoying the ‘after show’ festivities. Hopefully it won't distract too much from my fabulous conversation with Gordon.

We discussed, amongst other things, finding your tribe and the importance of community in business and at home. Gordon also talked about the confidence the YATM community has given him to step from the back of the room to the front and how international speaker and author, Mark Schaffer, inspired him to be Gordon Fong!

We are all in the persuasion business.

Or so says my guest for this episode, Andrew Thorp. He's a Ted Talk speaker and trainer in the applied story telling arena. ‘Applied story telling?’ I hear you ask. Yes. That means it’s storytelling applied to business not storytelling for entertaining your kids or mates down the pub. Storytelling for businesspeople who need to be heard, get their message across, and be liked. Andrew shows them how to use stories to be persuasive. He likens it to a soft form of sales training. Fascinating. He also calls himself The Multi Story man due to his endless library of stories (not parked cars). There are many similarities between what Andrew, and I do and so this felt like more of a conversation than an interview, but we did manage to touch on his golfing career, excruciating experience as a quiz show contestant and misunderstanding with a dragon!

Connect with Andrew on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewthorp62/

Or check out the Leaning Forward podcast: https://leaningforward.buzzsprout.com/

Johnny is the host of Speaking Influence, the podcast about the psychology and application of influence and persuasion in life and business. Speaking Influence sits within the podcast global top 10 and so for me this was a fabulous opportunity to find out the some of the secrets of podcast success from a master. Johnny is not just a very successful podcast host, he's also a persuasive presentations coach, a professional speaker on topics like podcasting for thought leadership and ethical persuasion, and an online coach and course creator. Our conversation covered an array of topics. From monetising your podcast, using your influence and rhetoric for good (or evil?), the joys of being 1st class cabin crew and of course, stoic philosophy :)) A fascinating mix. Enjoy...

Contact Johnny at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnaball/?originalSubdomain=es

Or check out his website, https://presentinfluence.com

Janine Coombes is a marketing and advertising specialist with the self-titled job description of Chief Offer Creation Genius. She works with service-based businesses to turn their lukewarm offers into sizzling hot must-haves. Janine is known on social media for her colourful, humorous and unashamedly positive videos and posts. She tells me how some misogynistic feedback to a colleague led to her dressing up in twin set and pearls for her first tongue in cheek video. However, despite the fun and frivolity, there are many words of wisdom from Janine as we discuss ‘wants’ vs ‘needs’, finding your brand voice and clarity in what you are selling. Enjoy!

If you'd like to connect with Janine go to https://janinecoombes.co.uk or connect with her on Linkedin.

If you would like to hear her talk LIVE, either virtually or in-person then check out Atomicon 2021, where she'll be one of the speakers on 9 November.

Jon Burkhart is an award-winning keynote speaker and regular at South By Southwest Interactive, as well as a performer, educator, marketer and fire cracking firebrand!

He is co-author of the marketing book Newsjacking: The Urgent Genius of Real-time Advertising and founder of marketing consultancy TBC Global Ltd. He inspires his audiences with interactive games and firecracker questions helping them create content that is constantly curious.

In my first in-person podcast recording Jon and I discuss Newsjacking, Deathjacking, phubbing, imposter syndrome and Tinder! There is never a dull moment. Enjoy!

Connect with Jon here https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonburkhart/

Listen to Andrew Thorp and the Leaning Forward podcast here https://leaningforward.buzzsprout.com

Lois is the founder of Bee Loud Words and delivers workshops for kids on how to live well, be healthy and happy. She describes herself as a bouncy Tigger! You'll find out why when you listen, but maybe that should be 'bounce back Tigger! Lois has been on quite a journey in her life. As a child, she bounced from vicarage to vicarage with her family before becoming an Engish teacher eventually head of the department. She married a headmaster and had two sons. However, at the age of 49 and for the sake of her mental health she knew things had to change, she divorced and started the business. Her aim is to pass on to as many young people as possible the life hacks she's learnt along the way, to improve their resilience, mental health and playfulness. I also learn how being a Vicars daughter is great for business networking (who knew?) and how we all have transferrable skills we can bring from one career to the next, no matter how different those careers may be. Plus, I learn how you can make literature come to life by using a cracking German accent! Enjoy!

You can check out Lois's website at https://beeloudwords.co.uk

or connect with her on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/loisatbeeloud/

And breathe... Tracey Howes is a functional breathwork instructor. That is, she teaches people how to breathe! See, you thought you knew how to do that but it turns out there is SO much more to it. More, even than I thought I knew, and breathing exercises are fundamental to what I do in my work. In our absolutely fascinating conversation, Tracey explains the life-enhancing benefits of breathwork, her love of freediving and how when she had just launched a social media training business she was compelled to follow her heart and start her breathwork business. She is an eternal water baby and serial entrepreneur. Enjoy!

Arrange a call with Tracey - https://bluemindsocial.as.me/DiscoveryCall

Or connect with her on social media -

https://oxygenadvantage.com/instructor/tracey-howes/ https://www.instagram.com/traceymayhowes/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceyhowes/

In this episode I talk to the founder of You Are The Media, author of The Content Revolution and all-around marketing legend, Mark Masters.

With You Are the media, Mark has built a valuable b2b networking and learning community. In lockdown the community transferred online and is now connecting with people from all over the world. Inviting exciting and inspirational speakers to join in the fun and share their wisdom.

Now as we emerge, ever the showman, Mark is pioneering a hybrid version of the event enabling both an in-person and on-screen audience to be educated and entertained!

In our conversation, Mark tells me why you should build your space before you need it, why it pays to give stuff away for free (except cupcakes!) and what made him do stand-up comedy.

Emily is Head of Client Services at Burlington Media Group, a market-leading niche b2b publishing, media and events company for the legal market. Sound intriguing? It is... Emily has used her classical music training and all that she learnt from travelling the world with Rockschool Ltd to help her clients in the legal world network, connect and innovate. In amongst all of this, we discuss improvisation, meditation, communication and vulnerability. Gigging and pigs testicles!! What more could you ask for... Enjoy.

Wow! What a conversation. I loved listening to musical director, conductor and Westender, Jae Alexander, talking about his amazing career. I don't think there's been a musical either in the West End on or on Broadway in the last 40 years that Jae has not worked on – Cat’s, Crazy For You, Follies, Beauty and the Beast, Oliver! SO much to talk about. From humble beginnings in Port Talbot to conducting The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, he's work with many of the greats of musical theatre from Jerome Robbins to Leonard Bernstein. From Eartha Kitt to Carol Channing. As well as homegrown national treasures, Lulu and Bonnie Langford. We discuss all of the above, of course, but we also discuss his best friend and fellow Westender, Jill Nalder, the subject of the brilliant TV series, It’s A Sin. They became flatmates together in the ‘Pink Palace’ of the series and still share a house now, 40 years later! The series was written by their long-time friend and fellow Welshman, Russell T Davis. P.S. he also worked with my sister when she was a pink coiffed, Fantasy Banker, in Crazy For You! If you like musical theatre, you won’t want to miss this. If you like music, you’ll love this. If you’re neither – shame on you!

Rina Lang is a creative entrepreneurship coach. She helps people move from their corporate jobs into creative self-employment. A fascinating area of work dealing with our limiting beliefs around our own creativity and the expectations and pushback we get from those we love when we try to unleash it. Rina is a German now living in Mexico, her 8th country of residence! She is in the process of writing a children's book and has a bucket list of a 1000!!

In this episode I talk with THE Optimistic Cellist, Ollie Mansfield. Ollie is a performer, musician and teacher who, in lockdown, has organised and performed live stream concerts through a group he set up called Front Room Concerts, helping friends and colleagues to perform and earn online. Ollie has used the enforced isolation to learn new skills around audience building,, digital marketing and content writing and he's not going back ...well not totally! In our fascinating conversation we discuss creativity, networking, the inner critic and of course, orchestra's. Enjoy.... Oh, and BTW... hang out until the end to hear Ollie play, especially for us!

In this episode I am lucky enough to talk with Hollywood screenwriter and dramatist, Charles Edward Pogue. Charles screenplay's include The Fly and Dragonheart. He has also written several Sherlock Holmes film's including Hound of the Baskervilles. And as if that wasn't enough he also adapts and writes plays, is a lecturer, speaker and advocate for writers creative rights. He chats to me from his home in Kentucky about how it all started. About being an actor and then writer and his love of Tarzan and books. Enjoy!

Georgina Ash, of Grub Productions, creates video for small business's and is founder of Grub Productions. Surprisingly, she started life as a 'wannabe' scientist, studying anthropology and primatology. So how did she get from that to working with video? Well, that's a story - not so much a career ladder but more a jungle gym. Such an interesting journey. And as so much of our business is done online and in front of a camera now that there was sooo much else to talk about regarding video production. Here are just a few take aways: * Done is better than perfect. * Explore your phone's capability. * If you don't like being in front of the camera, get behind it. * Get used to creating. * Practice, practice, practice.

In this episode I'm talking to professor of philosophy, keynote speaker and author of 30, yes, 30 books, Tom Morris. In our conversation America's philosopher shares his secret to life, his philosophy of success and how the adventure he's on now is preparing him for the next. So many wise words. We talk about philosophy, obviously, but so much more including Harry Potter and the... no not the Philosophers Stone, but the philosophical wisdom within JK Rowlings books. Tom has read the whole series six times and written his own book, If Harry Potter Ran General Electric!

Geoff Cottrill has been described as the 'Master Marketer' as well as the 'Former head of marketing for the world!' All for good reason - Geoff has headed up marketing for Coca Cola, Converse and Starbucks. But his talents don't end there - he's worked with likes of Paul McCartney, James Taylor and Pharrell, is on the board of advisors for Giving Kitchen, has recently co-founded a magazine called Marvin and owns 300 pairs of sneakers. He's been a busy guy! Just have a listen. Interesting, inspiring and insightful.

Background Music: https://www.bluetreeaudio.com

In my first conversation for Power To Speak - The Podcast, I'm talking to top international stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and (more importantly) my dad, Paul Weston. He's been working on screen since starting on the Avengers and The Saint back in the 60's. Since then he's been involved in some of the biggest films ever - Star Wars, Alien, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Bond and beyond. He has a couple of stories to tell, a couple of books worth of stories, actually.

Laura Killeen, runs and performs in the Neo-Futurist theatre company, Degenerate Fox. She has an amazing story to tell of how the company, who perform 30 plays in 60 minutes (!) have transferred their performances online. She shares the pro’s, and cons and whether online theatre is here to stay, the wellbeing of audience and performers during lockdown, her time in New York and her decision to become a vaccinator. Plus, she explains Neo-Futurism!!

Dragon Slayer and CIO (Chief Inspiration Officer) of Live It, Love It, Sell It, Jules White, talks to me about her passion for sales, growing up in a sweet shop and life after Dragons Den. A story of creativity and 'bouncebackability'!!

Marketing copywriter, Sarah's book, Survival Skills for Freelancers, was written in three months and published in lockdown. It is now a best seller! So why doesn't Sarah consider herself creative? You'll find out why in our fascinating conversation. Plus, we discuss how creative flow is energising, how loving your work too much can lead to burnout, why we should find a better word for procrastination and why it's a good idea to enter a street dance competition at 49! A fabulous and fascinating conversation!

Matt King, saleschange.co.uk, is an award winning sales coach and fellow podcaster. Our creative conversation includes making space in your head for creativeness and how to sell yourself and your brand by creating an alter ego. Plus, we discuss his intention to swim around the Isle of Wight!

Joseph Jaffe, author of 5 books, including Built To Suck, Flip the Funnel and Z.E.R.O, is also a thought leader, speaker and host and founder of CoronaTV. We discuss content, consistency, community and his reinvention during a global pandemic. Plus, he has the best definition of creativity, ever!!

This is my Christmas Creative Conversation with communication guru, Trisha Lewis. FASCINATING! Trisha Lewis is forensic about how you communicate with yourself and others. Through a series of ‘misaligned’ jobs, the actor in her kept popping back up. Trisha is now a happy communication coach, podcast host, speaker and author.

Ash Oliver is an animator, spoken word artist and director of Digital Conversation at Food Fight Studios.

We discuss everything from persistence and connection to the importance of keeping hold of our inner child, filming with Wyclef Jean and auditioning for Stars In Their Eyes.

Lord Simon Jacobs, Chief Weirdo at Professional Weirdos is a 28-year-old Mancunian, with a deep pocket full of creativity, stories, experiences and randomness, as you'll hear in this episode. Professional Weirdos runs creativity training and virtual activities for teams, helping to provide those much-needed watercooler moments, even when you're not in the office!

I'm chatting to my friend and fellow 'fashion girly' Lucy Handley. Lucy is the founder of dynamic marketing agency, Department 83. We discuss everything from fashion, mobile technology, fish farming and hedgehogs! A little something in there for everybody. Enjoy!

Creativity fan and marketing strategist, Kevin Mann founded PermissionToPlay to spread a little (more) creativity into the world around us to help make it a better place. In our fascinating conversation we discuss innovation and creativity in business, art for mental health and the joy of getting lost! Enjoy...

In the second of this series of podcasts Jacqueline Goddard is in conversation with Annie Jeffery, chair of trustees and founder of art therapy charity, hArt. A fascinating discussion with a facsinating artist and philanthropist. We discuss the therapeutic value in hitting a piece of stone with a hammer, Grayson Perry in lockdown and the benefits of non judgemental art therapy for our mental health and well being.

What is your definition of creativity? Can you be creative in business? How do you transition from theatre to interior design? My guest, Samantha F. Crockett Crockett of Harris Jackson' has all of the answers. We had a fabulous and fun discussion covering all of the above, plus lockdown madness and home schooling.