Power To Speak with Confidence. Conversations that will inspire and empower.

Power2Speak, the podcast, Andrew Thorp

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/

Power2Speak, The Podcast, Johnny Ball

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

 

Power2Speak, the podcast with Janine Coombes

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.

Power2Speak, the podcast, Jon Burkhart

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

 

Power2Speak, the podcast with guest Lois Cliff

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/

Power2Speak-The Podcast, Tracey Howes

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/

P2S - The Podcast with guest Mark Masters.

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. 

 

Power2Speak-The podcast, guest Emily Nash

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.

Power2Speak-The Podcast guest Jae Alexander

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!

Power2Speak- The Podcast, guest Rina Lang

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!!