Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast with John Chen Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:49:56 -0400 https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com en-us © 2026 Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast with John Chen yes Support this Podcast b223288d-52aa-52a0-a1f5-13916f109858 John Chen episodic false 😴Are you suffering from Zoom fatigue?
💍Is engagement your #1 problem on virtual?

👩🏾‍🏫Do you want to lead the most engaging virtual meetings?

 

👂🏽Then you want the Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast, the sure-fire, latest podcast on how to thrive on virtual.

📖Hosted by the #1 Amazon Hot-New Release author of Engaging Virtual Meetings, John Chen.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) engaging, virtual, zoom, zoom fatigue, hybrid, engagement, meetings, training John Chen https://storage.buzzsprout.com/tnb6wk9niyg5cbdrb5347cyjotwn?.jpg Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast with John Chen https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen How AI and Micro-Engagements Are Transforming Hybrid Meetings with Tyler Hayden, CSP How AI and Micro-Engagements Are Transforming Hybrid Meetings with Tyler Hayden, CSP Tyler Hayden, CSP has been full time professional speaker and best selling team building author since 1992.  He works with brands like Staples, and Honeywell helping to engage workplace culture.  


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎥 Producing engaging hybrid events and the benefits of on-site production.

🤝 Effective team-building strategies, including micro-engagements and tailored activities.

🤖 The role of AI and emerging technologies in shaping the future of virtual and hybrid events.



Resources:

https://www.teambuildiingschool.com.

https://www.tylerhayden.com



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]]> Tyler Hayden, CSP has been full time professional speaker and best selling team building author since 1992.  He works with brands like Staples, and Honeywell helping to engage workplace culture.  


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎥 Producing engaging hybrid events and the benefits of on-site production.

🤝 Effective team-building strategies, including micro-engagements and tailored activities.

🤖 The role of AI and emerging technologies in shaping the future of virtual and hybrid events.



Resources:

https://www.teambuildiingschool.com.

https://www.tylerhayden.com



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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15949217 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2853 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, tyler hayden 1 151 full false Secrets to Engaging Virtual Meetings with Industry Expert John Chen | 2024 Northwest Event Show Secrets to Engaging Virtual Meetings with Industry Expert John Chen | 2024 Northwest Event Show Welcome to our exclusive interview booth at the 2024 Northwest Event Show, it was located in the bustling VIP Lounge. Join Colin Christianson, the founder of Tenacious Ventures, as he delves into insightful conversations with some of the most influential speakers, innovative companies, and dynamic attendees shaping the event landscape.


Dive into our captivating playlist where Colin uncovers the secrets behind successful event management, gleans expert insights, and showcases the unique specialties of local event maestros. Each interview is packed with valuable information, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the trends and strategies driving the industry forward.


This interview is with the #1 Amazon Hot New Release author of Engaging Virtual Meetings, John Chen.  John has run 1,000s of virtual and hybrid meetings.  Learn about his Hybrid in a Box and the unique way he creates engagement in virtual.


Tenacious Ventures is your premier partner for live interactive video production, providing comprehensive services both in the field globally and from our state-of-the-art broadcast studio in Seattle, WA. From concept to completion, we bring your vision to life with unparalleled professionalism and creativity.



Resources:

Curious to learn more about how we can elevate your next event? Visit us at https://TenaciousVentures.com and discover the power of exceptional live production!


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]]> Welcome to our exclusive interview booth at the 2024 Northwest Event Show, it was located in the bustling VIP Lounge. Join Colin Christianson, the founder of Tenacious Ventures, as he delves into insightful conversations with some of the most influential speakers, innovative companies, and dynamic attendees shaping the event landscape.


Dive into our captivating playlist where Colin uncovers the secrets behind successful event management, gleans expert insights, and showcases the unique specialties of local event maestros. Each interview is packed with valuable information, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the trends and strategies driving the industry forward.


This interview is with the #1 Amazon Hot New Release author of Engaging Virtual Meetings, John Chen.  John has run 1,000s of virtual and hybrid meetings.  Learn about his Hybrid in a Box and the unique way he creates engagement in virtual.


Tenacious Ventures is your premier partner for live interactive video production, providing comprehensive services both in the field globally and from our state-of-the-art broadcast studio in Seattle, WA. From concept to completion, we bring your vision to life with unparalleled professionalism and creativity.



Resources:

Curious to learn more about how we can elevate your next event? Visit us at https://TenaciousVentures.com and discover the power of exceptional live production!


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15949061 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0500 841 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, 2024 Northwest Event Show 1 150 full false Secrets to Thriving in Virtual Meetings and Entrepreneurship with Courtney Stanley Secrets to Thriving in Virtual Meetings and Entrepreneurship with Courtney Stanley Courtney Stanley is recognized globally as an award-winning keynote speaker, leadership coach, and host of the podcast for women in business, Dare to Interrupt. Courtney has spent more than 12 years engaging professionals, entrepreneurs and organizations in game-changing, impactful conversations that empower individuals to tap into their true potential, improve team and culture dynamics, and drive meaningful change.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🗣️ Her transition from event management to keynote speaker and entrepreneur.

💼 Insights on launching a business, including challenges and personal growth.

💡 The growing importance of virtual and hybrid events for accessibility and efficiency.

🧑🏼‍🎤Best practices for engaging and authentic emceeing.




Resources:

https://www.courtney-stanley.com/



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]]> Courtney Stanley is recognized globally as an award-winning keynote speaker, leadership coach, and host of the podcast for women in business, Dare to Interrupt. Courtney has spent more than 12 years engaging professionals, entrepreneurs and organizations in game-changing, impactful conversations that empower individuals to tap into their true potential, improve team and culture dynamics, and drive meaningful change.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🗣️ Her transition from event management to keynote speaker and entrepreneur.

💼 Insights on launching a business, including challenges and personal growth.

💡 The growing importance of virtual and hybrid events for accessibility and efficiency.

🧑🏼‍🎤Best practices for engaging and authentic emceeing.




Resources:

https://www.courtney-stanley.com/



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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15876197 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2094 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, courtney stanley 1 149 full false Boosting Virtual Engagement and Sales Mastery with Jackie Wu Boosting Virtual Engagement and Sales Mastery with Jackie Wu Jackie Wu is a sales strategist, coach, and speaker. She specializes in helping business owners close sales quickly and successfully to grow their businesses. She also helps empower individuals to overcome self-limiting beliefs and build solid, life-long confidence to achieve their life goals.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧑🏼‍💻 Tips for creating more interactive and engaging virtual experiences.
🔗 The power of virtual meetings to connect with clients worldwide.
📈Jackie Woo's approach to quickly closing sales by understanding client needs.
🏮🐉⛩️Jackie’s journey as an Asian Pacific Islander speaker and the value of representation.


Resources:

jackielcb720@gmail.com 

https://treasurelifesjourney.com/



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]]> Jackie Wu is a sales strategist, coach, and speaker. She specializes in helping business owners close sales quickly and successfully to grow their businesses. She also helps empower individuals to overcome self-limiting beliefs and build solid, life-long confidence to achieve their life goals.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧑🏼‍💻 Tips for creating more interactive and engaging virtual experiences.
🔗 The power of virtual meetings to connect with clients worldwide.
📈Jackie Woo's approach to quickly closing sales by understanding client needs.
🏮🐉⛩️Jackie’s journey as an Asian Pacific Islander speaker and the value of representation.


Resources:

jackielcb720@gmail.com 

https://treasurelifesjourney.com/



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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15876117 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2284 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, jackie wu 1 148 full false The Power of Language, Mindset, and Virtual Engagement with Sara Gilbert The Power of Language, Mindset, and Virtual Engagement with Sara Gilbert Sara Gilbert is an award-winning Business Strategist & Mindset Coach for service-based entrepreneurs.

She recognized as one of the “Top 10 Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs in 2023” by Success Magazine and the recipient of the “Most Innovative Woman in Business Development Strategy” and the “Best International Business Consultant in Canada” at the Influential Businesswoman Awards.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤯 The powerful influence of language on shaping our mindset, confidence, and decision-making, and how small shifts in word choices can lead to greater impact.

🚀 Effective strategies for maximizing engagement in virtual meetings, including how to create meaningful connections and foster deeper reflection in a virtual environment.

🌟 The importance of adopting a growth-oriented mindset to turn busyness into meaningful action and to help individuals and businesses achieve their full potential.

🎯 The value of aligning business strategies with core purpose and vision to maintain focus, avoid distractions, and unlock true self-actualization.


Resources:
https://saragilbert.coach/


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> Sara Gilbert is an award-winning Business Strategist & Mindset Coach for service-based entrepreneurs.

She recognized as one of the “Top 10 Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs in 2023” by Success Magazine and the recipient of the “Most Innovative Woman in Business Development Strategy” and the “Best International Business Consultant in Canada” at the Influential Businesswoman Awards.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤯 The powerful influence of language on shaping our mindset, confidence, and decision-making, and how small shifts in word choices can lead to greater impact.

🚀 Effective strategies for maximizing engagement in virtual meetings, including how to create meaningful connections and foster deeper reflection in a virtual environment.

🌟 The importance of adopting a growth-oriented mindset to turn busyness into meaningful action and to help individuals and businesses achieve their full potential.

🎯 The value of aligning business strategies with core purpose and vision to maintain focus, avoid distractions, and unlock true self-actualization.


Resources:
https://saragilbert.coach/


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15841380 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2485 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, sara gilbert 1 147 full false Breaking Barriers in Events with API Representation with Khris Baizen Breaking Barriers in Events with API Representation with Khris Baizen Beyond his role in the Event Infrastructure Services department, Khris takes on a meaningful role as the Community & Industry Engagement Lead at Encore’s API BRG, championing support for the Asian & Pacific Islander community. Serving as a board member in the 2021-2022 term for MPI’s Southern California chapter, he played a pivotal role in advancing DEI efforts, introducing the concept of "belonging." His dedication and impact were duly recognized with the Emerging Leader of the Year award that same year. Khris's commitment ripples through mentorship, advocacy for inclusion, and leadership in event initiatives, all geared towards creating opportunities for success within underrepresented communities.



In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎨 Learn creative ways to engage virtual audiences during hybrid events using technology like large screens.

🧑🏻Highlights the importance of diversity and representation in professional events, emphasizing the success of the API Speaker Showcase.

❤️ Khris Baizen shares his work in advocating for inclusion, mentorship, and leadership within marginalized communities.

⚙️Get practical tips on managing AV costs, internet bandwidth, and the role of new technologies in shaping event experiences.



Resources:

https://www.instagram.com/khrisbaizen/



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]]> Beyond his role in the Event Infrastructure Services department, Khris takes on a meaningful role as the Community & Industry Engagement Lead at Encore’s API BRG, championing support for the Asian & Pacific Islander community. Serving as a board member in the 2021-2022 term for MPI’s Southern California chapter, he played a pivotal role in advancing DEI efforts, introducing the concept of "belonging." His dedication and impact were duly recognized with the Emerging Leader of the Year award that same year. Khris's commitment ripples through mentorship, advocacy for inclusion, and leadership in event initiatives, all geared towards creating opportunities for success within underrepresented communities.



In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎨 Learn creative ways to engage virtual audiences during hybrid events using technology like large screens.

🧑🏻Highlights the importance of diversity and representation in professional events, emphasizing the success of the API Speaker Showcase.

❤️ Khris Baizen shares his work in advocating for inclusion, mentorship, and leadership within marginalized communities.

⚙️Get practical tips on managing AV costs, internet bandwidth, and the role of new technologies in shaping event experiences.



Resources:

https://www.instagram.com/khrisbaizen/



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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15801257 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500 3300 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, khris baizen 1 146 full false Mastering Engagement in Meetings and Events | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Mastering Engagement in Meetings and Events | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💥 Engagement is a Superpower: Fostering active participation, whether in person or virtual, transforms ordinary events into memorable experiences.

🔌 Team Building Through Connection: Activities that build psychological safety and personal connections are crucial for strong team dynamics and long-term success.

🌱 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Matters: Integrating meaningful CSR initiatives, like buddy benches and Mud Pie Kitchens, enhances team collaboration while making a positive community impact.

🚘 Fun Drives Results: Infusing fun into serious events leads to better engagement, deeper connections, and more productive outcomes for participants.


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💥 Engagement is a Superpower: Fostering active participation, whether in person or virtual, transforms ordinary events into memorable experiences.

🔌 Team Building Through Connection: Activities that build psychological safety and personal connections are crucial for strong team dynamics and long-term success.

🌱 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Matters: Integrating meaningful CSR initiatives, like buddy benches and Mud Pie Kitchens, enhances team collaboration while making a positive community impact.

🚘 Fun Drives Results: Infusing fun into serious events leads to better engagement, deeper connections, and more productive outcomes for participants.


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15761935 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500 1810 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 145 full false Building Authentic Connections Through Skill Sharing and Collaboration on Skillville with Alexis Snelling Building Authentic Connections Through Skill Sharing and Collaboration on Skillville with Alexis Snelling Alexis is revolutionizing technologies to connect people via inclusive and collaborative skills based networks to help them reach their next goal in life. As a lifelong advocate on a mission to remove all barriers for every human to have access and human right to unlock the skills necessary to pursue their next life goals. 


Named as Top 10 Women founders to Watch in 2023 by Forbes Group.   SkillVill | WeTransact progressive web app (PWA) was featured in 2022 at Google I/O Extended as AI for Good and Leveling the playing field for Entrepreneurship and is now expanding to all underserved groups globally.  As a Google Women Techmaker Ambassador, Alexis is always pushing the boundaries of art, technology and impact to foster better alternatives for underserved people to collectively unlock resources and maximize their global impact together.



In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 How Skillville is transforming social networking by connecting people through shared skills and purposeful collaboration.

🫂 The significance of psychological safety and authenticity in building stronger, more meaningful relationships.

💻 Practical strategies for using technology to foster inclusive communities and drive real-world impact.

🚀 The value of embracing mistakes, learning quickly, and using failures as opportunities for growth and innovation.


Resources:

https://skillvill.com


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]]> Alexis is revolutionizing technologies to connect people via inclusive and collaborative skills based networks to help them reach their next goal in life. As a lifelong advocate on a mission to remove all barriers for every human to have access and human right to unlock the skills necessary to pursue their next life goals. 


Named as Top 10 Women founders to Watch in 2023 by Forbes Group.   SkillVill | WeTransact progressive web app (PWA) was featured in 2022 at Google I/O Extended as AI for Good and Leveling the playing field for Entrepreneurship and is now expanding to all underserved groups globally.  As a Google Women Techmaker Ambassador, Alexis is always pushing the boundaries of art, technology and impact to foster better alternatives for underserved people to collectively unlock resources and maximize their global impact together.



In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 How Skillville is transforming social networking by connecting people through shared skills and purposeful collaboration.

🫂 The significance of psychological safety and authenticity in building stronger, more meaningful relationships.

💻 Practical strategies for using technology to foster inclusive communities and drive real-world impact.

🚀 The value of embracing mistakes, learning quickly, and using failures as opportunities for growth and innovation.


Resources:

https://skillvill.com


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-15711010 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2439 full false How to Transform Failed Presentations into Powerful Talks with Neil Thompson How to Transform Failed Presentations into Powerful Talks with Neil Thompson After one too many failed presentations, Neil Thompson knew he had to improve. He did so, and now, via his company Teach the Geek, he works with technical professionals like himself to improve their presentation skills. He’s the creator of the Teach the Geek to Speak online public speaking course, geared towards those in the technical fields. He hosts a podcast, the Teach the Geek podcast, interviewing technical professionals about their public speaking journeys. He’s also author of the book, Teach the Geek to Speak: a no-fluff public speaking guide for STEM Professionals and the accompanying workbook.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨🏻‍🏫 The importance of effective presentation skills for technical professionals - Neil Thompson shares his journey of improving his presentation skills and how it led to the creation of his company, Teach the Geek.

🎙️ The value of being a podcast guest - Discussion on how being a guest on podcasts can amplify your business, featuring insights from Neil Thompson’s recent article in Inc. Magazine.

🚫 The concept of "anti-selling" in podcasting - Exploring the approach of bringing value to an audience instead of aggressively selling products or services during a podcast appearance.

🗣 Strategies for finding and pitching to podcasts - Tips from Neil on how to identify relevant podcasts and approach hosts to become a guest, including the use of resources like ListenNotes.

Resources:
https://teachthegeek.com/

Read his 2/14/24 article on how being a podcast guest can help your business - https://www.inc.com/neil-thompson/bei...


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> After one too many failed presentations, Neil Thompson knew he had to improve. He did so, and now, via his company Teach the Geek, he works with technical professionals like himself to improve their presentation skills. He’s the creator of the Teach the Geek to Speak online public speaking course, geared towards those in the technical fields. He hosts a podcast, the Teach the Geek podcast, interviewing technical professionals about their public speaking journeys. He’s also author of the book, Teach the Geek to Speak: a no-fluff public speaking guide for STEM Professionals and the accompanying workbook.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨🏻‍🏫 The importance of effective presentation skills for technical professionals - Neil Thompson shares his journey of improving his presentation skills and how it led to the creation of his company, Teach the Geek.

🎙️ The value of being a podcast guest - Discussion on how being a guest on podcasts can amplify your business, featuring insights from Neil Thompson’s recent article in Inc. Magazine.

🚫 The concept of "anti-selling" in podcasting - Exploring the approach of bringing value to an audience instead of aggressively selling products or services during a podcast appearance.

🗣 Strategies for finding and pitching to podcasts - Tips from Neil on how to identify relevant podcasts and approach hosts to become a guest, including the use of resources like ListenNotes.

Resources:
https://teachthegeek.com/

Read his 2/14/24 article on how being a podcast guest can help your business - https://www.inc.com/neil-thompson/bei...


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15627203 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500 2851 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, neil thompson 1 143 full false Celebrating 40 Years of Innovation in Event Technology with Corbin Ball Celebrating 40 Years of Innovation in Event Technology with Corbin Ball Corbin is retiring, and we're going to reflect on his amazing career.

Corbin Ball, CSP, CMP, DES, MS is an international speaker, consultant and writer helping clients worldwide use technology to improve the business process of events and exhibitions while enhancing the attendee experience. After 18 years running international city-wide technology meetings, Corbin transitioned in 1997 to become a highly acclaimed speaker with the ability to make complex subjects understandable and fun.  Corbin is a 2018 inductee into the Event Industry Council's Hall of Leaders, the most prestigious honor in the meetings, conventions, exhibitions and events industry. He is the only person to have received both the MPI International Supplier of the Year and the MPI International Chapter Leader of the Year awards. Corbin has been named as one of "The 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry" five times by Successful Meetings/MeetingNews magazines.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏖️ Corbin Ball's Retirement - The episode celebrates Corbin Ball's retirement after a distinguished career in the meetings industry.

⚙️Technology's Evolution - Corbin discusses how technology, including PCs, the internet, mobile tech, and AI, has revolutionized meetings and events.

💪Industry Impact - Colleagues reflect on Corbin's significant impact on the industry and their careers.

💥Future of Meetings - The conversation delves into the future of meetings, focusing on AI's potential to transform the industry further.

🌍Inclusivity Challenges - The discussion also addresses ensuring global access and inclusivity in an increasingly digital world.


Resources:

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

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]]> Corbin is retiring, and we're going to reflect on his amazing career.

Corbin Ball, CSP, CMP, DES, MS is an international speaker, consultant and writer helping clients worldwide use technology to improve the business process of events and exhibitions while enhancing the attendee experience. After 18 years running international city-wide technology meetings, Corbin transitioned in 1997 to become a highly acclaimed speaker with the ability to make complex subjects understandable and fun.  Corbin is a 2018 inductee into the Event Industry Council's Hall of Leaders, the most prestigious honor in the meetings, conventions, exhibitions and events industry. He is the only person to have received both the MPI International Supplier of the Year and the MPI International Chapter Leader of the Year awards. Corbin has been named as one of "The 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry" five times by Successful Meetings/MeetingNews magazines.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏖️ Corbin Ball's Retirement - The episode celebrates Corbin Ball's retirement after a distinguished career in the meetings industry.

⚙️Technology's Evolution - Corbin discusses how technology, including PCs, the internet, mobile tech, and AI, has revolutionized meetings and events.

💪Industry Impact - Colleagues reflect on Corbin's significant impact on the industry and their careers.

💥Future of Meetings - The conversation delves into the future of meetings, focusing on AI's potential to transform the industry further.

🌍Inclusivity Challenges - The discussion also addresses ensuring global access and inclusivity in an increasingly digital world.


Resources:

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

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15609267 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0500 3112 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, corbin ball 1 142 full false How Doppler Labs is Changing the Hearing Aid Industry with Jim Humphries How Doppler Labs is Changing the Hearing Aid Industry with Jim Humphries In this episode, I discuss their groundbreaking hearing aid platform with Jim Humphries, President of Doppler Labs. Jim shares insights into their innovative technology, the development journey, and the social impact of making audiologist-quality hearing accessible and affordable. Join us as we uncover how Doppler Labs transforms the hearing aid industry and improves lives globally.

Jim Humphries is the President of Aurasen, Inc. (dba Doppler Labs), which Empowers Consumers Globally To Control Their Own Hearing Health.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🦻 Cutting-Edge Hearing Technology - exploring the innovative platform that provides audiologist-quality hearing assistance.

🌎 Global Impact and Accessibility, understanding the social impact and efforts to make hearing aids accessible worldwide.

👀 Future Plans and Vision, hearing about the timeline for product availability and plans for international distribution.



Resources:
Doppler Labs Website: www.dopplerlabs.io


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> In this episode, I discuss their groundbreaking hearing aid platform with Jim Humphries, President of Doppler Labs. Jim shares insights into their innovative technology, the development journey, and the social impact of making audiologist-quality hearing accessible and affordable. Join us as we uncover how Doppler Labs transforms the hearing aid industry and improves lives globally.

Jim Humphries is the President of Aurasen, Inc. (dba Doppler Labs), which Empowers Consumers Globally To Control Their Own Hearing Health.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🦻 Cutting-Edge Hearing Technology - exploring the innovative platform that provides audiologist-quality hearing assistance.

🌎 Global Impact and Accessibility, understanding the social impact and efforts to make hearing aids accessible worldwide.

👀 Future Plans and Vision, hearing about the timeline for product availability and plans for international distribution.



Resources:
Doppler Labs Website: www.dopplerlabs.io


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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-15486708 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1255 1 141 full false Building Relationally Rich Workplaces with Dr. Randy Ross Building Relationally Rich Workplaces with Dr. Randy Ross Today, we're diving into what makes a team thrive: creating a relationally rich culture. We're talking about the principles of axiology and how understanding values can transform the workplace into a hub of happiness, productivity, and longevity. Get ready to explore how fostering meaningful connections and aligning personal passions with organizational goals can lead to remarkable outcomes for your team and your business.

Today’s guest is Dr. Randy Ross. He is a bestselling author, CEO of Remarkable, and Former Chief People Officer. Most importantly, he’s a messenger of practical wisdom and needed hope to help untangle the biggest challenges facing today’s business leaders, tomorrow’s workforce, and the future marketplace.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🙋🏻‍♂️The concept of axiology and its significance in understanding human behavior and values in the workplace.

🤗 How organizations can create relationally rich environments that foster happiness, productivity, and longevity.

🤝Strategies for building a high-trust environment where team members feel safe being vulnerable and sharing their true aspirations.

🚀 The future of remote and hybrid work and how to effectively engage remote teams.


Resources:
Click https://drrandyross.com to meet Randy.


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]]> Today, we're diving into what makes a team thrive: creating a relationally rich culture. We're talking about the principles of axiology and how understanding values can transform the workplace into a hub of happiness, productivity, and longevity. Get ready to explore how fostering meaningful connections and aligning personal passions with organizational goals can lead to remarkable outcomes for your team and your business.

Today’s guest is Dr. Randy Ross. He is a bestselling author, CEO of Remarkable, and Former Chief People Officer. Most importantly, he’s a messenger of practical wisdom and needed hope to help untangle the biggest challenges facing today’s business leaders, tomorrow’s workforce, and the future marketplace.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🙋🏻‍♂️The concept of axiology and its significance in understanding human behavior and values in the workplace.

🤗 How organizations can create relationally rich environments that foster happiness, productivity, and longevity.

🤝Strategies for building a high-trust environment where team members feel safe being vulnerable and sharing their true aspirations.

🚀 The future of remote and hybrid work and how to effectively engage remote teams.


Resources:
Click https://drrandyross.com to meet Randy.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15486446 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2947 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, dr randy ross 1 140 full false Effective Communication Strategies for Virtual Meetings with Erica Holthausen Effective Communication Strategies for Virtual Meetings with Erica Holthausen I had the pleasure of speaking with Erica Holthausen, a seasoned freelance writer and editor, who shared her journey from law to marketing and advertising and eventually found her passion in writing. Erica discusses the importance of adding value to the conversation and offers practical advice on pitching ideas to editors effectively. She emphasizes that getting published should serve a specific business purpose, such as gaining visibility or establishing authority. Erica also shares insights from her experiences with TEDx, highlighting the power of vulnerability and authentic storytelling in public speaking.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

✍️ Erica's transition from law to marketing and finding her passion in writing.

💡 Practical advice on pitching ideas to editors and publications.

🎯 The importance of aligning published content with specific business goals.

🗣 Insights and lessons from Erica's personal experiences with TEDx and public speaking.


Resources:
https://linktr.ee/catchline


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]]> I had the pleasure of speaking with Erica Holthausen, a seasoned freelance writer and editor, who shared her journey from law to marketing and advertising and eventually found her passion in writing. Erica discusses the importance of adding value to the conversation and offers practical advice on pitching ideas to editors effectively. She emphasizes that getting published should serve a specific business purpose, such as gaining visibility or establishing authority. Erica also shares insights from her experiences with TEDx, highlighting the power of vulnerability and authentic storytelling in public speaking.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

✍️ Erica's transition from law to marketing and finding her passion in writing.

💡 Practical advice on pitching ideas to editors and publications.

🎯 The importance of aligning published content with specific business goals.

🗣 Insights and lessons from Erica's personal experiences with TEDx and public speaking.


Resources:
https://linktr.ee/catchline


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15480019 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2991 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Erica Holthausen 1 139 full false Enhancing Speaker Success with NSA Insights from Maranda DeSanto, RCE, CAE Enhancing Speaker Success with NSA Insights from Maranda DeSanto, RCE, CAE In this episode of the Engaging Virtual Meetings podcast, I sit down with Maranda DeSanto, CAE, the Director of Member Experience at the National Speakers Association (NSA). Maranda shares her expertise on creating exceptional member experiences, the NSA's unique culture, and the importance of community within the organization. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👋  The importance of creating a welcoming community for new and existing members.

💻 How to leverage technology to improve member engagement and experiences.

🚀 The future of virtual and hybrid meetings and their role in association management.

💬  Personal stories and examples of how NSA's community has positively impacted its members.


Tune in to hear Maranda’s insights on creating an exceptional member experience and fostering a supportive community within your organization.

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marandadesanto/


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]]> In this episode of the Engaging Virtual Meetings podcast, I sit down with Maranda DeSanto, CAE, the Director of Member Experience at the National Speakers Association (NSA). Maranda shares her expertise on creating exceptional member experiences, the NSA's unique culture, and the importance of community within the organization. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👋  The importance of creating a welcoming community for new and existing members.

💻 How to leverage technology to improve member engagement and experiences.

🚀 The future of virtual and hybrid meetings and their role in association management.

💬  Personal stories and examples of how NSA's community has positively impacted its members.


Tune in to hear Maranda’s insights on creating an exceptional member experience and fostering a supportive community within your organization.

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marandadesanto/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15444013 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2581 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, maranda desanto, 1 138 full false How Football Prepared Rennie Curran for Public Speaking How Football Prepared Rennie Curran for Public Speaking Rennie Curran, Brookwood High School Alum and former linebacker for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2007-2009, will serve as the keynote speaker for “Event Title”

Curran, while at the University of Georgia, was a three-time All-American Team MVP, Butkus Award finalist and permanent team captain. He finished his Bulldog career as one of the greatest linebackers in the history of the program and has recently been inducted into the Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame, Georgia vs. Florida Hall of Fame, and UGA 40 Under 40 class of 2020. 

In 2010 Curran entered the NFL Draft. He played with the Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Bucs, Edmonton Eskimos and the BC lions. 

He is now a keynote speaker, author, and Leadership coach. He speaks to Fortune 500 companies, associations, sport teams, schools, and non-profit organizations on topics such as leadership, team-building, overcoming adversity, and high performance. Curran obtained his Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Georgia and his coaching certification from the Life Purpose Institute. He has been featured on ESPN, The Huffington Post, USA Today, and Fox Sports. Curran has a heart for the community and is honored to serve as our speaker today! 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏉From sports to business
😊 How Rennie works on his authenticity
🎤Transition to virtual speaking


Resources:
https://Renniecurran.com


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]]> Rennie Curran, Brookwood High School Alum and former linebacker for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2007-2009, will serve as the keynote speaker for “Event Title”

Curran, while at the University of Georgia, was a three-time All-American Team MVP, Butkus Award finalist and permanent team captain. He finished his Bulldog career as one of the greatest linebackers in the history of the program and has recently been inducted into the Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame, Georgia vs. Florida Hall of Fame, and UGA 40 Under 40 class of 2020. 

In 2010 Curran entered the NFL Draft. He played with the Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Bucs, Edmonton Eskimos and the BC lions. 

He is now a keynote speaker, author, and Leadership coach. He speaks to Fortune 500 companies, associations, sport teams, schools, and non-profit organizations on topics such as leadership, team-building, overcoming adversity, and high performance. Curran obtained his Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Georgia and his coaching certification from the Life Purpose Institute. He has been featured on ESPN, The Huffington Post, USA Today, and Fox Sports. Curran has a heart for the community and is honored to serve as our speaker today! 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏉From sports to business
😊 How Rennie works on his authenticity
🎤Transition to virtual speaking


Resources:
https://Renniecurran.com


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15354994 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1430 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, rennie curran 1 137 full false How To Turn Highly Technical Content Into An Engaging Virtual Experience with Mike Kachurak How To Turn Highly Technical Content Into An Engaging Virtual Experience with Mike Kachurak Mike Kachurak is a Talent Management, Organizational Development, Master Facilitator, & Technical Podcaster at Coca-Cola in Atlanta, GA.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🥤Room tour of Sip Studio, Coca-Cola virtual training studio

🟩 The importance of green screen when doing training

🤗Best practices to make his training engaging



Resources:

https://beveragebreak.com


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]]> Mike Kachurak is a Talent Management, Organizational Development, Master Facilitator, & Technical Podcaster at Coca-Cola in Atlanta, GA.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🥤Room tour of Sip Studio, Coca-Cola virtual training studio

🟩 The importance of green screen when doing training

🤗Best practices to make his training engaging



Resources:

https://beveragebreak.com


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15292406 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2846 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, mike kachurak 1 136 full false Tips To Make Genuine Connection In A Virtual World with Janine Bolan Tips To Make Genuine Connection In A Virtual World with Janine Bolan Janine Bolon has always loved figuring out how things work. A scientist to her core, she craved to dig into the mysteries of life and understand why things are the way they are. After working in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years, she dropped out of corporate America to homeschool her four children. She has always had a side business in her life and shares with others  how to manage a well-lived life of children, family, friends and clients while not suffering from burnout. Her 17 books, 93 online courses, 4 podcast programs and radio show all express her desire to share her systems & routines with others.  



In this episode, we discuss the following:

☕What is Open Friday Coffee

🔗How to connect people in virtual 


Resources:

https://the8gates.com/open-friday-coffee/



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]]> Janine Bolon has always loved figuring out how things work. A scientist to her core, she craved to dig into the mysteries of life and understand why things are the way they are. After working in the pharmaceutical industry for 15 years, she dropped out of corporate America to homeschool her four children. She has always had a side business in her life and shares with others  how to manage a well-lived life of children, family, friends and clients while not suffering from burnout. Her 17 books, 93 online courses, 4 podcast programs and radio show all express her desire to share her systems & routines with others.  



In this episode, we discuss the following:

☕What is Open Friday Coffee

🔗How to connect people in virtual 


Resources:

https://the8gates.com/open-friday-coffee/



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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15292271 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2879 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, janine bolan 1 135 full false How To Create An Engaging Virtual Sales Presentation with Jonathan Pritchard How To Create An Engaging Virtual Sales Presentation with Jonathan Pritchard Jonathan Pritchard is the founder of ZAVANT enterprises and the author of multiple books focused on the power of applied psychology.


For 15+ years he toured the world as a Mentalist which is type of entertainer specializing in apparently reading minds, predicting the future, instant hypnosis, and other impossible skills. Eventually he realized his talents could do more than entertain people, and that’s when he began consulting for the world’s largest companies.


Currently he is brought in to share his secrets with sales teams, delivery teams, and anyone else who needs to deliver results in high stake environments.


While not on the road you can find him at home in the mountains of North Carolina with his family.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💯What is authenticity for Jonathan

1️⃣ Top tips for sales presentation in virtual meetings


Resources:

Click https://www.jonathanpritchard.me/ to learn more.

or https://icanreadminds.com


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]]> Jonathan Pritchard is the founder of ZAVANT enterprises and the author of multiple books focused on the power of applied psychology.


For 15+ years he toured the world as a Mentalist which is type of entertainer specializing in apparently reading minds, predicting the future, instant hypnosis, and other impossible skills. Eventually he realized his talents could do more than entertain people, and that’s when he began consulting for the world’s largest companies.


Currently he is brought in to share his secrets with sales teams, delivery teams, and anyone else who needs to deliver results in high stake environments.


While not on the road you can find him at home in the mountains of North Carolina with his family.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💯What is authenticity for Jonathan

1️⃣ Top tips for sales presentation in virtual meetings


Resources:

Click https://www.jonathanpritchard.me/ to learn more.

or https://icanreadminds.com


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15290300 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 3035 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, jonathan pritchard 1 134 full false This Is Why You Need An Engagement Expert! | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen This Is Why You Need An Engagement Expert! | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  Audio Video FAILURES!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  Audio Video FAILURES!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15156951 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1911 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 133 full false Navigating Data Engineering in the Age of AI with Jesse Anderson Navigating Data Engineering in the Age of AI with Jesse Anderson Jesse Anderson is a Data Engineer, Creative Engineer, and Managing Director of Big Data Institute.

From nimble startups to established Fortune 100s, Jesse mentors companies globally on Big Data, leveraging cutting-edge tech like Apache Kafka, Hadoop, and Spark.

A true innovator in the field, Jesse’s groundbreaking teaching methods have not only earned him recognition from industry leaders but also captured the attention of renowned publications like The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. His published works, spanning Apress, O’Reilly, and Pragmatic Programmers, further showcase his unique approach. Reaching a diverse audience through platforms like CNN, BBC, NPR, Engadget, and Wired, Jesse’s influence extends far beyond the classroom, shaping the future of data education.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

📈 Big data and AI
🎛️  What is AV and why it's important 
🤗 Tips to engage a virtual audience


Resources:
https://www.jesse-anderson.com/about/

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]]> Jesse Anderson is a Data Engineer, Creative Engineer, and Managing Director of Big Data Institute.

From nimble startups to established Fortune 100s, Jesse mentors companies globally on Big Data, leveraging cutting-edge tech like Apache Kafka, Hadoop, and Spark.

A true innovator in the field, Jesse’s groundbreaking teaching methods have not only earned him recognition from industry leaders but also captured the attention of renowned publications like The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. His published works, spanning Apress, O’Reilly, and Pragmatic Programmers, further showcase his unique approach. Reaching a diverse audience through platforms like CNN, BBC, NPR, Engadget, and Wired, Jesse’s influence extends far beyond the classroom, shaping the future of data education.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

📈 Big data and AI
🎛️  What is AV and why it's important 
🤗 Tips to engage a virtual audience


Resources:
https://www.jesse-anderson.com/about/

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15156747 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2878 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, jesse anderson 1 132 full false How To Have A Better Virtual Facilitation In 2025 with Gwyn Wansbrough How To Have A Better Virtual Facilitation In 2025 with Gwyn Wansbrough Gwyn Wansbrough is a facilitator and experience designer who has spent 1000s of hours on Zoom - literally! 

She is on a mission to help professionals design and lead exceptional online sessions that get better results for groups. 

She has trained nearly 1500 professionals to lead dynamic, engaging virtual sessions that put the joy back into working and learning online. 

She is a go-to expert for online course creators and online community platforms like Circle and Session Lab. She has led interactive sessions for global organisations like the International Association of Facilitators supporting their members to become exceptional virtual facilitators. 

And she is a "Top Facilitation Voice” on LinkedIn. Gwyn runs a five-week live online cohort-based course called Breakthrough Facilitation. 

She writes a weekly newsletter called The Quest with actionable insights and tips for leading live online sessions. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡Tips to make group experiences more engaging 
🥳 Importance of emotions in the virtual meeting
💪 Power prompt - invite 1 degree more of personal exposure


Resources:
https://www.gwynwansbrough.com 


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]]> Gwyn Wansbrough is a facilitator and experience designer who has spent 1000s of hours on Zoom - literally! 

She is on a mission to help professionals design and lead exceptional online sessions that get better results for groups. 

She has trained nearly 1500 professionals to lead dynamic, engaging virtual sessions that put the joy back into working and learning online. 

She is a go-to expert for online course creators and online community platforms like Circle and Session Lab. She has led interactive sessions for global organisations like the International Association of Facilitators supporting their members to become exceptional virtual facilitators. 

And she is a "Top Facilitation Voice” on LinkedIn. Gwyn runs a five-week live online cohort-based course called Breakthrough Facilitation. 

She writes a weekly newsletter called The Quest with actionable insights and tips for leading live online sessions. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡Tips to make group experiences more engaging 
🥳 Importance of emotions in the virtual meeting
💪 Power prompt - invite 1 degree more of personal exposure


Resources:
https://www.gwynwansbrough.com 


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15155894 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400 3004 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Gwyn Wansbrough 1 131 full false How To Be A Modern Badass Leader with Parissa Behnia How To Be A Modern Badass Leader with Parissa Behnia Parissa Behnia is an advisor to and coach of C Suite and Senior leaders who are high will-high skill and have a growth mindset. They sometimes go 80 MPH in a 45 MPH Zone without checking to see if people are strapped in for the ride or interested in the strategic destination.

Parissa's clients choose her because she's either sat in those seats or next to those seats often enough to know how it can feel to be alone in a crowded leadership room. She's unafraid to speak truth to power to help propel you forward.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

✨ Origin story of Modern Badass
👨‍🏫 Show leaders how to be a coach
🫂 How to feel like you belong in a community


Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/behnia/
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Badass-Tales-Leadership-Front/dp/1957651210


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]]> Parissa Behnia is an advisor to and coach of C Suite and Senior leaders who are high will-high skill and have a growth mindset. They sometimes go 80 MPH in a 45 MPH Zone without checking to see if people are strapped in for the ride or interested in the strategic destination.

Parissa's clients choose her because she's either sat in those seats or next to those seats often enough to know how it can feel to be alone in a crowded leadership room. She's unafraid to speak truth to power to help propel you forward.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

✨ Origin story of Modern Badass
👨‍🏫 Show leaders how to be a coach
🫂 How to feel like you belong in a community


Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/behnia/
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Badass-Tales-Leadership-Front/dp/1957651210


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15078468 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2653 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Parissa Behnia 1 130 full false What Is DEIB And Why Is It Important In Virtual with Kelly Blackmon What Is DEIB And Why Is It Important In Virtual with Kelly Blackmon Kelly Blackmon is the owner of B.E. Consulting. After working as a business and career coach for 15 years, he found that his passion and proclivity was best used helping people develop their emotional intelligence.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
🫂 B in DEIB is Belongingness
😃 Authenticity is a tool

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cultureeq/

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]]> Kelly Blackmon is the owner of B.E. Consulting. After working as a business and career coach for 15 years, he found that his passion and proclivity was best used helping people develop their emotional intelligence.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
🫂 B in DEIB is Belongingness
😃 Authenticity is a tool

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cultureeq/

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15155864 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2437 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, kelly blackmon 1 129 full false Simple Ways to WOW Your Clients Every Day with Jeff Borschowa Simple Ways to WOW Your Clients Every Day with Jeff Borschowa Jeff is a visionary entrepreneur, accomplished author, passionate educator, and dedicated coach, committed to empowering forward-thinking business owners on their journey to exponential growth. With an impressive 33-year career spanning the realms of business, accounting, and coaching, Jeff has consistently delivered groundbreaking Client Acquisition strategies that have consistently exceeded his clients' expectations across diverse industries.

Jeff's visionary insights have earned him coveted invitations as a keynote speaker for prestigious organizations within the accounting sector. To date, he has transformed the lives of countless business owners, guiding them towards their unique path to Client Acquisition success.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

😲 Ways Jeff brings WOW to business
❌ You cannot network in virtual? 
💥 Power of virtual meetings 

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-borschowa/

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]]> Jeff is a visionary entrepreneur, accomplished author, passionate educator, and dedicated coach, committed to empowering forward-thinking business owners on their journey to exponential growth. With an impressive 33-year career spanning the realms of business, accounting, and coaching, Jeff has consistently delivered groundbreaking Client Acquisition strategies that have consistently exceeded his clients' expectations across diverse industries.

Jeff's visionary insights have earned him coveted invitations as a keynote speaker for prestigious organizations within the accounting sector. To date, he has transformed the lives of countless business owners, guiding them towards their unique path to Client Acquisition success.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

😲 Ways Jeff brings WOW to business
❌ You cannot network in virtual? 
💥 Power of virtual meetings 

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-borschowa/

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15001689 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2969 The Engagement Show, jeff borschowa, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 128 full false The First Month of the Year is the Most Important | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The First Month of the Year is the Most Important | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  The First Month of the Year is the Most Important

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  The First Month of the Year is the Most Important

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-15001525 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1230 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 127 full false Innovative Ways To Become A More Effective Leader with Ellia Harris Innovative Ways To Become A More Effective Leader with Ellia Harris Ellia Harris is a coach, trainer, and speaker who gets leaders and teams out of habitual thinking so they can solve challenges with creative solutions they couldn’t see before. In Ellia’s experience, helping staff solve problems creatively is the fastest way for managers to become more effective leaders and build stronger, happier teams. Her Light Bulb Thinking framework provides the foundation for leadership and team improvements, as well as greater revenue, improved customer satisfaction, and attaining social and environmental goals. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 Best practices for developing rapport in virtual meetings
💡 Lightbulb Thinking Framework
🐌 How to get people to slow down

Resources:
https://www.thepotentialcenter.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliaharris


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]]> Ellia Harris is a coach, trainer, and speaker who gets leaders and teams out of habitual thinking so they can solve challenges with creative solutions they couldn’t see before. In Ellia’s experience, helping staff solve problems creatively is the fastest way for managers to become more effective leaders and build stronger, happier teams. Her Light Bulb Thinking framework provides the foundation for leadership and team improvements, as well as greater revenue, improved customer satisfaction, and attaining social and environmental goals. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 Best practices for developing rapport in virtual meetings
💡 Lightbulb Thinking Framework
🐌 How to get people to slow down

Resources:
https://www.thepotentialcenter.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliaharris


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14916863 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2874 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, ellia harris 1 126 full false A Geek's Thoughts On The Future Of Virtual Meetings with Matt Roseman A Geek's Thoughts On The Future Of Virtual Meetings with Matt Roseman WARNING: This program can contain adult language and geek references, be forewarned!

Matt Roseman's bio:

At 13 years old, I built my first computer from scratch, and it worked! The foundation of my career was built on what I thought was just a passing hobby. I continued to develop my technical expertise through professional training and a passion for forecasting trends in technology with the goal of helping people become more productive. As an A+ certified technology specialist, my career ranges from providing solutions for small businesses and tech companies to large financial firms and individual clients. I strive to deliver consistent positive results using my experience in a multitude of Platforms, Protocols, Applications, Networks, PC Hardware, and File Systems. In addition to my technical skills, I provide exceptional customer service through an ability to communicate technical jargon that can be easily understood. Plus, my knack for making impressions helps put smiles on many faces I am privileged to work with.



In this episode, we discuss the following:

💻 How he got into computer and tech
🥰 His love and hate for virtual meetings
🤖 AI is the future

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-roseman/


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]]> WARNING: This program can contain adult language and geek references, be forewarned!

Matt Roseman's bio:

At 13 years old, I built my first computer from scratch, and it worked! The foundation of my career was built on what I thought was just a passing hobby. I continued to develop my technical expertise through professional training and a passion for forecasting trends in technology with the goal of helping people become more productive. As an A+ certified technology specialist, my career ranges from providing solutions for small businesses and tech companies to large financial firms and individual clients. I strive to deliver consistent positive results using my experience in a multitude of Platforms, Protocols, Applications, Networks, PC Hardware, and File Systems. In addition to my technical skills, I provide exceptional customer service through an ability to communicate technical jargon that can be easily understood. Plus, my knack for making impressions helps put smiles on many faces I am privileged to work with.



In this episode, we discuss the following:

💻 How he got into computer and tech
🥰 His love and hate for virtual meetings
🤖 AI is the future

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-roseman/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14743830 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2555 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, matt roseman 1 125 full true How To Be An Engaging Podcast Guest with Adriana Baer How To Be An Engaging Podcast Guest with Adriana Baer Adriana Baer is a public speaking coach for leaders and rising leaders. Her mission is to help clients claim their stage, radiate confidence and charisma, propel their career, and increase their impact. With over 20 years as a professional theater director and arts leader, Adriana brings a unique perspective and a practical and actionable set of tools to her coaching. In addition to her private coaching practice, she has worked and lectured at dozens of regional theaters, colleges, and universities nationwide. Adriana holds a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing from Columbia University. She is the cohost of the podcast From Your Center and offers online courses and coaching through Adriana Baer Creative. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎤  Tips to be a great podcast guest
🎭 How her theatre and coaching experience changed in the last 3 years


Resources:
https://www.adrianabaercreative.com


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]]> Adriana Baer is a public speaking coach for leaders and rising leaders. Her mission is to help clients claim their stage, radiate confidence and charisma, propel their career, and increase their impact. With over 20 years as a professional theater director and arts leader, Adriana brings a unique perspective and a practical and actionable set of tools to her coaching. In addition to her private coaching practice, she has worked and lectured at dozens of regional theaters, colleges, and universities nationwide. Adriana holds a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing from Columbia University. She is the cohost of the podcast From Your Center and offers online courses and coaching through Adriana Baer Creative. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎤  Tips to be a great podcast guest
🎭 How her theatre and coaching experience changed in the last 3 years


Resources:
https://www.adrianabaercreative.com


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14741960 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2456 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, adriana baer 1 124 full false Ultimate Guide To Virtual Event Production In 2025 with Jim Fuhs Ultimate Guide To Virtual Event Production In 2025 with Jim Fuhs Jim Fuhs is the President of Fuhsion Marketing, a seasoned digital marketing consultant, and a retired Marine LtCol with over 30 years of business and social media experience. Jim has a unique approach to marketing that fuses Marine Corps Leadership with next-level digital marketing, offering his clients a perspective that sets him apart from the rest.


As a highly successful Marine Corps Officer, Jim's leadership experience and expertise enable him to navigate the ever-changing marketing and technology landscape. He is a sought-after speaker, live streamer, podcaster, remote live stream, and virtual event producer, with a passion for excellence that shines through in everything he does.

Jim's mission is to revolutionize the marketing industry with his innovative strategies and unparalleled insights. His commitment to excellence and dedication to his client's success has earned him a reputation as an innovator in the industry. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, Jim is here to help you unlock your brand's full potential and take your business to the next level.


In this episode, we discuss the following:
😖 Disengaging pet peeves in virtual
💯 Best hybrid tips


Resources:
https://fuhsionmarketing.live

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]]> Jim Fuhs is the President of Fuhsion Marketing, a seasoned digital marketing consultant, and a retired Marine LtCol with over 30 years of business and social media experience. Jim has a unique approach to marketing that fuses Marine Corps Leadership with next-level digital marketing, offering his clients a perspective that sets him apart from the rest.


As a highly successful Marine Corps Officer, Jim's leadership experience and expertise enable him to navigate the ever-changing marketing and technology landscape. He is a sought-after speaker, live streamer, podcaster, remote live stream, and virtual event producer, with a passion for excellence that shines through in everything he does.

Jim's mission is to revolutionize the marketing industry with his innovative strategies and unparalleled insights. His commitment to excellence and dedication to his client's success has earned him a reputation as an innovator in the industry. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, Jim is here to help you unlock your brand's full potential and take your business to the next level.


In this episode, we discuss the following:
😖 Disengaging pet peeves in virtual
💯 Best hybrid tips


Resources:
https://fuhsionmarketing.live

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14720791 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2427 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, jim fuhs 1 123 full false How To Get People To Turn On Their Cameras with Dr. Jeffrey Magee, CSP How To Get People To Turn On Their Cameras with Dr. Jeffrey Magee, CSP
Dr. Jeffrey Magee has been called one of today's leading "Leadership & Marketing Strategists." Jeff works with C-Suite, Business Leaders, Military Generals & CEO2CEO Peer Groups across America.

Hard Work and Dedication

Imagine being able to reboot your life, beginning at this very moment, given all you know and mentally possess. Imagine if you could bridge the gap from where you are in life to where you want to be, and then maintain that trajectory as you make greater gains, greater wins, and greater contributions to others.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Things he learned being in virtual
⚡ Why he exert more energy in virtual
💬 CSP advice for those who are applying


Resources:
https://JeffreyMagee.com

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]]>
Dr. Jeffrey Magee has been called one of today's leading "Leadership & Marketing Strategists." Jeff works with C-Suite, Business Leaders, Military Generals & CEO2CEO Peer Groups across America.

Hard Work and Dedication

Imagine being able to reboot your life, beginning at this very moment, given all you know and mentally possess. Imagine if you could bridge the gap from where you are in life to where you want to be, and then maintain that trajectory as you make greater gains, greater wins, and greater contributions to others.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Things he learned being in virtual
⚡ Why he exert more energy in virtual
💬 CSP advice for those who are applying


Resources:
https://JeffreyMagee.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14720517 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2895 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, jeffrey magee 1 122 full false Why Failing Is An Important Part Of Success with Gina Mollicone-Long Why Failing Is An Important Part Of Success with Gina Mollicone-Long Gina Mollicone-Long helps people get what they want. Academically trained in engineering, philosophy and the intersection of science and spirit, Gina brings a wealth of knowledge and information to her process.


Extensively trained in modern and ancient performance techniques, Gina aggregates their teachings and shows people how to make powerful transformations. Gifted in rapport, connection and language, Gina cuts to the core of your reality and empowers you to engineer a new one. 

She is the creator of Greatness U and since 1998, she has trained, coached or spoken to tens of thousands of people on six continents. Her books, Think or Sink and The Secret of Successful Failing are widely read and enjoyed by people around the world. She can show you exactly how to get out of your own way.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

📕 What led her to write her first book, The Secret of Successful Failing
🛠️ How to build rapport
🧠 Her understanding of mind and matter


Resources:
https://linktr.ee/ginamollicone

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]]> Gina Mollicone-Long helps people get what they want. Academically trained in engineering, philosophy and the intersection of science and spirit, Gina brings a wealth of knowledge and information to her process.


Extensively trained in modern and ancient performance techniques, Gina aggregates their teachings and shows people how to make powerful transformations. Gifted in rapport, connection and language, Gina cuts to the core of your reality and empowers you to engineer a new one. 

She is the creator of Greatness U and since 1998, she has trained, coached or spoken to tens of thousands of people on six continents. Her books, Think or Sink and The Secret of Successful Failing are widely read and enjoyed by people around the world. She can show you exactly how to get out of your own way.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

📕 What led her to write her first book, The Secret of Successful Failing
🛠️ How to build rapport
🧠 Her understanding of mind and matter


Resources:
https://linktr.ee/ginamollicone

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14600554 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2669 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Gina Mollicone-Long 1 121 full false How To Organically Grow Your Brand In 2025 with Dan Shinder How To Organically Grow Your Brand In 2025 with Dan Shinder Dan Shinder has built a global presence with over 1 million active followers online reaching 100 million people a year each year since 2013 and growing by thousands more each week from over 130 countries using content marketing on social media and brand-building strategies he developed while growing a lifestyle brand, Drum Talk TV.

The high-level of engagement yields a monthly average of 10 Million in reach, 2 Million post engagements, 4 million video views, 100 Million+ video views and people reached per year. Dan has never paid for advertising or boosting posts of the brand’s content and no focus on SEO whatsoever.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🥁The Genesis of Drum Talk TV
🚀Tips on how to grow your brand to 1 million followers
😎His definition of engagement


Resources:

For the Drum Talk TV, click https://www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com
For Dan’s Content Marketing Course 100% guaranteed to get business better results: https://go.advancedsocialmarketing.co...

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]]> Dan Shinder has built a global presence with over 1 million active followers online reaching 100 million people a year each year since 2013 and growing by thousands more each week from over 130 countries using content marketing on social media and brand-building strategies he developed while growing a lifestyle brand, Drum Talk TV.

The high-level of engagement yields a monthly average of 10 Million in reach, 2 Million post engagements, 4 million video views, 100 Million+ video views and people reached per year. Dan has never paid for advertising or boosting posts of the brand’s content and no focus on SEO whatsoever.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🥁The Genesis of Drum Talk TV
🚀Tips on how to grow your brand to 1 million followers
😎His definition of engagement


Resources:

For the Drum Talk TV, click https://www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com
For Dan’s Content Marketing Course 100% guaranteed to get business better results: https://go.advancedsocialmarketing.co...

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14598664 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 3002 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, dan shinder 1 120 full false What Are You Grateful For In 2023 | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen What Are You Grateful For In 2023 | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.


Today's Theme:  Celebration


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.


Today's Theme:  Celebration


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14507915 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1311 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 119 full false The Rise of Virtual Reality in Real Estate with Christine McCarron The Rise of Virtual Reality in Real Estate with Christine McCarron Christine McCarron went from less than $0 to a 7-figure net worth starting at age 50 thanks to real estate investing. Through her coaching, courses, podcasts and books, she loves sharing what she's learned to help other women exceed their expectations and create a legacy.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪 How she find the courage in her 50s
😍 Transitioning to virtual as a real estate agent
🌠 Future of virtual and hybrid in real estate


Resources:

https://chrismccarron.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beehivebrokerage/


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]]> Christine McCarron went from less than $0 to a 7-figure net worth starting at age 50 thanks to real estate investing. Through her coaching, courses, podcasts and books, she loves sharing what she's learned to help other women exceed their expectations and create a legacy.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪 How she find the courage in her 50s
😍 Transitioning to virtual as a real estate agent
🌠 Future of virtual and hybrid in real estate


Resources:

https://chrismccarron.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beehivebrokerage/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14507884 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1776 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 118 full false What happened in The Engaging Conference | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen What happened in The Engaging Conference | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen In this episode, John and Roger talk about The Engaging Conference!


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> In this episode, John and Roger talk about The Engaging Conference!


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14447471 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1457 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 117 full false The Future of Podcasting: What You Need to Know in 2024 with Vernon Ross The Future of Podcasting: What You Need to Know in 2024 with Vernon Ross Vernon is an author, speaker, podcast strategist and digital marketer. His areas of expertise are internal and private podcast, content strategy, training, and branding.

Vernon speaks at industry events as a session leader, podcast expert, and keynotes on the subjects of branding, podcasting, digital marketing, and training.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🪄 The magic of podcasting 
🪧  How to best promote your podcast
🚀  The future of podcasting


Resources:

https://vernonross.com/about/
https://www.enterprisepodcaster.com/


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]]> Vernon is an author, speaker, podcast strategist and digital marketer. His areas of expertise are internal and private podcast, content strategy, training, and branding.

Vernon speaks at industry events as a session leader, podcast expert, and keynotes on the subjects of branding, podcasting, digital marketing, and training.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🪄 The magic of podcasting 
🪧  How to best promote your podcast
🚀  The future of podcasting


Resources:

https://vernonross.com/about/
https://www.enterprisepodcaster.com/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14441659 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2131 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 116 full false Is AI Engaging? | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Is AI Engaging? | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen In this episode, John and Roger talk about AI!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> In this episode, John and Roger talk about AI!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14426847 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1286 The Engagement Show, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 115 full false The Power of Connection on Virtual Communication with Justin Breen The Power of Connection on Virtual Communication with Justin Breen Justin Breen is the Founder/CEO of the exclusive connectivity platform BrEpic Network and global PR firm BrEpic Communications. His newest book, Epic Life, features a foreword from Dr. Peter Diamandis and has been the No. 1 overall book for sales on Amazon Kindle. It also recently made the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller lists.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

📕 How he wrote his book Epic Life in 16 days
💡  How to bring value to virtual meetings
💪 The power of real human relationship


Resources:

https://www.BrEpicNetwork.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbreen1

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]]> Justin Breen is the Founder/CEO of the exclusive connectivity platform BrEpic Network and global PR firm BrEpic Communications. His newest book, Epic Life, features a foreword from Dr. Peter Diamandis and has been the No. 1 overall book for sales on Amazon Kindle. It also recently made the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller lists.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

📕 How he wrote his book Epic Life in 16 days
💡  How to bring value to virtual meetings
💪 The power of real human relationship


Resources:

https://www.BrEpicNetwork.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbreen1

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-14382833 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1861 1 114 full false Best Practices That Will Make You A More Engaging Keynote Speaker with Pamela Paterson Best Practices That Will Make You A More Engaging Keynote Speaker with Pamela Paterson Pamela Paterson, CBAP, PMP, is an international best-selling author and a senior IT business analyst consultant, having worked with +50 organizations, including Red Cross, KPMG, PwC, Hewlett-Packard, and the federal government. 


She is an award-winning speaker, has presented at +200 events, including technology and IIBA chapters and conferences in the U.S, Europe, Canada, and Asia, and has written six books, two of them international best-sellers: Creating Requirements for Software Projects: A Business Analyst’s Guide to Requirements Management and Get the Job. 

Previously, Pamela taught project management at a Toronto college and has a stealth bio in communications, information design, engineering, and chemistry. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎤 Techniques to be a speaker
👍 Best engaging tips as a virtual speaker
☔  How to make attendees feel safe in a keynote


Resources:

https://www.pamelapaterson.com.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelapaterson/?originalSubdomain=ca


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]]> Pamela Paterson, CBAP, PMP, is an international best-selling author and a senior IT business analyst consultant, having worked with +50 organizations, including Red Cross, KPMG, PwC, Hewlett-Packard, and the federal government. 


She is an award-winning speaker, has presented at +200 events, including technology and IIBA chapters and conferences in the U.S, Europe, Canada, and Asia, and has written six books, two of them international best-sellers: Creating Requirements for Software Projects: A Business Analyst’s Guide to Requirements Management and Get the Job. 

Previously, Pamela taught project management at a Toronto college and has a stealth bio in communications, information design, engineering, and chemistry. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎤 Techniques to be a speaker
👍 Best engaging tips as a virtual speaker
☔  How to make attendees feel safe in a keynote


Resources:

https://www.pamelapaterson.com.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelapaterson/?originalSubdomain=ca


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14212973 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2149 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, pamela paterson 1 113 full false The Magic Of Technology with Jon Petz The Magic Of Technology with Jon Petz Two-time best-seller author with his work featured by the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Success Magazine and even Costco magazine.  A professional magician who has performed from the Sydney Opera House to Paris to Las Vegas. And a Philanthropist that founded the Miracles & Magic Foundation serving children. 


He believes life is about moments – and will help us achieve our best ones today.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
🪄 Behind the Miracles of Magic 
🌀 Transition during the pandemic
🔮 The future of virtual and hybrid events

Resources:
https://jonpetz.com/


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]]> Two-time best-seller author with his work featured by the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Success Magazine and even Costco magazine.  A professional magician who has performed from the Sydney Opera House to Paris to Las Vegas. And a Philanthropist that founded the Miracles & Magic Foundation serving children. 


He believes life is about moments – and will help us achieve our best ones today.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
🪄 Behind the Miracles of Magic 
🌀 Transition during the pandemic
🔮 The future of virtual and hybrid events

Resources:
https://jonpetz.com/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14186485 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2499 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 112 full false The Best Virtual Sales Advice for Small Businesses with Carny Kopp The Best Virtual Sales Advice for Small Businesses with Carny Kopp Caryn is the Chief Door Opener® at Kopp Consulting whose Door Opener® Service has helped thousands secure initial meetings at the Executive Level in almost every major company.


Caryn Kopp has been dubbed the Chief Door Opener® because she gets her clients “in the door” with their prospects. Caryn’s senior business developers known as Kopp Door Openers® find the right opportunities and secure initial meetings for their clients. How helpful it would be if someone else did the high-level prospecting for you?


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 How to build trust in sales
🙅‍♀️ Hire the right salespeople with these tips!
💻 How to make a virtual sales meeting engaging


Resources:
https://www.koppconsultingusa.com

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]]> Caryn is the Chief Door Opener® at Kopp Consulting whose Door Opener® Service has helped thousands secure initial meetings at the Executive Level in almost every major company.


Caryn Kopp has been dubbed the Chief Door Opener® because she gets her clients “in the door” with their prospects. Caryn’s senior business developers known as Kopp Door Openers® find the right opportunities and secure initial meetings for their clients. How helpful it would be if someone else did the high-level prospecting for you?


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 How to build trust in sales
🙅‍♀️ Hire the right salespeople with these tips!
💻 How to make a virtual sales meeting engaging


Resources:
https://www.koppconsultingusa.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14186494 Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2946 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 111 full false Ultimate Guide For Engaging Fundraising Event Attendees with Larry J. Snyder Ultimate Guide For Engaging Fundraising Event Attendees with Larry J. Snyder Larry J Snyder is a Redmond WA. based, Hands On Philanthropist providing support to domestic and international causes. 

Larry typically partners with charities for which he has a personal connection, especially those that honor his extraordinary late mother and father. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

❤️ The genesis of Love Lahaina Luau
😉 Favorite engagement tips as an auctioneer
🚀 Future of virtual or hybrid events


Resources:
https://larryjsnyder.com
Love Lahaina Luau on FOX 13 Seattle -    • Love Lahaina luau in Seattle on Aug. 31 


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]]> Larry J Snyder is a Redmond WA. based, Hands On Philanthropist providing support to domestic and international causes. 

Larry typically partners with charities for which he has a personal connection, especially those that honor his extraordinary late mother and father. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

❤️ The genesis of Love Lahaina Luau
😉 Favorite engagement tips as an auctioneer
🚀 Future of virtual or hybrid events


Resources:
https://larryjsnyder.com
Love Lahaina Luau on FOX 13 Seattle -    • Love Lahaina luau in Seattle on Aug. 31 


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14186501 Wed, 21 May 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2952 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 110 full false Top Engagement Fails and How To Fix them | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Top Engagement Fails and How To Fix them | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen In this episode, John and Roger talk about top engagement fails and how to fix them!


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


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]]> In this episode, John and Roger talk about top engagement fails and how to fix them!


Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14133443 Wed, 14 May 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1082 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 109 full false An Ultimate Guide To Creating Memorable Events with Mindy Bomonti An Ultimate Guide To Creating Memorable Events with Mindy Bomonti Mindy Bomonti is the creator of memorable, comfortably-elegant events and campaigns that enhance key relationships through a human-centric approach to planning while achieving data-supported KPIs and amplifying thought leadership to the targeted audience.

Mindy started in the hospitality industry as the receptionist at CRG Events and quickly became the EA to the CEO. 


She followed him to his new company, Columbia Hospitality, where she held sales and marketing roles, with the final position as Director of the World Trade Center Seattle for two years, working with leaders from around the Puget Sound engaged in international trade. 


Since then, she has consulted for Microsoft and AWS and been a part of several technology startups, leading their experiential marketing, events, and customer story programs.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💥 New event professional advice from Mindy
🎥 Key aspect of Hybrid strategy is livestreaming
🚀Future of Hybrid industry

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindybomonti


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]]> Mindy Bomonti is the creator of memorable, comfortably-elegant events and campaigns that enhance key relationships through a human-centric approach to planning while achieving data-supported KPIs and amplifying thought leadership to the targeted audience.

Mindy started in the hospitality industry as the receptionist at CRG Events and quickly became the EA to the CEO. 


She followed him to his new company, Columbia Hospitality, where she held sales and marketing roles, with the final position as Director of the World Trade Center Seattle for two years, working with leaders from around the Puget Sound engaged in international trade. 


Since then, she has consulted for Microsoft and AWS and been a part of several technology startups, leading their experiential marketing, events, and customer story programs.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💥 New event professional advice from Mindy
🎥 Key aspect of Hybrid strategy is livestreaming
🚀Future of Hybrid industry

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindybomonti


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14133078 Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2165 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 108 full true NACE AAPI - The Journey of the Destination featuring CEO John Chen NACE AAPI - The Journey of the Destination featuring CEO John Chen The AAPI Caucus will share our personal journeys, travel experiences, self-discovery, and the process of achieving goals of being AAPI. Our stories of growth, challenges, resilience, and the unique paths that have led us to where we are today will surely enlighten everyone in the room that we are not alone in our journey.


This month hear from John Chen, a designer, producer, speaker, trainer and emcee for engaging virtual & in-person meetings and one of the top 3 digital event strategists in the world (by PCMA). He has planned the only 100% virtual conference in the training industry for 1,200 people and is the author of the top selling book, "Engaging Virtual Meetings." John's contagious and dynamic energy will have you feeling motivated and inspired.


The NACE AAPI Caucus invites NACE members of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent and anyone who is interested in supporting the well-being, recruitment, retention, support and advancement of Asians in the hospitality industry. Come to learn, discuss, and meet like-minded members who want to share and educate everyone about Asian identities and issues. We're here to support AAPI student and professional talent and leadership so everyone is welcome to join and connect.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> The AAPI Caucus will share our personal journeys, travel experiences, self-discovery, and the process of achieving goals of being AAPI. Our stories of growth, challenges, resilience, and the unique paths that have led us to where we are today will surely enlighten everyone in the room that we are not alone in our journey.


This month hear from John Chen, a designer, producer, speaker, trainer and emcee for engaging virtual & in-person meetings and one of the top 3 digital event strategists in the world (by PCMA). He has planned the only 100% virtual conference in the training industry for 1,200 people and is the author of the top selling book, "Engaging Virtual Meetings." John's contagious and dynamic energy will have you feeling motivated and inspired.


The NACE AAPI Caucus invites NACE members of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent and anyone who is interested in supporting the well-being, recruitment, retention, support and advancement of Asians in the hospitality industry. Come to learn, discuss, and meet like-minded members who want to share and educate everyone about Asian identities and issues. We're here to support AAPI student and professional talent and leadership so everyone is welcome to join and connect.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14083664 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 3550 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, NACE AAPI Caucus 1 107 full false What Its Like To Be Brave After 50 with Lisa Niver What Its Like To Be Brave After 50 with Lisa Niver Lisa Niver is the author of Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty and an award-winning travel expert who has explored 101 countries and six continents. 


Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel. 

For her print, podcast, digital and broadcast segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and has been a finalist 22 times. 

Niver is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Make Your Own Map.  


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪 Where it all started - being brave

🙅‍♀️ High production doesn’t mean engaging


Resources:

https://lisaniver.com/braveish/


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]]> Lisa Niver is the author of Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty and an award-winning travel expert who has explored 101 countries and six continents. 


Discover her articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel. 

For her print, podcast, digital and broadcast segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and has been a finalist 22 times. 

Niver is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Make Your Own Map.  


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪 Where it all started - being brave

🙅‍♀️ High production doesn’t mean engaging


Resources:

https://lisaniver.com/braveish/


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-14047021 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2996 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, lisa niver 1 106 full false The Best Engagement Tips For Your Next Virtual Event with Alex Hitt The Best Engagement Tips For Your Next Virtual Event with Alex Hitt Alex is the Founder & Community Manager of OBN Events,  an online event hosting, marketing, and management company. In this conversation he spoke about networking, events promotions and what are the most common struggles that event hosts face. He also shared some advice on how to sell through your events & have people attending them again & again.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔥 Alex Hitt’s background
🤔 The last 10 minutes of your virtual event
🥽🕹 Is VR the future for virtual events?


Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhitt
https://obn.events/

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]]> Alex is the Founder & Community Manager of OBN Events,  an online event hosting, marketing, and management company. In this conversation he spoke about networking, events promotions and what are the most common struggles that event hosts face. He also shared some advice on how to sell through your events & have people attending them again & again.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔥 Alex Hitt’s background
🤔 The last 10 minutes of your virtual event
🥽🕹 Is VR the future for virtual events?


Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhitt
https://obn.events/

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13968470 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2421 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, alex hitt, virtual event 1 105 full false How To Host Better Virtual Meetings For Salespeople with Jennifer Simpson How To Host Better Virtual Meetings For Salespeople with Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Simpson is a wife, mother, 20-year quota crushing sales leader and EmpowerMentor with decades of been-there-done-that experience and let's-not-do-that-again life lessons to share. 

Her EmpowerMentor mission helps overwhelmed entrepreneurs, exhausted executives, and stressed sales producers uncover and unleash their natural sales superpowers. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 How to create trust with someone you don’t know
💯 Virtual meetings must-haves 
🔮 Future of virtual selling


Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensimpsonsales  

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]]> Jennifer Simpson is a wife, mother, 20-year quota crushing sales leader and EmpowerMentor with decades of been-there-done-that experience and let's-not-do-that-again life lessons to share. 

Her EmpowerMentor mission helps overwhelmed entrepreneurs, exhausted executives, and stressed sales producers uncover and unleash their natural sales superpowers. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤝 How to create trust with someone you don’t know
💯 Virtual meetings must-haves 
🔮 Future of virtual selling


Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensimpsonsales  

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-13968054 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2536 1 104 full false Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating Thriving Virtual & Hybrid Conferences with Amanda Lea Kaiser Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating Thriving Virtual & Hybrid Conferences with Amanda Lea Kaiser Amanda Lea Kaiser is a keynote speaker and author of Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community. 


Through her extensive research, Amanda is at the forefront of exploring how attendee engagement is rapidly changing within communities. Find Amanda at https://amandaleakaiser.com, LinkedIn  /amandakaiser  , and Facebook   / kaiserinsightsllc  , and get weekly tips, resources, and articles about engagement delivered to you.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤩 Amanda Lea Kaiser’s background
💡 The importance of first impressions
💻 Top digital tools Amanda recommends 


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> Amanda Lea Kaiser is a keynote speaker and author of Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community. 


Through her extensive research, Amanda is at the forefront of exploring how attendee engagement is rapidly changing within communities. Find Amanda at https://amandaleakaiser.com, LinkedIn  /amandakaiser  , and Facebook   / kaiserinsightsllc  , and get weekly tips, resources, and articles about engagement delivered to you.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤩 Amanda Lea Kaiser’s background
💡 The importance of first impressions
💻 Top digital tools Amanda recommends 


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13959411 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1889 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, amanda lea kaiser 1 103 full false How To Be Better In Public Speaking Like A Pro with Milo Shapiro How To Be Better In Public Speaking Like A Pro with Milo Shapiro In 2000, Milo left fifteen years in Information Technology to pursue his passion:  applying improvisation to business practices and personal development.  


Through his teamwork course “TEAMprovising” , he creates team connectedness, improved communication and boosted innovation (programmers at Sempra Energy, engineers at Qualcomm...even surgeons at AOSpine).

His interactive improv-game motivational speeches have delighted Southwest Airlines, Minolta, and Pfizer.  

As a speaking coach, Milo has helped hundreds (including top management at Sharp Health Care) become more prepared, polished and powerful.  A speech about his book “Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!”  provides a fresh voice on this old topic.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Milo Shapiro's background
1️⃣  #1 Public speaking tip
🚀 The future of virtual learning is design


Resources:

https://www.MiloShapiro.com for info about him as a speaker and teambuilder or
https://www.PublicDynamics.com about him as a public speaking skills coach

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]]> In 2000, Milo left fifteen years in Information Technology to pursue his passion:  applying improvisation to business practices and personal development.  


Through his teamwork course “TEAMprovising” , he creates team connectedness, improved communication and boosted innovation (programmers at Sempra Energy, engineers at Qualcomm...even surgeons at AOSpine).

His interactive improv-game motivational speeches have delighted Southwest Airlines, Minolta, and Pfizer.  

As a speaking coach, Milo has helped hundreds (including top management at Sharp Health Care) become more prepared, polished and powerful.  A speech about his book “Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!”  provides a fresh voice on this old topic.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Milo Shapiro's background
1️⃣  #1 Public speaking tip
🚀 The future of virtual learning is design


Resources:

https://www.MiloShapiro.com for info about him as a speaker and teambuilder or
https://www.PublicDynamics.com about him as a public speaking skills coach

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13959349 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2548 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, milo shapiro, public speaking 1 102 full false Designing Experiences In The Age Of Human Transformation with Don Jones Designing Experiences In The Age Of Human Transformation with Don Jones Over the past 34 years, Don Jones has achieved a reputation as one of the foremost designers of sophisticated, story-driven behavioral learning in the world. 


His company Experience It Inc. is called on by organizations in over 78 countries to help them transform their organizational curriculum from passive content into immersive experiences both in the classroom and in blended formats.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤗 Don Jones background
🤳 Going human in a digital world
🚀 The future of virtual learning is design

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donjonesexperienceit/
https://www.experienceit.com

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]]> Over the past 34 years, Don Jones has achieved a reputation as one of the foremost designers of sophisticated, story-driven behavioral learning in the world. 


His company Experience It Inc. is called on by organizations in over 78 countries to help them transform their organizational curriculum from passive content into immersive experiences both in the classroom and in blended formats.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤗 Don Jones background
🤳 Going human in a digital world
🚀 The future of virtual learning is design

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donjonesexperienceit/
https://www.experienceit.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13959228 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2925 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Don Jones, experience it 1 101 full false The Most Valuable Lessons She Learned From The Past Years With My First Podcast Guest, Kellee Frankline, PhD The Most Valuable Lessons She Learned From The Past Years With My First Podcast Guest, Kellee Frankline, PhD Kellee is our first guest on the Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast and now she’s back for our 100th episode!


Kellee Franklin is passionate about big ideas and disrupting the status quo. 


She has helped numerous clients across industries dream more, think differently, drive change, and produce better business outcomes through her creative consulting approaches. 


Kellee was a strategic innovation advisor with Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington DC and Seattle where she integrated the use of business intelligence, data analytics and visualization, and design-and-systems thinking to facilitate transformation for senior level executives in the public and private sectors. 


She was instrumental in expanding the footprint in the Pacific Northwest within the core market areas of Global Health, Global Security, Aerospace/Defense, and Cyber Security/Information Technology before launching her own consulting practice. 

Kellee holds a Ph.D. in Human Development with an emphasis in Organization Behavior from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤗 Kellee’s life update after 3 years from our interview
🧠  The R’s to the Learning Brain

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelleemfranklin/

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]]> Kellee is our first guest on the Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast and now she’s back for our 100th episode!


Kellee Franklin is passionate about big ideas and disrupting the status quo. 


She has helped numerous clients across industries dream more, think differently, drive change, and produce better business outcomes through her creative consulting approaches. 


Kellee was a strategic innovation advisor with Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington DC and Seattle where she integrated the use of business intelligence, data analytics and visualization, and design-and-systems thinking to facilitate transformation for senior level executives in the public and private sectors. 


She was instrumental in expanding the footprint in the Pacific Northwest within the core market areas of Global Health, Global Security, Aerospace/Defense, and Cyber Security/Information Technology before launching her own consulting practice. 

Kellee holds a Ph.D. in Human Development with an emphasis in Organization Behavior from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤗 Kellee’s life update after 3 years from our interview
🧠  The R’s to the Learning Brain

Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelleemfranklin/

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13924370 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0400 2856 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Kellee Frankline 1 100 full false The Best Virtual Meeting Tools for Lawyers with Jeffrey Liang The Best Virtual Meeting Tools for Lawyers with Jeffrey Liang Jeff assists small businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals with transactional, corporate, estate planning, and probate issues.  

Jeff also dedicates his practice to helping business owners, nonprofit boards, and individuals, who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color ("BIPOC"), navigate barriers within the legal system with an ally.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧑‍⚖️‍📝 Jeffrey Liang background
🤔 His personal point of view on the Challenges of Asia Pacific Islander businesses 
🎆 What he does to make virtual meetings engaging

Resources:
https://www.banyancounsel.com/jeff-liang

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]]> Jeff assists small businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals with transactional, corporate, estate planning, and probate issues.  

Jeff also dedicates his practice to helping business owners, nonprofit boards, and individuals, who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color ("BIPOC"), navigate barriers within the legal system with an ally.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧑‍⚖️‍📝 Jeffrey Liang background
🤔 His personal point of view on the Challenges of Asia Pacific Islander businesses 
🎆 What he does to make virtual meetings engaging

Resources:
https://www.banyancounsel.com/jeff-liang

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13857623 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2447 Jeffrey Liang, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 99 full false How To Design Memorable Virtual And Hybrid Experiences with Phil Mershon How To Design Memorable Virtual And Hybrid Experiences with Phil Mershon Phil Mershon is the director of experience for Social Media Examiner. 

He's been designing the Social Media Marketing World experience for over a decade. Drawing from over 25 years in creating customized events, Phil loves to create memorable moments and transformational experiences. 

In addition, Phil is a jazz saxophonist, a pickleball enthusiast, and the author of Unforgettable: The Art and Science of Creating Memorable Experiences.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Tips on how to create memorable event experiences
🤔 What’s his take on the last 3 years of what’s happened with virtual and hybrid events

Resources:
Website: www.philmershon.com


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]]> Phil Mershon is the director of experience for Social Media Examiner. 

He's been designing the Social Media Marketing World experience for over a decade. Drawing from over 25 years in creating customized events, Phil loves to create memorable moments and transformational experiences. 

In addition, Phil is a jazz saxophonist, a pickleball enthusiast, and the author of Unforgettable: The Art and Science of Creating Memorable Experiences.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Tips on how to create memorable event experiences
🤔 What’s his take on the last 3 years of what’s happened with virtual and hybrid events

Resources:
Website: www.philmershon.com


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13857612 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1819 Phil Mershon, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, the engaging conference 1 98 full false Surprising Ways To Use Technology For Toastmasters And Beyond with Nerdmaster Merlyn Miller Surprising Ways To Use Technology For Toastmasters And Beyond with Nerdmaster Merlyn Miller Merlyn Miller has lived most of his life in Washington state. He worked for 20 years as a database developer and now takes care of his parents and attends Toastmasters meetings. He is a member of 2 Toastmasters clubs, Including one online.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧔‍♂️ Merlyn Miller’s background
😋  Creating Toastmasters but online - Nerdmasters
🎮 Gamification for learning

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/merlyn-k-miller-jr/
https://www.nerdmasters.org

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]]> Merlyn Miller has lived most of his life in Washington state. He worked for 20 years as a database developer and now takes care of his parents and attends Toastmasters meetings. He is a member of 2 Toastmasters clubs, Including one online.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧔‍♂️ Merlyn Miller’s background
😋  Creating Toastmasters but online - Nerdmasters
🎮 Gamification for learning

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/merlyn-k-miller-jr/
https://www.nerdmasters.org

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13857531 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0500 2425 Nerdmaster Merlyn Miller, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 97 full false How to Create Engagement in your Next Meeting | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen How to Create Engagement in your Next Meeting | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen In this episode, John and Roger go BEHIND THE SCENES on how to create engagement in your next meeting!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> In this episode, John and Roger go BEHIND THE SCENES on how to create engagement in your next meeting!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13857517 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1320 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 96 full false Engaging Meetings | Hosted by Debra Eckerling with John Chen, Phil Mershon & Bobbie Carlton Engaging Meetings | Hosted by Debra Eckerling with John Chen, Phil Mershon & Bobbie Carlton This week, Debra Eckerling had a fun and engaging conversation with Bobbie Carlton of Innovation Women; John Chen, Engaging Virtual Meetings, and Phil Mershon, author of Unforgettable on GoalChatLive. The topic: Engaging Meetings. 

Deb and her guests shared why they love events, how they got started in the event space, and much more. They also had a fun digression into event food.


Why People Love/Hate Events

- John: People hate useless, boring, non-effective meetings. They love getting back in touch with people, the value they receive at the meeting, and the magical moments that happen.

- Phil: People hate when they think that a meeting/event/workshop could have been an email. They do not like feeling forced into a situation. They love when goose-bump moments happen (more commonly in person than online). Create a space where people can get outside their comfort zone and be open to new ideas.

- John: People hate driving, traffic, parking.

- Bobbie: They love seeing people in real life, as well as the flexibility of online. Events help to nurture relationships.


What Makes a Meeting Successful

- Bobbie: The attendees believe there's something in it for them.

- Phil: A great event is designed for attendees to feel at home.

- John: In meetings, things should happen that can't happen on their own.

- Phil: Facilitating conversations and connections.

- John: You do not want distractions from your event. Fix things when you can, as soon as you can.

- Bobbie: Serve appropriate food and beverages.


Goals

- John: Give control to your attendees. Let people decide what they want to do: go to a session, network. They will make a choice that will make them happy and view your event as a success.

- Bobbie: If you are a speaker, make it easy for the audience to understand what your session is about. Be clear in your title and description; be creative, but don't get too creative

- Phil: Put time on your calendar immediately following the event when you can debrief and decide what you are going to do with that info.


Final Thoughts

- John: Want engagement? Engage your audience.

- Phil: Don't be afraid to be yourself. Be unforgettable.

- Bobbie: Be human. If you err on stage, keep going. No one will know.


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]]> This week, Debra Eckerling had a fun and engaging conversation with Bobbie Carlton of Innovation Women; John Chen, Engaging Virtual Meetings, and Phil Mershon, author of Unforgettable on GoalChatLive. The topic: Engaging Meetings. 

Deb and her guests shared why they love events, how they got started in the event space, and much more. They also had a fun digression into event food.


Why People Love/Hate Events

- John: People hate useless, boring, non-effective meetings. They love getting back in touch with people, the value they receive at the meeting, and the magical moments that happen.

- Phil: People hate when they think that a meeting/event/workshop could have been an email. They do not like feeling forced into a situation. They love when goose-bump moments happen (more commonly in person than online). Create a space where people can get outside their comfort zone and be open to new ideas.

- John: People hate driving, traffic, parking.

- Bobbie: They love seeing people in real life, as well as the flexibility of online. Events help to nurture relationships.


What Makes a Meeting Successful

- Bobbie: The attendees believe there's something in it for them.

- Phil: A great event is designed for attendees to feel at home.

- John: In meetings, things should happen that can't happen on their own.

- Phil: Facilitating conversations and connections.

- John: You do not want distractions from your event. Fix things when you can, as soon as you can.

- Bobbie: Serve appropriate food and beverages.


Goals

- John: Give control to your attendees. Let people decide what they want to do: go to a session, network. They will make a choice that will make them happy and view your event as a success.

- Bobbie: If you are a speaker, make it easy for the audience to understand what your session is about. Be clear in your title and description; be creative, but don't get too creative

- Phil: Put time on your calendar immediately following the event when you can debrief and decide what you are going to do with that info.


Final Thoughts

- John: Want engagement? Engage your audience.

- Phil: Don't be afraid to be yourself. Be unforgettable.

- Bobbie: Be human. If you err on stage, keep going. No one will know.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13721652 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500 4191 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 95 full false Openness to experience: Everything you need to know with Tara Brown Openness to experience: Everything you need to know with Tara Brown Tara Brown performs clean and family-friendly comedy across the country. The nationally touring headlining comedians she has shared stages with have included Theo Von, Ilana Glazer, Cristela Alonzo, Josh Wolf, Jon Reep, Jeff Allen, Ryan Hamilton, Preacher Lawson, Janelle James, Karen Mills, John Crist, Jimmie “JJ Walker, and the late John Witherspoon.  


She has been featured in Newsweek, the New York Post, the Charlotte Observer, the Lancaster News, Carolina Gateway, the Charlotte Post, WBTV-TV, WJZY-TV, WBT Radio, WFAE.com and CLTure.org. CharlotteFive.com named her as one of “The Standup Comedians You Need to Know in Charlotte;” while Queen City Nerve named her as “Best Comedian” for 2019 in their “Best of the Nest Readers’ Picks.”


Tara can be seen on the 2nd season of the television show “Stand Up Nashville” on the Circle Network; and her Dry Bar Comedy special is available on both www.drybarcomedy.com and the Dry Bar Comedy+ app.


Tara Brown is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Click to learn more about Tara https://www.tarabrowncomedy.com/


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]]> Tara Brown performs clean and family-friendly comedy across the country. The nationally touring headlining comedians she has shared stages with have included Theo Von, Ilana Glazer, Cristela Alonzo, Josh Wolf, Jon Reep, Jeff Allen, Ryan Hamilton, Preacher Lawson, Janelle James, Karen Mills, John Crist, Jimmie “JJ Walker, and the late John Witherspoon.  


She has been featured in Newsweek, the New York Post, the Charlotte Observer, the Lancaster News, Carolina Gateway, the Charlotte Post, WBTV-TV, WJZY-TV, WBT Radio, WFAE.com and CLTure.org. CharlotteFive.com named her as one of “The Standup Comedians You Need to Know in Charlotte;” while Queen City Nerve named her as “Best Comedian” for 2019 in their “Best of the Nest Readers’ Picks.”


Tara can be seen on the 2nd season of the television show “Stand Up Nashville” on the Circle Network; and her Dry Bar Comedy special is available on both www.drybarcomedy.com and the Dry Bar Comedy+ app.


Tara Brown is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and now resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Click to learn more about Tara https://www.tarabrowncomedy.com/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13716986 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500 3380 Tara brown comedian, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 94 full false Simple Ways To Create Psychological Safety In Your Meetings | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Simple Ways To Create Psychological Safety In Your Meetings | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  Psychological Safety

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  Psychological Safety

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

Click http://engagingvirtualmeetings.com/meet to meet John Chen.


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13716181 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500 1560 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 93 full false How To Create A Better Virtual Meeting Experience with Lucie Agolini How To Create A Better Virtual Meeting Experience with Lucie Agolini Lucie Agolini is a designer of digital products, and joyful visual experiences ...

Her mission is to design premium visual experiences that exceed expectations, pack a whole lot of joy, and inspire others to make the world a more visual place.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 How to insert joy through visual design and interactive exercises to make meetings memorable
🧑‍🎨 Lucie’s Miro design principles
🤔 Future of Virtual and Hybrid


Resources:
https://www.lucieagolini.com/


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]]> Lucie Agolini is a designer of digital products, and joyful visual experiences ...

Her mission is to design premium visual experiences that exceed expectations, pack a whole lot of joy, and inspire others to make the world a more visual place.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 How to insert joy through visual design and interactive exercises to make meetings memorable
🧑‍🎨 Lucie’s Miro design principles
🤔 Future of Virtual and Hybrid


Resources:
https://www.lucieagolini.com/


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13715987 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500 2695 Lucie Agolini, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 92 full false How to Retire Early: Everything You Need to Know with Michael Quan How to Retire Early: Everything You Need to Know with Michael Quan Michael Quan is a personal finance educator, financial coach, and speaker based in San Diego, California. He's on a mission to help others achieve financial freedom while ensuring they find joy within the journey. 


Michael achieved F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retirement Early) at the age of 36 through a combination of saving & investing, entrepreneurship, and real estate investing. 

He has been featured in media outlets such as Good Morning America, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, MSN, and The Huffington Post.


Michael is the author of the international best-selling book, The F.I.R.E. Planner (Simon & Schuster 2021) and the co-host of the Breakthrough Millionaire  Podcast.

When not helping others, he enjoys spending quality time with his wife and two children. He is an avid fisherman, tennis player, world traveler, foodie, and tech junkie.


Fun Fact: As a young child, he almost burned his house down - not once, not twice, but three times. So it's a bit ironic his first book is all about "FIRE".

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨 Michael Quan’s background
🔥 How Michael achieved F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retirement Early)
😥 #1 thing holding most people back from freedom

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]]> Michael Quan is a personal finance educator, financial coach, and speaker based in San Diego, California. He's on a mission to help others achieve financial freedom while ensuring they find joy within the journey. 


Michael achieved F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retirement Early) at the age of 36 through a combination of saving & investing, entrepreneurship, and real estate investing. 

He has been featured in media outlets such as Good Morning America, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, MSN, and The Huffington Post.


Michael is the author of the international best-selling book, The F.I.R.E. Planner (Simon & Schuster 2021) and the co-host of the Breakthrough Millionaire  Podcast.

When not helping others, he enjoys spending quality time with his wife and two children. He is an avid fisherman, tennis player, world traveler, foodie, and tech junkie.


Fun Fact: As a young child, he almost burned his house down - not once, not twice, but three times. So it's a bit ironic his first book is all about "FIRE".

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨 Michael Quan’s background
🔥 How Michael achieved F.I.R.E. (Financial Independence, Retirement Early)
😥 #1 thing holding most people back from freedom

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633531 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500 2604 Michael Quan, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 91 full false The Truth About Building Human Connection In A Digital World with Jacques Martiquet The Truth About Building Human Connection In A Digital World with Jacques Martiquet Jacques Martiquet is your human connection strategist.

Jacques' life purpose is to equip team leaders with the best tools to unlock the mental health benefits of human connection.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👀 Where is virtual better?
🤗 Techniques to alter people’s physiology so that you can maintain positive energy and emotions
💡 Greatest life advice John has given or received

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]]> Jacques Martiquet is your human connection strategist.

Jacques' life purpose is to equip team leaders with the best tools to unlock the mental health benefits of human connection.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👀 Where is virtual better?
🤗 Techniques to alter people’s physiology so that you can maintain positive energy and emotions
💡 Greatest life advice John has given or received

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633512 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500 3188 Jacques Martiquet, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 90 full false THE:30 with Patrick Jackman - Father's Day Edition with John Chen THE:30 with Patrick Jackman - Father's Day Edition with John Chen He’s the author of the #1 Amazon Hot New Book Release, Engaging Virtual Meetings.  He’s been meeting virtually for over 35 years.  He has produced over 4,000 virtual meetings including an EIGHT language meeting and the only 100% LIVE virtual conference in the training industry. He's the father of 3 amazing children!  Let’s WELCOME your speaker, John Chen!


ABOUT THE:30:

'THE:30 with Patrick Jackman', is 30 minutes of conversation and interviews. Our goal is to provide valuable information that enhances your personal and professional growth. A production of The Jackman Group LLC. 


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]]> He’s the author of the #1 Amazon Hot New Book Release, Engaging Virtual Meetings.  He’s been meeting virtually for over 35 years.  He has produced over 4,000 virtual meetings including an EIGHT language meeting and the only 100% LIVE virtual conference in the training industry. He's the father of 3 amazing children!  Let’s WELCOME your speaker, John Chen!


ABOUT THE:30:

'THE:30 with Patrick Jackman', is 30 minutes of conversation and interviews. Our goal is to provide valuable information that enhances your personal and professional growth. A production of The Jackman Group LLC. 


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633498 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0500 2505 engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 89 full false Why Data Analytics Is Important In The Modern World with Jude Barak Why Data Analytics Is Important In The Modern World with Jude Barak For almost a decade, Jude have worked with C- levels, and entrepreneurs in creating business and data-based presentations. She use her skills in business data analysis, presentation design expertise, and passion for finding insights behind complex data.


Jude especially like to teach and speak in front of “data people” that need to present to “non-data people” – and vice versa.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔑 Key things to do when presenting data
📊 How Jude handles complex data
🚀 Hybrid meetings are the future!


Resources:

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


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]]> For almost a decade, Jude have worked with C- levels, and entrepreneurs in creating business and data-based presentations. She use her skills in business data analysis, presentation design expertise, and passion for finding insights behind complex data.


Jude especially like to teach and speak in front of “data people” that need to present to “non-data people” – and vice versa.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔑 Key things to do when presenting data
📊 How Jude handles complex data
🚀 Hybrid meetings are the future!


Resources:

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


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633457 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0500 3032 Jude Barak, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 88 full false The Complete Guide To Better Event Engagement In 2023 | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Complete Guide To Better Event Engagement In 2023 | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  Engagement...in the real world!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Today's Theme:  Engagement...in the real world!

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633445 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0500 990 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 87 full false From Fail To Success: How To Handle Setbacks Better with Srijata Bhatnagar From Fail To Success: How To Handle Setbacks Better with Srijata Bhatnagar Srijata Bhatnagar is a Setback Leadership Champion, Keynote speaker, and Author of two books. She works with C-suite leaders, women leaders, and organizations to convert their setbacks into opportunities for exponential growth. Srijata believes that setbacks are awesome when you turn them around to discover the opportunities hidden behind them. 


She has arrived at the 'Setback SOP' framework with her deep work on the topic, drawing inspiration from her professional, personal, and entrepreneurial setbacks. This strategic approach to handling adversities builds resilience in business leaders and pushes them to churn productive decisions even in a crisis. Known for her deep insights, relatable anecdotes, and approachable demeanor, Srijata has inspired change in over 50k leaders to embrace setbacks for their growth and success.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡How to convert setbacks into opportunities 
🤔What is Setback SOP
🔑Key factors to achieve cultural excellence


Resources:

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

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]]> Srijata Bhatnagar is a Setback Leadership Champion, Keynote speaker, and Author of two books. She works with C-suite leaders, women leaders, and organizations to convert their setbacks into opportunities for exponential growth. Srijata believes that setbacks are awesome when you turn them around to discover the opportunities hidden behind them. 


She has arrived at the 'Setback SOP' framework with her deep work on the topic, drawing inspiration from her professional, personal, and entrepreneurial setbacks. This strategic approach to handling adversities builds resilience in business leaders and pushes them to churn productive decisions even in a crisis. Known for her deep insights, relatable anecdotes, and approachable demeanor, Srijata has inspired change in over 50k leaders to embrace setbacks for their growth and success.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡How to convert setbacks into opportunities 
🤔What is Setback SOP
🔑Key factors to achieve cultural excellence


Resources:

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

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633402 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0500 2685 Srijata Bhatnagar, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 86 full false Why You Need Clarity To Have A Successful Business with Theresa Rose, CSP Why You Need Clarity To Have A Successful Business with Theresa Rose, CSP Theresa Rose is a Brand and Business Crystallizer, Strategic Co-Creator, and Certified Speaking Professional who works with experts and their businesses to create one-of-a-kind visual brands they can draw on a cocktail napkin. 


Using her Crystallization Process, Theresa helps thought leaders Clarify, Amplify, and Monetize their Brilliance as efficiently -- and lucratively -- as possible.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩 Theresa Rose’s background
💸 Presenting and selling virtually
🤝 Creating relationships and making connections virtually


Resources:

https://www.theresarose.com/about
https://www.facebook.com/TheresaRosePresents

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]]> Theresa Rose is a Brand and Business Crystallizer, Strategic Co-Creator, and Certified Speaking Professional who works with experts and their businesses to create one-of-a-kind visual brands they can draw on a cocktail napkin. 


Using her Crystallization Process, Theresa helps thought leaders Clarify, Amplify, and Monetize their Brilliance as efficiently -- and lucratively -- as possible.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩 Theresa Rose’s background
💸 Presenting and selling virtually
🤝 Creating relationships and making connections virtually


Resources:

https://www.theresarose.com/about
https://www.facebook.com/TheresaRosePresents

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633349 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500 3177 Theresa Rose, CSP, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 85 full false Ways To Balance Well-being And Technology In A Digital World with Julie Zaruba Fountaine Ways To Balance Well-being And Technology In A Digital World with Julie Zaruba Fountaine Julie Zaruba Fountaine, MBA, MS is a Well-being Specialist and Change Management expert with a passion for empowering individuals to overcome challenges and take decisive action. 

With over a decade of experience, Julie has guided leaders and learners in transitioning from overwhelming stress to productive engagement. 

She holds advanced degrees in Change and Leadership, as well as Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Science. 

Through her work as a consultant, public speaker, and facilitator, Julie aspires to create a thriving world for all. 

When not immersed in her professional endeavors, she enjoys exploring the great outdoors through hiking, biking, and paddling. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💆‍♀️Why wellbeing is the center of Julie’s work
💻How to maintain wellbeing while having all this technology around
❤️Wellbeing advices that are not work-related


Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-zaruba-fountaine-6b527636
https://empowerpossible.com/

Email: info@empowerpossible.com


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]]> Julie Zaruba Fountaine, MBA, MS is a Well-being Specialist and Change Management expert with a passion for empowering individuals to overcome challenges and take decisive action. 

With over a decade of experience, Julie has guided leaders and learners in transitioning from overwhelming stress to productive engagement. 

She holds advanced degrees in Change and Leadership, as well as Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Science. 

Through her work as a consultant, public speaker, and facilitator, Julie aspires to create a thriving world for all. 

When not immersed in her professional endeavors, she enjoys exploring the great outdoors through hiking, biking, and paddling. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💆‍♀️Why wellbeing is the center of Julie’s work
💻How to maintain wellbeing while having all this technology around
❤️Wellbeing advices that are not work-related


Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-zaruba-fountaine-6b527636
https://empowerpossible.com/

Email: info@empowerpossible.com


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633273 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500 2741 Julie Zaruba Fountaine, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 84 full false How To Make Your Virtual Meetings Accessible With Versatackle App with Co-Founder Robin Eastman How To Make Your Virtual Meetings Accessible With Versatackle App with Co-Founder Robin Eastman Robin Eastman and Julian Dockhorn founded Versatackle, a platform for online events that centers accessibility, justice, and equity.

They began at the start of 2020, just before a global pandemic changed the way we think about online events permanently. Robin is fundamentally a generalist who's focused on people. 


She wants to learn how we can use technology to build human connections and create the world we want to live in. Professionally, she has been an HR leader at Amazon, a case manager for adults with developmental disabilities, and a massage therapist. 

Personally, she likes creating art, playing games, and being enthusiastically mediocre at team sports.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

📱What led them to create Versatackle
❤️Why they use a dyslexic-friendly font
🌈Her focus on gender pronouns and how they help in accessibility


Resources:

https://www.versatackle.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robineastman
https://versatackle.ticketleap.com/oboc-fatphobia-in-medical-care/details

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]]> Robin Eastman and Julian Dockhorn founded Versatackle, a platform for online events that centers accessibility, justice, and equity.

They began at the start of 2020, just before a global pandemic changed the way we think about online events permanently. Robin is fundamentally a generalist who's focused on people. 


She wants to learn how we can use technology to build human connections and create the world we want to live in. Professionally, she has been an HR leader at Amazon, a case manager for adults with developmental disabilities, and a massage therapist. 

Personally, she likes creating art, playing games, and being enthusiastically mediocre at team sports.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

📱What led them to create Versatackle
❤️Why they use a dyslexic-friendly font
🌈Her focus on gender pronouns and how they help in accessibility


Resources:

https://www.versatackle.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robineastman
https://versatackle.ticketleap.com/oboc-fatphobia-in-medical-care/details

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633251 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500 2834 Robin Eastman, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Versatackle 1 83 full false How To Achieve And Maintain A Good Work-Life Balance with Balance 6 CEO Christoph Nauer How To Achieve And Maintain A Good Work-Life Balance with Balance 6 CEO Christoph Nauer Christoph Nauer with Balance 6 is a business coach, Brian Tracy is a certified time management master, Author, Mentor, Speaker, Consultant

He specializes in helping business owners successfully grow their business while working less and spending more time on the beach every single week without losing any momentum or cashflow inside their business.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⛪ From being a pastor to a business coach
🧘🏻‍ Importance of self-care
💡 Best tips for coaching in virtual


Resources:
https://balance6.biz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophnauer

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]]> Christoph Nauer with Balance 6 is a business coach, Brian Tracy is a certified time management master, Author, Mentor, Speaker, Consultant

He specializes in helping business owners successfully grow their business while working less and spending more time on the beach every single week without losing any momentum or cashflow inside their business.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⛪ From being a pastor to a business coach
🧘🏻‍ Importance of self-care
💡 Best tips for coaching in virtual


Resources:
https://balance6.biz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophnauer

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13633220 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500 2754 Christoph Nauer, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 82 full false What Happens When You Make Unique Tablewares From Palm Leaves with Pallavi Pande What Happens When You Make Unique Tablewares From Palm Leaves with Pallavi Pande Pallavi Pande is a Mompreneur from Portland OR. Raising eco-conscious children and rescuing fallen palm leaves to create sustainable single-use palm leaf tableware made from fallen leaves for homes and events. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩 Pallavi’s background and success story
🌴 Recycling fallen palm leaves 
🏋️‍♀️ What it's like being a mompreneur


Resources:
https://www.dtocs.com

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]]> Pallavi Pande is a Mompreneur from Portland OR. Raising eco-conscious children and rescuing fallen palm leaves to create sustainable single-use palm leaf tableware made from fallen leaves for homes and events. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩 Pallavi’s background and success story
🌴 Recycling fallen palm leaves 
🏋️‍♀️ What it's like being a mompreneur


Resources:
https://www.dtocs.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13632962 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1795 Pallavi Pande, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, palm leaves 1 81 full false Helpful Graphic Design Tips You Need To Know with Canva Queen Anndrea Harris Helpful Graphic Design Tips You Need To Know with Canva Queen Anndrea Harris Anndrea Harris is a trailblazing Social Media and Marketing Specialist at The City of Wichita Falls. With a deep passion for branding and its potential, she has become a prominent figure in the Wichita Falls community, known for her expertise in marketing and volunteerism. Anndrea is an active member of the Junior League of Wichita Falls and is also a seasoned Canva enthusiast. As a confident speaker, she shares her love for marketing and branding around the world, inspiring others with her knowledge and passion.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧑‍🎨 Most used features and techniques of Canva

⚠️ Tips for an engaging presentation 


Resources:
https://www.whooann.com
https://www.facebook.com/whooanncreativestudio

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]]> Anndrea Harris is a trailblazing Social Media and Marketing Specialist at The City of Wichita Falls. With a deep passion for branding and its potential, she has become a prominent figure in the Wichita Falls community, known for her expertise in marketing and volunteerism. Anndrea is an active member of the Junior League of Wichita Falls and is also a seasoned Canva enthusiast. As a confident speaker, she shares her love for marketing and branding around the world, inspiring others with her knowledge and passion.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧑‍🎨 Most used features and techniques of Canva

⚠️ Tips for an engaging presentation 


Resources:
https://www.whooann.com
https://www.facebook.com/whooanncreativestudio

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13632944 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2693 anndrea harris, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, canva tips, graphic design tips 1 80 full false The Best Way Asian Americans Can Breakthrough The Bamboo Ceiling with Kevin Iwamoto The Best Way Asian Americans Can Breakthrough The Bamboo Ceiling with Kevin Iwamoto Did you know that Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) have 200% of the US average for advanced degrees but only have 50% of the executive job?

Meet Kevin Iwamoto, an API who made it to the executive ranks.

A multi-award winning, highly recognized and in demand speaker, industry influencer, author, educator, and subject matter expert consultant in business travel, GDPR, SMM, meetings/events marketplace and personal branding; Kevin is passionate about strategic industry advancements and best practice development. Follow Kevin's award winning industry thought leadership blog, recipient of the 2015 Travel Weekly Gold Magellan Award for Best Overall Industry Blog

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎉 Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

🔑 Key things Kevin had to learn to move from bottom to executive rank

💪 Challenges as an API

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-iwamoto/

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]]> Did you know that Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) have 200% of the US average for advanced degrees but only have 50% of the executive job?

Meet Kevin Iwamoto, an API who made it to the executive ranks.

A multi-award winning, highly recognized and in demand speaker, industry influencer, author, educator, and subject matter expert consultant in business travel, GDPR, SMM, meetings/events marketplace and personal branding; Kevin is passionate about strategic industry advancements and best practice development. Follow Kevin's award winning industry thought leadership blog, recipient of the 2015 Travel Weekly Gold Magellan Award for Best Overall Industry Blog

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎉 Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

🔑 Key things Kevin had to learn to move from bottom to executive rank

💪 Challenges as an API

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-iwamoto/

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483806 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 4001 The Engagement Show, Kevin Iwamoto, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 79 full false What It Takes To Run Better Hybrid Meetings | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen What It Takes To Run Better Hybrid Meetings | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


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]]> The Engagement Show is the latest tips and tricks from 2 masters of in-person and virtual engagement.

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca
http://www.engagementunlimited.ca


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263900 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1244 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 78 full false Important Tips For You To Be Effective In Your Personal And Work Lives with Alison Young Important Tips For You To Be Effective In Your Personal And Work Lives with Alison Young Alison Young is a professional speaker, writer and host of Blissful Hiker™ Podcast, which has over 66,000 downloads. An award-winning flutist and syndicated American Public Media radio host, she is the “solo, female, middle-aged, titanium-reinforced, long-distance backpacker” Blissful Hiker logging over 12,000 miles on six continents.


She brings her extensive artistic training, communication skills, lessons from the trail, as well as research-based practices, tools, and techniques to her role as professional speaker to challenge, inspire and teach audiences to be creative and more effective in their personal and work lives. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

📣 Her background and success story

😩 Alison’s rules for giving up

🥇 Successful tips for podcasting

Resources:

https://blissfulhiker.com  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-young-blissful-productions/


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]]> Alison Young is a professional speaker, writer and host of Blissful Hiker™ Podcast, which has over 66,000 downloads. An award-winning flutist and syndicated American Public Media radio host, she is the “solo, female, middle-aged, titanium-reinforced, long-distance backpacker” Blissful Hiker logging over 12,000 miles on six continents.


She brings her extensive artistic training, communication skills, lessons from the trail, as well as research-based practices, tools, and techniques to her role as professional speaker to challenge, inspire and teach audiences to be creative and more effective in their personal and work lives. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

📣 Her background and success story

😩 Alison’s rules for giving up

🥇 Successful tips for podcasting

Resources:

https://blissfulhiker.com  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-young-blissful-productions/


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483770 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2889 The Engagement Show, Alison Young, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 77 full false Here's How To Make Your Live Session Come Alive with Lux Narayan Here's How To Make Your Live Session Come Alive with Lux Narayan Lux Narayan believes that "So, what do you do?" is a tough question to answer and should certainly not be answered with the current title on your LinkedIn profile. 

In 2021, he published "Name, Place, Animal, Thing", an Amazon bestseller- to help people answer this dreaded question. He enjoys mining the intersections of various spheres of life and work, speaking of which... He is the CEO and a co-founder at StreamAlive, a category-defining, fun and engaging web application that helps livestreams and live events on Zoom, YouTube Live, in-person, and everything in between literally come alive. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔥 Tips to bring your live streams, team meetings, and webinars to life 

🏆 Best success stories of StreamAlive

🚀 What is the future of virtual 

Resources:

http://Linktr.ee/StreamAlive 

http://StreamAlive.com

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]]> Lux Narayan believes that "So, what do you do?" is a tough question to answer and should certainly not be answered with the current title on your LinkedIn profile. 

In 2021, he published "Name, Place, Animal, Thing", an Amazon bestseller- to help people answer this dreaded question. He enjoys mining the intersections of various spheres of life and work, speaking of which... He is the CEO and a co-founder at StreamAlive, a category-defining, fun and engaging web application that helps livestreams and live events on Zoom, YouTube Live, in-person, and everything in between literally come alive. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔥 Tips to bring your live streams, team meetings, and webinars to life 

🏆 Best success stories of StreamAlive

🚀 What is the future of virtual 

Resources:

http://Linktr.ee/StreamAlive 

http://StreamAlive.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483713 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2802 The Engagement Show, Lux Narayan, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 76 full false How AI Will Impact Us Now And In The Future with Toni Guffei How AI Will Impact Us Now And In The Future with Toni Guffei Toni Guffei is an accomplished speaker, author and educator with an extensive track record as a marketing strategist working with and speaking to a range of business owners in North America. She has taken on a number of leadership roles from managing a consulting practice to directing the marketing for 13 airports. She offers a wealth of marketing expertise in both traditional and digital marketing.


After an 8 year career in transportation, Toni launched her own practice while teaching part-time to make ends meet. Currently, she successfully strategizes and implements marketing for growth businesses looking to accelerate their brand in global markets. She still teaches in post-secondary as it is a passion of hers to inspire up and coming entrepreneurs and marketers. As a plus, becoming an exceptional educator has been what launched her into a speaking career.

To date, she has spoken at many industry events and customized relevant digital marketing talks where attendees gain expert advice on what works in today’s online world.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤖 How will AI change virtual meetings

👩‍🏫 Use of AI in academia

💻 Best virtual meeting Toni attended


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]]> Toni Guffei is an accomplished speaker, author and educator with an extensive track record as a marketing strategist working with and speaking to a range of business owners in North America. She has taken on a number of leadership roles from managing a consulting practice to directing the marketing for 13 airports. She offers a wealth of marketing expertise in both traditional and digital marketing.


After an 8 year career in transportation, Toni launched her own practice while teaching part-time to make ends meet. Currently, she successfully strategizes and implements marketing for growth businesses looking to accelerate their brand in global markets. She still teaches in post-secondary as it is a passion of hers to inspire up and coming entrepreneurs and marketers. As a plus, becoming an exceptional educator has been what launched her into a speaking career.

To date, she has spoken at many industry events and customized relevant digital marketing talks where attendees gain expert advice on what works in today’s online world.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤖 How will AI change virtual meetings

👩‍🏫 Use of AI in academia

💻 Best virtual meeting Toni attended


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483664 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3001 The Engagement Show, Toni Guffei, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 75 full false Emerging Virtual Trends You Need To Know In 2023 with Eric Girard Emerging Virtual Trends You Need To Know In 2023 with Eric Girard Eric Girard is a highly experienced and accomplished learning and development professional who specializes in management and employee development. He has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers and employees. His specific focus is on new managers and helping them transition successfully to their new role and make their teams as effective as possible while also maintaining high engagement. 

He’s known for his high-energy, engaging facilitation style.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

✅ Utilize Zoom tech to have an engaging meeting

📈 Managers' common trends and requests in their virtual meetings

🌠 Virtual meetings in the next 5-10 years 

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]]> Eric Girard is a highly experienced and accomplished learning and development professional who specializes in management and employee development. He has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers and employees. His specific focus is on new managers and helping them transition successfully to their new role and make their teams as effective as possible while also maintaining high engagement. 

He’s known for his high-energy, engaging facilitation style.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

✅ Utilize Zoom tech to have an engaging meeting

📈 Managers' common trends and requests in their virtual meetings

🌠 Virtual meetings in the next 5-10 years 

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483616 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3092 The Engagement Show, Eric Girard, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 74 full false New High Tech Tools For Your Next Virtual Event with Bernie DeSantis New High Tech Tools For Your Next Virtual Event with Bernie DeSantis Bernie DeSantis is a proven leader with more than two decades of experience in facilitation, instructional design, sales and virtual production. In particular, he specialize in consultative sales, customer service leadership and professional development, and virtual meeting production.

As the owner of Insignia Training Partners, his goal is to align the right learning resource to provide maximum value to your learning project.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🥴 Top 3 worst things of a virtual meeting

👍 Qualities of an effective presenter

💭 Is there enough value for virtual to continue in 2023

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]]> Bernie DeSantis is a proven leader with more than two decades of experience in facilitation, instructional design, sales and virtual production. In particular, he specialize in consultative sales, customer service leadership and professional development, and virtual meeting production.

As the owner of Insignia Training Partners, his goal is to align the right learning resource to provide maximum value to your learning project.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🥴 Top 3 worst things of a virtual meeting

👍 Qualities of an effective presenter

💭 Is there enough value for virtual to continue in 2023

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483275 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2742 The Engagement Show, Bernie DeSantis, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 73 full false Simple Strategies To Make Your Online Presentation Interactive with Lena Scullard Simple Strategies To Make Your Online Presentation Interactive with Lena Scullard As a top-rated professional speaker, facilitator, program designer, and consultant, Lena Scullard is on a mission to help individuals and teams improve their confidence and sense of capability for achieving success. 

With this in mind, she produces live and virtual programs that inspire others to expand their awareness and take strategic action in order to improve their results. 

Lena masterfully blends performance and conversational delivery with interaction and audience engagement to create lasting impact. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔎 What is zoom immersive mode, and how it works

🎧 Why you need a producer in your presentation

🤝 Building community virtually

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]]> As a top-rated professional speaker, facilitator, program designer, and consultant, Lena Scullard is on a mission to help individuals and teams improve their confidence and sense of capability for achieving success. 

With this in mind, she produces live and virtual programs that inspire others to expand their awareness and take strategic action in order to improve their results. 

Lena masterfully blends performance and conversational delivery with interaction and audience engagement to create lasting impact. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔎 What is zoom immersive mode, and how it works

🎧 Why you need a producer in your presentation

🤝 Building community virtually

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483241 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2847 The Engagement Show, Lena Scullard, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 72 full false How To Create Meaningful Relationships - Even In A Virtual Environment with John Chen | Hosted by Kellan Fluckiger from Your Ultimate Life How To Create Meaningful Relationships - Even In A Virtual Environment with John Chen | Hosted by Kellan Fluckiger from Your Ultimate Life Master engager John Chen will share secrets about how to create meaningful relationships - even in a virtual environment.

🌎  Connection and engagement is everything in our video-zoom-remote world

🫶  Create Impact, find clients and make a real difference in the world.

🙏 You matter, You can't make the difference you want unless you engage the world in your message.

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]]> Master engager John Chen will share secrets about how to create meaningful relationships - even in a virtual environment.

🌎  Connection and engagement is everything in our video-zoom-remote world

🫶  Create Impact, find clients and make a real difference in the world.

🙏 You matter, You can't make the difference you want unless you engage the world in your message.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483175 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1382 The Engagement Show, Kellan Fluckiger, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 71 full false Innovative Ways That Will Improve Meeting Engagement with Marilyn Barefoot Innovative Ways That Will Improve Meeting Engagement with Marilyn Barefoot Marilyn Barefoot’s unique ability to reinvigorate, revitalize, and problem-solve in business helps a broad spectrum of companies jump over their biggest hurdles. As a speaker, coach, and ideator, Marilyn’s innovative approach humanizes commerce in order to connect with the people behind the business and synthesize their objectives.

This empowers organizations to reconnect the dots and find the missing links they need to re-energize their approach, overcome their biggest challenges and outshine their competitors.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩‍💻 Innovate or die

🎙️ Why start a podcast

🥰 Her most engaging virtual meeting

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]]> Marilyn Barefoot’s unique ability to reinvigorate, revitalize, and problem-solve in business helps a broad spectrum of companies jump over their biggest hurdles. As a speaker, coach, and ideator, Marilyn’s innovative approach humanizes commerce in order to connect with the people behind the business and synthesize their objectives.

This empowers organizations to reconnect the dots and find the missing links they need to re-energize their approach, overcome their biggest challenges and outshine their competitors.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩‍💻 Innovate or die

🎙️ Why start a podcast

🥰 Her most engaging virtual meeting

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483141 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3004 The Engagement Show, Marilyn Barefoot, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 70 full false Transforming Ways On How To Be A Confident Woman with Vivian Cobb Transforming Ways On How To Be A Confident Woman with Vivian Cobb Professional Keynote Speaker + Women’s Financial Confidence Advocate

Vivian Cobb is a multi-passionate entrepreneur. She began her career in video and film production in Dallas, Texas, as co-owner of a production company for 12 years, before moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado. For the last 20 years, Vivian has been in the real estate industry and owns Cobb Real Estate, a boutique brokerage.

She is a keynote speaker and consultant who helps organizations of all sizes boost morale and productivity by getting to the heart of it — emotions in the workplace. She guides leaders and teams to embrace and express their emotions in a healthy way to foster effective communication and feedback. That reduces turnover and helps to retain top talent by creating a healthier culture and happier teams.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎬💰 From film to finance

❓Hard questions for women to ask themselves

☝️ Best tip to make clients fully engaged in a virtual meeting

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]]> Professional Keynote Speaker + Women’s Financial Confidence Advocate

Vivian Cobb is a multi-passionate entrepreneur. She began her career in video and film production in Dallas, Texas, as co-owner of a production company for 12 years, before moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado. For the last 20 years, Vivian has been in the real estate industry and owns Cobb Real Estate, a boutique brokerage.

She is a keynote speaker and consultant who helps organizations of all sizes boost morale and productivity by getting to the heart of it — emotions in the workplace. She guides leaders and teams to embrace and express their emotions in a healthy way to foster effective communication and feedback. That reduces turnover and helps to retain top talent by creating a healthier culture and happier teams.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎬💰 From film to finance

❓Hard questions for women to ask themselves

☝️ Best tip to make clients fully engaged in a virtual meeting

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483114 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0400 2478 The Engagement Show, Vivian Cobb, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 69 full false John's #1 Best Hack For A Successful Virtual Event with John Chen | Hosted by Ericka Bates from Talk Virtual John's #1 Best Hack For A Successful Virtual Event with John Chen | Hosted by Ericka Bates from Talk Virtual John Chen is the author of Engaging Virtual Meetings – he’s been virtually meeting for over 36 years. His work has earned him multiple awards and his more than 300,000 clients across the United States and in countries including Spain, France and Taiwan have experienced breakthrough results. He has dozens of certified producers and MCs to help your virtual and hybrid now.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨 How John Chen gets into events

1️⃣ #1 tip for virtual meetings

🔥 Virtual digital tech features you can use

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]]> John Chen is the author of Engaging Virtual Meetings – he’s been virtually meeting for over 36 years. His work has earned him multiple awards and his more than 300,000 clients across the United States and in countries including Spain, France and Taiwan have experienced breakthrough results. He has dozens of certified producers and MCs to help your virtual and hybrid now.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨 How John Chen gets into events

1️⃣ #1 tip for virtual meetings

🔥 Virtual digital tech features you can use

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13483092 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3337 The Engagement Show, Ericka Bates, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 68 full false How To Make Your Meetings More Inclusive For Neurodivergents with Stephy Hogan How To Make Your Meetings More Inclusive For Neurodivergents with Stephy Hogan Stephy is 2 parts designer, 2 parts developer, 3 parts perfectionist, and 1 part impatient mother. She’s a founding board member of the Presentation Guild board of directors, is a design engineer by day, runs her own business by night, barely plays guitar, and loves glitter. Once, she drove through a tire fire on a golf cart at work when she was a chemist. Now she enjoys making typically mundane experiences a lot more fun–like sitting through an 80-slide benefits presentation, dealing with that really crappy website, or reading this bio. 

Stephy Hogan is an accessible design expert who has been working in the design field for more than 20 years. She is an accessible design advocate at IBM, has created the Accessible Design Lab channel on YouTube, and is a frequent podcast guest and keynote speaker – including at the Creative Pro Network and Presentation Summit. 

As an ADHDer herself, her experience as a neurodiverse designer has driven her passion and purpose to get more people interested and involved in accessible design initiatives.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Accessible digital design tips for neurodivergent

🔤 The importance of captions/transcripts

🛎️ Must-haves for virtual presentation

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]]> Stephy is 2 parts designer, 2 parts developer, 3 parts perfectionist, and 1 part impatient mother. She’s a founding board member of the Presentation Guild board of directors, is a design engineer by day, runs her own business by night, barely plays guitar, and loves glitter. Once, she drove through a tire fire on a golf cart at work when she was a chemist. Now she enjoys making typically mundane experiences a lot more fun–like sitting through an 80-slide benefits presentation, dealing with that really crappy website, or reading this bio. 

Stephy Hogan is an accessible design expert who has been working in the design field for more than 20 years. She is an accessible design advocate at IBM, has created the Accessible Design Lab channel on YouTube, and is a frequent podcast guest and keynote speaker – including at the Creative Pro Network and Presentation Summit. 

As an ADHDer herself, her experience as a neurodiverse designer has driven her passion and purpose to get more people interested and involved in accessible design initiatives.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Accessible digital design tips for neurodivergent

🔤 The importance of captions/transcripts

🛎️ Must-haves for virtual presentation

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.online John Chen Buzzsprout-13482734 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3253 The Engagement Show, Stephy Hogan, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 67 full false How To Create Psychological Safety In The Digital World with John Chen | Hosted by John Losey from Living Life Juicy How To Create Psychological Safety In The Digital World with John Chen | Hosted by John Losey from Living Life Juicy Producing over 400 virtual meetings, summits, and conferences per year, John designs, produces, speaks, and MC engaging virtual meetings all around the world. Author of Amazon #1 Hot New Release, Engaging Virtual Meetings by John Wiley & Sons. Producing with over 16 screens.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> Producing over 400 virtual meetings, summits, and conferences per year, John designs, produces, speaks, and MC engaging virtual meetings all around the world. Author of Amazon #1 Hot New Release, Engaging Virtual Meetings by John Wiley & Sons. Producing with over 16 screens.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13482689 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3432 The Engagement Show, John Losey, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 66 full false Proven Ways To Beat Zoom Fatigue In 2023 | Hosted by Ericka Bates from Talk Virtual with John Chen Proven Ways To Beat Zoom Fatigue In 2023 | Hosted by Ericka Bates from Talk Virtual with John Chen John Chen is a guest on Talk Virtual. He also offers us the secrets to how to host the most engaging virtual meetings & how to beat Zoom Fatigue!

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]]> John Chen is a guest on Talk Virtual. He also offers us the secrets to how to host the most engaging virtual meetings & how to beat Zoom Fatigue!

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13482423 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0400 3936 The Engagement Show, Ericka Bates, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 65 full false Virtual Event Technology Tools Must-Have You Need To Know with Adam Tiegs Virtual Event Technology Tools Must-Have You Need To Know with Adam Tiegs Adam has been a professional DJ for more than 20 years.  Since 2014, he has grown his technical skillsets and worked as a freelancer in all aspects of running Audio, Wireless and Video elements at events.  From auctions to Ted Talks, corporate retreats to trade shows with general sessions and break outs, Adam and his team of freelancers and partners have done it all.  Adam also loves creating voice overs, producing and remixing music, editing videos and audio mastering, in the studio!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧔 Adam’s career journey
🎧🎶 Unexpected stories on his work as a DJ
⚙️ Gears setup and tech tips 

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]]> Adam has been a professional DJ for more than 20 years.  Since 2014, he has grown his technical skillsets and worked as a freelancer in all aspects of running Audio, Wireless and Video elements at events.  From auctions to Ted Talks, corporate retreats to trade shows with general sessions and break outs, Adam and his team of freelancers and partners have done it all.  Adam also loves creating voice overs, producing and remixing music, editing videos and audio mastering, in the studio!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧔 Adam’s career journey
🎧🎶 Unexpected stories on his work as a DJ
⚙️ Gears setup and tech tips 

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263861 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2621 Adam Tiegs, virtual meeting tech setup, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 64 full false Innovative And Creative Ways To Have A Spectacular Virtual Meetings with Bill Stainton Innovative And Creative Ways To Have A Spectacular Virtual Meetings with Bill Stainton Bill Stainton, CSP, CPAE is a 29-time Emmy Award winner and a Hall of Fame keynote speaker. As the producer of the longest-running, highest-rated, and most award-winning comedy TV show in the United States, he led his innovative team to over 100 Emmy Awards of their own, and ten straight years of #1 ratings. Along the way, he worked with—and learned from—people like Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.


Bill is passionate about innovation and creative thinking. He has helped thousands of people in hundreds of organizations—like Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon, and Nike—generate breakthrough ideas by tapping into their own natural creativity and innovation.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎨 Top strategy around creativity and innovation
💯 Most engaging virtual experience  in the last three years
💭 Thoughts on virtual events in the next decade


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]]> Bill Stainton, CSP, CPAE is a 29-time Emmy Award winner and a Hall of Fame keynote speaker. As the producer of the longest-running, highest-rated, and most award-winning comedy TV show in the United States, he led his innovative team to over 100 Emmy Awards of their own, and ten straight years of #1 ratings. Along the way, he worked with—and learned from—people like Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.


Bill is passionate about innovation and creative thinking. He has helped thousands of people in hundreds of organizations—like Microsoft, Boeing, Amazon, and Nike—generate breakthrough ideas by tapping into their own natural creativity and innovation.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎨 Top strategy around creativity and innovation
💯 Most engaging virtual experience  in the last three years
💭 Thoughts on virtual events in the next decade


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263836 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 3480 Bill Stainton, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meeting, john chen 1 63 full false How To Make Event Tech Easier wiith Jen Santos How To Make Event Tech Easier wiith Jen Santos For more than a decade, Jen Santos has led event technology at some of the world’s largest companies. 

She brings the technology and team building best practices from over 20+ years of IT consulting and coaching experience to event delivery teams so they can deliver exceptional events. She is now teaching others to do the same in the Smart Event Academy.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Her #1 engagement technique
🫶 Jen’s favorite openers
😔 Avoid these hybrid and virtual event mistakes


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> For more than a decade, Jen Santos has led event technology at some of the world’s largest companies. 

She brings the technology and team building best practices from over 20+ years of IT consulting and coaching experience to event delivery teams so they can deliver exceptional events. She is now teaching others to do the same in the Smart Event Academy.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Her #1 engagement technique
🫶 Jen’s favorite openers
😔 Avoid these hybrid and virtual event mistakes


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263792 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2900 Jen Santos, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings, event tech, john chen 1 62 full false Inexpensive Ways To Building A Successful Personal Brand with Sage Stewart Inexpensive Ways To Building A Successful Personal Brand with Sage Stewart Sybil “Sage” Stewart is CEO of conVerge wellness solutions, LLC. She is an author, speaker and personal brand coach and consultant. She is on a mission to redefine professional one powerful brand story at a time. After spending over a decade supporting, building and protecting national and global brands she now supports women executives and entrepreneurs with a story to tell. Let’s connect!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👌🏿 Celebrating Black History Month
🖼️  Interior zoom design plan tips
🤔 Philosophy around brand and virtual presence

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]]> Sybil “Sage” Stewart is CEO of conVerge wellness solutions, LLC. She is an author, speaker and personal brand coach and consultant. She is on a mission to redefine professional one powerful brand story at a time. After spending over a decade supporting, building and protecting national and global brands she now supports women executives and entrepreneurs with a story to tell. Let’s connect!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👌🏿 Celebrating Black History Month
🖼️  Interior zoom design plan tips
🤔 Philosophy around brand and virtual presence

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263772 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2385 Sage Stewart, engaging virtual meetings, personal brand, john chen 1 61 full false How To Make A Real Connection With A Virtual Audience with Rob Salafia How To Make A Real Connection With A Virtual Audience with Rob Salafia Rob is an authority on executive presence and transformative learning experiences. He is a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, an MIT Leadership Center Master Executive Coach, and the author of – Leading from Your Best Self: Develop Your Executive Poise, Presence and Influence to Maximize Your Potential (McGraw-Hill).

What is unique about Rob is that for the first half of his career he was a performing artist where he traveled the globe delivering his unique, one-person variety show. He is an accomplished tap dancer, rope and wire walker and storyteller. He now takes his finely honed stage and audience connection skills to business leaders to help them enhance their presence, connect authentically with others, and create momentum behind their ideas by becoming great storytellers.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏗️ Tech setup tips to better audience connection 
👍 What tech or non-tech should you use for your virtual presentation
😉 One way to improve your virtual meeting with no tech

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]]> Rob is an authority on executive presence and transformative learning experiences. He is a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, an MIT Leadership Center Master Executive Coach, and the author of – Leading from Your Best Self: Develop Your Executive Poise, Presence and Influence to Maximize Your Potential (McGraw-Hill).

What is unique about Rob is that for the first half of his career he was a performing artist where he traveled the globe delivering his unique, one-person variety show. He is an accomplished tap dancer, rope and wire walker and storyteller. He now takes his finely honed stage and audience connection skills to business leaders to help them enhance their presence, connect authentically with others, and create momentum behind their ideas by becoming great storytellers.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏗️ Tech setup tips to better audience connection 
👍 What tech or non-tech should you use for your virtual presentation
😉 One way to improve your virtual meeting with no tech

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263704 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 3070 Rob Salafia, engaging virtual meetings podcast, tech virtual tips, john chen 1 60 full false Tips And Tricks To Better Virtual Networking with Amanda Lea Kaiser Tips And Tricks To Better Virtual Networking with Amanda Lea Kaiser Amanda Lea Kaiser is a keynote speaker and author of Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community. Through her research, Amanda is at the forefront of exploring how member and attendee engagement is rapidly changing within professional communities.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡  Strategies to creating a thriving member community
😰  How to handle technology anxiety
💻 Designing an engaging virtual event 

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]]> Amanda Lea Kaiser is a keynote speaker and author of Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community. Through her research, Amanda is at the forefront of exploring how member and attendee engagement is rapidly changing within professional communities.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡  Strategies to creating a thriving member community
😰  How to handle technology anxiety
💻 Designing an engaging virtual event 

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13263661 Wed, 29 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2869 Amanda Lea Kaiser, better virtual networking, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 59 full false Proven Ways To Grow A Vibrant Virtual Community In 2023 with Samantha Venia Logan Proven Ways To Grow A Vibrant Virtual Community In 2023 with Samantha Venia Logan Venia Logan spent the past 9 years learning the diverse skills necessary to create strong stable online communities that put brand's services at their center. 


She started my own YouTube channel in 2010, and RESCQU.NET in 2013. And worked for Constant Contact, and returned to college for a specialization in online community management. Then she attained all 12 certifications from DigitalMarketer and helped dozens of communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⭐ Common traits of a successful community
💁‍♀️ Top trends in creating community in virtual
🔮 The future of virtual communities

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]]> Venia Logan spent the past 9 years learning the diverse skills necessary to create strong stable online communities that put brand's services at their center. 


She started my own YouTube channel in 2010, and RESCQU.NET in 2013. And worked for Constant Contact, and returned to college for a specialization in online community management. Then she attained all 12 certifications from DigitalMarketer and helped dozens of communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⭐ Common traits of a successful community
💁‍♀️ Top trends in creating community in virtual
🔮 The future of virtual communities

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-13263463 Wed, 22 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2629 1 58 full false The Truth About The Virtual Education And Its Impact with Nicole Smith The Truth About The Virtual Education And Its Impact with Nicole Smith Born in Mountain Home, AR, and settled in Central Arkansas, she taught Special Ed  for over 20 years and now is a multi-faceted artist.  She has two daughters and has been married for over 26 years.  She has multiple interests and hobbies, calling herself a Jill of All Trades.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Nicole’s background story
🎨 When did she start to be an artist
📚 The inspiration behind his children's book

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]]> Born in Mountain Home, AR, and settled in Central Arkansas, she taught Special Ed  for over 20 years and now is a multi-faceted artist.  She has two daughters and has been married for over 26 years.  She has multiple interests and hobbies, calling herself a Jill of All Trades.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Nicole’s background story
🎨 When did she start to be an artist
📚 The inspiration behind his children's book

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262590 Wed, 15 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2632 Nicole Smith, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings 1 57 full false Everything You Need To Know About Technology On Virtual Events with Rob Anderson Everything You Need To Know About Technology On Virtual Events with Rob Anderson Rob Anderson is a Learning & Development/Learning Technology practitioner. Currently honing in the next organization, but he has spent time at Meta, GoDaddy, Nintendo, T-Mobile, and Starbucks!


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨‍💻  Robert’s career journey
⚙️ Transitioning from in-person to online
🚀 The future of technology

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]]> Rob Anderson is a Learning & Development/Learning Technology practitioner. Currently honing in the next organization, but he has spent time at Meta, GoDaddy, Nintendo, T-Mobile, and Starbucks!


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👨‍💻  Robert’s career journey
⚙️ Transitioning from in-person to online
🚀 The future of technology

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262512 Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2523 Rob Anderson, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings, john chen 1 56 full false How To Run An Awesome Deaf Accessible Online Event with JO Welch How To Run An Awesome Deaf Accessible Online Event with JO Welch JO Welch, (she/her) Certified Interpreter, is a 1st Gen Latine. She grew up in the marginalized space between Latinx and American cultures and is influenced by her commitment to the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

❤️ What inclusiveness means to you in virtual
📝 Why you need a will
👌⌨️ What you see in virtual for people with disabilities

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]]> JO Welch, (she/her) Certified Interpreter, is a 1st Gen Latine. She grew up in the marginalized space between Latinx and American cultures and is influenced by her commitment to the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing communities.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

❤️ What inclusiveness means to you in virtual
📝 Why you need a will
👌⌨️ What you see in virtual for people with disabilities

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262465 Wed, 01 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2825 JO Welch, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings, john chen 1 55 full false How To Train People Effectively In The Digital Era with Michelle and Jim Teague How To Train People Effectively In The Digital Era with Michelle and Jim Teague Michelle Teague is an experienced, award winning international speaker, trainer, and coach.  She has several years of experience working as a corporate trainer with multiple companies.  Michelle also works with many coaching clients in business, academia, and government.  

Jim Teague is an award winning speaker and educator.  He has over 20 years experience teaching college classes in business and he has also served as a university department chair. In addition, Jim has extensive experience providing business training in leadership, effective communication skills, and overcoming obstacles.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤔 How they transition from in-person to virtual training
🫶 Favorite interactions to use in a virtual meeting
💻 Best practices in a hybrid meeting

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]]> Michelle Teague is an experienced, award winning international speaker, trainer, and coach.  She has several years of experience working as a corporate trainer with multiple companies.  Michelle also works with many coaching clients in business, academia, and government.  

Jim Teague is an award winning speaker and educator.  He has over 20 years experience teaching college classes in business and he has also served as a university department chair. In addition, Jim has extensive experience providing business training in leadership, effective communication skills, and overcoming obstacles.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤔 How they transition from in-person to virtual training
🫶 Favorite interactions to use in a virtual meeting
💻 Best practices in a hybrid meeting

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262417 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2402 Michelle and Jim Teague, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings, john chen 1 54 full false Everything You Need To Know About Making Powerful Impact | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Everything You Need To Know About Making Powerful Impact | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement. Today’s theme is “IMPACT”.

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

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]]> Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement. Today’s theme is “IMPACT”.

Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca 

http://www.engagementunlimited.ca

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13102461 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1387 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 53 full false The Best Tips To Achieving Unstoppable Digital Growth with Sabrina Teekah The Best Tips To Achieving Unstoppable Digital Growth with Sabrina Teekah Sabrina started her career in computer science working for fortune 500 companies including CSX Transportation, Baxter and Florida Hospital. She later reinvented herself by studying interior design and is the owner and principal designer of an award winning firm. Her learning journey did not stop there - for the past 8 years she has been studying and learning marketing from leading entrepreneurs and authors in this field.

Today, Sabrina and her husband Gary own Op-X Consulting Services, LLC which provides CTO functions and Business Development Solutions for both large and small companies.


Sabrina’s purpose and passion lies in helping entrepreneurs reinvent their businesses using strategic design thinking and exploring other sources of revenue, so that they can multiply their value in the world.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩 Sabrina’s digital background and success story
❤️ Favorite apps and tools for digital events
🔥 Tips on designing a virtual conference

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]]> Sabrina started her career in computer science working for fortune 500 companies including CSX Transportation, Baxter and Florida Hospital. She later reinvented herself by studying interior design and is the owner and principal designer of an award winning firm. Her learning journey did not stop there - for the past 8 years she has been studying and learning marketing from leading entrepreneurs and authors in this field.

Today, Sabrina and her husband Gary own Op-X Consulting Services, LLC which provides CTO functions and Business Development Solutions for both large and small companies.


Sabrina’s purpose and passion lies in helping entrepreneurs reinvent their businesses using strategic design thinking and exploring other sources of revenue, so that they can multiply their value in the world.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

👩 Sabrina’s digital background and success story
❤️ Favorite apps and tools for digital events
🔥 Tips on designing a virtual conference

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262389 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0400 3132 Sabrina Teekah, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings, john chen 1 52 full false Ultimate Guide To Being 100% Remote In The People's Business with Joy Banfield Ultimate Guide To Being 100% Remote In The People's Business with Joy Banfield Joy is a strategic people operations leader who earns her seat at the table by going beyond "traditional HR." As an experienced Chief of Staff and true Organizational Generalist, she brings a strategic mindset - tying company success to employee experience and engagement.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😃 How she got involved in the people business
🛠 Remote tools for collaboration
💯 Tips for managing remote teams


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]]> Joy is a strategic people operations leader who earns her seat at the table by going beyond "traditional HR." As an experienced Chief of Staff and true Organizational Generalist, she brings a strategic mindset - tying company success to employee experience and engagement.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😃 How she got involved in the people business
🛠 Remote tools for collaboration
💯 Tips for managing remote teams


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262303 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2333 Joy Banfield, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 51 full false The Most Important Lessons From An Ex CEO You Need To Know with Michele Hecken The Most Important Lessons From An Ex CEO You Need To Know with Michele Hecken Michele Hecken is a seasoned entrepreneur, author, speaker, and business leader. She has over 25 years of experience running a global company that she started at the age of 22 and sold in 2019. Her passion is elevating other entrepreneurs in life and business as a transformational executive coach.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪🏼The power of your words and intention
🧑🏻‍🎨Designing a better meeting
👀Where is virtual going in the next 5 years

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]]> Michele Hecken is a seasoned entrepreneur, author, speaker, and business leader. She has over 25 years of experience running a global company that she started at the age of 22 and sold in 2019. Her passion is elevating other entrepreneurs in life and business as a transformational executive coach.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪🏼The power of your words and intention
🧑🏻‍🎨Designing a better meeting
👀Where is virtual going in the next 5 years

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262240 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0400 3037 Michele Hecken, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings 1 50 full false The Best Advices From An Expert Digital Event Strategist with Cindy Smith The Best Advices From An Expert Digital Event Strategist with Cindy Smith Cynthia “Cindy” Smith, CMP, DES is a certified meeting professional with extensive experience planning, managing, and executing all logistics for meetings and special events.

She is a PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards Finalist for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍Cindy Smith's background and success story
‼️ Most important thing about a digital event
👍 Why is accessibility so important for Cindy

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]]> Cynthia “Cindy” Smith, CMP, DES is a certified meeting professional with extensive experience planning, managing, and executing all logistics for meetings and special events.

She is a PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards Finalist for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍Cindy Smith's background and success story
‼️ Most important thing about a digital event
👍 Why is accessibility so important for Cindy

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13262207 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2975 cindy smith, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings, john chen 1 49 full false How To Make Your Next Virtual Conference Even More Engaging with Dea Irby How To Make Your Next Virtual Conference Even More Engaging with Dea Irby Meet Dea Irby, a connector, communicator, cultivator, and author.

Through many adventures over the decades, Dea Irby has learned that building community is the most valuable aspect of leadership. She is on a mission to share her message of belonging.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👍 What has to happen for a virtual meeting to be engaging

🥳 Tips to  make your meetings more engaging

💻 Exploring AI and new tech


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]]> Meet Dea Irby, a connector, communicator, cultivator, and author.

Through many adventures over the decades, Dea Irby has learned that building community is the most valuable aspect of leadership. She is on a mission to share her message of belonging.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👍 What has to happen for a virtual meeting to be engaging

🥳 Tips to  make your meetings more engaging

💻 Exploring AI and new tech


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101809 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0400 2847 Dea Irby, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 48 full false The New And Future Reality Of The Virtual Events Industry | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen The New And Future Reality Of The Virtual Events Industry | The Engagement Show Hosted by Roger Haskett and John Chen Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪🏼 Overcoming virtual challenges in 2022

📉 Will virtual meeting decline in 2023?

🧐 Outlook for the virtual events industry in 2023 

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]]> Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💪🏼 Overcoming virtual challenges in 2022

📉 Will virtual meeting decline in 2023?

🧐 Outlook for the virtual events industry in 2023 

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101790 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1843 The Engagement Show, Roger Haskett, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 47 full false How Can AI Help You Become A Better Speaker with Sharan Jhangiani from Yoodli How Can AI Help You Become A Better Speaker with Sharan Jhangiani from Yoodli Sharan Jhangiani is a Growth PM at Yoodli, an AI-powered platform to help you practice and improve your public speaking and communication skills without the pressure of an audience. 

He lives in Seattle and has previous lives as an engineer and open source developer.

Click https://app.yoodli.ai/ for a free trial.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤯 What is Yoodli and its features

🗣️ How can Ai assist you to have more compelling talk

🤖 The future of virtual meetings with AI

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]]> Sharan Jhangiani is a Growth PM at Yoodli, an AI-powered platform to help you practice and improve your public speaking and communication skills without the pressure of an audience. 

He lives in Seattle and has previous lives as an engineer and open source developer.

Click https://app.yoodli.ai/ for a free trial.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤯 What is Yoodli and its features

🗣️ How can Ai assist you to have more compelling talk

🤖 The future of virtual meetings with AI

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101555 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0500 2245 Sharan Jhangian, Yoodli, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 46 full false Emerging Financial Tech Trends And Its Future with Devin Stubblefield Emerging Financial Tech Trends And Its Future with Devin Stubblefield Devin Stubblefield, is a financial empowerment trainer, coach, and author who brings a dynamic energy to inspire, inform and motivate people to maximize their financial potential.  Devin trains on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FDIC, and various social services agencies and faith-based organizations around the country. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔮 What he sees in the future of fintech

😍 Favorite apps in fintech

👨‍💻 The future of virtual meetings in the financial industry

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]]> Devin Stubblefield, is a financial empowerment trainer, coach, and author who brings a dynamic energy to inspire, inform and motivate people to maximize their financial potential.  Devin trains on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FDIC, and various social services agencies and faith-based organizations around the country. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔮 What he sees in the future of fintech

😍 Favorite apps in fintech

👨‍💻 The future of virtual meetings in the financial industry

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101525 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0500 2501 Devin Stubblefield, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, Emerging Financial Tech Trends 1 45 full false Practical Ways To Be More Present On Virtual Meetings with Kellan Fluckiger Practical Ways To Be More Present On Virtual Meetings with Kellan Fluckiger Meet Kellan Fluckiger.

Coming through decades of depression, addictions, life-threatening illness and a near-death experience, Kellan has become the ultimate catalyst to help motivated people melt barriers, move mountains and mobilize superpowers to achieve their true desires. As a coach and keynote speaker, Kellan’s masterful approach helps people get past old stories, change beliefs and create a life context to reach even goals that seemed impossible.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👌 Tips to be present on virtual/video

🎯 Practices/rituals before Kellan presents

😢 Vulnerability on virtual

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]]> Meet Kellan Fluckiger.

Coming through decades of depression, addictions, life-threatening illness and a near-death experience, Kellan has become the ultimate catalyst to help motivated people melt barriers, move mountains and mobilize superpowers to achieve their true desires. As a coach and keynote speaker, Kellan’s masterful approach helps people get past old stories, change beliefs and create a life context to reach even goals that seemed impossible.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👌 Tips to be present on virtual/video

🎯 Practices/rituals before Kellan presents

😢 Vulnerability on virtual

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101501 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0500 2364 Kellan Fluckiger, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 44 full false Proven Practices That Will Create Awesome Event Experience with Phil Mershon Proven Practices That Will Create Awesome Event Experience with Phil Mershon Phil Mershon is director of experience for Social Media Examiner, where he helps lead Social Media Marketing World. He’s also a jazz saxophonist and the author of the upcoming book Unforgettable: the Art and Science of Creating Memorable Experiences.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤔 Experiences that shaped Phil when doing a virtual event

⛪ How has his experience as a worship pastor influenced him today

🫱‍🫲 Well-designed meetings vs. disaster meetings in the past 2 years

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]]> Phil Mershon is director of experience for Social Media Examiner, where he helps lead Social Media Marketing World. He’s also a jazz saxophonist and the author of the upcoming book Unforgettable: the Art and Science of Creating Memorable Experiences.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🤔 Experiences that shaped Phil when doing a virtual event

⛪ How has his experience as a worship pastor influenced him today

🫱‍🫲 Well-designed meetings vs. disaster meetings in the past 2 years

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101460 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0500 2778 Phil Mershon, Event Experience, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 43 full false Psychological Safety: 10 Quick Tips to Make Your Attendees Feel Comfortable with John Chen Psychological Safety: 10 Quick Tips to Make Your Attendees Feel Comfortable with John Chen Presented on 11/9/2022 Liz Caruso's techsytalk GLOBAL Day 1.


Google did 18-months of research on what do their high-performing teams have in common?  #1 - Psychological Safety.  Your virtual meetings are exactly the same.  Psychological safety will help the #1 virtual challenge of engagement.  When your attendees feel safe, they will engage.  People will chat, unmute and talk and even turn their camera on if they feel safe.  Let John Chen share 10 quick tips to make your virtual attendees feel comfortable and engage.

He’s the author of the #1 Amazon Hot New Book Release, Engaging Virtual Meetings.  He’s been meeting virtually for over 35 years.  He has produced over 4,000 virtual meetings including an EIGHT language meeting and the only 100% LIVE virtual conference in the training industry. Let’s WELCOME your speaker, John Chen.

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]]> Presented on 11/9/2022 Liz Caruso's techsytalk GLOBAL Day 1.


Google did 18-months of research on what do their high-performing teams have in common?  #1 - Psychological Safety.  Your virtual meetings are exactly the same.  Psychological safety will help the #1 virtual challenge of engagement.  When your attendees feel safe, they will engage.  People will chat, unmute and talk and even turn their camera on if they feel safe.  Let John Chen share 10 quick tips to make your virtual attendees feel comfortable and engage.

He’s the author of the #1 Amazon Hot New Book Release, Engaging Virtual Meetings.  He’s been meeting virtually for over 35 years.  He has produced over 4,000 virtual meetings including an EIGHT language meeting and the only 100% LIVE virtual conference in the training industry. Let’s WELCOME your speaker, John Chen.

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101436 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1624 1 42 full false What Is The Next Big Breakthrough of Virtual Meetings with Olivia Vanessa Baumgart What Is The Next Big Breakthrough of Virtual Meetings with Olivia Vanessa Baumgart Meet Olivia Vanessa Baumgart, engaging virtual karaoke fan, Navy veteran and about to publish a book.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😨  Zoom filter failures

🛳️  Olivia’s Navy background

💭  What she thinks is the future of virtual meeting

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]]> Meet Olivia Vanessa Baumgart, engaging virtual karaoke fan, Navy veteran and about to publish a book.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😨  Zoom filter failures

🛳️  Olivia’s Navy background

💭  What she thinks is the future of virtual meeting

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101420 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1862 Olivia Vanessa Baumgart, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 41 full false How To Actually Create Spectacular Live Online Training with Kassy LaBorie How To Actually Create Spectacular Live Online Training with Kassy LaBorie Kassy LaBorie is a Master Virtual Classroom Trainer and the Original Virtual Training Hero, on a mission to rid the world of boring slide reading lectures and passive live online participants! 

She’s the principal at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, training trainers to be virtual trainers around the globe each day! 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Kassy’s background story

⭐️ Highlight moments shifting from in-person to virtual

🖥️  New emerging tech in the few years

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]]> Kassy LaBorie is a Master Virtual Classroom Trainer and the Original Virtual Training Hero, on a mission to rid the world of boring slide reading lectures and passive live online participants! 

She’s the principal at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, training trainers to be virtual trainers around the globe each day! 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

😍 Kassy’s background story

⭐️ Highlight moments shifting from in-person to virtual

🖥️  New emerging tech in the few years

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101404 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500 2636 Kassy LaBorie, live online training, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 40 full false How To Make A Difference, The Hero School® Way with Tiger Todd How To Make A Difference, The Hero School® Way with Tiger Todd Realizing that the lives of thousands of homeless people were being wasted on the streets, Tiger Todd took it upon himself to do something about it. He retired from the electronics company he founded and discovered his true calling by motivating people toward the lives they were meant to live. And many thousands have changed.

Two decades later, Tiger is a leading expert in human engagement, motivation, and accelerated learning, pioneering the modern hero movement and hundreds of strategies used by public schools, higher education, and myriad businesses, agencies, and non-profit organizations.

Tiger’s Hero School® model introduced a new philosophy and psychological framework to social problems, bridging movies, math, and mythology to real people for real-world outcomes.

From the multiple companies he’s founded to the hundreds of schools, businesses and organizations he has helped advance, Tiger lives by the wisdom of Emerson: “Everyone is my superior is some way; in that I learn from him.”

In Tiger’s real-life movie model, every role is essential and no person is any less valuable.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🦸‍♂️  Helping people through Hero School® 

😎 Transforming people’s lives through online 

🎬  Life lessons learned through movies

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]]> Realizing that the lives of thousands of homeless people were being wasted on the streets, Tiger Todd took it upon himself to do something about it. He retired from the electronics company he founded and discovered his true calling by motivating people toward the lives they were meant to live. And many thousands have changed.

Two decades later, Tiger is a leading expert in human engagement, motivation, and accelerated learning, pioneering the modern hero movement and hundreds of strategies used by public schools, higher education, and myriad businesses, agencies, and non-profit organizations.

Tiger’s Hero School® model introduced a new philosophy and psychological framework to social problems, bridging movies, math, and mythology to real people for real-world outcomes.

From the multiple companies he’s founded to the hundreds of schools, businesses and organizations he has helped advance, Tiger lives by the wisdom of Emerson: “Everyone is my superior is some way; in that I learn from him.”

In Tiger’s real-life movie model, every role is essential and no person is any less valuable.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🦸‍♂️  Helping people through Hero School® 

😎 Transforming people’s lives through online 

🎬  Life lessons learned through movies

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101400 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500 3504 Tiger Todd, hero school, how to make a difference, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 39 full false Easy Ways That Will Improve Your Virtual Meetings with Kathleen Wisemandle Easy Ways That Will Improve Your Virtual Meetings with Kathleen Wisemandle Kathleen Wisemandle is the founder and principal of Aspire to Grow, Leadership Coaching, and Consulting.

With over 30 years in the biotech and pharma industry, she works as a fractional operations leader to help small biotechnology and pharma companies strategically plan for IND and early phase studies to optimize execution and decision-making toward further funding and proof of safety and efficacy.

With experience in portfolio planning, operational leadership, operational efficiency, vendor selection/oversight, site management, and risk identification and management, she works with companies to strategically plan to deliver quality results on time and within budget.  

In addition, as a certified coach and believer in the power of the good in humans, she works with individual executives and non-executives through reflection of core values and strengths to find a meaningful path.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏆 Kathleen’s successes and failures that she learned while working remotely

👩‍💻 How to improve your setup to get better meetings 

😱 Best and worst virtual meetings Kathleen had 

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]]> Kathleen Wisemandle is the founder and principal of Aspire to Grow, Leadership Coaching, and Consulting.

With over 30 years in the biotech and pharma industry, she works as a fractional operations leader to help small biotechnology and pharma companies strategically plan for IND and early phase studies to optimize execution and decision-making toward further funding and proof of safety and efficacy.

With experience in portfolio planning, operational leadership, operational efficiency, vendor selection/oversight, site management, and risk identification and management, she works with companies to strategically plan to deliver quality results on time and within budget.  

In addition, as a certified coach and believer in the power of the good in humans, she works with individual executives and non-executives through reflection of core values and strengths to find a meaningful path.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏆 Kathleen’s successes and failures that she learned while working remotely

👩‍💻 How to improve your setup to get better meetings 

😱 Best and worst virtual meetings Kathleen had 

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101394 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500 2636 Kathleen Wisemandle, improve virtual meetings, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 38 full false Useful Tips That Will Make Your Meetings More Productive with Debbie Rosemont Useful Tips That Will Make Your Meetings More Productive with Debbie Rosemont Debbie Rosemont is a Productivity Consultant, Trainer and Coach who helps busy professionals prioritize what matters, plan their time to include those priorities and produce desired results with greater ease. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 What are useful and productive meetings

🔗 How to feel connected

👩 In-person versus virtual

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]]> Debbie Rosemont is a Productivity Consultant, Trainer and Coach who helps busy professionals prioritize what matters, plan their time to include those priorities and produce desired results with greater ease. 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 What are useful and productive meetings

🔗 How to feel connected

👩 In-person versus virtual

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101390 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 2576 Debbie Rosemont, productive meeting, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 37 full false Immediately Attract Your Best Client With Your Best Hidden Questions with Catharine O'Leary Immediately Attract Your Best Client With Your Best Hidden Questions with Catharine O'Leary Catharine O'Leary is an economist, entrepreneur, and investor who is passionate about helping businesses grow. She is also the quiz queen, always asking the best questions to attract the best clients for herself and her clients. Catharine has achieved success in her own right spending the last 25 years perfecting her market research and consumer insights expertise in the corporate world. 

Now she is most motivated by helping others apply innovative marketing strategies that make it easier for your ideal clients to find you. Especially if you are a speaker, podcaster, author or coach!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💫 Find your destiny 

🔑 One key thing Catharine learned from Pepsi

😍 Best quiz she wrote


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]]> Catharine O'Leary is an economist, entrepreneur, and investor who is passionate about helping businesses grow. She is also the quiz queen, always asking the best questions to attract the best clients for herself and her clients. Catharine has achieved success in her own right spending the last 25 years perfecting her market research and consumer insights expertise in the corporate world. 

Now she is most motivated by helping others apply innovative marketing strategies that make it easier for your ideal clients to find you. Especially if you are a speaker, podcaster, author or coach!

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💫 Find your destiny 

🔑 One key thing Catharine learned from Pepsi

😍 Best quiz she wrote


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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101252 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 3003 Catharine O'Leary, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 36 full false Simple Ways to Practice Self-Care in the Digital Age with Sheri Betts Simple Ways to Practice Self-Care in the Digital Age with Sheri Betts Sheri E Betts, MBA, CPA, PCC, ODCP, has been helping people practice better self-care for over twenty years. As a PCC-credentialed life and executive coach, and certified organization development professional, she is committed to making a difference in the world – one person at a time, one organization at a time. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧘‍♀️ Why focus on self-care

💯 The importance of self-care in virtual

👍 Best virtual meeting moments

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]]> Sheri E Betts, MBA, CPA, PCC, ODCP, has been helping people practice better self-care for over twenty years. As a PCC-credentialed life and executive coach, and certified organization development professional, she is committed to making a difference in the world – one person at a time, one organization at a time. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧘‍♀️ Why focus on self-care

💯 The importance of self-care in virtual

👍 Best virtual meeting moments

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13101245 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 2616 Sheri Betts, self care, digital age, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 35 full false Creating Authentic Connections in a Virtual World with Andrea Driessen Creating Authentic Connections in a Virtual World with Andrea Driessen Andrea Driessen is a career entrepreneur, thought leader, 3x award-winning business book author, speaker-bureau veteran, owner of 4 registered trademarks, and copywriter. She has dedicated her career to helping companies, nonprofits, and teams become more communicative, effective, and capable. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😲 Andrea Driessen talked about her almost 1.5 million views TED Talk.

📝 The idea behind the "living eulogies."

👩‍💻 Favorite ways to meet and engage audiences online

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]]> Andrea Driessen is a career entrepreneur, thought leader, 3x award-winning business book author, speaker-bureau veteran, owner of 4 registered trademarks, and copywriter. She has dedicated her career to helping companies, nonprofits, and teams become more communicative, effective, and capable. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😲 Andrea Driessen talked about her almost 1.5 million views TED Talk.

📝 The idea behind the "living eulogies."

👩‍💻 Favorite ways to meet and engage audiences online

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13100966 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 3414 Andrea Driessen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 34 full false How To Use Technology To Build Better Connections with Alex Bratton How To Use Technology To Build Better Connections with Alex Bratton As the CEO and Chief Geek of Lextech and LexGo, Alex helps teams adapt to the new world of work and create employee experiences that empower people to achieve business results. He is passionate about refining the future of work and helping organizations transition from a set workplace to work-any-place. Alex has facilitated and spoken at hundreds of executive workshops and events.

Alex is the author of Billion Dollar Apps, an adjunct professor of computer science at Northern Illinois University, and holds two patents related to mobile video delivery. He championed new international Aviation standards improving the employee experience and mobile tools for pilots. Alex has trained hundreds of Apple's enterprise team members in business case thinking for mobility.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🙌 Alex Bratton's background and success story

❗Importance of information technology in today's world

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]]> As the CEO and Chief Geek of Lextech and LexGo, Alex helps teams adapt to the new world of work and create employee experiences that empower people to achieve business results. He is passionate about refining the future of work and helping organizations transition from a set workplace to work-any-place. Alex has facilitated and spoken at hundreds of executive workshops and events.

Alex is the author of Billion Dollar Apps, an adjunct professor of computer science at Northern Illinois University, and holds two patents related to mobile video delivery. He championed new international Aviation standards improving the employee experience and mobile tools for pilots. Alex has trained hundreds of Apple's enterprise team members in business case thinking for mobility.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🙌 Alex Bratton's background and success story

❗Importance of information technology in today's world

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]]> https://engagingvirtualmeetings.com John Chen Buzzsprout-13100918 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500 2733 Alex Bratton, lextech, lexgo, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 33 full false Quick Ways To Beat Public Speaking Anxiety As An Executive with Raja Vaidya Quick Ways To Beat Public Speaking Anxiety As An Executive with Raja Vaidya Over the past four years, Raja has provided Live 1on1 and group coaching on Mindset, Speaking, Confidence, and Peak Performance that has helped thousands. His launch of “Mind-SHIFT Mastery” yielded a 100% success rate in guiding clients to face fears and overcome their Self Limiting Beliefs about success.

After 37 years of teaching martial arts, Raja discovered a pattern in teaching a white belt mindSET to achieve a black belt mind-SHIFT, and he translates that into business, life, and relations. 

Now he is a Professional speaker who Keynoted TEDxJNJ, won Toastmasters International Speech Competition (Area) twice, is in multiple Black Belt Hall of Fame, starred in "The Martialist" movie, and is soon to release his new book “UN-Box ME Today.” All of this, despite a lifelong stutter to prove to you that any obstacle can be overcome with the right MIND-SHIFT.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😎Raja’s background and success story

🗣️One tip that you need to do to speak confidently in virtual meetings

💻What has to happen for a meeting to be engaging

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]]> Over the past four years, Raja has provided Live 1on1 and group coaching on Mindset, Speaking, Confidence, and Peak Performance that has helped thousands. His launch of “Mind-SHIFT Mastery” yielded a 100% success rate in guiding clients to face fears and overcome their Self Limiting Beliefs about success.

After 37 years of teaching martial arts, Raja discovered a pattern in teaching a white belt mindSET to achieve a black belt mind-SHIFT, and he translates that into business, life, and relations. 

Now he is a Professional speaker who Keynoted TEDxJNJ, won Toastmasters International Speech Competition (Area) twice, is in multiple Black Belt Hall of Fame, starred in "The Martialist" movie, and is soon to release his new book “UN-Box ME Today.” All of this, despite a lifelong stutter to prove to you that any obstacle can be overcome with the right MIND-SHIFT.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

😎Raja’s background and success story

🗣️One tip that you need to do to speak confidently in virtual meetings

💻What has to happen for a meeting to be engaging

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865775 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500 3112 john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, Raja Vaidya, Beat Public Speaking Anxiety 1 32 full false The Secrets Of Workshop Facilitation You Need To Know with Myriam Hadnes The Secrets Of Workshop Facilitation You Need To Know with Myriam Hadnes Dr. Myriam Hadnes is the founder of NeverDoneBefore, a global online facilitation community and festival, and this is her podcast. 'workshops work' is 50% sandbox and 50% classroom, a safe space for anyone interested in facilitation to learn more about the craft.


Myriam’s background and PhD in behavioural economics has helped her to understand what it is that gets in our way. And she has developed a toolbox to remove these obstacles through micro-interventions.

The time she has spent both living and working in Europe, Asia and Africa has taught her  that most of the challenges we face are self-made and independent of our cultural, social and disciplinary backgrounds. When she listens to her clients and their teams, she sees the human side and their commonalities.

She also hosts the podcast "workshops work", designs and facilitates workshops and host live mastermind events for expert facilitators.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⁉️ What is facilitation?

🛠️ Strategies to make workshops work

🤓 How to read a virtual audience


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]]> Dr. Myriam Hadnes is the founder of NeverDoneBefore, a global online facilitation community and festival, and this is her podcast. 'workshops work' is 50% sandbox and 50% classroom, a safe space for anyone interested in facilitation to learn more about the craft.


Myriam’s background and PhD in behavioural economics has helped her to understand what it is that gets in our way. And she has developed a toolbox to remove these obstacles through micro-interventions.

The time she has spent both living and working in Europe, Asia and Africa has taught her  that most of the challenges we face are self-made and independent of our cultural, social and disciplinary backgrounds. When she listens to her clients and their teams, she sees the human side and their commonalities.

She also hosts the podcast "workshops work", designs and facilitates workshops and host live mastermind events for expert facilitators.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

⁉️ What is facilitation?

🛠️ Strategies to make workshops work

🤓 How to read a virtual audience


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865779 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500 3283 john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, Myriam Hadnes, Workshop Facilitation 1 31 full false Celebrate 25 Ultimate Years of Thrilling Engagement with CEO John Chen Celebrate 25 Ultimate Years of Thrilling Engagement with CEO John Chen John Chen and PLAYTIME Inc. / Geoteaming / Engaging Virtual Meetings are celebrating our 25th year anniversary!  

Did you know 4% or less of all companies make it to 25 years?  

Come celebrate John Chen with a Roast and Toast featuring key people who helped make his company a success.  


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]]> John Chen and PLAYTIME Inc. / Geoteaming / Engaging Virtual Meetings are celebrating our 25th year anniversary!  

Did you know 4% or less of all companies make it to 25 years?  

Come celebrate John Chen with a Roast and Toast featuring key people who helped make his company a success.  


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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865766 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500 9775 john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 30 full false Breaking the Rules | Hosted by Debra Eckerling with John Chen, Coach Jennie & Deanna Seymour Breaking the Rules | Hosted by Debra Eckerling with John Chen, Coach Jennie & Deanna Seymour In this episode, Debra Eckerling talks about Breaking the Rules with guests John Chen of Engaging Virtual Meetings, Jennie Mustafa-Julock aka Coach Jennie, and Deanna Seymour, Host, "Eff That: Breaking the Rules of Online Business Podcast." 

John, Jennie, and Deanna talk about their backstories and attachment to the topic, as well as their thoughts on the value of breaking the rules, myths from the "info-crack" space, and more. Then, shared their own rules.

Benefits of Breaking the Rules

- John: When you break stuff, you learn more than everyone else. A lot of the time the world breaks you; there's something empowering about choosing to break

- Jennie: Start by breaking the mold of being around like-minded people; it's better to be around diverse-minded people. 

- Deanna: Breaking the rules is all about innovation. Remember, step 1 is different for everyone

Rules from our Rule Breakers

- Jennie: Don't make the coach cry. If we're not having fun, we're not doing it right! Uncle Tony (Robbins) is taken! You have to figure things out for yourself!

- John: Have fun! If you really want to break the rules, you have to plan. Also,, break a lot of stuff when it's not catastrophic. When you have a great team, you can break a lot of stuff. When you have a great team, you can break a lot of stuff. Add value. Keep going.  Be strategically lazy. 

- Deanna: Be scrappy. Be vulnerable. Be authentic. Break the rules and then rebuild/reinvent it in your own way. Question everything. 

Goals from our Guests

- Jennie: Give yourself some credit; stop trivializing your accomplishments

- Deanna: Be brave. Ask for something every day this week

- John: Give something away. Share your gifts and talents

Final Thoughts

- Deanna: Take a nap

- Jennie:  Don't wait for things to be perfect

- John: Zoom fatigue is a myth


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]]> In this episode, Debra Eckerling talks about Breaking the Rules with guests John Chen of Engaging Virtual Meetings, Jennie Mustafa-Julock aka Coach Jennie, and Deanna Seymour, Host, "Eff That: Breaking the Rules of Online Business Podcast." 

John, Jennie, and Deanna talk about their backstories and attachment to the topic, as well as their thoughts on the value of breaking the rules, myths from the "info-crack" space, and more. Then, shared their own rules.

Benefits of Breaking the Rules

- John: When you break stuff, you learn more than everyone else. A lot of the time the world breaks you; there's something empowering about choosing to break

- Jennie: Start by breaking the mold of being around like-minded people; it's better to be around diverse-minded people. 

- Deanna: Breaking the rules is all about innovation. Remember, step 1 is different for everyone

Rules from our Rule Breakers

- Jennie: Don't make the coach cry. If we're not having fun, we're not doing it right! Uncle Tony (Robbins) is taken! You have to figure things out for yourself!

- John: Have fun! If you really want to break the rules, you have to plan. Also,, break a lot of stuff when it's not catastrophic. When you have a great team, you can break a lot of stuff. When you have a great team, you can break a lot of stuff. Add value. Keep going.  Be strategically lazy. 

- Deanna: Be scrappy. Be vulnerable. Be authentic. Break the rules and then rebuild/reinvent it in your own way. Question everything. 

Goals from our Guests

- Jennie: Give yourself some credit; stop trivializing your accomplishments

- Deanna: Be brave. Ask for something every day this week

- John: Give something away. Share your gifts and talents

Final Thoughts

- Deanna: Take a nap

- Jennie:  Don't wait for things to be perfect

- John: Zoom fatigue is a myth


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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865750 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0400 4381 engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 29 full false Remote Realities for a New Era of Work | Hosted by Fallon Cryer with John Chen, Chuck Sigmund & Chris Madsen Remote Realities for a New Era of Work | Hosted by Fallon Cryer with John Chen, Chuck Sigmund & Chris Madsen Engaging Virtual Meetings Author John Chen and amazing human Chuck Sigmund, join Chris Madsen and MC Fallon Cryer in this Ace Virtual Events Conference.


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]]> Engaging Virtual Meetings Author John Chen and amazing human Chuck Sigmund, join Chris Madsen and MC Fallon Cryer in this Ace Virtual Events Conference.


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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865740 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2755 1 28 full false How To Be The Best At Virtual Networking with Toni Harris Taylor How To Be The Best At Virtual Networking with Toni Harris Taylor Toni Harris Taylor is a motivational marketing speaker and coach who helps entrepreneurs and sales professionals to take drastic steps to get known, get connected, and get paid. Taylor has over twenty-seven years of experience as an entrepreneur, including fourteen years in the financial services industry. 

Although she is no stranger to adversity, she turns it around every time she is knocked down by taking drastic steps to success. She speaks about effectively using networking to build relationships, stay connected and get new clients. With over 13,000 social media connections, 70,000 YouTube views and 5,000 on her email list, Taylor teaches her clients strategies to grow their network to achieve six figures and beyond! 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Virtual networking guidelines

💯 Best networking tip

👩🏽‍💻 Getting people to engage in virtual meetings

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]]> Toni Harris Taylor is a motivational marketing speaker and coach who helps entrepreneurs and sales professionals to take drastic steps to get known, get connected, and get paid. Taylor has over twenty-seven years of experience as an entrepreneur, including fourteen years in the financial services industry. 

Although she is no stranger to adversity, she turns it around every time she is knocked down by taking drastic steps to success. She speaks about effectively using networking to build relationships, stay connected and get new clients. With over 13,000 social media connections, 70,000 YouTube views and 5,000 on her email list, Taylor teaches her clients strategies to grow their network to achieve six figures and beyond! 


In this episode, we discuss the following:

💡 Virtual networking guidelines

💯 Best networking tip

👩🏽‍💻 Getting people to engage in virtual meetings

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865730 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2611 Toni Harris Taylor, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, virtual networking tips 1 27 full false What You Need to Know About Public Speaking for Women with Bobbie Carlton What You Need to Know About Public Speaking for Women with Bobbie Carlton Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, and Innovation Women, has been called Boston’s Innovation Den Mother, and the Startup Fairy Godmother.  She’s an award-winning marketing, PR, and social media professional with a soft spot for the underserved and under-represented in the high-tech community. She regularly speaks on PR, social media, community building, product launches, public speaking, and women’s issues.

In 2010 she was named one of the “Ten Bostonians who have done the most for the startup community,” and in 2011 she received a Mass High Tech All-star award. In 2015 she was named a Boston Business Journal Woman to Watch. PR News called her a Gamechanger in 2017.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎤 Best advice for speakers

💻 Bobbie’s experience in virtual meetings

👩 Challenge to get women on stage

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]]> Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights, and Innovation Women, has been called Boston’s Innovation Den Mother, and the Startup Fairy Godmother.  She’s an award-winning marketing, PR, and social media professional with a soft spot for the underserved and under-represented in the high-tech community. She regularly speaks on PR, social media, community building, product launches, public speaking, and women’s issues.

In 2010 she was named one of the “Ten Bostonians who have done the most for the startup community,” and in 2011 she received a Mass High Tech All-star award. In 2015 she was named a Boston Business Journal Woman to Watch. PR News called her a Gamechanger in 2017.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

🎤 Best advice for speakers

💻 Bobbie’s experience in virtual meetings

👩 Challenge to get women on stage

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865713 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2786 Bobbie Carlton, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, public speaking for women 1 26 full false How to Make Virtual Meetings More Inclusive with JO Welch How to Make Virtual Meetings More Inclusive with JO Welch JO Welch, the solar and business support ninja, magical Will Fairy, and all-around fun-loving professional! With over 30 years of experience supporting businesses and advocating for the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing communities, JO knows how to get things done while having a blast.

As a tri-lingual, 1st Generation American, JO brings a unique perspective to her work and easily navigates cultural divides. She's also an author, entrepreneur, and Mystic River Theater Co-founding member. When she's not working her magic, JO loves to laugh and have fun with friends and colleagues.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

📕 JO’s shares her background story

🎤 The power of music 

🧏‍♀️ Tips to make a more inclusive virtual meeting

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]]> JO Welch, the solar and business support ninja, magical Will Fairy, and all-around fun-loving professional! With over 30 years of experience supporting businesses and advocating for the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing communities, JO knows how to get things done while having a blast.

As a tri-lingual, 1st Generation American, JO brings a unique perspective to her work and easily navigates cultural divides. She's also an author, entrepreneur, and Mystic River Theater Co-founding member. When she's not working her magic, JO loves to laugh and have fun with friends and colleagues.


In this episode, we discuss the following:

📕 JO’s shares her background story

🎤 The power of music 

🧏‍♀️ Tips to make a more inclusive virtual meeting

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865673 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0400 3380 JO Welch, john chen, Virtual Meetings More Inclusive, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 25 full false Leveraging Digital Tools For A Better Virtual Summit with Ericka Bates Leveraging Digital Tools For A Better Virtual Summit with Ericka Bates Ericka Bates helps busy coaches who want to host attention-grabbing virtual summits and make money while creating great content they can repurpose. Most of this is done by providing virtual summit strategies, setting up a virtual summit platform, and repurposing their virtual summit content.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👍Best digital tools you can use on your virtual summit

🥳Ericka’s client success story

🤳Where is virtual going?

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]]> Ericka Bates helps busy coaches who want to host attention-grabbing virtual summits and make money while creating great content they can repurpose. Most of this is done by providing virtual summit strategies, setting up a virtual summit platform, and repurposing their virtual summit content.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

👍Best digital tools you can use on your virtual summit

🥳Ericka’s client success story

🤳Where is virtual going?

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865668 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2575 Ericka Bates, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, digital tools, virtual summit 1 24 full false Powerful Self Care Tips For Events People You Need To Know with Deana Brown Mitchell Powerful Self Care Tips For Events People You Need To Know with Deana Brown Mitchell Aaron Schmookler works with business leaders who believe their people are their greatest asset. As a “Company Culture Engineer,” he supports them in building structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring high-performance culture so their profits and people thrive.

In 2014 Aaron and his business partner, Adam Utley, co-founded The Yes Works and served clients across the country and across industries, including Microsoft, MOD Pizza, DiscoverOrg, Burkhart Dental Supply, SOG Knives, 9th Gear, and Textainer to make work suitable for people and people good for work.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧘‍♀️Self-care tips for event management people

😍Top virtual meetings that Deana attended

💬Is virtual event going away?

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]]> Aaron Schmookler works with business leaders who believe their people are their greatest asset. As a “Company Culture Engineer,” he supports them in building structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring high-performance culture so their profits and people thrive.

In 2014 Aaron and his business partner, Adam Utley, co-founded The Yes Works and served clients across the country and across industries, including Microsoft, MOD Pizza, DiscoverOrg, Burkhart Dental Supply, SOG Knives, 9th Gear, and Textainer to make work suitable for people and people good for work.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🧘‍♀️Self-care tips for event management people

😍Top virtual meetings that Deana attended

💬Is virtual event going away?

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865664 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2601 Deana Brown Mitchell, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, Powerful Self Care Tips For Events People 1 23 full false Everything You Need To Know About Virtual Meetings Etiquette with Aaron Schmookler Everything You Need To Know About Virtual Meetings Etiquette with Aaron Schmookler Aaron Schmookler works with business leaders who believe their people are their greatest asset. As a “Company Culture Engineer,” he supports them in building structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring high-performance culture so their profits and people thrive.

In 2014 Aaron and his business partner, Adam Utley, co-founded The Yes Works and served clients across the country and across industries, including Microsoft, MOD Pizza, DiscoverOrg, Burkhart Dental Supply, SOG Knives, 9th Gear, and Textainer to make work suitable for people and people good for work.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💸 Making meetings richer

🔔The importance of audio

👏How to help a team perform at a higher level

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]]> Aaron Schmookler works with business leaders who believe their people are their greatest asset. As a “Company Culture Engineer,” he supports them in building structures, habits, and mindsets that support an enduring high-performance culture so their profits and people thrive.

In 2014 Aaron and his business partner, Adam Utley, co-founded The Yes Works and served clients across the country and across industries, including Microsoft, MOD Pizza, DiscoverOrg, Burkhart Dental Supply, SOG Knives, 9th Gear, and Textainer to make work suitable for people and people good for work.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

💸 Making meetings richer

🔔The importance of audio

👏How to help a team perform at a higher level

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865651 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1860 Aaron Schmookler, john chen, engaging virtual meetings podcast, virtual meetings etiquette 1 22 full false Epic Ways To Structure An Amazing Presentation with Angela Heath Epic Ways To Structure An Amazing Presentation with Angela Heath Angela Heath, is an award-winning keynote speaker, trainer, and author. She speaks globally on the new world of work (self-employment and remote employee engagement). 

As the Dean of the Virtual Speaking Academy, which offers certification, training, and coaching, Angela helps equip executives, professionals, and entrepreneurs to be more confident, competent, and creative when presenting online. Her latest book, Do the Hustle Without the Hassle, teaches people age 45 and older how to use the online gig marketplace.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏆 Angela’s best success story

👩🏽‍💻 Tips on how to make your presentation stand out

🗣️ How to structure a great talk


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]]> Angela Heath, is an award-winning keynote speaker, trainer, and author. She speaks globally on the new world of work (self-employment and remote employee engagement). 

As the Dean of the Virtual Speaking Academy, which offers certification, training, and coaching, Angela helps equip executives, professionals, and entrepreneurs to be more confident, competent, and creative when presenting online. Her latest book, Do the Hustle Without the Hassle, teaches people age 45 and older how to use the online gig marketplace.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🏆 Angela’s best success story

👩🏽‍💻 Tips on how to make your presentation stand out

🗣️ How to structure a great talk


If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12865628 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2417 angela heath, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, how to make your presentation stand out 1 21 full false How To Lead In An Innovative Way with Kimberly Wiefling How To Lead In An Innovative Way with Kimberly Wiefling Kimberly Wiefling is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, and co-founder of Silicon Valley Alliances. She helps strengthen individuals, teams, and organizations so that they overcome the most common causes of failure, fix things that damage and destroy companies, and survive in a world of disruptive change. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔑  Key problems why teams fail

😈😇  Bad and good things to do in virtual meetings

📌  Importance of facilitation versus managing people

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]]> Kimberly Wiefling is the founder of Wiefling Consulting, and co-founder of Silicon Valley Alliances. She helps strengthen individuals, teams, and organizations so that they overcome the most common causes of failure, fix things that damage and destroy companies, and survive in a world of disruptive change. 

In this episode, we discuss the following:

🔑  Key problems why teams fail

😈😇  Bad and good things to do in virtual meetings

📌  Importance of facilitation versus managing people

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12827789 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 3044 Kimberly Wiefling, john chen, engaging virtual meetings, leading virtual teams 1 20 full false Amazing Online Meeting Tools That will Make Virtual Collaboration Possible with Yvonne Burton Amazing Online Meeting Tools That will Make Virtual Collaboration Possible with Yvonne Burton Yvonne Burton, president of Burton Consulting International, a New York-based consulting firm. Ms. Burton lived in Osaka, Japan, for over eight years, attending university and then working in education as a cross-cultural trainer and business consultant to Japanese companies. Upon returning to New York City, she worked in the Technology field in marketing and business development, online marketing and advertising, and as a business analyst and project manager. 

As a bridge between two cultures, she works on diverse business and technology projects for various Japanese and American clients across different industries.


In this episode, we discuss:

💪🏼 How Yvonne started her career

🇯🇵 Unique ways for engaging international audiences

👩🏽‍🎨 Structuring your meeting to improve engagement

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]]> Yvonne Burton, president of Burton Consulting International, a New York-based consulting firm. Ms. Burton lived in Osaka, Japan, for over eight years, attending university and then working in education as a cross-cultural trainer and business consultant to Japanese companies. Upon returning to New York City, she worked in the Technology field in marketing and business development, online marketing and advertising, and as a business analyst and project manager. 

As a bridge between two cultures, she works on diverse business and technology projects for various Japanese and American clients across different industries.


In this episode, we discuss:

💪🏼 How Yvonne started her career

🇯🇵 Unique ways for engaging international audiences

👩🏽‍🎨 Structuring your meeting to improve engagement

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12735122 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2743 yvonne burton, burton consulting, japan, engaging virtual meetings, digital tools, online tools 1 19 full false Ultimate Ways That Will Boost Your Online Screen Presence with Shelley Golden Ultimate Ways That Will Boost Your Online Screen Presence with Shelley Golden Shelley Golden has been an executive presence image consultant and fashion stylist for 20+ in Chicago, Amsterdam and San Francisco.  Based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, she has a keen eye to help her clients improve their confidence and credibility and create an image that sets them apart, both online and off.

Having lived in Amsterdam for 10 years, Shelley studied and is passionate about European art, in particular, the Dutch Masters and the Impressionists. She approaches each ZOOM MAKEOVER as an artist creating a painting by balancing art and psychology of shape, color and design.

In this episode, we discuss:

🎨 Incorporating art to your zoom backgrounds

📈 Tips and tricks to elevate your presence online

👍 Before and after zoom makeover transformations

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]]> Shelley Golden has been an executive presence image consultant and fashion stylist for 20+ in Chicago, Amsterdam and San Francisco.  Based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, she has a keen eye to help her clients improve their confidence and credibility and create an image that sets them apart, both online and off.

Having lived in Amsterdam for 10 years, Shelley studied and is passionate about European art, in particular, the Dutch Masters and the Impressionists. She approaches each ZOOM MAKEOVER as an artist creating a painting by balancing art and psychology of shape, color and design.

In this episode, we discuss:

🎨 Incorporating art to your zoom backgrounds

📈 Tips and tricks to elevate your presence online

👍 Before and after zoom makeover transformations

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12733473 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2629 shelley golden style, zoom makeover, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 18 full false 3 Production Tips To Make An Outstanding Virtual Event with Brandt Krueger 3 Production Tips To Make An Outstanding Virtual Event with Brandt Krueger Brandt is the Senior Production Manager at EideCom, and the Event Technology Correspondant for Smart Meetings Magazine. Based in Minneapolis, MN, he is also the highly-acclaimed instructor for the Event Leadership Institute’s Virtual Event and Meeting Management certificate course. 


With over 25 years experience in the industry, he has spoken at industry events and conferences all over the world, been published in numerous magazines and websites, and is consistantly ranked among the most influential people in the events industry. 

In this episode, we discuss:

💡3 valuable tips from a virtual event producer

🖥️ Adapting your presentations to your audiences' needs

🖼️ Room tour setup to improve your zoom

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]]> Brandt is the Senior Production Manager at EideCom, and the Event Technology Correspondant for Smart Meetings Magazine. Based in Minneapolis, MN, he is also the highly-acclaimed instructor for the Event Leadership Institute’s Virtual Event and Meeting Management certificate course. 


With over 25 years experience in the industry, he has spoken at industry events and conferences all over the world, been published in numerous magazines and websites, and is consistantly ranked among the most influential people in the events industry. 

In this episode, we discuss:

💡3 valuable tips from a virtual event producer

🖥️ Adapting your presentations to your audiences' needs

🖼️ Room tour setup to improve your zoom

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12733018 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 3376 brandt krueger, production tips, show producer, engaging virtual meetings 1 17 full false What Happens When You Add Value To Your Virtual Meetings with Allen Little What Happens When You Add Value To Your Virtual Meetings with Allen Little Allen Little is a Motivational Speaker and the founder of A Little Motivation, LLC. 

Allen has coached individuals from the U.S. to all the way in places such as; Canada, Nigeria, Bermuda and even transformed lives in the country of Greece. His ability to create direct and consistent transformations in peoples lives has allowed him to speak for companies such as MARY KAY, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Reece Nichols Real Estate group and numerous of other businesses. 

Although Allen speaks & coaches nationwide and internationally, Allen has been coined, The Motivation of Kansas City.

In this episode, we discuss:

🗣️ How Allen get into speaking

🚧 Building relationships virtually and adding value

😳 Tips and tricks to avoid z-awkward (zoom awkward)

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]]> Allen Little is a Motivational Speaker and the founder of A Little Motivation, LLC. 

Allen has coached individuals from the U.S. to all the way in places such as; Canada, Nigeria, Bermuda and even transformed lives in the country of Greece. His ability to create direct and consistent transformations in peoples lives has allowed him to speak for companies such as MARY KAY, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Reece Nichols Real Estate group and numerous of other businesses. 

Although Allen speaks & coaches nationwide and internationally, Allen has been coined, The Motivation of Kansas City.

In this episode, we discuss:

🗣️ How Allen get into speaking

🚧 Building relationships virtually and adding value

😳 Tips and tricks to avoid z-awkward (zoom awkward)

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12726781 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1783 allen little, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen, motivational speaker 1 16 full false How To Actually Handle Last Minute Virtual Event Chaos with Sandra Masters How To Actually Handle Last Minute Virtual Event Chaos with Sandra Masters Sandy manages a consulting practice that helps small businesses and subject-matter experts harness the power of web technologies to better serve their clients.

In her consulting role, she professionally produces webinars for Training Magazine Network, and Sales & Marketing Management Magazine. She is the founder of PrepAdemy™, a Virtual Classroom Community for Students Preparing to PASS The Institutes™ Exams. 

Sandy works with subject matter experts to provide live online interactive experiences for students.

In this episode, we discuss:

🤯  What to do when things don't go as planned at your event

❓ Draw questions from your audience using chats

📸  How to make people turn on their camera

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]]> Sandy manages a consulting practice that helps small businesses and subject-matter experts harness the power of web technologies to better serve their clients.

In her consulting role, she professionally produces webinars for Training Magazine Network, and Sales & Marketing Management Magazine. She is the founder of PrepAdemy™, a Virtual Classroom Community for Students Preparing to PASS The Institutes™ Exams. 

Sandy works with subject matter experts to provide live online interactive experiences for students.

In this episode, we discuss:

🤯  What to do when things don't go as planned at your event

❓ Draw questions from your audience using chats

📸  How to make people turn on their camera

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12726735 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1722 sandra masters, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 15 full false Inexpensive Ways That Will Make Your Meetings More Exciting with Nada El Kateb Inexpensive Ways That Will Make Your Meetings More Exciting with Nada El Kateb Nada El Kateb is a designer and virtual game host!

As a newly graduated architect with a tourism background, she loves fun facts, especially about strange events that perfectly reveal the character of people and places. That’s why she created a virtual game, SweDefine. 

SweDefine features incredible and bizarre facts handpicked to spice up your team-building activity!

In this episode, we discuss:

😍 Getting to know more about Nada El Kateb from Sweden

👾 How Nada uses games to make meetings more engaging

🧬 Maintaining human connections virtually

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]]> Nada El Kateb is a designer and virtual game host!

As a newly graduated architect with a tourism background, she loves fun facts, especially about strange events that perfectly reveal the character of people and places. That’s why she created a virtual game, SweDefine. 

SweDefine features incredible and bizarre facts handpicked to spice up your team-building activity!

In this episode, we discuss:

😍 Getting to know more about Nada El Kateb from Sweden

👾 How Nada uses games to make meetings more engaging

🧬 Maintaining human connections virtually

If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on any podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12726725 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1433 nada el kateb, game host, team building activity, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 14 full false How To Make Deep And Meaningful Conversations Online with Jan Keck How To Make Deep And Meaningful Conversations Online with Jan Keck Jan Keck is a community addict. He is the creator of ASK DEEP QUESTIONS, which started out as a deck of cards to help his friends connect on a camping trip and is now being used to facilitate meaningful conversations through sharing personal and vulnerable stories on every continent around the globe.

Jan’s mission is to help people feel less alone. So, by creating experiences, workshops, and programs, he is fueling the movement for deeper human connection. His work has been featured on TEDx, CBC News, Breakfast TV, Cityline, and HuffPost and he is currently building a community of facilitators that design the MAGICAL HUMAN MOMENTS online.


In this episode, we discuss:

🖌️ Designing a virtual experience

👑 Connection is king, not content

👨‍💻 How Jan handles common tech issues

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]]> Jan Keck is a community addict. He is the creator of ASK DEEP QUESTIONS, which started out as a deck of cards to help his friends connect on a camping trip and is now being used to facilitate meaningful conversations through sharing personal and vulnerable stories on every continent around the globe.

Jan’s mission is to help people feel less alone. So, by creating experiences, workshops, and programs, he is fueling the movement for deeper human connection. His work has been featured on TEDx, CBC News, Breakfast TV, Cityline, and HuffPost and he is currently building a community of facilitators that design the MAGICAL HUMAN MOMENTS online.


In this episode, we discuss:

🖌️ Designing a virtual experience

👑 Connection is king, not content

👨‍💻 How Jan handles common tech issues

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12712058 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2983 jan keck, connection, meaningful conversation, engaging virtual meetings podcast, john chen 1 13 full false Top Tips You Need To Know When Designing A Virtual Meeting with Tyler Parris Top Tips You Need To Know When Designing A Virtual Meeting with Tyler Parris Tyler Parris is a Hudson-certified executive and career coach, former corporate chief of staff, and author of Chief of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization.


His career has spanned operations management at Intellectual Ventures, program management at Advaiya, Inc., technical editing at Microsoft, and computer networking in the United States Marine Corps.


His current focus is creating coaching interactions with people in chief of staff roles that create capacity, raise awareness, and change behaviors.


In this episode, we discuss:

💻 How to engage in virtual meetings

🤯 The mindset in designing a meeting

⏰ How to maximize your time in a presentation


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]]> Tyler Parris is a Hudson-certified executive and career coach, former corporate chief of staff, and author of Chief of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization.


His career has spanned operations management at Intellectual Ventures, program management at Advaiya, Inc., technical editing at Microsoft, and computer networking in the United States Marine Corps.


His current focus is creating coaching interactions with people in chief of staff roles that create capacity, raise awareness, and change behaviors.


In this episode, we discuss:

💻 How to engage in virtual meetings

🤯 The mindset in designing a meeting

⏰ How to maximize your time in a presentation


If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12694571 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2325 Tyler Parris, designing a virtual meeting, engaging virtual meeting podcast 1 12 full false The Art Of Building Connections In A Virtual World with Lindy Lee The Art Of Building Connections In A Virtual World with Lindy Lee Lindly Lee, from Taiwan, is a Women's Footwear Tech Development Director at Nike and is attending 100s of virtual meetings annually.


She believes a better future is equable and wants to use her curiosity and optimism to better the world and empower herself to empower others.


In this episode, we discuss:

💁‍♀️  How Lindy creates psychological safety in her meetings

🦠  Digital transformation of Nike through COVID-19

🔗  Building connections in a virtual meeting

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]]> Lindly Lee, from Taiwan, is a Women's Footwear Tech Development Director at Nike and is attending 100s of virtual meetings annually.


She believes a better future is equable and wants to use her curiosity and optimism to better the world and empower herself to empower others.


In this episode, we discuss:

💁‍♀️  How Lindy creates psychological safety in her meetings

🦠  Digital transformation of Nike through COVID-19

🔗  Building connections in a virtual meeting

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12694540 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2721 lindy lee nike, building connections in a virtual world, engaging virtual meetings 1 11 full false Helpful Tips to Become a Better Virtual Speaker with Paul Kreiter Helpful Tips to Become a Better Virtual Speaker with Paul Kreiter Paul D. Kreiter, M.Ed. is a presentation coach and creative director from the Chicagoland area.

Traditionally trained in the performing arts and education, he has spent the last decade working with the greatest speakers in the world, from Hollywood actors, iconic athletes, to innovative business executives, helping them understand how to communicate best with their audiences.


Today, Paul has expanded his work to include company leaders and their teams, consulting them on how to create powerful, story-based presentations that fully engage virtual and in-person audiences.


In this episode, we discuss:

🎤 Tips for virtual speakers

🤹 How to create an illusion

📌 Challenges of working with virtual speakers

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]]> Paul D. Kreiter, M.Ed. is a presentation coach and creative director from the Chicagoland area.

Traditionally trained in the performing arts and education, he has spent the last decade working with the greatest speakers in the world, from Hollywood actors, iconic athletes, to innovative business executives, helping them understand how to communicate best with their audiences.


Today, Paul has expanded his work to include company leaders and their teams, consulting them on how to create powerful, story-based presentations that fully engage virtual and in-person audiences.


In this episode, we discuss:

🎤 Tips for virtual speakers

🤹 How to create an illusion

📌 Challenges of working with virtual speakers

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12694412 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1180 Paul Kreiter, tips for virtual speakers, engaging virtual meetings 1 10 full false The Sure Fire Ways To Manage Remote Teams Effectively with Jason Chan The Sure Fire Ways To Manage Remote Teams Effectively with Jason Chan Jason Chan is the founder at TV2 Consulting and is going to share his secrets for remote work.  

In this episode, we discuss:

  Establishing your presence in a virtual environment

👨‍💻  How to onboard someone new into a remote company

❌  Disadvantages of remote work

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit the show notes at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> Jason Chan is the founder at TV2 Consulting and is going to share his secrets for remote work.  

In this episode, we discuss:

  Establishing your presence in a virtual environment

👨‍💻  How to onboard someone new into a remote company

❌  Disadvantages of remote work

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, I’d really appreciate it.


For more information, visit the show notes at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12694377 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2076 Jason Chan, TV2 consulting, remote work, engaging virtual meetings 1 9 full false How To Make Events More Inclusive And Accessible with Samantha Evans, CAE, MBA How To Make Events More Inclusive And Accessible with Samantha Evans, CAE, MBA Samantha Evans, CAE, MBA from Atlanta, GA is the Certification Manager at the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), a division of G3ict.


Sam works with accessibility subject matter experts and professionals around the world to maintain, build, and deliver accessibility certification programs.


In this episode, we discuss:

📝 Tips to make your presentation more inclusive

👨‍💻 Advice to make your virtual event more accessible


If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> Samantha Evans, CAE, MBA from Atlanta, GA is the Certification Manager at the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), a division of G3ict.


Sam works with accessibility subject matter experts and professionals around the world to maintain, build, and deliver accessibility certification programs.


In this episode, we discuss:

📝 Tips to make your presentation more inclusive

👨‍💻 Advice to make your virtual event more accessible


If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12690896 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1341 samantha evans cae, inclusive event, accessible event, engaging virtual meetings 1 8 full false Unexpected Qualities Of A Successful Events Management People with Lori Pugh Marcum Unexpected Qualities Of A Successful Events Management People with Lori Pugh Marcum Lori Pugh Marcum has 17 years of experience in the meetings and events industry on both the planner and supplier sides of the business.


As Events Content Director for Path to Purchase Institute and Retail Leader, she creates and executes content strategies for all events, awards, and webinar programs.


She also participates as an expert host and facilitator, creatively testing and refining content delivery ideas to delight attendees.


In this episode, we discuss:

💥 Why meetings are so powerful

💁‍♀️ How Lori makes her career decisions

🔧  Advice for people in the meeting event industry


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]]> Lori Pugh Marcum has 17 years of experience in the meetings and events industry on both the planner and supplier sides of the business.


As Events Content Director for Path to Purchase Institute and Retail Leader, she creates and executes content strategies for all events, awards, and webinar programs.


She also participates as an expert host and facilitator, creatively testing and refining content delivery ideas to delight attendees.


In this episode, we discuss:

💥 Why meetings are so powerful

💁‍♀️ How Lori makes her career decisions

🔧  Advice for people in the meeting event industry


If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12694273 Wed, 31 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1643 Lori Pugh Marcum, events management, leadership, women in leadership 1 7 full false The Ultimate Guide To The Best Digital Tools with James Spellos The Ultimate Guide To The Best Digital Tools with James Spellos James Spellos is the President of Meeting U., whose mission is to help people become more productive and comfortable with technology.  His other true mission is helping others to optimize their health through the understanding of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle.


In 2022, Meeting Professionals International included Jim on their most influential list in the hospitality industry in honor of their 50th-anniversary celebration. In 2021, Glisser named Jim one of the most influential people in virtual events.


In this episode, we discuss:

👨‍💻How to go virtual

🚀The future of virtual expos 

📱Digital tools and apps you can use for your virtual meetings


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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> James Spellos is the President of Meeting U., whose mission is to help people become more productive and comfortable with technology.  His other true mission is helping others to optimize their health through the understanding of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle.


In 2022, Meeting Professionals International included Jim on their most influential list in the hospitality industry in honor of their 50th-anniversary celebration. In 2021, Glisser named Jim one of the most influential people in virtual events.


In this episode, we discuss:

👨‍💻How to go virtual

🚀The future of virtual expos 

📱Digital tools and apps you can use for your virtual meetings


If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12690762 Wed, 24 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 3233 James Spellos, Digital tools, engaging virtual meetings 1 6 full false Helpful Tips You Need To Know When Preparing A Live Show With Dee Daniels Helpful Tips You Need To Know When Preparing A Live Show With Dee Daniels After years in radio broadcasting with over thirteen radio stations, two television stations, and an award-winning morning show, Dee successfully launched six podcasts that catered to small businesses and nonprofits - providing a mobile podcast studio she built herself.


She's also been a top-notch fundraiser for Children's Miracle Network - where she led a seven-year campaign to raise over a million dollars for Children's National in D.C.


In this episode, we discuss:

🎙️ The value of being live

📺 How to prepare for a show

☺️Advice for new emcees


If you want to learn more about preparing for a live show, take a listen to this episode. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> After years in radio broadcasting with over thirteen radio stations, two television stations, and an award-winning morning show, Dee successfully launched six podcasts that catered to small businesses and nonprofits - providing a mobile podcast studio she built herself.


She's also been a top-notch fundraiser for Children's Miracle Network - where she led a seven-year campaign to raise over a million dollars for Children's National in D.C.


In this episode, we discuss:

🎙️ The value of being live

📺 How to prepare for a show

☺️Advice for new emcees


If you want to learn more about preparing for a live show, take a listen to this episode. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12690605 Wed, 17 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2720 dee daniels, engaging virtual meetings, live event 1 5 full false What Happened When JKLMImprov Interviews An Exclusive John Chen? What Happened When JKLMImprov Interviews An Exclusive John Chen? JKLMprov performs a series of unscripted scenes based on interviews with authors, writers, and artists. The theme of interviews in January are authors. Every show features a new interview and a completely set of improv.


🗣️ In this episode, JKLMpov interviews John Chen and performs fun impromptu scenes based on his life story. 

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For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> JKLMprov performs a series of unscripted scenes based on interviews with authors, writers, and artists. The theme of interviews in January are authors. Every show features a new interview and a completely set of improv.


🗣️ In this episode, JKLMpov interviews John Chen and performs fun impromptu scenes based on his life story. 

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12690510 Wed, 10 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 3243 jklmprov, engaging virtual meetings podcast 1 4 full false Critical Skills You Need To Run A Successful Live Event with Emmy Award Winner Bob Bonniol Critical Skills You Need To Run A Successful Live Event with Emmy Award Winner Bob Bonniol Emmy Award winner Bob Bonniol is an acclaimed director and designer of live production, broadcast, and media-driven interactive installations. Widely known for his ability to transform live experiences into must-see spectacles, his imaginative implementation of media and interactivity has rendered top-tier applications spanning the global architectural, entertainment, and marketing industries.

Bob’s most recent projects include his award-winning role as co-creative director and producer for the massive renovation of GM World at General Motor’s Global Headquarters in Detroit, Co-Production Designer for Princess Cruises' newest spectacle, Fantastic Journey, and Designer of the interactive lobby installation in Salesforce’s Bellevue Washington skyscraper.


In this episode, we discuss:

💡 Skills you need in producing live events

☝️ Tips for making your virtual meetings more engaging

🚀 The future of virtual meetings

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> Emmy Award winner Bob Bonniol is an acclaimed director and designer of live production, broadcast, and media-driven interactive installations. Widely known for his ability to transform live experiences into must-see spectacles, his imaginative implementation of media and interactivity has rendered top-tier applications spanning the global architectural, entertainment, and marketing industries.

Bob’s most recent projects include his award-winning role as co-creative director and producer for the massive renovation of GM World at General Motor’s Global Headquarters in Detroit, Co-Production Designer for Princess Cruises' newest spectacle, Fantastic Journey, and Designer of the interactive lobby installation in Salesforce’s Bellevue Washington skyscraper.


In this episode, we discuss:

💡 Skills you need in producing live events

☝️ Tips for making your virtual meetings more engaging

🚀 The future of virtual meetings

If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12690253 Wed, 03 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 2915 bob bonniol, engaging virtual meetings, virtual meetings 1 3 full false How to Make Virtual Meetings 1% Better | Holly Duckworth Interviews John Chen How to Make Virtual Meetings 1% Better | Holly Duckworth Interviews John Chen Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is a trailblazing keynote speaker and applied mindful leadership advisor. As a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show, and columnist to countless industry publications she works with stressed-out leaders to create, peace, presence, and profits. Holly’s career began in the world of non-profits and volunteer leadership teaching thousands of association staff and volunteers how to “reboot” for success.

Today she uses her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.


In this episode, Holly interviews John Chen, the author of Engaging Virtual Meetings. We discuss:

🧘‍♀️ How to set a mindful mindset before a meeting
💯 Tips for making your virtual meetings more engaging
💻 Using technology as a strategic tool to make your virtual meetings more effective

If you want to make your virtual meetings 1% better, take a listen to this episode. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is a trailblazing keynote speaker and applied mindful leadership advisor. As a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show, and columnist to countless industry publications she works with stressed-out leaders to create, peace, presence, and profits. Holly’s career began in the world of non-profits and volunteer leadership teaching thousands of association staff and volunteers how to “reboot” for success.

Today she uses her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.


In this episode, Holly interviews John Chen, the author of Engaging Virtual Meetings. We discuss:

🧘‍♀️ How to set a mindful mindset before a meeting
💯 Tips for making your virtual meetings more engaging
💻 Using technology as a strategic tool to make your virtual meetings more effective

If you want to make your virtual meetings 1% better, take a listen to this episode. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> John Chen Buzzsprout-12668730 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1378 1 2 full false 6 Uplifting Strategies To Make Astonishing Virtual Meetings | Kellee Franklin Phd Interviews John Chen 8/22/2020 6 Uplifting Strategies To Make Astonishing Virtual Meetings | Kellee Franklin Phd Interviews John Chen 8/22/2020 Kellee M. Franklin, Ph.D., is a Strategic Innovation Leader, HCD Expert, Executive Advisor, Speaker, Educator, Board Member, and Investor. As a lifelong change agent, Kellee is passionate about virtual meetings.  In this program, Kellee interviews the author of Engaging Virtual Meetings, John Chen.

In this episode, we discuss: 

🦠 The impact of COVID-19 on communication

👌Ways to make virtual meetings more interactive and engaging

🏭What industries can benefit the most

If you want to learn more about how to engage better in virtual meetings, listen to this episode. And if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

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]]> Kellee M. Franklin, Ph.D., is a Strategic Innovation Leader, HCD Expert, Executive Advisor, Speaker, Educator, Board Member, and Investor. As a lifelong change agent, Kellee is passionate about virtual meetings.  In this program, Kellee interviews the author of Engaging Virtual Meetings, John Chen.

In this episode, we discuss: 

🦠 The impact of COVID-19 on communication

👌Ways to make virtual meetings more interactive and engaging

🏭What industries can benefit the most

If you want to learn more about how to engage better in virtual meetings, listen to this episode. And if you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform, I’d really appreciate it.

For more information, visit us at www.engagingvirtualmeetings.com

Support the show

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