The Mike Drop Moment

Michelle Poler is one of the biggest stars in the public speaking world. Her brand is distinctive, unique, and stands out from the pack -- and it all happened when she stopped worrying about pleasing everyone else, and started bringing  more of herself to her work.  She has a new book -- Hello, Fears -- that can help you do the same thing.  In this episode, we talk about public speaking, chasing y...

It feels like we're all involved in an infinite scroll, whether on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok, or wherever you are consuming information, there's so much to consume. If you're a thought leader and author and entrepreneur, a coach, you also know that it's a way to reach your ideal audiences. So maybe you do what everyone else does. You look and see what people doing to your le...

In this episode, I discuss the power of tiny projects, and I've got a couple of ideas of tiny projects that you can probably tackle in three to five days with a little bit of minimal effort and might make you feel good about getting stuff done. I need some tiny projects. I need some quick wins, some short little look at what I did this week moments. There's time just maybe to do some smaller sprea...

I met Anthony Giglio five years ago through our mutual friends at Brooks Winery . While this isn't a wine and wisdom episode where I pair with wine, I say, why not order up or grab a bottle of Brooks Wine if you can. Otherwise, grab some Pinot or Riesling or just grab whatever you've got -- and turn up the volume.  If you have a chance to grab some Brooks Wine, located in Oregon and they make grea...

We are going to have some fun in this episode. This is one of those where I get to have a conversation with one of my very, very good friends. It's not just about a pretty logo and the right colors. It's about having a perspective, having a point of view.  I thought that would be an interesting thing to talk about on this episode of the mic drop moment and when I think about brand identities and c...

Oprah's 2020Vision Tour came to LA this week. For Christmas, I bought tickets for my mom and Phil and me to go see the show. I remember since I was six years old watching Oprah Winfrey show. My mom was a huge fan and so I was a huge fan. So it was really special last year when Oprah Winfrey announced that part of her partnership extension with WW, formerly known as weight Watchers, was going to be...

In this episode, I wanted to take a little bit of a shift and talk about visibility. Why telling your story, being honest, while creating a brand that is true to who you are. Also true to who you work with matters. Being on stage and being ourselves is important. That doesn't mean we need to walk across stage and come out with whatever thing we need to come out with. But it does mean that we can b...

Brant Menswar is one of the country's top 10 motivational speakers. He is an author and award-winning musician, a podcast host of a podcast called thoughts that rock would. He's the CEO and founder of rock star impact, a boutique agency that teaches people and organizations how to cultivate values based leadership. We also talk about his brand new book, Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-...

There are about a million things we can do to become better public speakers, better storytellers, better share what I'm thinking in my brain with other people out loud and there's no shortage of places to find them.  You maybe can work on managing your anxiety, meditate, and find ways to be grounded so that in the moment you're able to connect.  You can work on your actual performance.  How do you...

Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab, a training company that helps public speakers learn how to find and book speaking gigs. Through his popular podcast The Speaker Lab and flagship coaching program Booked and Paid to Speak he has coached and worked with thousands of presentations to over 500,000 people in 47 states and speakers. As a keynote speaker, Grant has delivered nearly one tho...

People are obsessed with these short, quippy, helpful, informative talks from watching them to making them. We are obsessed with TED-style talks. The TED organization has been around since 1984 but it's really since the year 2000 with the help of the internet and then in 2005 with the creation of YouTube that we've seen a huge growth in the TED and TEDx speeches that have made so many people reall...

I can't believe the conversation I get to bring to you with a woman who has been called, “the most memorable on the Internet,” “original in a world with too little of it,” “not safe for work at all,” and also, “really kinda sweary,” and that last one is also how'd I'd describe this episode -- so be warned. Ash Ambirge is one of the internet's favorite voices -- and with her new book "The Middle Fi...

People are obsessed with these short, quippy, helpful, informative talks from watching them to making them. We are obsessed with TED-style talks. The TED organization has been around since 1984 but it's really since the year 2000 with the help of the internet and then in 2005 with the creation of YouTube that we've seen a huge growth in the TED and  TEDx speeches that have made so many people real...

Eric Himan has opened for people like Ani DiFranco, Patty Griffin, Edwin McCain. He has put out 10 studio albums with an 11th album on the way. He's toured around the country up and down North America and the world. We get into that in this episode. We talk about music. We talk about creative writing. We talk about the power of writing and creating from your own truth and how to find your truth or...

Public speaking looks like a lucrative career when you view it from the outside -- you travel to exotic locations like Des Moines, IA, you stay in fancy conference hotels, you get a nice check for being on stage for an hour, and ALL the applause from the audience.  Except a lot of speakers are missing out on the check part. I have clients who come to me frequently worried that they are not great o...

I know so many of the people listening to this show are interested in becoming online course creators. Dr. Lindsay Padialla is on today's show to talk about online courses. Not just about the online marketing side, but about how to become an actual teacher. She has a big mission of teaching teachers how to be entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, how to be better teachers. We talk about online courses,...

So often as public speakers, storytellers, and entrepreneurs we ruin our stories by cutting to the ending too soon. We don’t bring our audience into our story. In this episode of the were going to talk about why you need to show your audience the full monty. Also, I’ve got a wine pairing this week that’s sure to make you perk up for this episode of Wine+Wisdom Wednesday. So not only are we going t...

Christina Blacken is the Chief story strategist and founder of The New Qou a culture and communications consultancy group that helps leaders rebrand and rewrite their unique voice to navigate, change and create status quo breaking communications. She has spent the last 10 years using story to drive action.   In this episode, we deliver a ton of mic drop moments. We talk about the danger in our ass...

It seems like today there are more opportunities to get on a stage. If you know how to position yourself. But that also means that there are a lot of speakers. Just type in speaker on Linkedin. The opportunity is huge but so is the competition. In this episode we talk about how you can surprise your audience and stand out from the competition. I've  got a surprise wine pairing for this episode of...

Jane Wilson is the founder of   The Up to No Good Club.  An online community dedicated to help more people design their lives with strength and swagger . Host of the Reclaim Your Spark Podcast. In this episode we discuss the change that happens when you stop seeing your self as small and weak.  Embracing not only who you want to be, but who you are today. Jane's transition from fitness pole entrep...

D’Arcy Webb – a.k.a the Speech Diva – is the head of voice training for Heroic Public Speaking Worldwide. For more than two decades, she’s helped actors, performers, corporate executives, authors and speakers use their voices to connect with audiences around the world with power, eloquence and heart. ​As a member of the voice and speech faculty at the University of Arts in Philadelphia and Drexel...

It's a lie. We've been told that we need to find our voice -- but where did it go? An all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean? But we didn't "lose" our voice -- we just haven't developed it yet. As a public speaker, expert, entrepreneur, or influencer -- our job is to develop our voice. So why don't we? What holds us back? And what happens when we do?   2:20 -- My failed attempt at having Barry Whit...

Jen Oleniczak Brown is the author of Think On Your Feet: Tips and Tricks To Improve Your Impromptu Communication Skills On The Job , the founder of The Engaging Educator , a multi- TEDx speaker , and former actress.           Ready to step into your legend era as a public speaker? Get in touch! Join me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mikeganino Would you like to deliver your own private podcast fe...

2:25 -- How people see the speaking industry 2:50 -- Why people get it wrong when starting a speaking business 3:30  -- The big reason I (and you) weren't getting booked 4:15 -- The Big Keynote Speaking Epiphany  4:58 -- Thoughts on speaking for fee 5:20 -- The 3 B's of speaking for free 7:00 -- Thinking about the backend of speaking for free 7:19 -- The moment that lead to me getting booked to sp...

In this episode, we discuss:  (5:07) Writing a book about Lady Gaga  (9:04) The power of looking outside of your industry for innovation (11:55) Why it's critical to talk about things you find interesting (15:07) How we often create the things we need  (16:30) RuPaul'd Drag Race helps Jackie reinvent and find become fierce (19:00) Jackie talks about doing drag at TEDx Vancouver (26:00) Jackie's dr...