Engaging Virtual Meetings Podcast with John Chen

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 i...

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 th...

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 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 appre...

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 mom...

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, motiva...

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 efficac...

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 If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and sha...

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...

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 impor...

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...

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 auth...

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 m...

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...

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.   If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and review on an...

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, myt...

Engaging Virtual Meetings Author John Chen and amazing human Chuck Sigmund, join Chris Madsen and MC Fallon Cryer in this Ace Virtual Events Conference. 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 Support the show

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 dow...

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, produ...

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 cul...

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...

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 acro...

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 acro...

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. H...

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 go...

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...