Speakers Who Get Results

Video impression is essential in building your brand and online presence. During this pandemic, most of our interactions go through online and improving screen presence should be considered a priority. Joining Elizabeth Bachman on the show, Shelley Golden , founder of Shelley Golden Style and creator of The Zoom Makeover, shares her leveling points for improving online engagement and trustworthine...

One of the overlooked aspects of communication is the questions we forget to ask. It's important to consider a question that will get one big idea across because the more ways we say something, the more ways people can perceive and understand it differently. Today's guest is Jess Dewell , a managing partner at Red Direction and the producer of the Bold Business Podcast. In this episode, Jess discu...

There’s a great deal of good conversation about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace right now. Yet so many companies say they’re going to do something about it, but never go further than posting and sending out comms to everybody. Nothing else happens. In this episode, Elizabeth Bachman interviews D. Michelle Thompson, an expert in communication and company culture. Her mis...

Burnout is typically detected by many people only when it's too late. So before you reach the end of your rope and become completely exhausted, finding a balance between your work and life is essential. Joining Elizabeth Bachman to address this common yet rarely addressed challenge is professional coach  Janná Giles . Together, they discuss the importance of putting your life on a pause, reco...

A company can only be as great as the people in it. One of the greatest things that help produce employees and team members that can be key players is its culture, particularly one that is inclusive.  Lisen Stromberg  greatly believes in this, and in today's show, she joins host Elizabeth Bachman to help you make your company culture your competitive advantage by tapping on women. Lisen...

At the end of the day, a business can only thrive when it is profitable. However, many small businesses find themselves stuck. In this episode, Managing partner of Profit Minds , Dr. Steven J. Kirch , joins Elizabeth Bachman to discuss the simple ways to increase your business’ profits. He shares some of his observations about small businesses that keep them from making the profit they should be g...

Do you feel ignored and taken for granted at work? How much of it comes from unconsciously giving away your power? Do you forget to take credit for your ideas, praising the team instead? This is very common. Tune in to today’s episode as Elizabeth Bachman shares some actionable steps you can take to market yourself and translate all of your good work into the kind of career you want. She also touc...

The COVID-19 pandemic forced almost all of us to trade our offices for our homes, posing new challenges when it comes to communicating as we all work remotely. In this episode, Elizabeth Bachman talks to communication specialist  Lizabeth Wesely-Casella  about the things you need to know to manage your remote teams. As founder and CEO of L-12 Services LLC, Lizabeth has been helping leade...

Public speaking is one of the best ways to raise your visibility and your value. Yet, too many women speak for free. They may be sharing the stage with other presenters who are getting paid because they forget to ask for a fee. Elizabeth Bachman interviews  Lovelda Vincenzi  about how getting paid for your public appearances actually makes people take you more seriously. L...

No other US Supreme Court justice has done more for the advancement of women’s rights than the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In loving memory of this powerful force in the history of feminism and social justice, her daughter in law, Patrice Michaels  created a song cycle called Notorious RBG , in collaboration with the pianist, Kuang-Hao Huang. Patrice is an accomplished performer and compos...

Speaking can be a shortcut to success because it gives you the visibility and the platform for people to hear your message and recognize you as an expert. The spectacular Mitzi Perdue  may have been born from and married into family business empires, but speaking is where she has made an international name for herself. And she excels at what she does! Mitzi represents more than three generati...

For a business to succeed, it must go beyond content marketing or personal branding, but also tap into thought leadership. Becoming a thought leader can be a bit confusing for most people, and hesitation usually comes because of the pressures of society. Bill Sherman  from Thought Leadership Leverage  sits down with Elizabeth Bachman to discuss what it really takes to be transformed...

Business doesn’t have to be as hard as we make it up to be, especially when it comes to finding success. Internationally recognized speaker and business growth strategist,  Laura Gisborne , believes that thriving businesses have very simple business models. In this episode, she joins host Elizabeth Backman to explain what this all meant and how leadership, legacy, and giving back play into th...

The major challenge any speaker faces is not diction or content, but the ability to connect with the audience. Using humor in storytelling engages their emotions and allows them to relate with everything you say. Elizabeth Bachman is joined by award-winning speaker and story teller  Kelly Swanson .  They discuss how every compelling presentation must take advantage of stories that make p...

Not many of us are born to be presenters. On top of having stage-fright, achieving the perfect presentation to achieve your business goals is far out of reach. Recognizing the importance of this skill in business, no matter what industry you are in, John Alexander Ball started his company called Present Influence  to help business owners who want or need to represent their business and brand...

We may not all have the same outward chutzpah, but lurking inside of us is an inner dominatrix that awaits to be unleashed. How do you hold the reins of this beast and use it to your own advantage? Elizabeth Bachman gets the truth of the matter from million-dollar company CEO, two-time award-winning speaker, bestselling author and Master Healer, Dana Pharant . Today’s topic: how can you use your i...

As speakers, we tend to fall into the mistake of missing our audience, forgetting that we are speaking to give value to them. That is why it is important that we should know how to speak in a language that can build a bridge in order for us to help them with what we have. Elizabeth Bachman’s guest highlights why sales is the new love language and that we, speakers, need to learn how to use it well...

Men and women communicate very differently from each other. Whatever your gender is, this clash between the masculine and feminine energies is responsible for many of our miscommunication issues, whether in our personal relationships or in the workplace. How can we reconcile these radically opposing communication styles and talk more effectively with one another? In this conversation with Elizabet...

Many women speakers feel invisible because they feel like they are not heard. It’s time to put a stop to that and let your voices and messages come through to anyone who can hear. Elizabeth Bachman dedicates this solo episode to helping women not get ignored and seen and heard. She shares some presentation skills and tips that will get you the recognition you deserve and show up as a thought leade...

Anybody who’s going to be a thought leader and speaker out there in the world is going to have to address change. It simply is one of the only constants in life, and if you don’t learn to adapt, then you might just get left behind. Speaking about overcoming the resistance to change is this episode’s guest,  Rebecca Costa . She is an American sociobiologist and futurist, the preeminent global...

Humans are emotional beings. That is why it is never a good thing to always lead with practical knowledge. We also need to embody and embrace our emotional intelligence. Proving that in this episode, Elizabeth Bachman interviews none other than Joie Seldon . Joie is an actor and acting teacher, somatic psychologist, entrepreneur, and innovator in Emotional Intelligence. Here, she shares some of he...

It takes money to make art. Yet, it should never be an excuse to take advantage of people who go into the industry for their passion. As such, there needs to be a balance. In this last of “The Relationship Between Business and Art” series, Elizabeth Bachman interviews  Christine Goerke , aka Heldenmommy, to talk about the need to maintain the balance between business and the arts and our pers...

Star tenor  Lawrence Brownlee  has always strived to live his life being the best version of himself, always trying to perfect who he is as an artist. He testifies that this can be done by positioning yourself and looking at how you can maximize what it is you have. Lawrence is one of the most in-demand opera singers today and has starred in opera companies around the world in cities suc...

Managing the performing arts is driven by the mission to bring forth the best in the performers and truly contribute to the advancement of the art. Darren Keith Woods learned this from having spent a lot of time both onstage and backstage. Darren is currently the Artistic Director of Seagle Music Colony , the country’s oldest and most prestigious singing program, where he has held a few leadership...

The business of art occurs when passion meets commerce. This has been around for a long time and is present in each civilization that has ever been recorded. Filippo Petteni, a Consultant at Forsters , specializes in handling cases that involve dispute. In this episode, Filippo talks about the importance that the creative process has on the lives of people, especially during times of distress. He...