🎙️ The Doug Thompson Podcast: Storytelling, Speaker Secrets & Epic Laughs! 😂🔥🚀

Jennifer is a great storyteller and a bit of a unicorn in that she blends her Engineering background with her creative mind to organize the chaos that is creativity. Jennifer Peavey comes from a varied background of engineering, design, and innovation. She is known for finding common ground and powerful connections in unexplored territory. Amid the pandemic, Jennifer found herself making new conne...

In the final early release to Season 4 I talk with Elaine Belson. I released this early because she is running for congress in Maryland which led to some enlightening discussions especially since we come from different political parties, but we have much more in common than we do not. When we grew up it was common to have discussions with other that had an opposing POV and both walk away better in...

This is an early release to Season 4 of the podcast. Due to the timing of the Launch of https://march.health/ I wanted to get it out there. In this episode I talk with the CEO and Founder of March. Health. Mark started out by simply wanting to help his wife as she struggled monthly with pain so great it really disrupted her life. Mark then widened his vision to help women all around the world. Mar...

In this final episode of Season 3 we get to meet Terry Tucker. In this he relates the story of his life and how he went from graduating from the Citadel to working at Wendy's to being a 37-year-old rookie soon to be undercover narcotics office to a girls' basketball coach. Most importantly he talks about how he lives everyday as a gift as he fights a rare cancer since 2012.Terry has been an NCAA D...

This episode too 3 meetings and technologies to finally complete. We had hardware failures, streaming failures, and finally a failure of the host to hit Record on time. Anyway it turned out to be a great Episode with a wonderful person who starts the story with how it took 6 months to get a replacement door for her car. She is a self-described "people collector" but don't fear she really is a mast...

In this episode I talk with Patrick Lin about artificial intelligence, its impact on society to date and which future is most likely. The Skynet/Terminator one of the Jetson's one. We also discuss why the normal person needed to inform themselves so they can help encourage policy makers to make informed decisions about the future of AI.Patrick K. Lin is the author of Machine See, Machine Do, a boo...

In this episode we learn that Richard is waaaay more than a Ghost Writer. His first book was written when he was 17 and was based off his Grandfathers Journal and included his memories of being one of those in the Bataan death march. He's been a photographer of over 1500 dancers and models that taught him how to overcome his shyness after his wife passed. I'll let Richard describe himself as only...

I have the great honor to talk with Mark Metry. We talk about a lot of things. How he overcame a paralyzing fear of talking to people to becoming a Top 100 podcast host. Nutritional Psychology - I didn't even know that was a thing. The peace he feels finally being at a point where he can share his tales of struggle and ultimate success over social anxiety. Some of Mark's accomplishments:1997 - Mar...

I have a great conversation with Deanna about how she grew 25x on LinkedIn in 18 months and tons of tips on how to make your profile, regardless of platform, more powerful. Helping people understand LinkedIn, grow their business and make money using this platform are my primary goals. I love sharing my knowledge. I grew my network on LinkedIn and I started Leverage Up to pass on my knowledge and h...

Rollis Fontenot III is a national speaker, live stream host, author, Forbes Business Council Member and founder of HR Maximizer Inc, the only subscription based talent acquisition service of its kind in the US that helps healthcare organizations attract applicants on the hardest to fill req’sHe has appeared in Forbes Magazine, ASHHRA’s Pulse, Locum’s Life and other publications. His firm has produ...

Changing things up for Season 3 of the podcast/ New Name but similar mission to find great storytellers and recording episodes LIVE on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Meet Wendy WeinerLots of boxes to check: Daughter, sister, wife, Mom, grandmother, Partner, entrepreneur, mentor, award winning film producer, writer, and convicted felon. Striving to live up to our long line of kind, compassionate, incredibly funny people. My WHY: To Incite Gratitude Our original novel series, the MY GOLDEN BLOOD is being developed in Hollywood. https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-...

Al has a wide breadth of dynamic experience and knowledge within the educational and corporate space with proven success as a presenter, thought leader, author, innovator, entrepreneur, K-12 administrator, higher education administrator, curriculum and program developer, educational consultant and instructor. Extensive work with K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, non-profit orga...

This is Part 1 of my 2 part Interview with Kristin Sherry. Kristin A. Sherry is a bestselling and award-winning author, globally recognized career expert, and creator of the YouMap® profile which won a 2020 Career Innovator Award from Career Directors International. She is a speaker, trainer, and author of international bestseller, YouMap, and a 2020 Pencraft award-winner in business books for You...

In the first 20 years of Bob’s engineering career, he worked as a general aerospace engineer on airframes, wind turbines, undercarriages, propellors and air-to-air weapons. During that early part of Bob’s Aerospace career, he realised that the standard of presentation in engineering was very poor. But he was not going to do anything about it as he detested speaking in public and would do almost an...

In the first 20 years of Bob’s engineering career, he worked as a general aerospace engineer on airframes, wind turbines, undercarriages, propellors and air-to-air weapons. During that early part of Bob’s Aerospace career, he realised that the standard of presentation in engineering was very poor. But he was not going to do anything about it as he detested speaking in public and would do almost an...

Brenda Meller is a self-proclaimed “ambassador” of LinkedIn, national speaker, and the Chief Engagement Officer at Meller Marketing (www.mellermarketing.com), which provides marketing and social media support for individuals and businesses, specializing in LinkedIn. She has been leveraging social media to propel her personal and professional efforts for over ten years, and now blends this experien...

Lila Smith is a Coach, Business Consultant, & Speaker/Workshop Leader. This is the first part of a 2-episode story. The conversation was so good that I could not find anything to cut. Lila used to think that being a professional actress would be the best way to use her love of storytelling to make a difference that mattered in the world. After spending 20 years training and 10 years professionally...

Lila Smith is a Coach, Business Consultant, & Speaker/Workshop Leader. This is the first part of a 2-episode story. The conversation was so good that I could not find anything to cut. Lila used to think that being a professional actress would be the best way to use her love of storytelling to make a difference that mattered in the world. After spending 20 years training and 10 years professionally...

This is the Season 1 Finale and I think you all for supporting the podcast. Cheers Doug Theme music - Elevators Need Rock Too by Spence -

In this episode I talk with Jeremy Streich. We talk about Talk about his Hero's' Journey to becoming an Author. Being too early for an idea. Life as a nomad and his perceived failure as a startup founder. We also talk about a vision he had while in Cuba which became the subject of his book. It is a story of how earth would be different if the planet was still as it was in Pangea. Jeremy Streich is...

In this Episode I talk with Jules White. We talk about her TEDx experience, trip to the Dragons Den, and how storytelling is a key par of your Unique Human Proposition. Jules White is an awards winning international sales consultant with over 30 years of business and sales experience. Working in many different sectors selling everything from baby products to stainless steel to Yellow Pages she has...

After 25+ yrs. of a career spanning an exciting range of corporate creative roles first, in NYC’s ad world as Vice President at J. Walter Thompson, on Client-side @ Discovercard.com & more recently as a Managing Consultant (aka glorified recruiter) within the Digital Practice at Korn Ferry... On December 2nd, 2019, she decided she was done. She faced what she knew, the hiring/recruiting process is...

In this Episode I talk with Jenny Siede who is the Chief Thinker and Founder of In Style Exchange (ISE), an American Sustainable Manufacturing Hub for sustainable product design, technology-based product development and small run productions Made-in-USA since 2006. We talk about the “RIO Project” How she got into computer engineering when women really were the exception and how software engineerin...

This episode is an excerpt of my first LinkedIn live and I had a bit of a rant about a message I received from a connection hose approval had not even gotten cold. Theme music by Spence - Elevators Need Rock Too.