The Raving Patients Podcast

On this Facebook Live series converted into a podcast, Len sits down with Jen Butler to discuss Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMaRT).  Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMaRT) is the ability to navigate difficult times in business and in our personal lives; they go hand in hand. Understanding the essentials of SMaRT will get you through these tough times while maintaining you...

On this Facebook Live series converted into a podcast, Len sits down with Shane Simmons to discuss t he power of Omnipresence Marketing for your dental office. Creating an omnipresence is the future of the successful dental practice. With competition at an all-time high, how do you stand out and separate your practice from the noise? Crimson Media's Shane Simmons will breakdown how to become omnip...

On this Facebook Live series converted into a podcast, Len sits down with Jamie Marboe to discuss hygiene post COVID.   Some points they will cover include how PPE is NOT a one size fit a ll. Whether or not to use ultrasonic during and after the pandemic. And, how NOW more than ever is the time to UNITE as a Profession.   Jamie Marboe RDH, BS's is a licensed hygienist, and has been a University cl...

On this Facebook Live series converted into a podcast, Len sits down with Katherine Eitel Belt to discuss extraordinary Communications in a Post-COVID World. If it was tough before, it will now be a mammoth undertaking for dental professionals to successfully communicate friendliness, safety, comfort, urgency, value, and clarity to their patients behind layers of PPE, protective barriers and proce...

On this Facebook Live series converted into a podcast Len sits down with Dee Dee Reid to discuss how fear can break down leadership and trust. This topic will bring us back to the place where we can be engaged again in the values and service to our patients and what matters most. How we navigate this instant jungle even though we have no satellites, no GPS , no right path. It will give us the visi...

Another Facebook Live converted into a podcast episode. Len sits down with Adam Zilko from Firegang Dental Marketing. They discuss how an "integrated" marketing approach is the best way to ensure dental practices stay visible, differentiate themselves, and convert more new patients. They also discuss how most dental practices, and marketing companies don't know what is working, what is not, what s...

Len sits down with Joanne Rief to discuss how to work on your dental practice when you cannot work in your practice. They discuss ideas to help doctors, and teams be productive from their home, so that they can jumpstart their practices when they are able to reopen. Dr. Joanne Rief started working in the dental field when she was 13 years old, working in her father's dental practice after school....

  This episode continues the series of Facebook lives converted into Podcast Episodes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  In this episode, Dr. Len Tau sits down with Chuck Cohen to discuss how to communicate with patients on safety and strategies to reopening your practice.  Charles Cohen is managing director and third-generation owner of Benco Dental Company, the nation's largest independently owned d...

  This episode continu es the series of Facebook Lives converted into Podcast Episodes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  In this episode, Dr. Len Tau sits down with Dr. Paul Goodman of Dental Nachos to discuss patient communication, practice transitions, dentists getting along better, how practices are doing during COVID-19 and the current state of dentistry.  You do not want to miss this great episo...

  This episode continues the series of Facebook lives converted into Podcast Episodes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  In this episode, Dr. Len Tau sits down with Jim Gaitan to discuss UV-C technology in the dental practice.    During the live which also features guest appearances by Dr. Stephen Miller and Robert Gilling, Co-Founder of UVC-Cleaning Systems here are some of the topics discussed........

  On this week's episode of The Raving Patients Podcast, Len sits down with Cathy Hung to discuss her upcoming book, "Pulling Wisdom" about cross-cultural communications for healthcare professionals.   Dr. Hung is a native of Taipei, Taiwan. She briefly lived in Singapore for two years before coming to the U.S. on a student visa in 1991. She earned a B.A in Psychology from U.C. Berkeley and DDS fr...

  Episode 22 - Attract, Impress and Motivate for success now and in the future With Danny Bobrow      

  Continuing the series of Facebook Live episodes done while offices were closed during COVID-19 , he is another one for your enjoyment.     On this episode of the Raving Patient's Podcast, Len sits down with Rick Garofolo to discuss business management, managing cash flow, and alternatives to in house employees to save money.   Some of the things they discuss include PPE during COVID-19, insuranc...

  Dr. Len Tau sits down with another Facebook LIVE with Dana Salisbury to discuss how the employee experience within a practice mimics the patient experience.   Dana Salisbury , director of learning systems and practice management with Productive Dentist Academy, has been in the dental industry for more than 20 years and. Salisbury has earned an MBA and has been certified by the Society for Human...

  This is another Facebook Live converted to a podcast episode. Len and Josey sit down and talk about various topics How to overcome being closed after COVID. Things to make your return a strong return and leading a team through a crisis. Dental Intel and Local Med technology and how they can help   Josey Sewell is the Vice President of Education for Dental Intelligence and Local Med. She is a hyg...

  Our 100th episode is with the one and only Dr. Ryan Hungate Len and Ryan sit down to talk about Tele dentistry, how to move forward, and thrive in this virtual environment. They will discuss new ways to utilize Tele dentistry to build patient bases while away from the office, and prepare for the tidal wave of demand for when they open their doors again.  Dr. Ryan Hungate is a practicing orthodon...

  Continuing on this with the Facebook Live during Covid-19.  Len and Minal sit down for a very fun and engaging session discussing ways that dental offices can use the power of social media to communicate with their patients when they are closed. Len talks about a problem he encountered with a Facebook Live he had a couple days earlier .  Lots of laughs during this episode . Enjoy   Minal Sampat...

  Dr. Tau's Facebook live series continues with Hollie Bryant.   On this Facebook Live Episode During Covid-19 Len and Hollie sit down and talk about Raving Employers.   Some of the topics include: What does a "Raving Employer" look like? What are some lessons we can learn from this pause in our business? What are some of the things we can be doing for our business right now? What are some of the...

  Dr. Len Tau Talks with Arash Hakhamian about Teledentistry in another video episode turned podcast during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth and specifically Teledentistry is changing the landscape and manner in which dental care is being delivered. Virtual dental consultations and triage as well as the establishment of patients as patients of records have all proven to be successful in increasin...

  We interrupt our previously scheduled podcasts during the Covid-19 Pandemic...   Since the COVID-19 outbreak, we've been getting a lot of questions about our platform  Your Virtual Consult  and  we've have decided to make our platform available to all dentists who need it at no cost for 2 months.  Virtual consults can be used to communicate with patients that are quarantined and help teams commu...

Sam has been an entrepreneur since the 10th grade. She believes it's in her blood! Pure passion and unwavering work ethic took her from selling makeup, to working as consultant for big health government agencies, and now founding Stellar Marketing. Obsessed with marketing, she completed her MBA and focused on IT and Marketing to grow new and established businesses. She also has a Black Belt in Lea...

For over 30 years Bob Spiel's passion has been building high performance teams while developing inspired leaders. His firm, Spiel & Associates, transforms general and specialty dental practices by building leaders at all levels through a process of Transfacilitative Coaching ™ -- acting as a catalyst for practice owners and their teams to discover, connect and commit to new levels of personal and...

Lee Pennington has been a practicing CPA for 30 years and has had a valuable experience assisting clients achieve their financial and tax goals. He is a member of several professional organizations including the AICPA, the Dental Accounting Association and the Certified Tax Coaching organization.

Ryan Bethell is the managing attorney at LegalForce, RAPC, a boutique IP and SMB business law firm. Over the past year, RAPC has advised some 60 dentists on how to deal with Negative reviews.  Ryan Graduated from Stanford University, with a BA in Economics in 2008\. He received both his MBA and Juris Doctorate from ASU in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Ryan focuses his representation on the "big pict...

Andrea Greer, founder of On Point Space and On Point Dental Consulting, combines over 25 years of clinical, management, and consulting experience in the dental industry with a love of organization, time management and décor to create productive and beautiful workspaces for dental professionals. Applying her extensive knowledge of the unique challenges that dental professionals face every day, she...