JO Welch, (she/her) Certified Interpreter, is a 1st Gen Latine. She grew up in the marginalized space between Latinx and American cultures and is influenced by her commitment to the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing communities. In this episode, we discuss the following: ❤️ What inclusiveness means to you in virtual 📝 Why you need a will 👌⌨️ What…

Michelle Teague is an experienced, award winning international speaker, trainer, and coach. She has several years of experience working as a corporate trainer with multiple companies. Michelle also works with many coaching clients in business, academia, and government. Jim Teague is an award winning speaker and educator. He has over 20 years experi…

Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement. Today’s theme is “IMPACT”. Contact Roger at roger@engagementunlimited.ca http://www.engagementunlimited.ca If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a ra…

Sabrina started her career in computer science working for fortune 500 companies including CSX Transportation, Baxter and Florida Hospital. She later reinvented herself by studying interior design and is the owner and principal designer of an award winning firm. Her learning journey did not stop there - for the past 8 years she has been studying an…

Joy is a strategic people operations leader who earns her seat at the table by going beyond "traditional HR." As an experienced Chief of Staff and true Organizational Generalist, she brings a strategic mindset - tying company success to employee experience and engagement. In this episode, we discuss the following: 😃 How she got involved in the peop…

Michele Hecken is a seasoned entrepreneur, author, speaker, and business leader. She has over 25 years of experience running a global company that she started at the age of 22 and sold in 2019. Her passion is elevating other entrepreneurs in life and business as a transformational executive coach. In this episode, we discuss the following: 💪🏼The po…

Cynthia “Cindy” Smith, CMP, DES is a certified meeting professional with extensive experience planning, managing, and executing all logistics for meetings and special events. She is a PCMA Foundation Visionary Awards Finalist for Digital Experience Strategist of the Year. In this episode, we discuss the following: 😍Cindy Smith's background and succ…

Meet Dea Irby, a connector, communicator, cultivator, and author. Through many adventures over the decades, Dea Irby has learned that building community is the most valuable aspect of leadership. She is on a mission to share her message of belonging. In this episode, we discuss the following: 👍 What has to happen for a virtual meeting to be engagin…

Join me and Roger Haskett on our new segment “The Engagement Show”. The Engagement Show shares with you the latest in in-person and virtual engagement. In this episode, we discuss the following: 💪🏼 Overcoming virtual challenges in 2022 📉 Will virtual meeting decline in 2023? 🧐 Outlook for the virtual events industry in 2023 If you enjoy this episod…

Sharan Jhangiani is a Growth PM at Yoodli, an AI-powered platform to help you practice and improve your public speaking and communication skills without the pressure of an audience. He lives in Seattle and has previous lives as an engineer and open source developer. Click https://app.yoodli.ai/ for a free trial. In this episode, we discuss the foll…

Devin Stubblefield, is a financial empowerment trainer, coach, and author who brings a dynamic energy to inspire, inform and motivate people to maximize their financial potential. Devin trains on behalf of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FDIC, and various social services agencies and faith-based organizations around the country. In th…

Meet Kellan Fluckiger. Coming through decades of depression, addictions, life-threatening illness and a near-death experience, Kellan has become the ultimate catalyst to help motivated people melt barriers, move mountains and mobilize superpowers to achieve their true desires. As a coach and keynote speaker, Kellan’s masterful approach helps people…

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 even…

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 wil…

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 rev…

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 followin…

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, Tig…

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 towa…

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 yo…

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 in…

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 fol…

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 Dri…

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 o…

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, Ra…

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…

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 frie…

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 …

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.e…

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, …

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 o…

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 uniqu…

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 …

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 Wo…

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 Wo…

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, …

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:…

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 ma…

Shelley Golden has been an executive presence image consultant and fashion stylist for 20+ in Chicago, Amsterdam and San Francisco. Based in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, she has a keen eye to help her clients improve their confidence and credibility and create an image that sets them apart, both online and off. Having lived in Amsterdam for 10…

Brandt is the Senior Production Manager at EideCom, and the Event Technology Correspondant for Smart Meetings Magazine. Based in Minneapolis, MN, he is also the highly-acclaimed instructor for the Event Leadership Institute’s Virtual Event and Meeting Management certificate course. With over 25 years experience in the industry, he has spoken at ind…

Allen Little is a Motivational Speaker and the founder of A Little Motivation, LLC. Allen has coached individuals from the U.S. to all the way in places such as; Canada, Nigeria, Bermuda and even transformed lives in the country of Greece. His ability to create direct and consistent transformations in peoples lives has allowed him to speak for comp…

Sandy manages a consulting practice that helps small businesses and subject-matter experts harness the power of web technologies to better serve their clients. In her consulting role, she professionally produces webinars for Training Magazine Network, and Sales & Marketing Management Magazine. She is the founder of PrepAdemy™, a Virtual Classroom C…

Nada El Kateb is a designer and virtual game host! As a newly graduated architect with a tourism background, she loves fun facts, especially about strange events that perfectly reveal the character of people and places. That’s why she created a virtual game, SweDefine. SweDefine features incredible and bizarre facts handpicked to spice up your team…

Jan Keck is a community addict. He is the creator of ASK DEEP QUESTIONS, which started out as a deck of cards to help his friends connect on a camping trip and is now being used to facilitate meaningful conversations through sharing personal and vulnerable stories on every continent around the globe. Jan’s mission is to help people feel less alone.…

Tyler Parris is a Hudson-certified executive and career coach, former corporate chief of staff, and author of Chief of Staff: The Strategic Partner Who Will Revolutionize Your Organization. His career has spanned operations management at Intellectual Ventures, program management at Advaiya, Inc., technical editing at Microsoft, and computer network…

Lindly Lee, from Taiwan, is a Women's Footwear Tech Development Director at Nike and is attending 100s of virtual meetings annually. She believes a better future is equable and wants to use her curiosity and optimism to better the world and empower herself to empower others. In this episode, we discuss: 💁‍♀️ How Lindy creates psychological safety i…

Paul D. Kreiter, M.Ed. is a presentation coach and creative director from the Chicagoland area. Traditionally trained in the performing arts and education, he has spent the last decade working with the greatest speakers in the world, from Hollywood actors, iconic athletes, to innovative business executives, helping them understand how to communicat…

Jason Chan is the founder at TV2 Consulting and is going to share his secrets for remote work. In this episode, we discuss: Establishing your presence in a virtual environment 👨‍💻 How to onboard someone new into a remote company ❌ Disadvantages of remote work If you enjoy it, please subscribe and share it with a friend. Also, leave us a rating and …

Samantha Evans, CAE, MBA from Atlanta, GA is the Certification Manager at the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP), a division of G3ict. Sam works with accessibility subject matter experts and professionals around the world to maintain, build, and deliver accessibility certification programs. In this episode, we discuss: …

Lori Pugh Marcum has 17 years of experience in the meetings and events industry on both the planner and supplier sides of the business. As Events Content Director for Path to Purchase Institute and Retail Leader, she creates and executes content strategies for all events, awards, and webinar programs. She also participates as an expert host and fac…

James Spellos is the President of Meeting U., whose mission is to help people become more productive and comfortable with technology. His other true mission is helping others to optimize their health through the understanding of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle. In 2022, Meeting Professionals International included Jim on their most influential …