Nice with Dave Delaney - leadership, communication, retention, culture.

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Jason Falls is the EVP of Marketing for CIPIO.ai; hosts the widely-downloaded Winfluence podcast; is the author of three books; and is the executive producer of the Marketing Podcast Network. What we talked about... Jason says “influence marketing” rather than “influencer marketing.” Community influencers are more likely to create authentic content about brands.  Affiliate and partner relationships.  Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand. Warnings when running influencer campaigns. The state of social media, according to Falls.  Artificial Intelligence and the future of content marketing. Read Happywork: A Business Parable About the Journey to Teamwork, Profit, and Purpose by Chris Reimer. The power of meditation and hiking. TM transcendental meditation. Contact Jason at JasonFalls.com. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Westergaard is an author, educator, and speaker. He’s spent his career building standout brands at organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to President Obama’s Jobs Council.  The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. What we talked about... Nick Westergaard’s StoryLab program. Dave’s guest appearance on Nick’s podcast. Telling your story is foundational. The ability to craft, hone, and shape your story with others.  Stories that come from saying yes, saying no, and making mistakes. Story starter ideas. Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks.  Generate stories by thinking of a theme. First _____ Last _____ Best _____ Worst _____ From blogging to books. Strategies for writing a book. Moth Storyslam. Advice for TEDx speakers.  Staging information. Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds by Carmine Gallo. Summaries, scenes, and reflections. Personal vs. professional brand storytelling tips. Brand coaching. The value of mentors. Read The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown. Check out Nick’s books. Contact Nick at nickwestergaard.com. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Book Dave to speak at your next company event or conference at davedelaneyspeaks.com. Diana Kander is a serial entrepreneur who entered the US as a refugee from Ukraine at the age of eight. Today, she is an innovation consultant, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. What we talked about... “The Eye of Delaney.” - Best surprise ever! Juggling, handstands, doing the splits! Each year she takes on a physical feat.  How to unlearn your blindspots. She tried standup comedy for the first time in front of 260 women.  My attempts at standup comedy. The Curiosity Muscle book. Go Big or Go Home: 5 Ways to Create a Customer Experience That Will Close the Deal. How standup comedy can improve your presentation skills.  Being memorable hinges on understanding how forgetting works. Audiences forget 50% of a presentation one hour after; one week later, they have forgotten 90%. We don’t get to choose the 10% they remember. Five tools that spell out MAGIC.  M - make it surprising.  A - analyze them on a deeper level. G - give the pitch in the right order. I - include 3D objects. C - co-create together.  Ronni Bennett interview about slowing time.  The Golden Window - first 30 seconds with the audience.  After they laugh, they listen. Your gravy is not an appetizer. The Master Communicator Secret Weapon. The Nice mug photo!  What’s the Deal With Water Bottles? By Jason Zinoman. Stalk and awe!  How to get a meeting with anyone using LinkedIn. Read Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention by John Ruhlin. TEDX talk, Discover the Three Keys of Gratitude to Unlock Your Happiest Life! by Jane Ransom. Connect with Diana Kander. Get a free copy of her book by emailing Diana@diaanakander.com. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Shirley Bloomfield is the CEO of NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association, and a huge fan of collaboration, partnerships, and getting broadband to all Americans. What we talked about... What is the NTCA? Eight-hundred and fifty community-based providers who bring essential services across the country. NTCA members are small businesses that serve from 1,000 to 100,000 people. Shirley is the “Master Dot Connector.”  To run an association for so many people, she has created special interest groups (SIGs) to serve them.  Approximately 17 M - 33 M Americans still do not have broadband access. However, they are changing this with help from the White House’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. Infrastructure Week finally included broadband thanks to the NTCA and the pandemic proving Americans’ need for adequate broadband. Leading and communicating with transparency and humor using the NTCA blog’s “Thoughts From Shirley.” Employee retention is greatly improved when teams are mission based. The White House Talent Pipeline Challenge. NTCA programs help rural employers retain talent by providing benefits.  The power of mentorship.  A Chief Storyteller.  Dave’s Nice Method Presentation Skills workshop he delivered for NTCA. Get in touch. sbloomfield@ntca.org We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Fred Stutzman is the Founder and CEO of Freedom, software that helps you be more focused and productive by blocking distractions. Stutzman holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master's degree in Information Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the same institution. What we talked about... Freedom is a company that was never intended to be a company. He was studying and noticed how much time people spent on social media, so he created a free Mac app to lock the internet for 45 minutes. It went viral. In 2015 they created the first iteration of Freedom.  They have grown to over 25 employees.  He gets excited about human-computer interface problems.  When companies shelf the best ideas.  His study, “In Evaluation of Identity-Sharing Behavior in Social Network Communities" (2006) - This paper examines the motivations behind users' decisions to share personal information on social networking sites and how this behavior affects their privacy. The Internet Identity Workshops.  ClaimID. The Wild West of the early days of the internet. Early concerns and thoughts about online privacy. How to work with social media and avoid falling down rabbit holes. Artificial intelligence and our future with AI.  How social media can be helpful during life transitions. The future of social media, search, and voice interfaces. Sensemaking in research and use of artificial intelligence like GPT. Stopping doom scrolling and getting sleep.  Running Remote Conference. Read The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande. Try Freedom for free. Connect with Fred on Twitter @fstutzman and LinkedIn. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Andrew Kintz is Executive Vice President of the Music Industry Group and Private Client Services at First Horizon Bank. What we talked about... Andrew Kintz started working at Sun Trust Bank in 1998 in Atlanta. Music industry finance and banking since 2009. Full bank within a bank only for music industry, corporations, businesses, and individuals in the music industry. Andrew introduced this in 2016 when he joined the bank. Andrew sings and can play guitar and piano. The Basement and Grimey’s. Nashville oozes musical talent! Talents from commercial bankers. Dave Briggs interview. Specialty divisions tend to have high retention rates. Complexities of how copyright works on music played internationally. All Along the Watch Tower. We geek out on Neil Young. Brian Williams at Third National and Sun Trust. How to leave a lasting impression on young talent. Southern hospitality and the Golden Rule. Changing clothes depends on who you are working with. Providing top levels of service. Human capital management for high network families. Communication challenges. PPP loans during Covid. Read And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle by Jon Meacham. Contact Andrew on LinkedIn. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Seth Goldstein is the founder and principal creative director of Goldstein Media, a full-service digital marketing agency based in suburban Philadelphia. What we talked about... Streaming television advertising.  Loving on Jason Falls and Marketing Podcast Network. Goldstein Media helps companies get found online. Shifting careers from newspaper journalism to web design. Jumping from corporate work to entrepreneurship.  Working from home versus the office.  Seth’s podcast, Entrepreneur’s Enigma. Productivity increases when you work from home.  Remote teams need leaders who are accessible and offsites to bring your team together. Denis O’Shea interview about shadow IT and security concerns. Designing for accessibility. Fediverse Alt text descriptions of images.  Geeking out over movies. Interview tips for podcasts and interviews. Mastodon vs. Twitter. How companies should use Mastodon.  Check out Seth’s resources for navigating the fediverse. Read Winfluence by Jason Falls.  Give yourself a break before the day. Find Seth at GoldsteinMedia.com. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Tricia Brouk is an international award-winning director of Right Livelihood a Journey to Here, and founder of The Big Talk. Tricia worked in theater, film, and television in New York City for over three decades. In addition to her work in the entertainment industry, she applies her expertise to the art of public speaking. She produced the event’s Speakers Who Dare and TEDxLincolnSquare. She curates and hosts the Speaker Salon in NYC, The Big Talk, an award-winning podcast on iTunes and YouTube. Her documentary Right Livelihood A Journey to Here about the Buddhist Chaplain at Rikers Island won Best Documentary Short at The Olympus Film Festival, and You’re Gorgeous, I Love Your Shirt, An Inside Look at Bullying, and Mental Health also won Official Selection at The Awareness Film Festival. Tricia's mission is to create an inclusive community of dignified speakers who want to change the world. What we talked about... The importance of mentorship. Performance and working as a professional dancer. Choreography and working in film and television. Writing plays, musicals, and award-winning documentary films. Recognizing she is a storyteller. Speakers Who Dare on YouTube. Ego nature vs. Buddha nature. Pausing, breathing, and meditation. Lions Roar magazine. “No means not yet.” How to handle rejection. The Big Talk Podcast with Tricia Brouk. She teaches speakers in her Big Talk Academy. Tips for virtual speakers and investing in good home equipment. Check out Dave’s tools. Read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Ideas to practice self-love. Contact Tricia at triciabrouk.com. Get a free chapter of Tricia’s book, The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean for Lasting Legacy, at theinfluentialvoicebook.com/chapter. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Franklin Graves is an in-house technology and IP attorney who publishes the Creator Economy Law newsletter weekly on LinkedIn. Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials are for general informational purposes only. Information may not constitute the most up-to-date legal or other information. Listeners should contact their attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular legal matter. What we talked about... The power of a Thank You note. The AI explosion and future of work related to artificial intelligence. Who owns the copyright on first-generated content edited by a human. Three legal buckets about AI. Bucket one is about data sets that train AI tools, bucket two is about algorithms and the actual tools, and bucket three is about the output. What tool are you using, and what are the terms? Midjourney, ChatGPT, and more. Kris Kashtanova, AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection. The implications of copyright content generated by AI. Creative Commons licenses. The dangers for businesses hiring content creators who use AI. The dangers for artists using AI to generate content for clients. Adobe guidelines for working with generative art. If you use AI to generate a contract, can you sue if the contract fails to perform? The case of AI in the courtroom via AirPod telling the person what to say. Do you read the Terms of Service (TOS) or Terms of Use? Using Microsoft’s CoPilot in Github. Privacy Policies. Dima Yarovinsky the artist who visualizes the lengthy terms of services of large corporations like Facebook and Instagram. How to stop AI from plagiarizing your own content. Getty Images sues AI art generator Stable Diffusion in the US for copyright infringement. Steps artists can take to protect their intellectual property. Watch RiP, a Remix Manifesto documentary. Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist. Read Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age by Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne. Subscribe to Franklin Graves’s Creator Economy Law newsletter on LinkedIn. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Clare Kumar is a productivity catalyst and highly sensitive executive coach and speaker who helps professionals improve productivity and well-being while avoiding exhaustion and burnout. Clare also hosts the Happy Space Podcast. What we talked about... On fresh starts. Intentional living can begin at any time. Productivity CPR: Compass. Performance. Rituals. Pay it forward activities. Things you can do to make your future self thankful. Setting expectations. The Master Communicator’s Secret Weapon. David Bowie the Archer (Image). Career choices and a culture of overwork. Connecting people to their capacity and finding the voice to say they can’t take on more work. How to decide what to say “yes” to. Tune in before you lean in. Slow down and change your perception. Karen Ward. Adam Grant - Thank Again. David McRaney - How Minds Change and You Are Not So Smart podcast. How we can approach highly sensitive people on our teams. One in five people is genetically wired to be more sensitive. SEED. Sensitivity to simulation, Empathy, Emotional responsiveness, and Depth of processing. Susan Kaine’s books. Introverts and extroverts. How to deal with anxiety. On compassion and advocating for others. Lessons learned from being a restaurant server. READ The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron. FEZIBO Standing Desk. Visit ClareKumar.com to say hello and learn more. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ashton Applewhite is an internationally recognized expert on ageism; she is at the forefront of the emerging movement to raise awareness of ageism and to dismantle it. Check out her acclaimed book, This Chair Rocks. A Manifesto Against Ageism. The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders of fast-growing companies to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. What we talked about... Speaking truth to power. The idea of retirement is obsolete in a world of longer lives. The number one reason people love their jobs is their connection to others. The Spanish word for retirement is Jubilación which means jubilation. In Japan, there’s a special word for your 60th birthday - Kanreki. Being called old is only insulting in a world where it is an insult. Ageism is any judgment based on age, too young as well. Physical function is not about age; it’s about ability. The only two bad things about aging are that some parts of your body will fall apart, and people you love will die. Ashton Applewhite’s TED talk, Let's End Ageism, has nearly two million views. Asking for help is especially shameful to men. Send in questions to “Yo, is this ageist?” My adventure in Iqaluit. Age equity and Age transparency. We can’t challenge bias unless we are aware of it. Experience is not a liability. It’s an asset. Age bias in corporations is a disadvantage that affects everyone. My interview with Ronni Bennet. Check out TimeGoesBy.net. READ A Natural History and Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett. Check out oldscool.info. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit DaveDelaneySpeaks.com for speaking inquiries. Thank you to Shannon Cassidy from ROG Return on Generosity for interviewing me. The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders of fast-growing companies to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. What we talked about... Conducting stay interviews. All about the Nice Method. How to use active listening to hear your team. Why you should think beyond the walls of your org. How to avoid the wrecks caused by poor communication. What do you like least about working here? What do you like most about working here? What keeps you here? What might tempt you to leave? Writing (handwritten) thank you cards. Conducting AMA sessions (Ask Me Anything).  Repeating instructions to help you remember and confirm understanding. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit DaveDelaneySpeaks.com for speaking inquiries. The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We teach leaders of fast-growing companies to improve employee retention, communication, and culture with the Nice Method™. Loic Le Meur is a seven-times entrepreneur. He has invested in one hundred startups. Loic is the co-founder of PAUA, a conscious conference, and community. He is a Sundancer who trained with the Yawanawa tribe in the Amazon forest. What we talked about... Loic's Newsletter & Podcast. loic.substack.com On becoming a father again at fifty. Growing up in Southern France near Spain.  Loic was inspired by his parents, who sold sailboats. He's worked for himself since he was twenty-three when he started a website agency in 1996.  On managing one hundred employees. He started the LeWeb conference in 2003 about blogging. The early days of online communication from bulletin board systems (BBS) to CB radios. All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin. Lying by Sam Harris. On honesty in business and life. Seesmic, Loic's early video social network.  PAUA community and conference, at the crossroads of business, consciousness, and spirituality. What Loic learned on a one-year, solo, silent retreat in the Amazon forest and his experiences with ayahuasca.  On worrying and stress.  Read The Mysticism of Sound and Music by Hazrat Inayat Khan and Not in His Image by John Lamb Lash. Contact Loic at loic.substack.com We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit DaveDelaneySpeaks.com for speaking inquiries. The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Drew Tarvin teaches people how to use humor to achieve better business results. He has partnered with organizations–including IBM, NASA, and the FBI–to solve human challenges with humor solutions. He is the founder and CEO of Humor That Works and the author of Humor That Works: The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work. What we talked about... Da Ali G Show. FBI headquarters. VIDEO. Working with the FBI. Humor humanizes the people you’re working with. People behind brands. The power of a smile and how your mood is contagious. The Skill of Humor TEDx Talk. VIDEO. From computer science and engineering to improv comedy. Embracing improv comedy as an introvert. Audience expectations for standup comedy vs. improv comedy. On adding jokes and puns to your email signature. Understanding appropriate jokes in the workplace. The three situations when humor at work can be inappropriate. Making your humor positive and inclusive. The average person spends 90,000 hours at work. The Rule of Three / The Comic Triple. Dave’s attempts at standup comedy. Check out David Nihill and Amy Cuddy. Read The NEW Comedy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy by Judy Carter and Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin. Contact Drew Tarvin at HumorThatWorks.com or find him on social media. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit DaveDelaneySpeaks.com for speaking inquiries. The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Kim Farmer is the CEO of Mile High Fitness & Wellness, a corporate wellness organization serving companies of all sizes and individuals with fitness and nutrition coaching services. What we talked about... On volunteering and being a hero. Public speaking about health and wellness. Fifteen years in her business. Time and money can be saved with health and wellness. Shifting her business to the corporate environment. Moving activities to virtual during Covid. Pivoting content based on client needs. Trends in health and wellness. The need for mental health support. The positive power and misunderstandings of EAPs (employee assistance programs). Virtual fitness vs. in-person. Tips for overcoming procrastination. On forming good habits and stopping bad habits. Mindset and motivation. Psychological safety. Mentoring team members and practical leadership skills. Stay interviews. Read The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation by Timothy R. Clark. Contact Kim Farmer on LinkedIn or Mile High Fitness and Wellness. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Book Dave Delaney to speak at your next conference or company retreat. Grant Baldwin, Founder, and CEO of The Speaker Lab and author of The Successful Speaker: Five Steps for Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, and Building Your Platform.  What we talked about... How to start your public speaking business, find, and book engagements. Choose an Industry, Identify an Interest, and Speak with Integrity. The seven industries for speaking engagements. 1. Corporations, 2. Associations, 3. Faith-based, 4. Nonprofits, 5. Government & Military, 6. Colleges & Universities, and 7. Education K-12. Grant started The Speaker Lab in 2015. He has grown the fully remote business to thirty employees. He shares tips and the importance of focusing on culture as a virtual company. Giving your stuff autonomy and freedom. Who you are is more important than what you do. Onboarding techniques for new talent. Company retreats. 15Five. for weekly check-ins. Current trends in the professional speaking business. From standup comedy to keynotes. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Read: ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Contact Grant at The Speaker Lab. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Kurt Daradics, General Manager @ Hunt Club. Lime, Esri, CitySourced (Co-founder, Acquired), Podcast Host of The Kurty D Show, and collector of amazing friends. What we talked about... The Kurty D Show. Jack Dangermond, CEO and Founder of Esri. Duke Stump, Chief Brand Officer of Newlab.  Kurt’s dad, Peter Daradics. Kurt’s interview with Dave on his podcast. Professional networking. The RoadTwip back in 2009 with @JolieODell and @Dingman to Big Omaha Conference. RoadTwip video from the Nashville visit. Working in real estate and losing everything.  The ‘Imagine the Day’ exercise from Duke Stump. Digital Family Reunion. The Diamond Cutter book. Ikigai - What you love, What the world needs, What you can be paid for, What you are good at. Ikigai is the bullseye. More here. Interview with Aaron Ross from Kurty D show. The secret to success.  Mindfulness and manifestation. Dave mentioned Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. On surfing and playing guitar.  On performing standup comedy and improv. Read Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant. Contact KurtyD.com and @kurtyd on social media. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 👋 Say hello info@futureforth.com.  🐦 On Twitter @davedelaney. ❤️ Subscribe to the Nice Maker Newsletter at nicemaker.co. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Rich Russakoff is an internationally renowned speaker, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and coach of seven EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners and over 100 INC. 500 Award Winners. What we talked about... The power of gaining clarity.  Warren Buffet’s goal-setting methodology.   Follow Rich on Amazon regarding his current and next book, a business fable. TEDx Louise Evans presenting The 5 Chairs. On investing in knowledge and experiences, you are interested in. On planning successful events.  Eighty to ninety percent of Rich’s coaching clients are from EO.  The decision series by Randy Nelson. The importance of networking and receiving referrals. Don’t solve problems; create the future. Providing feedback and creating a fearless culture. Praise in public, critique in private. Find people’s zone of genius. Don’t set them up for failure.  The zone of incompetence, zone of competence, zone of excellence, vs. zone of genius. How to succeed as an entrepreneur with the five principles of creating a world of opportunity.  How to determine your values and strengths. On writing and publishing your work.  Read Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo. Contact Rich at Rich@coachtothebest.com or visit coachtothebest.com.   We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 👋 Say hello info@futureforth.com.  🐦 On Twitter @davedelaney. ❤️ Subscribe to the Nice Maker Newsletter at nicemaker.co. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Brian Roland is a Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Abenity, the 6x Inc. 5000 Company that’s powering corporate perks for top brands, including U.S. Bank and MasterCard. What we talked about... Coffee snobbery and a herniated disc. Starting Abenity as a fully remote team in 2006 led to his obsession with coffee. On founding the company with his brother and bootstrapping to millions of members and nearly $10M in annual revenue. Brian fired himself after thirteen years. He hired a CEO and President to run the business. Improving performance reviews and providing feedback. Focus on building momentum and scaling your business. Thirty team members across ten states - fully remote. Covid redirected their focus. Social mission sponsoring children with each client via WorldVision. “Just show up. You’re looking for the people who are looking for you.” Adding a task management platform like Asana to help communication. Hiring team members who already have relationships with staff is important. Open jobs are not advertised. They only tap their existing team for recommendations. Trust, respect, and accountability are already there as they onboard new people. The dangers of hybrid work and loneliness. Using DiSC personality assessments to determine how they will work remotely. Manage output over activity. Read Faith Driven Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Step Into Your Purpose and Pursue Your God-Given Call to Create by Henry Kaestner. Contact Brian at BrianRoland.com. Check out Rules of Engagement for Fully Remote Teams. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. 👋 Say hello info@futureforth.com.  🐦 On Twitter @davedelaney. ❤️ Subscribe to the Nice Maker Newsletter at nicemaker.co. 🎸 Theme song is “Little Jane May,” and the end song is “Funny Feeling” by AlistairChristl.ca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees. Denis O'Shea founded Mobile Mentor in 2004 with a simple mission - to empower people to achieve more with their devices. The technology is always changing but Denis' purpose is the same and today most of Denis's energy is helping clients to deploy Microsoft 365 and balance security and employee experience. Denis is really passionate about solutions that make an impact in healthcare, education and government. What we talked about... On moving from Ireland to Nashville.  Check out the 2022 Endpoint Ecosystem Study. Mobile Mentor provides technology security and support services to mid-sized firms. Security implications of team members working from home on their own devices, Wi-Fi networks, and using their own software.  The staff doesn’t understand the gravity of security. Leadership does because of the costs of cyber insurance. Team members often ignore the security training companies provide.  Why Generation Z tends to ignore security issues but focuses on privacy. Password hygiene and why eliminating passwords is the most secure option. Shadow IT and technical friction. Working together and collaborating.  Read Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. Contact Denis on LinkedIn or visit Mobile-Mentor.com. We ❤️ Our Listeners. Please follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the podcast and are deeply appreciated. Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices