#18 Public speaking, performance, and entrepreneurship with Michael Port.

07/05/21 • 57 min

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

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Michael Port is an NYT bestselling author, co-founder, and CEO of Heroic Public Speaking. His latest book is The Referable Speaker: Your Guide to Building a Sustainable Speaking Career—No Fame Required, which he co-authored with Andrew Davis.

What we talked about...

Parenting picky eaters.
Being born and raised in Manhattan, NYC.
Michael’s education at Tulane in New Orleans and his Masters's Degree in Acting at NYU Graduate Acting Program.
Moving to Bucks County 17 years ago.
Why he doesn’t believe he’s a writer, even after writing nine books, including best-sellers.
What question is the presentation answering?
What book is the author answering?
Do a little writing every day.
Don’t set pre-determined outcomes too early in your process.
Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way book and her Morning Pages.
Deep thoughts on collaboration.
In order to be a great partner, you have to know you can bring value and be appreciative of the value others bring.
The best business partnerships are the ones where each person feels they got the better end of the deal.
Aim for delivering “How to Think” speeches instead of “How to” speeches if you wish to deliver referable keynote presentations.
Moving beyond your personal brand to something bigger.
Read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
Contact Michael at Heroic Public Speaking.

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The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees.

What we talked about...

Parenting picky eaters.
Being born and raised in Manhattan, NYC.
Michael’s education at Tulane in New Orleans and his Masters's Degree in Acting at NYU Graduate Acting Program.
Moving to Bucks County 17 years ago.
Why he doesn’t believe he’s a writer, even after writing nine books, including best-sellers.
What question is the presentation answering?
What book is the author answering?
Do a little writing every day.
Don’t set pre-determined outcomes too early in your process.
Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way book and her Morning Pages.
Deep thoughts on collaboration.
In order to be a great partner, you have to know you can bring value and be appreciative of the value others bring.
The best business partnerships are the ones where each person feels they got the better end of the deal.
Aim for delivering “How to Think” speeches instead of “How to” speeches if you wish to deliver referable keynote presentations.
Moving beyond your personal brand to something bigger.
Read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
Contact Michael at Heroic Public Speaking.

We ❤️ Our Listeners.

👋 Say hello [email protected].

🐦 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.

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#17 Personal branding, content marketing, and your red thread with Tamsen Webster.

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Tamsen Webster is a part strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, she helps experts drive action with their ideas. She’s also a gifted keynote speaker and the author of the new book, Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible.

What we talked about...

Tamsen shares the best advice she’s received in her career.
Honest feedback and being true to yourself.
Tamsen’s mantra, “Be useful, be thoughtful, be passionate, be kind.”
+EBI = positive + even, better, if.
Lying and honesty.
Content ideas and creating a swipe file.
Content marketing and personal branding.
The persuaders' paradox.
Figure out how to minimize the time spent on stuff you don’t want to do.
Ann Handley said, “Write the book that’s easiest for you to write.”
Writing rooms. 25 minutes writing. 5 minutes off.
Set up a Zoom room - invite friends working on books.
Why a “red thread”?
The Duck/Bunny - the power of identifying contrasting views.
Read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

We ❤️ Our Listeners.

Please be sure to follow the show and leave a review wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Reviews and sharing the show are the nicest ways to support the show and are deeply appreciated. Thank you.

👋 Say hello [email protected].

🐦 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.

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#19 Company culture, employee benefits, and business acquisition with Pat Owings

The Nice Podcast is brought to you by Futureforth.com. We help fast-growing tech companies onboard, create, and keep happier, more connected employees.

Pat Owings is the owner of 12 Point Signworks, Redwoods Management, and Oak Ridge Association Management.

What we talked about...

Cultural and other challenges in acquisitions of businesses.
Employee communication is key.
How to reassure team members when new management comes in.
They are listening to your plans, but they looking for your actions and will judge based on this.
How to effectively fill open positions through word of mouth from your employees.
Honesty is the number one thing in culture building and sustaining.
How to manage a strong work-life balance.
Transitioning back to face-to-face work.
How in-person networking suffers for online events.
The importance of including employee families in strong company culture.
Setting email expectations.
Failure and innovation.
The power of personality assessments.