The Sage Sayers Podcast
Most challenges offer us gifts, opportunities, and learning from which we can grow. This knowing becomes “the Sage” place. Visit our Sage Sayers Podcast.
We offer communications tips and strategies and Interviews with Sage Sayers (from around the globe), who’ve accepted or converted a challenge into something meaningful. —and learned from it, too.
The Sage Sayers Ep. 6: A Gift From COVID? Write (and Send) Songs To Those Feeling Lost, Sad, and Isolated
Singer, song writer, social worker, and activist Emily Cavanagh discovered a gift through COVID: Writing (and gifting songs) to those feeling sad, lost, scared, and isolated. Her initiative: "A Song For You" has now hit 100 songs which go to front-line workers, COVID patients, and their families in hospitals and hospice centers across the US. Famed singers, including Sophie B Hawkins, have shared and written songs for A Song For You, too.
You can find Emily's music through: www.emilycavanaghmusic.com. Sophie B Hawkins' "A Song For You" lives here: https://video214.com/play/Zg0O0Clri1FPe1x2dlCDng/s/dark
The Sage Sayers Ep. 5: The Business of Podcasting (Tips from Veteran Podcaster Marc Lee)
This week, we chat with veteran podcaster, Marc Lee, an award-winning executive producer with IBM.TV and host of multiple podcasts, often back-to-back within the one day. (He's a machine!)
Lee, based in North Carolina, learned some fundamentals of effective audio storytelling through his parents who ran their own radio station during his boyhood.
Lee offers us tips, strategies, and insight into how to last the homeward stretch, avoid fadeout, and stand out among the 850,000 - 1,175,000 podcasts (depending on the data source) engaging podcast listeners today.
Visit Coach Debbi, your show host, at www.hangingrockcoaching.com or hangingrockmedia@gmail.com and Marc Lee at: https://linktr.ee/leeentertainment62
The Sage Sayers Ep. 4: How to Stay Confident (and Calm) Speaking in a Non-Native Language
This week, we interview Carmela O’Flaherty, an executive leadership and business communication coach helping non-native speakers of English thrive within corporate America. Coach Carmela (who's also a classical pianist and linguist) shares her stories and tips on how to stay grounded, calm, and confident, even when the language and customs around you seem new and unfamiliar.
The Sage Sayers Ep. 3: The Business Sense of Mindfulness
An epic meltdown amidst a Covid-19 quarantine reminded me of a vital lesson: Always take time to become mindful, no matter how busy and overwhelmed we feel. Not only do we become more grounded and efficient, we perform better—and our life perspective improves, too.
The Sage Sayers Ep. 2: How to Wow Your Audience? Listen Well.
We all want to captivate our audience; but in meetings, many simply want to feel they're listened to. In this podcast, Coach Debbi offers tips to listening in ways that others notice—and respond well to.
The Sage Sayers Ep. 1: Interviewing Sci-Fi Author Rick Phillips
In our debut podcast, we interview Richard (Rick) Phillips, a bestselling sci-fi author, who wrote his first book (The Second Ship) with a publishing via Amazon in 2006. A million of sold copies (and multiple editions) later, he's also published eight books in the Rho Agenda series. Rick's self taught. His books have sold so well, he's left his day job as a corporate executive and now writes full time.