Cathy Paper -  business owner of RockPaperStar, a company that launches authors, speakers and trainers to "rock star" status!  She is an expert at helping people develop their message, package it, and get it out into the world.

Today on the show I have with me a long-time friend of mine, Joe Beckman. Joe is a “youth motivator” - a speaker to kids, helping them live out the greatness that exists within each of them.  I’ve had the privilege of working with Joe for the last 10 years - working alongside him, coaching him, laughing with him, learning from him. He has a HUGE heart for kids, is so passionate about connecting with them and making a difference in their lives… so I’m thrilled he could join us on the show to talk about his approach as a speaker.

Kate O’Reilly - or as you may know her, Clever Kate - is a content strategist - writer, coach, blogger, vlogger, podcaster - and she consults with people to bring their messages out into the world. But the defining characteristic of Kate is her vulnerability. Her sheer ballsy - clear - and kind way in which she moves through the world is truly inspiring - and not just by me, but so many others.

I was in the audience as she spoke at an event at CoCo (a co-working collaborative here in the Twin Cities), and it became very clear that there’s so much that we as speakers and performers can learn from her.

John Noltner - photographer, writer, speaker - “curator of stories” - has shared all of these forms in his latest passion project, “A Peace of My Mind” - a project that shares people’s stories about their connection to the idea of "peace.” It is beautiful, thought-provoking, challenging, inspiring…I got to see John speak at an event for Youth Frontiers (which we’ll talk about a bit on this episode), where he shared part of his exhibit, and his approach with an audience is to be the channel through which he shares other people’s wisdom; which gave John the confidence to share it.