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Summer Strategies To Make The Most of the Slow Times in Business
Ahhh summer time. When the pace of life is different, a little slower perhaps. As communicators much of our life winds down, we can use this time to plan ahead for the other busy months. Join Kathi and Michele as they offer the strategies they use to make the most of...
5×5 Challenge
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” (African Proverb). OK friends. We’ve got this. The 5x5 challenge. If you’ve read my blog post about how I write 500 words a day, you, like a bunch of you who have messaged me, might have been...
How to Be a Professional Writer – On TV and In Real Life
TV has done us wrong… If you’ve watched any show featuring a writer in the last twenty years, all you have to do is put out a column once a week (I’m looking at you Carrie Bradshaw), and then hang out with your friends in bars or coffee shops talking about how the men...
Eps: #91 You Can Make a Difference – Becoming a Communicator that Changes the World
Hannah Brencher took a passion for communicating love to others through the media of writing letters. Like Hannah, we have each been given a passion, a drive in us to make a difference. Often we wonder if it is even possible. Join Kathi and Hannah today as they offer...
How to Create the Writing Life
How to Create the Writing Life The writing life doesn’t just happen. My experience has been that certain activities nurture the writing life. Let’s look at some practical ways we can create and nourish the writing life. Choose the writing life. Creating the writing...
Eps: #90: 4 Boundaries Every Writer Needs to Set and Keep in Order to Actually Finish that Writing Project
Kathi and Michele sit down to talk about setting boundaries when you need to sit down and finish a writing project. Michele offers four tips on how to do this and says, "You have to make time to write. Knowing the things you need to say no to so you can say yes to...
How to Train Your Muse Like You Train a Puppy
One of the difficult things about being a writer/speaker is having those days when you’re lacking inspiration, the words aren’t flowing, and you feel stuck. Pile enough days like that on top of one another and pretty soon you have the dreaded writer’s block. Ugh. But...
Eps: #89: How to Outline a Book Even Before You Start to Write Part 2
Kathi and Michele sit down with Kathleen Kerr, acquisitions editor at Harvest House Publishers for Part 2 of 'Outlining Your Book.' Kathleen offers two crucial steps when sitting down at your computer screen; 1.) Outline your book and 2.) Outline your chapters....
How to Wake Up and Write 500 Words a Day: 5 Tips to Make It Happen
I used to be a panic writer. I would put off writing until I had a deadline, and then lock myself in a room with nothing but coffee and panic until I got it done. Can I just say that is not a good writing plan? (And an even worse marital improvement plan.) I dreamed...
Eps. #88 How to Outline a Book Even Before You Start to Write – Part 1
Kathy and Michele team up to interview Kathleen Kerr, Senior Editor at Harvest House Publishing. The question about whether or not you need to have an outline before you start writing your book is the main focus of today's podcast. Kathleen says, "At some point you're...
How to Make Audience Evaluations Productive
“My problem is that all of my topics are so negative.” I was at the StoryBrand Workshop, trying to explain to Donald Miller why his marketing methods wouldn't work for me. Ignoring my baditude, he smiled — the kind of smile you give when you’re trying to be extra...
Eps. #87: Tame Your Calendar: How to Prep and Plan Your Week to Actually Get All the Things Done
Kathi and Michele get together to talk about taming your calendar. Kathi offers up 6 tips on how to stay on top of things and says, "When we do hard things, we need to reward ourselves." One of Kathi's most important tips is getting in the mindset that your Monday...
How to Make the Most of Your MOPS Speaking Opportunity
MOPS is a perfect place to start your speaking career. For 15 years, across four locations in three states, I have mentored moms and led groups of mentors. I’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the best speakers. I have also watched in desperation, wanting to...
Eps: #86 The Communicator’s Ultimate Guide to Social Media: 4 Rules on How to Influence, Serve and Love Your Audience Well In a Very Noisy World
Kathi interviews Dr. Jen Bennett, author of Be Worth Following: How to Be Different and Influence People In a Crowded Social World about how people have lost their etiquette on social media. "Social media got noisy," says Dr. Bennett. "We’re seeing a lot of people...
5 Powerful Reasons Leverage Is the Place to Be
With so many conferences available to writers and speakers, it can be confusing to know where to put your time, effort and money. But I believe if you have been called to speak, Leverage is absolutely the place to be. Here are 5 powerful reasons why . . . It's...