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What You Need to Know About Audience Evaluations
She hated us. After the workshop Kathi and I co-presented, more than one hundred feedback forms had been turned in on the spot. 97% of the attendees loved our content, loved our takeaways, loved us. Ahhhh … so much fun! A few shared some concerns about whether or not...
Eps. #75: 3 Steps for Turning Everyday Experiences Into Usable Content
Last week we talked about how to capture illustrations from real life. This week we want to walk you through the process of how to use those illustrations to drive home the main points in our message and turn those illustrations into usable content. We want those...
5 Simple Ways to Break Through Writer’s Block
The blog post is due. The article needs to be written. The speaking event is in a couple of weeks and you’ve got nothing. Zip, nada, zero. Everything is bleak and there’s no hope in the world. Isn’t it amazing how you can have a million ideas all at the same time...
Eps #74: 3 Strategies For Finding Powerful Speaking and Writing Illustrations
Life has a great way of handing us the perfect illustrations for speaking and writing. If we aren't paying attention we can miss the tie in to our own stories. How do we look for material in our everyday lives and in the world do we keep all these great moments in a...
How to Deal with Failure
by Rachelle Gardner As a professional in the publishing industry, I am overwhelmed at the enormity of failing. It has nothing to do with whether or not I am actually succeeding in what I set out to do, but everything to do with how I perceive things. I don’t sell...
Eps #73: 3 Insider Secrets to Responding to Endorsement Requests Part 2
Kathi and Michele meet up to talk endorsements. During this episode they cover 3 secrets to responding to endorsement requests. This can get sticky, especially when all your friends are authors! Kathi shares her tips on putting a cap on how many endorsements to commit...
Eps 72: 3 Insider Secrets to Securing the Endorsements You Need
In this episode, Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp get together to discuss how to secure a book endorsement. This can be a touchy subject especially for those of us that have a hard time asking for favors. Who do you ask? What timeline do you give them? Do you send them...
The Communicator’s Dilemma: Can I Let Go of the Outcome?
A communicator’s work can be rewarding and exhausting, fulfilling and demoralizing, full of accolades or the hollow sound of silence. There are times I sit in front of my screen thinking: No one is going to read this. Why write? I recently heard this from my pastor...
Eps #71: The Plusses and Pitfalls of Partnerships Part 2- with Cheri Gregory and Amy Carroll
Join us for the second installment of Kathi Lipp's conversation with invited fellow podcasters, authors and speakers Amy Carroll and Cheri Gregory where they discuss the pluses and pitfalls of partnerships. This week they discuss some of the red flags to...
5 Ways to Add Curb Appeal to Your Website
Curb appeal is important when it comes to your website. That’s because people glance at your site for only two seconds before they decide to explore more or leave. Laura Christianson unveils 5 easy ways to transform your website’s design.
Eps #70: The Plusses and Pitfalls of Partnerships – with Cheri Gregory and Amy Carroll
Kathi Lipp invited fellow podcasters, authors and speakers Amy Carroll and Cheri Gregory to the Communicator Academy Podcast to discuss the pluses and pitfalls of partnerships. As they teamed up to create their Grit 'n Grace podcast, they learned the good, the bad and...
How to Mold Your Mind to Banish Your Nerves
Controlling our nerves and anxieties before we speak can be one of the most challenging practices for speakers. While my nerves have settled over time, they still flare up occasionally. If the setting is different, if there’s someone I esteem in the audience, or if I...
Eps #69: How to Deal with Ministry Envy
Are you ready to get a little uncomfortable with us today? Have you ever had ministry envy? Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt have and they aren't afraid to admit. The comparison trap may have actually been invented by speakers and authors. After all we all have the...
How to Write an Effective Nonfiction Book Proposal
by Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent If you’re hoping to get published, you’ll want to prepare a book proposal before you send out your query letters. That way, it will be ready to send immediately when an agent or editor asks for it. There are several great books...
Eps 68: The Need for Sabbatical, Part 2
In part 2 of our series on the need for sabbatical, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt dig into their expectation and boundary setting when planning for sabbatical. They share great practical tips as well as insight on the mental and physical advantages of putting these...