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West Coast Christian Writers Conference is Coming!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNU_ymWUScc&feature=youtu.be West Coast Christian Writers February will be here before you know it! And there is a great writiers conference coming to California in the new year! West Coast Christian Writers (WCCW) Conference offers...
Seven Simple Steps to Make the Most of a Booking
When a speaker is given the opportunity to share their ministry with an audience, it is a gift. An event coordinator is entrusting their sheep, time, money and program to the speaker, and the speaker needs to do everything possible to make the most of a booking. Many...
Podcast Episode #10: How Not to Drive an Event Planner Crazy with Amy Carroll
If you have ever wondered how other speakers continue to be rebooked, this is the podcast for you! In this episode, hosts Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp interview popular speaker and writer for Proverbs 31 ministries, Amy Carroll. Amy identifies two types of difficult...
Notice the Need With Your Name on It
As Christian writers and speakers, it's vital that we monitor our motives and notice the need of our audience. We must regularly ask ourselves: Why do I step up to a microphone in front of an audience to deliver a spoken message? Why do I spend hours at the keyboard...
Should You Wait or Go For It? The Right Time to Get Personal
"Share your story!" is a popular buzz phrase for communicators these days. This push for authenticity can leave us, as writers and speakers, uncertain about how much is too much, too little, or just right to share with our audiences. During her "Sharing Your Story"...
Podcast Episode #09: To Wait or to Write
To Wait or to Write In this insightful episode, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt uncover the fine line between sharing one's story out of authenticity and desperation. They provide biblical insight and perspective on how to best discern when to tell your story, whether...
Podcast Episode #08- The Art of Writing Memoir
There is most certainly an art to writing memoir. Memoirs are one of our favorite genres at Communicator Academy but one of the most difficult to write (well). This week's guest, author and speaker Susy Flory, joins us and gives us her best tips and experiences...
Episode #07: Marketing Self Promotion vs. Developing a Passion-fueled Platform
Are MARKETING & MINISTRY mutually exclusive? Can they exist together? Join Kathi and Michele as they wrestle through these difficult questions from their own experience, what mistakes they've made, and what they've learned. The give the three questions you can ask...
7 Tips to Improve Facebook Engagement
by Robin Smith As an author, speaker or coach, you want to be found. You want people to be able to search for you and find out more about you. You want them to desire to connect with you and become raving fans. You need to improve Facebook engagement. So often...
Episode #06: Dressing for the Platform
When it comes to dressing for the platform, most of us get a big dose of angst just thinking about it. Have you ever uttered the words, "I wish I had a personal stylist!"? Since most of us will never have our own stylist following us around to speaking engagements,...
Episode #05: Learning to Lead Yourself
Whether you're a speaker, a writer, or just in business for yourself, knowing how to lead yourself is a vital part of your success... and sanity. Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp discuss the key factors in knowing who you are, how to lead yourself and what to do with...
Weeding Out Criticism You Shouldn’t Pay Attention To
In my early years as a speaker, I passed out a simple speaker evaluation form to all audience members after each message, asking them to rate my content, preparedness, delivery, etc. Those evaluation forms almost caused me to quit my speaking ministry. Not the forms...
Podcast Episode 04: Facebook Fatigue with Guest Laura Christianson
Facebook fatigue. Simply, it's the term used for the decision to leave Facebook either permanently or temporarily. The reason noted by many: boredom. As we build our platform, our goal is most definitely not boredom. Kathi hosts this week's guest, Laura Christianson...
Podcast Episode 03: Combat Self-Doubt, Criticism and Conflict with Guest Renee Swope
Have you ever questioned your calling or asked the question, "who am I"? In this valuable podcast, author and speaker, Renee Swope tackles self-doubt and criticism and how to listen instead to the voice of God. She identifies criticism, comparison, and conflict and...
Episode 02: Using Your Story To Connect (without Your Audience Feeling Sorry for You)
This week on the Communicator Academy podcast, Michele and Kathi discuss the ins and outs of using your story to connect with your audience. There is a fine line between sharing your story and hitting your audience over the head with it. How do you do engage and...