378- Empowered Podcasting Conference 2025 Recap

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Good morning, podcasting morning
Chat.

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Today is Tuesday, September
30th, 2025, and today empowered

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podcasting takes center stage.
We're unpacking the stories, the

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takeaways, and the breakthroughs
that made this weekend

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unforgettable and what they mean
for what comes next.

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and we'll get things rolling.
Thanks for being here.

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Good morning again podcasting
morning chat.

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Thank you so much for being
here.

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I am your host Mark Ronic and we
have such a full stage here

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today and we will have a more
full stage here today in just a

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moment.
First, let me introduce my Co

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hosts here today.
We've got DRFA, Sid Meadows,

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Nick Nallback, Jason Sirkone,
Jonathan Howard, Alex Baelish,

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producer Ashley Feller and also
Dave Jackson is on stage with

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us.
Great to see you Dave.

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And I see some people filing in
the room this morning from the

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Empowered Podcasting conference.
Yeah, actually all four, even

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though, yes, Yvonne is a regular
here in the mornings, but I see

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the other people that have
started filing, dialing in are

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in fact from the conference.
Very cool to see.

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And I expect to see and hear
from a lot more people that were

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at the Empowered Podcasting
conference.

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And man, what a weekend.
And today's conversation, I

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think is going to be a really
special one because yes, we're

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coming off an incredible weekend
at Empowered Podcasting.

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And I want us to speak both from
the stage and from our hearts.

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And it feels like the perfect
time to do that because today

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also happens to be International
Podcast Day, which makes this

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conversation about our
podcasting journeys, our growth,

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our community feel even more
meaningful to me.

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So happy International Podcast
Day.

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And I'll be honest, this weekend
was deeply meaningful for me

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personally hosting this event
more than putting on a

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conference, right?
It's like it was, well, we'll

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get into it, but it well, it was
about creating a space where

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people can come together and to
learn from each other and feel

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like they belong.
And I felt that myself this

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weekend.
I had conversations that shifted

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the way I think about what we're
building and I left with new

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ideas and really a a renewed
energy for the future of this

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community.
And that's an understatement

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considering where I was about a
month ago.

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So today I want us to unpack all
of it.

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The strategies and the lessons
that you took home, the moments

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that stuck with you, the
connections that surprised you,

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and how those experiences are
going to shape what you do next.

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So let's dig into those stories,
those insights and takeaways and

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that made this conference, the
Empowered Podcasting Conference,

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so special.
And anybody I see a bunch of you

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here, like I said earlier that
were at the conference, you

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don't have to wait for an
invitation from me to come up

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and join.
You are welcome to come up and

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be a part of the conversation if
you'd like.

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I'll start here actually.
And then I'll ask some

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questions.
I want to just acknowledge

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because I see Rich Perry is
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I see Jana Swan is here and I,
I'm calling them out because

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this weekend was really, what's
the word?

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Well, I'll just use the same
word I used earlier.

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It was impactful to me partially
because of those two people I

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just mentioned, Rich and Jana,
and also Chris Lewis and Johnny

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G and Gregorio.
These people were the ones that

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if you all remember few years
ago I went away to Texas for a

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week and joined these fine
people in a house.

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We had only known each other for
a month or two, joined them in a

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house for a week and we created
our own creator's retreat and we

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all learned a ton from each
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But a bond was formed that week
that was so incredibly strong.

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And we have all just been each
other's support systems,

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collaborators, all the things
through the years.

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And to have them there with me
at this conference this year

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was, I mean, I'm getting a
little choked up just talking

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about it.
So I'm so thrilled that they

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were there and such big parts of
the conference too.

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Rich, I told Rich this as we
were leaving.

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And I want to share this with
all of you too.

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We all owe a big thank you to
Rich because again, I've shared

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this at the conference.
I, I've shared some of this with

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you all leading up to the
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I struggled and I wasn't sure if
I was going to get through this

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and get to the conference.
And Rich happened to leave his

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job, his full time job.
He quit to pursue his business

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and he came to me and said Mark,
I've got like 6 weeks.

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We've we've got six weeks left
and I've got a lot of free time.

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I want to jump in here and take
over or help you as much as you

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want me to with the marketing
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If it wasn't for that, I don't
know what I, I feel like I may

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have canceled the conference.
Being real with you and Rich

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stepped in and he did a
fantastic job and motivated me

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re energized me.
So Rich, I'm just going to I'll

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call on you first.
Thank you my friend.

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I appreciate you so much.
Thanks dude.

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That's a lot.
I I and it's 7:00 in the

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morning.
It's very heartfelt.

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Thank you so much, it means a
lot to me.

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I appreciate you.
Yeah, you're welcome.

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And of course, Jason Zerkone,
Jonathan Howard, I mean, there's

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a lot of you here, right?
And I don't, I guess I shouldn't

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do all the thank you's right
now, or else we'll never get to

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the the meat of today's show.
But I do want to stop and say,

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you know, Jason Zerkone, he's
been with me the whole way

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through.
And he's been, I don't want to

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say cheering me on, but but
giving it to me straight, like,

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Mark, we're doing this, we're
making this happen.

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This is going to work out.
You got to trust we're we're

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going to make this work.
So and, and again, several times

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I was thinking I was going to
quit and Jason refused to let

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me.
So thank you to you too, Jason.

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I knew that was part of the job
was pulling you back from the

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dark side, keeping the positive
vibes flowing, and it was a

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pleasure to do it because we got
to see why this past weekend.

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We sure did yes indeed.
And we're, let's, we'll get into

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it and I, I will just quickly
say thank you to Jonathan Howard

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as well, because Jonathan too
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making sure that I was doing OK
and really doing a great job

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with the social media.
And I will say, despite having

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his own personal stuff going on
in his life, losing his dog who

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was sick leading up to that,
obviously.

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And so Jonathan has been a huge
part as well.

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And I appreciate you too,
Jonathan.

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And you kicked off the
conference this weekend being

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our opening presentation.
And I would didn't even, I told

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you this at the conference.
I didn't even realize that I

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didn't put two and two together.
I knew you were the first in the

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lineup and I didn't put two and
two together that that may feel

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like a lot of responsibility for
somebody.

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So how did it go for you
personally?

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How did it feel being that
kickoff presentation, that

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kickoff workshop?
And then we'll dig more into all

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this.
Please share.

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Jonathan, good morning.
Yeah, it was.

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It was a big deal.
You didn't realize it, but I

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realized it a little earlier
than the.

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Conference, I'm sure you.
Did I was like, all right, so I

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put a little extra pressure on
myself, but I loved it.

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I thought I did probably one of
my stronger jobs of delivering

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that particular experience, I
guess I'll call it.

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I was so happy to be there and
be able to support you and see

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the outcome of such an amazing
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Thank you, Jonathan.
Yeah, and you've been great.

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And now the one thing that I
will say that Jonathan did that

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was very unfortunate was he
handed me his iPhone 17 to take

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some selfies on the very last
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And I, we've shared this, that
the new front end camera is

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quite impressive and it, it
knows how to adjust to fit

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everybody in the picture and it
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And when I was taking those
selfies and that was happening,

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I was so envious of the phone
that yes, yesterday I went and

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ordered myself an iPhone 17.
So thanks for that, Jonathan my.

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Fault.
No problem.

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OK, I'm going to ask the room.
And for those of you who are

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newer to the room, the way there
are two ways you can say, hey,

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mark me, me, I want to share.
There are two ways you can do

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it.
You can hit the unmute button

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for a moment or two.
I try to do my best to look at

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the screen so I can see when
that happens.

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So you just unmute for a moment
or two and then go back on mute.

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Or else we may have a lot of
echoing and weird stuff going

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on.
Or if you tap, and if you just

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tap my face here on stage, I'm
doing it to myself.

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That doesn't work if I tap.
If you tap my, yeah, see

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Jonathan's showing you, if you
tap my face, you'll see a list

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of emojis going across the
screen.

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You can tap that and you and
then hit the plus button, choose

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the little chili pepper.
That's how we say, hey, my turn,

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I want to share.
So with that, let's start with

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this.
What was your very first

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impression when you walked into
the Empowered Podcasting

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Conference?
And that can be what mean

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whatever you want it to.
Maybe it was Thursday night when

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you first got there and a bunch
of us were hanging out in the

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bar area, or it could be the
moment that you walked in Friday

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to check in to the conference
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All right, Phil better is on
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Yes, that's right, Phil Better
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Phil definitely made himself
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In the best of possible ways.
Phil, you may be one of the, and

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again, in the best possible
ways, one of the.

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At least you appear to be one of
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know.
It was wonderful having you as a

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new addition to the family.
Welcome and please share.

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Thank you.
First of all, Mark, you made the

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event so friendly, so inviting,
so intimate with the minute I

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stepped off the elevator on
Thursday, you and Jason at the

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bar, you welcome you like old
friends.

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And that was true throughout the
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I found everybody was just so
time, so willing to help

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everybody that I couldn't help
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I felt I didn't do enough.
I was always trying to find that

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I could do more to make this
event even like better because I

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was just getting so much out of
it by connecting with everybody

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and should be told as
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event.
I got home and passed out, but

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there was just so much
extrovertedness, if you will.

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But it, this was my first
conference for podcasting and it

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was the best event I could have
gone to to really reignite my

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passion for the podcasting
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It was fantastic.
I, I loved it.

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I can't wait to go back and help
as much as I can, even if I'm

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just the attendee stuffing the
names of everybody, the speakers

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and attendees in the little
lanyards, because that was just

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worth it just to be there
helping out and being somewhat

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part of creating the event for
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It was just fantastic.
Phil, thank you.

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I appreciate that.
And would you mind sharing a

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little more because you, I think
it was either in a post that you

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shared or a message to me, you
you mentioned that whole thing

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about your passion being
reignited.

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And I'm curious if if you'd be
open to sharing what that really

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means.
So I've been podcasting for

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about a decade now, the last
five years more as a business

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oriented podcaster than
hobbyist.

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When I started and when I
started podcasting, I was like

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really into it.
I felt like an 18 year old kid

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who just discovered driving
right you.

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I had so much fun.
I had freedom because that's

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what podcasting gives you, the
speed into Discover.

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And then my burnout kind of
dipped it because going through

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life, you know, burnouts fucking
suck.

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Excuse my language.
And I dipped down.

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But when I discovered the
entrepreneurship and boosted

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again, but it was on the
downward trend because I didn't

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see the growth, didn't see the
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seated equally.
No one was, even though they may

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have hundreds of thousands of
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touch.
Like everybody could be talked

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to, all the speakers would be
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a fire back up.
The passengers blew up.

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Mark, or when you invited me, I
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my whole podcast.
I need to think of the new

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strategy for my podcast, how I
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the community for my podcast.
You inspired me to do even more

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than I think I could.
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to get back podcasting again so
I can give, give, give, give,

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just like you and your whole
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Thank you, Phil, and thank you
for sharing that and digging

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into that.
I appreciate it and more to

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come.
Feel free to continue to chime

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in here as I ask more questions.
I did see Jana had something and

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Dave Jackson, you're on deck.
I want to ask you a question as

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well, and then we'll keep things
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Jana, good morning to you.
What did you want to add?

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Good morning.
I can add that when I came in

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the building originally, what I
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kinesthetic, was the energy.
I know that oftentimes going to

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events, there can be a lot of
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and that tends to be excitement,
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Here it was different.
It was very much, for me, a

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grounded energy, almost felt
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that started things, but I
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going to meet new family members
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extend, but I hadn't yet had an
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those relationships.
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phenomenal environment for that.
Like do not feel just as Phil

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was saying.
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Talking to anybody and I felt.
There was just great energy put

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there and that that an expertise
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That is not something that every
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Just wanted to highlight that
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Thank you, Jana, that means so
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And yes, I I realized I was when
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I've been seeing on social media
about the event.

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responding at the end of my
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Welcome to the family.
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felt like family there.
And what was so cool were people

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like Phil, who it did seem, it
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other.
We knew.

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I felt like I told Phil this.
I feel like I've known him

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forever.
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couple of quick conversations
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probably was very brief.
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throughout the weekend.
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I I experienced it with myself.
It she says he's from Canada,

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that's why that could be.
That's a great point.

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Only reason.
Speaking of Canada, I had a

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great conversation.
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conversation yesterday with our
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member Simona Costantini.
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much FOMO she had and how she is
definitely coming to the next

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one.
And she did have a lot going on,

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to say the least.
So no hard feelings there.

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And we missed Simona there.
Dave Jackson, good morning.

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I feel like it's appropriate to
try to get to you earlier on

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since you were a big part of
last week's show when we were

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live at the conference.
And you have been in this game

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just as long, if not maybe even
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conferences and events than I
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I'm curious and I, and I
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honest.
How did this experience compare

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to some of these other events
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Well, first of all, the the
first impression as he just said

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that great location.
Like holy cow, great location.

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Just the fact everything was in
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was great.
It was like a, you know, I know

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behind the scenes there's always
things where you're freaking

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out, but you never would have
known it from, you know, from my

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side of the conversation.
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location made it super easy.
Just go to the second floor,

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turn left from the elevator, and
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So everything was in one place.
So that made things really easy.

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You didn't have to walk a mile
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It was right.
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You had a dog and how?
I mean, you were the only then

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I've been to that had a dog that
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Mascot.
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Yeah, and you know, there's
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work out and thankfully yours
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minutes you had to.
You had the and even that was

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handled so well because I think
every battery in your

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microphones were going dead and
you'd right talking to one for

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about 10 seconds, they'd hand
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then that one will last about 20
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another one.
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everything had new batteries and
we're good to go.

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For only being the second year
it was a well oiled machine.

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Thank you, Dave, appreciate that
and thank you for really being a

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big participant with everything
besides your awesome talk, which

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was a huge hit especially and
not only but especially with the

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high school students.
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students there who were by the
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talk the very first one of

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Saturday morning, they were all
in man.

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They all flocked to Dave with a
bunch of questions.

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It was really cool to see.
OK, so now let me keep things

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moving.
What's a moment from the weekend

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that really struck struck you
something you know that's going

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to be sticking with you?
You're going to be thinking

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about it weeks from now.
Jana wants to chime in.

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Go for it, Jana.
This is an easy one for me, Mark

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on stage, I got to do a live
demonstration of David shifting

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his limiting beliefs from I am
not worthy to I am bloody

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worthy.
And it wasn't exactly that

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shift.
It was actually Tracy, his wife,

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coming up to me afterwards
saying, Jana, you just gave me a

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new husband.
Wow.

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And I'll tell you, I actually
had a microphone on me and I

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have that video and I watched it
yesterday and I cried like a

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baby.
Because that is what I.

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Do It was not about me, it was
about you guys.

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And to see that change and then
continue to talk to people

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throughout the event and realize
that they might not have been

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the one on the stage, but they
too had a piece of that change.

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And for me, that is something I
will hold on to for the rest of

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my life, is the fact that
everything that we are all doing

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each and every day do not take
it for granted.

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We are changing lives through
posting podcasts and sharing our

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stories and being vulnerable and
showing up as 100% of who we

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are.
So as my reminder, do not hold

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back, let go and trust and you
can change a life in an instant.

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Thank you, Jana.
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of the Friday workshop.
So we had an all afternoon

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workshop day and I'm telling
you, it was a magical moment

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watching Jana.
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watching her killing it on stage
again, just with the history I

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have with Jana and seeing her up
there, just commanding the

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stage, commanding the room and
then having a volunteer come up.

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This gentleman David, not not
our Dave Jackson here today, a

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different gentleman David,
watching him literally transform

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on stage.
I mean, it is what Jana did it.

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It feels and looks like magic.
And the the bottom line is Jana

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proved that our brains can can
be reprogrammed.

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She showed us that on stage.
And the fact that the wife came

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up to you, Jana, and said that
that's really powerful.

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That's very cool.
And Phil, did you want to

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comment just so that our
audience can hear it?

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Do you want to comment what you
said in the audience or I'm

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sorry in the chat?
Something that I know is when

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Dave was getting his mind just
completely rewired by Jaina and

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Mark, you and Chris were saying
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You could physically see Dave
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But then it didn't just last for
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You could see him change the
whole weekend, the way he was

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walking, the way the confidence
he had throughout the whole

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event.
Like I was talking to him before

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he went on stage and I talked to
him after and he was like, like

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his wife said, it was a
completely different person.

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He just felt a different energy
and it was just so impressive,

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the work.
And of course, Vagina's first

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whole thing was fantastic.
Like each talk was fantastic.

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I just wish I could continue so
I can just replay it over and

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over so I can listen to all the
knowledge that was shared.

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Well, thankfully you'll be able
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What a This was not a planned
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Don't.
I'm very good at segues.

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Yeah.
And I really, I, I don't have a

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lot to share yet, but I will say
that the, you know, a big hero,

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a big MVP of the event was
Janae.

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Because Janae, as I may have
shared with you all, he came

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through literally like the week
or two before and said, all

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right, Mark, we're going to do
this.

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I'm going to make this happen.
We're going to have video, we're

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going to have audio.
We're going to do it right And

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he just kicked ass.
He he rented the equipment he

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needed.
He carried it from Virginia to

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Charlotte and set this up and
took command the entire time.

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I told him this, the fact that
Janae not only did the video and

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audio which will be released for
attendees, we'll also make it

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available for non attendees as
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But the way that he owned it the
whole weekend, he gave me the

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freedom to focus on the event
and focus on the people of the

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event.
I did not have to worry about

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the audio video.
He took care of it.

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If there was a bump in the road,
a hiccup, he took care of it.

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I didn't have to know about it.
And occasionally he'd be like,

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hey, Mark, yeah, we're dealing
with this, that and the other

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thing.
And he was so calm about it.

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And I was like, OK, do you need
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He's like, no, no, we got it.
We'll figure it out.

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I mean, it was unbelievable.
And so pro, I'm telling you, so

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pro.
I mean, we had four.

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How many cameras did we have?
Janae?

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I think it was 6.
Thank you, Jana, 66 cameras.

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He had a monitor that had all
the camera angles in it so you

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could see and make sure it was
working.

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And then Alex jumped in and
volunteered all Saturday manning

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one of the two rooms to make
sure that we were still

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capturing that audio and video.
And it was awesome to see.

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And I sometimes feel bad when
the volunteers are pulled away

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to do, especially all day long.
And so, Alex, I hope you still

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got stuff out of the event.
That was great.

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I.
Think when you're with a bunch

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of content creators and you go
to a conference, you're kind of

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like you don't know where to go
and you're kind of like you're

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turning your head all the time
like a squirrel.

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I think it was the best thing
that I got, and I mean this with

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quotes stuck in a room because
forced me to watch all the

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speakers and not try to have
FOMO.

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And I didn't see the other half
I knew was getting taped.

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So I'll see that hopefully
later.

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But in terms of what I got out
with those kids, I made sure

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that they talked to Dave and
they talked to Jen, but it's not

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often that you get to talk to a
YouTube star, so to speak.

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It was just really neat that
they were soaking it up.

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With all due respect to all the
speakers, the best speaker, and

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I've said this, was Gil, the guy
that did teaching you how to

449
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,280
take a film and lighting from
your iPhone.

450
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,600
Which I know doesn't sound like
it's the most sexy thing to do,

451
00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:00,000
but when you take a bad picture
or you have bad lighting, it

452
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:05,360
really sucks.
And I say that because as poor

453
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:09,640
Yvonne learned the hard way,
what's the number one thing you

454
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,440
want to do when you do a
recording press play?

455
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,400
And you know what, it happened,
but we laughed about it and we

456
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,240
moved on.
And I think that that's what

457
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,360
it's all about.
As someone that's new to

458
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,560
conferences in the podcast
world, it was pretty, you know,

459
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,840
you have these weird moments.
And for the one day when we were

460
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:35,640
all together without the wall,
it was you and it was Chris, the

461
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:40,520
founder of Pod Fest.
And we're all moving chairs to

462
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,000
make the room, right.
And it was just the three of us.

463
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:48,360
And I'm like, holy cow.
I got the guy that runs Pod Fest

464
00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:52,320
and I got Mark and myself.
And we're just doing this.

465
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,560
And it's just it.
It was all hands on deck.

466
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,000
And.
And no matter what happened, it

467
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,840
was going to be a success.
Thank you, Alex.

468
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,800
Yeah.
Chris Krimnitzo.

469
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,960
He was there the, like you said,
the founder of Pod Fest, he was

470
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,080
there.
He we gave Pod Fest a table to

471
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:12,840
promote their January event.
And I got to say, Chris and I

472
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,000
haven't had a lot of
opportunities to really talk

473
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:20,680
until this past weekend.
And such a great, great guy and

474
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,920
so supportive of what we're
doing.

475
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,360
Genuinely supportive.
And he was feeling it.

476
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:29,040
He was feeling the energy.
He was getting it.

477
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,720
And it made it so special,
especially for me.

478
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,600
Yeah.
So day one we're workshops, we

479
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:41,440
had one big room with 10 tables
or so, all of them mostly

480
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,400
filled.
And we, we did workshops and

481
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,760
we'll get into that.
And then the next day we had the

482
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,960
the two different tracks and
yeah, we were out.

483
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,280
We were in there that first day,
right before everybody.

484
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:58,280
I'm sorry, The second day, right
before everybody started to go

485
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,400
on their two different tracks
and the we had to arrange the

486
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,720
chairs, right.
And it was just the three of us

487
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,040
there.
And Chris started moving the

488
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,280
chairs.
I was like, Chris, come on,

489
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,240
You're, you're a guest here.
You're a partner of this event.

490
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,000
You don't have to do that.
He's like, no, no, no.

491
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,920
I like doing things.
I like keeping busy and I like

492
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,680
helping at these events.
And yeah, he got his hands dirty

493
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,200
too.
And he was so gracious and a lot

494
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,120
of fun too.
He it was great to have him

495
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,680
there.
Thank you, Alex.

496
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,760
Appreciate it.
I do want to hear more about

497
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,840
experiences and if anybody also
has, I just want to put it out

498
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,400
there.
If there was any session, any

499
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:42,080
talk and workshop panel that
shifted the way you're thinking

500
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,280
about your content creation, I
want to hear about that.

501
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,800
Maybe you had a big aha moment.
I want to hear about that.

502
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,080
So start thinking about that if
you haven't already.

503
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,320
Yvonne, I saw you wanted to add
on to something that Alex was

504
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:57,040
sharing, so go for it.
Good morning to you.

505
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,880
And I do want to say to you
another MVP of the event because

506
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,520
Yvonne reached out to me several
weeks before the event and

507
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,920
offered to take photography.
And Gil, who Alex had mentioned,

508
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,440
who was also a speaker, Gil was
also a partner in all this and

509
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,560
he had committed to doing
photography as well.

510
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:20,240
So we had two pro photographers
there and Yvonne was killing it.

511
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,880
I asked Yvonne at one point,
will you make sure to take as

512
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,200
many pictures as you can of
people in standing in front of

513
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,760
that step and repeat.
Let's get some people to pose

514
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,160
and let's get a lot of pictures
of that sign, that big sign with

515
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,920
the empowered podcasting logo
and of course, the podcasting

516
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,400
morning chat ironic media logos
all over it.

517
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,240
And Yvonne's like, Yep, I got
you and she, I saw it.

518
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,280
You must have spent a good two
hours or so doing that, Yvonne

519
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,720
and I can't wait to see all
these pictures.

520
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,760
Good morning to you.
What do you want to add?

521
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:56,240
Good morning.
It was fabulous to put real

522
00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:01,080
people faces in front of me that
are here every day.

523
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,320
Just amazing.
Awesome to to meet Alex who was

524
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,560
continually giving me a hard
time and the best of ways.

525
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,720
And as you would expect, it was
awesome.

526
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,440
At one point I was getting
myself a little coffee if I

527
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,680
think it was right after Dave's
thing.

528
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,880
And Alex came and grabbed me and
he's like photo op, photo op.

529
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,320
He he's talking to some of the
kids.

530
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,320
He got to come get this.
And he says not that I'm bossing

531
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,160
you around.
And I said, no, of course you're

532
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,400
bossing me around.
Let's go, let's go get it.

533
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,280
It was nice.
I have to say, I'm so glad that

534
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:37,520
I did volunteer to take photos
because it gave me the

535
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,880
opportunity to connect with
people.

536
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,720
My camera always does that for
me when I'm in events.

537
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:47,480
It's a way for me to connect
with people in past my shyness

538
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,760
at events like this.
So it was a selfish move on my

539
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,320
part.
I'll say you asked what was our

540
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,200
big take away?
And I've been thinking about

541
00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:01,560
that, the community that you
developed to pull this thing

542
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:06,640
together that keeps striking me,
like to see all hands on deck.

543
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:12,240
And then Shay Sparks and Adam
Bird's presentation about

544
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,960
community building.
It wasn't just them, it was a

545
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:20,800
running theme throughout was
this idea of how do you connect

546
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,600
and, and turn your podcast into
a community building

547
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,760
opportunity.
And it kind of kept going back

548
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,480
to get in touch with them, ask
what they need.

549
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:36,280
So I'm going to be doubling down
my efforts on figuring out what

550
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:40,520
my audience needs and wants.
And so that was a big

551
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,800
inspiration for me.
And I think the other running

552
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:51,320
theme for me was, you know,
moist storytelling besides our

553
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,720
panel.
It came up over and over.

554
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,200
Jonathan's presentation was
about that, really.

555
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,920
Shay Sparks and Adam Bird's
presentation was about that.

556
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,040
Jana's presentation was about
that.

557
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:06,640
It really was about like
allowing yourself to be brave

558
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:11,480
and vulnerable and put yourself
out there so that you give other

559
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,360
people permission to connect
with you.

560
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,200
Thank you, Yvonne.
I have to 1st jump and say

561
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,640
explain for anyone who was
triggered with the word moist,

562
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:25,720
sorry.
And the reason behind it is

563
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,680
during my opening remarks on
Saturday, Saturday morning, I

564
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,160
was talking about authenticity.
It was a big theme for me to

565
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,240
share.
And I know that what I was

566
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,240
saying in my remarks is that I
know that the word authenticity

567
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,000
is a buzzword buzzword.
And it's nails on a chalkboard

568
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,200
these days to a lot of people.
I get it.

569
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,680
And so I said it's kind of
become the moist of personal

570
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,040
development words.
It got a big laugh and it became

571
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:59,040
a little bit of a running theme
throughout the rest of the

572
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,440
conference.
Jason, I know you were using

573
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:06,640
that theme a bit as the MC and
sponsor of Track 1.

574
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,800
And I, I feel like every time it
was said, people got a good

575
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,280
laugh out of it, right?
Yeah, you're right.

576
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:16,800
And I think I had a whole intro
planned for presentation.

577
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,560
And the second you said that,
I'm like, well, Mark just

578
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,600
rewrote my intro for me.
That was perfect.

579
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,320
So yeah.
Thanks for the assess brother.

580
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,239
You're.
Welcome, Jason as one of the

581
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,719
coordinators and speakers.
MC attendee.

582
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,679
I mean, you really were wearing
all the hats.

583
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:35,199
I'm just curious if you want to
share a big take away from this

584
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:38,880
weekend, whether it was from a
session or maybe it was a

585
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,320
conversation you had or a panel,
whatever it was, what what was a

586
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,600
big take away or aha moment you
had?

587
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:49,320
Well, I'll tell you what, it's
hard to pinpoint one in the

588
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,000
short little window of time that
I have available right now

589
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,560
because my God, it was just
non-stop.

590
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,600
I'm going to do an episode of my
podcast today and put it out

591
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:04,960
tomorrow with a deeper recap.
But I think for me, what I'm

592
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,560
loving right now, and maybe it
was like this last year, but I

593
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:15,240
don't recall, I can't go online
right now without seeing the

594
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,240
posts about what people
experienced while they were at

595
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:24,400
this event this weekend.
That to me makes every rough

596
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,760
moment we had on our path to
planning this worth it.

597
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,440
Just seeing that type of
feedback and knowing that people

598
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,080
were able to walk away from this
thing with so much that they can

599
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,680
apply to their podcast to their
lives.

600
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:42,520
That's freaking huge.
So I know that anyone that's

601
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,800
never done Event Planet fully
appreciate what happens behind

602
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,360
the scenes because there's just
so many moving parts and so many

603
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,520
hands involved that have to make
it come together.

604
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,360
And I know we were all, we all,
we had those calls and we talked

605
00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:00,320
about those things and it was
just such an unknown.

606
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,360
What are we going to see?
What's going to happen?

607
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,200
It always feels like you're
putting out a fire.

608
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:08,720
But end of the day, to see that
so many people made connections

609
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,280
that are going to be with them
going forward for life.

610
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,600
That's powerful.
That's so cool.

611
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,120
And I, I know today I haven't
jumped on any of the online like

612
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,040
LinkedIn, Instagram, that's
usually where I spend my time.

613
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:22,360
I haven't had a chance to get on
there yet.

614
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,120
Today I know I'm going to see
more and then I'm going to add

615
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,520
to the conversation as much as I
can because I was driving all

616
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:28,960
day yesterday.
So I really couldn't

617
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,840
participate.
That to me is what really stands

618
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,560
out.
I, I'd love every second of

619
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,120
that.
And you want to talk about fuel

620
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,640
that motivates you to do this
all over again and make it even

621
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,120
better.
That is it.

622
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:46,120
Hey, Mark, I think what really
sums up what happened at the

623
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:51,040
conference was there was a
gentleman that has a history

624
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,840
podcast.
Here's a couple of different

625
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,680
podcasts.
And he wasn't getting that much

626
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,520
engagement.
And he had said something to one

627
00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,240
of the speakers and he's like, I
tried everything kind of thing.

628
00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:04,920
And we were talking to him and
Phil and I are like, well, are

629
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,280
you doing this?
You doing that?

630
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:11,600
And Phil went up to his room
before that big dinner, got him

631
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,520
on to YouTube and done a bunch
of other stuff.

632
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:19,240
And now it was almost like that
gentleman that had talked to

633
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,000
Gina.
I mean, he was like a different

634
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,560
guy.
He's like, I don't know if it's

635
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,760
going to work, but at least I
have a game plan.

636
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,720
And he was better than when he
started.

637
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,320
Wasn't so much he had things to
do.

638
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,000
It got done.
And I think that's what's so

639
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:38,040
awesome about events like this
where you have the people right

640
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,320
away.
I mean, Megan Shields tried,

641
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:44,200
which I give her the all the
props in the world in the middle

642
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,800
of the after party.
She's trying to fix my Facebook.

643
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,760
We got like almost there, but we
hit a brick wall.

644
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,560
So at least, you know, there's
things that actually happen at

645
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,920
these, at these conferences and
everybody from the top to the

646
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,640
bottom was willing to do
something.

647
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,280
So I'd love to hear what Sid has
to say because I finally got Sid

648
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,280
and I was really, I was really
happy to see him and meet him

649
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:06,560
and I think we had a good
conversation.

650
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,520
So I don't know if he's walking
or whatever.

651
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,920
No, he, I know he had his hand
up and yes, I want to get to

652
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:13,160
him.
I did want to just comment

653
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,560
really quickly on something
Yvonne said and then we'll go to

654
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,360
Sid.
Yvonne mentioned how she

655
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,760
appreciates the photography
aspect as far as when she is the

656
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,560
photographer, it gives her the
opportunity to connect with

657
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,920
people.
And I totally relate to that so

658
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:35,320
much because one of the big
reasons why I started this

659
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,840
conference was so that I could
have a reason to have

660
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,880
conversations with people.
Because when I go to these other

661
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:47,480
events, I tend to get a little
introverted and I just have a

662
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,760
hard time.
I push myself, don't get me

663
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,960
wrong.
And clearly, look, Jana and Rich

664
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,920
and Johnny and Chris, all, all
those people that I told you

665
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,560
about earlier, I mean, obviously
if I was being too introverted,

666
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,920
I may not have ever come across
their paths, right?

667
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:06,200
So there's something about one
as I'm as the leader of the

668
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:10,440
event, as the person, the face,
everybody's happy to come up and

669
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,440
talk to me.
We instantly have something to

670
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,200
talk about.
And I think that's what Yvonne's

671
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:18,280
saying it's, you know, she's got
a reason to approach you and

672
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:21,280
then you can, you can break the
ice with that.

673
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,720
So thank you for bringing that
up, Yvonne.

674
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:26,960
I think that's helpful.
And obviously you may not go, go

675
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:28,840
start an event now tomorrow,
right?

676
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:33,280
But thinking about it as a
creator, you can bring things to

677
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,040
an event that you attend a
networking event or what have

678
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,160
you, that that kind of helps you
break the ice.

679
00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:42,880
All right, Sid, you're up.
Good morning to you, Sir.

680
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,680
I was thinking about you and
your role in all this, and I

681
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,320
couldn't be happier that you
were not a speaker and that you

682
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:56,240
were not on the planning team.
I looked at you as really the

683
00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,160
perfect representative of the
podcasting morning chat

684
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,160
community.
You were that guy.

685
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,320
Like I couldn't pick a better
person.

686
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:09,000
To go around and talk to people
to represent us.

687
00:40:09,720 --> 00:40:12,720
So thank you for doing that and
please share anything you'd like

688
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:15,920
about your experience.
Good morning, everybody.

689
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,240
Thank you for those words, Mark.
I appreciate them.

690
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:23,160
So I have two little takeaways
and I know you got a lot of

691
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:24,800
people on stage that likely want
to share too, Mark.

692
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,400
So I'll be really brief.
I think it goes without saying

693
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:33,400
that the number one take away on
my list is I met my Internet

694
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,840
friends in real life.
And that's just so cool to be

695
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,680
able to do that.
And people you've been connected

696
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:42,000
to for years, but you've never
had the opportunity to meet like

697
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,760
Yvonne and Jonathan and Chris
are, just to name a few, Alex,

698
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,840
right?
Just so many people that you

699
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,120
hang out with that you don't
have never met in life.

700
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,240
So I think that's a really
important one for me.

701
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,480
There are two other things that
really stood out for me.

702
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:01,320
One of them was something that
Alex Santilippo said, and he

703
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,680
used an acronym for the word
focus.

704
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,680
In his acronym, the meaning of
the word focus was follow one

705
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,480
course until successful.
I think we all get trapped in

706
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,400
the shiny object syndrome.
And you know, I just thought

707
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:20,160
that's really important and to
stay the course and to follow it

708
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,280
until you've seen it to the
level of success you want.

709
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:27,560
And then the other thing that I
was strictly fascinated with was

710
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,600
Annika Jackson talking about how
she's using Delphi AII.

711
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:37,280
Was blown away by that and
really looking forward to

712
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:42,160
digging in to understand that
specific tool and what that tool

713
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,680
could potentially do for me as a
business owner, me as a

714
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,880
podcaster, content creator,
things of that nature.

715
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,280
But I will say this, and it
might be a little bit contrary.

716
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:56,880
I left with more questions, then
I got answers.

717
00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:00,960
That's a really good thing for
me because I'm in season of

718
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,640
reflection.
I'm in the season of really

719
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,280
trying to figure out what 2026
is going to be like.

720
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:09,800
Most of you know that I'll turn
60 in February.

721
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,880
And so I'm like really asking
myself questions like what I

722
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,280
want the next 10 years to be
like, reflecting back on the

723
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,160
past 10 years.
And it gave me some more

724
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,360
questions to dive into.
I've a meet with my coach this

725
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,960
week to restart from discovery
on that.

726
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,600
So I really appreciate the
thought provoking questions that

727
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,360
came out that are that'll be me
reflect and figure out the next

728
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,360
path it's going to be.
So back to you, Mark.

729
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,840
Thank you, Sid.
Thank you so much for sharing.

730
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:41,000
And yeah, that I must have
missed that part of Alex's talk

731
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,520
because I was, you know,
bouncing around everywhere.

732
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,120
And that's such a cool acronym.
I love that focus.

733
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,040
Yeah.
Thank you, Sid.

734
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:51,840
And yeah, let's keep things
moving, shall we?

735
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,160
I see that there's several
people that want to chime in.

736
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,920
I'm going to go to Janae first.
In fact, if you're paying

737
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,880
attention in the chat, I'm going
in the order that people have

738
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,720
chimed in there.
I've asked people to put a

739
00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:07,000
number one in the chat.
If you'd like to share anything

740
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,080
about your experience, something
you learned, something

741
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,120
meaningful, and let's go to
Janae.

742
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:13,800
And then we're going to go back
to Dave Jackson.

743
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,560
Go ahead, Janae.
Good morning, everyone.

744
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:20,240
Super excited to be here.
I was like, I can't wait to talk

745
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:23,240
with everyone go over again the
weekend.

746
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,320
I've been missing everyone.
So super excited to be here.

747
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,120
And Mark, I was listening
earlier.

748
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,640
Thank you so much for, you know,
giving me the opportunity to

749
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:39,960
serve community and capturing
that in the best way that I know

750
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,040
that I can.
Thank you so much.

751
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,040
It it felt amazing and I can't
wait to come back next year.

752
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,400
You're welcome, Janae, and thank
you again for everything that

753
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,480
you did.
Really, I'm, I just don't know

754
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,000
that I can thank you enough.
You were such a star at this

755
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,800
event.
Dave Jackson, the floor is

756
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,320
yours.
Yeah, this will be quick.

757
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,840
And just realize that everybody
has different needs.

758
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,400
But for me, the one that stood
out that I was like, oh, I got

759
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,680
to go home and start doing that
was Megan's talk on Facebook

760
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,680
ads.
I've I've played.

761
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,440
With them in the past, it was
kind of like I should.

762
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,120
Do something and I played with
them a little bit and for me I

763
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,160
was like, I need to go back and
because they're I've.

764
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:21,720
Heard they're super expensive
and Megan's like showing like

765
00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:23,840
no, no, they're they're not as
bad as you think they are.

766
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,680
So that's the one that I become.
Yeah, thank you for bringing

767
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,360
Megan's talk up.
Yeah, one was a popular one.

768
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:33,040
And yeah, I can speak from
experience.

769
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:37,560
The Facebook ads were one of the
big reasons that our ticket

770
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:42,840
sales finally started to surge
late in August, early September,

771
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,760
we did a campaign there.
I know it's a little different

772
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:49,880
comparing an event to a podcast,
but I can attest it does work.

773
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:54,120
And I have some clients that we
help with meta ads, and they're

774
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:57,880
having a lot of success.
In fact, I know somebody in this

775
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:01,640
room is having success with the
Facebook ads as well.

776
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,480
Let's keep going.
Thank you, Dave.

777
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:09,920
And I see Tim, Tim, Brian is on
stage and he wants to chime in.

778
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:13,040
And I just want to share.
Tim is an OG.

779
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:18,040
He joined us at the first one.
Tim was, as we had called out

780
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:21,920
spontaneously on stage when I
was doing my keynote opening.

781
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:25,200
Tim, I think was the first one
to get a ticket.

782
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,960
It's hard not to remember who
the first person is to buy a

783
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,000
ticket at an event like this.
So he was the 1st to get a

784
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,520
ticket.
And Tim, you shared and I'm not

785
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,200
going to share it here cuz I'll,
it's your story to tell if you

786
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,720
want to tell it.
But you shared just how much the

787
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:42,920
first conference from how much
things have changed for you from

788
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:44,760
the first conference to this
year.

789
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,400
But whatever you'd like to
share, please do.

790
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,280
Good morning to you, Sir.
Hey, good morning.

791
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:55,320
And this is my first time on
Clubhouse, so I'll try to be

792
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:59,320
really short here.
But what I learned and what I

793
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:04,440
got out of the first out of last
year was there was a session

794
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:08,880
about the submitting for awards
and I had never thought about

795
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:11,800
that.
So for one of the podcasts that

796
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,880
I run, I'm trying to catch up
with Dave Jackson for a number

797
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:18,360
of podcasts that I run because
it's only 15 right now.

798
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:22,040
So I'm I'm working hard, Dave.
But for one of the podcasts that

799
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:26,120
I run, I work for the federal
government and there's the

800
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:30,240
National Government
Communication Association and

801
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:33,400
they have a Blue Pencil award is
what they call it, and it's for

802
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:37,000
podcasts.
And because of last year, I

803
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,600
submitted to that, we got
nominated.

804
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,320
We got a lot of good feedback
for what we can do for this

805
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,160
year.
We're going to resubmit for this

806
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:49,040
year and we are going to win it.
But that's one of the things

807
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,800
that I did.
And the other thing is, as I

808
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,280
started up my own podcast
consulting and production

809
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:58,880
company, I have two clients.
So I met my goal that I set for

810
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:03,360
myself for 2025.
My goal for next year is add two

811
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,920
more clients to it, but that's
all directly.

812
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:11,360
I can attribute it directly to
last year's conference, this

813
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,280
year's conference.
Two of them that stood out for

814
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:18,040
me was Lloyd George's Practical
Monetization Tactics for

815
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:24,320
Podcasters.
That was so packed with stuff

816
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,120
that I was like, oh, that makes
sense.

817
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:29,320
It's going to help my clients
out.

818
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:32,000
One of the podcasts I run is a
art podcast.

819
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:37,600
So stupid me.
I should be talking to Michaels,

820
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:42,920
Blake's, all these little, you
know, craft stores and, you

821
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:46,760
know, a commenting on their
stuff and getting them to send

822
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:49,680
me art supplies because Lord
knows I don't have enough.

823
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:55,480
And I've attended a number of
conferences in the past, and

824
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,160
usually I roll my eyes at the
whole monetization thing.

825
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:02,200
But now that I'm a business
owner, I'm like, no, no, I would

826
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:03,680
like to make some money with
this podcast.

827
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:07,840
It's my retirement plan.
So that one I hadn't planned on

828
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,480
attending, but I was glad I did.
And Lloyd was very generous with

829
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:15,080
that information.
And then the other one that I

830
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:18,120
think deserves a lot of special
attention is David Griffiths.

831
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:23,720
What are you waiting for?
Oh, my goodness, that was

832
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:26,840
powerful.
You know, video replays or

833
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,760
anything like that.
If you've got to watch one,

834
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,800
watch that one.
Besides, the guy can sing.

835
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,200
He sang for us at the end of his
talk, yeah.

836
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:42,760
I've never been to conference to
a session where somebody sang at

837
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,920
at the presentation and that was
amazing.

838
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,520
And just his message of, you
know, what are you waiting for?

839
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:50,800
You know, I'm not waiting.
I'm walking.

840
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:53,720
That's my next tattoo.
That's, you know, I'm going to

841
00:48:53,720 --> 00:48:57,040
get that put on my chest and
that's going to be my next

842
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:58,560
monster.
Tim, that's your next tattoo.

843
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:00,880
I was really hoping it was going
to be something related to

844
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:07,320
authenticity and moist.
Well, you know what?

845
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:11,920
Just for you, Just for you, I'll
get moist on one of my hands.

846
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,560
So yeah.
Love it.

847
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,160
Thank you, Tim, and
congratulations on all the

848
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,280
success.
What a difference a year makes,

849
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,520
right?
Like it's so cool to hear the

850
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,800
progress and I know we were
connected after the conference

851
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:26,720
talking a lot more about that
too.

852
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:30,760
I'm so glad to see the progress
and so glad to see you back at

853
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:35,120
Empowered Podcasting this year
and hopefully I'm assuming next

854
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,080
year as well.
You've, you're a great part of

855
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,480
this community.
I appreciate you, Tim.

856
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,000
Thanks for being here.
Well, thank you.

857
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,440
And as soon as you put out the
tickets, I'm going to be first

858
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:47,600
in line again and I'm just going
to put it out there to you here.

859
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,720
I started planning a talk to
submit.

860
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,440
So as soon as you have all that
opened up, you'll be seeing my

861
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:56,200
name.
Yeah, awesome.

862
00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:58,840
And I, that's one of the things
I love about really a lot of

863
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,120
conferences.
I'm not saying it's unique to

864
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:04,680
us, but I think when it you are
attending a, a conference that's

865
00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:08,760
really motivating you, inspiring
you, empowering you, It seems

866
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:13,240
that people like to then, you
know, get that bug to want to be

867
00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:16,120
a speaker too.
I got several people coming up

868
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,680
to me saying, Mark, I am
applying to speak here next

869
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,560
year.
They were determined, confident,

870
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,000
and I love that.
It makes me so excited.

871
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,720
It to me it's a sign that things
are going really well at the

872
00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:28,680
event.
I'm going to check in with

873
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:32,880
Chris, who I got to know pretty
well this past weekend was good

874
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:37,800
to to meet Chris and Chris.
I know that we met in an unusual

875
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,600
way as far as the conference
goes, because you got there and

876
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:43,680
realized, oops, I didn't order
my ticket yet you got everything

877
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,400
else but your ticket.
Good morning to you, Sir.

878
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:48,640
You know, Mark, there there's a
synergy here.

879
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,160
I didn't know you were having
these.

880
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,720
And, and I woke up an hour
earlier than I was expecting to

881
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:57,000
get up at about 5:50.
You know, I'm on central time

882
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,720
here.
And then I checked my Facebook

883
00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:01,480
and I thought, Oh yeah, I better
get on this for the end, Mark.

884
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,920
I guess the one thing I was
thinking to myself, but I wish

885
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,480
we had another day and it's hard
because we're running a con.

886
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,240
There are so many things you
have to prepare for, so many

887
00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:13,480
things that can go wrong, and
you still have to do all those

888
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,920
things.
It it was certainly personal and

889
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,880
I didn't check out the South
Park shuttle or whatever it was

890
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,200
that like, I guess you can drive
or get rides around that area

891
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,840
for free too.
I was using Ubers and Lyfts, but

892
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:26,840
it looks like they're a South
Park.

893
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:28,560
South Park skipper, Yes.
Yeah.

894
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:31,520
And that area of Charlotte is,
Yeah, it's called South Park, in

895
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,400
case anybody's getting thrown
off and thinking the TV show.

896
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,560
Yeah.
Yeah, Well, well, that's well

897
00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:38,960
there.
There are lots of places called

898
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,360
South Park, North Park, East
Park, West Park.

899
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:46,040
It's not pretty generic name,
but it's so I think everybody

900
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,840
and it seemed like everybody
there was independent, you know,

901
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:54,240
just I'm a one man show, you
know, it's I mean, I'm not, you

902
00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:57,320
know, I I mean, you know, I'm
not I'm not I'm not against

903
00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,600
having, you know, more corporate
podcasters, but they don't have

904
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:03,680
the same interests as we do.
It's so that was good.

905
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:07,600
But who knows you'll as it
grows, you might find it gets

906
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,480
bigger.
But I.

907
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,920
To to answer your question, yes,
we will be having another one

908
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:18,240
and we'll do it next year.
I am going to take the next week

909
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:22,160
or two to work with the team and
work with others to figure out

910
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:23,880
when exactly we're going to do
it.

911
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:27,440
So to be continued on that
Chris, I have to keep things

912
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:30,080
moving because it is already top
of the hour.

913
00:52:30,080 --> 00:52:32,160
So thank you.
Thank you for coming.

914
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:34,920
I'm glad it all worked out.
I'm glad I got to know you

915
00:52:34,920 --> 00:52:38,040
better and glad to hear that it
sounds like you'll probably be

916
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:39,560
coming back the next year.
Thank you.

917
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:41,880
Yeah.
And I mean, I don't know how

918
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,160
many West Coast people you got
here, but keep in mind, you

919
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:46,000
know, this would be 4:00 AM for
them, so you.

920
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:49,160
Know we hear that from the West
Coasters quite a bit.

921
00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:52,040
I get it.
And who knows, to be continued,

922
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:55,840
we may at some point add an
extra show at least once a week

923
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:59,000
for a little bit later for
people to be able to enjoy.

924
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,520
Thank you, Chris, I see that and
we're going to go just a little

925
00:53:02,520 --> 00:53:04,600
bit longer today.
We just have so many people.

926
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,800
I want to make sure that we hear
from everybody.

927
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,440
Rich, I see you want to chime in
again.

928
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:12,120
Yes, go for it.
One of the things that's most

929
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:17,360
important for me being an event
planner, usually doing events in

930
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:21,360
my local community is the
experience.

931
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:25,080
You know, our people, are they
made to feel welcome when they,

932
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:27,640
when they get there, do they
feel like they belong?

933
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:33,080
And that was totally the vibe of
EPC, you know, and even though

934
00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,200
it's a little bit different for
me because I was on the event

935
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:38,200
planning committee, like I
still, there were still a lot of

936
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:40,440
people that I just had never met
before.

937
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:46,600
And kind of going back to like
what Phil was saying earlier is

938
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:50,600
walking up to people and yeah,
maybe you've had conversations

939
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:53,400
with them on LinkedIn or
Facebook or whatever, but we're

940
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,600
really just meeting each other
for the first time in person.

941
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:03,000
And it was very much a feeling
of I've known this person for

942
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:07,520
years and years, when in
reality, we kind of just met

943
00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,080
right then and there.
We've exchanged some

944
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:14,240
pleasantries on social media,
but the vibe was there.

945
00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:17,680
The vibe was, it was that sense
of belonging, that sense of

946
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,680
community, that sense of, like
Jane had said, friends that I

947
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:25,200
haven't met yet.
So that for me is one of the

948
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,480
most important takeaways and why
I love the community so much.

949
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:34,840
And I made so many great friends
and I'm eternally grateful.

950
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,280
And that's what I have.
So thank you.

951
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:39,520
Thank you, Rich.
I think you hit the nail on the

952
00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:41,400
head.
I think that was absolutely the

953
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:45,320
vibe at the conference, just
this feeling, like I said, the

954
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,960
sense of belonging, which was
the tone I tried to set at the

955
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:50,320
very first one and I think
succeeded.

956
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:54,960
And I'd certainly set that tone
again this week.

957
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,800
And we upped it a level or two
or three.

958
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:02,040
Yeah, it there was something
really special in the air.

959
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:05,560
And so listen, I want to see,
does anybody else want to share

960
00:55:05,560 --> 00:55:09,000
anything?
I will share quickly, and if you

961
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,600
want to share, just put a one in
the chat.

962
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:13,240
Again, that's going to be the
easiest for me to keep up with

963
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:15,640
you, but I'll just share
quickly.

964
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:21,640
A surprise for me was how well
the workshop that I hosted with

965
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:26,920
Chris Lewis went.
We hosted the improv workshop

966
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:33,360
and why it was so surprising to
me was that I just didn't.

967
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:36,560
I knew it would be fun.
It's not that I had low

968
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:42,480
expectations, but I didn't
expect it to kick the conference

969
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:46,120
or the people at the conference
to into a new gear.

970
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,280
You know, Jonathan shared a
piece of his presentation and as

971
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:53,800
we mentioned earlier, he was
first and there and he shared on

972
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:57,840
social media this piece where he
at one point was really working

973
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:01,640
hard to engage the audience.
And he even commented, I get it

974
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:03,800
that I'm the first, first one
here.

975
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,080
Let's get come on everyone,
let's get your energy up.

976
00:56:06,080 --> 00:56:08,000
Let's get you participating,
right?

977
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:12,360
And the, I think the improv
workshop really kicked that in,

978
00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:15,560
especially after Jonathan's
presentation.

979
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:18,600
I think it was I even turned to
Chris at one point and I said,

980
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:22,200
do you think we should have done
the improv thing first?

981
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:26,680
And he said no, because of
Jonathan's presentation, because

982
00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:30,720
Jonathan did get the crowd
warmed up and had because of his

983
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:34,720
powerful presentation.
But yeah, when we went on and

984
00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:38,800
did our thing and we had all the
different tables playing improv

985
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,640
games, the, the energy level
changed.

986
00:56:41,640 --> 00:56:44,720
People had what I'm the way I
saw it, people had an

987
00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:48,640
opportunity to get to know each
other in a fun and sometimes

988
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:53,600
vulnerable way.
Improv is does does create a bit

989
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:55,920
of a vulnerable experience for a
lot of people.

990
00:56:56,440 --> 00:56:59,920
And the other surprise, I guess,
or maybe more just full circle

991
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:03,880
moment about that workshop was
again going back to Jana and

992
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:07,920
Rich and and Chris who I did the
workshop with and some others.

993
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:13,520
We'd Chris hosted an improv
workshop at our creator retreat.

994
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:19,080
And we all joke now I was the
probably the most uncomfortable

995
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:23,840
at that particular workshop.
I could not get out of my head.

996
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:28,880
And then Fast forward here I am
now been taking lessons, improv

997
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:35,040
lessons for over a year, hosting
a workshop on improv and it

998
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,280
becoming a big success of the
event.

999
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,320
So yeah, that was a big full
circle moment, surprise moment

1000
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:44,160
for me.
And I was just so proud of what

1001
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,280
we did up there on stage that
morning.

1002
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:48,120
I'm going to give it to you,
Phil.

1003
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:49,440
What?
What did you say in the chat

1004
00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:51,560
there?
I was just saying in the chat

1005
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:55,760
that your workshop allowed us to
break the ice so that everybody

1006
00:57:55,760 --> 00:58:00,680
was equal and then go on to
enjoy the rest of the event like

1007
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:03,080
you got out of your heads
because you were trying to say

1008
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:04,920
big baby bottoms.
Yeah.

1009
00:58:04,920 --> 00:58:08,240
And then a number.
And try not to laugh at the same

1010
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:13,120
time as you see a whole bunch
of, like, adults saying

1011
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:16,320
ridiculous things.
And no one was like, oh, I have

1012
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,040
to be professional.
I have to be this.

1013
00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:20,760
I have to be that everybody
threw it out the window and was

1014
00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:26,560
like, we're all saying big baby
bottoms for like 5 minutes and

1015
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:29,880
tongue twister because you're
trying to say it faster, trying

1016
00:58:29,880 --> 00:58:33,320
not to laugh, trying to pick a
number that we had.

1017
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:36,480
It was phenomenal.
And it lets you let go of all

1018
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:39,920
those like the worry if you
will, and it really let

1019
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:43,240
everybody be themselves and
activate the child inside of

1020
00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:46,200
them.
I feel to be in a wonder because

1021
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:48,960
that's what this about was.
It was wonder because everybody

1022
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,760
was sharing so much knowledge.
Thank you, Phil.

1023
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:54,160
Appreciate you sharing that.
Yeah, you said it better than I

1024
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:55,520
did.
And yeah, and I'm seeing in the

1025
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:57,480
chat here a lot of people are
saying, yeah, it was such a

1026
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,440
great icebreaker.
I'm glad that it worked out so

1027
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,600
well.
Does anybody else want to share

1028
00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:06,000
anything before we wrap up?
There's.

1029
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:09,560
I mean, I honestly think we
could go for several hours.

1030
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:12,920
I will say that.
Jason Circon, you just want to

1031
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,480
share what you had just texted
me with the group.

1032
00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:18,640
Chris had said.
That kind of just instantly

1033
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:21,360
sparked an idea in my head about
how cool would it be if we

1034
00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:24,480
figure out a way to put together
a behind the scenes documentary

1035
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:28,400
about the coming together of
Empowered podcasting.

1036
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:31,520
We really don't have enough work
on our plate when it comes to

1037
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:33,080
planning this thing, so let's do
that.

1038
00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:35,600
Too.
Yeah, but it's worth talking

1039
00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,160
about.
I think that sounds really cool.

1040
00:59:37,560 --> 00:59:40,160
It really does.
Yeah, that's to be continued.

1041
00:59:40,160 --> 00:59:43,280
Maybe we'll have to get Janae in
on that conversation as well.

1042
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:45,800
And you know what, Mark?
That's the first person I

1043
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,640
thought about.
And when I when I sent that text

1044
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:50,400
like that would be the guy to go
to.

1045
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,200
Yeah, absolutely.
I love it.

1046
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:54,640
OK, any final words?
I'm going to give one more

1047
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:58,040
chance to everyone.
Anyone want to say anything

1048
00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:02,480
else?
OK, well then as we wrap up, I

1049
01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:05,840
just want to take a moment to
say how grateful I am for this

1050
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:08,760
community.
What we built together this past

1051
01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:11,720
weekend was proof of what
happens when we when passionate

1052
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,320
creators.
Come together to share and

1053
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:16,960
support and learn from each
other.

1054
01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:22,080
And hearing these stories and
these takeaways reminded me why

1055
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:26,400
this conference, this community
exists in the 1st place.

1056
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:28,880
It's all about the strategies
and the skills that help us

1057
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:31,640
grow, yes, but it's also about
the people.

1058
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:36,440
And if anything, maybe it's more
about the people, the

1059
01:00:36,440 --> 01:00:42,120
conversations that we had, the
relationships that turn into

1060
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:46,080
collaborations, the sense of
belonging that fuels us to keep

1061
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:48,840
going.
My hope is that you leave this

1062
01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:52,080
conversation with the same
energy and the same clarity that

1063
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:55,480
you felt this weekend and that
you carry it forward into

1064
01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:58,280
whatever comes next.
I think it's a huge win.

1065
01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:01,640
The fact that Dave has a take
away from the conference because

1066
01:01:02,560 --> 01:01:06,720
he's been the podcast teacher at
School of Podcasting for

1067
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:10,680
decades, literally, right?
So to hear that somebody like

1068
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:14,840
Dave has gotten the take away
out of the meta ads, that's

1069
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,640
really cool to me.
And I want to make sure I also

1070
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:20,840
mentioned the sense of belonging
that fuels us to keep going.

1071
01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:24,280
That is so huge with the
community.

1072
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:28,520
When we feel like we belong, it
does provide that fuel for us.

1073
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:33,160
And like I was saying, leave
today with that energy, with

1074
01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:36,280
that clarity and that you carry
it forward.

1075
01:01:37,080 --> 01:01:41,600
And whether it's launching
something new, trying something

1076
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:47,040
different, showing up more for
yourself, for your audience,

1077
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:49,600
remember that you're not doing
it alone.

1078
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:53,040
You've got a whole community
right here.

1079
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:57,160
Doesn't mean you have to show up
here every morning to be a part

1080
01:01:57,160 --> 01:01:58,600
of it.
And it would be awesome if you

1081
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:00,880
did.
It doesn't mean that you have

1082
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:04,400
other ways to connect with this
community in our Facebook group,

1083
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:08,080
the Empowered Podcasting Group.
And even more importantly, reach

1084
01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,240
out to those people that you've
connected with, whether it was

1085
01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:12,880
over the weekend, whether it's
today.

1086
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:17,400
Like I said, you've got a whole
community in your corner.

1087
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:20,400
So thank you for being a part of
Empowered Podcasting.

1088
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:23,320
Thank you for being part of the
Podcasting morning chat and this

1089
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:27,400
conversation today.
I'm so excited to see where this

1090
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:31,080
momentum takes all of us and I
really can't wait.

1091
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:34,520
Now.
I'm shocked to say it, but not

1092
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:37,760
shocked.
I can't wait to start planning

1093
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:40,720
what comes next for Empowered
Podcasting.

1094
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:46,920
So join us tomorrow if you can.
7:00 AM Eastern.

1095
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:50,800
We are back live here on
Clubhouse, live on YouTube as

1096
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,280
well.
We'd love to have you continue

1097
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:57,280
these conversations, continue to
learn and grow with us, and to

1098
01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:02,200
build this fine community.
So until tomorrow, we'll be

1099
01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:06,560
doing news and comment.
Make it a great day everybody.

1100
01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:07,160
Take care.