Speak Up With Laura Camacho

Laura’s guest is Don Colliver, public speaking internal expert at Google and around the world; leads improv, clown, and sketch comedy classes for the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre..Don’s mission is to help every communicator profoundly impact their audience through the power of authenticity, listening, and play. He recently released a #1 Bestselling Amazon book entitled "Wink: Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence" to help anxious speakers and organizational teams everywhere connect more deeply when they communicate.Laura and Don bring you all kinds of practical wisdom pearls so that you can engage even the toughest of audiences. Takeaways include:- Research actually proves that competent leaders are better perceived when they share certain imperfections- 3 specific ways to increase engagement with your very next presentation (in person or virtual)- The kind of humor that helps you and the kind to avoid- What your audience secretly craves from any speaker- The ingredient that makes people laugh is

This episode of Speak Up with Laura Camacho is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get recognized for the Value You Already ContributeDr. Mindy Weinstein is a marketing expert and author from Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the founder and CEO of Market MindShift, specializing in high-level powerful tips to use scarcity to create more interest in you and your ideas.After a career in marketing, she decided to do a deep-dive into persuasion. She realized that out of all the factors that influence us, scarcity is the most powerful. This led her to doing her own research into the topic of scarcity and eventually writing her book: The Power of Scarcity: Leveraging Urgency and Demand to Influence Customer Decisions.In this fascinating and compelling episode discover these powerful tools:- How scarcity affects us on a neurobiological level- Why we value what is scarce more than everything else- How fear of missing out (FOMO) plays into marketing and our day-to-day decision making- Why the c

This episode is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already Contribute.Hesha Abrams is an internationally renowned mediator from Dallas, TX. With over 30 years of resolving intense conflict and difficult problems, Hesha comes to us as an expert in addressing conflict with pragmatic approaches.Hesha’s innovative approach and thought-provoking solutions obtain favorable outcomes for even the most complex conflicts.From a young age, Hesha had a strong sense of justice. In her years of work as an attorney she came to understand how to end conflict and successfully defuse the tension - outside the courtroom. She saw that many people feared and avoided conflict, which led her to writing the book, Holding the Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing TensionThis episode gives you the roadmap to:- Use the ‘sandwich’ technique to deal with people who dominate meetings- Why stories are most effective to make your point stick- Leverage affirmation

Why improve your communication skills at work? What's the value in having more executive presence? Or feeling more comfortable with intimidating audiences?It comes down to having more influence. Influence means people know you, like you, and trust you and you get to shape the decisions that affect you. It means people think of you, they remember you and what it is you bring to the table.In this quick, intense episode, Laura shares a quick introduction to what it means to have influence at work and how you need to think about the way you interact with others, if you want to have more influence.Her diamond-studded takeaways include:- When is the best time to speak up in a meeting- Why loudmouths have more influence- How the power to influence in the virtual context helps introverts- Word choices that boost influence- Easy options to make you more memorableToday’s episode of Speak Up with Laura Camacho is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already C

This episode is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already ContributeToday’s fascinating guest on the Speak Up with Laura Camacho podcast is Shelby Scarbrough: entrepreneur, author, and speaker associated with Harvard School of Entrepreneurial Studies.Shelby started off as a political appointee organizing trips for the Reagan and Bush administrations. She has also worked with Pope John Paul II, Presidents Reagan, Bush, Carter, Nixon, Lech Walesa of Poland, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, and Queen Elizabeth II.Shelby started right out of college working in the White House planning events for President Reagan. She went from the White House to the State Department before getting out of government work and starting her own business, Practical Protocol. She worked traveling around the world setting up trips and planning events for high-level dignitaries. After years of running her business, she decided to put what she learned about being courteous

This episode is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already Contribute.The guest on today’s episode of Speak Up with Laura Camacho is Millennial and Gen-Z expert Vivek Iyyani.While Vivek was freelancing as a facilitator and youth coach, he participated in various enrichment programs in different schools working with teens on confidence, leadership, and team bonding. Along the way he realized this was the group that would soon be entering the workforce, and noticed a shift in their priorities compared to his peers and co-workers.When Vivek began looking at the research regarding Millennials, he saw that many of them struggle with a quarter-life crisis. This finding led to Vivek writing his first book: Empowering Millennials: The 5 Step Sequence to Design a Life of Fun, Freedom and Fortune.As he continued to interact with Millennials and Gen-Z in the workforce, Vivek noticed some difficulty in the relationship between older generations and Millennia

The hyper-interesting guest on today’s episode of Speak Up with Laura Camacho is Michael Reddington, CFI (Certified Forensic Interviewer). He wrote the book, The Disciplined Listening Method: How A Certified Forensic Interviewer Unlocks Hidden Value in Every Conversation.As a Certified Forensic Interviewer, Michael traveled all over not only conducting interrogations, but also teaching professional investigators how to get to the truth using non-confrontational techniques. His experience in the interrogation room helped him see the persuasion techniques that help to actually influence others. Now, he coaches leaders working to build relationships and make their mark.The takeaways from this fascination conversation include:The importance of intentionally slowing down (internally and externally)Why you should listen to your body during your conversationsLimit variables during virtual meetings to improve your focusThe importance of self-image in regards to persuasionThe most important questions to ask if you wan

Today’s delightful guest on the Speak Up with Laura Camacho podcast is health and wellness coach, Lisa Burbage.Lisa began her wellness journey after her battle with breast cancer, which served as a wake-up call to her regarding the importance of physical and mental health. She realized she had many aspects of her health that needed improvement and began making serious changes. This led Lisa to want to empower others to avoid the pain and difficulty she went through on her own. After getting her health coaching certificate from Duke University she became a health and wellness coach and has been helping others take good care of themselves ever since.In this fun and informative episode, we cover:The top trends regarding health and wellness in the workplaceThe effects of the lockdown on physical and mental health and wellnessHow to stay well if you WFH (and sit through 73 virtual meetings a day)How wellness-oriented team-building can help build work cultureHow Lisa gets everyone engaged in group Zoom meetingsWhy

Today’s fabulous guest on the Speak Up with Laura Camacho podcast is intellectual property attorney and personal friend, Angie Avard Turner.Angie knew she wanted to be an attorney since she was very young, but also had a creative side she wasn’t sure what to do with. As a young adult she attended law school in Michigan, moving back to Georgia after graduation.It was then that Angie began learning and exploring her creative side, especially through learning Adobe and working in design of paper products and other home goods. She started a company in the field which, to her surprise, completely took off. After 10 years she made the pivot back into law, helping those creatives she had gotten to know during her career in the industry protect their hard-earned work.In this fabulous and fun-filled 45 minutes, you will learn:The biggest mistakes made in the art of negotiationWhy you need to be SPECIFIC and CONCISE in your negotiationsThe implications of more collaboration taking place across the business worldHow to

Today’s guest is on the Speak Up with Laura Camacho is the wonderful and charming Ted Bradshaw! He is an Expert EOS implementor (Entrepreneur Operating System) which is used in small and large companies to help get the right people in the right seats.After graduating from school and sending out hundreds of resumes, Ted landed his first job making 100% commission selling alarm systems. Following a short stint in this position, he eventually found his way into some of the big players in corporate America Including Xerox and IBM. After success in the corporate world, Ted felt the need to move to something different.Some years later, Ted became a serial entrepreneur, starting five companies in the past twenty years. Seven years ago he began coaching EOS. His admirable passion is to help those who have a desire to achieve do so through purpose. This led him to write his book, Stop Chasing Squirrels: 6 Essentials to Find Your Purpose, Focus, and FlowIn this wisdom-imbued episode, Ted shares:How a breakdown in commu

For those who have always wanted to be more charismatic, this is the episode for you. In only 15 minutes, Laura breaks down what exactly is this quality we call "charisma", what behaviors are anti-charismatic, and the 3 components of charisma. She also offers a warning that charisma does not always travel in the same suitcase as the character. Caveat emptor!Other takeaways include:- What kind of clothing can keep you from being charismatic- How charisma and likability have so much in common- How you can be perceived as more powerfulThis episode of Speak Up with Laura Camacho is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already Contribute.

Today’s marvelous guest on the Speak Up with Laura Camacho podcast is Marlene Chism, public speaker and author of From Conflict to Courage: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Leading.After 20 years as a blue-collar factory worker, Marlene knew she wanted more but wasn’t sure what it was. Her path eventually led her to be a consultant and public speaker.After a few very difficult years as a motivational speaker, she went back to school to get her Masters. As the pandemic began, she saw an opportunity for a book about improving relationships at work. She published her findings in: From Conflict to Courage: How to Stop Avoiding and Start Leading.In this extremely relevant episode we discuss:-Why conflict is not the problem, but the way we manage it is-The three primary forms of avoidance-The three parts of emotional integrity-What you can do as a team leader when reports are in conflict-Her process for breaking down an interpersonal conflict at work-The three parts that expand your conflict capacity-Why the person w

In this phenomenal episode of Speak of with Laura Camacho, Dr. Camacho has a crucial conversation with global expert on leadership communications, Gina London.Gina is CEO of a global consulting firm called Language of Leadership. She is an Emmy Award-winning former CNN correspondent and TedEx speaker based in Ireland. She now teaches members of the workforce worldwide to gain visibility and authentic confidence. Her work helps people to connect with themselves and others more comfortably and effectively.This insanely relevant conversation covers topics such as:The authenticity conundrum: what it is and why it’s a problemA better definition for authenticity (it’s all about values)The glory of self-acceptance and self-improvementWhy communications aka “the human stuff” is everythingHow to be kind with under-performers while getting them to step UPA step-by-step process for communicating at a higher levelWhy people zone out in your meetings and how to fix itWhat working visibly really means and how to do itThe p

This episode of Speak Up with Laura Camacho is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication: Get Recognized for the Value You Already Contribute.In this much-needed episode of Speak Up, host and communication expert, Laura Camacho, chats with Leigh Marz from Berkley California and co-author of the book Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise. (Her co-author is Justin Talbot.)Working as a consultant for a wide variety of companies, including many Fortune 500 businesses, Leigh realized the tendency to pack meetings with strategies, data, and information wasn't leading to desired results.In her own life as a mother and wife, she and her husband were completely overwhelmed with the demands of everyday life when they came to the realization that they wouldn't find peace through more thinking or more doing.Their intuition led them to a place of silence. After this breakthrough, they wrote an article about the importance of silence which was met with huge success and led them on a journe

Nick Gray is an interesting man. He built his first company, Museum Hack, by offering non-traditional tours of museums, starting with the MET, when he lived in NYC. By "nontraditional art tour" I mean showing the most expensive art piece, or the most controversial, or the least commercially successful artist. It was not about teaching Art History 101 but giving people a memorable experience in a great location.He's taken this expertise and applied it to networking. Best of all, he shares it all with me in this podcast episode on making new friends, aka networking now. By creating your own 2-hour event, a 2-hour cocktail party, even if you don't drink, you can meet interesting new people, have REAL conversations, make connections and help others to do the same. His book is called The 2-hour Cocktail Party: build big relationships with small gatherings. It's so introvert friendly!This is your opportunity to learn a fresh way to build relationships and as a result, build your career. In this high-energy conversa

Learn the latest on executive personal branding with our guest, internationally acclaimed coach, Brenda Bence. Based in Singapore, Brenda has coached 1,000 senior leaders from 60 nationalities across 70 industries and is recognized by Thinkers50 as a World Leader in Coaching.In this practical episode, Brenda and Laura dive into the nuts and bolts of managing outside perceptions of senior leaders and why it matters so much. Turns out, you already have a personal brand, even if you didn't realize it. What you want to do is enjoy a personal brand that reflects your true values, instead of giving up on the development of that precious reputation.A few of the take-aways you can put into practice right away include:- Why even high-performers need to take charge of their personal brand- All of your stakeholders have 2 levels of needs, know which is most important to address- How branding has changed since Covid- The ideal distance between you and your laptop camera (I had to move mine!)- The truth about hybrid meeti

In this special MINI episode (15 minutes) of the Speak Up podcast, Laura Camacho gives you everything you need to Slay that Q&A after your very next presentation. Use her process to demonstrate supreme executive presence.After a few thousand coaching sessions Laura learned what actually causes breath-stopping dread to newish and/or introvertish leaders. Giving constructive feedback is seldom fun. Asking for a raise can make your knees wobble. Even giving presentations can set off the fluttering of two thousand butterflies. But the scariest situation of all is the dreaded Q&A.- Uncover the hidden opportunity in each question you're asked- What's worse than not knowing the answer to the question- The 4-A process that adds tremendous value to your answer- Why partial answers are better than saying "I don't know"- How answering questions can build your visibilityThis special mini-episode of the Speak Up Podcast is brought to you by The Practical Guide to Effective Communication by Laura Camacho, PhD. Now

This episode is all about culture building and communication. Marc, CEO of the digital marketing agency, Spinutech, has built up the company with minimal turnover despite massive growth over the last 22 years.Marc shares the great communication practices he uses to build culture, motivate talent, give (and receive effective feedback), interview, and develop people. Listen to Laura and Marc chat up all the working pieces that go into building a great company (or team) culture that produces happy high performers. The juicy takeaways include these and more:- How to decide which are the best core values for your company and what to do if the values are already set in stone- The key interview question that brings to light the candidate being arrogant or secretly an egomaniac- Why everyone is talking about culture and how to talk about it every day- Why his company has a Director of Culture, what she does, and why you should stop having virtual happy hours right now- How individual contributors actually add tremend

This episode of SPEAK UP is filled with entertaining wisdom from former lawyer and ex-convict Paul Glover. He gives us the intel from his experience as a No BS Coach on how to make your story more persuasive and how to give the gift of truth for you to leave a more meaningful legacy.Paul believes that coaching is an exchange of energy and his goal is to help people de-stress and lead with curiosity. (Laura found him quite chatty and entertaining!) He is author of Work Quake: Making the Seismic Shift to a "Knowledge Economy." Eavesdrop on this lively conversation and learn communication and leadership nuggets to make you graphene-level strong at work:- The difference between transactional communication vs relationship-building- How to have the courage to stand up for your team (even when they're out to get you!)- Why you should make others a part of your journey (even if you're an introvert)- The importance of showing appreciation more often than you think- Empathetic listening and showing compassion in the wo

I talk to people every single day about how to sound confident. Confidence is not the same as competence and my work is helping supremely competent leaders sound more confident when they speak up. Confidence shortens the path to implementing your fantastic ideas, getting the resources you need, nailing the interview, and getting recognized for the value your team already contributes.In this mini episode, you'll step up your game after learning diamond-studded hacks like these:- What sales people learn Day One that will help you be more successful already- Technical aspects of communication that signal confidence- How to start any message that's important to youTo see Laura's collection of communication content please visit www.mixonian.com. Bring her to help your teams communicate more effectively by contacting her at info@ mixonian.com