Virtually Speaking
Virtually Speaking
CAL Entertainment Speakers
Virtually Speaking is a speaker interview series that was created for Meeting & Event Professionals and Leaders who are on the lookout for speakers to present at their events either virtually or in person. Each week, the most in-demand and compelling experts, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, and thought leaders inspire in revealing and content-rich fireside chat conversations. The interviews are hosted by Chris Lee, founder of CAL Entertainment Speakers, who has represented only the best in the speaking industry since 2007. Learn More at https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/.
Walter Bond: Swim! Adopting The Shark Mindset for Growth, Leadership, & Success
Walter Bond is a former undrafted NBA 6th man, who played for the Dallas Mavericks, The Utah Jazz, and the Detroit Pistons. He later became a sports broadcaster, a television host, and entrepreneur. Walter is also a multiple bestselling author whose third book was released in 2020, titled: Swim!: How a Shark, a Suckerfish, and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentoring, and Next Level Success. Walter is a legendary presenter who has achieved Hall of Fame Speaker status, speaking on over 2000 stages worldwide – delivering his expertise in Teamwork and Culture, Resilience & Attitude (the Shark Mindset), and Peak Performance.For more on Walter or to book him to speak: https://speakers.calentertainment.com/profile/1979Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
Oct 22, 2021
31 min
Josh Linkner: How To Create Big Little Breakthroughs and Transform Your Business
Josh Linkner is a well-known thought leader and author of two New York Times Bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming and The Road to Reinvention, plus the bestsellers Hacking Innovation and his 2021 book, Big Little Breakthroughs. He is a five-time tech entrepreneur, serving as founder and CEO of each company, driving a combined exit value of over $200 Million. One of Josh's ventures was as founder and CEO/Chairman of ePrize, the largest interactive promotion agency in the world. He is a founding partner of Detroit Venture Partners, which helps rebuild his hometown of Detroit, Michigan.  Josh is a weekly contributor to Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Detroit Free Press, and has been featured by many other international media. He has received high praise from people like Magic Johnson, Seth Godin, Steve Case, and from the chairmen of companies like US Bancorp and Groupon. Josh moves audiences to action with practical and effective approaches to driving better business outcomes via creativity, innovation, reinvention, and hyper-growth leadership. Josh is also a professional jazz guitarist, so creativity comes natural to him.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
Jul 9, 2021
34 min
Sarita Maybin:  If You Can't Say Something Nice, What DO You Say? Virtually Speaking Ep. 49
Sarita Maybin is an internationally recognized communication expert who teaches us how to navigate the most difficult of conversations. The well-known speaker and Bestselling Author, Les Brown, perhaps put it best when he said “Sarita Maybin’s skillful combination of positive examples and practical phrases will transform your communication experience”.Sarita literally wrote the book on how to answer the perpetually perplexing question: If You Can’t Say Something Nice, What DO You Say? She continues the conversation in her new 2020 book, Say What You Mean in a Nice Way.In her 20+ years as an international speaker Sarita has spoken for TEDx and worldwide in more than 10 countries. She has received numerous awards including: International Who’s Who of Professional Women, Who’s Who in the Southwest, Toastmasters Winner, and was voted a Top 5 Communication Speaker. Sarita is a former Chapter President of the National Speakers Assn and a former university dean of students. She has been featured in the media including by Fox, ABC and Forbes.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
Jun 25, 2021
31 min
Seth Godin: The Practice Of Reaching Those Who Matter With Your Ideas. Virtually Speaking Episode 45
Seth Godin is a remarkable entrepreneur, international best-selling author, and expert on marketing, communication, entrepreneurialism, and leadership. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 20 best-selling books, including “The Dip,” “Linchpin,” “Purple Cow,” “Tribes,” and “What To Do When It’s Your Turn.” His most recent books, “This is Marketing” and “The Practice,” were instant bestsellers around the world. Seth also founded two major companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne – which was acquired by Yahoo! In 2013, Seth was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame as well. He might be the only person in both. Seth is regularly featured by media worldwide including Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Inc Magazine, Adweek, The Motley Fool, NPR, and by Time Magazine who ranked Seth’s blog, “This is Seth’s Blog,” as one of the top 25 in the world. Seth’s very popular podcast “Akimbo” is listened to weekly by millions. He is followed by millions across the social platforms and his content online has been viewed by tens of millions. For more on Seth or to book him to speak:https://www.calentertainment.com/portfoliotype/seth-godin/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
May 7, 2021
19 min
Vinny Lingham: Get On The Blockchain And Into Crypto Or Be Left Behind
Vinny Lingham is a serial entrepreneur, and one of the most recognized and influential blockchain and cryptocurrency experts in the world. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Civic Technologies, which is a blockchain-based identity management company. Vinny is one of the Sharks on “Shark Tank South Africa,” and he is a general partner of the investment firm Multicoin Capital, one of the world’s largest crypto funds investing in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies reshaping trillion-dollar markets.Vinny is often affectionately referred to as the Oracle of Bitcoin when featured by major media outlets like Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Business Insider, Coin Desk, and many more. His vision for the best usage of the blockchain is to create security, privacy, and identity verification and protection.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
Apr 23, 2021
26 min
Mark Eaton: Do What You Do Best. Intimidating NBA All Star & 2x Defensive Player Of The Year
Mark Eaton is a legendary former NBA All Star, who was the most dominant shot blocker of his era, becoming the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year twice and setting the record (which still stands today) for the most shots blocked in any season in NBA History, (456 – which is an average of 5.56 per game) and nobody has ever come close!His bestselling book, The Four Commitments of a Winning Team – with a foreword written by NBA Legend and Hall of Famer John Stockton – enables industry leaders, teams and individuals to outsmart, outlast, and outperform their competition and achieve record-breaking success.Mark’s story is an incredible and improbable journey, which goes from a high school basketball bench-warmer to a 21-year- old auto mechanic with no future in basketball, to ultimately becoming a record-breaking NBA player and All Star!He is an expert on team building and business building, and teaches organizations how to employ the leadership principles and coaching techniques he mastered in his twelve-year NBA basketball career, one of which is knowing your limitations and becoming great at what you do best.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
Apr 16, 2021
34 min
Serial Exec James Sun: The Necessity Of Diversity Decentralization Empowering Employees & Consumers
James Sun is a serial technology entrepreneur with several exits and is currently the CEO of Beautytap, and the Owner of Dramabeans. James was the first Asian male to land a spot on the NBC hit reality TV show “The Apprentice” in season 6, and became the first Asian finalist in the history of the show. After The Apprentice James became the host of his own TV show on The BBC, called “Sun Tzu’s War on Business” where he was tasked with and successfully accomplished turning around 12 companies in 11 different countries in a span of 18 months.James is a champion of corporate diversity and inclusion, and an expert in the global marketplace and workforce, working with corporations to tap into their diverse employee cultures to not only empower them, but to give diversity cues to the company about how the products they sell are perceived, useable, and best presented to all cultures and ethnicities around the world.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.calentertainment.com/virtually-speaking/
Apr 9, 2021
37 min
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