Check Your Comms, with Janice Kapner

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On July 21, 2026
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Business, change, communication, leadership, storytelling, success, tech, transformation, trust

Janice Kapner, former communications leader at Microsoft and T‑Mobile, shares expert insights on navigating high‑stakes corporate transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and leadership without formal authority. Drawing on her experience leading communications during the largest telecom merger in U.S. history, Kapner explains how transparency, strategic storytelling, and consistent stakeholder communication are critical to maintaining trust, credibility, […]

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On July 22, 2025
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author, branding, Business, CEO, crisis, crisis management, PR, public relations, reputation, Russia, speaker, Stephanie Maas, storytelling, success

Founder & CEO of ZavoMedia PR Group, Liana Zavo, recounts how a college dropout and single mom made the jump from Russia to the US and from the style world to PR, gives a bit of advice for Blake Lively, reveals THE biggest PR mistake people make, how to come down from the ledge of […]

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On April 16, 2024
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author, climate, news, Stephanie Maas, storytelling, success, Taylor Swift, TV

Award-winning journalist and CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir shares the story of his new book LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (CAN BE): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World, explains why reporting on climate includes reporting on EVERYTHING, the one thing that makes humans special from every other animal on the […]

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On October 18, 2017
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John David Mann, marketing, storytelling

John David Mann is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Public Speaker, and Entrepreneur. As an award-winning author, his writings have earned the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal, for The Go-Giver), the Nautilus Award (for A Deadly Misunderstanding), and Taiwan’s Golden Book Award for Innovation (for You Call the Shots). The Go-Giver was also honored with the Living Now […]

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On October 10, 2017
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author, Business, CEO, Donald Miller, inspiration, marketing, Remastered, storybrand, storytelling, success

Bestselling author, speaker, and StoryBrand CEO Donald Miller breaks down the Storybrand framework, the biggest mistake marketers make, branding lessons from Jeb Bush to Donald Trump, the massive importance of a common side-character, internal vs external problems, solutions vs feelings, and the #1 thing you want to be known for. About Donald: Donald Miller is a student of story. […]

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On October 28, 2015
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author, CEO, how to be yourself, marketing, motivation, relationship building, Remastered, storybrand, storytelling, success

Bestselling author, speaker, and StoryBrand CEO Donald Miller speaks on discovering shame and discovering self, allowing yourself to truly be seen, how being impressive is like eating junk food, enablement vs grace, the one type of person you can’t be friends with, losing the battle to win the war, and the CRAZY story of meeting […]

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On January 14, 2015
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author, Business, CEO, communication, leadership, politics, sales, speaker, storytelling, success, trust

Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, shares the lessons we can learn from politics about communication, mistakes we often make in non-verbal communication, what to do when trust is eroded, averaging rather than adding credibility, and tips to telling a story vs a narrative, and which is more powerful. About […]

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On October 8, 2014
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coaching, dealing with failure, messaging, motivation, public speaking, speaking, storytelling, success

Championship speaker and executive coach Dananjaya Hettiarachchi shares the two principles behind crafting a great message, the three biggest things he changed to create a championship speech, pull vs. push messages, the two types of stories that exist, the power of connecting with failure, and why sometimes just being yourself is the hardest part. About […]

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On June 4, 2014
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author, Business, coaching, leadership, sales, speaker, storytelling, workplace

Author, speaker, and certification expert Pamela Slim addresses the “new world of work”, including what makes it so unpredictable, what is considered THE meta skill throughout all of history, and how to talk to our kids about what we do professionally. About Pamela: Pamela Slim is an author, business coach and the co-founder with her […]

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On April 30, 2014
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author, Business, care, fear, generosity, grace, leadership, love, Remastered, service, storytelling, success

Leadership speaker, best-selling author, and global influencer Jon Gordon shares the 3 winning strategies of love, service, and caring, the importance of slowing down to produce MORE, the power of grace, being a resistor vs a conductor, tips for dealing with energy vampires, and how to become a love magnet. About Jon: Jon Gordon’s best-selling […]

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