Feisworld Podcast

Kenneth Eng is a director, editor and executive producer. After graduating from Boston Latin School, Ken left for New York in 1994 to study film at the School of Visual Arts. His thesis Scratching Windows, a short documentary film about graffiti writers, was broadcast as part of the doc series REEL NY on WNET - NY PBS. In 2001, Ken directed and edited Take Me to The River a feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, his film about the famous Koshien Tournament in Japan was nationally broadcast on PBS as part of POV and continues to play in Japan on NHK-TV. In 2007, Ken was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship to launch My Life In China. Recently, he edited Tested for director Curtis Chin, and is currently developing projects on post-genocide reconciliation in Rwanda and the rise of baseball in China. Visit our blog for show notes, tools and resources: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/ken-eng  Subscribe with just one click! New episodes are r

Kenneth Eng is a director, editor and executive producer. After graduating from Boston Latin School, Ken left for New York in 1994 to study film at the School of Visual Arts. His thesis Scratching Windows, a short documentary film about graffiti writers, was broadcast as part of the doc series REEL NY on WNET - NY PBS. In 2001, Ken directed and edited Take Me to The River a feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, his film about the famous Koshien Tournament in Japan was nationally broadcast on PBS as part of POV and continues to play in Japan on NHK-TV. In 2007, Ken was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship to launch My Life In China. Recently, he edited Tested for director Curtis Chin, and is currently developing projects on post-genocide reconciliation in Rwanda and the rise of baseball in China. Visit our blog for show notes, tools and resources: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/ken-eng  Subscribe with just one click! New episodes are r

Brandon Voss is the thought leader at Black Swan regarding negotiator types. He is also the son of Chris Voss, who founded the Black Swan group and one of the most recognized experts in hostage negotiation.  What Is It Like to Be the Son of an FBI Hostage Negotiator? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Brandon Voss is the thought leader at Black Swan regarding negotiator types. He has made it his to mission teach clients how to identify the basic types of negotiators and has developed a methodology for dealing with each type in the most successful way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

About Our Guest For 20 years, Joscelyn Duffy has been creating communication that helps move the world forward into our individual and collective potential. As a co-developer of world-changing ideas, she has supported everyone from Fortune 500 companies and New York Times best-selling authors to new entrepreneurs. Her clients have been featured everywhere from “World’s Top” lists to Oprah. Author/Ghostwriter behind 15 books and regular contributor to international publications and podcasts, Joscelyn is on a mission to help entrepreneurs master their messages and create inimitable brands. With an open heart, Joscelyn and I hope you enjoy this conversation and share with one other person who might benefit from it.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

If you are a podcaster or a blogger, you may have heard of the phase "avatar for your content".  If not, perhaps you have heard of the phrase "ideal customer avatar". But what is it? A customer avatar (or a podcast avatar) is a fictional character that represents your ideal prospect. When complete, it will help you understand the motivating beliefs, fears and secret desires that influence your customer's buying decisions, or a podcast listener's decision in choosing your show.  Yes, it's true that you want to know their income, location (where they live), spending behaviors, favorite brands, website, etc. the list goes on and on and on....  What this exercise or approach doesn't tell you is that it's a process, and the avatar may change overtime.  Many creators fear this exercise not only because it's abstract in a sense, an avatar is "made-up", but also because the concern and stress behind the need to get it right the first time.  This riff is about the process, and the fact that we might not get it right t

Michael Roderick is the Founder of Small Pond Enterprises LLC., a company that offers consulting services, workshops, and events to promote and facilitate entrepreneurship and connecting opportunities. This episode is created for people who want to learn more about: How to navigate significant shifts in careers (average employment today in 2018 is 4.6 years) How to gain access to anyone, across industries  Michael went through a number of significant and unlikely career changes. For example, he went from working as a high school teacher to a successful Broadway producer in under two years. He founded The Connecting Connectors Conference (ConnectorCon). He also started an arts incubator program to teach more artists about building and growing their own businesses (PLAE). Access to Anyone is Michael Roderick's podcast, which he co-hosted with Michael Schein.  Careers, especially the ones where you find fulfillment and desire to stick to for a long time, don't surface on their own. His podcast explores the to

About Our Guest Over the past 30 years, Nicole Jansen has coached and trained thousands of leaders, helping them achieve extraordinary results in business and in life. As a certified Human Behavior Specialist, Business Breakthrough Coach, and Strategic Intervention Coach, Nicole has developed her own special brand of mentorship, which focuses on tapping into your strengths and true purpose, to create lasting success. On a recent call with Nicole to talk about a Mastermind group I started for podcasters (learn more about altPodcasters here), she gave me a ton of ideas and pinpointed our value-add in minutes. I also discussed Feisworld's first online course and new services to help English-speaking podcasters launch their shows in China, Nicole's feedback was equally relevant and helpful.  Nicole Jansen is the founder of Discover The Edge. Her clients are mission-driven and range from start-up entrepreneurs to large franchise organizations.   If you are a content creator, or a podcaster, I think you'll find th

Lisa Guida is a Leadership Coach for Professional Women Who Work in Male-Dominated Industries.  In this episode, Lisa talks to me about the secret to growing careers, businesses, and relationships. It all comes to people. From how to deal with conflicts at work, manage difficult conversations, to thrive in a male-dominated environment, we get deep into the core of what every woman should know in a workplace.  For show notes, more tools and resources, please visit www.feisworld.com/blog/lisa-guida   Subscribing + Sharing = LOVE Subscribe to Feisworld Podcast with just one click! New episodes are released every Thursday anywhere you get your podcast.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

It took me years to realize that I never wrote a real "About Me" section on Feisworld.com. Here's my attempt to create just that.  Thanks for listening, it warms my heart to know that you are here.  Fei --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

About Our Guest Helena Escalante and I met through Seth Godin's altMBA in early 2017. We spent just about a month together working on various projects and "ship it" constantly. As one of the ideas that came out of altMBA, Helena started her blog, Entre Gurus, attracts thousands of readers daily from around the world.  Helena is a fireball, full of energy. You can't help feeling upbeat, life is good when you are around her. After altMBA, we kept in touch with Gustavo Serafini's (also a guest on Feisworld) weekly Mastermind Group, when Helena more fully unveiled her potential and helpful nature as a colleague and a friend.  To learn more about and from Helena, check out her daily blog: https://entregurus.com/ Show Notes: [08:00] You mention that a podcast is likely going to be part of EntreGurus as well. Since the content is in both English and Spanish, are there going to be different podcasts or the same? [10:00] How do you feel about translations? How can you express the same emotion in one language and the

Welcome to Part 2! Terri Hanson Mead is a San Francisco Bay Area native, a helicopter pilot (a skill which she learned later in life after she has become a mom), IT consultant, expert witness, angel investor. Terri runs her podcast "Piloting Your Life", which consists of inspiring interviews with people who chose to rely on their internal fortitude to chart their own course. Terri discusses what helped them achieve the success they enjoy today.  Show Notes, Tools and Resources found on on our website at: www.feisworld.com/blog/terri-hanson-mead Subscribe to Feisworld Podcast with just one click! New episodes are released every Thursday anywhere you get your podcast.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Terri Hanson Mead is a San Francisco Bay Area native, a helicopter pilot (a skill which she learned later in life after she has become a mom), IT consultant, expert witness, angel investor. Terri runs her podcast "Piloting Your Life", which consists of inspiring interviews with people who chose to rely on their internal fortitude to chart their own course. Terri discusses what helped them achieve the success they enjoy today.  Show Notes, Tools and Resources found on on our website at: www.feisworld.com/blog/terri-hanson-mead Subscribe to Feisworld Podcast with just one click! New episodes are released every Thursday anywhere you get your podcast.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

William James Hung is a Hong Kong-born American former singer who gained fame in early 2004 as a result of his off-key audition performance of Ricky Martin's hit song "She Bangs" on the third season of the television series American Idol. Soon after American Idol ended, William landed a number of gigs as a singer and appeared on some of the top American Shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, Entertainment Tonight, David Letterman, The Howard Stern Radio Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  But he has a story left to tell - while many people think he simply put on an act to embarrass himself, the truth was far from it. He wanted to sing and get on stage. This is what our conversation is about.  Fast forward 14 years, William has released two albums but is looking to try other things in life, become a coach and help others overcome adversity. He's still figuring things out - and talking to him was fascinating.  Please subscribe to our show on your mobile phone.  Visit feisworld.com for more s

Paige Brunton is in her early 20s. She runs the site PaigeBrunton.com that helps female creative entrepreneurs build their websites using SquareSpace. I also used SquareSpace to build my website feisworld.com and numerous other client sites as part of Feisworld's Marketing Service Offerings. While building my consulting business, I found my tribe of mentors - and Paige is one of them.  So this episode is for you if you are... Looking to build a new website or upgrade the one you have - using a simple, all in one solution with a 24X7 support such as SquareSpace (I'm not an affiliate!) You are contemplating how you might be able to monetize your skills online When we were recording the episode, Paige was enjoying herself in Southeast Asia and working on her first online course.  New Announcement! Feisworld is in process of a beta launch for our first online course in June 2018 called Reaching Billions - click here to learn more. Subscribe to the Feisworld Podcast and support unsung heroes and self-made a

Meet John Haggerty, a Broadway-trained actor who leverages his acting skills to help medical students how to better interact with their patients in New York City.  The name of that job? Standardized patient, and he loves it.  John Haggerty is a long time friend of mine since 2003, who has appeared on a much earlier episode on Feisworld (#7, what?!) John has appeared on Les Miserable, King and I, Living Room, Yoshimi Battles and Pink Robot. Most recently at the Armory in Portland Oregon, John acted in a play called Kodachrome.  Check out other stories from Feisworld (including the earlier episode with John) on our website: https://www.feisworld.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Bobby Parrish is the owner and creator of FlavCity. He and his wife produce weekly videos on the FlavCity YouTube channel and daily recipes on Facebook, Instagram He is "Out to prove that home cooks can be rock stars in the kitchen and you don't have to be a chef to cook like one." This episode may be for you if you are... An online content creator (a blogger, podcaster, YouTuber, etc.) who are looking to up your game, find potential next steps in your success journey, seek inspiration in growing your brand, relate to another content creator who has paved the path and is willing to speak the truth and the untold stories of doing what you do.  A busy professional looking to change your eating habit and cook more at home, following recipes that are healthy, delicious and last for a week! #MealPrep   Show notes, quotes are available on our website: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/bobby-parrish Like it? Please consider subscribing to the show.  Hugs, Fei (Creator and Host of Feisworld Podcast) --- Send in a

Above: Prof. Chung (Left), me and Mr. Li in Zhuhai, China in March 2018 While I was in China (March 2018) conducting research and recording episodes for the new show, I had the great pleasure to meet Professor Sydney Chung (钟尚志 / Zhong Shangzhi), who is a recognized expert and pioneer in medicine, particularly in the area of endoscopy. Prof. Chung was the President of The Chinese University Hong Kong School of Medicine and the youngest President in the school’s history.  Prof. Chung studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and worked at Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong upon graduation.  At the age of 50, he experienced his version of the "midlife crisis" and decided to go to Papua New Guinea, the Land of the Unexpected to work as a doctor for three years, often under extreme circumstances with limited medical and Human Resources.  What I also found out is that Prof. Chung was a key contributor (and known to be one of the heroes) during SARS in Southern China between 2002-2003.  This

Michael O’Brien helps successful sales and marketing executives become the best version of themselves. He’s a coach, a consultant, and a recovering trauma patient. He is the author of a heartfelt memoir called Shift, where Michael talks about his Last Bad Day. Michael was on an early morning cycling training ride when he nearly died from a head-on collision with an SUV. After the event, he began to shift his self-narrative and through this recovery, Michael formulated a powerful triad to help people discover the lost art of conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Brendan Davis is the host of Big Fish in the Middle Kingdom, a weekly podcast about making it big as a foreign fish in the world's biggest pond - China! Every week from Beijing, host Brendan Davis talks with a fellow foreigner who is doing something challenging, unique or maybe even just a little bit crazy.  Check out show notes and leave your comment: feisworld.com/blog/brendan-davis --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support