The #podcast episodes keep stacking up!
Not only have I already had a handful of #interviews, but I have a great guest list that needs some scheduling. However, as it happens, I'll announce on the podcast's LinkedIn page.
One thing that I have learned from my little hospital stay is to relax a little, let loose and enjoy it all. I think you can hear that through the interviews that I have done.
Interviewing is an art, frankly. Like most #journalists, when I started, it was a matter of being prepared with a list of questions - literally. I would have a set list of questions, often numbered, and go through the motions because all I needed was some answers to these inquiries. Or so I thought.
What that does, depending on how rigidly you go through the questions, is create a conversation that reads more like a cereal box, with each answer being one more ingredient to the story you are trying to tell.
But, frankly, if you've read one cereal box, if that's your thing, you have read them all. Every story ends up sounding the same. Every interview is a clone of the previous one.
Instead, developing some improvisational skills - thank you SAK Comedy Lab (yes, Wayne Brady's old stomping grounds - will help you always be in the moment while you chat.
That leads to dynamic conversations that differentiate. Thus far, in three conversations, I have touched on topics that have included non-alcoholic beers, Beyonce and scuba diving. The #improv comes in when the conversation turns to these topics and being able to carry the conversation into interesting caverns because of the way the guest takes them.
Anyway, stay tuned for the episode schedule and stay tuned to Orlando Tech News for new content this week. It's a busy time but I LOVE IT!
Really excited to announce that we have just booked an interview with Amy Wise of the Special Olympics!
She and I go way back to her days with a local #tech company in Orlando and I'm excited to jump on the #podcast with her later this week!
Stay tuned as we are getting closer to announcing a release schedule for our podcast, as well. So far, we have had some great conversations.
Thank you, again, to Safia Porter, Alexia Mandeville, Jon Eggleton and Raechel Canipe for being my first guests!
Adding Mandalorian photo ... just because.
