| 'Igniting Imagination with Nellie Jacobs' Internet Talk Radio - Season 2 |
All Season One's guests and their creative topics are featured below.
To listen to their inspiring interviews, just turn on your speakers and click on the 'click here' at the end of each episode description.
To be a guest or recommend someone inspiring, click here for criteria.
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Episode 14-Michel Neray
What is Your Creative DNA?
| Episode 15-Linda Aksomitis
Create Your Own Portfolio
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Internet Pioneer, Award-winning Copywriter, Entrepreneur, Senior Sales & Marketing Executive, & Author. Michel focuses on essential messages. He helps, "business big and small discover their true differentiation and then communicate it in the most compelling way." Listening to Michel's fascinating story, you'll get a new appreciation of your own unique place in the world, and how to leverage it to achieve the greatest successes in your life. You may even discover your own Creative DNA!! Michel will also explain why he's looking through drinking glasses, why a fake cat's paws are covering his eyes and why he has been depicted with an arrow through his head. To read more and to listen to this interview, click here.
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Head Cashier. Award-winning Young Adult Author. Librarian. Internet Trainer. Mature University Student. College Instructor. Photographer. Travel Writer. + More. Tune in as Linda discusses in just one hour why she's had more than 40 jobs, how her Australian e-published Young Adult novel (with a Canadian print run under her own imprint) became award-winning, her experiences overcoming fibromyalgia, her travel and snowmobile writing, her philosophy, what her three career focuses are now, ten ways to fulfill your potential, what a personal portfolio is - and how to create one. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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Episode 16-Matthew Ferry
Create the Life of Your Dreams-Now!
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* Episode 17-Mary Minaudo
Mining Your Resources
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Turn Around Coach. Songwriter & Performer. Author. Facilitator. Rock Star. Matthew claims his multidisciplinary approach can help just about any one achieve happiness and success by removing unconscious blocks and tapping inner strength to make the impossible possible. Matthew shares his very personal life story, the reasons for his 'crashes', the insights he gained, how he's now implementing that knowledge and experience to help others, and ten points to help you achieve your potential. You'll hear excerpts of two of his original songs! To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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| Hairdresser. Colorist Trainer. Online Poker Player. Singer. Songwriter. Performer. Mary is definitely an example of someone who not only overcame childhood challenges with a positive attitude, she continues to 'mine' the myriad elements of her creative resources - and act upon them. In this hour-long program, Mary shares her personal story, the career paths she's followed, how she balances her very busy life and ten life lessons she's learned along the way. Listen to Mary's common sense philosophy, wise words and also her beautiful singing voice as we play a couple of her songs. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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Episode 18-Celebrating World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21
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Episode 19-Merle Winston Torchin
Transitions-Lemons into Lemonade
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Special 2 hour Broadcast: Meet WCIW co-founder Marci Segal Online - "Let's Keep the Conversation Going". This show digresses from the regular format. Calls come in from all over North America. Marci discusses the development, history and future of World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21. We talk about various aspects of creativity and innovation, their impact, some quotes and definitions and offer up lodes of examples. For a better understanding of the importance of creativity and innovation in today's world and for ideas to make you, your workplace, your school and your community more creative, read more and listen to interview, click here.
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Pedagogical & Educational Consultant. Teacher, Gifted Children. Lifelong Learner & Educator. Workshop Developer & Facilitator. Counsellor. Currently in Laval Quebec, Merle serves as a consultant in an adult education centre that offers second and third chances to students who did not succeed in secondary schools for various reasons. Merle will share remarkable details of her life growing up, the decisions and ramifications of her divorce, how she was able to apply the lessons of her tough experiences as stepping stones leading to a new career path, her philosophy of education, how to take advantage of negative life experiences, and eleven ways to work towards achieving personal potential. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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* Episode 20-Claire Sookman
Yes, You Can!
| Episode 21-Fran Schwartz
Creative Innovation
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Virtual Team Building Pioneer. Consultant. Trainer. Keynote Speaker. Psych-K Practitioner. Author. Freelance Writer. If there is one episode that exemplifies what this series is about, this one is it! Anyone and everyone will be inspired by Claire as she discusses the techniques she uses to tackle the monumental challenges she faces at every single level, every single day. For the first time ever, Claire generously shares the painful story and effect of growing up with several severe undiagnosed learning 'disabilities', how she took charge of identifying and dealing with them - and how she managed to overcome her challenges to eventually become the founder of Virtual Team Builders, a thriving business which now includes Fortune 500 clients worldwide. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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Pianist. Lecturer. Teacher. Cruise Enrichment Speaker. Arts Volunteer. By the age of four, she could identify each musical note and had perfect pitch. She was a child protégé who loved her piano lessons. When she abruptly quit as a teen, her music teacher cried. Fran shares details of growing up with music, why she stopped playing, what she's done in the years since, the epiphany that led her to leave a very brief fulltime public school teaching career and how she creatively forged an innovative thriving career combining elements of her education, experiences, interests and talents. We hear excerpts of Fran's piano-playing taken from her CD Encore: Favorite Classics. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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* Episode 22-Joel Walker, MD., FRCPC
New Beginnings-Age is Just a Number
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Psychiatrist. Photographer. Pioneer Photo Therapist. Author. Television Producer & Co-Host. Horseman. World Traveller. A renowned international speaker, Harvard lecturer and fearless adventurer whose photo exhibits have been mounted worldwide (and featured by media including Time and Life magazines), Joel shares his remarkable personal story and his philosophy - based on his own incredible experiences - that many new beginnings are possible throughout one's life, regardless of age. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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Episode 23-Julie Gieseke
Transformation: Journey of Self-Discovery
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* Episode 24 - Cliff Sutton
Communicating Effectively
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Visual Facilitator. Coach. Master Neuro-Linguistics (NLP) Practitioner. It took more than two decades of waiting tables and exploring career paths for Julie Gieseke to find her true passion and life work. With the guidance of an unexpected mentor, she developed new goals and pulled together all the elements of her interests and studies to forge an exciting new career. In her capacity as a visual facilitator, she uses visual mapping to stimulate creativity, clarity and visioning for her clients who range from single individuals to large corporate groups. In this interview, Julie shares details of the long road she took to get to this stage in her career, her philosophy, goals, an explanation of - and background to - visual mapping and 10 ways to use it to accomplish one's goals and potential. To read more and listen to interview, click here.
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| Communications & Marketing Catalyst. Nuclear Medicine Technician. NLP Practitioner. Sailor. Entrepreneur.
As a pre-schooler he helped his mom sell Avon products and dug a hole five feet deep in his garage in an attempt to reach China. Cliff sells - and trains salesmen. He helps companies grow their sales and business, guides people to find solutions, connects them to what they want and often helps them figure out what that is. In our interview, Cliff shares his personal history (including a year-long sail in the Caribbean), sales philosophy, "Golden Rule of Communications" to help people attract new clients, details of projects he's currently involved in and 10 points to effective communication. Click here to listen.
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CELEBRATING 3,000 LISTENERS. EPISODES 15 & 17 FEATURED & RECOMMENDED ON BLOGTALKRADIO WEBSITE!
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Episode 25 - Jurgen Wolff
Passion. Purpose. Practise. Product
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| Episodes 15 & 17 Recommended on BlogTalkRadio Website! |
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| Movie & Television Scriptwriter. Author. NLP Practitioner. Hypnotist. Writing Coach. Television Consultant. Journalist. Teacher. In this interview, Jurgen offers 10 suggestions to achieve your creative potential. He frankly shares the road he travelled to become the prolific 'producer' he is today with innumerable books, newspaper and magazine articles, movie screenplays and radio and television programs to his credit. Jurgen wrote scripts for such beloved television shows as Family Ties, Benson, Relic Hunter, The Ted Knight Show, The Love Boat, Too Close for Comfort, and many, many more. Among his broadcasts are drama and sitcom pilots such as Lukas, the animated comedy series Norman Normal, and The Secret life of Thomas B. His plays include "Waiting Tables" and the award-winning "Fire in the Factory". Click here to listen.
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Episode 26/27/28 - Starring YOU!! Turning Your Passions into Products & Services
| CELEBRATING 3,700 LISTENERS. EPISODES 17, 19 & 23 FEATURED & RECOMMENDED ON BLOGTALKRADIO WEBSITE!
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Current and future entrepreneurs participate in these special broadcasts, different than the traditional format of this show!!
Episode 26/Co-Host: Claire Sookman. To listen, click here.
Episode 27/Co-Host: Derrick Hayes. To listen, click here.
Episode 28/Co-host: Gail M. Kearns (To Press & Beyond) Live broadcast Thursday, December 3, 2009. 10-11 EST/7-8 am PST To listen/call-in/chat live, click here.
Entrepreneurs from all over North Americal and offshore share their stories in 3/4 minutes, tell the audience their name, what they do, what product(s) and/or service(s) they offer that developed as a result of their passion, how they came about to create it/them, their target market, how they market and their contact information/website.
Future entrepreneurs call to ask questions re ideas or inspiration about creatively turning their passions into products or services. Nellie reads several of the scores of inspiring submissions she's received so far.
If you haven't already done it, click here to send in your stories answering the questions above or making your request. Nellie might read them or contact you about appearing on future shows, or for permission to include you and your story, product/service in an upcoming book about mining creativity.
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