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In episode 8 I gave you a high level overview of what Mission Vision and Values were. Episode 8 is essential the first step towards this on going work. What I know for sure is that you need to come back to this again and again. But now, we get to work things out a tiny bit more. I’ll also refer back to that which I recorded in 2017 plus updates, as of October 2020. For a quick reference lets remember what a Mission statement is. It answers the following questions: What does your podcast do for your listener What does your podcast do for you (and your team.) What does your podcast do for...
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If you’ve been following these Essentials and doing even the smallest amount of work around them, you’ve started to gather all kinds of ‘words’ and language for yourself. I believe your Language is so very important, not only as a way to illustrate who you are as a brand and to highlight your big Why but also as a basic human skill to tell the world who we are. Key there, dear ones, BASIC HUMAN SKILL. I value this work more IN the world, as in your every day interactions in your life and giving each of these inquiries VOICE than any kind of copy for marketing purposes. In our every day...
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In Episode 6 Find YOUR Conversation First, I mentioned that the number one piece of advice I offer to most specific, seemingly individual questions from those I work with is almost always the question ❝ What is the conversation that you want to have? ❞ Your conversation is the beacon to your work. It’s in your ability to expertly guide dialogue that you’ll be able to effectively impact cultural narratives that might need to up-level or even evolve. I’ll illustrate here, with my guiding conversation, what I essentially use as a litmus test: How are we offering content that has impact...
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Before we continue let’s tap in again to setting the space as in the introduction to the Essentials ”I am willing to learn from this experience” ”I’m willing to dive into the space in between” ”I will re-discover the space in me that holds the wisdom of what's next” ”I give myself the gift of the space in” Why is this important? Because being able to move from a beginner’s mind is one of the most important skills we can develop as a human being. This skill is taught through most spiritual and scholarly schools of thoughts. In Sanskrit, the term for the...
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In 2014 I was introduced to Adam Braun Adam Braun is a New York Times bestselling author and the Founder & CEO of MissionU. He was previously Founder & CEO of Pencils of Promise, the award-winning organization that has built nearly 400 schools around the world. That’s how I got to know who he was, through Pencils of Promise. Marie Forleo interviewed him in 2013 and he told the story of how he created this organization after traveling abroad as a college student and meeting a young boy begging on the streets of India, who when asked what he wanted most in the world, simply...
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And now, we get to the nitty gritty. For me, shifting my mindset around how I view my role in podcasting has absolutely been influenced by the concept of transmedia, which I started to actively pursue and teach in 2017. When I work with folks I see it from this trans perfective. Trans (as a prefix) = across, beyond, through, changing throughly, transverse That is from the dictionary. EXPANDING FROM SHOW TO ECOSYSTEM. That’s how I refer to transmedia. That’s the language that you’ll hear me use and how I refer to this concept. From show to ecosystem. But before we get to me, I’ll define...
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Before we get into the concept of show to ecosystem, think into these queries - and answer them. Is your podcast, your podcasts or your podcasting business the axis from which your digital footprint expands? (Another way to understand this is - is your podcasting work that which fuels everything) Do each of your digital properties stand alone? Can they? Given the answers to the first 2 inquiries, In what way is your podcast work a reflection of that? An example of how to go about looking at this inquiry from a tactical point of view. Let’s say you ADORE your show. It’s the thing that...
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Regardless of where you go next in your work in podcasting, voice, outreach, advocacy or taking on the world: always start here. Before we swan dive into Foundation and what that means. Let’s first talk about discernment. Discernment definition: 1. The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure (skill in discernment.) acuteness of judgment and understanding 2. The act of perceiving or discerning something From Wikipedia: Discernment is the ability to obtain sharp perceptions or to judge well (or the activity of so doing) In the case of judgment, discernment can be...
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We begin, and putting on my yoga teacher hat for a moment…setting the space: ”I am willing to learn from this experience” ”I’m willing to dive into the space in between” ”I will re-discover the space in me that holds the wisdom of what's next” ”I give myself the gift of the space in” Welcome! Are you ready to get things done? Each one of you is here for a reason. Each one of you has a high level skill-set that is unique to you. Each one of you has insane strengths in the type of work that you do, in the audience that you serve, and intuition in how you can serve...
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”I am willing to learn from this experience”
”I’m willing to dive into the space in between”
”I will re-discover the space in me that holds the wisdom of what's next”
”I give myself the gift of the space in”
Welcome! Are you ready to get things done?
Each one of you is here for a reason. Each one of you has a high level skill-set that is unique to you. Each one of you has insane strengths in the type of work that you do, in the audience that you serve, and intuition in how you can serve them.
All of you have different aspects that need a little love, whether they be, audio, content, community building, monetization, clarity around your brand, marketing, stepping into something else, creating a whole new thing, rediscovering your voice…the podcasting journey is strictly individual and what you bring to the E-League at this point in time is also relevant to THIS TIME.
As you step into your own work and are exposed to each other’s work, through community in this new process, I’d like to offer some guidance: look for the good and keep your gut open.
Be kind, above all else, to both your fellow e-leaguers and yourself.
You ALL belong here.
This is highly iterative experience that is dictated by those that choose to participate.
The experience is collective.
The experience is individual.
Learning to receive.
Learning to give.
Learning to embody.
Learning to take action, follow through and execute.
None of it is compulsory, none of it is mandatory.
You choose. You discern. You engage.
And that is the X-factor.
The experience is ultimately created by you. The medicine is in your courageous engagement.
And on that note! I am so thrilled that you are all here, and know that whatever you decide to work on, we will be here to support you.
Let’s raise all of our podcasting vibrations! 😁
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One of the key differentiators of The E-League approach to podcast growth and development is that the information that you get here comes from a very unique lens.
Almost 20 years ago I did my very yoga teacher training, and the most impactful lesson that I learned was to make sure that I knew the lineage of the teachings.
My teachers made sure that we were able to quickly discern the philosophy behind the language, because the world view of what we were teaching mattered.
I want you to know front and center, the roots of my teachings as well as the lineage that has informed these lessons.
I’ve had the opportunity to work professionally in three distinct fields which have all build upon each other and now have seamlessly informed who I am and how I work.
- I worked as a professional stage and screen actor for 10 years
- I worked as a professional yoga teacher for 12 years
- I’ve worked building online communities using social media and content marketing since 2010.
- I’ve now worked in podcasting and digital media since 2006
There is yet another layer to this lens. I was born in El Salvador and am an immigrant to the U.S.
I’ve had blessings, challenges, traumas and privileges that I can now see a little clearer as a middle aged woman, now proudly owning my journey as The Crone
What you get through the E-League Essentials, are the most distilled lessons that have consistently shown themselves to be the most powerful, effective and simple regardless of the industry I was playing in.
Even though I can give pat answers to questions like:
When am I ready for a sponsor?
Should I publish my show weekly or bi-weekly?
How do I get more twitter followers?
Should I be on this platform or that one?
And give you true data, I prefer to challenge you to look genuinely at your foundation: more to come on that for sure.
I have found that answers that are easily given and taken, don’t take root. In fact, they are often used as an excuse, and a way to remain unaccountable, especially when things don’t work out exactly the way that you wanted.
It’s the answers that you choose to dig and search for, in earnest, that become solid cornerstones of confidence and stability.
After you are finished listening to all of the Essentials, regardless of how long you’ve been podcasting, whether you wanna start anew, with a new project, you wanna pitch your show to a corporate podcasting network or you have a way bigger vision of what you want to do with your media empire, you will have the groundwork to effectively make decisions that are aligned, informed and formidably clear to take you closer to your goal.
Before this introduction is done, I want to remind you that if you have any questions, feedback, thoughts and ideas, please feel free to Vox me.
I will be all in Voxing with you and participating in the conversation with you during the schedule outlined for this round.
And one more time to remind you that:
None of it is compulsory, none of it is mandatory.
You choose. You discern. You engage.
An now, moving on to Foundations, which begins with discernment