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    Module 1 -- Begin with Clarity Interviews
    • Introducing our Course Helper – Jessica Jennings
      1:57
      intro to Jessica Jennings course helper
    • As a Guest, if you're unsure what target audience to speak to...
      6:51
      Who is your audience when speaking on an interview?
    • What if you have multiple audiences - who do you address in an interview?
      4:33
      What if you have multiple audiences - who do you address in an interview?
    • Should we talk about our Framework or Pathway in our interviews?
      2:39
      Should we talk about our Framework or Pathway in our interviews?
    • Yes you can share multiple offers in an interview
      6:02
      can you talk about multiple offers in an interview?
    • Tech Prep – for both Host and Guests
      12:13
      Tech of doing interviews
    • Promoted Interviews: before being a guest, try being a Host first... the opportunity for growth is bigger than you might expect.
      3:41
      The opportunity of being a Host vs a Guest
    • If you're surprised that I'm talking about "your podcast" or "your series" -- you don't have to start one...
      2:50
      If you're surprised that I'm talking about "your podcast" or "your series" -- you don't have to start one..
    • Finding great guests to reach out to...
      4:41
      How to find great guests?
    • Vetting your potential guests
      5:48
      vetting guests
    • Focus on Quality connection instead of Numbers of guest's followers? 🤔
      7:46
      Focus on Quality conversations instead of the Numbers of followers? 🤔
    • How topic-aligned to be in choosing Guests to interview?
      6:21
      How topic-aligned to be in choosing Guests to interview?
    • Is it bad strategy to invite a competitor to be interviewed as a Guest?
      2:33
      Is it bad strategy to invite a competitor to be interviewed as a Guest?
    • When should payment be expected as a host or a guest?
      2:51
      When should payment be expected as a host or a guest?
    • How to outreach to your potential guest
      5:48
      How to outreach to your potential guest
    • This week's learnings?
      1:20
      1 What are you learning from interviews?
    • Beware what you're learning from celebrity interviews...
      7:11
      2 Beware learning from celebrity interviews
    • Questions *not* to ask your Guests...
      6:37
      3 Questions that hosts should not be asking
    • Should you ask challenging questions of the guest?
      2:38
      5 Should you ask challenging questions of the guest?
    • 1st principle of being a great interviewer (let's learn from Oprah)
      3:21
      4 First principle of being a host - Oprah
    • 2nd principle: the more you can prepare, the more interesting questions you can ask.
      4:29
      6 Principle the more you can prepare the better
    • Preparing your questions for the guest
      2:36
      7 Questions to ask the guest
    • How to help guests prepare? / What to send to your guests?
      4:30
      8 Template of what to send to guests to prepare
    • Disclaimer that show might not get published?
      3:20
      2 Preshow agreement that episode publishing might not be guaranteed?
    • The bigger the influencer the less you should make them prepare...
      3:29
      9 The bigger the influencer the less you should make them prepare
    • Record the interview as video, or only audio?
      1:40
      0 Record the interview video or only audio is fine?
    • Record interviews via Instagram Live?
      2:36
      9 Record interviews on Instagram Live?
    • As a Host: prepare to share your thoughts on the topic too…
      3:31
      10 Hosts - get ready to share your thoughts on the topic
    • Should the host read the guest's bio at the beginning?
      3:02
      Interviews - should the host read the guest's bio?
    • Host – Day of. (Practice these things in your Clarity interview!)
      3:59
      11 Hosts - day of prep tips
    • Host – Day of. (Advanced tips)
      3:41
      12 Hosts - advanced tips
    • Hosts: Switch btwn gallery & speaker view (keyboard shortcuts)
      11:42
      Interview - switch btwn gallery & speaker view
    • Host: if you disagree with what a guest says should you mention that?
      8:13
      Interview - if you disagree with what a guest says should you mention that?
    • Host: time management, especially if guest is longwinded
      4:32
      Interview - how to manage time as a host?
    • Another interesting purpose of Hosting interviews -- sales & referrals 😊
      2:23
      13 Hosting helps you meet potential clients
    • Understanding your opportunity as a guest...
      5:03
      Your opportunity as a Guest
    • Finding hosts that are likely to say Yes to interviewing you
      12:16
      find potential hosts
    • Optional: using LinkedIn to search for potential hosts
      10:55
      linkedin to find potential hosts
    • Researching / vetting your potential Hosts
      7:24
      research & vetting potential hosts
    • Outreaching to hosts to invite you to their show...
      6:42
      writing your outreach message to potential hosts
    • Once a host says Yes, what should your response be?
      4:09
      0 If a host says Yes what shoudl your response be?
    • Reaching a 2nd degree connection via a 1st degree...
      1:51
      1 What to say to middle person about connecting us?
    • Appropriate expectations for the "results" of your interview...
      12:46
      Appropriate expectations for the process of doing interviews
    • As a guest, imagine you’re doing a TED talk... additional prompts for your Interview Message.
      3:35
      3 imagine you’re doing a TED talk
    • An interview is public speaking -- don't bring a "conversation energy" (unless you're famous!)
      3:57
      1 Performance not convo
    • Prepare answers to questions about client success stories...
      4:44
      2 Tell us your client success stories
    • Guests: learn from the Host's recent interviews...
      2:30
      5 learn from the Host's recent interviews
    • Guests: prepare by understanding the audience...
      2:08
      6 prepare by understanding the audience
    • When introducing yourself in an interview, make it an experience…
    • Google the ideas you’d like the audience to look more into...
      6:58
      7 Ideas you’d like the audience to look more into
    • When speaking your offer at the end…
      2:01
      8 When speaking your offer at the end
    • Advanced technique for Guests: Prepare in segments...
      4:03
      4 Prepare in segments
    • Guests: what to send to your Host
      1:26
      9 what to send to the Host
    • Day of prep: Guest
      2:39
      10 Day of prep Guest
    • Reminder: It's less a conversation, more a presentation with Q&A by the Audience through the Host.
      4:34
      11 It's less a conversation more a presentation with Q&A by the Audience through the Host
    • What if the Host insists that you answer the question?
      1:44
      0 What if Host insists that you answer the question?
    • Guests: help the host feel good about their interactions…
      2:43
      12 Guests help the host feel good about their interactions
    • Example of researching the reach of a potential Host...
      7:44
      13 Example of researching the reach of a potential Host
    • Follow-up right away ⚡️
      4:13
      3 Follow up right away
    • Guests -- follow-up on possible additional collaboration
      3:43
      4 Collabs afterwards
    • Host: Interview Post-Production
      7:43
      5 Post production
    • Hosts: sharing the interview
      1:57
      6 Hosts - sharing the interview
    • Keep your interviews on your existing YT channel or separate one?
      6:07
      Keep your interviews on your existing YT channel or separate one?
    • Guests: sharing the interview
      3:29
      7 Guests - sharing the interview
    • Should you post interviews of you (as a guest) on your own channel or podcast?
      1:02
      Should you post interviews of you (as a guest) on your own channel or podcast?
    • Suzanne's Q about increasing the listens
      1:49
      8 How to increase the number of listens?
    • Best if you can upload the interview onto Youtube, even if audio only...
      2:14
      0 Best if you can upload the interview onto Youtube even if audio only
    • Interview Mastery Course -- Group Photo!
    • How to introduce yourself and connect with others here about interviews...
    • Coaching & Counseling
    • Spiritual Growth & Development
    • Physical Health & Wellbeing
    • Movement & Bodywork
    • Mental & Emotional Health
    • Mind-Body Practices
    • Creativity & Art
    • Career & Business
    • Relationships & Family
    • Nature & Adventure
    • Wildcard 😊

Your favorite interviews: what are you learning about how they do it?

Alright. As I said in the introduction, we are learning together how to be better hosts and better guests. Of interviews. And I am not the only one who watches interviews here. I hope I hope all of us watch and listen to interviews, and we'll learn.
Going forward, starting today, you'll put on the sort of the the learner hat not just the topic of the interview you're listening to, you're learning about health or relationships, or creativity, or business, or whatever. But to you you're putting on the sort of the meta learner of how to be a great host, how to be a really effective guest. And so going forward today, I want you to listen to interviews from that perspective. Notice what the hosts are doing that are really great. That you wanna add to your own, you know, method as an interview, get a host, and also listen to what the guests are doing that are great.
And maybe not as effective, boring versus while really engaging, really, really took you in with their story or or want make you wanna learn more or to go to their website or, like, listen for that, you know, and and notice what they're doing and see if you can p sets, you know, can you tear take out some of the lessons and the tips from from what they're doing well and and not so well or what you wanna do differently. From both the hosts and the guests. And and then I hope you will come back here to this lesson page and comment below and tell us even 1 or 2 things you learn from a recent interview you listen to, whether that what they did well or what they didn't do well. If you're more critiquing, like, this is really what they didn't do well, maybe keep the interview host and guest confidential because we don't wanna be, you know, We don't wanna be doing that to people. But but if they're doing well, you can certainly mention, oh, this is the interview.
You might wanna check it out 2 years what I learned about how they did it. So Without further ado, you can check up a low. I've already started adding my notes in the comments below as well, and you'll see lessons from others as well. So let's learn together and look forward to seeing your comments below.

From now on, as you listen to / watch any interviews, especially from your favorite hosts or guests, ask yourself:

  1. What is the host doing well, that I can learn from?

  2. What is the guest doing that is effective?

  3. What are they not doing as effectively, that I can learn from?

I welcome you to share your learnings below. Let's all become more effective hosts & guests, with our collective input!

Last updated 12 Sep 2023.