Best Mariafranzoni Podcasts (2025)

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Relevance, Resilience and Real Connection with Felicity Ashley 18:22

1d ago18:22

18:22

What does it take to stay relevant, speak with heart, and connect deeply with your audience? In this episode, Felicity Ashley shares her journey from serious illness to becoming a sought-after speaker on resilience and wellbeing. We talk about how she keeps her message fresh, the power of honesty on stage, and why speaking isn't about being the her…

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Build a Speaking Business by asking better Questions with Marlo Clarke 29:56

27d ago29:56

29:56

In this episode of the Speaking Business podcast, I’m joined by Marlo Clarke — a former international rugby player turned global speaker. Marlo’s journey from Barbados to the stage isn’t just inspiring, it’s instructive. Instead of jumping straight into speaking, he spent a year travelling through 13 countries, asking people from all walks of life …

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From Busyness to Business: The Oratore Approach with Steven Piessens & Magali De Reu 20:55

1M ago20:55

20:55

This week I’m joined by the dynamic duo behind Oratore Speakers, Steven Piessens and Magali De Reu. Steven, a speaker strategist based in sunny Malaga, and Magali, a branding and AI expert from Antwerp, share how they’ve built a thriving speaker ecosystem in under a year—spanning over 5,500 speakers across Europe, the US, and the UK. We talk about …

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From the Philippines to the World Stage with Sha Nacino 21:13

2M ago21:13

21:13

When Sha Nacino answered a question at a speaker convention in Singapore, she had no idea her 30-second response would change everything. That moment led to global speaking invitations, virtual summits with tens of thousands of attendees, and a spot on Global Gurus’ Top 30 Motivational Speakers list, alongside Tony Robbins and Simon Sinek. In this …

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Style isn't superficial it's strategy - with Kay Korsh 21:32

2M ago21:32

21:32

This week I’m joined by Kay Korsh, former celebrity stylist turned speaker style strategist. After 20 years dressing A-listers and working with luxury brands, Kay now helps professional speakers align their wardrobe with their message. We talk about what speakers get wrong with their style, why being fashionable isn’t the goal, and how your wardrob…

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You don't need a stronger bio - you need a better story, with Mark Leruste 36:26

3M ago36:26

36:26

This week I’m joined by leadership communication expert and bestselling author Mark Leruste. Known for helping thousands of leaders at Google, Nike, and the Premier League tell better stories, Mark shares why most speakers are focusing on the wrong thing. It's not your bio that gets you booked—it’s how you connect. We talk about building a “vending…

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How to Build a Speaking Business, Zero Excuses with Brad Burton 25:30

4M ago25:30

25:30

In this episode of the Speaking Business Podcast, I’m joined by the unstoppable Brad Burton, award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author, and top motivational business speaker. Brad built a multimillion-pound national company from scratch and has no time for excuses. We talk about his extraordinary journey from a council estate to the stage, how…

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Get Noticed and Grow Your Speaking Business on LinkedIn with Niall Ratcliffe 33:11

8M ago33:11

33:11

In this episode, Maria Franzoni welcomes Niall Ratcliffe, co-founder of the story-driven marketing agency Noticed, to share proven strategies for speakers to get noticed on LinkedIn. Niall explains why LinkedIn is essential for reaching key decision-makers and reveals how consistent storytelling can set speakers apart. They cover practical tips for…

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Building a Career that Speaks Volumes: Lessons from Rikki Arundel 29:19

8M ago29:19

29:19

In this episode of the Speaking Business Podcast, host Maria Franzoni sits down with award-winning speaker and Professional Speakers Association founder, Rikki Arundel. Rikki shares their inspiring journey, from early beginnings to receiving the Speaker Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award, revealing valuable lessons for speakers at all stages. They …

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From Real Estate to Real Impact: How Nikki Greenberg Built Her Speaking Business 26:00

9M ago26:00

26:00

In this episode of the Speaking Business podcast, I sit down with world-renowned futurist and keynote speaker Nikki Greenberg. With a background in real estate and technology, Nikki transitioned from designing skyscrapers to designing impactful keynote speeches on the future of cities and innovation. Nikki shares how she built her speaking career f…

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Unlocking Growth with Steve Sumner 32:11

10M ago32:11

32:11

In this episode of the Speaking Business Podcast, Maria Franzoni reconnects with her very first boss, Steve Sumner, a trailblazer in high street sports retail and a pioneer of online business strategies. With over 40 years of experience, Steve has helped build multi-billion-pound businesses and launched five successful startups. In the episode, he'…

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Building a Successful Speaking Business: Insights and Advice from Mark Denton 33:39

11M ago33:39

33:39

Join us in this exciting episode of the Speaking Business podcast as we dive deep into the world of leadership, resilience, and high-performance teamwork with multi-award-winning speaker Mark Denton. Mark shares his incredible journey from leading a team to victory in the world's most challenging yacht race to becoming a sought-after keynote speake…

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Get started using AI in your Speaking Business with Ben Gold 36:14

1y ago36:14

36:14

In the latest episode of my Speaking Business podcast, I interview AI expert Ben Gold, delving into his extensive experience in technology and AI. Ben shares insights from his 20-year career in tech sales, particularly focusing on the transformative impact of generative AI. He discusses practical applications of AI, emphasizing how speakers and bus…

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What is a Speaker Manager and what do they do? With Diana Stoney 28:35

2y ago28:35

28:35

My guest today is the Founder and Director of Behind The Mic, a speaker management and consulting agency in London. With over 15 years experience in the speaking industry, she has worked in both the US and UK markets. She has made a career out of helping inspirational, thought-leaders share their expertise on stages across the globe."…

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From a mindset of poverty to a high paying speaking business with Jaz Ampaw-Farr 36:09

2y ago36:09

36:09

As CEO of Human First Ltd, Jaz Ampaw-Farr helps leaders who want to influence, inspire and motivate their teams with greater engagement in order to grow their businesses and leave a lifelong legacy. Jaz combines lessons learned from a challenging and often brutal childhood with those from her rise TV presenter, TEDx Speaker, stand-up comedian and Z…

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Intentional Storytelling with Steve Ashton 19:53

2+ y ago19:53

19:53

Intentional Storytelling Steve Ashton is an expert in Executive Presence and Storytelling. He became an expert in both of these disciplines through personal experience of being the sales and marketing director of a business that grew from £7m turnover to £68m in 3 years, through thousands of hours of live tv, radio, theatre acting, stand-up comedy …

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How every speaker could benefit from having a manager with QJ 30:55

2+ y ago30:55

30:55

How every speaker could benefit from having a manager. Who better to be looking after your speaking career, than a manager used to dealing with bookers, promoters, and agents in one of the toughest of all businesses – the music business? QJ is very familiar with the notorious rogues, the dodgy dealings and the pitfalls that we come across in the sp…

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Finding your 'True Funny' with Paul Dornan 31:33

2+ y ago31:33

31:33

Finding your 'True Funny' Paul Dornan has worked in the TV and film and comedy world for over two decades as a writer, producer, director, teacher and mentor. Specialising in character comedy and comedy-drama, he’s written and helped create sketch shows, sit-coms, series and films that have won awards, stormed the box office and sold around the wor…

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Owning your own story with Lesley Woods 17:40

2+ y ago17:40

17:40

Owning your own story. With a background in Public Relations, Lesley Woods has 20 years’ experience of curating and creating compelling stories.  Her career has taken her around the world, working with international partners to shine a light on the work of her military colleagues, from celebrating Christmas in Kandahar to delivering humanitarian ai…

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How Santa, chocolate, questions and acronyms help you be a better speaker with George Nagle 22:24

2+ y ago22:24

22:24

How Santa, chocolate, questions and acronyms help you be a better speaker George Nagle might be best described as a breakthrough thinker. He is a former executive director for multi-billion-dollar organisations and launched 19 products in 14 months at one point. George is also a bit of a nerd with a MS and MBA but also multiple certifications in di…

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Ditch perfection and create connection with Lisa Braithwaite 28:59

2+ y ago28:59

28:59

Ditch perfection and create connection with Lisa Braithwaite Do you seek a more human connection with your in-person and remote audiences? Do you feel like you're holding yourself back from fully expressing yourself onstage? Do you hope to make a powerful impact and move your participants into action? If you answered yes to any of these questions, …

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How to license your content to grow your speaking business with David Lim 21:05

2+ y ago21:05

21:05

How to license your content to grow your speaking business. David Lim is best known for leading the 1st Singapore Everest Expedition in 1998. He delivers unforgettable presentations on leadership and bouncing back from setbacks. As a leadership coach, he delivers solutions in negotiation and creative teambuilding for groups of up to 12,000 at a tim…

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How to beat stress and avoid burnout with Carole Spiers 17:45

2+ y ago17:45

17:45

How to beat stress and avoid burnout. Carole Spiers is a leading international Business Stress Consultant who shows senior executives how to thrive under pressure. She has published books such as "Managing Stress in the Workplace" and "Show Stress Who's Boss!" Carole is also frequently invited to comment on stress-related issues on TV and radio She…

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How to grow your (speaking) business with Donnie Boivin 30:28

2+ y ago30:28

30:28

How to grow your (speaking) business Donnie Boivin is an entrepreneur and serves as CEO and Founder of Success Champions and Success Champion Networking. He is considered one of the leading global minds on sales, business development and business growth. He is described as the first person to make sales and business development relatable and human.…

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How to transition from low paid entertainer to highly paid keynote with Tim David 33:54

3y ago33:54

33:54

How to transition from low paid entertainer to highly paid keynote Tim David dropped out of university to become a professional magician. When 300 dates a year became too much, he turned his sights to the speaking world so he could work less, earn more, and help people in the process. His success in the speaking and publishing industries speaks for…

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What is going on in the Speaking Industry in Canada, US and Europe? with Tami Adams 46:03

3y ago46:03

46:03

What is going on in the Speaking Industry in Canada, US and Europe? Tami Adams is a dedicated and passionate Speaker Agent, Manager, Coach & Events Professional who thrives in bringing people together for engaging and life-changing experiences. She believes that when people come together, that is where the magic truly happens! She loves using her v…

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What's happening on the international speaker circuit with Philipp Kristian 26:21

3y ago26:21

26:21

What's happening on the international speaker circuit? Philipp Kristian has made some big changes to his speaking business and there are some lessons for us to learn from him and his transformation. His topic is pioneering human transformation for good and he's applying it to his own business. He's a global TEDx speaker, voice of Gens Y to Z and au…

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How to move your audience to action with Sarah Archer 28:27

3y ago28:27

28:27

How to move your audience to action. Sarah Archer is on a mission to show coaches, experts, leaders business owners and aspiring change makers how to create talks with passion, personality and purpose that also get results. She teaches you how to combine storytelling, humour, performance and marketing principles so that you don’t just engage, enter…

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How to get started as a paid speaker with Liza Pavlakos 24:00

3y ago24:00

24:00

How to get started as a paid speaker A self-made, flourishing entrepreneur, Liza Pavlakos is a fast-rising motivational speaker and a powerful voice on successful entrepreneurship. At prestigious international events in Australia, Africa, Asia, and elsewhere she has energised thousands towards discovering their hidden potential and attaining their …

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Advice from 35 year speaking veteran Orvel Ray Wilson 32:50

3y ago32:50

32:50

How to stay relevant and bookable as a speaker In this episode of #SpeakingBusiness Podcast, I talk to Orvel Ray Wilson. Orvel is a veteran of the profession. He is co-author of 6 books in the legendary Guerrilla Marketing series, which has been translated into 63 languages and more than 25 million books in print. He’s spoken in more than 1,000 cit…

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Paul Spiers talks about his consultancy and speaking with Maria Franzoni 22:12

3y ago22:12

22:12

How to take a topic and make it unique to stand out as a speaker In this episode of #SpeakingBusiness Podcast, I talk to Paul Spiers. Paul Spiers is Founder of The New P&L® Brand Purpose Institute and host of the internationally respected global business podcast series, ‘The New P&L® – Principles & Leadership in Business’. He is focussed on helping…

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Insights into the speaking industry with speaker agent and manager Dave Daniel 32:31

3y ago32:31

32:31

Insights into the speaking industry with speaker agent and manager Dave Daniel After 25 years at CSA - Celebrity Speakers, Dave Daniel became part of ‘the great resignation’ during Covid and went freelance. He is the corporate agent for rock star turned businessman, Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden amongst others. He has worked with spea…

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You don't make a sale, you build a sale with Shelley Walters 42:48

3y ago42:48

42:48

You don't make a sale, you build a sale with Shelley Walters Shelley Walters believes in the ability of the individual. In people being able to surprise themselves and those around them. And this is what she aims to unlock with everything that she does. Raised in a difficult environment, she quickly realised her background needn’t dictate where she…

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A Call to Action to save the planet from Hugh Montgomery 32:52

3y ago32:52

32:52

A Call to Action to save the planet from Hugh Montgomery Hugh Montgomery is Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at UCL, London. As a researcher, he has published over 500 papers, and is perhaps best known for discovering the first gene for human fitness. He is also a runner, diver, mountaineer and award-winning author of children's books and, most…

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Founder of Covered Speakers Bureau Adam Levitt in conversation with Maria Franzoni 27:21

3y ago27:21

27:21

Founder of Covered Speakers Bureau Adam Levitt in conversation with Maria Franzoni Adam Levitt is the Founder of Covered Speakers Bureau. Covered Speakers Bureau are experts in matching corporate organisations and professional associations with the very best keynote speakers, hosts, presenters, moderators and entertainment for your virtual and in p…

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How to Maximise your LinkedIn Profile with Melanie Goodman 40:04

3y ago40:04

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How to Maximise your LinkedIn Profile Melanie Goodman specialises in providing LinkedIn network growth & business generation strategies and LinkedIn training services to business owners and companies. Melanie had an original career path practicing law before emigrating to Switzerland in 2005 where, for the subsequent 8 years she worked in business …

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From speaking for free to opening for Tony Robbins with Phil M Jones 38:52

3y ago38:52

38:52

From speaking for free to opening for Tony Robbins Phil M Jones is the best-selling author of Exactly What To Say, Exactly How To Sell, and Exactly Where To Start. He had his first business at just 14 years of age and is the youngest recipient of the “British Excellence in Sales and Marketing” award. To date, over two million people, across 57 diff…

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Everything you need to know about the Big Stage with Pegine Echevarria 45:14

3y ago45:14

45:14

Everything you need to know about the Big Stage Pegine Echevvaria is a Leadership speaker, best-selling author, award-winning businesswoman, an advisor to US Presidents and their task forces as well as Fortune 500 executives to be effective at engaging their people and stakeholders. Pegine educates leaders and businesswomen on influencing, impactin…

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How to get booked to speak in the US with Gail Davis 33:23

3y ago33:23

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How to get booked to speak in the US Gail Davis' decades of experience in corporate marketing and event management served as the launch pad for GDA Speakers. Before establishing the company in 1999, she spent 20 years managing the events of the Dallas-based global technology conglomerate - Electronic Data Systems (EDS) - founded by Ross Perot. Whil…

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Taking your Speaking Business International with Elin Hauge 32:05

3y ago32:05

32:05

How to speak internationally. Elin has built bridges between data-driven technologies and business value for more than 20 years, with AI as one of her key capabilities. She helps leaders to build relevant competence on artificial intelligence, understand responsible human-machine interaction, and outline sustainable practices around digital technol…

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How to be a Productivity Ninja in your Speaking Business with Graham Allcott 29:50

3y ago29:50

29:50

How to be productive as a Speaker Graham Allcott is the founder of Think Productive, one of the world’s leading providers in personal productivity training and consultancy as well as the author of the global best-seller, "How to be a Productivity Ninja". His podcast "Beyond Busy" explores the issues of productivity, work/life balance and how people…

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Behind the scenes of a successful speaking business with Simone Vincenzi 36:45

3y ago36:45

36:45

Behind the scenes of Simone Vincenzi's speaking business 100 million new businesses start every year and 90% of them fail within 3 years. How do we create sustainable businesses? Simone Vincenzi is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur and author who has helped people to launch more than 500 profitable businesses before he reached the age of 30…

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Financial Wellness for Speakers with Caitriona Ellis 36:10

3y ago36:10

36:10

In this episode of #SpeakingBusiness Podcast, I talk to Caitriona Ellis. As speakers there is potential to make a lot of money and the more you have, the more you spend. But we also should be thinking about the future when maybe we don’t want to work quite as hard as we are now and how we should be using our speaking fees to their best. Caitriona E…

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How to be rich without really trying with Jasmine Birtles 34:13

3+ y ago34:13

34:13

How to be rich without really trying Jasmine Birtles is a TV and radio presenter, a financial expert and founder of the popular consumer website MoneyMagpie.com, an entertainer and the author of 38 books. She broadcasts, writes and speaks about all aspects of personal finance including investments, pensions, mortgages, credit cards, banking and app…

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Behind the scenes of an international speaker bureau with Raleigh Addington 26:21

3+ y ago26:21

26:21

Speaker Bureau MD Radleigh Addington takes us behind the scenes at Chartwell Speaker Bureau Raleigh Addington is MD of Chartwell Speakers Bureau and has been in the speaking industry for 10 years. As well as working in the UK/Europe market, he also opened the Chartwell Asia office in 2014 giving him both experience in the Asia market but also "co-b…

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How to be more, do more, have more with Gavin Ingham 31:47

3+ y ago31:47

31:47

In this episode of #SpeakingBusiness Podcast I talk to Gavin Ingham. What differentiates high performers from good performers? What helps one person to achieve in 3 months what others do in 12? These are the questions that have inspired Gavin Ingham for the last 20 years and have led to his #IAM10 methodology for high performance. The world is chan…

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Speaking Business is a Journey, Not a Destination with Olga Geidane 36:46

3+ y ago36:46

36:46

In this episode of #SpeakingBusiness Podcast I talk to Olga Geidane. Olga Geidane is a thought-provoking speaker and award-winning mindset coach working globally with high achievers and C-suite executives. She is an international best-selling author, who has co-authored books with Sharon Lechter, Denis Waitley, Erik Swanson, Steve Sims, Jim Cathcar…

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How to write & self-publish a book that turns readers into clients with Jessica Killingley 33:47

3+ y ago33:47

33:47

How to write & self-publish a book that turns readers into clients Jessica Killingley is a Literary Agent, Publishing Consultant & Life Coach. She is an accidental serial entrepreneur, she runs a business that supports founders, consultants and coaches who want to write & self-publish books that grow their business and their profile. Her podcast, T…

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From Basecamp and through a Pandemic to a successful speaking business with Alex Staniforth 33:37

3+ y ago33:37

33:37

In this episode of #SpeakingBusinessPodcast I talk to Alex Staniforth. Too many people settle for base camp when the summit is out of view. But Alex is no stranger to overcoming adversity. At just 26, he's a record-breaking adventurer, athlete, author and charity founder who has already survived the two biggest disasters in Mount Everest history as…

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Speaker Website Essentials with Chris and Jude Wharton 37:09

3+ y ago37:09

37:09

How to create a speaker website that will get you booked. Jude and Chris Wharton are the co-founders of Ready Steady Websites® an off the shelf website and membership site template service. They launched Ready Steady Websites® in 2019 and they have been running a successful digital design company, 2nd Floor Designs Ltd since 2010. They are a husban…

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