The Global Discussion

Jennifer Navarrete is a Podcast Producer, Web3 Evangelist, Virtual Event Producer, Community Organizer, and a Social Media Strategist. Jennifer helps people and businesses with podcast production, podcasting, and voice talent for agencies and clients. She can help with live-streaming videos at events, social media interview lounges, social media event coverage, training, discoverability meetings, business projects, and more!   Jennifer has been producing podcasts for almost two decades and is the Founder of #NaPodMo. She is no stranger to social audio and hosts regular online live audio discussions.  In addition, Jennifer is the Conference Organizer for Texas Podcast Conference (TexasPodCon, having brought PodCamp, Barcamp, Tweetcamp, Mobicamp, and other podcasting, tech, and social media user-generated conferences to San Antonio.   About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Robb Montgomery is an American mobile journalism expert based in Berlin. He is the author of Smartphone Video Storytelling and Mobile Journalism textbooks and the chair of the Mobile Journalism Awards competition.  His documentary films have been awarded at global film festivals. He trains journalists for CNN, Reuters, The New York Times, Journalism Co UK, Mediacorp, Radio Free Europe, Hindustan Times, Channel News Asia, BILD, InterNews, and VRT public broadcasters. Robb's certificate courses (hosted by the Smart Film School) are used by journalism schools and media organizations worldwide, and his credentials include the following:  • Former editor: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times • Journalism professor • Digital Transformation consultant for United Nations, Reuters Foundation, Red Cross, IREX, WAN-IFRA, and HT Media • Filmmaker / Winner of Film Festivals in L.A., Berlin and Milan • Chair, Mobile Journalism Awards Books by Robb Montgomery include:  • Smartphone Video Storytelling (2018 Taylor & Francis, New York & London) • Videos mit dem Smartphone (2019 dPunkt Verlag - German language edition) • Mobile Journalism (2020 Visual Editors, Chicago) About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Bobby Umar is an inspirational speaker, coach, and one of North America's most prolific advocates of heart-based leadership. Inc Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers, alongside such noteworthy giants as Richard Branson, Brené Brown and John Maxwell. Bobby is a 5x TEDx speaker and one of the top social media influencers in the world, with over half a million followers. He is named the "2nd Best Business Coach to Follow" on Twitter and the "4th Best Leadership Influencer", according to Kred. Bobby is the author of three international books, including a #1 Best Seller.  He is also a frequent Huffington Post contributor, and he hosts a weekly tweet chat called "The Power of Connection" that has reached over 65 million impressions weekly. To date, his social media influence has garnered over 1 billion impressions. Bobby was also named a "2015 Speaker to Watch" and, most recently, a "Top 7 Networking Guru to Follow". Bobby is a social media advocate who champions authentic connection and leadership. Bobby has appeared on dozens of podcasts and TV and radio shows. With a background in brand marketing (Kraft and Unilever), engineering (Bombardier) and the performing arts (Second City), Bobby has led Raeallan for over a decade and is now a recognized thought leader in networking, social media and personal branding. He founded the DYPB – Discover Your Personal Brand movement, which hosted the largest event in North America dedicated solely to personal branding, featuring 60 experts and over 300 delegates. 250,000+ people from across the world have experienced Bobby's high-energy keynotes, interactive team-building activities, and engaging workshops. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Gihan is the Founder of Communique ( a B.Corp-certified business), an organisation created to give her fellow sustainability & communication professionals from underdeveloped countries and underrepresented communities a voice. Communique focuses on critical areas, including: 1) Integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Initiatives within your business model 2) Designing and developing ESG Communication Strategy 3) Auditing the effectiveness of your ESG strategy and communication messages 4) ESG & its Ecosystem training for Founders and Heads of Communications Clients include Barclays, HSBC, PWC, Chartered Institute of PR & Marketing ( CIPR/CIM), Katalista Ventures and many more. Gihan's accomplishments include CEO of the Year 2022, 40 Over 40 Communication Power List, and LinkedIn Top ESG Voice. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Jason Zackowski is the Founder of BunsenBurner and a Chemistry Teacher. He teaches science daily with the help of Bunsen and Beaker, the science dogs! Jason's podcast 'The Science Pawdcast' breaks down the latest science in the human and pet worlds and the latest antics of Bunsen and Beaker.  Social media success is no stranger to Jason, Bunsen and Beaker. Bunsen, the Bernese Mountain Dog, is the calm, reserved part of the team and proudly shares that the Twitter account has three directives:   1. Communicate Science Daily 2. Share Kindness and Empathy 3. Brighten Your Timeline with Cuteness Beaker is the Golden Retriever, who writes Tweets in all caps, and publically shares the struggle with punctuation because life is so fun! The success and growth of several platforms and social media accounts have seen the move into newsletters, merchandise, and other areas. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Arne Maus is known worldwide as a leading expert in thinking preferences. He is a management coach, trainer, and consultant to large organisations. He founded Identity Compass International in 1994 and continues to develop an international network of consultants who specialise in using the Identity Compass profile. Arne now dedicates his time researching thinking preferences and enhancing the profiling system. Arne is the author of the book "Forget About Motivation" (KONA Publishing & Media) and the leading developer of the Identity Compass®.  He explains in his book the building blocks of thinking and how to understand people in a better way—sharing the Learning around why people do what they do. Arne dedicates much of his time to the research on Cognitive Intentions. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Chris Rabbitt, Cofounder of Meeow Ltd, a Director at Carrot Ltd, and a Chapter Director, at Startup Grind, in addition to being a Founder member of Yorkshire Bikers In Business. Meeow was founded at the beginning of the COVID pandemic when face-to-face events shut down. It was launched by two entrepreneurs - Chris Rabbitt and Simon Glenn. Meeow aims to remove some of the unconscious bias that can present itself in face-to-face networking through its randomised solution.    A Meeow is an online video meeting created by a user on a subject they're interested in and scheduled for a specific time. Up to 3 people (who the creator probably doesn't know yet) can book onto the Meeow to talk to them about that subject. With Meeow, you can search for the subjects you love, find the people from around the world who’ve created Meeows on those subjects and book to talk to them in groups of no more than four.  Every time you attend a meeting on Meeow, the AI engine AI-ME (pronounced Amy) learns more about you, helping her to introduce you to more of the people you want to speak to. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Peter Benei has a successful track record in the enterprise world, specifically the advertising industry. He served as an agency executive for Fortune 500 brands in London and CEE. In 2014, Peter switched to focusing only on helping growing companies as a remote CMO.  Peter knows first-hand about becoming burned out and working in toxic or poorly optimised environments, and he has witnessed the same patterns repeating themselves. Peter changed his focus first, stopping working for others and starting working with consulting clients. He has scaled and managed remote teams from 5 to 50 and helped remote businesses to go from idea to fundraising as a CMO/COO. His mission is to transform 10,000 managers into remote leaders through training and mentorship. Peter is a veteran marketing & growth leadership consultant focusing on remote-first operations. He specialises in supporting remote managers to become better remote leaders with a customised group training program. Peter also provides consulting services for growing companies as a CMO, mentor, and advocate.  Peter wrote a book on remote and asynchronous leadership. This book is a leadership manual for those who want to be more efficient, productive, and inspiring leaders of remote companies. Asynchronous work is the next step in the remote work journey. People who work at asynchronous companies can perform not just regardless of their location but also of their time. Creating an environment that facilitates time-independent work is a massive challenge for leaders. Getting people aligned, measuring their performance, and tracking the results of their work while collaborating to solve bottlenecks is more challenging than ever. As a remote leader for the last decade, Peter shares his knowledge on how to meet this challenge. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Ulli Appelbaum is an award-winning marketing and brand strategy consultant with over 20 years of experience creating and building brand strategies. Ulli has held senior strategy roles at some of the largest advertising agencies in the world, including BBDO, Leo Burnett, Fallon Worldwide, and SapientNitro. He started a brand research & strategy boutique First The Trousers Then The Shoes Inc., in 2014 in Minneapolis, MN. Ulli has contributed to seven Effies and an ARF (Advertising Research Federation) Ogilvy award for Excellence in Research, and his insights and strategies for Wrigley, Harley Davidson, Hallmark, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Chrysler, and others have helped build these brands in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the US. He is the author and creator of 2 sets of method cards to help marketers be better at their jobs: 1. The best-selling Positioning-Roulette method cards, only available on Amazon, a set of 26 method cards, validated by over 1200 case studies of effective brand building, designed to stimulate and inspire your thinking when developing brand positioning platforms, brand positioning statements, value propositions, communication strategies and product concepts. This methodology is in use with thousands of marketers and strategists worldwide. It can be found as a course on skillshare and enjoys overall five-star reviews on Amazon. 2. “Aha!, The Ultimate Insight Generation Toolkit”, a deck of 49 exercise method cards, also available exclusively on Amazon, designed to help you mine for and uncover insights faster (4.5 stars reviews on Amazon). Ulli has also created the family game, the “26 Popular Children Games from Around The World”, a set of cards designed to help promote cultural understanding and tolerance among children through play (also available on Amazon). He is a blogger for the Huffington Post, a contributor to various trade publications in the US and Europe, and a regular podcast interviewee and speaker. Ulli is a member of the Practitioner Council of the American Marketing Association. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Ruth is on a mission to help entrepreneurs, coaches, and other "knowledgepreneurs" get clients and build their communities. She guides entrepreneurs along the book-writing journey, providing a framework and time-saving tips to help them get a quality book written, published, and into the hands of readers. Ruth has shared her expertise on platforms like Thrive Global, Women in Publishing, Authority Magazine, The Write Coach, and Author Audience Academy. She guides people through practical steps that make writing a book an attainable goal. She is dedicated to ensuring her clients are in the eight per cent of people who successfully get their books written, published, and into the hands of eager readers. Ruth's clients write their book outline in a day, and they go on to write their first draft in 30 days. In six months or less, powerful books are birthed, and authors are holding their published books in their hands. Ruth's childhood experiences of living and growing up in southern Africa and learning from her parents, who served as missionaries, is why she is passionate about helping people find their unique message and turning it into a book. While in Africa, she attended school in three countries – South Africa, Botswana, and Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe). Her favourite childhood memories include camping in Kruger National Park and Chobe National Park, visiting Victoria Falls, and falling asleep to the rhythm of rain pelting their tin roof. She now resides close to Glendon (the Pyrogy capital of Alberta, Canada) with her husband and five children. Ruth enjoys writing articles, devotionals, short stories, and Christian fiction. She has had pieces published in Testimony, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Upper Room, and FellowScript. Her publication credits include three novelettes: Cecile's Christmas Miracle, Shadows and Sunshine, and Life Lessons; a devotional booklet: Uplifting Devotionals for Parents; and some books on using Twitter effectively: Learn Twitter: 10 Beginning Steps and Learn Twitter: 10 Intermediate Steps. She is a member of The Word Guild and The Christian PEN. Ruth currently serves as the President of InScribe Christian Writers' Fellowship. Ruth's children have taught her many things about living with special needs. She is a strong advocate and spent several years as a school board trustee on the local public school board. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn