Episode #545

Balancing Speaking With Your Full Time Job + Mastering Cold Outreach (Live Coaching W/ Erick)

With Bryan Marvel and Jill Christensen

“Knowing who you are as an individual on the spiritual side of life helps guide you to who you are created to be.”

One of the coolest parts of TSL is watching our coaches work 1:1 with students and helping them find the clarity and confidence they need to take their speaking businesses to the next level. And today, you’re going to get to see that process in action.

We’re back with another live coaching episode with Erick Rheam! This week, Erick is helping two former TSL students, Bryan Marvel and Jill Christensen, work through real problems they’re facing in their speaking businesses.

Bryan, a pastor and faith-based speaker, discusses his journey of balancing pastoral duties with speaking engagements. Embarking on a speaking career can often feel challenging, especially when you’re trying to find your unique voice amidst diverse audience expectations.  Bryan’s focus on spiritual identity has led him to explore innovative ways to expand his reach, such as targeting midweek speaking opportunities and tapping into personal connections to open new doors.

Jill offers a compelling story of reinvention and persistence. Specializing in workplace culture and HR, Jill demonstrates the importance of a structured approach to client communication. Her commitment to building relationships and consistently engaging with past clients highlights the need for adaptability and fresh content.

Both speakers tackle challenges like burnout and refining their processes, offering insights into the power of systematic approaches and networking. Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, this episode is packed with practical lessons on adaptability, innovation, and leveraging connections to build a flourishing speaking career!

You’ll learn:

  • Bryan’s background and his target audience
  • Strategies for expanding weekday speaking opportunities
  • About Jill’s eight-year speaking career
  • How to overcome communication barriers
  • The importance of having a system in place for speaking success
  • And much, much more!

“You might think I should be speaking to CEOs and leaders because they own how we do things, but I was smart enough to recognize that they outsource to human resources in ninety-five percent of organizations.”

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About Bryan Marvel and Jill Christensen

About Bryan Marvel:

Bryan has been speaking even before he stepped into pastoral ministry in 2007. With seventeen years of speaking experience, Bryan has met thousands of people struggling with a condition he calls spiritual amnesia – a condition where people forget who God has created them to be and, therefore, find themselves drifting through life without a strong sense of purpose and calling.

He’s spoken at camps, retreats, and conferences in different parts of the country, all while serving as a pastor of a local church. Currently, he serves as the Lead Pastor of Meadowbrook Church, where he has been since 2016.

His messages help break the cycle of spiritual amnesia in people’s lives and bring a renewed conviction around their spiritual identity that helps them fulfill their God-given destiny.

In addition to speaking, Bryan has published articles in various magazines and online publications. He wrote and self-published a nine-week devotional called A Journey to the Cross and an ebook titled Unstuck: Getting a Jumpstart on Your Spiritual Growth.

Bryan graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2007 with an MDiv. He lives in Milwaukee, WI, with his wife, Becky, and their three daughters, Kate, Emma, and Lucy.

About Jill Christensen:

In Corporate America, Jill worked her way up from the lowest level of management to the corner office. While she’s grateful for the education and experience, Jill was appalled at the dysfunction. She regularly left work asking herself, “How does this company turn a profit?” and virtually everyone she knew was disenchanted at their workplace as well. Jill knew there had to be a better way.

In 2009, Jill launched her business. In Corporate America, Jill had her finger on the pulse of what employees wanted in a workplace thanks to her role leading Global Internal Communications. She married that knowledge with enormous amounts of data about what employees say they need
to be inspired to give it their all. The result is the proven strategy that Jill shares in her keynote speeches today.

Jill has become one of the most in-demand and highest-rated female speakers in the world thanks to her ability to take audiences on a journey and inspire them to act.  Her status as a Top 200 Global Thought Leader to Watch has enabled Jill to present her proven strategies to 500,000 people globally in the past eight years.

Her first book is a global best-seller, and her popular blog was named a Top 100 Corporate 
Blog alongside Apple and Microsoft.  Her second book about engaging remote/hybrid workers debuted during the COVID pandemic.

Jill grew up in multiple U.S. states, attended college in New York, and resides in Arizona with her cat.  She moved to the West Coast due to her pioneering spirit and love of the great outdoors. A foodie and dual U.S./U.K. citizen, Jill’s interests include the NFL, Mahjong, rock concerts, skiing, pickleball, interior decorating, sport fishing, global travel, cooking, entertaining, and gardening.

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