So in a few hours #OliviaColman returns home to find a boiled bunny on her stove. #OscarUpset #AcademyAwards19

Next Saturday, we welcome you to “What Am I Doing Here?" 🎙️This literary cabaret show, presented by A Voice in the Well Productions, brings to light the inherent absurdity of life in modern-day U.S.A. FREE tickets at the link in the comments! #beyondbaroque #venice #cabaret

“All the World’s YOUR Stage” … “Yes … and – how business development and stand-up comedy are two sides of the same coin” … VIEW FULL EPISODE: expertwebcast.com/programs/a…. “Playing comedy is hell. The necessity to have an audience love you is perhaps more overwhelming than in any other form of entertainment. With singing, dancing, acting you don’t know until it’s over if you’ve had acceptance or rejection. The comic knows sooner. The audience laughs or it doesn’t.” – Imogene Coca One might describe marketing and business development similarly. In fact, there is one unicorn in this industry who is adept at BOTH: Brenda Pontiff. We are thrilled that Brenda is joining host Roy Sexton to talk about how business development and stand-up comedy are in fact two great tastes that taste great together! #mindfulness #balance #mentalhealth #wellbeing #meditation #legal #law #corporatelaw #lmamkt #lma24 #branding #digitalmarketing #AI #artificalintelligence #growth #professionalservices #legalmarketing #inclusion #community #lgbtqia #pride #allyship #diversity #equity #comedy #theatre #standup @BrendaPontiff @PartnerTrackA

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Latest "All the World’s YOUR Stage” on Expert Webcast with guest Brenda Pontiff … “Yes … and – how business development and stand-up comedy are two sides of the same coin” ... VIEW EPISODE HERE: expertwebcast.com/programs/a… - shout outs in the episode as well to previous guests Tim Duffy and Lauren London as well as upcoming guest Ratana! “Playing comedy is hell. The necessity to have an audience love you is perhaps more overwhelming than in any other form of entertainment. With singing, dancing, acting you don’t know until it’s over if you’ve had acceptance or rejection. The comic knows sooner. The audience laughs or it doesn’t.” – Imogene Coca One might describe marketing and business development similarly. In fact, there is one unicorn in this industry who is adept at BOTH: Brenda Pontiff. We are thrilled that Brenda is joining host Roy Sexton to talk about how business development and stand-up comedy are in fact two great tastes that taste great together! Born and raised in Texas, Brenda Pontiff left for graduate school in Kansas and wound up touring the country with the Complex Improv Theater. She returned home and began working on her stand-up comedy skills at The Houston Comedy Workshop’s Comixh Annex, the infamous club that spawned the likes of Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison. A few years later, she moved to Los Angeles and became a New Face at the famed Hollywood Improv. She was also a regular at Igby’s and toured as a feature act for franchise clubs including Punchlines, FunnyBones, and Laff Stops. She took a 14-year break in the early 2000s to focus on her global business development career but has happily returned to bring her Texas meets California perspective to the stage. Brenda believes comedy is like the Mafia, you can never leave. During said global business development career, Brenda founded Partner Track Academy after years of watching young accountants and lawyers, often part of a group challenged with inclusion barriers, panic over business development expectations related to making partner. So often firms’ marketing staff members are not trained to support non-partners’ revenue generation efforts or they simply do not have the bandwidth to do so. This missing component can be filled through individual, customized coaching or periodic workshops and presentations that provide tools, tips, and best practices that lead to improved networking habits, client satisfaction, revenue growth, and ultimately, a coveted seat at the partners’ table. Brenda has: · More than 25 years in accounting and law firm sales and marketing. · Sold services on behalf of an AmLaw 100 firm, exceeding sales and new client acquisition goals for almost eight years. · Worked as a professional speaker, stand-up comic, writer, and actress, winning several national awards. · Created a new sales process for a Big Four accounting firm, taking revenues from zero to $3.7 MM in the first year. · Led a Big Four sales support team during the demise of Arthur Andersen, winning 67% of the regional client base while competing against three other international accounting firms. · Maintained a 100% success rate while working as a Big Four global strategist to retain critical, at-risk clients. · Created a cross-selling client team that increased an AmLaw 200 firm’s revenue by $900,000 through one pitch meeting. · Spoken frequently at association events and corporate retreats regarding account-centric methodologies, best practices for networking at conferences, diversity and inclusion change management, harnessing stress for better productivity, navigating the book of business demand, and embracing resiliency. #mindfulness #balance #mentalhealth #wellbeing #meditation #legal #law #corporatelaw #lmamkt #lma24 #branding #digitalmarketing #AI #artificalintelligence #growth #professionalservices #legalmarketing #inclusion #community #lgbtqia #pride #allyship #diversity #equity #comedy #theatre #standup @BrendaPontiff @PartnerTrackA @VoiceofRatana

Enjoy our latest episode of “All the World’s YOUR Stage” on Expert Webcast: “Practice makes perfect … how mindfulness and meditation make good business sense” … expertwebcast.com/programs/p… Thank you to producer Anna Spektor for her loving support and to friend (and our next guest!) Brenda Pontiff for connecting me with the divine Tim Duffy, CMT! What is that old joke? “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, PRACTICE!” On this episode, we discuss a different kind of practice but one no less applicable to the business world: how meditation can enhance mindfulness and yield personal and professional success. Guest Tim Duffy and host Roy Sexton unpack the career pivot Tim has taken to leverage his personal discoveries in this arena to help business leaders worldwide. Roy, being an avowed entertainment geek and fanboy, will no doubt ask Tim to talk about his career journey in Hollywood, what he learned from those experiences, and how his successful navigation of the entertainment industry now informs his coaching and consulting work. Recently featured as a speaker at the iconic Netflix is a Joke Fest and the Hollywood and Mind Summit, Tim is a two-time Emmy-winner, an advanced meditation practitioner and a Mindfulness-based Executive Coach. His unique background in Behavioral Psychology paired with his wildly successful career as a Fortune 500 Executive and two-time startup Founder fuels his work with executives, performers and organizations. You can learn more about Tim at timduffymeditation.com/ Tim writes, “In 2010, I launched MTV Networks' first Mindfulness Program and immediately became enamored with helping businesses harness the power of their greatest asset: people! During the next 13 years, I trained high-level executives throughout corporate America at companies like Amazon, Endeavor Agency, Netflix, AirBnB, and more, while implementing the same techniques and insights in my ‘other life.’ … In 2013, I launched my first startup, Ugly Brother Studios, which became widely known as one of the premier Food & Travel production companies in Entertainment. During this time, I created, sold, produced, and directed over 12 series, garnering nine Emmy Nominations, two life-changing wins, and four James Beard Award Nominations. … Through mindfulness and meditation, I’ve learned how to be truly alive to these people and to my own body and mind. Alive to the births of my children, the struggles of business, the joy of winning awards, the challenges of divorce, the loss of my father, the bliss of falling in love and, like us all, a freakin’ pandemic.” expertwebcast.com/programs/p… #mindfulness #balance #mentalhealth #wellbeing #meditation #legal #law #corporatelaw #lmamkt #lma24 #branding #digitalmarketing #AI #artificalintelligence #growth #professionalservices #legalmarketing #inclusion #community #lgbtqia #pride #allyship #diversity #equity #professionalservices @BrendaPontiff

A long time ago… Happy to be back at it.

Tonight! Come by for #standupcomedy! Buy a book! #indiebooks

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Tonight! Topanga Village.

What a great comedy venue in #SantaBarbara!

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Look what’s happening in May! #standup #standupcomedy #dowhatyoulove

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It doesn't get much more Pre-Code Hollywood than the sparkling Toby Wing in a satin slip in front of a fabulous Art Deco screen...........

Tomorrow. #standup #woodlandhills