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Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs179 - Business Networking the Not Obnoxious Way with Stephanie Bonte-LebairI first interviewed today's guest, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair back in Episode 025. The focus of that interview was about how she rebranded her voice studio to attract a more profitable niche, but in telling that story, Stephanie also talked about the role business networking played in the marketing of her business. She talked about it with such intentionality that I knew I wanted to learn more. So today we're talking about everything, from how to choose events to network at, how to prepare, how Stephanie makes the most of her time at an event, her follow-up routines, examples of...
2026-02-1843 min
4 Day Weekends: Sacred Marketing & MagicFinding Your Voice: A Journey from Stage to Networking with Stephanie Bonte-LebairAre you feeling stuck in your current business model, unable to scale or transition to something more fulfilling? Meet Stephanie Bonte-Lebair, and discover her powerful story of transformation and reinvention.Stephanie Bonte Libert is a classically trained singer and stage performer turned voice and networking coach for creative entrepreneurs. She's founded Empowered Business Networking in 2020, a virtual networking membership that focuses on collaboration to create visibility in the marketplace.Sit down with us as we explore the transformative journey of Stephanie as she shares insights about her membership group and how...
2024-09-1230 min
4 Day Weekends: Sacred Marketing & MagicFinding Your Voice: A Journey from Stage to Networking with Stephanie Bonte-LebairAre you feeling stuck in your current business model, unable to scale or transition to something more fulfilling? Meet Stephanie Bonte-Lebair, and discover her powerful story of transformation and reinvention.Stephanie Bonte Libert is a classically trained singer and stage performer turned voice and networking coach for creative entrepreneurs. She's founded Empowered Business Networking in 2020, a virtual networking membership that focuses on collaboration to create visibility in the marketplace.Sit down with us as we explore the transformative journey of Stephanie as she shares insights about her membership group and how...
2024-09-1230 min
Inspiration ContagionHarnessing the Power of Voice and Vision for Peak PerformanceIn this episode, Holly Jean Jackson converses with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair about her transformational journey. They discuss inspiration, business course correction, the importance of rest and assessment for peak performance, and the employee experience. The conversation shifts to money matters, the advantage of phone calls over Zoom for sales, and focusing on ideal referral partners.
(0:00) Introduction to Stephanie Bonte-Lebair's transformational journey
(4:13) Stephanie's definition of inspiration and how to invite it into our lives
(11:23) The concept of course correction in business decisions
(16:08) The importance of rest in peak performance
(20:29) The power of assessment and the importance of letting go for peak performance
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2024-05-1441 min
Born or Made07: The Musical Keynote (W/ Stephanie Bonte-Lebair)A brief overview of what we discussed:The journey of a creative performer inside of entrepreneurship Performing vs. entrepreneurship9-5 jobs are the worstIts not all about BroadwayThe power of networking Stephanie Bonte-Lebair:Stephanie is a professional singer and stage performer turned voice and networking coach. She uses her experience performing in Opera, Musicals, Cabaret, and Dinner Theater to help Creative Entrepreneurs show up powerfully when they network. She guides her networking community to shift the focus from chasing prospects to building Empowered Partners that skyrocket your visibility and income. She is an aw...
2024-05-0239 min
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs144 - Amy Chaplin on How to Submit Winning Conference ProposalsWith the MTNA conference in March, I guess you could say I've been on a conference kick. We talked about Networking with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair in Episode 141, I shared my takeaways from MTNA in Episode 142, and then last week I did a live Networking Debrief workshop with a group of teachers and, together, we went through our own lists of people we want to build deeper relationships with and figured out next steps. (Teachers on the call identified some really neat opportunities that have the potential to seriously impact their businesses.) Today we're covering another conference-related topic: how...
2024-04-1037 min
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs141 - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair on Business Networking the Not Obnoxious WayIn my original interview with Stephanie, she talked about the role business networking played in the marketing of her business and she talked about it with such intentionality that I knew I wanted to learn more. So today we're talking about everything, from how to choose events to network at, how to prepare, how Stephanie makes the most of her time at an event, her follow-up routines, examples of weak and strong calls to action and more. Get your notepad ready because you'll want to take notes. If this topic of networking makes you uneasy...
2024-03-1343 min
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs140 - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair on Rebranding a Voice Studio to Attract a More Profitable Niche [REBROADCAST]Today's conversation with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair is a rebroadcast of an early episode of Music Studio Startup that has always been a fan favorite. Stephanie is a classically-trained opera singer turned voice/presentation/sales coach. This interview blurs the line between an entrepreneurial music teacher sharing the evolution of her voice studio and a communication expert sharing a mini sales workshop. It's one you'll want to listen to more than once! A full transcript and resources from this episode can be found at MusicStudioStartup.com/episode140. MSS Entrepreneurs Hub + Mastermind M...
2024-03-0637 min
Episode #55 – Stephanie Bonte-Lebair is a Classically-Trained Singer Turned Voice, Presentation and Keynote PerformerTune in now and get Stephanie Bonte-Lebair’s thoughts on:
Her speaking journey and what led her to move from music into public speaking in the first place
Stephanie Bonte-Lebair’s golden keys to success as a speaker and for achieving networking success
A few mistakes she made along the way that she encourages aspiring, as well as active public speakers, to avoid
What Stephanie is doing now, and where listeners should they go if they want to get into her world
And much, much more!
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2023-08-1525 min
Power To Speak with Confidence. Conversations that will inspire and empower.#14. Tips to help you network better. Speaking About Speaking, guest Stephanie Bonte-LebairS.A.S (Speaking About Speaking) LIVE is a weekly opportunity for me and another fabulous speaker or speaker coach to discuss all things speaking.
For this previous LIVE stream, I was joined by musical keynote speaker, communication coach and networking rock star, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair.
Stephanie works with Creatives and Service Based Entrepreneurs who are spinning their wheels at networking events to know what to say and how to say it.
She's a professional singer and stage performer with over 20 years of coaching experience.
Plus, she's written a 45 min musical keynote...
2023-04-2530 min
The Resonate Podcast with AideenThe Empowered Voice With Stephanie Bonte-Lebair - Episode 27Stephanie is a classically-trained singer turned voice, presentation and sales coach. She moved to New York City and performed in operas, musicals and cabaret before creating her business, The Empowered Voice. For over 20 years, she has helped singers, speakers and business professionals leverage their voice for more influence, authentic connections, and increased sales. She is an award-winning Certified Trainer of the B.A.N.K. methodology (#1 Trainer in 2020), which uses personality science to help you dramatically increase sales. She is also the founder of Empowered Business Networking, a virtual networking mastermind that helps entrepreneurs know what to say...
2023-01-3128 min
MINKLife MotivationI Know A Guy | MinkLife Motivation LIVE | Season 4 Eps 6This episode is all about boosting your influence through your personal networking. We will be discussing how trust factors into your success in life and business.
Join us for our LIVE Business Talk Show where you will:
🚀 Enjoy life & business talk in a fun new way!
🚀 Listen to experts advise you on topics that matter to you!
🚀 Interact Live with Our Guests & Co-Hosts
🚀 Connect with a featured business owner in our Entrepreneur's Journey Series
Cast:
Moderator: Monica M. Henderson
Co-hosts: Stephanie Bonte-Lebair, Linda Sunshine West
Executive Producer: Monica Henderson
2023-01-2736 min
Business MiraclesStephanie Bonte Lebair - Hatching the Highly Sensitive Leadership RevolutionWelcome to this special series of the Business Miracles podcast: Hatching The Highly Sensitive Leadership Revolution – You’ll be hearing from select highly sensitive leader authors who contributed their real stories of creating more impact and more income to my book DIFFERENT as found at www.differentthebook.com
Listen in to be inspired by my conversation with Stephanie, a professional singer-turned-voice, presentation, and sales coach who helps singers, speakers, and business professionals leverage their voices for more influence.
“I have always been able to read people’s emotions…and I always maybe falsel...
2023-01-1121 min
Cash In On CameraStephanie Bonte-Lebair - Don't Make These 3 Networking MistakesNetworking is a key component of most successful businesses. But are you doing it correctly? In this episode of Cash In On Camera, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair of Empowered Business Networking shares the 3 mistakes she sees business owners make that are sabotaging their networking success.
Watch the full LIVE video interview on Sheryl's YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/L75QFqn5HN4
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2022-11-1122 min
YES I CAN Living with Cathy JohnsonStephanie Bonte Lebair, The Empowered Voice
Your voice is a tool - and Stephanie is an expert in how to use it. Her Empowered Voice Method(tm) teaches you how to:Tap into your purpose voiceTap into your physical voiceUse your mental voiceWondering what that means? Listen in!Stephanie is a classically-trained singer turned voice, presentation and sales coach. She moved to New York City and performed in operas, musical and cabaret before creating her business, The Empowered Voice. For over 20 years, she has helped singers, speakers and business professionals leverage their vo...
2022-07-1300 min
Marketing, Media & MoneyEmpowering Your Voice (and Sales) with Stephanie Bonte-LebairStephanie Bonte-Lebair is a classically trained singer turned voice, presentation and sales coach. She's an award-winning Trainer, creator of The Empowered Voice, Founder of Empowered Business Networking and author of "Stage Dreams the Musical" a one-woman show with 9 original songs. She helps service-based business professionals and sales teams know what to say and how to say it to find more prospects and close sales faster when they network and speak. Whether performing on stages or speaking in the boardroom, Stephanie’s mission is to help people be the voice of their passions. WEBSITE: https://www.em...
2021-03-2947 min
The Critically Conscious CoachDoes AI Have a Place in Sales?Welcome back to The Defiant Business Podcast. I am here with Stephanie Bonte-Lebair, found of The Empowered Voice. Today, we’re going to talk about the future of artificial intelligence in sales.
It's Future Friday. We always discuss a future-focused topic on Fridays, no matter who I'm talking to. And Stephanie really brought it with this recommendation of topics. So thank you so much, Stephanie. We talked about wearables and how they could help coaching businesses a couple of seasons ago. We always go for something interesting to help people go out into the weekend, and you re...
2020-11-2716 min
The Critically Conscious CoachSales Isn’t a Numbers Game, Focus Here InsteadHello, everyone! Welcome back for Stephanie Bonte Lebair's 3rd episode on The Defiant Business Podcast. Stephanie is the founder of The Empowered Voice. As I hinted in yesterday's episode, we will be talking about sales. Sales isn't a numbers game, and Stephanie is going to share with us what we should be focusing on instead.
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2020-11-2520 min
The Critically Conscious CoachIf Authentic Communication Isn’t About You, Then Who Is It About?Welcome back to another episode of The Defiant Business Podcast! I have Stephanie Bonte-Lebair with me today. Yesterday, we got to know her a bit. We learned about her business The Empowered Voice, and her journey from being a classically-trained singer to coaching business owners and sales teams on their communications.
Speaking of communications, we're going to talk about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: authenticity in your communications. Most importantly, if authentic communication isn't about you, then who is it about? Stephanie, thank you so much for being here with me again!...
2020-11-2413 min
The Critically Conscious CoachStephanie Bonte-Lebair, Voice, Presentation, and Sales CoachHello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Defiant Business Podcast. I'm your host Ruthie Bowles, and I'm really excited to introduce my next guest, Stephanie Bonte-Lebair. Stephanie and I were connected by a mutual business friend. Once we got on the phone, I knew I had to have her on the podcast.
Stephanie is a classically-trained singer turned voice presentation & sales coach. She moved to New York City and performed in operas, musicals, and cabaret, before creating her business The Empowered Voice. For over 20 years, she has helped singers, speakers, and business professionals leverage their...
2020-11-2315 min
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs052 - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair on Rebranding a Voice Studio to Attract a More Profitable Niche (Rebroadcast)I'm on summer break so this week I'm rebroadcasting a previously-aired episode of Music Studio Startup. Show notes from when this episode originally aired can be found at https://www.musicstudiostartup.com/episode025/
2020-08-1236 min
Sustainable SuccessIt's Not Rocket Science - It's Personality ScienceCome learn about the science behind how to influence and maximize your impact in any conversation. You will receive the step-by-step system to quickly identify your listener and provide value. Stephanie Bonte-Lebair shares how she went 30 days without a No and brought in an additional $10K in 2 weeks.
2020-04-1654 min
Business MiraclesHSE Feature with Speaker and Singer Stephanie Bonte-LebairListen in to learn how Stephanie overcame her HSE Coping Mechanism and created a bountiful business out of a stressful and overwhelming life.
“I was the type of person who felt that I needed to be strong enough to do everything myself. That I could build and run a business and just figure it out.” – Stephanie Bonte-Lebair
2020-01-2900 min
B.O.O.S.T. PodcastEmpower Your Voice >> Stephanie Bonte-Lebair | EP26Stephanie Bonte-Lebair is a classically trained opera singer turned voice, presentation, and sales coach. She’s helped thousands of singers, speakers and business owners know what to say and how to say it to build their business faster when they network and keynote. Not getting the results you need from networking? Tune into this episode where Stephanie shares how to effectively set your intentions to reap massive rewards. Grab a pen, listen in, and then connect with Stephanie online: LinkedIn | Website | TwitterLet's Stay in Touch! LinkedIn (be sure to mention you heard th...
2019-10-2418 min
Music Studio Startup: Helping music teachers thrive as entrepreneurs025 - Stephanie Bonte-Lebair on Rebranding a Voice Studio to Attract a More Profitable NicheStephanie is a classically-trained opera singer turned voice/presentation/sales coach. This interview blurs the line between an entrepreneurial music teacher sharing the evolution of her voice studio and a communication expert sharing a mini sales workshop. It's one you'll want to listen to more than once! Full show notes available at https://www.musicstudiostartup.com/episode025/
2019-02-2736 min
Transformational Speakers PodcastEmpowered Voice with Stephanie Bonte-LebairStephanie Bonte-Lebair is a voice coach, lifelong musical theater and opera performer, and award-winning sales trainer. She not only coaches singers and speakers to use their voice with more power and impact, but she works with entrepreneurs on sharing their voice and message in a way that helps them build their business and make a bigger difference in the world. Stephanie is an award-winning Certified Level 3 Trainer of B.A.N.K. ™, a personality profiling system that has been scientifically proven to predict buying behavior. She combines her knowledge of the voice, stage experience, and years building her own busin...
2019-02-0848 min
Transformational Speaker's PodcastEmpowered Voice with Stephanie Bonte-LebairStephanie Bonte-Lebair is a voice coach, lifelong musical theater and opera performer, and award-winning sales trainer. She not only coaches singers and speakers to use their voice with more power and impact, but she works with entrepreneurs on sharing their voice and message in a way that helps them build their business and make a bigger difference in the world. Stephanie is an award-winning Certified Level 3 Trainer of B.A.N.K. ™, a personality profiling system that has been scientifically proven to predict buying behavior. She combines her knowledge of the voice, stage experience, and years building her own busin...
2019-02-0848 min
First Class LifeCrack the Code - B.A.N.K. with Stephanie Bonte-LebairStephanie Bonte-Lebair is a classically trained opera singer turned voice, presentation and sales coach. She coaches singers and speakers to use their voice with more power and impact, and loves helping entrepreneurs and business professionals leverage their voice to improve their bottom line while making a bigger difference in the world. Stephanie is also an award-winning Certified Level 3 Trainer of B.A.N.K.(TM) - the world's only methodology scientifically validated to predict buying behavior in less than 90 seconds. Her mission is to help others stand in their power and be the voice of their passion! Tune in to...
2018-04-1352 min
Brain Lady SpeaksThe Power of Your Voice in Communication with Stephanie Bonte-LebairCommunication is key for business success and relationship development. Your voice is a powerful tool to create great communication. Do you know how to maximize this tool? Do you struggle with speaking your passion with power? Would you enjoy hearing some great tips on how to use your voice in a more powerful way? If so them you will want to hear what our guest expert has to share today. Julie will interview Stephanie Bonte-Lebair and she will share her expertise on this topic.Connect with Stephanie:OnlineEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedIn917.251.7866To connect with Brain Lady Julie......
2017-09-0652 min
SOAR (SCN) PodcastEP37 - Stephanie Bonte-LebairMali Phonpadith interviews Stephanie Bonte-Lebair.Join our community to receive notifications, event updates, and more:http://soarcommunitynetwork.comStephanie Bonte-Lebair is a lifelong stage performer turned entrepreneur, sales trainer and vocal coach. She helps empower singers, speakers and entrepreneurs to share their voice in the world in a bigger way so they can experience more joy and success.She holds a Masters in Vocal Performance, a Minor in Speech Pathology and has performed in operas, musicals, cabaret shows, amusement park shows and dinner theater. Stephanie is former Managing Director of eWomenNetwork Montgomery County, MD chapter, and is also an award-winning sales...
2017-05-3031 min
Turn Knowledge to ProfitPaid Speaking Gigs Drying Up, Turning Passion into Profits, Monetize Your BookSegment 1: In our Trends and Insights Segment we talk with Becky Spohn, the founder of Confidence Concepts, about how paid speaking opportunities are getting harder to find.Segment 2: Our Success Interview is with Stephanie Bonte Lebair about how she has gone from actress and voice coach to acclaimed business coach, turning her passion into profits.Segment 3: In our Business Builder Segment we’re talking about how you can monetize your book by quickly turning it into a course.
2017-02-1759 minTurn Knowledge to ProfitPower of Authenticity, Becoming an Accidental Entrepreneur, Your Big WhySegment 1: In our Trends and Insights Segment we talk with Stephanie Bonte LeBair, owner of The Empowered Performer, and the eWomenNetwork Managing Director in Montgomery County, Maryland. We talk with Stephanie about power of authenticity and how it can make a big difference in your business.Segment 2: Our Success Interview is with digital marketing expert Linda Waterhouse. We talk with Linda about how she became an “accidental entrepreneur,” and how she has continued to grow her thriving business, WSI Web Systems .Segment 3: In our Business Builder Segment we’re talking about what a “big why” is, and how your...
2016-10-1458 minTurn Knowledge to ProfitPaid Speaking Gigs Drying Up, Turning Passion into Profits, Monetize Your BookSegment 1: In our Trends and Insights Segment we talk with Becky Spohn, the founder of Confidence Concepts, about how paid speaking opportunities are getting harder to find.Segment 2: Our Success Interview is with Stephanie Bonte Lebair, founder of Empower Your Voice, about how she has gone from actress and voice coach to acclaimed business coach, turning her passion into profits.Segment 3: In our Business Builder Segment we’re talking about how you can monetize your book by quickly turning it into a course.
2016-09-2359 min
On The Record48-On The Record: What song are you speaking?Stephanie Bonte-Lebair is a lifelong performer and lover of all things on the stage! She holds a Masters in Vocal Performance, a Minor is Speech Pathology and has performed in operas, musicals, cabaret shows, amusement park shows and dinner theater at the local and professional levels. She not only coaches other singers and speakers, but Stephanie is a certified trainer in the BANKCODE methodology, a personality profiling system that has been scientifically-proven to predict buying behavior. She combines her knowledge of the voice, stage experience, and years of building her own business to help entrepreneurs and salespeople connect more powerfully wit...
2016-06-0700 min