Making an Impact (Andy Lopata)
- Episode #70
Andy Lopata went from working odd jobs while backpacking to successful author, speaker and mentor. Planning to take on freelance writing, Andy Lopata instead stumbled into networking and found his calling. Making it for him is impacting others’ success.
Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.
Author, speaker and podcast host Andy Lopata teaches people the potential of powerful professional relationships.
“If I know I’m making a difference to people, and I’m making a difference to the people closest to me, as well, then I’m making it.”Andy Lopata
A specialist in professional relationships and networking for over 20 years, Andy Lopata was called ‘one of Europe’s leading business networking strategists’ by the Financial Times and ‘a true master of networking’ by the Independent and Forbes.com.
A very experienced international speaker and podcast host, Andy is the author of five books, has been quoted in a number of other business books and regularly quoted in the international press.
Andy is former President of the Fellows Community and a two-time Board Member of the Professional Speaking Association UK & Ireland (PSA) and a Fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute as well as a Master of the Institute for Sales Management. He is also one of just 28 recipients of the PSA’s top honour, the ‘Award of Excellence’.
Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
Andy’s website
Andy’s LinkedIn
Andy’s podcast
Credits:
Guest – Andy Lopata
Co-Producers – Danny Bermant & Geoff Govertsen
Supervising Producer – Cynthia Lamb
Executive producer – Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production by Post Office Sound
Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio
Music and SFX credits:
Track Title: The Sunniest Kids
Artist Name(s): Rhythm Scott
Writer Name: Scott Roush
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION
Track Title: Sweet Loving Waltz
Artist Name(s): Sounds Like Sander
Writer Name: S.L.J. Kalmeijer
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION
Additional music graciously supplied by Outside the Sky
Making It
If you’re an online entrepreneur, Making It was made for you. In each episode, real-world entrepreneurs tell their stories in their own words. They define what “making it” means in the busy space of online business. And they reveal what they’ve learned in their journey toward making it… lessons you can use in your own business.