Episodes

May 18, 2023

023 Mark Gilham (Enable) on Taking the Leap from Accountant to Evangelist

Today’s guest is Mark Gilham, Evangelist at Enable. Mark joins Ethan Beute and shares his experiences and expertise – in both accounting and evangelism! For him, genuine self-expression and staying true to yourself are key t…
May 4, 2023

022 Leslie Pagel (Authenticx) on Helping Humans Understand Humans

Today’s guest is Leslie Pagel, Chief Evangelist at Authenticx. Leslie joins Ethan Beute to share the mission to help humans understand humans through the true voice of the customer. Leslie explains how she joined the team as…
April 27, 2023

021 Bryan Stallings (Lucid) on Making Lives Better As An Evangelist

Today’s guest is Bryan Stallings, Chief Evangelist at Lucid Software, providers of Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale. Bryan joins Ethan Beute to tell the story of the relationship and shared values that brought him to t…
April 20, 2023

020 Jonathan Stephens (EveryPoint) on Becoming the Voice and Advocate of Your Client

Today’s guest is Jonathan Stephens, Chief Evangelist at EveryPoint. Jonathan joins Ethan Beute to share how his journey into marketing, content, and live streaming resulted in organizations like NVIDIA inviting him onto thei…
April 6, 2023

019 Anthony Kennada (AudiencePlus) on Evangelists, Creators, and Owned Media

Today’s guest is Anthony Kennada, Co-Founder & CEO at AudiencePlus and author of Category Creation. Anthony joins Ethan Beute to share why leading companies champion an idea, not just provide a product. They engage, educate,…
March 30, 2023

018 Justin Robbins on Creating Meaning and Impact as Chief Evangelist

Today’s guest is Justin Robbins, Founder and Principal Analyst at Metric Sherpa. Justin joins Ethan Beute to share the importance of real-world experience serving as the foundation for effective evangelism. Justin explains w…
March 23, 2023

017 Arthur Castillo (Chili Piper) on Customers As Your Best Evangelists

Today’s guest is Arthur Castillo, Head of Dark Social and Evangelism at Chili. Arthur joins Ethan Beute to share how he viewed and pursued the opportunity that LinkedIn represents and how it led to his transitions from sales…
March 16, 2023

016 Blaine Feyen (True Footage) on Developing a Teachable Point of View

Today’s guest is Blaine Feyen, Head of Community and Chief Evangelist at True Footage. Blaine joins Ethan Beute and shares his philosophy behind and approach to developing your own teachable point of view – based on experien…
March 2, 2023

015 Ryan Collins, PhD on Evangelism in the Tech Industry

Today’s guest is Ryan Collins, an SEO analyst, the Founder of AfterYourPhD, and the author of a dissertation on tech evangelism. Ryan joins Ethan Beute to share what he learned from interviewing dozens of evangelists and con…
Feb. 23, 2023

014 Bill Sherman on The Practice of Thought Leadership

Today’s guest is Bill Sherman, COO and Thought Leadership Practice Lead at Thought Leadership Leverage and podcast host of Leveraging Thought Leadership. Bill joins Ethan Beute to share how to get ideas into the mind space o…
Feb. 16, 2023

013 Diana Cabrices on Becoming a Fractional Chief Evangelist in WealthTech

Today’s guest is Diana Cabrices, Founder & Fractional Chief Evangelist at Diana Cabrices Consulting, a firm that focuses on the WealthTech industry. Diana joins Ethan Beute to share the benefits of a fractional approach to e…
Feb. 9, 2023

012 Daniel Jester (Creative Force) on Maturing a Market as Chief Evangelist

Today’s guest is Daniel Jester, Chief Evangelist at Creative Force. Daniel joins Ethan Beute and shares the two things that were useful for his start as a Chief Evangelist: breaking down the complex and becoming an analogy f…
Feb. 2, 2023

011 Dan Steinman (Gainsight) on Building Affinity as Chief Evangelist

Today’s guest is Dan Steinman, Chief Evangelist at Gainsight. Dan joins Ethan Beute and shares the idea that creating awareness of something that’s making a difference is the most important aspect of the role. Dan also discu…
Jan. 26, 2023

010 Mike Grigsby on Aha Moments and Transformation Through Evangelism

Today’s guest is Mike Grigsby, Executive Advisor at MWGrigs LLC and Citizen Engagement Solutions Lead at Lumen Technologies. Mike joins Ethan Beute and shares one of the best analogies you'll hear to the work of evangelism. …
Jan. 19, 2023

009 Jo Zichterman (ZoomInfo) on Dealing in Belief and Scaling Impact as an Evangelist

Today’s guest is Jo Zichterman, Data Evangelist at ZoomInfo. Jo joins Ethan Beute and shares ways to scale the impact of evangelism by working internally and the value of the human face and voice in creating belief. He also …
Jan. 12, 2023

008 Collin Mitchell (Humantic AI) on Joining the Conversation as Chief Evangelist

Collin Mitchell started his relationship with Humantic AI as a customer and advocate before becoming Chief Evangelist and now Head of Sales. Collin joins Ethan Beute to share the most important job of an evangelist, ways to …
Jan. 5, 2023

007 Yvonne Heimann (ClickUp) on Product Evangelism as a 1099 Employee

Our guest on this episode of Chief Evangelist is Yvonne Heimann, Start-Up Evangelist at ClickUp, Brand Ambassador at Agroapluse, Content Creator at Minerva, and Business Efficiency Consultant & Mindset Coach at Ask Yvi. Yvon…
Dec. 15, 2022

006 Guy Kawasaki (Apple / Canva) on Getting People To Believe As Much As You Do

Today’s guest is Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist at Canva and podcast host of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People. He's the author of 15 books and the person who popularized secular evangelism decades ago as Chief Evangelist at …
Dec. 8, 2022

005 Bill Staikos (Medallia) on Moving Up the Maturity Curve Through Evangelism

Have you ever put yourself in your client's shoes? Have you ever seen it from their perspective? Have you ever let your community drive the agenda? Today’s guest is Bill Staikos, SVP/Evangelist & Head of Community Engagement…
Dec. 1, 2022

004 Sangram Vajre (GTM Partners) on The Uncharted Territory of a Chief Evangelist

Today’s guest is Sangram Vajre , Co-Founder & CEO at GTM Partners and, prior to that, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist at Terminus. Sangram joins Ethan Beute and shares that the most important thing a brand can have is trust an…
Nov. 17, 2022

003 Jim Kalbach (MURAL) on The 4 C’s of Evangelism

Today’s guest, Jim Kalbach, Chief Evangelist at MURAL, joins Ethan Beute and shares the 4 C’s of evangelism which are: Company, Culture, Customers, and Community. Jim defines what each C means and how they relate to one anot…
Nov. 10, 2022

002 Jen Allen (Challenger) on Demand Generation As Chief Evangelist

As an individual contributor in sales, Jen learned the value of evangelism. Hear how she made the transition from salesperson to Chief Evangelist.
Nov. 3, 2022

001 Randy Frisch (Uberflip) on Transitioning from CMO to Chief Evangelist

Ever wonder what it takes to become Chief Evangelist? What steps should you take? We take on those questions and more right here in Episode 001. Today’s guest is Randy Frisch, Co-Founder-and-CMO turned Co-Founder-and-Chief-E…
Nov. 2, 2022

000 Ethan Beute (Host) on What to Expect from Chief Evangelist

Find out what to expect from the Chief Evangelist podcast in this quick, 2.5-minute episode.