Nick Weaver, COO and co-founder of Blue Delta Jeans
Nick Weaver, COO and co-founder of Blue Delta Jeans, talks about succeeding in business, using humor in communication, stuttering being just one part of who he is, how stuttering can be an advantage in business, what he learned from his parents and so much more.
Nick Weaverwas recently featured in the article, Finding the Perfect Fit, published by the Stuttering Foundation and in a Stuttering Foundation video from their 2015 New York City gala. Mr. Weaver was the keynote speaker at the 2015 FRIENDS Convention. Nick is a role model, an entrepreneur, an app developer, a husband, a father, a person who stutters and much more.
“[Stuttering] has turned into my conversation piece…When you are going to a business meeting it is something to talk about other than business. My stuttering has become my business tool. That’s how I break the ice…It lets people let down their own guard a little bit. That’s why I’m good at moving people. That’s why I can negotiate contracts. Stuttering is my blessing.”–Nick Weaver
The video below features Mr. Weaver discussing Blue Delta Jeans while stuttering openly.
Caryn Herring, Joel Korte and Roisin McManus of the StutterTalk B Team chat about the recent National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference that Caryn and Roisin attended. They compare and contrast this to Joel’s most recent experience at a trade show with his company, Chase Bliss Audio. The B Team wrap up by discussing the keynote speech at the NSA conference by Leana S. Wen, M.D.
Jon Rosenwasser joins Peter Reitzes at the FRIENDS18th annual convention in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Rosenwasser discusses being a parent of a child who stutters, living with stuttering as opposed to coping with stuttering, secondary stuttering behaviors, learning to talk about talking, peeling away the onion of stuttering avoidance, coming from a long line of people who stutter, working on co-occurring cluttering and much more. Mr. Rosenwasser shares how exciting it is for his children who stutter to meet other children who stutter and to experience different types of stuttering.
Jon Rosenwasser works on the U.S Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as Minority Budget Director for the Vice Chairman of the committee, Dianne FeinStein. Mr. Rosenwasser is a person who stutters, the father of two children who stutter and is part of four generations of stuttering in his family.
Grant Siegmund, 14 years old, joins Peter Reitzes at the FRIENDS18th annual convention in Raleigh, North Carolina. Grant has been attending FRIENDS conventions for about five years and stresses how much his confidence has grown as a result.
Jackson Hunter, 20 years old, grew up with FRIENDS
Jackson Hunter, 20 years old, joins Peter Reitzes at the FRIENDS18th annual convention in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jackson is attending his 7th or 8th FRIENDS Convention and refers to FRIENDS as the most amazing place in the entire world. Jackson discusses the confidence he brings home from FRIENDS which helps him form new relationships.
Emily Purkey, 16 years old, attending her first FRIENDS Convention
Emily Purkey joins Peter Reitzes at the FRIENDS18th annual convention in Raleigh, North Carolina. Emily is 16 years old and is attending her first FRIENDS convention. Ms. Purkey discusses the importance of just stuttering over chasing fluency, speech tools being “tricks”, of using stuttering as a social filter, her very positive experience at Camp SAY and much more. Emily observes that society would not ask fluent people to stutter, so why do we ask people who stutter to be fluent. Emily shares how FRIENDS instantly became family to her and that people accept her without judgement.
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
Caryn Herring, Joel Korte and Roisin McManus of the StutterTalk B Team chat about the recent National Stuttering Association (NSA) conference that Caryn and Roisin attended. They compare and contrast this to Joel’s most recent experience at a trade show with his company, Chase Bliss Audio. The B Team wrap up by discussing the keynote speech at the NSA conference by Leana S. Wen, M.D.
24 Jul 2015
Be custom. Be different. Be unique. Be you. (Ep. 547)
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Nick Weaver, COO and co-founder of Blue Delta Jeans, talks about succeeding in business, using humor in communication, stuttering being just one part of who he is, how stuttering can be an advantage in business, what he learned from his parents and so much more.
Nick Weaver was recently featured in the article, Finding the Perfect Fit, published by the Stuttering Foundation and in a Stuttering Foundation video from their 2015 New York City gala. Mr. Weaver was the keynote speaker at the 2015 FRIENDS Convention. Nick is a role model, an entrepreneur, an app developer, a husband, a father, a person who stutters and much more.
“[Stuttering] has turned into my conversation piece…When you are going to a business meeting it is something to talk about other than business. My stuttering has become my business tool. That’s how I break the ice…It lets people let down their own guard a little bit. That’s why I’m good at moving people. That’s why I can negotiate contracts. Stuttering is my blessing.” –Nick Weaver
The video below features Mr. Weaver discussing Blue Delta Jeans while stuttering openly.