Books
Ideas shaped into language people can carry with them, including two international bestsellers created with fellow authors.
Explore the books →Hi, I’m Donna Kunde | Author · Educator · Media Creator
Someone is searching (right now) for the words only you can say.
You have built experience, ideas, and perspective that can help someone move forward. I help established experts and creators make the value of their work easier to understand, remember, and act on.
Thoughtful ideas and practical perspective for people whose work is bigger than one platform, one title, or one way of serving.
2x International
Bestselling
Author
Bestselling
Author
2xInternational bestselling author
Award-winningLeader and educator
20+ yearsBehind microphones
15,000+Podcast episodes produced
1.6M+Combined podcast downloads
Ideas shaped into books, teaching, and media
One idea can reach people in more than one way.
Over the years, I have developed ideas through books, courses, podcasts, radio, speaking, and the frameworks I teach. The format changes, but the purpose stays the same: to make meaningful work easier to find, understand, and use.
Podcast & radio
Long-form conversations and media platforms built to give experts room to be heard beyond a single appearance.
Listen and watch →Teaching & frameworks
The Five Tenets of Influence and the Three Worlds give creators a way to see how their message moves from attention to meaningful action.
Read Influence In Action →Speaking & conversations
Practical, human conversations for people carrying important work, ideas, stories, and responsibility.
Invite Donna to speak →Books that carry the work forward
Ideas become more useful when people can return to them.
I am a co-author of The Influencers Formula and Your Message Is the Business. Together, these books explore influence, message, content, and the bridge between what you know and what other people are ready to do.
Explore The Influencers Formula® →Explore Your Message Is the Business →
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The ideas behind the work
Influence is more than visibility. It is how your work travels.
My intellectual property brings together the Five Tenets of Influence and the Three Worlds of Influence to help experts understand their message from more than one perspective.
01
Be Seen
Reach the right people, not just more people.
02
Be Heard
Make your message clear, distinct, and memorable.
03
Be Easy to Follow
Give people a next step they understand.
04
Be the Solution
Connect your authority to a meaningful problem.
05
Be Paid With Purpose
Build a model that sustains and expands the work.
The Listener’s World
Where people are right now: their questions, reality, and perspective.
Your World
Your experience, voice, frameworks, and lived perspective.
The Future Client’s World
Where people want to go and the change they are ready to make.
Donna Kunde
Meet Donna
I know what it takes to carry meaningful work into the world.
My work brings together education, training, human behavior, communication, marketing, and creative practice. After retiring from the U.S. Army in 2011, I began building businesses and creating books, courses, media platforms, and programs of my own.
Today, I help established experts and creators turn what they know into clear messages, meaningful platforms, and a bridge to being paid with purpose.
Read Donna’s story →What the work makes possible
The right message gives people a clear next step.
“After listening to the podcast, people started calling.”Sarita Johan, SJ Coaching
“Donna helped us build a network and a marketing platform around the work.”Jason “Wally” Waldron, Exitology
“The work helped bring the training program and content strategy together.”Declan Oceguera, The Visionary Voyager
“The personal-brand approach made the message much easier to carry forward.”Ben Gioia, Book Coach
“52 podcasts in one quarter, 2,000+ downloads, and three times the patent sales.”Wayne Carroll, Patent Attorney
“Donna’s Podcast Profit System helped turn the show into a more intentional business asset.”Gayle Turner, The Storyteller’s Channel
Continue the journey
Choose the doorway that fits where you are now.
You can begin with an idea, a conversation, a book, a show, or a practical look at what your presence is already communicating.
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Donna’s ongoing teaching on message, influence, creativity, and purposeful work.
Join Influence In Action →Listen and watch
Explore Donna’s shows, interviews, YouTube channel, and Influence Radio Network.
Explore the shows →Take the Snapshot
Get a concise view of where your online presence is strongest across the Five Tenets.
Take the Free Snapshot →Work with Donna
Explore speaking, the Influence Lab, or the Authority-to-Client System when you are ready for more support.
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