In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor At Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with public speaker and owner of Champion Communications, Janie Walters. Janie, a Madison resident and former Gulfport High School teacher, talks about her long and successful career as a speaker and gives tips on how to overcome the fear of public speaking.

She also shares tips on how to be resilient during difficult times — a conversation we all need to hear these days. Walters has spoken thousands of times in 47 different states in her long and interesting career. Faithful, she loves teaching and sharing as a ministry.

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Mississippi Stories: Janie Walters

by Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today
January 23, 2022

<h1>Mississippi Stories: Janie Walters</h1> <p class="byline">by Marshall Ramsey, Mississippi Today <br />January 23, 2022</p> <p> https://youtu.be/Lab3d4wehcU</p> <p>In this episode of <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/mississippi-stories-with-marshall-ramsey/">Mississippi Stories</a>, Mississippi Today Editor At Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with public speaker and owner of <a href="https://www.janiewalters.com">Champion Communications</a>, Janie Walters. Janie, a Madison resident and former Gulfport High School teacher, talks about her long and successful career as a speaker and gives tips on how to overcome the fear of public speaking. </p> <p>She also shares tips on how to be resilient during difficult times — a conversation we all need to hear these days. Walters has spoken thousands of times in 47 different states in her long and interesting career. Faithful, she loves teaching and sharing as a ministry.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2022/01/23/mississippi-stories-janie-walters/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1021927&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2022/01/23/mississippi-stories-janie-walters/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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