Podcast appearances and mentions of Alan Robertson

Are you ready to transform the way you communicate? In the second part of this insightful conversation, host Claudia Day is joined by developer Alan Robertson and expert coach Kate Mason-Keaney to dive into the significance of communication styles and the powerful VoicePrint tool. Alan, with a background in organizational development, and Kate, a team and leadership coach, break down how different communication styles shape interactions and workplace dynamics. They introduce the VoicePrint tool - a practical framework and assessment tool that categorizes communication into three clusters: exploring, positioning, and controlling – each cluster containing 3 types, making the 9 voices. Understanding these voices can help you navigate conversations more effectively, foster collaboration, and enhance your impact in any setting.   They discuss the dynamics of communication and the role of different voices in interactions and give practical application of the tool in one to one and team coaching. Alan and Kate share the impact the tool can have on a coach's self-awareness and understanding emotional triggers in communication. They reveal the significance of their self-perception and 360 questionnaires, and strategies for fostering open dialogues and enhancing team dynamics through mindful voice styles.   You will learn: ·       The 9 voice modes that shape our communication style and how that impacts ourselves and others. ·       The impact of listening styles and the VoicePrint listening profile on effective communication ·       How to practically use VoicePrint in your coaching practice   Whether you're looking to refine your leadership skills, improve teamwork, or become a more effective communicator, this episode is packed with actionable insights to elevate your communication game.   “Talk is the means by which we get stuff done, so if we want to start achieving different results or remedying failings, it's going to be the way we conduct our conversations with each other.”   Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review! Your feedback helps us bring you more valuable content.   For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:  https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel-self-awareness-insight-tools-voiceprint-communication

Are you ready to transform the way you communicate? In part one of two this insightful episode, host Claudia Day is joined by developer Alan Robertson and expert coach Kate Mason-Keaney to dive into the significance of communication styles and the powerful VoicePrint tool. Alan, with a background in organizational development, and Kate, a team and leadership coach, break down how different communication styles shape interactions and workplace dynamics. They introduce the VoicePrint tool - a practical framework and assessment tool that categorizes communication into three clusters: exploring, positioning, and controlling – each cluster containing 3 types, making the 9 voices. Understanding these voices can help you navigate conversations more effectively, foster collaboration, and enhance your impact in any setting.   They discuss the dynamics of communication and the role of different voices in interactions, and give practical application of the tool in one to one and team coaching. Alan and Kate share the impact the tool can have on a coach's self-awareness and understanding emotional triggers in communication. They reveal the significance of their self-perception and 360 questionnaires, and strategies for fostering open dialogues and enhancing team dynamics through mindful voice styles.   You will learn: ·       The 9 voice modes that shape our communication style and how that impacts ourselves and others. ·       The impact of listening styles and the VoicePrint listening profile on effective communication ·       How to practically use VoicePrint in your coaching practice   Whether you're looking to refine your leadership skills, improve teamwork, or become a more effective communicator, this episode is packed with actionable insights to elevate your communication game. “The key thing about VoicePrint is not just that it yields insights about the way people are currently behaving. But more crucially, it helps to inform the question, right, well, what could I do differently?” Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review! Your feedback helps us bring you more valuable content.   For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:  https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel-self-awareness-insight-tools-voiceprint-communication  

Welcome to Building Brand You™, the podcast that helps you accelerate your success by unlocking your greatest asset – you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS: Talk is fundamental to human interaction, talk is inherently purposeful.   There are ways of talking, and we all have them - some voices come harder to some people than others but there's no reason why we can't do them all.   When meetings are viewed as chapters within a broader issue, it assists in dissecting the problem and engaging all participants in sharing their viewpoints.    "To act wisely actually is to take responsibility for our own actions and their impacts on others" -  Alan Robertson     RESOURCES MENTIONED: On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin https://www.amazon.co.uk/Front-Line-Collected-Journalism-2012-04-26/dp/B01K3IQ44E An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anthropologist-Mars-Oliver-Sacks/dp/0330343475     ABOUT OUR GUEST: Alan Robertson has committed his working life to facilitating personal, interpersonal and organisational development. In roles ranging from industrial relations negotiator to business psychologist, executive director to executive coach, visiting university teaching fellow to business entrepreneur, his interest throughout has been on how the quality of communication can improve human interactions, relationships, performance and fulfillment. The culmination of this work is his TalkWise project and his VoicePrint tools for other consultants to use in raising the awareness, skill and impact with which they and their clients talk and listen.   CONNECT WITH ALAN ROBERTSON: Email:  alan@businesscognition.co.uk Email:  hello@talk-wise.com Website:  https://letstalk.voiceprint.global/voiceprint-accreditation/ LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-robertson-11010414/ Podcast:   https://talk-wise.com/podcast/     ABOUT KYM HAMER: Kym Hamer is an international leadership, visibility and impact coach, a personal branding expert and serial entrepreneur, and the creator of Building Brand You™, a methodology helping organisations, teams, and individuals to build visibility and reputational rigor as essential building blocks for delivering sustained business value. In other words, accelerating results by unlocking your greatest asset - YOU! In 2020, just one year after launching her first business, she was nominated by Thinkers360 as one of the Top 100 Women B2B Leadership influencers and is currently in the Top 15 Personal Branding and Marketing Influencers in the world. For 4 years running Kym has also been one of Thinkers360's Top 10 Thought Leaders on Entrepreneurship and in 2023, was recognised as one of their Top Voices for 2023 globally. Kym is the Founder & CEO of Artemis Futures International, a Founding Board Member of the Customer Experience & Service Association Middle East, and co-founder of CXSA Group Ltd.  She has been part of the faculty with Homeward Bound Projects, a global initiative reaching 1.8 billion people, equipping women and non-binary people with a STEMM background to lead conversations for a sustainable future. She voyaged to Antarctica in 2023 for 19 nights delivering the immersive component of the HB programme for more than 170 women, and was Faculty Lead for Homeward Bound's 8th leadership cohort. In between all of these things, you'll find her curled up in a corner with her nose in a book.     Building Brand You™: JOIN the BBY Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingbrandyou SUBSCRIBE to the BBY Podcast on: (Apple) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/building-brand-you/id1567407273 (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ho26pAQ5uJ9h0dGNicCIq SIGN UP to The BBY Bookshelf - https://bit.ly/BBYBookshelf   CONNECT WITH KYM HAMER: LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/kymhamer/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kymhamerartemis/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kymhamerartemis/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@kymhamer Thinkers360 - https://bit.ly/thinkers360-kymhamer-BBY Find out about BBY Coaching - https://calendly.com/kymhamer/bbychat/     HOSTED BY: Kym Hamer   DISCLAIMER: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the Building Brand You™ podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved. They do not necessarily represent any other entities, agencies, organisations, or companies. Building Brand You™ is not responsible and does not verify the accuracy of any of the information in the podcast available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast does not constitute legal advice or services.

Sadie's aunt and uncle Lisa & Alan Robertson (host of the “Unashamed with the Robertson Family" podcast) get very honest about their past wrongs, what drew them to Christ and to each other, and why they will never stop sharing their stories to encourage others to find redemption and forgiveness in Jesus. Lisa talks about the abortion she had when she was 16 years old and how she's turned her grief and regret into ministry with women who have had similar experiences. Al shares his prodigal son story and Sadie marvels at the power of confession and realizing you're not the only one — there's freedom in acknowledging past wrongs! You won't want to miss a minute of this family conversation. https://www.trymiracle.com/whoa — Get 40% off + 3 FREE towels with code WHOA at checkout! https://preborn.com/sadie — Visit the website or dial #250 and use keyword BABY to donate now. https://madrabbit.com/whoa25 — Get 25% off when you use promo code WHOA25! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Resilience and love are two emotions that can fuel a successful relationship. One cannot exist without the other. Love may be patient and kind but without resilience many marriages have faltered.  Lack of patience with the other, inability to find common ground on a key issue, or just plain old stubbornness and selfishness, have wrecked even the most well-intentioned couples in their pursuit of “happily ever after”. But when a couple dedicates themselves to resilience and love no matter what the circumstance, a long-lasting and fruitful relationship usually ensues. Duck Dynasty's Phil and Kay Robertson are a testament to this. Despite a marriage that has lasted 47 years, they did not live happily ever after, at least for a long time. Instead, Phil's demons threatened to tear their lives apart. But their resilience and love for each other eventually prevailed. What the world sees today is a far cry from a relationship that nearly succumbed to alcohol and Phil's philandering. As the oldest of Phil and Kay's four children, Alan Robertson had a front row seat to those early years, a period of time that he now calls a miracle due to God's patience with and ultimate forgiveness of Phil.  In the new movie, “The Blind” (now available on most streaming platforms as well as DVD), viewers get a glimpse of never-before-revealed moments in Phil and Miss Kay's lives as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past. Working through the turmoil that handcuffed him in his early adult years, the biopic demonstrates a love story that persevered through the darkest of turbulent moments and rose to create a strong foundation for generations to come.  Alan joins us on the Crossmap Podcast to reflect on the success of the biopic and how the film has brought his family even closer together. Listen as he shares how his father went from being the biggest heathen in South Arkansas and North Louisiana to John the Baptist seemingly overnight. Links to Crossmap Crossmap Website Crossmap Facebook

In this episode of Talking HealthTech, host Peter Birch interviews Alan Robertson, the founder of ClearSKY Genomics. Alan discusses the collaboration between ClearSKYGenomics and the Digital Health CRC, specifically focusing on the role of genomics in the broader digital health landscape. They delve into the challenges of translating genomic-based treatments into patient care and the importance of data interoperability in genomics. This episode offers valuable insights into the future of genomics and its impact on healthcare innovation and digital health.Key Takeaways:The importance of data interoperability and access in the field of genomics was highlighted. Genomic data may vary between healthcare systems, making it crucial to establish standardised protocols for sharing and utilising this data effectively.The integration of genomics into healthcare innovation and digital health, the potential for advancements in genomics to revolutionise patient outcomes and reshape healthcare practices was emphasised.Building relationships between technical aspects and policy in the genomics field is a challenge that needs to be addressed. By bridging this divide, genomics can play a more prominent role in shaping high-level decisions around data usage and policy-making.Loving the show? Leave us a review, and share it with someone who might get some value from it.Keen to take your healthtech to the next level? Become a THT+ Member for access to our online community forum, quarterly summits, and more exclusive content. For more information, visit talkinghealthtech.com/thtplus

The South Carolina Senate begins debate on the Human Life Protection Act, Truth in Politics and Culture interviews Alan Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame, Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and the Biden Administration is dogged by an IRS Whistleblower who claims he can prove a Hunter Biden cover-up.

On this episode I break down the latest NFL news revolving Alan Robertson being traded from LA to Pittsburgh teams, inquiring about Trey Lance, and what the Texans will do at pick two in an NBA news, the breakdown yesterday's playoff games and broke down tonight's games as well and more --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bringingthewood/message

Director of Professional Learning, Amy Marsh, speaks to language experts Tom Ball, Paloma Lozano, and Alan Robertson about the importance of language learning for everyone.

How do you turn your desire to improve customer experience for your place from theory into reality? Join us with Alan Robertson, Founder of Air Design to discuss Customer experience for places or otherwise called 'Place Experience' and discover what you need to do to make it.

Schools are concerned over the results of a trial of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. In June, year-10 students trialled the tests, which are due to become compulsory from 2024. Principals spoken to by RNZ say pass rates for the writing test were as low as zero, while in numeracy, some schools had pass rates below or about 50-percent. Overall results from the June trial of the online tests are expected to be published later this month, but a smaller trial last year saw failure rates of two-thirds for writing and one third for both reading and numeracy. Kathryn speaks with Alan Robertson, Deputy Principal of Burnside High School, Grant McMillan, Principal of James Cook High School in Auckland, and Nina Hood, education researcher and founder of the Education Hub.

The Rev. Michael McGhee preached and Alan Robertson reflected on Ephesians 1:3-12 on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost on July 3rd.

Information is power! And for a coalition of pro-life groups in Kansas, informing the state's voters concerning the "Value Them Both Amendment" needed some star power this week, with Lisa & Alan Robertson. News Director Delvin Kinser has more in this week's edition of From The Heartland.

On the maiden voyage of the good ship Firm and Fast, we are very pleased to be joined by honorary Irishman Ally McIntosh, who joins us to whizz through the impact that Alan Robertson, Old Tom, the golden age's old dead guys, RTJ and Dick Wilson, Bill Crenshaw (whoever that is, sorry C&C :)), Tom Doak, masthead pros, trees, restoration, renovation and rankings have on our beloved game. What makes for good golf? Homogenisation , Conditioning, Committees, Good Shaping, Consistency and the Augusta effect? It is our intention to revisit some of the topics covered in this episode in greater detail over future episodes. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy our ramblings! Special Guest: Ally McIntosh.

Australian media monitoring company Streem has been bought by the US-based Cision.Founder and CEO Elgar Welch joined Unmade's Tim Burrowes to discuss how the deal came about, what it will mean for customers and where the company goes from here.The conversation can be heard via the player in this post, or the Unmade podcast can be found on all the major podcasting apps.TranscriptTim Burrowes:Welcome to a bonus edition of The Unmade Podcast. I'm Tim Burrowes. It's been a meteoric rise for media monitoring service, Streem, officially launched less than 5 years ago. This week Streem was acquired by the US based PR intelligence company, Cision. Streem's Founder is Elgar Welch. Elgar, thank you for joining me in what must be a busy week. How did the deal come about?Elgar Welch:Thanks for having me, Tim. It's good to be on. Look, Streem's a business that's had a lot of interest in it. It's grown very fast and it's had a lot of interest since the first year of when it launched back in 2017 and lots of people coming to us and saying, can we partner? Can we invest? Can we do all these things? And as we continue to grow really those knocks at the door got louder and louder. And I guess, for us, we've got shareholders and we've got ambitions and for us, we want to get our platform out there as much as we can as well. So, when we continue to have those conversations with people over the last year or so, it became really clear to us that Cision was an excellent partner and we're really happy with them as a partner moving forward.Tim Burrowes:So did you decide to run a process where you talked to more organizations than just Cision or did it become exclusive fairly fast?Elgar Welch:Look, I think that for us, the process was really driven by the market coming to Streem. As I said, there was a lot of interest in the company really, since it launched and it's in an industry that previously didn't have a lot of competition and it wasn't a particularly interesting industry. I don't think before technology really came along and did a lot of great things in it. So for us that process was driven around people coming and saying, what can we do? How can we work together? And any good company looks at those opportunities and says, we need to explore them. We'd certainly looked at lots of options and talked to lots of different people over the years. And Cision really was the one for us.Tim Burrowes:I know that one of the things I was taught when I went through a sale process a few years back, was that one of the things that helps you get a fair outcome is competitive tension. If there is more than one potential acquirer. So I suppose when I look at that space, I look at a company like Meltwater, which a few years back, nearly merged with Cision itself. Were they another organization that you talked to? Meltwater?Elgar Welch:We talked to a lot of different people and we also talked to people who weren't in the industry as well. People who wanted to help us grow even faster than we were growing. And I guess for us at the end of the day, Tim, really it's important for us to achieve a good price for our business. If we are to sell it. It's also important that the people that we work with and the culture is a fit. And I think that we got, really the best result with the company we went with, with Cision. We've put a lot of effort into Streem, in forms of the culture and the people we've recruited. And I said this to Platinum Equity, who are the private equity company that owns Cision.Elgar Welch:And for us, yes, price is really important. Yes, all those terms are really important, but actually the people are really important, too. So we did a lot of cultural due diligence, in that process, just like they did due diligence on us. We also so did cultural due diligence on them and probably vice versa. Can we work with them? What are they going to be like to work with? How are they going to help us run that company? So, financial outcomes, really important. And certainly we've achieved a good one. But also cultural outcome's really important as well. When you've got to tell a hundred staff that this is what we are doing, you've got to be very sure that you've done those checks and you feel comfortable about it.Tim Burrowes:When we talk about cultural outcomes, I know that one of those old sayings is show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome. And it would be good to explore what that means for your customers and for your staff. So, sometimes I think the earnout portion of a sale is constructed with targets around client and staff retention. And that can be good for the customers and good for the culture. And sometimes the earnout is about a profit number. Sometimes that can be an incentive to trim back investment in a product. How is the earnout and the incentive part of this deal structured?Elgar Welch:It's a really good question because you're right. Often when companies are acquired, there's this assumption that they've got to suddenly tighten their belts and trim things here and there. I think actually what we saw with Cision was a real desire to invest really hard in Streem and in the ANZ market. It's a new market for them. I mean, they're here with Brand Watch and PR Newswire and Falcon, but they're not here with media monitoring or media analysis or other kinds of services in that area. So for them, this was new, it's a market they wanted to be in. There are a lot of other markets around the world and actually, really what they want to do is invest very hard to make sure Streem grows very quickly.Elgar Welch:And it's already done that. It's got to demonstrated history of doing that with its platform and its people. But part of that earnout for us and making sure that we obviously deliver for shareholders is also very aligned to what they want from this platform too, which is to get it in the hands of as many people as possible. So in coming to a deal with Cision, we really looked at how are we going to keep growing it? What is your plan for that business? And we found that actually our growth plan, what we call scale up internally, they looked at that and said, that's perfect. That's exactly what you should keep doing. So we found really common ground on that. And that was a big tick for Streem because ultimately again, when you tell staff and when you tell shareholders and you keep talking to customers as well, you want to be able to say, guys, it's the same as what we've been doing, but a bit more supercharged with a bit more support and a bit more resource.Tim Burrowes:And for you personally, how long are you obliged to stay with the business as part of this deal?Elgar Welch:Well, I see it as a good thing in forms of me staying. I really like running the business day to day as does Antoine Sabourin, who's our CTO and the other half of the founding team in Streem. And we really enjoy running Streem. It's actually been a, look, it's been an enormous challenge. And we are really glad to have a partner as well, but our intention is to stick around. Look, we'll be here for at least a couple of years. I think that Cision will really find us some more challenges in time as well. And I'm looking forward to that.Elgar Welch:I was very clear with Abel Clark, who's their Global CEO that if we can find other things to do in time, let's do that. I mean I think Streem as a platform can be in other markets. I think we can help them on that front. It'll be ultimately up to them, but there'll be other things we can do in time, too.Tim Burrowes:Of course. Now you are a sensible person and an entrepreneurial person, so I'm sure you also need to make a plan for if things do diverge down the track as well. Would you be able to come back into the market at the end of that two years, or is there a kind of longer non-compete for you as well?Elgar Welch:I just wouldn't do it, Tim. I mean, if you find a good partner, like we have with Cision and you've grown something like we have with Streem, my interest is in that it keeps going and it thrives. So I wouldn't come back into the market. I don't think that's a good thing to do. And I think for us, really what we want to do is focus on growing, growing, growing the next few years. And we've got such great tech and such a great platform. My interest would not be in doing that. It wouldn't be the right thing to do. And frankly for us, we've got an excellent opportunity with Cision, a really amazing company to go and work with. I mean that they are the biggest and the best at a global level. So, no, zero interest in that approach.Tim Burrowes:Well, let's ask the question about price, although I suspect that you probably won't be able to say what the deal was worth. So, let me ask it this way. I believe that Streem had reached the point where it was becoming profitable, which obviously gave you lots of runway to carry on doing your own thing. Which obviously says that this was a deal that you made from, presumably, from a position of strength.Elgar Welch:That's right. Exactly. And look, we achieved a good price. It's a very good outcome for our shareholders. It's, for many of them, many, many multiples return on their investment and they took a big risk and backed us as a business. But yeah, look, I mean for us, again, price is really important as is the culture piece I talked about earlier. We really wanted to make sure Streem fit somewhere. We're happy with the outcome. We're thrilled.Tim Burrowes:We talked about the fact, or you refer to the fact that it's Platinum Private Equity, the company behind it. It found my thinking a bit about when Quadrant came into the media monitoring market by media monitors, a decade ago. That's the company that then became Isentia, of course. Now back then they paid a reported $160,000,000. Now I'm guessing that the scale was probably a bit less than that because it was a bigger, more mature business. And then at the other end of the scale, there was an enterprise value of $67,000,000 when Isentia sold to Access Intelligence a few months back. So I'm guessing the deal would probably be nearer that sort of value the $67,000,000? Would that be a fair assumption?Tim Burrowes:You're doing a good job, Tim. That's right. Look, I mean, it's going to be in that region. That's right. And for us, obviously, again, we've got to go through an earnout. We've got to make sure we achieve our numbers and we keep growing that business. But when the company you talk about there was acquired and certainly listed in the market and then acquired some point this year, two totally different businesses, really, from when it listed to when it was privatized and taken off the market, and really not comparable to what Streem is doing either. Quite a different proposition, long run. So, we're very, very happy with what we got in forms of the outcome. But as I said before, you've got to work with these people. You've got to make sure that you can keep going for years to come. And that's the work we did. So yes, let's get a good price, but let's also make sure we can work with those teams for the long run as well.Tim Burrowes:Well I said at the beginning of the conversation that Streem launched nearly five years ago, and in truth, you have been sweating it out for a lot longer than that. As far back as 2008, you launched something that was also called Streem as a publishing venture. And certainly even before you launched Streem as a monitoring service in early 2017, you've been working behind the scenes for some time.Elgar Welch:That's right. Yeah.Tim Burrowes:What actually is the story of the journey? Because very, very rarely it's as meteoric and straight line upwards as it looks from the outside.Elgar Welch:I mean, really the concept and the, I guess, the incentive for us to get into media intelligence market when we started working on it in 2014 and obviously commercially launched it in 2017, was my experience as you know, when I worked in government and just looking at a market that had become monopolized and bloated, and I think quite lacked innovation. It didn't have a great reputation for treatment of customers. Now, we're not perfect and that's not necessarily a shot at our competitors, but I think there was a lot more that could be done in that market. And we really felt that when we got in. So we started building that product out in 2014, obviously Antoine and I, we'd both gone to university together. We hadn't studied together, quite different areas, but we actually both sailed together as part of our time at university.Elgar Welch:And when the time came, it seemed like the right thing to do and the right market to go after. To be perfectly honest, we really built Streem in the early days. And the thesis behind it was, let's build a really good little news monitoring tool for politicians, media teams, for media advisors, like where I had worked. And it sort of evolved from there. And I remember one of my advisors, Eamon Fitzpatrick, who was actually one of my bosses when I worked down in Canberra. He said, "Look, you've got to go for the corporate market. You've also got to go after them. Government's great, but you've got to make sure you go for everybody." And, that for us is a little bit of a turning point to say, okay, actually, there's this much bigger market here that we can also go after.Elgar Welch:And so that's kind of how Streem started to evolve. And obviously we did a lot of testing and a lot of working through with customers between 2014 and 2016/17 when we launched it formally. So we did a lot of work on that, and we'd really, really asked people what they wanted. And when we came in, it was, I think, a bit of a breath of fresh air for a lot of customers to have something quite different to what they'd had previously.Tim Burrowes:So for listeners who haven't seen your dashboard, do you mind just talking about the product and what it covers?Elgar Welch:Yeah, sure. I mean, look, it's a comprehensive media intelligence tool. Print, online, television, radio, social as well, all that content's delivered in real time. Content's one big thing and we've got to license all that and pay for all that. We then analyze all that information. And really what we've tried to do is move media monitoring from this sort of single email report that you get each morning. And a lot of people still rely on that. And we certainly deliver that, but we've tried to give people a platform experience that's quite different from being alerted straight away to when something goes on air or was published online, through to being able to analyze that coverage. And really where we're heading now, I guess, is more around the measurement of that content. What is the meaning of all that and what does it mean for an organization? That our big opportunity moving forward.Elgar Welch:Obviously this year as well, we launched Streem Social, which is our social intelligence tool for comms teams. That's been a raging success because previously Streem wasn't doing a lot in social. We had an influence of social product, but then we put Streem Social out there and that's been excellent. We've had a really nice integration and then, look, in working with Cision as well, we've got that opportunity to supercharge that even further. Cision made an amazing acquisition in Brand Watch earlier this year as well, that's obviously the best probably social intelligence platform in the market. So these sort of things, you can see where the industry's going to start to go.Tim Burrowes:And is your technology something that Cision can replicate in their other markets or do they have similar products already?Elgar Welch:Look, I think there's a really good opportunity for Cision. It'll ultimately be up to them, but they can absolutely apply Streem's tech in other markets. They could take it into the UK, they could take it into other areas around the world. Asia, the US, all of those sort of places. I mean, ultimately that's going to be their call, but Streem's been built in a way that you can apply it into other markets quite easily. You've got to plug in content and data. You've got to have a local team, obviously. My focus and Antoine's focus over the next couple years obviously is going to be ANZ and growing that really hard. But I think that there's a really good chance that they'll look at that technology and say, actually, that broadcast technology is really quite impressive. We can put that into some other markets we operate in, or, why don't we take the whole platform and put it into a new Greenfield's market. There is that flexibility with the platform. And I think Antoine and the team have just done such a superb job on the technology behind Streem that that was proven out during our due diligence process and during our talks with them.Tim Burrowes:So as you mentioned Cision also own PR Newswire. What, if anything, is that likely to mean in the Australian market now that you're in the same family?Elgar Welch:Yeah, look, I mean at the end of the day, customers are really looking for a global solution. We're seeing, not just people wanting global content, but the ability to do multi-country deals, putting multiple countries together for their media monitoring, wanting to distribute content internationally as well. I mean, we work for a lot of companies now that have operations in New Zealand or Asia or all the Americas or Europe, and being able to tie those things together is going to be really valuable for customers. So the rationale for a deal like this is, there's a few things in there, but clearly amping up social is a really big part of that. Global content and being able to give Australian customers a global view and vice versa for global customers of Cision into ANZ. And then also things like PR Newswire, tools like that as well. We have an outreach product that allows people to send media releases in Australia and New Zealand, but we also need to be able to send that content overseas. And so combining this all together, it's quite magical.Tim Burrowes:Well let me ask about the competitive environment. I've already mentioned Meltwater, I've already mentioned Isentia. Another sort of newer entrant to the market is Truescope, which John Croll, the person who was behind Isentia is behind. Which of them do you think has most to lose, if anything, from the Cision tie up?Elgar Welch:Look, I think for us Streem's ambition here is ANZ and really to grow this business so that it's the, we want it to be the majority provider in this market. We want it to be the best and the biggest, we want be able to make sure that people get a great service from us. And that's why having a partnership Cision's important. I think that, I mean, what's incredible about the ANZ market is if you rewind it 10 years, there really was only one provider. You didn't have a lot of choice. Now you've got multiple choices and that's, look ultimately for customers to decide who's going to be the winner from all that. I think that there will continue to be really healthy competition in Australia and New Zealand.Elgar Welch:I mean, we certainly see that. We choose not to really compete on price. We try and compete on product and value from that service. So we're going to have to go out and convince people to continuously come over to Streem. I think there's actually room for competition anyway. And I think really our goal here as well, Tim, is that we actually want to grow the market. I mean, so much of the narrative around the media intelligence industry the last 5 years has been there's this pie, it's a certain size and everyone's going to get a piece of that and you might get a little bit more, you might get a little bit less. Actually what we're seeing is that we can sell new products and services to customers.Elgar Welch:Social is one of them. Analytics is another one of them. We'll have some really big stuff to talk about early next year around what we're doing with audience analytics. All of these things are actually really helpful to growing the market. And so I see it less about, obviously there's competition. I see it less about taking some from a competitor and putting an into Streem's bucket and more about actually, can we offer something new and different to what media monitoring has been? That's the industry's challenge, move it away from being, we don't want it to be commoditized. We want it to be high value to people.Tim Burrowes:And when you say audience analytics, what do you mean by that?Elgar Welch:Well, what we want to do is we want to make sure we've got a lot more measurement and validation around the earned media content that we are monitoring. And there's such an opportunity here to be able to say to customers, you're here. This is where your coverage is, and this is the meaning behind it. Here are the audience is consuming that information. Here's where they are geographically. Here's how much time they spend with your brand. The earned media or the comms team are sort of the unsung heroes, really, when you think about it inside of corporates and government, because marketing's done an amazing job at being able to measure the impact of paid media, but earned media, hasn't done that well. It's never had great metrics around it, and that's no one's fault.Elgar Welch:It's just that often there hasn't been digital measurement panels or other bits and pieces that could do that well. What we want to do next year is really start to put some shape around that. And I think that if you talk to any comms team, that's what they want. They want to not just show the content, the coverage, they actually want to show the impact of that. And they don't want rubbery numbers. They don't want big numbers or AVEs or dollar values. I mean, everyone loves a dollar value on their press pack. But at the end of the day, what we actually want to do is say, we know who the audience was for this. We know how they engaged. We know how they shared your content. We don't know individually who they are, but we understand the groups of people that are actually really interested in the coverage that you're putting out there.Tim Burrowes:I'm relieved to hear that you're not planning on putting a dollar value behind it though, because that is a somewhat controversial way of doing things, isn't it?Elgar Welch:It's a conversation that we've had from day one with customers about why we don't like that metric. And look, in think in defence of the industry, I don't think you'll find many people, whether it's from our competitors or elsewhere, that actually love that metric it's often kept in there just because a particular exec might like it or a PR company might like it. That's not a criticism. It's a nice number. You rock up to a meeting and you've got a $100,000,000 worth of free media. It sounds amazing, but it's not right. And the industry can do better.Tim Burrowes:So a point I made a bit earlier is that from the outside, these things always look like a smooth upwards trajectory and that's rarely true. What was the hardest thing for you over the last few years?Elgar Welch:Look I think that managing a team and we've got 112 or whatever staff now, managing a team is, that's a big challenge. And keeping that going each day. Frankly raising capital and building the products. Those are challenging things to do. But when you add in a lot of people and you've got to remember, you've got a lot of responsibility to those people because they've chosen to come and work for you and they've chosen to put their time in. I think that was probably the most challenging thing for me. I got better at it probably in the last year or two, the first couple of years though, I'd certainly lent on a lot of advisors and a lot of people around me to help me with that. Streem also grew very, very quickly.Elgar Welch:And I would often say to staff, they'd say, "Well we need to make sure we address this issue or we need to change this in the business." And I'd often say, "You're absolutely right. We do." The biggest problem for us was that the day we realized we needed it, it was six months too late. And because it was moving at such a quick pace, it's not possible to always get ahead of these things. And I did often have that conversation with staff to make sure they understood. We worked in a really high growth environment and we had staff, for example, Tim, that had come from government, for example, and again, not a criticism of them, that had a certain way of doing things. And they were, I think, appalled sometimes about how we were making decisions.Elgar Welch:We were saying, "Hey, great, let's go and do this, that product, we can go and build that." They were not used to an environment that would make decisions that fast and that quickly. And we learned a little bit from them as well, to make sure we did things a bit better and with a bit more process, but ultimately managing people. That's been the biggest challenge. I think I've gotten a lot better, but I think having 100 staff in there, it's not a small organization. It's not an enormous one either, but I know all of those staff and I do feel a real degree of responsibility to them as does Anton.Tim Burrowes:And you touched on your advisors as well. They can make a real difference, the right sort of group of people just to help with their experience, when you don't have a particular aspect. Do you want to maybe talk through who your key people in terms of advice over the years have been?Elgar Welch:Yeah, look for sure. I mean, my career and where we got to wouldn't be possible without those sort of people. People like Sam Marks, who's on our board, David Wakeley as well on our board. I mean, two really incredible people that have given me just so much of their time. Keith Forbes, who's our COO and our Commercial Director. Keith's been with Streem since, really since the beginning, 2017. He had a background in media intelligence with AAP as well. And someone I'm obviously very good friends with as well as work with day to day. Alan Robertson, Alan, who you know, of course, Tim, as well, came out of the advertising industry.Tim Burrowes:Well known in the media industry. Yeah.Elgar Welch:"Robbo" as he's known as. Alan spent so much time with me in the early days, hearing my ideas and hearing me out on things. And I just saw Alan today actually to drop a gift off for Christmas. And, I was just saying, we have just known each other for so long, but a person that never asked much, but always was willing to give a lot of time and a lot of effort. Tony Davis, out of Quantium as well, someone who is a big impact on me, certainly in the early days of Streem. I mean, there's a whole lot of people there as well that have given me a lot of their time. And you're absolutely right. You can't build a business without those great people around you.Elgar Welch:And in the early days, I really did try and build out an advisory board, an advisory panel. They weren't necessarily our board of directors, but they were shareholders or they were people that could really help us. And it made such a difference to our business. We wouldn't have taken the big leaps forward that we did so quickly if we didn't have them. And I would recommend that to anyone starting a business. Don't just collect names as trophies, really try and find the people that actually are going to spend some really good time with you. And give you such frank advice that you can act on it.Tim Burrowes:And the deal doesn't formally close until first quarter of next year. I guess there are always a few regulatory hurdles to go through. Is there a Plan B if the deal does fall over for some reason?Elgar Welch:Well look, I think the great thing about what we've agreed with Cision is that we've effectively agreed our scale up plan, which we're executing as we are today. And whilst there's some absolute great benefits from that transaction we've also got a lot of runway in forms of the product we want to build and the plan that we've got. So I don't expect there to be a problem, but if there is, we continue on and we've got our plan and that plan is very aligned with what Cision wants and what we want. So I fully expect we'll be able to do that.Tim Burrowes:Well, Elgar, congratulations on the deal. And thank you very much for your time.Elgar Welch:Thanks so much, Tim. I really appreciate your time and great to talk to you.Speaker 2:The Unmade Podcast is produced with the enthusiastic support of Abe's Audio. More soon. I'm Tim Burrowes. Toodlepip.Audio production on Media Unmade comes courtesy of Abe's Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers and sound design for corporate videos, digital content, commercials and podcasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

ALAN ROBERTSON is the man who reared the likes of Kris Boyd and Steven Naismith as Kilmarnock's head of youth. But now he's trying to get Bonnyton Thistle to grow up fast. After leaving the South of Scotland League for the West, they were immediately plunged into the top flight. It's been a steep learning curve. They sit bottom of the pile but they have beaten Pollok and narrowly lost to Cumbernauld United on the weekend. We hear about the transition for the club and the work going on behind the scenes. One of the humblest men in the game, Alan also tells us about how he's finding life managing adults rather than kids – and recalls the first time he saw Boydy score goals. We also look back at Alan's career, which saw him play over 600 games for Kilmarnock. PLUS it's been a week of drama at Pollok. After seeing THREE men sent off against Auckinleck last Saturday they still managed to draw 3-3 with the league leaders. But just days later they were booted out of the junior cup along with Irvine Victoria after an injury time fight led to their clash the week before being called off. We hear from their boss Murdo Mackinnon on both events. It's all here, as we go, Down The Divisions. We'd like to give a quick mention to our sponsors FortyFour Creative. They have a team of highly skilled and passionate photographers, graphic designers, videographers and video editors to help promote your content, brand, organisation or event. They make creation personal. Find out more at www.fortyfourcreativehq.com If you have any comments we'd love to hear from you. Likewise if you're at a club who would like your post-match audio featured on the show then do get in touch. You can email downthedivisions@gmail.com or contact us through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Down The Divisions logo design Adam Aitken Intro and outro music Bensound

Talk is potent. It's the principal everyday means through which we humans make things happen. It influences how we and others feel, think and behave. Sometimes its effect is vanishingly slight, while at others it is real but temporary, but sometimes its impact is profound and lasting. In this episode TalkWise podcast host Alan Robertson becomes the interviewee and reflects on some memorable conversations that had formative effects on him and his work during his own career.See the full episode notes here. 

Today on Eden Exchanges we spoke to Alan Robertson who is the founder of The Mighty Fine Soft Wash Company in Australia, based in The Sunshine Coast QLD. A unique business opportunity specialising in commercial and residential surface and gutter cleaning. In this interview, Alan discusses his experience with Mighty Fine so far, how it all started, why it is a successful business model and what to expect when you join the team

Today on Eden Exchanges we spoke to Alan Robertson who is the founder of The Mighty Fine Soft Wash Company in Australia, based in The Sunshine Coast QLD. A unique business opportunity specialising in commercial and residential surface and gutter cleaning. In this interview, Alan discusses his experience with Mighty Fine so far, how it all started, why it is a successful business model and what to expect when you join the team

In this episode Skyler interviews Alan Robertson from Duck Dynasty. Alan helped his family with the family business (Duck Commander) making duck calls until he left to serve as a pastor at White's Ferry Road Church in West Monroe, LA. In 2012 he entered the rest of the Robertson family on the A&E Duck Dynasty show. Since the show last aired Alan has co-authored two books and travels frequently to speak on various topics. In this episode Skyler and Alan talk about his story, marriage, ministry, and the open doors God's brought their way as a result of the show. LinksAlan Robertson (Website)Unashamed with Phil & Jase Robertson (Podcast)White's Ferry Road Church A New Season (Book)The Duck Commander Devotional for Couples (Book)

It's the day after Election Day and we're coming to you from Monroe, Louisiana where we are election refugees! Instead of staying in Los Angeles for Election Day we decided to take a trip to the south to visit some old friends and hunker down in case of rioting in Southern California. On today's Scoop we are joined by our friends from Duck Dynasty, Phil and Alan Robertson. We break down the election results, the polls, and what could happen in the next 48 hours as we learn who will be the next president of the United States. If there's one thing that is a certain - it's that the pundits and media who predicted a "Blue Wave" were very very wrong. Enjoy this special episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ap-scoop/message

TalkWise: Talk is central to how we communicate, interact with one another and think. Using talk effectively is vital and at the same time beset with practical difficulties. In this episode of the podcast we interview business psychologist and developer Alan Robertson to learn more about VoicePrint, a developmental tool for raising awareness and skill with the nine different voices that contribute to good communication.

Episode 11 of Big Talk For Breeders. Alan Robertson interviewed by Michael Doherty. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertsonEquine Website: www.robertsonequine.com (http://www.robertsonequine.com/) Show Notes (Horses & Pedigrees): Beer Hunter - https://bit.ly/33SdIfo Billie Marvin xx - https://bit.ly/33U6EPq Calandra - https://bit.ly/2FZktDZ Cora Jada Edil Z - https://bit.ly/3cm5C2s  Drakar Du Boulais - TBC Drakkar Des Hutins - https://bit.ly/33VC4Vl Dutch Treat - https://bit.ly/368ejvY  For Pleasure - https://bit.ly/3iXGuBF  Galoubet Du Marais - https://bit.ly/3hUGgd5  High Jump Tarroy - https://bit.ly/3i00CSa Illinoise De Cabdula - https://bit.ly/33WcdwL  Ioltaira Queen - https://bit.ly/32UP0eS  Irco Mena - https://bit.ly/2RRrEkb  National Clover - https://bit.ly/32S9PI2  Noriada - https://bit.ly/360DDEh Omega Star - https://bit.ly/303m96r  Quick Star - https://bit.ly/368rkWm  Top Quality Van’t Roosakker - TBC Whoopie C - https://bit.ly/33RN0Dz  W. Zermie 12 - https://bit.ly/35ZoDX8 

In this short introductory episode TalkWise creator Alan Robertson outlines the purpose, scope and format of these podcasts, in which experts from different fields share their experience and insights on practical ways to improve how we communicate.

Tonight we Connect @Home with a message from our Assistant Pastor, Alan Robertson.

Tonight we Connect @Home with a message from our Assistant Pastor, Alan Robertson.

Tonight we Connect At Home with a message from our Assistant Pastor, Alan Robertson.

Tonight we connect @home with a message from our Assistant Pastor, Alan Robertson.

On March 15, 2004, Kriss Donald, a 15-year-old boy, was abducted by a hatred-fuelled local gang nearby to his Pollokshields home in relation to a nightclub attack the previous evening. The heinous, race-related murder which took place later that same evening changed Glasgow forever.Join us as we discuss the incident, the gangs behind the slaying, the police investigation and the eventual imprisonment of those responsible. Recording:Primary Audio by JSResearch by Matt KScripting by Matt KBackground Audio courtest of Audioblocks, all rights reserved. Sources:Glasgow boy was murdered 'over his friend's girl': [Final 4 Edition]English, Shirley.The Times; London (UK) [London (UK)]18 Mar 2004: 5.Police fear Kriss may have been tortured; Hunt for girl who could have vital clues as tributes grow to tragic boy: [1 Edition]Anderson, Deborah.Evening Times; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]18 Mar 2004: 4.Mother's plea for race restraint; Community urged not to target Asians after murder: [3 Edition]Sinclair, Keith.The Herald; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]19 Mar 2004: 4.15-year-old Kriss was snatched from street because he was 'a white boy'; KRISS DONALD MURDER TRIAL: witness tells court why teenager was victim: [1 Edition]Evening Times; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]06 Nov 2004: 7.Can Big Brother cameras end a community's fears after the killing of Kriss Donald?CCTV SYSTEM TO TARGET YOUNG THUGS AFTER POLLOKSHIELDS TEENAGER'S ABDUCTION AND MURDER The abduction and murder of Pollokshields boy Kriss Donald heightened fears of gang violence and crime in that part of Glasgow. It also revived calls for CCTV cameras to tackle the problem, as STEWART PATERSON reports.: [FInal Edition]Paterson, Stewart.Evening Times; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]18 Dec 2004: 8.Two Asian men held over Kriss murder: [Final 1 Edition]Duffy, Gerry.The Sun; London (UK) [London (UK)]03 Apr 2004: 11.MURDER SUSPECT MAY BE IN BRUM ; MP alert over escape route to Pakistan: [2 STAR Edition]Wheeler, Caroline.Sunday Mercury; Birmingham (UK) [Birmingham (UK)]28 Mar 2004: 11.Mohammad Sarwar's story: The dignity of murdered Kriss Donald's mum Angela inspired me to battle for justice [online] Brown, Annie 16 Jan 2016Holyrood, 'seeking justice', Alan Robertson 12 Nov 2014Now tranquil, the place where horror visited, 9 Nov 2006, The ScotsmanExpert describes Kriss injuries, BBC, 20 Oct 2006.MURDER, CRIME, RACISM A COMMUNITY DIVIDED; The abduction and killing of teenager Kriss Donald, left, by a group of Asian men in Glasgow's Pollokshields last week inflamed ethnic tensions. But was race really to blame? Jenifer Johnston, Home Affairs Editor Neil Mackay and Torcuil Crichton investigate: [3 Edition]Jenifer Johnston, Home Affairs Editor Neil Mackay and Torcuil Crichton.Sunday Herald; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]21 Mar 2004: 12.TEENAGER TELLS HOW EVIL GANG KIDNAPPED HIS SCREAMING PAL AND DROVE HIM TO HIS DEATH; I fought the killers with my feet and elbows trying to help Kriss. But they sped off shouting 'You're next ...': [2 Edition]EXCLUSIVE: By Deborah Anderson.Evening Times; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]17 Mar 2004: 2.Gangsters, murder and extradition. Wylie, Bob, BBC Scotland, 8 Nov 2006Mohammad Sarwar's story: The dignity of murdered Kriss Donald's mum Angela inspired me to battle for justice, Sarwar, Mohammed. Daily Record, 16 Jan 2016Kriss murder timeline, BBC, 8 Nov 2006Friend of murdered schoolboy is freed, The Herald, 14 December 2004IMRAN SHAHID v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATETeenager 'bled heavily before his burning'; Blood found in car allegedly used to abduct Kriss Donald: [2 Edition]The Herald; Glasgow (UK) [Glasgow (UK)]11 Nov 2004: 5.Various interviews and visual media.

Previously, we heard about the importance of Faith and Family. This week, Pastor Alan explores another core value of the church: Community. We need to build our faith and strengthen our families in order to impact our community. What is our community? Who is my neighbor? From the ends of the earth to your very own backyard, your neighbor includes every place and person that people may not want. To whom is God leading you?

There is times where we end up in unfamiliar territory where it is a time of sorrow and battling circumstances, or it can be out in a step of faith into the unknown. It maybe unfamiliar to us, but God has been in every situation that it is familiar territory where He can lead us through the unfamiliar.

We will sow what we reap. If we plant gratitude, we reap gratitude. If we plant fear, we reap fear. You cannot sow doubt and reap faith. The actions done today can effect generations in the future. We may not choose what happens to us but we do choose how we respond. Trials are not always behind us and when they are in front of us, it is hard to stay grateful. It is in those times that we need to remember that gratefulness is a choice that can be made in the difficult times.

A goldfish in its natural habitat can live up to 30 years and grow many times larger than what you would ordinarily find. It isn’t that one goldfish is biologically superior to the other but rather their environment was. Often times, we stunt the growth in our spiritual lives because of the environment of which we limit ourselves. This study explores our potential when we remove ourselves from the familiar and branching off into the unknown.

The most powerful move of God can come from your dinner table. Open your table to other to bring fellowship and connect with the body of Christ.

God could have let Moses and Joshua enter into the promised land immediately and wipe out every single foreign nation, but He gave His people their promise little by little. He knew that if He was to give them all of their promise when they weren’t ready/ Then their promise would all just go to waste. So He gave them their promise little by little. Day by day.

Jesus has called us to do more than we think we are capable of, He called us to go out into this world, but not be of it. He’s entrusted us and given us power to fight, so we know that living for Him and working for His kingdom isn’t safe, but isn’t it good!

In this podcast Alison Millar, a partner at Leigh Day specialising in abuse claims, explores the story of James, a former client who was sexually assaulted by a nurse at a sexual health clinic. James recalls his experiences of the NHS complaints process; the criminal justice system; and how the civil law helped. Alison also speaks with Alan Robertson, an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate at Survivors UK, who talks about the particular issues faced by those who have been abused in healthcare settings and why we need more specialist support services.

Sheila Dillon visits Shetland to meet the people transforming Shetland's food culture by reinventing traditional dishes as well as creating new food initiatives. Social media is playing a huge part in promoting a vibrant, young food scene that is attracting entrepreneurs as well as bringing back those who may have left the islands as teenagers. Jonathan Williamson left to manage the food hall at Fortnam and Mason but came home in his late 20s to build and run Cafe Fjara on Lerwick harbour. Akshay Borges from Mumbai answered an ad for a trainee chef at the Scalloway Hotel nine years ago. He has been here ever since and is now launching his own restaurant the String bringing food, music and art together. Traditional skills like fishing and meat production are thriving too. A career in food was never on the agenda for 29 year old Chris Wright who worked different jobs in his early twenties before following his dream of becoming a butcher. He blogs about the meat dishes he prepares in addition to his day job at Anderson's Butchers in Lerwick. Elizabeth Atia is the UK's most northerly food blogger and one of the few who makes a living from it. She says being Shetland based gives her blog -Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary- a USP in the blogging world. Many restaurants on Shetland get their vegetables from Transition Turriefield run by Penny Armstrong and Alan Robertson. They have nurtured the barren land on their croft since returning to Shetland fifteen years ago, building poly tunnels and enriching the soil to grow a variety of seasonal vegetables which they sell to customers through a box scheme. All of them stress the importance of social media in spreading the word about Shetland's renewed food culture and its high quality fresh local produce. Producer: Maggie Ayre.

My first guests on the Tami Jackson Show* tonight will be Alan Robertson and his dad, Phil Robertson. Phil Robertson and Al Robertson Alan Robertson is the oldest son of The Duck Commander Phil Robertson. He grew up hunting and fishing and helped build the foundation of the family business in the '70s and '80s. Back in the day, he and Phil would travel around Louisiana and Arkansas selling duck calls to stores right out of their truck. The sales pitch back then was the same as it is today: “These calls are the best 'cause they sound just like a duck!” Alan returned to the family business after serving in full-time ministry for more than 25 years. Alan plays a vital role in the family's commitment to spreading the gospel of Christ through their love of hunting and the great outdoors. Al recently started a production company called Restoration Productions with his cousin Zach Dasher, and produce Phil's show, In The Woods with Phil on CRTV. The only Robertson without a beard, he calls himself a “Jacob” in a family of “Esaus.” Al and his wife, Lisa, are parents of two grown daughters who are married to bearded men. Born and raised in Vivian, Louisiana, Phil Robertson came from a large family with 7 children and little money. Because of the location of his family home in a rural setting near Shreveport, and the aforementioned scarcity of money, hunting became an important part of his formative years. As a high-school athlete, Phil earned All-State rankings in football, baseball, and track, which afforded him the opportunity to attend Louisiana Tech University on a football scholarship. There, Phil played first-string quarterback – ahead of Terry Bradshaw, who later went on to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers team to 4 Super Bowl championships. Phil said, "Terry went for the bucks, and I chased after the ducks." After receiving his Bachelor's degree in Physical Education and a Master's in Education, Phil spent several years teaching in Louisiana schools. Acclaimed as an excellent teacher by his students, Phil came to the conclusion that his time and talents would be better spent in the woods. Phil and his family, which by this time included his wife, Kay, and four boys – Alan, Jase, Willie, and Jeptha – began a quest to turn his passion for hunting and fishing into a livelihood. Phil has authored two books, Happy, Happy Happy about his life story, and Unphiltered about his philosophy on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and is working on a third. As previously mentioned, Phil has a new internet television on CRTV called "In The Woods With Phil." The show features Phil's wisdom and his practical insights on how our country and culture can improve. Go to CRTV.comducks to subscribe to Phil's show, "In The Woods with Phil." Listen as Al, Phil, and I talk about their books, the culture, what the man who has no cell phone and doesn't use the internet is doing on his own internet television show, and what REALLY is the key to a happy, happy, happy life! ******************* My guest in the second half hour will be Joy Overbeck. Joy Overbeck is a Colorado journalist and author who has written on lifestyle and relationship topics for Redbook, Reader's Digest, TV Guide, Woman's Day, Health, and other national and regional magazines. She's also written two humor books published by Pocket Books, Simon&Schuster. She describes herself as a radical conservative God fan who has delighted for the last several years in annoying libs with columns at Townhall.com, The Washington Times, The Daily Caller, American Thinker, and elsewhere. Other favorite forms of recreation include riding her Rocky Mountain mare, Gypsy, out into the wide open spaces of beautiful Colorado, skiing Vail, and enjoying her friends and her golden tabby, Tigger. Joy and I will be covering her recent column, "How the #WalkAway Campaign is Drowning the Blue Wave Democrats" As Joy writes in the article: The #WalkAway campaign is now over 100,000 strong in just a few weeks. These are former liberals who have discovered, as its founder Brandon Straka says in his video (below), “the Democratic Party's greatest and most insidious lie:” That without them, you are nothing. As Straka puts it, “They will insist that you are a victim doomed to exist within a system that is rigged against you…that you are a victim of systematic oppression…that you are a victim of your circumstances, and no amount of hard work or motivational action will ever allow you to overcome your victimhood or the privilege of those around you.” Joy's article has garnered over 13K shares on Facebook for good reason: people are amazed to hear the stories of liberals who have seen the light and fled from the rabid intolerance and vitriol of The Left! Don't miss a minute as Joy and I discuss this #WalkAway movement that's sweeping the country! Follow Al Robertson on Twitter at @BeardlessBro, Phil Robertson on Twitter at @DuckCommanderPR, Joy Overbeck on Twitter at @JoyOverbeck1, and me on Twitter at @tamij AND tweet your questions/comments during the show. *Sponsored by Camera Security Now, your premier source for surveillance and access control systems for business nationwide; by ROBAR® Companies, a True Custom firearms and firearms finishing shop located in Phoenix, AZ, and found online at RobarGuns.com; and by Dispatches, your site for the BEST conservative resources to fight and win the information war.

Alan Robertson continues the Breaking the Vice Grip series.

Alan Robertson continues the Breaking the Vice Grip series.

Alan Robertson wraps up the series with Remember the Good

Alan Robertson wraps up the series with Remember the Good

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson share Losing Our Grit

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson share Losing Our Grit

Alan Robertson begins the Life Connected series.

Alan Robertson begins the Life Connected series.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson begin the Freedom series.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson begin the Freedom series.

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Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson share Last Words: My God, My God Why have you forsaken me?

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson share Last Words: My God, My God Why have you forsaken me?

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson challenges us to renew our commitment to the mission, vision and values of WFR.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson challenges us to renew our commitment to the mission, vision and values of WFR.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson begin the new year with Renewed.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson begin the new year with Renewed.

Alan Robertson and Mike Kellett introduce our Worldlink series on reaching the world for Christ

Alan Robertson and Mike Kellett introduce our Worldlink series on reaching the world for Christ

The dynamic duo is back! Listen to Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson talk about our journey Down in the River to Pray!

The dynamic duo is back! Listen to Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson talk about our journey Down in the River to Pray!

Alan Robertson casts the vision for the 2016 new year launch.

Alan Robertson casts the vision for the 2016 new year launch.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson end the series with the Power of Witness.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson end the series with the Power of Witness.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson talk about Freedom From Slavery.

Mike Kellett and Alan Robertson talk about Freedom From Slavery.

Join us Sunday @ 10:30am CST as Alan Robertson talks about Saving the best for first!

Join us Sunday @ 10:30am CST as Alan Robertson talks about Saving the best for first!

Join us Sunday @ 10:30am CST as Alan Robertson talks about Saving the best for first!

Alan Robertson

Alan Robertson

Alan Robertson

Creators of the hit television show “Duck Dynasty,” Alan Robertson and his dad Phil, take the Saddleback stage to share how God has changed their family. The family business, making duck calls for hunters, has now become a vehicle to heed the call of sharing the message of hope. Phil says, “anything is possible when trusting God.”

Alan Robertson speaking on Selected Scriptures in SWBTS Chapel on Thursday October 27, 2016

Alan Robertson speaking on Selected Scriptures in SWBTS Chapel on Thursday October 27, 2016