Podcast appearances and mentions of Catherine Clark

In this episode of Road Chats, host Catherine Clark speaks with Bryan Detchou, Senior Director, Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute, about the federal government's sweeping new rules on greenwashing — and how they're hitting the oil and gas industry hardest. From high-stakes fines to vague standards and legal uncertainty, they explore how Bill C-59 is not only threatening transparency and innovation but also silencing legitimate sustainability efforts across the fuel and energy sector. If you're in the business of powering Canada, this conversation is one you can't afford to miss.

In this episode of Road Chats, presented by National Energy Equipment Inc., Catherine Clark sits down with John Eichberger, Executive Director of the Transportation Energy Institute, to discuss the Future-Ready Fleets campaign. This initiative, presented by the Canadian Transportation Council, aims to help fleet operators navigate the transition to low- and zero-emission vehicles by providing them with a comprehensive guide and a fleet conversion calculator. John highlights the importance of tailored solutions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle operators, addressing the challenges of electrification and exploring alternative options like hydrogen and renewable natural gas. He also emphasizes the economic considerations of fleet decarbonization and how businesses can gain a competitive edge while supporting environmental goals. Tune in to learn how fleet managers can access these free resources and make informed decisions for a more sustainable future.

In this episode, Catherine Clark speaks to Anne Kothawala, President & CEO of the Convenience Industry Council of Canada, to explore Ontario's decision to allow the sale of alcohol in convenience stores. They discuss the evolution of alcohol sales and the challenges, opportunities, regulatory hurdles, and demand this shift presents for convenience stores and fuel retailers.

#195 How to Navigate Leadership with Catherine Clark, GrowCFO Mentor https://open.spotify.com/episode/08NTBddAgyn0WWqkJgKSy8 Catherine Clark, a seasoned GrowCFO mentor, joins Kevin Appleby to delve into the critical role of emotional intelligence in leadership. They explore how self-awareness is the foundation upon which successful leaders build their careers. By understanding their own emotions and triggers, leaders can better manage their responses and interactions with others. Catherine and Kevin emphasize that adaptability in communication styles is essential for fostering an inclusive and productive work environment, enabling leaders to connect more effectively with their teams and stakeholders. The conversation also highlights the resilience required for leaders to navigate the inevitable challenges and setbacks they encounter. Catherine shares her experiences and strategies for maintaining composure and focus during turbulent times, underscoring the importance of aligning personal values and beliefs with the responsibilities of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). By staying true to their core principles, finance leaders can make decisions that are not only strategic but also ethical, thereby earning the trust and respect of their colleagues and subordinates. Key takeaways from this episode include the vital importance of self-awareness in leadership, the power of having a clear vision, and the impact of empowering others to achieve collective success. Catherine argues that effective CFOs and finance professionals should continuously develop these attributes to lead with confidence and authenticity. By doing so, they can inspire their teams, drive organizational growth, and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation. Key topics covered include: The difference between managers and leaders, and how finance professionals can develop leadership skills beyond just managing a team. The importance of self-awareness, understanding your values and beliefs, and choosing the right environment to thrive as a leader. Navigating organizational culture and the challenges of trying to change it as a leader. Developing leadership qualities like personal power, effective communication, and overcoming task overwhelm. The role of emotional intelligence, resilience, and self-care in leadership. Change management and adapting communication styles to different stakeholders. The value of making time for personal recovery and growth as a leader. https://youtu.be/G7_QdVCvyrc Links Catherine Clark on LinkedIn Kevin Appleby on LinkedIn GrowCFO Mentoring Timestamps 0:00:11 - Introduction and discussion of the difference between managers and leaders 0:01:24 - Importance of self-awareness and choosing the right environment to lead 0:02:27 - Navigating organizational culture and the challenges of changing it 0:03:52 - Developing leadership qualities like personal power and communication 0:07:09 - The role of emotional intelligence and resilience in leadership 0:13:32 - Overcoming task overwhelm and delegating as a leader 0:16:41 - Additional characteristics of great leaders 0:24:36 - The importance of resilience and personal recovery for leaders Find out more about GrowCFO If you enjoyed this podcast, you can subscribe to the GrowCFO Show with your favorite podcast app. The GrowCFO show is listed in the Apple podcast directory, Spotify and many others. Why not subscribe there today? That way, you never miss an episode. GrowCFO is a great place to extend your professional network. Join GrowCFO as a free member today and participate in our regular networking events and webinars.  Premium members can also access our extensive training center and CFO Digital Toolkit. You can enroll in our flagship Future CFO or Finance Leader programs here. You can find out more and join today at growcfo.net

In this Sports Geek Throwback episode, Sean Callanan interviews Catherine Clark, who was the CEO of Netball Queensland, and now CEO of Paralympics Australia. They discussed Vertical Leadership and why it's important. Show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/throwback/catherine-clark-on-vertical-leadership

Prompted in part by the 2020 pandemic, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation identified a need to assist Michigan communities for planning for the unexpected so that they might recover in an organized and expedient manner. Through its Redevelopment Ready Communities Program, the Resiliency Toolkit was created to formalize current recovery efforts into plans, policies, and partnerships. Learn the highlights from the MEDC's Pablo Majano and Leigh Young, and Catherine Clark from the SmithGroup.

Catherine Clark and Kevin Appleby discussed the importance of addressing personal and professional growth through holistic mentoring, emphasizing the role of emotional intelligence in decision making and relationship dynamics in business. Catherine is head of mentoring at GrowCFO. She frequently supports her mentees when they need to have a difficult conversation. Key topics covered include: Catherine Clark's holistic approach to mentoring, which involves unlocking a mentee's personal potential and limiting beliefs to enable professional success. The importance of self-care, resilience, and mindfulness for professionals, and creating recovery time and daily routines to stay balanced. Active listening techniques and authentic relating that Kevin and Catherine apply in their consulting and mentoring work. The value of meditation, reflection, and forgiveness in personal growth and accessing inner wisdom and creativity. Finding gratitude even in past struggles and applying lessons learned. Catherine Clark's journey with Reiki and emphasizing energetic connection and self-healing. Strategies for starting the day in a calm, focused state through activities like meditation and dog walks to boost productivity. https://youtu.be/7EsU8F9mTuQ Links Catherine Clark on LinkedIn Kevin Appleby on LinkedIn GrowCFO Mentoring Timestamps Mentoring and unlocking personal potential for professional success. 0:11 The importance of self-care, resilience, and mindfulness in professional settings. 7:26 Mentoring, coaching, and personal growth. 15:41 Personal growth, energy, and gratitude. 23:07 Meditation, mindfulness, and productivity. 27:38 Find out more about GrowCFO If you enjoyed this podcast, you can subscribe to the GrowCFO Show with your favourite podcast app. The GrowCFO show is listed in the Apple podcast directory, Google Podcasts, Spotify and many others. Why not subscribe there today? That way, you never miss an episode. GrowCFO is a great place to extend your professional network. Join GrowCFO as a free member today and participate in our regular networking events and webinars.  Premium members can also access our extensive training centre and CFO Digital Toolkit. You can enrol in our flagship Future CFO or Finance Leader programmes here.  You can find out more and join today at growcfo.net

Hello, makers! Super excited to bring you this episode with our pal, Catherine. Just a heads up, there are parts of this episode that are a little more visual as we give a shop tour. Click to watch instead!Brooklyn General Store has been the go-to place for crafty supplies of all kinds for NYC makers since 2002. We sat down with the Queen of Union Street, BGS owner, designer, maker, event planner extraordinaire–Catherine Clark. Get to know her maker journey, the story of how Brooklyn General moved from the waiting room of Catherine's midwifery office to the current location, how her and Aimée of La Bien Aimée became besties and more! Brooklyn General Storehttps://brooklyngeneral.com128 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Brooklyn General Store is tucked away on a sweet block West of the Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill neighborhoods and North of  Red Hook.  This commercial block on Union Street used to be a thriving shopping block for all types of foods and goods.   Brooklyn General's home within the Old Frank's Department Store is a throw back to that era, with its preserved floor to ceiling shelves, rolling ladders and classic old wooden floors.  The vintage interior is not reproduced, just uncovered, cleaned and painted.Brooklyn General Store was created in an effort to provide the highest quality materials to a community of devoted artists and craftspeople and to promote making things by hand through inspiration and education.  Not only is it a place to feast your eyes and hands on glorious colors and patterns and textures but it is a place that respects and honors a time when a trip to the country store was a way of life.  It is a place where a quick trip for a yard of fabric or a skein of yarn turns into an hour of sharing, teaching, inspiring and encouraging all the amazing and creative makers that are also out for that quick trip to the General Store... Following its mission to promote all things handmade, Brooklyn General offers a wide variety of classes in knitting, sewing, quilting, felting, spinning, rug hooking and embroidery.  Classes are limited in size in order for students to have ample individual attention.  Studio time with our fantastic BERNINA classroom machines is also available. BrooklynGeneral.com was created to share our carefully picked goods with all the creative souls outside of Brooklyn, NY.Music by Despatches.

The converstion continues with Catherine Clark of Brooklyn General and Corinne Tomlinson of The Woolly Thistle as creators of 2 of the alternative yarns for the Foliage Forager Sock pattern in the HVTP's premier issue of Common Threads.

Join Jennifer Stewart and Catherine Clark on this compelling episode of The Honest Talk as they sit down with the iconic Marilyn Denis. In an intimate and honest discussion, Marilyn opens up about the challenges women face in the media industry, confronting ageism with grace, and her personal journey through loss. The conversation takes an emotional turn as Marilyn shares her experience of losing a sister to cancer and how it has shaped her perspective on life. The episode also delves into Marilyn's heartwarming love story and explores her exciting plans for the future. Tune in for an inspiring and genuine conversation with one of Canada's beloved media personalities.

This week's reading is for artist Katherine Vetne whose solo exhibition, Palate Cleanser, is opening at Catherine Clark on November 11, 2023 in San Francisco, CA. Show Notes Katherine Vetne http://katherinevetne.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kavetne/?hl=en Palate Cleanser at Catherine Clark Gallery https://cclarkgallery.com/exhibitions/katherine-vetne-ccg-solo-palate-cleanser-2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesidewoo/message

Carrie Gallant is a dynamic speaker, author, coach and facilitator; she is a licensed associate of the Impostor Syndrome Institute. In this episode, Carrie discusses imposter syndrome and how it affects finance leaders with Kevin Appleby. Carrie shares how she got into studying imposter syndrome and how it can impact people differently based on gender and culture. Common feelings associated with imposter syndrome include feeling like a fraud or not being good enough. Often, the finance leader might suffer from imposter syndrome, but it could just as easily be other members of the finance team. So, as a leader, how do you spot when this affects somebody on your team? Some signs a leader should look out for in their team include underperformance, isolation, or holding back contributions. Strategies to overcome imposter syndrome include acknowledging feelings, focusing on facts and past successes, asking, "What if I felt confident?" and keeping a success journal. The conversation also covers how imposter syndrome can discourage people from applying for promotions or new jobs. Signs of Imposter syndrome a leader should look out for Carrie Gallant mentioned a few signs that a leader should look out for in their team that could indicate someone is experiencing imposter syndrome: - Underperformance - If someone seems not to be performing to their full potential or up to the level expected. - Isolation - If a team member appears more isolated from the rest of the team than others and not fully engaging or participating. - Holding back contributions - Noticing if someone holds back from saying something, contributing ideas, or hesitating to take on responsibilities. This could be a sign they lack confidence. - Surveys showing a lack of belonging - If organizational surveys find a team member has reported not feeling like there is a strong team atmosphere or that they entirely belong. A lack of belonging can contribute to lower confidence. Key strategies for overcoming imposter syndrome Some key strategies Carrie Gallant discussed for overcoming imposter syndrome include: Acknowledging the feelings rather than ignoring them, which helps to normalize the experience. Focusing on facts and looking at past successes, strengths, and accomplishments to provide a counterbalance to negative feelings. Asking oneself, "What if I felt confident?" to shift perspective and think about what actions a confident person might take. Keeping a "success journal" or "bank vault of value" to record achievements and positive feedback as a resource to consult when confidence is low. Leveraging assessment tools like StrengthsFinder to understand better one's natural talents and strengths to feel more competent in certain roles. Having open conversations with managers using questions like "What's holding you back?" and "What would you do if you felt confident?" for support and new perspectives. https://youtu.be/IblyotJkGHs Links Join GrowCFO today Overcome Imposter Syndrome: A Guide to Building Confidence for Finance Leaders GrowCFO Show Episode 15: Imposter Syndrome and the CFO with Catherine Clark "Conversation secrets for tomorrow's leaders" By Carrie Gallant on Amazon UK and Amazon US Carrie Gallant on LinkedIn Kevin Appleby on LinkedIn Timestamps Introducing Carrie Gallant (0:11) The finance leader's role is spotting the problem. (1:59) Imposter syndrome and its impact on workplace performance. (6:11) What are the leading causes of imposter syndrome? (11:47) Job descriptions and hiring biases. (17:06) Overcoming imposter syndrome in the workplace. (22:43) Leadership development. (27:33) Find out more about GrowCFO If you enjoyed this podcast, you can subscribe to the GrowCFO Show with your favourite podcast app. The GrowCFO show is listed in the Apple podcast directory, Google Podcasts, Spotify and many others. Why not subscribe there today? That way, you never miss an episode.

"We're on the threshold of a paradigm shift in our economic system - within 2 to 3 years companies will be mandated in some countries to publish impact statements that show their revenues, their costs and their impact.When that happens the whole economic system will shift. Consumers, talent, investors and government will know which companies are delivering positive impact."Join Sir Ronald Cohen and I from The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) #GSGSummit, where we discuss the great work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the recent International Foundation For Valuing Impacts (IFVI) that have got us to this point.If you are a company leader, investor or simply and most importantly, a citizen of our planet, transforming capitalism to genuinely increase prosperity and social progress for all is the necessity of our day, and you can be a part of it.How can you get involved?In addition to the GSG there is The Global Impact Investing Network, in  Australia we have the Climate Zeitgeist Climate Investor Forum, the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and guides working directly with Foundations and Family Offices such as Kylie Charlton and the team at Australian Impact InvestmentsIf you want to learn via courses, I've completed and recommend;Catherine Clark's Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business 'Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs' is excellent, Durreen Shahnaz and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) series of learnings including Measuring Impact for Sustainability and Innovative Finance Solutions for Resilience.My deep dive with David Carlin on the ISSB S1 and S2 frameworks is well worth your time, you can grab 'No More Greenwashing - Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing' via my website http://bravocharlie.globalAnd, Sir Ronald has a book called 'Impact' :)Support the showFor the latest insights on leadership, impact investing, global challenges, business strategy and storytelling, make sure to join me on LinkedIn, and get the newsletter, Smarter Impact - Every Thursday!

Kevin Appleby introduces the 150th episode of The GrowCFO Show and looks back over the last three years of podcasting. The show has covered many topics and featured well over 100 guests. In this episode, Kevin reveals which ones have attracted the most interest from you—the listener. You might be a CFO with many years of experience or still be trying to land your first CFO role. Whichever it is, the podcast should bring something for you. We've covered many different personal development topics, looked at hot current issues, examined the state of the economy, and talked about how to raise finance and the impact of recent events. But which ones mattered to you? Here's the top 12 episodes of the GrowCFO Show: Episode 132 How to Empower Your Finance Team with Myles Downey, Author Speaker and Leadership Coach Episode 142 How to Approach a Difficult Conversation with Catherine Clark, Head of Mentoring at GrowCFO Episode 91 Building Financial Models in Excel with Giles Male and Myles Arnott, Founders at Full Stack Modeller Episode 67 First 100 Days in Your New Finance Role with Dan Wells founder at GrowCFO Episode 30 CFO Competency Framework with Dan Wells Episode 102 How to Gain Control of Your Time with Laura Vanderkam, speaker and author of 168 hours. Episode 137 Subscription Pricing and Packaging with Wolter Rebergen Commercial Director at Younium Episode 123 Becoming a Transformational CFO with Yoana Land, CFO Transformation at L'Oreal North America Episode 118 Influencing Without Authority with Wassia Kamon, VP Finance & Accounting at ACM Chemistries Episode 119 How to Implement a Cashflow Forecasting system with Timothee Clement, Country Manager at Agicap Episode 101 How to Become a Great Finance Business Partner with Oliver Deacon, Former FD at Microsoft Episode 133 How to win at your next finance job interview with Susana Serrano-Davey, GrowCFO Mentor and Author https://youtu.be/R5GFzGJlFu4 Links Future CFO Programme CFO Competency Framework Finance Business Partnering Boot Camp Free workshop: Cash Flow Management Demystified: What is the alternative to spreadsheets? Myles Downey's books on Amazon UK and USA Laura Vanderkam on Amazon UK and Amazon US Susana's Book “I Wish I had Known” is available at Amazon UK and Amazon US

Catherine Clark is head of mentoring at GrowCFO. She frequently supports her mentees when they need to have a difficult conversation. Difficult conversations can take place for a variety of reasons, In this episode Kevin and Catherine discuss the challenges of a difficult conversation and why you shouldn't avoid such conversations. They highlighted that a difficult conversation can cause anxiety and stress, but approaching it with curiosity and open questions can lead to better understanding and resolution. It's possible you could be either the instigator or the recipient of the conversation, and Catherine and Kevin explore both positions and provide some great guidance that you can follow in whichever role you find yourself in. Catherine and Kevin discuss the importance of having difficult conversations and how to approach them. They emphasise the need to believe in a positive outcome, understand differing viewpoints, acknowledge emotions, and maintain empathy and open communication. They discuss the need for open communication, avoiding knee-jerk reactions, finding the right time and environment, and being specific in order to prevent misunderstandings and maintain productivity. Kevin and Catherine discuss the importance of providing constructive feedback. They emphasize the need for open communication, timeliness, creating a conducive environment, and being willing to engage in uncomfortable conversations for personal and professional growth. https://youtu.be/ZUqEbx_3N1k Links Mentoring at GrowCFO with Catherine Clark Catherine Clark on LinkedIn Kevin Appleby on LinkedIn Susan Jeffers – Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action on Amazon UK and Amazon US Timestamps What's a difficult conversation? (0:11) What's going on in our brains to make difficult conversations feel like difficult things to talk about? (1:46) How to have difficult conversations with people. (4:00) You can choose how you behave and how you show up. (8:37) How do we see ourselves in these difficult conversations? (11:12) What to do if you're upset about something. (16:17) Avoid written response, make it a spoken response. (18:14) How do we deal with difficult conversations as the recipient? (19:59) If you're instigating the conversation. (23:26) How do you conduct difficult conversations online? (25:43)

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In this episode, Tania Kolar interviews Catherine Clark, a trauma counsellor and resilience coach, on her new book, Gifts in Dark Packages: How to Embrace Adversity, Transform Your Life and Experience Joy. Catherine shares practical tools and techniques to get on the mental-health resilience roadmap.

Joining Hannah Munro on the CFO 4.0 Podcast this week is Catherine Clark, Lead CFO Mentor at GrowCFO and Director of Cristallum Limited. With a wealth of experience behind her, Catherine shares her insights on the importance of mentoring, particularly for finance leaders, and how having that safe space to reflect and share can be extremely powerful.  Also covered in this episode:The difference between mentoring and coaching What soft skills are needed when transitioning between different level finance roles? The key components of good communication within your finance teamWhy finance leaders need to be aware of the impact their team is having on the rest of the organisation Links mentioned in this episode:Connect with Catherine on LinkedInLearn more about CristallumGrowCFOExplore more CFO 4.0 Podcast Episodes

Join our Enterprise Excellence Community - the first month is FREE, and you can cancel at any time :)Summary Keywordspeople, diversity, Paralympics, New Zealand, views, Australia, athlete, leaders, leadership, culture, work, belonging, world, conversation, wheelchair, living, play.IntroductionWelcome to episode 129 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. Having Catherine Clark on the Show with us today is a pleasure. Catherine is the CEO of Paralympics Australia. Catherine has held many senior roles in prominent sporting organisations. She is focused on creating performance cultures that drive improvement towards excellence. Catherine is also a speaker on the importance of Diversity and Excellence within organisations. Let's get into the episode. Catherine, thank you so much for joining us today. We are proudly sponsored by S A Partners, a world-leading business transformation consultancy.Contacts Brad: connect via LinkedIn or call him on 0402 448 445 or email bjeavons@iqi.com.au. Linkedin: Catherine ClarkWhat's next?Join our Enterprise Excellence Community.Check out Paralympics Australia and become part of the mob: https://www.paralympic.org.au/aussquad/ Download our Persona Map and Employee Journey Map and have a look at our other resources. https://www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com/downloadsTo learn more about what we do, visit www.enterpriseexcellenceacademy.com.Thanks for your time, and thanks for helping to create a better future.

Introducing Rosemary Addis, Founding Partner of Mondiale Impact and Ambassador for The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), in the next of my contributor conversations for 'No more greenwashing: Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing'.We discuss the idea of perfect being the enemy of good, which came up during my conversation with Cliff Prior quoting Elias Masilela, and the reality that we've always been making decisions based on imperfect information.Moving into the trajectories of fund flows, market volatility and fiscal conditions, we discuss the step change occuring in impact methodologies, my discussion with Kristin Siegel and the Impact Management Project.Q. Where are all the skilled people? What does this labour transition look like and where is it coming from?In answer we talk through various channels including the excellent and very accessible course from Catherine Clark and Duke University on Coursera; 'Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs', and the work of Tideline and 'Bridges Insight' by Bridges Fund Management Ltd.Additionally, I ask questions that you need to be able to answer as a Directors or Business Leader; How do you go from being reactive to perceived risk, to asking “What would good look like? What would it look like for us to be able to manage this risk well and to move forward in ways that we're also using impact as an identifier of different types of opportunities to differentiate ourselves in the market?”If you haven't yet got our free report 'No More Greenwashing: Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing' you can download it at http://bit.ly/nomoregreenwashingSupport the showFor the latest insights on leadership, impact investing, global challenges, business strategy and storytelling, make sure to join me on LinkedIn, and get the newsletter, Smarter Impact - Every Thursday!

Experience Strategy and Branding Strategy sometimes reference similar ideas and frameworks, but often don't complement one another in execution, for the good of the customer. Catherine is the Co-Founder of the branding agency, clarkmcdowall. Catherine has been a thought leader in brand strategy, architecture and innovation since the 90's. Her work is built on the fusion of art and science, left and right brain… or what she calls “intelligence and imagination”. Her work has helped shape some of the world's biggest and most innovative brands. Today, we look at the possibilities and pitfalls of these two approaches, and the magic that is possible when they find their rhythm and dance in harmony. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Successful brand strategy helps you define the character of your company. Successful experience strategy helps you define the needs of your customer. The two have the potential to work in partnership, or end up creating confusion for customers. Empowered employees enable the brand and experience dance to be harmonious. (Spoiler alert: it's not just about consistency, but about actually supporting employees with the technology to support customers. See @southwestairlines for more on this point.) GUEST BIO  Catherine is the Co-Founder of independent NYC-based branding agency, clarkmcdowall. A true pioneer in the business of branding and innovation, Catherine came to New York in the late 90s and quickly established her reputation as a thought leader in brand strategy, architecture and innovation. She joined forces with Paul McDowall in 2001, creating clarkmcdowall – an original agency built on the fusion of art and science, left and right brain… or what they call “intelligence and imagination”. Together, they have built a powerful team of talented individuals and helped shape some of the world's biggest and most innovative brands. Catherine leads the strategic direction for the agency's work and oversees the business. She is committed to supporting women in the pursuit of their ambitions, and is proud to have a long fostered women-majority leadership group.

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Catherine Clark is a certified trauma counselor, resiliency coach and author of the new best selling book Gifts in Dark Packages. Catherine prides herself in being a mental health educator and through this episode helps us to reframe the way we look at mental illness. This is truly an eye-opening conversation that you're not going to want to miss!

Mental Health Expert Catherine Clark joins the show to talk about topics like anxiety, self sabotage, and many other things that happen in a workplace that lead to mental health being affected. *******TORONTO - Award-winning inspirational speaker and mental health expert Catherine Clark has made it her mission to shed light on the mental health crisis for World Mental Health Day. Her new book, Gifts In Dark Packages, provides readers with an easy-to-use mental health resiliency roadmap to help readers emerge from dark times and realize how resilient they truly are, leaving dark moments behind to live a better life. According to the World Health Organization, around 450 million people struggle with mental illness, making it the leading cause of disability worldwide. One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. In Canada alone, one in two people will experience a mental disorder before the age of 40 (CAMH). The book shares personal experiences with trauma and relatable case studies to clearly illustrate how using these actions can channel adversity into resiliency, where you ‘feel it all, to heal it all'.www.catherineclarkconnects.com www.meetmeforcoffee.co#meetmeforcoffee#mmfcpodcast#mentalhealthawareness

Vassy Kapelos is one of the most well-known figures in Canadian media and politics, and the latest guest on The Honest Talk. An award-winning journalist, she hosted Power and Politics on CBC for five years before recently announcing a move to CTV News. There, she will take on the role of Chief Political Correspondent and host not one, but two shows: Question Period and Power Play. On the heels of her biggest career move yet, Kapelos sat down with Jennifer Stewart and Catherine Clark for this episode of The Honest Talk. From her first job in Saskatchewan to her new national radio show and bellwether hosting gigs, her childhood, marriage, parenting and more, this interview covers it all.

Christmas (or whatever holiday makes you giddy with glee) came early here at Alternate Ending. We're joined by one of our favorite humans, Catherine Clark!  You may have seen some of her writing contributions on ae.com, but she's also an artist, film producer and officially the best cat Mom on the planet (don't tell Tim). If there was a contest for the person in our lives who would be the least likely to get kicked out of a Gen-Z party, Catherine would win in a landslide.  Meanwhile, Carrie still uses words like "hip" and "cool whip" in public conversations. Needless to say, their feelings on Bodies Bodies Bodies...differ. Catherine also brings the Triangle of Sadness, which she compares to Parasite only with Woody Harrelson (there are less intriguing ways to describe a movie). The pair round out the conversation with their perspectives on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. We promise and cross-our-hearts that this is a spoiler-free episode. Tune in and have a great week, friends! ----------------------------------------------------- Love the Podcast? Leave us a review! Other places to follow Alternate Ending. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Twitter Carrie Letterboxd | Catherine Letterboxd Support Alternate Ending and check out our member perks, via our Patreon page!

Happy Sunday! You are listening to The Dating and Relationship Show on AM640 Toronto. I'm your host Laura Bilotta, matchmaker and founder of Single in the City.  This week on the show, Laura talks to Catherine Clark about her new book "Gifts In Dark Packages" Host: Laura Bilotta // singleinthecity.ca Guest: Catherine Clark // www.catherineclarkconnects.com

A sports website for women-identifying fans? Now, that is a home run! Just ask Jacie deHoop, co-founder of The GIST, a thriving sports media company and the go-to source for sports coverage and conversations for women. Launched across North America in 2019 by three college friends — Jacie deHoop, Ellen Hyslop and Roslyn McLarty — The GIST is all about changing the game in the male-dominated sports industry, where fewer than 14% of journalists are women and less than 4% of coverage is on female athletes. On this episode of The Honest Talk, Jacie joins Jennifer Stewart and Catherine Clark to talk about launching The GIST and creating content for women-identifying sports fans. She also breaks down the hard work, dedication and enthusiasm that have grown The GIST from a weekly newsletter to a multi-platform powerhouse in just three years.

100 Episodes of the GrowCFO Show, that's 2 years' worth of podcast episodes. Dan Wells, founder and CEO of GrowCFO joins regular podcast host Kevin Appleby to celebrate the milestone, reflect back on the last two years and talk about some new exciting developments in GrowCFO. Dan and Kevin both choose their favourite episodes of the GrowCFO Show. Dan decided on episode 95 where Catherine Clark, head of mentoring at GrowCFO, talked about making the best decision for both you and your business. Kevin selected episode 102, yes an episode that is yet to be published, where he managed to get a guest from his own bucket list on the show. We'll leave you to wait another two weeks to find out who it is. The clue is Kevin talks about her book every time he delivers module 3 of the Future CFO Programme. Three significant milestones arrive all at the same time. As well as the 100th episode of the GrowCFO Show we've published two great new resources. The first is a 100-page book that describes the CFO Competency Framework. The second is a white paper examining the career paths of 500 CFOs and exploring the many different career routes available to get to the top job in finance. Both have just been made available to download on the GrowCFO website Links Dan Wells on LinkedInKevin Appleby on LinkedInBecome a free member of GrowCFODan's Favourite episode (episode 95)CFO Competency FrameworkNew free resources: The GrowCFO CFO Competency Framework eBook and Career Routes to CFO reportFuture CFO programme Timestamps 01:40 Two years ago, what was the original vision for GrowCFO? 03:17 How did Dan and Kevin end up working together? 06:02 Working with interesting people who simply want to give something back 07:23 Our favourite episodes of the GrowCFO Show 11:38 Whats GrowCFO all about? 16:19 plans for the next 2 years 17:19 The CFO Competency Framework 21:57 New research: What's the optimum size for your finance function 24:56 Virtual Boardroom and Fundraising Simulator 25:34 Boot Camps for both Strategy and Finance Business Partnering

Are you in control of your own life, or are the demands of all the other things around you taking over? Too much pressure at work to have a personal life? Perhaps you aren't feeling fulfilled? If any of that describes you then it's time to take control back and make decisions that benefit you and not just your organisation. In this episode, Catherine Clark joins us to talk about the importance of making the right decisions for your own wellbeing. She draws on both her own personal experience as a CFO and the situations she comes across every week when she is mentoring other finance leaders. If you aren't happy with where you are right now it's time to do something about it and take action. Catherine has some great advice to offer about how to find out what you really want and then take the right steps to get there. We talk about the importance of having the right mindset, and the importance of stepping forward even when there might be fear and uncertainty. This is the third episode in a mini-series looking at your well-being. In the previous two episodes, we've looked at resilience with Leanne Spencer and self-awareness with Susana Serrano-Davey. Links Mentoring at GrowCFO with Catherine ClarkSusana Serrano-Davey on LinkedInKevin Appleby on LinkedInSusan Jeffers - Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action on Amazon UK and Amazon US Timestamps 01:50 Are you feeling dissatisfied? 03:14 Getting in touch with your feelings 04:00 Go with your gut and your subconscious mind 06:03 Having the right people around you to support you 08:40 Some examples of situations people find themselves in 10:17 The decision isn't about moving on and changing job 12:01 The mindset shift that's needed 14:52 The fear of change, doing things differently, making a mistake 15:50 What do you need to stop doing? start doing? continue doing? 16:15 What do you want? 17:16 Overwhelm 18:12 Feel the fear and do it anyway 20:33 Where do you want to be in 3 years' time? 23:15 Do you stay? Do you move on? 24:50 You can't lose, just make a decision! 27:06 What do you do after you make a decision? 29:32 Some practical exercises you can do right now

Cody and Hailey meet up with Dr. Catherine Clark and Dr. Lauren Biddle (two newly-minted PhD's!) to discuss what inspires them, hurdles they've faced as women in STEM, what it […] The post The Path of a Female Scientist appeared first on Lowell Observatory.

Today on Journey Map, we're joined by Catherine Clark and Paul McDowall, Founders of clarkmcdowall. In this episode, we talk about clarkmcdowall's first storefront, what success really looks like, and the changes they've made to the agency.Learn more from Catherine, Paul, and clarkmcdowall:Visit clarkmcdowall: https://clarkmcdowall.com/Connect with Catherine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-clark-1711b91/Connect with Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mcdowall-00b0b11/

We start where we left off before - on the way to the big investor meeting where the fate of Hauntology would be decided! So, who better to join this episode than a few of our investors, including: Catherine Clark, Chris Trengove and Rachael Scaccia.

We're bringing you another interview this week! In this episode, Nick and Michael are sitting down with Dr. Mboh Elango and Catherine Clark from MEDICI Urgent Care and Wellness Center in Atlanta, GA. With over 15 years of experience in the emergency medicine industry, Dr. Elango started MEDICI in 2021 with the goal to provide holistic and integrative health and wellness options for its patients. Their biggest focus is their integrative approach to medicine, acupuncture, massage therapy, IV vitamin therapy, and even infrared sauna. Dr. Elango is passionate about a holistic and integrative approach to health and wellness. He has been named 100 Most Influential Atlantans in Medicine in 2020 and 2021 as well as a Power Player in Medicine in 2021. He has also been recognized as one of Atlanta's Leading Health and Beauty Experts in 2019 as well as Premier Medical Experts in 2021. Dr. Elango is certified in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Basic Life Support (BLS). Additionally, he is a fellow and member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Georgia College of Emergency Physicians, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, and the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization. Aside from operating MEDICI, he also serves as a consultant with a special interest in improving health delivery and Emergency response systems. Catherine Clark is the Clinical Director for MEDICI Urgent Care and Wellness Center. She is a family nurse practitioner who is board certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She earned her nursing degree from Gordon State College in 2012 and enjoyed six fulfilling years of emergency medicine and hospice nursing. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Maryville University in 2018 with induction into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She has worked as a nurse practitioner with focus on emergency medicine since then and, as a result, she brings extensive experience in the treatment and management of medical urgencies. Learn more about Dr. Elango, Catherine, and MEDICI by listening to this episode of Walk-Ins Welcome and visiting their website at https://www.mdmedici.com/ Intro/Outro Music by Devin Smith https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UdQjNXnACFE2VpkEoP8v2?si=pDx5jsgtRFOtwrpMOKOkuQ Stay connected with Urgent Care Marketing Pros! https://urgentcaremarketingpros.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urgentcaremarketers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urgentcaremarketingpros/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/urgent-care-marketing-pros YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9nwkAwIyiVvsLTWGoeRbWA

Don't miss this Divorce Confidential drop with attorney Catherine “Cat” Clark, discussing the big mistakes that divorce lawyers often make with real property and divorce documents, real estate law, and her incredible mentoring for Division I athletes! Catherine Clark is an attorney with over 39 years of experience in Seattle practicing real estate, commercial litigation, and appeals. You can find her online, learn more about Cat, and get in touch here.  

In 2001, Catherine and Paul joined forces to create an original agency concept, built around the idea that true collaborative thinking and different perspectives can solve brand challenges holistically—and better. Together, with their talented team of brand architects, they partner with some of the world's most forward-looking brands. Their strategic and creative guidance has helped brands better our world by tackling the important topics such as sustainability, health and wellness, and empowerment head on. Catherine sets the vision for the business and shapes the strategic direction for the work. Growing up in Paris as a child of parents who worked for the United Nations, she was brought up in an international community, steeped in colorful stories, beliefs, and values. That ultimately fueled her passion for entrepreneurship and the potential she sees in people and businesses to make our world better. Paul is the creative force behind the business. He grew up in Liverpool, UK, a hotbed of creativity with many musicians, writers and artists. His surroundings shaped his perspective and created a deep-seated curiosity to create, make and explore the potential in things. His guidance inspires new ideas and unlocks new ways of thinking. About AIGA Design Adjacent AIGA Design Adjacent is a monthly podcast series with AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with industry leaders who are innovating and designing the future. These conversations expand beyond the design community, encompassing industries and areas that intersect with design and shift the ways in which we think about and interact with each other and the world around us. About Bennie F. Johnson Bennie F. Johnson is the Executive Director of AIGA, the professional association for design. Bennie thrives on the connections between marketing, technology, education, and innovation. With experience in strategic and consumer marketing, brand management, and innovation management, he is drawn to opportunities that allow him to lead and create new modes for business engagement. He has broad experience growing brands, businesses, and organizations with a special focus on venture launch and brand relaunch business environments. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aigadesign/message

Chris Fry has the best CFO job in the world. He's group CFO at SISTER. SISTER is the organisation behind recent TV blockbusters "The Split"; "This Is Going To Hurt"; and "Chernobyl". So why is the CFO of a TV production company the best job in the world? First of all, it's a very demanding position that comes with a lot of responsibility. But if you're up for the challenge, it can be extremely rewarding. You'll have a hand in the creative process and you'll be able to help shape the future of the company. Chris has certainly been up for that challenge. He's an accomplished CFO but he also recognises that there's always something new to learn. Chris was one of the founder members of the CFO Programme within GrowCFO, having previously been involved in something similar during his time working in Australia. He talks about the programme in the podcast and why it has been so useful for him. He tells us why he has found the support from Catherine Clark, the programme leader, and from his fellow CFO participants, invaluable.  Links Find out more about SISTERThe CFO Programme at GrowCFOCFO MentoringChris Fry on LinkedinKevin Appleby on Linkedin Timestamps 00:42 Who is SISTER? 02:18 What exactly is your role as Group CFO of SISTER? 03:22 What are your biggest challenges? 05:50 What was your career path before SISTER? 08:50 How did you get the experience to break through to the CFO level? 10:10 Using your influence 11:12 Why did you join the CFO programme at GrowCFO? 13:39 The role of mentors in the CFO programme 15:22 Why do you want to extend the CFO programme beyond the initial 6 months? 16:41 Where does Chris Fry aspire to be in 10 years' time? 19:07 The importance of enjoying what you do 20:16 Advice to a new CFO coming to grips with the first CFO role 21:34 Would you advise a CFO to have a mentor?

Whether you are a decades-old brand or a start-up, there are do’s and don’ts to building your brand. Paul McDowall and Catherine Clark, founders of ClarkMcDowell agency, are here to share their insights on a few brands they’ve worked with through the years. Clarkmcdowall has three approaches to brand building: creating from scratch, transforming, and amplifying. We’ll hear about the transformation of brands like Palmolive and the amplification of a brand like Kind Bars. Paul and Catherine’s long-time friendship/partnership shines through in the beautiful ways they work together. They call it “intelligence and imagination” - combining the strategic thinking brain with the graphic or creative brain– both have equally important roles and neither is relegated to that specific function. Join us as we discuss old and new ways of branding, the effects that the lightspeed technology changes and generational changes may have on your branding direction, and some tips and tricks to think about, wherever you are in the branding process. The “NexxtLevel Brands Podcast’ is hosted by G. Steven Cleere, Founder and “Chief Pot Stirrer” of NexxtLevel Brands. This show focuses on disruptors and thought-leaders from the Entrepreneurial Food, Beverage, and CPG Industry, but we also share tips from veterans and key suppliers that may help fellow CPG professionals achieve their goals. Discussion Points How Catherine and Paul met and decided to work together How ClarkMcDowell approaches branding Storytelling and branding Mission-based product branding Keeping the important qualities when transforming older brands How do you approach branding for a new startup? Which is more fun– transforming an older brand or starting from scratch? Lessons and learnings: Weight Watchers, Kind Bars, Clif Bars and more How do you work with companies after the initial presentation? Generational categories and how to speak to them Disruptors and challengers vs. older, static brands Advice from Paul and Catherine Resources: ClarkMcDowall Website Catherine Clark LinkedIn Paul McDowall LinkedIn NexxtLevel Brands Website Steven Cl

Our first CFO Connect event of 2022 focused on a topic far too neglected in the finance industry: impostor syndrome, and the toll it takes on finance professionals. To address this topic, we spoke with Catherine Clark, executive mentor and former CFO. After spending more than 20 years in organizations of all sizes, she shifted her attention and skills to professional mentoring. Catherine now helps finance leaders unlock their potential and excel in their roles. We dug deep into the roots of impostor syndrome, its consequences for finance professionals, and the ways to overcome it to express your full potential as a leader.

Learn how to make brands future-ready. In the 36th episode of the On Branding Podcast, Arek Dvornechuck interviews Paul McDowall and Catherine Clark, and we talk about branding. Learn more: ➡️ https://www.ebaqdesign.com/podcast/36 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ebaqdesign/support

Episode 4 of ‘A Future Made', a new podcast series by Heriot-Watt University, is all about ‘Fast Fashion, Sustainability and Rethinking Design'. Anna Ploszajski and Robbie Armstrong review their wardrobes when they meet Grace Smith, a screen-print and technical finishing demonstrator, Catherine Clark who teaches Design Management, and Director of Research Julian Malins, at Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles and Design in the Scottish Borders.

Paul McDowall and Catherine Clark were neighbors when they founded ClarkMcDowall, a 21-year-old agency that with “intelligence and imagination” architects growth for “visionary companies.” Originally starting with big clients Catherine “inherited” from her previous employer, the agency had to put in effort to bring on the startups and mid-size companies that keep an agency nimble, fresh, and entrepreneurial – where there is a higher chance of “getting stuff done.”  Paul says the agency's most productive relationships come with clients that want to think ahead and think differently, make changes and do something different, and push boundaries – that these companies have a “sophistication in the way they think, but also a progressive way of thinking about their own industry or their own business.” Catherine notes that the human side is important to the mix and that today's clients are far more savvy about marketing and innovation than they were even six years ago. Brand-architecting involves broad-scope innovation in such activities as creating new brands, amplifying “rising star brands,” and transforming legacy brands for visionary clients by changing brand strategy, purpose, or positioning. The agency's brand expression work covers verbal expression (naming/ messaging) and visual expression (visual ID, packaging, design across the whole ecosystem, and web, video, and social components). Catherine says, “Architecting a brand is really about getting into what it stands for and then really thinking about how that impacts in all the ways it expresses itself.” As an example of client work, Catherine talks about the agency's multi-year effort with the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team; addressing such issues as – What is their purpose? Why do they exist? How do they uniquely do things? What is it they actually do? – and then thinking how that manifests in the organization's operations – a campaign, a tagline, player experience, how a new player is greeted . . . or about the arena itself and the experience of the arena. Paul extends the scope by mentioning that these things include the internal culture as well, “how they talk to each other” and “how they hire.” Although ClarkMcDowall is based in New York City, the 2020 Covid lockdown forced the agency to rethink its organization. Catherine talks about the tension that comes with change . . . and the agency's decision to “Just go hybrid and start building it.” Today, the agency uses different systems, different ways of hiring, and different ways of working than in the past . . . and has a strong focus on creating a work environment that is less transactional and more about people's lives. About 25% of the agency's 25 employees work remotely – across the country.  Catherine says all this change has come with some nice surprises (and these are quotes): The more we allow people to try to find their own rhythm and their own environment, the more we're able to retain them and get the best out of them. I feel like we're even truer to ourselves in our values. We've really doubled down on the way that we treat people, the way that we integrate into our community, some of the pro bono stuff that we're doing.  There's this weird thing that the more you innovate, in a way, the easier it is to be true to yourself. You have to change a lot in order to really notice that anchor that you have. Catherine and Paul can be reached on their agency's website at:  clarkmcdowall.com or on LinkedIn. Transcript Follows: ROB: Welcome to the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Kischuk, and I am joined today by a duo, Paul McDowall and Catherine Clark. They're both Founding Partners at ClarkMcDowall, based in New York City. Welcome to the podcast. PAUL: Thank you. CATHERINE: Thanks for having us. We're very excited to be here. ROB: It's very excellent to have you here. Maybe you could start off by telling us about ClarkMcDowall and about what it is that makes the firm unique. CATHERINE: We call ourselves brand architects. I guess we'll start there with the unique piece. Just to be tangible for everybody who might be listening in, that means we do a bunch of things. We create new brands, we amplify what we would call “rising star brands,” and then we transform legacy brands for clients that we would consider to be visionary clients who are really looking for some change. What does that mean? It means we offer services like brand strategy, brand purpose, positioning, architecture. We also do a lot of innovation work, as that is also part of architecting those brands. Finally, we do brand expression work, whether that's verbal expression like naming/messaging or visual expression like vis ID packaging, designing across the whole ecosystem, web, video, social. There's about 25 people in our agency. Our roots and our base are in New York City, but we are hybrid. We also have talent across the country. I think what makes us unique is – we phrase it as “intelligence and imagination,” and I'm sure Paul will jump in and add to that, but it's really born from the partnership that Paul and I have. I'm a strategist originally and Paul is a creative originally, and we both own 50% of this business. It's very much about the fusion of two sides of our business that are usually not seen in equal partnership very much in the agency landscape. PAUL: Yeah. We got to the intelligence and imagination – for a while we were talking about “we have strategy brains and creative brains working together,” and it sounded a little clunky. It also felt quite limiting as well. It feels as though creatives can't think and then strategists don't have a creative thought. It's just not true. The idea of intelligence and imagination is something that we do collectively as a team. It's not one team, one person owns that. It's everybody, whether it's the strategists, whether it's the creatives, but also whether it's our client experience team, whether it's our marketing team, ops team, whoever it is. That's how we think and how we approach life. It's a broader philosophy which has stood us in good stead for the last, gosh, 21 years, Catherine. CATHERINE: It's been a journey. PAUL: Yeah. Awesome journey. ROB: Congratulations on that alone. That's quite a journey. You mentioned building brand architecture. When someone goes to your website and looks at the range of brands that are on there, we see quite an array of impressive top-level name brands. How does that play out? I imagine you can talk about some of those brands that are on the site. What does brand architecture look like for one of those examples that we might see looking at the firm? CATHERINE: I could pick a couple of examples. Architecting a brand is really about getting into what it stands for and then really thinking about how that impacts in all the ways it expresses itself. One client we like to talk about a lot is the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team. We worked with them for a number of years, really helping define their purpose, why they exist, how they uniquely do things, what it is they actually do, and then thinking about how that manifests in all kinds of ways. It could be a campaign, a tagline, some visuals. It could also be the player experience. How do you greet a new player when they show up at your team? Or it could be about the arena itself and what the experience is like. PAUL: Even their internal culture as well, how they talk to each other, how they hire. It's from the inside out. Sorry, Catherine. CATHERINE: No, no problem, Paul. This is our two heads thinking together, like we do. [laughter] So that's how we would talk about being brand architects. It's actually a little bit like an architect thinks about creating a building that is influencing the way people live their lives, the way they interact with each other, the way that building leaves a mark on the landscape. It's really bringing a lot of things together. Another manifestation of our work might be some work we did with Starbucks, restaging Evolution Fresh, which is their juice brand that was doing really well. They had this incredible, beautiful design, actually, that won some awards. But then the whole landscape changed around them. That's what happens when we get brought in to do brand transformation. It's like, “Hey, we've got this thing. It was doing great and now it's hit a wall.” We would help them from the get-go in terms of understanding, what is the problem? Who is your audience? How do we change the way you position yourself and tell your story? Then we're able to bring it to life. In that particular instance, it was mainly packaging. The packaging was their main source of communication; they didn't have any advertising. So that's where we applied all our efforts, into the visual expression, and it turned their business around. They went from major decline to double-digit growth. PAUL: They were getting delisted. Even from their own Starbucks stores, they were getting delisted. That's how dire the situation was. Through the work we launched, they were doing double-digit growth. They had the biggest growth I think they'd seen in the brand itself, and actually outpacing the category itself. So a pretty dramatic transformation. ROB: What was the timing of your engagement with Oklahoma City? Were you there right when they were moving and that transition? Was part of the brand design around the new team name? Or was it downstream from there? CATHERINE: Downstream. We came in at the Kevin Durant free agency time. I can't say too much about all of that, but you can imagine that that team was going through a lot of soul-searching in terms of what they stood for, and if that player was going to leave – which he ended up leaving – how do you make sure you define that team so that it has a real sense of purpose, regardless of the outcome they can't control? So we came in at that point and really helped them articulate what makes them different. And as Paul was saying, impacting their culture internally. They made this incredible bounce-back as soon as he left. And they're always changing and there's always players coming in, coming out. How, with a brand like that, do you help them to find what they stand for, agnostic of the players that might be there, knowing that the players are actually a huge part of the experience? So trying to create some stability and a sense of agency, if you like, for themselves outside of wins and losses and players. PAUL: I think it's interesting. They have a very progressive team way of thinking. I'm impressed with the GM, who we worked closely with and Catherine has a very good relationship with. He's super thoughtful about everything, not wanting to be just another sports team or thinking like another sports team. I think they're the folks that we do really well with, those clients that really want to push the boundary, thinking ahead – not just reflecting the status quo – and wanting to do something different, wanting to make a change, wanting to think differently, wanting to think fresh. There's a sophistication in the way they think, but also a progressive way of thinking about their own industry or their own business. We create wonderful, productive relationships with folks that are wired that way just because we're wired that way as well. CATHERINE: Just to build on that, a lot of agencies in our business are used to helping their clients narrow down their bull's-eye, target audience and all those good things. We've had to do the same thing over the years and say, “Hey, what kind of clients do we work best with?” Because you can't be everything to everyone. That's really been the thread: people who we consider to be visionary, who really want to do something different, transcend their category, push the boundaries, but at the same time have this very human side to them. We're a very casual agency in terms of how we present ourselves and how we work with people. So there's a real human side. We know we do better with clients that want that very personal, intimate relationship versus clients who are maybe looking for a big agency with lots of fancy style of working. We're in a category where there's lots of different people doing different things, and if you can really define your niche, you're more likely to be successful and be able to focus on that. ROB: Right. There's a big piece of the story there that I would like to come back to, because I think you look at a lot of the brands you've worked with, and I think a lot of agencies would look at the overall top-level brand and say that that brand is untouchable, that you really have to be a big holding company shop to engage with them. But I'm going to put a pin in that for a moment. I want to get back to the origin story a little bit. Clearly, you two teamed up and you're combining worlds of your own strengths. But how did ClarkMcDowall come to be in the first place? What's the origin story? PAUL: [laughs] This is a story that we actually didn't tell from the get-go because I think it would've scared our clients, but we were literally next-door neighbors, literally over the garden fence. Catherine was running the UK side of a London branding company and I was doing my own thing with somebody else. I was very dissatisfied; I was on the creative side/design side, very limited. Wasn't really allowed to ask a lot of questions. I'd inherit a brief and then respond to that brief. Catherine was on the flipside, doing all this incredible thinking with innovation thinking, strategic thinking, and then it would be mistranslated or turned into – just lost, just melt into the ether and never see what happened to it. We had a conversation one day – I think our spouse and partners were like, “The person next door, you should talk! They do what you do!”, whatever. And eventually we did. I remember Catherine sharing her insights. Catherine is extremely eloquent, as you can tell already. Very intelligent, bang-on. I just exploded and was like, “This is incredible.” It opened my mind to things. Likewise, Catherine, different side, “Here's a creative that thinks differently about the industry and is dissatisfied and doesn't just want to be a designer,” all those sorts of things. It was literally a meeting of the minds. It was happenstance. It was one of those magic moments in your life that is transformational. And I mean that in the biggest sense of the word “transformational.” Then we built the business from there and basically shared thoughts and insights. We started in the East Village because that's where we lived. As your audience will know, running an agency is a 24/7/365 job. We had babies at the time, or babies to come, so we wanted to stay close to our families. The human side, as Catherine touched upon, is super important to us, and recognizing that and trying to make it work for people. By the way, Catherine, jump in at any time. You've heard this story a thousand times. You don't need to hear me warbling on. CATHERINE: But you tell it so romantically. It's amazing. [laughter] I think what Paul's saying is incredible because we ended up having two girls, two boys, they were the same ages, they all went to school together. It became kind of like a family thing. The company never felt like a family business, but there was definitely a sense of community. We were very proud to have an office open on E 11th Street between A and 1st back in 1999. It was a complete scary neighborhood, and we were like, “This is where we live. We love it. We're doing it.” Our clients were a little freaked out at first, and then as soon as they got into our office, or past the front door, they were like, “This is awesome. I feel energized. I feel like I'm part of something.” I think we really stuck to who we were, and that's carried us all the way through. Then we ended up in various spaces on the same block. We couldn't really expand the space. At one point we had an apartment, we had a storefront, we had a studio, all literally on the same block. We called it our little village. That's how we grew. We started with some big clients that I'd inherited from my previous employer, Unilever – that then turned into Mars that then turned into other companies – just literally following people around. So we started really having what I would call big clients right from the get-go, and then over time actually had to work to try to get smaller clients – which is the opposite of maybe the journey a lot of other agencies take. They start with the smallest startups and then make their way up. We started literally with the big corporations and had to make an effort to go and acquire startups or mid-size companies that are actually really important to work with also, because they keep you nimble, they keep you fresh, they keep you entrepreneurial, and you have a higher chance of getting stuff out the door and published and all of those things. But it's been definitely a very organic journey for us. PAUL: Yeah. And it's not being afraid to evolve, I think. It's interesting because even after 21 years, we'll stop and do a brand refresh or want to choose our narrative or whatever it is, and we go back to those original core tenets, those values. Maybe the language around them changes, but the essence of those things, what we believe in, is still really true to who we are – this idea of being original, this idea of evolving and problem-solving and going with the times, this idea of having an optimistic outlook, because you have to in order to keep in business and keep going. The idea of community, the idea of taking care of people, nurturing people. Those things were baked in from the start. They weren't things that we made up. They're just true to who we are as people. I think that's something, if any of your audience are new business owners as well, really doubling down on what you believe in and your values and being brave and sticking to them. When you start off, you're a bit insecure. You think you need to be something else than you actually are. We had that, right, Catherine? We said, “Oh, we need to be like this agency,” and in the end it took a couple of years to be like, “No, people are buying ClarkMcDowall. They're not buying the other agency.” Then it was like, “Oh, we are who we are.” You embrace it more and you really go with it. That quirky little storefront we used to have or whatever it might be, it becomes part of you, and then that's what you build upon. ROB: It's really a key point. Maybe since you've made it through 21 years and probably continue to actually refine your authenticity – sometimes you think about building up layers; it seems like it's almost the opposite sometimes. It's peeling away the layers of what people made you think you were supposed to be and finding who you can authentically be. How have you figured some of those moments out? Because it's really, really hard when you think about the expectations that people have upon you when you say, “This is us, this is what we do. We're in the market.” CATHERINE: There's something about knowing your values. I think it was helpful that Paul and I met as people and shared values, so it's easy for us to return to, if you like, as opposed to maybe people meeting through a business lens. We just genuinely wanted to do work together and respected each other's ways of thinking. So there's a human side. I will say the tension comes when you want to change. For example, when 2020 hit, we were really quick to say – I think it was like April or something, a month or two after lockdown – “You know what? Just go hybrid and start building it. Whatever that means, we'll define as we go, but let's commit to that.” So we've changed in the last year and a half probably more ways of working than we've ever changed. Basically moving everything to Google, using different systems, different ways of working, having maybe 25% of the company remote. But somehow, I feel like we're even truer to ourselves in our values. We've really doubled down on the way that we treat people, the way that we integrate into our community, some of the pro bono stuff that we're doing. So there's this weird thing that the more you innovate, in a way, the easier it is to be true to yourself. You have to change a lot in order to really notice that anchor that you have. ROB: Have you hired in a particular secondary location, or has it really been anywhere, everywhere, or maybe just North American time zones? What's the range? CATHERINE: We're in North American time zones. We have had some team members go abroad for a month or so, and that's fine, as long as it doesn't exceed let's say the 5- or 6-hour time range. But in general, it's across the U.S. We have some people on the West Coast, which is great because we have some business over there as well. But there are some other people in places where we don't have clients. What we're noticing, though, is there's a fair amount of movement. Everybody's like, “Do I want to move?”, or they move and then they miss New York and they come back. I think what's been nice for people is that they've felt that they had the freedom to go and explore and not feel like, “I have to not move because we're going to have to go in the office next month” or something. We've allowed people to also discover what works best for them, and I think it's going to take a while to settle, because we're still in this very unexpected, volatile time. The more we allow people to try to find their own rhythm and their own environment, the more we're able to retain them and get the best out of them. That's our attitude. ROB: It's been an exciting opportunity. To your overall point, I think it can almost help when you're not trying to choose “Who's the best person we can find that wants to commute into the East Village?”, and instead you say, “Who's the best person that aligns to our values and needs who wants to work remotely?” It's a different question, and I think the numbers are bigger. The candidate pool is bigger. In our experience, at least, you can hire faster in a lot of cases. CATHERINE: Absolutely. We've also experimented with different hiring models, getting people on short-term contracts so that they're more willing to say, “I'm usually freelance, but I'm going to try to have this full-time experience for a period of time, but I'm not fully committed,” or people working part-time. I don't know that we've cracked the code yet, but we're very much in an open mindset around different ways to engage people, and that's been super successful for us. We've been able to attract people and retain people that maybe in the past it would've been like, they're not local, they don't want to work on these hours, and we might've passed them by. And actually, they've contributed tremendously to the business. PAUL: It's like constantly learning. Same with the space as well, like Catherine said. We gave up our lease. The timing worked out. We've got other pals who are big agencies who are locked into leases and they're like, “Gosh, what do I do with this now?” I guess we were in a fortunate position of being able to give that up, which means that we can experiment and we can learn and beta test. We keep saying we could never imagine – if you were to create an office from the get-go, there's no way you would put people in desks side by side, 9:00 to 6:00. You just wouldn't build it that way. So we're thinking about if and when we have the space – don't even want to call it an office, but what would that space be? What's its role, what's its function? How do we design around people? How do we design around the team? How do we design around people's lives? Because it's not just about work. It's not a transaction. I think work can often become, or has been in the past, a transactional relationship. We want to make it much more integrated and thoughtful in that sense. So that's the sort of experimentation. Do we have the answers? No, not at all. The same way Catherine said we don't have the answers on the hiring. But we're super open. We're not afraid of testing things, and we're not trying to be rigid because “That's the way it was.” It's, “What could it be?” And then we'll try to figure that out. ROB: It's fascinating that you were able after 20 years to hold the office lease even somewhat loosely. But I'm sure maybe because you've moved around so much, it's been possible to recognize that there will always be someone who will let you sign a lease when you show up with a signature in hand. But this moment is unique in what you can learn from it. We talked a little bit about some other lessons along the way around peeling those layers back, but Catherine and Paul, what are some other key lessons you'd say you've learned along the way that if you were rewinding 21 years, you'd tell yourself to consider doing differently on this journey? CATHERINE: Maybe I won't answer fully the doing things differently, but one thing that has been a big thing is how much brands have changed and how much our clients' needs have changed. For a long time – I would say for at least 10-15 years – I remember we used to do some work for a client, a big corporation, and you'd be educating them on this innovation process. They'd never done it before. Then six months later, you work with somebody else in the same company and they also don't know anything. The years would go by. I'm like, when are they going to figure out that they keep learning the same stuff? And suddenly, all of a sudden, I would say maybe five to six years ago, we started to see a shift where a lot of our clients became very sophisticated. They in-housed a lot more things, and all this stuff that we tended to have to educate them on, they know. What it means is you really have to make sure that you're adding value on top of what is basic 101 for everybody now. So the level of sophistication has really increased in the industry – which is great, actually. Different agencies are going to bring different things. For us, it's really about joining the dots. I think having a company that's owned both by somebody that comes from a creative background as well as someone who's coming from a business and strategy background has meant that we've created this culture where one doesn't trump the other. We don't have a design-led culture where strategists are post-rationalizing, or the opposite. That confluence of thinking, of different minds, is really, really rich. We find that harder to replicate in-house for clients just because they're not built that way. They're coming from a business perspective. So we're able to maybe crack things, join dots between things in ways that really add value, and we understand that process really well. But every agency is going to need to be finding how they add value over and above clients being much more educated. So if you ask me what we would do differently, I don't know if I have an answer to that other than just keep staying ahead and making sure that we're always attuned to what our clients really need and where the gaps are for them. PAUL: Yeah. I think about doing differently, maybe things to avoid is avoid limitations. Don't feel as though one has to behave and operate within a box. You can define that box yourself. I think there's more – well, not just you're able to do it; there's more need to do it, to really redefine what those parameters are. I think that is super important, whether you want to call it evolution or whatever it might be. And not just talking about services. That's a part of it, but how you do business is really important as well. And then going back to the transactional nature of business – and we see it with other agencies. I know great agencies. I'm not going to name anybody. They do fantastic work. But what we hear is they're still in a transaction with those folks. They have slots, they have people, they do the job, they go, they quit, they stay, whatever it is. They do great work. We believe that's really shifting and it's really putting the human being first. You need to craft a different kind of relationship with the folks that work for you and work with you, and putting those at the center, and then how do we build around those needs and how do we support those needs? Because if they're doing well and they're feeling fulfilled and they're feeling really good and energized, then your work product, what you do, your clients and your experience, is better as well. I think that's how we think about our business tool. ROB: It's healthy. Definitely, as you get the team in there and aligned, it really lightens the load as well as they become more capable. You don't have to always fill every hat that you've been wearing since the year 2000 or 1999. CATHERINE: Yes, that's definitely – and that's probably been our biggest challenge, getting to a team that is really empowered and that works well together. I look back over the years; we've had incredible talent, but it takes a lot of time and effort to get to a place where you can look at your leadership team and the rest of your talent pool and go, “Whoa, what an amazing bunch of people, and they work really well together.” Actually, we have an all-female leadership team at the moment, which is amazing, and they're really empowered. We have a Head of Client Services, a Head of Creative, a Head of Strategy, a Head of Operations, and a Head of Growth, and they have incredible relationships with each other. A number of those people have been with us a long time and some of them are newer. I think what's been really amazing is exactly what you just said, finding ourselves not having to wear absolutely every hat every day. I think when you do that for too long, it's hard to have big ideas when you're running around basically taking care of millions of different things. As an agency owner, allowing a team to grow under you that can really take some of the responsibility and ownership is huge. I think Paul and I spent a good 10 years running around like headless chickens. [laughter] Suddenly we hit a wall and it's like, “We have to have a reorg,” all these kinds of things that we had to do 10 years ago. But we've really managed to build this incredible team under us, which enables us to do things like this and reflect and think about where we want to take the business. PAUL: It's an old adage, but hiring people that are really good at what they do and in certain things are better at you. There are certain disciplines where I'm happy to hand that over because you're really good at that thing, and you're going to make us better and up our game. Advice to anyone starting a new business is don't be afraid of that. As business owners, your ego – you say, “Oh my God, I've got to be the best at absolutely every single little thing.” You can't. Nobody's that good. Nobody can do that. A lot of it is just trust and support and letting those people do what they do, and letting them shine as best they can. Like Catherine said, we have an awesome leadership team as well, a bunch of very intelligent, motivated, lovely human beings that I think have really helped us think about our business and move our business forward about the way we do things. Right, Catherine? And brought ideas to the table that we said, “Wow, we never thought of that” or “That really helps,” or building on ideas that we have and going with it. We call it “yes, and-ing.” That really energizes you, and it pushes us all forward. It's exciting when that happens. You get off one of those calls, those sessions, like “We just did something really good. I feel as though we've made steps forward here. I feel really good about this.” Those are great moments. ROB: Gosh, all sorts of lessons in there. I'm grateful to have you both on the podcast here. Paul, Catherine, when folks want to get in touch with you and when they want to connect with the firm, ClarkMcDowall, where should they go to find you? PAUL: If you go to our website, clarkmcdowall.com – that's “McDowall” with an “A,” not an “E” – you'll have contact details there if you want to get in touch, for talent. And then there's also LinkedIn as well. We're happy to connect with people. ROB: That's excellent. Paul McDowall, Catherine Clark, congratulations on what you've accomplished together, at the meeting of the minds known as ClarkMcDowall. Thank you for sharing your journey, and I wish you all the best moving forward with this new hybrid adventure as well. CATHERINE: Thank you for having us. It was a great conversation. We also appreciate the forum that you have for other agency owners and talents to hear about agencies and get a little bit of an insight into the underbelly of these different companies. Really appreciate that focus on the industry. PAUL: Totally agree. Thank you so much. ROB: That's wonderful. We all need each other. Thank you, and be well. CATHERINE: Take care. PAUL: Awesome. Thank you so much. Take care. Bye. CATHERINE: Bye. ROB: Bye. Thank you for listening. The Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast is presented by Converge. Converge helps digital marketing agencies and brands automate their reporting so they can be more profitable, accurate, and responsive. To learn more about how Converge can automate your marketing reporting, email info@convergehq.com, or visit us on the web at convergehq.com.

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In this part 2 of the previous episode, my friend Catherine Clark shares how she has processed the prophetic swirl surrounding her moving to Russia and why she believes the time is actually now. We also discuss how to navigate through the prophetic and how we're suppose to respond whenever a prophetic promise/invitation dies. 

In this episode, I get SUPER vulnerable and I let you guys in on how I'm processing the incredible journey I've been on with the Lord the last 2 months (which includes but is not limited to: dreams, prophetic words, and crazy divine appointments) and why I am moving from IHOP in Kansas City to join the UpperRoom Church community in Dallas. 

GrowCFO mentor Catherine Clark often finds assertiveness to be an issue when she is helping aspiring and new CFOs. She tells Kevin Appleby why that is and what you can do to be more assertive. Catherine and Susana Serrano-Davey recently covered assertiveness in the GrowCFO Women Finance Leaders group and on this episode of the GrowCFO Show she shares the key messages from that session Why do some CFOs find it difficult to be assertive? Catherine believes that the rout cause of a lack of assertiveness is closely tied in to a lack of confidence and to imposter syndrome. We covered imposter syndrome in Episode 15 of the GrowCFO show Often the new CXFO hasn't risen to be co-pilot to the CFO, instead one of the other c-suite members is first among equals on the board and has more influence both in the room and with the CFO. A new CFO may feel unworthy because she is underpaid, and does not feel on an equal footing with the rest of the leadership team. What can you do to be more assertive? We discuss a number of things you can do to become more confident and more assertive. These include: Improve the quality of relationships, take time to get to know people better and understand their problemsMake time to think and reflect, often there's more than one way to approach the situation and you need the right game planUnderstand the other persons viewpoint, find out the root cause. Often the immediate issue you are addressing isn't the route cause to their resistanceYou can't change the other person, but you can change your own behaviour. If you keep approaching things the same way and don't get results then doing more of the same rarely works. The DEAR technique to be more assertive Catherine has an interesting model to help you be more assertive. There are 4 parts to the request you want to assert D = Describe the situation Start by describing the situation as you see it to the other person. "It appears that....." E = Express your feelings Next, bring emotion into the conversation. "This makes me feel......... A = Assert your belief need or want. Make sure there's an action. Not a place to say sorry. Be clear what you need from the other person. "I would appreciate you doing......" R= Reinforce other person Let them know you appreciate them. A thank you in advance is a great way of getting the action you want. Find out more about GrowCFO If you enjoyed this podcast you can subscribe to the GrowCFO Show with your favourite podcast app. The show is listed in the Apple podcast directory, Google podcasts and many others. GrowCFO is a great place to extend your professional network. You can join GrowCFO as a free member today and take part in our regular networking events and webinars.  Premium members also have access to our extensive training centre. Here you can enrol in our flagship Future CFO or Finance Leader programmes.  You can find out more and join today at growcfo.net

Catherine Clark leads GrowCFO's mentoring team. One thing Catherine discusses regularly with her CFO mentees is how to create more thinking time. Finding the space to think is so important in so many areas. In particular thinking time impacts the quality of the decisions you make. So in this episode of the GrowCFO Show we're going to talk about decision making and lack of thinking time: Why is thinking time important for you as a CFO what can you do to increase your perspective and enhance your performanceHow can you reduce the stress that comes with lack of time to think things through. What are the main issues Catherine explores with her mentees? The lack of thinking time comes up under a number of different guises. The main issues that Catherine explores include: Proving you can think and act strategically as a leaderBalancing the day to day with strategic focusBeing stuck in the weeds and unable to see the bigger pictureA struggle to communicate succinctly The good news is that there's plenty you can do to better equip yourself. Lets take a look in more detail. Why is thinking time important? Clarity of thought gives you a wider perspective. It reduces overwhelm, and allows you to focus on what matters. You need to make smarter decisions. The right decision is critical particularly in times of change. You can add greatest value to the business by making more of the right decisions. Doing more of the day to day rarely adds value. You are likely finding yourself in a period of huge change. The last 12 months has seen many businesses rethink the way they operate. Its often been a financial imperative so the business survives, and you the CFO have been more involved than ever before in the new ways of doing business. Not only is your business model changing, so too are customer expectations. Your relationship with employees and how they work has changed, and will likely change again in the new normal. Ongoing change will mean you need to continually adapt your business strategy. You will need to make critical decisions quickly. Pressure to perform impacts thinking time Some pressure is good for you, focussing your mind. This motivates you to take action. Too much pressure can do the exact opposite. Too many hours leads to a drop in performance. This pressure will impair attention, your ability to multi task and your ability to think clearly. Your decision making ability suffers. Stress narrows your focus and perspective. The fight or flight instinct kicks in. Everything looks worse than it is. You forget the resources you have at your disposal and the possibilities available to you. Catherine finds that this is the key area most people need to focus on. Catherine and I explore this in much more depth in the audio recording and give a number of strategies you can use to both reduce stress and create space. Listen in to find out more. Find out more about GrowCFO If you enjoyed this podcast you can subscribe to the GrowCFO Show with your favourite podcast app. The show is listed in the Apple podcast directory, Google podcasts and many others. GrowCFO is a great place to extend your professional network. You can join GrowCFO as a free member today and take part in our regular networking events and webinars.  Premium members also have access to our extensive training centre. Here you can enrol in our flagship Future CFO or Finance Leader programmes.  You can find out more and join today at growcfo.net

In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend Catherine Clark and talk about her journey out of a place of cynicism and into a place of healing and expectancy for the Lord to do great and mighty things. 

In this episode, Catherine Clark drills down on what it takes to be an effective innovation partner, from her early agency work partnering with Unilever to her current projects for Starbucks. She talks about feeling fearless as she co-founded her branding agency with a neighbor, and why their shared values — around family life and women in leadership — transcended their opposite thinking styles. Listen for advice on: Starting the innovation process by defining goals How to best fight against pushbackExciting advocates to help navigate organization sizePersonalizing your concept of win/win Learn more: Catherine Clark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-clark-1711b91/Zoia Kozakov (Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoia-kozakov/About WIN: Women in Innovation: https://www.womenininnovation.coBrand Copy by Nicole Beckley See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blue Water Highway comes from the working class, coastal town background that has informed the work of so many of rock’s greatest writers and artists. They take their name from the roadway that links their hometown of Lake Jackson, Texas to Galveston, where the cops, the teachers, the baristas and the chemical plant workers travel to work hard and to play hard, blowing off steam, dancing to their favorite bands. Blue Water Highway’s music is the soundtrack for their lives. They are currently celebrating their newest album release Paper Airplanes, where they tackled the struggles of balancing the freedom and whimsy of childhood with the responsibility and discipline of adulthood. Blue Water Highway was started by two best friends from high school - Zack Kibodeaux (lead vocals, guitar) and Greg Essington (guitar). They were later joined by Catherine Clark (keyboards) and Kyle James Smith (bass). Thank you for listening! If there are bands that you would like to hear on the show or if you’re a band that would like to join me for an interview, please reach out to me at podcast@beyondradentertainment.com. Twitch: Twitch.tv/MrRadChad Instagram: @BeyondRadPodcast | @MrRadChad --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beyondrad/support

The only way that humans can have a peaceful and collaborative society is by having effective conversations. However, in an increasingly polarized and complicated world, having difficult conversations, that result in deeper understanding, is challenging. It is more important than ever to learn to have constructive conversations. My guest today has extensive experience on this topic, both personally and professionally. Catherine Clark is an internationally respected broadcaster, writer, emcee and the co-founder of the popular podcast The Honest Talk. She also runs Catherine Clark Communications, a consultancy which provides strategic communications advice and support to institutions, corporations, and individuals. Catherine has spent her entire life observing and conducting meaningful conversations. As the daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark and the prominent lawyer Maureen McTeer, Catherine grew up observing her parents have meaningful conversations with diverse groups of people across the country and around the world, and in her professional life, Catherine leads engaging conversations through the television shows, documentaries, panels and events that she hosts.   Website:                   https://catherineclark.ca/ Twitter:                    https://twitter.com/catherinejclark The Honest Talk:     https://www.thehonesttalk.ca/podcast Instagram:               https://www.instagram.com/catherinejclark76/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-clark-50b7247b/?originalSubdomain=ca

Research shows that soft skills contribute towards 80% of your career achievements.  Despite this, most people prioritise developing hard skills and do not have an action plan to improve your soft skills.  This is particularly true of the finance leader community, who spend much of their career learning technical accounting skills. The CFO role has evolved significantly during recent years.  You will need to master a significant number of soft skills to successfully deliver your role.  I asked experienced CFO Catherine Clark for her insights.  Catherine is GrowCFO's lead professional mentor and has significant experience of performing the Board level CFO. Importance of soft skills Soft skills are highly important to becoming a finance leader.  They are the qualities that make your leadership successful. Soft skills are the human skills that you use in teamwork, leadership, collaboration, communication and dealing with people.  These are sometimes known as the emotionally intelligent skills and help you to tune in with other humans. To many people, certain soft skills come naturally.  Others will need to invest time in learning these. Most accountants will learn your hard skills through your qualifications.  People consider these to be a given as you become more senior.  You will then need to differentiate yourself through your soft skills. Finance leaders have an incredible amount of knowledge and provide a unique perspective to your management team.  Soft skills allow you to articulate knowledge in a way that creates significant impact.  Communication is a vital soft skill Most experts state that communication is the most important soft skill.  Many people feel overwhelmed in their roles and rely upon your communications to provide clarity.  Finance leaders play a huge role in sharing the bigger picture, the purpose and the performance of an organisation.  This enables people to understand their role in contributing towards the business. Your gravitas, presence and how you show up must provide comfort to people.  Your finance leader role is particularly important towards making people feel safe within their roles. The CFO plays a key role in providing business confidence to the Board and stakeholders.  Therefore, the CFO must always look calm and in control. Your body language contributes towards 55% of your message, your tone contributes 38% and your voice 7%.  Therefore, you need to be able to communicate through your body language as well as through your words. Most people across the organisation will not have access to the information that you possess.  You must therefore continuously communicate with everybody to help motivate people to achieve your company's ambitions. Listening skills Your listening skills are also a vital part of communication.  These include asking people the right questions at the right time.  You need to actively listen to people to help them feel their worth in the organisation.  This often results in a huge impact on people's performance. Active listening helps you to understand other people's perspectives.  This also supports your decision-making and allows you to factor in a wider range of insights. You can assess your listening skills by trying to recollect what somebody has told you after a conversation. Why is storytelling so powerful? Storytelling is an essential form of communication as it helps to bring things to life.  People absorb information in different ways and may find it easier to relate to stories. Finance leaders need to adapt their communication to different audiences.  Most other people will not possess your level of technical ability or access to information.  Storytelling can help to bridge this gap. Showing vulnerability Vulnerability can be a great approach for building a connection with people.  This helps people get to know you better and portrays you as being more approachable.

We publish the GrowCFO Show podcast every week, but its only a small part of GrowCFO. In this week's show we take a look at how you, the finance leader, can benefit from the wider CFO community. Grow CFO is where Finance Leaders Grow Together. Join thousands of like-minded professionals using GrowCFO to access the combined knowledge and experience of the finance leader community Being a successful CFO isn't easy Becoming a successful CFO requires commitment and dedication towards delivering your full potential. Securing the top CFO role is the ultimate aspiration for most ambitious finance leaders. When delivered effectively, it offers a lucrative career full of exciting challenges. Alongside this is the personal satisfaction of making a huge impact. However, the constantly evolving role carries huge responsibility and significant pressure from ongoing urgent tasks. CFOs often feel overwhelmed and stressed out, leading to procrastination and struggling to see the bigger picture during decision-making. You may feel very self-reliant and exposed to others, creating a loss in confidence and imposter syndrome which can rapidly diminish performance levels. The most successful CFOs possess a strong financial foundation, an integrated understanding of the role and high levels of gravitas around board members. They build trusted teams, implement robust integrated systems and generate confidence, whilst supporting senior management and driving decision-making. Who is GrowCFO for? Grow CFO is aimed at finance leaders. Its not just CFOs though. Finance leaders have many different job titles. You might be a finance director; a VP finance; or a head of finance. We think of CFO referring to the person who has the no 1 role in finance. You may be a CFO already or you might have ambitions to take on that role in the near future. If you are looking to take on the role in the near future then the future CFO programme can give you the help you need. I discussed the programme with Dan Wells in episode 20 If you are a CFO, then you might be very experienced, or you might be new to the role. GrowCFO can help with the Finance Leader Programme and with mentoring. We talked about mentoring in episode 5 with Catherine Clark. For experienced CFOs its a place to give back, and to encourage the next generation of finance leaders. Chances are the things they are struggling with are things you have already solved. How did GrowCFO start? Dan Wells started GrowCFO in January 2020. Prior to that he was a partner in KPMG. I first spoke to Dan in February, and he already had a thriving community of CFOs established. We met on linkedin, and quickly ended up in an extended phone conversation. The first of many. Soon after I invited Dan to be a guest on The Next 100 Days Podcast. The relationship grew from there. That first phone call happened in Costa Coffee on the way home from my last face to face client meeting. Little did I know the next one would have to take place with us all working remotely. The next consulting project had been planned for ages too. It didn't happen. Welcome to Lockdown! Little did I know that my whole life had just changed. Besides consulting, I also worked with IA seminars, delivering courses in the classroom to develop tomorrow's finance leaders. I focused on delivering classes that let people learn practical rather than theoretical skills in a safe space. I teach most of the skills you need to be a successful strategic business partner Strategybusiness planningbudgets & rolling forecastsZBB & cost reductionUnderstanding the economic engine of the business with ABCKPIs, nonmembers financial reporting balanced scorecards I added some free resources to Dan's website to help finance leaders who needed to replan quickly during lockdown. At the same time I was looking for ways to take the things I teach in the classroom into the online space.

In this Sports Geek Replay Sean Callanan chats with Catherine Clark from Netball Queensland - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sgr-catherine-clark 

Goal setting is something that should be very personal. As you move to senior finance roles you need to take charge of your own destiny. You set your own goals, independently. We believe that goal setting starts with understanding your why? Only once you understand your why can you move to the what? The specific goals you want to achieve. Setting the goal is all very well, but you also need to address the how? How exactly will you achieve your intention? Do you plan for a whole year? Both Kevin and Catherine agree that a year is much too long to plan. A year looks too far into the distance and there are too many unknowns. Catherine plans monthly. Goal setting for Kevin is the next 90 or 100 days, but then he breaks this down into months. What is your why? Both Kevin and Catherine believe you need to understand your purpose, your own particular why? Only when yo have this can you naturally start goal setting. Do you understand what motivates you? What excites you? Kevin has a single motivating purpose. A single motivating purpose isn't a destination its a state of being. Its expressed as "I wake up in the morning to do xxxxx in order to xxxxxx" A number of resources to help: If you are looking to better understand your own why? The following books will help: Strengthsfinder 2.0 https://amzn.to/3hiOHjF Unique Ability https://amzn.to/37Kdhqq Goal setting: around your strengths or your weaknesses? Kevin believes you should focus your objectives around your strengths. Strengths are things you can develop to mastery, while weaknesses are things you are likely only ever to be mediocre in. Catherine points out that to really develop you need to get out of your comfort zone, so don't interpret strengths as just things you are comfortable doing. Think about new skills you might need to develop. Goal setting. The what? Once you understand your personal why? articulating the goals you want to achieve becomes easier. Catherine has two or three big goals. She breaks these down into intentions. The goal describes the outcome you want Catherine writes down 10 intentions each month, written as if they already happened. The intention breaks down the goal Affirming the goal is very important. You need to enjoy the journey to achieve your goals and intentions. If you believe in what you want to achieve you will achieve it Goal setting. The How? Think of goals as projects. Organise your tasks and activities as you would a project. Think also about people. Who are the people I need to engage? Make your goal setting smarter: SpecificMeasurableAchievableRealisticTimeboundExcitingRelevant Focus on one or two key things: Whats the most important thing to do today / this week? Don't have too many goals. Less is more. You can go an inch in a hundred directions or a mile in a single direction. Further Reading: Essentialism - Greg Mckeown https://amzn.to/3nQpgsg Dream bigger Most of us don't think big enough, we limit what we can achieve simply by thinking small. You need to dream big and have a great vision, the vision needs to capture your attention. Where attention goes energy flows. How do I want to feel? Who do I want around me? State your intentions to others, this puts accountability in place. The power of your vision Catherine shared her recent blog post: The power of your vision is in seeing yourself doing the thing you want to achieve. Be the leader, the director, the owner of a successful business, the person who helps others. If you can see who you want to become and why, you can be that person. You can step into their shoes and and stride purposefully forward.Never lose sight of what you want to achieve, It is the glue that holds every small step together. It is the light that you keep moving towards, that stays lit even when your motivation fades. Your vision is what drives you but you must never forget that you are the driver of the ...

Catherine Clark joins the GrowCFO to talk about imposter syndrome. Its a problem that Catherine encounters with lots of her mentees. Its something quite common amongst first time CFOs and its something she suffered from herself in her first role as a CFO. In this podcast Catherine gives you some great strategies for coping with imposter syndrome. What is Imposter Syndrome? You are in the role that you always wanted, so why do you feel like you don't deserve it? What are you thinking right now in relation to your intelligence, skills, or competence? If you're feeling unworthy in some way, consumed with self-doubt. You may be thinking, ‘I got here by luck', ‘I just work harder', ‘I am not really good enough to be here in this role'. The chances are you are feeling like an imposter, and doubting your ability to repeat past successes. Imposter syndrome is a problem worth sharing And one worth solving. Because it takes so much emotional energy to deal with the feelings of not being good enough. Lower emotional energy will drain your ability to show up in the way you wish to. It will affect your confidence, productivity, motivation, and influence and ultimately stem your potential to be the best you can be in work and in life. When you feel like an imposter, there is a gap between how others see you and how you feel inside. You attribute your success to external factors outside of yourself, rather than learning to feel like you have worked hard to deserve your role or the praise and recognition by others. Do you have an underlying fear of being found out? ‘I am not the person others think I am', I don't deserve this!'. Imposter syndrome can arise from social conditioning, self-critical thinking, and family patterning. You may have been brought up to doubt your own self-worth in some way or be in a work environment that promotes self-doubt. It's normal to feel this way. You are not alone if you have these thoughts. Research shows that the majority of people feel like an imposter at some point in their life. The feelings can be there all the time, or they can come and go. Self-awareness is the first step to combat imposter syndrome The thoughts we are having in life affect our emotions, our bodily sensations, and our behaviours. I'm going to get straight to the answer, you can change how you think. Despite having around 60,000 thoughts a day, we are not our thoughts! Meditation is one practice that is very helpful in allowing us to sit in the present moment and objectively observe our thoughts without reacting to them. In the case of imposter syndrome, you may be in a big important meeting and a thought, ‘I am not as good as my colleagues' emerges. You are likely to feel anxious or worried. Your heart may beat faster. You may feel butterflies in your stomach. You may blush if asked a direct question. As a result, you may withdraw inwards and not speak up with your insight or concern. You may be afraid to ask the questions you would like an answer to. It is often the emotion we notice first, and it is the strength of the emotion that can determine how much you believe the thought. But imagine if these automatic negative thoughts, often arising from our underlying core beliefs and assumptions and attitudes did not emerge, or if they do you would be able to reframe them? Think how much better you would feel. We can catch our thoughts and choose to react to them in a different way. It will take effort however we can break lifelong habits, and we can change our own belief system to something new. Confidence comes from courage. The courage to be imperfect, to take positive actions, one step at a time to retrain our brains and change and create new neural networks that work for us not against us. Creating new unconscious habits takes time. It will be a daily practice to train the mind ‘muscle' to perform better and stronger, but it will be worth it to see an improvement in your mental...

Elayne DeLeo spoke with Catherine Clark, architect and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)-USA and former Chair of the New York Chapter of the RIBA-USA. They discuss how architects must take the lead in addressing climate change (and pandemics) through the built environment, her mission and plans for expanding RIBAs role and membership in the US, how identity influences how young architects view joining industry organizations like RIBA and AIA, and why now is the best time for architects to experiment and create buildings that inspire and uplift the spirit. Catherine has lived and worked as an architect in NY for over 15 years and is the Director of BArC Studio. Her work has been featured in RIBA Journal, Building Design as well as the books Design Brooklyn - an overview of the best architectural and design projects across the borough and The Culture of Practice, which is a snapshot of architectural practice culture from around the world. BArC Studio's design for a Brooklyn restaurant was distilled into an icon for the critic’s review in the New Yorker Magazine. Her experience ranges from master-planning in Hampshire, UK to leading the design of New York’s first ‘Green School’. Catherine studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and is an examiner for the RIBA Part 3 exams.

Financial Business Coaching with Catherine Clark Financial Business Coach and mentor and Part-time CFO, Catherine Clark has one aim, and that to make people's lives easier.  Catherine's job is to support you, your people, and your business to reach a higher level of performance and sustainable value. She does this in 3 simple steps. The 3 C's The 3 C's are part of Catherine's services she offers in her Financial business Coaching. It is how Catherine approaches her life in working with people. It came to mind when trying to brand her offerings of service. Clarity, Connect and Confidence. Bringing you financial or personal understanding and clarity Supporting you to connect to your focus and direction Encouraging pro-active actions to confidently create the future you want   The Biggest Finance issues you find most prevalent that you can help people with? She's seen from the other side of the spectrum that businesses that have become decent-sized but haven't put the right financial structure in place struggle. They slack without the right financial support. Catherines Goal as a Financial Business Coach  Clark has a genuine passion for seeing businesses or people achieve their potential. It's hard for her to see people being held back from certain limiting beliefs that they may have or through lack of the right support. She soon left her CFO role to set up her own business to pursue her passion to help more people and businesses. She has successfully mentored managers and leaders.  Along with successfully supporting and accelerating their progression and make a more valuable contribution to their organisations.    Clark strongly believes that people and their wellbeing are vital for long-term business sustainability and success. Also that mental health and happy, healthy people are more productive which improves financial value.   Are People Reluctant to Asking for Support They Need? A generational thing could be the issue but it could also be seen as a sign of weakness to ask for support even though it shouldn't be. Sometimes people should just understand and accept that they can't be good at everything. Therefore, if there's someone better than you at something then Catherine strongly believes you should take it as it will make the journey so much easier. Could you benefit from a Financial Business Coach? If you would like to find out more about Catherine and what she has to offer, check out her website here. If you want to get to know the hosts more, follow through to Graham's business site or Kevin's here. You can also find them on LinkedIn here and here.   Check out this Podcast on Leadership Coaching if you enjoyed this one, by clicking here

In this week’s episode, we are joined by Catherine Clark of 1 Message, LLC and Beauty Boxx, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization that assist victims of human trafficking -- tells us how to build up our confidence and self-esteem as professional black women and how to begin the healing process. We talk affirmations, journaling, including how to perform 'Heart Checks' and so much more. We close out the episode by playing a game entitled, “Kiss, Marry, Ghost” (NBA Edition). For more information on Catherine Clark visit www.1message.info or www.lovenotesforu.com. For more information about Beauty Boxx, a 501(c)(3) organization and human trafficking victims visit www.beautyboxxinc.org. We Are Human Too (T-Shirt) Visit West Orange Designs at www.westorangedesigns.com/shop #westorangedesigns---Did you know that Professional Use Only Podcast now has merchandise available? Check out all of our items so you can show your love and support for our show by visiting puopodcast.com/shop.We are also launching a Patreon, so be sure to go to our website to sign up for our emails to be first to know when and how you can join us on the other side!----This episode was Executive Produced by Dawn Owens Ross.Send Mail to PUOPodcast:P.O. Box 2355Apopka, FL 32704----Do You Wanna Be On The Show? Send us your Dear Karen letters at ask@puopodcast.com or DM us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.Do You Have A Colleague Memo? If you have a question you'd like for us to answer on the show, please email us at ask@puopodcast.com.Follow Us on Social Media - @PUOPodcast (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook)Visit our website and sign up for our newsletter at www.puopodcast.com. There you can catch up on all things Professional Use Only Podcast.Theme Music Credit: Renard Hayes, Jr.

Catherine Clark is this week's guest on the GrowCFO Show. Catherine provides mentoring for CFOs and is part of GrowCFO's own mentoring team. We discuss the role of a mentor, the common issues that Catherine finds with her CFO clients, and how mentoring for CFOs can add value for both you the CFO and your organisation. About Catherine Clark Catherine Clark is a chartered accountant, she qualified with KPMG, and worked for several companies before taking on a role as CFO of a global consultancy, giving her 10 years of boardroom experience. During this time she became really keen on both developing herself and her team. The CFO mentoring her own finance team Catherine mentored her own team members. She found conversations with the team very honest. Because she saw people every day she knew their strength & weaknesses. Her people knew she was coming from a position of support, so this led to good quality trusting relationships. Mentoring CEOs in the not for profit sector Alongside her day job Catherine joined a scheme that matched women from the commercial sector to women CEOs in not for profit organisations. Supporting these CEOs made her realise she had a real liking for being a mentor and supporting other C-suite individuals. Catherine found she was addressing two common issues; self confidence; and self esteem. She discovered her real passion is to help people overcome these. These same problems are common across everyone. Catherine finds that its not just CEOs in the not for profit sector, but just about every leader she mentors. Imposter syndrome is a common problem At the core of these issues is something called Imposter syndrome. In short, people think they don't deserve to be where they are. This, of course, isn't true. Catherine finds people need to understand what holds them back before she can help them move on. She generally does lots of work on limiting beliefs. Catherine works with people on their strengths, this makes them affirm why they are so good. One of Catherine's techniques is to take folk back to successes they have had in life, analyse the success, and appreciate the strengths that made it happen. What makes for a successful mentoring relationship? A successful mentoring relationship is all about developing trust. This starts with a chemistry call of about 30 minutes. Thats where trust first established, but builds over time. Mentoring is always confidential. The mentors job is to actively listen and be a sounding board. It's as much about the mentee realising they can get to their own answer as it is supplying the answer. The mentor needs lots of energy, being present in the conversation is vitally important. Catherine finds she must be in right frame of mind for every mentoring call so can't do lots back to back. She gets into right mindset by maintaining right balance in her life. Yoga, walking and some kind of personal mental or physical activity every day get her in the right place. This way she can turn up in every session as the best version of herself. Mentoring for CFOs. How does it work? What does mentoring for CFOs look like? How does it work? Catherine likes to have a flexible arrangement that can be tailored to the needs of the individual CFO. Mentoring for CFOs will usually happen across 6 or 12 sessions. These sessions usually take place monthly. Catherine has a structure, but prefers to work on what is affecting the CFO at the time. She works from current issues, but using a toolbox of things that can be adapted to the situation. Its a very practical hands on way of giving support. What key issues crop up? CFOs often believe they can't ask for support, so turning to a mentor for help doesn't feel natural. Often the CFO feels isolated, and therefore might need reassurance. The mentors job is might be to validate the CFOs thinking. For example the CFO checking a strategy process is being driven in the right way. One big challenge is the amount of new stuff the CFO needs to quickl...

Sean Callanan chats with Netball Queensland CEO Catherine Clark about her sports business career and the juggling act of team (Firebirds), stadium (Nissan Arena) & netball participation across Queensland.  Show notes available - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/catherine-clark-netball-queensland

There’s nothing quite like entrepreneurship, and it takes grit, courage, and most importantly hope – the rest are lessons Catherine Clark is happy to share! Named one of Ottawa’s Forty Under 40 by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Catherine Clark is a nationally respected broadcaster,... The post How to Employ Yourself with Catherine Clark – July 7th 2020 appeared first on Startup Canada.

In this episode, our marketing manager Chantell Cosner sits down with alumni and member of the Gonzaga Law Board of Advisors, Catherine Clark to talk about forgiveness during challenging times as well as the impact that mentorship can have on us, no matter our background. 

Hosted by Catherine Clark and Jennifer Stewart, The Honest Talk will shed the layers of key messages and talking points, and create a forum that leaves women feeling connected, inspired and motivated in their careers and personal lives.

Phil chats with Catherine Clark, CEO of Netball Queensland. Catherine is an experienced Board Director, CEO and Senior Executive with a background in the Australian and New Zealand Government and leadership posts in national and international organisations. She's also, and this may come as a bit of a shock, a massive sports fanatic.  You can find her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mscatherineclark/?originalSubdomain=au Make sure to like and subscribe for more random conversations! . . . Have a good story or want to get in contact? Email Hannah at: hannah.kinder@ctc.qld.edu.au

Catherine Clark is the President of Catherine Clark Communications Inc.

Pastor Emmelyne Alphonse joins Crown members Bidguny Tresil, Catherine Clark and Kelda Senior to discuss Crown's 2020 Vision Board Party, and how implementing a 90-Day Strategy can help us reach our goals faster. Connect with us @crownorl.

Noah Daniels, JJ Krehbiel, and producer Catherine Clark interview Edi Tingle as she describes the passing of her mother and the ghostly experiences that followed. We would love to hear your ghost stories! Email us at RealHauntingsPodcast@gmail.com and check out our instagram @RealHauntingsPodcast. Don't forget a new episode releases every Monday and to rate review and subscribe to the podcast.

Noah Daniels, JJ Krehbiel, and producer Catherine Clark each share their favorite spooky story just in time for Halloween. JJ describes a historic haunted cave, Cat dives into a story full of creepy aliens, and Noah tells the story of America's first female serial killer who can still be seen haunting a jail in her wedding dress. Let us know which story is your favorite and email us at RealHauntingsPodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget a new episode releases every Monday and to rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast.

Noah Daniels, JJ Krehbiel, and producer Catherine Clark interview Andres Rovira, as he describes his haunting bout with Sleep Paralysis and how he was visited by the dreadful man with a hat. He also shares a story of a deceased relative staying true to their word and visiting him from the after life. We would love to hear your ghost stories! Email us at RealHauntingsPodcast@gmail.com and check out our instagram @RealHauntingsPodcast. Don't forget a new episode releases every Monday and to rate review and subscribe to the podcast. Check out Andy's movie on Amazon Between The Darkness. It is perfect for Halloween.

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city’s present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city’s first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city’s present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city’s first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city’s present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city’s first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city’s present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city’s first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city’s present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city’s first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city's present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city's first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca).

What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the words “Paris” and “photography”? Is it a famous photo, perhaps an Atget, Brassai, or Doisneau? In her new book, Paris and the Cliché of History: The City in Photographs, 1860-1970 (Oxford UP, 2018), Catherine Clark explores the history of how and why photographic images have been central to understanding and imagining the city’s present and past, figuring profoundly in the representation and documentation of change over time in the French capital. In this beautifully illustrated and fascinating book, Clark recounts and analyzes the story of the collection, mobilization, and recollection of photographs as historical documents, a visual archive of urban transformation and memory. From the inauguration of the city’s first photo archives at the Musée Carnavalet, to the illustrated “photohistory” books that used images as documentary evidence, to the photographic museum exhibits, commemoration, and even a citywide contest, in which past and pictures were imbricated, the book looks at how photographs work, and takes seriously their biographies long after moments of capture. Moving beyond the work of key photographers, Clark examines how publishers, historians, public servants, and a range of other actors all participated in making Paris the quintessential capital of photography from the nineteenth century up to the 1970s. The book will be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of the city, of photography, of how the past is conceived and made in a field at once visual, technological, material, and affective. Roxanne Panchasi is an Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada who specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century France and its empire. She is the author of Future Tense: The Culture of Anticipation in France Between the Wars (2009). Her current research focuses on the history of French nuclear weapons and testing since 1945. Her most recent article, '"No Hiroshima in Africa": The Algerian War and the Question of French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara' appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of History of the Present. She lives and reads in Vancouver, Canada. If you have a recent title to suggest for the podcast, please send her an email (panchasi@sfu.ca). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myrrhanda and Stephanie reflect on figuring out how far to push yourself when you aren’t feeling your best, and share wisdom from our conversations with Catherine Clark and Amy Tung. We also dive into topics such as overcoming adversity, creating boundaries, leaning out and leaning in. Stuff mentioned in this episode: Listen to the Happy Mom episode with Ann Douglas here: https://www.womendontdothat.com/podcast/episode/c1ce7429/you-can-be-a-happy-mom-with-author-and-parenting-expert-ann-douglas Listen to the podcast with Catherine here: https://www.womendontdothat.com/podcast/episode/c3c06336/redefine-your-professional-life-with-president-of-catherine-clark-communications-ep-24 Listen to the podcast with Amy here: https://www.womendontdothat.com/podcast/episode/c1401763/surrender-to-your-best-life-with-amy-tung-founder-and-ceo-of-the-i-am-love-project-ep-23 Background blog posts: Choosing love: https://www.womendontdothat.com/post/4-powerful-lessons-to-create-meaning-in-2019 Career advice: https://www.womendontdothat.com/post/how-to-get-out-of-your-own-way-and-advance-in-your-career Embracing ambition: https://www.womendontdothat.com/post/my-struggle-to-embrace-being-an-ambitious-woman Comment at womendontdothat.com. We love your questions and feedback. Connect with us during the week! Instagram & Twitter: @womendontdothat Produced by Myrrhanda Novak & Stephanie Mitton Edited by Myrrhanda Novak

In this episode, Stephanie speaks with Catherine Clark, a respected broadcaster, emcee, writer and the President of Catherine Clark Communications Inc.. Catherine was named one of Ottawa’s Forty Under 40 by the Ottawa Board of Trade, and is a champion of many important causes. She is also a busy wife and mother. In this episode we discuss Catherine’s career path, her thoughts on how we should do work differently, and what it was like to grow up with a Prime Minister as a father and the formidable Maureen McTeer as your mother. Stuff we mention in this episode: In My Own Name. Maureen McTeer https://www.amazon.ca/My-Own-Name-Maureen-McTeer/dp/0679312315/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=75247884559612&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvqmt=p&keywords=maureen+mcteer&qid=1570017085&s=gateway&sr=8-1 More on Catherine: http://www.catherineclark.ca/ Social media: https://twitter.com/catherinejclark https://www.instagram.com/catherinejclark76/ Book recommendation: Becoming By Michelle Obama Madam Secretary: A Memoir Madeline Albright Find more inspiring content at womendontdothat.com Instagram @womendontdothat Twitter @womendontdothat Instagram @Myrrhanda Instagram @StephanieMitton Twitter @StephanieMitton Produced by Stephanie Mitton

Noah Daniels and JJ Krehbiel interview Catherine Clark about her friend Teresa the medium. Cat tells them about the time Teresa revealed that she had gifts and that she had a very important question from beyond for Cat. We would love to hear your ghost stories! Email us at RealHauntingsPodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget a new episode releases every Monday.

In this Speaking of Business summer special, Catherine Clark turns the tables on our usual host Goldy Hyder, and puts him in the hot seat. Goldy Hyder is President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada. Before taking on his current role, Goldy was CEO of Hill+Knowlton Strategies Canada. Earlier in his career he served as Chief of Staff to Catherine's father, The Right Honourable Joe Clark. In this episode we discuss Goldy’s childhood as an Indian-born Calgarian, the experiences that have shaped his life and career, and Canada’s changing political and business landscape. Follow us on Twitter, join our mailing list, or visit our website.

A 43-year-old DeBary woman was killed Wednesday night when she turned left from West Highbanks Road onto South Shell Road in DeBary. Preliminary investigation indicates she turned her Lexus into the path of a Ford F-1350. The truck collided with the Lexus. The area had been closed to traffic since the crash occurred just before 5:30 pm. Catherine Clark was the lone occupant in her vehicle. She was pronounced deceased at the scene. Clark was not wearing a seatbelt.

I finished things!  After the end credits I do a full spoilers review of Avengers: Endgame, so make sure to turn it off if you don't want to hear it!What I Finished:Jill redid the neckline and finished her Ixchel by Catherine Clark out of Sweet Sparrow Yarns Gosling in Dusty Rose and Magpie in Butterbeer.  Her Rav page is here.  She also finished her Marklee by Elizabeth Doherty out of Invictus Yarns Reward in the Contemplate colorway.  Her Rav page is here.  She also did a bit of spinning.  She finished 4oz of a 80/20 SW Merino/Silk from Capistrano Fiber Arts in the Barrier Reef colorway.My Current Fix:Jill did a little bit more work on her Butterfly/Papillon shawl by Marin Melchior using Uneek Fingering in 3007 and Cherry Tree Hill Sock in Burgundy but isn't sold on the color combination so might start over with a different contrast color.  She then started a Fox Paws by Xandy Peters using Knit Picks Palette in the colorways Edamame, Clarity, Silver, Huckleberry Heather, and Seafaring.  She debated making it into a cropped top, but will probably just continue on with it as a shawl.  Her Rav page here.  She cast on an Annex tank top by Norah Gaughan from the Framework book from Quince & Co. out of HempforKnitting AllHemp6 in the Augbergine colorway.  She also spun up half of a BFL braid from Bee Mice Elf in the Finale colorway.What I'm Jonesing For:Jill loves the colorwork yoke sweater Birdsong by Maschenwunder Manja Vogelsang.  She wants to make the summer top Greco by Courtney Spainhower from Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 13.  Jill has a couple crochet favorites from the most recent PomPom Quarterly, Water Clover and Davallia by Isa Catepillan.  She favorited a couple sock patterns, the free Pizza Party Socks by Emma Kerian and the XO Socks by Leeni Hoi.  She likes the complicated Knitted Shawl Autumn Lace by Svetlana Gordon.Uppers, Downers and Miscellaneous Links:Celia McAdam CahillLeading Men Fiber ArtsHuntington Library and Botanical Gardens Greater Los Angeles Spinning GuildAvengers: End Game (2019)Pen15 on HuluVenom (2018)Hunter (1984-1991)Bosch on AmazonProject RunwayBetter Call Saul Season 2The Ghost WhispererThe LeftoversMen Without Women by Haruki Murakami

Today we are talking with the executive editor of Offbeat Bride, Catherine Clark. If you’re in the mood to be inspired in a way that rocks a totally different feel than your conventional wedding planning inspiration, then be prepared to be blown away Offbeat Bride. Offbeat Bride is so much more than kickass bridal candy. It’s about reality; real life. Real couples, real weddings and real different than what you’re used to seeing. Plus Offbeat offers a tremendous about of wedding planning advice strewn throughout the site. •We’re seeing so many different possibilities. It really runs the gamut… if you want a large wedding, a small wedding, gay, straight, whatever you are whoever you are and whoever you’re marrying, there’s a celebration for you. Looking at OBB we can help you get there, and it doesn’t mean that you have to wear white and fit in this particular box… We have to be inclusive, we’re all in it together, people! •People are blending in (to their weddings) what works for them. But, with the blend comes a lot of choice, and sometimes having too many choices is really difficult. •If you’re going cookie-cutter, it’s a waste of time now. There are so many options and you can do whatever you want, so why would you go cookie-cutter? •Trying to be different in a way that is not authentic to you can be really trying and can take a lot of time. •Listen as we answer a juicy + difficult “Dear Bitchless."

Sweater progress! What I've Finished:Jill made four Knitted Knockers out of Cascade Ultra Pima in a taupe color with aqua backing color.My Current Fix:Jill has finished the body and first sleeve on her Marklee pullover by Elizabeth Doherty in Invictus Yarns Reward in the Contemplate colorway.  She is almost done with her Ixchel by Catherine Clark, but has to do redo the top of the neck.  Her Rav page is here.  She is using Sweet Sparrow Gosling in Dusty Rose and Magpie in Butter Beer.  She just started the Butterfly/Papillon shawl by Marin Melchior out of Uneek Fingering and Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Burgundy.What I'm Jonesing For:Jill wants to make a neutral color open front cardigan.  She's looking at Howell Mountain by Sloane Rosenthal, Ebbetts by Elizabeth Doherty and Portage by Melissa Schaschwary.  She also likes the My Boy Lollipop by Nancy Ricci and Soundwave by Faye Kennington.  She thinks the Spring Charm Set by Susan B. Anderson is adorable.ReUps:Serendipidye DyeworksGood Stuff Crafts etsyDinaRipperCreationsSlipped Stitch StudiosThe Shawl Society - Season 1Uppers and Downers:Christopher Robin (2018)Shazam! (2019)The Perfect Date (2019)To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

It's getting harder to find a funny line to make the episode title! My Current Fix:Jill is working on her Ixchel by Catherine Clark out of Sweet Sparrow Yarns Gosling in Dusty Rose and Magpie in Butterbeer.  She was trying to do the sleeve colorwork in intarsia, but is going to do it again in plain stockinette with duplicate stitch instead.  She just split for the armholes in her Pop Crop Cardi by Ambah O'Brien and Lobelia by Meghan Fernandes mash-up out of Jessie's handspun.  Jessie spun the 3-ply yarn out of two plies of natural merino, and one ply from a Mork Made Fiber Co batt.  The cropped cardigan is for Jessie's wedding.  Jill swatched for Marklee by Elizabeth Doherty in Invictus Yarns Reward in the color Contemplate.  She also did a little bit of spinning with Capistrano Fiber Arts 80/20 Merino/Tussah Silk roving in "Barrier Reef". What I'm Jonesing For:Jill is into the Alaska sweater by Camille Descoteaux and the Oshun pullover by Christina Danaee.  She also likes the Vela Shawl by Shara Made.  Jill wants to get a jump start on the holidays with the Hello Winter! by Calle del Limon ornament and the Slice of Pizza Ornament by Michele Wilcox.  She's also going to participate in the Gnome MKAL by Sarah Schira.Re-Ups:Goodie Supply CoUppers, Downers and Miscellaneous Links:UCLA Festival of PreservationMary Poppins Returns (2018)Green Book (2018)Roma (2018)Monk The Ghost WhispererTrue Detective Season 3YouBreaking In (2018)Lorena on AmazonDuo Lingo appVox article on Racism: "The knitting community is reckoning with racism" by Jaya Saxena

Annie (Petiteweaver) joins me today! What We've Finished:Annie finished the Copy.Cat C.C Beanie by Emily Ingrid in Gedifra Metal Tweed in record time.  She also made the Blaise shawl by Ambah O'Brien in Undercover Otter Squirm in Killer Clowns froM Outer Space.  Jill finished her Gnome Pun Intended by Sarah Schira using leftover Malabrigo Sock in Turner and Eggplant.  She used the beard from Here We Gnome Again.  Her Rav page here.  She also made a baby hat using the Anemone pattern by Svetlana Volkova in Berroco Vintage color 51180.Our Current Fix:Annie is working on Archer by Elizabeth Doherty in Forbidden Fiber Co sparkle yarns .  Annie and Jill are both making stars from the Scintillation pattern by Hunter Hammersen.  Jill is also still working on her Ixchel pullover by Catherine Clark.  Her Rav page here.What We're Jonesing For:Annie wants to make the Kobuk hat by Caitlin Hunter, probably in Cascade Yarns Luminosa.  She likes her Sabrina Junk Top by Born & Raised Knits so much that she is going to make the Breeze Racerback by Jessie Mae Martinson.  Jill is going to make a cardigan for her friend Jessie's wedding, so it will either be Lobelia by Meghan Fernandes or the Pop Crop Cardi by Ambah O'Brien, or some combination.  Jill likes the Pineapple Hat by Sonya Marie for preemie/newborn babies.  For the crocheters, the Casablanca 12" Square by Maria Bittner.  Jill's into the new shawl by Bristol Ivy, Recursive.  Jill likes the colorwork pullover Graphica by Casapinka and the Zazie cowl by Anna Maltz using her Marlisle technique.  She likes Katemotz's version of the Sturgill Sweater by Caitlin Hunter.Uppers, Downers & Miscellaneous Links:Dnice Knits - videocastThe OrvilleSirenH20The Masked SingerSurviving R. KellyAquaman (2018)BaywatchNorth ShoreStargate: AtlantisSplash (1984)FrontierIf Beale Street Could Talk (2018)Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

A short one today! What I've Finished:Jill knit up the Aki Hat by Svetlana Volkova in Lion Brand Jeans in the Brand New colorway for a friend going through chemo treatments.My Current Fix:Jill is mostly obsessed with knitting the Ixchel sweater by Catherine Clark in Sweet Sparrow Yarns.  The main color is Gosling in Dusty Rose, and the contrast is Magpie in Butter Beer.  She has also been working on the Adventurer Cowl by Ambah O'Brien using Fishknits Warm Heart in the NorCal Wildflower Hotspots mini set.  She is also making a gnome using the Gnome Pun Intended pattern by Sarah Schira out of leftover Malabrigo Sock in the Turner and Eggplant colorways.What I'm Jonesing For:Jill needs to start making Scintillation stars by Hunter Hammersen for her friend's wedding!  She likes the Strofi headband by Teti/ Nutsknitwear Design and Toph hat by Woolly Wormhead.  Jill loves the Panjareh cropped top by Christina Danaee and Milu 3-color shawl by Tamy Gore.Uppers, Downers and Miscellaneous Links:Bird Box (2018)Annihilation (2018)Ex on the BeachTidying Up with Marie Kondo on NetflixSpider-man: Into the Spider-verse (2018)Trigger Warning with Killer Mike on NetflixRavelry thread on Racism & Inclusion in the Yarn CommunityMeet Makers of Color on InstagramJeanette Sloan blog with POC designers and yarn dyersLayla Saad - Me and White Supremacy workbookWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

  Work in progress Jenny Ginny's Cardigan by Mari Chiba from the unofficial harry potter knits special issue of interweave  zigzagular socks by prairie girl susie Weezie Pinwheel Blanket by Kelly van Niekerk Cait Midori test knit socks for Linda Lehman in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock Dodson Socks test knit by Caitlin Griffin in Madelinetosh Tosh Sock Knitted Starghan by Stephanie Castro Plotting & Scheming Jenny Loch hat by TinCanKnits Fangtastic socks by Wendy Gaal Cait Constellate by Hunter Hammersen w/handspun for Liam Crochet earwarmer test for Olde Thyme Yarns Weezie All the GAL blankets (Mentioned Tania Richter) Ta da!! Jenny Shortie socks! cormo sample (Mentioned Fleegle Heel) Cait Lizard Ridge Dishcloth by Laura Aylor in Sugar & Cream cotton Oooh, Shiny! Weezie Ixchel by Catherine Clark from Pom Pom Jenny Cabled headbands, particularly Celtic Headband by Juliana Lustenader Bowie shawl by Linnea Ornstein Castiel shawl by Marnie MacLean Imaginary Internet Points Jenny Gryffindor! Cait Ravenclaw! (Mentioned the pretty little stars Hunter Hammersen has been working on) Weezie Ravenclaw! Fluff n Stuff Cait La Vuelta de Espana (La Vuelta de Lana) spinning longdraw gradient... not enough yardage! (Mentioned Celestarium by Audry Nicklin, Hitofude Cardigan by Hiroko Fukatsu, Club Marvel-us from Essential Fiber, Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton) Jenny Traveling with the EEW! Southern cross fibers february club Targhee sample In the Deep End Lincoln Longwool very large, can grow up to 300lbs very long staple length, 7-14"  coarse, but very durable so shiny 12lb fleece! white white white with some other colors that are recognized separately including shades of gray up to true black and possibly moorit lockspinning conservation breed (Mentioned Wampa Stomp Farm & The Woolery) Events/News Wool Festival, Falmouth, KY October 5-7 Southern Indiana Fiber Festival, Corydon, IN October 20 & 21 Hedera Fiber Festival, New Albany, IN November 10&11 Our apologies for the fussy baby crying in the background towards the end, baby dude is not liking this whole sleep thing right now.

In this bilingual panel discussion on Creation and Collaboration that preceded the world premiere of ENCOUNT3RS (April 20-22, 2017), animator Catherine Clark speaks with the six Canadian artists involved in this historic NAC dance-music commission celebrating Canada 150. Following a discussion between Executive Producer of Dance Cathy Levy and Music Director Alexander Shelley in 2015, choreographer Jean Grand-Maître (Alberta Ballet) and composer Andrew Staniland; choreographer Emily Molnar (Ballet BC) and composer Nicole Lizée; and choreographer Guillaume Côté (The National Ballet of Canada) and composer Kevin Lau were invited to create three new one-act ballets and three original orchestral scores to be performed by the NAC Orchestra under Alexander's baton. The outcome was an extraordinary dance and music triple bill. The panel conversation centred on the genesis and creative process for each collaboration; the choreographer-composer relationship; the ground-breaking nature of this project; the impact this rare opportunity had on the creators and performers; the role art plays in helping us better understand the world we live in and in bringing us closer together; and the legacy of ENCOUNT3RS. In closing, the artists praised the NAC for commissioning a project of such magnitude and for its unrelenting urge to see it through.

In this bilingual panel discussion on Creation and Collaboration that preceded the world premiere of ENCOUNT3RS (April 20-22, 2017), animator Catherine Clark speaks with the six Canadian artists involved in this historic NAC dance-music commission celebrating Canada 150. Following a discussion between Executive Producer of Dance Cathy Levy and Music Director Alexander Shelley in 2015, choreographer Jean Grand-Maître (Alberta Ballet) and composer Andrew Staniland; choreographer Emily Molnar (Ballet BC) and composer Nicole Lizée; and choreographer Guillaume Côté (The National Ballet of Canada) and composer Kevin Lau were invited to create three new one-act ballets and three original orchestral scores to be performed by the NAC Orchestra under Alexander's baton. The outcome was an extraordinary dance and music triple bill. The panel conversation centred on the genesis and creative process for each collaboration; the choreographer-composer relationship; the ground-breaking nature of this project; the impact this rare opportunity had on the creators and performers; the role art plays in helping us better understand the world we live in and in bringing us closer together; and the legacy of ENCOUNT3RS. In closing, the artists praised the NAC for commissioning a project of such magnitude and for its unrelenting urge to see it through.

(16:43) Texas' school finance system is complicated. We sit down with TASB's Catherine Clark, an expert on school finance, to discuss how schools are funded, and why the system is so complex.  

Sponsor:  Brooklyn General Store was created in 2002 and is owned and operated by Catherine Clark. Tucked away on a sweet block West of the Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill neighborhoods, Brooklyn General Store is the enchanting fiber and textile emporium we all dream of. Dreams full of wooly goodness, yards and yards of fabric, felt, dyes, patterns, tools, and handmade gifts. A little old and a little new…a classic general store for the maker who loves to make their own everything. With a charming studio, the shop hosts a variety of wonderful classes taught by special folks including Cal Patch, Nguyen Le, Heather Love and many more. With it’s floor to ceiling shelves, old rolling ladders, and old wood floors, it feels as though you’ve stepped into a wooly wonderland…I so wish I lived closer and could adopt this shop as my own lys, but thankfully they have an online shop filled to the brim with all of their fiber and sewing goods and gifts. So if you’re in the Brooklyn area or just passing through, visit Brooklyn General Store in person and find them online at brooklyngeneral.com Fiber folk: We’re all very familiar with the wool in the fiber arts, […]

Listen in for a talk about why people are afraid to enter relationships and the fear that can only be healed in them! Paul and Catherine Clark, a recently married couple, discuss how life brought them together through their spiritual practice and the ways love has healed old fear. It is great to know you have nothing to hide!