Podcasts about change conference

Follow Sadie Shepherd and all her initiatives on Instagram: @sadiecshepherd @firenightsofworship If you're interested in finding out more about Change Conference you can find them at https://changeconference.com or on instagram @changeconference! Follow the podcast on instagram ⁠@onwaterpodcast ⁠ Hosted by Jin Choi | ⁠@kaleo.inc Produced by Jaymie Harris | ⁠@jaymieharris ⁠⁠@creativeheartmedia

Unlock the secrets to standing out in today's crowded digital marketplace with insights from Rich Brooks of Flyte New Media. Rich introduces us to his "Remarkability Formula," a powerful tool comprising four key lenses: Find, Focus, Forge, and Frame. Discover how these elements can help you pinpoint what makes your business unique, zone in on your niche, create offerings aligned with your mission, and reposition your brand to attract your ideal customers. This episode is packed with actionable strategies for branding, customer targeting, and effective marketing, all essential for small businesses aiming for growth and success. Rich Brooks also hosts a podcast called 'The Agents of Change'.  Further, he hosts a digital marketing conference called the 'The Agents of Change Conference' each October.  This conference brings in many marketing experts from across the country to cover things like local SEO, AI in marketing, creating successful LinkedIn ads, and much more!  'Listeners of Small Business Big World' can receive $25 off tickets by using the promo code "bigworld" when purchasing.

A special thanks to our partners and sponsors that make this podcast possible… Do you know someone who is thinking about ministry?   The Way College is a 4-year accredited program for people who want to pursue a future in ministry. The program is designed to go deep theologically and also equip you practically for on-the-ground local church ministry.   Launched by Jason Ballard from the Alpha Youth Series and the team at The Way Church in Vancouver, this is a wonderful option for you or your students. If you want to know more, visit thewaycollege.ca Change Conference (from Youth For Christ Canada) exists to see every youth in Canada hear, respond to, and live out the message of Jesus in their lives. Whether you join in Alberta, Ontario, or Online, make sure to check out ChangeConference.com to learn more about how your group can be part of this exceptional event.   You are invited to the YWC Conferences! All the details are available at YouthWorker.Community. Bring your whole team to be encouraged and equipped to better disciple the students in your ministry.   January 26-27, 2024 - YWC Conference Saskatoon February 2-3, 2024 - YWC Conference Vancouver February 9-10, 2024 - YWC Conference Calgary   And we're coming to Ontario!   February 24, 2024 - Today's Teens Conference   Are you a youth pastor? You should join us for the Canadian Youth Pastor Summit! We'll be in Ontario in the year and you can find more information at youthpastorsummit.ca   March 5-7, 2024 - Canadian Youth Pastor Summit East   Looking for the Coalition? Details are available at youthworker.community/coalition   Want to chat about youth ministry? Give us a shout by emailing jeremy@youthworker.community

Whether it's a large scale event like Change Conference or your ministry's own event with just your students – we really believe that the work you do after the fact is critically important. The decisions or spiritual experiences that students have are further solidified when we thoughtfully help them process all that they are going through.   That's what Sid and Jeremy talk through in this week's conversation. If you are a volunteer we hope that you'll get some really practical ideas on what you should do in the week following an event or retreat.   You are invited to the YWC Conferences! All the details are available at YouthWorker.Community. Bring your whole team to be encouraged and equipped to better disciple the students in your ministry.   November 3-4, 2023 - YWC Conference Winnipeg November 17-18, 2023 - YWC Conference Moncton January 26-27, 2024 - YWC Conference Saskatoon February 2-3, 2024 - YWC Conference Vancouver February 9-10, 2024 - YWC Conference Calgary   Are you a youth pastor? You should join us for the Canadian Youth Pastor Summit! We'll be in two locations this next season and you can find more information at youthpastorsummit.ca   October 23-25, 2023 - Canadian Youth Pastor Summit West March 5-7, 2024 - Canadian Youth Pastor Summit East   And we're coming to Ontario! These two events are perfect for you, your youth ministry team, AND your students…   October 27-28, 2023 - Change Conference Ottawa February 24, 2024 - Today's Teens Conference   Looking for the Coalition? Details are available at youthworker.community/coalition   Want to chat about youth ministry? Give us a shout by emailing jeremy@youthworker.community

Get a sneak peek at the CLEAR conference plenary session, "Own Your Shift: Turn your season of change into your season of possibility." Tiffany Lanier, Change + Wellbeing Speaker and Founder of The Morning Shift Co., will share how to create meaningful impact in our lives, in our work, and in the world by pushing past the old paradigm of rise and grind and stepping into the new paradigm of what she calls "rise and shift." She talks about the mindset, tools, and resources that can help us be more equipped when the challenge of change arises and why it's important to acknowledge that we are human in the midst of these great changes and focus on wellbeing. Engage in further discussion on CLEAR's Regulatory Network (members-only, join here). Transcript: http://clearweb.drivehq.com/podcast_transcripts/CLEAR_podcast_episode68_AECplenary_Navigating_Change_080823_transcript.pdf

On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey talks with speakers at the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) Building Lasting Change conference held on June 1 and 2 in downtown Vancouver. Warren first spoke with CaGBC president Thomas Mueller about returning to an in-person format after going virtual during the pandemic, collaboration with their American and international counterparts and how the green building movement has grown and changed since the CAGBC was established two decades ago. He also pointed to areas where Canada and other G7 countries aren't meeting their targets. He also pointed out green building is in a transition phase as the world moves towards decarbonization and praised the Canadian government for its leadership in moving to net-zero buildings. He also spoke to KingSett Capital sustainability and resilience vice-president Kit Milnes about the increased demand from stakeholders for decarbonization, strategies for companies looking for executive buy-in on sustainability initiatives and the launch of a new decarbonization tool from Kingsett Capital which Milne announced at CaGBC. You can listen to The Construction Record on the Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce websites as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music's podcast section. Our previous episode featuring ConstructConnect chief product officer and AEC Cares president Jennifer Johnson speaking about the recent #projectsanfrancisco renewal collaboration with Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco is here. Thanks for listening. DCN-JOC News Services

Even if your ministry doesn't include a class type environment, chances are you've struggled to know what to do with students who don't engage in the way you hope they would. If so, this conversation is still for you!    Join Kara, a fellow Canadian youth worker, and Jeremy as they tackle what you can do with hyperactive teens that don't do well in a class type environment. Kara will offer a few ideas that you can take action on this week:   Set clear expectations Collaborate and talk with parents and families Involve and embrace them   If you have a struggle that you wrestle with, would you drop it into this form? We've got some great questions so far – keep them coming!    And if you would like to offer your own wisdom to someone else's question, you can head to the same form (click through to page two).   There are so many ways for you to connect both in person and virtually this season! Check out these awesome conferences:  YWC Winter Conferences Canadian Youth Pastor Summit (East) on March 21-23, 2023 Change Conference on February 24, 2023 Today's Teens Conference on February 25, 2023 Youth Quake by Briercrest in May.   Want to chat about youth ministry? Give us a shout by emailing jeremy@youthworker.community

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We want to hear from YOU!   If you have a struggle that you wrestle with, would you drop it into this form?   And if you would like to offer your own wisdom to someone else's question, you can head to the same form (click through to page two).   There are so many ways for you to connect both in person and virtually this season! Check out these awesome conferences:  YWC Winter Conferences Canadian Youth Pastor Summit (East) on March 21-23, 2023 Change Conference on February 24, 2023 Today's Teens Conference on February 25, 2023 Youth Quake by Briercrest in May.

We've talked about loving the students who are seemingly unlovable (check out episode 42!), but what do you do when you have students who are actively impacting other students negatively? Maybe it's feedback from parents upset that their kids have come home knowing a new curse word. Or maybe it's that you've noticed the culture of your group start to slide into a place you'd rather not see it go. What are you supposed to do when it seems like one student is ruining it for the rest of them?   Join today's conversation with Sid and Jeremy as they talk through practical steps you can take: Clarify the purpose and culture of your ministry. Have a one on one conversation with the student (and maybe their parents). Have a conversation with those being influenced (and maybe their parents too!).   There are so many ways for you to connect both in person and virtually this season! Check out these awesome conferences:  Canadian Youth Pastor Summit (East) on March 21-23, 2023 Change Conference on February 24, 2023 Today's Teens Conference on February 25, 2023 Youth Quake by Briercrest in May.   You can check out all of YWC's events here: https://youthworker.community/events/ We'd love to get your wisdom in these conversations by either submitting questions or helping to answer them! You can do that using this link.

We chat with Aliza Latta - author, writer, church planter and content creator for Change Conference! We chat about healing, time with Jesus and much more!

In this episode of the Covered By Grace podcast we talk about being the change with special guest, Aliza Latta, of the Change Conference. Aliza is a writer, an artist, and a pastor, and she's a huge fan of telling stories. She also creates content for Canada's largest youth conference, Change Conference, which we will be discussing in this episode! To learn more about the Change Conference & to purchase tickets, please visit - www.changeconference.com Find Covered by Grace video podcasts exclusively on unveilTV - a new platform with inspiring faith and family content, and now the exclusive home of Covered By Grace video episodes. Go to unveilTV.com and subscribe for a free 7 day trial and continue for $14.99 per month to access all the new Covered by Grace episodes! Connect with us on Instagram @coveredbygraceco Shop our Christian clothing line at www.coveredbygraceco.com

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Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. Yesterday, Rich described the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference, and in part 2 of our conversation, Rich walks us through what goes into promoting and hosting a conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. Yesterday, Rich described the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference, and in part 2 of our conversation, Rich walks us through what goes into promoting and hosting a conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. In part 1 of our conversation, Rich describes the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. In part 1 of our conversation, Rich describes the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 33 with Mugisha Fontaine

This week on Talk Recovery Radio Dr. Louise Stanger Author of "Addiction in the Family: Helping Families Navigate Challenges, Emotions, and Recovery" About the Book: A practical and supportive guide for families struggling with addiction Get compassionate guidance that shows you how to navigate the unique challenges faced when a family member is suffering from a substance use disorder (SUD). Addiction in the Family helps you better understand what your loved one is going through while also offering realistic advice for approaching their addiction and how it affects your entire family. Drawing on Dr. Louise Stanger's years of experience as an SUD and family trauma clinician, Addiction in the Family allows you to take things at your own pace and concentrate on the areas where you need the most help. Whether it's finding ways to help your loved one, concentrating on your own self-care, or starting the healing and recovery journey, you'll find practical and thoughtful guidance. Addiction in the Family is: Family-focused―Get advice that addresses the dynamics and challenges of dealing with a partner, child, or other family member who is suffering from SUD. Practical and hopeful―Learn how to set boundaries, deal with strong emotions, and find addiction treatment options, as well as the best ways to communicate with a loved one compassionately and honestly. Filled with real-life examples―Realize that you aren't alone thanks to composite anecdotes―drawn from Dr. Louise's practice―that help you contextualize your experiences. About Dr. Stanger: Dr. Louise Stanger focuses on strength-based solutions and invitational change Dr. Louise is an Ivy League Award winner (2019 Interventionist of the Year from DB Resources in London and McLean Hospital – an affiliate of Harvard), educated social worker, popular author, internationally renowned clinician, interventionist and speaker and an expert on mental health, addiction, process disorders and chronic pain. She gets to the heart of the matter in helping families because she's passionate about bringing hope and healing to loved ones. When you call, you won't have to go through any intermediaries. She will pick up the phone and talk directly with you. Dr. Louise developed and refined her invitational method of mental health and substance abuse interventions using the well-established research methodology of portraiture. She has performed thousands of family interventions throughout the United States and abroad. She has received numerous awards for her years of dedication to the fields of intervention & recovery. In addition to her years of experience, Dr. Louise is a published author whose work covers a range of topics including mental health, substance abuse, and well-being, the opioid epidemic, marijuana and other drugs, parenting, high wealth clients, finding happiness, spirituality, failure to launch, chronic pain and pain management, family and many more. Her latest book, Addiction in the family: Helping Families Navigate Challenges,Emotions and Recovery (2020) is a #1 bestseller on Amazon. Her book Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal is available on Amazon. Dr. Louise is also known for lively, informative, customized and invigorating trainings for staffs, families and clients. Foundations Recovery Network's Moments of Change Conference proclaimed Dr. Stanger the “Fan Favorite Speaker.” In addition, the San Diego Business Journal listed her as one of the top 10 “Women Who Mean Business” and she was ranked as one of the top 10 Interventionists in the Country. In 2017, she received the Dr. Joseph P. Galleta Spirit of Recovery Award and the DB Resources in London Journalism Award. In 2018, she was honored by the Forgiving Foundation and spoke in London on World Drug Day in June. She also received the 2018 Friendly House Excellence In Service Award and continues to inspire change. Visit Dr. Stanger's: Facebook Page    Website  

Today's episode features Part 2 of 2 of our Global Voices for Change: Policing, Communities, and the Common Good Conference. As a reminder, Saybrook University hosted this conference in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmed Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, bringing together community members, policing agencies, and universities from around the world to spend time in dialog that will lead to action that promotes humanistic policing practices toward stronger community engagement and reforms that lead to greater racial & social justice both here in the United States and across the globe. Our segment today features the final three panel discussions including: the first focusing on police officers' experiences in the field; the second on humanistic policing, and the last is centered on moving from dialog to action. We'll include links and other vital information in the show notes.  To learn more about Saybrook University, visit us online at saybrook.edu.  And now our second episode featuring the remaining powerful sessions from the Global Voices for Change Conference. Thank you.Resource Page: www.globalvoicesforchange.orgGlobal Voices for Change Conference Session Panelists/ModeratorsSESSION III: Community Voices: Experiences of Police in the Field ~ Moderator: Dr. Ginger Charles PanelistsJenny Donaldson: (ret. Police) Consultant SpeedwellblueJami Resch: Division Chief, Portland, OR Police DepartmentMike Richmond: Chief Advisor / Assistant Director, Strategic Foresight, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) Rick Muir: Director, UK Police Foundation SESSION IV: Humanistic Policing: Innovations from Around the World ~ Moderators: Dr. Jonathan Smith and Dr. Ginger Charles Panelists Martin Hewitt: Chair of the UK National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)Focus: The work being done by the NPCC in engaging minority communities Michael Baldwin & Chief of Modesto Police Department, Brandon GillespieFocus: Cultural Engagement & Community engagement: Coaching series Division Chief Jami Resch: Portland, Oregon Police Department Focus: Debriefing officers engaging protesters. 50 days of engagement Chief Constable Andy Rhodes: Lancashire Police in England; Founder, Oscar KiloFocus: Vulnerability of police officers and staff and the work Oscar Kilo Well-Being Initiative is doing to support them. Kudakwashe Chirambwi: Police Consultant, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe Focus: Changes in the policing of indigenous groups in Zimbabwe during the pandemic. Emada Tingirides: Deputy Chief Los Angeles Police Department. Focus: Community Safety Partnership Bureau of the LAPD. Joined by Mr. Joel Lopez.  SESSION V and Closing Remarks: From Dialog to Action & Gamal Turawa – Key Next Steps ~ Moderators & Panelists o Dr. Ginger Charles and Dr. Jonathan Smith Focus: Building the Virtual Multimedia Reader, Research Group & Social Media 

I've been absent for a while but I wanted to share my poem that I will be reading for the Women's 4 Change Conference in March, and talk a little bit about my baptism that too place this past Sunday. Thank you to everyone listening in. This is one of my emotional ones!

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. Yesterday, Rich described the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference, and in part 2 of our conversation, Rich walks us through what goes into promoting and hosting a conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. In part 1 of our conversation, Rich describes the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There’s no doubt that large events have made an impact on people’s spiritual lives in recent decades. Whether you talk about tens of thousands at a Billy Graham event or thousands at a regional youth conference, there are countless stories of decisions made to follow Jesus during those events. So what do we lose if we can’t access those types of events like we used to? Are there still opportunities for students to take steps in their journey? What can we do as youth workers to make space for significant spiritual decisions to still get made this year in our ministry?   Dale and Olivia mentioned a resource for following up with a teenager who has made a new decision to follow Jesus and that is available HERE.   You are invited to bring your youth ministry to Change Conference online this fall. Sadie Robertson, Lecrae, Chad Veach, and many others will inspire and empower students to live for Jesus and make a difference in the world.   You are also invited to the Youth Ministry Online Summit for Volunteers. This event is designed for staff to attend with their volunteer teams. It will provide face-paced keynotes that will motivate your whole team for the season ahead and then in-depth breakout sessions on the essentials of volunteering in youth ministry. All content will premiere live on September 12 and also be available for on demand download on that day. Learn more about the Youth Ministry Online Summit here.   Submit your youth ministry question at youthministry.team.

Dr. Louise Stanger focuses on strength-based solutions and invitational changeDr. Stanger is an Ivy League Award winner (2019 Interventionist of the Year from DB Resources in London and McLean Hospital – an affiliate of Harvard), educated social worker, popular author, internationally renowned clinician, interventionist and speaker and an expert on mental health, addiction, process disorders and chronic pain. She gets to the heart of the matter in helping families because she’s passionate about bringing hope and healing to loved ones.When you call, you won’t have to go through any intermediaries. She will pick up the phone and talk directly with you.Dr. Stanger developed and refined her invitational method of mental health and substance abuse interventions using the well-established research methodology of portraiture. She has performed thousands of family interventions throughout the United States and abroad. She has received numerous awards for her years of dedication to the fields of intervention & recovery.In addition to her years of experience, Dr. Louise is a published author whose work covers a range of topics including mental health, substance abuse, and well-being, the opioid epidemic, marijuana and other drugs, parenting, high wealth clients, finding happiness, spirituality, failure to launch, chronic pain and pain management, family and many more. Her book Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal is available on Amazon and Learn To Thrive-An Intervention Guidebook through Routledge Press.Dr. Louise is also known for lively, informative, customized and invigorating trainings for staffs, families and clients. Foundations Recovery Network’s Moments of Change Conference proclaimed Dr. Stanger the “Fan Favorite Speaker.” In addition, the San Diego Business Journal listed her as one of the top 10 “Women Who Mean Business” and she was ranked as one of the top 10 Interventionists in the Country. In 2017, she received the Dr. Joseph P. Galleta Spirit of Recovery Award and the DB Resources in London Journalism Award. In 2018, she was honored by the Forgiving Foundation and spoke in London on World Drug Day in June. She also received the 2018 Friendly House Excellence In Service Award and continues to inspire change.To learn more about Dr. Stanger, visit https://www.allaboutinterventions.com/about-dr-stanger/To learn more about Rob Lohman, visit www.LiftedFromTheRut.com

Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn Ryan Hanley is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Hanley Media as well as the Founder of Rogue Risk, an insurance solutions company that seeks to innovate the traditional and slow approach to getting insurance coverage. He has extensive experience in content marketing, using social media to generate leads, and insurance plan customization. Ryan also regularly hosts customized marketing workshops and has presented keynote speeches on a variety of stages, including at the Agents of Change Conference, on topics related to leadership, marketing, and sales for growth-focused companies and organizations. Ryan joins us today to discuss what Rogue Risk is all about and how they can innovate the customer-agent experience. He shares why he left his previous company and started Rogue Risk and describes the current problems plaguing the industry regarding customer experience. He shares his thoughts on today’s new entrepreneurs and the opportunities that present themselves in the industry. He also discusses the benefits of networking and attending events and explains why he believes being an insurance agent is one of the best jobs in the world.  “It is so much less about what you actually do, and much more about the expectations that you set and how tightly you adhere to those expectations.” - Ryan Hanley Today on Spot On Insurance: Ryan’s experience as an entrepreneur and what he wants to achieve in 2020. The mistakes he made early in his career. The risks of tampering with a system customers are accustomed to. When he realized he wanted to start his own agency. The challenges he encountered as an entrepreneur. What networking did for his business. Why being a property-casualty insurance agent is the best job in the world. His thoughts on the opportunities to be entrepreneurial today. Key Takeaways: You don’t always have to upgrade your system. There is wisdom in the saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Being your own boss means never having just to say yes when you actually want to say no. Many entrepreneurs fail because they think owning a business is a get-rich-quick scheme. Resources Mentioned: Ep. 68: Embracing The Power Of Digital Sales Connect with Ryan Hanley: Official website Hanley Media Rogue Risk LinkedIn Email: ryan@ryanhanley.com This episode was brought to you by….. Insurance Licensing Services of America (ILSA), America’s Premier Insurance Compliance and Licensing experts. To learn more about ILSA and their services, visit ILSAinc.com. Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit SpotOnInsurance.com. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your review on Apple Podcasts Rate and Review For SpotOn and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

In this keynote from 2009 in Boise, Idaho, at the Living in The Fire of Change Conference, James O'Dea recounts in extraordinary detail the power of dialogue, listening, and the imperative of restorative justice, healing justice. Originally titled "Roots and Stars", we wanted to illuminate the fullness of this hour as a prophetic message for […] The post Listening From Essence, Dialogue or Death: James O'Dea appeared first on Restorative Justice On The Rise.

Katlyn Grasso W15, is the founder and CEO of GenHERation. In her role as CEO, she has created the GenHERation Summer Leadership Series, developed original GenHERation webisodes, and grown the GenHERation community to more than 250,000 members. She is a recent graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where she received a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in finance and strategic globalization. She is one of the inaugural recipients of the President’s Engagement Prize created by Dr. Amy Gutmann at the University of Pennsylvania. This award provides graduating seniors with $150,000 to develop innovative projects that have the potential to change the world. Katlyn is a Seventeen Power Girl and was also named to the magazine’s list of “Real Girls Doing Amazing Things.” Katlyn was selected to participate in the 2015 Millennial Trains Project, a cross country trip for 25 social innovators from around the world sponsored by NBCUniversal. During the journey, she was named one of the “5 Innovators to Look Out for on the 2015 Millennial Trains Project” by Innovator’s Peak. After the trip, she was awarded a 2015 Impact Grant from NBCUniversal to produce webisodes of the GenHERation Summer Leadership Series 2015 as one of the most innovative, socially-impactful projects that came out of this year’s journey. She was featured on the cover of Philly Biz Magazine as the youngest woman on the “Women to Watch” list. Katlyn is a serial entrepreneur who has started two nonprofit organizations, the dance exercise program Tap for Tots, and a technology commercialization venture. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Center of the Advancement of Girls at the Agnes Irwin School. Katlyn is a frequent television and radio contributor and has appeared on CNBC, NBC New York, NBC Washington, D.C.,  SiriusXM Radio, CBS Radio Los Angeles, and Kiss 104.1.Originally from Hamburg, New York, Katlyn is now a bicoastal entrepreneur spending her time between New York City, Philadelphia, and California. During her time at Penn, she was the Managing Practice Leader of the Wharton Small Business Development Center (SBDC). She was responsible for managing the daily operations of the High Impact Growth Consulting Program, which included overseeing the work of more than 60 undergraduate and MBA students and 80 cases per year. Within an 18 month period, she helped the SBDC team generate $30 million in revenue and new investments for their clients. She was a founding team member of the SBDC’s Accelerator Program and served as the CEO of the Women’s Vertical. In recognition of her contributions to the Wharton SBDC, Katlyn received the 2014 Wells Fargo Distinguished Leadership Award. In addition to her work at the Wharton SDBC, Katlyn served as the Co-President of Wharton Ambassadors, a member of the Wharton Venture Initiation Program, a Neff Entrepreneurial Intern Fellow, a Wharton Peer Advising Fellow, a Turner Social Impact Society Intern Fellow, a National Student Ambassador for Women in Toys, and a member of Soundworks Tap Factory.  She was honored with several awards at Penn, including the 2015 Wharton Vice Dean’s Award of Service, 2015 Wharton Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, 2015 Penn Student Award of Merit, 2014 Wharton Venture Award, 2014 Snider Seed Award, 2014 Social Impact Research Experience (SIRE) Grant Award, 2014 Trustees’ Council of Penn Women Grant Award, 2014 Women in Toys Scholarship recipient for being a promising female student entrepreneur, 2013-2015 Wharton Innovation Fund Grant, 2013 Wharton Social Impact Initiative Research Grant, and the 2013 Herbert S. Steuer Memorial Prize as one of the most outstanding Wharton students in scholarship, personality, and leadership. Katlyn is an avid researcher and has conducted international research on girl’s leadership development. She has interviewed more than 1,500 girls, 200 executives, and 100 educators across all 50 states, 9 countries, and 4 continents. She created the Leadership Camp for Girls 2013 to test her research hypotheses. As a recipient of the 2014 Wharton SIRE Grant, she studied how girls’ consumption of media influences leadership development in the 21st century.  She completed an independent study with Wharton’s Vice Dean of Social Impact to analyze female leadership development through a literature review. In spring 2015, she worked with Wharton’s Management Department to organize an analysis of the global venture capital industry. Katlyn speaks nationally about entrepreneurship, technology, and the advancement of women. She has been a featured speaker at the Kronos Women’s Forum, Leading for Change Conference, Forbes CMO Excursion, Heads Network Annual Meeting, Young Entrepreneur’s Academy CEO Round Table, the Sea Crest School’s Innovators’ Symposium, Nichols College Institute for Women’s Leadership, and has introduced a presidential candidate for the 2016 election. Her work has been featured in national media outlets, including Seventeen, Forbes, NBCUniversal, The Huffington Post, HuffPost Live, Yahoo Travel, Penn Current, Penn Gazette, Philadelphia Daily News, Philly.com, Technically Philly, The Daily Pennsylvanian, Innovator’s Peak, Idea Forge, Washington Times, Miami Herald, Catalyst, The WALK Magazine, CollegeFashionista, Neon Tommy, Macaroni Kid, Poets & Quants, Knowledge@Wharton High School, Wharton International Business Review, and Wharton Magazine.

Student guest Maria El-Azzi just earned her A.S. in Science at NOVA and is now busy with pre-reqs for Pharmacy School. She's also the President of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) Student Organization at NOVA Community College's Loudoun Campus and joins hosts Mike McMillon and Tatyana Schum in studio.Maria shares how she grew from her first day at NOVA; not knowing anyone. Hear how getting involved has helped her build social skills, learn leadership chops, and form friendships. She also jets to the Circle of Change Conference in Los Angeles, CA for a long weekend. So many valuable things to gain via NOVA - opportunities are everywhere.Produced by the NOVA Sound and Music Recording Tech Program (http://www.loudounsound.com). Wanna study in the program? Give us a holler -- we'll set up a tour with our program director Sanjay Mishra. Show music copyright Sanjay Mishra/Akar Music.

In this episode Josh talks with Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media and organizer of the Agents of Change Conference. They discuss the power of live events and things you should consider when putting one.

One of the most important things you can do after a big event, launch, or campaign, is to review it and figure out how you can do it even better the next time.

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. Yesterday, Rich described the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference, and in part 2 of our conversation, Rich walks us through what goes into promoting and hosting a conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Today we discuss the marketing value of hosting a conference. Joining us today is Rich Brooks, President of Flyte New Media, which is a web design and internet marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs. In part 1 of our conversation, Rich describes the value his company gives and gets by putting on the Agents of Change Conference. Show NotesConnect With: Rich Brooks: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Matt and Sam are back to talk about the E3 Games Expo and Matt talks about his experience going to the Games for Change Conference! Social Media: Email: trigpod@gmail.com Twitter: @trig_podcast Twitch: @tpwtfSam

INVITATION: I'll be speaking as well, so come and join me for the ‘Wind of Change’ Conference in Verona, Italy this March!!! For more info, check out the conference site here: https://wcfverona.org/

This episode is part of our in-depth coverage of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems Consortium (HITS) 2018 conference in Nashville, TN that took place September 18-20th. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. There are plenty of reasons to be concerned with air quality in the hospital environment. The obvious ones are related to patient safety, but as we move toward a more consumer-directed healthcare system and as CMS continues to incentivize a positive patient experience through HCAHPS surveys (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) and other programs, it's important to address patient perception too. On this episode, we're talking clean air and patient satisfaction with Samantha Kitchen, Director at Radic8 Ltd. Sammy explains how a well-placed air quality system can eliminate air contaminants, alleviate foul smells that leave a bad impression, and give patients peace of mind. A few highlights from our conversation with Radic8:  After becoming the gold standard for air sterilization in Canada, Radic8 is ready to bring us new tech from the UK that can reduce airborne viruses by 99.9999%. The primary challenge is still about educating hospitals. The message: you can control what you touch but can't control what you breathe. Radic8 is wall-mounted, circulating sterilized air within the room. This allows you to maintain air quality standards with no need to heat, cool or treat the air, bringing HVAC costs down. Radic8 helps with HCAHPS and patient satisfaction scores. The reduction in strange smells is huge for helping patients feel like they're in a clean environment. Home units are available too. With Hextio, Radic8 used the same hospital virus-killing technology and shrunk it into a compact, 12-inch unit that provides a direct flow of clean air to your child, workplace, or in a hotel. It's great to have large units in the hospital but people need this everywhere. Radic8.com looking for partners in the US ... This episode was recorded on site at the HITS 2018 conference in Nashville, TN. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Thank you to HITS, Christine Greene of NSF International, Kelly Reynolds of the University of Arizona and Michael Diamond of The Infection Prevention Strategy for working with us on this conference coverage. It was a great event, in a great city, attended by true heroes of Infection Prevention and Control from all over the world. Be sure to check out the next HITS conference in August 2019 in Buffalo, NY! ... About The HITS 2018 Conference:  The HITS 2018 Conference was held on September 18-20th in Nashville, TN.   HITS 2018 offers a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promoting “hospital health”.  The 2018 HITS “Catalyst for Change” Conference is a working conference, bringing together research scientists, industry and healthcare professionals for an interdisciplinary and dynamic approach. We work together to understand and prevent the transmission of pathogens throughout the hospital facility through a collaborative effort that includes engaging in applied research.  The conference is accredited as a provider for continuing education units (CEUs) through National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Join us for this one-of-a-kind, multimodal event where researchers and experts from across disciplines will work toward identifying research gaps and applying data-driven methods in the field. Meet, greet and share ideas with the individuals and organizations who are growing and sustaining the industry as we explore creative and innovative solutions to this global problem. The full 2018 schedule can be found at https://hitsconsortium.org/2018-nashville/2018-schedule/ The HITS organizing committee has assembled world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. We host a research poster session to hear from those in healthcare about the research being conducted in their facilities.  We also incorporate workshop breakout sessions each day in order to provide a unique forum through which everyone can interact and be innovative as we work to identify potential solutions to key barriers and develop an agenda for change moving forward into the next year.  After the conference, members have the opportunity to become involved in one of the many research workgroups conducting research around pathogen transmission in healthcare. Check out highlights from the HITS 2017 conference: https://hitsconsortium.org/2017-hits-highlight-reel/ For media inquiries:  https://hitsconsortium.org/media/ For more information, please visit the HITS Consortium website: https://hitsconsortium.org/ or email us: info@HITSconsortium.org Checkout our conference preview episode: HITS 2018 A Catalyst for Change in Infection Control - Episode 67 w/ Dr. Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds. ... About Samantha Kitchen:  Experienced Company Director with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Customer Service, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Marketing Strategy, and Public Speaking. Samantha Kitchen on LinkedIn ... About Radic8:  Radic8 is an independent air purification company based in the UK. With a strong belief that everybody has the right to clean air, Radic8 are passionate about innovating and distributing the very best technology in their field. The Infection Prevention Strategy named Radic8's Viruskiller Technology as one of its Top Innovations of the Year: 2018. Radic8 Website Hextio ... Related and/or Mentioned on the Show:  Check out all the #HCBiz Show! Infection Prevention and Control coverage. ... Subscribe to Weekly Updates:  If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. ... 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This episode is part of our in-depth coverage of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems Consortium (HITS) 2018 conference in Nashville, TN that took place September 18-20th. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) measures a patient's satisfaction with the quality of their care during their stay at the hospital. It measures things like staff communication and attentiveness, discharge information, food service, and the hospital environment. These are important measures and every hospital should strive for excellence in each of them (we talked about this in our last episode). However, and as is often the case in healthcare, the HCAHPS survey can have unintended consequences. Typically, the Environmental Services Department (EVS) is given responsibility for the hospital environment portion of the score. And this too makes sense. They're the ones cleaning the rooms, emptying the trash, and ensuring that the patient has a comfortable environment to heal in. However, the most important responsibility for EVS is to ensure the environment is safe and HCAHPS does nothing to measure that. There is no measure that grades the EVS staff on how well they prevent the spread of pathogens through the hospital. This becomes a problem when pressures mount to improve HCAHPS scores. It creates an environment where EVS staff are forced to focus on the perception issues, and with shrinking staff sizes, it often comes at the expense of doing their most important work. On this episode, we talk with Christine Greene, MPH, Ph.D., Principal Research Investigator at NSF International and President of HITS and Maurits Hughes, Director of Logistics and Support Services at Michigan Medicine about how to deal with the patient satisfaction vs. patient safety conundrum. It's a challenge that requires proper education for staff and leadership about the importance of EVS' role in the hospital and the alignment of EVS and other critical teams like Infection Control. It also requires a new attitude towards EVS staff. They aren't just custodians or housekeepers... they are Infection Prevention Technicians. We can do a lot for patients by elevating the stature of and support for the EVS team. HCAHPS and the Patient Safety vs. Patient Satisfaction Conundrum:  1:46 Measuring Environmental Services (EVS) with HCAHPS: What sounds good on paper doesn't always work in practice. 2:40 The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) measures a patient's satisfaction with the quality of their care during their stay at the hospital. The problem with tying patient perception of cleanliness to reimbursement is that it creates the conundrum of patient satisfaction vs patient safety. Contamination removal does not increase patient satisfaction. 4:55 Environmental Services (EVS) at Michigan Health are closely aligned with Infection Prevention (IP). In the 30 minutes a day EVS is in a patient room, staff must make the room look clean, remove the clutter of medical supplies, ensure trash doesn't get too full, all while trying to stay as quiet as possible to improve HCAHPS scores. 6:20 HCAHPS has nothing to do with patient safety. It sounds good on paper but doesn't really measure if the patient is actually safe. 7:30 EVS must partner with IP and use tools to help them measure if the staff is cleaning to necessary levels. Cut-backs on staff and resources mean each staff member is being expected to do more in a given day. The culture of cleaning excellence is compromised by not respecting the folks who do the cleaning. If these frontline employees are, "the tip of the spear against pathogens" how do we make sure they're treated, compensated, trained and supplied like it? 10:20 Remind employees that they are Infection Prevention Technicians (as opposed to custodians or housekeepers) and their role is to prevent the spread of infections and save lives. All services are hospital services. 12:22 The industry has not made investments in training for EVS. Getting the lab and IP staff to help educate the C-Suite would be huge. 13:20 How do you quantify the value that EVS brings to the organization? Michigan Health uses ATP testing, microbial swab testing, gel marking and special procedures in ED and other high priority areas to track EVS effectiveness. We share the results with leadership. 14:45 A "Bundled" approach to accountability. EVS, IP, and nursing staff are all responsible for taking action if a patient has an infection. Tests that determine if a surface has been wiped vs. decontaminated can help you better prioritize which processes need improvement. 17:30 A Quality Assurance program that uses the latest technology can help validate who infection control committees should focus on. 19:30 How do you get people to see EVS as a protector of ROI and prioritize cleaning at the level needed? 22:50 HCAHPS doesn't align with the goals of infection prevention and that's a huge disservice to patient safety. It leads to EVS focusing on the perception of cleanliness and quiet first, and safety second. The smell of the chemicals might be bad but we're not cleaning a fast-food restaurant, we're cleaning to save lives. To improve HCAHPS scores we need adequate levels of staff, training of staff, access to facilities and a team approach to preparing patients for a safe environment. 25:00 This issue won't manifest itself immediately and requires a long-term strategic prioritization or eventually it will prevent you from doing other things you're trying to accomplish. On the HITS Consortium and HITS Conference: “I think change will occur by getting more EVS and IP leaders involved in this sort of initiative but it is going to require us to change the paradigm and change the model of how EVS is perceived and managed throughout the healthcare facilities.” - Maurits Hughes ... This episode was recorded on site at the HITS 2018 conference in Nashville, TN. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Thank you to HITS, Christine Greene of NSF International, Kelly Reynolds of the University of Arizona and Michael Diamond of The Infection Prevention Strategy for working with us on this conference coverage. It was a great event, in a great city, attended by true heroes of Infection Prevention and Control from all over the world. Be sure to check out the next HITS conference in August 2019 in Buffalo, NY! ... About The HITS 2018 Conference:  The HITS 2018 Conference was held on September 18-20th in Nashville, TN.   HITS 2018 offers a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promoting “hospital health”.  The 2018 HITS “Catalyst for Change” Conference is a working conference, bringing together research scientists, industry and healthcare professionals for an interdisciplinary and dynamic approach. We work together to understand and prevent the transmission of pathogens throughout the hospital facility through a collaborative effort that includes engaging in applied research.  The conference is accredited as a provider for continuing education units (CEUs) through National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Join us for this one-of-a-kind, multimodal event where researchers and experts from across disciplines will work toward identifying research gaps and applying data-driven methods in the field. Meet, greet and share ideas with the individuals and organizations who are growing and sustaining the industry as we explore creative and innovative solutions to this global problem. The full 2018 schedule can be found at https://hitsconsortium.org/2018-nashville/2018-schedule/ The HITS organizing committee has assembled world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. We host a research poster session to hear from those in healthcare about the research being conducted in their facilities.  We also incorporate workshop breakout sessions each day in order to provide a unique forum through which everyone can interact and be innovative as we work to identify potential solutions to key barriers and develop an agenda for change moving forward into the next year.  After the conference, members have the opportunity to become involved in one of the many research workgroups conducting research around pathogen transmission in healthcare. Check out highlights from the HITS 2017 conference: https://hitsconsortium.org/2017-hits-highlight-reel/ For media inquiries:  https://hitsconsortium.org/media/ For more information, please visit the HITS Consortium website: https://hitsconsortium.org/ or email us: info@HITSconsortium.org Checkout our conference preview episode: HITS 2018 A Catalyst for Change in Infection Control - Episode 67 w/ Dr. Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds. ... About Christine Greene, MPH, PhD:  Principal Research Investigator at NSF International Dr. Greene is the Principal Research Investigator for the Sanitation and Contamination Control unit of the Applied Research Center at NSF International.  She has over 10 years of experience in epidemiological and laboratory research.   She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences and an MPH in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her academic research focus has been on healthcare pathogen transmission, pathogen environmental survival, hand hygiene, disinfection and biofilms which has led to multiple publications. At NSF International, Dr. Greene has been making strides to improve public health in the areas of infectious disease prevention and control in clinical, dental and community settings. Her work serves to improve the accuracy of environmental mediated infectious disease transmission modeling, strengthens current guidelines to control healthcare-associated infections and provides new insights that will stimulate innovative approaches to reduce the risk of biofilm-related infections, pathogen transmission and curtail the environmental persistence and transmission of infectious agents. Dr. Greene is a member of the NSF International 444 Joint Committee Standard – Prevention of Injury and Disease Associated with Building Water Systems and serves on the ISO TC 304 working group 3 as the project leader for the healthcare hand hygiene performance and compliance standard.  She serves as a board member for The Infection Prevention Strategy.  Dr. Greene is a co-founder of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium – an organization that strives to break down silos in healthcare using a cross-disciplinary, systems approach to addressing the pressing issues around infection control. Email at cgreene@nsf.org ... About Maurits Hughes:  Maurits Hughes is the Director of Logistics and Support Services at Michigan Medicine. He's a dedicated executive with over 20 years of management experience in clinical and non-clinical environments.  Maurits Hughes on LinkedIn ... About the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium:  The Healthcare Infection Transmission System Consortium is a not-for-profit organization serving the field of infection control and prevention. HITS takes a holistic perspective to targeting healthcare associated infections by including multiple disciplines in the conversation, including infection prevention, environmental services, construction and renovation, facilities management and engineering along with research scientists and industry experts. HITS focuses on the major avenues for pathogen transmission in hospitals:  hands, surfaces, water and air.  HITS provides the necessary, cross-disciplinary platform to share knowledge and engage in research regarding the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promotion of overall hospital health. @HITSConsortium on Twitter HITS Consortium on LinkedIn ... Related and/or Mentioned on the Show:  The Patient Hot Zone w/ Darrel Hicks Check out all the #HCBiz Show! Infection Prevention and Control coverage. ... Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. ... The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar

This episode is part of our in-depth coverage of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems Consortium (HITS) 2018 conference in Nashville, TN that took place September 18-20th. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. ... Hospital cleaning is one of the most important activities in Infection Prevention and Control. However, chemical cleaners that aim to kill all of the microbes aren't always as effective as you might think. At least not by themselves. And they have some serious side-effects too. Today's guest is Michael Rochon, a pioneer chemical formulator and President of Process Cleaning Solutions Ltd. Michael explains why physical cleaning followed by disinfecting may be the best approach. It allows us to reduce the microbes to a safe level while lessening the side-effects of harsh chemicals on the hospital environment. Plus, and this is really fascinating, it reduces the spread of microbes that become immune to the chemicals. Just like overuse of antibiotics leads to antibiotic-resistance, over-use of harsh chemicals can lead to chemical resistant microbes. Once you bring in the potential savings from extending the life of hospital surfaces, Michael makes a strong scientific and business case for limiting the use of harsh chemicals in hospital cleaning.   Bringing Science to the Art of Hospital Cleaning Highlights from our conversation: HITS 2018 is about finding better paths forward for stopping the spread of infections. PCS is a company dedicated to cleaning in a scientific manner to reduce environmental contaminants to a safe level. The terrible moment that inspired a campaign to find a safer way to clean. The research in physical wiping techniques that is changing how we clean hospitals and enabling the leap from sporicides to healthier alternatives. Chemical cleaner residues that are toxic promote more resistance to cleaners AND antibiotics. PCS will be publishing research that shows organic acid cleaners, with no synthetic chemicals, and microfiber cloth physical wiping techniques can reduce contaminants to safe levels with 325x less toxicity to aquatic and microbial life. Reducing microbes to safe levels is key. Infection prevention is a continuous event. What's the appropriate target for manageable levels? More chemicals mean more mutations leading to more pathogens. It's a cycle you can't win. We must fix the problem with science! The new goals are to give health centers and schools the ability to test and verify that they are at safe levels. Practical microbial testing in the field gives everyone a way to evaluate their methods. We need to get people to understand the implications of their cleaning methods and use the right tool at the right time. The easiest win for your organization is to separate cleaning from disinfecting. These are two separate jobs. The physical removal of contamination on surfaces makes the disinfectant afterward more effective. This will be very effective at reducing the need for harsh chemicals in your organization. Harsh chemicals do damage to equipment, create more porous surfaces for microbes to cling to. The associated costs of these cleaning products are starting to show up. PCS is based out of Canada. Their organic acid cleaners are very successful with hospitals in Canada, now we want to have even more success with less chemistry needed with a goal of lower than 95%. Disinfectants are also approved and available in all 50 U.S. states and Mexico. In addition to working with HITS 2018 and Michael Diamond, Michael Rochon is also part of The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS). In Rochon's advisory role, he is helping TIPS to pioneer new technologies and evaluates the latest science and discoveries.  ... This episode was recorded on site at the HITS 2018 conference in Nashville, TN. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Thank you to HITS, Christine Greene of NSF International, Kelly Reynolds of the University of Arizona and Michael Diamond of The Infection Prevention Strategy for working with us on this conference coverage. It was a great event, in a great city, attended by true heroes of Infection Prevention and Control from all over the world. Be sure to check out the next HITS conference in August 2019 in Buffalo, NY! ... About The HITS 2018 Conference The HITS 2018 Conference was held on September 18-20th in Nashville, TN.   HITS 2018 offers a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promoting “hospital health”.  The 2018 HITS “Catalyst for Change” Conference is a working conference, bringing together research scientists, industry and healthcare professionals for an interdisciplinary and dynamic approach. We work together to understand and prevent the transmission of pathogens throughout the hospital facility through a collaborative effort that includes engaging in applied research.  The conference is accredited as a provider for continuing education units (CEUs) through National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Join us for this one-of-a-kind, multimodal event where researchers and experts from across disciplines will work toward identifying research gaps and applying data-driven methods in the field. Meet, greet and share ideas with the individuals and organizations who are growing and sustaining the industry as we explore creative and innovative solutions to this global problem. The full 2018 schedule can be found at https://hitsconsortium.org/2018-nashville/2018-schedule/ The HITS organizing committee has assembled world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. We host a research poster session to hear from those in healthcare about the research being conducted in their facilities.  We also incorporate workshop breakout sessions each day in order to provide a unique forum through which everyone can interact and be innovative as we work to identify potential solutions to key barriers and develop an agenda for change moving forward into the next year.  After the conference, members have the opportunity to become involved in one of the many research workgroups conducting research around pathogen transmission in healthcare. Check out highlights from the HITS 2017 conference: https://hitsconsortium.org/2017-hits-highlight-reel/ For media inquiries:  https://hitsconsortium.org/media/ For more information, please visit the HITS Consortium website: https://hitsconsortium.org/ or email us: info@HITSconsortium.org Checkout our conference preview episode: HITS 2018 A Catalyst for Change in Infection Control - Episode 67 w/ Dr. Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds. ... About Michael Rochon Michael Rochon is a pioneer chemical formulator with a successful track record in developing low-odor and zero-V.O.C.-emission cleaning products. Michael's ground breaking work in the field of new technology cleaning formulations has led to many patents including United States Patent 6,346,279 B1 Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfectant with Increased Activity. For the past forty years, Michael has worked in the cleaning supply and contract maintenance industry. Michael's insight and vision led him to develop new technology cleaning formulations presently used in many hospitals. With foresight, he recognized the need for safer and healthier cleaning product formulations for the general public, and especially for the chemically hypersensitive individuals. Michael's efforts in bringing to market low-odor cleaning products garnered him endorsements from several environmental organizations. Michael has also pioneered new technology cleaning formulations for disinfection and sanitization markets. Michael is President of Process Cleaning Solutions, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Process Cleaning Solutions is a Canadian company devoted to cleaning in such a way as to protect public health, protect the most sensitive, protect the environment and prevent the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Michael is currently developing cleaning processes that physically remove bacteria and bacterial spores to the same level as disinfectants are required to kill or inactivate for registration as disinfectants. These processes are used with PCS products registered with the United States EPA and Health Canada as disinfectants, allowing institutions to shift the focus to better cleaning of health care facilities in a safer , more effective and sustainable manner. As with Michael's discovery of synergy between hydrogen peroxide, anionic surfactants and inorganic acids he has now discovered a synergy between PCS stabilized sodium hypochlorite's and controlled moisture cleaning with micro fiber cloths. This synergy allows for effective, safer and sustainable cleaning to protect public health including hospital isolation daily and discharge cleaning without the need to supplement cleaning with additional protocols like UV disinfection. Michael also is committed to assisting Health care facilities validate cleaning process with onsite microbial testing. Cleaning to a scientifically validated standard. Michael has presented at numerous conferences including: International Policy Forum, Environmental and Professional Hygiene, Toward the Prevention of Drug Resistant Infections, International Society of Microbial Resistance and Office of International Medical Policy School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 11th World Congress on Environmental Health Vancouver, Sept 2010. Michael is an Advisory Board member at The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS). ... About Process Cleaning Solutions Process Cleaning Solutions Ltd. is a new Canadian company devoted to cleaning in such a way as to: • Protect Public Health • Protect The Most Sensitive Among Us • Protect The Environment • Prevent The Spread Of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria PCS has cleaning processes for hospitals, long term care, hospitality, professional service providers, day care and schools. Following a proven cleaning process provides confidence you are cleaning to protect public health. PCS provides all of the components and procedures to achieve consistent excellent results. The PCS definition of cleaning to protect public health is as follows: "Removal of organic surface contamination to very low levels not visually apparent, validated by scientific measurements with ATP monitoring or microbial testing." In its marketing of Process Cleaning Solutions and cleaning processes, PCS is committed to working with all stakeholders to develop practical solutions to removing the most problematic contaminants from environmental surfaces to reducing the risk environmental surfaces pose in transferring disease causing pathogens. Find more information about Process Cleaning Solutions and tons of additional education at: ProcessCleaningSolutions.com ... About the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium The Healthcare Infection Transmission System Consortium is a not-for-profit organization serving the field of infection control and prevention. HITS takes a holistic perspective to targeting healthcare associated infections by including multiple disciplines in the conversation, including infection prevention, environmental services, construction and renovation, facilities management and engineering along with research scientists and industry experts. HITS focuses on the major avenues for pathogen transmission in hospitals:  hands, surfaces, water and air.  HITS provides the necessary, cross-disciplinary platform to share knowledge and engage in research regarding the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promotion of overall hospital health. @HITSConsortium on Twitter HITS Consortium on LinkedIn ... Related and/or Mentioned on the Show Dr. Sattar Episode on understanding the spread of infectious agents in the environment. The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS) The Infection Prevention Strategy is a registered non-profit. We have created a model of information sharing that makes the process of vetting new technologies, implementing successful programs and inspiring innovation more efficient, more accessible, more global and more collaborative. Our global teams are driven by the firm belief that we should not have to wait years for promising innovations, ideas and processes to be implemented and accepted. Around the world, our teams develop trials and conduct pilot studies to aid in the discovery of successful research to market technological advancements. InfectionControl.tips is a Pan-Access journal that extends globally and touches locally. www.IC.tips is: Free to Publish. Free to Access and provides Accessible Scientific Services.   Check out all of the #HCBiz Show! Infection Prevention and Control coverage. ... Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. ... 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This episode is part of our in-depth coverage of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems Consortium (HITS) 2018 conference in Nashville, TN that took place September 18-20th. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Benjamin Franklin told us that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) cost U.S. hospitals as much as $45 Billion per year. We've covered many of the ways you can combat HAIs and we just spoke with Michael Rochon (also at HITS 2018) about how to improve our hospital cleaning procedures. Proper hospital cleaning and disinfection certainly satisfies the Franklin axiom, but what if we step back further. How did the contaminants get on the hospital surfaces in the first place? What if we could prevent some of that? Well, that's exactly what today's guests are doing. Many common healthcare procedures create sprays and splashes that spread contaminants to walls, ceilings, floors, and the clinicians' protective gear (Personal Protection Equipment or PPE). If you can prevent that spread in the first place, then cleaning becomes quicker and easier, PPEs last longer and you've really begun to take a stand against the spread of HAIs. On this episode, Al Wickheim and Laura Barker from Prodaptive Medical Innovations join us to explain how the STAL Shield & Stand, an engineered safety control, can provide much more than an ounce of protection against the spread of HAIs. Highlights from our interview: Prodaptive Medical Innovations, President Al Wickheim, Operations Executive Laura Barker Prodaptive Medical Innovations' foundation is based on the concept of providing innovative and simple improvements to existing technology. We try to make good, better. The STAL Shield & Stand is a dome-shaped device the size of a wallet that breaks the chain of infection transmission at the first link. This stops splashes, mists and aerosol sprays during medical procedures from getting onto healthcare workers, patients, and the environment. Cleaning out wounds, oral suction, suction catheters, incision and drainage procedures, wound irrigation, and medication installations can all benefit. A common reaction to this device is: "Well, duh!" The suction catheter is 100 years old. Doctors say, "Why didn't I think of this?"  Square and stand. All in one. Perforated diaphragm. Seals around a variety of instruments. This protects the worker and their PPE (personal protective equipment, anything covering their skin). The healthcare worker takes less contaminate away from the work site and that results in less self-inoculation. Feedback has been good but there has been a big resistance to change. It's an additional procedure and executives with budget restrictions say their hands are tied. It's hard to see the downstream results of reduced CMS fines but you can see reduced cleaning time and faster room turnaround time immediately! The research with Dr. Sattar for irrigation catheters found 99.5% reduction in environmental contamination and 95% contaminate capture at the site. This enhances the effectiveness of the PPE meaning less cleaning supplies, less water needed, less harsh detergents that will extend the life of your equipment, and less laundry. What do you think of the HITS conference? It's a revolutionary wave of innovation to address a global problem and we're loving being a part of it. What does the future hold? Our immediate goal is to expand our worldwide presence. This should be a global product and we have future products coming soon. ...  This episode was recorded on site at the HITS 2018 conference in Nashville, TN. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Thank you to HITS, Christine Greene of NSF International, Kelly Reynolds of the University of Arizona and Michael Diamond of The Infection Prevention Strategy for working with us on this conference coverage. It was a great event, in a great city, attended by true heroes of Infection Prevention and Control from all over the world. Be sure to check out the next HITS conference in August 2019 in Buffalo, NY! ... About The HITS 2018 Conference: The HITS 2018 Conference was held on September 18-20th in Nashville, TN.   HITS 2018 offers a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promoting “hospital health”.  The 2018 HITS “Catalyst for Change” Conference is a working conference, bringing together research scientists, industry and healthcare professionals for an interdisciplinary and dynamic approach. We work together to understand and prevent the transmission of pathogens throughout the hospital facility through a collaborative effort that includes engaging in applied research.  The conference is accredited as a provider for continuing education units (CEUs) through National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Join us for this one-of-a-kind, multimodal event where researchers and experts from across disciplines will work toward identifying research gaps and applying data-driven methods in the field. Meet, greet and share ideas with the individuals and organizations who are growing and sustaining the industry as we explore creative and innovative solutions to this global problem. The full 2018 schedule can be found at https://hitsconsortium.org/2018-nashville/2018-schedule/ The HITS organizing committee has assembled world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. We host a research poster session to hear from those in healthcare about the research being conducted in their facilities.  We also incorporate workshop breakout sessions each day in order to provide a unique forum through which everyone can interact and be innovative as we work to identify potential solutions to key barriers and develop an agenda for change moving forward into the next year.  After the conference, members have the opportunity to become involved in one of the many research workgroups conducting research around pathogen transmission in healthcare. Check out highlights from the HITS 2017 conference: https://hitsconsortium.org/2017-hits-highlight-reel/ For media inquiries:  https://hitsconsortium.org/media/ For more information, please visit the HITS Consortium website: https://hitsconsortium.org/ or email us: info@HITSconsortium.org Checkout our conference preview episode: HITS 2018 A Catalyst for Change in Infection Control - Episode 67 w/ Dr. Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds. ... About Al Wickheim: Al Wickheim is one of the founders, innovators, and the CEO of Prodaptive Medical. He grew up near Sooke, B.C. doing a variety of shipyard duties for his Dad. Everything from wreck salvage diving off the rugged Westcoast of Vancouver Island to pile-driving and running a modest machine shop. Al spent a fair bit of time “underground' as a spelunker on the Island in his youth – sometimes forcing him into new and unexplored passages and territory. Starting with the local fire department as a volunteer for a couple of years Al next worked for BC Ambulance for 30 years, the last 18 as an Advanced Life Support Paramedic. He has been involved in several major projects for BCAS including managing the EMS outfitting for the B.C. Summer Games in 1986 and overseeing the preparation of 36 ambulances for the Commonwealth Games of '88. He was involved in the development and teaching of the recent H1N1 and Infectious Disease Control program for the employer and was a Level 11 CBRNE Tech. He worked for a Kenn Borek Air, a well established operation in Iqaluit and did numerous Med-evac tour on Baffin Island in Canada's far north, to as far as Thule, Greenland. Al is always seeking improvements and refinements, tireless to the end. As an ERU Tech with the Canadian Red Cross Al was in Nepal in 2015 and currently is the Community Coordinator for the JdF Emergency Program in Otter Point. Al's background of innovation and self-sufficiency has taken him through various ventures of construction, hazardous tree topping and falling, bull-dozer and excavator operations. Al and his family live on their farm in the rainforest of southern Vancouver Island where he does wilderness and big tree tours to remote regions of the Island. At home, he works on managing the adventures established and coming up with new projects at a fairly constant rate. He enjoys astronomy and, well, work. ... About Prodaptive Medical Innovations:   Prodaptive Medical develops and markets solutions to problems and shortcomings in clinical medical equipment. The partnership of two well seasoned emergency care providers with overlapping areas of expertise has resulted in the development of Prodaptive's first product to market, the STAL Shield and Stand. In 2009 Al Wickheim took an idea from concept to product addressing an obvious need to the biohazard concerns inherent in the use of the Yankauer suction device. SARS had struck a deadly blow in Toronto a few years before and H1N1 loomed. While initially designed as a shielding device, it was apparent that the STAL served numerous other functions as well such as a stand. As an adjunct to half a dozen medical instruments used in Aerosol Generating Procedures – AGP's, the STAL Shield's versatility and effectiveness makes it the preferred choice when it comes to at-source medical bio-hazard blockade and confinement. Other products are on the drawing boards and with input from practitioners, patients and manufacturing specialists Prodaptive Medical sees growth ahead where the status quo is no longer good enough. At Prodaptive ‘Making good better‘, is what we do. The STAL Shield & Stand was recognized as one of InfectionControl.tips Top Innovations of the Year: 2017 Prodaptive Medical is part of the TIPS Sudden Science program, which provides support and resources to advance their innovation into the market. www.prodaptivemedical.com The STAL Shield & Stand Prodaptive Medical on Facebook Prodaptive Medical on LinkedIn Breaking the Chain at the First Link - A critical evaluation and research paper on the STAL Shield & Stand's effectiveness on InfectionControl.Tips. ... About the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium The Healthcare Infection Transmission System Consortium is a not-for-profit organization serving the field of infection control and prevention. HITS takes a holistic perspective to targeting healthcare associated infections by including multiple disciplines in the conversation, including infection prevention, environmental services, construction and renovation, facilities management and engineering along with research scientists and industry experts. HITS focuses on the major avenues for pathogen transmission in hospitals:  hands, surfaces, water and air.  HITS provides the necessary, cross-disciplinary platform to share knowledge and engage in research regarding the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promotion of overall hospital health. @HITSConsortium on Twitter HITS Consortium on LinkedIn ... Related and/or Mentioned on the Show: Dr. Sattar Episode on understanding the spread of infectious agents in the environment. Check out all of the #HCBiz Show! Infection Prevention and Control coverage. ... 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This episode is part of our in-depth coverage of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems Consortium (HITS) 2018 conference in Nashville, TN that took place September 18-20th. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Adapted from Jason "The Germ Guy" Tetro's Opening Keynote at HITS 2018   Have you ever written the perfect checklist? You left no stone unturned and accounted for every possible step that needed to occur. You trained your staff. Everyone was understood and was on board. But you still failed. Today's guest would tell you that you failed because you took a systematic approach when you really needed a systems approach. A systematic approach takes all the facts into consideration and manifests itself as guidelines, a checklist or standard operating procedure (SOP). It's based in science and best practice. On paper, it makes all the sense in the world. A systems approach considers much more. How does your guideline fit in with the culture of those that will carry it out? Forget whether or not they'll believe it. The question is, will they follow it?  A systems approach requires empathy. It works because it shows people that there's a place for them, and they're culture, within the systematics and steps they need to carry out. This may sound hokey to you. You may shout: “I'm not going to pander to peoples' feelings! I have a business to run!” But you do so at your own peril. You can write your guidelines, checklists and standard operating procedures until you're blue in the face. But if people won't follow them, then you've wasted your time. This, as we like to say on the show, is called confronting reality. On this episode, we're talking with Jason Tetro. He's the microbiologist, author and thought leader better known as The Germ Guy! We recorded this episode live at the Healthcare Infection Transmission System Consortium (HITS) 2018 conference in Nashville, TN where Jason was the opening keynote. In his talk there, Jason explained to us why a systematic approach often falls short in the real world, and why an empathic systems approach may be better suited to help you get your job done. This conversation fits the premise of The #HCBiz Show! as well as any we've done to date. Jason's common sense approach to confronting reality in the healthcare system takes us down interesting paths including the patient workflow (yup… they have one), blockchain, gamification, and even Eminem's song, Lose Yourself. This is good stuff. I promise you'll gain a brand new perspective on a thing or two. Here are some highlights: 0:50 The Germ Guy's journey from the lab to the TV. 3:37 Fixing the public's dysfunctional relationship with microbes. 7:44 Keynote – Systematic vs Systems approach to infection control. The Systematic approach is following the guidance documents and standard operating procedures. The Systems approach takes a universal perspective on how to achieve a goal and, through a multifactorial approach, uses current systems to achieve that goal. It all comes down to empathy. 13:39 Empathy is when the system shows you that there is a place for you and your culture.  If it's right on paper but wrong in the real world, you need to confront the reality you're dealing with and allow the workforce to participate the way they need to. 15:05 Innovation, culture, empowerment. When you forget about those 3 things you're taking away your own capacity to make a difference. Don't just follow rules and regulations if you know there is more that could be done. This must be a democratized system that hears all 20 different components to good infection control. 19:48 Quality measures are too distanced from the patient. There is too much bureaucracy in the way to remember the actual purpose of your actions. 20:55 Blockchain could be the potential link between systems and systematic approaches. What if human activities could be viewed as transactions in real time? You can find a way to develop transactional steps between SOPs to see the most common mistakes and fix the system. 24:20 Tokens and gamification of healthcare. The token can be used as proof of actions or accomplishments that can be used for checkpoints or rewards. 27:15 Physician workflow and the patient journey. What can we do within an existing workflow? How do we collect data while doctors are doing normal tasks without interrupting? Include the patient in providing info that will make doctor's jobs easier. 29:18 Examples of infection prevention and the simple but effective parking idea to make visitors wash their hands. 31:20 Robust checklists can shut off your creativity and problem-solving skills but we know they can be helpful. Where is the line? Checklists work until the parameters around checklist have changed.   This episode was recorded on site at the HITS 2018 conference in Nashville, TN. Check out all our HITS 2018 episodes here, and look for more throughout the month of October. Thank you to HITS, Christine Greene of NSF International, Kelly Reynolds of the University of Arizona and Michael Diamond of The Infection Prevention Strategy for working with us on this conference coverage. It was a great event, in a great city, attended by true heroes of Infection Prevention and Control from all over the world. Be sure to checkout the next HITS conference in August 2019 in Buffalo, NY!   About The HITS 2018 Conference   The HITS 2018 Conference was held on September 18-20th in Nashville, TN.   HITS 2018 offers a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promoting “hospital health”.  The 2018 HITS “Catalyst for Change” Conference is a working conference, bringing together research scientists, industry and healthcare professionals for an interdisciplinary and dynamic approach. We work together to understand and prevent the transmission of pathogens throughout the hospital facility through a collaborative effort that includes engaging in applied research.  The conference is accredited as a provider for continuing education units (CEUs) through National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Join us for this one-of-a-kind, multimodal event where researchers and experts from across disciplines will work toward identifying research gaps and applying data-driven methods in the field. Meet, greet and share ideas with the individuals and organizations who are growing and sustaining the industry as we explore creative and innovative solutions to this global problem. The full 2018 schedule can be found at https://hitsconsortium.org/2018-nashville/2018-schedule/ The HITS organizing committee has assembled world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. We host a research poster session to hear from those in healthcare about the research being conducted in their facilities.  We also incorporate workshop breakout sessions each day in order to provide a unique forum through which everyone can interact and be innovative as we work to identify potential solutions to key barriers and develop an agenda for change moving forward into the next year.  After the conference, members have the opportunity to become involved in one of the many research workgroups conducting research around pathogen transmission in healthcare. Check out highlights from the HITS 2017 conference: https://hitsconsortium.org/2017-hits-highlight-reel/ For media inquiries:  https://hitsconsortium.org/media/ For more information, please visit the HITS Consortium website: https://hitsconsortium.org/ or email us: info@HITSconsortium.org Checkout our conference preview episode: HITS 2018 A Catalyst for Change in Infection Control - Episode 67 w/ Dr. Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds.   About the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium   The Healthcare Infection Transmission System Consortium is a not-for-profit organization serving the field of infection control and prevention. HITS takes a holistic perspective to targeting healthcare associated infections by including multiple disciplines in the conversation, including infection prevention, environmental services, construction and renovation, facilities management and engineering along with research scientists and industry experts. HITS focuses on the major avenues for pathogen transmission in hospitals:  hands, surfaces, water and air.  HITS provides the necessary, cross-disciplinary platform to share knowledge and engage in research regarding the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promotion of overall hospital health. @HITSConsortium on Twitter HITS Consortium on LinkedIn This episode was recorded on site at the HITS 2018 conference in Nashville, TN. Look for more #HCBiz conference coverage from HITS 2018 coming soon!   About Jason Tetro   Jason Tetro is a visiting scientist at the University of Guelph and has over 25 years of experience in health-related microbiology and immunology. He has worked in numerous fields including bloodborne, food and water pathogens; environmental microbiology; disinfection and antisepsis; and emerging pathogens. In the public, he is better known as The Germ Guy.  He regularly writes for The Huffington Post Canada and is a regular with media outlets worldwide. He has written two books, The Germ Code, which was shortlisted as Science Book of The Year (2014) and The Germ Files, which spent several weeks on the national bestseller list. Jason is an advisory board member of InfectionControl.tips. @JATetro on Twitter www.JasonTetro.com thegermguy@gmail.com The Germ Code The Germ Files: The Surprising Ways Microbes Can Improve Your Health and Life (and How to Protect Yourself from the Bad Ones)   Related and/or Mentioned on the Show: Closing the loop: Larry King's real name is Lawrence Harvey Zeiger. Check out all of the #HCBiz Show! Infection Prevention and Control coverage.   Subscribe to Weekly Updates: If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. 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Our guest for this week is Rich Brooks, the president, Web Marketing Strategist, and Chief Blogging Officer at flyte new media, and also the founder of the Agents of Change Digital Marketing Conference. Back in 2012, Rich started the Agents of Change as a weekly podcast and an annual conference that’s all about search, social, and mobile marketing. For this year's conference, Rich has prepared a special discount, exclusive to the listeners of our show. Our topics include: What is the Agents of Change conference all about? What are some of the key events and workshops included in the Agents of Change? Things you should know before organizing your own event or conference. What are some of the benefits of putting together a large-scale event? Connect with Rich: Website: www.theagentsofchange.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therichbrooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/therichbrooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therichbrooks   This Week’s Gift: $25 off for the Agents of Change Conference!When checking out, use the promo code:BLC   What's Next? Learn skills that will make you the sharpest person in the Boardroom:  https://humanresources.teachable.com/   Like This Episode? Leave a tip! Learn More: https://www.patreon.com/blc   --- Listen: iTunes | Podbean | Spotify Connect: IG | T | FB | Website | Sponsor Music: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music --- This episode is powered by Jumpstart:HR, LLC HR Outsourcing for Small Businesses and Startups: http://www.jumpstart-hr.com  

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Controlling the transmission of infections isn't one person's job and it can't be measured with a few key performance indicators. It's breaking down barriers to allow for collaboration between all interested parties. And that's exactly what's being done at the Healthcare Infection Transmission System (HITS) Conference this September 18-20th in Nashville, TN. Today I'm joined by Dr. Christine Greene, Principal Research Investigator for the Sanitation and Contamination Control unit of the Applied Research Center at NSF International and Dr. Kelly Reynolds, Professor and Chair of the Community, Environment and Policy Department at the College of Public Health, and Director of the Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center at the University of Arizona. We discuss the challenges and opportunities in infection control and prevention as well as get a sneak peek of what's to come at this year's HITS Conference. Enjoy! NOTE: Find extensive coverage from The #HCBiz Show! on Infection Prevention and Control 0:00 Aligning infection prevention and control with business reality. 3:13 Introducing Dr. Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds 3:51 Background: How does HITS use their understanding of what impacts the survival and movement of microorganisms to reduce infection rates? 6:15 What's the ROI for getting infections under control in your business? 9:22 The 2017 HITS conference worked with attendees to find key focus areas in infection control. How did people work together and what did the groups find? 12:20 Sentiment analysis, word clouds, and attendee feedback helped design this year's working groups, which include: Air Transmission Hospital Construction and Design Hand Hygiene New Innovation Adaption Risk Assessment Surface Transmission: Floors Surface Transmission: Genomics Water Transmission 15:20 Each of the 8 groups continues to work towards progress throughout the year. 16:26 How clean should a hospital be? The math to find quantitative cleaning goals. 18:46 All work groups will be presenting at fall conference. You can find updates on the HITS Consortium website and newsletter and InfectionControl.tips. Next step is research funding. 21:35 Do you want to reduce healthcare acquired infections? Product companies, monitoring companies, private practices and hospitals now have a way to help! Engage with HITS and get involved! 24:30 What's new for 2018? Expanding HITS networking platform, exhibit hall, new products, talking with industry leaders and academics, poster sessions, lightning talks and more! 28:52 Infection prevention, EVS, facilities management, scientists, and industry suppliers will all benefit from attending! HITS is still accepting sponsors! 32:00 Who are this year's speakers? More than 20 experts from around the world! 38:29 Our sponsors are internationally recognized for their commitment, leadership, and passion for controlling and preventing infections world-wide. When we all come together, we become the catalyst for change. This September step forward and join the HITS Consortium.  Choose to make a difference in your field.  Be part of the Catalyst for Change! HITS 2018 Conference About Christine Greene, MPH, PhD  Principal Research Investigator at NSF International Dr. Greene is the Principal Research Investigator for the Sanitation and Contamination Control unit of the Applied Research Center at NSF International.  She has over 10 years of experience in epidemiological and laboratory research.   She holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences and an MPH in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her academic research focus has been on healthcare pathogen transmission, pathogen environmental survival, hand hygiene, disinfection and biofilms which has led to multiple publications. At NSF International, Dr. Greene has been making strides to improve public health in the areas of infectious disease prevention and control in clinical, dental and community settings. Her work serves to improve the accuracy of environmental mediated infectious disease transmission modelling, strengthens current guidelines to control healthcare-associated infections and provides new insights that will stimulate innovative approaches to reduce the risk of biofilm-related infections, pathogen transmission and curtail the environmental persistence and transmission of infectious agents. Dr. Greene is a member of the NSF International 444 Joint Committee Standard – Prevention of Injury and Disease Associated with Building Water Systems and serves on the ISO TC 304 working group 3 as the project leader for the healthcare hand hygiene performance and compliance standard.  She serves as a board member for The Infection Prevention Strategy.  Dr. Greene is a co-founder of the Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium – an organization that strives to break down silos in healthcare using a cross-disciplinary, systems approach to addressing the pressing issues around infection control. About Kelly A. Reynolds, PhD Associate Professor at the University of Arizona Dr. Reynolds is a Professor and Chair of the Community, Environment and Policy Department at the College of Public Health, and Director of the Environment, Exposure Science and Risk Assessment Center at the University of Arizona. She has over 30 years of experience in academia- specializing in tracking pathogen movement in healthcare environments and evolving predictive risk assessment models for determining pathogen spread, human exposure potentials, adverse health impacts and intervention efficacy.  Dr. Reynolds has served as a principal investigator on numerous projects and published over 375 journal articles, book chapters and professional reports. In the last year, her work was featured in over 50 popular media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post. Most recently she co-founded the HITS (Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems) Consortium, utilizing her expertise in integrating academic research teams with medical personnel, clinical diagnostic laboratories, patients, industries and other stakeholders for a multidisciplinary approach toward research, communication and management efforts in infection prevention. Additional information: https://publichealth.arizona.edu/directory/kelly-reynolds About The Healthcare Infection Transmission Systems (HITS) Consortium The Healthcare Infection Transmission System Consortium is a not-for-profit organization serving the field of infection control and prevention. HITS takes a holistic perspective to targeting healthcare associated infections by including multiple disciplines in the conversation, including infection prevention, environmental services, construction and renovation, facilities management and engineering along with research scientists and industry experts. HITS focuses on the major avenues for pathogen transmission in hospitals:  hands, surfaces, water and air.  HITS provides the necessary, cross-disciplinary platform to share knowledge and engage in research regarding the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promotion of overall hospital health. About The HITS 2018 Conference The HITS 2018 Conference will be held on September 18-20th in Nashville, TN.   HITS 2018 offers a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and promoting “hospital health”.  The 2018 HITS “Catalyst for Change” Conference is a working conference, bringing together research scientists, industry and healthcare professionals for an interdisciplinary and dynamic approach. We work together to understand and prevent the transmission of pathogens throughout the hospital facility through a collaborative effort that includes engaging in applied research.  The conference is accredited as a provider for continuing education units (CEUs) through National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE). Join us for this one-of-a-kind, multimodal event where researchers and experts from across disciplines will work toward identifying research gaps and applying data-driven methods in the field. Meet, greet and share ideas with the individuals and organizations who are growing and sustaining the industry as we explore creative and innovative solutions to this global problem. The full 2018 schedule can be found at https://hitsconsortium.org/2018-nashville/2018-schedule/ The HITS organizing committee has assembled world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. We host a research poster session to hear from those in healthcare about the research being conducted in their facilities.  We also incorporate workshop breakout sessions each day in order to provide a unique forum through which everyone can interact and be innovative as we work to identify potential solutions to key barriers and develop an agenda for change moving forward into the next year.  After the conference, members have the opportunity to become involved in one of the many research workgroups conducting research around pathogen transmission in healthcare. Check out highlights from the HITS 2017 conference: https://hitsconsortium.org/2017-hits-highlight-reel/ For media inquiries:  https://hitsconsortium.org/media/ For more information, please visit the HITS Consortium website: https://hitsconsortium.org/ or email us: info@HITSconsortium.org Register now! Related and/or Mentioned on the Show More on Infection Prevention and Control from The #HCBiz Show! Using Barrier Technology to Stop the Spread of Infectious Disease – Rik Heller Why Hand Hygiene Matters – Tamás Haidegger Shining a Light on C. diff – Christian John Lillis Lessons on Infection Control and Healthcare Sales from the Man with the High-Tech Pillow | David Woolfson Redefining Sepsis | Michael Ackerman Understanding Infectious Agents in the Environment | Dr. Syed Sattar and Bahram Zargar The Patient Hot Zone | Darrel Hicks Legionella: A Manageable Risk for Health Systems | Dave Purkiss and Joseph Cotruvo | Legionella 2018 HITS 2017 Conference Preview with Dr Christine Greene and Dr. Kelly Reynolds Sepsis Episode with Mike Ackerman Lesson on Infection Control with David Wolfson Infection Prevention and Control with Niall Wallace and Michael Diamond HIMSS18: Dr. Lucas Schulz | UW Health & ILÚM Health Solutions – We chat with Dr. Lucas Schulz, infectious disease and critical care pharmacist at University of Wisconsin Health. Luke is also an adviser to ILÚM Health Solutions – An infectious disease (ID) platform and real-time information service. We cover antimicrobial stewardship, clinical decision support & more. The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS) – The Infection Prevention Strategy is a registered non-profit. We have created a model of information sharing that makes the process of vetting new technologies, implementing successful programs and inspiring innovation more efficient, more accessible, more global and more collaborative. Our global teams are driven by the firm belief that we should not have to wait years for promising innovations, ideas and processes to be implemented and accepted. Around the world, our teams develop trials and conduct pilot studies to aid in the discovery of successful research to market technological advancements. InfectionControl.tips – The www.IC.tips journal is a Pan-Access, worldwide collective that extends globally and touches locally. We are a 100% volunteer-based organization. We do not accept advertising or influence. The articles and contributions on our journal are from volunteers, edited for accuracy and free of influence from special interest. We do not pay our authors. Our ISSN is 2369-7342. Our journal utilizes all the same depositories as other journals (ResearchGate, Google Scholar). However, unlike other journals the IC.tips platform is consistently marketed to over 500 groups in social media. We are the world's largest global health platform for infection prevention and control. Our motto is: Free to Publish. Free to Access. Accessible Scientific Services. Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. 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I’m going to be one of the speakers this year at The Agents of Change Conference to help any struggling podcasters or would-be podcasters to overcome obstacles and set themselves up for success. As you guys know I love talking about stress, fear, taking risks, overcoming self-doubt. It sounds so dark but these are juicy topics and the other side of these things is heaven. But you can’t go around these things you have to go through. Which segues nicely into my topic today ... The Cycle of Change Each part of your life is likely in different parts of the cycle. This is why we commonly have the experience of feeling like there are always some areas of our life in which we are winning and other areas that feel like we are struggling. Using the card game analogy for The Cycle of Change there are several phases. Before you play a card game you have to decide what game you’re going to play. This usually happens as you’ve started to shuffle the cards so this phase is called The Shuffle Phase. The game is chosen and cards are dealt. During The Deal Phase your mind is considering your resources, the other players, a strategy is chosen and you are formulating a plan. Then you move into the phase called Play the Game. Obviously, this is the phase of movement and action. Then the game comes to a close and you are now in The Toss in Phase. During this phase you are absorbing what just happened and either celebrating a victory or considering how you feel about defeat. Phase 4: Toss In All things come to an end and typically people are rarely ready for the cycle to end because when you’re in the Playing the Game phase there’s a lot of energy and excitement. At the end, the Toss In, there is loss, grief, confusion or a lack of clarity for what’s next. Whether it is the end of a job role or a relationship, people in this part of the cycle are usually unhappy and cannot see how they will be able to go through it all again. In this part of The Cycle of Change you will take little action on your own and resist change because of fear and uncertainty, and depending on how the last phase ended, there may be a lack of hope. You may also feel victimized and like you don’t have control over your circumstances. You may find yourself being grumpier, ill at ease, and even experiencing pain more. At the end of the Toss In, there can be an intense state of “hibernation” or “cocooning,” which if you’ve read my book you’ll be very familiar with. This state will eventually passes, and if you let yourself just be during this phase you will naturally find yourself getting renewed and re-energized, ready for the next phase. Okay, for me, over the summer I noticed myself starting to feel stretched. I was happy with the way the 100% Jodi episodes were going but I was not looking forward to starting up my interviews again. I also was feeling a lack of vibrancy overall in my business. Now, some of this can be attributed to the lower engagement that typically comes with the summer but it felt like something more. I knew then, and know now, somethings needed to change for me to get back to being in alignment. I don’t want there to be any judgment in this. I love the women I’ve interviewed on Women Taking the Lead and I love this community. I could get emotional because you all don’t know the impact you’ve had on me. I am fulfilling my life’s purpose because of you and I don’t for a moment lose sight of that. How do I describe it? It was like my skin was drying up and getting tight. I didn’t fit in my skin anymore. I haven’t been sleeping well over the summer, I noticed I wasn’t setting good boundaries with others and that only caused me to feel more depleted. I definitely feel myself turning a corner, though I’m still in the Toss In phase. It’s like I’ve started to shed that old skin but the new skin underneath is so new it’s still sensitive to the environment. I feel an unravelling of an old identity but my new identity is not fully formed yet. This past weekend I was so low energy I barely did anything. I could have sat and stared out the window living in a world of my own thoughts and imaginings for hours on end. The problem I had was there was so much to DO that I could feel guilt creeping in even though I knew sitting still was what I really needed to do. I want to step off the path here but not too far to talk about Sanebox. This is actually very relevant to what we are talking about because while I’ve been experiencing low energy what has been saving my butt and yes, my sanity, is Sanebox. I’m so into this software I signed up for it myself when my free 2-week trial expired. Sanebox is a software you integrate with your email service and it automatically sorts low-priority and waste of time emails into a folder that you can check at any time but the key is it’s not clogging up your inbox.  When everything is hitting the inbox it can get overwhelming and then everything feels like a priority causing you to invest your peak times of day on emails that are not important. Go to sanebox.com/lead to sign up for your 2-week FREE trial and see if SaneBox can save your day like it saved mine. If you end up subscribing you’ll also get a $20 credit that will be applied to your first year of service. Alright, after The Agents of Change tomorrow I’ll definitely be taking some guilt-free time doing whatever I feel like I need to do in the moment. I’ve got a weekend of puttering on my agenda and it may look like a lot of nothing. Some things have come to light and some changes have already been made. Last week’s “On-Air Coaching” episode with Terri DeCoster is one of them. Starting in October you’ll also notice a format change with my interview. I have removed the Wake-up call question, because that typically comes out in the Playing Small question, and I’ve added some coaching to the interviews. When my guest answers what their biggest challenge currently is I’m taking 5 minutes or so to talk through it with them. I’ve already recorded two of those episode and I and my guest were happy with the results. It’s funny, I resisted doing any “on-air coaching” for over a year and now it’s going to be in every interview episode and that feels right that feels more in alignment. Over the summer I also started diving more into the concept of the masculine and feminine energy that is in each of us, and especially for me. Being Type-A, and being a business owner I tend to bring forth more masculine energy although at my core I am more naturally feminine. This is evident to me because I will often find myself in a cycle of go-go-go and then crash and recover, go-go-go, crash and recover. I’d like to explore bringing more feminine energy to my business and see how that plays out. I’m diving into this and going where my research takes me in terms of conversations, books, podcasts, Youtube videos. If you are into this and you have any resources to recommend to me please reach out. I’d love to hear about them. What is this going to look like for me and my business? I don’t know yet. It’s scary and exciting but it feels right to follow this path and see how it all plays out. What I do know is I want to continue to share this with you. I want to continue to be more open and vulnerable with you. Thank you all for the amazing feedback I got from the episode on spiritually. Releasing that episode was not easy for me but you affirmed for me it was the right thing to do. I want to continue to have the courage to share my journey in the hopes it help you on your journey. Speaking of which…if as I described the Toss In Phase it sounded like what you might be going through right now I’ve got some guidance for you that may help to ease the discomfort of being in this phase. One, Don’t try to rush through it because you feel uncomfortable. It is normal for this phase to feel uncomfortable and unnatural, especially if you are living in a culture that celebrates achievement, getting things done. People may not understand your need to withdraw for a while but the reflection and contemplation you will do while you are feeling low energy is critical to gaining clarity to go into the next phase. If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in indecision because you just had no clue what you did or did not want it was probably because you skipped past the Toss In phase and so never got the information you needed to do the next phase well. In this stage of grieving you are doing an analysis of what went right and what went wrong while you were in the Cycle of Change. Not only your thoughts, you are considering your feelings, actions and the results you got during that cycle. That is important information that you need to synthesis and then integrate to strengthen you to move forward. Do the work. And the work looks like being with yourself even if it feels yucky. Two, fear, anxiety, doubt, loss and anger are all normal during this phase. You may need to vent to release the emotion. Find people you trust implicitly and make it clear to them you don’t need them to fix you or make you feel better, you just need them to hear you and validate where you are. Let them know you’ll tell them when you are ready to take some action but until then you need them to respect where you are in the process. It may help to explain to them that this is a grieving process. Three, look for the positives. What do you have to be grateful for? What is going well? What can you count on? This will give you some foundation to stand on while other things feel like they are coming undone. Lastly, be good to yourself. Give yourself some guilt-free space to just be for a while without the need to do, accomplish or achieve anything in the area of life you are experiencing the Toss In phase. Remember, this too shall pass but don’t force it. Otherwise, you’ll just find your back here again without having made any progress. As I mentioned, there is information and resources that can help you. I don’t talk specifically about these phases in the book but it all applies. Go to https://womentakingthelead.com/accomplished to get more information and find where you can buy it online. I hope this was of value to you and here’s to your success! Thank You to Our Sponsors! SaneBox: If you are someone who feels buried in email and if you know you can’t help but get distracted by new emails coming in then you’re going to love SaneBox. Go to www.sanebox.com/lead to get your FREE 2 week trial and $20 off when you sign up. Zebralove Web Solutions: Your website tells a story about your business! At Zebralove Web Solutions, Milly and her team are going to make sure your website tells the story you want your customers to hear. Connect with Milly at zebralovewebsolutions.com to create the impression you want to make! Resources Private Facebook Community: Chat, share and collaborate with other women in the community! Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing: A simple, step by step system that gives you the foundation and structure to take your goals and make them happen. The Accomplished Community: A community of entrepreneurial Type A women uniting to achieve their biggest goals with confidence, integrity and a sense of humor. Subscribe to Women Taking the Lead If you enjoyed this episode subscribe in iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play Music or iHeart Radio and never miss out on inspiration and community!

Dr. Stanger has developed and refined her invitational method of mental health and substance abuse interventions using the well-established research methodology of portraiture. She and her teammate have performed thousands of family interventions throughout the United States and abroad. Dr. Stanger recently received the Spirit of Recovery Award for her years of dedication to the fields of intervention & recovery. She is a published author and her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Journal of Alcohol Studies, Recovery View, Sober Way, and various other magazines and scholarly publications. In addition, the San Diego Business Journal listed her as one of the top 10 “Women who Mean Business” and she was ranked as one of the top 10 Interventionists in the Country. She is known for lively, informative, customized and invigorating presentations for staffs, families and clients. Most recently Foundations Recovery Network, 2014 Moments of Change Conference, proclaimed Dr. Stanger the “Fan Favorite Speaker”. Her book Falling Up, A Memoir of Renewal is available on Amazon. https://www.allaboutinterventions.com   This episode was recorded at the 2017 innovations In Recovery conference in San Diego CA sponsored by Foundations Recovery Network   https://www.foundationsrecoverynetwork.com  

This week, I made a special episode, just for you. I am back from 2 live events where I was speaking: Agents of Change Conference in Portland, Maine & Biz Buzz Social Media Conference in Syracuse, New York. On the first one, I had a workshop on "Small Business Champion Tactics: Connect with Influencers to Boost your Awareness and Expand your Reach" On the second one, I was a featured expert for the panel on "Influence & Authenticity". It made me reflect a lot of how crucial attending these events is. Either if you are starting your business, nor when you are established. I go through 7 Reasons why you should definitely attend live events. Now, tell me, what event will you attend next? Ways to Connect with me: Join my FREE Community: Connect, Build, Automate

Attachment Theory and Big Data don't obviously go together, but after meeting at the 2014 Change Conference, Patrick McCreesh and Victoria Grady decided to see if they couldn't combine the two and help answer an interesting question: Can Washington Change? 2016 is an election year, so presidential hopefuls have been traipsing about the nation promising change. However, rather than taking them at their word, Patrick and Victoria have been looking at surveys conducted over the last 15 years aimed at ascertaining what the two million federal employees who took these surveys  thought about Washington's ability to change. Attachment theory helped the duo identify which things (called "transitional objects") helped federal employees deal effectively with change or how the lack these transitional objects might have impeded change. SolutionsIQ's William Rowden hosts at Change Management 2016 (http://www.acmpconference.com/Join-Us). About Agile Amped The Agile Amped podcast series engages with industry thought leaders at Agile events across the country to bring valuable content to subscribers anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe at YouTube, iTunes or SolutionsIQ.com. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www.solutionsiq.com/agile-amped/ Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

Do you wanna know more about digital marketing? Then you’ve come to the right episode.    Our guest, Rich Brooks, is a digital marketing expert, that oversees a web design and online marketing firm out of Portland, Maine called Flyte New Media.   He is a nationally recognized speaker and content creator, who has been featured on CNN.com, the Huffington Post, Inc. magazine and many other publications.     Rich is also the founder of the Agents of Change Digital Marketing Conference - which is in its 4th year, he just relaunched his Agents of Change podcast.   On this episode, Rich and I chat about all things digital marketing -  including how critical email is to your business growth.   Key Highlights From This Episode:   Why going to live events are the best way to establish relationships. What is the best way to meet your ideal customers and covert to quality leads? The interesting way that Rich came up with the name of his agency. Why Rich decided to launch an annual conference, particularly in Maine. Why your email list is the most valuable tool you have as a small business owner. What is the best way to actually grow your email list. And so much more! Important Mentions from this Episode (with links): Flyte New Media website Agents of Change Conference *Gen X Amplified listeners can get $25 off their pass, by using the promo code = GenX  Agents of Change Podcast Rich Brooks on Twitter Rich’s first blog back in 1997 “It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City” by Bruce Springsteen Boomerang for Gmail Thank you for listening! Thank you so very much for checking out the podcast. There are so many other shows out there, so the fact that you took the time to listen in really means a lot!   Now if you enjoyed the show, I would be extremely grateful if you would go to iTunes and give an honest rating and review for this podcast. Ratings are very important when it comes to overall rankings and especially availability of the show for more people to enjoy.   And I do in fact read every review because your feedback is valuable and it’s important that we focus on providing the best content we can to our audience.    And please don’t forget to subscribe to Gen X Amplified in iTunes, if you haven’t already. That way, you will get updated each and every time a new episode is made available.    Also, if you could - share this episode on any social networks you see here below of this post, that would be awesome.   Again, thanks so much, and until next time - all the best to your success!  

If you are not getting the results that you desire in your ministry, your church's culture may be the culprit!  Your church's culture impacts how your members view, feel about, and describe your ministry.  A corrupt, limited, or toxic culture can not only stagnate your ministry from the inside, but also repel new visitors.  In this episode, Dr. Davis discusses the very difficult topic of leading the charge in changing the culture of your church.

  This week, Point of Inquiry welcomes Richard Dawkins for a special episode recorded before a live audience at the Center for Inquiry’s Reason for Change conference in Buffalo, New York on June 13, 2015. Dawkins is easily one of the world’s most influential and controversial scientists; a pioneer in evolutionary biology, science communication, and the public visibility of atheists. He is the author of several bestselling books including The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion, and Unweaving the Rainbow, and he is founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.   Dawkins is joined by Point of Inquiry host Josh Zepps, discusses how he found his love for science and evolution, the importance of secular values, and how we can inspire people to appreciate and embrace science. It’s not all serious and lofty, of course, as Dawkins cops to being “pretty condescending and bossy,” and displays his remarkable proficiency with an outlandish American accent.      Dawkins, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award from CFI at this conference, brings the audience to its feet with his wit and insight. 

Adventures in Visibility | How to Boost Your Visibility with SEO to Get Better Conversion on Your Site In this episode of Adventures In Visibility I welcome my good friend and colleague, +Rich Brooks founder and president of flyte new media, to discuss search engine optimization (SEO), visibility and how to better better conversions on your site. Rich Brooks is founder and president of flyte new media, a web design and marketing firm in Portland, Maine. He is a nationally recognized speaker on entrepreneurship, Internet marketing and social media. He is currently an Expert Blogger at FastCompany.com and a regular contributor at SocialMediaExaminer.com. Rich is a founder of The Agents of Change Digital Marketing Conference, an annual conference on search, social & mobile marketing. He runs The Marketing Agents Podcast, where he interviews marketing experts from around the world on search, social & mobile marketing. On the Hangout Rich and I discuss: ~ How to discover which keywords your ideal customers are looking for ~ How to place them strategically on your site for maximum impact ~ How to use them for blog posts and YouTube videos to increase your reach ~ How to drive people to your site for improved conversions Connect with Rich: Twitter: http://twitter.com/therichbrooks Website: http://www.takeflyte.com Agents of Change Conference: http://www.agentsofchangecon.com/ Marketing Agents Podcast: http://www.themarketingagents.com/itunes Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa If you'd like to get on the email list to get notified about future Adventure Hangouts and when video replays and show notes are posted, go to http://AdventuresInVisibility.com or reply below with a request to be added to my G+ Adventure Circle.

In this episode we interview Neisha Zaffuto and William McCormick of Medivance Billing. They share with us what every addict's mom needs to know about Obamacare and how it will affect those suffering with addiction. Medivance is sponsoring the "Moments of Change" Conference on September 24th, 2013 at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida and has generously gifted us with a special code for admission reducing the day's admission fee from $225 to only $50(breakfast and lunch are included)! The day will be filled with crucial information and top notch speakers in the addiction field. Medivance will be presenting a special seminar on the Afforable Care Act and provide attendees with information that will help you navigate the tricky new health care options being offered in the Fall so that you can pick the best plan for your addicted loved one.

Welcome to episode #145 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. In another heated conversation, this is also episode #4 of Media Hacks. We're all on the call (with the exception of Julien Smith) and it's lively, snarky and (hopefully) insightful too. If you enjoy the topics of media, publishing, advertising and the newer media, please take a listen. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #145 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 38:01. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. BookCamp Toronto - June 6th, 2009 - MaRS Discovery District. The Road to Six Pixels of Separation - The Book - coming soon. Media Hacks #4.  Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents. C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Advance Guard. Christopher S. Penn - The Financial Aid Podcast - Marketing Over Coffee. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - The Book Oven. (joins in shortly after the beginning). Not present: Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. It's the economy stupid. O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference. From Industrialization to Digitization. Christian Science Monitor to print only. New York Times subscribers if we give them all Amazon's Kindle. The value of publishing. What do consumers really want? And how do they want it? Most publishers are just inventory to advertisers. Google gets out of the radio business. Is Google getting into Podcast monetization? Sirius XM and satellite radio. Microsoft goes retail. How do the formats work and how do we make them easier to get? Podsafe Music Network: Kevin Reeves - 'Throw Me A Line. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #145 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advance guard advertising blog blogging book oven bookcamp bookcamp toronto cc chapman chris brogan christian science monitor christopher s peen digital marketing economy facebook facebook group financial aid podcast google google radio hugh mcguire in over your head itunes julien smith kevin reeves librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee mars discovery district media hacks microsoft new marketing labs new york times online social network oreilly podcast podcasting podsafe music network publishing retail satellite radio sirius six pixels of separation social media marketing tools of change conference trust agents twist image twitter web 20 xm

Welcome to episode #144 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is a very special episode. I had the distinct pleasure of getting some time to chat with Bob Young - the guy behind Lulu.com, Red Hat and Linux Journal. We spoke during the O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishers conference that took place in New York City. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #144 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 37:16. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. The Road to Six Pixels of Separation - The Book - coming soon. Media Hacks.  Sadly, I missed PodCamp Toronto that just ended. BookCamp Toronto - June 6th, 2009 - MaRS Discovery District. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - The Book Oven. Mark Bertils - Index // MB. O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference. In conversation with Bob Young - CEO of Lulu and one of the guys behind Red Hat (he also co-founded Linux Journal). Podsafe Music Network: The Shakes - 'Liberty Jones'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #144 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising blog blogging bob young book oven bookcamp toronto digital marketing facebook facebook group hugh mcguire index mb itunes librivox linux journal lulu mark bertils marketing mars discovery district media hacks new york city online social network oreilly podcamp toronto podcast podcasting podsafe music network red hat six pixels of separation social media marketing the shakes tools of change conference twist image twitter web 20

At the recent San Francisco Writers Conference I attended an excellent introduction to podcasting. The class was taught by Britt Bravo. Britt specializes in telling, and helping others to tell, stories about creating social change. She writes for two blogs, produce two podcasts, and teaches people how to blog and podcast. Her local paper, the East Bay Express, named her the Best Podcaster/Blogger Most Dedicated to Social Change in 2007. Britt speaks and leads workshops about blogging, podcasting, how nonprofits can use social media, and how people can create work they love. She has spoken and done trainings for events like the Bioneers, Stanford Women’s Leadership Conference, Making Media Connections Conference, Writing for Change Conference, the United Way of Kern County’s Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits, and the FIELD project’s Scale Academy grantee meeting (a program of the Aspen Institute). Britt interviews individuals involved in creating positive change for her Big Vision Podcast. I caught up with Britt after her class at the Writers Conference. She shared her insights on podcasting and why some writers have difficulty getting up to speed with the world of blogging and podcasts. To hear what she told me, click on the podcast icon below.

Welcome to episode #143 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is also episode #3 of Media Hacks. It was recorded live over some of the biggest sandwiches I have ever seen at the Carnegie Deli in New York City. You'll get to hear from Chris Brogan, Hugh McGuire, Julien Smith and more. We're ranting, raving and panting all over media, publishing and books. Note: some of the language is not work safe. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #143 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 45:11. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful New York City. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. The Road to Six Pixels of Separation - The Book - coming soon. Media Hacks Podcast #3. Live from the Carnegie Deli in New York City. What makes World of Warcraft Not A Book? Chris Brogan - Co-author of Trust Agents. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - The Book Oven. Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. Not killing themselves with pastrami this week: C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Advance Guard. Christopher S. Penn - The Financial Aid Podcast - Marketing Over Coffee. O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference. Social Media Week NYC. Jeff Pulver - SocComm. Jeff Jarvis - Buzzmachine - What Would Google Do? The Digitalist - Sara Lloyd. Amazon Kindle 2. Everything Bad Is Good For You - Steven Berlin Johnson. Radian6 - Amber Naslund - @ambercadabra - Director of Community. BookCamp Toronto - June 6th, 2009 - MaRS Discovery District. Podsafe Music Network: New Leaf - 'Magic Carpet'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #143 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: advertising amazon kindle 2 amber naslund blog blogging book oven bookcamp toronto buzzmachine cc chapman chris brogan christopher s penn digital marketing everything bad is good for you facebook facebook group financial aid podcast hugh mcguire in over your head itunes jeff jarvis jeff pulver julien smith librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee media hacks new leaf new york city online social network oreilly podcamp podcast podcasting podsafe music network radian6 sarah lloyd six pixels of separation soccomm social media marketing social media week nyc steven berlin johnson the digitalist tools of change conference twist image twitter web 20 what would google do wikipedia

Welcome to episode #142 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is the first recording with my new laptop, and from my first listen, it does not sound good at all. So, it's definitely the sound card on this laptop (as I am using the same microphone). I'll need to find a better solution. In the meantime, it's all about the content, so enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #142 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 33:56. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. The Road to Six Pixels of Separation - The Book - coming soon. Media Hacks Podcast. C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Advance Guard. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - The Book Oven. Christopher S. Penn - The Financial Aid Podcast - Marketing Over Coffee. Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. Chris Brogan - Co-author of Trust Agents. Lost all of the old audio comments due to the new laptop. Dell Latitude E4200. Attending O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference in New York City this coming week. TED 2009. Seth Godin. Dan Ariely. Social Media Week NYC. BookCamp Toronto - June 6th, 2009 - MaRS Discovery District. PodCamp Toronto - February 21-22, 2009 - Ryerson University. Audio Comment - Shel Holtz - A Shel Of My Former Self - For Immediate Release. Audio Comment - Jay Moonah - Media Driving. Six Points of Separation - Six Things About Unconferences You May Not Know: 1. You don't attend, you participate. 2. If you don't like the content, create a session you will like. 3. They should not be presentations, they should be conversations. 4. The Law of Two Feet. 5. If you register, you should attend. 6. It's not a conference: don't expect food, water of a gift bag. Podsafe Music Network: David Cloyd - 'Weird Fishes'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #142 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: a shel of my former self advertising blog bologging book oven bookcamp toronto cc chapman chris brogan christopher s penn dan ariely david cloyd dell latitude e4200 digital marketing facebook facebook group financial aid podcast for immediate release hugh mcguire in over your head itunes jay moonah julien smith law of two feet librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee mars discovery district media driving media hacks new york city online social network podcamp podcamp toronto podcast podcasting podsafe music network ryerson university seth godin shel holtz six pixels of separation social media marketing social media week nyc ted ted talks tools of change conference twist image twitter unconference web 20 wikipedia

Elizabeth Pomada is a literary agent who co-founded the Writing for Change Conference and the San Francisco Writers Conference with her husband, Michael Larsen.  Together, they started Michael Larsen - Elizabeth Pomada Literary Agents in 1972.She talks about the Writing for Change Conference and tips for writers who want to write for change.You can read a transcript of this interview on my blog, Have Fun * Do Good.