Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Piper

In this episode, Ben and Kate discuss the presidential cabinet nomination process and current nominees for President Trump's second term cabinet. Research/Resources:  "Trump Cabinet confirmation status: Which nominees have been confirmed” by Parker Kaufmann, Humera Lodhi, Christopher L. Keller, and Sara Burnett. Published in AP News website January 18, 2025 and available on https://apnews.com/projects/trump-cabinet-confirmation-tracker/United States Senate: About Senate Rules https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/rules.htm United States Senate: About Executive Nominations Historical Overview https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/nominations/executive-nominations-overview.htm “Confirming the Cabinet: Historical Trends of Cabinet Secretary Confirmations Across the Last Five Presidential Administrations” by Chris Piper. Published in Center for Presidential Transition website January 16, 2025 and available on https://presidentialtransition.org/confirming-the-cabinet-historical-trends-of-cabinet-secretary-confirmations-across-the-last-five-presidential-administrations/ Check out our website at http://artofdiscussing.buzzsprout.com, on Facebook at Art of Discussing and on Instagram @artofdiscussing.Got a topic that you'd like to see discussed? Interested in being a guest on our show? Just want to reach out to share an opinion, experience, or resource? Leave us a comment below or contact us at info@artofdiscussing.com!! We'd love to hear from you! Keep Discussing!Music found on Pixabay. Song name: "Clear Your Mind" by Caffeine Creek Band"

Join Matt Youmans on Circa Friday Football Invitational, as he reveals the top picks for the Circa Friday Football Invitational contest. Plus, Doug Kezirian joins the show to discuss his picks this weekend across the NFL. Also, Chris Piper joins the show with more on the College Football Playoff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's finally here! This week, Michael is joined by Chris Piper, Executive Director of VPAP, and Steve Humble, Chief Content Officer for VPM, who explain how both organizations are partnering to create the next evolution of Pod Virginia...The Virginia Press Room, a weekly round-table podcast bringing news and analysis from journalists across the Commonwealth. Every Monday, Michael will lead journalists on a roundup of stories they've covered the previous week, diving deep into their investigation and previewing what's ahead.For current subscribers to Pod Virginia: no changes needed! Stay subscribed to this podcast feed, and you'll automatically get episodes of The Virginia Press Room when it launches in January 2025.

Happy Friday, listening family (and First Contact Day, Trekkers)!  To begin with this AM, we check in with Chris Piper, a longtime Richmond's Morning News guest who now is the Executive Director of the Virginia Public Access Project ("VPAP").  Chris talks to John about what VPAP is doing to help inform Virginia constituents.

In the second hour of VSiN Tonight, host Matt Youmans is joined by Doug Kezirian, Betting Analyst for OnlyPlayers.com to share his best bets for the last week of the contest. Chris Piper, Circa Football Survivor Winner 2021, joins the show to share his picks for the contest this week. Chris Fallica, Fox Sports Betting Analyst joins the show to give his picks for NFL Week 18 and CFB National Championship. Lastly, Weston Stradtman, Friday Football Invitational contestant joins the show to share his best bets for the contest this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Friday Football Invitational, host Matt Youmans is joined by Jeff Petch, 2021 Circa Millions Runner-Up, to share his plays for the contest this week. Matt is also joined by Chris Piper, 2021 Friday Football Invitational Co-Champion, as they talk about the current standings in the Friday Football Invitational plus give out best bets for the NFL Week 17 weekend slate. Lastly, Matt shares the betting plays for those who are still in the contest this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of VSiN Tonight, host Matt Youmans is joined by Chris Piper to share his best bets for the contest this week and deep dive into the CFB Bowl games. Tony Gordon joins the show to share his plays for the Friday contest this week. Lastly, Randy McKay joins the show to share his thoughts on his picks this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In the second hour of VSiN Tonight, host Matt Youmans is joined by Chris Piper to breeak down his bets for this week. Matt reacts to Joel Klatt on USC's defense. Randy McKay joins the show to break down his bets for this week. Lastly Matt reacts Jim Harbaugh's suspension and preview Michigan vs Penn St. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Current and upcoming legislation that will impact greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, zero emission vehicles and consumer energy costs. Chris Piper, Director of Legislative Affairs at the Colorado Energy Office shares this and much more, in a very engaging presentation and discussion. Colorado Energy Officehttps://energyoffice.colorado.gov/ This episode was recorded at the Sustainability in Progress  (SIP) virtual event on October 18, 2023. Sustainability in Progress is a monthly program of the Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future. Join us (free) the third Wednesday of every month. Register for the November 15, 2023 Event (on Zoom): Have Yourself a Low Impact HolidayNovember 15, Noon to 1 PM Register Here The mission of Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future is to promote regional sustainability and advance the Pikes Peak region's sustainability plan (PPR2030) through regional collaboration and outreach. Connect with us at peakalliance.org The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region. Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future https://www.peakalliance.co/ Pikes Peak Permaculture https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org/ GrowthBusters https://www.growthbusters.org Keep up with all the organizations and events making our area a better place to live. Follow on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode:      

In this week's episode of The Friday Football Invitational, host Matt Youmans are joined by Kenny White to share his Friday Football Invitational picks along with previewing the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas. Matt then shares Friday Football Invitational picks for Kenny White, Chris Piper, Scott Pritchard, James Salinas, Brad Powers, Mike Palm, Juice Reel, Wes Reynolds, Doug Kezirian, Chris Fallica, Paul Stone, Frank Betti, Jim McIngvale, Kelley Stewart, Weston Stradtman, Jeff Petch, Tony Gordon, Randy McKay, Steve Coughlin, Chuck Edel, and himself.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the opening hour of VSiN Tonight, host Matt Youmans is joined by Chris Piper to preview College Football Week 5 games. Brad Powers joins the show to talk College Football Week 5. Lastly Matt discuss NFL and College Football.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Friday Football Invitational, host Matt Youmans are joined by Chris Fallica, FOX Sports Betting Analyst to share his Friday Football Invitational picks. Matt then shares Friday picks for Chris Piper, Scott Pritchard, Kenny White, James Salinas, Brad Powers, Paul Stone, Frank Betti, Jim McIngvale, Kelley Stewart, Doug Kezirian, Weston Stradtman, Randy McKay, Chuck Edel, Tony Gordon, Jeff Petch, Steve Coughlin, Mike Palm, Juice Reel, Wes Reynolds, and Matt himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Friday Football Invitational, host Matt Youmans is joined by Brent Musburger to discuss betting previews for College Football Week 4. Matt shares the best bets for Scott Pritchard, Kenny White, Chris Piper, Kelley Stewart, James Salinas, Frank Betti, Jim McIngvale, Chris Fallica, Paul Stone, Brad Powers, Steve Coughlin, Doug Kezirian, Chuck Edel, Tony Gordon, Randy McKay, Weston Stradtman, Juice Reel, Mike Palm, Wes Reynolds, and himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Friday Football Invitational, host Matt Youmans is first joined by Tony Gordon, 2021 Circa Millions Champion to share his Friday Football Invitational picks and go over NFL Week 2. Youmans then shares picks for Kenny White, Kelly Stewart, Jeff Petch, Randy McKay, Weston Stradtman. Youmans shares the best bets for those participating in this week's Friday Football Invitational and the picks for Paul Stone, James Salinas, Chris Piper, Scott Pritchard, Brad Powers, Frank Betti, and Jim McIngvale, Stanford Steve, Chris Fallica, Doug Kezirian, Chuck Edel and Wes Reynolds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Friday Football Invitational, host Matt Youmans is joined by James Salinas to talk NFL Week 1 and his best bets. Youmans also shares and discuss best bets for Chris Fallica, Chuck Edel, Paul Stone, Doug Kezirian, Randy McKay, Chris Piper, Kelly Stewart, Kenny White, Scott Pritchard, Brad Powers, Mike Palm, Wes Reynolds, Ricky Gold, Frank Betti, Jim McIngvale, Steve Coughlin, Tony Gordon, Jeff Petch and Weston Stradtman.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Thomas and Michael are joined by Chris Piper, former Virginia Elections Commissioner and now executive director of the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP). Chris explains how VPAP interprets and displays campaign finance information in a non-partisan manner, collects news stories from across the Commonwealth, and displays complex data to help Virginians make more informed election choices.Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMediaSponsored by the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia

On this episode, Thomas and Michael are joined by Chris Piper, former Virginia Elections Commissioner and now COO of the nonpartisan Elections Group. Chris explains how Virginia's Department of Elections prevents voter fraud in multiple ways--from strict protection of Internet-free voting machines to coordination with other states and the "Master Death File" that keeps track of recently-deceased Virginians.Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMediaSponsored by the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia

I love public speaking. But most people don't. What better way to start off a podcast on public speaking than to invite a leader who hates it? Chris Piper is no ordinary CMO. He's built a marketing agency, launched his own patented product at CES, and helped grow several 8 and 9-figure businesses. At Scribe Media, Chris has helped scale the company from low 7-figures to mid-8, from 19 people to 120+, and 1 person in marketing (just him) to 15. And despite being a public figure and a C-level exec, Chris has a love-hate relationship with public speaking. On the one hand, he believes that you can have "10 years of therapy in one talk (on stage)", but on the other he would rather "stand up naked in front of everyone than have to do (his most memorable) speech again". We dive into this and much more in this premiere episode of Speak as a Leader. I'm your host, Nausheen I. Chen. I'm a leadership communications coach. I come from the world of PR, marketing and training at Fortune 50 companies. I come from the world of startup founders, where I bootstrapped my startup to $1 million in revenue. I've helped 70+ leaders in 6 countries speak confidently on stage, on camera and in person. If you enjoy this episode, please take 10 seconds to give us 5 stars. As a young podcast, you have no idea how MUCH of a difference your review would make in getting us discovered by others who might enjoy Speak as a Leader. Connect with me, the host (Nausheen I. Chen): LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nausheenichen/ Email: me@nsheen.com All my links: https://linktr.ee/nsheen.i Get in touch with Chris: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispiper/ Email: piper@scribemedia.com Twitter: @chriskpiper

In this hour of The Football Contest Show, hosts Brady Kannon and Mike Pritchard preview the Circa Contest and speak with Derek Stevens and Mike Palm. The guys also speak with one of the 2021 Circa Survivor Winners, Chris Piper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The age old question, "What's next?" -- yeah, we're there. This week on Almost Cool, our good friend Chris Piper finally joins the studio after months of interest and dang, the man's voice was made for radio.. his face too!

Hosts Connor Eads and Gary Christensen interview Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections Chris Piper to discuss election security, ballot access, and the upcoming Gubernatorial election. To check your registration status and find your polling place, go to: https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation/

In this episode, guest host Amber Khan talks with Chris Piper, Head of Marketing at Scribe Media on the best way to amplify your personal brand: share your story.This is a #FlipMyFunnel podcast. Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or here.You can find Amber on LinkedIn and on her website, amplifyology.comAnd if a thriving community of growth-oriented marketers sounds like your kind of place, be sure to check out PEAK Community.

Today I’m joined by Chris Piper aka the Pyjama Gardener, to talk about different types of vegetable plants and what we can learn about plant groups to help us grow them more effectively Join us on Facebook- Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/235726027726637/?ref=share Contact us via email - SelfSufficientContact@gmail.com Find us on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC33RtwynPm1s7xP709KMQcQ Support the Show - https://www.patreon.com/SelfSufficientHub Find the podcast - Apple podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/self-sufficient-hub/id1506405294 Google podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYWM3M2JkOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1xeCGY3Ba0tlAxJqEf8jjP?si=8MJdUFfuS-C1p5E_pyJXOA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-sufficient-hub/message

Let me start with a statement that probably seems painfully obvious to a lot of you: I have no idea what I am doing up here. Of course, I have had plenty of years of experience preaching, and actually have an advanced degree in it. But I never took a class in pandemic preaching: “How to Preach to an Empty Room and an iPhone 101” The education and experience I have is not based on this situation, and I don’t even get to shake your hands at the end of the service these days, for you to tell me what you like (and don’t like) about my sermon. I have no idea what I am doing up here. Meanwhile, I along with the SLT are trying to figure out a schedule for a return to in-person worship, balancing the return of kids to school…and the appearance of more and more variants…and the impact of social isolation after all these months…and now talk of a third wave here in the Midwest. I won’t speak for the SLT, but I would say for my part, I don’t have all this figured out, for sure. We’ll know more in hindsight in a few years, but in the moment, we are trying to figure it all out. In fact, I would suggest that the whole underlying premise of the ReShape initiative is “we don’t know what we are doing here…help us figure it out together.” Maybe you know the feeling. I think a lot of us feel pretty clueless these days. Some think they have all the answers (see Facebook) and know exactly what we should do! But most of us acknowledge some cluelessness…some desperation. We thought we knew some things, but then we had to figure out how to teach in a pandemic or sell products in a pandemic or be retired in a pandemic, when we expected to be able to hang out with friends and travel to see our grandkids! None of us really know what we are doing. And for some of us, that is hard. My guess is that there are days where we feel at the end of our rope. Of course, some of us have felt that more acutely than others: some have suffered personally the consequences of the coronavirus or other health issues. Others have lost income or jobs. Others have struggled with mental health during this past year. There are plenty who have suffered more than I have. But I think a lot of us, even if we don’t have this clear and targeted reason for it, feel clueless and weary and worn. If I had to name it, I would call it Communal Coronavirus Confusion. A shared feeling of cluelessness and desperation and weariness. One day, psychologists will have a better name for it. For now, it just feels like we have no idea what is going on, and it wears us out. Again, I will speak for myself that I am tired of it all…mentally tired and confused by all the decisions that have to be made, and the new learning required and the extra work needed to accomplish the same thing. And physically tired…I think it has hit me this week, as we all lost an hour of sleep, how confused my body is. We share this communal malaise, and we don’t like it. Let me suggest that what has been happening to us is not unlike what we read in the book of Luke. Throughout the Gospel, there is this heavy oppressive regime that leads to a sense of helplessness and hopelessness. Some turn violent, like the Zealots. Others turn perfectionistic, like the Pharisees. Some turn capitalist, like the tax collectors. But it feels like throughout the Gospel of Luke, no one really understands what is going on. The first part of the reading today, suggests that very thing. Jesus once again predicts his death, but it says three times at the end of the passage that they have no idea what is going on. “They understood nothing…the truth was hidden from them…they did not grasp it.” Got it, Luke. They didn’t know what was going on. And of course, we have seen that theme over and over again throughout Luke. The disciples don’t understand what Jesus is about. The Pharisees don’t understand what Jesus is about. The crowds loved him, but they don’t really get it, either. No one knows how this is going to end up. And it feels like there is this general malaise throughout Palestine at this point. Helplessness. Desperation. Cluelessness. Grief. Pain. Trauma. And it is out of this malaise that we see Zacchaeus emerge. Now, Zacchaeus is an interesting bird in the context of Luke. We know the story mostly as a kids’ story. For good reason: kids can really understand the experience of being left out, brushed aside, and literally too short to see over people. But this is not a kids’ story (or at least not only a kids’ story). The shortness of Zacchaeus seems less about his stature, and instead more about a detail to set up his desperation. Zaccaheus had some pretty adult motivations going on. He was stuck in an unhealthy system. The Roman tax collection system was a kind of legalized extortion, where tax collectors would charge their salary from those who paid their taxes, because they weren’t being paid by the Roman overlords. They were victims, too. Thus, the common people hated the tax collectors, because they represented the Roman oppressors, and because they took their money for themselves. The best current comparison I can think of is an employee at one of these payday loan places that charge 500% interest rates. Unpopular among those who are getting gouged, but also disposable to those at the top who use them to gouge their neighbors. And in a moral quandary about how to take care of their own needs at the expense of others. Zacchaeus found himself in the middle of this moral malaise. Zacchaeus participated in this system, and perpetuated it, and benefitted from it, but was also a victim of it. When the whole system is broken, everyone loses. He must have seen what it was doing to his neighbors. He must have known what people said about him behind his back (or to his face). He was worn and weary and broken and desperate and hurting and tired. And then Jesus came to town. In each of these stories, the desperation for what Jesus could offer is palpable. The blind man, screaming in his desperation and darkness for Jesus to heal him. The desperation of Zacchaeus. There was something that Jesus represented that Zacchaeus wanted. Needed. Desperately yearned for. Was willing to debase himself by climbing up in a tree for. Look at the lengths to which he goes to seek that transformation, that healing, that wholeness. In our photography as a spiritual discipline course last fall, Tom Wilcox brought an old picture of fans after the 1988 National Championship. Crowded around the victorious Jayhawks are a press of fans, including grown men up in trees! Desperate to catch a glimpse of Danny Manning and Chris Piper! As silly as it looks to us to see a grown man in a tree, it looked just as silly for those who saw Zacchaeus! But he was desperate, and didn’t care what others thought of him. But let me suggest that the power of the story is not in the energy of these people seeking Jesus. Watch the flip in the story. Zacchaeus is desperately seeking Jesus…and then Jesus desperately seeks him. “hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” It feels funny to use words like desperate to talk about Jesus. It’s not a desperation of need, like it was with the blind man and Zacchaeus, but there is a desperation in Jesus’ words and actions. What else would cause a man to march to his certain death, but a desperate hope that that march would make a difference? A desperate love for a people hurting and lonely and afraid. The end of the passage is explicit: “the Son of Man was sent to seek and save the lost.” The urgency of those seeking Jesus is matched by his urgency seeking them. This story is first and foremost, is a story of welcome by Jesus. Zacchaeus’s response is significant, to be sure: he will return four-fold to those he wronged! But it is not meant to be a calculated figure of repentance. Of logical reparations. This is not a math problem for Zacchaeus to pay off his community debts. This is an act of praise, an illogical and impractical declaration that comes in the face of the fact that he has been sought. He understands himself—maybe for the first time ever—to be someone worthy of love. Worthy of grace. Worthy of invitation. When Jesus calls him down from that tree, he moves from confused to cared-for. From powerless to purposeful. From desperate to dedicated. We like to poke fun at those who don’t get it in the Gospels…the disciples and the Pharisees and the like. But the bottom line is that Jesus doesn’t seem to have much room for those who know it all! The only ones who get it…are those who don’t get it! Who are ready to be sought and found and saved by Jesus, not by their own expertise. OK, so what does that mean for us? That we should celebrate our own cluelessness? Well, yeah. Kind of. Barbara Brown Taylor actually talks about this in her book Altar in the World. It is a book of spiritual practices. And one of the practices that she invites us to is “getting lost.” She speaks of the power of the wilderness in the Scriptures. Story after story tell of the truth that only when we are lost, only when we are clueless, can God get to work on us. She says it this way: “when the safety net has split, when the resources are gone, when the way ahead is not clear, the sudden exposure can be both frightening and revealing. We spend so much of our time protecting ourselves from this exposure that a weird kind of relief can result when we fail. To lie flat on the ground with the breath knocked out of you is to find a solid resting place….The point is to give up on the sufficiency of your own resources. The point is to admit that you are lost….” This spiritual practice of getting lost fits pretty well with the work of Lent, doesn’t it? Over these last weeks, we have been offering this Lenten Rule…practices to engage in this season: listening, humility, communal lament, celebration, and last week the implication was service to the poor and marginalized. But the more I tell you what to do as Christians, the more I run the risk of implying that in order to be acceptable to Jesus, the more things you have to do. The Two-Way pointed this out last week, and used the language of the Reformation: salvation based on works. The Reformers wisely rejected that notion, proclaiming that a salvation based on works (the things we do) is more problematic than one based on grace (the things that God does for us). This is exactly that the Pharisees did wrong. They played Holy Bingo, assuming that their salvation was tied to getting enough numbers crossed off their scorecard. Check. Check. Check. Check. Check. Now Jesus loves me, this I know. For my overworked and over-busy calendar tells me so. But Barbara Brown Taylor tells us that the only way to win is to throw away the card and receive the grace of being found. Being sought. Being loved. As does the story of Zacchaeus. He didn’t earn his invitation by Jesus. His works didn’t preclude a holy welcome. All he did was live out of his lostness. His desperation. His confusion. His need. And Jesus did the rest. Zacchaeus’s response to make reparations to others was a natural result of being exposed to a love so deep that it made him want to run out and show that love to others. Even if the mathematics don’t line up. Grace isn’t a mathematical equation anyway! When you start looking for medieval pictures of Zacchaeus, you will start to find a trend. There are pictures of Zacchaeus up a tree, alongside of pictures of Jesus on the donkey from the triumphal entry of Palm Sunday. In fact, this passage is only a few verses away from the entry into Palm Sunday, which we will read next week. And in a more concrete way, they seemed to see the connection between the tree that Zacchaeus climbed, and the trees which were stripped to lay branches on the road in front of Jesus. In their minds, since Zacchaeus was up the tree anyway, he could throw a few branches down to honor Jesus. But I think that there is a spiritual connection, as well. Jesus was willing to seek and save the lost, willing to enter into the teeth of the enemy in Jerusalem, willing to lay down his life in desperate love. In some ways, Zacchaeus is the symbol of that love. When he enters that city next week, Jesus is telling every single one of us like he told Zacchaeus “Hurry on down, because I am seeking you. I am desperately in love with you. You are sought.” The donkey. The temple. The cross. All symbols of that age-old story: Jesus seeks you. Even unto death. Even to the ends of the earth.

Today’s Patreon-fueled shout-out comes from an anonymous supporter who wants to say - "We keep each other safe. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance."*In this unprecedented election, results will be counted in Virginia until Friday, but enough returns are in to reasonably draw certain conclusions. For one, Democrat Joseph Biden has defeated incumbent Donald Trump in Virginia, with 53.65 percent of the vote to Trump’s 44.5 percent. That’s with 2,580 of 2,585 precincts reporting, though a dashboard on the Virginia Department of Elections website shows the percentage of absentee ballots cast in each district.In the 5th District, 88 percent of the received absentee ballots cast had been counted by 8:44 this morning. Republican Bob Good defeated Democrat Cameron Webb 53.4 percent to 46.3 percent. In a statement, Good said his victory  was one for “the conservative values that founded and sustain this nation, for biblical principles, the sanctity of life, religious liberty, free market capitalism, and the importance of faith and family.” In a concession statement, Webb said the campaign was a “battle of ideas about how to best serve the district.” He congratulated Good and said he looked forward to “continuing to engage with him as we move forward from this election in a unified way.”In the 7th District, Incumbent Abigail Spanberger was about 800 votes behind Republican Nick Frietas as of 7:51 a.m. As in-person votes were counted, Freitas took an early initial lead but Spanberger drew within a couple hundred votes as absentee ballots came in. The 7th District is listed as having 89 percent of absentee ballots counted, though a disclaimer on the VDE site reads:*Please note these statistics may not take into account all surrendered absentee ballots*”Screenshot from Virginia Department of ElectionsMail-in ballots have until noon Friday to be received by local registrars in order to be counted. Chris Piper is the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections.“Virginia is going to count every single vote,” Piper said. “The ballot can be received postmarked by election day, can be received in the office of the general registrar’s office by noon on Friday November 6 to be counted.”Localities have until Tuesday, November 10 to certify their results. The state Board of Elections will meet on November 16 to officially certify the results. * The Virginia Department of Health is reporting another 1,157 cases of COVID-19 this morning, bringing the seven-day average for new daily cases to 1,297. The seven-day average for positive tests remains at 5.7 percent for the second straight day. In the Blue Ridge Health District, there are another 14 cases reported today with four from Albemarle, seven from Charlottesville, two from Fluvanna and one from Greene. The seven-day average for new daily cases is 16 and the seven-day positivity percentage for PCR tests 2 percent. The UVA COVID-19 tracker shows 32 active cases as of yesterday with 14 of those students. *Tourism has the potential to become more local as the country continues to contend with the global pandemic, but industry businesses will need support to make it through a tough winter.“For the next two years, we are anticipating that people will continue to travel more domestically and that’s great news for us as a destination because we are so centrally located and near large cities,” said Courtney Cacatian, the executive director of the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We’re a small city and a rural destination simultaneously so we have a really good mix of things that people want to do right now.” Cacatian told the public policy committee of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce that many spent the summer satisfying their desires to move around.“American travelers are feeling a bit more settled in than they were especially last spring and prioritizing relaxation and trying to decrease their stress and travel is one of the ways that people do that,” Cacatian said. However, Cacatian pointed to survey research that showed more confidence in travel during the summer months, but rising COVID cases nationwide as well as colder weather has reversed that trend.“We’re anticipating that we have hit the peak for October for how many visitors we’re going to get until the spring,” Cacatian said. “October is usually a peak for Charlottesville and Albemarle but the lows are anticipated to be much lower this winter. We just don’t know exactly how low they will go.” In September, Albemarle County opened up a grant program called Safe Spaces and Places to help businesses pay for ways to continue operating through tents and heaters. Charlottesville businesses that receive grants can also use funding for that purpose. Courtesy of the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau* Today in meetings, the Charlottesville Housing Advisory Committee meets at noon. The agenda states that there will be a discussion of housing strategy to date. There are no other materials but I have a couple things they might consider discussing. (meeting info)Last month, Council approved agreements for how $8.5 million in capital funds for affordable housing will be used by the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the Piedmont Housing Alliance. Yesterday, the consultant overseeing development of an affordable housing plan and the completion of the city’s Comprehensive Plan released drafts of their work. They are asking the public to take a look and make comments through December 2. Take a look at the website.  The Albemarle Board of Supervisors meets at 1 p.m. One topic on the agenda is a discussion of how new civic spaces in the county’s urban area. That topic will come up when Supervisors get an update on the Rio Road form-based code. Rachel Falkenstein is a planning manager with the county and she said the plan is to help guide Albemarle transition to a more urban place.“Our current network of streets in Rio 29 is pretty limited to two main roads, that’s Route 29 and Rio Road and then Berkmar Drive but other than that there really aren’t many public streets in Rio 29 so we’ve tried to figure out a code to get new streets but do so in a way that is flexible because we’ve heard that’s important to people,” Falkenstein at the October 22 meeting of the Places 29-Rio Community Advisory Committee.  Other items include the regional legislative agenda and a public hearing on amendments to this year’s budget. ‘ This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, students in our Elections 2020 class interview Chris Piper, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections, about how the pandemic has affected election administration this year; historic levels of absentee and early voting; partnering with federal agencies and other states to combat foreign interference; and how litigation will affect when we know election results. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2020/10-26-democracy-matters-episode-40.shtml

Today I connected with Chris Piper, head of marketing at Scribe Media. We talked about: His philosophy on problem solving and creativity. How the principle of “the glass is already broken,” drives their creative culture and keeps them from getting stuck in the status quo. How Scribe shifted their marketing strategy in response to COVID, … Continue reading "Ep 12 — Building a Creative Culture"

Chris Piper, FCIA, and Chair of the project oversight group for the new Canadian Individual Critical Illness Insurance Morbidity Experience Study, discusses improvements to the study, including better readability and credibility compared to prior versions. Read more: http://www.cia-ica.ca/docs/default-source/research/2019/219074e.pdf

The new vice president of business development at Proforma (asi/300094) – Chris Piper – discussed his plans for growing the company and the industry as a whole in an interview with Counselor’s John Corrigan.

Learn to market to all 5 senses...and more on this latest podcast with Chris Piper!

Speakers: Louise Searle, Alan Ryan, Simon Lambert, Chris Piper, Finau Heuifanga LimuloaOn 2 June 2015, PHAP hosted a live online consultation event in support of the the World Humanitarian Summit regional process for the Pacific region. The event happened in anticipation of the regional meeting on 30 June to 2 July 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand.The Pacific region is one of the most disaster-prone in the world. Five of its countries are among the top 15 most at risk of disasters globally and eight out of 20 countries in the world with the highest average annual disaster losses by GDP are Pacific island countries.Read more at https://phap.org/WHS-2Jun2015

Speakers: Louise Searle, Alan Ryan, Simon Lambert, Chris Piper, Finau Heuifanga LimuloaOn 2 June 2015, PHAP hosted a live online consultation event in support of the the World Humanitarian Summit regional process for the Pacific region. The event happened in anticipation of the regional meeting on 30 June to 2 July 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand.The Pacific region is one of the most disaster-prone in the world. Five of its countries are among the top 15 most at risk of disasters globally and eight out of 20 countries in the world with the highest average annual disaster losses by GDP are Pacific island countries.Read more at https://phap.org/WHS-2Jun2015

Timelines Episode 195 with Chris Piper as our Featured Guest Timelines, hosted by Bill Conrad at timelinesofsuccess.com is a Netcast (streaming video, YouTube, blog and podcast), which is all about the Timelines of people who never give up. Our mission is to motivate, educate and inspire the listener. We hope you enjoy this and each and every episode of Timelines. I know someone who may be a good guest, please email me at bill@conradteam.com and again, thank you for listening to Timelines. Want to learn to create an awesome netcast? Check out the pre-launch of https://netcasting101.com/ and https://netcasting101.com/resources/ Need a beautiful blog site, call Bill at 775-233-8065 see the example http://karenconrad.com/ For more information, contact Bill at bill@conradteam.com or call 775-233-8065

Recorded live at the recent SAAC show in Long Beach, CA, Chris Piper, the Northwest Regional Vice President for HALO and the founder of Piper Speaks Promo joins us to discuss a myriad of topics as his experience in this industry is vast, including working on both the supplier side as well as the distributor side and within such niches as the luxury sports market. Topics include: a discussion on how to put a plan behind your promo product, how to present good ideas to your clients, becoming more consultative in your approach, and growing allegiance with other departments within your customer’s company. (We experienced technical difficulties during the recording of this broadcast: half way through the broadcast you will hear a gap in the conversation, the recording resumes after a few seconds).

Charlie Caruso and Chris Piper, co-authors of the upcoming book Understanding Y chat candidly about Gen Y and entrepreneurship, about start-ups, parenting in the 21st century and our unsettling and growing dependence on technology. UnderstandingY will be on sale 1st July 2014. Can ‘entrepreneurship’ be taught? How do they both juggle being entrepreneur and being a parent?