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I met Michael Bervell through a mutual acquaintance some two months ago. Since then he and I have talked a few times and found that we have many interests in common.   Michael grew up near Seattle where he stayed through high school. He then went across the country to study at Harvard. He received a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy. He then returned to Seattle and began working at Microsoft where he held some pretty intense and interesting jobs he will tell us about.   At a young age and then in college Michael's entrepreneurial spirit was present and flourished. His story about all that he has done as an entrepreneur is quite impressive. Today he is back at Harvard working toward getting his Master's degree in Business.   Michael has developed a keen interest in digital accessibility and inclusion. We spend time discussing internet access, the various options for making inclusive websites and how to help educate more people about the need for complete inclusion.       About the Guest:   Michael Bervell is a Ghanaian-American angel-investor, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. He is currently the founder of TestParty, an industry-leading and cutting edge digital accessibility platform.   In 2007, Bervell co-founded “Hugs for” an international, student-run non-profit organization focused on using grassroots strategies to develop countries around the world. To date, "Hugs for" has fundraised over $500,000 of material and monetary donations; impacted over 300,000 youth around the world; and expanded operations to 6 countries (Tanzania, Ghana, United States, Uganda, Kenya, and Sierra Leone). Because of his work, Bervell was awarded the National Caring Award in 2015 (alongside Pope Francis, Dikembe Mutombo, and 7 others).   Bervell is the youngest Elected Director of the Harvard Alumni Association and was the youngest President of the Harvard Club of Seattle. He has helped to found and lead a variety of organizations including the WednesdAI Collective (a Harvard & MIT AI incubation lab), Enchiridion Corporation (a marketing consulting company), Sigma Squared (formerly the Kairos Society), and Billion Dollar Startup Ideas (a media and innovation company). He has experience working as a Chief of Staff at Databook, Venture Fellow at Harlem Capital, Portfolio Development Manager at Microsoft's Venture Fund, Program Manager at Microsoft, and Software Engineer at Twitter.   His various efforts have earned him recognition as a Samvid Scholar (2022), Warnick Fellow (2021), Jonathan Hart Prize Winner (2019), GE-Lloyd Trotter Scholar (2018), World Internet Conference Wuzhen Scholar (2017), Walter C. Klein Scholar (2017), United Health Foundation Scholar (2016), Deutsche Bank Rise Into Success Scholar (2016), Blacks at Microsoft Scholar (2016), Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader (2015), Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholar (2015), National Achievement Scholar (2015), Coca-cola Scholar (2015), Elks Scholar (2015), AXA Achievement Community Scholar (2015), Build-a-bear Workshop Huggable Hero (2014), and more.   Ways to connect with Michael:   Personal Website: https://www.michaelbervell.com/ LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbervell/ Company Website: https://www.testparty.ai/ Company LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/testparty/     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hello, everyone. I am Michael Hinkson, and you are listening to unstoppable mindset. Our guest today is Michael Bervell, who is a Ghanaian American angel investor. He is a published author, and he is also an entrepreneur and a scholar by any standards. And if he wants to brag about all that and all the the different kinds of accolades and awards he's gotten, he's welcome to do that. And I will just take a nap. No, I won't. I won't take a nap. I'll listen to him. I've read it all, but I'll listen to it again. Michael, welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Michael Bervell ** 01:58 Thanks so much for having me. It's a great name. You have too, both the podcast and your own name, another Mike.   Michael Hingson ** 02:04 You know, I think it's a great name. People have asked me, why I say Michael, and do I prefer Michael to Mike? And as I tell people, it took a master's degree in 10 years, a master's degree in physics in 10 years, to figure this out. But I used to always say Mike Kingston on the phone, and people always said Mr. Kingston. And I couldn't figure out, why are they saying Kingston when it's Kingston, and I introduced myself as Mike Kingston. And finally, one day, it hit me in the head. They're getting the mike the K part with the Kingston, and they're calling it Kingston. If I start saying Michael hingson, will that change it? I started saying Michael hingson, and immediately everybody got it right. They said Mr. Hingson or Michael, or whatever. I don't really care, Mike or Michael is fine, but the last name is hingson, so there.   Michael Bervell ** 02:50 It's so funny. Yeah, I'm glad no one's calling you Mr. Links and or something like, yeah, yell and adding it. They   Michael Hingson ** 02:55 do. They do. Sometimes do Hingston, which isn't right, yeah, which shows you sometimes how well people listen. But you know, what   03:03 do you do? Exactly, exactly? Tell   Michael Hingson ** 03:07 us a little bit, if you would, about the early Michael bervell Growing up in and where, and all that sort of stuff. And you know, then we can get into all sorts of fun stuff, because I know you've been very interested in accessibility and disabilities and all that, we'll get to that. But tell me about you growing up. Yeah. I mean,   Michael Bervell ** 03:24 for me home, home for me was in Seattle, and I actually lived and went to school in a place that was about 30 minutes apart. So my parents would drop me off at school in the morning. I go through the day, meet all my friends, and then come back home. They would pick me up, take me back home in the evening. So I had a lot of time in the day after school, you know, school ends at two, and my parents picked up a five to do all this other stuff. So I used to always be part of every student, student club. I did every sports team, you know, I was in high school, you know, on the captain of all these, all these teams and such. And of course, I would go home and my parents picked me up. And in that in that in between time, I spent a lot of time in the library, so I probably every day in middle and high school, spent three hours a day at the library, just in that in between time, waiting for your parents, waiting for my parents. So that for me, was a lot of time that I just used to incubate projects. I taught myself how to code and took some CS classes when I was, you know, in high school at the library, I became friends with all the librarians and joined the student library advisory board when I was in eighth grade at the library, and did a bunch of other things. But I think probably the most impactful library project that I had was actually a nonprofit that my family and I started, and it was memory of my grandmother, who born in Ghana. She used to always go back there in the winter times, because, you know, it's cold in Seattle, warm in West Africa in the winter   Michael Hingson ** 04:48 as well. Yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 04:49 yeah, it was super warm there. I mean, it's always, you know, 80 plus degrees, wow. Yeah, it's lovely. And so she would always go home. And whenever she went back to Ghana. She would, you know, come into our bedroom and tip doe at night and go into the bed and take a teddy bear or take some of her old school supplies. And whenever she visited, she would give that to kids in hospitals and schools and North pages. So, you know, when she, when we, when she passed away, we ended up going back to Ghana for her funeral. And, you know, all the burial ceremonies, and there were just so many people from the community there expressing their love for her and what she had done. And we realized that, you know, while it was small for us, you know, as a six year old or sixth grade kid, her taking a teddy bear had such a big impact, and it had these ripple effects that went far beyond her, so that that was, like one of my biggest projects I did at, you know, in sixth grade and beyond. It's an organization, a nonprofit called hugs for Ghana, which we've been running for the last 15 years, 15 plus years, and now is operating in six different countries. And we do the same thing. We get teddy bears and school supplies and all these things, and pick them up and hand deliver them to kids in developing countries. But that, for me, was one of my most fundamental parts of my childhood. When you ask me, you know, was it like as a child? I can't separate my growing up from, you know, those long drives to school, that time at the library and eventually the nonprofit made in honor of my grandmother,   Michael Hingson ** 06:10 and giving back,   Michael Bervell ** 06:13 yeah, and giving back exactly how   Michael Hingson ** 06:16 I talked fairly recently on this podcast to someone who formed. Her name is Wendy Steele. She formed an organization called Impact 100 and impact 100 is really primarily an organization of women, although in Australia, there are men who are part of it. But basically what Wendy realized along the way was that, in fact, people are always looking for, what can they do? And at the same time, they don't have a lot of time. So with impact 100 she said, and the way the organization works, the only thing that she requires that anyone who joins the organization must do is donate a check for $1,000 that's it. If you don't want to do any work, that's great. If you want to be part of it and all that. It's fine. If the organization is primarily composed of volunteers. I think they have now like 73 or 77 chapters in mostly in the United States, but they're also when Australia and a couple of other countries, and they have given out in the 20 years since the organization was formed, all told, close to $148 million what they do is they take the money that comes in, and they for every $100,000 that a Chapter raises, they give a $100,000 grant to someone no administrative costs, unless those are donated on top of the $1,000 so all the money goes back to the community. I think the first grant they ever gave was to a dental clinic to help with low income people and so on. But it's a fascinating organization, as I said, it's called Impact 100 and she started it because as a child, she was very much involved in giving back, and for a while she she didn't. And then it started again when her father passed away, and she realized how many people from the community supported her and the rest of her family because they didn't have the tools or the resources to do it all alone. Yeah, so I'm not surprised that you have the story of giving back and that you continue to do that, which is really pretty cool.   Michael Bervell ** 08:36 Well, I think I actually heard a statistic that I think they tried to track how early childhood development, or just early adulthood, affected later adulthood. I think one of the findings was that people who volunteered when they were in middle and high school or significantly more likely to volunteer later in life than those who never did. And so there is a certain level of kind of you know, how you experience the world in your early ages and your early days affects your potential to want to make a change, especially as it relates to giving back or giving time or money or whatever effort, whatever it might be, I think is a really interesting concept. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 09:14 it makes sort of perfect sense, because as you're growing up and you're forming your life, if you see that you're doing things like giving back or being involved in supporting other people, and that is a very positive thing, it makes sense that you would want to continue that in some way.   Michael Bervell ** 09:33 Yeah, yeah. I mean, it reminds me also of just like habits. You know, you build your habits over time, and it starts from super young ages not to say that you can't change habits. There's a bunch of research about the science of habit change and how to break a habit loop, and Charles Duhigg is a great author in that space, but it's also just really interesting just to think through that. But yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 09:54 and habits can be hard to break, or they can be easy if you're really committed. Into doing it. But I know a lot of people say it, it's fairly challenging to change or break a habit.   Michael Bervell ** 10:06 Exactly, yeah, exactly.   Michael Hingson ** 10:09 Unfortunately, sometimes it's all too easy to make a habit. But anyway, there you go. Yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 10:14 my one of my it's, it's funny, because after you know one of my habits I made when I was in high school that, to my mom's chagrin, was I used to always love just doing work on my bed. The positive thing about the habit was I was always comfortable. The negative thing is I would sometimes fall asleep. So many times I mid paper, you know, mid take home exam, fall asleep. I have to wake up and scramble to finish. But that doesn't show me a faster writer. If anything   Michael Hingson ** 10:41 I remember, when I was in graduate school at UC Irvine, I had an office of my own, and I was in it one day, and I was looking at some material. Fortunately, I was able to get most of the physics texts in Braille, so I was studying one, and the next thing I knew, I woke up and my finger was on the page, and I had just fallen asleep, and my finger for reading braille, was right where I left off. Always thought that was funny,   Michael Bervell ** 11:14 yeah, just a just a quick, just a quick pause. You just pause for a second, even   Michael Hingson ** 11:18 though it was about 45 minutes, but whatever. But my figure didn't move.   Michael Bervell ** 11:24 You really focused, you know, just That's it. That's it.   Michael Hingson ** 11:27 The advantage of Braille, exactly. But, you know, I do think that it's great to have those kinds of habits, and I really wish more people would learn the value of giving back and sharing, because it will come back to benefit you so many times over.   Michael Bervell ** 11:48 Yeah, yeah. I mean, what's even what influences me, like now and even throughout, you know, post high school, like when I went into college, I knew I wanted to be in some sort of service and giving back type of industry, but I didn't really know what that was, right, like, I didn't want to do want to do philanthropy full time, because I found it difficult, right? Like, I found it hard to have to go back to investors, and I found it difficult to sometimes sell the vision. And my question was, is there a way to make this more sustainable? And so I spent a lot of my time in school and college just learning about social impact, which, at the time was just coming up, like a lot of those impact investment funds, impact bonds, the idea that you can tie finance to impact, and you can have carbon offsets that people buy and sell, that has some sort of social good, that you can somehow transact. All these kind of new and interesting ideas were coming around, and it started, it just got me interested, right? It's, you know, can I make a habit of creating an impact, but also habits somehow work within, you know, this capitalist system that the world operates in. It's something I've been wrestling with, you know, even in all my my future business and kind of current business, work and practices.   Michael Hingson ** 12:58 What do you do when you propose an idea or have a thought, and you discuss with people and they object to it. How do you handle objections?   Michael Bervell ** 13:05 Yeah, I mean, I think, I think for me, I'm always interested in the root cause, right? I think I'm one who tries to understand first before trying to persuade. So I could give you an example, I think very early in my, very early my college career, I realized that my parents would be able to pay for college for me. That was the youngest of three. And, you know, they'd use a lot of their savings on my siblings, about the who ended up going to med school, which is very expensive, yeah, college, which was also very expensive. And being immigrants from Ghana, of course, they hadn't saved up an infinite amount of money. So my mom sat me down and told me, Hey, you have to pay your own tuition. And so, you know, the person I had to convince to kind of help me here was actually funny enough, restaurants are in Harvard Square, and the reason why is I decided to make a business that did restaurant consulting. So I went door to door, and I would ask people and like, hey, you know, do you need 20 Harvard students to come and help you understand how you can get more foot traffic in the door. You know, sell more pizzas or sell more burritos. I think I heard 20 or 30 knows. And finally, one woman said, Well, you know, if, if, if, if you think that you can do it, then, you know, show me. Show me the numbers, right? And that was, that was really interesting. And so I think it realized, you know, when I when she initially said, No, I said, Well, why not? She said, I just don't know if you can do it. And when I said, Oh, we can actually show you the proof, she's like, Okay, well, then if you can run a pilot and show me the proof, then I'll do it. And so understanding the why, I think, is more important than getting the rejection and, you know, getting the setback. But that's try to, that's how I try to deal with it.   Michael Hingson ** 14:38 One of the things that I learned fairly early on, when I was put in a position of starting to sell for a living, actually, in Cambridge, working for Kurzweil Computer Products and taking a Dale Carnegie sales course was stay away from asking closed ended or. Yes, no questions. And so most of the time, I wouldn't say, you know, can we do this? Or would you do this? I would say, I'd like to hear your thoughts about or we've got this idea, tell me what you think, and doing other things to get people to talk. And when I started using that in my career, it was easy to get people to talk because they they want to talk. Or, as I like to say, people love to teach, and most of the time, if you establish a relationship with people and they know you're listening, they're welcome, or they're willing to give you wisdom. And so there are so many examples I have of asking open ended questions like that, or I went into a sales meeting with one of my employees, and there were a bunch of people there, and I said, Tell me to the first person I talked with, tell me why we're here. And it totally caught him off guard. Of course. The other thing is that they didn't realize that the sales manager who was coming, that the the guy who had set up the appointment was was told to bring his manager, and they didn't realize that the sales manager was blind, which also was a great addition to help. But again, I didn't ask, so you want to take backup system, but rather tell me why we're here. Tell me what you're looking for. Why are you looking for that? What do you want it to be? And I actually realized by the time I went around the room that our product wasn't going to work, but we still did the PowerPoint presentation. And then I said, if case you haven't figured it out, our system won't work, and here's why, but here's what will work. And that eventually led to a much larger order, as it turns out, because they called back later and they said, We got another project, and we're not even putting it out for bid. Just tell us what we pay you, and we'll order it. And it's it's all about. The objections are really mostly, I think, from people who maybe have some concerns that you didn't learn about because you didn't ask an open ended up or the right question, which is something that only comes with time.   Michael Bervell ** 17:15 Yeah. I mean, I think it also sounds very similar to like, what journalists are are trained to do, like a great journalist. And I took a journalism class a few years ago, maybe five years ago, with Joe Abramson, who was one of the first female executive, executive editors of the New York Times. And this was kind of her exact lesson. Is that everyone has some story to teach, some wisdom to share, and the difficulty, or really the challenge on you as an interlocutor, as a journalist, as someone whose job it is to uncover the story, is to ask the right questions, yeah, to allow that person the space to teach.   Michael Hingson ** 17:51 And if you and if you don't know the right questions, you ask something open ended, enough that maybe you'll get to it.   Michael Bervell ** 17:57 Yeah, exactly, exactly. And then the flip side, right, because there's, of course, you can't put all the burden on the person, no, right? You have to be an active listener. You have to listen to know, and then you have to prod and even say something like, Tell me more. Yeah, exactly right. Questions like, Tell me more, her second favorite question was, and then what happened? Yeah, right. Those are two such simple things, you know? And then what? Yeah. And it's just such an opening to really evolve and to grow.   Michael Hingson ** 18:23 And if they really think you're listening and that you want to know and understand, people will talk to you exactly which is, which is really what it's about. Well, so you did all of your so you went to high school in Seattle, correct? Yeah. And, and then what did you do?   Michael Bervell ** 18:43 Yeah. So High School in Seattle Graduated, went off to Boston for college, where, you know, of course, had to figure out a way to pay for school. And that was my first, I guess, for profit business. Was this restaurant consulting company. And of course, like I said, everything I want to do in my in my life, was focused on social impact. So the impacts there was that we only hired students to work for us who needed to pay tuition. There was this program called federal work study where, if you get trade, you have to, you know, work as part of a federal mandate for some amount of hours per week, and that was the book study requirement. And for the most part, students would do on campus jobs that would pay 10, $15 an hour to do this work study. Well, I'd spent up this consulting business as a sophomore that I then ran for all three years, and on an hourly basis, we were making significantly more than that, right? So I was able to go find students who traditionally had been working their whole life, right? Harvard has such a, you know, vast background of individuals. I knew, people who were homeless, people who were billionaires and everyone in between, who ended up coming to the school and so to find people who you know had been working 40 hours a week since they were in middle school, and give them a job where they could work less and actually have more free time to invest in their community or invest back into developing new skills, was, for me, super, super impactful. On the surface, it was a restaurant. A consulting business, but behind the scenes, what we were doing with our staffing and with our culture was was around that social impact. So I stayed out in in Cambridge for for four years, studied philosophy. I got a minor in computer science, and eventually went off to Microsoft back in in Seattle, where I eventually then, you know, was product manager and was a venture capital investor, and met a bunch of really phenomenal and interesting people who were pushing technology forward.   Michael Hingson ** 20:27 Now, why Harvard, which is all the way across the country?   Michael Bervell ** 20:33 Yeah, I mean, well, I think I love traveling. I loved, I loved, you know, being out and about, and I think growing up as the youngest of three, and also as the child of African immigrants, they'd always told me, you know, we moved here for you, like we moved 3000 miles away to a country where you don't speak the language, where you don't know anybody for you. And what they meant for that is, you know, we want you to really thrive. And even you know, now I'm at the age when my parents had first moved right to the US, and I can't imagine moving to a country where I don't know the language, don't know the people, and don't know a soul for my potential future children. And their children, that's what they did, and they invested a lot of time and energy and effort into me. And they always told me, you want you to be really successful. And so I remember when I was when I was in middle school, my sister got into Harvard, which was unheard of, right? No one in our high school had gone to Harvard in the past, especially not for, you know, a black family in a primarily white neighborhood, for one of us to go to Harvard was was a big deal. And so I knew that, you know, at the very least, for my parents, for my sister, for my family, I wanted to kind of match up to that   Michael Hingson ** 21:43 well, and it certainly sounds like you've, you've done a lot of that. Oh, here's a an off the wall question, having been around Cambridge and worked in Cambridge and all that is cheapo records still in Harvard Square.   Michael Bervell ** 21:57 Oh, man. You know what's so funny, I got a record player. I got a record player last semester, and I don't remember if cheaper records, that's the one that's like, I think I've is that the one that's in like, the actual, like, it's by, like, Kendall, take by Kendall, Kendall Square.   Michael Hingson ** 22:15 No, I thought it was in Harvard Square. Okay,   Michael Bervell ** 22:19 I think, I think it still exists. If I'm not mistaken, I think it still exists. I think I got a lot, got a lot of records from cheapo over the years record stores in Cambridge. And because I got a record player as a gift, I've been, I've been collecting a lot more,   Michael Hingson ** 22:31 ah, yeah, um, I've gotten a lot of records from cheapo and over the years. And of course, not so much now, since I'm out here. But next time I get back to mass, I'll have to go check,   Michael Bervell ** 22:43 oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah. We can do a cheapo records hanging how tactile It is, yeah, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 22:52 There used to be one in New York that I would go to. They were more expensive as New York tends to be colony records, and they're not there anymore, which is sort of sad, but cheapo. Cheap just seemed to be one of those places that people liked. I don't want to say it was like a cult, although it sort of is all the dedicated people to to real vinyl, but I hope it's still   Michael Bervell ** 23:16 there. Is it? It's a chain of record stores, or is it just,   Michael Hingson ** 23:18 no, I think it's a one. Oh, yeah. If there's more than one, I'm not aware of it, I'd   Michael Bervell ** 23:23 probably say I'm 80% certain it still exists. Well there,   Michael Hingson ** 23:27 yeah, so have to come back to mass. And yeah, I'll have to go to cheaper records and Legal Seafood.   Michael Bervell ** 23:32 Oh yeah, Legal Seafood. That was, yeah, I love Legal Seafood musical all the time with my roommates from college. And, yeah, we used to order the crab cakes and eat lobster rolls. It's a great time.   Michael Hingson ** 23:44 Yeah, and then their little chocolate desserts, which are great yeah, and the chowder. Oh, well, yeah, yep, gotta, gotta get back to mass. Okay. Now whoever   Michael Bervell ** 23:53 you're listening is probably getting hungry. Well, you know,   Michael Hingson ** 23:57 as as they should, you know, you know why they call it Legal Seafood. I actually don't know nothing is frozen. It's all fresh. It's legal. Oh, I love that. I love that, at least that's what I was told. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Well, so you, you went to college and went then back to Seattle and worked for Microsoft and so on. So clearly, you're also interested in the whole idea of investing and the whole life of being an entrepreneur in various ways. And so you brought entrepreneurialism to everything that you did.   Michael Bervell ** 24:35 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, that was my first job at Microsoft. I was, you know, managing what's called Windows IoT. So we were putting software on everything that wasn't a phone or a laptop. So think, you know, smart screens in airports, or screens in Times Square, or, you know, the type of software that your Amazon Echo, you know, maybe not Amazon in particular. But what that would run on that was working on IoT all these. They called it headless devices, yeah, devices with no screens. And that was my team for a little bit. I worked there for about year and a half. It was phenomenal. You know, we were managing multiple billions of dollars in revenue, and there was only, you know, 4050 people on my team. So you do the math, we're all managing hundreds, 10s to hundreds of millions of dollars in our products. And while I loved it, I realized that my my true passion was in was in meeting people, talking to people, and giving them the resources to succeed, versus giving them the actual technology itself. I loved being able to connect an engineer, you know, with the right supplier to work on a hard problem that could then be built for Microsoft to eventually get to a customer. And that sort of connection role, connector role is kind of the role of a venture capitalist. Yeah, right. You're connecting your limited partners who have invested in this fund to entrepreneurs who are trying to build some sort of idea from the ground up. And, you know, once you invest in the entrepreneur, then connecting the entrepreneur to mentors, to advisors, to potential employees, to potential customers. And so there's this value in being someone who's a listener, a journalist, right, like we had been talking about someone who has a habit of trying to make a broader impact. And it kind of all aligned with what I had been building up until that point. So I worked at M 12, it's Microsoft's venture capital fund, and invested in in a bunch of companies from Kahoot, which is like an education startup, to obviously open AI was a Microsoft investment as well, to other things like that. And so it was cool, because, you know, the fund was, was really, we had the mandate of just find cool companies, and because we were Microsoft, we could reach out to any founder and have a conversation. So it was, it really was a few years of just intense and deep learning and thoughtfulness that I wouldn't, I wouldn't trade for anything. What got   Michael Hingson ** 26:58 you started in the whole arena of thinking about and then being involved with digital accessibility, because we've talked about that a lot. I know that's a passion. So how did you get started down that road?   Michael Bervell ** 27:11 Yeah, I mean, it came partially through working at Microsoft, right? I mean, as I was at Microsoft, Satya Nadella, who was the CEO, he was making big, big investments into digital accessibility, primarily because his son, now, his late son, had cerebral palsy, and a lot of the technology at Microsoft, his son couldn't use, and so he had this kind of mission and vision to want to make more accessible technologies. But my first exposure to it even before then, like I said, in college, I had to work all these, all these jobs to pay tuition, and I built my own business, but one of the clients we consulted for was a large search engine. I'm sure you can imagine which one it was, and it wasn't Microsoft, and that were search engine. I helped them devise their ability strategy.   Michael Hingson ** 27:56 You mean the G word, something like that? Yeah.   Michael Bervell ** 28:00 Yeah. Duck, duck, go, yeah. No, that's it. Yeah, exactly. And so it was really cool to work with them and to see like at scale, at 200,000 employee scale, at 1000 product scale, how do you create systems and guardrails such that accessibility, in this case, digital accessibility, will be something that that actually ends up happening. Ends up happening. And so that was my first exposure to it. And then again at Microsoft. And then finally, a third time, while I was in business school, you know, working on various projects with friends. And one friend told me, you know, all I did at work this week was have to fix accessibility bugs because my company got sued. And that was and just all those moments combined with the idea that I wanted to impact the deep empathy that comes through learning and knowing and understanding people's backgrounds and histories, all of it came to a head with what I now work on at test party.   Michael Hingson ** 28:57 So now, how long has test party been around? And we'll get to that up. But, but how long have you had that?   Michael Bervell ** 29:03 Yeah, we started. We started about a year ago. Okay, so it's pretty recent,   Michael Hingson ** 29:07 so yeah, definitely want to get to that. But, so the whole issue of accessibility, of course, is a is a thing that most people don't tend to know a lot about. So so let's start this way. Why should people worry about making products and places like websites accessible? And I know websites, in a lot of ways, are a lot easier than going off and making physical products accessible, especially if they're already out, because redesign is a very expensive thing to do, and is not something that a lot of people are going to do, whereas, when you're dealing with websites, it's all about coding, and it's a lot easier. Yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 29:48 yeah. I mean, I think, I think fundamentally, it comes down to, you know, a set of core beliefs. And I think we could all agree, and I think we would all believe that, like everyone has the right to. You a decent, fulfilling and enjoyable life. I think regardless of where you fall on, you know, belief spectrums or anything, that's something that we all fundamentally believe. You know, you should live well. You should try to live a good life. It's what people talked about in writing for years. And I think when you think of the good life in today's terms, in the 21st century, it's almost inseparable from a life that also engages with technology, whether it's cell phones or computers or whatever it might be, technology has become so fundamental into how we live that it now has also become part of how we live well and how we live a good life. And I'll give you a clear example, right? Let's suppose you really believe that voting is part of living the good life. There is a time, 100 years ago, you know, you didn't need to really have a car. You could get a rehearsing buggy. Maybe you could even walk to a voting station and cast your vote in today's world, especially, let's suppose a COVID world, and even a post COVID world, computers, technology, websites, are fundamental in living that good life, if that's your belief system. And you can play this game with any belief that you have, and once you extrapolate into what does it take for you to do that thing in the best way possible? It almost inevitably, inevitably, you know, engages with technology. Yeah, so why do I think having accessible websites are important? Well, it's because pretty much 195 people has a disability of some sort, and so to live the good life, they have to engage technology. And if that technology is not working for them for whatever reason, then that needs to be fixed. That needs to be changed. And of course, there's the guardrails of laws, you know, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, EAA European Accessibility Act and others that try to mandate this. And of course, there's the goodwill of companies who try to do this proactively. I think Apple is a really good example, and Microsoft as well. But fundamentally, the question is, you know, what is a good life? How do you enable people to live that? And I think through technology, people should be able to live a better life, and should not have any barriers to access.   Michael Hingson ** 32:02 The thing is, though, take apple, for example. For the longest time, Apple wouldn't do anything about making their products accessible. Steve Jobs, jobs basically told people to pound sand when they said, iTunes, you wasn't even accessible, much less the iPod and the iPhone and the Mac. And it wasn't until two things happened that they changed really. One was target.com target had been sued because they wouldn't make their website accessible, and eventually too many things went against target in the courtroom, where they finally said, Okay, we'll settle and make this work. When they settled, it cost them $8 million to settle, whereas if they had just fixed it up front, the estimate is that it would have been about $40,000 in time and person hours, but because of where the lawsuit was filed and so on, it was $8 million to settle the case. And so that was one thing, and the other was it had been made very clear that Apple was the next company on the target list because they weren't doing anything to make their product successful. Well, Apple suddenly said, Okay, we'll take care of it. We will deal with it. And I think they had already started, but they and so as not to get sued, they said, We will do it. Well, probably the first thing that happened was the iPhone 3g well, maybe it wasn't the three, it was earlier, but the iPhone became accessible. The iPod became accessible. Pretty much all of them, iTunes, you the Mac. So by 2009 last when I got my iPhone 3g Apple was well known for making their products accessible, and they did it in a very clever way. It was accessible right from the outset. You didn't have to buy other stuff to make their products work. No need to buy a new screen reader or any of those kinds of things. So they spread the cost over every product that they sold, whoever bought it, so anyone who buys an iPhone can invoke accessibility today, which, which was cool, yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 34:09 yeah. And I think through Apple, I mean, I think the initial argument I made for why is it import to make websites accessible was an ethical argument, right? I think in Apple's case, they, they probably did the business case analysis and understood this actually does make economic sense. And I think what you see today is there is even more economic sense because of the expanding market size. Right? Think the aging population that will develop some sort of disability or impairment, right? That's really growing larger, right? Think about, you know, individuals who may have what people call temporary disabilities that are not permanent, but last for some period of time, whether it's, you know, nine months, 10 months, two years, three years, and those types of things. So I think there is, there's also a business case for it. I think that's what Apple as a case study has shown. What you bring up, though, is, does it matter? Does it really matter? Like, why companies start doing this, right? And I think that's a question, you know, to grapple with. You know, if Apple did it out of the goodness of their heart versus because they didn't want to get sued, but the downstream effects are the same, you know, does that matter? And, you know, question, Do the ends justify the means? In this case, the ends are good, at least just by the start, perhaps, but sure that interesting question so, but I do think that they have done really good work   Michael Hingson ** 35:27 well. And you and you brought up something which, you know we talked about, which is that you talked about one company that dealt with some of because they got sued. And litigation is all around us. Unfortunately, we're a very litigious society and in our world today. So so like with accessibe, that that I work with, and work for that company, and a lot of what I do, some people have said, well, accessibe shouldn't always use the idea that, well, if you don't make your website accessible, you're going to get sued. That's a bad marketing decision, and I think there are limits, but the reality is that there are lawyers who are out there who still haven't been muzzled yet, who will file 5060, 100 complaints just to and they get a blind person to sign off and say, Yeah, we support this, because they'll get paid something for it. But they're not looking to make the companies deal with accessibility. They just want to earn money, 10,015 $20,000 per company. But the reality is, part of the market is educating people that litigation is a possibility because of the fact that the internet is a place of business under the Americans with Disabilities Act.   Michael Bervell ** 36:54 Yeah, exactly. I think when you think of like, you know, what is the purpose of litigation? Again, I, as a philosophy guy, I always think back to first principles, and it really is a deterrent, right? Obviously, no one wants to get sued. And, of course, no one wants to pay damages, punitive or reparative. And so in this case, these are all examples of punitive damages that people are paying for not having done the right thing. Right? In in, in the best case, you do the right thing to begin with. But I think it's, you know, the consequence of not doing the right thing. I think, of course, there's the question of you described, kind of these lawyers, or what people call as kind of the trolls who are just kind of suing and, you know, reaping the benefits from this. And I think it's an unfortunate side effect. I do wish that there was a world where these trolls wouldn't even need to exist, because things are working perfectly, right, well,   Michael Hingson ** 37:45 and the reality is that it goes back far earlier than the internet. I mean, there are places, there are people who would drive around and make people in wheelchairs who might find the smallest by violation wasn't even necessarily a legitimate violation, and they would sue and so and so. It isn't anything new that is just with the internet. Yeah, it's been going on for years. Yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 38:11 those are the drive by lawsuits. I remember I heard about those, and I think it's, this is the digital equivalent of that,   Michael Hingson ** 38:16 right? Yeah, right. And it is an issue, and it is something that that needs to be dealt with, but you also talk about doing the right thing, and that's really the better reason for doing it. If you do, you really want to exclude up to 20% of your potential business by not making your website accessible. Or better yet, if you make your website inclusive for all, what is going to happen when somebody comes to your website looking for a product and then they buy it because they were able to are they going to come back to that website? Are they going to go looking elsewhere? And there are so many studies like Nielsen did studies, and others have done studies that show absolutely people appreciate brand loyalty, and when they feel that they're they're valued and included, they're going to stick with that company.   Michael Bervell ** 39:12 Yeah? But even with that said, right, there's so this conflict of we all logically know it's the right thing to do, there's business purpose for doing it, and yet people don't do it. Yeah, 97% of the internet is still not accessible, if you look at this correct right? And so our hypothesis release, what we take, and what I take as a business is that sometimes, if it's too hard to do the right thing, people won't do the right thing, but that's what they want to do. And so how do you make it easier to do the right thing? And that's hopefully what, what we're what we're hoping to change in the industry, is just making it easier and also letting people know that this is an issue. One   Michael Hingson ** 39:48 of the one of the criticisms, oh, go ahead. Go ahead. A lot of people   Michael Bervell ** 39:52 don't, don't do the right thing, because just don't know that there is a right thing to do. You know   Michael Hingson ** 39:56 right well. And one of the criticisms I've heard over the. Years, especially dealing with the products like accessibe is, well, the problem is, you just slap this AI thing on their site, you're not teaching them anything, and that's not a good thing. And with manual coders, they're going to teach people. Well, that's not true either, but, but this whole argument of, well, you just put it on there, and then you go away, which isn't true, but again, that's one of the criticisms that I've heard any number of times, and that you're not really educating people about accessibility. You're not really educating them much about it. And the answer is, look, the company that wants to do business came to you in the first place. So they obviously knew they had to do something.   Michael Bervell ** 40:44 Yeah, yeah. And I think when I think through it, it's like, how do you make sure that the downstream effects of whatever you do is just positive and beneficial, right? And the ideal, as we all agree, I think, would be just to build it right the first time. Whether it's physical buildings, build a building right the first time. Or, if it's websites, build the website correctly the first time. Whatever helps people to get to that stage and that level of thinking and habits I think are, are ideal   Michael Hingson ** 41:13 coming from your background and so on. You know now that there are two basic ways that people can work to make websites accessible. One is the traditional way where you have someone who goes in and codes in the access and puts it right on the website. And now, over the past several years, the other way that has come into existence is the whole concept of using as accessibe does AI and although AI won't necessarily do everything that needs to be done, it will do most of what needs to be done, and maybe everything, depending on how complex the website is. But what do you think about the whole fact that now AI has entered into the accessibility world and people are using it?   Michael Bervell ** 42:02 Yeah, I think AI is interesting. And I think AI is a tool. I think it's it's a tool that's been developed, obviously, over a long history, right? Like the first artificial intelligent computers were in the 60s and 70s, being able to predict things, and of course, you heard of AlphaGo and computers that could pay chess and all these different things. So I think we'll definitely be surprised by what AI can do as a tool, right? And the question is, it will be, you know, the panacea, the thing to cure it all. Well, we all love for that to be the case. Who knows? You know, if it'll be AI, maybe functionally, AI could do that. But in terms of compute power, you know, it won't be able to until we have quantum computing or something right, in which case maybe it'll leapfrog this whole type of technology, and maybe web page will be obsolete in a decade, and then this whole idea of even needing to use AI to fix web pages will be replaced something else, like, like Be My Eyes, or something like that. That's even more advanced. But I think, as I see it, it's a tool that can be used to make it easier. And whether it's ease of use in terms of physical effort, ease of cost, in terms of bringing down costs to you know, to make a website compliant or a digital asset compliant, or just ease of understanding, right? Someone can explain to you what these really complicated rules mean, and so you can actually think about it from day one. So I think AI as a tool can lead to ease, which can then furthermore lead to hopefully more accessible products.   Michael Hingson ** 43:30 Well, the first time I ran into real AI was working with Ray Kurzweil back in the late 70s. He developed a machine that would read print out loud to blind people. But one of the things that was unique about them, well, vinyl, whether it's totally unique, but certainly was unique for blind people and for most of us, was the fact that the more the machine read, the better the reading got. It actually learned, and it learned how to to understand and analyze its confidence. And so it would get better the more that it read. Chris. The only problem with that is, back in those days, the software was on a cassette that went into a player that was part of a Data General, Nova two. And so it had to learn all over again every time you rebooted the machine and loaded the program. But that's okay. It learned based on on what you were reading, but it really dramatically got better the more you read. And I think that today, the reality is that a lot of people really need to. And I would say this is true of manual coders. And I know a few who have adopted this, they'll use accessibe to do what it can do, and then they, in turn, then go and address the issues that access a B's widget doesn't do. And for me, my. My learning that lesson actually goes back to the mid 1980s when I couldn't get a job, and I started my own company selling computer aided design systems to architects. And a lot of architects would come in and say, well, we can't buy your system. Yeah, great. It works, but if we use it, we'll develop our drawings in a fraction of the time, and we can't charge what we did, because now we're not spending as much time, and I said you're missing the whole point. You change your model. You're not charging for your time. You're charging for your expertise. You don't need to charge less. And what you do is then you go off and you get more projects, but you can also do more for each individual customer that you bring in. We had access to a system that was a one of the early PC based three dimensional solid metal modeling CAD systems, so people could come into our office, or anybody who bought the product could could invite their customers in, and they could do actual walk throughs and fly throughs of buildings. They had light sources or Windows to look out. You could even see what was going on outside. It wasn't renderings. You actually saw everything right on the computer. Those are so many things that revolutionize the industry. Now, of course, CAD is everywhere as it should be, and the reality is that that I think that any manual programmer who is programming a website could use accessibe to do a lot of the work, and then an accessibe also has some tools using a product called Access flow, where they can analyze and even tell you exactly what you need to do with the things that aren't accessible, and then you can do it, but you can use accessibe to do most of the stuff, and it continuously monitors it's a scalability issue, and you don't get any scalability with manual coding at all. So again, it's the whole, as you point out, the whole tool of artificial intelligence really can make a big difference in what we're doing to create accessibility on in the internet and in so many other ways as we go forward.   Michael Bervell ** 47:06 Yeah, and already we're running right up on time with a minute or two left. But I think even fundamentally, what you're what you're describing, back to first principles is, is, if we make it easier, either in time or in effort or in understanding, to make things accessible. Will people do it right? Whether you're using, you know, an access to be or whether you're using another tool, there's this question, How will it help? And will it help? And I think in evaluating any tool, and really I can apply in so many cases, that's the core question task.   Michael Hingson ** 47:37 Since we started late, it's up to you, but time wise, we're fine. It's up to you, but I realize that we want to end fairly soon here, but I think you're right, and that gets back to the whole education issue. People really need to learn and understand the value of accessibility, why it's a good thing, and it's kind of hard to argue with losing 20% of your business because your website's not accessible. And accessible, and the reputation that you gain by not doing it can go beyond that 20% when people tell their own friends about the issues they're facing. Yeah, exactly, exactly. But it goes the other way. You make it accessible, and you get all sorts of accolades. That's going to help too. But it is a conversation that we need to have, and it's part of the whole big conversation about disabilities. In general, we don't really see disabilities as much in the conversation. When we hear about people talking and discussing diversity, they talk about race, gender, sexual orientation, so on, but they don't talk about disabilities, and disabilities tend to be left out of the conversation for the most part, which is extremely unfortunate. Why do you think that is?   Michael Bervell ** 48:46 Yeah, I think, I think it comes down to, I'm not, I'm not sure why it is. I'm not sure. But I think even though I'm not sure why it is, I do know what I hope. And I think what I hope is for, you know, a world where every, every part of society reflects what it's made up of, right? So you look and it's representative of of all the constituents, people with disabilities, people of different genders and races and and so on and so forth, so, so I think that's what I hope for. I think it's difficult, right? It's difficult based on the systems that have been made people's biases and more to get there, but I do think, I do think that's ultimately the hope. But I   Michael Hingson ** 49:30 think that a lot of it comes down to fear people. Fear people with disabilities. I think that the whole fear factor, and even with race or gender or sexual orientation, so on, some of the comments, if you listen to them, all they're doing is promoting fear which which doesn't help at all. But in the case of disabilities, oh my gosh, I could become blind or paralyzed in a second, and that fear is something that we really don't tend to you. Do nearly as much about as we should. Now I know you and I earlier talked about fear, and the reality is that that we can learn to control fear. I would never tell people don't be afraid. No such thing as not being afraid, but you can certainly learn to control fear so that you can use it again as a very powerful tool to guide you and help you, and that's what the best aspects of fear are all about. I think, yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 50:26 I totally agree. I totally agree. Well, speaking of fear, I would be afraid of what might go I'm a president for Section G, which is one of the sections here, HBS, and we have to go select our Class Day speaker. So I'd be afraid if I, if I missed too much of the well, if they,   Michael Hingson ** 50:43 if they want to hire a speaker, I'm just saying I know Mike was, I was like, Man, I wish I had met you, like, back when you're doing our, our, like alumni and friend speakers. On the other hand, we can certainly talk about next year, and I would love to do that. Well, I want to really thank you for being here. I think we'll just have to have another discussion about all of this in the future. But I really appreciate you being here a lot and chatting very, very frequently, and you're going to go off and play drums later too, right? Oh, yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 51:11 it's a busy I'm in my, you know, Shirley retirement era, you know, yeah, right. Go back into, back into the workforce.   Michael Hingson ** 51:19 So, real quick, though, you wrote a book. What's it called?   Michael Bervell ** 51:23 It's called unlocking unicorns. I'll send you a copy of the book, and so you can put in the show notes and everything else. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 51:29 that would be great. And if people want to reach out to you, how do they do that? Yeah,   Michael Bervell ** 51:34 but just my name, Michael purvell, M, I, C, H, A, E, L, B, E, R, V, E, L, l.com, contact my website. Is there? My bio, and this podcast will be there eventually   Michael Hingson ** 51:46 as well it will, and you'll get all the info. Well, thanks very much, and I want to thank you all for listening. Really appreciate you listening to us today. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Please email me at Michael, h, i, m, I, C, H, A, E, L, C, we spell our names the same. H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I b, e.com, or go to our podcast page, www dot Michael hingson, H, I N, G, s, o, n.com/podcast, and would love to to hear your thoughts. Love it. If you would give us a five star review wherever you're listening. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest, please introduce us. We're always looking for it. And I would also say if anybody needs a speaker, it is what I've been doing ever since September 11, and I'm always looking for speaking opportunities. So please reach out and let's see if we can chat and and one of these days, maybe we'll get Michael to bring us up to Harvard we can go visit the coupe. But thanks so much for listening, everyone. Thanks once more for thanks. Once more Michael, for being here. Thanks.   Michael Hingson ** 52:52 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. If you know of any one or any organization needing a speaker for an event, please email me at speaker at Michael hingson.com. I appreciate it very much. To learn more about the concept of blinded by fear, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com forward slash blinded by fear and while you're there, feel free to pick up a copy of my free eBook entitled blinded by fear. The unstoppable mindset podcast is provided by access cast an initiative of accessiBe and is sponsored by accessiBe. Please visit www.accessibe.com . AccessiBe is spelled a c c e s s i b e. There you can learn all about how you can make your website inclusive for all persons with disabilities and how you can help make the internet fully inclusive by 2025. Thanks again for Listening. Please come back and visit us again next week.

In this episode of Dance Studio 411 podcast, Jill Tirone welcomes Cathy Graziano, Executive Director of the National Dance Foundation, to discuss the exciting changes to National Dance Week and how dance studios can get involved. Cathy shares the history of the foundation, the mission behind its initiatives, and why the shift of National Dance Week to October is a game-changer for the dance community. From promoting kindness, inclusion, and community to engaging students in various activities, Cathy provides insights on how studio owners can leverage this celebration to grow their businesses and inspire their dancers. Key Topics Covered: Introduction to the National Dance Foundation [1:14]: Cathy shares her journey to becoming the Executive Director and how the foundation evolved from National Dance Week, highlighting its mission to promote the benefits of dance across communities. Why National Dance Week Changed Dates [5:34]: Learn about the decision to move National Dance Week to October, creating an opportunity for studios to celebrate the start of the dance season and engage students in a new and exciting way. Ways to Participate in National Dance Week [7:45]: Discover various activities like "Bring a Friend to Class Day," kindness pledges, and fun dance challenges that can help studios connect with their communities and promote dance inclusivity. The NBA Pre-Game Performances [12:06]: Cathy talks about the incredible experience of performing at NBA games, a unique opportunity that brings dancers of all abilities together, creating a sense of community and joy. Luv Michael Partnership [15:08]: Learn about the foundation's collaboration with Luv Michael, a program supporting autistic and special needs adults by providing purposeful work through granola sales, which also serves as a meaningful fundraising initiative. How to Get Involved and Become a Proud Partner: Cathy encourages studios to become proud partners, highlighting the benefits, including opportunities for student ambassadors and community service hours, which are invaluable for young dancers. Links and Resources: National Dance Foundation Coloring Pages NDF Dance Mob Choreography Become a Proud Partner Luv Michael Join the Conversation: Follow the National Dance Foundation on social media and use the hashtags #KIC and #NationalDanceWeek to share your studio's participation in the festivities. Let's spread kindness, inclusion, and community through dance! Submit Your Questions: Have a question you'd like us to cover in a future episode? Visit Dance Studio 411 to submit your questions and find more great resources to help you build a successful dance studio business. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Dance Studio 411! If you enjoyed today's conversation, please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to our podcast. Your feedback helps us reach more dance studio owners like you and keeps us inspired to bring you valuable insights every week. Don't forget to share this episode with your fellow dance community members, and stay connected with us on social media for more tips and updates. Keep dancing, keep growing, and we'll see you in the next episode!  

Pawhuska High School Seniors Kameron Long, Rebecca Grooms, Kate Miller, Laurel Moody and Stephen Choate host Class Days on KPGM 1500 AM and 99.1 FM on April 6, 2024

Today, we cover spring drinks at the Coffee Club, the 2024 Class Day speaker, FAFSA glitches, and activist arrests in Belarus._____You can read more about the new drinks here: https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/section/prospect

When you first started your career and were trying to generate leads, someone likely told you to reach out to your sphere. But how do you do that without coming across as self-serving? Mike Wagner is a luxury home agent who runs a “day one in real estate” class for new agents. Along with explaining how to effectively connect with your sphere using handwritten notes, Mike shares his experience and his formula for ACE (automatic, consistent, and effective) marketing. Listen to find out how easy it can be to get contact information for the people in your sphere, the sensible way to use social media to nurture relationships, and how to position yourself as a successful agent in your first 90 days. Be sure to check out the show notes at staypaidpodcast.com for a complete summary and additional details not included in the episode. Connect | Resources ·      Connect with Mike at mike@mikewagner.com ·      The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, and Jay Papasan You can get free resources, including e-books, printables, and lead magnets to attract new leads, by visiting our Resource Library. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an advertising program designed to provide a means for ReminderMedia to earn a small fee by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.   0:00     Introduction 1:14     Mike's backstory 1:50     New agents' biggest pain point 3:40     Mike's Class: Day 1 in Real Estate     4:56     Drilling down into your SOI 8:08     Strategy for reaching out to your sphere 11:44   You have to be willing to ask for a favor 13:43   The power of handwritten notes 15:54   90-day new agent marketing plan 18:56   Testimonial – the impact of American Lifestyle 22:15   ACE marketing and the 3-legged stool 24:29   Marketing needs to be consistent 25:29   Handwritten notes: economical, soft-touch marketing 27:06   Social media epiphany 29:53   Social media combined with handwritten notes 33:05   Action Item   Want Josh and Luke to help you with your marketing? Visit https://remindermedia.com/StayPaidMarketing/

Join Host Bree Carlile as she reads the eighteenth chapter of Jo's Boys.Come with us as we release one bite a day of one of your favorite classic novels, plays & short stories. Bree reads these classics like she reads to her daughter, one chapter a day. If you love books or audiobooks and want something to listen to as you're getting ready, driving to work, or as you're getting ready for bed, check out Bite at a Time Books!Follow, rate, and review Bite at a Time Books where we read you your favorite classics, one bite at a time. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.Check out our website, or join our Facebook Group!Get exclusive Behind the Scenes content on our YouTube!We are now part of the Bite at a Time Books Productions network! If you ever wondered what inspired your favorite classic novelist to write their stories, what was happening in their lives or the world at the time, check out Bite at a Time Books Behind the Story wherever you listen to podcasts.Follow us on all the socials: Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - TikTokFollow Bree at: Instagram - Twitter - Facebook

Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for The New York Times, returns for a conversation immediately following his address at the University of Chicago's Class Day, where there was an organized — and ultimately unsuccessful — effort against his speech. We discuss his address, the effort against him and lessons learned. Bret also recently returned […]

Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for The New York Times, returns for a conversation immediately following his address at the University of Chicago's Class Day, where there was an organized — and ultimately unsuccessful — effort against his speech. We discuss his address, the effort against him and lessons learned. Bret also recently returned from a mission to rescue 111 Ethiopian Jews, part of a multi-decade effort to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel to become Israeli citizens, the history of which he unpacks at the end of our conversation. Bret came to The New York Times after a long career with The Wall Street Journal, where he was most recently deputy editorial page editor and, for 11 years, a foreign affairs columnist. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. And prior to working in Israel, he was based in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal. Today, Bret is also the editor-in-chief of Sapir Journal. Bret was raised in Mexico City, earned his BA at the University of Chicago and his Masters at the London School of Economics. Items discussed in this episode: Sapir Journal — https://sapirjournal.org/ “The Herd of Independent Minds: Has the Avant-Garde Its Own Mass Culture” — https://www.commentary.org/articles/harold-rosenberg-2/the-herd-of-independent-mindshas-the-avant-garde-its-own-mass-culture/ Bret Stephens — “Go Forth and Argue” — https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/opinion/free-speech-campus.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Bret Stephens — “Israel's Unfinished Exodus Story” — https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/ethiopian-jews-israel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare “Sideways” — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375063/ “The Lives of Others” — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

We break down the Baltimore Ravens' full 2023 draft class, what the team did on Day 3 of the draft, their undrafted free agent signings and more.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!BetterHelpThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp connects you with a licensed therapist who can take you on that journey of self-discovery from wherever you are.  Visit BetterHelp.com/lockedon today to get 10% off your first month.Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.Ultimate Football GMTo download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores.Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We break down the Baltimore Ravens' full 2023 draft class, what the team did on Day 3 of the draft, their undrafted free agent signings and more. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! BetterHelp This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp connects you with a licensed therapist who can take you on that journey of self-discovery from wherever you are.  Visit BetterHelp.com/lockedon today to get 10% off your first month. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. Ultimate Football GM To download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores.Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Don't miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.  FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories

SZN 3, Episode 6!First off thank you Stathead, a source we use that is amazing #notasponsorWe are looking at guys from the last 5-10 years that were drafted day 3 of the NFL draft. How often have guys like this been successful? Lets take a second, pump the brakes and re-educate ourselves on the past so then we can use this knowledge to predict the future. What is better than a potential starter on your fantasy roster late in a rookie or post draft waiver darling!We base this ep on the the Stathead metric - WAV (Weighted Approximate Value!)https://stathead.com/1:29 - Darthur explains the Episode.3:00 - Running Backs last 5 years8:49 - Tight Ends Last 5 years10:02 - Wide Receivers Last 5 years13:02 - Quarterbacks Last 5 years13:45 - 2022 Class Day 3 Doms- We messed up..... Why were we out on these 2022 guys? - 15:55 - Isaiah Pacheco 18:44 - Tyler Allgeier20:53 - Dameon Pierce23:56 - Past 6-10 year Day 3 DomsLike and Subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Beware, you will see our faces.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeVsT_uysOA#FantasyFootball #Podcast#FantasyFootballAdvice#DynastyFantasyFootball#DynastyFantasyFootballAdvice

Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, hosts the Locked on Steelers podcast, and is joined by Noah Strackbein of Sports Illustrated, who's in Mobile, Alabama for the Senior Bowl.The Pittsburgh Steelers haven't had the best luck with picking cornerbacks in the NFL Draft over the past several years. But is the 2023 NFL Draft cornerback class the perfect fix to that situation? Prospects like Christian Gonzalez, Joey Porter Jr. and Devon Witherspoon look like great players who could fill first round needs, while players at the Senior Bowl like Julius Brents and Kyu Blue Kelly are shining as potential day 2 picks. Can Mike Tomlin and Omar Khan find the right guys?Also, Tomlin spent time Wednesday at the Senior Bowl looking closely at offensive linemen. Who were the players he liked the most? Dawand Jones, O'Cyrus Torrence, Jarrett Peterson and others have shined bright in practices.Finally, Tomlin also spent time looking at punters. Is he finding Pressley Harvin III's replacement? And stars and skulls special teams grades.CALL INTO THE SHOW AT 412-223-6644 or if international, e-mail your audio message to LOSTEELERSTOPICBAG@GMAIL.COMFollow Chris Carter on Twitter: @CarterCritiques.Theme music is 'Soul Kick' by Ceddy P, and 'Too Easy' by Nerdboy. Both from their label Renaissance Music. Find more from their label here.This show is part of the Locked on Podcast Network.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFLBuilt BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.PrizePicksFirst time users can receive a 100% instant deposit match up to $100 with promo code LOCKEDON. That's PrizePicks.com – promo code; LOCKEDONUltimate Football GMTo download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores. Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get startedFANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, hosts the Locked on Steelers podcast, and is joined by Noah Strackbein of Sports Illustrated, who's in Mobile, Alabama for the Senior Bowl. The Pittsburgh Steelers haven't had the best luck with picking cornerbacks in the NFL Draft over the past several years. But is the 2023 NFL Draft cornerback class the perfect fix to that situation? Prospects like Christian Gonzalez, Joey Porter Jr. and Devon Witherspoon look like great players who could fill first round needs, while players at the Senior Bowl like Julius Brents and Kyu Blue Kelly are shining as potential day 2 picks. Can Mike Tomlin and Omar Khan find the right guys? Also, Tomlin spent time Wednesday at the Senior Bowl looking closely at offensive linemen. Who were the players he liked the most? Dawand Jones, O'Cyrus Torrence, Jarrett Peterson and others have shined bright in practices. Finally, Tomlin also spent time looking at punters. Is he finding Pressley Harvin III's replacement? And stars and skulls special teams grades. CALL INTO THE SHOW AT 412-223-6644 or if international, e-mail your audio message to LOSTEELERSTOPICBAG@GMAIL.COM Follow Chris Carter on Twitter: @CarterCritiques. Theme music is 'Soul Kick' by Ceddy P, and 'Too Easy' by Nerdboy. Both from their label Renaissance Music. Find more from their label here. This show is part of the Locked on Podcast Network. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. PrizePicks First time users can receive a 100% instant deposit match up to $100 with promo code LOCKEDON. That's PrizePicks.com – promo code; LOCKEDON Ultimate Football GM To download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores. Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Amy Justice, a Yale clinical epidemiologist. They discuss the influential long-running studies she has conducted using the electronic medical record from the Veterans Administration Healthcare System.  Links: Basketball coach Steve Kerr on the shooting in Uvalde, Texas The Veteran Aging Cohort Study  “Comparison of Risk and Age at Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancer in HIV-Infected Versus Uninfected Adults”  “Covid-19 Testing, Hospital Admission, and Intensive Care Among 2,026,227 United States Veterans Aged 54–75 Years”  “At Yale, Arya Singh overcame her fears — and found a new side of herself”  Arya Singh's Class Day address  Student Spotlight: Hil Moss  Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at the Yale School of Management

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Amy Justice, a Yale clinical epidemiologist. They discuss the influential long-running studies she has conducted using the electronic medical record from the Veterans Administration Healthcare System.  Links: Basketball coach Steve Kerr on the shooting in Uvalde, Texas The Veteran Aging Cohort Study  “Comparison of Risk and Age at Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction, End-Stage Renal Disease, and Non-AIDS-Defining Cancer in HIV-Infected Versus Uninfected Adults”  “Covid-19 Testing, Hospital Admission, and Intensive Care Among 2,026,227 United States Veterans Aged 54–75 Years”  “At Yale, Arya Singh overcame her fears — and found a new side of herself”  Arya Singh's Class Day address  Student Spotlight: Hil Moss  Learn more about the MBA for Executives program at the Yale School of Management

Today I share the very basic structure of my improv classes. Boundary check - How does everyone feel about physicality? any limits we should know about? Warm ups - connect + get comfortable with those around you. Play - in the world you BUILD together on the foundations you've already built together. Reflect + follow up. Subscribe to the monthly newsletter: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comSubscribe for extended eps on patreon: patreon.com/mydbpodcastFree bonus content also available on: instagram.com/mydbpodcast youtube.com/juliemericatiktok.com/mydbpodcast Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today, we're covering the University's announcement of the keynote speaker at this year's Class Day, the passing of Abraham Joshua ‘21, and the women's basketball team's victory against Kentucky in round 1 of March Madness.

THE PROPHET'S OFFICE, THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DAY 7 THE ECCLESIA HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN USHERED INTO A NEW SPIRITUAL SEASON THAT REQUIRES AN UPGRADE, UPDATE AND REDEFINITION OF ALL THE ASCENDED GIFTS OF MINISTRY, BUT IN PARTICULAR THE MINISTRY AND OFFICE OF THE PROPHET, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RELEVANT LEADERSHIP SPIRIT IN THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECONOMY OF THE LORD AT THESE PRESENT TIMES. THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE PROPHETIC NATURE AND ACCURACY OF THE DAYS WE LIVE IS TO PRECISELY AUTHENTICATE THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ESTABLISHED ON SOLID BIBLICAL DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IS A BIBLICAL LIFESTYLE ESTABLISHED ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF BALANCED TRUTH, IN CONSISTENCY TO AN APOSTOLIC CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY, BUILT ON AN [UNSHAKABLE] UNCOMPROMISED FOUNDATION OF THE FRUIT AND GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY, OR WHAT WE CAN REFER TO AS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLE, INTRODUCES US TO A MORE PRECISE AND RELEVANT APPROACH TO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FATHER LONGS FOR IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GIFT. THE IS PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND MINISTRY IS VIEWED, APPROACHED, AND OPERATION FROM ITS INFANT STAGE OF THE BIRTH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND SHOULD BE TRACKED IN ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF ITS MINISTRY GIFT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACT CHAPTER 13, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE EXPRESSLY THROUGH THE CHURCH FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE SEPARATED AND SENT TO REPRESENT THE NEXT INTENTION OF GOD COUNSEL ACROSS ASIAN MINOR. IF THE NEW TESTAMENT CONCEPT OR APPROACH TO THE PROPHETIC IS WHAT CAN BE DEFINED AS A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, WE, THEREFORE, NEED TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY IS FROM THIS BACKDROP, AND EXAMINE THE CORE COMPONENTS THAT ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK AND THE CHARACTER ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT AND GRACE. HENCE, WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THEN THE NEW TESTAMENT APPROACH OR FOOTING INTO THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY? WHILE THE CHARACTER LIFE AND VALUE STANDARD OF THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY AND CALLING NEVER CHANGE, WHICH INCLUDE THAT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO WITNESS THE DYNAMICS AND THE EVER-INCREASING SHIFT IN WISDOM, METHODS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GRACE. WHILE PROPHETIC VALUES, CHARACTER AND PRINCIPLES ARE AESTHETIC, THE DYNAMISM OF OPERATION DEFERS FROM PLACE, TIME TO TIME, AND SEASON TO SEASON. NO TWO PROPHETS OR PROPHETIC GIFTS ARE THE SAME. BUT THE UNDERLINING CREDIBILITY THAT FORMS THE FRUIT OF THEIR MINISTRY WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME, THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND FOREVER. AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS: IF THERE IS A PROPHET AMONG YOU, I THE LORD WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM IN A VISION, AND WILL SPEAK UNTO HIM IN A DREAM. MY SERVANT MOSES IS NOT SO, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN ALL MINE [ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMY] HOUSE. WITH HIM WILL I SPEAK MOUTH TO MOUTH, EVEN APPARENTLY, AND NOT IN DARK SPEECHES; AND THE SIMILITUDE OF THE LORD SHALL HE BEHOLD: (NUMBERS 12:6-8) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/isaiah-phillips-akintola/message

THE PROPHET'S OFFICE, THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DAY 6 THE ECCLESIA HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN USHERED INTO A NEW SPIRITUAL SEASON THAT REQUIRES AN UPGRADE, UPDATE AND REDEFINITION OF ALL THE ASCENDED GIFTS OF MINISTRY, BUT IN PARTICULAR THE MINISTRY AND OFFICE OF THE PROPHET, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RELEVANT LEADERSHIP SPIRIT IN THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECONOMY OF THE LORD AT THESE PRESENT TIMES. THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE PROPHETIC NATURE AND ACCURACY OF THE DAYS WE LIVE IS TO PRECISELY AUTHENTICATE THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ESTABLISHED ON SOLID BIBLICAL DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IS A BIBLICAL LIFESTYLE ESTABLISHED ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF BALANCED TRUTH, IN CONSISTENCY TO AN APOSTOLIC CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY, BUILT ON AN [UNSHAKABLE] UNCOMPROMISED FOUNDATION OF THE FRUIT AND GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY, OR WHAT WE CAN REFER TO AS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLE, INTRODUCES US TO A MORE PRECISE AND RELEVANT APPROACH TO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FATHER LONGS FOR IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GIFT. THE IS PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND MINISTRY IS VIEWED, APPROACHED, AND OPERATION FROM ITS INFANT STAGE OF THE BIRTH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND SHOULD BE TRACKED IN ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF ITS MINISTRY GIFT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACT CHAPTER 13, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE EXPRESSLY THROUGH THE CHURCH FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE SEPARATED AND SENT TO REPRESENT THE NEXT INTENTION OF GOD COUNSEL ACROSS ASIAN MINOR. IF THE NEW TESTAMENT CONCEPT OR APPROACH TO THE PROPHETIC IS WHAT CAN BE DEFINED AS A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, WE, THEREFORE, NEED TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY IS FROM THIS BACKDROP, AND EXAMINE THE CORE COMPONENTS THAT ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK AND THE CHARACTER ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT AND GRACE. HENCE, WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THEN THE NEW TESTAMENT APPROACH OR FOOTING INTO THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY? WHILE THE CHARACTER LIFE AND VALUE STANDARD OF THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY AND CALLING NEVER CHANGE, WHICH INCLUDE THAT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO WITNESS THE DYNAMICS AND THE EVER-INCREASING SHIFT IN WISDOM, METHODS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GRACE. WHILE PROPHETIC VALUES, CHARACTER AND PRINCIPLES ARE AESTHETIC, THE DYNAMISM OF OPERATION DEFERS FROM PLACE, TIME TO TIME, AND SEASON TO SEASON. NO TWO PROPHETS OR PROPHETIC GIFTS ARE THE SAME. BUT THE UNDERLINING CREDIBILITY THAT FORMS THE FRUIT OF THEIR MINISTRY WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME, THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND FOREVER. AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS: IF THERE IS A PROPHET AMONG YOU, I THE LORD WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM IN A VISION, AND WILL SPEAK UNTO HIM IN A DREAM. MY SERVANT MOSES IS NOT SO, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN ALL MINE [ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMY] HOUSE. WITH HIM WILL I SPEAK MOUTH TO MOUTH, EVEN APPARENTLY, AND NOT IN DARK SPEECHES; AND THE SIMILITUDE OF THE LORD SHALL HE BEHOLD: (NUMBERS 12:6-8) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/isaiah-phillips-akintola/message

THE PROPHET'S OFFICE, THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DAY 4 THE ECCLESIA HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN USHERED INTO A NEW SPIRITUAL SEASON THAT REQUIRES AN UPGRADE, UPDATE AND REDEFINITION OF ALL THE ASCENDED GIFTS OF MINISTRY, BUT IN PARTICULAR THE MINISTRY AND OFFICE OF THE PROPHET, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RELEVANT LEADERSHIP SPIRIT IN THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECONOMY OF THE LORD AT THESE PRESENT TIMES. THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE PROPHETIC NATURE AND ACCURACY OF THE DAYS WE LIVE IS TO PRECISELY AUTHENTICATE THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ESTABLISHED ON SOLID BIBLICAL DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IS A BIBLICAL LIFESTYLE ESTABLISHED ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF BALANCED TRUTH, IN CONSISTENCY TO AN APOSTOLIC CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY, BUILT ON AN [UNSHAKABLE] UNCOMPROMISED FOUNDATION OF THE FRUIT AND GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY, OR WHAT WE CAN REFER TO AS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLE, INTRODUCES US TO A MORE PRECISE AND RELEVANT APPROACH TO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FATHER LONGS FOR IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GIFT. THE IS PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND MINISTRY IS VIEWED, APPROACHED, AND OPERATION FROM ITS INFANT STAGE OF THE BIRTH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND SHOULD BE TRACKED IN ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF ITS MINISTRY GIFT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACT CHAPTER 13, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE EXPRESSLY THROUGH THE CHURCH FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE SEPARATED AND SENT TO REPRESENT THE NEXT INTENTION OF GOD COUNSEL ACROSS ASIAN MINOR. IF THE NEW TESTAMENT CONCEPT OR APPROACH TO THE PROPHETIC IS WHAT CAN BE DEFINED AS A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, WE, THEREFORE, NEED TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY IS FROM THIS BACKDROP, AND EXAMINE THE CORE COMPONENTS THAT ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK AND THE CHARACTER ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT AND GRACE. HENCE, WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THEN THE NEW TESTAMENT APPROACH OR FOOTING INTO THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY? WHILE THE CHARACTER LIFE AND VALUE STANDARD OF THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY AND CALLING NEVER CHANGE, WHICH INCLUDE THAT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO WITNESS THE DYNAMICS AND THE EVER-INCREASING SHIFT IN WISDOM, METHODS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GRACE. WHILE PROPHETIC VALUES, CHARACTER AND PRINCIPLES ARE AESTHETIC, THE DYNAMISM OF OPERATION DEFERS FROM PLACE, TIME TO TIME, AND SEASON TO SEASON. NO TWO PROPHETS OR PROPHETIC GIFTS ARE THE SAME. BUT THE UNDERLINING CREDIBILITY THAT FORMS THE FRUIT OF THEIR MINISTRY WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME, THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND FOREVER. AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS: IF THERE IS A PROPHET AMONG YOU, I THE LORD WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM IN A VISION, AND WILL SPEAK UNTO HIM IN A DREAM. MY SERVANT MOSES IS NOT SO, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN ALL MINE [ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMY] HOUSE. WITH HIM WILL I SPEAK MOUTH TO MOUTH, EVEN APPARENTLY, AND NOT IN DARK SPEECHES; AND THE SIMILITUDE OF THE LORD SHALL HE BEHOLD: (NUMBERS 12:6-8) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/isaiah-phillips-akintola/message

THE PROPHET'S OFFICE, THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY. DAY 3 THE ECCLESIA HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN USHERED INTO A NEW SPIRITUAL SEASON THAT REQUIRES AN UPGRADE, UPDATE AND REDEFINITION OF ALL THE ASCENDED GIFTS OF MINISTRY, BUT IN PARTICULAR THE MINISTRY AND OFFICE OF THE PROPHET, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RELEVANT LEADERSHIP SPIRIT IN THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECONOMY OF THE LORD AT THESE PRESENT TIMES. THE BASIS FOR DEFINING THE PROPHETIC NATURE AND ACCURACY OF THE DAYS WE LIVE IS TO PRECISELY AUTHENTICATE THE TESTIMONY OF CHRIST, WHICH IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ESTABLISHED ON SOLID BIBLICAL DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IS A BIBLICAL LIFESTYLE ESTABLISHED ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF BALANCED TRUTH, IN CONSISTENCY TO AN APOSTOLIC CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY, BUILT ON AN [UNSHAKABLE] UNCOMPROMISED FOUNDATION OF THE FRUIT AND GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. THE NEW TESTAMENT MINISTRY, OR WHAT WE CAN REFER TO AS THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLE, INTRODUCES US TO A MORE PRECISE AND RELEVANT APPROACH TO WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FATHER LONGS FOR IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND OPERATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GIFT. THE IS PROPHETIC SPIRIT, AND MINISTRY IS VIEWED, APPROACHED, AND OPERATION FROM ITS INFANT STAGE OF THE BIRTH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND SHOULD BE TRACKED IN ITS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF ITS MINISTRY GIFT ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ACT CHAPTER 13, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE EXPRESSLY THROUGH THE CHURCH FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE SEPARATED AND SENT TO REPRESENT THE NEXT INTENTION OF GOD COUNSEL ACROSS ASIAN MINOR. IF THE NEW TESTAMENT CONCEPT OR APPROACH TO THE PROPHETIC IS WHAT CAN BE DEFINED AS A MORE EXCELLENT MINISTRY, WE, THEREFORE, NEED TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THE PROPHET'S MINISTRY IS FROM THIS BACKDROP, AND EXAMINE THE CORE COMPONENTS THAT ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK AND THE CHARACTER ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROPHETIC SPIRIT AND GRACE. HENCE, WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THEN THE NEW TESTAMENT APPROACH OR FOOTING INTO THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY? WHILE THE CHARACTER LIFE AND VALUE STANDARD OF THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY AND CALLING NEVER CHANGE, WHICH INCLUDE THAT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO WITNESS THE DYNAMICS AND THE EVER-INCREASING SHIFT IN WISDOM, METHODS AND APPLICATION OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE AND GRACE. WHILE PROPHETIC VALUES, CHARACTER AND PRINCIPLES ARE AESTHETIC, THE DYNAMISM OF OPERATION DEFERS FROM PLACE, TIME TO TIME, AND SEASON TO SEASON. NO TWO PROPHETS OR PROPHETIC GIFTS ARE THE SAME. BUT THE UNDERLINING CREDIBILITY THAT FORMS THE FRUIT OF THEIR MINISTRY WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME, THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND FOREVER. AND HE SAID, HEAR NOW MY WORDS: IF THERE IS A PROPHET AMONG YOU, I THE LORD WILL MAKE MYSELF KNOWN UNTO HIM IN A VISION, AND WILL SPEAK UNTO HIM IN A DREAM. MY SERVANT MOSES IS NOT SO, WHO IS FAITHFUL IN ALL MINE [ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMY] HOUSE. WITH HIM WILL I SPEAK MOUTH TO MOUTH, EVEN APPARENTLY, AND NOT IN DARK SPEECHES; AND THE SIMILITUDE OF THE LORD SHALL HE BEHOLD: (NUMBERS 12:6-8) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/isaiah-phillips-akintola/message

 SUMMARY (The 90 Day Schedule)How to  win the War on Waste in 90 days? Having read the book, you can now ask me again: “How can I win the War on Waste in 90 Days?”First of all, you sign up with me.[1]  Or do it on your own with a consulting phone support from me.  Or you just do it and if you get in trouble, call me.It really is pretty easy to do.I also have training manuals that you can buy to follow the program.Calendar    Action to be Accomplished.Day 1         Just get started on an 8 week program (4 days a week)Class Day 1 - During these  first 16 workdays each team goes thru the War on Waste 6 steps.  It isn't a lot of time but it is enough time.  It isn't about being precise; it is totally about making your point.Day 29       Presentations to management:Class Day 17 (Note that the Calendar day is a running clock, while class day is only while an employee is in class)  - All participating employees make their presentations to the CEO or local managing director.Just listen to the rest of the process and you will appreciate how direct and simple this whole process is.  Just focus.  Best, Len[1] Len Bertain, Bertain Consulting Group, len@bertain.com, Cell: 510-520-8011.

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This is it! You’ve been learning about what to do for nine days. Think of this as graduation day, the day you get the last, but most critical, piece of the puzzle. Today, you find out exactly what you should do, and I mean you, personally, should do on Day 1 of your running journey. Today, is your diagnostic run. In this podcast, I explain what to do to find out how far you should run during each running segment of your walk to run mile, which is the distance you should start with.  I also explain how to progress from there, the three variables, and the details regarding the decisions you’ll be making in deciding what to change and when.  I’m excited for you because this is, of all the secrets I’ve imparted, perhaps the most crucial one, because if you try to start your running training with too much running, you’ll likely never succeed. Walk to Run to 5k Program The post Become a Runner Class Day 10: Diagnostic Test – BRV 045 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

I’ve been hearing the phrase, ‘turtle power,’ for years, always from slower runners, usually in an upbeat, positive way, an “I’m fine with that” way, but sometimes they utter the words apologetically, and that makes me sad. Often, these are beginner runners, but not always. It is my hope that after listening to this podcast, no one listening will ever feel bad, in any way, about being a slower runner. What is slow, anyway? It’s all relative, isn’t it? When an Olympian runs a 6 minute mile, it’s an off day. Most runners will never see the faster side of 9 minutes, and some will always run 12 minute miles, and I sure hope those people don’t apologize for that because there is no reason to be the least bit apologetic. To me, that’s like apologizing because you have brown hair. If anyone ever makes you feel like your pace is too slow, then that person is just being unkind and isn’t worth worrying about. In fact, they probably feel inferior in some other way. You have as much right to go your own pace and be happy with it as any other runner has a right to go the pace that is comfortable to them. After all, running is an individual sport. One of the most enjoyable elements of running is that anyone can do it; you don’t need to be a gifted athlete, but I sure hope you do realize that anyone at any pace is an athlete. Turtle Power is the mantra of slower runners everywhere, and so it should be. I hope it’s empowering. If you’re a slower runner, and since you’re a beginner, you probably are, own it; don’t apologize for it. Turtle runners unite! Below is the link to my beginner runner program. It includes beginner running schedules for six months. Walk to Run to 5k Program Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class Day 9: Turtle Power – BRV 044 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

Weight loss – or management – plays a role in the life of virtually every runner. Either they start running to lose weight or they’ve already lost weight, and they want to become a runner to help them maintain that weight loss. Too, some runners run because they’re worried that their weight will gradually creep up if they don’t get lots of exercise to offset the calories of the food they consume. Even the most fit-looking, slender runners will often say that maintaining a desirable weight is one of the key reasons why they run. Bottom line, many runners are running to lose weight. It works. Running can, without a doubt, facilitate these goals, but for some, it doesn’t work. It’s not a given that you’ll lose weight by starting to run. Rather, it’s a great part of a weight loss strategy. Some people become runners and never lose weight, or even gain weight. I’ve seen it enough times that, now, I can explain why that happens and how to avoid it. I’ve got some guidelines for nutrition as well. I want you to succeed in reaching your weight loss goals, and I’m sure this information will help you do that. Michael Pollan The Gut Balance Revolution Eat the Yolks Grain Brain by Dr David Perlmutter Real Food Liz (Liz Wolfe) author of Eat the Yolks Your Personal Paleo Code by Chris Kresser The Whole30 Walk to Run to 5k Program Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Beginner Runner Class, Day 8: Running for Weight Loss – BRV 043 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

When beginner runners don’t succeed, it’s usually the result of one of two problems: They get injured and conclude their bodies can’t handle it. They don’t enjoy running; they dread the workouts. When you do it the way I’ve set out in this series, there is no doubt but that you’ll feel good during and after the workouts, mentally and physically. That’s a given, but I’m sure you’re wanting to know what you can do to run healthy and prevent running injuries. That is the topic of this episode. If you’ve gotten to this point, you’ve heard me say, repeatedly, that you must progress at a gradual pace and that you should listen to your body and be okay with doing the same workout for a week or so, until it’s no longer challenging. Of course, I have many more points to make about the path to avoiding running injuries. Walk to Run to 5k Program Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class Day 7: Injury Prevention – BRV 042 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

The single most common beginner runner complaint I hear is that they can’t breathe. Often new runners say they struggle to breathe because they feel like they’re breathing through a straw; they say they just can’t get enough air, and that’s a miserable sensation, right? If you’ve ever been in that situation, you will find answers in this episode. That may be the number 1 problem that you know you must overcome to be a success, to be able to build endurance and, one day, run for miles, in comfort. It just makes sense, that if you can’t breathe, you can’t run very far, and you can’t be comfortable for even a few minutes. So, this is a problem we must fix and do it the right away. For a more extensive discussion of this topic, please check out this earlier podcast episode:  BRV 008: How to Breathe When You Run Walk to Run to 5k Program Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class, Day 5: Breathing – BRV 40 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

It’s not unusual for coaches of beginner runners to disregard form in lieu of total emphasis on building endurance. I believe the opposite is the far better, more effective route, Why learn to run with bad form? Why? It makes no sense. The easiest time to focus on form is when you’re only running a few steps at a time. Plus, the better the form, the less the likelihood of injury – and the better the running form, the more comfortable the runner will be, and the more coordinated the new runner will feel, and that is hugely important. In this podcast I take you from head to toe, quickly going over all the elements of running form. If you’d like a deeper, quite thorough look into running form, I’ve got that for you, too. I’ve actually done four episodes: BRV 009: Running Form Explained, Part 1 BRV 010: Running Form, Part 2 BRV 011: Running Form, Part 3, Foot Strike BRV 012: Running Form, Part 4, Runner-Watching Check out the Walk to Run to 5k Program here. Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class, Day 4: Running Form – BRV 039 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

You need a plan. You wouldn’t set out on a road trip without a map because the chances of arriving at your destination, assuming you hadn’t been there before, would be zero. There are far too many possibilities and far too many possible directions. Well getting started running is somewhat like that. While most people think it’s as easy as running as far as you can, then stopping to walk, then repeating, as I’ve already explained, this method will almost never get you to your desired destination. In fact, more often than not, it ends in a dead end to what might have been a prolific and immensely satisfying running career. Enter the map – or in this case – the plan. By plan, I actually mean a day by day running schedule. This changes everything, and the happy part is that you don’t need to hire a coach to get a schedule that’s tailored to exactly your goals and your body. I’ll explain, in this episode, how to layout a beginner running schedule customized to your body. Listen in to learn the running principles that are the backbone of every running schedule. Walk to Run to 5k Program Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class, Day 3: Running Schedules – BRV 038 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

Every runner of every level needs a constant stream of motivation, and while that may seem to be a challenge, the fact is that once you establish the habit of running, which experts say takes 28 days, then the habit takes over, and you only occasionally need more of a boost than that. Truth is, the longer you run, the more ingrained that habit becomes, and most of the time it’s harder not to run. Honestly, it’s like brushing your teeth ‘most’ days. That’s the good news; that’s the great news, but you’ll need some extra help in the first few weeks, and that’s the goal of this podcast. In this episode, I explain a seven techniques to keep you motivated.  For a more extensive discussion of motivation, here is a longer podcast I did a while back.   BRV 029: The Motivation of Wanting More Mojo for Running Podcast 76: Encouraging Words for Runners Mojo for Running Podcast 117:  Accountability Hacks Mojo for Running Podcast 139:  The Mental Side of Running Access my Walk to Run to 5k Program here. Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class Day 2: Motivation – BRV 037 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

Weight loss is the number one reason that people start running, and number 2 is not even close. In our world, people just don’t move enough, anymore, and that creates a problem. We need to move a lot to burn enough calories. Many people want to run to lose weight, and many run because they don’t ever want to have weight to lose. It’s safe to say that 80 percent of beginner runners are overweight, some with just a few pounds to lose, but many with many more. In this episode, I explain how to utilize running to help you succeed in your weight loss journey. Of course, diet is huge. I don’t mean dieting, per se, not being ‘on’ a diet, but eating a healthy, reasonable diet, day in and day out, but sometimes that’s not enough. Even if you lose the weight, without a lifestyle change, a change to a much more active life, you won’t keep it off. That won’t happen if you’re running. Running has the potential to make a massive difference in your body and that means a difference in your life. Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class Day 8: Running to Lose Weight – BRV 043 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

Let’s change it up. I got to thinking that beginner runners really need to listen to these podcasts in order, at least the first few, but, unfortunately, often people only listen to the most recent. For that reason, I decided to combine the most critical and basic information from the first 35 episodes into what I’m calling my 10-Day Become a Runner Class. Listen to one a day or binge listen to all ten. Either way, you’ll get ten concise episodes.  This beginner running class is for people who fit any of these profiles: not a runner but want to be one unfit or only somewhat fit or older or overweight My coaching is different from the usual beginner runner program; it’s much more gradual, which I think is the kind of program that’s in much more demand, because after working with beginner runners for a dozen years, I know that success, for virtually every one, hinges on progressing gradually, at an appropriate pace for that person. Too many people go at it with too much intensity and try to do too much too soon. The result is usually injury, discouragement, and ultimately, failure. In my class, the emphasis is entirely on success, on you becoming a lifelong runner. I believe you shouldn’t be in a hurry to build endurance, to be able to run a mile, non-stop. The emphasis should be on building fitness at a healthy, controlled rate, a rate that keeps you healthy, confident, and happy We’re after optimal health. If that’s your goal, you’re in the right place. This 10-day series is for people at the very beginning of their running career, people just building up to their first running mile. I’m super excited to have the role of motivator to help you take your first running steps, and hopefully, to assure that you have the confidence to make the commitment to become a runner in 2017. In this first class, I explain how to do it the right way, the most effective way to become a runner. I mention these items in the podcast: Walk to Run to 5k Coaching Program Follow me on Instagram  @mojoforrunning and @runtampa Check out The Human Race, a Documentary here. This documentary will leave you feeling empowered, feeling like you can most certainly become a runner. The film features masters runners over 50, and the message is that any age is the right age to run, that you will be healthier, and you can extend middle age and good health for the rest of your life.  Subscribe with Stitcher Radio The post Become a Runner Class, Day 1: The Right Way – BRV 036 appeared first on Mojo for Running.

We've finally done it, a second episode! We do hope you enjoyed the first one. It was a bit of more of an open forum but today's episode comes with a bit more focus. We explore a bit of the forbidden fruit in our gaming library. The games that game under great scrutiny but still found its way into our hearts. Some of the titles you may be familiar with and some may surprise you. This one's a bit lengthy but we promise to contain ourselves going forward.

Some adorably furry new faces are coming to N.J., the Jersey Shore is losing two problematic bars, the American Dream Mall is heading toward summer and Princeton just announced its high-profile Class Day speaker.Six Flags: http://nj-ne.ws/8IoCIOuJersey Shore: http://nj-ne.ws/XoxipTMAmerican Dream: http://nj-ne.ws/yezmKtJPrinceton: http://nj-ne.ws/oLxWcTWToday in N.J. has been an audio briefing of the stories from around New Jersey, presented by NJ.com’s Libby Cardone. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube or add the Alexa skill. Send feedback to podcasts@njadvancemedia.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Class Day co-chairs announce the event's speaker, Democratic contenders debated again, and a Hong Kong bookseller was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Welcome to Hybrid Class. We are a gaming variety podcast that covers a wide array of subjects within gaming from consumer concepts, various competitive meta, and the future of the ever changing landscape of gaming. We do so with almost a sense of reckless abandon but from a perspective that's closely related to you, the person who loves, loathes, and is inspired by all the gaming community has to offer. Please enjoy the ramblings of two very passionate connoisseurs of things that bleep and bloop.

Setting the day up correctly is a great way to make sure you get all of your work done and in a way that you are happy with. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/selfmastery/support

Learn English with Amy Poehler. Amy Poehler delivers Harvard University's 2011 Class Day speech at Tercentenary Theater in Harvard Yard, May 25, 2011. Amy is an American actress, comedian, director, producer, and writer. For more, visit: https://www.englishspeecheschannel.com

We continue our special series featuring Mike Bloomberg’s commencement addresses this year. On May 29th, Mike delivered remarks at Harvard Business School’s 2019 Class Day. He spoke about his career, learning never to compromise when it comes to ethics, and the urgent need for ethical leadership.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is an historic receiver draft class. There are so many ridiculous athletes. Josh Norris lays out what matters, what doesn't, what types might easily transition to the NFL and which ones might be misunderstood. Plus Noah Fant stole the show among tight ends and is Kyler Murray already locked in to the no. 1 pick?

You are invited to the free group class the Angel Life makeover self angel healing program! 5 days of angel healing! Each day we will focus on a different area of life! This day is Day 4 Career and Life Purpose

You are invited to the free group class the Angel Life makeover self angel healing program! 5 days of angel healing! Each day we will focus on a different area of life! This is day 3 Today we are working with the angels to bring positive energy into our home and environment. Archangel Ariel, the guardian angels and our angel life team angels will be assisting. Feel the angels helping with all home issues and blessing your community. Also go up higher to bless the planet and ask the angel to help all of us live in harmony on earth. Feel the angels bless all of earth with love and higher consciousness. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/269234476765586/

You are invited to the free group class the Angel Life makeover self angel healing program! 5 days of angel healing! Each day we will focus on a different area of life! This is day 2 Together we will be working deeply with the angels for self healing and upliftment! Connect with your angels and set your intentions and prayers regarding health and well being. Call in your Angel life team, guardian angels, healing angels and Archangel Raphael! Archangel Raphael is the Archangel of healing join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/269234476765586/

A special Convocation edition podcast from the UChicago Podcast Network, featuring the full speeches given by Class Day speaker Valerie Jarrett, distinguished senior fellow in the University of Chicago Law School former senior adviser to President Obama; and Marianne Bertrand, the Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.   

U.S. Senator Jeff Flake was the keynote speaker for the Class Day ceremonies at Harvard Law School on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Flake was chosen by representatives of this year’s graduating class. Harvard Law School https://youtu.be/yWQg-VG9Euw Public Access America PublicAccessPod Productions #Not4Profit #Audiobooks #Business #Entertainment #Learning #News #Politics #Religion #Spirituality #Science #Storytelling #Technology #America #History #BigBrainPod #Podcast #Motivational #Education #speech #JeffFlake Footage downloaded and edited by PublicAccessPod Podcast Link Review us Stitcher: http://goo.gl/XpKHWB Review us iTunes: https://goo.gl/soc7KG Subscribe GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/gPEDbf YouTube https://goo.gl/xrKbJb

Class Day Lecture gives graduates, their family and friends a unique occasion to experience what makes a Stanford education so special. For over 40 years this event has featured a popular Stanford professor, delivering a last talk at Commencement.

Newark mayor Cory Booker, LAW '97, addresses the Yale Class of 2013 during the traditional Class Day speech on May 19th 2013.

Newark mayor Cory Booker, LAW '97, addressed the Yale Class of 2013 during the traditional Class Day speech on May 19th 2013.

Part 2 of our wrap of the NZGBC event in June.  This week, Verney and I discuss LED lighting, ventilation, 3D thermal modelling in CAD, construction waste management and other highlights from the Master Class day that followed on from the NZGBC Sustainable Housing Summit. Selected pdfs of some presentations are available on the NZGBC website. 

Larry Diamond draws on Stanford's motto, "the wind of freedom blows," as he traces the rise of democracy in a final lecture to the class of 2012, followed by a few words from the Senior Class Presidents. (June 16, 2012)

The Yale 2012 Class Day Video Directed by Hunter Wolk & Chloe Sarbib Written by Mark Sonnenblick & Brendan Ternus and Hunter Wolk Produced by Carina Sposato

Barbara Walters, ABC News Correspondent, reporter, producer and author, addresses the Yale Class of 2012 during the traditional Class Day speech on May 20th 2012.

Another Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mother Teresa, of The Society of the Missionaries of Charity, spoke in Harvard Yard on Class Day 1982.

Tom Hanks, Academy Award-winning actor, writer and director, addresses the Yale College Class of 2011 during the traditional Class Day speech and offers the graduates insight and encouragement.

Tom Hanks, Academy Award-winning actor, writer and director, addresses the Yale College Class of 2011 during the traditional Class Day speech and offers the graduates insight and encouragement.

Get a feel for the typical class a student at Hankamer experiences in Dr. Blaine McCormick's Introduction to Business course.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, speaks at Yale University's 2010 Class Day.

Christopher Buckley ('75), the author and political satirist, addresses the Yale College Class of 2009 in this Class Day speech.

Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, delivers the featured speech at Yale College's 2008 Class Day.

Dartmouth's Class of 2010 and their guests gathered on Saturday, June 10, to celebrate and honor graduating seniors and their Dartmouth experience. Featured here: Class Orator Matthew Paul Ritger and Faculty Speaker Jennifer Brooke Sargent. Class Day 2010, usually held outdoors, took place in Thompson Arena due to weather.

Kitty's Class DayKitty's cousin has invited her to a college event and she's excited about the party. Unfortunately, things begin to fall apart, literally. What could possibly save the day from becoming a disaster?by Louisa May Alcottfirst published in 1868