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Anne is joined by special guest, Ian Russell, a multi-award-winning voice actor. They discuss his career in the voice over industry, including his journey to success. They talk about the importance of social media and authenticity in character creation. He advises aspiring voiceover actors to be careful not to violate non-disclosure agreements and to use social media to support their profiles. Anne and Ian also discuss the importance of respecting specified ethnicities and the limitations of casting notices. They highlight that authenticity and believability are essential in video game casting, and that having an acting background is a serious advantage. Tune in to hear the full conversation.    Transcript   It's time to take your business to the next level, the BOSS level! These are the premiere Business Owner Strategies and Successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a BOSS, a VO BOSS! Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza.   Anne: All right. Hey everyone. Welcome to the VO BOSS podcast. I'm your host Anne Ganguzza, and today I am so excited to bring very special guest Ian Russell to the podcast. Hey Ian. Yay.   Ian: Hey, Anne.   Anne: welcome. For those of you BOSSes out there, we'll tell you a little bit about Ian, and then he's gonna continue on telling us about his journey, he is a, a multi-award winning, seasoned voice actor working in commercial, corporate, video games, audiobooks. His voice can be heard for companies including Coca-Cola, MasterCard, Nestle, Heineken, Club Med, Phillips, and a bunch more. He was the recipient of the One Voice Male Voice of the Year 2020 award. And also in that year, he was also best character performance. Is that correct?   Ian: Animation, yeah.   Anne: And then continuing in 2021, he won Gaming Best Performance for One Voice Awards. And in 2022, the SOVAS Outstanding International Audio Description, Museums and Cultural Sites. Wow. That is fantastic. Ian, so honored to have you here on the show to talk about your journey and your wisdom. So , let's start.   Ian: Well, good luck with that.   Anne: Well, let's start telling people about your journey. How did you get into voiceover, a little bit about yourself and how you got into voiceover.   Ian: It's a long and winding road, which is a Beatles reference, but the first ever voiceover I ever, ever did was for a radio station in Liverpool. And it was a friend of mine worked at the radio station, and they had a pre-recorded interview for Paul McCartney when he bought and set up the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in Liverpool. It was his old school. And rather than having a boring interview where it was just Paul McCartney and some radio guy , he asked me. I was, we were in a local acting thing together, and he asked me to be the voice of Paul McCartney's teacher.   Anne: Wow.   Ian: When Paul McCartney was a kid. So we linked the questions, you know, and it  was like, oh yes, that McCartney he was always playing around with a guitar. He'll never amount anything. So it was that kind of -- we made it funny. I didn't even know what voiceover was, but I did it anyway. And it was fun. I didn't get paid or anything. I was doing it for a mate, but I still have the magnetic cassette tape, shows how long ago it was.   Anne: Yep. There you go. .   Ian: And then 30 years go by, and I get married, and my wife's stumbling around for what she can buy me. And we, because you know --   Anne: What happened 30 years though? That was a long time.   Ian: Oh, sorry. I, I went off and got a real job. I was, I was working in sales and sales management in the northwest of England and in Belgium and Holland and in and around Oxford.   Anne: So International for sure. Yeah.   Ian: Yeah. That's a whole other story, which we could get into another time. But that would use up our 30 minutes, would be nothing left . So anyway, so my wife's like, oh, well what do I buy him for Christmas this year? And I had done a bit of sort of community theater stuff as a young man, just explained with the Paul McCartney thing. And so she found a one day introduction to voiceover.   Anne: Uh-huh.   Ian: In London. It's a place called the Show Reel. And she bought me that for Christmas 2012. It's 10 years almost to the day.   Anne: Wow. Yeah.   Ian: And then two years later, we've had the credit crunch and the bank -- I was working for a bank at the time and they were trying to offload people, and I had to reapply for my own job multiple times. And in the end I'm like, I volunteer as tribute . Let me go, you know, I'm done here. I'm older than all these young guys. I don't want to be rushing around half of the UK seeing multimillionaires coming home at night, barely seeing my kids, writing reports 'til midnight, and then doing the same rinse and repeat tomorrow. I'll have a heart attack and die. Let me go. And two years later, they eventually let me go. And so my wife's American and we said, well, what are we gonna do now? ? Well, let's sell everything and move to America. Be near my dad, says my wife. So that's what we did.   Anne: I love that. Let's do it.   Ian: And I said, well, what am I, what am I gonna do?   Anne: Let's sell everything and move.   Ian: I'll give that voiceover thing a go. And I went to the guy in London and I said, does anybody get hired for this? And he went, yeah. And I said, would anybody hire me? And he went, I don't see why not. And that was the ringing endorsement that I had to come off and start. So 2014 I started properly, I would say.   Anne: Wow. Wow. And so when you started, what was it that -- I assume you, you got coaching, you got a demo, and then you started working, and so you started working and were successful in which genres?   Ian: I think I'm a product of the internet age. You know, I live in the metaphorical middle of nowhere. And everything I do is via the internet, pretty much. So I started probably the way a lot of people start. I didn't know anybody and I didn't know anything. I had some experience, life experience that helps for sure, the sales and having done a bit of community theater and all that. But I knew no one and I knew nothing. So I started searching on the internet, and I paid money down to online casting and, and started throwing mud at the wall. And I think in that market you do a lot of explainers. You do a lot of corporate. You do a lot of e-learning, e-sort of things that, that sort of thing.   Anne: And of course in the States now, you know, that accent of yours doesn't hurt you. I had a very good friend when I started and she was hired all the time for e-learning. Because I think for us listening, and you gotta have some sort of interesting -- like an American accent is, we hear it all the time. But a British accent might be something that, oh, that makes it more interesting. And so she was high in demand for e-learning and, and those explainers and corporate things. And she was always so wonderfully like natural and conversational about it. And it was just a pleasure to listen to her all the time. And I remember thinking, gosh, I wanna aspire to be that relaxed and that friendly in my voiceovers. And so I can totally see where that just, it lends it. It's also a very large market. And so everybody kind of gets there, and it's a good, good place to start off. And I know a lot of students that I work with, they start off in corporate or e-learning.   Ian: Yeah. There's masses of it. And it's relatively easy to find.   Anne: Exactly.   Ian: You might not get the best rate, but it's relatively easy to find.   Anne: Now, you won these awards, but these awards were not for corporate or e-learning. It was for gaming and character performance. And so let's talk about, 'cause I know when people start out, they're very concerned about you know, what's my niche? Like, where do I start and how do I know what I'm good at? You evolved into becoming an award-winning voice talent in gaming and characters.   Ian: Yeah, I know.   Anne: So let's talk about that.   Ian: How does that happen?   Anne: Yeah. How does that happen?   Ian: I'm gonna say I got lucky, but we all know that that's hard work meets preparation and all of that. But in 2015, so a year after I'd started, I booked a role in a significant video game called Payday 2. And the role is utterly -- it's this South African mercenary. He speaks like that, he's Locke, his name is Locke. And I have been performing Locke for Starbury Studios for seven years now.   Anne: Oh wow.   Ian: And it was the performance of Locke that won me the video game award last year. And we're still making content. And at the end of this year, we have Payday 3 coming up.   Anne: Ooh. Get ready, BOSSes.   Ian: And so there's a lot of chatter around who's gonna be in Payday 3. You know what it's like with a lot of --   Anne: NDAs.   Ian: -- casting for voiceover. It's --   Anne: You can't tell --   Ian: -- NDAs -- Well, well, if I knew something, I'd be able to tell you, but voice over casting often happens right at the end. So nothing, I can't say anything. I don't know anything. So.   Anne: So seven years.   Ian: I'm like a mushroom.   Anne: Wow.   Ian: Yeah. So, so that was my first video game thing. And I think a lot of younger folk, they're growing up now with video games and animation and it's a very aspirational genre for people to get into. And I think I got one, and I'll keep the story very short, but Locke, the character, has his own Twitter account, which now has almost 12,000 followers.   Anne: Do you have input into that account?   Ian: It's mine.   Anne: Okay. Okay.   Ian: It's all mine.   Anne: Now, was that something that maybe was requested of you through an agent or the company or --   Ian: No.   Anne: -- you just created it? That's a very interesting marketing um   Ian: Well, it was suggested to me because I went on a charity stream as Locke for Payday, and the guys that were running it said, you might want to set up a separate account because you don't want your personal account flooded with teenage boys --   Anne: Yeah, that makes sense.   Ian: -- swearing at you. Frankly.   Anne: Yeah, yeah.   Ian: Asking you about Locke, you know, what's your favorite color, that kind of thing. So I set up a separate Twitter account for him then; that was 2017-ish. And that, that's kind of just grown from there. And I don't just use it for Locke. I use it for Locke. But I, all my video game stuff I promote on there because they're all video game players. So they're interested.   Anne: I love that I'm talking to you about this right now because I wanna know, is the content monitored at all by the game company or the people that hire you at all? Or if you were to say something that maybe wouldn't be appropriate for your character, I would imagine that that's kind of a line that you walk.   Ian: For sure, it is. I'm pretty sure there have been several occasions where I've written something, and I've had the wherewithal to go, no, don't do that. Don't say that. That would be silly . The only thing that Starbury said is, because they own the character, they own the IP of the character, that I can't monetize it for myself. I have run charity fundraisers and things like that, but if I'm gonna do anything out of the ordinary, I go through them and say, hey, I'm thinking about about this; what do you think? I don't think they've ever said, no.   Anne: That's something that's so interesting for those BOSSes out there that are thinking about getting into video games or character animation. I mean, there really becomes -- it can have a celebrity attached to it, and that becomes more than just voicing. Right? That is voicing. And then also it becomes a marketing effort. It becomes something that is outside of your voiceover persona that is of concern, I would think, for you to make sure that you're not gonna say the wrong thing or make sure you're not gonna do something that spoils any new things coming out or disturbs any NDAs.   Ian: Yeah. I just basically assume that everything I've ever done is under NDA until it's public.   Anne: That's very wise, very wise.   Ian: I really don't, you know. It's just, it's easier to do that than to go, oh, I've been cast, I can't...   Anne: I think no matter what we do, we should consider that, even doing a lot of corporate work and e-learning, it really all should be considered.   Ian: It is one of the challenges with video games, because whilst we get cast often towards the end of the process, it can be months before the game is actually shipped. And I have got the list, but I've got games coming out this year with my voice in them, and I am burning, burning up with desire to tell people because I am so excited about it. And I just can't. And it's just really, really one of the hard things, you know, that you have to bury that.   Anne: Yeah. Yeah. So you got hired for this one game, it became something --   Ian: Yes. So the thing about the Twitter was, so a little while after that I had auditioned for a role in a Warhammer game called Inquisitor Martyr for one of the -- there were only gonna be three player characters. It was one of the player characters. And I got shortlisted, and they asked me for a second audition and I did that. And then they came back and they said, okay, it's down to two people, so can you do a third audition? I'm like, I almost didn't want to know. You know, me or the other guy. And if I don't get it, I know the other guy got it. And I'm like, I was so close. But , what I did say was, look, you must make the right casting choice for your game. But please know that I have a Twitter account with 10,000 followers who are all game players. And I promote any game I'm in on that Twitter account. So I just want you to know that.   Anne: I like that.   Ian: Don't let that influence your casting decision in any way at all, but know that I've got it.   Anne: Hey, that 27 years in sales, I think it served you well. I think it served you well. That's fantastic. I love that.   Ian: So I booked that. I don't know that, that's why I would like to think it was just because of my awesome acting talent. But it taught me a lesson that you can use these things to help support your profile, particularly in a high profile thing like animation or like games. You see like the anime guys that are doing that; they're always at cons promoting themselves. And you know that the anime companies are loving that. Because that sells more anime. And the video games is the same. So.   Anne: Now would you say that your award also was something you were able to use as a marketing for more characters and more work?   Ian: I'm gonna put it the other way around. I can't draw a direct line to -- I won this award in August last year in video games, and then suddenly I get cast in a lot of games. What I think happens, this is what I think happens, a lot of casters in video games are younger people. I mean, there are older ones as well, but they're very tech savvy. And I think that you --they get their auditions in, and if you get shortlisted, and you may not know you've been shortlisted, but they're gonna create a shortlist, and I think they pop over onto Instagram or onto Twitter --   Anne: Oh yeah, absolutely.   Ian: Right?   Anne: And look at your profiles and --   Ian: They wanna, who's, who is this guy? Is he an umpti or whatever. And they see the awards and they see the interaction with a game community from my case. And they go, oh, he knows what he's doing. He's obviously done it before. You know, and you can say that til you're blue in the face in a pitch proposal, but nobody reads them, I don't think. But when they see it on Instagram or they see it on Twitter, it makes a difference.   Anne: Yeah. It's validation for them.   Ian: Yeah. It's that whole trust.   Anne: Right? That maybe they're picking somebody that has that little bit of trust. Yep. That you've got these experience.   Ian: Well, and you think how many -- as, as the game studios get bigger, how many multimillions of pounds they've got invested in a game. And it has to ship successfully, otherwise the company goes pop.   Anne: Absolutely.   Ian: That narrative story to a two or three talent generally telling the story is a big decision for them. So I do think they check. I have no evidence directly for it, but I absolutely think they check.   Anne: Especially I think as a lead character. Right? I mean, there's more responsibility than just the voicing of it, because like I said, there's a persona attached to it, that can be attached to it, and the potential for that character to be able to sell more game, new releases of games.   Ian: I kind of figure if I can help sell 10 or 20 or 30 copies of the game, I'm getting out someway towards paying my own fee.   Anne: Now -- right? Now, lemme ask you though, in terms of, let's say compensation for games, right? What are your thoughts about that? I mean, do voices for big games get paid better? There's really no royalties, residuals, like that kinda sucks.   Ian: No. It does. Yeah. If I was being paid union royalties for Payday 2, I'd be a wealthier man.   Anne: Yeah.   Ian: It's just the, that's the way it is, Anne. I don't have any control over it. So all I can do is negotiate the best fee I think I can for each individual one. But that's the other thing you've got, if you like AAA games at the top of the feeding frenzy, and they can afford to pay a great deal more. And at the bottom, you've got one guy with a 40-watt light bulb who's making a game, and he wants to get a voice in it, and he just doesn't have the budget. So you have to ask yourself then, is this a game that will further my profile? Do I want my -- you almost, you talk about the celebrity element of it. Do I want my name attached to this game?   Anne: Absolutely. Yeah.   Ian: And there are games I want attached. There are a lot of games out there that the content is marginal, should we say? Not safe for work is the phrase. . And there is no value to me as a talent in attaching my name to a game like that, because it would impact -- if I wanna be in a big AAA adventure game, I think it taints a little bit, my profile. So I, there are games that I will avoid and I will ask. There's one game I'm in and they have a safe for work version and they have a non-safe work version. And I said, uh, nothing to -- if you want this character in both versions, count me out. But they said, no, we can just write you into this one. So, they did that.   Anne: That's great. Look at that. That, you know, and that's interesting that you bring up these things that I never would've thought of, because obviously I'm not doing video games, but I love that you brought that up.   Ian: But you could, Anne.   Anne: Well, I could if I wanted to. I mean, you did it. So what made you, I'm gonna say, what made you audition for that first game? Did somebody suggest it to you? Did they say, oh, we're looking --   Ian: The Payday one? No, it was an open audition. It said South African mercenary.   Anne: And you said, oh, I can do that. Right?   Ian: Yeah, absolutely. I was so naive that I thought I could do everything.   Anne: So you said, I could do that.   Ian: Yeah, I can do that.   Anne: Okay. So I have to tell you my little story.   Ian: They cast me so great.   Anne: That's fantastic. I have to tell you my story. My story was a long time ago, like when I first started, I was on one of the pay-to-plays and they had a audition out, and they said it was for a phone system and it was for a British accent. And I thought, well, I can do that. I was naive , and I got it. And literally I worked for that company for 10 years. And it wasn't until like I actually spoke to somebody on the phone, because we had communicated, got jobs from them all the time onto this. And then it became not a cool thing to do because what accent am I doing? And it started to become that sort of a thing. Well, you're not a native. They didn't know. They said, oh my God, we thought you were native --   Ian: Oh, really?   Anne: -- British. And, and it was because I just, I didn't know any better, and I made the mistake. I didn't read that where it said they wanted native. And I said, oh, I can do that. I'll give it a shot. I'll throw my audition in. And I got it. And they employed me for a good 10 years before it was like, oh, now Anne, we just need your English. You know? Not, not your British. So, but it's so interesting that you kind of on a whim just did it. And I think that really speaks to having the confidence to kind of just put yourself out there, and even for things that you don't think you're good at, because they think when people get into this industry in the beginning, they're so concerned about, oh my God, I think I should do this, and I'm no good at character, or I'm no good at -- and I think that really, you don't really know until you try.   Ian: Well, let me share another quick story for you.   Anne: Sure.   Ian: So I auditioned for another game called Road Redemption, which is a motorcycle game. And you drive along the road and you have an iron stick and you're trying to hit other people off their motorbikes. And I auditioned with a sort of a Ray Wins, yeah. Come over, we all gonna hit you with a steel bat, you know, that sort of thing. And I thought, yeah, that'll work. And they decided that they liked my take on the character. So we got together on Skype . Who remembers Skype? And we are chatting, there's three of them, and there's me here. And they're like, what's your Australian accent like? Alright, where's that, right out of left field.   Anne: Where'd that come from?   Ian: Where'd that come from? And he said, because it's this sort of Mad Max kind of feel to the game. And they said, you know, what's your, and I said, very bad. I said, any Australian will immediately notice. You know, I can put another prawn on a barbie kind of thing. But everybody will, they will know, he's not from Australia anyway. So then we're on Skype and you hear tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. And they've sent me a line on the, in the chat. Read that in your Australian accent, whatever it was. Hey, I'm gonna hit you in me iron bar, mate, you know, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. Read that one in your Australian -- yeah, this shrimp's gonna really get you, you know, anyway. And at the end of it, they said, yeah, okay, we're gonna use you for the game. And I said, okay, do you want the Ray Winston thing or do you want this? Oh, we want the Australian thing. Okay. Well, I, like I said, they went, yeah, but Australia's such a small market for us. We're not worried about that.   Anne: We're not worried that people in Australia are gonna complain . Well, it's true.   Ian: Right. And Locke's the same thing with his South African. And where it led me to in my head was video games, even if they're sort of set in an earth-like environment, are fiction. And I think a lot of game makers now particularly, but certainly back then as well, the acting performance of the character outweighs --   Anne: Is more important.   Ian: -- the absolute accuracy of a given accent.   Anne: Very interesting. Especially now because now it's a casting thing. Are they casting a native UK or a native Australian? And I think that we are all in a spot, like are we going to audition for that? Ian: Well, with that rider of there are accent issues and there are ethnicity issues.   Anne: Yes. Absolutely.   Ian: You know, I absolutely would not put myself forward for a British SWANA or MENA or -- I can't say African American because that's American.   Anne: Yeah, no, I get, I get that.   Ian: British Black, I think.   Anne: I think if they're, if they're specifying -- yes. If they're specifying ethnicity, then I think, yeah, absolutely. It's something that we respect.   Ian: PGM, person of global majority.   Anne: Yep. Absolutely.   Ian: That's, that, that works well for me. So there are things that I just will walk past now that maybe 10 years ago would've been acceptable.   Anne: Sure. Yeah. Things have definitely changed over the past just a few years.   Ian: This could be quite controversial, but I've seen casters ask for a minority ethnicity, and then in the sides it makes reference to, I don't know, America or Great Britain or whatever. And you're like, the ethnicity of of this character does not match the character in the script that you are portraying. And I fear a little bit, what's been the motivation for that?   Anne: You know what, interestingly enough, I know that you say that that's a very inter -- I had that with an e-learning, believe it or not, they had the characters, it was a character based e-learning, and they were all different ethnicities. And mine was a mixed ethnicity, but then they said, don't perform it in any kind of accent. And so I thought, well what is that there for then? You know what I mean? And that was a few years back now. I would kind of hope that if they're specifying ethnicity, that they try really hard to get that so that there can be authentic and genuine. Yeah.   Ian: Yeah. And at the top end, some casting directors at the top of the market will challenge that sort of thing. They'll go back to the studio, they're in a strong enough position to go back to the studio and go, really? Does that work? Are you sure? And they will challenge that if you like the mass market, often the person hiring the voice and directing the voice is a part of the studio itself. So. Johnny at the back, go and get a voice actor, will you, for this character. I think a lot of that is kind of left to the voice actor to work out for themselves. If you have an any kind of an acting background, and you are auditioning for particularly indie video games, you are already streets ahead because the guys in the studios have never hired anyone before. They don't know who to hire really. It's kind of like, we'll know it when we hear it kind of thing. So if you can make a performance, if you can create a character that's believable within the universe of the game, you are already streets ahead.   Anne: It's very interesting that you bring up the casting directors for video games. And you know, it's not necessarily, I think, the talent agents of today that you think of for commercial and broadcast. For video games, you do have to make it authentic and believable. And these people may only be casting for their game, and maybe they've never cast for another game, or they don't have a lot of experience . But that's a great point. And so I think that even more so now, the marketing that you employed, having followers on Twitter, maybe putting your awards on your website so that it's out there and it's known, that definitely has an impact. Because your casting directors may or may not be as experienced as somebody who's casting like 10 commercials a day. Right? That's all they do. That they listen for voices and they cast, whereas games, they're so into their game that they know their characters, and they're listening for just that character to come alive, what they believe the character is like.   Ian: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. I had a beautiful testimonial from an indie guy, he put on Twitter, it was on Twitter, his casting notice. And he said, the character is 60 and British from the southwest of England, and he's got early signs of dementia. And he said, but there aren't many older British actors. You know, I've always found it a struggle to cast older actors. So when I wrote to him, I said, , I am 60.   Anne: I'm old. .   Ian: So anyway, so I got cast of that surprising, surprise me though. He actually cast me as a second character that he was struggling. I said to him, you said you were struggling to cast this. Have you've got anything else that you're struggling to cast? So he sent me, said, yes, I'm struggling to cast this. And he sent it to me, and I thought, I can have a go at that. So I sent it back and I said, do you mean something like this? So I didn't put it as though I was auditioning. I just said, do you mean something like this? And he went, oh great. Was that you? And I went, yes. He went, okay, yeah, you are hired.   Anne: I love it. I love it.   Ian: I booked two characters. But he said, you might just, it's a real kind of bigging myself up, but you might be, he said, the best actor I've ever auditioned.   Anne: Awesome.   Ian: And I'm like, aww.   Anne: What a wonderful, what a wonderful compliment.   Ian: Oh. That is on my Instagram. If you check -- care to go.   Anne: Yeah. There you go. . So I love that.   Ian: Oh, and I know, what did I wanted to say about, you talked about casting directors. So Bianca Shuttling, who's one of the big casting directors in LA, she goes looking on Instagram. She's very open about that. If she's not got someone in her little pool of people where she goes, she gets -- she doesn't go to agents, she goes to Instagram.   Anne: Wow, there you go.   Ian: That's where she goes.   Anne: There you go. I love that.   Ian: There, you learnt it -- you heard it third or fourth here. .   Anne: So let me say, because I really think that there's that business savvy that you have, which, BOSSes out there, do not discount the value of being business savvy and marketing savvy. Because I think that that's gonna get you opportunities that otherwise you would not already have. But I do wanna address the acting part of it because you don't just get these roles over and over again if you're not a great actor. So what do you attribute your acting prowess? Have you, just because you've been doing it for years, have you been working with coaches or what do you attribute it to?   Ian: I owe it all to my mum.   Anne: Ah, okay. Well, there you go. , I'd like to thank my mom and my .   Ian: Well, yeah. But in this case, my mom was a very prolific community actress herself.   Anne: Got it.   Ian: So my first living memory is a smell, and it's not the smell of the grease pain. It's that kind of musty damp wood smell that you get backstage in an old theater. And I have the image that follows it, but -- and I must have been maybe around two or three years old. There's no words involved in this memory. So I basically grew up --   Anne: In the theater.   Ian: -- in the backstage. Yeah. One of those things. So it was happening all around me all the time. And I did try and become a proper professional actor as a young man, but I couldn't figure out how to earn money doing it . So.   Anne: Same thing when you start off doing voice acting, right? It's kind of hard sometimes. How do I even get money? How do I even get started? Yeah.   Ian: Yeah, yeah. It took me another 27 years of sales and management --   Anne: Well, there's your overnight success. Right? And I love telling that to people. They're like, you're so successful. Like, how did you do it? And people think it's overnight, but I think obviously you've evolved so nicely into your success, and it well, well deserved.   Ian: And now it pays two -- pays me and I hired -- my wife works for me now.   Anne: There you go.   Ian: So that Christmas present 10 years ago has employed both of us now.   Anne: Yeah. So that 10 year overnight success in voiceover, I mean actually, actually it was a little less than that.   Ian: Yeah, that's interesting. Because I got my first nomination, and I was --   Anne: In 2020, right?   Ian: -- 2019, I got nominated. I didn't win anything that year, but I thought I was ahead of the curve at that point. You know, and then it all went a bit quieter after that. But the last two years, so years nine and ten, or if you count it from 2014, years seven and eight, really have my career, iIt just looks entirely different now. And it is for the people out there, the BOSSes out there, you know, if you are three, four, and five years in and you're making your way, keep going. Because it is my view that in another two or three years, if you are booking regularly, suddenly something will click, something will change, and bam, away you go.   Anne: I was just gonna ask you what's your best advice? But I'll tell you what, that was a golden nugget of wisdom right there . I think so many people, they give up so quickly, and they get their demos, and they're like, well, why am I not working? And they get so frustrated and down and yeah.   Ian: Took me three months to get my first booking. I worked for three months for nothing.   Anne: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Well, Ian, it has been such a wonderful pleasure having you in here.   Ian: Are we done?   Anne: Yeah.   Ian: Already?   Anne: Well, I, I can probably talk to you for another three hours, for sure. But I appreciate you coming and sharing your journey. I think ,BOSSes out there, you can learn a lot from this wonderful gentleman. And thank you so much for being here with us today.   Ian: You're very welcome, Anne. Anytime.   Anne: I'm gonna give a great big shout out to my sponsor, ipDTL. You too can connect and work like a BOSS. Find out more at ipdtl.com. And then also I'd like to talk to you about 100 Voices Who Care. It's your chance to make a difference in the world and give back to the communities that give to you. Find out more at 100voiceswhocare.org to commit. All right, you guys, have an amazing week. Ian, thanks again, and we'll see you next week. Bye-bye.   Ian: Bye-Bye.   Join us next week for another edition of VO BOSS with your host Anne Ganguzza. And take your business to the next level. Sign up for our mailing list at voBOSS.com and receive exclusive content, industry revolutionizing tips and strategies, and new ways to rock your business like a BOSS. Redistribution with permission. Coast to coast connectivity via ipDTL.

As part of our Honeymoon and Destination Wedding Virtual Roadshow, Michele Schwartz, Weddings & Romance by Club Med sales and operations manager, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report about the options Club Med offers for those booking honeymoons and destinations weddings. Schwartz reveals the resources Club Med has for you if you specialize in this niche and what your clients can expect. For more information, visit www.clubmed.us. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.

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The guest on today's episode is Stephenie Rodriguez. She is a Keynote speaker, serial entrepreneur, big data evangelist, Founder of WanderSafe, WSL Alumni, and mentor. Innovation is her driver, and she is on a mission to impact 1 billion lives by 2025 in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  After leading digital strategy and transformation projects for multinational, multibillion-dollar travel companies including SSP - the food travel experts and Club Med for the past 10 years, she has embarked on an entrepreneurial venture that combines her vast knowledge of the travel industry, the necessity of safety solutions for travelers and commuters and the enterprise opportunity that exists for tourism boards, airlines, and airports to capitalize on insights from big data related to the female travel decision maker. In today's episode, she discusses the story of a commitment to impact 1 billion lives. Takeaways:Safety comes down to information, environmental awareness, and equipment.Domestic violence rose during the pandemic and now it is referred to as the shadow pandemicIf you want to archive big things in life, set big goals.Whatever happens in life do not stop fighting for what you believe. Quote of the Show:The universe doesn't work against you, it works with you, I stood up in Geneva at the UN in 2019 and declared that I was on a mission to impact 1 billion lives by 2025 and I kept on saying that throughout my recovery. Links:LinkedIn – Personal: http://www.linkedin.com/in/digitalgodess LinkedIn – Wandersafe: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandersafe/ Facebook – Personal: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalGodess Twitter – Personal: https://twitter.com/Digitalgodess Instagram – Personal: https://www.instagram.com/digitalgodess/ Pinterest – Personal: http://www.pinterest.com/DigitalGodess Website – Wandersafe: https://www.wandersafe.com/ Ways to tune in:Apple PodcastiHeart RadioSpotifyGoogle PodcastStitcherYouTubeAmazon Legends is sponsored by Argometrix, the authority on, and a leading supplier of, competitive intelligence for online retail. To learn more, head over to https://argometrix.com/

In this episode of The New CISO, Steve is joined by guest Laura Louthan, Founder & vCISO at Angel Cybersecurity.Originally from Britain, Laura moved to Los Angeles to explore new opportunities before transitioning into IT. Eventually starting her own business, Laura shares her self-sufficient approach to cyber security. Listen to the episode to learn more about Laura's unconventional career journey, why it's more efficient when you understand your abilities, and how she handles being a contracted CISO.Listen to Steve and Laura discuss embracing challenges but avoiding struggle and tackling likeability when applying for jobs:Meet Laura (1:45)Host Steve Moore introduces our guest today, Laura Louthan.CISO and only employee at Angel Cybersecurity, Laura, had an eclectic past before settling into the security field. She worked as a scuba instructor, can-can dancer, and temp before getting her first IT job. She feels she was fortunate to break into IT when she did.London and LA (5:04)Laura explains why London and Los Angeles didn't suit her well. She had a job in London that she didn't enjoy, but her brother worked in Los Angeles in the film industry. When she got to LA, she realized that the movie business was not for her, bringing her to her Club Med job. When something didn't sit right with her, she left and is grateful that she used her twenties to explore. She advises people looking for work to try temping because you just need to meet someone to get your foot in the door.Learning On The Job (9:47)While working in IT at Equifax, Laura had to teach herself how to do things. She figured out how to get answers and become self-sufficient, which is a valuable skill.She knows how to get things done but also understands her skillset. She believes that it is more efficient to be truthful about your abilities.Challenges, Not Struggles (14:09)Laura admits that while she likes a challenge, she does not want to struggle. For example, she understands that privacy and security are different, although overlap exists. If her clients asked her to fulfill their privacy needs, she believes that would be inefficient since that is not her area of expertise. She would be happy to refer that client to a privacy professional instead.The Privacy Question (16:24)Steve asks Laura if there is a greater need for privacy help. Laura believes this is external pressure for CISOs, and that privacy pressure comes after security.Laura thinks privacy is exciting and intellectual but recognizes it as a different CISO mindset. She is very comfortable with her specialty in security.Her Time At Sephora (22:48)At Sephora, Laura was the head of Information Security. After working in the credit industry, she found the retail space to be a fascinating change.Although Laura is not the archetypal security type, she found her personality and gender made her a good fit for this female-focused company. The Likeability Index (27:41)Steve and Laura discuss how “likeability” is typically higher in women, which can hurt them during negotiations because women tend to want to be liked.Women also tend to apply for jobs they are overqualified for. Laura advises women to apply for jobs they think are reaches for themselves instead, which is what men do. We should all hope for a job that challenges us.In The Interview (31:22)Laura and Steve explore different questions candidates should ask or consider during the interview process.For Laura, she asks what technology the potential client uses, their industry, and other questions that clarify if she's the right fit. Before taking a client on, you want to ensure...

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Feb. 1. It dropped for free subscribers on Feb. 4. To receive future pods as soon as they're live and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription.WhoDavy Ratchford, Vice President and General Manager of Snowbasin Resort, UtahRecorded onJanuary 31, 2023About SnowbasinClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: The R. Earl Holding FamilyPass affiliations: Ikon Pass, Mountain CollectiveLocated in: Huntsville, UtahYear founded: 1940Closest neighboring ski areas: Nordic Valley (30 minutes), Powder Mountain (35 minutes), Woodward Park City (1:05), Utah Olympic Park (1:08), Park City (1:15), Deer Valley (1:15), Snowbird (1:15), Alta (1:20), Solitude (1:20), Brighton (1:25), Sundance (1:40), Cherry Peak (1:45), Beaver Mountain (2:00) – travel times vary considerably based upon weather and trafficBase elevation: 6,450 feetSummit elevation: 9,350 feetVertical drop: 2,900 feetSkiable Acres: 3,000Average annual snowfall: 300 inchesTrail count: 111Lift count: 12­­ (One 15-passenger tram, 2 eight-passenger gondolas, 2 six-packs, 2 high-speed quads, 2 triples, 1 ropetow, 2 carpets) – Snowbasin will add a third six-pack on an all-new line this summer (more on this below).Why I interviewed himFor 60 years it sat there, empty, enormous, unnoticed. Utah skiing was Park City and Alta; Snowbird in the ‘70s; Deer Valley in the ‘80s; sometimes Solitude and Brighton. No need to ski outside that powder pocket east of SLC: in 1995, an Alta lift ticket cost $25, and the area resorts frequently landed on ski magazine “least-crowded” lists.The November 2000 issue of Ski distilled Snowbasin's malaise:Though skiers were climbing the high ridgeline that overlooks the small city of Ogden as far back as the Thirties, Alta founder Alf Engen officially discovered Snowbasin in 1940. At that time the high, sunny basin was used for cattle range, but it was so overgrazed that eroded topsoil and bloated carcasses of dead cows were tainting Ogden's water supply. Working with the U.S. Forest Service, Ogden's town fathers decided that a ski resort would provide income and recreation while also safeguarding the water supply. A deal was struck with the ranch owner, and Snowbasin opened for business.In the 60 years since, the resort has struggled under five owners, including Vail-founder Pete Seibert, who owned it in the mid-Eighties. The problem was a lack of lodging. Snowbasin was too far from Salt Lake City to attract out-of-state skiers and too far from Ogden to use the city's aging railroad center as a resort base. Successive owners realized that to succeed, Snowbasin needed a base village, but building one from scratch is a costly proposition. So for half a century, the resort has remained the private powder stash of Ogden locals and the few lucky skiers who have followed rumors of deep snow and empty lifts up Ogden Canyon.In 1984, Earl Holding, an oil tycoon who had owned Sun Valley since 1978, purchased the resort from Seibert (process the fact that Snowbasin was once part of the Vail portfolio for a moment). For a long time, nothing much changed. Then came the 2002 Olympics. In a single offseason in 1998, the resort added two gondolas, a tram, and a high-speed quad (John Paul), along with the thousand-ish-acre Strawberry terrain pod. A new access road cut 13 miles off the drive from Salt Lake City. Glimmering base lodges rose from the earth.Still, Snowbasin languished. “But despite the recent addition of modern lifts, it has still failed to attract more than 100,000 skier visits the past two seasons,” Ski wrote in 2000, attributing this volume partly to “the fact that the Olympics, not today's lift ticket revenue, is the management's priority.” Holding, the magazine reported, was considering a bizarre name change for the resort to “Sun Valley.” As in, Sun Valley, Utah. Reminder: there was no social media in 2000.That's all context, to make this point: the Snowbasin that I'm writing about today – a glimmering end-of-the-road Ikon Pass jewel with a Jetsonian lift fleet – is not the Snowbasin we were destined to have. From backwater to baller in a generation. This is the template, like it or not, for the under-developed big-mountain West. Vail Mountain, Park City, Snowbird, Palisades Tahoe, Breckenridge, Steamboat: these places cannot accommodate a single additional skier. They're full. The best they can do now is redistribute skiers across the mountain and suck more people out of the base areas with higher-capacity lifts. But with record skier visits and the accelerating popularity of multi-mountain passes that concentrate more of them in fewer places, we're going to need relief valves. And soon.There are plenty more potential Snowbasins out there. Mountains with big acreage and big snowfall but underdeveloped lift and lodging infrastructure and various tiers of accessibility issues: White Pass, Mission Ridge, Silver Mountain, Montana Snowbowl, Great Divide, Discovery, Ski Apache, Angel Fire, Ski Santa Fe, Powder Mountain, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Loveland. There are dozens more.Snowbasin's story is singular and remarkable, a testament to invested owners and the power of media magnification to alter the fate of a place. But the mountain's tale is instructive as well, of how skiing can reorient itself around something other than our current version of snowy bunchball, the tendency for novice soccer players to disregard positions and swarm to wherever the ball moves. Snowbasin didn't matter and now it does. Who's next?What we talked aboutUtah's amazing endless 2022-23 snow season; an Irish fairytale; skiing Beaver Mountain in jeans; helping to establish Utah's Major League Soccer team and then leaving for the ski industry; “if you have a chance to raise your family in the mountains, you should do that”; the unique characteristic of a ski career that helps work-life balance; much love for the Vail Fam; the Holding family legacy; “Snowbasin is a gift to the world”; the family's commitment to keeping Snowbasin independent long-term; “they're going to put in the best possible things, all the time”; amazing lodges, bathrooms and all; Snowbasin's Olympic legacy and potential future involvement in the Games; breaking down the DeMoisy Express six-pack that will go up Strawberry this summer; what the new lift will mean for the Strawberry gondola; soccer fans versus ski fans; managing a resort in the era of knucklehead social media megaphones; “I've lost a lot of employees to guests”; taming the rumor machine; reflecting on the Middle Bowl lift upgrade; long-term upgrades for the Becker and Porcupine triples; Snowbasin's ambitious base-area redevelopment plan, including an all-inclusive Club Med, new lifts and terrain, and upgraded access road; “the amount of desire to own something here is huge”; what happens with parking once the mountain builds a village over it; the curse of easy access; breaking down the new beginner terrain and lifts that will accompany the village; whether future large-scale terrain expansion is possible; and leaving the Epic Pass for Ikon and Mountain Collective.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewLast month, Snowbasin announced that it will build the DeMoisy Express, a long-awaited six-pack that will run parallel to the Strawberry Gondola on a slightly shorter line, for the 2023-24 ski season. Here's where it will sit on the current trailmap (highlighted below):This will be Snowbasin's second six-pack in just two years, and it follows the resort's 2021 announcement of an ambitious base-area development plan, which will include new beginner terrain, several new lifts, a mixed-use pedestrian village, access-road improvements, and an all-inclusive Club Med resort. Here's a rendering of the reconfigured base at full build-out:Snowbasin, along with sister resort Sun Valley, also stalked off the Epic Pass last year, fleeing for the Mountain Collective and Ikon passes. “Because we're smart,” Ratchford half-joked when I asked him why the resorts left Epic after just three years. He framed the switch as an opportunity to expose the resorts to new skiers. Snowbasin surely will not be the last resort to change allegiances. Don't think big indies like Jackson Hole, Taos, and Revelstoke aren't listening when Vail calls, offering them a blank check to change jerseys.What I got wrongI had an on-the-fly moment where I mixed up the Wildcat Express six-pack and the Littlecat Express high-speed quad. I asked Ratchford how they were going to upgrade Little Cat (as suggested in the base-area redevelopment image above), when it was already a six-pack. Dumb stuff happens in the moment during these podcasts, and while I guess I could ask the robots to fix it, I'd rather just own the mistake and keep moving.Why you should ski SnowbasinI love skiing Alta and Snowbird, but I don't love skiing anywhere enough to endure the mass evacuation drill that is a Cottonwoods powder-day commute. Not when there's a place like Snowbasin where you can just, you know, pull into the parking lot and go skiing.What you'll find when you arrive is as good as anything you'll hunt down in U.S. skiing. Maybe not from a total snowfall perspective – though 300 inches is impressive anywhere outside of Utah – but from a lift-and-lodge infrastructure point of view. Four – soon to be five – high-speed chairlifts, a tram and two gondolas, and a couple old triple chairs that Ratchford tells me will be replaced fairly soon, and probably with high-speed quads. The lodges are legendary, palaces of excess and overbuild, welcome in an industry that makes Lunch-Table Death-Match a core piece of the experience. If you need to take your pet elephant to the bathroom, plug Snowbasin into your GPS – I assure you the stalls can accommodate them.But, really, you ski Snowbasin because Snowbasin is easy to get to and easy to access, with the Ikon Pass that most people reading this probably already have, and with terrain that's as good as just about anything else you're going to find in U.S. America.Podcast NotesOn Park City: Ratchford referred obliquely to the ownership change at Park City in 2014, saying, “if you know the history there…” Well, if you don't know the history there, longtime resort owner Powdr Corp made the biggest oopsie in the history of lift-served skiing when it, you know, forgot to renew its lease on the mountain. Vail, in what was the most coldblooded move in the history of lift-served skiing, installed itself as the new lessee in what I can imagine was a fit of cackling glee. It was amazing. You can read more about it here and here. If only The Storm had existed back then.On the Olympics: While I don't cover the Olympics at all (I completely ignored them last year, the first Winter Games in which The Storm existed), I do find their legacy at U.S. ski resorts interesting. Only five U.S. ski areas have hosted events: Whiteface (1980), Palisades Tahoe (1960), and, in 2002, Deer Valley, Park City, and Snowbasin. Ratchford and I talk a bit about this legacy, and the potential role of his resort in the upcoming 2030 or 2034 Games – Salt Lake City is bidding to host one or the other. Read more here.On megapasses: Snowbasin has been all over the place with megapasses. Here's its history, as best I can determine:* 2013: Snowbasin joins the Powder Alliance reciprocal coalition (it is unclear when Snowbasin left this coalition)* 2017: Snowbasin joins Mountain Collective for 2017-18 ski season* 2019: Snowbasin joins Epic Pass, leaves Mountain Collective for 2019-20 ski season* 2022: Snowbasin leaves Epic Pass, re-joins Mountain Collective and joins Ikon Pass for 2022-23 ski seasonThe Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 8/100 in 2023, and number 394 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Want to send feedback? Reply to this email and I will answer (unless you sound insane, or, more likely, I just get busy). You can also email skiing@substack.com.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

How is your ski season going? Did you recently return from an all-inclusive Club Med ski trip in Val Thorens, France? No? Well, at least you can live vicariously through him as he recaps his trip.

Le sujet : Quand les destinations touristiques ferment du jour au lendemain, les entreprises de voyage doivent agir vite. Le secteur du tourisme est bouleversé par les mesures sanitaires, ce qui pousse ces entreprises à repenser leur parcours client. Après avoir écouté cet épisode, vous aurez tout compris aux séjours tout compris. L'invité : Quentin Briard est CEO Marketing, Digital et Tech du Groupe Club Med, dans lequel il travaille depuis plus de 20 ans. Après 10 ans passés à l'étranger, entre la Belgique, l'Australie et Singapour, il est de retour en France pour mettre à profit les enseignements qu'il a reçus au plus proche du marché chinois. Initiative : Le Club Med est une société d'hébergement touristique spécialisée dans l'all-inclusive et fondée en 1950 par Gérard Blitz. Son objectif : réinventer le bonheur des clients chaque jour, et les décharger de leurs contraintes. L'entreprise détient 65 resorts, partout dans le monde, pour 1,5 million de clients annuels. Si 27% d'entre eux sont français, près de 300 000 sont chinois, et le Groupe doit s'adapter à leurs nouveaux usages. Au micro de Laurent Kretz, cofondateur de CosaVostra, Quentin Briard rapporte les évolutions du Club Med depuis son arrivée en 2000. # Les super-apps comme WeChat, Fliggy, Baidu et Taobao façonnent le tourisme. Le Club Med a installé le paiement via WeChat en 6 mois pour répondre aux besoins de ses clients chinois. De même, le premier site responsive du Club Med a été créé à Singapour en 2011, 4 ans avant le reste du groupe. # Si en Occident, le parcours d'achat dure 100 jours environ, passe par 11 points de contact, 1h30 de browsing web et 30 minutes de conversation, il ne prend que 14 jours et 2 à 3 points de contact en Chine. WeChat permet un browsing web faible, 80% des conversations avec les agents du Club Med ont donc lieu par chat. # La data permet une synergie forte entre les équipes opérationnelles et les équipes commerciales : les ramifications du CRM se prolongent jusqu'au Club. En effet, selon leur origine, les voyageurs n'ont pas les mêmes habitudes. # En 2021, le Club Med a internalisé sa communication. Couplée à un DCO (Dynamic Content Optimizer), elle a été réactive quant à l'ouverture de nouvelles destinations. Afin d'être le plus efficace possible, tout le contenu était prévu en amont. # Le Groupe Club Med s'inscrit dans une démarche RSE avec le programme Happy to care. Il respecte la certification BREEAM pour la construction de nouveaux resorts, Green Globe pour ses opérations, mais aussi un sourçage Agrisud pour des produits locaux, et a créé la première fondation d'entreprise en France en 1978 : la Fondation Club Med. Pour en savoir plus sur les références abordées dans l'épisode : Ulysse : Défriser le monde de l'aérien, avec Axel Guidicelli Cabinet Demain Converteo Agence79 Pour découvrir tout ça, c'est par ici si vous préférez Apple Podcasts, par là si vous préférez Podcast Addict ou encore ici si vous préférez Spotify. Et n'oubliez pas de laisser 5 étoiles et un commentaire sympa sur Apple Podcasts si l'épisode vous a plu. Le Panier est un podcast du label Orso Media.

C'est l'histoire d'une passion unique : celle de la vitesse et des sensations qu'elle procure, sur deux ou trois coques - au moins. Fred Le Peutrec a consacré sa vie aux multis et uniquement à eux. Il n'y a guère qu'à ses débuts, sur la grande plage de Houat - paradis des vacances d'été du jeune Parisien qu'il est alors - qu'il fréquente un monocoque, un 485 qu'il découvre en autodidacte. Avec son bateau suivant, un Dart 18, il découvre le cata de sport et s'embarque dans une longue idylle, qui le mène au Tornado, puis en équipe de France et à trois campagnes olympiques, dont l'une aboutit aux JO d'Atlanta en 1996, qu'il termine 6e avec Franck Citeau. Qui dit fréquentation exclusive du multicoque ne veut pas pour autant dire voile légère uniquement. Très tôt, Fred Le Peutrec embarque au large, où sa finesse de barre fait merveille auprès de Bruno Peyron et de Jean Maurel, puis, à partir de 1996, avec Loïck Peyron. Il sera un pilier de Fujicolor II qui domine l'Orma, avant de se lancer dans un nouveau Graal, les tours du monde - toujours en multicoque, bien sûr. Vainqueur de The Race sur Club Med en 2001, il devient skipper de Bayer Cropscience à son retour, passe ensuite chez Gitana avant d'entrer chez Groupama où il participe à toute la mise au point du légendaire Groupama 3, qui décroche le Trophée Jules Verne en 2010. Il passe ensuite chez Banque Populaire où il accroche un nouveau trophée Jules Verne à sa boutonnière. Bloqué à terre dans l'attente d'une greffe de rein - qu'il vivra en 2017 -, il s'investit dans le circuit D35 sur le lac Léman, puis suit la construction des TF35 et du Multi50 Ciela Village, et n'oublie jamais de naviguer, avec le Maserati de Giovanni Solidini, en ce moment. Par amour de la vitesse, des bateaux et du voyage Diffusé le 23 décembre 2022 Générique : In Closing – Days Past Post-production : Grégoire Levillain

C'est l'histoire d'une passion unique : celle de la vitesse et des sensations qu'elle procure, sur deux ou trois coques - au moins. Fred Le Peutrec a consacré sa vie aux multis et uniquement à eux. Il n'y a guère qu'à ses débuts, sur la grande plage de Houat - paradis des vacances d'été du jeune Parisien qu'il est alors - qu'il fréquente un monocoque, un 485 qu'il découvre en autodidacte. Avec son bateau suivant, un Dart 18, il découvre le cata de sport et s'embarque dans une longue idylle, qui le mène au Tornado, puis en équipe de France et à trois campagnes olympiques, dont l'une aboutit aux JO d'Atlanta en 1996, qu'il termine 6e avec Franck Citeau. Qui dit fréquentation exclusive du multicoque ne veut pas pour autant dire voile légère uniquement. Très tôt, Fred Le Peutrec embarque au large, où sa finesse de barre fait merveille auprès de Bruno Peyron et de Jean Maurel, puis, à partir de 1996, avec Loïck Peyron. Il sera un pilier de Fujicolor II qui domine l'Orma, avant de se lancer dans un nouveau Graal, les tours du monde - toujours en multicoque, bien sûr. Vainqueur de The Race sur Club Med en 2001, il devient skipper de Bayer Cropscience à son retour, passe ensuite chez Gitana avant d'entrer chez Groupama où il participe à toute la mise au point du légendaire Groupama 3, qui décroche le Trophée Jules Verne en 2010. Il passe ensuite chez Banque Populaire où il accroche un nouveau trophée Jules Verne à sa boutonnière. Bloqué à terre dans l'attente d'une greffe de rein - qu'il vivra en 2017 -, il s'investit dans le circuit D35 sur le lac Léman, puis suit la construction des TF35 et du Multi50 Ciela Village, et n'oublie jamais de naviguer, avec le Maserati de Giovanni Solidini, en ce moment. Par amour de la vitesse, des bateaux et du voyage Diffusé le 16 décembre 2022 Générique : In Closing – Days Past Post-production : Grégoire Levillain

La Winter Édition 2022 LesBigBoss s'est déroulée du 9 au 11 décembre 2022, au Club Med de l'Alpes d'Huez. Siècle Digital y était. L'occasion de faire une série d'épisodes dédiée, autour du multiples thèmes dont celui de cette édition, Web3 ou data. Une édition record aussi, avec plus de 700 personnes réunies. Un signe de plus que LesBigBoss, et son format phare, la Winter, sont un succès. Aujourd'hui, LesBigBoss, c'est plus de 40 événements par an, et 5 formats. Siècle Digital a discuté de cette success story avec le fondateur et président de LesBigBoss, Hervé Bloch.Les épisodes de Culture Numérique sont à écouter sur Siècle Digital et les plateformes de streaming. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

De la première édition appelée alors LesBigBoss font du ski à l'édition 2022, presque 10 ans plus tard, la Winter Édition LesBigBoss a su se tailler une réputation. Une réputation qui vient aussi des lieux choisis. Des lieux propices au business dans une ambiance premium et conviviale. En cette fin 2022, la Winter Édition s'est tenue, comme souvent, au Club Med. En effet, le Club Med et LesBigBoss, c'est une histoire qui dure. Une histoire, ou « un mariage » pour Quentin Briard, Chief executive officer of marketing digital & technology du Club Med, et président de cette édition. Une édition tournée autour de la thématique « Web3 ou data, choisis ton camp ». Siècle Digital a justement discuté de cette relation entre le Club et LesBigBoss ainsi que de cette thématique 2022 avec Quentin Briard.Les épisodes du Culture Numérique sont à écouter sur Siècle Digital et les plateformes de streaming. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Just when you think you've figured out hybrid, the Metaverse presents itself as the new frontier for the events world to conquer. But who really understands how the Metaverse works, much less how it works for events? Can it be as immersive as in-person events and how much will an event in this space cost?These many questions are answered by Valerie Bihet, award-winning founder of Vibe Agency in Miami. Valerie got her start in events working at Disneyland Paris and Club Med Paris, producing and managing events teams for Disney's 5th Anniversary Celebration, Club Med's 50th Anniversary and The Race, and the world renowned Tour de France. She is sought after for her views on a variety of corporate events from incentive travel to luxury branding to events in the Metaverse.Quotes from this episode:" The Metaverse is a fusion of video game, internet, branding, and active audience.""There is so much in the Metaverse right now in real estate, it is the Gold Rush days right now and people invest to have land... or you rent space to do your event. There is so much opportunity (that) it's time for event planners to join the movement and rethink event strategy."-Valerie BihetConnect with Valerie:Email: valerie@thevibeagency.com.The Vibe Agency:https://www.thevibeagency.com/the-agency/Email: info@waitoc.comValerie's book recommendation:Selling in a Crisis by Jeb BlountConnect with Adelaine:Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.comRecord interviews remotely with Riverside:bit.ly/RecordWithRiversideGet 15% off your subscription with code: AdelaineHost your podcast on Buzzsprout:bit.ly/BuzzsproutGet20AmazonGet $20 Amazon gift card.Edit interviews like a word document with Descript:bit.ly/EditWithDescriptAdelaine's game-changing podcast production AI tool.

Le correspondant en Chine pour Le monde, Frédéric Lemaître, et François Brousseau se penchent sur le mouvement de contestation en Chine; Sylvain Desjardins s'intéresse à la République dominicaine, qui refuse l'entrée aux Haïtiens et Haïtiennes; et Marika Wheeler présente un reportage sur les travailleuses et travailleurs étrangers victimes de discrimination au Club Med Québec Charlevoix.

Serge Trigano a été viré du Club Med, l'entreprise créée par son père en 1997. Il se sent humilié et exclu de l'écosystème parisien. Mais il ne compte pas s'arrêter là. Il relance un projet de village vacances qui échoue après 3 ans de boulot. Il n'a plus d'argent mais des idées et un réseau de bons amis. Avec ses fils, Jérémie et Benjamin Trigano puis Cyril Aouizerate, un architecte et urbaniste, il veut lancer un nouveau concept d'hôtel, le Mama Shelter. Un hôtel avec une ambiance chaleureuse, un restaurant soigné, et tout un tas d'innovations qui collent aux changements du tourisme. Des séjours plus courts et plus nombreux. Mais personne ne trouve ce projet intéressant et en particulier, les investisseurs et les banquiers. Il essuie plus de 80 refus pour ce projet à 25 millions d'euros. Puis c'est son ami Laurent Choain qui pousse le projet en interne à la Caisse d'Épargne auprès du président, Charles Milhaud. L'arrivée d'un investisseur, Michel Reybier finalise le financement du projet. Le 5 septembre 2008, le premier Mama Shelter ouvre ses portes Rue de Bagnolet à Paris. C'est un succès dès le 1er jour. Serge Trigano a inventé un nouveau concept d'hôtellerie. En 2014, Accor prend une participation dans Mama Shelter. Mama Shelter, c'est désormais plus de 800 salariés pour un chiffre d'affaires de 100 millions d'euros avec des hôtels dans plus de 15 villes dans le monde entier. Serge peut partir la tête haute. Notes Retrouvez les notes ==> https://inspire-media.fr/serge-trigano-le-succes-du-mama-shelter-ep-2/

Serge Trigano se fait virer du Club Méditerranée, l'entreprise de son père, Gilbert Trigano. Pour lui, c'est l'humiliation. Du jour au lendemain, il n'est plus invité par le microcosme parisien. Mais il ne compte pas prendre sa retraite. Il se lance alors dans un nouveau projet de village vacances, plus accessible avec Jérémie et Benjamin, ses fils et Philippe Starck, le designer. Après 3 ans de travail, le projet est abandonné car le Wali de Marrakech a changé d'avis. Serge est effondré. Il n'a plus d'argent et de projets. Heureusement, un ami DRH à la caisse d'épargne, Laurent Choain, le relance sur un projet de gestion de campus et d'hôtel. Serge accepte mais il est beaucoup plus ambitieux, il nourrit déjà une autre idée qui va lui permettre de réussir : le Mama Shelter. Notes Pour retrouver les notes de l'épisode: => https://inspire-media.fr/serge-trigano-vire-du-club-med-il-enchaine-les-echecs-ep-1/

“Souvent on me dit que ce sont uniquement les grandes marques qui peuvent innover en matière d'expérience boutique. Oui et non. On peut avoir de très bonnes idées qui nous différencient de la concurrence. Avoir un client heureux, ça ne coûte pas cher, du moment qu'on le considère et qu'on répond à ses questions.” Cap sur le retail avec un spécialiste qui a ça dans le sang ! Laurent Kretz rencontre Nicolas Rebet, critique retail et fondateur de Retailoscope, un cabinet de stratégie dans le secteur du luxe, de la mode et de la beauté. Si ces dernières années nous ont bien appris quelque chose, c'est que le retail n'est pas mort, et qu'il apporte même un réel push aux pureplayers. Pour mieux comprendre l'univers du retail et maîtriser son omnicanalité, Nicolas nous fait découvrir les bonnes pratiques et les inspirations des boutiques qui innovent à travers le monde. De Swatch en passant par Gucci, Audemars Piguet ou encore le Club Med, il nous révèle la checklist pour une expérience boutique exceptionnelle. Nicolas nous partage surtout son plaidoyer pour une approche non pas customer centric, mais plutôt advisor centric. Il nous explique comment faire de ses vendeurs de véritables ambassadeurs de marque et sur quels outils s'appuyer pour booster leurs performances en boutique. Dans ce nouvel épisode du Panier, vous trouverez des clés pour : Faire de ses vendeurs son principal cheval de bataille en boutique et les portes-paroles de chaque personne qui a œuvré en amont [08”11]. Former ses vendeurs en s'appuyant sur le snackable content et le format vidéo [15”45] ; Proposer des innovations qui ne soient pas gadget mais qui permettent réellement d'augmenter le potentiel de ses vendeurs (personnalisation, diagnostic) [28”52] ; Gérer la seconde main en magasin en faisant cohabiter des DA et des valeurs différentes [37”00] ; Mixer les bons KPI pour évaluer la qualité de son expérience client en boutique [41”26] ; S'inspirer des tendances du marché (fluidité du genre) et des bonnes pratiques de boutiques comme Swatch, Audemars Piguet ou Sezane [45”53] Intégrer le Web 3 à sa stratégie d'omnicanalité pour traduire l'expérience retail en ligne et séduire un public plus jeune [1”00”56]. NB : Pour maximiser votre expérience d'écoute, rendez-vous sur le compte Insta du RetailoScope et découvrez les boutiques qui inspirent Nicolas. Pour en savoir plus sur les références abordées dans l'épisode : #162 –Castorama : Symétrie des attentions et futur du retail : comment consolider le lien conso, avec Romain Roulleau #173 - Shanty Biscuits : Désarmer les copycats en créant une love Brand inimitable, avec Shanty Baehrel Le podcast Le Café du Commerce Le salon d'horlogerie Watches et Wonders Le Gucci Vault Roblox pour lancer sa boutique dans le Web 3 Inscrivez- vous à la newsletter sur lepanier.io pour ne rater aucun conseil des invités du Panier et cartonner en e-comm ! Pour découvrir tout ça, c'est par ici. Si vous préférez Apple Podcasts, par là si vous préférez Podcast Addict ou encore ici si vous préférez Spotify. Et n'oubliez pas de laisser 5 étoiles et un commentaire sympa sur Apple Podcasts si l'épisode vous a plu. Le Panier est un podcast du label Orso Media, produit par CosaVostra.

Sometimes it's cancer, sometimes it's a bad burrito, y'all! Stef lives to tell the tale of her ascites scare. Turns out having a body is stressful…and expensive!  The gals talk medical debt and financial toxicity. When insurance still makes you pay thousands for necessary care, how do you stay afloat? Speaking of grifts…we mean GRAFTS…Amy took a trip to her fat grafting surgery and all she got was this lousy dysmorphia. Do her boobs look great now, or is she their Only Fan? Then, to really bring down the mood, we take a moment to remember some friends who passed this summer. It never gets easier. In letters, a creative listener rolls radiation into her honeymoon and dishes on an accident prone frenemy, and another deals with a tactless long-lost friend who probably should've stayed lost.  We've rounded up our RATS to talk about glyphosate and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Is this common weed killer also a PEOPLE killer? Well…just listen. But yes. NPR's piece is here. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/09/1110370391/cost-cancer-treatment-medical-debtTo look back at some of our wonderful friends' lives and stories, here are their IG handles:@bowelbabe@theenlightenedarsehole@wonkyarm@baxlala@coffeedrinkinmamaThat glyphosate info is here:https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/health/us-glyphosate-cancer-study-scli-intl https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383574218300887https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668909001100Cancer for Breakfast is hosted by Amy Dials and Stefanie LeJeunesse, and is produced by Nathan McGehee.Our theme music is by Vyvyvyr. RATS theme song is by Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals. Want to support the podcast? We're on BuyMeACoffee and Patreon. We appreciate it so much when you rate, review or subscribe on Apple Podcasts,  you can do that RIGHT HERE!  Follow us on Instagram @cancerforbreakfastor Twitter @cancerbreakfaste-mail us at cancerforbreakfast@gmail.com

Dans notre série d'épisodes « hors-série », aujourd'hui, j'échange avec Thierry Mazouat, Responsable des prestations de ski et activités nautique chez Club Med. ⛷

Henri Giscard d'Estaing, PDG du Club Med, était l'invité de Laure Closier et Christophe Jakubyszyn dans Good Morning Business, ce mardi 27 septembre. Ils se sont penché sur les résultats dynamiques qui ont été réalisés par le Club Med dès sa montée en gamme, sur la réduction de 73% de ses activités en Asie dû au Covid-19, ainsi que sur les dettes du groupe Fosun, propriétaire du Club Med, qui se retrouve dans le viseur du régulateur bancaire chinois, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce mardi 27 septembre, Laure Closier et Christophe Jakubyszyn ont reçu Laure Pallier, cofondatrice de Regate, Stéphane Colliac, économiste senior chez BNP Paribas, Jean-Philippe Tanguy, député RN de la Somme et membre de la commission sur les superprofits à l'assemblée nationale, Henri Giscard d'Estaing, PDG du Club Med, Jean-Marc Daniel, économiste, Benaouda Abdeddaïm, éditorialiste à BFM Business, et Eric Delannoy, président fondateur chez Tenzing Conseil, dans l'émission Good Morning Business sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Épisode rendu possible grâce à ClubMed.Dans cet épisode, vous découvrirez :Les débuts d'ArnaudSes souvenirs à CasablancaSon arrivée sur les courts en FranceSon ascension folle sur le circuit juniorSes plus belles victoiresLa hargne des grands championsSa découverte du Padel Tennis L'explosion incroyable de ce sport Bon épisode Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Un hors série ? Oui, ca faisait longtemps ! Sérieusement, quand j'ai reçu le brief de ClubMed, certains souvenirs oubliés mais incroyables sont revenus. J'espère que tu aimeras cet épisode sponsorisé (et bronzé) Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Today's podcast guest is Rickey Martinez, an incredible Business Development Expert who bases his success on the success of his clients. His friends call him "Rickipedia" as he knows a little something about everything. He is a first generation Mexican American with 5 siblings. His parents were migrant workers spending part time in Arizona and California, depending on harvest season. Despite growing up with minimal means, each family member has excelled and contributes to the well-being of others. We discuss: -The influence of siblings, and having his oldest brother incentivizing him with dollars for good grades -The power of hard work and smarter efforts -Using his curiosity to learn, grow, and advance -Taking risks with things you may not initially understand -Finding and being proud of your transferable skills to pursue your passion -Prioritizing his job tasks efficiently like emergency rooms "triage" patients More about Rickey Martinez: Rickey is an innovative & award-winning Global Sales & Marketing Leader and Business Development Executive. He previously worked for Marriott International, Luxury Brands / The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, as part of their Global Sales team as a Global Luxury Account Executive. In his role, he was responsible for several of their top key global accounts for their luxury brands and was also responsible for leading the luxury business travel strategic direction for his assigned portfolio in collaboration with his Global Sales counterparts. Before joining the Marriott Luxury Global Sales team, he held several positions within the company as a Director of Sales for Transient, Leisure, and Diplomatic Sales for The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City; Associate Director of Sales & Marketing for the Phoenix Marriott Tempe at the Buttes Resort & Spa; and Senior Sales Manager, Corporate Travel, Leisure, & Group Sales for the former Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix. Before his Marriott International / The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company career, he held positions at Hilton Hotels, JP Morgan Chase, Club Med, & W.W. Grainger. Rickey attended Arizona State University and studied Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Business & Psychology. He resides in Phoenix, AZ, with his wife Leslie, his two daughters, Isabella and Madelyn and be contacted at RickeyMartinez@gmail.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickeymartinez/

This week join Arlene Sealy, Monica Carmichael, and Katie Johnson from Marvelous Mouse Travels as they discuss their recent stay at Club Med. Visit our website https://www.MarvelousMouseTravels.com To book or request a quote for your next Disney vacation please contact us at the following link: https://marvelousmousetravels.com/contactus/ Check our our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSx05avG60JALGu7Z0cz5og Join our Facebook page dedicated to All Inclusive Resorts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/allinclusivevacations

REDIFF Épisode 12  Je connais Amandine depuis l'époque où nous travaillions toutes les 2 au siège du Club Med à Paris. C'était il y a presque 20 ans. Depuis nos chemins pro se sont séparés mais pas notre amitié. Amandine a quitté Paris pour Lyon, suite à une opportunité professionnelle. Au bout de 2 ans, elle descend encore un peu plus bas et s'installe à Marseille avec son mari et leur petite fille qui a à peine un mois. Alors on ne va pas se mentir, Marseille n'a pas une super réputation auprès de ceux qui ne la connaissent pas, moi la première. Mais pour Amandine, le coup de foudre a été quasi instantané. Elle a donc créé un blog, Marseille Hype, dans lequel elle explique sa ville d'adoption, toujours en ébullition et finalement très loin des clichés qu'on peut en avoir. Pour tout vous dire, je viens de passer 4 jours chez elle, à Marseille, avec les enfants. Nous ne connaissions pas et nous avons eu la meilleure guide qui soit pour découvrir Marseille. Ce n'était évidemment pas suffisant pour tout voir et certains endroits étaient encore fermés mais nos journées ont été pleines de découvertes et une chose est sûre, nous y retournerons… Je vous souhaite une belle écoute

Philippe Caverivière n'as pas toujours été l'humoriste que l'on connait sur la matinale de RTL, tous les matins à 7h55. Avant d'écrire des vannes, il a été GO au Club Med. Il nous en parle dans cet extrait.

Philippe Caverivière n'as pas toujours été l'humoriste que l'on connait sur la matinale de RTL, tous les matins à 7h55. Avant d'écrire des vannes, il a été GO au Club Med. Il nous en parle dans cet extrait.

On this episode, Derek talks with actress Blanchard Ryan. We talk about her growing up in Professional Hockey Royalty, working for Club Med and MTV, her roles in "Sex and the City", working with Broken Lizard and her huge hit, the 2003 film, "Open Water".

Florent 'Flo' Fougerouse joins The Three Guys Podcast to share his incredible journey!Experienced Sales Director with a demonstrated history of working in the hospitality industry. Skilled in Sales, Management, Relationship building, Revenue Management, Meeting Planning, Customer Service, and Strategy.Born in Albertville, France (Winter Olympics in 1992) - Grew up in the Alps (biggest ski area in the world) - Graduated from a school in Lyon and Paris (as a Sound Engineer) - Studied music and theater - Had  own business as a DJ - Had Two radio shows on 2 different radio stations - First time in the US at 21 years old - Started traveling with Club Med as a sound Engineer, producer and performer at 24. Travel around the world for 6 years. - France - Switzerland - Bahamas (twice) - Bora Bora - Mexico - Morocco - Turks and Caicos - Toronto - Became a Country Line Dancing Instructor. - Recorded a CD as a singer in NYC and Paris - Became a flying trapeze artist - Met my wife from Connecticut in Turks and Caicos - Have been living in the US since 2000 and have an amazing family. - Worked for a DMC in Orlando - Became a Microsoft Network Engineer - Worked at Mohegan Sun (Hotel Sales) - Hilton (Washington DC & Chicago) - Waterford Hotel group (Boston, Connecticut, Gettysburg, Amherst, MA, Rhode Island - Marriott, Independent, Hyatt Hotels) - Water's Edge Resort & Spa - About 30 Hotels & Resorts.Florent Fougerouse, CMP Director of Sales and MarketingConnecticut Beach Hotel - Water's Edge Resort & Spa - Westbrook, CT (watersedgeresortandspa.com)***Please note all opinions expressed on The Three Guys Podcast do not represent any Group, Company or Organization***Episode Produced by Three Guys ProductionsThe Three Guys Podcast:Instagram:  The Three Guys Podcast (@the_three_guys_podcast_) • Instagram photos and videosTwitter:  The Three Guys Podcast (@TheThreeGuysPo1) / TwitterYouTube:   (2) Three Guys Podcast - YouTubeLinkedIn the-three-guys-podcastDerek:  Derek DePetrillo (@derekd0518) • Instagram photos and videosBrian:  Brian Nazarian (@the_real_brian_nazarian) • Instagram photos and videosBrett:  Brett J. DePetrillo (@78brettzky)

Originally aired in 2013. A father/brother figure to Paul, the high-school teacher reflects on his Mexican heritage, violent upbringing, tour in Vietnam, stints as a bouncer at a Hell's Angels bar, and a Club Med guide, his getting “struck sober” and how he has evolved into the man his father never was. We will be back with new episodes in August.Support Our Sponsors!This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get 10% off your first month go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. For those under 18 you will be redirected to or can go directly to TeenCounseling at www.teencounseling.com WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST______________________Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2—————————————————————————Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing.Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod --------------------------------------------------------Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to mentalpod@gmail.com)------------------------------------------------------------------------------Try Our Sponsor's Products/Services---------------------------------------------------See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eric Berman is currently the founder and CEO of Brandetize, a full-service, performance-based digital marketing agency that helps experts build their empires.Additionally, with a passion for networking, relationship building, and investing, Eric has served as a mastermind host and consulted for venture capitalists and successful companies at all levels, like Club Med, Vessel Health, Fenix Space, and more.When he's not busy helping other entrepreneurs and companies find growth and success, you can find Eric spending time with his lovely family and watching the horses run at the race track!To learn more abouto Eric, check out the links below: Email: eric@brandetize.comWeb: https://www.ericberman.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/ericbbermnInstagram: ericbbermanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericberman/Also, here are a few additional links leading to Brandetize's site and social:Brandetize homepage: https://www.brandetize.com/Brandetize LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brandetize/Brandetize Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandetize/To Connect with Mike:Website: https://mikemalatesta.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemalatesta/Please LIKE

Tout au long de la saison, Philippe Caverivière a fendu l'armure dans ses chroniques... à sa manière bien sûr. Pour le plus grand plaisir des auditeurs de RTL, qui ont pu en savoir un peu plus sur sa vie. Extraits choisis.

Tout au long de la saison, Philippe Caverivière a fendu l'armure dans ses chroniques... à sa manière bien sûr. Pour le plus grand plaisir des auditeurs de RTL, qui ont pu en savoir un peu plus sur sa vie. Extraits choisis.

Tuesday 12th July 2022 Ajahn Brahm joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if time remains listening to a Dhamma talk. However, the layout can vary. Due to social distancing regulations, these weekly Tuesday night teachings are happening via Zoom from Bodhinyana Monastery. Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean. Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

On this episode of Community News, we revisit the episode where Sasha relives an unbelievable trip to Club Med which leads to an encounter with Judge Judy.

This week we talk uni, jobseeking, and having no people-permanence. Plus: more Club Med stories, when presents aren't presents, holding your brain in your palm, and getting krissed. after all, we are just dumb bitches with internet. Do you still like us? Let us know! You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @DYSLMpod You can email us at DYSLMpod@gmail.com You can send us an anonymous message forms.gle/eh7QiUePasS1n2aK6 WE HAVE MERCH and you can buy it https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Do-You-Still-Like-Me-80-s-by-Ukulady/98565516.FB110 Merch design by @lchyeahart Podcast artwork by @niceboyart

Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! Située à l'est de la grande île d'Hispaniola qu'elle partage avec Haïti, la République dominicaine est en plein cœur de la mer des Caraïbes. Ce pays est aujourd'hui particulièrement réputé pour le tourisme international. Il a en effet misé depuis une trentaine d'années sur ses plages de sable blanc et son climat tropical pour accueillir des visiteurs du monde entier. Mais la République dominicaine, ce n'est pas que le Club Med de Punta Cana. C'est aussi une terre riche d'histoire, peuplée depuis des millénaires, première colonie espagnole du Nouveau Monde et lieu de rencontres de nombreuses cultures. C'est ce dont on va parler aujourd'hui, en partenariat avec l'office de tourisme de la République Dominicaine. Bonne écoute ! Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/notabenemovies.

Gilbert nait en juillet 1920, dans une famille de juifs séfarades, venue d'Algérie. Quand il nait ses parents sont riches, mais son père perd tout dans l'incendie de son usine de café. Ruinée, la famille Trigano s'installe dans la banlieue rouge de Paris, à Montreuil, dans un quartier ouvrier. Les temps sont durs mais une joyeuse ambiance règne à la maison.

Gilbert nait en juillet 1920, dans une famille de juifs séfarades, venue d'Algérie. Quand il nait ses parents sont riches, mais son père perd tout dans l'incendie de son usine de café. Ruinée, la famille Trigano s'installe dans la banlieue rouge de Paris, à Montreuil, dans un quartier ouvrier. Les temps sont durs mais une joyeuse ambiance règne à la maison.

Gilbert nait en juillet 1920, dans une famille de juifs séfarades, venue d'Algérie. Quand il nait ses parents sont riches, mais son père perd tout dans l'incendie de son usine de café. Ruinée, la famille Trigano s'installe dans la banlieue rouge de Paris, à Montreuil, dans un quartier ouvrier. Les temps sont durs mais une joyeuse ambiance règne à la maison.

Gilbert nait en juillet 1920, dans une famille de juifs séfarades, venue d'Algérie. Quand il nait ses parents sont riches, mais son père perd tout dans l'incendie de son usine de café. Ruinée, la famille Trigano s'installe dans la banlieue rouge de Paris, à Montreuil, dans un quartier ouvrier. Les temps sont durs mais une joyeuse ambiance règne à la maison.

François Lenglet explique ce qu'est le "Club Med" et quelles conséquences cela peut avoir sur l'économie européenne, notamment sur des pays déjà en difficultés.

Alice Kanaka has been reading everything she could get her hands on since she could hold a book and writing stories about the world around her. Her youth was a series of moves across the United States, accompanied by her sibling sidekick and her books. After studying abroad in England and Spain and a short stint working for Club Med, Alice packed her bags once more and went to teach in Japan. Her story continues along the same vein, adding languages, kids and cats into the mix. Open one of her mysteries to see the world through her eyes. You won't be disappointed.

Emmanuelle Badibanga, 32 ans, avait été retrouvée le 27 avril 2021 pendue à l'accroche-serviettes de leur salle de bains au Club Med de l'île de Sainte-Anne. Son compagnon, Thomas Debatisse, vient d'être acquitté. La famille de la victime, elle, ne croit pas au suicide. Ecoutez L'heure du Crime avec Jean-Alphonse Richard du 18 mai 2022

Emmanuelle Badibanga, 32 ans, avait été retrouvée le 27 avril 2021 pendue à l'accroche-serviettes de leur salle de bains au Club Med de l'île de Sainte-Anne. Son compagnon, Thomas Debatisse, vient d'être acquitté. La famille de la victime, elle, ne croit pas au suicide. Ecoutez L'heure du Crime avec Jean-Alphonse Richard du 18 mai 2022

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About Dr. Mark Wright Dr. Wright is a Colorado native, having been born and raised in Grand Junction. He attended Grand Junction High School, graduating in 1982 and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Colorado College in 1986. Dr. Wright then attended the University of Colorado School of Dentistry, graduating in 1990. Immediately after his dental school graduation, Dr. Wright served seven years of active duty with the United States Air Force as a general dentist. He obtained further dental and military experience while being stationed at Edwards AFB, Bitburg, AB, Spangdahlem, AB, and the United States Air Force Academy. Upon leaving the Air Force Dental Corps in 1997, Dr. Wright opened his solo practice by purchasing a unique office that had been in existence since the 1950's, which was once a corner grocery store. This uncommon dental practice is situated in the heart of a residential area, less than one mile away from where Dr. Wright attended college. With over two decades of experience in the dental profession, Dr. Wright has taken thousands of hours of continuing education. He continues to immerse himself in mastering the latest techniques and has a passion for new technology. He takes great pride in being able to offer his patients the latest advancements in implantology, Botox®, laser dentistry, Fastbraces® and digital scanning/ CAD-CAM. Dr. Wright is committed to professional dentistry, having served on the Colorado Springs Dental Society Board and has previously been a delegate to the Colorado Dental Association General Assembly. He has spent many years as a board member for the Pikes Peak Community College Dental Assisting Program and spent many years actively involved with Colorado College's “ClubMed”, mentoring students who are committed to attending dental school. He is a member of the following organizations: Fellow: Academy of General Dentistry Colorado Springs Dental Society Colorado Dental Association American Dental Association Dr. Wright has two children, Julia and Mason and is blessed with three grandchildren. His outside interests include travel, music and concerts, and great food and libations. He is also a dedicated supporter of all things pertaining to Colorado College. Email:  beerdoc64@gmail.com. Text: 719-337-5754 FFS Podcast Promotional Links:  ONLY $397: Dental Membership Master Course with Dr. Chris Phelps www.membershipmastercourse.com Dental Membership Direct www.dentalmembershipdirect.com Dental Financing Direct www.dentalfinancingdirect.com   About Dr. Sonny Spera Dr. Sonny Spera graduated from Union Endicott High School in 1981. With a four-year basketball scholarship he graduated from Syracuse University in 1985; majoring in Chemistry and Psychology. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was also the co-captain of the 1984-1985 Syracuse basketball team. Dr. Spera graduated from SUNY Buffalo Dental School in 1989 in the top 10% of his class. At SUNY Buffalo Dental School he was a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society. He was also UB Graduate Assistant Basketball coach.  Dr. Spera has been in private practice since 1989 and is a member of the American Dental Association, the New York State Dental Association, the Sixth District Dental Society and the Broome County Dental Society. He is also a member of the International Association of Orthodontics, the BC Dental Society and the BCDS Study Club. Away from the office, he volunteers with several community organizations, including the Elks Club, the Son's of Italy, the STNY Flyers, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. He is the founder and president of ME Hoops Inc. Dr. Spera currently resides with his wife Angela, whom he met at Syracuse University, and their three children, Marcus, Erica, and Carla. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, basketball, golf, music and movies. 607-624-2962 (Cell) Sonnyspera@gmail.com Www.progressivedentalny.com   Do you have a FFS practice? Would you like to be interviewed? Fill out the FFS Stories request form here: https://goo.gl/forms/7TaUF9Nqi49l1RFF2