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I'm just back from Georgia where for 3 days we brought 1000 Adjarian Georgians together in an hotel ballroom in Batumi and I preached Jesus. Rarely have I experienced His actual Presence in our midst as in this large Conference Centre! When I prayed for the sick many miracles happened! Men, women, old and young eagerly came to the platform to share their amazing stories in front of all their friends and relatives! On the Saturday night, I laid hands on all 1000 people and, with a brief prayer, many were instantly healed! A crippled man walked without sticks, blind eyes opened, lame limbs were healed…

Austin's Convention Centre is closing for a huge four-year overhaul. I check out how the city's tackling it—ripping it down and rebuilding right on the spot, no temporary setup, a move no other U.S. city has tried. In this episode, I'm joined by Steve Genovesi from Visit Austin, keeping tourism steady, and Josh Delgado from the AT&T Hotel and Conference Centre, stepping up his venue as a go-to event space. We dive into how Austin's hotels are teaming up to keep conventions rolling in the absence of a convention centre.Austin's not just hanging on—it's pushing forward. With a buzzing tech world, a growing airport, and a $30 million hotel refresh, the hospitality scene is hustling to keep the industry alive. This is a real insight into a city that thrives on collaboration.Travel Market Life is produced by Urban Podcasts.

Lots of people have home gardens or raise chickens in their yard, but what about the people who do it for a living? The Morning Show's Katherine Crummey stopped by the Agriculture Industry Symposium at the Delta Hotel's Conference Centre in downtown St. John's.

The 2025 State of the City is coming up soon - Thursday February 6 to be precise - and as we always do at this time of year, we're going to roll the audio from the previous year's State of the City as a refresher course. The goal is to remember where we were at the time, where the mayor wanted to take us, and where we ended up now before Mayor Cam Guthrie starts looking to the future again! Do you really need to listen to this to be reminded of the most salient point of last year's State of the City address? Here's the most relevant quote: “When cities are faced with strong issues, it requires a strong team to tackle them. However, to set the tone and the pace, you need a strong mayor. Therefore, effective today, I am announcing that I will use the Strong Mayor powers throughout the rest of this term.” That was the moment Guthrie changed the game, and it came as a really big surprise to his council colleagues, many of whom were sitting front row or centre at the speech. Beforehand, the mayor gave away no hints that he was going to drop this bomb despite years of reticence, if not opposition, to the existence of such powers, but that was the headline coming out of the State of the City in 2024. Was that the end of the story though? Of course it's not, and on this week's edition of the podcast you will hear the whole speech, including a Q&A afterwards, where Guthrie saluted outgoing CAO Scott Stewart, talked about the success securing Housing Accelerator Funding, and promoted the then-theoretical Public Spaces Use Bylaw. He also announced the formation of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee, and gave out the annual volunteer awards. So let's flashback to last year's State of the City on this week's Guelph Politicast! The 2025 State of the City will take place on Thursday February 6 at 7 am at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Learn more by clicking here. There will, of course, be full coverage on Guelph Politico when it happens. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

What do you think this year will be remembered for in the annals of Guelph history? Will it be the debate over the Public Space Use Bylaw? Was it the announced closure of the consumption and treatment site downtown? Was it when the mayor re-opened the 2025 budget to try and shave off two-thirds of the proposed levy increase? In any event, all roads lead back to one place, or rather, one person. In a sense, the first day of the political year was February 8. That was the date of the State of the City speech at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre where Mayor Cam Guthrie said that he was going to use Strong Mayor Powers in three specific ways: To find a place for a tiny home encampment, leverage City-owner property for affordable housing and to cut the Guelph 2025 budget down to something more affordable. It was a surprise move by Guthrie, but it would not be his last this year. The Strong Mayor Powers were the first of a couple of different pivots: He joined the Government of Ontario demanding that CTSes no longer operate within 200 metres of schools or daycares, he joined other mayors demanding that the Province use the notwithstanding clause, and he joined Mike Schreiner and Lloyd Longfield in dumping cold water on the community effort to declare the OR Lands a national urban park. So to help close the year, we're going to go inside the mind of... ...Mayor Cam Guthrie! He joins us this week on the podcast to hear about why he might have some regret about the way he announced his use of Strong Mayor Powers, how he might use them again, and how he's tried to rebuild trust with the members of council. He will also discuss why he's not totally against CTSes, why he's hedging on support for a national urban park, and balancing criticism and collaboration with upper levels of government. Also, what is he thinking about for the 2025 State of the City? So let's dig into this Strong Mayor Year on this edition of the Guelph Politicast! You can follow the mayor at CamGuthrie on Twitter and at MayorCamGuthrie on Facebook and Instagram. You can also check out his website for news and updates, or send him an email at mayor [at] guelph.ca. Council will not be back in session until Tuesday January 14 for the first Committee of the Whole of the Year, and that agenda will be published on Thursday January 2.  The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

SACP leader, Solly Mapaila says the ANC has failed to treat its alliance partners with respect and equality. Mapaila is tabling the Political Report to the SACP Special National Congress underway at Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Boksburg. Mapaila says the electoral decline of the ANC is worrying. The unfortunate part is that they never had an opportunity to discuss this with the ANC. Jon Gericke spoke to former premier of Gauteng and former Cosatu General-Secretary, Mbhazima Shilowa

PARANORMAL SYMPOSIUM 2024HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA – OCTOBER 12TH, 2024Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation is proud to announce that our inaugural Halifax Paranormal Symposium was a success! Thank you to all of our sponsors, vendors, and attendees. As a result of your support, we are pleased to announce the 2nd annual Halifax Paranormal Symposium! Join us in October 2024 for an all-day event. Enjoy amazing presentations about parapsychology and the paranormal, browse our wonderful vendor tables, and enjoy the company of the spooky community! It will be held on Saturday, October 12th, 2024 at the Halifax Tower Hotel & Conference Centre from 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

PARANORMAL SYMPOSIUM 2024HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA – OCTOBER 12TH, 2024Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation is proud to announce that our inaugural Halifax Paranormal Symposium was a success! Thank you to all of our sponsors, vendors, and attendees. As a result of your support, we are pleased to announce the 2nd annual Halifax Paranormal Symposium! Join us in October 2024 for an all-day event. Enjoy amazing presentations about parapsychology and the paranormal, browse our wonderful vendor tables, and enjoy the company of the spooky community! It will be held on Saturday, October 12th, 2024 at the Halifax Tower Hotel & Conference Centre from 9:00 AM until 6:00 PM.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

Every two years, advanced manufacturing industries are invited to Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre for the Airshow. Joined by Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS Group and Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International, we explore how Farnborough International Airshow brings together these industries, convening the conversations that matter. We investigate how far the Airshow, now on the 75th edition, has come and what it means for the future of these industries.

David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author, Lecturer and Broadcaster who specializes in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology. For the past fifty years he has been communicating to his audience his profound love of the traditional and authentic Mystical and Biblical Theology that has inspired all his writings on prayer. During his twelve year s as Director of a London Retreat and Conference Centre , followed by his tenure as the Dean of Studies at the Nation al Catholic Radio and Television Centre in London , he gained direct experience of the decline in the moral and spiritual life of the Church. After lecturing on Mystical theology at the invitation of the Angelicum, the Dominican University in Rome , he has spent the rest of his life trying to inspire Catholics with the truth. That is to return without delay to the profound contemplative spirituality bequeathed to the early Church by Jesus Christ himself and its development from St Paul , to St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross. He has written ten books on prayer and the spiritual life, some of which have been translated into thirteen languages. Support My Work If you find my content valuable please consider supporting my work with a one-time donation here: DONATE You may also consider joining Coffin Nation, our premium community. As a member, you will enjoy other shows and live webinars not available to the general public. Click here to learn more: COFFIN NATION Resources Mentioned Website: https://davidtorkington.com Find his latest books and free video series: https://essentialistpress.com/ FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidJohnTorkington Twitter: https://twitter.com/DTorkington

One of the problems covering issues of homelessness in the media is that it's hard to find people to be the face of those issues. You see this in just about every news story, “person X is experiencing issue A”; it's a way of personalizing the issue and making it relatable to the audience, and it's one of the reasons why the homelessness crisis is so unrelatable. That's where Greg Dorval entered the picture a few weeks ago. As government representatives and social services agencies got together for a two-day Health and Housing Symposium at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre, Dorval pitched a tent in the back of the Wellington County Administrative Centre. Dorval had decided to become an ambassador for the people living rough in Guelph, and his point was clear: We're here, and we need assistance greater than what's been received. Dorval also set up shop in advance of a special meeting of city council, one that discussed a new bylaw that regulated the use of public spaces on City-owned property. Developed in 11 days, City of Guelph staff felt like they were trying to walk a fine line between human rights and safety concerns, but people living rough and their advocates saw it as an attack on people who had no place to go. Dorval was one of the delegates at that meeting, but he still has more to say.   On this edition of the pod, we catch up with Dorval as he talks about how he felt sitting through the rest of the meeting, and trying to find some peace of mind when people are saying unkind things about people living rough. He will also talk about his initial uncertain interactions with Wellington County staff and how he turned that into a path forward on the issues. And finally, he will talk about the need for continuity of care, and how we wants this to be the last winter anyone lives in a tent in Guelph. So let's hear more from Greg Dorval on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! Greg Dorval continues to take up residence in St. George's Square to demonstrate for more assistance for people who are unhoused. The City of Guelph's Public Spaces Use Bylaw is on hold for the time being, and there will be a third day of the City and County's housing symposium that will be open to public participating sometime in April. Thanks to Bry Webb and Christopher Currie at CFRU for setting up time in studio to record in studio even as a band warmed up! The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Google, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Every year, the Guelph Chamber of Commerce hosts an event called the State of the City, and like its more famous counterpart south of the border, it's a chance for the head of the city to lay out the challenges and priorities facing the Royal City for the next 12 months. Make no mistake, there are no shortage of challenges, but in order to unlock the future, you must first find the keys to the past. This week, we get those keys out of the drawer. During Cam Guthrie's time as mayor and delivering the State of the City, he usually uses some kind of gimmick like a board game, or Wordle, or a parody of The Office, but in 2023 Cam got very serious. No games, no gimmicks, just straight talk. "I need you to listen very carefully to my words today. To watch my demeanor, my body language. Listen to my tone,” he said. You can probably guess the content before listening to the speech. Last year's State of the City was in the immediate aftermath of the 2022 municipal election, and the sweeping changes to planning and budgeting announced in Bill 23. One year later, there are still a lot of pressures; housing prices remain high, low cost solutions remain in short supply, and the evidence of homelessness and poverty are getting harder and harder to ignore. On this week's edition of the podcast, we're going back to 2023. The voice you'll hear belongs to Mayor Guthrie as he talks about the housing crisis, NIMBYism, mental health and addictions, and the lack of Provincial help on any of this. He also took questions from people in the audience and talked about the impact of the housing crisis on students specifically, and the need for help to clean up brownfields and make them ready for redevelopment. So let's get into the State of the City - one year ago - on this week's Guelph Politicast! As for this year's State of the City it's Thursday February 8 at 7 am at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre in Guelph. The event is sold out, but you will be able to see full coverage on Guelph Politico on Thursday morning. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Google, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

David Torkington is a Spiritual Theologian, Author, Lecturer and Broadcaster who specializes in Prayer, Christian Spirituality and Mystical Theology. For the past fifty years he has been communicating to his audience his profound love of the traditional and authentic Mystical and Biblical Theology that has inspired all his writings on prayer. During his twelve year s as Director of a London Retreat and Conference Centre , followed by his tenure as the Dean of Studies at the Nation al Catholic Radio and Television Centre in London , he gained direct experience of the decline in the moral and spiritual life of the Church. After lecturing on Mystical theology at the invitation of the Angelicum, the Dominican University in Rome , he has spent the rest of his life trying to inspire Catholics with the truth. That is to return without delay to the profound contemplative spirituality bequeathed to the early Church by Jesus Christ himself and its development from St Paul , to St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross. He has written ten books on prayer and the spiritual life, some of which have been translated into thirteen languages. Resources Mentioned Website: https://davidtorkington.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidJohnTorkington Twitter: https://twitter.com/DTorkington

How do large businesses remain competitive if they are experiencing loadshedding but their biggest competitors aren't? Lester Kiewit speaks to Gary Koetser, CEO of Century City Conference Center, about lobbying for a fuel rebate, or refund, to alleviate the financial strain of keeping operations running while the CTICC is exempt from loadshedding due to their shared grid with Christiaan Barnard Hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danny Guselli standing in for Darren, Carmen and Sky for this week. We have had heavy rains for the past few days in Durban and today it looks like it is clearing up, as usual we are joined by our Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda to give us an update and he also speak to us about ICC being crowned as Africa's Leading Meetings and Conference Centre. Webpage

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, Founder of Rubber Cheese.Download the Rubber Cheese 2022 Visitor Attraction Website Report - the first digital benchmark statistics for the attractions sector.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcastCompetition ends on 20th December 2023. The winner will be contacted via Twitter.Show references: https://vacevents.com/THURSDAY 5TH OCTOBER – QEII CONFERENCE CENTRE, WESTMINSTERhttps://vacevents.com/committee/ Bernard Donoghue OBECEO & Director, ALVA, the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, Mayor of London's Culture Ambassador. Co-Chair, London Tourism Recovery Board.https://www.alva.org.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernard-donoghue-obe-0aa9b97/ Bernard has been the Director of ALVA, the UK's Association for Leading Visitor Attractions, since 2011 following a career in advocacy, communications, and lobbying, latterly at a senior level in the tourism and heritage sector. In  2017, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appointed Bernard to be the Mayor's Ambassador for Cultural Tourism and a member of the Mayor's Cultural Leadership Board. Bernard is Co-Chair of the London Tourism Recovery Board. He is also Chairman of LIFT, London International Festival of Theatre; Chairman of the Bristol Old Vic, the oldest continually operating theatre in the English-speaking world, and also of the People's History Museum, the Museum of Democracy.  He has been a member of the UK Government's Tourism Industry Council since 2016.  Bernard was named by Blooloop in 2020 as one of the world's 50 most influential people in museums, and in July 2021 won the public vote for the COVID Special Recognition Award from the UK Museums and Heritage Awards for his service to, and leadership of the museums and heritage sector in the UK during the pandemic. Ken Robinson CBE FTS - Founder of VAChttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-robinson-cbe-fts-bb811312/Ken is an independent adviser who speaks and writes on tourism topics.  As a "tourism enthusiast" he aims to be a pragmatic pioneer of new initiatives, strategies and solutions to optimise the economic, cultural and social benefits of tourism.   Ken's Consultancy companies completed over 1500 assignments, mostly in the UK but also several hundred international projects, beginning over 50 years ago, before the days of mass tourism.  He was a founding member of the Tourism Society and supported the formation of the Tourism Alliance, both of which organisations he has served as a board member and Chair, as he has on several other Tourism bodies. Specialising initially in visitor attractions, Ken initiated and subsequently chaired the National Visitor Attractions Conference, VAC, and has been on its Committee ever since.  In addition to many clients in the public, private and third sectors, he has advised the UN's International Trade Centre, on national and regional Tourism strategy development.  His current focus is to move the industry's thinking from marketing to the critical need to manage future tourism for the benefit of host communities, and to optimise tourist's experiences.  Ken was appointed CBE for services to Tourism in 1997, and an Honorary Doctorate in 2014. Paul KellyChief Executive, BALPPA, Chair of VAC https://www.balppa.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-kelly-2714a922/Having been with BALPPA for 11 years and working with VAC for that amount of time as well, Paul started his career in the attractions sector at Thorpe Park in the 80's and then moved on to the London Eye for its opening around the millennium.  He has  always been involved with visitor attractions.  Several more years working within Merlin followed both in the UK and abroad, mainly on business development.  Being a BALPPA member for 30 years means, being Chair of the organising committee at VAC keeps Paul in touch with all aspects of the attractions industry. Liz Terry MBEManaging Director, Leisure Media Grouphttps://www.linkedin.com/in/elizterry/ Janet Uttley Head of Business Transformation for VisitEnglandhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janetuttley/  Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip The Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Season 5 kicks off today with not one, not two, but three excellent guests.On today's episode, I have the pleasure of speaking to Bernard Donoghue, Paul Kelly and Ken Robinson, founders of the Visitor Attractions Conference. You also know Bernard as, Director of ALVA and Paul as CEO of BALPPA.VAC celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and I'm finding out where the idea for the event spanned from, how it's changed and developed over the years. And we take a look ahead to what 2024 has in store for the attraction sector.Unfortunately, fellow Founder; Liz Terry, the Managing Director of Leisure Media Group, and also Janet Uttley, Head of Business Transformation for VisitEngland, were unable to join us on this episode. But stay tuned for lots of insight and to find out how you can get your ticket for the VAC conference this year.Kelly Molson: If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue.Kelly Molson: Bernard, Ken, Paul, it is a treat to have you all on the podcast today. Thank you for joining me. I think this is the first time I've had three guests as well, so this could be interesting. Bernard Donoghue: And three men as well. I mean, it's like a really bad testosterone banana rama, isn't it? Really. Kelly Molson: I'm just a little flower in the middle of you thorns today. Yes, it's a real shame. So, unfortunately, Janet Uttley and Liz Terry couldn't make it along to join us today, which is a shame. But I'm sure that they will get lots of mentions as we talk through some of the things that we're going to chat about today. But first, as ever, I want to start with a little icebreaker. I'm going to ask you all the same thing because I'm intrigued as to whether you ended up doing what you thought you might. So, Ken, I'm going to start with you first. When you were at school, what did you think that you'd grow up and be when you were older? Ken Robinson: I didn't know. Kelly Molson: Had no clue at all? Ken Robinson: No, I didn't have a clue. I was lucky to have a good education. I didn't work at school. And then I got into a job, which was I was very successful at it and it was very boring. So I left. And when I discovered tourism and visitor attractions, it took me over. I didn't decide to do it. It told me that was it. Kelly Molson: Oh, I love it. It's like a calling. Ken Robinson: At the time it was, I was actually sitting in a turret room which had been vacated by Lord Montague. His desk used to face in and I liked that because I didn't have to look at the faces of the visitors going past who might complain, because in those days, buli was very expensive. And then one day I thought to myself, these people are investing their hard earned money and leisure time in making a decision to come here and it's our job to make sure they have a good time. And I turned my desk round and I looked at them all day long and the moment I turned my desk round, everything changed. Kelly Molson: I love that, because you could see the whites of their eyes and how they were engaging with the venue as they turned up. Ken Robinson: Well, it's just such a failure, isn't it? If you've got somebody who makes a choice and spends their time and money, a family decision for many people, and it should be a highlight. And if it isn't, whose fault is it? It's probably the fault of the visitor attraction, given that the person has chosen to go there in not communicating well enough with them about what they've got and what they would find interesting. Kelly Molson: This is such a brilliant story and that wasn't where I was expecting this to go either, Ken. I love it. Paul, what about you, Paul?Paul Kelly: Yeah, I mean, when I was at school, I was interested in sports and that was it, really, and luckily, that dragged me through the various places I went to. But what I was going to end up doing sports. I think once you get into sports quite seriously, you realise fairly quickly that actually you're not going to make it, so you have to find something else. So, laterally, I decided that business was a good idea. So I started doing business studies up in North Wales and for some reason were doing a sandwich course in those days, I think it was called that. One of those, I got placed at Thorpe Park. I don't know why particularly, so there's a group of six of us went down to Thorpe Park to work there and I actually started working on the rides.Paul Kelly: I'm not sure what it had to do with business at the time, but I'm glad somebody thought it did. And I couldn't believe that was a job that you could do, you could be paid for, because I came from the north at that point and there wasn't an awful lot going on in the 80s and actually be paid. Everyone enjoyed themselves, fantastic atmosphere, parties every night. I'm sure it's still like that. And it was just amazing. And from that moment on, regardless of what happened after that, including other colleges, other bits and pieces, effectively, I never left. Kelly Molson: It's always going to be in that sector. Paul Kelly: Yes. Kelly Molson: Excellent. Great. Bernard, same to you. Bernard Donoghue: Well, this may come as a surprise, but my grandfather was in the Irish Guards, my father was in the Grenadier Guards, my brother was in the Royal Marines, and I had a very large collection of action men. I genuinely thought I would probably end up in the army. And actually, I got an offer after university to go into the Household Cavalry. I don't think I've ever told anyone this before. Anyway, it just clearly I didn't pursue the application. It wasn't for me at all. Got really into politics. So I started working in the House of Commons, House of Lords and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, and then I've just been in sort of lobbying, campaigning, political world ever since. But I still miss the uniforms. Can't deny it. Kelly Molson: I think we'd like to see you in that uniform, Bernard, if I'm not going to lie. So from the lobbying aspect, which is obviously a really big part of the role that you currently have, how did the attractions bit kind of slot into those? Where did the two join up? Bernard Donoghue: It's a really odd coincidence. I was trustee of a charity that Diana, Princess of Wales, was a patron of, and I was working full time for a charity that she was a patron of. So when she divorced Prince of Wales, now the King, she reduced her patronages down from 187 to six. And I happened to be involved with six of them. I went to work for her as a deputy private secretary, press secretary. But of course, the moment she died, which was August 31st, I had no job. Suddenly I was unemployed. And I got contacted by a woman who Ken will certainly know, probably Paul will, too, by Sue Garland, who used to be Deputy Chief Executive of VisitBritain, who'd heard me speak at something and said, "Well, we're just about to create this post of government affairs liaison. Would you be interested to working on the role while working on what you do next?”Bernard Donoghue: And that was in August 1997. And here I am still. Ken Robinson: But also, can I add something to that? Because I was lucky enough to be sitting in the room on many occasions when Bernard would give his briefing at meetings that were held by VisitBritain. And it was always a highlight of the day because Bernard, in those days, never pulled his punches. I'm not saying he does now, but he would just explain to everybody in the room what was going on with all of the political parties, which we never understood, and explain what we ought to be doing in order to best put our case. So it was really no shock when he turned up at ALVA, because I would say this if he wasn't here, he was the star of the show there, and that expertise that he showed has blossomed in the job that he's doing now. Kelly Molson: This is lovely, isn't it? Aren't you all nice? Bernard Donoghue: This is love in.. Kelly Molson: Probably why you all work together, right? You will get on so well. Right, back to you, Ken. Unpopular opinion, please. Ken Robinson: Most visitor attractions do not deliver full value for money to most of their visitors. Kelly Molson: Okay, Paul and Bernard, do you agree with this? Will our listeners agree with this? Is this an unpopular opinion?Paul Kelly: Did you use the word most, Ken? Ken Robinson: I did. Paul Kelly: I'll go for some, not most. Bernard Donoghue: Yeah, I'll go for some as well. One of my favourite programmes is Yes, Minister. And whenever you'd hear something off the wall, bonkers, they would say, that's a very brave opinion, Minister. That's a very brave opinion, Ken.Ken Robinson: Now's not the time to justify it. I'll do that on another occasion. Kelly Molson: Yeah, we will invite you back and we can do that one on one, Ken. Paul, what about you? Unpopular opinion? Paul Kelly: Well, I'm guessing that anybody that's worked in a theme park will probably have the same opinion I have. So I worked at Thorpe Park, which was 450 acres, two thirds of which was water. And at the end of the day, when you were walking out, and in those days, that could be 9, 10 o'clock at night, it was beautiful. On a late summer's evening, calm waters, walking through a park which had just been cleaned and tidied and ready for the next day. It was fantastic. And we all had the same opinion once were down the pub discussing the day. It's just a shame we have to let people into theme parks because it's the absolutely beautiful place without them there. So sometimes people let the parks down. Kelly Molson: That's a good one. That is a good one. Yeah. And you don't want to let them in to see the beautiful bit either, do you? Because then there'd be people there. It wouldn't be serene. Paul Kelly: No, I mean, those evenings, if there was still time, we'd go windsurfing on the lakes, cable water ski around the back. And it was just a shame that all these people came in every day and messed it all up. Kelly Molson: Yeah. Well, I'm pretty sure that most people who've worked in theme parks aren't going to disagree with you on that one, Paul. Good one. Bernard, what about yours? Bernard Donoghue: Even though I chair a theatre and I know how important the revenue is, I'm not a fan of selling drinks and food to people in theatres because they just make a noise. I can't bear it. I mean, it depends. I mean, it depends if it's a panto or something like that. Completely fine. Ken Robinson: Oh, no, it's not. Bernard Donoghue: It kind of allies to what Paul was saying as well, which was I don't know whether it's an unpopular opinion. I think it's probably a popular opinion. But visitor behaviour, whether it's in a theatre, a museum, an art gallery or wherever, has completely deteriorated post lockdown. Some people's behaviour is getting worse and it's very difficult to know what to do about it. Kelly Molson: Yes, agree. I don't think that's going to be very unpopular at all, actually, considering some of the things that we've seen recently. Thank you all for sharing. Okay, let's get back to the serious bit. The Visitor Attractions Conference. It's 20 years old this year. If you are listening and you're not familiar with it, one, why the hell not? And two, you need to grab a ticket today. It's the leading networking and learning event for visitor attractions across the UK. And I first visited in October 2019 and it was the first sector specific conference that I had been to. We'd been working in the sector for probably about three or four years, had never really at that point kind of gone all out on our like, "This is what we're going to niche and this is what we're going to specialise in."Kelly Molson: So I was kind of doing a bit of a fact finding mission really, and I came along and it absolutely blew me away. I think it was one of the friendliest conferences I've ever been to. I think you'd created an environment where everybody was really welcome, no stupid questions. Everyone from speakers to guests where kind of felt like they were all on the same level, really happy to answer questions that you had, really happy to talk to you. And I think that was for me. I came away from that event, I went back to my team and said, "This is where we should be. This is the event for us, this is where we should be attending, these are the people that we should be speaking to." And I've absolutely loved every minute of that. Kelly Molson: I mean, the next one I went to was a virtual one. So it was very different to the 2019 event, but still excellently organised. So firstly, thank you for making that happen. But where did the idea for the VAC come from in the first place? How did this come about? Ken Robinson: So we have to remember that the world was very different over 20 years ago. Really, really very different. Not just a question of internet or pre COVID and all those things and pre Olympics, but just very different. And attractions in those days thought and acted and communicated in their sectoral associations. Historic houses talked to historic houses, curators of museums talked to curators, bishops talked to priests, zoologists talked to botanists, but they didn't talk across the sectors. There were two exceptions to that. One was that in Visit England or English Tourist Board, there'd always been a committee there which was across the sectors, but the other one was ALVA. Now, when ALVA was formed, it was a 1 million visitors plus club for attractions, with 1 million plus visitors a year. Ken Robinson: Subsequently, groups of attractions, particularly English Heritage, National Trust, were involved originally associates, but it was a 1 million plus club and that's only 1% of the attractions in the United Kingdom had over 1 million. And it was very London centric. And ALVA had a five objectives, four of which were about government. And the interesting thing was that I was very good friends all through this time with Lord Lee, who know a very big part of the early success, pre Bernard of ALVA. I said to John Lee, “Look John, could you not change your name to ALVA and be involved with all the visitor attractions because they badly need something which glues everybody together and we need to get across this away from this sectoral stuff.” Ken Robinson: And everybody was talking about historic houses, talk about the house museums, talking about the continents of the museum but they weren't talking about visitors. They weren't talking about how you communicated with the visitors or what they were motivated by or how you could better manage things for visitors, give them better they weren't doing that. So John agreed with this and I've got the original papers here. I looked them out that I was asked first of all by ALVA in December of 2001 to write a paper on the future of ALVA which is headed: ALVA in the Future Representing All Visitor Attractions. Then after that the conversation went on and we realised that if were going to have some kind of overall event we couldn't do it without the National Tourist Board, we couldn't do it without Visit Britain, Visit England. We needed their input.Ken Robinson: We needed them to talk to DCMS and make sure it would happen. And also we wanted to do this not on a commercial basis but being by the industry, for the industry, run by the industry, not for profit. And that was a problem because we wanted to do it in the QE II Centre because we wanted to be in the centre of everything and that was going to cost an extraordinary sum of money and there wasn't that much money that could in that first year come originally from VisitEngland. So the partners in this, the partners being ALVA, BALPPA, Paul's organisation, Leisure Media the wonderful Liz Terry and her magazine which has forever been behind this event for no recompense whatever and myself put up 5000 pounds each security in order that the thing would happen. Ken Robinson: You said, "We'll stand the risk, let's do it.". So in 2004 I wrote the briefing of the first conference and I found from a 2003 the government asked for a list of topics that would be discussed in order they could work out whether or not they might like it and it's still here. What I like about it is it would do quite well for this year's conference. All those topics are still relevant. So that's where it came from. That's where it came from. We wanted it to have at the time the lowest possible attendance fee to get the highest number of people there. We wanted to involve everybody. Ken Robinson: And the cast list for that 2004 event, my goodness me, absolutely fantastic cast list in terms of the people we had for an initial event and you can imagine when it was announced and everybody was behind it ALVA was behind it. BALPPA, I should have mentioned that Colin Dawson, Paul's predecessor was an absolute stalwart of the conference in the early years he stood by know, when times were tough and that's where it came from. Kelly Molson: That is phenomenal. It was really putting your money where your mouth is, isn't it? By all of you actually personally investing in this thing to bring it to life. You don't hear many things happening in that way anymore, do you? It's all about getting investment and asking other people to make the commitment to it and take the risk. Ken Robinson: Well, we have a company now, I should say. We have a company called VAC Events, and we are all equal. The four of us are equal shareholders, that's to say, Bernard and ALVA, BALPPA and Paul, Liz and myself, for no benefit. Martin does it for us, but we are the people that carry the can, if you like, and I don't think we've ever had anything out of it apart from a nice lunch at Christmas, but apart from that, it's a great feeling of doing something. When you say everybody is very friendly and talks to one another. That's why they're all in the same business. Bishop, curator, zoologist person running a heritage railway, they're all in the same business. Kelly Molson: Obviously, the first event was a success. You've been on and you've done many, what, 20, 20 events since that first one. How have you seen it kind of change and develop over the years? So what did that first conference look like compared to what this year's will look like? And how have you kind of evolved it over that time to keep it relevant to your audience? Paul Kelly: Well, I think so. My involvement directly has been the last ten years, so I'm halfway through chairing for this one, but I was actually there at the early ones because I worked at that time. I was working at the London Eye, just across the river, and I was good friends with Colin Dawson at the time. I'd worked with him at Thorpe Park and he for some people, may well remember Colin as entertaining Princess Diana on a log flume in 92, 3 and 4. Paul Kelly: And I was there. It's hard to tell, but I was actually there. I'm not in any of the photos in Paris Match and all of those places. I have a couple of myself here. I didn't get anything signed by Princess Diana and sent over to you know, bitterness takes a while to and I've joked with Colin over this many years. Colin was there, but if you look closely behind the scenes, you'll find I was there too, but so I was great friends with Colin over many years and still am. He was obviously contacting everyone he knew about this conference. He was working for BALPPA at the time. I was working for the Two Swords Group, had the operational contract for the London Eye. Paul Kelly: So I went to the first one and I suppose my impressions of the first one was for somebody who hasn't been there before, the QE II is extremely impressive as a conference center. I don't go to many that look like that around the UK. Most of them normally the ones I go to are in attractions, they're slightly different so it was hugely impressive both on its location and what was across the road and how things went and I was a little bit starstruck I suppose, for the first one. Now I get the opportunity to sit on the stage and look out at everybody and have a slightly different view on it all, but still think it's an extremely impressive environment to do that. Paul Kelly: And I think the biggest change for me, and I think we may cover a little bit later, is how we've broken up the afternoons into separate segments and sections where people can go along to a smaller, informal group discussing a topic that they particularly want. And I think the thing I also like about that is the amount of people who want to go to more than one of them that are on at the same time and are almost complaining there's too many things to go to, which I think is hilarious, which means it's really good. And hopefully that means that next time they'll really think about which one do I want to go to, obviously I want to go to more than one, but I'm going to pick my best one. Paul Kelly: So I think for me, that's probably the biggest change over time. But what doesn't change for me is the team that we have putting these things together, which we're actually relatively slick at. Everyone gets the chance to put their opinions and I'm glad we don't record those meetings and it works out really well. And I think as a team, it's amazing how long we've stuck at it and stuck together. Kelly Molson: I'd love to be on a little fly on the wall for those meetings. Have you ever had a fallout about something? Bernard Donoghue: Yes, we're frequently violent. It's a visitor experience in its own right, I think. Kelly Molson: I'll pay for it. Bernard Donoghue: We reflect the madness that some of our visitors demonstrate on site so in that case I think we're rooted in the industry. The first one that I went to was in 2011, so I just joined ALVA at that point. And the first one I spoke, it was in 2012 and I've been doing the same kind of slot ever since. I do a kind of State of the Nation in the morning because ALVA obviously gets loads of data and information and we publish all of our visitor figures and all the rest of it, and actually we collect and commission much more data now than we ever used to. So I share all of that in the kind of Donoghue half hour copyright. Bernard Donoghue: What's lovely I mean, Paul's absolutely right is that over the last twelve years I think we've seen a real move from people desperately wanting to speak about their successes to being really open about what hasn't worked, which of course is far more interesting and useful. So there's been a really lovely shift from people saying, "No, I don't have to do the propaganda stuff.” Actually, I'm going to tell you what it was like, why it was a disaster and what we learned from it. And that's so useful. So you do get this real honesty coming from the speakers who know that's what they find useful too. So why not share it? I think the other one is I do a presentation about, is there core behaviours of successful visitor attractions regardless of type?Bernard Donoghue: And there are there's about ten of them, but one of them is the ability to foster creative partnerships with unusual suspects. So the presentations that are most fascinating for me is where a visitor attraction, it doesn't matter whether it's a cathedral or whether it's a museum or gallery or theme park, have teamed up with someone that you wouldn't expect them to team up with to tell the story of their people and places and collections in a new, innovating, exciting way. And those are fascinating, absolutely fascinating. So I love those. There's much more of that. Kelly Molson: Fantastic. Well, on that note, I want to know from each of you who has been the most inspiring speaker that you've had at the conference over the past 20 years. Ken, let us start with you. Who do you think would be on your list for that? Ken Robinson: I had a look through the programs going back to 2004 and came up with the following names which surprised me, actually. I think originally our first most inspiring speaker was Simon Jenkins, the columnist of the Times, who had very strong views, which didn't necessarily agree with what government and others were doing. He did give a very inspiring presentation and then there are some people who perhaps we would expect less. The most single most surprising speaker was somebody called Tristram Mayhew, who titles himself as the Chief Gorilla of Go Ape and in a room full of suits and quite smart dresses and trouser suits, Go Ape shambled onto the stage in a car key shirt and proceeded to explain how he'd done things differently. And frankly, it was riveting. We had a chap called Tony Berry from the National Trust who gave presentations. Ken Robinson: His first one was just stunnning, you know, in the days when HR was less popular, Tony Berry would tell you why you should be interested and he was absolutely amazing. And Sue Wilkinson, incidentally, of the National Trust, who was the person responsible really for dragging the Trust from its sort of old form to its new marketing orientated thinking about its supporters future success? She was terrific. And the other person I would mention another Tony, I don't know whether or Tony's there's Tony Butler from the Museum of East Anglian Life, who again, when Bernard was talking about people talking about doing things differently and it inspires you. Some of those examples are very interesting, but not easy to copy. Ken Robinson: In other attractions, we always look for things that do go across the piece, so anybody can learn from the lessons within the example that we're talking about. And incidentally, we do have arguments in meetings, it's about whether particular speakers and particular topics are the way of doing things. And generally speaking, when we all have a good go at it comes out better than it did when anybody said, “Well, I know what the right answer is. No, you don't. Let's all talk about it. So that works.” So you get these people that actually inspire and they light up the room, not because of clever graphics and not because of a forceful way, but they light up the room because of the originality of their ideas. Now, I'll come to my number one. Ken Robinson: I'm sorry about this, because he's sitting on my screen down there, and that's young Bernard, who since he joined our there you go. That's the top half that works. You should see the bottom half doesn't work. He's just had pins put in it. Kelly Molson: Just for our listeners here, Bernard is given a little muscle strong arm salute on screen here. Ken Robinson: Bernard combines the latest immediate knowledge of talking to people across the industry with an absolutely amazing gift of the gab, with a power of communication. And he's unstoppable. And we wouldn't have stood him for all these years if he wasn't. So of all the years and all the speakers, the consistent best is Bernard. But we have had other people, often surprising, who take know, you don't expect it, you think you're going to listen to ordinary session, all of a sudden it takes fire. Kelly Molson: Bernard, what have you got to say to that? Bernard Donoghue: What I say to Ken is there are packets of cash going from London to the south coast with immediate effect. Delighted. Thank you very much. It's really lovely, actually. I've tried to change things every year to do partly political, but also partly about good practice and who's doing what and who's interesting. I'll tell you what, one of my favourite speakers, and it was in a conversation, one of the things that we've introduced is a sort of conversation with slot, which works really well, actually, because a bit like this, you're off script, you respond to people. Liz chaired a conversation last year, so were in Birmingham last year and it was all about HR issues and of course, it know, coming out of COVID and cost of living crisis and recruitment challenges and all of those kind of stuff. Bernard Donoghue: And Tina Lewis is the director of people at the National Trust. National Trust, getting great repertoire here. She came out with an idea that they're doing at the National Trust and I've implemented it in the three organisations that I chair and it's made the biggest difference. So the National Trust, they will pay the rent deposit for your flat if you need them to. So if you're going through a cost of living crisis and you can't get up the cash to put down a rent deposit on your flat, they'll do it for you. You can't get up the cash to put down a rent deposit on your flat, they'll do it for you. That was such a transformational thing to hear. You could almost hear the gasp in the room of people going, "Oh, my God. Yeah, if we can, let's do that." Bernard Donoghue: And I've now introduced it. As I say in the organisations that I chair, not many people have taken it up, but the fact that we've said it has made such a difference to people. I mean, as it is at the Trust, actually, there's been a relatively small number of people at the Trust who've taken it up, but the very policy decision, the very communication of it, just spoke volumes about an organisation that cares about its staff, and particularly those staff who are on really limited budgets. So there's been loads and loads of speakers over the course of the last few years, but that for me was a nugget which has changed people's lives and has been implementable. Kelly Molson: I think that's the key to that part, isn't it, is that it's an incredible thing that they've done, but the fact that it can be implemented someone has listened to that talk. They can take that away, take it to their board, take it to whoever needs to okay that, and they can put that into action like that straight away. That's the power of a really good initiative and a good speaker to be able to deliver that as well. Paul, what about you? Please don't say Bernard. I think he's had enough praise today. Bernard Donoghue: No, keep going. Kelly Molson: No. Paul Kelly: You're OK, Bernard? We'll leave that one where it is, shall we? If we can squeeze Bernard into the room next. Right, so one special mention I wanted to give, actually, which is one of the years not too long ago, we invited Simon Calder to speak, the travel journalist, and I have to say I wasn't convinced, because clearly he's not working in one of our attractions and doesn't necessarily know the industry pretty well. But I have to say, he was hugely entertaining, had done his homework, was hugely knowledgeable, and so he was absolutely excellent. But I think the most important thing for me is that he left us and he said to me, “Enjoyed it so much, I'll come back later.” And I said, “Yes, of course you will.”Paul Kelly: So he went away and he came back at the end of the day to talk to all the people that he'd seen early in the day, because he loved the atmosphere and he wasn't required to do that. And he came along. And for that I have to put a special mention in one for myself to actually listen to the others when they say, “This will be good”, and secondly for him, for actually doing a bit and actually coming back later. And he was a fabulous addition and outside of our industry. So my inside the industry one is somebody I ended up working with because I was with the Two Swords group and then they were bought by Merlin with Nick Varney and his Merry Men. Paul Kelly: So Nick and his team had obviously been in the industry a very long time at this point, dipped in and out of theme parks and attractions. But Nick didn't actually do many talks. You wouldn't actually hear him speak about too much. I'd heard him speak over in the IAAPA trade show held in Orlando every November, and he was absolutely brilliant. And then Ken managed to get him to speak at VAC one year. And again, he was absolutely excellent. And this fits in nicely because now that he's retired from Merlin, he's speaking again this year. So I think that will be really interesting because he's absolutely excellent. Ken Robinson: And by the way, guys, just to show you that we know what we're doing here, this is 2004, okay? And it says here the recipe for success. Nick Varney chief executive, will talk about the components for commercial success. And that's before. So we've got him first and look what happened. Kelly Molson: I'm really looking forward to that interview, actually, and I think it would be really interesting to see how he differs now. He's kind of outside of the sector, and I think that the format that you've got him in. So that's the interview with Liz, isn't it? On stage? I think that's going to be a really great format as well. I've seen that work really well in the past where she's interviewed people and it just feels really comfortable and really conversational. I think that brings out the best of people. Bernard Donoghue: Kelly, do you want to know who's been of most variable quality? Kelly Molson: Oh, yes. Bernard Donoghue: Tourism Minister. I mean, without doubt. I mean, we've been going 20 years now, therefore we've had 20 tourism ministers, had one a year, like Christmas cards. And some of them have completely got the industry completely understood. It delivered a barnstorming speech, and then the next year you'll get the annual Tourism Minister pop up and they'll read something flat, banal, uninteresting. And we're so torched by the experience that we don't invite the one next on the year. So we're always banging on about this. Tourism is very good at job creation. In fact, we've created 20 Tourism Minister jobs in years, but they are of variable quality. Ken Robinson: The best we ever had, Bernard, I think, by far, was John Penrose, when he had completed his review of the industry and got very clear views, which he put to government. Unfortunately, government didn't do it, as they usually don't, but he was good and people liked him and gave him a high rating. I think the next best was probably Margaret Hodge, who was very good and spoke from the heart. But as you say, when we look at every year, we look at a rating of every speaker and the meeting after the event, we go through those ratings and decide, those that got good ratings, why did they get it? Was it intrinsic to their character, their nature, their topic? Was there something special? And those who didn't, why was that? Was it our fault? Ken Robinson: Did we not brief them properly? Or was it never going to be any better? Ken Robinson: And that way we managed to manage the conference. So know the attraction sector. We sometimes forget that over half of all visits to visitor attractions in the UK are free of charge. We forget that the majority of visitor attractions are medium and small businesses. We forget that there are charitable and commercial attractions. We must be able to bring this whole sector together and move our thinking forward in the way that Bernard has just explained in terms of what he does with ALVA. And the other thing that Bernard mentioned was ALVA's research now. Ken Robinson: 20 years ago, you had to wait until the annual book came out from Thames Tower and then eventually from the centre of luck look to page 16 and there would be numbers, but very little interpretation of what those numbers meant. Now, Bernard is behind much of the work that is done now with ALVA. But the key to it is it's not just numbers, it's interpretation. And because of the communication skills, when ALVA put out a message, it is interpreted. It says why it was a successful year or what was mitigating against that. And that's so important in trying to move our case forward. Kelly Molson: But it's important in improving the content that you give your audience at the conferences as well, right? If something isn't working and you've got a process of evaluating why that hasn't worked and how you improve on it for the next one. Let's just focus on why should people attend VAC this year? What is in it for them? What's on the agenda? What have they got to look forward to and how can we get them to book a ticket? Bernard Donoghue: I'll happily go first and go quite niche, actually. One of the things that I do now outside of ALVA, or because of ALVA is that I co chair the advisory board for VisitLondon. So essentially chair the London tourist board. And I do that with Kate Nichols of UK hospitality. And we created the London Tourism Recovery Group during COVID So my suggestion would be Sadiq Khan. So we've managed to get the Mayor of London to come along and speak at this anniversary conference. And it's not just because he's the Mayor of London and it's the 20th anniversary, but it's because he's the first ever Mayor of London that hazard one of his four political priorities, culture and tourism. That's number one. Bernard Donoghue: Number two is that he put his money where his mouth was and he funded the Let's Do London Recovery campaign, which was both domestic and international with the industry. We delivered it with London and partners, but he put up the lump sum behind it. And third, he completely gets that tourism and heritage and culture is both where you grow jobs and we're very good at it, but it's also where you grow people. It's where you grow people in terms of their cultural literacy or their sense of community or their independence or their sense of history. And therefore knowing where you come from enables you to be a better future citizen, if you like. Bernard Donoghue: So my quick blast would be we've got him doing a welcome, but also saying why visitor attractions and tourism are so important to him and to the economy and the politics of London. So that's not to be missed. Kelly Molson: That is a big draw. Absolutely a big draw. Paul, you mentioned earlier about the variety in splitting up that second session, that second part of the day with the seminars and the smaller talks that you do as well. That for me, as an attendee, is really valuable because you can kind of pick and choose what's relevant to you and go along and see lots of different talks. What do you think is the draw for people to come to the conference this year for you? Paul Kelly: Well, I was just jotting down, thinking about it's a little bit. An extension of what Ken was talking about is that it's the variety of what we do in one place is greater than anywhere else. And all the conferences I do because of the nature of what we do each end of the spectrum. So we've got talks about people who run charities to people who run hugely commercial operations. We've got people doing talks on which are free to get into those who are quite expensive, but focus on value for money. And you've got those that are indoor, those that are outdoor. When I spent my time business development at Merlin, they were always focused on a balanced portfolio. And a balanced portfolio meant making sure that right across your business, you have every aspect covered. Paul Kelly: So everything balances indoor, outdoor, UK, Europe, USA, whatever it is. And I think with our conference, that's what we try and do, we try and balance all of those types of different types of operations so that everything is covered, not to the point where it's too thin and you don't learn anything. And that's the key to it, is that we go into the depth. And the depth, I think, is greater now because we do those breakout sessions and we've got time to do in fact, we double up for those three different areas just for that afternoon. So I think those are the things, if anyone asks me why they should come, it's about the variety.Kelly Molson: Regardless of size of your attraction as well. And actually, from my perspective as a supplier to the industry, it's just as valuable to come along and learn and understand what's going on in the sector. You don't have to be an attraction to come along and take part and be educated about what's happening in the sector. What about you, Ken? Ken Robinson: Well, I think that those of us who have stood on the stage at the QE II Centre and looked at the people who have come can see that there aren't any slumbering faces out there. There are people making notes, people nudging the person next to them, people looking round when we ask a question. We now have a sort of red and green card system for, do you agree? Don't you agree? Which we sometimes use, which is very interesting, engaging the mood of the room. And I think that the thing about VAC is don't be lazy if we're going to come to VAC. Don't be lazy. If you're coming to VAC, l And jot down what questions you might like to ask those people or what you'd like to learn from that session. Write it down, don't think you can remember it at the time. Ken Robinson: Bring it on a note with you when you come and then you will find, and we all know this, that the networking that happens at the end of the day and in the breaks at VAC it's like a family wedding in a way. I mean, everybody wants to talk to everybody else and it's so valuable. I think everybody who goes away from VAC should have a good few things that day, which they say, “I wouldn't have thought of that if I hadn't been there”, or even, “I disagree with that”, but it's made me realise what my true opinion about that is equally valuable. But don't be a lazy attendee. Come and participate, come and enjoy, come and learn, come and take back benefit to everybody that works with you. Kelly Molson: Yeah, I couldn't agree more. I think that thing about not being scared to ask questions is really valid as well, Ken, because this happened to me, actually. I went to one of the seminar sessions, and this is back in 2019 and was really inspired by one of the speakers about it was Julez Osbek, who was at Continuum Attractions at the time, and she talked about marketing segmentation, but had a completely different perspective on it in terms of not doing it demographically, just talking about age brackets and things like that. And it was really interesting. I didn't get a chance to ask a question during the seminar, but I found her afterwards and she was very approachable, very happy to answer my question. And then I stalked her on Twitter and got her to come on to the podcast afterwards to talk about it. Kelly Molson: But that's for me, what VAC is about. It's the openness that people are really willing to share. So don't be afraid to go and find the speaker that you've been inspired by and go and ask them the question afterwards, because everyone's really happy to talk about their topic and they're really happy to help people. That's my little key takeaway from it anyway. Right, so it's going to be on Thursday, the 5th October. This podcast episode is launching on the 20th September, so you haven't got long to go and get your tickets, so make sure you do. It is the 5th October, the QE II Conference Centre in Westminster. The website address is vacevents.com. That's Vacevents.com and you can get your ticket there. All of this information will be in the show notes, so don't worry if you didn't get time to scribble that down. Kelly Molson: While I've got you all, though, because you all are in the sector and you've got lots of insights to share. I want to know from each of you what you think that attractions should be focusing on and what 2024 might look like for the sector. Paul, what about you? Start with you. Paul Kelly: So I've been chatting to some of our operators. We have some very large operators around the UK asking them how it's going? And unsurprisingly, you could have said the same question 20 years ago, what's our biggest challenge? It's the weather. It's not actually the cost of living crisis, it's not COVID you can put plans together for those things and you can work on it, but the weather always is a little bit of a challenge. So this summer inverted commerce has been quite hard to focus on what we can deliver when the days have been half decent. Actually, we've done quite well, we always do relatively well, certainly in our sector, I'm sure the others will agree, in a recession. Paul Kelly: So the key seems to be, and I'm going to put it out, I haven't quite found the right words for it, but I'll develop this once I've spoken to a few more. What every attraction for me has to have is an opportunity for people to downgrade what they did slightly. What they're doing is they're ringing it up and saying, "Can't afford to do this, have you got something that's almost like that?" But whether it's a slightly different experience, less time, one day less so whatever the packages are that people are offering, there has to be one rung lower than it was before to still encourage people to come along because they're not able to reach the same heights at the moment that they did previously. But they still want to have that family experience that day out, create those memories. Paul Kelly: All of those things are still relevant. And if you don't have that opportunity, then they'll either go elsewhere or they won't go. So, again, it's managing. So I'm not talking about huge discounts, I'm talking about being relatively clever in what you package and what you put together to make sure they still attend and they still get what they perceive to be value for money. But unless you have that option then I think they won't come. Kelly Molson: Really great advice, Paul. Thank you. Bernard, what about you? Bernard Donoghue: Like Paul, actually, especially since Lockdown ended, but actually for about the last five or six years I've noticed a particular thing which is where visitor attractions have got reserves, and that's a big if by the way, particularly in the course of the last couple of years. Actually, especially since Lockdown ended, but actually for about the last five or six years I've noticed a particular thing which is where visitor attractions have got reserves, and that's a big if by the way, particularly in the course of the last couple of years. So it comes back to Paul's point about kind of ensuring yourself against the excesses of the weather and making sure that you're still particularly a family attractive visitor attractions that'd be one. Second is cost of living crisis, certainly for the average customer, but also the energy costs for visitor attractions too. Bernard Donoghue: Just crazy amounts of money that visitor attractions are now paying i If you're a zoo or an aquarium you can't turn down the temperature of your botanics you're a living reef. So we're going to have to find some way out of that. And that means that actually for many organisations it's going to be as financially challenging over the next twelve months as it has been over the last two. And then I think the third, and this is a continual for me and Kelly, you and I have talked about it before, but it forms the last session of the day at the VAC conference which is diversity and inclusivity. And my feeling is that every visitor attraction should be critically honest about who comes, who doesn't, why they don't come and what are you going to do about it?Bernard Donoghue: And in particular those organisations who in receipt are government money or public money or who had COVID loans from the UK taxpayer. If their visitors don't look like the community in which they're housed, they have a moral question at the heart of their business. That's it. If you want to take public money you need to have an audience that looks like the diversity of the public. And that's a challenge. I get that, I completely get that. But I think that making sure that we are as accessible in every conceivable way, economically, physically. Accessible to people and that they see their stories and themselves reflected in their collections and people and staff and volunteers and board members, I think that's the biggest challenge of the sector as it is indeed to many other sectors. Bernard Donoghue: But I think we're doing some amazing things and we need to shout about it and we need to share and we need to learn from each other. Kelly Molson: Absolutely agree. And that session is going to be a really great session. That's one not to miss. Ken? Ken Robinson: Well, I would say two things. First of all, as far as our visitors are concerned, I think there is a bigger polarisation now than there ever has been between those who have money and can still afford to do things and are not much impacted by the current circumstances, despite everything. And those who haven't and those who haven't have got to find ways of saving money, getting more for their money. There are so many things they can do that are free and alternatives that charged attractions find it difficult. I think we have to remember that the biggest number of attractions in the United Kingdom are heritage based attractions and they weren't purpose built like many of Paul's members, the attractions are purpose built for entertainment. But heritage attractions have got a bigger responsibility or museums housed in historic buildings. Ken Robinson: And all the time they're having to cut their costs and finding life difficult. Money isn't going into maintaining that National Heritage. And that's a real big long term challenge, one that government can't ignore. So government has a vested interest in the health of our businesses because the more healthy they are, the less will fall back on the state eventually. One last thing, I would like to mention Martin Evans and the tourism business. Ken Robinson: For the last I don't know how many years, Martin has been the person who has put together this event for us. He has to do the heavy lifting. He is backed up by our conference organisers, who are also very efficient. And the other person that I wouldn't like to miss from this, because if she could have been here today, you would have got a different flavour, is the wonderful Liz Terry and the support that her organisation. That's Liz's Organisation, her hard work in Leisure Media Group. She publishes Attractions Management magazine. Ken Robinson: She has never asked for anything from this conference and she gives it great support, without which we wouldn't have made 20 years, as I said earlier. And also a big shout and a screen for Liz. Kelly Molson: That is lovely. Thank you. I'm sure Liz will very much appreciate that. We won't forget her. Don't worry, she'll be on the credits for this podcast. I always ask our guests to leave us with a book recommendation for our listeners. So a book that you've loved, a book that you've enjoyed as part of your career growth can be absolutely anything. So, Paul, what would you like to share with us today? Paul Kelly: Oh, I tell you what, books are a bit highbrow for me. Yes, Bernard agrees with that. So I'm from the north, so I used to travel a lot when I was working North America. Commuting a little bit. So I did read a little bit then, but I very quickly swapped over to podcasts things that I download. I watch Silent Witness from the 90's, early 2000s repeatedly. I like Meet Marry Murder, which is one of the cable channels, so I'm quite simple. So I don't really have a book recommendation. I think when I have time to read, I will look forward to reading what somebody else recommends. Kelly Molson: Well, I will take Silent Witness as a recommendation because I love Silent Witness, Paul. Oh, so good. Never miss an episode, ever. So, OK, they go I mean, I can't give it away as a prize, but go and check out Silent Witness if you haven't. Bernard, what's yours? Bernard Donoghue: Well, I've been on this before and I remember my recommendation and it sounds really facile, but it was absolutely true, was Ladybird Books when I was a kid, and then that's how I got into history and heritage and storytelling and absolutely loved them. And I've still got loads of them, which is a bit sad, actually. I'm currently confined to home with a broken ankle. So I've been going through my big Bernard book of books, of all the ones that I haven't got around to reading, and the one that I've enjoyed most and has really surprised me is Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie. Absolutely fascinating. I thought I knew her. I thought I knew all about her. I know all of her characters, I've watched every conceivable film and TV program, but what a fascinating woman. Bernard Donoghue: So that's the one that I've loved this summer. Kelly Molson: Great recommendation. Yeah. I wondered what were going to get from you, actually, because you've had a lot of time on your hands to go through that book pile. Bernard Donoghue: It was either going to be Agatha Christie or the Argos catalogue. Honestly, it could have gone. Kelly Molson: It's not Christmas yet. You only do the Argos catalogue at Christmas. Ken, over to you for our last recommendation. Ken Robinson: Well, the best book quite hard to get hold of now, but I can supply copies is Action For Attractions, the National Policy Document, written in 2000. But if you want something other than that, then I have just finished reading a book which everyone else read years ago called Sapiens, which is about this thick, that's to say two and a half inches thick. For those of you listening. It's by somebody, I've just had to look him up because I couldn't have remembered it, by Yuval Noah Harari. And it's entitled A Brief History of Humankind. And what's so interesting about it is it goes through segments explaining the great moves that have happened to us humans since we appeared on this Earth. Ken Robinson: And I found the whole thing fascinating to read in one go what took me a long time, particularly the last bit, which talks about how commerce has changed the world and what we're all doing, and that's, after all, what we're doing at VAC. We are engaged in the kind of commerce that is to entertain, amuse and give enjoyment to our visitors, and at the same time keep the heritage of the country going and keep an awful lot of people employed, so I recommend Sapiens. Kelly Molson: Ken, that's a great book. It took me a really long time to read as well, but it is an absolutely fascinating book. I would totally back up your recommendation there. Have you read the next one as well, Homodeus? Ken Robinson: No one a year is enough for me. Kelly Molson: Well, I've got a toddler, so reading doesn't come easy for me right now. But Homodus is next on my list to read because that's the next one on from Sapiens and it's supposed to be a really good read as well. Right, listeners as ever, if you want to win a copy of Ken and Bernard's book, retweet this episode announcement with the words, I want the Vax books and you will be put into a prize drawer to win them. And also, do go and watch Silent Witness, Paul's recommendation, because it is blooming brilliant. I love it. Thank you all so much for coming on to join me today. I've really appreciated it. It's been a fascinating kind of deep dive into the Visitor Attractions Conference. I genuinely love this conference. It is one absolutely not to be missed. Kelly Molson: I mean, there might be a speaker called Kelly at this one. This is so I'll be there. Come and see me too. But no, thank you. It's been wonderful. As I said, we will put all of the info in the show notes. We'll put all of the connections to Paul, Ken and Bernard too. So if you've got any follow up questions that you want to ask them, I'm sure they'd be really happy to help. But it's vapevents.com. Go and grab your ticket now. Thank you, guys. Ken Robinson: And I have to tell you, Kelly, we are going to spend our time at our next committee meeting thinking of impossible questions for you for when you're speaking at VAC.Kelly Molson: Oh, God. Do it. I love impossible questions. Put me on the spot, Ken. I'll enjoy it. Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast. 

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   Justin visits with two guests today to discuss the RIMS Canada Conference 2023 on September 11th–14th in Ottawa! The first guest is the National Co-Chair of the RIMS Canada Conference 2023, Valerie Barber. Justin and Valerie discuss her risk career, her role with the government of Manitoba, and how Canada's provincial government is a good place to establish a risk management career. Valerie discusses some of the Plenary and educational events to expect at the RIMS Canada Conference. Valerie talks about Plenary Speakers Sinead Bovell and Melissa Agnes.   Melissa Agnes joins the episode as the second guest. Melissa is a world-renowned expert on crisis management and is the Founder and CEO of Crisis Ready Institute. She discusses consulting for agencies and large organizations, and how “Crisis Ready” beats managing a crisis as it happens. She talks about her Plenary talk for RIMS Canada Conference 2023 and what hampers people from being ready for a crisis. She shares some steps to being ready before a crisis comes and managing it when it does.   Listen in and learn to be Crisis Ready and protect your brand.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMScast and the RIMS App, an exclusive benefit for RIMS members. [:32] About today's episode, where we will talk about RIMS Canada Conference 2023 and hear from one of the plenary speakers about crisis management. [:55] All about exciting, upcoming RIMS events! Registration is open for the RIMS Canada Conference 2023, which will be held September 11th–14th in Ottawa! Visit RIMSCanadaConference.ca for more information. [1:16] For those of you based in Canada, Justin needs to hear from you about a game show he will be hosting on September 13th. A link to a survey is in this episode's notes. He needs your honest feedback, so he can say, “Survey says: …” Please check out the links in this episode's notes! [1:39] On September 14th, the Spencer Educational Foundation returns to New York City for its Annual Funding Their Future Gala. The event will be held at the Cipriani on 42nd Street. A link is on this episode's notes. You can also visit SpencerEd.org. [1:56] The RIMS Western Regional Conference will be held October 4th–6th in Vail, Colorado. Visit RIMSWesternRegional.com for more information and to register. [2:08] Head to the RIMS.org/Advocacy page to find information about The RIMS Legislative Summit, which is returning to Washington, D.C. on October 25th and 26th. [2:22] We are very excited about the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, which will be held November 2nd and 3rd in Denver, Colorado! The theme is Elevate and Evolve. Registration is open, as is a call for nominations for the ERM Award of Distinction. Those submissions are due September 1st. [2:43] The first guest on today's episode is the National Co-Chair of the RIMS Canada Conference 2023. She has also been a risk leader for the government of Manitoba for more than 20 years. She will share her risk philosophies and then we will talk about RIMS Canada Conference 2023. [3:01] Justin welcomes Valerie Barber to RIMScast! [3:18] Valerie started in accounting, for an insurance agency and company. After five years, she worked in claims at a brokerage office for several years. She took a position next with the government of Manitoba in claims and loss prevention, then insurance and risk management, and later, the director of the insurance and risk management branch. [4:18] Her background in working with losses as they happened and preventing future losses was a good foundation to move into the risk management side. Valerie is going on 24 years of working with the government of Manitoba, [4:53] Valerie's employer is a small but mighty branch of the government. There are four individuals, an increase. They are now fully staffed. It was incredibly relieving for Valerie to get the third and the fourth person hired. Since she started, she has done three of the four positions in the branch. [6:40] In Canada, there are significant numbers of pubic sector risk professionals in RIMS, attending the conferences and other educational opportunities. Risk professionals that Valerie has met are quick to share knowledge and experiences they've encountered that may help others going through similar situations now. [7:46] Among the RIMS provincial membership there is an informal group called GovRIMS, that meets before the conference every year. [9:32] The theme of the RIMS Canada Conference 2023 is Risk Evolution...Be a Part of It. Risk continues to evolve in Canada, as everywhere else, as old risks develop and new risks emerge. Risk managers today have to reimagine and adapt. What worked before may not work today. [10:15] Valerie notes numerous challenges: cyber, political, financial, weather-related events, fires in Hawaii and Canada, flooding, artificial intelligence, and pandemics. In 2020 RIMS was to have Vision 2020 in Ottawa which did not occur because of COVID-19. Three years later we are finally getting there! [11:32] RIMS Canada Conference 2023 will be held on September 11–14 in Ottawa, the beautiful capital city of Canada, named by CNN Travel as one of the best destinations to visit in 2023. There are many local attractions. Shops, the ByWard Market, Parliament buildings, and National Museums are close to Shaw Convention Centre. [12:50] The Shaw Convention Centre is exceptional, with stunning views of the canals and city skyline. The Conference Centre is very spacious to accommodate all aspects of the conference, including the opening night reception, the plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, and the exhibit hall, which we are pleased to say was sold out in space. [13:54] The Plenary Sessions feature speakers who are making an impact on the risk landscape with their followers. Day 1's plenary is Melissa Agnes, who is recognized as a leading authority on crisis preparedness, reputation management, and brand protection. There are many crises out there for which we need to be prepared. [14:45] It will be interesting to learn the types of strategies and the secrets to successful crisis management. The next big event is potentially around the corner, globally, nationally, or in our backyards. [15:28] The second featured Plenary Speaker, Sinead Bovell, is a future-of-work expert. She will discuss the future of AI in her address. AI is a prime example of risk revolution. An AI-related age discrimination case has been filed recently. AI hiring software was rejecting candidates over certain ages. [16:49] Valerie is interested in learning about the good things that will be happening with AI in risk management. [17:06] Closing out RIMS Canada Conference 2023 on September 14th is Lt. General Roméo Dallaire, an international champion of human rights, a mental health advocate, and a leadership & crisis management expert. Lt. General Dallaire is a Canadian national treasure not only for his military background but also for the work he's done afterward. [18:27] The RIMS CRMP Exam Prep will be a pre-conference workshop on September 10th and 11th on-site. See the link on this episode's notes. Save $100.00 Canadian when you register for both the conference and the workshop. There were 75% more sessions submitted for consideration. [18:50] There are 68 exceptional educational sessions. Sessions are either 60-minutes long or there are 20-minute thought leadership sessions. Tracks include career development, claims management, cyber risk management, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, emerging risks, and more. Select educational sessions on the registration page. [20:15] Justin is hosting a Family-Feud-style gameshow on September 13th. You can see details in this episode's notes. Justin thanks Valerie for being on today's episode, [20:46] RIMS plug time! Sponsor an episode of RIMScast! Contact us at pd@rims.org. For upcoming virtual workshops visit RIMS.org/virtualworkshops for the calendar. Managing Data for ERM is a three-module course that begins September 21st. [21:31] Optimizing Risk Management with Artificial Intelligence will be led on September 28th by Pat Saporito. Recent RIMScast guest Chris Hansen will be leading Managing Worker Compensation, Employer's Liability, and Employment Practices in the US on November 7th and 8th. Be sure to register for that course! [22:04] Information about these sessions and others is on the RIMS Virtual Workshops page. Check it out and register! [22:12] For anyone attending RIMS Canada on September 10th and 11th, we will host an in-person RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep In-Person Workshop in Ottawa, and it will be led by former RIMS President Chris Mandel. [22:32] Visit RIMS.org/Certification for these and future workshops. A link is also in this episode's show notes, as is a link to the full Virtual Workshop calendar. [22:45] There is a new RIMS webinar called A Decade of Disconnect: Understanding Multi-Generational Mental Health in the Workplace. It is sponsored by Travelers and Constitution State Services on September 7th, 2023 at 12:00 noon Eastern. Visit Rims.org/webinars or the link on this episode's show notes to register. [23:12] On September 26th, Gallagher will present A Road Less Challenged? An Outlook on the Management Liability Market at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Visit RIMS.org/Webinars to learn more about these webinars and to register! [23:29] Links are on the show notes. Webinar registration is complimentary for RIMS members. [23:37] Our next guest, Melissa Agnes, is a world-renowned authority on crisis management and the Founder and CEO of Crisis Ready Institute. She will kick off the RIMS Canada Conference 2023 on September 11th with the Plenary Session. Melissa joins us today to provide a brief preview and talk about her risk management career. [24:03] Justin welcomes Melissa Agnes to RIMScast and introduces her. Melissa has advised people around the world from all walks of life. She has worked with NATO and other notable agencies and organizations to help them understand risk and build invincible brands that can withstand even the most devastating of events. [25:01] Global agencies and governments are slow to create change. One of the great things for Melissa is to work with the individuals who recognize the slowness of the change process and continue to advocate internally to uplevel the organization's skillset in crisis response. [25:49] Around the world in governments and agencies, Melissa finds incredible people with thankless jobs where even their stakeholders don't understand the complexity of their roles and there are a lot of negative viewpoints, yet they continue to work to level up their skillset and bring the cultural component of “crisis ready” to the organization. [26:38] Melissa coined the term “crisis ready” about 14 years ago. It came out of her frustration with the status quo of crisis preparedness. Melissa didn't agree with the status quo. She created a definition for “crisis ready” that is similar to but more than crisis preparedness. She started it as a hashtag, #CrisisReady, and it became a brand. [27:23] Crisis ready is about having a culture. It's not about having a crisis management plan document that sits on a shelf but about developing a program that permeates the organization. It consists of the mindset, skillset, and capabilities designed to respond to crisis in a way that strengthens trust. [28:07] Melissa explains about measuring trust. You can feel it. It's just not easily quantifiable. That's part of the struggle. In organizations, getting buy-in support for the “crisis-ready” culture is universally the biggest challenge that I experience. [28:51] No matter how “crisis ready” an organization is, there's constantly the obstacle of gaining buy-in and support. It's against human nature to talk about the negative. They don't understand what a strength-building positive it is to get past viewing “crisis ready” as a negative. [29:33] In her future presentations and book, Melissa will be talking about the five hindrances people face in getting “crisis ready” or dealing with crises as they occur. It's against our human nature to get ready. The five hindrances are avoidance, ego, fear, ignorance, and politics. [31:23] Melissa's advice for non-profits: First, go through your core values and make sure that they are your foundation, what you stand for, and why you exist. Make sure that you're living by them. Second, in alignment with the first, know how to respond to controversy. Controversy is a big part of the world, There is a tactic for responding. [32:24] When responding to controversy, be thoughtful, decisive, clear, and quiet. Being thoughtful means looking at the controversy, understanding what it is, and understanding the emotion and how it drives the controversy and complicates things. [33:26] Understand why it is controversial and divisive. Understand where it aligns with your core values. If you think you can appease everyone, you will have a hard awakening. Don't try to make everybody happy. [34:31] Being decisive means taking a stance. If you don't, it looks like you are trying to appease everyone. Instead, you will lose everyone. State your core values and the stance you are taking in alignment with your core values. [35:13] Being clear means being as clear and concise as you can in your response to the controversy. Talk about your core values. Do not leave room for ambiguity. Talk about why you're taking the stance that you are in alignment with those core values. It needs to be concise and clear. People may not like it, but they can respect it. [36:08] Being quiet comes when you have been thoughtful, decisive, and clear; there will be nothing left to say. Let the conversation unfold by itself. Let your advocates come to your defense. Let those who are upset have the space to validate how they feel and then they'll move on. Then you can move forward with recovery. [36:59] Often it takes an unfortunate situation for people to wake up and see they're not ready. At the beginning of her career, Melissa learned that she wanted her brand to be Crisis Ready, not crisis management. Crisis is an emotional time. Unless Melissa has a relationship with the leadership team before the crisis, her job is 100 times harder! [38:00] Without a prior relationship, it's hard for Melissa in the moment to help the organization cross that border of fear and ego. People get in their own way, and Melissa feels that she didn't do as well as she could have for them because they blocked it. [38:35] Melissa decided that she would build relationships before clients were hit with a crisis, so when they got in crisis, Melissa could kick into gear and serve them instead of fighting against their human nature of self-protection. She never wants to waste energy selling something to somebody who isn't ready. She started her brand with a clear blog. [40:04] A crisis can stem from social media or a physical event. We live in a complex world. A crisis has to hit certain criteria to be a crisis. If you call every social media issue a social media crisis, some people will not take it as seriously. [41:13] Melissa sat on the panel that developed the updated International Standard for Crisis Management, or ISO 22361. That was pre-pandemic, in 2019. It was a UK committee but Melissa Canadian, based in the U.S. Melissa says it was a huge honor to be put on this panel. It's always interesting to work by committee, but it was great. [42:59] Melissa can spot her influence in the standard. No one person can create all of that alone. She feels proud of the collective efforts and collaboration of the committee and their lived experiences that contributed to creating that whole. [44:06] Melissa is very excited about RIMS Canada Conference 2023! She will be bringing to the stage something that she can't find anywhere else. The message is so important so she has so much passion for sharing what she's going to share and engaging and interacting with the audience. She feels very honored to be able to do that. [44:47] Without ego, Melissa says she hopes the audience will listen in. She is passionate about this message in the talk she's been giving this year. It lights her up. Melissa doesn't believe we've been set up for success in our society, from kindergarten straight through, and that will be part of her message. [44:25] Justin looks forward to meeting Melissa Agnes at RIMS Canada Conference and thanks her for joining us on RIMScast! [45:38] Special thanks to my guests for joining me. I'm looking forward to Melissa Agnes's Plenary Session on September 11, 2023, at the RIMS Canada Conference in Ottawa. Register now at RIMSCanadaConference.ca. [45:52] Be sure to tune in next week to RIMScast. We have another Plenary Speaker from RIMS Canada Conference 2023, Sinead Bovell. [46:01] We cover crisis management in Risk Management Magazine. You can find it at RMMagazine.com but RIMS members can access it instantly via the RIMS app. This is a special members-only benefit. Everybody loves the RIMS app! 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Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.   About our guest, Valerie Barber: Valerie Barber National Co-Chair of the RIMS Canada Conference Government of Manitoba   About our guest, Melissa Agnes: Melissa AgnesCrisis Ready Institute   Tweetables (For Social Media Use):   “If you're encountering a situation, someone else has encountered it before. … Individuals are very free with providing and sharing information that they have and different strategies and solutions that they've used to deal with similar situations.” — Valerie Barber   “There are numerous challenges that we face, including cyber, political, financial, weather-related events, … just this week with Hawaii, very unfortunate, … wildfires, flooding, … artificial intelligence, … and of course, pandemics.” — Valerie Barber   “One of the great things is working with people, individuals, who even admit that kind of slowness, that snail-paced progression [of a large agency]. They continue to advocate  internally for the need to uplevel their skillset in crisis response.” — Melissa Agnes   “In these large organizations, … getting buy-in support [for a ‘crisis ready' culture] is universally the biggest challenge that I and anybody in my shoes, whether they're consultants or they're internally advocating for this, experience.” — Melissa Agnes

Bhavesh Rawal as the Hotel Manager, of the Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre has an extraordinary story.With 15 years in hospitality, he started as a chef and today is the Hotel Manager of one of Dubai's oldest Hotels.The Le Meridien Dubai Hotel and Conference Centre.Bhavesh also has the responsibility of all off-site catering business, sales and operations aside from the Conference Centre which is one of the largest conference and banqueting facilities in Dubai, spread across 5,500 square meters within 25 meeting and event spaces including three ballrooms. https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/dxbmd-le-meridien-dubai-hotel-and-conference-centre/overview/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a preview of what's in store for Canada's Used Car Week, which is set for the Delta Hotels Toronto Airport & Conference Centre on June 12-14, Stephanie Lamb appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. The director of automotive lending at CIBC shared what's caught her attention so far this year and more in a conversation giving a glimpse of the high-end presentations and networking opportunities set for the three-day event focused on the Canadian used-vehicle market.

Every year, the Mayor of Guelph is invited to an event called the State of the City where he or she gives a speech to the members of the Chamber of Commerce about the current issues facing Guelph and how city council plans on addressing them. It once was said that to understand the future, you have to look to the past, so what was on the mayor's mind last year when he talked to the Chamber? The 2022 State of the City took place on March 31, delayed from the usual late-January/early-February perch for the event due pandemic circumstances at the time. (Remember, there was another lockdown last January.) It was an election year, so Guthrie was going to be called on to set the stage for his then-undeclared re-election campaign, not to mention some advocacy and politicking that could be done in the then-upcoming provincial election too. So how much has changed since the last State of the City? Guthrie was re-elected, and so was the Progressive Conservative government in Queen's Park, and while COVID-19 has receded further into the background, the effects of the pandemic are still lingering. But cities have also been whammied by massive policy changes from the Province that don't seem to address the problems and only create new headaches for municipalities like Guelph to deal with. There's an entire suite of issues that might make the final cut in this year's State of the City, but on this edition of the podcast, we're going back to 2022. Mayor Guthrie used the conceit of the then-internet phenom Wordle to lay out the City of Guelph's priorities in five-letter word chunks, and you'll also hear from Medical Officer of Health Dr. Nicola Mercer who was honoured by Guthrie during the State of the City for her leadership during the pandemic. So let's go back in time to last year's State of the City on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! The 2023 State of the City hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce is Thursday February 2 at 7 am at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre on Stone Road. Tickets are $50 for members and $70 for future members. To find out more information, call the Chamber office at 519-822-8081 or go to the Chamber's website. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Myra Gleeson speaks to Aislinn Dooley secretary IASA (Irish Aviation Student's Association) and Matthewn Gordon the Chairperson of the IASA.  To chat about their amazing Aviation Event and the different areas of careers in the Aviation Industry. Contact A 0832095168  M 0879944947 aislinn.dooley@iasa.aero

Peter Redding, is a Sports Journalist and Producer/Host of Hollywood Balls Live, which is filmed at the Dubliner's at the Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre. Peter spoke to TSB about Lionel Messi, who recently said he is counting the days until the World Cup and believes his team have a good chance of winning the tournament. Argentina will arrive in Qatar with their confidence high after winning the 2021 Copa America final against hosts Brazil, which Messi believes was a turning-point for his team after several near misses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny Guthrie made his professional debut for Liverpool at 18 as a substitute on a field, before he launched into his career spanning over 200 appearances in the EPL with Liverpool, Newcastle, and Reading and over 135 appearances in the championship with Blackburn, Fulham, and Newcastle. Danny joined TSB to discuss his player career, his coaching career which has seen him move to the UAE and Hollywood Balls Live, which is a football-content show filmed live at The Dubliner's at Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GB2RS News Sunday the 2nd of October 2022 The news headlines: RSGB Convention 2022 Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet Three new CW and FT8 Beacons in Service Booking for the RSGB Convention ends today, Sunday the 2nd of October, so don't miss out! You will still be able to buy day tickets at the event, but these will be at a higher price. The programme is available on the RSGB website with summaries of some of the presentations. Information is added regularly to help you make the most of the weekend. In addition to over 50 lectures, there are also RSGB sessions on Sunday where you can meet the Regional Team, the Board of Directors and the Contest Committees. Do go along and hear from these volunteer groups, find out their plans for the coming year and ask any questions you may have. DXCC card checking and new user registrations for Logbook of the World will be available on Saturday only. Full information about the Convention is at rsgb.org/convention. Jamboree on the Air and Jamboree on the Internet is the world's largest radio and digital Scout event. It takes place on the air and online between the 14th and the 16th of October. If you or your club are planning to help a local Scout group get on the air, the RSGB would love to hear about it. Email radcom@rsgb.org.uk and also post the details on the RSGB's Facebook and Twitter profiles. For more information about the worldwide event go to jotajoti.info. On Sunday the 25th of September, the Mid Cornwall Beacon and Repeater Group brought into service three new CW and FT8 Beacons. These can be found on 28.215MHz, 40.050MHz and 60.300MHz, each using the callsign GB3MCB. The beacons were constructed by Peter, G8BCG and are located at IO70OJ in mid-Cornwall. They are ideally situated for identifying transatlantic and equatorial Sporadic-E as well as F2 propagation. For further information visit gb3nc.org.uk.   The next RSGB Tonight@8 webinar is on Monday the 3rd of October when Daimon Tilley, G4USI takes ‘HF on Holiday'. Aimed at everyone, from beginners upwards, Daimon will look at considerations and ideas for those who would like to take HF away with them. Find out more on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/webinars. The latest edition of RadCom Basics was released on the 29th of September. Each edition of RadCom Basics explores key aspects of amateur radio in a straightforward way. An email alert is sent to subscribers when a new edition of RadCom Basics is published. Topics included in the latest edition include how to start with a tight budget, basic bench fault finding and working towards and claiming awards. For more information visit rsgb.org/radcom-basics. The RSGB is hosting the Transatlantic Centenary Tests 2022 on the HF bands for the month of December. Unlike those of the 1920s, which consisted of one-way communication, this event will encourage worldwide, two-way communication with UK and Crown Dependency stations. There will be a series of awards available for making QSOs with those who are activating historic RSGB callsigns. The Club Log Team has kindly agreed to provide the supporting infrastructure for this. Taking part is simple and everything you need to know is on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/transatlantic-tests. And now for details of rallies and events The 48th Welsh Radio Rally, due to be held on Monday the 3rd of October at Rougemont School, Newport, has been cancelled as previously publicised. The RSGB Convention will take place between Friday the 7th of October and Sunday the 9th of October at Kent's Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. For more information visit rsgb.org/convention. National Hamfest will take place on Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th of October at Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire. Gates open at 9.30 am and the main hall opens at 10 am. For more information visit nationalhamfest.org.uk.   Now the Special Event News ZL75WARC will be on the air from New Zealand between the 1st of October and the 31st of December to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Whangarei Amateur Radio Club. A certificate will be awarded for working any three club members on any two modes. To celebrate its 45th birthday, Haan Amateur Radio Club, in northern Germany, will be on the air from the 1st of October 2022 to the 30th of September 2023 as DR45HAAN. QSL via the DARC bureau. Now the DX news IK1TTD will be active from the Maldives, AS-013, as 8Q7TD between Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 17th of October, mainly on 20m. QSL via his home call either directly, via the Bureau or Logbook of the World. Didier, F6BCW is active from the Marquesas Islands, OC-027, as TX7G until the 15th of October. He will be available on the 80 to 10m HF bands using CW, SSB and possibly FT8 and RTTY. QSL details via QRZ.com. Graham, MM0GHM will be active portable or mobile from Barra Island in the Outer Hebrides, EU-010, between the 1st and the 8th of October. QSL via MM0GHM directly, via the Bureau and eQSL. Now the contest news Today, the 2nd, the RSGB DX Contest will take place between 0600 to 1800UTC. The operation will take place on all of the HF bands, where contest operation is permitted, using CW and SSB. The exchange is a signal report and serial number. This weekend the 432MHz to 245GHz Contest ends its 24-hour run at 1400UTC today, the 2nd of October. At the same time, the IARU 432MHz to 245GHz contest is also taking place. Using all modes, the exchange is the same for both contests, signal report, serial number and locator. The Worked All Britain DX Contest takes place today, Sunday the 2nd of October, between 0500 to 2300UTC. Using SSB on the 80, 40, 20 and 10m bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and Worked all Britain square. On Monday, the RSGB Autumn Series CW Contest will take place between 1900 to 2030UTC. Using the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Tuesday sees the 144MHz FM Activity Contest run from 1800 to 1855UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange is the same, signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday the Irish Radio Transmitters Society 80m Evening Counties Contest takes place between 1900 to 2000UTC. Using CW and SSB, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Irish stations also exchange their county code. On Wednesday, the UK and Ireland Contest Club 80m Contest will take place from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using SSB, the exchange is your six-character locator. On Wednesday, the RSGB 144MHz FT8 Activity Contest will take place between 1900 to 2100UTC. The exchange is a report and a four-character locator. The Oceania DX CW contest will start at 0800UTC on Saturday the 8th and run for 24 hours. Using all of the HF bands, where contest operation is permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 30th of September 2022 The HF bands have been really humming this week, making up for the summer doldrums. A lot of this is due to the seasonal change in the ionosphere that results in more monatomic species and fewer diatomic ones. These are easier to ionise, which is good news for radio amateurs everywhere as the MUF rises. A quick check shows that all the HF bands up to 10m have been serving up DX, so make the most of it. There have been 10m openings as far as Wyoming and California. The solar flux index has been static at 135, and that may not change too much as we enter next week with the return of old sunspot region 3098, which still appears to be active. The Kp index reached six on Tuesday due to the impact of a coronal mass ejection on the Sun. This resulted in widespread visible aurora. Unfortunately, a large coronal hole will become Earth-centric on Friday the 30th, which may result in a high-speed solar wind stream that is expected to reach Earth beginning late on the 30th of September and into the 1st of October. If the stream's Bz is pointing south it could result in minor (G1) to moderate (G2) geomagnetic storming. Visible and radio aurora at higher latitudes may be possible heading into the new month as well. NOAA predicts that the solar flux will remain around the 130 mark, but that the Kp index may elevate to five or even six over the first half of the week. So we may have seen the best of the DX for the time being, at least until the Kp index recovers. And now the VHF and up propagation news. The current period of weather is fairly typical of autumn with a mix of fine, settled ridges of high pressure interrupted by some passages of low pressure with their attendant fronts and bands of showers. These can be very vigorous systems with scope to bring gales to some areas making this a good time of the year to make those final checks of antenna guys and fixings before winter comes. In terms of propagation, there will be some active rain bands crossing the country, plus a chance of a few showers. This raises the possibility of some rain scatter on the GHz bands, although less intense than summer events. The shower part of the story tends to favour the seas around our coasts, but in stronger autumn winds you will need to keep on top of the tracking rate which can be quite brisk. The occasional periods of high pressure bring a good chance of Tropo at times, especially towards the continent from Biscay and France across to Germany and Poland. There will be some overnight mist and fog, which usually gives a boost to Tropo for part of the day at least. Other exotic modes, like aurora, are certainly worth consideration after recent examples, plus of course, the chance of some random meteor scatter. The daytime Sextantid meteor shower is still active through to the 9th of October although we are past the peak. The Moon is at minimum declination today (Sunday) and at perigee on Tuesday. Path losses will be low and Moon windows will lengthen as the week progresses. 144MHz sky noise is high today, but low from Tuesday. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

It's Thursday August 4th. Good Morning I'm Karim Mosna with your daily news brief. In the news…   A resounding 96% vote from Hospitality and Food Services staff at Queen's University's Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre was recently triggered by pay gaps between Donald Gordon employees and those doing the same jobs on main […]

Plans to build a riverside conference centre in Whangārei are no longer dead in the water. Last year the council refused to help pay for the Ōruku Landing project - originally pitched by private developers. The designs have been scaled back, and today the council agreed to put the money in. Sam Olley was at the hui.

Welcome to Creative Iceland – a special The Culture Bar mini-podcast series focusing on the creative scene in Iceland. This series is hosted by Icelander Arna Margrét Jónsdóttir from HarrisonParrott. Arna will be speaking with fellow Icelanders about various topics related to the creative scene in Iceland. For this episode we will explore cultural activities for children at concert venues, focusing on Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre. We will go over the importance of children's culture, look into recent policy changes around children's cultural activities at subsidised concert venues, and learn about cultural activities for, with and by children taking place at Harpa. Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir is the Director of Harpa – Concert Hall and Conference Center in Reykjavík, Iceland. Svanhildur has over twenty years of successful experience in the cultural sector in Iceland and abroad. Since 2004, she served as a board member of the company that oversaw the construction and preparation of Harpa's operations, then served on the board of directors from 2011 – 2016. She became the director of Harpa in 2017. In recent years, Svanhildur was the Director of Culture and Tourism of Reykjavík responsible for Reykjavík City's cultural, artistic and tourism activities. This included the overseeing of operation of numerous cultural institutions and Visit Reykjavik — events and marketing office which she started. She headed the bid leading up to Reykjavík becoming a UNESCO City of Literature and also the Reykjavík Music City Program. Svanhildur's background is in culture, journalism and media and she is the author of two books. She has worked for Reykjavík Arts Festival, Reykjavík European City of Culture 2000 and the National Broadcasting Service. She was the chairperson of UNICEF in Iceland for six years and has served on various other boards — now on the board of The Red Cross in Reykjavík. Among international art projects is the collaboration with Yoko Ono on IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Videy island and the international promotion of Icelandic arts and culture through various channels and partners. Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir is a musician, creative workshop leader and children's culture project manager at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre. She has diverse education and experience in various fields of music and a degree in Creative Music Communication from the Iceland University of the Arts. In the last years, she has focused on children's culture, creating, and hosting cultural podcasts for children and families at the Icelandic National Television and Radio (RÚV), teaching and performing music to and for children and leading music improv and composition workshops in various settings, for example in art festivals, music schools and concert venues such as Harpa. As a project manager, she supervises the children and family program in Harpa (which includes concerts, workshops, and other events) as well as the musical experimentation space in Harpa, Hljóðhimnar. The aim is to make Harpa familiar to every child, support culture for children, with children but most importantly culture by children.

A fierce contest to determine who should lead the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng is expected to take centre stage at the party's provincial conference in Benoni this weekend. Deputy chairperson in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, will go up against provincial executive committee (PEC) member Lebogang Maile for the chairpersonship. Despite the provincial leadership's assurances that there will be less security at the conference, roads leading to the Lakes Hotel and Conference Centre were barricaded and there was a heavy police presence. Gauteng secretary Jacob Khawe, who condemned the heavy security at the Ekurhuleni conference, gave the assurances. The conference was delayed on Thursday because some delegates had not yet finalised their accreditation. It will begin on Friday with an address by outgoing chairperson David Makhura. ANC delegates from the province's five branches arrived in ANC regalia. News24 understands meetings by those who support the two slates contesting the conference were held on Thursday. These caucuses are the norm during ANC conferences and are often used to solidify numbers ahead of voting. Crunching the numbers Maile, in his "Adiwele" slate, is running alongside Ekurhuleni regional secretary Thembinkosi Nciza and Mzi Khumalo, who was expected to vie for the deputy chairperson position. Lesufi has a more diverse gender dynamic in his slate, with deputy provincial secretary Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko set to contest the deputy chairperson position. Sedibeng regional chairperson Thulani Kunene is expected to vie for the provincial secretary position. Khawe, who does not belong to any of the popular slates, wants to keep his position, even though there is no word on whether branches support him. He told News24 that he was still in the running and was confident that he had served his last term to the party's satisfaction - despite some views that his time was unsatisfactory. News24 understands that Lesufi and Maile have considerable support in the five regions: Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, West Rand, Tshwane and Sedibeng. Those who have intimate knowledge of the slate dynamics in the province told News24 that most branches in Tshwane supported Maile. In Sedibeng, there's considerable support for Lesufi, with some backing Maile. In Ekurhuleni, the numbers were close, with both men showing a support base. In the West Rand, Maile is said to have the upper hand. In Joburg it's seen as too close to call, with both men sourcing support from the region's branches. There will be 1 300 delegates who are eligible to vote, and credentials are expected to be adopted on Friday. Those who will vote include the ANC leagues and the PEC.

Charlie Moores and Dominic Dyer discuss attempts  by fox-hunting supporters. to intimidate activists. It's nothing new of course, but it should always be called out. In this particular instance, fox hunting supporters are making threats towards a hotel in Peterborough where the League Against Cruel Sports is hosting their next Enough is Enough event on June 17th and at which Dominic will be speaking...Register for free for ‘Enough is Enough' at The Bull Hotel and Conference Centre, Peterborough, June 17th starting at 19:00.League Against Cruel Sports Website and Twitter feed

François Morvan est l'invité du Grand Soir, accompagnée de Valérie Fontine, guide spécialisée dans le patrimoine genevois et l'oenotourisme et également médiatrice culturelle, en deuxième heure de l'émission. Autres invité.es: Melismell - Julie Pietri

GB2RS News Sunday the 8th of May 2022 The news headlines: Could you join the RadCom Editorial team? IARU Region 1 wants your bright ideas for the hobby RSGB Convention bookings open If you are interested in becoming part of the RSGB RadCom Editorial team, the Society is recruiting for a Managing Editor and a Technical Editor. There is further information about both roles on the Society's website at www.rsgb.org/careers. The IARU Region 1 is looking for ideas that could lead to more licensed radio amateurs. Draft proposals are welcome by the 31st of May. The best ideas will be shared with the proposing teams so they can work on a more detailed project on 10th June. Details are at iaru-r1.org. The RSGB is holding an in-person Convention again between the 7th and 9th of October at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, Milton Keynes. Booking is now open and, if you book by the 31st of August, you can take advantage of the early-bird discounts. For further information see rsgb.org/convention. Canada's amateur radio regulator has granted amateurs in Canada the right to use special callsigns in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee for the period of the 14th of May to the 14th of July. For example, VE3 calls become VX3, VA7 becomes VG7 and so on. The special callsigns may also be used during the IARU World HF Championship Contest. Today, Sunday the 8th of May is the deadline for young radio amateurs to apply to represent their country and national society at this year's Youngsters on the Air, or YOTA, summer camp. The camp will be held in Croatia from the 6th to the 13th of August. To apply, you need to be a Member of the RSGB, aged between 15 and 25. For further information see rsgb.org/yota. The digital TV repeater, GB3JV, has undergone some major upgrades. A new 70cm reduced bandwidth TV input and a new repeater controller have been added. Justin, G8YTZ, the repeater keeper, hopes the upgrades will encourage more users. Listeners may be interested to know there is an article in the CQ-TV magazine, number 275, about the repeater controller. More at gb3jv.co.uk. A reminder that the RSGB's summer programme for Tonight@8 begins tomorrow, Monday the 9th of May. Mark Haynes, M0DXR will talk about contesting. He will explain how this aspect of amateur radio can not only be a good test for your station but also a great way to make lots of QSOs with many countries in a short period of time. You can watch and ask questions live on the RSGB YouTube channel or find out more on the Society's website at rsgb.org/webinars. And now for details of rallies and events Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. We'll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online. Today, the 8th, the Lough Erne ARC Annual Rally will be held at the Arena @ Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea Road, Lisnaskea BT92 0JZ. Doors open at 11.30 am for the public. Facilities are available on-site for breakfast, lunches and tea & coffee. Next Saturday, the 14th, the Barry ARS Rally will take place at Sully Sports & Social Club, South Road, Sully near Barry CF64 5SP. Open to the traders from 7.30 am and to the public from 9.30 am, admission is £2.50. There is free parking on site. Now the DX news Mike, W6QT plans to be active as DU3/W6QT from Subic Bay in the Philippines until the 15th of September. He will operate SSB and FT8 on the 6 to 80m bands. QSL via W6QT. The log will be uploaded to Logbook of The World and Club Log. Ilya, R5AF and Igor, R4FCN will be active as EX/R5AF and EX/R4FCN from Kyrgyzstan until the 14th of May. They will operate CW, FT8 and some SSB on the 10 to 40m bands. QSL cards will be sent to everyone via the bureau. They also plan to upload to Logbook of The World, eQSL, HamLog and Club Log. Three operators will be active as 5P1EG from Romo Island, EU-125, until the 14th of May. They will operate CW, SSB and digital modes on various bands. QSL via SP1EG. Yuris, YL2GM will be active as VU4W from the Andaman Islands, AS- 001, until the 16th of May. Look for activity on the 10 to 160m bands CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 Fox and Hounds mode. QSL via Club Log's OQRS or direct to YL2GN. Now the Special Event news Northwest Group Amateur Radio Club in Londonderry are activating GB0AEL as part of the 90th Anniversary of Amelia Earhart's landing in Londonderry. She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. They will activate GB0AEL from the 13th to the 30th of May. More information on qrz.com under the callsign GB0AEL. GB0SCW will be on the air from Stone Cross Windmill, East Sussex between 10 am and 5 pm on the 7th and 8th of May. They plan to use SSB on the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands, as well as 2m and 70cm FM. There may also be HF operations from a car parked on the windmill grounds during the evenings. See qrz.com for more details. Other special event stations to look for during the next week are GB2WTM from Woodbridge Tide Mill and GB1TLB from Torbay. GB2PHC will be operating from Macclesfield and GB5CBH from Broad Hinton. Finally, from the Ofcom data, GB2IPA will be on the air from Southwold. Now the contest news Running for 24 hours next weekend, the 432MHz to 245GHz contest ends at 1400UTC today, the 8th. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also running for 24 hours is the ARI International DX Contest. This finishes at 1200UTC today, the 8th. Using CW, RTTY and SSB on the 3.5MHz to 28MHz bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note that Italian stations will also give their Province code. Three contests are due to take place today, the 8th of May. The UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 0800 to 1400UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also running between 0800 and 1400UTC is the 10GHz Trophy contest. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Finally, for today, the 8th, the Worked All Britain 7MHz Phone Contest runs from 1000 to 1400UTC. Phone modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and your Worked All Britain location. On Monday the SSB leg of the 80m Club Championships runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. The exchange is a signal report and serial number. The 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1800 to 1855UTC on Tuesday. It is followed by the all-mode 432MHz UK Activity Contest from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange is the same for both, the signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday it is the 432MHz FT8 Activity Contest running from 1900 to 2100UTC. The exchange is your report and 4-character locator. Thursday sees the 50MHz UK Activity Contest taking place between 1900 and 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next Sunday, the 15th, the 70MHz CW contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The UK Microwave Groups millimetre-wave contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC next Sunday, the 15th. Using all modes on the 24, 47 and 76GHz bands the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Friday the 6th of May 2022. Last week was characterised by solar flares. At the time of writing, we have seen more than 50 since the 1st of May, including one high-energy X-class flare. This occurred on the 3rd of May at 1325 hours and caused a radio blackout over much of the Atlantic. Luckily, the Kp index has remained low, which has enabled the ionosphere to develop. And solar flux indices have been steadily climbing and reached 130 by Thursday. There have been many reports of good propagation. It has been a simple case of being in the right place at the right time. Ten metres has been open well into the evening at times, as well as providing paths to Australasia in the morning. At other times people have reported the band as being dead. We have also seen the beginnings of the Sporadic-E season with reports that 10 metres has been wide open to Europe at times. Hopefully, this will develop as the month goes on. Next week, NOAA predicts that the SFI may dip before climbing back into the 120s. However, the US Air Force says that it will just continue to rise, perhaps hitting 140. This seems more plausible going on past performance. Geomagnetic conditions are predicted to be quiet with a Kp index of two. However, it would only take one Earth-facing coronal mass ejection to spoil this entirely. And now the VHF and up propagation news. Starting with Tropo news, this weekend sees the new week starting with high pressure right over the British Isles. This high will drift slowly southeast into the continent by midweek, centred over the Balkans. There should be some reasonable Tropo paths, especially to the south into France and northern Spain. This will be fairly short-lived because, starting midweek, a weakening cold front brings rain to northwest Britain and breaks up into showers as it moves south. This brings the prospect of some rain scatter for a while and as per last week, this is likely to peak in the afternoon. After these showery days, another high appears by Friday to end the week, gradually transferring to the North Sea with a further chance of Tropo. Bear in mind that these weather forecasts are 10 days out so there are bound to be differences in the models. From midweek, some models retain the showery risk for longer. Summer Sporadic-E, or Es, propagation is well underway with some early reports up to 2m by Chris, G0DWV who heard an IV3 briefly on 2m before dropping back into the noise. We have had many hints of the new season, mostly on 10m and 6m. Just to remind you that Es activity tends to come in two periods, mid-morning and again late afternoon/early evening. Remember the daily blog on Propquest.co.uk, which gives the current day's prospects as well as an EPI (Es Probability Index) map to allow you to plan your shack activity. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is tailing off now but the Make More Miles on the VHF website suggests that meteoroids released from the minor planet 2006GY2 may cause activity on the 15th of May around 1020UTC. Apparently, the stream should be dense, so worth a look. The Moon has passed peak declination and we are a week away from next Sunday's perigee. The week's trend will therefore be for shorter Moon windows and peak elevation and falling path losses. 144MHz sky noise is low this week, slowly rising and reaching 400K next Sunday. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

Vous le savez, le Metaverse a été LE gros sujet technologique de la fin de l'année 2021. Et bien du 7 au 10 mars prochain se tiendra le tout premier salon dédié à Dubai aux Émirats Arabes Unis. Mais petite subtilité, il s'agira d'un événement en présentiel. Pourquoi ne pas avoir misé sur un événement virtuel et ainsi coller avec le principe de Métaverse ? Je vous l'accorde, il y a une certaine incohérence dans ce choix, et je n'ai pas d'explication à vous apporter. Ceci dit, cette MetaWeek a pour objectif de devenir un événement de référence en ce qui concerne le Metaverse. Quel programme y sera proposé ? Cet événement a-t-il vraiment les moyens de peser dans le paysage technologique ? C'est ce que je vous propose de voir dans cet épisode. Peut-être le saviez-vous déjà mais le metaverse pourrait générer plus de 1 000 milliards de dollars de revenus. Un potentiel qui attire beaucoup de monde, en particulier le groupe Meta, propriétaire de Facebook notamment. Son patron Mark Zuckerberg mise en effet sur un Horizon Worlds, Nike et Adidas avec des NFT, et bon nombre de jeux play to earn, c'est à dire où il faut jouer pour gagner des récompenses et potentiellement de l'argent. Pour tout comprendre sur le Metaverse en tant que tel, les NFT et la technologie blockchain sur laquelle repose ce monde virtuel, je vous invite à écouter ou réécouter les épisodes de Choses à Savoir Tech déjà réalisés sur le sujet. Quoiqu'il en soit, la MetaWeek de Dubaï se veut être la grande messe du Metaverse, l'endroit ou tous ses acteurs et ses différentes communautés se réuniront. Deux lieux devraient accueillir les conférences et ateliers du salon : le Méridien Dubaï Hotel et le Conference Centre. Si l'on s'intéresse plus en détail au programme, la moitié de l'événement, donc deux jours sur quatre seront réservées à des conférences animées par des personnalités expertes du monde des crypto-monnaies, NFT, etc... On retrouvera notamment Roger Ver, fondateur de Bitcoin.com ; l'ancien astronaute et entrepreneur Ron Garan ; ou encore Justin Sun, qui a récemment démissionné de TRON et BitTorrent pour se lancer en politique. En parallèle la MetaWeek sera l'occasion de se pencher sur divers thèmes transversaux comme les défis de gouvernance, le play-to-earn, les opportunités de marché, l'économie des créateurs de metaverses ou encore la question de l'identité à la fois dans le monde réel et dans le Metaverse. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2006 was a bad year for Justin Vernon. His band broke up, his girlfriend left him, and he came down with a serious bout of mononucleosis hepatitis - a severe form of herpes that leaves your lungs inflamed. He spent the winter getting steamboats in his father's cabin in rural Winsconsin, where he wrote almost all of ‘For Emma, Forever Ago' on a laptop with a 1960s Silvertone guitar. It was a very successful record. Four years later he was an arena-level folk-star, collaborating with Kanye West and Nicki Minaj on the greatest hip-hop album of the 21st century, ‘My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy'. For Emma, Forever Ago is the 461st Greatest Album of All Time, according to Rolling Stone magazine. This week, Christopher and Liam listened to it, and now they're going to talk about it. Featured topics include: liquid acid, powerful loneliness, the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Zane Lowe, the origins of modern hipsterdom and auto-tuned Appalachian folk choirs. All that plus Secret Posho, on this week's episode of Enjoy An Album. Enjoy!

In this episode we look at how the massive Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre came to be. We also look at how some of the towns and villages near Tamworth get involved in the annual January country music festival.

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Labour, Conservatives, and most recently the UUP presented fine optics at their respective conferences. Leaders who said a lot about nothing we didn't know already, at best. Boris was Boris, delivering what everyone in the Conference Centre expected of Boris. Sir Keir and Doug Beattie presented speeches that didn't alarm the horses. At least Sir Keir started to articulate a Labour Party of his own design. All the backdrops, bright lights, dancers and comedians (for once, not the politicians) still left a sense of something absent from the UUP. More structured and very well crafted was the speech given by Lord Frost in Portugal, which outlined what the UK expects from a future relationship with the EU and, yes, the NI Protocol. This builds on previous actions and papers, so there is pathway in place from the UK - a plan. We had to record the Podcast before the EU announced what it wanted everyone to focus on when it published the bureaucrats' response to difficulties only a few months ago the EU claimed didn't exist. The EU also claimed it would not re-negotiate the NI Protocol. Yet here we are, with the EU about to enter intense negotiations on the NI Protocol. Never say never.

We discussed: funding art project, family support, making a book, public art, art vocabulary, making a film, and being a parent.   People + Places mentioned: i8 gallery - https://i8.is Long Place book - https://www.distanz.de/en/buecher/elin-hansdottir/long-place Reykjavik Arts Festival - https://www.listahatid.is Jessica Morgan - http://www.yuzmshanghai.org/about-jessica-morgan/ Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre - https://en.harpa.is/harpa/ Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir - https://www.annaruntryggvadottir.com Hanna Björk Valsdóttir - https://www.akkerifilms.com     3 artist she is looking at: Sinta Werner - http://www.sintawerner.net Hreinn Friðfinnsson - https://nordenhake.com/artists/hreinn-fridfinnsson Georges Perec - https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-absolute-originality-of-georges-perec     https://www.elinhansdottir.net     Audio editing by Jakub Černý   Music by Peat Biby   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com     Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org             and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner - https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge - https://www.kunstsentrene.no            

We discussed: funding art project, family support, making a book, public art, art vocabulary, making a film, and being a parent.   People + Places mentioned: i8 gallery - https://i8.is Long Place book - https://www.distanz.de/en/buecher/elin-hansdottir/long-place Reykjavik Arts Festival - https://www.listahatid.is Jessica Morgan - http://www.yuzmshanghai.org/about-jessica-morgan/ Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre - https://en.harpa.is/harpa/ Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir - https://www.annaruntryggvadottir.com Hanna Björk Valsdóttir - https://www.akkerifilms.com   3 artist she is looking at: Sinta Werner - http://www.sintawerner.net Hreinn Friðfinnsson - https://nordenhake.com/artists/hreinn-fridfinnsson Georges Perec - https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-absolute-originality-of-georges-perec   https://www.elinhansdottir.net Hosted by Matthew Dols http://matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no   Transcript available: http://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-183-site-specific-installation-artist-elin-hansdottir-iceland/

The brain has a reward system and a punishment system. Nature has created chemical rewards for engagement with things, that move us in the general direction of adaption and things that serve our wellness. Nature punishes us for involvement in and with things that are not good for us and don't serve our wellness. Dopamine is a feel good molecule that is essential for Growth Mindset, pursuit of goals and wellbeing of all sorts. Growth Mindset Theory, hinges on the fact that there is a huge connection between the pleasure or reward systems in the brain and action-based pursuit of goals, not just achieving a goal. We have two reward systems in the brain; pleasure from within, like love, peace and happiness which is derived from molecules like serotonin and oxytocin. The other is the dopamine reward system, a driving force in human evolution, which is secreted as much en route to rewards or goals, as it is in the achievement of rewards or goals. When we can subjectively tap into the potential of this dopamine circuit at the friction or action stage of pursuing a goal, it amplifies that pathway of reward in pursuit of goals, in our brain. This is an absolute game changer when it comes to engaging with anything challenging or of long duration. Growth Mindset is the attachment of these reward systems to the effort or friction process and not just to achieving a goal. Reward Prediction Error Theory, proffers that if you can dose the dopamine subjectively as you go through the pursuit of something and consciously appreciate even greater amounts of dopamine when you reach the desired goal, you reinforce that circuit and that tendency to celebrate small wins, which is hugely motivational and can actually be a precursor to engaging neuro plasticity. Over time therefore, these circuits become hardwired and automatic. This is the essence of Growth Mindset. Growth Mindset is about attaching reward to the fact that you're taking action steps that are generally heading in the right direction. The more you can reward the action process, the better you become at building the neural circuits that help you to lean into anything challenging, over essentially any duration and that is Growth Mindset in a nutshell. Today's show introduces us to a man, whose life story is real-time example of Growth Mindset. William Gregory Bell RIBA, an architect from Belfast on the Island of Ireland, where he is famous for the design of the multi award winning Belfast Waterfront Concert Hall, Arts and Conference Centre, shares the Boom Bust Boom story of his life, the outcome of which has been as heavily dependent on celebrating small wins and practicing gratitude, as it ever was on achieving desired end goals. Family, love and connection are the most important things to this soulful man, who is a hugely talented team player and a high achiever professionally. But the meaning and purpose behind this man's drive, is where this interview has the most valuable life lessons to teach us.

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Founders of the Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Real Estate Investors Group - Doug & Anna Scott are a Prime example of transforming your Network in a growing net worth! Join hosts Justin Konikow & Lindsay Gowan as they sit down with Doug & Anna to about their experience growing a real estate educational, informational, and networking community of like minded investors.Doug & Anna Scott live in Waterloo, ON and have been formally investing in real estate since the Spring of 2015.Their first purchase was an 8-unit building that they continue to own and property manage themselves. They focus on long term, buy and hold, multi-family properties as passive Joint Venture money partners and currently have a total of 8 multi-family buildings / 38 doors in several communities in Southwestern Ontario, with an equity position in 2 other buildings for an additional 28 units.They have done multiple private lending deals, using cash, lines of credit, RRSPs and TFSAs for secured and unsecured lending. They’ve also invested in private equities, land development opportunities and a private REIT.They are now full-time real estate investors, having retired from their day jobs in the financial services and tech industries in June of 2018.Having said that, Anna became a licensed mortgage agent in May, 2020 and works primarily with real estate investors, focusing on private mortgages. Doug enjoys options trading, reading books on real estate, viewing podcasts – continually learning Anna started a monthly meet-up group in Nov. 2014 called the Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge Real Estate Investors Group (or KWCREI). Currently on hiatus because of COVID, Anna hopes to resume meetings in the future on the last Wednesday of each month at the Cambridge Hotel & Conference Centre.

Es ist immer wieder interessant mit Unternehmen zu sprechen, wie sie aktuell durch die Krise kommen. Besonders getroffen hat es ja die Gastronomen und Hoteliers. Die Chefredakteurin Anja K. Fließbach hat mit Roberto Brendel, Director of Sales & Marketing vom Radisson Blu Park Hotel & Conference Centre in Radebeul gesprochen. Die Chefredakteurin Anja K. Fließbach erreicht Ihr über: https://www.instagram.com/disy_fliessi/ https://www.facebook.com/anjafliessbach https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-fließbach oder www.disy-magazin.de

The State of the City is hosted annually by the Chamber of Commerce, a chance for businesses to network with each other, talk about what they're doing, and then hear from the mayor about the latest selling points of the city from 1 Carden Street. This year, there was the usual positive spin, but the long shadow of COVID was everywhere, so what is the State of the City according to the mayor? Usually, the State of the City event is held in the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre, and it comes with breakfast. You can catch up with old friends, make some new friends and then here the mayor talk about the success and challenges at City Hall. Along the way, the mayor will also lay out his or her vision for the coming year, inspirational and aspirational ideas meant to sell Guelph's appeal to the people that sell Guelph. But how do you sell Guelph in the era of COVID? That was going to be one of the many challenges of this year's State of the City for Mayor Cam Guthrie. The speech was made in early February at the tail end of the last lockdown, and there was already a sense of ennui and struggle because of the pandemic's persistence. So perhaps now is a good time to revisit the speech, which speaks to our resolve, but also speaks to kindness and hopefulness. So this week on the podcast, we will replay Mayor Guthrie's 2021 State of the City, which, unlike previous speeches, was off the cuff from a long list of issue headings instead of the immaculately prepared talking points plus props and a theme. Guthrie touches on the local pandemic response, struggling to get help from upper level's government, working to solve homelessness and the opioid crisis, and the City's efforts to address last summer’s reckoning around social justice and racism. So let's recap the State of the City on this week's Guelph Politicast! You can revisit the coverage from this year's State of the City back in February here and here, and you can also revisit Mayor Guthrie’s most recent appearance on this podcast back in December by clicking here.  The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

In this episode, we chat again with Tamworth Country Music Festival Co-founder Max Ellis and look at the many different venues that have made up the annual event, including how the Golden Guitar Awards grew from the historic and famous Tamworth Town Hall to the 5,000 seat purpose built Tamworth Regional Entertainment & Conference Centre...

The brain has a reward system and a punishment system. Nature has created chemical rewards for engagement with things, that move us in the general direction of adaption and things that serve our wellness. Nature punishes us for involvement in and with things that are not good for us and don't serve our wellness. Dopamine is a feel good molecule that is essential for Growth Mindset, pursuit of goals and wellbeing of all sorts. Growth Mindset Theory, hinges on the fact that there is a huge connection between the pleasure or reward systems in the brain and action-based pursuit of goals, not just achieving a goal. We have two reward systems in the brain; pleasure from within, like love, peace and happiness which is derived from molecules like serotonin and oxytocin. The other is the dopamine reward system, a driving force in human evolution, which is secreted as much en route to rewards or goals, as it is in the achievement of rewards or goals. When we can subjectively tap into the potential of this dopamine circuit at the friction or action stage of pursuing a goal, it amplifies that pathway of reward in pursuit of goals, in our brain. This is an absolute game changer when it comes to engaging with anything challenging or of long duration. Growth Mindset is the attachment of these reward systems to the effort or friction process and not just to achieving a goal. Reward Prediction Error Theory, proffers that if you can dose the dopamine subjectively as you go through the pursuit of something and consciously appreciate even greater amounts of dopamine when you reach the desired goal, you reinforce that circuit and that tendency to celebrate small wins, which is hugely motivational and can actually be a precursor to engaging neuro plasticity. Over time therefore, these circuits become hardwired and automatic. This is the essence of Growth Mindset. Growth Mindset is about attaching reward to the fact that you're taking action steps that are generally heading in the right direction. The more you can reward the action process, the better you become at building the neural circuits that help you to lean into anything challenging, over essentially any duration and that is Growth Mindset in a nutshell. Today's show introduces us to a man, whose life story is real-time example of Growth Mindset. William Gregory Bell RIBA, an architect from Belfast on the Island of Ireland, where he is famous for the design of the multi award winning Belfast Waterfront Concert Hall, Arts and Conference Centre, shares the Boom Bust Boom story of his life, the outcome of which has been as heavily dependent on celebrating small wins and practicing gratitude, as it ever was on achieving desired end goals. Family, love and connection are the most important things to this soulful man, who is a hugely talented team player and a high achiever professionally. But the meaning and purpose behind this man's drive, is where this interview has the most valuable life lessons to teach us.

FORD BUYS BACK FACTORYIn Merseyside, Ford has bought back the remaining stake in a transmission factory, securing the future of 600 workers. This is a glimpse of good news and look forward to finding out why they have made such a move. To find out more, click the Business Live article here. YARIS IS THE EUROPEAN CAR OF THE YEARWhilst many are only grumbling about Geneva, rather than getting ready to go AND grumbling, the European Car of the Year was announced. The winner is the Toyota Yaris. To find out more about which country voted for which cars, click the Motoring Research article here. There is a fun article running through all the past winners, to see how they fared after being hailed as the best, to read about that click the Autocar article here. E10 PETROL TO BE SOLD FROM SEPTEMBER 2021The Government has announced that E10 petrol will start to be sold throughout the UK from September 2021. This has a higher amount of ethanol in it than existing fuel. The expectation is that around 700K vehicles will be affected by the more aggressive nature of the composition of the fuel, meaning that some parts and components may wear more quickly than previously. To find out more, click the Motoring Research article here. For more detail on what the fuel change means to older cars, you can read the Not2Grand article by clicking here. To find out if any vehicle you own will be impacted, click the direct link to the Gov.UK check site here. VOLVO AND GEELY NO LONGER MERGINGVolvo and Geely announced that they will no longer be merging, as they had intended. However, they will be forging closer ties on technology sharing and the likes. The reason for not merging is not known, nor is it really clear, if this is such a great outcome, why they were intending to in the first place. To read more, click the Autocar article here. Volvo also announced how they are the latest firm to confirm they will be going all electric prior to whichever legislative date has been shouted about last. Added to the news of ditching ICE from 2030, they also stated sales will be online, which may come as a shock to their dealership partners. To read more, click the Autocar article here. ROADS WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDING RATESFollowing a Freedom of Information request, many police authorities have confirmed the number of offences recorded on roads within their jurisdiction. To see if you live near any particular hot spots, click the Motoring Research article here. BRITISH MOTOR SHOW RETURNS IN 2021A new, dynamic British Motor Show will be held, in August, at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, bringing back an event that we haven’t had since 2008. To find out more, click the Motoring Research article here. _____________________________________________If you like what we do, on this show, and think it is worth a £1.00, please consider supporting us via Patreon. Here is the link to that CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST——————————————————————————-FORMULA E: DIRIYAH NIGHT RACESOver the weekend the start of the latest Formula E season began. Two night time races, with mixed fortunes for drivers, teams and us spectators. On Friday Mercedes dominated, resulting in Nyck de Vries winning his first race. Saturday was less smooth all round. An early finish to the race, due to a bad accident, meant Sam Bird won in his first weekend for Jaguar. The racing was blighted, though, because of the rocket attacks thwarted near the racetrack. To read more about Race 1, click The Race article here. To read about Race 2, click The Race article here. WRC: HANNU MIKKOLA DIESOver the weekend, the sad news of Hannu Mikkola’s death was announced. The man who won the first four-wheel drive WRC crown, driving the Audi Quattro, which he continued to do so during the crazy Group B era. To watch a lovely tribute, click the DirtFish video link here. To read more about his achievements, click the DirtFish link here. WRC: ARCTIC RALLYTänak completed his first ever start to finish domination of a rally to jump back into the championship fight, after a dreadful first rally. Ogier struggled thanks to warmer temperatures and being first on the road. Overall Hyundai had a better weekend than Toyota, which in turn was more successful than M-Sport. To read about the event click the DirtFish article here. To check out the driver ratings, click the DirtFish article here. To find out What We Have Learned, click the DirtFish article here. LUNCHTIME READ: IT’S TIME FOR SOME HARD TRUTHS ABOUT MOTOR RACING’S INFLUENCE ON ROAD CARSRichard Porter has written an excellent article popping the perception that the pinnacle of motorsport technology makes for gains in road cars. To read more, click the EVO article here. LIST OF THE WEEK: HERE ARE 11 THINGS WE MISS FROM OLD CARS We have another excellent Top Gear List of the Week to point you towards, this time about stuff from old cars that is fondly remembered. We don’t agree with all the choices, but most we do. To find out if you like them all, click the link here. AND FINALLY: WEDGED WONDERSFrom the website Docubyte, we want to share the art project that celebrates Italian concept cars from 1968-79. Click the link here to take in the gorgeous cars and then go explore the rest of the site and artwork. AND FINALLY FINALLY: ZOOM ZOOMERS CALLAlan takes part in a gathering of folks from the motoring world, on a Monday night, run by Damien Cross. If you would like to see the Christmas Special meet up please click the YouTube link here. AND FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY: THE PISTON PODCASTAlan has been busy this week, as he was also on The Piston Podcast, with host Daniel Achterhuis, to discuss Yaris and Pandas, as well as podcasting. To listen in, click the link here.

This is Part 2 of a 2 part interview. Daniel Henderson began his hospitality career in Waterloo, Ontario. Graduating from both Chef Training and Food & Beverage Management programs at Conestoga College, he pursued his Red Seal Qualification at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Centre. Striving for change, Daniel moved west to Vancouver Island where he began studying the art of Sushi under several Japanese Chefs. Landing in Victoria, B.C. with the Oak Bay Marine Group, Daniel worked his way through the Island at several Japanese Sushi Restaurants until finally managing the Sushi Bar at beautiful April Point Resort and Spa. Ready for his next challenge, Daniel returned to his roots in Ontario in 2004, to French and Mediterranean kitchens. He worked at the Cambridge Inn and Conference Centre as Executive Sous-Chef and as Chef for Blackshop and Sole restaurants. It was in 2008 that Daniel took his passion back to the Asian cuisine and joined Bento Sushi as their Corporate Chef. In his role at Bento, Daniel managed culinary development for over 1300 chefs in over 400 locations across North America including 4 restaurants in Manhattan, New York. With Bento, Daniel opened more than 75 locations as well as led all culinary development during Bento's rapid expansion to the North Eastern United States. During his time at Bento, Daniel's sushi training also brought him to Japan where he experienced the art of Sushi first hand. While leading the culinary team at Bento, Daniel completed his Certified Chef de Cuisine designation in 2012. Alongside his C.C.C., Daniel's other achievements include having won the Alumni of Distinction award from Conestoga College and being nominated for the Ontario College Premier Award in 2013. Moving on from Bento, Daniel led the Food & Beverage team at Holt Renfrew in 2014, helping define dining and food moments and refining Food & Beverage concepts within the luxury retailer, while leading the opening of 2 Holts Café locations in Yorkdale & Vancouver. Shifting to the growing digital consumer demand, Daniel took his next step joining Chefs Plate in 2015 – Canada's leading direct-to-consumer meal kit delivery service. In his role as V.P. Culinary Innovation, Daniel led the Culinary, Sourcing, FSQA and Operation teams with a focus on rapid production development to provide Canadians fresh, speed scratch dinner solutions for time starved families coast to coast. Daniel led these teams to acquisition when Chefs Plate was acquired by the world Meal Kit leader, Hello Fresh in October, 2017. Today, Daniel works at Loblaw Companies Limited as Senior Director, Product Development – Meal Solutions. Currently, Daniel leads the Culinary, Sourcing, FSQA and Operations teams within Meal Solutions at Loblaw under the PC Chef brand - focused on helping Canadians solve dinner through both digital & traditional store fulfillment channels. The recent pandemic has led the Meals team to launch pcchef.ca – a next day delivery service of PC Chef and local restaurant meal kits with daily delivery. Instagram: @chef.hendo.eats Podcast Artwork by Zak Hannah @zak.hannah

This is Part 1 of a 2 part interview. Daniel Henderson began his hospitality career in Waterloo, Ontario. Graduating from both Chef Training and Food & Beverage Management programs at Conestoga College, he pursued his Red Seal Qualification at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Centre. Striving for change, Daniel moved west to Vancouver Island where he began studying the art of Sushi under several Japanese Chefs. Landing in Victoria, B.C. with the Oak Bay Marine Group, Daniel worked his way through the Island at several Japanese Sushi Restaurants until finally managing the Sushi Bar at beautiful April Point Resort and Spa. Ready for his next challenge, Daniel returned to his roots in Ontario in 2004, to French and Mediterranean kitchens. He worked at the Cambridge Inn and Conference Centre as Executive Sous-Chef and as Chef for Blackshop and Sole restaurants. It was in 2008 that Daniel took his passion back to the Asian cuisine and joined Bento Sushi as their Corporate Chef. In his role at Bento, Daniel managed culinary development for over 1300 chefs in over 400 locations across North America including 4 restaurants in Manhattan, New York. With Bento, Daniel opened more than 75 locations as well as led all culinary development during Bento's rapid expansion to the North Eastern United States. During his time at Bento, Daniel's sushi training also brought him to Japan where he experienced the art of Sushi first hand. While leading the culinary team at Bento, Daniel completed his Certified Chef de Cuisine designation in 2012. Alongside his C.C.C., Daniel's other achievements include having won the Alumni of Distinction award from Conestoga College and being nominated for the Ontario College Premier Award in 2013. Moving on from Bento, Daniel led the Food & Beverage team at Holt Renfrew in 2014, helping define dining and food moments and refining Food & Beverage concepts within the luxury retailer, while leading the opening of 2 Holts Café locations in Yorkdale & Vancouver. Shifting to the growing digital consumer demand, Daniel took his next step joining Chefs Plate in 2015 – Canada's leading direct-to-consumer meal kit delivery service. In his role as V.P. Culinary Innovation, Daniel led the Culinary, Sourcing, FSQA and Operation teams with a focus on rapid production development to provide Canadians fresh, speed scratch dinner solutions for time starved families coast to coast. Daniel led these teams to acquisition when Chefs Plate was acquired by the world Meal Kit leader, Hello Fresh in October, 2017. Today, Daniel works at Loblaw Companies Limited as Senior Director, Product Development – Meal Solutions. Currently, Daniel leads the Culinary, Sourcing, FSQA and Operations teams within Meal Solutions at Loblaw under the PC Chef brand - focused on helping Canadians solve dinner through both digital & traditional store fulfillment channels. The recent pandemic has led the Meals team to launch pcchef.ca – a next day delivery service of PC Chef and local restaurant meal kits with daily delivery. Instagram: @chef.hendo.eats Podcast Artwork by Zak Hannah @zak.hannah

Entrepreneurs Talk Africa had the pleasure of interviewing Ruth Kamau, Co-Owner and Managing Director of a Pan African feel boutique house, iKhaya Lodge & Conference Centre, in the heart of Cape Town. She is also a director and advisor on several boards, an award winning playwright and novelist, to name but a few of her many ventures. In the episode we get to join Ruth on her personal journey of becoming an entrepreneur. As a woman of many talents and being involved in so much, we explore how and why she chooses to take on so much and how agility and resistance or as the Sci-fi lover would say, how being a shapeshifter is essential in order to survive and thrive with the changing times.

Peter Ross is the Manager of Entertainment Venues in the regional city of Tamworth. He acknowledges that “A strong arts scene is recognised as one of the elements that attracts and keeps people in regional centres”.He is responsible for programming and leading the city's live performance and conference venues - the Capitol Theatre Tamworth, Tamworth Town Hall and the Tamworth Regional Entertainment and Conference Centre. Ross has changed the direction of theatre in Tamworth and raised the bar on local theatre. Bringing outstanding artists and increasing audience numbers.In the home of Country Music he has also assumed the role of Executive Producer and Director of the Golden Guitar awards. And celebrated Community Theatre - an opportunity for community to express their artistic leanings and find a valuable social outlet.A self-confessed ‘jack of all trades’ his theatrical life leading to this position saw him navigate a variety of roles on and off the stage. Each has informed and given terrific insight to frame his work today.Growing up in Newcastle, he initially set forth studying visual arts. An opportunity presented itself for a Stage Manager at The Hunter Valley Theatre Company, which he took up with glee. This lead to onstage roles with the company and with the theatre in education group, Freewheels Theatre Company and the original production of Nick Enright’s Property of the Clan.Study at The West Australian Academy of Performing Arts followed, in the Musical Theatre course. Ross developed his performance skills while also writing a musical and finessing his directing ability.He then juggled a series of personas as performer, producer, director and resident director on a series of productions that included Jon English’s Buskers and Angels, Summer Rain at The Sydney Theatre Company, Mary Bryant at The Ensemble Theatre and Hugh Jackman’s Arena tour of The Boy From Oz.Ross was ‘on the ground’ and took Producing and Directing roles presenting Musicals with the Kookaburra Musical Theatre Company. It was an exciting venture that promised great theatre experiences but sadly did not survive its rocky beginning. He speaks candidly of that period.Managing theatre venues is an enormous task, especially in this time of Covid-19. The safety of audience, performers and staff is paramount in any attempt to get theatres going again. Peter Ross is determined to make those experiences a reality and describes the measures now in place at venues, while also reflecting on a vibrant life working in the theatre.The Stages podcast is available from Apple podcasts, Spotify, Whooshkaa and where all good podcasts are found.

Hello and welcome to episode 49 of Christians In My Soup. A weekly podcast BY one of God’s peculiar people, ABOUT God’s peculiar people, FOR God’s peculiar people. Proving that life is simply not as black and white as some would have us believe, but that some-times life gets real and doesn’t fit into any boxes, no matter how hard we try ! One of the things I was privileged to do during my time at St Winifred's Christian Endeavour Holiday and Conference Centre was to help lead the Heritage Week's we ran there... Please listen, subscribe & share ! ANCHOR FM - https://anchor.fm/christians-in-my-soup APPLE PODCASTS - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christians-in-my-soup/id1485162914?uo=4 GOOGLE PODCASTS - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMmY5MTdhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== CASTBOX - https://castbox.fm/channel/Christians-In-My-Soup-id2586878?country=us OVERCAST - https://overcast.fm/itunes1485162914/christians-in-my-soup STITCHER RADIO - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/russ-hilton/christians-in-my-soup-2 SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/44IKujnCTvQpyOGDyj2bXw BREAKER - https://www.breaker.audio/christians-in-my-soup RADIO PUBLIC - https://radiopublic.com/christians-in-my-soup-GqlRyg FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/Christiansinmysoup/?modal=admin_todo_tour FACEBOOK GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/462355841304373/?ref=bookmarks TWITTER - @CIMS2019 MESSENGER GROUP - https://m.me/join/AbYTw_B2vnUr4xRt

Hello and welcome to episode 46 of Christians In My Soup. A weekly podcast BY one of God’s peculiar people, ABOUT God’s peculiar people, FOR God’s peculiar people. Proving that life is simply not as black and white as some would have us believe, but that some-times life gets real and doesn’t fit into any boxes, no matter how hard we try ! This week's memory is taken from an adventure I went on about 8 or 9 years back when I was working at St Winifred's Christian Endeavour Holiday and Conference Centre on the stunningly beautiful North Wales Coast. Listen, subscribe & share ! ANCHOR FM - https://anchor.fm/christians-in-my-soup APPLE PODCASTS - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christians-in-my-soup/id1485162914?uo=4 GOOGLE PODCASTS - https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMmY5MTdhMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== CASTBOX - https://castbox.fm/channel/Christians-In-My-Soup-id2586878?country=us OVERCAST - https://overcast.fm/itunes1485162914/christians-in-my-soup STITCHER RADIO - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/russ-hilton/christians-in-my-soup-2 SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/44IKujnCTvQpyOGDyj2bXw BREAKER - https://www.breaker.audio/christians-in-my-soup RADIO PUBLIC - https://radiopublic.com/christians-in-my-soup-GqlRyg FACEBOOK PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/Christiansinmysoup/?modal=admin_todo_tour FACEBOOK GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/462355841304373/?ref=bookmarks TWITTER - @CIMS2019 MESSENGER GROUP - https://m.me/join/AbYTw_B2vnUr4xRt

As we’re entering this third calendar month under a state of quarantine, we're starting to  feel that it still might be a long time until we get back to what we consider normalcy. It might be a long time before we can sit comfortably again in a room filled with a few hundred people to hear the city’s mayor talk about a grand ambition for Guelph that has nothing to do with responding to a global pandemic. So let us pause this week to remember what we’re fighting to get back to, let us a take a minute to reorient ourselves to a world without fear of COVID-19. This week on the podcast, we're going to replay the 2020 State of the City address from Mayor Cam Guthrie, which was delivered on February 7 at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre on Stone Road in an annual event hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. The State of the City is part update about current events at city hall, and it’s part wishlist on the part of the mayor as he or she talks about what they want to do for the next year. It’s a victory lap, and a declaration of intent, but there's also the breakfast event around it, which gives city leaders a chance to meet, chat and network. It’s a perfectly innocuous little event, but because it involves a political speech by the mayor, we give it a lot of attention in the media, and in the community. So let's once again hear the mayor’s pre-pandemic vision for the city, which includes keeping operating fees under control, creating a free transit option for young people, and starting an initiative to create car-free downtown. You will also hear about what the mayor calls a message of hope, and what the City has done to try and address the growing gap in inequality between the haves and have nots. Mayor Guthrie also talked about the clashes between cities and the Province, the tricky balancing act with the budget, and then he answered a few questions from the crowd.  Let's go back to a pre-COVID-19 world and the State of the City on this week's Guelph Politicast! City council will be returning to some kind of regular order in the next few weeks; the agenda for May 11’s special meeting will be published later this week. You can also revisit Guelph Politico's original coverage of this year's State of the City here. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

GB2RS NEWS Sunday the 15th of March 2020 The news headlines: Voting for the RSGB elections is now open NASA Mars rover has a name Coronavirus affects amateur radio events around the world Voting for the RSGB elections is now open. The special web pages at www.rsgb.org/agm have details of the Calling Notice, Resolutions, candidate statements and information about how to vote. Internet voting ends at 9am on Thursday the 23rd of April. RSGB Members can find their Membership number on the wrapper of the latest RadCom so use it to vote before you compost the wrapper. The NASA Mars 2020 rover has a new name that captures the spirit of exploration, Perseverance submitted by a 13-year-old student from Virginia. Targeted for launch this July, this rover will search for signs of past microbial life on Mars. After landing in February 2021, it also will collect samples of Martian rocks and dust for a future Mars Sample Return mission to Earth. The RSGB is, like all responsible organisations, following government advice about the Covid-19 virus. The Society is still planning to hold its AGM in Birmingham but is ready to change these plans as necessary if advice about public meetings is upgraded. We will, of course, keep Members informed so please do check our website and social media channels for updates.The RSGB’s National Radio Centre welcomes individuals and large groups of people from across the world every week. With the increase in cases of coronavirus in the UK and other countries, the RSGB has taken the difficult decision to close the NRC temporarily from Wednesday 18 March. It will open as normal this weekend to run the ‘Build a radio’ events which are sold out, and the NRC will be open but without public access to the Radio Room on Monday and Tuesday. Whilst there aren’t any known cases of the virus at Bletchley Park or amongst the NRC staff and volunteers at this time, even with extra precautions it is no longer possible to guarantee the safety of NRC volunteers and visitors. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause those who have planned visits but we hope people will understand the decision in the current fast-moving situation.Concerns over coronavirus and various advisories regarding travel and large group gatherings has prompted the cancellation of a popular international amateur meeting. The Visalia International DX Convention in California due to take place over the 12th to the 14th of April will no longer take place, see http://www.dxconvention.org/ for the latest news. Planning is underway for this year’s RSGB Convention that will take place from Friday the 9th to Sunday the 11th of October at Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. The organising committee would like to receive your suggestions for this year’s lectures and workshops. Please feel free to email conference@rsgb.org.uk with your thoughts and ideas. If you are able to suggest a presenter, or a subject, for a lecture or workshop then so much the better. The RSGB Convention is generously sponsored by Martin Lynch & Sons. Dayton Hamvention has named the recipients of its 2020 awards. Steve Franke, K9AN, Bill Somerville, G4WJS and Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT have been awarded the Technical Achievement Award. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station is celebrating the successful launch and docking of the SpaceX-20 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. One payload on the flight is the ARISS Interoperable Radio System, which ARISS calls “the foundational element of the ARISS next-generation radio system” on the space station. And now for the details of rallies and events for the coming week Due to concerns raised over the Covoid-19 virus, many events in the forthcoming weeks are being cancelled or postponed. Please check before travelling to any event. We will keep you up to date with news on events as and when we receive details. The committee of Wythall Radio Club have decided to cancel this year’s Wythall Hamfest, originally planned for today, the 15th of March. The Dover ARC Hamzilla Radio Fest and Electronics Fair due to take place on the 29th of March has been postponed. The CW Boot Camp at GM6NX Stirling due to take place on the 22nd of March and the 23rd annual GMDX Convention due to take place on the 4th of April have been postponed. New dates later in 2020 will be announced as the situation becomes clearer. The Kempton Rally due to take place on the 19th of April is postponed until the 15th of November. Please send details of your rally and event plans as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk – we give you valuable publicity online, in RadCom and on GB2RS, all for free. And now the DX news from 425 DX News and other sources Nigel, G3TXF will be in Mauritius until the 27th of March using the callsign 3B8XF. He will take part in the Commonwealth Contest this weekend and will concentrate on 80 and 160m during the remainder of his visit. QSLs go via Club Log OQRS and logs will be uploaded to Logbook of The World. Mike, VE7ACN will be active as CE0Y/VE7ACN from Easter Island, SA-001) between the 19th and the 30th of March. He will operate mainly CW on the 80 to 10m bands, plus 160 metres if local conditions allow. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, Logbook of The World or via VE7ACN. A large team will be active on all bands and modes as DA0HEL from Helgoland Island, EU-127 between the 19th and 29th of March. In addition, they will also operate as DL0IH from nearby Helgoland Duene, where access is possible only between 0800 and 1500UTC. QSLs via DF6QC, direct or bureau. Taka, JA8COE will be active as JA8COE/0 from Sado Island, AS-206 between the 19th and 23rd of March. He will operate mainly FT8 and CW. QSL via Club Log's OQRS, or via JA8COE either direct or bureau. Andy, DK5ON will be active again as PJ2/DK5ON from Curacao, SA-099, from the 15th to the 31st of March. He will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8/FT4 on the 80 to 6m bands. QSL via Logbook of The World, Club Log's OQRS, or via home call either direct or bureau. Now the special event news GB0SPD, GB2SPD and GB4SPD are three special callsigns that will celebrate St Patrick's Day. The St Patrick's Day On The Air event will run from 1200UTC on the 16th of March until 1200UTC on the 18th of March. See http://stpatrickaward.webs.com/ for details. It is 700 years since the first written mention of Dobruška, so the radio club in Dobruska plans to activate three occasional callsigns OL700DKA, OL700CO and OL700LTV to celebrate this event from March to December. There will be an award scheme in association with this event. More information at www.ok1kqi.com. Please use ClubLog OQRS to get QSL for connection with OL700xxx stations. The Maine Bicentennial Special Event celebrates the 200th anniversary of Maine statehood between the 16th and the 22nd of March. Twelve special event callsigns will be active, plus three special locations that have historical significance. There will be an award scheme in association with this event see https://maine200specialevent.com/ for more information. Please send special event details to radcom@rsgb.org.uk as early as possible to get your event publicised here on GB2RS, in RadCom, and online. Now the contest news The longest running RSGB contest of them all is the Commonwealth Contest, formerly known as BERU. It ends its 24 hours run at 1000UTC today, the 15th. It’s CW only on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands and the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, the 15th, the 2nd 70MHz Cumulative contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday the second FT4 series contest will run from 2000 to 2130UTC. Using just the 3.5MHz band the exchange is your 4-character locator. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Thursday the 70MHz UK Activity Contest runs from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes on the band the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend from 0200UTC on the 21st to 0200UTC on the 23rd, the BARTG HF RTTY contest takes place using the 3.5 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report, serial number and time. From 1200UTC on the 21st to 1200UTC on the 22nd, the Russian DX contest uses CW and SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number with Russian stations sending their Oblast code too. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Friday the 13th of March. A new sunspot group, numbered AR 2758 and from upcoming Solar Cycle 25, appeared this week. The region was located in the Sun’s southeast quadrant, but had faded away by Thursday the 12th. This was the first numbered sunspot region to appear in over a month as solar activity continues on at very low levels. Overall, the solar flux index remained at 70-71 with the geomagnetic Kp index being in the range zero to two, reflecting calm conditions. Wednesday’s RSGB 80m CW Club Championship contest proved just how inactive the Sun is at the moment. The contest started quite well, but soon everyone was struggling to make contacts as the critical frequency dropped below 3MHz as measured by the Chilton ionosonde. As a result, many contesters had to make do with QSOs with the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany as their higher-angle skip for local contacts failed to return to Earth. Daytime critical frequencies have often struggled to exceed 5MHz in the morning and 5.5MHz in the afternoon, meaning 40m remains unsuitable for NVIS-type communications. On DX, maximum usable frequencies over a 3,000km path have occasionally exceeded 21MHz in the daytime, but 18MHz has been more reliable. Next week, NOAA has the solar flux index pegged at 70-72 with quiet geomagnetic conditions, apart from March 19 when the Kp index is forecast to rise to four, possibly due to a high-speed solar wind stream from a returning coronal hole. And now the VHF and up propagation news. At last there is a signal in the forecast models for the return of some high pressure weather. After a prolonged period of windy and unsettled conditions, the first signs of a building high will come after this weekend as a ridge builds towards the southern UK from the Azores region. Eventually a new high, building in colder air over northern Britain, will probably take over in the second half of the week. Either way, it's time to consider the chance of some Tropo conditions later in the week, which will make a welcome change. It’s worth noting that the spring equinox is prime time for the possibility of aurora, so keep an eye out for high K indices as a ‘heads up’ for possible DX on the VHF bands. The Moon’s declination is at its most negative on Tuesday, so the Moon only reaches 13 degrees above the horizon. This means that ground noise is in the antenna lobes for much of the Moon window. Path losses are increasing throughout the week and 144MHz sky noise is very high for the next few days, so a poor week for EME. With no major meteor showers due until the Lyrids at the end of April now, just keep looking for random meteor scatter QSOs around dawn. And that’s all from the propagation team this week.

COMETSA Early Childhood Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way (22nd February 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Mini LEKGOTLAs (Break-Away Sessions): The delegates break into mini-lekgotlas, deliberate using the LEKGOTLA Methodology, following the guidelines in the LEKGOTLA Facilitation Manual and prepare to deliver feedback at the main feedback LEKGOTLA.

COMETSA Early Childhood Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way (22nd February 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Feedback at the Main LEKGOTLA (Plenary Session)

COMETSA Early Childhood Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way (22nd February 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

COMETSA Early Childhood Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way (22nd February 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Guest Presentation 2: Understanding and Respecting Children’s Rights in their Development, Dr Zonke Majodina, Human Rights Expert & Consultant

COMETSA Early Childhood Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way (22nd February 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Guest Presentation 1: Genetic Brain Profiling, Ms Heleen Cronje, Edu-Profiler

COMETSA Early Childhood Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way (22nd February 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Arrival, Breakfast, Networking, and Opening Prayer - by Faith Ngesi, Administrator, COMETSA Shared Services Division)Sitting and Breathing Exercise; and Mindfulness Meditation Practice; INDIVIDUALITY is the Daily Calm Topic for the 22nd February 2020; Facilitator: Sam Tsima (CEO, COMETSA GoC International Pty Ltd)TUNING INTO LEKGOTLA - CALM MUSIC: Relax - Breathe (Composer: Night Sounds): Objective - Experience Deep Calmness & Peace of Mind without falling asleep!

Shakiba Shayani became the new President and CEO of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce on September 9, 2019, which was two days before the Federal election, during which the Chamber exerts tremendous influence as the organizers of the main local debate, and it was two months before the start of the annual municipal budget process, during which the Chamber President always presents. Talking about being thrown into the deep end. This week on the podcast, Shayani takes on another responsibility as President of the Chamber: answering annoying questions from the press! This podcast comes in advance of the annual State of the City address, which is a chance for the Mayor of Guelph to talk to the business community about all the great things that are happening in the City that should, theoretically, enhance their business prospects. It’s an example of the tight relationship that exists between the City as a political entity and the Chamber, which represents the business interests of its members to create favourable conditions to generate prosperity. Like in many communities, the Chamber of Commerce is a pretty big deal in Guelph, and if you need any more proof about the overlap between Chamber culture and political culture, keep in mind that the former head of the Guelph Chamber is Guelph’s current Member of Parliament. Now it's Shakiba Shayani's turn to lead the Chamber, and would you be surprised to learn that she doesn’t actually come from a business background. Before taking over as the head of the Chamber, Shayani spent six years as the Director of Community Investment at United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin. It’s an interesting message that the Chamber might be trying to send in hiring Shayani, the idea that the business of business, at least in Guelph, is not all about making a profit. This week on podcast Shayani will talk about why she wanted the job as the new Chamber President, and what she brings to it that’s different from her predecessors. We also talk about what makes the Guelph economy, how that’s changing, and where it might be going in the next couple of years. Then, on the political side of things, we discuss the role of the Chamber in the discourse, their relationship with City Hall, and what role the Chamber plays in tackling issues like transportation and poverty. So let's talk to the new face of the Chamber of Commerce on this edition of the Guelph Politicast! The next Chamber of Commerce event, as discussed, is the annual Mayor's State of the City address on Friday February 7 at the Guelph Delta Hotel and Conference Centre.  For ticket information go to the Guelph Chamber’s website here. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

COMETSA Spiritual Services Development Summit - The LEKGOTLA Way (25th January 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Part F: (1) Feedback at the Main LEKGOTLA (Plenary Session); (3) Checking - OutCONFIRMATION: - What was confirmed for you by this Development Summit today?AHA MOMENT: - At what point during the Development Summit did you experience an Aha Moment?NEW INSIGHTS: - Which new insights or lessons have you gained form the Development Summit today?TAKE HOME: - What are you taking home (to share with the family members, colleagues, friends, community, etc.) from this Development Summit?NEW BEHAVIOURS: - What are you going to do differently from today onward, as a result of your participation in this Development Summit?

LIVE PODCAST SCRIPT - COMETSA PROFESSIONAL CONVERSATIONS (CPC): Spiritual Services Development Summit - The LEKGOTLA Way (25th January 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

COMETSA Spiritual Services Development Summit 2020 - The LEKGOTLA Way!Episode 1: COMETSA Spiritual Services Development Summit - The LEKGOTLA Way (25th January 2020), taking place at aha Kopanong Hotel & Conference Centre, Benoni, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.Part A: Arrival, Breakfast, Networking, Opening and Welcome(1) Opening Prayer - by Ms Faith Ngesi, Administrator, COMETSA Shared Services Division)(2) Meditation & Mindfulness: Sitting and Breathing Exercise (by all)(2) LEKGOTLA Facilitation Methodology (presented by Portia Diketane, Administrator, COMETSA Business Management Division). (3) COMETSA Development Agencies Model and “RELEASE” Concept (presented by Sam TSIMA, CEO, COMETSA GoC International Pty Ltd)

This week on the Event Industry News podcast, our host, James Dickson, welcomed the director of exhibition sales at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), Dan Thurlow.  The SEC is a meeting and event venue in Glasgow composed of three buildings: the SEC Centre (five interconnected exhibition and meeting spaces), the SEC Armadillo (3,000-capacity) and The SSE Hydro (a 13,000-capacity concert, sporting and special event arena). Originally the SECC (Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre), the venue rebranded to the SEC to offer more clarity on its venues and services. It offers event spaces suitable for conferences, exhibitions, sporting events, concerts and corporate events. It can be accessed via train, taxi or plane; the SEC shares a city with Glasgow Airport and has a dedicated Metro station on the campus. Dan described the in-house team’s approach as hands-on, helping with concepts and discussing with clients about their objectives and requirements. “We want to make shows as strong as possible – we don’t want unsuccessful launches.” Praising the venue’s location, Dan stated that visitors have a broad choice of hotels, restaurants, bars etc., from which to choose should they want to take a break from exhibiting or their meetings. He said: “We encourage them to travel into Glasgow and see the best of what the city has to offer. Exhibitors are sometimes here three, four nights at a time. “There’s lots to do in the immediate vicinity but two stops on the train and you’re in the city.” If you would like to feature on one of our weekly podcasts, please email molly@eventindustrynews.com.

If we have the same 24 hours as Beyonce, how should we use them if we want to be happy and well?Do we pour our time into work? Do we sacrifice sleep for exercise? What trade-offs do we make? Because I don't care who you are, you can’t fit 30 hours into 24!My guest for this episode is Professor Tim Olds from the University of South Australia. Tim is a time-use epidemiologist and the first of our guests who will be speaking at the upcoming Wellbeing Evidence and Horizons Conference - a 2 day science-based wellbeing event taking place in Melbourne at the Melbourne Exhibition and Conference Centre on 28 & 29 April 2020.Tim’s presentation at the Conference is titled: How to Build Your Best Day and in this episode we're getting a sneak peak into his research, his knowledge and his wisdom on what 'best days' look like and how to create yours.Questions I ask Tim:What is behavioural and time-use epidemiology?What is the Goldilocks Day?What is the relationship between our time use and our mental health and well being?What is the 'perfect' amount of time for each activity? For adults? For kids?What are the trade offs?What's the state of play for young people and their health today? As parents, are we helping them to get their time-use right?Are adults getting their time-use right?Given the trade offs and necessary compromises, what are your tips for building your best day?Does every 24 hours need to look roughly the same for happiness and wellbeing? Or can it vary?And why do things tend to go pear shaped healthwise on holidays?It's a fascinating conversation that got me thinking about how I juggle my time, the necessary choices we need to make and why it's important to be conscious about how we use our time if we want to maximise our wellbeing. Listen in to learn and thrive!For a full transcript, guest profile, expert tips and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit potential.com.au/podcast or join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram or TwitterThis episode of the Potential Psychology Podcast is brought to you by the Wellbeing Evidence and Horizons Conference, Australia’s leading multi-disciplinary, evidence-based wellbeing and resilience conference. April 28 & 29, 2020. See you there!

US Congresswoman, Maxine Waters, delivers THE OLIVER TAMBO ANNUAL MEMORIAL LECTURE 2019 at Birchwood Hotel & Conference Centre, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Featured on TIME magazine’s 2018 list of 100 most influential people in the world, Congresswoman Waters has dedicated her life to fighting injustices, not only in her Los Angeles constituency, but across the world. She spent the better part of the 1980s actively protesting and mobilizing support against the apartheid regime, including organizing and participating in sit-ins at the South African Consulate and protesting against individuals who supported the South Africa’s apartheid regime. In 2004 she was conferred with the Companions of O.R. Tambo by the government of South Africa in recognition for her tireless efforts to fight apartheid.

The fourth annual Menopause Conference & Trade Show will take place at the Sawridge Inn and Conference Centre.  The conference is for women of all ages (and their male partners) who are proactively seeking to discover, learn and take charge before, during and after menopause for a healthy smooth transition into mature womanhood.  Guests: Dr. Stacey Richards - Voted the best naturopathic doctor in Edmonton with her talk on "A Journey Through Hormonal Changes & Spiritual Awakening"  Susan Prendergast - Director and Nurse Practitioner at Ellithia Healthcare

Construction Week's Ashley Williams and Ranju Warrier discuss some of the talks from the the Leaders in Construction Summit UAE 2019, which was held in Dubai on 17 September at Le Meridein Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre. Warrier and Williams talked about some of the key topics debated at the conference including dispute resolution, employment opportunities and value of AI for the sector.

Nicholas Arnold is a Toronto based entertainer and successful filmmaker. A graduate of Vancouver Film School, Nicholas produced and directed his first award-winning documentary at the age of 14. He followed that with his feature directorial debut, "The Vicious Circle", premiering it by the time he was 17. From conferences to fundraisers to formal entertainment and public talks, Nicholas has performed at The Orillia Opera House, The Elks Opera House, The Grand Theatre (Kingston), Hacienda Del Sol Resort in Tucson, Arizona, The Georgian Bay Hotel and Conference Centre, Hart House Great Hall and many more venues, bringing his nostalgic style, charm and humour to audiences from all over. As a triple threat performer, singer, comedian and public speaker, Nicholas shared invaluable tactics on storytelling, adding humour into your next presentation and what it takes to be a solo-preneur. We hope you learn a lot, leave a comment below!

Renee Merrifield Wasylyk is running to represent Canada’s Conservatives in the riding of Kelowna Lake Country in the 2019 Federal election. She is a dedicated public leader who has effectively lead with results in her community, province and nation for the last 20 years.Renée currently serves as the CEO of Troika Management Corp., a Kelowna-based Real Estate and Land Development company. Troika has projects in three provinces including Tommie Award-winning West Harbour Kelowna, a resort-style lakeside community; Stewart Greens, a 160 acre residential infill development in Edmonton, Alberta; and Rosewood, a comprehensive master-planned community coming soon to Regina, Saskatchewan. In 2018, Renée was recognized as one of WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in Real Estate in 2015, and Business in Vancouver’s Most Influential Woman in Business, also in 2015. Renee is a board member for First West Credit Union, Breakfast Club of Canada / Club des petits déjeuners and the Premier’s Women’s Economic Council. In this episode I ask Renée about her early struggles in business as a young adult, and how through persistence, great mentorship and a deep love for real estate, she was able to rise to the top of her profession. I Love Kelowna Podcast is now available everywhere. See show notes and listen to #73 "Renée Wasylyk for Kelowna-Lake Country":If you enjoyed this episode, an iTunes review would be SO appreciated! It's super easy to do right within the Podcast app.SHOW NOTES: IMPORTANT LINKS Find out more and join the team on her Facebook page.The nomination for the Conservative candidate for Kelowna-Lake Country will take place on Saturday April 6th, 2019 at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre. Speeches will begin at 10:00 a.m and voting will close at 6:00 p.m. Find out more, including requirements for voting at Renées website.Renée nominates Ray Wynsouw to come on the I Love Kelowna Podcast. Kara Rogers and I nominated Renée.The I Love Kelowna Podcast has been downloaded thousands of times. It has a growing audience of people who are keenly interested in Kelowna and the Okanagan. To find out about ways to make a lasting impression on this growing audience, please send me a message.Follow me on Social Media:I Love Kelowna Podcast on FacebookInstagramLinkedinLuke Menkes Kelowna Realtor

[The charity is holding it's annual meeting at the Conference Centre in Harrogate with over 450 leading researchers sharing their latest findings.](https://www.strayfm.com/news/health/2830883/harrogate-hosts-global-dementia-conference/)

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019, the University’s Westmead Initiative hosted a discussion about the achievements of women in the field and their ongoing challenges. This was held in collaboration with Westmead Research Hub. Hear from Dr Christina Adler, Professor Nadia Badawi AM, Professor Jenny Gunton, Associate Professor Ruby Lin, Professor Phil Robinson and Elizabeth Wojciechowski with Jenny Brockie (SBS Insight) as moderator. This event was held on Monday 11 February 2019 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre in Westmead Hospital.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 21st of September 2017 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. In this fifth and final episode, we feature a lecture and follow up interview with Dr Carrie Tsai from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney. Dr Tsai's lecture topic is ‘Harnessing the Food Environment in Western Sydney Local Health District to Make Choosing Healthy Easy' and her interviewer is Kim Arlington, media advisor for ADA NSW.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 21st of September 2017 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. In this fourth episode, we feature a lecture and follow up interview with Dr Oyku Dalci from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney. Dr Dalci's lecture topic is 'Regional Acceleratory Phenomenon (RAP) Effect on Orthodontic Tooth Movement' and her interviewer is Dr Tony Skapetis.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 21st of September 2017 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. In this third episode, we feature a lecture and follow up interview with Cathryn Forsyth, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lead to the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney. Cathryn's lecture topic is 'Indigenous Cultural Competence Curricula: Faculty of Dentistry Staff and Students Perspectives' and her interviewer is Dr Tony Skapetis.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 21st of September 2017 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. In the second part of this series, Associate Professor Luke Henderson, from the Department of Anatomy & Histology, School of Medical Sciences, delivers a lecture on the topic of "Central Changes in Chronic Orofacial Pain".

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 21st of September 2017 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. In this first episode, Dr Tony Skapetis & Dr Alex Holden chat with Dr Keiron Rooney, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences and member of the Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney University. They discuss Keiron's lecture titled; ”How Sweet it...Was. Why have we turned sour on sugar and what should we do about it".

Activist Janet McNeill is in the studio for a chat about dealing with Canada's nuclear regulators, The CNSC. Durham regional Health Committee, emergency planning, and distribution of KI pills to 5 Million in the GTA Current campaign - Chalk River nuclear dump proposal hearings: from Jan. 23rd to 25th Janet McNeill - Durham Nuclear Awareness (DNA) Coordinator     Pembroke Ontario - From Jan. 23 to 25 Hearings start Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. at the Best Western Inn and Conference Centre, close to the intersection of Highway 17 and 41. There are more than 80 interventions for the hearing, with two-thirds of them expressing serious concerns. These are available online at   Why Close Pickering? Short YouTube clips             DNA links           Radiation monitoring - Safe Cast and the            

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Dr Tony Skapetis interviews students of the Bachelor of Oral Health about their research poster presentations.In the first interview, Tony speaks to Laura Hedges and Joanna Ibrahim about their poster: Oral health promotion for aged care facilities in Orange.In the second interview, Tony speaks to Kristy Loui and Abdo Ibrahim about their poster: Our denture adventure: An oral Health promotion program for aged care in Mudgee.If you want to stay up to date with the latest developments in dentistry, check out our upcoming CPD courses at adacpd.au.

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Dr Tony Skapetis interviews students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine about their research poster presentations.In the following interview, Tony speaks to Gurkirpal Malhi, Kyle Schaltz and Nick Stratas about their poster titled: A comparison between rotary bur and peizoelectric hand-pieces for bone removal during surgical tooth extractions, assessing operating time and postoperative pain, trismus, and swelling: A literature review.If you want to stay up to date with the latest developments in dentistry, check out our upcoming CPD courses at adacpd.au.

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Dr Tony Skapetis interviews students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine about their research poster presentations.In the first interview, Tony speaks to Jessica Fung and Ronald Ho about their poster: Measuring the effect of acidic beverages on the torque to failure of resin-modified glass ionomer.In the second interview, Tony speaks to Yuan Wang and Jessica Chuang about their poster titled: The effect of probiotics on caries and periodontal disease.If you want to stay up to date with the latest developments in dentistry, check out our upcoming CPD courses at adacpd.au.

In this week's podcast, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. Associate Professor Deb Cockrell and Dr Tony Skapetis interview students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine about their research poster presentations.In the first interview, Deb speaks to Minh-Thu Coa Xuan and Mary Hatem about their poster titled: Sydney University dental student confidence levels in administering different forms of local anaesthesia.In the second interview, Tony speaks to Kate Chan Hee Jung about her poster: A systematic review on the aetiology of burning mouth syndrome.If you want to stay up to date with the latest developments in dentistry, check out our upcoming CPD courses at adacpd.au.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. This series presents a range of interviews with faculty staff, recordings of presentations delivered as part of the Research Day and interviews with students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine and Bachelor of Oral Health Programs about their research poster presentations. In the first part of this third episode, we present a lecture delivered by Dr. Christopher Ho which is a Critical Review into Prosthodontic Factors for Bone Loss Around Implants.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. This series presents a range of interviews with faculty staff, recordings of presentations delivered as part of the Research Day and interviews with students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine and Bachelor of Oral Health Programs about their research poster presentations. In part two of this third episode, Associate Professor Deb Cockrell chats with Dr. Christopher Ho as they further discuss prosthodontic factors for bone loss around implants.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. This series presents a range of interviews with faculty staff, recordings of presentations delivered as part of the Research Day and interviews with students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine and Bachelor of Oral Health Programs about their research poster presentations. In the first part of the second episode of the University of Sydney Dentistry Research Day Interview Series, we present a lecture delivered by Professor Ali Darendeliler on the Management of Open Bites.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. This series presents a range of interviews with faculty staff, recordings of presentations delivered as part of the Research Day and interviews with students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine and Bachelor of Oral Health Programs about their research poster presentations. In part two of this second episode of the University of Sydney Dentistry Research Day Interview Series, Associate Professor Deb Cockrell chats with Professor Darendeliler as they expand upon the themes relating to the management of Open Bites.

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 22nd September 2016 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. This series presents a range of interviews with faculty staff, recordings of presentations delivered as part of the Research Day and interviews with students of the Doctor of Dental Medicine and Bachelor of Oral Health Programs about their research poster presentations. In this first episode, Associate Professor Deb Cockrell speaks to Professor Heiko Spallek, Pro Dean, Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Sydney about his presentation on “Big Data: opportunities for dental research in Australia”.

As part of this year's Liverpool e-safeguarding Conference 2015 we came to The Conference Centre at LACE and put together this live radio show. First broadcast at 2.00pm on Tuesday 31st March 2015 from the conference venue. Find out more about our equipment and what we do by visiting www.AndertonTiger.com/Radio We used our School Radio Station to produce this recording and broadcast find out more at www.AndertonTiger.com/HUB You can have a station in your school for only £2,995.00

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