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Welcome back to The Tahoe TAP! Your hosts, Mike Peron and Rob Galloway, are here with another episode packed with Things, Adventure, and People from around the Tahoe region, delivered straight to your ears. We kick things off with a quick roundup of the latest local news, but the highlight of this episode is our in-depth conversation with Jeff DeFranco, Superintendent/President of Lake Tahoe Community College. We dive into the powerful concept of #PromisesMadePromisesKept and how Jeff is making a lasting impact on education and the community in South Lake Tahoe. A California native, Jeff joined LTCC in 2012 and previously served as the college's Vice President of Administrative Services. His diverse background spans K-12, community colleges, and four-year institutions. Jeff holds an undergraduate degree from CSU Chico, a Master's in Educational Leadership from the University of Oregon, and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Global Leadership and Change at Pepperdine University. Beyond his professional life, Jeff is a dedicated member of the South Lake Tahoe community, where he lives with his wife, Kasey, and their two sons. A firm believer in lifelong learning, Jeff is passionate about leadership, education, and driving positive change.

On today's episode, Tim LaSalle, co-founder at CSU Chico's Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems, previews his panel session on a systems approach to sustainable orchard management and design at the upcoming California Walnut Conference.   Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to this month's sponsors who makes it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their website. Dormex (Alzchem Group) - https://www.alzchem.com/en/brands/dormex/ California Walnut Conference - https://myaglife.com/california-walnut-conference/ North Valley Nut Conference - https://myaglife.com/north-valley-nut-conference/

Episode Summary In this episode of OnBase, host Chris Moody talks with Kris Rudeegraap about innovative approaches to thought leadership, the use of AI tools, and leveraging direct mail to break through email saturation and create personalized customer experiences. Kris shares his journey from Silicon Valley software sales to founding Sendoso, a category-defining direct mail and gifting platform. The conversation dives into actionable strategies for building a thought leadership culture, using AI for smarter engagement, and orchestrating complex sales processes. Kris highlights how combining creative campaigns, social media, and direct mail can generate significant pipeline growth and enhance brand awareness. About the guest Kris Rudeegraap is the co-founder and CEO of Sendoso, the leading Sending Platform. Kris has more than a decade of sales experience and has spent time at Talkdesk, Yapstone, and Piqora. During that time, he discovered that creating meaningful engagements through direct mail and gifting was an effective way to drive demand and increase sales—which helped inspire the idea for Sendoso. Kris is a California native and CSU-Chico alum currently residing in the Bay Area. Connect with Kris Key takeaways - Thought Leadership as a Growth Driver: Kris emphasizes the role of thought leadership in educating the market, inspiring internal teams, and generating quality leads. - The Power of Direct Mail: Innovative direct mail campaigns, integrated with social and digital channels, can cut through saturated email inboxes and create memorable customer interactions. - Leveraging AI for Sales Enablement: Kris outlines how tools like Clay, Hyperbound, and Grace are revolutionizing outreach, training, and account management. - Category Creation: Educating the market is critical in emerging categories. Thought leadership and community building can amplify this effort. - Social Media for Pipeline Growth: Consistently sharing content and creating employee-driven advocacy on platforms like LinkedIn can be a lead generation powerhouse. Quotes On Thought Leadership:"Thought leadership inspires your team internally and builds trust externally, driving both brand value and pipeline growth." On Personalization:"Customers don't want just another email—they want relevance, authenticity, and creativity at every touchpoint." Books: - Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Newsletters: - Hypergrowth Leadership - Andy's newsletter

For Information Like Degrees Offered, Annual Costs, Etc., Please Click The Banner Below: The Agricultural College Episode is designed to profile agricultural trade schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities around the U.S.  This episode is an effort to replicate the conversation that prospective students, parents and ag teachers might have with agricultural schools at trade show like the National FFA Convention. Chico State University is the agricultural college that I almost went to.  I have told the story on the show before, but in today's interview I finally get to verify!  As it turns out, CSU Chico would have been a fantastic place to study agriculture.  It is in a great part of California, has a great climate and has an outstanding school farm with the opportunity to learn multiple different aspects of livestock, permanent crop and row crop agriculture.  And, it is a very affordable university, especially by California standards. More Places You Can Listen to Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald:     

Join Kris Kington Barker as she speaks with guests Phyllis Davies and Dr. Tim LaSalle. Phyllis is a long-time Centra Coast local and international activist. Phyllis has traveled alone all over the U.S. and in 61 foreign countries supporting women and promoting sustainable agriculture. Tim is a former Cal Poly professor, a lifelong resident of SLO County, and live long activist. He is the co-founder of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems at CSU Chico and a Board Member of Groundswell International. They will discuss the urgent need to increase the spread of regenerative farming practices and the important work of Groundswell International.You are invited to listen, learn, and participate in the conversation, between 1-2 pm. Call in and be part of the discussion at (805) 549-8855.Broadcast date: 1/18/24Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX.

This week we will discuss the confidence building in children with returning guest, Casey Hersch!   ​ ​Casey Hersch is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, author, Latin ballroom dancer, health journalist, and animal advocate. She uses holistic and resilience-based models to help children and families cope with trauma, stress, and illness. ​A Regent's scholar and CSU Chico's social worker of the year, she has devoted her career to helping children, parents, families, and communities build resilience and minimize the effects of stress, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences throughout the lifespan. During her childhood, Casey witnessed the toll of trauma and stress on her health. She has spent most of her adult life overcoming Crohn's disease (autoimmune) and mental illness (anxiety), which further motivates her to create resources for children. Her passion for giving voice to the health benefits of animal rescue and pet companionship granted her recognition for excellence by the Cat Writer's Association. Her work is published in a variety of venues. Casey's diverse clinical experience as a psychotherapist, child custody investigator, educator, and community organizer inspired I Am Pawso. All too often Casey sees toddlers, tweens, teenagers, and adults who missed out on early interventions. These mental health resources in schools, homes, and communities can reduce the long-term consequences of stress and trauma, such as chronic illness, mental illness, anger and behavior management issues, depression, and violence. Casey's evidence-based philosophy is simple: When we provide children the lessons and resources they need to build resilience, emotional intelligence, and healthy brain neural pathways, we give them the best opportunities to thrive. I Am Pawso is Casey's gift to children: An intervention providing them the tools and confidence they need to live healthy and successful lives. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​       I Am Pawso is a family labor of love. Casey's rescue cat, Pawso, is the main character. Her husband, Scott, illustrated the book by taking real photographs of Pawso. When Casey is not writing, she is Latin Ballroom dancing, serving her community, and playing with her cats, Pawso and Samba.

Suneet Agarwal has worked in the Sacramento real estate market for over 12 years. His dedication to his clients and his strong work ethic have made him one of the top Realtors in California. He is currently ranked as the #1 agent in Greater Sacramento MLS. Suneet is the CEO of Best Sac Homes Group and Big Block Realty North, both located here in town. His level of expertise and successful track record speaks for itself as his Group has been awarded #1 residential Realtor Group in the Sacramento area, year after year. The Best Sac Homes Group is currently ranked as the #1 Mega Team in the State of California for most homes sold by the Washington Journal. Serving the Sacramento area with high quality real estate advice and support, Suneet is most known for his tenacity and ability to close deals. His background in finance and business plus years as a realtor and brokerage CEO offers his clients well rounded support when it comes to buying or selling a home or other residential properties. His formal education and training in the business, in harmony with his many years of experience in purchasing, owning, managing and selling property, allows Suneet to excel at every level of the real estate transaction. Suneet credits the hardworking and trustworthy values that he brings to work everyday and are critical for professional success to his Indian parents. Born in Yuba City, CA, he went to private school before enrolling at CSU Chico. At California State University, Suneet studied Business and Information Systems. After he left university, he began his career in real estate. And in 2016 created Best Sac Homes Group @ Big Block Realty North to better service his clients. Suneet lives with his wife Christine and daughter in Sacramento. His hobbies are varied but when he can get away from his phone and the never ending zoom calls, he enjoys relaxing with his family.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by special co-host Kendall Hall, an assistant physics professor at CSU Chico, for a very special conversation with one of America's greatest planetary scientists, Heidi Hammel. Also joining us is Stefanie Milam, Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science for the James Webb Space Telescope.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by special co-host Kendall Hall, an assistant physics professor at CSU Chico, for a very special conversation with one of America's greatest planetary scientists, Heidi Hammel. Also joining us is Stefanie Milam, Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science for the James Webb Space Telescope.

Gayle Hutchinson is California State University of Chico's first female president in the college's 135-year history. Pushed into the deep end at the start of her presidency, she hit the ground running to lead the university through the Oroville Dam Crisis, the Camp Fire Disaster, and COVID-19. Hutchinson's achievements as president include overseeing the completion of a new arts and science building, securing more than $106 million in state funding, and rebuilding many key relationships between the university and surrounding community. Hutchinson is retiring after almost three decades in the Cal State University system, the last seven years as president of CSU Chico. This interview is personal. As proud alums, Chico State is near and dear to our host Lain Hensley, Bill John, Todd Demorest, Ross Field, Jonas Herzog, Carol Jones and most members of the Odyssey family. Hutchinson's experience in higher education runs deep, and her leadership insights are powerful and inspirational. She has overcome many personal and professional obstacles and shares her keys to success and her plans for the future.

Jeremy Nau is a founding member and Director in Armanino's Blockchain and Digital Assets practice. A CPA, Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP), Jeremy acts as a subject matter expert for Armanino's clients across all industries. In this capacity, Jeremy leads the digital asset portions of audit, SOC, SOX and tax engagements for many types of industry clients such as exchanges, custodians, miners, stakers, token projects, wallets, payment processors and stablecoins. Additionally, Jeremy is a co-founder and product manager of Armanino's TrustExplorer suite of products. He helped create the first ever real-time audit application in the accounting/audit industry; TrustExplorer's Real-Time Audit application now attests to over $10B in assets as frequently as every 30 seconds. Jeremy also managed the first-ever proof of reserves engagement completed by an accounting firm. Jeremy also helped created the Chamber of Digital Commerce's proof of reserves crypto claim taxonomy, which leads the accounting industry forward through the creation of transparency standards. Prior to focusing solely on crypto and digital assets, Jeremy spent four years working with and managing SOX and internal audit engagements for public companies. He is a graduate of CSU Chico.

Coleman Jones is from a small Northern California town; one of those places many only dream about leaving. He was raised through hard work; cleaning cars, hammering out dents and painting vehicles, but he had a passion for more. Coleman's path out of the small town was through a Bachelors of Science in Construction Management from CSU Chico. He married his high school sweetheart a week after graduation and moved to the Sacramento region where he joined Rudolph and Sletten, Inc., one of California's largest and most respected commercial contractors. Throughout his 11 years with R&S, Coleman managed several award winning restoration projects, medical facilities (including OSHPD), data centers, corporate campuses, tenant improvements, demolition and abatement, and several more challenging projects. Fast forward more than a decade and they're still loving the ride; raising two amazing boys and being blessed with the opportunity to adopt their niece. Focused on family, faith, and hard work, Coleman enjoys honing his ability to help people and organizations realize goals and needs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/coleman-jones-88761112/ https://www.jandlbuilders.com/ Comment your thoughts below and don't forget to like and subscribe! Sign up for Dillon Mitchell's Straight Shooting Construction Letter http://kowabungastudios.hubspotpagebuilder.com/constructionletter Connect with Dillon Mitchell LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillon-mitchell-kowabungastudios/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dillonAMitchell YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/user/dalexm13/featured Kowabunga Studios - https://www.kowabungastudios.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kowabungastudios/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kowabungastudios Want to speed up your Revit production and take your time back? https://www.kowabungastudios.com/products/ Interested in a Revit Training Course with Lifetime access? https://dillon-s-school-332f.thinkific.com/courses/revit-electrical Connect with Matt Vetter Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvetter/ Schafer Construction - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schaferconstruction/ https://www.schaferconstruction.net/

Recent Humanities Graduate Yuliana Calvillo Solis speaks to us from Paris where she is pursuing a Master's Degree in Diplomacy and International Law at the American University. We talk about her thesis work at CSU Chico analyzing medieval French and Spanish epic poems that deal with the relations between Christians and Muslims. Then we cover International Law and examine the rights of refugees in light of the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine. What exactly is involved in the process of seeking asylum? What obligations do the receiving countries have under the relevant conventions?

Today we speak with Dave Daley, a 5th generation cattle rancher in Butte County, professor at CSU Chico and past president of the California Cattlemen's Association. For more than 30 years, through his involvement with the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, Daley has also been influential in the lives of other current and up-and-coming young cattlemen throughout the state. He recently served as the Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture at California State University and was an animal science professor at the University for many years. Today, Daley is still involved with the University through his role as farm administrator for the Paul L. Byrne University Farm. Anyone who knows Dave knows his knack for communicating in an area where communication isn't necessarily a strong suit. In this episode we address the perception of the cattle industry, common misconceptions and how to get through all the noise.  

Host Dave returns to his alma mater, CSU Chico, to find out about some of the research being done by Chemistry and Environmental Science students.

Lots of news today, FSA update on use of FAFSA data to inform students about other federal benefit programs. NASFAA article about rescinding of need for ASLA. NASFAA article on new ID.me process at the IRS website, and an announcement on the 2022 NASFAA conference. Forbes article about needed changes in higher education. Napa Valley Register article about how students are leaving money (Pell Grant money) on the table by not applying for financial aid. An interesting article about whether your college degree is a worthy investment. Financial aid job postings for the LACCD, CSU Chico, and UW-Stout (that's in Wisconsin).   Find out more about CCCSFAAA at cccsfaaa.org.  Have feedback for Dennis and Dana?  Got a topic you want us to discuss?  Email us at wbcccsfaaa@gmail.com.   "What's Brewing, CCCSFAAA?" is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.

Daphne Miller, MD, had long suspected that human wellbeing and how our food is produced are intimately linked. She visited and studied seven innovative family farms around the country on a quest to discover the hidden connections between how we grow our food and our health, and she published her findings in "Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up" (also the basis for the award-winning documentary In Search of Balance). (Daphne begins speaking at 44:00.) Joining Daphne to discuss how farming techniques from seed choice to soil management have a direct impact on our health will be: Timothy J. LaSalle, Ph.D., co-founder and Co-Director of the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative at CSU Chico and first CEO of the Rodale Institute (Tim begins speaking at 3:50); and Josh Whiton, a highly successful eco-tech entrepreneur whose most recent project is MakeSoil.org (Josh begins speaking at 25:35). Hosted by Arty Mangan, Director of Bioneers' Restorative Food Systems Program.

Host Dave Schlom takes a trip down memory lane and visits his alma mater, CSU Chico, to check out the new science building.

Season 2 Episode #3 Sandra Guzman coming from Sacramento, CaliforniaYou can find at Sandra at esperanzacounseling75@gmail.com or reach out and speak to her at 916 678-8347.Sandra is a counselor, professor, MFT, mom, friend, colleague, and is the Program Director of The Puente Project at Sacramento City College.  Words to describe our guest today include: intelligent, dedicated, hard working, fun – loving, talented, beautiful, driven, passionate, powerful advocate, incredible listener, an even better down to earth therapist, and someone each and every student on the Sac City campus needs to know.  Sandra graduated from CSU Chico with her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Spanish and received her Master of Arts Degree in Counseling and Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from USF – go dons!  Sandra has been guiding young people on the Sac City Campus since 2009 and has her own private counseling business as well.  Sandra, Welcome to the Show!TOTD – What I didn't understand–what I suddenly realize now–was that if I stopped moving backwards, trying to recapture the past, there might be a future waiting for me, waiting for us, a future that would reveal itself if only I turned around and looked, and that once I did, I could start to move toward it. –Cristina HenriquezIn this episode:What was life like growing up?How did you decide to go into counseling, marriage and family therapy?What are some life ingredients that would be helpful for parents to have?What is the best thing you do for yourself?Sac City – what do you love about the students who grace our beautiful campusYou wear many hats at City but the one that looks best on you is Program Director of the Puente Project and Club.  Please tell the listeners about the amazing work you do in that role?Self-Care – ideas for helping people incorporate it into their life?Let's talk cooking… what is your go to meal?Legacy 

Kris has more than a decade of sales experience and has spent time in sales at Talkdesk, Yapstone, and Piqora. During that time, he discovered that creating meaningful engagements through direct mail and gifting was an effective way to drive demand and increase sales—which helped inspire the idea for Sendoso. Kris is a California native and CSU-Chico alum currently residing in the Bay Area. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/salescommunity/message

We talk gifting, sales and teamwork with Kris Rudegraap. Kris is the co-founder and CEO of Sendoso, the leading Sending Platform for sending direct mail and corporate gifts. Kris has more than a decade of sales experience and has spent time in sales at Talkdesk, Yapstone, and Piqora. During that time, he discovered that creating meaningful engagements through direct mail and gifting was an effective way to drive demand and increase sales—which helped inspire the idea for Sendoso. Kris is a California native and CSU-Chico alum currently residing in the Bay Area. Learn more about Sendoso by visiting their website at https://sendoso.com/ Looking to be part of their Beta test for individuals? Email Kris, kris@sendoso.com Want to be more Successful and Inspired in Sales? Order Today: Tom's new Sales Book, Teach Me Sales https://emeraldlakebooks.com/amzteachmesales. Interested in speaking with us about having the Team here at "Ok Boomer Teach Me Sales" work with your sales team? Call us at 919-267-9871, email us at tom@bloomerassociates.com or visit our websites: Bloomer Associates https://bloomerassociates.com/ Ok Boomer Teach Me Sales https://okboomerteachmesales.com/ Have questions about our new sales course offerings? Social Selling for Ad Sales Pro's Leadership Assessment & Development Sales Presentations that Work Lessons Learned in Media Sales All 4 week programs include: Self-paced Video instruction. Easy to follow Workbooks, 1:1 video coaching sessions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/okboomerteachmesales/message

In this episode of The Jesse Nyberg Podcast, I chat with Trevor Tappe “Freeman713”. Trevor is a talented producer, DJ, and designer I met during my time at CSU Chico. Trevor creates mainly techno music with his label of friends Perfect Dark. Trevor also created the intro music to the podcast. We chat about design in the music industry, Techno in berlin, DJ stuff, and more. If you want to support the podcast and hear more check out Patreon for an exclusive Q&A with Freeman713.

Kris Rudeegraap is the co-founder and CEO of Sendoso, the leading Sending Platform. Kris has more than a decade of sales experience and has spent time at Talkdesk, Yapstone, and Piqora. During that time, he discovered that creating meaningful engagements through direct mail and gifting was an effective way to drive demand and increase sales—which helped inspire the idea for Sendoso. Kris is a California native and CSU-Chico alum currently residing in the Bay Area. On this episode:  Learn how Kris built an epic brand. Discover how you can dominate in a crowded market. Kris breaks down the founding and purpose of his company, Sendosa. Discover how to scale your own SaaS venture. Hear the obstacles that Kris had to overcome in his business early on. Key Takeaways: Create Minimum Viable Product first. You can't continue to hold something old in your hand while reaching for something new. You can't rely on a friend's responses to know if you have a market product fit.  Tweetable Quotes: "Celebrate micro-milestones." – Kris Rudeegraap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cljv9sYC-9c How a personal journey for Brian, led him to business and Robert Kiyosaki's classic, Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant. Transcription Three lessons from the Cash Flow Quadrant. Hi I'm Brian Pombo, welcome back to Brian J. Pombo Live. Brought to you by AmazonProofBook.com. It's the book that I have out there written by me, 9 Ways to Amazon-Proof Your Business. If you go to AmazonProofBook.com you have the chance to download this book for free. It's for business owners and executives who want to explode their business and destroy competition. Really the very concept of competition, how would How would you like it to not have it bother you at all, go check out my book, 9 Ways to Amazon-Proof Your Business. AmazonProofBook.com. Now, I will tell you one of the first business books I've ever read. And one of the first that was recommended ever recommended to me was this book. In fact, I think it may have been this very book based on the age. It's the whole yellow and everything. I found it in my stack of stuff. If not, this was one that I had bought for somebody else to read and ended up with it back in my hands. It's a very interesting story about Cash Flow Quadrant. And I'm going to go through three lessons that I got from this book, some directly from this book, some because of this book. But it they're tied to it. The first lesson I'll tell you the story, how it started. So what ended up happening was, this is this this kind of story of my business life in a sense, because I was in the process of I wasn't interested, I've always had a slight interest in business. But not really, I never really saw it as my future. My future was in acting in specifically comedic acting, and had a comedy troupe of sorts that was put together and we were going to be building ourselves. after we were done with college or toward the tail end of college. While we were at a point where we had all decided we were going to move to the same town and live under the same roof and start practicing our art while we were finishing up college, those of us who were finishing up college. So that town was Chico, California. Because one because one of us had already gotten a full ride or at least they they got accepted into CSU Chico, which is the State College there. And the rest of us and I was planning on doing that. And so I when I came to town, a whole everything pretty much fell apart. The entire troop pretty close to fell apart at that point because most of the people all of a sudden decided they weren't going to be moving up there after I had already gotten up there. The day I arrived, the main person the reason why we were moving there was in the process of moving out as I was moving in to a apartment with two people who were one was a complete stranger, the other I had met previously once before. So here I was in a strange town with a strange situation, living with strangers, knowing really nobody in town, and really wondering where life was going to take me next because I thought I had it all figured out. At 21 years old. Man I didn't, I had no idea what I was in for I had no idea what was next. And so I pretty much opened myself up to the universe and said, Hey, you know, big guy, whoever's out there, show me what's next. And I got in a situation so I was I already had a position. So I had previously I was when I was living in south of there but still Northern California. I was working on a Barnes and Noble bookstore if you remember those, they used to be all over the place and they were the hot thing. And they most of them either had a Starbucks attached or they had a Barnes and Noble cafe attached that serve Starbucks coffee. Well, I got pretty good at serving coffee through that little facility. I also got pretty good at working the book side so you can go either way, depending on the day, you'd work one direction or another, well,

Kris Rudeegraap is the co-founder and CEO of Sendoso, the leading Sending Platform. Kris has more than a decade of sales experience and has spent time at Talkdesk, Yapstone, and Piqora. During that time, he discovered that creating meaningful engagement through direct mail and gifting was an effective way to drive demand and increase sales - which helped inspire the idea for Sendoso. Kris is a California native and CSU-Chico alum currently residing in the Bay Area.   Questions   Could you share with us a little bit about your journey, a little bit about who you are, tell us what a leading Sending Platform is? What's that all about? And just how you got to where you are today? Could you share with us just based on your experience, and also your business as an entrepreneur and a leader, what are maybe one, two or three things that you think salespeople need to do to retain their customers? What are maybe one or two things you think that somebody could do to enhance or build on that skill? How can you build on being more empathetic as a human? Could you give us maybe some recommendations as how companies can leverage more collaboration software and use it to their advantage? And how can employees be open to adapt to this and be able to succeed, especially with something that they are not very comfortable with? How as a leader in all of these that's happening, can you ensure that your team is thinking creatively? They're thinking outside of the box? How do you get to inspire them, especially when you're not in the same physical space with them? How can you really get them motivated and pumped up that they are excited to come up with new ideas and innovative solutions to make the business move forward? Could you share with us maybe what's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? Can you share with us maybe one or two books that have had the biggest impact on you? It could be a book that you read recently, or maybe something you read a very long time ago, but it still has an impact on you today? Can you share with us maybe what's the one thing that's going on in your life right now - either something you're working on to develop yourself or your people? Could you tell our listeners where they can find you online? Do you have a quote or saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you'll tend to revert to this quote, it kind of helps to keep you focused, or kind of gets you back on track. If you get derailed at any point in time. Do you have one of those?   Highlights   Kris’ Journey   Kris shared that before starting Sendoso, he spent about 10 years in software sales in San Francisco. And so, he was really trying to break into new accounts, send emails to prospects, and really saw that there was a lot of digital noise and email was a hard channel to be super personalized.   And so, that's really where he decided to start sending out handwritten notes and he'd send little gifts, he'd send little packages with like company swag and all that stuff was really great, it was just super hard to do and very manual and very time consuming.   And so, he dreamed up this idea of a sending platform where you can click and send a button inside of tools like Salesforce or HubSpot or other tools. And then behind the scenes, it would do all the fulfillment and all the hard work for him.   And so that was the original idea and that's what inspired him to start Sendoso about 5 years ago, and really a sending platform is a couple components. One is it allows you to send out really anything and everything, corporate gifts, their direct mail, their company swag, there could be flowers, cookies, ice cream, gift cards, digital experiences, you name it, they can send it. There's also team management and budgets, there's integrations, there's fulfillment all under one platform.   Me: Sounds good. So a big part of what Sendoso does are, what you do is sales?    Kris shared that sales, that's how he got started and a lot of their customers are using them for sales. But they also have a good amount of companies using them for post sales. So customer service, customer success, marketing, and even HR too.   Tips on How Salespeople Can Retain Their Customers   Me: So what I like to find out from you is could you share with us just based on your experience, and also your business as an entrepreneur and a leader. What are maybe one, two or three things that you think salespeople need to do to retain their customers? So I know sales is about getting new customers, but how do you ensure that you retain your existing customers? How do you have that relationship, the customer relationship management component? Maybe what are two or three things that you think is critical based on your experience?   Kris shared that he'd say one is really being human and building rapport and think about it as not a business to business, but a business to a human and how do you build that relationship. Two is really just getting creative with how you engage folks. So not just using email, but using other means to build that relationship. And he thinks the third is really leading with empathy and putting yourself in your buyer’s shoes, and really encouraging authenticity and really understanding what the buyer really needs.    How to Build on Being More Empathetic as a Human   Me: Okay, so those are three really good points. Now, let's say for example, you're dealing with sales reps that don't know how to exercise empathy. So as a Customer Service Trainer, I have found based on research and experience that empathy is not one of those skills that you learn when you're growing up, it's really a skill that you develop as you get older, as you get to understand yourself, as you get to understand emotions in other people. But some people just still are not able to exercise empathy to its fullest extent. What are maybe one or two things you think that somebody could do to enhance or build on that skill? How can you build on being more empathetic as a human?   Kris shared that he would say one is finding training and learning courses, so going out of your way to find ways that you can really learn about how to be more empathetic and kind of study and learn and kind of take what you've learned and start practicing that. He'd say that's the first thing is really going out of your way to learn more. And then he thinks the second is, people might not be as empathetic in business, he thinks a lot of people are naturally maybe empathetic in their home life and maybe understanding what are those key things you're doing in kind of your home, non-work life that could be empathetic, and how could you translate that into more business like environments.   Me: That's a good one. Because it's the same skill, same behaviour, you're exercising in a personal environment so you need to just transfer that into a professional environment so that you can really understand where the other person is coming from.   How Companies Can Leverage and Adapt Collaboration Software And Use it to Their Advantage    Me: So a big part of customer experience also is understanding that we're in this space now where we have to be pivoting, I think that was a big word for 2020 and it's definitely come over into 2021. And just being able to be flexible using the different technologies that exist out there to serve our customers. Agility is also something that a lot of organizations are looking to do with their teams. So could you give us maybe some recommendations as how companies can leverage more collaboration software and use it to their advantage? And how can employees be open to adapt to this and be able to succeed, especially with something that they are not very comfortable with?   Kris stated that he thinks that to Yanique’s point, one is taking the time to really time block on your calendar to learn more. We live in a world where people work, and maybe don't do enough in terms of like education or re-education, so he'd say purposefully putting time on your calendar for learning and development is key. And being cognizant of that, say, “Hey, next week, I'm going to block two hours, and I'm going to learn this or I'm going to practice using this software,” which might sound like how do you have enough time to do that, but he thinks it's taking that time, it's almost like taking a step sideways to take 10 steps forward, versus kind of always being in an environment where you feel behind. So, he would say that is one scenario. He'd say two is just maybe, depending on your level of leadership, really just the culture of the company, or the executives can be really driving this agility and so, he thinks it starts at the top. And really, if you can demonstrate agility at the top and really make that a key part of your company culture, it can really benefit everybody.   How To Inspire Your Team to Think Creatively   Me: Leadership is very important, I'm glad you touched on that just now in terms of getting people to really step up to the plate. So you have these teams and even though they're working from home, I've heard so many complaints where people complain that they're just exhausted, they're burnt out, literally, just between family, depending on what age the kids are, and then just keeping the home in order, and then being on all of these Zooms and Microsoft Team meetings constantly at your computer. But then outside of those meetings, you have the actual work to get done and it's just a lot.   How as a leader in all of these that's happening, can you ensure that your team is thinking creatively? They're thinking outside of the box? How do you get to inspire them, especially when you're not in the same physical space with them? How can you really get them motivated and pumped up that they are excited to come up with new ideas and innovative solutions to make the business move forward?   Kris shared that one thing that comes to mind is making sure that you are upfront about a flexible work life balance and right now it's harder than ever to be flexible, because you kind of live and work in the same room, so to speak. And so, he thinks it's purposefully making sure people are stepping away, even if it's just a staycation and you're staying home, you just put your laptop away. So, they really try to inspire that, they even have a twice a year employee bonus that if you take a vacation or a staycation, they'll give a $500 bonus each time to spend on that and so they're kind of paying their employees to take breaks and keep that flexible work life balance. And so, he thinks that's one area, making sure you keep your work life balance strong so that it really keeps your mental state in a really good place. Two, he'd say is like, how do you get creative or have more fun with some of your Zoom meetings and so, they've incorporate things like Zoom wine tasting events, or they've done like dinner making class over zoom and so they bring in special guests to some of these Zooms, and maybe change it up a little bit so it feels a little bit more unique, and adds a little bit of flair. So he thinks that's an interesting way.   And then there's other ways as it relates to just helping getting people out of their comfort zone, and maybe connecting people with other teams. So they've tried to institute more of like cross team collaboration or getting people involved in kind of mini, what they call tiger teams, or project teams, they kind of are taken away from maybe their normal day to day and exposed to new parts of the business where maybe they can bring their new level of creativity.   Me: That's really amazing. So I like the idea of dinner, what was the suggestion, you bring in a special guest and that person would prepare dinner and everybody kind of follows along?   Kris confirmed and stated that they've done like a special checked guest that comes in. They did one where was like a cheese making class, there's a wine tasting event where you could wine taste virtually. So it makes some of these Zoom meetings just a bit more exciting.   Me: So do you do that in the middle of the day? Or is that an additional Zoom meeting that is tacked on to the end of their day?   Kris stated that it could be both, he thinks for the wine tasting one, they typically would want that to be more like a 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm or 5:00 pm. And so, it's typically still during business hours, but it just says, “Hey, have some fun with this and kind of meet more of your team and have a have some fun.” But some other ones could happen during the day too as well. And it's more of a way to kind of think creatively versus just be in the same exact kind of Zoom fatigue.   Me: Yeah, I agreed. That's really cool, very creative, very innovative, and it does stimulate a different parts of the brain, which will definitely help them to not feel like they're doing the same thing over and over and it gets mundane. And just as you said don't feel motivated.   App, Website or Tool that Kris Absolutely Can’t Live Without in His Business   When asked about an online resource that he can’t live without in his business, Kris shared that from a collaboration perspective, Slack, it just like keeps them all collaborating, that is probably the one they couldn't live without. One that he really loves is an app called Feedly, and it basically brings together hundreds of different blogs into one app that he enjoys reading. And it's a great way for him to stay creative and really be immersed in a lot of different contexts of ideas. And he typically wakes up and do some reading in that app and then he'll typically go to bed and do some reading in it. And it just gives him new perspectives across a myriad of different topics.    Books That Have Had the Greatest Impact on Kris   Kris shared that he’s a huge podcast listener and actually give him the biggest inspiration and impact. And so, he’s all in on podcasts and a couple podcasts that he’s just obsessed with. So he'd probably say he listens to podcasts, maybe daily, he would read books maybe a few times a year, so he’s much more engaged with podcasts and a couple that he loves, one's called Dare to Lead with Brene¢ Brown and another is called Acquired, another is called Follow Your Different and then a classic, another one, How I Built This.   Me: Oh, nice. May I ask what kind of topics they discuss predominantly on those podcasts? Are they more like self development podcasts? Or are they business podcasts?   Kris stated that he would say a bit of both, part of them are business related, but also, they also include talking to founders at times too, which gives you kind of personal inspiration as well. So he thinks it's part personal inspiration, part business, and then part just kind of interesting topics.    What Kris is Really Excited About Now!   Kris shared that one thing that he’s doing that is, now that they have close to 400 employees now. One of the things he’s doing is just random meetings with employees, and he created this new Slack channel called Ask Kris Anything and then he meets with 3 to 5 random employees each week. And so, that's something that he’s doing just so that he can really understand how they're scaling the business and learn from everybody. And so, that's been something that he has been doing recently that he’s really excited to continue.   Where Can We Find Kris Online   LinkedIn – Kris Rudeegraap Website – www.sendoso.com Email – kris@sendoso.com   Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Kris Uses   When asked about a quote or saying that helps him get back track, Kris shared that he would say that the one that comes to mind that he remember the end that he thinks about often is, “Entrepreneurs spend a few years of their life like most people won't, so they can spend the rest of their life like most people can't.” And so, he thinks it kind of hints on that like there's tough times for an entrepreneur, but if you make it, your life will be changed forever. And so, that's one of his favourite quotes. The other one he thinks is a popular quote by Wayne Gretzky is, “You miss every shot you don't take.” And he lives by that too, you got to take risks, you got to challenge yourself, you got to do stuff and get out there. And so, that's also an inspiring quote for him too.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest   Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners   The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience   Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience.”   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience!

Join us on this episode, as we talk with Shawn Ryan, CSU, Chico's Coordinator of Orientation and New Student Programs. Our discussion with Shawn helps provide insights to what happened this past year, what is happening now and what is in store for the upcoming year.

Continuing with episodes focused on resources at CSU, Chico, we are joined by Cathryn Carkhuff and Victoria Ramirez from CAVE or Community Action Volunteers in Education. During our time together we were able to discuss ways that CAVE is fulfilling its mission of providing meaningful volunteer opportunities to Chico State [...]

Continuing with episodes focused on resources at CSU, Chico, we are joined by Shawna Lucas to learn what the College of Communication and Education (CME) is doing to support students, faculty and staff. Shawna is the CME College Advising and Retention Specialist (CARS) and coordinates student success efforts.

On this episode we are joined by Jenn Duggan and Nicole Gager from CSU, Chico's College of Business Student Advising & Services.

Dr. Eric Bartelink of CSU - Chico guides us through an intro to stable isotope analysis, and how it can be used in forensic and historic or ancient contexts to understand how people migrated and what their diets were like. Dr. Bartelink highlights the importance of embracing a multi-disciplinary approach to advancing anthropology. Find links to articles, books, and pics at AnthroBiology.com. Find the show on Instagram and Twitter @AnthroBiology.

On this episode we are joined by students and staff from CSU, Chico's First Year Experience. FYE fosters collaborative and active learning, peer support and engagement with public issues that challenge students to get involved immediately, not eventually, as scholars and engaged members of the community.

In this episode, Pa interviews Alison Saechao about her educational journey. Alison is an Educational Talent Search Specialist at Woodland Community College and shares her experience growing up in the small town of Oroville, California and her path to earning her master’s degree in history. Show Notes:Iu MienSecret WarEducational Talent SearchUpward BoundTRiO ProgramsUCLACSU, ChicoHistory Department at CSU, ChicoIf you’d like to connect with Alison, you can reach her at alisonsaechao@gmail.com. Subscribe to this podcast to follow Pa as she gets her PhD. Access transcripts and submit listener questions at www.onbecomingeducated.comSupport the show (http://Ko-fi.com/onbecomingeducated)

This is the first of our episodes that will highlight resources and programs at CSU, Chico. We are joined by Kylee Sharp to learn what the college of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) is doing to support students, faculty and staff. Kylee is the HFA College Advising and Retention Specialist [...]

In this episode of The Real Build, I had the opportunity to talk about commercial construction with Coleman Jones. Coleman Jones is Part Owner of Jones and Lamberti in Roseville, California. Along with his partner, Coleman has built one of the top commercial construction companies in his area. Colemon is from a small Northern California town and was raised through hard work; cleaning cars, hammering out dents, and painting vehicles, but he had a passion for more. His path out of the small town was through a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from CSU Chico. Coleman married his high school sweetheart a week after graduation. He moved to the Sacramento region, where he joined Rudolph and Sletten, Inc., one of California's largest and most respected commercial contractors. Throughout his 11 years with R&S, Coleman managed several award-winning projects. Fast forward more than a decade, they are raising two boys and being blessed with the opportunity to adopt their niece. Focused on family, faith, and hard work, he enjoys honing his ability to help people and organizations realize goals and needs.

Dr. Cynthia Daley, a professor at the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico. She serves as the Rawlin's Endowed Professor for Environmental Literacy, and the Director for the Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems. Cindy is originally from Illinois, where her family has been actively engaged in the farming profession for more than four generations. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois, her doctorate at University of California Davis. She joined the CSU Chico, College of Agriculture faculty in 1997 and later founded the Organic Dairy Education & Research Program in 2006. Seeing the need to grow the ecological farming movement, Daley went on to co-create the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative in 2016 and guided this program to Center status in May of 2019. The new Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems is a consortium of interdisciplinary faculty and farmers who recognize the ecological benefits of regenerative farming practices including water conservation, soil fertility, and carbon sequestration. The Center's guiding principle is that agriculture, when done regeneratively, can be the solution to soil degradation and climate change.Highlights of this episode include:1. Why psycho/social fabrics are critical factors for transitioning into a new paradigm. 2. The goals of Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems and why academia has failed to be the cutting edge for the regenerative ag movement.3. Where social justice fits within the regenerative ag movement.4. Ideas for the public education on regenerative ag.5. What is regenerative dairy and is it scalable.6. The need for neurocognitive flexibility when shifting to regenerative ag, the economics of regenerative ag and the importance of producers learning from producers.

We invited some successful local trainers/business hours to talk about their approach to training and how they built their business model. Joseph and Nolan Grinstain are two of the three brothers atop Hyperthrive Athletics. Hyperthrive has two locations in the greater Sacramento area. One is dedicated exclusively to athletes (particularly rotational athletes –baseball/softball). At the other, near the campus of Sacramento State University, they serve both athletes and “gen pop” or general fitness clients. Joe Grinstain was a multi-sport athlete in high school and holds a Kinesiology - Movement Studies degree and is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. After high school, Joe attended CSU Chico where he graduated with a degree in Kinesiology - Movement Studies. During his time in Chico, Joe took over the role of Head Strength and Conditioning coach at Mavericks Athletic Development in Chico, CA, and helped run the CSU Chico softball team’s strength program his senior year. He also held strength and conditioning internship positions at the University of Alabama (baseball), University of California Berkeley (football), Capital Strength and Performance in Sacramento, and Cressey Sports Performance in Boston. He is Director of Strength and Performance for Hyperthrive Nolan Grinstain is the Director of Speed Performance at Hyperthrive. He holds a Bachelors's Degree in Exercise Physiology and is both a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, and a Master Sports Performance Coach through the National Sports Performance Association. Together, we talked through a number of questions/topics: What are the differences in programming, goals, and motivation for athletes versus general fitness clients? What’s a strength and conditioning coach’s role when working with professional athletes? How do you train explosiveness/speed? What’s it like to sleep in tents in Kenya with 30 family members? We also got their take on last episode’s question about kids and training for sports. You can find Hypertrive on IG at @hyperthriveathletics and at hyperthriveathletics.com. Subscribe for updates about our new gym (Third Street Barbell) and apparel line at 3sb.co! Local memberships and international fresh fits! Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Connor O’Neal @connoroneal. Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo.      

In today's episode, you'll hear from Rouben Mohiuddin, Professor of Interior Architecture at CSU Chico. Rouben discusses how they are adapting to virtual learning and how this is affecting the studio environment. Rouben has an incredible history full of travel, community involvement, and rebuilding after devastating disasters. At one point we even discuss the symbiotic relationship between disabled parrots and veterans! You have to listen in to see how this plays into his past. Follow Rouben on Instagram and Facebook to see his projects. Make sure to reach out and let him know what parts of the episode you enjoyed the most: Instagram: @design_si_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DesignSI For photos of Rouben's projects and sketches check out this week's blog post: https://www.byoungdesign.com/blog If you enjoyed this episode, it's inspired you, or you've found value in it please let me know! You can leave a review on iTunes and share your favorite parts with us on Instagram @BYoungDesign

*This episode is lovingly dedicated to our guest, Susan DeMarois's mother, Hope Harney Brewer. Susan DeMarois, California Government Affairs Director of Alzheimer’s Association, learned first-hand the importance of education when it comes to Alzheimer's after her own Mother, Hope, was diagnosed. She talks about the many programs the Alzheimer's Association offers and and how they are targeting not only Caregivers, but Doctors, First Responders, and, of course, the Public. The Alzheimer's Association is on a mission to educate the nuances of the disease and the many ways it manifests, and then give people the best tools for dealing with those afflicted with the disease. Since 2013, Susan has directed state government affairs for the national Alzheimer’s Association. As a registered lobbyist in Sacramento, Susan advocates for legislative, budget and regulatory changes at the state capitol on behalf of the 2.3 million Californians directly impacted by Alzheimer’s disease. At the state level, the Alzheimer’s Association has secured key legislative victories in dementia training, physician education and Alzheimer’s research, raising more than $26 million to-date thorough the voluntary tax check-off fund. This year, the organization led the effort to implement the Healthy Brain Initiative in California, resulting in a $5 million investment in the state’s public health infrastructure. The Alzheimer’s Association led development of California’s State Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease: An Action Plan for 2011 – 2021 and served on the California Task Force on Family Caregiving in 2017/2018. Currently, Susan serves on the California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary’s Alzheimer’s Disease Advisory Committee as well as the state’s Olmstead Advisory Committee. The Association actively participates in the California Aging and Disability Alliance (CADA) and the California Collaborative for Long-term Services and Supports. Prior to joining the Alzheimer’s Association, Susan led government and community relations for the University of California health and clinical affairs supporting the work of academic medical centers, schools of medicine/nursing and physician groups. A graduate of CSU Chico, Susan started her career working for the U.S. Congress and California State Assembly. Susan resides in Sacramento, CA and draws inspiration for her work from her own family’s experience with dementia.Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline 1.800.272.3900Email: info@alz.orgAlzheimer's Association WebsiteTwitterFacebook Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/preview/3feccac8decf451cbee818066461f7c1)

Greg Cootsona, author, co-director of Science for the Church, and lecturer in religious studies and humanities at CSU Chico, discusses the relationship between faith and science and explores how a church’s approach to science shapes its work and witness. For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio.

CSU Chico senior, Dani Dawes, shares her experience with grad school discernment, applications, and the unknown aspects of God's plan. IG: dani_dawes  Host: Alexis Diaz . . Lioness (Instrumental) by DayFox https://soundcloud.com/dayfox Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lioness-instrumental Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/ZATMh49j49M

Will Salady is a Student at CSU Chico, a leader at the Newman Catholic Center - Chico and Co-Founder of Home Gym Brewing Co. We talked beer, brewing and the Biblical view of alcohol. follow HG Brewing at https://www.instagram.com/hgbrewing/

Eriberto Hernandez, card wizard and highly motivated student of CSU Chico shares his two thoughts on family, friends, relationships, and spiritual trust. IG: @530cardistry

r. Lauren E. Oakes is a conservation and adaptation scientist working to model and communicate how people can adapt at local levels to the GLOBAL climate crisis. Her book In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress and a Changing World is the chosen Book in Common for Chico and California State University, Chico this coming academic year. We revisit our BEST OF conversation with Lauren this week, sharing her journey story and other thoughts on resilience in our changing world, in advance of her appearing at CSU Chico this coming April. Listen in! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Throwback Thursday: In 2013, I interviewed Sandra Lin Joseph about how she kept her strength and spiritual faith and her wits about her during a violent home invasion in Chico, California. I received my 2nd and 3rd Degree Reiki in this home from Sandra just 24 hours before this crime took place. This is a story about Divine Timing and how to control and take command of your personal power. Notable Mentions: Dr. Gayle Kimball from CSU Chico and Berkeley Psychic Institute. Enjoy! I love you guys! ❤️♥️❤️⛄❄☁⛅ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Metaphysical/support

California's District 1 covers most of Plumas, Sierra, and Nevada Counties, as well as part of Placer County. Incumbent Republican Doug LaMalfa has held the seat since 2012. He's being challenged by Democrat Audrey Denney, a former CSU Chico professor. Tony Lopez and Gary Dietrich look at both candidates.

Bob Alejo is a 35-year strength and conditioning and administrative veteran at the collegiate, professional and Olympic level. Currently, the Director of Sports Science for Power Lift, Coach has directed strength and conditioning collegiately at CSU Chico, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and North Carolina State University (Assistant AD). Professionally, 12 years as the director with the Oakland A’s (during the Moneyball era) and twice as a member of the US Olympic Team in Beijing (2008; Gold medal, men’s Beach Volleyball) and London (2012). If you would like to learn more from Coach Alejo, you can check out some of his articles by clicking on the link below: https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/bobalejo/ or by following him on social media: Twitter: @Coach_Alejo @power_lift Instagram: @coachbobalejo

Bob Alejo is a 35-year strength and conditioning and administrative veteran at the collegiate, professional and Olympic level. Currently, the Director of Sports Science for Power Lift, Coach has directed strength and conditioning collegiately at CSU Chico, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and North Carolina State University (Assistant AD). Professionally, 12 years as the director with the Oakland A’s (during the Moneyball era) and twice as a member of the US Olympic Team in Beijing (2008; Gold medal, men’s Beach Volleyball) and London (2012). If you would like to learn more from Coach Alejo, you can check out some of his articles by clicking on the link below: https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/bobalejo/ or by following him on social media: Twitter: @Coach_Alejo @power_lift Instagram: @coachbobalejo

Bob Alejo is a 35-year strength and conditioning and administrative veteran at the collegiate, professional, and Olympic levels. Currently the Director of Sports Science for Power Lift, Coach Alejo has directed strength and conditioning collegiately at CSU Chico, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, and North Carolina State University (Assistant AD). Professionally, he served 12 years as the Director of the Oakland A’s (during the “Moneyball” era) and twice as a member of the U.S. Olympic team: Beijing in 2008 with a gold medal in Men’s Beach Volleyball, and London in 2012 (simplifaster.com) Photo courtesy of Anna Hiatt (annahiatt.com)

Professor Samuel M. Edelman, executive director of the newly-created Academic Council for Israel, has been in the forefront of fighting BDS activities for years. He speaks about the most recent boycott resolution passed by the National Women's Studies Association and the resolution currently being voted on by the American Anthropological Association as well as other BDS activities generated by faculty. He also discusses strategies for combating these anti-Israel activities in a strategic manner. Dr. Samuel M. Edelman is one of the founding faculty members of the Academic Council for Israel. He is also an Academic Fellow and adjunct professor of Israel Studies and Zionism at the University of Miami’s Miller Center for Judaic Studies. He is the former Director of the Israel on Campus Coalition Academic Affairs Department and the National Academic Network and its Fellows Program. He has served as the executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is also a CSU Chico emeritus professor of Jewish, Israel and Holocaust Studies as well as Rhetoric and Communication Studies.

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/what-love It may seem doubtful that philosophers have much to tell us about love (beyond their love of wisdom). Surely it is the poets who have the market cornered when it comes to deep reflection on the nature of love. John and Ken question the notion that love cannot be captured by the light of reason by turning their attention to the philosophy of love with philosopher-poet Troy Jollimore from CSU Chico. Troy is the author of Love’s Vision, as well as two collections of poems: At Lake Scugog and 2006's Tom Thomson in Purgatory, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

In this episode we're talking about something no one wants to deal with but each and every one of us will need to deal with. At some point in the course of your business you'll need to handle a less than awesome conversation, and Kim is helping us figure those out. We talk about why clarity is important, listening is key, and figuring out how to respond from your brain and not your first emotional response. Grab your pen and start taking notes because this WILL come up.  A little about Kim... Kim Wasson, principal of Ivybay Consulting, has over 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry. This experience encompasses company size from start-up through Fortune 50, with associated diverse corporate cultures. She has held a range of positions from individual contributor through Vice President in Engineering, Program Management, and Operations, and holds both a Master's degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from CSU Chico. Kim has both the education and practical background to offer consulting services IvyBay's specialty areas. She brings a unique blend of common sense and structure to her approach to management, process, and coaching. Resources Hit the Mic VIP IvyBay Consulting Connect with Me Get YOUR question on a future episode Email me at hello@thestaceyharris.com Tweet with me and include #HittheMic Be sure to leave your review on iTunes or Stitcher for a shoutout on a future show

Our guest is cult expert Janja Lalich PhD, Professor of Sociology at CSU Chico and author of Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships.