Podcast appearances and mentions of Cynthia Johnson

When comedian John Franklin joined us for a round of music trivia back in December, he only got one question right—but it was an important one: Who sang “Funkytown”? That victorious moment has now come full circle, as John returns to help us take a deeper look at Lipps, Inc.'s massive 1980 hit and the whirlwind career of vocalist Cynthia Johnson. We get into how this Minneapolis-based studio project managed to top charts in 28 countries, briefly revive disco on its way out, and leave behind one of the most recognizable dance tracks of all time. With some surprising surprising facts and maybe a few Michael McDonald side tangents, this episode asks the big question—are we taking a trip to Funkytown, or do we simply gotta move on? Let's talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it! One Hit Thunder is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Our listeners get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at http://distrokid.com/vip/onehitthunder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lee Hawkins investigates how a secret nighttime business deal unlocked the gates of a Minnesota suburb for dozens of Black families seeking better housing, schools, and safer neighborhoods. His own family included.TranscriptIntroLEE HAWKINS: This is the house that I grew up in and you know we're standing here on a sidewalk looking over the house but back when I lived here there was no sidewalk, and the house was white everything was white on white. And I mean white, you know, white in the greenest grass.My parents moved my two sisters and me in 1975, when I was just four years old. Maplewood, a suburb of 25,000 people at the time, was more than 90% white.As I rode my bike through the woods and trails. I had questions: How and why did these Black families manage to settle here, surrounded by restrictions designed to keep them out?The answer, began with the couple who lived in the big house behind ours… James and Frances Hughes.You're listening to Unlocking The Gates, Episode 1.My name is Lee Hawkins. I'm a journalist and the author of the book I AM NOBODY'S SLAVE: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free.I investigated 400 years of my Black family's history — how enslavement and Jim Crow apartheid in my father's home state of Alabama, the Great Migration to St. Paul, and our later move to the suburbs shaped us.My producer Kelly and I returned to my childhood neighborhood. When we pulled up to my old house—a colonial-style rambler—we met a middle-aged Black woman. She was visiting her mother who lived in the brick home once owned by our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Hutton.LEE HAWKINS: How you doing? It hasn't changed that much. People keep it up pretty well, huh?It feels good to be back because it's been more than 30 years since my parents sold this house and moved. Living here wasn't easy. We had to navigate both the opportunities this neighborhood offered and the ways it tried to make us feel we didn't fully belong.My family moved to Maplewood nearly 30 years after the first Black families arrived. And while we had the N-word and mild incidents for those first families, nearly every step forward was met with resistance. Yet they stayed and thrived. And because of them, so did we.LEE HAWKINS: You know, all up and down this street, there were Black families. Most of them — Mr. Riser, Mr. Davis, Mr. White—all of us can trace our property back to Mr. Hughes at the transaction that Mr. Hughes did.I was friends with all of their kids—or their grandkids. And, at the time, I didn't realize that we, were leading and living, in real-time, one of the biggest paradigm shifts in the American economy and culture. We are the post-civil rights generation—what I call The Integration Generation.Mark Haynes was like a big brother to me, a friend who was Five or six years older. When he was a teenager, he took some bass guitar lessons from my dad and even ended up later playing bass for Janet Jackson when she was produced by Minnesota's own Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.Since his family moved to Maplewood several years before mine, I called him to see what he remembered.MARK HAYNES: "It's a pretty tight-knit group of people,"Mark explained how the community came together and socialized, often –MARK HAYNES: "they—every week, I think—they would meet, actually. I was young—maybe five or six.LEE HAWKINS: And what do you remember about it? I asked. What kind of feeling did it give you?MARK HAYNES: It was like family, you know, all of them are like, uh, aunts and uncles to me, cousins. It just felt like they were having a lot of fun. I think there was an investment club too."Herman Lewis was another neighbor, some years older than Mark—an older teenager when I was a kid. But I remember him and his brother, Richard. We all played basketball, and during the off-season, we'd play with my dad and his friends at John Glenn, where I'd eventually attend middle school. Herman talked to me about what it meant to him.HERMAN LEWIS: We had friends of ours and our cousins would come all the way from Saint Paul just to play basketball on a Friday night. It was a way to keep kids off the street, and your dad was very instrumental trying to make sure kids stayed off the street. And on a Friday night, you get in there at five, six o'clock, and you play till 9, 10 o'clock, four hours of basketball. On any kid, all you're going to do is go home, eat whatever was left to eat. And if there's nothing left to eat, you pour yourself a bowl of cereal and you watch TV for about 15 to 25-30, minutes, and you're sleeping there, right in front of the TV, right?LEE HAWKINS: But that was a community within the community,HERMAN LEWIS: Definitely a community within the community. It's so surprising to go from one side of the city to the next, and then all of a sudden there's this abundance of black folks in a predominantly white area.Joe Richburg, another family friend, said he experienced our community within a community as well.LEE HAWKINS: You told me that when you were working for Pillsbury, you worked, you reported to Herman Cain, right? We're already working there, right? Herman Cain, who was once the Republican front runner for President of the United States. He was from who, who was from the south, but lived in Minnesota, right? Because he had been recruited here. I know he was at Pillsbury, and he was at godfathers pizza, mm hmm, before. And he actually sang for a time with the sounds of blackness, which a lot of people would realize, which is a famous group here, known all over the world. But what was interesting is you said that Herman Cain was your boss, yeah, when he came to Minnesota, he asked you a question, yeah. What was that question?Joe Richburg: Well, he asked me again, from the south, he asked me, Joe, where can I live? And I didn't really understand the significance of that question, but clearly he had a sense of belonging in that black people had to be in certain geographic, geographies in the south, and I didn't have that. I didn't realize that was where he was coming from.Before Maplewood, my family lived in St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood—a thriving Black community filled with Black-owned businesses and cultural icons like photojournalist Gordon Parks, playwright August Wilson, and journalist Carl T. Rowan.Like so many other Black communities across the country, Rondo was destroyed to make way for a highway. it was a forced removal.Out of that devastation came Black flight. Unlike white flight, which was driven by fear of integration, Black flight was about seeking better opportunities: better funded schools and neighborhoods, and a chance at higher property values.Everything I've learned about James and Frances Hughes comes from newspaper reports and interviews with members of their family.Mr. Hughes, a chemist and printer at Brown and Bigelow, and Frances, a librarian at Gillette Hospital, decided it was time to leave St. Paul. They doubled down on their intentions when they heard a prominent real estate broker associate Blacks with “the ghetto.” According to Frances Hughes, he told the group;FRANCES HUGHES (ACTOR): “You're living in the ghetto, and you will stay there.”She adds:FRANCES HUGHES (ACTOR): “I've been mad ever since. It was such a bigoted thing to say. We weren't about to stand for that—and in the end, we didn't.”The Hughes began searching for land but quickly realized just how difficult it could be. Most white residents in the Gladstone area, just outside St. Paul, had informal agreements not to sell to Black families. Still, James and Frances kept pushing.They found a white farmer, willing to sell them 10 acres of land for $8,000.And according to an interview with Frances, that purchase wasn't just a milestone for the Hughes family—it set the stage for something remarkable. In 1957, James Hughes began advertising the plots in the Twin Cities Black newspapers and gradually started selling lots from the land to other Black families. The Hughes's never refused to sell to whites—but according to an interview with Frances, economic justice was their goal.FRANCES HUGHES (ACTOR): “Housing for Blacks was extremely limited after the freeway went through and took so many homes. We wanted to sell to Blacks only because they had so few opportunities.”By the 1960s, the neighborhood had grown into a thriving Black suburban community. The residents here were deeply involved in civic life. They attended city council meetings, started Maplewood's first human rights commission, and formed a neighborhood club to support one another.And over time, the area became known for its beautiful homes and meticulously kept lawns, earning both admiration and ridicule—with some calling it “The Golden Ghetto.”Frances said:FRANCES HUGHES (ACTOR): “It was lovely. It was a showplace. Even people who resented our being there in the beginning came over to show off this beautiful area in Maplewood.”And as I pieced the story together, I realized it would be meaningful to connect with some of the elders who would remember those early daysANN-MARIE ROGERS: In the 50s, Mr. Hughes decided he was going to let go of the farming. And it coincided with the with 94 going through the RONDO community and displacing, right, you know, those people. So, at that time, I imagine Mr. Hughes had the surveyors come out and, you know, divided up into, you know, individual living blocks.That is Mrs. Ann-Marie Rogers, the mother of Uzziel and Thomas Rogers, who I spent a lot of time with as a kid. I shared what I'd uncovered in the archives, hoping she could help bring those early experiences to life.ANN-MARIE ROGERS: So, everyone played in our yard, the front yard, the yard light that was where they played softball, baseball, because the yard light was the home plate, and the backyard across the back was where they played football.Throughout this project, we found similar stories of strength, including one from Jeson Johnson, a childhood friend with another Minnesota musical connection. His aunt, Cynthia Johnson, was the lead singer of Lipps Inc., whose hit song “Funkytown” became a defining anthem of its time when many of us were just kids. We were proud of her, but I now know the bigger star was his grandmother.JESON JOHNSON: She was actually one of the first black chemists at 3M. So what she told me is that they had told her that, well, you have to have so much money down by tomorrow for you to get this house. It was really, really fast that she had to have the money. But my grandmother was she was really smart, and her father was really smart, so he had her have savings bonds. So what she told him was, if you have it in writing, then I'll do my best to come up with the money. I don't know if I'll be able to. She was able to show up that day with all her savings bonds and everything, and have the money to get it. And they were so mad, yes, that when she had got the house, they were so mad that, but they nothing that they could do legally because she had it on paper, right, right? And then that kind of started out in generation out there. It was the NAACP that kind of helped further that, just because she was chemist, they got her in the 3M, and all their programs started there.Decades later, as my friends and I played, I had no concept of any of the struggles, sacrifices and steps forward made by the pioneers who came before us. I checked in with my friend, Marcel Duke.LEE HAWKINS: did they tell you that mister Hughes was the guy that started, that started it?MARCEL DUKE: It probably never was conveyed that way, right to us kids, right? I'm sure back then, it was looked as an opportunity, yes, to get out of the city. Mm, hmm, and and where people that look like us live. And obviously that's the backstory of Mister Hughes, yeah, ultimately, we went out there because he made it known in the city, inner city, that we could move out there and be a community out there.Marcel is about four years older, I figured he may have clearer memories of Mr. Hughes than I do.MARCEL DUKE: I used to cut mister Hughes grass. I was like, like the little hustler in the neighborhood. I wanted to cut because I wanted money to go to spend on candy.Mr. Hughes' significance transcends the extra cash he put in the pockets of neighborhood kids. His granddaughter, Carolyn Hughes-Smith, told us more his multigenerational vision for Black American wealth building. But before he became a historical figure, he was just...grandpa.CAROLYN HUGHES-SMITH: the things that I really remember about him. He could whistle like I not whistle, but he could sing like a bird, you know, always just chirping. That's how we know he was around. He was more of a, like a farmer.He didn't talk much with his grandchildren about how he and Frances had unlocked the gates for Blacks. But she was aware of some of the difficulty he faced in completing that transaction that forever changed Maplewood.HUGHES-SMITH: I just heard that they did not, you know, want to sell to the blacks. And they, you know, it was not a place for the blacks to be living. And so, what I heard later, of course, was that my grandpa was able to find someone that actually sold the land to him out there and it, you know, and that's where it all started, reallyThat someone was a white man named Frank Taurek. He and his wife, Marie, owned the farm that Mr. Hughes and Frances had set their sights on. But the purchase was anything but straightforward. They had to make the deal through “night dealing.” Frances explains in a 1970s interview.FRANCES HUGHES (ACTOR): "It was just after the war. There was a tremendous shortage of housing, and a great deal of new development was going on to try to fix that. But, my dear, Negroes couldn't even buy a lot in these developments. They didn't need deed restrictions to turn us away. They just refused to sell."She describes the weekend visit she and her husband made to put in an offer on the land. By Monday morning, a St. Paul real estate company had stepped in, offering the Taurek's $1,000 more to keep Blacks out.FRANCES HUGHES (ACTOR): "But he was a man of his word, which gives you faith in human nature. The average white person has no idea of how precarious life in these United States is for anybody Black at any level. So often it was a matter of happenstance that we got any land here. The farmer could have very easily accepted the $1,000 and told us no, and there would have been nothing we could have done."What led Frank Taurek to defy norms and his neighbors, to sell the land to a Black family?DAVIDA TAUREK: I'm already moved to tears again, just hearing about it, [but and] hearing you talk about the impact of my, you know, my lineage there. It seems so powerful.This perspective comes from his great-granddaughter, Davida Taurek, a California-based psychotherapist. When I tracked her down, she was astonished to hear the long-buried story of how her white great grandparents sold their land to a Black family, unwittingly setting into motion a cascade of economic opportunities for generations to come.DAVIDA TAUREK: When I received your email, it was quite shocking and kind of like my reality did a little kind of sense of, wait, what? Like that somehow I, I could be in this weird way part of this amazing story of making a difference. You know, like you said, that there's generational wealth that's now passed down that just didn't really exist.I've seen plenty of data about what happens to property values in predominantly white neighborhoods when a Black family moves in. The perception of a negative impact has fueled housing discrimination in this country for decades, you may have heard the phrase: “There goes the neighborhood.” It's meant to be a sneer—a condemnation of how one Black family might “open the door” for others to follow. In this case, that's exactly what the Taurek's facilitated.As Carolyn Hughes- Smith sees it, the power of that ripple effect had a direct impact on her life, both as a youngster, but later as well.CAROLYN HUGHES-SMITH: We were just fortunate that my grandfather gave us that land. Otherwise, I don't, I don't know if we would have ever been able to move out thereHer parents faced some tough times –CAROLYN HUGHES-SMITH: making house payments, keeping food in the house, and that type. We were low income then, and my dad struggled, and eventually went back to school, became an electrician. And we, you know, were a little better off, but that happened after we moved out to Maplewood, but we were struggling.But they persevered and made it through –CAROLYN HUGHES-SMITH: after I grow got older and teen and that, I mean, I look back and say, Wow, my grandfather did all of this out hereOn the Taurek side of the transaction, the wow factor is even more striking. As I dug deeper into his story, it wasn't clear that he Frank Taurek was driven by any commitment to civil rights.Davida never met her great grandfather but explains what she knows about him.DAVIDA TAUREK: What I had heard about him was through my aunt that, that they were, you know, pretty sweet, but didn't speak English very well so there wasn't much communication but when they were younger being farmers his son my grandfather Richard ran away I think when he was like 14 years old. his dad was not very a good dad you know on a number of levels. There's a little bit of an interesting thing of like where Frank's dedication to his own integrity or what that kind of path was for him to stay true to this deal and make it happen versus what it meant to be a dad and be present and kind to his boy.Carolyn Hughes-Smith still reflects on the courage of her family—for the ripple effect it had on generational progress.CAROLYN HUGHES-SMITH: Would the struggle be the same? Probably not. But what makes me like I said, What makes me happy is our family was a big part of opening up places to live in the white community.LEE HAWKINS: Next time on Unlocking The GatesCAROLYN HUGHES-SMITH: The one thing that I really, really remember, and it stays in my head, is cross burning. It was a cross burning. And I don't remember exactly was it on my grandfather's property?OUTRO THEME MUSIC/CREDITS.You've been listening to Unlocking the Gates: How the North led Housing Discrimination in America. A special series by APM Studios AND Marketplace APM with research support from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and Mapping Prejudice.Hosted and created by me, Lee Hawkins. Produced by Marcel Malekebu and Senior Producer, Meredith Garretson-Morbey. Our Sound Engineer is Gary O'Keefe.Kelly Silvera is Executive Producer.

In today's episode, I join Rhett Power and Cynthia Johnson on Best Seller TV to share the journey from owning 33 homes in San Diego to losing everything—and the powerful lesson my mother taught me in the wake of that loss. We discuss the ideas behind my book, Connected to Goodness, focusing on gratitude, resilience, and the importance of being true to yourself, even when the cost seems high. From aligning thoughts, actions, and beliefs to embracing the concept of “I am,” we explore how setbacks reveal the deeper purpose within us. Together, we consider how collective energy, faith, and intentionality can help rebuild a life with meaning and fulfillment.

Take a journey with me to the world's newest certified International Dark Sky Sanctuary in Michigan. I chatted with Cynthia Johnson from Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area located in northern Lake Michigan. Find out how to plan a trip to this remote location where you'll find some of the darkest skies in the world and a chance to see the Northern Lights if you're lucky. Visit NightSkyTourist.com/95 for more information about this episode. CHECK OUT THESE LINKS FROM EPISODE 95: Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce (best site for planning the details of your trip): https://www.beaverisland.org/  Beaver Island Michigan- Dark Sky Island: http://52.14.35.240/dark-sky-island/  Beaver Island Association: https://www.beaverislandassociation.org/  Details about designation as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary: https://darksky.org/places/beaver-island-state-wildlife-research-area/  Bortle Scale on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale  Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/  Gegenschein on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegenschein  David Clark Aurora videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyvhJOsSdDcpdHBvv4Tc_Q  Subscribe to Night Sky Tourist's newsletter & get free download of my 2024 Stargazing Guide: https://nightskytourist.com/  Rate Night Sky Tourist with 5 stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. THANK YOU! FOLLOW NIGHT SKY TOURIST ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightSkyTourist  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightskytourist/  SPREAD THE WORD Help us reach more people by subscribing to the podcast, leaving a review, and sharing it with others. GET TO KNOW US MORE Visit NightSkyTourist.com to read our great blog articles, check out our resource page, and sign up for our newsletters. Our monthly newsletter has content that is exclusive for subscribers. SHARE YOUR QUESTION We want to hear your questions. They could even become part of a future Q&A. Record your question in a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to us at Hello@NightSkyTourist.com. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS Email us at Hello@NightSkyTourist.com.

The Vision in Action, Live topic for today is "Renaissance in Retirement Economics". Our Guest is Cynthia Johnson, Entrepreneur, Artist and Owner of Lumina Gallery. Jim interviews Cynthia on her path towards Life Long Fulfillment What's Your Vision? So, do you have a vision for your life that satisfies your concept of a life well lived? How are you progressing with it? Can you articulate your goals and progress towards fulfillment? Would you like to be able to? Or are you just frustrated, confused, and unfocused? The principles of Lifelong Fulfillment allow you to take control of your life, whether you currently have a plan or not. And it works equally well for anyone just starting out in life on through retirement. What's In It For You? Whether you label it happiness, fulfillment, satisfaction, or actualization, you can act genuine to your nature and calling, you can author and direct your personal achievements, and you can build strengths, tenacity, and focus. You will be in control of realizing your fondest dreams. Join Jim Boswell for Vision in Action, Live!

The Vision in Action, Live topic for today is "Renaissance in Retirement Economics". Our Guest is Cynthia Johnson, Entrepreneur, Artist and Owner of Lumina Gallery. Jim interviews Cynthia on her path towards Life Long Fulfillment What's Your Vision? So, do you have a vision for your life that satisfies your concept of a life well lived? How are you progressing with it? Can you articulate your goals and progress towards fulfillment? Would you like to be able to? Or are you just frustrated, confused, and unfocused? The principles of Lifelong Fulfillment allow you to take control of your life, whether you currently have a plan or not. And it works equally well for anyone just starting out in life on through retirement. What's In It For You? Whether you label it happiness, fulfillment, satisfaction, or actualization, you can act genuine to your nature and calling, you can author and direct your personal achievements, and you can build strengths, tenacity, and focus. You will be in control of realizing your fondest dreams. Join Jim Boswell for Vision in Action, Live!

President & CEO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Brian Lowack and Director of Pinellas County Economic Development Dr. Cynthia Johnson discuss the impact of international tourism on Pinellas County's economy.

Cynthia Johnson is a global entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell+Ivy, a marketing and PR firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. Cynthia was listed as a top personal branding expert by Entrepreneur, top 50 marketer on SnapChat by Mashable, top 12 female Entrepreneurs that Inspire by Darling Magazine and top 20 people in SEO by Guardian. She has had work in Forbes, TIME, and several other industry-specific and top-tier publications.  MEMORABLE MOMENTS“Everyone has their own journey when it comes to personal branding. For some people, it's all about discovering who you are and what you care about. For others, it's more-so a matter of placing your purpose and passion.”“The book was a buildup of all the choices you made throughout our journey together. It was really cool to watch it all come together in real-time.”“Make sure you're surrounding yourself with people who have done it before. Knowing that I had people in my corner to encourage my ideas and help me navigate the process was game-changing .”“I was writing the book in real time, as there were a lot of really big life decisions happening. Because I allowed myself to open up and be vulnerable and let the whole process shape me was such a powerful experience.” Connect with Cynthia:⭐Connect on Instagram: @cynthialive⭐Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynjohnson/⭐Cynthia's Website: https://cynthia.inc/⭐Connect with Bell + Ivy: https://www.bellivy.com/ Connect with Allison:⭐ Connect on Instagram @allisonwalsh⭐ JOIN OUR FREE COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shebelievedshecouldcommunity⭐ Check out book recommendations from the show here⭐ Download your free 90 day planner here⭐ PRE-ORDER THE SBSC BOOK

An obscure funk band founded by a group of Minneapolis teenagers in the early 1970s caused Minnesota's music scene to catch lightning in a bottle not once, but twice. Minnesota has served as home base for two globally recognized music powerhouses — Prince and his Paisley Park sound and the Flyte Tyme Studios' groove of Jimmy “Jam” Harris and Terry Lewis.The band Flyte Tyme was established in 1972. A pre-fame Prince was merely a player in it. The band's name was based on the song “Flight Time” by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd. Flyte Tyme had a rotating cast for nearly a decade with acclaimed local artists who would go on to work as longtime collaborators and, at times, rivals.That list included the likes of Jellybean Johnson, Cynthia Johnson and Alexander O'Neal who rotated in and out as members. But, the keyboardist and bassist, a young Harris and Lewis, respectively, remained constant.  By the time 1980 rolled around, the band was done and Prince had assumed the mantle of king of the local music scene.“The Time” is a truncated version of “Flyte Tyme” and featured Harris and Lewis on keyboards and bass, respectively, and Morris Day on vocals.“Prince once said that the only band he ever feared was The Time,” said Christopher Fuller, co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Black Music Project, a group of artists and academics who promote the history of Black music as the story of America. “And, he was referring to The Time of Morris Day and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and he kind of saw them as a threat. I think that's part of the reason they got fired.”Sources dispute whether it was Prince or Day who fired them, but Harris and Lewis were fired from the band because they were in Atlanta producing music for another act and missed a flight time.The pair could have licked their wounds, founded a middling funk band and carried on. But, they decided to create a music studio in south Minneapolis and later in Edina with their earnings. Make great music and keep it coming Gary Hines spent 10 years as a staff producer for Flyte Tyme and topped the charts with his Flyte Tyme-produced group, “Sounds of Blackness.”When Hines first entered the nondescript building at 4330 Nicollet Avenue on Minneapolis' southside, he knew Harris and Lewis had created something special. “Walking in the door and it was like, ‘Oh, my God!',” he said. “Seeing their Grammys and the photos of artists they had worked with and the range of those artists, you know, Michael, Janet, Lionel Richie … and the groups, New Edition.”To Hines, it was like he was handed the keys to the kingdom.Hines was one of about 10 staff producers, including local artists Jellybean Johnson, Stokely Williams and Jeff Taylor who comprised Flyte Tyme's front line. Their mission was simple: make great music and keep it coming. “The producers would basically live at Flyte Tyme — 12 to 14 hours or more, pretty much daily,” said Hines. “It was part of the joy and the intensity. There was a sign at the entryway that read, ‘The only thing that smokes in this building is the music!'”One of the producers' duties was to screen incoming submissions, which came in the mail, through couriers or were handed directly to the producers. There were demos from unknowns and from celebrities like Dolly Parton. Every staff producer screened hundreds of CDs and cassettes each week. “Jam and Lewis were looking for at least a song a week from us,” Hines said. “It might be two weeks and sometimes it might be a couple in a week.”Besides screening demos for the next hit song, the producers were also writing, often for bands they fronted, Stokely Williams, for example, was lead singer for Mint Condition. The band recorded their hit “Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)” at Flyte Tyme's Edina studio in 1991. In 1992 the song peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 3 on Billboard's Hot R&B chart.Producers would also assist other projects in the pipeline. Whether it was through singing or playing, everyone was expected to contribute. “You were writing constantly, improving and honing your craft, obviously for their perusal, review and approval,” he said. “They were like ‘Don't not write. Write a bad song, but keep writing. Hone your craft.'”In its heyday, Flyte Tyme churned out 100 Billboard Top 10 songs; 16 Number One Hot 100 hits and 26 R&B Number One hits. That includes Janet Jackson's multi-platinum hit record “Control” which dropped in 1986.The process clearly worked. Imagine 1960s Detroit had spawned a trio of Berry Gordys, who then went on to create two Motowns. That was the late century Twin Cities music scene.But, Christopher Fuller says the Motown comparison is not as accurate as another.“Jimmy and Terry I think one would say they're closer to the Philly International [production studio] of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff because basically those two were the Philly Sound. And, like Jimmy and Terry, they were songwriters, too. Not just producers,” he said.Fuller adds that unlike legendary Beatles producer George Martin, Jam and Lewis wrote or co-wrote many of the songs for the artists they worked with.Music created at Flyte Tyme reached audiences around the world.Hines remembers the chills he got touring with Sounds of Blackness when he first heard overseas audiences singing along to lyrics borne in Flyte Tyme studios.“Many of whom were not English speaking, but they knew every lyric, not only the choruses, but the verses in the bridge … and were singing them in perfect English!”Since Prince's passing and Flyte Tyme's move away from the Twin Cities, the founders of The Minneapolis Sound may have fallen quiet, but Fuller says their legacy is still with us in the new acts and their songs.“We're still seeing their effect today. The most popular music right now, globally, is K-Pop [Korean Pop Music],” Fuller said. “But, you know what K-Pop is? It's reconstituted Black music – especially 90s R&B, which along with Teddy Riley and New Jack Swing was Flyte Tyme. Jimmy and Terry. Just about all of modern pop music owes a huge debt to them.”

On this episode, I'm speaking to Cynthia Johnson about the truth about starting a beauty brand. She's explaining the full process of developing your own beauty products and how she started her business as a cosmetic chemist. Grab the Reinvent Yourself Guide: https://stan.store/thedonibrown/p/get-my-rienvent-yourself-workshop-now MORE OF CYNTHIA JOHNSON: Follow Cindy J Labs on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cindyjlabs/?hl=en Follow Cynthia on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cynbot11/?hl=en Cindy J Labs: https://www.cindyjlabs.com/ The Cosmetic Concept: https://thecosmeticconceptllc.com/ MORE WEALTHY WOMAN: Learn more about Wealthy Woman: http://wealthywomandaily.com Follow the show on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wealthywomanpodcast Follow Doni on IG: http://instagram.com/thedonibrown Follow Doni on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedonibrown?lang=en --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wealthywoman/message

With over 1.4 million Twitter followers, Cynthia Johnson is an expert in personal branding. A digital marketer by trade and Guinness World Record holder by dream, the CEO of Bell + Ivy explains why influencing isn't about the influencer, how she stole the Pope's Twitter handle and her guerrilla marketing approach. She discusses how she began a business that treats eating disorders remotely, and why putting on an event with cross-sector collaboration was "the easiest thing [she's] ever done".And listen to her attempt of the PMW 'Re-Sell Me A Pen' Challenge!Find out more about Performance Marketing Unlocked on 1 and 2 March here: www.performancemarketingunlocked.comLike, follow and subscribe to be the first to know when the next episode is out, or listen to our Attention Seekers News Shorts to get a behind the scenes view of the industry's news of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Lynn and Cynthia Johnson, coauthors of Breaking the Trance. Topic: Parenting the screen-dependent child. Issues: The difference between dependence and addiction; how to tell whether your child is screen dependent; what screen dependence does to children's mind, nervous system, and body; effects on boys of screen dependence; regaining control. The post Breaking the Trance of Screen Dependence appeared first on Mr. Dad.

The New Wave Podcast: Daily Conversations On Web3.0, Business, Psychology, Psychedelics & More. A Show For People Seeking Spiritual, Psychological And Financial Sovereignty. Hosted Bya Best-Selling Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur Daniel DiPiazza. Cynthia Johnson is a pro marketer, speaker, author, and keynote speaker. Her focused personal branding and digital media is sought after by executives who want to step up their game and their value. She joins Daniel to discuss the secrets of having a verified Twitter account, how platforms may change but data will live on forever, and the books that should be on your reading list for 2017. Tweetables:   “When your value starts to change, you need to start thinking about how you value yourself.”   “Without a brand, you will fail.”   “Having great content is first, and second is figuring out how to extend your reach.”~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ⌛Timestamps⌛ (03:03) Surrounding yourself with people who support you is more important than being liked. (04:30) Twitter is the best kept secret for networking. (07:22) Filtering out the crap on social media. (12:06) Social media, TV, news source — all one. (21:27) Brands are statements. (24:25) Intention is everything on social media. (29:21) People attach themselves to people first, and their brand second. (33:34) Modesty could be hurting us. (37:50) You can't live in Venice unless you are awesome. (43:45) The Twitter platform may fade, but data never dies. (55:27) Chrome plugin to help you monitor your introductions, Entro. (57:35) Learn to ask better questions. (1:07:40) The Lighting Round.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater President & CEO Steve Hayes and Director of Pinellas County Economic Development Dr. Cynthia Johnson join the show to discuss how tourism and economic development are tied together in Pinellas County.

In this episode I speak with Cynthia Johnson, entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Bell+Ivy, personal and employee branding firm and author of: "Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding," whose wakeup up call was being home schooled and developing a laser focus on what is most important and identify trends many years before their time. https://www.bellivy.com/our-team/cynthia-johnson

Our guest for this episode is David Teague (aka Teague Bass). Touted as one of the most talented bassists in Asia, this “bassist” for hire, is a versatile musician whose vast repertoire spans across blues, rock, R&B, jazz, hip hop, house, reggae, ska, and pop. A dynamic and energetic performer, Teague's onstage performance and showmanship are legendary in Singapore and throughout the region. Born and raised in Michigan, Teauge now resided in Asia. He fell in love with the music scene and culture after initially touring the region 25 years ago and decided to make it his home. With a career spanning over three decades, Teauge has opened for legendary acts such as Metallica and performed and toured worldwide with music legends like Alexander O'Neal, Cherell, Vesta Williams, Cynthia Johnson, Michael Bland, and Rocky Robins. Since the 80's, he has toured USA, Canada, the Caribbean, Japan, Taiwan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and Germany. Currently Teague performs with the Luke Buirski Project (LBP), Adjazent, and JS Funk and his original project, Dirty Perfect. He is also an ambassador and artist for the up and coming social network, Yay+. The platform supports independent artists and connects them to others around the globe. As a member of Yay+ this is how Skunk connected with Teague, and it was an absolute delight to speak with from his home in Malaysia. We talk about his career, the surrounding area and culture, cuisine, influences, Yay+ and more. He even showed us a stellar view of Singapore from his apartment (available on our youtube channel). Teague truly has the right attitude when it comes to his career as a musician and life in general. He always plays with passion and loves to perform and share the joy of his craft and the universal language of music. "When I'm onstage, nothing else matters except my bass, the audience and creating magic" - Teague Find Teague on Spotify | Yay+ | Facebook | Instagram |

Joining us today- Proposed changes to the Caregiver systemRally at the Capitol to protect Caregiver rightsEntheofest makes it debut Sunday in Ann ArborJoin Jazz Cabbage hosts Jamie Lowell and Rick Thompson as they feature discussion about two significant upcoming events: the Entheofest in Ann Arbor and the September 15 Rally on the steps of the Capitol Building in Lansing. Ryan Bringold, the activist who led the team in preparing Bridge Walk 2021, is the driving force behind the September 25 rally. Caregivers and patient laws in Michigan are threatened by new legislation sponsored by the hated Michigan Cannabis Manufacturer's Association; the rally is a direct response to that action. The four hour protest will feature Rep. Cynthia Johnson; Thompson, Brook, Lowell and Bringold as featured speakers/Emcees; impassioned pleas from sick people and those who love them to not alter the state's 12-year old medical cannabis program; and a roadmap of everything we hate about the new proposals. Jim Salame, a Cabbage Patch regular cast member and one of the primary organizers of Entheofest 2021, joins to talk about this first-ever happening. Entheogenic substances are the cacti, peyote, mushrooms and chemical agents capable of creating 'psychedelic' experiences. Those substances are now legal to possess and cultivate in Ann Arbor, Michigan, due to the work of Decriminalize Nature Ann Arbor, of which Mr Salame is a principal. The Entheofest will go down on the same ground as Hash Bash, an area called The Diag on the home campus of the University of Michigan. Speakers will include Native American artist and cultural leader 'Barking Dog' Darrel Brown, the Tamerrian Society, Julie Baron, and is hosted by Anqunette Sarfoh. The Jazz Cabbage cast of regulars include Jim Salame (The Entheo Show, Decriminalize MI) Debra Young (MiLegalize) Adam L Brook (Medical Mondays, 'Mr. Hash Bash') Rick Thompson (MiNORML, Four20Post, Weed Talk News) and Jamie Lowell (Michigan ASA, The Botanical Company, Medical Mondays) and Shelly Smith (Reads and Weeds). Jazz Cabbage received an Award of Distinction from the Communicator Awards in April of 2021, and was named One of America's Best Cannabis Podcasts by Celeb Stoner Magazine. The broadcast takes place live every Tuesday at 4pm EST on YouTube and Facebook; podcast is available for listening shortly thereafter on Alexa, Spotify and all major platforms.

Cynthia Johnson is the Founder & CEO of Cindy J Cosmetic Labs, LLC. She is a cosmetic chemist with years of experience in the cosmetic industry. Her goal is to first educate, then formulate. Cynthia helps business owners gain knowledge behind their product; moreover, turns their product into their own testimony. In this episode, Cynthia explains how she built her client list and social media base by promoting her business online. Cynthia shares with us some tips and tricks to succeeding in the cosmetic industry using social media. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theglamchemist/support

On this episode of It’s Your Break, we are honored to have personal branding expert, social media icon, and CEO & Co-founder of Bell+Ivy Cynthia Johnson. Cynthia and host Jonathan Mertz talk about what personal branding is. And if you ever wanted to build your own personal brand this episode it a great place to […] The post Cynthia Johnson – Personal Branding – IYB S2E7 appeared first on It's Your Break.

Welcome to the 43rd episode of Amplify Clearwater Show, powered by 13th Ave Media! We are very excited to take you on a journey to learn more about all of the incredible businesses, nonprofits, and community leaders. In this episode, we are featuring Dr. Cynthia Johnson, Center Director of Florida SBDC at USF. Dr. Cynthia Johnson has more than 27 years as a public administrator. She is the senior manager of economic development at Pinellas County Economic Development and a champion for entrepreneurship. Johnson is the project manager and certified facilitator for NxLevel Business Training and Kauffman Foundations FastTrac and TechVenture Programs. Before making the transition to Pinellas County Economic Development, Johnson was an assistant principal with Pinellas County School District. During her 10 years as an educator, she led business and educator partner relations. Additionally, she is a part-time adjunct instructor of public administration, educational leadership and operations management at the University of South Florida and Barry University. In 2010, she was nominated for the business woman of the year award by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce for her work in government and with entrepreneurs and small business owners. Johnson is also TTI Success Insights DISC certified. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/13th-ave-media/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/13th-ave-media/support

In this Episode of Wiley on Business with Authors - I chat with Cynthia about some key decisions to make when it comes to personal branding.    It was her book Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding the helped lead me to this very podcast.   Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell +Ivy, an integrated marketing communications firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV.   She is co-founder and Chairman at WonderKey Collective, a nonprofit focused on collecting and redistributing corporate technology to foster youth. Cynthia is an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm serving Fortune 1000 C-Level executives. She published her first book, Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding, in 2019 with Penguin Random House. Cynthia has been a keynote speaker for companies and events such as Alibaba Group in China, World Government Summit in Dubai, Global Ventures Summit in Indonesia and Mexico, and Web Summit in Lisbon, among others. She has been involved in influencer and marketing campaigns for PayPal, Walmart, American Express Business Platinum Card, IBI, and several other leading brands.  Cynthia was listed as top personal branding experts by Entrepreneur, top 50 marketers on SnapChat by Mashable, top 12 Female Entrepreneurs that Inspire by Darling Magazine, and top 20 people in SEO by Guardian. She is a contributing columnist to Entrepreneur and has had work published in Forbes, TIME, and several other industry-specific and top-tier publications. She published her first book, Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding, in February 2019 with Penguin Random House.

PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1: Todd Herman guest hosts for Rush on Open Line Friday. The political hit on Andrew Cuomo. Nikki Haley back to hating Trump. A professional Republican third party to counter Trumpism. Trial of the bizarre is an indication of what reforms the Republican Party needs. National Pulse links what Dems say and what they accuse Trump of doing. Caller: I was in the Capitol and I’m proud of what I did. The media incited storming the Capitol. Justification for authoritarianism. Climate change wacko: We need to break your will.f PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 2: Cuomo hid nursing home death totals to avoid DOJ. Prayers to the families affected by Cuomo’s lies. The only apology was for the political inconvenience to Democrats. Biden wants to restrict travel to Florida, but Cuomo is in the White House today. The political hit on Cuomo has the advantage of being the right thing. DeSantis: Florida travel ban a farce and political revenge. How to get started in politics. Unpeachment hearing update. Cynthia Johnson’s threats. FBI hypocrisy when it comes to Trump supporters and Antifa. TIME admits collusion and meddling with 2020 election. Caller: I hope Trump wins again, but I still won’t vote. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 3: TIME’s accidental piece of journalism. It’s not an impeachment, it’s an indictment. Nick Kristoff wants to put Fox News on trial. New York Times blames talk radio for violence. A list of issues for Republicans to address. Why Republicans are afraid to tackle election fraud issue. Unnoticed victory: In a time of universal deceit, we have not been deceived. Flexing of technocratic muscle. COVID hysteria. Expand your prayers for Rush. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

George Lynn and Cynthia Johnson, co-authors of our January Book of the Month (BOTM) pick "Breaking the Trance," join the entire ScreenStrong Team and members from our community to answer YOUR screen questions.Take the ScreenStrong Challenge and join the ScreenStrong Families group on FB for extra support. Interested in being a podcast guest? Email us at: team@screenstrong.comSubscribe, rate, and review the ScreenStrong Families Podcast and help spread the word on this movementStay Strong! 

Melanie interviews Cynthia Johnson, co-author of "Breaking the Trance," our January pick for the ScreenStrong Book Club.Get your physical or eBook copies of Breaking the Trance and read along with us!Would you do us a favor? Subscribe, rate, and review the ScreenStrong Families Podcast and help spread the word on this movement.Stay Strong!

Cynthia Johnson Receives Death Threats From Deplorable's for doing her job

Having beers and discussing Chuck Yeager, AOC, section 230, Gov Wolf, Cynthia Johnson and more! 

PBL Podcast Dec 12 Show Notes The PBL Podcast had Merchandise!! Please visit our store and support the show by buying a t-shirt or two, or 30. ;) https://teespring.com/stores/politics-and-brown-liquor (https://teespring.com/stores/politics-and-brown-liquor) Michigan Rep, Cynthia Johnson goes to the movies.   YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/RuPoIGbuzaY (https://youtu.be/RuPoIGbuzaY) Rumble Lin: https://rumble.com/vbuk5l-rep-cynthia-johnson-goes-to-the-movies-watch-till-the-end.html?mref=2dkrj&mc=43xrl (https://rumble.com/vbuk5l-rep-cynthia-johnson-goes-to-the-movies-watch-till-the-end.html?mref=2dkrj&mc=43xrl) ***************************************** Subscribe to our show notes @ https://thepblpodcast.com/ (https://thepblpodcast.com/) Help Support the show by buying a membership @ https://www.patreon.com/creator-home (https://www.patreon.com/creator-home) Subscribe to our YouTube channel @ https://www.youtube.com/politicsandbrownliquor (https://www.youtube.com/politicsandbrownliquor) Support this podcast

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PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 1: Todd Herman guest hosts for Rush on Open Line Friday. Todd Herman interviews BizPac Review senior staff writer, Frieda Powers. Rush’s clarification of Drive-By Media’s secession lies. The spirit of tyranny. How can we unite? What Rush actually said. Science is a process, but the left has made it a conclusion. The bitterness and entitlement of these Antifa types. Big Tech will erase dissent against the official state positions. The special people: Shower curtain glory holes for sex. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 2: The left’s sickness to break the country and break us. Perils of the expert class. Lockdown deaths. Democrats’ dangerous, authoritarian rhetoric. No accountability for liberal’s sedition. Cynthia Johnson’s threat to Trump supporters. BLM absconded with money instead of helping black community. Secession by incremental progressivism. Bill Barr and the Hunter Biden investigation. Who you are, not hue you are. Don’t cry like a Democrat. PODCAST SUMMARY HOUR 3: The real definition of American Exceptionalism. The Founding, the Constitution and the Texas case. Jeb Bush’s rage tweets. Republicans haven’t paid attention to Arizona. Fight back against Colorado experiment tactics. Anthony Fauci, Guardian of the Year. Xeroxed election ballots. Mask hypocrisy. Historical context to masks. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

#RepJohnson #Michigan #Trumpers Democrat Michigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson was stripped of her committee seats by senior GOP state officials after she released a video on Facebook Tuesday, as a warning to Trump supporters who had left her threatening messages.Please like and share this video. Make sure to subscribe for more news, opinion, and everyday stuff!FOLLOW ME: Rumble - https://rumble.com/user/MasonInTheUSA Parler - https://parler.com/profile/Masonintheusa/posts PodBean - https://masonintheusa.podbean.com Twitter - http://twitter.com/MasonintheUSAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/masonintheusaInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/mason_in_the_usaiHeart Radio - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-mason-in-the-usa-62568811/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5QS1N7HQdeMzHsrwluJNo8?si=wQY-GZLyQCeVqM_uQMymew Apple iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mason-in-the-usa/id1475118915 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c365e0ec-8e3d-4aba-91b1-1b4a8ac35521/Mason-in-the-USA      

Today on The Jordan Paris Show, I discuss Cynthia Johnson's warning to "Trumpers," YouTube's new totalitarian censorship policy, and feedback from my conversation with Tom Woods. Oh, and by the way, your Christmas lights are racist.Thanks for listening to The Jordan Paris Show, brought to you by Trend Up Media. Join our censor-free Telegram community at https://JordanParis.com/group. Whether you are conservative, liberal, or in between, your voice is important: Learn how to start your own podcast with Jordan’s free podcasting course at https://JordanParis.com/course. 

— 4:18 Pfizer is “approved”. Next phase of rubber stamp, warp speed process where FDA “advisory council” votes 17-4 that “benefits outweigh risks” on rushed COVID vaccine. Who are these nameless, faceless people making decision for MY life? They get to vote and make health decisions that we will be coerced or mandated to follow?— 29:23 FDA advisory council dissenters didn't think COVID should be approved for 16 yr old, but NJ State legislator wants it MANDATED for K-12 school attendance— 37:27 Vaccine safety? FDA shut down whistleblower complaint about a Merck vaccine factory where workers were forced to wear diapers to save time and excrement was everywhere— 51:57 My prediction on WHEN and HOW the vaccine will be MANDATED— 57:58 Australia dropped their vaccine program after $1 BILLION. The problem involved PCR, HIV, and the reckless addition of AD5 adenovirus found in other vaccines— 01:04:46 Interview with a businessman who is organizing “burn your mask” party to celebrate anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. — 01:16:15 Ohio says high school wrestlers can wrestle w/o masks, but can't shake hands with masks on before and after the match…and other tales of idiocracy— 01:24:19 Biden/Kamala declared “Person of the Year” for Time but maybe it should be Cynthia Johnson, America's “Winnie Mandela” who most embodies the Marxist threats and mandates of the year— 01:34:05 What happened to all the investigations? Biden, Seth Rich, RussiaGate, Eric Swalwell— 01:38:20 Lifestyles of the powerful dictators comes with special privileges and millions in cash — BUT local law enforcement, once again, stops the tyrants— 01:46:44 King Ralph Northam issues worship mandates for Christmas as even Ninth Circuit reverses itself on violations of free exercise of religion— 01:56:02 GatesReset: Melinda Gates in NYT interview says economic hardship never occurred to them (in their annual pandemic simulations) but “conspiracy theories” are killing people and the terrorist speech must be stopped

The tyranny in North Carolina, mandated vaccines, Governor Cuomo’s destruction of New York, Cynthia Johnson’s threat to Americans and Time Magazine's “Person of the Year”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Its Friday and were two weeks till christmas and the guys talking about other shows here on radio which sucks, getting use to wearing the masks in public and going into stores having to wear them and the people who wear gages today aren't scary not like in the past, looking at the tv shows back in the day, talking about Michigan State Rep Cynthia Johnson comments about threatening Trump supporters and talking about taking away masculinity , looking at the scandal surrounding Eric Swalwell, We hear again from Cynthia Johnson telling for her soldiers to rise

Ronie Berggren och Björn Norström om det senaste i USA: Rudy Giuliani har Corona; Vita lärare i San Diego måste lära sig om kritiska rasteorier; Stora protester i USA mot nya lockdowns; Nya migranter genom Latinamerika mot USA; Filmstjärnan Matthew McConaughey kritiserar anti-liberalismen i Hollywood; Marocko och Israel i fredsavtal; Trump ger exekutiv order som kräver Pzifer först vaccinerar amerikaner; Biden backar om vit kvinna som Försvarsminister, väljer istället svart man; Svarta organisationer protesterar mot att den vite Tom Vilsack ska bli jordbruksminister; Hunter Biden i stor härva; demokratiske delstatspolitikern Cynthia Johnson i Michigan straffas för hot mot Trumpanhängare; Axios avsöljar att demokratiske kongressmannen Eric Swalwell var infiltrerad av kinesiska spioner; HD avslår Trumps krav på nej till certifiering i Pennsylvania; Demokraten Raphael Warnock avsöljas med att från predikstolen ha kallat USA rasistiskt och sexistiskt; Facebook stämt för brott mot anti-trust-laws; Michael Flynn äntligen friad; Elon Musk lämnar Kalifornien till förmån för Texas. ------ STÖD AMERIKANSKA NYHETSANALYSER: http://usapol.blogspot.com/p/stod-oss-support-us.html

Back to Michelle… Cynthia A Johnson… Military Me Too… Steven from England says he is a Christian that believes in evolution. --- Back to Steven… Falls City School Board… Victoria from Arizona has a testimony on life and pain.

Warning from a Dem House Rep. Cynthia Johnson of Michigan going after Trump Supporters, talking about the lawsuits and looking at states who voted for Biden

On this episode of Candid Creative, Antonio breaks down the myths behind personal branding and how to leverage your true self to achieve success. In reality, most of us have a personal brand before we even know it. How we present ourselves and interact with others defines the way that people see us.It's important to perform an honest assessment of yourself in order to inform your growth strategy and increase awareness of the space you're in. According to Cynthia Johnson in her book Platform, “the goal is to find and demonstrate your identity in a way that accurately represents your success.” Ultimately, it's about telling your own story. What have you done and how do you think? Many companies have seen the benefits of this mindset, which has led to a shift in business as a whole.Developing a personal brand should be easy because it's an authentic reflection of who you are. The four main factors that influence your brand are personal proof, social proof, association, and recognition. All of these work together to create an image that you can use to enhance your success both personally, and professionally. Having education, awards, and an extensive network is great, but only if you project the real you, not who you think people want you to be. Everyone has equal value no matter their gender, orientation, or background. Don't get stuck in a box. Evoke feeling through genuine interaction and develop an honest connection to the world.Subscribe to the Candid Creative:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKtnKlravLReQKvx56Ir58AFollow Antonio:Instagram: @imantonioruiz Sources: Platform: The Art & Science of Personal Branding by Cynthia JohnsonJames Jani: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT0dmfFCLWuVKPWZ6wcdKyg

Isn't creating a personal brand just about bragging? Author of the book Platform-The Art & Science of Personal Branding, Cynthia Johnson, explains how personal brands are actually more about helping others than yourself. We talk about practical ways to get started on building your brand and how to use your brand to stand out at work. You can find Cynthia at the following locations: @cynthialive on Instagram & Twitter Cynthia Johnson on LinkedIn https://www.cynthialive.com Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing professional, author and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder and CEO at Bell + Ivy, a digital marketing and personal branding agency in Santa Monica, CA. Previously, she was Partner & Director of Marketing for RankLab, a digital marketing agency listed in Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Private Companies, until RankLab was acquired in 2015 by AAC Holdings, Inc. Cynthia is an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm serving Fortune 1000 C-Level executives.Cynthia was listed as top personal branding experts in 2017 by Entrepreneur, top 50 marketers on SnapChat by Mashable, and Most Influential Women in Business by Tenfold Research. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Huffington Post, TIME, and several other industry specific publications. Her first book Platform published February 2019 with Penguin Random House and Ten Speed Press.

Today we are welcoming the first guest on The Personal Branding Podcast, Cynthia Johnson. Cynthia is a global entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell +Ivy, a marketing and PR firm in Santa Monica, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. Cynthia recently published her debut book, Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding. In this episode, Cynthia and I discuss the four elements of a personal brand: association, recognition, personal proof, and social proof. We also talk about how to network strategically and why you should be nominating yourself for more awards.

Kelly talks about how social selling and how it is the future of business but that doesn't mean automation. You don't have to be an influencer in order to use social media to your advantage. Cynthia dives deep into personal branding, social media as a strategic tool for marketing, leveraging content the right way, and her new book Platform: The Art & Science of Personal Branding. Leanna addresses #HealthIsWealth and how your physical and mental health affects your financial health. She gives stats on sleep, exercise, and nutrition facts and how they influence your finances as well. She also explains the importance of financial wellness & literacy foundations and how to reach your “Financial Nirvana” as she says in her book your “best life” – whatever that means to YOU.

Kelly talks about how social selling and how it is the future of business but that doesn't mean automation. You don't have to be an influencer in order to use social media to your advantage. Cynthia dives deep into personal branding, social media as a strategic tool for marketing, leveraging content the right way, and her new book Platform: The Art & Science of Personal Branding. Leanna addresses #HealthIsWealth and how your physical and mental health affects your financial health. She gives stats on sleep, exercise, and nutrition facts and how they influence your finances as well. She also explains the importance of financial wellness & literacy foundations and how to reach your “Financial Nirvana” as she says in her book your “best life” – whatever that means to YOU.

Brother Rodney Fontaine married Cynthia Johnson on July the 10th, 1976. Brother Fontaine became a born again Christian on April the 8th, 1978. He and his wife have been married for 39 yea s and have three sons. Each of their sons are married. The Fontaine's have 10 grandchildren, 7 grandsons and one beautiful little granddaughter and two grandbabies in heaven that they will see one day. The Fontaine's have been in ministry since 1980 and have served as pastors, evangelists, missionaries, Bible College teachers, Bible College Dean at Blue Ridge Bible College in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Brother Fontaine has a Bachelor's in Christian Education from El Shaddai Theological Seminary and he is a certified Seminary Instructor from the same seminary. He is currently working on his Master's from Destiny School of Ministry in Pontiac, Michigan. Brother Fontaine is presently the Founder and Sr. Pastor of New Covenant Community Church in Lithia, Florida and the Founder of Compassion Counseling Centers which is a suicide prevention counseling service, marriage counseling, parenting counseling and grief counseling ministry focused on helping people both young and older realize that their life is valuable to God. As a missionary and an evangelist the Fontaine's have seen many, many miracles and healings both at home and abroad. They have seen cleft paletes healed instantly, blind eyes and deaf ears open and on one occasion a dead baby was raised from the dead.

In the first half hour, Patricia interviews Cynthia Johnson, co-author of Breaking the Trance. She will discuss the risks of screen absorption for children and the easy-to-follow guide that will help parents understand recreational screen media use at home. She will also talk about how these solutions can restore a sense of care and connection within the family. In the second half hour, Patricia interviews Michael Dermer, founder-author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. He will discuss the 'struggle' that all entrepreneurs seem to face, and how they can overcome this struggle. He will also talk about what makes the difference between success and failure, and how people can thrive in this struggle by just changing their perspective. The Lonely Entrepreneur Methodology helps entrepreneurs shift their perspectives from those that develop under the influence of the 4 Ps – pressure, passions, pleasure and pain – but stifle progress to those that empower them to thrive.

In the first half hour, Patricia interviews Cynthia Johnson, co-author of Breaking the Trance. She will discuss the risks of screen absorption for children and the easy-to-follow guide that will help parents understand recreational screen media use at home. She will also talk about how these solutions can restore a sense of care and connection within the family. In the second half hour, Patricia interviews Michael Dermer, founder-author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. He will discuss the 'struggle' that all entrepreneurs seem to face, and how they can overcome this struggle. He will also talk about what makes the difference between success and failure, and how people can thrive in this struggle by just changing their perspective. The Lonely Entrepreneur Methodology helps entrepreneurs shift their perspectives from those that develop under the influence of the 4 Ps – pressure, passions, pleasure and pain – but stifle progress to those that empower them to thrive.