Podcast appearances and mentions of dan montgomery

Believe it or not, there was a time when the Republican Party wasn't radiating hate for teachers. This was back in the 80s when a Republican Governor led the way for…oh, let Dan Montgomery tell the story. Dan is the president of Illinois Federation of Teachers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's guest has unusual mentors. It's Dan Montgomery and he's got a new album out called Cast Iron Songs and Torch Ballads. We start off reminiscing about the great state of New Jersey and how local radio was a huge influence on him, back when stations would play a wide variety of genres and styles. He started playing in bands at the tender age of 14. And Dan gives a few wild stories from some fun and sometimes frightening gigs. But after years of playing in bands and developing some unhealthy habits, he took time off from playing. That's when he got into tour management. It actually helped him get clean. He talks about ill fated moves for marriages and jobs that didn't work out but did help his writing, how a gig in a yarn store ended up in marriage, and how his biggest mentor started out as his meth dealer. I also find out who the Von Crack Family Singers are. Dan's sound has always straddled the line between country and roots rock, playing a lot of acoustic guitar. But buying a Danelectro guitar online on a whim gave him a ton of inspiration and solidified the electric sound on his new album. It's definitely one to check out. And you can do that at danmontgomerymusic.com, on Bandcamp, or look him up on Facebook. Look us up @PerformanceAnx on Twitter and Instagram, Performance Anxiety on Facebook. Reach out at theperformanceanxietypod@gmail.com. We like to get coffee at ko-fi.com/performanceanxiety. Merch is available at performanceanx.threadless.com. Now prepare to possibly meet YOUR new mentor in Dan Montgomery on Performance Anxiety on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MDFF is a Toronto based film production and distribution company founded by Kazik Radwanski and Dan Montgomery. Their latest film 'The Maiden' (Dir. Graham Foy) is currently screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Kazik and Dan sat down with us to discuss marketing niche films, distribution, Canadian Art, film festivals, making films that resonate with both domestic and international audiences, shooting in Alberta, regional specificity, meeting at film school, their stripped down process, 'MDFF Selects', DIY screenings at Double Double Land, buying and returning projectors from Best Buy, 'Anne at 13,000 Feet', manual labour, balancing creative and commercial work, skydiving, working with Deragh Campbell, non actors, their casting process, grant writing, pitching films, Kaz's upcoming film, the future of MDFF and much more! MDFF Kazik Radwanski Dan Montgomery Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- Cold Pod SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Singer-songwriter Dan Montgomery will be releasing his seventh album Cast-Iron Songs and Torch Ballads April 7. It was recorded at The Shack in the Back studio in Memphis, TN with Montgomery and Robert Mache producing. It's being issued on 12” vinyl LP, digital download and via streaming services by Fantastic Yes Records. It's not unusual for an artist to signal a “return to their roots” a few albums into a career. Usually this brings out mandolins, banjos, and variations of the folk tradition. Cast-Iron Songs and Torch Ballads is NOT that. After six critically acclaimed Americana albums later, Montgomery reconnected with the raw rock he played in his youth. “I came into possession of a Danelectro, plugged it into an amp and new songs immediately came pouring out. And they were songs with riffs. It was wild to experience my current singer/songwriter self, meeting up with that Classic Rock kid from the past. But it felt totally natural. I knew right away that I had to book time and cut an album with my band while the moment was hot. And I did.” Dan's roots may not be folksy and down home but they are no less real. Coming of age in South Jersey in the early Seventies, he cut his teeth gigging at dances and parties when he was fourteen. “I was the youngest in the band,” says Montgomery. “The first songs I played on stage were by Grand Funk, Bad Company, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. It was wild. At one of our gigs a guy showed up with a gun because our drummer was fooling around with someone's wife. And he was only a junior in high school!” The time and the place were ripe for Dan to begin his musical education, performing what is now called Classic Rock. “It was just new rock back then, pre-Freebird rock. I loved it.” Ultimately, Dan began writing his own songs and quickly found this environment to be unsuited for his compositions. “I became really serious about lyrics and that flew in the face of dancing and fist fighting so I began playing solo on the local coffeehouse circuit. It was great. I learned a lot about folk and country songwriting and eventually, my electric guitar began to gather more and more dust.”     Dan's Info  https://m.facebook.com/people/Dan-Montgomery/100058434918202/ https://danmontgomery.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/DanMont18783799 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8NqgqEFDkEw6Pn-HZF9Xqw

In this terrific episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Dan Montgomery, Managing Director of Agile Strategies and Devon Brown Owner of Inciting leaders. They recently published a fabulous piece about Building OKR Compatible Performance Management Systems. Here's the link: https://incitingleaders.com/2023/03/10/building-okr-compatible-performance-management-systems/This is an extraordinary discussion on what is considered to be a very challenging topic in the OKR space. We talk about these unique challenges as organizations start putting in place performance management along with OKRs, and how to successfully navigate this exercise for desirable results. They share with us their 4 core principles that allow for OKRs to be used effectively in providing performance management. And, evaluating employees not only on their individual contributions but how they participate as a contributor on the teams they support through continuous conversation and CFR's. So everyone, please grab that cup of coffee and put in those ear buds and enjoy my insightful conversation with Dan and Devon.Connect with Tim: Tim@atruity1.com ============================================“Nothing gives me greater satisfaction than seeing the transformation of individuals and organizations as they embrace OKRs as a new way of managing themselves and the people they serve.” - Tim Meinhardt============================================

In today's high-paced professional world, it's easy to lose perspective on what moves the needle in your company and get mired down in a slew of everyday tasks and emails. And while creating a structure that prioritizes reflection and planning can be challenging, it is immensely beneficial in the long run. Here to help us unpack this topic and give us a fresh perspective on our approach to work is Dan Montgomery, audit partner and director of business development at Forge Financial and Management Consulting, a forward-thinking advisory firm. In our conversation, Dan expands on how Forge's novel approach is making the busy season more manageable for their team and what they are doing to prioritize planning, reflection, and productivity at their company. We then move on to what Dan has learned from the value of journaling, reflection, and planning and how those lessons have changed the way he works and lives his life. Finally, today's episode offers a high-level breakdown of creating an innovative professional services model that allows for increased profitability, greater productivity, and, most importantly, more personal life satisfaction.  Key Points From This Episode: Get to know today's guest, Dan Montgomery, and his fascinating childhood in Alaska.Why Forge Financial Management Consulting was created and who it is meant to serve.An overview of Dan's firm and its approach to accounting.The pitfalls of the busy season in accounting and how Dan's firm is addressing it. Why Forge Financial Management Consulting isn't taking on new tax-only clients.The importance of prioritizing the most impactful work within your company.Defining your value proposition and why it will attract more ideal clients.How reflection helps Dan function in a more healthy way.A breakdown of how Dan prioritizes daily and weekly 'Big Three' tasks.The most important elements of weekly reflection.How to create space for focused, deep work.What an ideal week for Dan's company looks like.Forge Financial Management ConsultingDan Montgomery on LinkedInDan Montgomery's EmailConnection BuildersAlex Drost LinkedInBranch Out Podcast LinkedInConnection Builders LinkedIn

A new MP3 sermon from First Evangelical Free Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Glad News of Deliverance Speaker: Dan Montgomery Broadcaster: First Evangelical Free Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 9/25/2022 Bible: Psalm 40:9-10 Length: 44 min.

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Dan Montgomery, the president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, joins Lisa Dent on Chicago’s Afternoon News to explain why he feels standardized testing offers no benefit to children in the state and should end immediately. Follow Your Favorite Chicago’s Afternoon News Personalities on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka

Dan Montgomery is the founder of Agile Strategies, a boutique OKRs firm, and the author of Start Less Finish More.Dan states the old strategic planning model of predicting and then controlling needs to give way to sensing and responding, and he calls that agile strategy.In this conversation, he hit on many fascinating concepts:limitations of The Balanced Scorecardexecuting vs formulating strategythe retreat to cozy mental modelsthe fit between OKRs and agile strategy multicausal systemsminimal viable strategiesSTEEP frameworkPlatonic valuesCynefin framework

Dan Montgomery of the Illinois Federation of Teachers joins us to discuss the right-wing attacks on education and their wide-ranging effects, and how the lack of education - particularly in history - is affecting our status in the world.Call-in at 1-866-416-RICK (7425) to join the show.Want more #RickShow? Go to https://www.thericksmithshow.comThe Rick Smith Show streams live every weeknight from 9p-11p EST on YouTube & Twitch TV, and the show runs every night in prime time on Free Speech TV starting in January 2022. Be sure to add the FSTV channel on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, on the FSTV iOS app, or find it in the regular channel lineup on DirecTV or Dish.Radio listeners – You can find us in most major markets, including New York City on WBAI 99.5 FM, Los Angeles on KPFK 90.7 FM, Chicago on WCPT AM 820, Columbus on 98.3/92.7 FM, Minneapolis on AM950, and many others. Check your local listings.Questions or comments? Email Rick@thericksmithshow.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“If you don't bring OKRs into the regular management agenda, you will set it and forget it.”- Dan (20:47)What You Will Learn in this Episode: (02:20) Dan on his interest in people's organization plus the different career paths he's undertaken. (03:35) Why he wrote his book Start less, Finish More, which is about strategic agility. (04:56) How to do more strategic thinking – begin with the end in mind rather than focusing on a to-do list.  (07:04) How to create a minimum viable strategy – creating holistic value for all your business's stakeholders.   (10:37) The difference between the traditional mechanical business planning and today's trying and scaling strategy. (13:48) The 5-steps of building strategic agility as outlined in his book; access, focus, commit, act, and learn.  (29:34) Overburdened matrix – not being agile and operating in silos plus how to use shared OKRs to cut across those silos. (33:09) Dan answers more quick-fire questions. Relevant Links: Website: https://agile-strategies.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/montgomerydan/

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins John Williams to talk about his reaction to Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow's decision to roll back Governor Pritzker’s executive orders on masking at schools. Also joining John is Illinois Federation of Teachers president Dan Montgomery who shares his thoughts on the ruling and why he believes the decision is causing mass confusion […]

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins John Williams to talk about his reaction to Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow's decision to roll back Governor Pritzker’s executive orders on masking at schools. Also joining John is Illinois Federation of Teachers president Dan Montgomery who shares his thoughts on the ruling and why he believes the decision is causing mass confusion […]

Today's guests: - Eric Chaudron, Executive Director SAG-AFTRA Chicago - Brad Mathys, President of IATSE 476 - Dan Montgomery, President/COO of IL. Federation of Teachers IFT. - Professor Mathew Dinkin, Director at Program in Comparative Labor and Employment Law & Policy.

A new MP3 sermon from First Evangelical Free Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Blessed are the Meek Speaker: Dan Montgomery Broadcaster: First Evangelical Free Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 6/20/2021 Length: 47 min.

Dan Montgomery is an Associate and Senior Project Architect at MSA Design. Dan is a native of Lisbon, Ohio - a "small town in the woods" in Northeast Ohio. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP). Dan's career began with institutional and civic work, and he joined MSA over 12 years ago where he has risen into Senior Leadership and is a key Project Architect on many of the firms' Civic, Educational, and Sport projects. Dan shares his passion for architecture through teaching those newer to the profession by sharing his experiences and implementations that made him successful. Dan believes that “when it comes to design, the best designs are often the simplest. Every design move is done with reason and purpose to support the overarching concept.” Dan is a Member of the Planning and Zoning Committee, a Member of the Pedestrian Safety Committee, and holds a Director position as a Board Member of the Northside Community Council. Outside of work, you can find Dan tending to his small garden, using fresh herbs to create Italian-inspired dishes, eagerly anticipating the next time he can travel through the streets of Italy. Dan and his husband Brett reside in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Northside.

On Monday, Netflix began streaming a title it could only have dreamed of twenty years ago: "The Last Blockbuster." The documentary tells the unlikely story of a Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Oregon, that gradually became the last remaining outlet of what was once a global chain - and the movie has no bigger fans than at the store itself. Dan Montgomery, 36, has been the Bend Blockbuster's store manager for twelve years. He says that when the documentary came out last summer, Bend held drive-in screenings of the film, and the whole town came out to see it. "It's been a lot of fun," Mr Montgomery told The Independen. "Obviously, doing the documentary and being able to film it during the process of us actually becoming the last Blockbuster worked out well." 7The Blockbuster in Bend was founded in 2000 by Ken and Debbie Tisher (now Debbie Black). It had originally been their own business, called Pacific Video, but after ten years of competing with Blockbuster, the Tishers decided to join the franchise. At the time, the chain was huge - with over 9,000 locations around the world at its peak, Blockbuster dominated the video rental business. And then it didn't. In 2010, Blockbuster LLC declared bankruptcy. In 2011, it sold its company-owned stores to Dish Network, a satellite TV company, which then closed them all down just three years later. All that remained were a few franchise locations, running under the "Blockbuster" banner but operating on their own. By 2019, Bend had the only Blockbuster left in the world. So how has the last remaining Blockbuster survived without Blockbuster? "Very well, thank you," Mr Tisher, who still owns the store, told The Independent. He says a big part of the problem with Blockbuster Inc was its CEOs, who in his opinion didn't understand the rental business. "They ran it into the ground," he said. Today, however, the Bend Blockbuster is doing a brisk business, thanks to a combination of publicity, old-fashioned customer service, and tourism fueled by 90s nostalgia. "The store's been doing fantastic, even before we had the documentary," Mr Montgomery said. "The documentary just added to it. We have a lot of locals that really love coming to our store, and having to come in and pick out movies." What impact Netflix's release of "The Last Blockbuster" will have on the business remains to be seen, but Mr Montgomery and Mr Tisher are optimistic. The film's star is the outlet's effusive general manager, Sandi Harding, whose staff call her the "Blockbuster Mom." Ms Harding started working at Blockbuster in 2004, married a fellow Blockbuster employee, had children who eventually worked at Blockbuster, and even adopted her cat from a Humane Society event in a Blockbuster parking lot. With all these connections to the chain, no one would be surprised that she's the star of "The Last Blockbuster" - except for her. "I had no idea they were going to put me in quite as much as they did," Ms Harding told The Independent. "It's very sweet to get to be the face of our store, but I don't want people to think I'm a one-woman show, because I have an amazing team behind me." Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the film's release is that it's on Netflix, which was once one of Blockbuster's meekest competitors. Back in 2000, the company was doing so badly with its mail-order DVD business that it offered to sell itself to Blockbuster for $50 million and rename itself Blockbuster.com. Blockbuster turned them down. Twenty-one years later, Blockbuster no longer exists outside of Bend, Oregon, and Netflix dominates the streaming industry all over the world. So what is this store's secret? How did it manage to survive when literally every other store of its kind did not? The people who run it point to a number of reasons. For one thing, not everyone likes to watch movies online. Mr Montgomery says many older customers prefer to rent a video in person rather than deal with what they call "complicated streaming apps." Mr Tisher concurred, saying there's a certain "tangible" quality to the Blockbuster experience. "It's nice to actually go in and interact with people who, when you tell them what type of movie you're looking for, rather than getting an algorithm, you get somebody who has some ideas and you can ask a couple of questions," he said. Added to that, the outlet's status as the world's only remaining Blockbuster has actually helped business. "When we became the last one, there flocked in all these tourists," Mr Montgomery said. Mr Tisher says he can't even count the number of out-of-state license plates he sees in the store's parking lot, and wishes he could charge people for all the selfies visitors take in front of the sign. "We've gotten literally millions of dollars worth of free publicity in that one year when everybody and their brother were doing promotions on us," he said of 2019, the year it became the last Blockbuster. The store has become such a tourist attraction that it's even started selling its own merchandise. On the Bend Blockbuster website, customers can now purchase Blockbuster t-shirts, hoodies, key chains, beanies, magnets, and numerous other items - all of which help keep the business afloat. And then there's the nostalgia factor. Some parents take their children to the store to show them how Mom and Dad used to rent movies, almost as if visiting a museum. "People can come in and really get a taste for what it was like to walk around in a Blockbuster," Mr Montgomery said. "A lot of people bring their kids in and they don't know what this is." But how does a business that depends so heavily on in-person traffic survive during a pandemic? Surprisingly, that hasn't slowed the store down either. "The store did exceptionally well in 2020," Mr Montgomery said. As people found themselves stuck at home and other entertainment venues shut down, renting a DVD to watch at home became an ever-more popular option. And aside from requiring masks and limiting the number of customers indoors, the Bend Blockbuster hasn't missed a beat. "If anything, it has only helped our business, because the locals have been coming in and renting more," the store manager said. Finally, there's the simple factor of luck. A video rental business that started in the VCR's heyday, then joined a corporate giant at its zenith, then outlived that giant, then survived just long enough to become the much-publicized last of its kind - just at the moment when Americans were becoming nostalgic for the 1990s - has had its fair share of good fortune, and Mr Tisher knows it. "You work your ass off in a business, but if you don't have an element of luck, you probably aren't gonna make it," he said. "We just hit it at the right time and we've had a good ride. No complaints." "The Last Blockbuster" is now streaming on Netflix. It's also available on DVD and Blu-Ray at the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon.

On Monday, Netflix began streaming a title it could only have dreamed of twenty years ago: "The Last Blockbuster." The documentary tells the unlikely story of a Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Oregon, that gradually became the last remaining outlet of what was once a global chain - and the movie has no bigger fans than at the store itself. Dan Montgomery, 36, has been the Bend Blockbuster's store manager for twelve years. He says that when the documentary came out last summer, Bend held drive-in screenings of the film, and the whole town came out to see it. "It's been a lot of fun," Mr Montgomery told The Independen. "Obviously, doing the documentary and being able to film it during the process of us actually becoming the last Blockbuster worked out well." 7The Blockbuster in Bend was founded in 2000 by Ken and Debbie Tisher (now Debbie Black). It had originally been their own business, called Pacific Video, but after ten years of competing with Blockbuster, the Tishers decided to join the franchise. At the time, the chain was huge - with over 9,000 locations around the world at its peak, Blockbuster dominated the video rental business. And then it didn't. In 2010, Blockbuster LLC declared bankruptcy. In 2011, it sold its company-owned stores to Dish Network, a satellite TV company, which then closed them all down just three years later. All that remained were a few franchise locations, running under the "Blockbuster" banner but operating on their own. By 2019, Bend had the only Blockbuster left in the world. So how has the last remaining Blockbuster survived without Blockbuster? "Very well, thank you," Mr Tisher, who still owns the store, told The Independent. He says a big part of the problem with Blockbuster Inc was its CEOs, who in his opinion didn't understand the rental business. "They ran it into the ground," he said. Today, however, the Bend Blockbuster is doing a brisk business, thanks to a combination of publicity, old-fashioned customer service, and tourism fueled by 90s nostalgia. "The store's been doing fantastic, even before we had the documentary," Mr Montgomery said. "The documentary just added to it. We have a lot of locals that really love coming to our store, and having to come in and pick out movies." What impact Netflix's release of "The Last Blockbuster" will have on the business remains to be seen, but Mr Montgomery and Mr Tisher are optimistic. The film's star is the outlet's effusive general manager, Sandi Harding, whose staff call her the "Blockbuster Mom." Ms Harding started working at Blockbuster in 2004, married a fellow Blockbuster employee, had children who eventually worked at Blockbuster, and even adopted her cat from a Humane Society event in a Blockbuster parking lot. With all these connections to the chain, no one would be surprised that she's the star of "The Last Blockbuster" - except for her. "I had no idea they were going to put me in quite as much as they did," Ms Harding told The Independent. "It's very sweet to get to be the face of our store, but I don't want people to think I'm a one-woman show, because I have an amazing team behind me." Perhaps the most ironic aspect of the film's release is that it's on Netflix, which was once one of Blockbuster's meekest competitors. Back in 2000, the company was doing so badly with its mail-order DVD business that it offered to sell itself to Blockbuster for $50 million and rename itself Blockbuster.com. Blockbuster turned them down. Twenty-one years later, Blockbuster no longer exists outside of Bend, Oregon, and Netflix dominates the streaming industry all over the world. So what is this store's secret? How did it manage to survive when literally every other store of its kind did not? The people who run it point to a number of reasons. For one thing, not everyone likes to watch movies online. Mr Montgomery says many older customers prefer to rent a video in person rather than deal with what they call "complicated streaming apps." Mr Tisher concurred, saying there's a certain "tangible" quality to the Blockbuster experience. "It's nice to actually go in and interact with people who, when you tell them what type of movie you're looking for, rather than getting an algorithm, you get somebody who has some ideas and you can ask a couple of questions," he said. Added to that, the outlet's status as the world's only remaining Blockbuster has actually helped business. "When we became the last one, there flocked in all these tourists," Mr Montgomery said. Mr Tisher says he can't even count the number of out-of-state license plates he sees in the store's parking lot, and wishes he could charge people for all the selfies visitors take in front of the sign. "We've gotten literally millions of dollars worth of free publicity in that one year when everybody and their brother were doing promotions on us," he said of 2019, the year it became the last Blockbuster. The store has become such a tourist attraction that it's even started selling its own merchandise. On the Bend Blockbuster website, customers can now purchase Blockbuster t-shirts, hoodies, key chains, beanies, magnets, and numerous other items - all of which help keep the business afloat. And then there's the nostalgia factor. Some parents take their children to the store to show them how Mom and Dad used to rent movies, almost as if visiting a museum. "People can come in and really get a taste for what it was like to walk around in a Blockbuster," Mr Montgomery said. "A lot of people bring their kids in and they don't know what this is." But how does a business that depends so heavily on in-person traffic survive during a pandemic? Surprisingly, that hasn't slowed the store down either. "The store did exceptionally well in 2020," Mr Montgomery said. As people found themselves stuck at home and other entertainment venues shut down, renting a DVD to watch at home became an ever-more popular option. And aside from requiring masks and limiting the number of customers indoors, the Bend Blockbuster hasn't missed a beat. "If anything, it has only helped our business, because the locals have been coming in and renting more," the store manager said. Finally, there's the simple factor of luck. A video rental business that started in the VCR's heyday, then joined a corporate giant at its zenith, then outlived that giant, then survived just long enough to become the much-publicized last of its kind - just at the moment when Americans were becoming nostalgic for the 1990s - has had its fair share of good fortune, and Mr Tisher knows it. "You work your ass off in a business, but if you don't have an element of luck, you probably aren't gonna make it," he said. "We just hit it at the right time and we've had a good ride. No complaints." "The Last Blockbuster" is now streaming on Netflix. It's also available on DVD and Blu-Ray at the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon.

On this episode of Dreams with Deadlines, Jenny Herald interviews Dan Montgomery, author of Start less, Finish More: Building Strategic Agility with Objectives and Key Results, founder and Managing Director of Agile Strategies, and OKR Thought Leader. He goes through the five steps outlined in his book— Assess, Focus, Commit, Act, and Learn. They also discuss OKRs in relation to a concept pilots use called OODA loop (observe–orient–decide–act).

Illinois Federation of Teachers president Dan Montgomery joins Anna to talk about COVID-19 vaccine prioritization and why he believes teachers should be given some level of vaccine priority moving forward.

A 185" Dall Sheep with Dan Montgomery and Hank Flatow. In this episode we talk with Dan Montgomery and Hank Flatow of Alaska Trophy Adventures who just guided hunter, Louis Breland to a true giant of a Dall Sheep. This ram is 11 1/2 years old and has a green gross score of 185 2/8" and a Net score of 184 4/8"  The ram had incredible bases that measured at 15 2/8" It is truly remarkable in a Dall Sheep to have that kind of mass. We enjoy hearing the story of the hunt and how it all played out. 

In this ongoing series, customers and partners share their stories from the field about working with SAFe ceremonies and implementations. This episode features Mark Byers and Dan Montgomery from Octo Consulting—a Scaled Agile partner—who share their experiences working with federal government agencies and contractors in a fully virtual environment.

Illinois Federation of Teachers president Dan Montgomery joins Anna to talk about why the IFT believes that the school year should start remotely.

Dan Montgomery, Illinois Federation of Teachers president joins The Roe Conn Show to explain why Governor Pritzker’s plan to reopen schools in the fall during the COVID-19 pandemic needs more guidance, and planning. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe on […]

Host Art Aldrich speaks with long time NAB exhibitor Dan Montgomery from Imagine Products about the cancellation of NAB and other trade shows. Guest Lou Leta shares his opinion on the state of NAB from an attendee perspective.

Rick talks to Dan Montgomery, President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, about the difficulties with e-learning as everyone doesn’t have equal access to wireless internet, proper technology, etc. Dan also touches on the importance of human connection and interaction when it comes to schooling and character building, what teachers are doing to keep a […]

Toy Trucks kick of the show this week for a Wax Time Special where Richard plays 3 tracks from direct off the vinyl. Further to this, Richard has the pleasure of being in conversation with Jeremy Scott, lead singer and guitarist with The Toy Trucks. Jeremy is a likeable and laid back gent who effortlessly lets the conversation roll about the band. Richard is also curating New Music this week, bringing back Sports Team to the show. The Jaggeresque Alex Rice reminds us why guitar bands work. Excellent music and lyrical jokers Sports Team make a welcome return to form and impress the hell out of Tobin. Speaking of whom, he brings us Meg Myers with her high-school indie rocker Lemon Eyes. It's easy to get lost in its crashing guitar sounds. And Tobin is indeed master of sounds this week. He brings us some Cool Sounds straight out of Australia. Cool Sounds' latest LP is a massive hit with us here at Record Box HQ. Richard has been intermittently spinning this with Rockets, Bells and Poetry all week. All that's left is Tobin's Double Record Box Classic - it's his Nana exclusive 2-track playlist. It's the infectious sample-based early 90s classic by Chad Jackson and then something as suggested by his Grandmother. The Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Peggy Lee remind us where pop music really started. Let's dive in. Track Listing Don't Be So Easy The Toy Trucks Lemon Eyes Meg Myers Captain Remo The Toy Trucks Fishing Sports Team Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) Chad Jackson Why Don't You Do It Right Benny Goodman & His Orchestra feat. Peggy Lee Around And Down Cool Sounds Show You Love The Toy Trucks The Toy Trucks - as described by their label Here's what Black & Wyatt Records, Memphis-based record label has to say about The Toy Trucks: The Toy Trucks are collectively 180+ years old. They are fueled by equal parts cheap beer, cheap thrills and Cheap Trick. Over the band’s multi-year existence, songwriter/leader Jeremy Scott has developed an “anything but another crappy love song” ethos. This has resulted in the songs on the band’s first full-length, Rockets Bells and Poetry. (“We stole the title from Mama Cass Elliott,” Scott explains.) Over the course of said album, the band prove conversant with, among other things, Rascals-like blue-eyed grooves (Don’t Be So Easy. Along with grisly true crime balladry (57 Bayview), updated Del Shannonesque psychodrama (Hot Tears). And there's honest flat out rock and roll (I’m on the Dish But I Ain’t No Rag). This LP is both a stand-alone statement and a teaser for the band’s revved up live show. Rockets Bells and Poetry should satisfy anyone’s rock/garage/power-pop itch quite nicely. The Toy Trucks deliver stomping pop flavours on debut platter The Memphis Flyer Further praise from The Memphis Flyer Jeremy Scott is familiar to any fan of Memphis music. He has played in the original Reigning Sound and groups backing Harlan T. Bobo and Dan Montgomery. Although his ensemble playing reveals a fine sense of playing at the service of the song, it's barely offered a glimpse of his songwriting talents. For a time, he led the Wallendas, which also included longtime guitar ace Jim Duckworth, but that was ancient history in pop terms, and never resulted in a full length release. Nonetheless, as Scott's Sunday night DJ slot on WEVL makes clear, he is steeped in the history of pop and rock, old and new, and something was bound to come of it. Now, with his band The Toy Trucks making their debut, rockets bells and poetry (Black & Wyatt), we can finally hear all that cumulative experience blossom into some fine material. Read the full article Memphis combo The Toy Trucks... Led by ex-Reigning Sound member Jeremy Scott, the group — which also includes guitarist Dylan Cranmer, bassist Ryno Hanson and drummer Steve Barnat — have crafted a killer full-length debut for the local Black and Wyatt label that bears the influence of everything from Del Shannon to the Rascals, from garage to punk to power pop and beyond. Commercial Appeal FTBOTRB review of Rockets, Bells and Poetry Visceral. Well, you have been warned in the opening track that there is a distinct possibility you may get disemboweled. It's a raucous and driven way to open this excellent LP from the Memphis circuit's cheap beer driven rockers. However, you're in for quite a ride with Rockets, Bells and Poetry, it's not all balls out rocking. There's the self-effacing heart string plucker Show You Love which plays out the show this week. The whole sound of this LP is one of transition and exploration. The quite carnival-like C D B gives way to the anthemic Hot Tears without so much as a warning. Despite band leader Jeremy Scott professing the band is past its sell by date this recording is much more than that. Its freshness belies Jeremy's statement and one can only wonder how much that tongue in cheek comment actually influences the bands' sound. It is boyish, scruffy and offers more than an occasional sense of childlike wonderment. Much can be learnt from a few listens of this new offering from The Toy Trucks, such as punk glockenspiel. You may never have been touched by it before, but from now on you'll never be untouched. Excellent and rewarding music from past-it rockers who are only just beginning their journey. FTBOTRB official verdict: essential listening.

Dan Montgomery is the President and Chief Operation Officer of the Illinois Federation of Teachers.

CTU Speaks! co-hosts Andrea Parker and Jim Staros begin this episode talking with Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey and Recording Secretary Christel Williams-Hayes about the status of contract negotiations. After a solidarity statement from Dan Montgomery, president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, Andrea and Jim talk with CTU Financial Secretary Maria Moreno and PSRP activist Lashawn Wallace about their experiences of the 2012 strike and what that can teach us about how to advance our agenda in 2019.

Join Dan Montgomery and James Gifford @scrummando as they discuss: Start Less, Finish More: Building Strategic Agility with Objectives and Key Results Topics include: Agile strategy - not an oxymoron Balanced scorecards Bringing Agile into OKRs Making work visible Business Outcomes Thinking in terms of results Slippage Organizations Goal setting, iterating and adapting Kanban and WIP Taking the time for everybody - leadership included - to understand agile Theory of Constraints - The Goal Recorded at MHA2018 Contact/Book Info https://agile-strategies.com/book/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J24HDMV Permalink http://agileuprising.libsyn.com/mha2019-start-less-finish-more-with-dan-montgomery

This episode features some of The Data Lab's finest; part of the team behind putting on our two week festival of data innovation, DataFest. Hear about each aspect of DataFest, from DataSummit to the Fringe events, and everything in between. This episode is hosted by Brian Hills, Head of Data, and the guests are Fraser Macdonald, Project Development Manager, Dr Caterina Constantinescu, Data Scientist, Cecilia Bouroncle, Marketing and Communications Manager, Victoria Clark, Business Development Executive, and Dan Montgomery, Business Development Executive. If DataFest is something that sounds of interest you can learn more here. Alternatively please get in touch with datafest@thedatalab.com.  

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: How organizations can improve their product performance and overall performance is as important to product managers as it is to senior leaders. Making improvements has become more challenging as the business environment for most organizations is changing more quickly and contains greater uncertainty than in the past. Organizations that better respond to these changes can create a competitive advantage and one way to accomplish that is through Strategic Agility. Dan Montgomery is a practitioner of Strategic Agility and shares with us simple and practical tools in this interview. He is also the co-author of The Institute Way: Simplify Strategic Planning and Management with the Balanced Scorecard. He has helped several organizations create strategic plans and add agility.

Product managers operate in an environment of uncertainty and change, requiring the use of Strategic Agility How organizations can improve their product performance and overall performance is as important to product managers as it is to senior leaders. Making improvements has become more challenging as the business environment for most organizations is changing more quickly […]

Product managers operate in an environment of uncertainty and change, requiring the use of Strategic Agility How organizations can improve their product performance and overall performance is as important to product managers as it is to senior leaders. Making improvements has become more challenging as the business environment for most organizations is changing more quickly […]

As we approach Labor Day, this week's episode talks about the labor movement. First we talk with Dan Montgomery about the status of teachers in Illinois. Then we talk to Terry Nelson about the fight to keep Missouri among the few pro-union midwestern states. And we catch up with Josh Fox to find to learn about the #Fightfor15 movement.

Coach and consultant at Agile Strategies Dan Montgomery offers his insights on three problems with strategic planning today: 1. With all the effort put into planning, the resulting plan is immediately obsolete. Leaders bring in consultants to create an executable plan assuming that the goal won't shift during the long execution process.2. Because the change is dictated from the top, even Agile transformations aren't Agile in that they don't engage all of the stakeholders in determining the solution. Instead, change management is used to impose the solution on the lower echelons. 3. After all the planning, there's just too much to get done. Agile says, "Start less, finish more" and pull from a backlog. But org plans are so full of details, people get overwhelmed.Dan suggests combatting complexity with simplicity: "Boil it down to a few small rules people can follow and then let them innovate, let them come up with the details."SolutionsIQ Chief Technical Officer Evan Campbell hosts at the inaugural Business Agility 2017 in New York City.About Agile AmpedThe Agile Amped podcast series brings Agile news and events to life. Fueled by inspiring conversations, innovative ideas, and in-depth analysis of enterprise agility, Agile Amped provides on-the-go learning – anytime, anywhere. To receive real-time updates, subscribe!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SIQYouTube, http://bit.ly/SIQiTunes, http://www2.solutionsiq.com/subscribe...Follow: http://bit.ly/SIQTwitter Like: http://bit.ly/SIQFacebook

On the Digital Production Buzz, Larry Jordan talks with guests David Colantuoni, Philip Hodgetts, and Dan Montgomery. Avid Updates Media Composer Buy New Gear - or Do Nothing? How To Decide A Better Way to Archive Projects and Media Randi's Perspective: HPA's Retreat, Canon's DSLR, and More! Tech Talk: Masks in FCP X WATCH FULL SHOW The post Digital Production Buzz – February 11, 2016 appeared first on Digital Production Buzz.

Eilen Jewell plays three tracks from her Sundown Over Ghost Town album, talks about returning to Boise, and the new member of their lineup. Also on this episode, brand new soul music from Beth McKee. A really nice debut from a band out of Asheville called Tellico. New rock & roll from Dan Montgomery. Another track from that knock out Alabama Shakes album. We’ve also got new California country from Grant Langston, A new string band tune from April Verch, another southern rock track from Jimbo Mathus and a lot more in this two hour episode. "Ep247 Eilen Jewell returns to small town life" originated from Americana Music Show.

Once again Team YST is planning to spin every day of the Tour de France for Ravelry's Tour de fleece.  Come join all the fun and cheerleading and inspirations. I talk about the decision to do lots of fiber processing for this year's challenge.  Just a hint, there's lots of Shetland! Music in todays podcast is by Dan Montgomery and is called Spinning My Wheels, appropiate!  It can be found on Music Alley. You can find me on Twitter here which will give the links to the audioboos I will try and publish daily during the TdF.  Or go to Audioboo and search for YST to find them.