Podcasts about dbes

Business owners, You don't want to miss this episode!! This week we are excited to welcome Pamela Cotham, Assistant PurchasingAgent for the City of Knoxville, to our show this week! Her focus is Small Business & Diversity Outreach.  She works with Diverse Businesses referred to as DBEs, to increase the amount of business the City does with minority-, women-, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, as well as small businesses in general. We are so excited for you all to hear about the work she does with the City of Knoxville! Yvonnca LandesRealty Executives Associates865.660.1186 or 588.3232www.YvonncaSellsRealEstate.comAdrienne LandesRealty Executives Associates865.659-6860 or 588.3232Click here: https://linktr.ee/talkintnwithyvonncaTurning Knox Rental (Event Rental Services): www.turningknoxrental.comLandes Home Collection Online Store: www.landeshomecollection.comFor promotion inquires please contact Yvonnca Landes. 865-660-1186All Copy Rights are owned Yvonnca Landes and the Landes Brand ©. To gain legal access contact David Landes 865.660.6860 or theappraisalfirm@charter.netProduced and engineered by: Adrienne LandesThank you for listening! Follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/talkintnwithyvonnca

Welcome back to a brand new series of Liberté- Free to Be , new name, new look and I've even got my own music too What better way to kick things off than inviting the dynamic duo Rants and Big Pants, aka Neens and dB on the show. These ladies are not only doing a great job at keepings things Realtor their midlife community but they are bundles of fun too so I knew we would have an interesting conversation. I wasn't disappointed! Meet Neens and dB- Big Pants' Neens…A veteran of the singing and entertainment circuit with ‘SHOWBIZ' running through her in big glittery letters with a personality to match, She is passionate about bringing awareness and offering help/support and advice on Alzheimer's after looking after her late, beloved Dad as he battled this terrible disease.  Neens also loves all things beauty and after nearly 20 years working in cosmetics, is always happy to share her knowledge.  Everything about our Neens sparkles from her love of disco to her warm/funny personality.  Neens isn't afraid to step outside her comfort zone and practices what she preaches. ‘Rants' dB is the writer and wannabe cowgirl.  Give this girl jeans, trainers (or cowboy boots) and anything leopard print and watch her go.    Known by all as dB (yes, that's a small d and a capital B). She loves recommending films/tv or just having a rant because yep, she's the Rants to Neens' Big Pants and honestly when she's on one she just gets louder and louder.  dB is overcoming her own imposter syndrome as she proudly publishes her first novel this month. At heart she's still just a girl who tucks her vest into her knickers. They may seem like chalk and cheese but their shared values bond them together to create a dream team. Subjects covered Where their friendship started, was it love at first sight? Keeping it real and showing up as your authentic self Overcoming imposter syndrome How their different personalities complement each other How to let go of the fear of other peoples judgements Caring for elderly parents suffering with Alzheimers- Neens shares her own experience of how she volunteered in her dads care home during lockdown so she could still see him Being brave and stepping out of your comfort zone- DBEs publishes her first novel this month The Rants & Big Pants Big Weekender- The weekend of Friday 20th May to Sunday 22nd May. And you're ALL invited. What does Free to Be mean to Rants and Big Pants? dB- "To show up for myself anyway I like" Neens- "To be myself always" To find out more about these fabulous ladies visit- https://www.rantsandbigpants.com/ I'll be back next week but in the meantime  Keep being fabulous  Rachel x ⁠ https://linktr.ee/outofthebubble --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertefreetobe/message

If you've ever wondered how people get government contracts (and how you can cash in on this, even if you're not in the Good Ole Boys Club), then this episode is for you!  It's Episode 46 y'all and the last one before we start to shift into the next phase of this podcast, into the next leveling up of What Would Sheila Say and I am soooo excited for what's to come.  One of the things I felt really strongly about sharing with you is this concept of government contracts, DBEs and RFPs. I will go through these acronyms in the episode, but I want to tell you WHY this is the case - why I chose this topic. Most people do NOT know about government or nonprofit or corporate contracts, which means quite often that the same people and companies year after year get a slew of contracts from local, state, federal government, and I don't like that. I want us to have diversity in how our government serves us, and I want to make sure that marginalized communities and those who are not at the table, who are not normally “in the know” - you know, those good ole boys club backroom deals - KNOW about the ways to get to that table. And government contracts are a surefire way to be in the know, to be AT the table - but you have to know they exist, and it's a way to make money and serve your community - and if you never know, you can never put your hat in the ring. So today, we're talking about getting GOVERNMENT and NONPROFIT and CORPORATE clients through bids, and proposals. We're also going to touch on the fact that once you get those, often, the doors open up to you in ways you can't even imagine, that then makes it easier for you to get more traditional clients, too. And if you aren't sure where to find these things wherever you live, I'm your girl. DM me, email me. I got you. We'll find those resources together, okay? At the end, as always, I leave you with a bit of homework to start taking action today. Y'all ready? Let's do this! Resources from the Show  Small Business Administration - DBE Info If you struggle to find the right words to tell a client no, or you need time to get back to them, or even if you're going on vacation and want to be left alone, then these simple strategies for better boundaries are going to be  your new best friend! Learn more about how these swipe copy and paste email script templates can start improving your life TODAY!   >>>  My mission is to help service-based professionals figure out exactly what they want, realize it's 100% within reach, and create a simple, actionable plan that will get them there. I'd love to support you, too! Here are some ways you can start creating your rich, happy life today! FREE RESOURCES Start setting clear expectations with clients with this Contracts Guide! Build a healthier lifestyle and add more joy in your life in this Masterclass! LOW-COST RESOURCES Start fixing your top 3 most frustrating situations TODAY in this Managing Expectations Mini-Course! ($19)  Start getting Boundaries *and* Balance in this Workshop ($29) - especially as you head into the new year! Tag me, follow me, and DM me with your thoughts and questions: Instagram @sheilamwilkinson and Facebook @lawyercoachsheila Rate this podcast/episode on Apple Podcasts here Not on Apple Podcasts? No worries! Rate and Review on our site and make sure to leave a question for a future episode! Learn more about me here: https://sheilawilkinson.com Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Links & More: https://sheilawilkinson.com/links

As Black History Month 2023 winds down, this week's Talking Michigan Transportation podcast highlights the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program and some of the success stories.First, Lisa Thompson, administrator of MDOT's Office of Business Development, which includes the DBE program, explains why the federal government requires state DOTs to help give historically disadvantaged groups an equal footing in procuring transportation contracts.Thompson explains that the origins of the program and case for support dating back to the Reagan administration, including revisions over the years, as outlined by the U.S. Department of Transportation:This program has been the Department of Transportation's most important tool for promoting equal opportunity in federal transportation contracting since it was first signed into law by President Reagan in 1983. Effective March 4, 1999, the department issued a new final regulation to guide the administration of the DBE program. This new regulation has three major goals:To create a level playing field on which DBEs can compete fairly,To mend but not end the DBE program, andTo make the DBE program more effective and efficient for all participants.In a second segment, Rhonda Rowe, owner and chief executive officer of Rowe Trucking, LLC in Detroit, talks about how the program has helped her family business thrive for several decades. Her business is among those highlighted in a special MDOT initiative.

This week's edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast focuses on the Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP).  On Oct. 11, chief executive officers from six state departments of transportation signed a pledge, saying they are committed to streamline processes for obtaining necessary disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) certifications, improve payment time and expand access to financing to help underserved businesses.Michigan Department of Transportation Director Paul C. Ajegba was among the leaders signing the pledge. He talks about the importance of the event and what it means to him.Saying it was high honor to be included in the event, Ajegba talks about both the symbolic and tangible benefits of signing the pledge. He says this demonstrates a commitment to make sure federal dollars are distributed in an equitable way to shore up DBE and other programs.Ajegba also explains that it involves a bigger-picture view and looking at barriers holding back DBEs.In the second segment, Phil Washington, CEO of the Denver International Airport and President Biden's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), discusses his role in co-founding EIP."You can see the urgency behind our cause in how quickly this coalition is expanding with the participation of some of the largest public contracting entities in the nation," Washington said in the news release about the event. "As we improve America's transit systems, airports and other infrastructure, we must be focused on improving people's lives, too."Washington also discusses the support and shared commitment of the White House.

Fairpointe Planning, LLC CEO and Principal Tanisha Hall visits the P3 Project podcast and shares her journey to growing a successful business in the transportation planning industry. Hall talks about her business strategy when starting the company, the importance of getting certified as a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) and a woman-owned business (WBENC); and how these certifications helped the company grow. Hall gives her thoughts on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) -- also know at the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. She also gives advice to aspiring DBEs about strategies to accelerate their success in the transportation industry and in government contracting. Visit https://fairpointeplanning.com/

While some might see federal funding for infrastructure as a windfall for big design and construction firms, it is arguably an even greater opportunity for small and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs). Listen to learn how DBEs can take advantage of recent infrastructure federal funding with the help of Virtuosity's discounted software and custom training. Learn more: https://go.virtuosity.com/informed-infrastructure-bentley-podcast-0

Listen to the Sourcegraph podcast: https://about.sourcegraph.com/podcast/sugu-sougoumarane/ https://twitter.com/ssougou https://www.linkedin.com/in/sugu-sougoumarane-b9bb25/ Consensus Algorithms at Scale TranscriptBeyang Liu:Yeah, tell us that story. What happened between you and Elon Musk?Sugu Sougoumarane:So, this was 2000. Elon had just founded X.com. He had sold off Zip2, which was his previous company, and he was considered one of those up and coming entrepreneurs. He wasn't as popular as he is today. But when I read X.com, if you read the description then, it said that it was an online bank. So, basically, there's Wells Fargo, there's Bank of America, and now there's X.com, which is an internet-first bank.That's what it looked like. I said, “Wow. If it's a bank, I better be formal.” So, I wore a tie and suit.Beyang Liu:Oh no. And I'm assuming the dress code was a lot less formal.Sugu Sougoumarane:That turned him off instantly. So, I'm sitting there, he walks in and says, “Who the hell are you?” “I'm here for the interview.” “Oi, why are you wearing a suit?”Beyang Liu:That's hilarious.Sugu Sougoumarane:So it turned out that this was 2000, where the boom was happening–‘99, 2000. And there were so many “me too” companies. “I'm going to change the world” kind of companies.Beyang Liu:Sure. A lot of copycats.Sugu Sougoumarane:And I had been interviewing with a bunch of them. And none of them had a real story. A lot of them didn't even have code written, but they had raised money from VCs because that's how desperate VCs were to give you money. Anybody that said “I have an idea” got money.Beyang Liu:It was the height of the bubble.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah, it was the height of the bubble. I was completely disillusioned saying that, “My God, this is a disaster. There is not a single company that has anything viable.” So I show up there and I'm kind of low energy because I don't expect anything from this interview. All previous interviews were disasters and I had just walked out. And this one, I was like, “Oh, okay. Let's hear it out. Let's see what you got.” And so that came across to Elon as a guy who has no energy. And he was kind of disappointed. And I was wearing a suit. That's even worse.Beyang Liu:Two strikes.Sugu Sougoumarane:Two strikes. And as I'm hearing his story, by the time the interview ended, I was so excited by what he was building. I just couldn't believe it. I said, “Oh my God, this will change the world.” That's basically how I ended up leaving. But that's not how he ended up seeing me. I went through a recruiter. And the recruiter says, “Hey, they're going to pass on you. They're not interested. They think you have low energy.” I said, “What? Give me Elon's email now. I'll send him an email.”So I sent him an email. Essentially, paraphrasing what I did, I basically sold him back his own company. I told him why this is going to be huge. And it turns out that, apparently, he was struggling to convince the greatness of his company to his own employees. And so he saw that and he was impressed that I was able to see what he saw. He even sent that email to everyone and told them, “See, there's a guy outside who believes in what we are doing.” And so he called me back for an interview.And now, looking back, I can see everybody was smiling. Everybody was passing me by, giving me second looks, and smiling.Beyang Liu:You were the guy.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah, I was that guy.Beyang Liu:That's awesome.Sugu Sougoumarane:The rest is history. Then I joined X.com. And then soon after that, X.com and PayPal merged, and that's how I ended up at PayPal.Beyang Liu:Do you remember what it is you said in that email? Because I'm sure everyone who's listening, who's ever bombed an interview, is like, “What do you say? What do you say in an email that gets you that second chance with Elon Musk of all people?”Sugu Sougoumarane:I think actually I relate to what I said even now, because what I said was, “The most important thing is that I am sold on this vision and I will do anything to be part of it. I don't care what you offer me. This vision is awesome. This is going to change the world. So I want to be part of this. I don't care. My low energy is situational. Don't read into that.” I need to dig up that email. I don't think I was as eloquent as I am now.Beyang Liu:If you dig it up, we'll link to it in the show notes.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah, I'll find out. I'll see if I can find it. This is literally 21 years ago.Beyang Liu:I was just trying to think of email systems back then.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah, exactly.Beyang Liu:But do you even remember what email you used in those days?Sugu Sougoumarane:I think it was Yahoo.Beyang Liu:Oh, Yahoo. Okay.Sugu Sougoumarane:So it may still be there. I should go look for it.Beyang Liu:Yeah, fascinating.Sugu Sougoumarane:He may not remember me, but I think if I reminded him of the story, he would remember me if I ever met him again. If I told him this.Beyang Liu:Yeah, it seems pretty memorable. I mean, a guy comes in and sells your company back to you so well–probably better than he could describe it. He shared it with the entire company. That's awesome. ---part 2---Beyang Liu:Tell me about the key selling points of PlanetScale. So the front page says serverless database platform. What does that mean?Sugu Sougoumarane:So here is what is changing in the industry. Vitess was in some respects, the first step towards what PlanetScale became. At YouTube, we literally ran tens of thousands of nodes. That's how big the Vitess deployment was at YouTube.Beyang Liu:Wow.Sugu Sougoumarane:And there is no DBA team that can manage anything of that size.Beyang Liu:It's just too many nodes.Sugu Sougoumarane:Just too many things, too many nodes. And those tens of thousands of nodes were running on Borg.Beyang Liu:And Borg is the Google internal predecessor to Kubernetes.Sugu Sougoumarane:It's the predecessor to Kubernetes. It was in the Borg cloud. And the shutdown of a pod is something that is not human generated. Previous to that, even today, with MySQL deployments, there is a DBA watching over that machine. Right?Beyang Liu:Super manual.Sugu Sougoumarane:It's super, super manual.And when we deployed Vitess in Borg, we had to make it developer-friendly. Make it such that a DBA was not needed to be watching over those nodes, so we had to actually automate a large part of those things away, so that we could deploy things at scale. The DBAs' role actually changed, such that they would not manage a single instance. They will be doing things for the cluster. I think that trend is now more prominent. They are called DBEs or DBREs–there's lots of names.Beyang Liu:They're going from minding individual pets to being cattle herders.Sugu Sougoumarane:To managing fleets. So that was what Vitess did at YouTube, which became extremely relevant at Kubernetes. But it still had an administrative mindset, where you still had to know a few things.The way I would describe it and now what Vitess is evolving into is, I kind of see two types of developers in the community. There are the tinkerers and there are the builders. There are application builders. They are kind of non-overlapping. They want to do different types of things. The tinkerers like to install software, configure it, play with it.Vitess is a tool that relates to that type of person. They like to learn.Beyang Liu:Nitty-gritty, get your hands dirty.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah. How do I configure this relationship in this data?Beyang Liu:Diving into Unix internal… yeah.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah. They're actually this one level above Unix. It's more like understanding data, modeling relationships with them.Doing cool things with the data. Like when you shard… optimizing your sharding algorithm. That's what Vitess relates to. And then there's the other category, which is the application builder. The biggest turn off to an application builder is that they say, “I want something…” and you say, “How much CPU do you need?” You've lost them. “How much display?” ‘I don't know.”Beyang Liu:I don't want to care. Just figure it out.Sugu Sougoumarane:I don't know how much I'm going to need. Whatever it takes. Just give me something to get started. Those should be taken away. If the developer comes and says, “I want a database.” You say, “Here's a database.” So PlanetScale is for this person. The person that says, “I want a database and we shouldn't ask any more questions.”Beyang Liu:Yeah. It should just work.Sugu Sougoumarane:You want a database, here's your database. “How do I connect to it?” “Here's your connection string. Go.”And another big problem that PlanetScale solves is the problem that's been plaguing the database industry, which is managing schema deployment. A large number of developers who like databases, who like SQL–many of them are using key value stores.Beyang Liu:They like SQL, but they're using KV stores for some reason.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yeah. They decide to use KV stores, say, “Why did you do it?” “It's because of schema. I just don't want to deal with the headache of schemas.”It's almost a universal story. But then what the database industry has been saying, “Well, it's necessary. Schema is necessary.” Yeah, it's needed.Beyang Liu:And you're talking specifically about schema migrations or conversions, right?Sugu Sougoumarane:That's where the disconnect came, right? Nobody tried to go in and find out why schema is such a big headache.Beyang Liu:I mean, it's almost like a type system, right? It imposes certain constraints, but then this thing can change too.Sugu Sougoumarane:Yes. And not only that, it's not only a type system. It's a disruptive system. The moment you deploy schema and you make a small mistake, you have an outage that goes into many hours.Beyang Liu:Yeah. I've been there.Sugu Sougoumarane:One small fat finger, and you have an enormous outage of epic proportions. So that's very scary. You cannot just say, “Here's a schema change. Boom done.” This danger exists, right? How do companies solve the problem? They install gatekeepers. People to review your change.Beyang Liu:Only certain people can directly access the database and you have to go through them.Sugu Sougoumarane:Only they can directly access data, and they will review your code. And I have a schema that is ready to be deployed, but this DBA is on vacation, now I have to wait three days for them to come back. Or, they are busy fixing, taking backups, so they are not available. Because a DBA's job is not to wait. That's not their priority to review your schema change. So the entire process becomes a huge headache. And so Sam, who is our chief product officer, he kind of developed that system within GitHub. He came, he said, “I know what the developers want, and this is what we're doing…” So this whole thing was his idea.And you can see how the developer community is responding to these features. “I've been waiting for this all my life,” is what the developers are saying, which is self-serve schema-safe schema deployments.Beyang Liu:The full power of SQL, but with none of the hassle.Sugu Sougoumarane:With none of the hassle. And also, the way we deploy the schema is underlying… I don't know if you've heard of gh-ost, which is the MySQL schema deployer.Beyang Liu:No.Sugu Sougoumarane:Basically, it allows you to deploy schemas without downtime.So if you have a billion rows in your table and you want to add a column, MySQL is going to lock that table, and you're not going to be able to write to it. And gh-ost actually allows you to do the deployment without locking that table. It's called gh-ost, which stands for GitHub Online Schema Tool. But it's also gh-ost, because it creates a ghost table for you.Beyang Liu:Oh, I see. That's the trick. It just copies stuff over.Sugu Sougoumarane:And basically it forms an atomic switch. And it turns out that Vitess has the same technology called V-replication as a core primitive that you can use.Beyang Liu:That's convenient.Sugu Sougoumarane:And the author of gh-ost coincidentally happens to work for PlanetScale, and coincidentally decides to implement that same feature in Vitess. So the same offline schema deployment now is available through Vitess.Beyang Liu:I feel like every organization or company that operates a database, they over time accumulate a bunch of scripts that automate certain tasks, whether it's schema deploy, or pulling certain pieces of information. It sounds like you're just productizing all of that and turning it into an out-of-the-box, non-hacky, non-duct-tape solution.Sugu Sougoumarane:Exactly. I mean, the writing is on the wall. GitHub kind of showed this model for source code already as a viable model, right? Where they took away what each enterprise had internally and productized it as a generic uniform method of managing source code. And now enterprises are all moving towards that, right? Instead of having each one implementing their own way of managing source code. We're kind of doing the same thing for databases.

Deathbed Experiences as Evidence for the Afterlife. This week I am talking to J. Steve Miller. The thesis of this book is quite simple and intuitive: If you want to look for evidence for the afterlife, observe the dying, to see if there's any indication that they're going somewhere. Researchers are finding that several experiences related to death are global and quite common, including:Primary Deathbed Experiences, where over 80% of the dying in a hospice unit report vivid experiences with deceased relatives and angels Terminal Lucidity, where people lose brain function over time, only to regain full consciousness to say their goodbyes before dying Shared Death Experiences, where healthy people experience a part of their loved one's death experienceCrisis Apparitions, where people otherwise unaware of a person's death somehow know of the person's death After Death Communications, where people claim to receive visits from deceased loved ones. To discover if these can be explained away as lies, exaggerations, or hallucinations, highly respected intellects, connected to many of our top universities, have studied phenomena at death for significant portions of their lives and assessed them for afterlife evidence. Dr. Miller, in a winsome, popular style, discusses many studies and documented reports that point towards an afterlife. Steve's current research/writing obsession is on a sister experience to near-death experiences (NDEs) called deathbed experiences (DBEs). NDEs occur when people almost die, but recover. DBEs occur around the time of final death. They are extremely common; a recent study in a New York hospice found over 80 percent of their patients experiencing DBEs, when interviewed daily. Steve uses the term “deathbed experience” broadly to refer to a cluster of phenomena that occur around death, including: Deathbed visions proper (where the dying claim to see and communicate with deceased relatives and angelic beings prior to death), Terminal lucidity (where people whose brains have been deteriorating for some time, to the point of being comatose, suddenly communicate quite lucidly just prior to death), Shared death experiences (where those who are not dying experience something of the transition of a loved one), Crisis apparitions (where people have visions/sensations that a loved one has passed, even when they didn't know the person was ill), After death communications (where people claim to have experiences with loved ones after they died.) In his earlier study of near-death experiences, he found some studies of deathbed experiences and decided to find out what research had been done on them through the years. He purposed to see if these studies provided any evidence for an afterlife. “Maybe I'll find 100 or so relevant sources to make for a tidy dissertation topic,” he thought. About 500 sources later, he realized he was onto something big. A wealth of research has been done over the last 140 years, but someone needed to bring it together and try to make sense of it. Amazingly, many of the studies were done by top-notch intellectuals connected to some of our top universities, such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale. He has currently found over 800 resources and have transformed the dissertation into two readable volumes of about 250 pages each. The first volume is now available at Amazon.com as both a Kindle (digital) and print version. The second volume should go live sometime early in 2022. Since he's documented it meticulously, he hopes that physicians, apologists, anthropologists and philosophers of religion will be inspired to keep moving this research forward. https://www.amazon.com/Deathbed-Experiences-Evidence-Afterlife-Groundbreaking-ebook/dp/B09FLZ3J9P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Deathbed+Experiences+as+Evidence+for+the+Afterlife&qid=1634907910&sr=8-1 https://jstevemiller.info/ https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast https://teespring.

In this podcast, AAI President Diana Moss sits down with her two co-authors of the report "Market Power and Digital Business Ecosystems: Assessing the Impact of Economic and Business Complexity on Competition Analysis and Remedies.” Moss, Greg Gundlach, and Riley Krotz discuss competition issues raised by the large digital business ecosystems (DBEs). The report takes a multidisciplinary approach--incorporating economics, law, and business theory and research. It fills an important gap by focusing on the DBEs' unique business and economic features, takeaways from which should inform the enforcement and legislative debate over reining in their market power. As Moss, Gundlach, and Krotz explain in the podcast, the report reveals important caveats and cautions regarding the application of conventional competition analysis to DBEs, with implications for how competition enforcers and legislators assess market power and design remedies, particularly in the merger and monopolization contexts. The report was made possible by a grant from the Omidyar Network Fund, Inc. MODERATOR: Diana Moss, President, American Antitrust Institute GUESTS: Gregory T. Gundlach, Professor of Marketing, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida Riley T. Krotz, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Texas Tech University

Attorney Colette Holt of Colette Holt & Associates visits the P3 Project podcast to discuss the legal landscape for DBE, minority-owned and women-owned businesses during the President Biden Administration. Ms. Holt also talks about the current makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court and the potential impacts this court can have on civil rights and affirmative action programs to support diverse business development. Other topics include the importance of disparity studies by government agencies to support affirmative action programs and her most influential figures in Black history in honor of Black History Month. Ms. Holt provides legal counsel and consulting services to governments and businesses on procurement and contracting; employment discrimination; regulatory compliance; Organizational change; program development, evaluation and implementation; and issues relating to inclusion, diversity and affirmative action. Ms. Holt is a nationally recognized expert in designing, implementing and defending affirmative action programs. She has concentrated her practice in these areas for over 20 years, after serving in senior legal and management government positions. The P3 Project Podcast is hosted by Shelton A. Russell, publisher of American DBE Magazine.

In this episode, we interview DBE Manager, Emmanuella Mrythil, and have her share insights about federal contracting as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Questions we're asking are centered around:- What exactly a DBE is and the benefits of becoming one- GDOT programs and projects- Advice for non-traditional businesses considering pursuing contracts through GDOT- Upcoming events and opportunities through GDOT and MMIPHer Bio:Emmanuella Myrthil is the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Manager with the Program Management Consultant for the Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) within the Office of Innovative Delivery at Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Over the past 15 years, she has played a major role in providing oversight and guidance for federally-funded programs for local construction projects throughout the state of Georgia.She has served as a Public Relations Specialist, an Environmental Planner, and a Project Manager in the Transportation Industry. As HNTB’s DBE Manager, she utilizes creative and engaging strategies to raise industry awareness and diversify DBE participation in Georgia’s largest alternative delivery program. Through innovative learning sessions and business development workshops, Emmanuella and her team focus on preparing DBEs and SBEs for major works with GDOT and MARTA.Contact Information:https://dot.ga.gov/MMIPhttps://dot.ga.gov/PS/Business/DBEEmail: DBEMMIP@dot.ga.govOffice: (404) 946-5764Other Source Mentioned in Interview:CEI DBE Supportive Serviceshttps://gadbesupport.comemail: info@gadbesupport.comOffice: (404) 631-1273SHOW INFORMATION:Company: Foreman & Associates, LLCWebsite: ForemanLLC.comIG: @ForemanLLCFB: @ForemanAndAssociatesTwitter: @ForemanLLCPodcast Twitter: @ItAintSmall YouTube: user/ForemanAssociatesHOST: Natasha L. Foreman, CEO of Foreman & Associates, LLCWebsite: NatashaForeman.com IG: @NatashaLForemanFB: @NatashaLForemanTwitter: @NatashaLForemanLinkedIn: @NatashaLForemanTheme Song: “Higher Up” by Shane IversCopyright 2020. Foreman & Associates, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

I dagens sending sjekker vi innom hjemmekontoret til utdanningsminister Guri Melby, Marte Winterbottom blir konfrontert med gårsdagens uhell, og vi hører hva du har som kallenavn på din bedre halvdel.

Sara Wachter-Boettcher talks about structuring content, and - more importantly - how to help people and organizations create and manage it. Sara Wachter-Boettcher runs Rare Union, a Philly-based content strategy and user experience consultancy. She is the author of Content Everywhere (2012, Rosenfeld Media) and the co-author, with Eric Meyer, of Design for Real Life (2016, A Book Apart). Her latest book is Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech (W.W. Norton, 2017). Video Here's the video version of our conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bXYC6ibtKk Transcript This current version is not a word-for-word transcript, just my raw notes from my first listen-through of our conversation. 1:00 Sara's path from journalism to agency where she was first "web writer" - they already had SEO people, design people - she was first to organize content there - working across departments and discplines - natural progression first IDed herself as "content strategist" somewhere between the time she read Rachel Lovinger's Philosopy of Data and Kristina Halvorson's The Discipline of Content Strategy around 2008 - a bit of a time lag between when she did the work and when IDed as a CS 4:00 more on her transition - journalism->CS - tech side: never considered herself a techie - a natural ability to get basic understanding of DBes, workflows, etc. 6:10 - how deep on tech - knows HTML - can mess up CSS, but really at strategic consulting level, so not too much on implementation 7:30 - getting writers to think differently about content creation 8:50 Content Everywhere published 5 years ago this month - crux = need our content to go a lot of different places - APIs, mobile, etc. - one set of content that can go many places - responsive design is important - need cleanly structured, well-organized content 10:30 how hard it is to repurpose a "page" of content into other uses - product, blog, white papers - responsive design patterns, 12:15 - transition to this new medium - Karen McGrane on blobs vs. chunks takes time from blobs to chunks - often driven by new CMS - often tough, lots of old possible chunks embedded in those old blobs - lots of asking, "why does that chunk actually matter?" teaser eg call to action so it needs compelling message - often find that orgs have design pattern that don't necessarily mean anything - have a teaser but is content communicating anything important? and then what does it look like how is structured 16:45 - working with/helping writers - paired writing, templates, guidance and tools and nudges in authoring interface itself - as well as overall authoring workflow, order of operations, etc. in complex systems 18:30 authoring experience, help them - maybe link to or embed good example - validation (char limits, eg 100-300 or 200-250?), until recently this wasn't a job. 20:30 AI form validation? probably better to focus on human/organizational stuff - basic improvements in tooling can go a long way 21:30 "We have not fixed content problems because content problems are fundamentally people problems." 22:00 behaviorl change at org level and ind level - big long term shift - look for viable improvements now - don't bite off more than you can chew - 23:00 being strategic about how much to do and when 25:20 - not a huge amount of implementation - break change down to make it - esp. showing people how their existing skills set fit in new environment 26:45 - "my perfect system" of structured content wrecked by real life - can say they wrecked it, dammit! or revisit with them & reiterate intent - let go of perfection 28:45 - agile vs structured content eg - a "false tension" any kind of publishing system will have consistency around types of content and ensuing patterns (how-tos, tip sheet, checklists, etc) - agile works well when in process of figuring out what's actually important to your users - improve models ov...

On this episode we’re talking with Krystal Brumfield, the CEO of the Airport Minority Advisory Council - or otherwise known as AMAC.  During our conversation, Krystal & I talk about a few different things - including her journey to become the head of AMAC, which actually doesn’t include any background in Aviation, and how she’s using that different background to bring a new perspective to industry issues. We also talk about how they are working with women & minority owned businesses to get them more involved with projects going on at airports, as well as the benefits those types of companies can bring to table and the challenges that they still face. Finally, we wrap up our conversation by talking about the role of industry organizations today and how they may be more relevant than ever.  Website: www.amac-org.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/AMAC_ORG Facebook: www.facebook.com/AirportMinorityAdvisoryCouncil/ Linkedin: https://goo.gl/UK5qRl Conference: www.amacbusinessdiversityconference.com/ Sign up for the Newsletter: https://goo.gl/b7Srlr Be sure to follow us on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/runwayvc and our website: www.runway.vc As always, we want to thank Bruno Misonne for our intro music. To listen to more of Bruno Misonne, check out his website for the full album: www.brunomisonne.com. As well as thank, Kutchins & Groh, an airport planning firm that specializes with capital planning and helping airport prepare for future development. Check out their website at: www.kutchins-groh.com.

  I'm sure most of you are familiar with Murphy Lee...some of you may have even wondered where he's been. Well, we can assure you that he hasn't been any place where moves aren't being made. In this episode Murphy Lee joins host Anah Mae for a "live in the mischief" exclusive. He has a new Moscato out namedD'Bes Moscato. He has also has a new album Back 2 Da Basics due to drop real soon. What can we expect from this young entrepreneur next? Tune into M.A.N. M.A.D.E. RADIO to see what's in store...   Follow host Anah Mae on Instagam and Twitter Follow Murphy Lee on Instagram and Twitter     ALL INDIE, UNDERGROUND, & LOCAL ARTISTS can submit their music to TheCaramelFoxx@Gmail.com to be played during the broadcast.