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Detroit's Midtown Cultural Center will receive $12 million from Michigan taxpayers if, as anticipated, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs the 2024 budget passed last week by legislators. The money will supplement the anticipated $38 million first phase of multiple projects to renovate a number of landmarks, among them the Midtown Cultural Center that includes the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Public Library, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the Detroit Science Center. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michigan-in-focus/support
Secured in the archives of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is one of the first electronic instruments ever made. But this piece of outdated technology is more than just a footnote in musical history. How did this bizarre instrument play a part in triggering one of the biggest spy scandals of the century? At the Detroit Science Center, 36 bodies arranged in a chilling display are mysteriously preserved - and they aren't the carefully prepared bodies of Egyptian royalty. For decades, their discovery has baffled scientists... until now. At the Mariners' Museum in Newport News Virginia, an ordinary military supply box has a shocking past. It's the only piece of cargo from the USS Cyclops, a ship from the First World War which dropped off the face of the earth. What happened to the ship... and does this box hold the clue?For even more Mysteries at the Museum, head to discovery+. Go to discoveryplus.com/mystery to start your 7-day free trial today. Terms apply.
Jon talks with CFO, Avec O'Brien about how the right CFO in your company can accelerate your decision making and growth! Avec G. O'Brien, is the U.S. & Mexico Controller for Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET. In this role she is responsible for the financial affairs of the organization and focuses on a broad range of financial, operational, strategic and executive leadership issues impacting the organization. Avec is an Officer of the Board of Directors of the Detroit chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) and a National Board Director at the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA). She is a graduate of Leadership Detroit (LD XXXIII). Previously, Avec was Chief Financial Officer of the Detroit Science Center. Before that, she was a manager in the assurance and enterprise risk services practice of Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Avec also worked as office manager at Heidrick & Struggles and as Senior Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mexico City. Simultaneously, Avec was an associate professor at the MBA program of the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Avec has served as board member and as a volunteer of several Detroit-area nonprofits. She is the founding president of the Michigan chapter of ALPFA. Avec earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Public Accounting from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Additionally, she earned her Master in Business Administration with Distinction from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Avec is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Avec resides in Novi, Michigan, with her husband Joe and sons James and Michael. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Avec O'Brien: Website: https://www.financialexecutives.org/Network/Chapters/Detroit/Home.aspx
On our edition of the Daily Detroit podcast for April 17, 2019: Finally, at long last, there will be one united bus fare card in Metro Detroit. It’s going to be called DART and will work on both Detroit’s DDOT and the suburban system, SMART. Could a high-speed rail service be viable between Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Toledo? The 110-mile-per-hour service could be. [Toledo Blade] A wild video of an incident with a tow truck, a bunch of cars and a woman bashing out the driver’s side window of the truck has gone locally viral. We have the story behind it. The Detroit Science Center is free on Saturday, but you need to sign up ahead of time. The Wheelmobile is coming to Detroit, in case you wanted to be a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune. And the new off road park being built out in Oakland County needs a name. Enter your idea here. Thanks for listening to the podcast and be sure to check it out wherever fine podcasts are found.
Building a culture is one of the primary responsibilities of all leaders. A major ingredient for successful cultures is authenticity and this week's guest excels in this trait. Listen this week as we interview Dr. Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of Detroit Science Center and discuss what it takes to build a successful business culture and how nurturing authenticity plays a vital role. QUOTE IT “Wanting to save the world.” (3:07) “We look at things that look nothing like us.” (4:55) “A culture eats budget for breakfast.” (11:19) “Understanding our part of the larger whole.” (17:08) DIG IN (4:55) Connect to gain the competitive advantage. (9:09) Embrace and nurture authenticity. (15:51) Paying forward reinvention. Tip of the Week There's only one you - Be authentic and find your passion. It's your distinct competitive advantage.
This week we welcome Francois Castaing who was the VP of Vehicle Engineering at Chrysler back when the company was making boatloads of money. We'll ask him about what he's doing these days including his effort to raise money for the Detroit Science Center. As usual we'll be parsing the news of the week including GM's Dan Akerson, and the controversial comments he made about the Lincoln brand. We'll also find out why Peter De Lorenzo, the Autoextremist, is excited for the DeltaWing concept to come to Le Mans. John McElroy is also joined in studio by AAH founding member Jason Vines.
Listen to Podcast 106The Lovely Bones directed by Peter Jackson and The Book of Eli directed by The Hughes Brothers. Your hosts Brian, Jimmy and Randy review these two films and rant about IMAX screen size, preview next week's Legion, Extraordinary Measures, Tooth Fairy...and To Save A Life, talk movie news about Transformers 3 and Spider-Man 4 all right here on The Big Movie Fan Show!Show Notes0’00 Intro2’15 The Book of Eli Trailer12’55 The Lovely Bones Trailer30’48 Brian’s IMAX Rant Link 1 Link 238’34 Next Week’s Movies Film-Releases38’48 Legion Trailer41’56 Tooth Fairy Trailer44’38 Extraordinary Measures Trailer47’39 To Save A Life Trailer51’46 Movie News ComingSoon.net51’57 Transformers 3 Michael Bay Interview55’29 Spider-Man 4 Report57’38 More Movie News1:01’06 Email Question Link1:02’35 OutroThanks for listening and please Post a Comment below.Comment QuestionsWhat movies do you want to see in the weekly Movie Rewind section?What do you think of AMC Theaters IMAX screen size now?Will you pay the extra $5.00 for smaller multiplex IMAX vs. purpose-built IMAX auditoriums like the one at the Detroit Science Center?Are you looking forward to Transformers 3 or Spider-Man 4?
Special Guests Kevin Prihod of the Detroit Science Center and Rebecca Rivera of Spirit Airlines