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Are you ready for measles to walk through your doors? In this episode of the 5 Second Rule, hosts Kelly and Lerenza talk with experts Tiffany Dogan and Pam Falk about the measles resurgence in the U.S., response strategies, and how infection preventionists can act fast. Discover powerful tools like the APIC measles playbook and the updated APIC Text Chapter, plus real-life stories, insights, and frontline tips to keep your team informed and ready. Hosted by: Kelly Holmes, MS, CIC, FAPIC and Lerenza L. Howard, MHA, CIC, LSSGB About our Guests: Pamela Falk, MPH, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC Pam Falk is President of Pamela S. Falk Consulting and a fellow of both APIC and SHEA, with over 40 years of infection prevention experience across acute, ambulatory, and long-term care settings. She has presented nationally and contributed to key resources, including the CDC/Johns Hopkins Ebola PPE training video and Elsevier's TJC/OSHA Course Review. Pam has held leadership roles within APIC, including serving on the National Education Committee and as past Education Chair of the Atlanta chapter. She developed several interactive learning experiences for APIC's national conferences and is current faculty for APIC's EPI Intensive and ASC courses. She also contributes to APIC's Emerging Infectious Diseases task force.   Tiffany Dogan, MPH, CIC Tiffany Dogan is the Infection Prevention Program Manager at UCLA Health with 14 years of experience building strong IPC programs in large academic medical centers. She holds an MPH from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) and is passionate about developing the next generation of infection preventionists while elevating the profile of MPH'ers in the field. She has spent over 12 years teaching infection prevention at the college level, where she brings complex concepts to life in ways that are clear, engaging, and empowering. Tiffany is a trusted voice on leading with influence – not authority – and has presented her insights at local and national APIC conferences. She approaches her role with a blend of science and soul, knowing the most meaningful impact happens at the intersection of character and connection. Resources: Project Firstline micro-learn APIC website on measles with CDC links APIC Playbook

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society.   Justin interviews Megan Smalter about her schooling and career path and what excites her about risk management. They discuss her winning the RIMS Rising Star Award 2025 at RISKWORLD on the main stage before the triple keynote addresses. She discloses what the honor means to her. They speak about her past role in Chicago, her participation and leadership in the Chicago RIMS Chapter, and how her career has changed by moving to New York to work at Lloyd's in the Americas in December.   Listen to Megan's advice for students and young risk management and insurance professionals. Give yourself the grace to learn your way in the field, reach out and connect to people around you, and learn about all the career opportunities in the industry.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMS and RIMScast. [:17] About this episode of RIMScast. We will be joined by RIMS Rising Star Award Winner 2025, Megan Smalter of Lloyd's. [:42] RIMS-CRMP Workshops! The next RIMS-CRMP-FED Exam Prep will be presented in conjunction with AFERM and led by instructor Joseph Mayo. This is a two-day course, June 2nd and 3rd. Register by May 26th. [1:03] The next RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep Workshop will be presented in conjunction with NAIT on June 10th and 11th. Register by June 9th. That course will be led by former RIMS President, Nowell Seaman. [1:21] Links to these courses can be found on the Certification Page of RIMS.org and through this episode's show notes. [1:28] Virtual Workshops! On June 12th, Pat Saporito will host “Managing Data for ERM”, and she will return on June 26th to present the very popular new course, “Generative AI for Risk Management”. [1:46] A link to the full schedule of virtual workshops can be found on the RIMS.org/education and RIMS.org/education/online-learning pages. A link is also in this episode's show notes. [1:57] We are already making preparations for the RIMS ERM Conference 2025 on November 17th and 18th in Seattle, Washington. RIMS is accepting educational session submissions through May 29th. [2:14] The best submissions will address current and future challenges facing ERM practitioners as well as provide leading practices and concrete takeaways for a diverse audience of risk professionals from industries or organizations of varied sizes, disciplines, functions, and roles. [2:30] These include officers, leaders, managers, and students. The link to the submission form is in this episode's show notes. If you are listening on the day of this episode's release, this is the last call for submissions, so get them in! [2:46] We have a special new 12-week virtual workshop course, The RIMS-CRMP Advanced Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Certificate Program, instructed by James Lam, one of the most famous Chief Risk Officers in the world! [3:04] He will lead an intensive 12-week program, beginning July 16th, bi-weekly until September 2025. Registration closes on July 7th. [3:17] James will join us in early June to discuss this program and his ERM philosophy. Check out the link in this episode's show notes and the Education page of RIMS.org. Register today before we reach virtual capacity! [3:33] On with the show! Our guest this week is Megan Smalter. She is a Market Development Executive at Lloyd's and the former Chicago RIMS Chapter Rising Risk Professional Committee President. For her many achievements, she was named RIMS Rising Star for 2025. [3:48] If you were at RISKWORLD 2025, you were lucky enough to see her accept the award onstage. We're going to talk all about her contributions to the risk profession during her 9-to-5 and beyond and delve into what is a pivotal moment in her career. [4:04] Everyone listening, especially young risk professionals with big career decisions ahead of them, will get some fresh perspective. [4:14] Interview! Megan Smalter, welcome to RIMScast! [4:35] Megan Smalter talks about the honor of receiving the RIMS Rising Start Award with her entire team present as well as her family. It was a super special moment for her. [5:01] Megan grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, so she says she's from Illinois. She lived in downtown Chicago for five years before relocating. [6:04] The awards ceremonies were scattered throughout the RISKWORLD 2025 week. Megan's award was presented right before the triple threat of keynotes. Megan and her parents enjoyed the keynotes. [6:50] Megan went from being a private company management liability underwriter at CNA Insurance in Chicago to joining Lloyd's as a Market Development Executive for the Americas and relocated to New York City in December. [7:22] Megan describes changing jobs and moving. It's been interesting. She went from being established in an insurance company where she knew everyone and knew her role to starting over, new and fresh. It's exciting, being in a new environment and company. [7:54] Megan says it comes with growing pains. Learning the tasks, trying to see the fun and excitement in them, and settling down in a new region has been super interesting and a great learning curve. [8:25] Megan was previously in the retail space. Now having exposure to the E&S wholesale world and more of the international space has been fascinating. It's a direction she wants to take her career, which inspired her to take this new role. It's been gratifying so far. [9:02] Megan says it has been bittersweet, leaving the Chicago RIMS Chapter. She first got involved as a student at the Katie School of Insurance at Illinois State. There, she met one of her greatest mentors, Theresa Severson. They've stayed in touch over the years. [9:29] After being involved as a student, she joined Chicago RIMS as a Membership Committee member and became Education Chair, then Vice President, and then President, right before she moved. There's a lot to say goodbye to. Starting over after being deeply involved is a switch. [9:58] Megan's teammates joked that she should carry the award around the RISKWORLD conference the entire time. [10:34] Megan believes the risk profession allows for flexibility to adapt. Everyone in the industry and at Lloyd's is keen to help and provide their experience. It's been a great way for Megan to learn about a new company culture and a new segment of the industry. [11:08] Justin notes that most people are not going to have one job for their entire career, although he knows one person at RIMS who has been there since 1981 and somebody at Spencer who goes back even further. [11:29] Justin adds that risk is a profession where there is such a camaraderie among the professionals that they will give you time to adapt. They will extend that olive branch. [11:49] Megan thinks it's important to give yourself grace and allow yourself to recognize that you're not going to know everything on the first day. You may jump into something new and think “I've got this,” but things like that take time. Give yourself grace. [12:25] At the RIMS Chicago Chapter, the energy in the group drove Megan to get involved and come up the ranks. At the start, event attendance was low. One successful event was the Summer Mixer with the Young Risk Professionals group and the Insurance Associates group. [13:18] There were over 250 folks who attended. Seeing the demand of young professionals to network and get together on an afternoon was an awesome experience. Megan is thankful she got to be part of it. [14:25] A big part of the Chicago RIMS initiative was to have separate membership events, education events, and social events. It's easy to get people to come to social events but education events can be tougher. They tried to keep them interesting. [14:42] One educational event Megan found valuable was the MBA Information Night with a panel of four. Two represented RM&I MBA programs; two were alumni of RM&I MBA programs. To hear from them and get their experiences and advice about continuing education was great. [15:15] They hosted Negotiation Workshops and Book Clubs. One book was Atomic Habits by James Clear. Megan has kept a few key takeaways from that in her day-to-day routine. They do a variety of events through RRP. It's nice to see the support of that with the members. [15:54] Plug Time! RIMS Webinars! On June 5th, Zywave joins us to discuss “Today's Escalating Risk Trajectory: What's the Cause and What's the Solution?”. [15:59] On June 17th, Origami Risk returns to present “Strategic Risk Financing in an Unstable Economy: Leveraging Technology for Efficiency and Cost Reduction”. [16:10] More webinars will be announced soon and added to the RIMS.org/Webinars page. Go there to register. Registration is complimentary for RIMS members. [16:21] About the Spencer Educational Foundation's Grants program. Spencer's goal to help build a talent pipeline of risk management and insurance professionals is achieved, in part, by its collaboration with risk management and insurance educators across the U.S. and Canada. [16:38] Since 2010, Spencer has awarded over $3.3 million in General Grants to support over 130 student-centered experiential learning initiatives at universities and RMI non-profits. Spencer's 2026 application process is now open through July 30th, 2025. [16:59] General Grant awardees are typically notified at the end of October. Learn more about Spencer's General Grants through the Programs tab of SpencerEd.org. [17:09] Let's Return to Our Conversation with RIMS 2025 Rising Star, Megan Smalter!  [17:18] As a Market Development Executive at Lloyd's, Megan engages with key trading partners, whether retail or wholesale brokers in the U.S., making sure that they know how to access Lloyd's in the London market. [17:51] Megan engages with insurance carriers who are interested in coming onto the Lloyd's platform, managing agents, excess lines associations in different states, and universities (one of Megan's favorite aspects of her role). [18:11] Since Megan was a student who studied risk management and insurance, she loves helping out with the next generation and trying to pull talent into the risk field. [18:19] Megan also promotes the Lloyd's Lab and helps with the Lloyd's Boot Camp Programs in Chicago and San Diego. She has a multi-faceted role and gets to touch a lot of aspects of Lloyd's which has been interesting. [18:45] Megan is part of a team representing the Americas, with people in Toronto, Canada, Miami, Florida, and Brazil. [19:10] Justin and Megan spoke in April for the article in the Awards Edition of RIMS Risk Management magazine, which may be out now. Megan mentioned that she is a calculated risk-taker. [19:38] Having a background in underwriting has helped Megan to think of questions to ask whenever a different situation or scenario has been proposed. She walks through the different exposures and thinks through things that the Average Joe probably wouldn't. [20:03] Megan says, the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Moving to Lloyd's in New York is an example of a high-risk, high-reward scenario that worked for Megan. She had only been to New York City once, for a conference. [20:30] When Megan looked for an apartment, she signed, sight-unseen, after a video call with the REALTOR® and a search of the area on Google Maps. She took a leap of faith and hoped for the best, but expected for the worst. It turned out in her favor. It's the biggest risk she has taken. [20:58] Megan's career goal for now is locking into Lloyd's and getting to know the nitty-gritty of the “Lloyd's-isms.” Learning the niche aspects of what Lloyd's is, the capital structure, and all the different facets of what Lloyd's has to offer to articulate that to its trading partners. [21:37] Megan is a success story, dating back to the Risk Manager on Campus program, which is how she got hooked. Not every school has a Risk Manager on Campus program.  [21:53] Megan advises young students who are considering the risk management and insurance industry, first to ask questions and ask for introductions. If there's someone who has a role that you're interested in, reach out. Everyone in the industry Megan has interacted with is so nice. [22:30] Especially get to know folks who do jobs outside of what you're considering. If you have an internship in property, get to know the liability folks and the cyber folks, the claims adjusters, and anyone else in the company, and learn what they do. [22:49] The career path opportunities are what drew Megan to the risk management field and how you can always pivot into a different segment of the industry. That keeps it exciting. [23:07] Special thanks again to RIMS 2025 Rising Star, Megan Smalter. You can read more about her in our RIMS RISKWORLD Show Daily Coverage. A link is on this page. Of course, be on the lookout for the RIMS Risk Management magazine Special Awards Edition 2025. [23:27] More award winners will be on RIMScast soon. Be sure to check out Episode 338, featuring Risk Manager of the Year, Jennifer Pack. [23:35] Plug Time! You can sponsor a RIMScast episode for this, our weekly show, or a dedicated episode. Links to sponsored episodes are in the show notes. [24:03] RIMScast has a global audience of risk and insurance professionals, legal professionals, students, business leaders, C-Suite executives, and more. Let's collaborate and help you reach them! Contact pd@rims.org for more information. [24:21] Become a RIMS member and get access to the tools, thought leadership, and network you need to succeed. Visit RIMS.org/membership or email membershipdept@RIMS.org for more information. [24:39] Risk Knowledge is the RIMS searchable content library that provides relevant information for today's risk professionals. Materials include RIMS executive reports, survey findings, contributed articles, industry research, benchmarking data, and more. [24:55] For the best reporting on the profession of risk management, read Risk Management Magazine at RMMagazine.com. It is written and published by the best minds in risk management. [25:09] Justin Smulison is the Business Content Manager at RIMS. You can email Justin at Content@RIMS.org. [25:17] Thank you all for your continued support and engagement on social media channels! We appreciate all your kind words. Listen every week! Stay safe!   Links: RIMS Texas Regional 2025 — August 3‒5 | Advance registration rates now open. ERM Conference 2025 — Call for Submissions (Through May 27) RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) RISK PAC | RIMS Advocacy RIMS Risk Management magazine | RIMS 2025 Awards Edition RIMS Now The Strategic and Enterprise Risk Center Spencer Educational Foundation — General Grants 2026 — Application Deadline July 30, 2025 RIMS-CRMP Advanced Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Certificate Program — Featuring Instructor James Lamb! Register by July 7. | Bi-weekly course begins July 16. “Career Opportunities In Insurance and Captive Industry” | Hosted by Chicago RIMS and Origami Risk | Free | July 7, 2025 in Chicago! RIMS Webinars: RIMS.org/Webinars “Today's Escalating Risk Trajectory: What's the Cause & What's the Solution?” | Sponsored by Zywave | June 5, 2025 “Strategic Risk Financing in an Unstable Economy: Leveraging Technology for Efficiency and Cost Reduction” | Sponsored by Origami Risk | June 17, 2025   Upcoming RIMS-CRMP Prep Virtual Workshops: RIMS-CRMP-FED Exam Prep with AFERM — June 2‒3, 2025 | Presented by RIMS and AFERM RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep Virtual Workshop — June 10‒11, 2025 | Presented by RIMS and NAIT Full RIMS-CRMP Prep Course Schedule “Managing Data for ERM” | June 12 | Instructor: Pat Saporito  “Generative AI for Risk Management” | June 26 | Instructor: Pat Saporito See the full calendar of RIMS Virtual Workshops RIMS-CRMP Prep Workshops   Related RIMScast Episodes: “Live from RISKWORLD 2025” “RIMS 2025 Risk Manager of the Year, Jennifer Pack” “Risk and Leadership Patterns with Super Bowl Champion Ryan Harris” (RISKWORLD 2025 Keynote) “(Re)Humanizing Leadership in Risk Management with Holly Ransom” “Risk and Relatability with Rachel DeAlto”   Sponsored RIMScast Episodes: “The New Reality of Risk Engineering: From Code Compliance to Resilience” | Sponsored by AXA XL (New!) “Change Management: AI's Role in Loss Control and Property Insurance” | Sponsored by Global Risk Consultants, a TÜV SÜD Company “Demystifying Multinational Fronting Insurance Programs” | Sponsored by Zurich “Understanding Third-Party Litigation Funding” | Sponsored by Zurich “What Risk Managers Can Learn From School Shootings” | Sponsored by Merrill Herzog “Simplifying the Challenges of OSHA Recordkeeping” | Sponsored by Medcor “Risk Management in a Changing World: A Deep Dive into AXA's 2024 Future Risks Report” | Sponsored by AXA XL “How Insurance Builds Resilience Against An Active Assailant Attack” | Sponsored by Merrill Herzog “Third-Party and Cyber Risk Management Tips” | Sponsored by Alliant “RMIS Innovation with Archer” | Sponsored by Archer “Navigating Commercial Property Risks with Captives” | Sponsored by Zurich “Breaking Down Silos: AXA XL's New Approach to Casualty Insurance” | Sponsored by AXA XL “Weathering Today's Property Claims Management Challenges” | Sponsored by AXA XL “Storm Prep 2024: The Growing Impact of Convective Storms and Hail” | Sponsored by Global Risk Consultants, a TÜV SÜD Company “Partnering Against Cyberrisk” | Sponsored by AXA XL “Harnessing the Power of Data and Analytics for Effective Risk Management” | Sponsored by Marsh “Accident Prevention — The Winning Formula For Construction and Insurance” | Sponsored by Otoos “Platinum Protection: Underwriting and Risk Engineering's Role in Protecting Commercial Properties” | Sponsored by AXA XL “Elevating RMIS — The Archer Way” | Sponsored by Archer   RIMS Publications, Content, and Links: RIMS Membership — Whether you are a new member or need to transition, be a part of the global risk management community! RIMS Virtual Workshops On-Demand Webinars RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) RISK PAC | RIMS Advocacy RIMS Strategic & Enterprise Risk Center RIMS-CRMP Stories — Featuring RIMS President Kristen Peed!   RIMS Events, Education, and Services: RIMS Risk Maturity Model®   Sponsor RIMScast: Contact sales@rims.org or pd@rims.org for more information.   Want to Learn More? Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org, and listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.   Have a question or suggestion? Email: Content@rims.org.   Join the Conversation! Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.   About our guest: Megan Smalter, Market Development Executive at Lloyd's   Production and engineering provided by Podfly.  

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In this episode, we're sharing the second part of our interview with Missy Purcell. In this conversation, we look at what drives her dedication and discuss the impact of effective intervention and the power of community in shaping literacy success. Whether you're a teacher seeking better strategies, a parent looking for hope, or a student finding your way, this conversation will inspire and equip you with the tools to move forward. We'll be back with the second half of the interview in two weeks! Missy holds a degree in middle school education with 15 + years of experience in the classroom, specializing in inclusion. She is both a speaker and a passionate advocate for the science of reading. After successfully advocating for her dyslexic son's right to read, Missy devoted the bulk of her time volunteering to support countless families of kids with learning differences. Missy is co-founder of Gwinnett Advocates for Dyslexia, a grassroots organization that advocates for evidence-based instruction in Gwinnett County. Additionally, she serves as the Education Chair with Decoding Dyslexia Georgia, DDGA, which advocates for change at the state level. Recently, she co-founded The Science of Reading for Advocates, which aims to resource and equip leaders committed to ensuring every child can read. Missy is married to Mark, the mother of three boys, Harrison, William, and Matthew, and two furbabies, Barkley and Bauer. When she's not working or advocating, she can be found with coffee in hand at a band concert or at the baseball fields cheering on her boys! Keep in touch with Missy! You can find her on Instagram and Facebook, or check out her website, misspurcell.com. Resources mentioned in this episode: The Volunteer Advocacy Project IRIS Center 4.7 The Power of Observation: What, When, and How 4.2 Are students with dyslexia getting lost in the SOR movement? Dyslexia Advocate!: How to Advocate for a Child with Dyslexia within the Public Education System by Kelli Sandman-Hurley The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide M.D. M.A. and Fernette F. Eide M.D. Nessy Express Readers from Elise Lovejoy ADDitude Building Readers for Life Conference Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis: Empowering Students with Dyslexia by Casey Harrison We officially have merch! Show your love for the Together in Literacy podcast! If you like this episode, please take a few minutes to rate, review, and subscribe. Your support and encouragement are so appreciated! Have a question you'd like us to cover in a future episode of Together in Literacy? Email us at support@togetherinliteracy.com! If you'd like more from Together in Literacy, you can check out our website, Together in Literacy, or follow us on Facebook and Instagram. For more from Emily, check out The Literacy Nest. For more from Casey, check out The Dyslexia Classroom. We're looking for topic and guest suggestions for season 4 of the Together in Literacy Podcast! Let us know what you want to hear this season! Thank you for listening and joining us in this exciting and educational journey into dyslexia as we come together in literacy!

In this episode, we're sharing the first part of our interview with Missy Purcell. In this conversation, we look at what drives her dedication and discuss the impact of effective intervention and the power of community in shaping literacy success. Whether you're a teacher seeking better strategies, a parent looking for hope, or a student finding your way, this conversation will inspire and equip you with the tools to move forward. We'll be back with the second half of the interview in two weeks! Missy holds a degree in middle school education with 15 + years of experience in the classroom, specializing in inclusion. She is both a speaker and a passionate advocate for the science of reading. After successfully advocating for her dyslexic son's right to read, Missy devoted the bulk of her time volunteering to support countless families of kids with learning differences. Missy is co-founder of Gwinnett Advocates for Dyslexia, a grassroots organization that advocates for evidence-based instruction in Gwinnett County. Additionally, she serves as the Education Chair with Decoding Dyslexia Georgia, DDGA, which advocates for change at the state level. Recently, she co-founded The Science of Reading for Advocates, which aims to resource and equip leaders committed to ensuring every child can read. Missy is married to Mark, the mother of three boys, Harrison, William, and Matthew, and two furbabies, Barkley and Bauer. When she's not working or advocating, she can be found with coffee in hand at a band concert or at the baseball fields cheering on her boys! Keep in touch with Missy! You can find her on Instagram and Facebook, or check out her website, misspurcell.com. Resources mentioned in this episode: Decoding Dyslexia Georgia 4.10 The Ripple Effects of Dyslexia with Tiffany Solomon Teaching Beyond the Diagnosis: Empowering Students with Dyslexia by Casey Harrison We officially have merch! Show your love for the Together in Literacy podcast! If you like this episode, please take a few minutes to rate, review, and subscribe. Your support and encouragement are so appreciated! Have a question you'd like us to cover in a future episode of Together in Literacy? Email us at support@togetherinliteracy.com! If you'd like more from Together in Literacy, you can check out our website, Together in Literacy, or follow us on Facebook and Instagram. For more from Emily, check out The Literacy Nest. For more from Casey, check out The Dyslexia Classroom. We're looking for topic and guest suggestions for season 4 of the Together in Literacy Podcast! Let us know what you want to hear this season! Thank you for listening and joining us in this exciting and educational journey into dyslexia as we come together in literacy!

Joesph Romano assists over 600 small to mid-size businesses and individual clients. For over 20 years, he has been an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor as well as Certified QuickBooks Point-of-Sale advisor and is extremely knowledgeable with most QuickBooks products. Joe previously served on the board of Entrepreneurs Organization of New York as Education Chair and has also served on the board of advisors of a major credit card processing company. He is an active member of the Knights of Columbus and other various charitable organizations. Listen to this insightful RIA episode with Joseph Romano about building a tax firm from the ground up. Here is what to expect on this week's show: - How networking, speaking engagements, and client referrals fuel business growth. - Why recruiting in accounting can be challenging. - How Romano Tax's core expertise is helping people legally avoid taxes. - Why Romano Tax emphasizes fairness in tax deductions. - How people and businesses should work with a tax specialist instead of using AI or TurboTax. Connect with Joseph: Links Mentioned: https://romano-tax.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode with Eric Sheninger and Nicki Slaugh discusses their book "Personalize: Meeting the Needs of All Learners" and their insights on transformative education practices, particularly at Quest Academy.Quest Academy's approach emphasizes student engagement and personalized learning. They prioritize retaining teachers and students by fostering a culture of choice, voice, and evidence-based practices.The school has implemented innovative strategies such as Mastery Minutes and a tracker system to monitor student progress and provide personalized support.Traditional grading structures like points, extra credit, and percentages have been removed in favor of a proficiency-based system. Students are assessed on their ability to demonstrate mastery of essential skills and knowledge.Big shifts in education require big moves, and Quest Academy embraces this philosophy. They encourage educators to find their own "right way" and avoid rigid adherence to any single "best practice."About Nicki SlaughNicki Slaugh stands out as a trailblazer in the field of educational transformation. Through her efforts, she has established a school culture dedicated to customizing learning experiences for individual students, cultivating a positive atmosphere,highlighting the importance of STEM education, and purposefully integrating technology to unleash each student's potential. As a secondary principal, Nicki's forward-thinking leadership has transformed a conventionally structured school into one that advocates for personalized, competency-based learning, attracting nationwide attention.Nicki's focus has been creating proficiency scales, developing rubrics, self-paced pathways, incorporating technology as a resource, and giving teachers and students voice and choice in the classroom.Nicki is a Google-certified innovator who is certified in MagicSchoolAI. Notable achievements include creating a Mastery Tracker  for students and enhancing student progress in competency-based learning environments. Additionally, Nicki has presented her work at numerous local and national conferences teaching educators and leaders. Nicki championed innovative practices and received the Teacher of the Year Award, Model School Award, and was part of the reason her school accomplished being one of the first STEM-designated schools in Utah.  Nicki has served as the Ogden/Weber Partners in Education Chair for three years, where she facilitated collaborative efforts to enhance educational opportunities for students.Nicki Slaugh's education legacy spans over two decades, starting as a classroom teacher from kindergarten to third grade. She also served as an instructional technology and curriculum coach for grades K-9. Nicki currently serves as a secondary principal, fueled by a passionate commitment to cultivating a love of learning within her school and is an educational consultant for Aspire Change EDU working with schools around the country. About Eric SheningerEric works with schools throughout the world, helping educators meet and exceed their potential to improve outcomes for learners. He is the founder and CEO of Aspire Change EDU, a collaborative consultancy designed to provide personalized support to all educational systems. Prior to this, he was a teacher and the award-winning Principal at New Milford High School. Under his leadership, his school became a globally recognized model for innovative practices. Eric oversaw the successful implementation of several sustainable change initiatives that radically transformed the learning culture at his school while increasing achievement.His work focuses on innovative and practical ways educators can transform teaching, learning, and leadership.  Through his work with thousands of schools, Eric has emerged as an innovative leader, best-selling author, and sought-after speaker. His main focus is using research, evidence-based practices, and artificial intelligence (AI) to empower learners and educators.How Eric and Nicki came together to write this book: Personalize: Meeting the Needs of All Learners  Eric Sheninger's first appearance on Transformative Principal.The power of Quest AcademyRetain teachers, retain students - how to keep kids there. Free public schoolTeenagers weren't engaged. PD time every FridayMastery MinutesBeginning of day, tracker system. Choice, voice, tracker data. Curating evidence. Culture Self-pacing route vs. choice boards. Removed points, extra credit, percentages, Emerging, developing, mastering, extendingProve-its aligned to proficiency scales.Big shifts require big moves. At Quest, we want you to be proficientWhen you remove the traditional structures, you have to addThe right way is your way, there is no best practice. Performance reviews, students meet with teachers one-on-one. Impersonal approaches to focusing on the “who”How can we do it effectively, and what does it look like? Evidence of effective vs. ineffective practices. Practice, practice, practice, prove. Maximizing the time we have with our students.How to be a transformative principal? Eric: Show people the value of what you are doingNicki: Get rid of the energy vampires We're thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL's comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. 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Our guest this week is DeAndrae Hinton of Houston, TX educator, special education chair at the Houston Independent School District, author and father of two including an Autistic son. DeAndrae and his x-wife, Chaquita Frazier, are the proud parents of Daja (19) and Dillon (16) who has Autism. DeAndrae is the special education chair at the Houston Independent School Disctrict.  He's also written a book entitled: My Favorite Mistakes, Lessons Learned Through Accountability.He is also a leader with the Autism Dads Social Club. He has quite a story to tell and we'll hear it on this episode of the SFN Dad to Dad Podcast. Show Links - Phone – (832) 523-7759Email - deandrae0315@gmail.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deandrae-hinton-27772571/Book - https://tinyurl.com/yjwryr6wAutism Dads Social Club - https://autismdadssocialclub.org/Special Fathers Network - SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 800+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated.  There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDFCvQimWNEb158ll6Q4cA/videosPlease support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/donate/Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/ 

It was another tough day in the markets on Tuesday as grains found pressure despite falling crop ratings, weather issues and much more. We talk about market sentiment towards the USDA Crop Progress report, weather challenges and trying to take emotion out of your marketing decisions with Jacob Burks from AgMarket.net on today's show. We also talk with North Dakota farmer and United Soybean Board Communication and Education Chair, Matt Gast, in Segment Two. He shares some recaps of spring planting and early growing conditions along with some of the projects that USB is working on from his committee.

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From food to fuel and firefighting foam to animal feed, soybeans are versatile and can be used in multiple different ways. In this Checkoff Chat, Matt Gast, the United Soybean Board Communication and Education Chair and a first-generation farmer from North Dakota, talks about the different uses of soy and how growing demand improves the bottom line for farmers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Masters of MEDDIC, MEDDICC CEO Andy Whyte sits down with Marina Ayton, VP of Strategic Accounts for the UK&I at ZScaler.From an early age, Marina has been inspired to work hard. She tells Andy about what she believes is essential, in any role, to get where you want to be. Succeeding in sales isn't easy – she and Andy share some best practices for building rapport with customers, especially in this new, predominantly remote environment.Leadership is a large focus of this episode; Andy and Marina dive into the things people don't know about sales leadership, discussing certain paths people can take to become truly great sales leaders. Full of useful insights and stories you can learn from, this episode is a must-listen!Marina Ayton is the Vice President of Strategic Accounts for the UK at ZScaler. She is also the founder / co-founder of a number of companies including London Velvet, Enchanted Trees, and more recently founded Pink Diesel. She has an active interest in investing in early stage companies (SEIS and EIS) and was also the Education Chair for Young Presidents Organisation. She is currently a member of the Board @The Prince's Trust RISE program.

Super Bowl 53 Reunion! Kelly, Jackie, Rob and I talk all about our incredible experience at Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta Georgia at the Gatorade Practitioners Summit. We talk about how the industry has changed since 2019, lessons we learned in the past 5 years, our super bowl experience, and so much more! Check out their bios and listen to their full episodes listed below! Episode 3: Kelly Rossi has been the Director of Performance Nutrition at the University of Delaware since 2019. Kelly received her BS in Nutritional Sciences from the Pennsylvania State University, with a minor in Movement Sciences. She completed her Dietetic Internship at Virginia Tech, and received her MS in Exercise, Nutrition and Eating Behavior from the George Washington University (GWU). Kelly was the first Registered Dietitian Graduate Assistant in the GWU's Fitness Facility, and she also worked as a personal trainer. Upon completing her MS work, Kelly worked with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) as a contractor for six years, supporting research in Human Performance, Training & Education related to Marines. While working with ONR, Kelly also was a sub-contractor with a local hospice and fitness center. Prior to her role at the University of Delaware, Kelly worked at the University of Virginia for 8+ years as their first Assistant and Associate Director of Sports Nutrition.  Rossi served on the national organization for Performance Dietitians, CPSDA (Collegiate & Professional Sports Dietitians Association) Board of Directors for four years. She served as the Research & Education Chair as well as the Secretary & Membership Chair. Prior to serving on the Board, Kelly served on the Conference Committee for four years. Rossi resides in Newark, Delaware with her husband, Reed, and sons, Kayden (6.5) and Carter (3). Episode 11: Rob Masterson, RD, CSSD, joined Michigan State University in 2016 and serves as the athletic department's Director of Performance Nutrition overseeing the nutrition operations for all varsity teams. In this role, Masterson serves the nutritional needs of Spartan student-athletes by providing science-based nutrition intervention, education, counseling, information and guidance, with the goal of optimizing overall health and athletic performance. He is a 2009 graduate of Michigan State's dietetic program. Prior to returning to his alma mater in East Lansing, he served as a clinical dietitian in the greater-Detroit area as well as a sports nutrition fellow at the University of South Carolina. Episode 35: Jackie Barcal joined IMG Academy's Athletic and Personal Development team as the Head of Nutrition in December 2015. In this capacity, she oversees all aspects of fueling IMG Academy student-athletes, campers, and seasonal visitors in addition to managing the fueling of the professional athletes on campus. Barcal comes to IMG Academy from the University of Wyoming where she worked within the Athletic Department while pursuing a master's degree in Human Nutrition & Food. Prior to Wyoming, Jackie was a member of the inaugural Gatorade/CPSDA Sports Nutrition Immersion Program (SNIP) at the University of Alabama in 2013. Barcal's sports nutrition career began at Arden Hills Resort, Club, & Spa in Sacramento, Calif., where she worked with JMG Tennis Academy athletes, the club's swim team, and resort members and their families. A native of California, her passion for sports nutrition emerged during her time competing in Division II softball at California State University, Stanislaus where she earned a bachelor's in Business Administration Finance. She continued her education at CSU Sacramento earning a second bachelor's degree in Dietetics and completed her dietetic internship at Fresno State.  This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition! Use code SportsRDSnippets30 at checkout for 30% off product online at www.2before.com. For team orders, contact tony@2before.com for more information and pricing.

Welcome to season 2 of Our Womanity! This season, we kick off with a fascinating conversation lined up, delving into the realm of Female Sexual Medicine with Dr. Sarah Cigna. Dr. Sarah Cigna (She/Her) is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology with The George Washington University. Dr. Cigna is also the head of the Female Sexual Medicine Fellowship at George Washington University. And guess what? We have some exciting news to share – Dr. Pope's hospital, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is starting a Female Sex Med Fellowship, too!She is the current Director of the SAGA (Sexual Health and Gender Affirmation) Center and Director of the first Sexual Medicine Fellowship in the country for OBGYN physicians.She is active in the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH); she has served on the education committee for several years and will be taking over as the Education Chair this year. She is a Fellow of ISSWSH and runs a busy sexual medicine outpatient service, teaching medical students, residents, fellow clinicians and patients the wonders of sex medicine! She still enjoys birth work (delivering babies), and benign GYN surgery. She hopes to model the role of sexual medicine specialist in an academic setting for aspiring sex detectives.Featured in this episode: Female Sex Med Training for Providers Female Sex Medicine for Patients Vaginal rejuvenation and its nuances Gender reassignment When Sex Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain by Andrew Goldstein MD, Caroline Pukall Ph.D., Irwin Goldstein MDResource List: ISSWSH The Sexual Medicine Research Team (SMRT) Herman & WallaceSubmit your questions on anything and everything women's health-related and we will answer them in one of our episodes.Looking for practical advice for women in their 60s who want to become sexually active or want to improve their current sex life? Check out Sex in Your Sixties: Who says the fun has to stop? Written by a multidisciplinary group of health professionals who address issues such as pain with sex, low desire for sex, orgasm difficulties, your bladder and sex, same sex partners, vulvar skin conditions, trauma and more.Subscribe to our newsletter here to stay updated and not miss out on new episodes.

Paul spoke with Tonya Todd about writing books and screenplays, directing, and being part of your local writing community. Tonya Todd is an author, actress, and Sin City cinephile, whose sundry background ranges from content writer to software programmer to convention model. With a cast of characters as diverse as her careers, her fiction explores the infinite hues of what drives us all: relationships and desires. Lack of diversity in literature inspired Tonya's stories. Her involvement in the literary, theatre, and filmmaking communities provides a platform to champion marginalized artists and contribute toward an environment that embraces a variety of voices. Tonya served on the board as Henderson Writers Group's Education Chair for four years and still and coordinates their Dime Grinds, a program that exposes authors to the public via monthly meet-and-greets. An active literary citizen, she also belongs to Las Vegas Screenwriters and Writers of Southern Nevada. She has short stories in Vegas Writes: Love in the Dunes, Tales from the Silver State IV, and Authors Portraits LV. Her non-fiction is featured in NPR's Desert Companion. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram.

Changing Women's Healthcare From Inside Medicine Dr. Sarah Cigna (She/Her) is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology with The George Washington University. She is the current Director of the SAGA (Sexual Health and Gender Affirmation) Center and Director of the first Sexual Medicine Fellowship in the country for OBGYN physicians. She is active in the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH); she has served on the education committee for several years and will be taking over as the Education Chair this year. She is a Fellow of ISSWSH and runs a busy sexual medicine outpatient service, teaching medical students, residents, fellow clinicians and patients the wonders of sex medicine! She still enjoys birth work (delivering babies), and benign GYN surgery. She hopes to model the role of sexual medicine specialist in an academic setting for aspiring sex detectives.  Dr. Sarah Cigna, an expert in sexual medicine, discusses the importance of sexual health education, challenges in talking about sexual health, the need for comprehensive vulvar examinations, improving access to sexual medicine education, expanding sexual medicine fellowships, addressing side effects of birth control, individualized contraceptive options, improving pain control for IUD placement, and the misconception of testosterone as the desire hormone. The conversation explores the complexity of hormones and desire, emphasizing that there isn't just one hormone responsible for desire and that they all play together. The importance of individualized treatment and its impact on quality of life is discussed, highlighting the life-changing nature of sexual medicine. The significance of referrals and second opinions is emphasized, encouraging healthcare providers to seek help from specialists and patients to seek multiple perspectives. The need for expanding sexual medicine fellowships is addressed, calling for advanced learning opportunities for all healthcare professionals. Takeaways Sexual health education is crucial for healthcare providers to better serve their patients. Comprehensive vulvar examinations are essential for diagnosing and treating sexual health issues. Expanding sexual medicine fellowships can help train more clinicians in this specialized field. Individualized contraceptive options should be offered to patients based on their specific needs and preferences. Improving pain control options for IUD placement can make the procedure more comfortable for patients. Testosterone is not the sole hormone responsible for desire, and other factors, such as estrogen, play a significant role. Hormones and desire are complex, and there isn't just one hormone responsible for desire. Individualized treatment in sexual medicine can greatly improve quality of life. Referrals and second opinions are important in sexual medicine to ensure patients receive the best care. Expanding sexual medicine fellowships is crucial for advancing the field and providing evidence-based care. IG @drsarahcigna @gwsagacenter  NYC Sex Symposium www.theswell.com Check out details for my retreat: https://ascendretreats.com/ Listen to my Tedx Talk: Whywe need adult sex ed Take my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP, a private facebook group to discuss and my private accountability group for your health, hormones and life support! www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kj-casperson/message

WABE, The Associated Press, Georgia Public Broadcasting and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution together reviewed 100,000-plus signatures collected by organizers regarding a referendum on the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. WABE reporter Emily Wu Pearson discusses the news outlets' findings regarding the signatures.Plus, Dr. Tarece Johnson-Morgan, who is Jewish and serves as the chairperson for Gwinnett County Board of Education, has concerns about the school district's current employee holiday religious leave policy. She talks with show host Rose Scott about the need to create a more inclusive school calendar.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Andrea brings listeners a fun and juicy October special. Her guest, Josh Kramer serves as the Vice Chair of Education at the Utah Board of Realtors, is the Education Chair on the Board of Directors for The Utah Association of Mortgage Professionals, and a Paranormal Expert who starred in the A&E show Haunted Encounters: Face to Face. Join Andrea to answer the question on what to do if your client says their house is haunted and some existing cases on the matter. Josh also shared with us some spooky tellings from his days on Haunted Encounters: Face to Face. If this episode leaves you wanting more, come to Meridian Title on Wednesday October 25th where Josh will be teaching his CE class Residential Hauntings Declassified.

City Council Member Rita Joseph, a Brooklyn Democrat and chair of the Council's Education Committee, joined the show to discuss what she's most focused on ahead of the start of the 2023-2024 school year, a variety of pressing education-related issues, and more.

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We close doors and windows and we lock them to keep people out. Our online life, and especially our business' online presence, should be no different. If left open, threats will find a way in, just as they would if you left a physical door unlocked. And whether those threats are in cyber security or in ways that your business is struggling, the result is the same: resilience and a plan for threat defense is needed.Interested in exploring this deeper, I (Kyle) interviewed Jeremy Miller, CEO of Lionfish Cyber Security™. Jeremy shared how so many things are not viewed as threats because we can't see them. He related this to the importance of resiliency and handling threats in your business, whether they be online or simply the tough reality of building a small business with limited resources, limited money and the occasional wrong employee.“You're going to go into this mental funk where you're getting your butt beat every day. Nothing's going right for a while... and you've got to figure out how you're going to bounce back… It's very much a resiliency type endeavor.” -- Jeremy MillerWhat You'll LearnWays we unknowingly let threats inHaving an impactResiliency in businessMake it through the missionSometimes people just aren't a fitTake it times 5Recommended ResourcesConnect with Jeremy MillerJeremy Miller is the CEO of Lionfish Cyber Security™. He served in the Army as a Green Beret in the Special Forces. Jeremy has founded and managed several tech companies that built SaaS software to solve industry issues: Investway and AppealTaxes-Now, to name a few. He now focuses on building a SaaS and service component for cyber security compliance management, apprenticeship management, and more. He is proud to be a part of the cyber war effort and help protect our country, its companies, and their families from those who would do us harm online, or otherwise.In addition, Jeremy has been President for the Special Forces Association Chapter 500 in Indiana for the last few years to help and assist in transitioning soldiers out of the service and providing a support system for them and their families. He is also the current AFCEA chapter Indiana President and on the board of MedStreet.org where physicians volunteer their time to help homeless individuals get back on their feet. Past board positions include Chairman of CYT Indy Christian Youth Theater, VP and Education Chair for Central Indiana Real Estate Investors Association, and Executive Director for VetsInHouses (helping to house homeless vets).When not working, Jeremy enjoys spending time with his wife, two children, and two dogs.Website: lionfishcybersecurity.comEmail: jeremy@lionfishcybersecurity.comLinkedin - Jeremy MillerLinkedin - Lionfish Cyber SecurityInstagramFacebookTwitterCONNECT WITH KYLE MALONEYKyle Maloney is a Senior Account Executive at FullStack PEO and co-host of the Savage to...

Dyslexia mom and former Balanced Literacy teacher, Missy Purcell, saw the Science of Reading light and now advocates for evidence-based literacy so that every child can learn to read.We asked Missy to speak with us and share thoughts about an infographic posted on the Reading Recovery website describing how Reading Recovery aligns to the Science of Reading (SoR) and Scarsborough's Reading Rope. Missy's youngest son, now eleven-years-old, was given the RR intervention in first grade, so she has a lot to say as a parent advocating for Structured Literacy.Judy Boksner, a co-host on The Literacy View, has been in the education field for over 25 years. She is still very active in her field and in the trenches on a daily basis. Judy was trained in Reading Recovery back in 2013.  She recognizes the inherent problems but also values certain aspects of her former training. She has devoted the last seven years diving deep into structured literacy and explicit instruction. Judy is trained in Orton Gillingham, Fundations, and additional  structured literacy programs and interventions. Faith Borkowsky taught first grade and has tutored Reading Recovery “graduates” who still needed intensive intervention.The focus of tonight's episode is based on the infographic: https://readingrecovery.org/scarboroughs-rope-and-reading-recovery/About Missy Purcell:Missy Purcell is the co-founder of Gwinnett Advocates for Dyslexia, a grassroots organization that advocates for evidenced based instruction in Gwinnett County. Additionally, she serves as the Education Chair with Decoding Dyslexia Georgia, DDGA, which advocates for change at the state level. Missy holds a degree in middle school education with 10+ years of experience in the classroom, grades 3rd-8th. She had stayed current in education practices by tutoring K-5 students in reading and writing using evidenced based instruction. Missy is married to Mark,the mother of three boys, Harrison, William, and Matthew and one furbaby, named Comet. When she's not working or advocating, she can be found with coffee in hand at the tennis courts or the baseball fields cheering on her boys!The Literacy View is an engaging and inclusive platform encouraging respectful discussion and debate about current issues in education. Co-hosts Faith Borkowsky and Judy Boksner coach teachers, teach children to read, and hold master's degrees in education.Our goal is to leave listeners thinking about the issues and drawing their own conclusions.Get ready for the most THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND DELICIOUSLY ENTERTAINING education podcast!

In today's episode, Mandi Joyner, Senior Director of Marketing for VGM & Associates, as well the Marketing Pillar for Heartland Conference talks with other members of the Heartland Conference planning committe about what to expect for 2023! She is joined by Jill Blaser, Heartland Chair; Kayla Mahler, Education Chair; and Samantha Doering, Events Chair. 

Episode #105 celebrated Bulgaria's Liberation Day where we welcomed Christo Popov, born and raised in Communist Bulgaria. Christo is the Founder and CEO of Fast Track – applying the Fast Track system to over 500 companies in 27 countries - Numerous publications in Forbes, Fortune, Business times of India, Manila times, Human Resource Management, and others - Member of YPO for 17 years, Education Chair for Europe, Chapter Chair -and Father of three amazing daughters. Christo spent 2 years in Bulgaria/Russia Special forces before going on to achieve the following… MSc in International Economics – Sofia and Moscow - MBA – Cambridge University - Ph.D. – Harvard Business School - Joint Diploma in Management - Instead, London Business School. Chirsto also spent one year in an ashram in India to study Vedanta, Buddhism, and Zen. Started over 25 companies in 10 countries - 2 bankruptcies, 2 IPOs, and two exits and completed over 12 M&A transactions to the total value of 1 B. What an incredibly diverse background, tune in to find out more!

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, YOUR guest is Terance Gonsalves, Partner & EducationChair at the Law Firm of Alston & Bird YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio & YOUR sponsors are Ellucian LIVE 2023 & Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education! Why should YOU attend Alston & Bird's Higher Education Conference on March 16, 2023? Listen in to #EdUp! Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - Elvin Freytes & Dr. Joe Sallustio ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! We make education YOUR business! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edup/message

Feb. 28, 2023 - Senate Education Committee Chair Shelley Mayer, a Westchester County Democrat, talks about funding for public schools, expresses concerns about new charter schools in New York City and shares her legislative agenda for after the budget passes.

Join us for the first episode of our new partnership with the Texas Mini Milkers! Michelle Taub, the Education Chair for Texas Mini Milkers, has set up a great topic…Milk…

On this episode, we are joined by Karen Roeming, an occupational therapist and certified hand therapist who has a servant's heart and a special place in her heart for the people of Sierra Leone, Africa. Karen shares with us about a recent mission trip she organized to Sierra Leone to help survivors of a gas explosion that occurred in 2021. We discuss the challenges of providing medical care in an underdeveloped country and how the team used their creative therapist minds to treat the burn survivors.Guest Bio:Karen Roeming, OT, MA, CHT is the Director of Occupational Therapy at Colleyville Physical Therapy in Colleyville, Texas. She graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in Occupational Therapy and then received a Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy from Texas Woman's University. Karen has served on the Board of Directors and the Annual Meeting Committee for the American Society of Hand Therapists. She has also served as President and Education Chair for the Texas Society for Hand Therapy and is a co-founder of the DFW Hand Society. Karen has been a speaker at national, state, and local hand therapy society and occupational therapy educational meetings. Karen is a repeat missioner to Bo, Sierra Leone, Africa. She started the Run for Rescue 5K and 1-mile event in 2010 and directed the Sponsor-a-Child program for the Child Rescue Center in Sierra Leone.

Recruiters might need to work a little harder to achieve the same revenue as last year.   “It is not gloom and doom but it is also bringing a little dose of reality that we may need to get our business development hats on, and we may have to ramp up our energy and activity levels a little bit more to generate the same revenues or more.”   These are the words of my special guest, Jeremy Sisemore, who joins us for the second time to share his insight on how to grow your recruitment business in the current market. In this episode, Jeremy talks about the science of having a success mindset, incorporating balance into your personal and recruitment growth, as well as how to set your team up for success.   Jeremy is one of the leading IT executive recruiters in North America and he's been at the top of his field for the past 20 years. Jeremy has billed over $14 Million in his career and specializes in placing IT executives in SAP, ERP, and Cyber Security at all levels up to and including CIO, CTO, CISO.    Episode Outline and Highlights [01:33] What's changed since Jeremy's first appearance on the show? [04:34] Sharing insights on the current market - comparison with the 2008-09 recession. [07:00] Discussion of mindset and the self-fulfilling prophecy.  [14:00] Competitive diving and the concept of balance [25:00] Incorporating balance into your recruitment activities. [36:23] What is Jeremy doing to create growth and balance?  [45:36] Onboarding new team members and setting them up for success.  [54:22] KPI Roadmap and metrics to help team members to be successful.   The Science of Cultivating a Success Mindset    The last time I interviewed Jeremy, he emphasized the importance of inner grit which allows you to turn challenging experiences into stepping stones for success. This time, he shared insights on the importance of having the right mindset in the recruitment industry as the current market and economic climate may present some challenges.    “I think that people might be able to do the same revenue and numbers, but only if their mind is right and they work a little harder. It may not feel as easy to make the same numbers, I don't think, in 2023 as it might have felt in 2022…    “It is not gloom and doom but it is also bringing a little dose of reality that we may need to get our business development hats on, we may have to ramp up our energy and activity levels a little bit more to generate the same revenues.”   Our mindset is like a self-fulfilling prophecy - if you expect great things, and great results, then you will go after it! You will be creative, tenacious, and resilient which will translate into great results. The reverse is also true.    “There is science behind the self-fulfilling prophecy,” added Jeremy.    You'll enjoy Jeremy's story about his experience as a competitive diver and diving coach and how it relates to the value of having the right mindset - for both beginners and experts in almost any field.    The Concept of Balance and How to Incorporate it Into Your Personal and Business Growth   Aside from having inner grit and possessing the right mindset - Jeremy discussed the concept of balance. “Balance can mean a lot of different things - depending on how you would like to apply that into our world - recruitment, talent acquisition, building a business, getting clients, getting candidates…”    Jeremy went on to explain how the concept of balance applies in a variety of areas:   Balancing work and relationships to address and prevent burnout. Having personal balance for personal and professional growth. Applying balance in your recruitment business and activities.   You will hear how Jeremy applies this principle - especially in the form of self-talk and reflection as well as having the right mental diet.   Setting Up Your Team For Success   We ended our conversation on the topic of onboarding new team members and setting them up for success, even in a remote setup. Here is the outline of the best practices shared by Jeremy:   Doing the first four days of training in-person to achieve immersion Doing three-way meetings with a client - as a way of osmosis training. Doing weekly one-on-one and team meetings. Celebrating small and big wins to embed the culture of success.   Jeremy also shared their approach to benchmarking and KPI's to give each team member a  roadmaps to achieving success.   Our Sponsors   This podcast is proudly sponsored by i-intro and Recruitment Entrepreneur.   i-intro® is an end-to-end retained recruitment platform. Their technology and methodology allow recruiters to differentiate themselves from the competition, win more retained business, bigger fees, and increase their billings. Their software combined with world-class training enables you to transition from transactional, contingency recruiter to consultative, retained recruiter. Instead of being perceived as a “me too” vendor, you'll be positioned as a “me only” solutions provider. Be sure to mention Mark Whitby or The Resilient Recruiter. Book your free, no-obligation consultation here: www.recruitmentcoach.com/retained Recruitment Entrepreneur is the world's leading Private Equity firm specializing in the international recruitment industry. If you've dreamed of starting, scaling, and selling your recruitment business, this is your chance. James Caan and his team at Recruitment Entrepreneur are actively seeking ambitious recruiters in who they can invest. They provide everything you need to grow a successful recruitment business including funding, financial expertise, coaching and mentoring, operational strategy, back-office support, marketing, and talent attraction solutions. Be sure to mention Mark Whitby or The Resilient Recruiter. Start a conversation here: https://www.recruitmentcoach.com/vc   Jeremy Sisemore Bio and Contact Info   Jeremy Sisemore has been one of the leading IT Executive Recruiters throughout North America for the past 20 years.  He started his career with MRI and was Rookie of the Year in 2000 and quickly became the go-to resource for SAP & ERP talent acquisition needs nationally.  Jeremy billed millions of dollars in placement revenue over 6.5 years with MRI, received a CSAM Certification, and became known for public speaking on “best practices” within the recruiting industry.  In his career, Jeremy has over $14 Million in personal production (billings) and has placed IT Executives and Cyber Security talent at all levels up to and including CIO, CTO, CISO levels across all areas of emerging technologies.  ASAP Talent serves over 75 major Fortune 500 clients throughout North America and internationally in Singapore, Germany, and the UK.   Today, Jeremy is CPC and CERS Certified and is a former member of the Board of Directors as Education Chair for The Pinnacle Society, a premier consortium of 80 industry-leading recruiters in North America.  He speaks regularly at industry conferences such as NAPS, NCASP, The Fordyce Forum, HAAPC, and MASA among others.   Jeremy and his business partner, Erek Gerth, founded ASAP Talent Services in 2006 and haven't looked back since.  Today the ASAP Team of 5 supports well over 75 of the world's leading companies and generates annual revenues of around $1.7-$2M. Their mission has been to create a boutique talent acquisition firm focused on the highest quality service and to form lasting partnerships with clients that are poised for growth, to be a total solution provider with respect to SAP & Cyber Security Talent.  Jeremy writes industry articles and has been quoted in CIO magazine.  On a personal level, Jeremy graduated from the University of Missouri where he was on the Swimming & Diving Team.  He's married and is a father to two daughters and a son based out of Houston, Texas.   Jeremy on LinkedIn Jeremy on Twitter @SAPheadhunter ASAP Talent Services website link ASAP Talent Services Facebook page ASAP Talent Services Youtube channel   People and Resources Mentioned   Gail Audibert on LinkedIn    Connect with Mark Whitby Get your FREE 30-minute strategy call Mark on LinkedIn Mark on Twitter: @MarkWhitby Mark on Facebook Mark on Instagram: @RecruitmentCoach Related Podcast You Might Enjoy TRR#35 Inner Grit: The Traits of a Big Biller, with Jeremy Sisemore TRR#153 Meet The Recruiter Who Survived And Thrived Through Four Recessions, with Gail Audibert Subscribe to The Resilient Recruiter

Remembering OEA Awards & Scholarships namesakes - Season 3, Episode 16Every year, deserving OEA members receive awards and scholarship money to further the work of pioneering educators and OEA staffers who have come before them. But today's active educators may not know much about the people for whom those scholarships and awards are named, who made their marks decades ago. We asked some of the retired educators who worked alongside a few of them to share their memories. MORE | To learn more about all of the OEA Awards and Scholarships and to download the applications, click here.  The deadline for all applications is January 27, 2023. SUBSCRIBE | Click here to subscribe to Education Matters on Apple Podcasts or click here to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by clicking here.Featured Education Matters guest:  Bob Maher, OEA-R Racial and Social Justice Committee vice-chair  Robert "Bob" Maher is a retired elementary teacher living in Athens County, Ohio. He met his late wife Linda while attending Ohio University and working as a graduate assistant. They decided to remain in the area after he graduated because several members of her family lived in Athens County. Bob worked in Morgan and Athens County public schools for the next 34 years teaching grades 3-6. He also taught at Ohio University as an instructor in the College of Education. He was active in the Federal Hocking Teachers Association in a variety of roles, including president, and served as a long-time delegate to the OEA and NEA Representative Assemblies. Bob's work on Conflict Resolution education and international education curricula was recognized at the local, statewide and national level over the course of his career. His passion for peace and justice work continues today with his role as vice-chair of the OEA-R Racial and Social Justice Committee and his volunteer work for the Athens Catholic Community on peace and justice and environmental issues. Bob has been a hospice volunteer for 10 years. He has traveled to all 50 states and several countries on 3 continents, and looks forward to visiting more. He has 3 adult children, a daughter-in-law, and 4 granddaughters.  Don Traxler, life member of NWOEA-R, OEA-R and NEA-R Don was the only son of four children born to Albert and Garnetta Kinley Traxler on the family farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Don was one of nine graduates with the class of 1954 from Salem Township Local School.  He received his BS in Education from Bowling Green State University in 1958.  His MS in Elementary School Supervision and Administration was conferred in 1965.  He received his PhD in Educational Media from The Ohio State University in December, 1978. Traxler taught in the public schools primarily in northwestern Ohio for five years in grades 5 through 8.  For four years he was the Grand Rapids, Ohio Elementary School Principal half-time and sixth grade teacher in math and science half-time.One year, Traxler was the Wood County Supervisor in Grades five through eight and worked with teachers in 21 schools.  He chaired the committee which developed the guidelines for Science in grades 5 through 8.  With the teachers in Grand Rapids, he conducted the research for and established the guidelines for an Elementary School Student Council.  This included the instructions for conducting elections in each classroom K-6. Traxler was employed by Ohio Northern University from August 1968 through July of 1992.  He began as an Instructor and ended as a full Professor in Education.  He served as Department of Education Chair and Director of Teacher Education for seven years.  He served on numerous committees within the Arts and Science College and was University Council Chair for two years.  This included two years as an ad hoc member of the University Board of Trustees. Traxler was Vice President and President of the Wood County Education Association as well as NWOEA.  The only involvement in OEA initially was as a member of the Professional Problems and Teacher Welfare Committee. Elected in December, 1971, Don served as OEA President-Elect from July 1, 1972 through June 30, 1973.  His term as President was July, 1, 1973 through June 30, 1974.  Traxler has been a life member of OEA and NEA since the middle 1960s and has served as a delegate for many years at all levels.  Connect with OEA: Email educationmatters@ohea.org with your feedback or ideas for future Education Matters topics Like OEA on Facebook Follow OEA on Twitter Follow OEA on Instagram Get the latest news and statements from OEA here Learn more about where OEA stands on the issues  Keep up to date on the legislation affecting Ohio public schools and educators with OEA's Legislative Watch About us: The Ohio Education Association represents about 120,000 teachers, faculty members and support professionals who work in Ohio's schools, colleges, and universities to help improve public education and the lives of Ohio's children. OEA members provide professional services to benefit students, schools, and the public in virtually every position needed to run Ohio's schools. Education Matters host Katie Olmsted serves as Media Relations Consultant for the Ohio Education Association. She joined OEA in May, 2020, after a ten-year career as a television reporter, anchor, and producer. Katie comes from a family of educators and is passionate about telling educators' stories and advocating for Ohio's students. She lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two young children. This episode was recorded on November 30 and December 13, 2022.

Jayne Amelia talks with therapist Dr. Mimi Savage. Myriam Savage, Ph.D., RDT/BCT is a registered drama therapist and board-certified trainer. Her alma maters include Lesley University, Cal State University LA, Princeton University and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, NYC. She has developed drama and expressive therapy programs in acute inpatient units for children and adults for several years and facilitated neuro-diverse populations, homeless women, adolescents in residential rehabilitation and children in educational settings.Dr. Savage is a core faculty member of Counseling & EXA and founding faculty of  UCLArts and Healing Social Emotional Arts (SEA), a manualized professional development program that instructs on therapeutic uses of the expressive arts. She is founder/director of SoCal Drama Therapy Center, mentoring an international student body of professionals earning RDT credentials.Serving as Education Chair for the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) (2019-2021), she devised the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Initiative, coordinating NADTA outreach to HBCU's in order to positively affect Black diaspora inclusion and education within drama/expressive therapies fields.A recipient of a Drama Therapy Fund Professional Research Grant, her published work and conference presentations focus on adoption from foster care and intersections of identity using narrative inquiry and novel narrative arts-based digital media interventions.  http://www.SoCalDramatherapycenter.comLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimi-savage-phd-rdt-bct-b0179931/Credly:  https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/1771757d-0402-47fa-97cd-46c02a6b3c17/public_urlCheck out our website bonusbabies.org to know more about what we are doing and please donate to support us by making a 100% tax-deductible contribution.IG@bonusbabiespodcastTW@BonusBabiesPodFB@BonusBabiesPodcast

As the school year begins for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools this week, WBT reporter Breaking Brett Jensen spoke to the head of the CMS Board of Education -- Chairperson Elyse Dashew.  Brett talks to Dashew about the troubled year the school system went through in 2021-22 + what the school board is focused on as their next big issue to face. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to our expert educator, Doreen Reynolds-Consolati, Vice President and Education Chair for The House Rabbit Connection, as we burrow deeper into rabbit care. Packed full of information, this episode addresses rabbit's specific medical concerns, elimination habits and marking territory, litter box training, the process of bonding bunnies, Easter holiday no-no's, how hormonal changes lead to behavioral changes, thumping as communication, rescuing rabbits up for adoption, and what to do if you find an wild bunny! In the spirit of ever-adored, Bugs Bunny, “ That's all folks!!!”Find Doreen at The House Rabbit Connection of Massachusetts & ConnecticutEmail info@hopline.orgCall 413-439-7472For those beyond MA-CT, go to House Rabbit Society for everything pertaining to rabbits!PetAbility is sponsored by ADogsBestLifeBox.com when you subscribe to receive their awesome enrichment kits by using the coupon code PETPOD22 to save 10% on your first order and get your free gift, Scout and About Compact Training Pouch (waterproof, clip-on treat pouch with a built in squeaker!)PetAbility is sponsored by HedzUpPets watercollars at SaveDogsFromDrowning.com when you purchase your own watercollar by using coupon code PETPOD22 to save 10%.DisclaimerThe contents of the PetAbilityTM  podcast are for informational purposes only.   The host(s) and their guests make no claims, warranties or representations about the content of these podcasts, or the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of their content. The opinions expressed are those of the host(s) and their guests. Discussion about any third party products or services are not intended to be endorsements or suggest any relationship or association between PetAbility and any other person or entity.  The host(s) and guests are not responsible or liable for any damage, injury, mistake, misinterpretation, or misuse of the contents of the podcasts or any related materials. Furthermore, this podcast and any associated materials are not a substitute for professional veterinary care.Support the show

Dr. Bradley Ekwerekwu (eck-where-eck-woo) hails from Arlington, Texas, and currently resides in Omaha, NE with two sons-Vincent and Avery.    He currently works with the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties and relies upon personal discipline, attention to detail, and teamwork in his daily travels. “Dr. Brad” joined forces with the Men Against Domestic Violence Action Coalition as the Education Chair. This appointment allows him to influence various learning environments in efforts to share his research, provide empowering education, and actively engage individuals in 'community' action plans. Drawing from various lived experiences, Dr. Brad has decided to continue to spread influence and motivation toward healthy relationships and progressive mindsets. The MADVAC mission is near and dear to his heart and mind, and powers his efforts toward reaching young men and boys.   In this interview, Dr. Ekwerekwu shares his personal connection to his life's work in mentorship and education, the before/during/after methodology he took with him from playing football at Missouri and in the NFL, and an image that inspires interdependence and collaboration between generations and other diverse demographics.   Learn about how our Team Performance System and Personal Brand Strategy can Help You Serve Well and Sell More at  www.voiceofinfluence.net   Read the transcript here:   https://www.voiceofinfluence.net/239 Give and receive feedback that makes a difference! Register for our 20 minute Deep Impact Method video course here:  www.voiceofinfluence.net/deepimpact

This week your hosts Steve Lowry and Yvonne Godfrey interview Andy Conn of Harris Lowry Manton, LLP (https://www.hlmlawfirm.com/) and Drew Gilliland of the Nick Schnyder Law Firm, LLC (https://www.schnyderlawfirm.com/).   Remember to rate and review GTP in iTunes: Click Here To Rate and Review   Episode Details: In this informative episode, Georgia trial lawyers Andy Conn and Drew Gilliland share their strategies to maximize verdicts in relatively small motor vehicle accident cases. On May 5, 2022, a Cobb County, Georgia jury awarded $1.225 million to a couple who sustained injuries as the direct result of a rear-end collision. Harris Lowry Manton LLP partner Andy Conn served as lead counsel in the Cobb County State Court case, which resulted in a notable jury verdict totaling more than 17 times the value of the plaintiffs' original medical bills. On May 2, 2022, a Douglas County, Georgia jury awarded $218,400 to a plaintiff who was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident involving texting and speeding. Drew Gilliland at Nick Schnyder Law Firm, LLC secured a jury verdict totaling more than 10 times the value of the plaintiff's original medical bills.    Click Here to Read/Download Trial Documents   Guest Bios: Drew Gilliland Drew is a trial attorney who loves helping clients through difficult times. His client philosophy is simple: treat every client like a family member. After graduating from Emory University School of Law (where he was the recipient of the Dean's Honor Scholarship), Drew started his legal career as a felony prosecutor for the State of Florida, and tried more than 50 jury trials during his tenure. Drew and his wife then moved back to Georgia where he represented Fortune 500 companies in personal injury lawsuits. After seven years of learning the ins and outs of how the defense industry protects itself against personal injury lawsuits, Drew decided to use his skills to represent people who have been injured by another's negligence. Since he became a personal injury lawyer, Drew has worked for the largest personal injury firm in the country as well as a boutique litigation firm. Drew has lectured on trial strategies and is frequently asked to co-counsel on cases with other attorneys. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients since he became a personal injury attorney. Read Full Bio   Andy Conn Andrew (Andy) Conn joined Harris Lowry Manton LLP in 2016, after earning his J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law and B.B.A. from University of the Georgia's Terry College of Business. At the firm, Andy's legal practice includes complex civil litigation matters including catastrophic injury cases and business tort litigation. He excels at trial work and has extensive experience in commercial motor vehicle, products liability, medical malpractice and premises liability cases. Andy is very active in the legal community where he is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), State Bar of Georgia and American Association for Justice. He currently serves as the Education Chair for GTLA and has been a member of the GTLA Political Action Committee since 2018. Over the years, he has held a number of leadership positions, including serving as the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association Scholarship Chair, GTLA New Lawyers Division Chair, GTLA Membership Committee Chair and Savannah Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Executive Board member. In 2015, Andy was selected for the GTLA LEAD Program, where he sharpened his leadership skills and pushed for trial policies protecting individuals' rights. For five consecutive years, Andy has been honored as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star and has been recognized for his work in areas ranging from medical malpractice to products liability. Passionate about causes involving children, Andy volunteers with Make-A-Wish Georgia and is heavily involved with the Kids Cancer Alliance, a non-profit organization based out of Louisville, Kentucky that fosters positive experiences and creates valuable memories for children fighting cancer and their families. He also participates in the CJA program, where he works with indigent court-appointed clients in need of legal representation in Georgia's Southern District Federal Court. Read Full Bio Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services - LegalTechService.com Digital Law Marketing - DigitalLawMarketing.com Harris Lowry Manton LLP - hlmlawfirm.com   Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2

Hop along with Doreen Reynolds-Consolati, Vice President and Education Chair for The House Rabbit Connection, as she discuss the commitment it takes to have a pet rabbit. This includes bunny-proofing your home, appropriate housing, proper diet, handling & bonding, and toys & enrichment. These endearing fluff balls may be too cute to resist, but it may surprise you to learn that these seemingly docile, quiet, cherubic critters can be willful, messy, destructive, vocal, and generally don't like being held! Who knew?!? Find Doreen at The House Rabbit Connection of Massachusetts & Connecticut Email info@hopline.orgCall 413-439-4372For those beyond MA-CT, go to House Rabbit Society for everything pertaining to rabbits!PetAbility is sponsored by ADogsBestLifeBox.com when you subscribe to receive their awesome enrichment kits by using the coupon code PETPOD22 to save 10% on your first order and get your free gift, Scout and About Compact Training Pouch (waterproof, clip-on treat pouch with a built in squeaker!)PetAbility is sponsored by HedzUpPets watercollars at SaveDogsFromDrowning.com when you purchase your own watercollar by using coupon code PETPOD22 to save 10%.DisclaimerThe contents of the PetAbilityTM  podcast are for informational purposes only.   The host(s) and their guests make no claims, warranties or representations about the content of these podcasts, or the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of their content. The opinions expressed are those of the host(s) and their guests. Discussion about any third party products or services are not intended to be endorsements or suggest any relationship or association between PetAbility and any other person or entity.  The host(s) and guests are not responsible or liable for any damage, injury, mistake, misinterpretation, or misuse of the contents of the podcasts or any related materials. Furthermore, this podcast and any associated materials are not a substitute for professional veterinary care.Support the show

Her love affair with Porsche started with a “FOR SALE” sign on a Saturn Yellow '72 914 that Mia Walsh saw while on her bicycle just prior to her 16th birthday.  Somehow, she convinced the owner to let her take it for a spin. It wouldn't be until 25 years later that she and her husband would purchase their first Porsche and join the Potomac Region of the PCA.  With over 300 total track days under her belt and encouraged by other racers to make the move to Club Racing, Mia modified her '09 Cayman S into a fully prepared GTB1 Race Car. She had her first race at Summit Point in 2015, winning two 3rd place podiums her first weekend, as well as the coveted Rookie Award from PCA National. After being recognized nationally as a top HPDE instructor in 2013, Mia worked her way up to the Potomac Region President in 2019.  Walsh now serves as Porsche Club of America - National High-Performance Driver Education Chair where she hopes to continue to encourage more women to participate. Mia chats with host Amanda Busick about her career with PCA and how she continues to inspire females in the classroom and at the track and how her birding hobby has helped her focus on racing.

Tom Higginbotham, manager at PPG Industrial Coatings and chair of the AMPP Education Committee, explains the latest Coating Inspector Program (CIP) updates from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). Topics include new features of the updated courses; feedback from members and others in the industry; how AMPP is addressing concerns related to the legacy NACE International and SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings programs; and how people can learn more information about the CIP updates and/or get more involved.

On April 02, 2022, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the Underground Railroad Education Center, "FreedomCon 2022 Conference" at Hudson Valley Community College. In this segment, Willie interviewed Matt George, Program and Education Chair of the "Capital District Civil War Round Table" at the conference.

In this episode, we talk to Susan Roberts, who is currently a surgical intern at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. She provides a lot of great advice about navigating the HPSP world and how to be a competitive applicant for the match, both within the surgical specialty, and in general. She also discusses intern year as a surgical resident, and provides advice for students beginning their surgical sub-internships. This is a special episode, as Susan actually started THIS podcast in 2019 while she was Education Chair of the National SAMOPS Board. Susan continued her involvement within AMOPS, and is currently the Secretary of the National RAMOPS Board, which is the resident branch of the organization. DISCLAIMER: All the opinions presented in this podcast are our own and do not reflect the opinions of any branch of the U.S. military, or the Department of Defense.

FEATURED GUESTS: Mimi Savage, PhD, RDT-BCT, is the Education Chair of the North American Drama Therapy Association, core faculty in the MA Counseling Psychology & Expressive Arts department at CIIS, as well as founding faculty of UCLArts and Healing SEA program. Mimi created various drama therapy programs in acute psychiatric in-patient units for children and adults, facilitated programs for developmentally delayed youth, the formerly homeless, and youth in residential rehab. Lecturing and publishing on the intersection of identity in youth experiencing adoption and foster care, she is Director-founder of the SoCal Drama Therapy Center in LA, leads professional development workshops, and trains those who want to become drama therapists. LISTEN & LEARN: How social justice work influenced Mimi to become a drama therapist. The importance of the pause and silence in dialogue, therapy and education. Action based drama therapy approaches for community work. RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, Expressive Arts Therapy at California Institute of Integral Studies Www.ciis.edu/academics/graduate-programs/expressive-arts-therapy The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks Materials & Media in Art Therapy; Chapter Groundswell The Nature and Landscape of Art Therapy by Catherine H. Moon SoCal Drama Therapy Center founded by Mimi Savage Contact Mimi Savage at msavage@ciis.edu or mimisavage@sfeala.com UCLA Arts & Healing SESSIONS OFFERED AT THE 2022 LA EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT: March 24, 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training through Embodied Creativity with Mimi Savage & Danielle Levanas March 25 & 26, 2022 2 DAY INTENSIVE Social Emotional Arts on a Shoestring for Individual and Groups in Any Setting (Certificate Program) with Ping Ho, Stacie A. Yeldell, Mimi Savage & Kathy Cass April 10, 2022 Authentic Self-Construction: Creating Safe Holding Spaces Through Intermodal Arts & Assemblage with Mimi Savage

Sal Ali, Director at InstaMortgage, has been working in the mortgage industry since he was 23 years old. Upon being offered a job at his brother's brokerage, he entered the wholesale world.  Today, Sal is a top-three originator for VA loans and VA IRRRL products in the country. Formally known as Arcus Lending, InstaMortgage recently ranked as one of Inc. 500's Brokers of the Year and Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America, number 110 on the 2021 North America Technology Fast 500, and the fastest-growing private company in 2021 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. It was started by Shashank Shekhar during the 'dark times' of the mortgage industry - 2008 - and presently provides services to over twenty-five states. What is Sal's secret to success? “Time, patience, and risk. You have to take the risk,” Sal says. Investing in yourself and your capabilities, along with well-planned processes and strategies, are the keys. Initially, Sal used direct mail to build his client base, and then he kept scaling what worked. In lieu of selling, he demonstrates his abilities and discusses the borrower's central plan. Three referrals should result from every closed deal. “You gotta be timely.” Always remain upfront and transparent with a borrower if a problem arises, such as an underwriting issue. “If they don't qualify, you have to pick up the phone and call them. Don't take it on yourself; reach out to your resources and be upfront with who you're working with.” Sal also reaches out to real estate agents to offer his expertise on a specific product. “Send me your VA business, and I will show you what I can do for you.”  Establishing quarterly benchmarks, and having the right technology in place, including lead generation systems and LOS, is paramount. Choosing the right technology stack can have a significant ROI, but it's best to start small and grow it over time. In each quarter, Sal has improved one efficiency, mostly technology. “It's important when you invest in the technology that you build it out to what you want.” With Shashank, he has developed a new AI assistant, Rachel, to help answer mortgage questions and locate client files. She is the first AI assistant in the mortgage industry. What are Sal's predictions for the mortgage market in 2022? “The same wave that happened in 2017 is happening now - the refi boom is gone, and it's now a purchase market. There's always going to be a niche product no matter what the market.” When Sal isn't closing loans, he serves as the Education Chair for the Dallas Chapter of the VA Real Estate Professionals, educating real estate agents and borrowers on the VA product.  This episode is sponsored by AFR Wholesale. Notes: 1:25: Intro4:00: Generating Mortgage Referrals8:00: Taking Risks and Setting Benchmarks25:20: Meet Rachel, the First AI Assistant in Mortgage27:25: Solving Mortgage Problems31:30: Questions from the Broker Community

In this episode of "On The Couch" I welcome on my guest Dr. Tarece Johnson the newly elected Gwinnett County Board of Education Chair. Johnson, a Democrat, is in her second year on the board. She is the first Black woman to serve as chair. Johnson holds a doctorate in education and has worked as an artist, educator, and entrepreneur, according to the district website. Stay tuned for the latest episodes from PTGtv and how you can support us in our effort to bring more content to you the people by navigating to our website. If you have not already, please follow my YouTube page to see the interviews, like, and comment as well as join our discord community. https://www.PTGtv.online https://discord.gg/rRAtVuC --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A life-long writer, Terri Benson's fiction is both traditionally and self-published, with nearly a hundred additional articles and short stories published – many award winning. She was the Education Chair for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for more than seven years, is an irregular blogger (in more ways than one), member of Sisters in Crime, presents workshops at writer's conferences, and teaches night classes at Western Colorado Community College. Terri spends her non-writing time working at a Business Incubator, camping, jeeping, and dirt biking with her junior-high-school sweetheart/husband of 40+ years and a succession of Brittany spaniels. You can find more information on her at https://www.terribensonwriter.com/ On the podcast, Terri talks about her new book coming out on April 1, The Pickup Artist. She also talks about a workshop she's giving on January 15 (in Grand Junction) about using a “Story Bible” to keep her details organized as she writes. More about the January 15 workshop here: https://rmfw.org/event/what-is-a-story-bible-what-divine-purpose-does-it-serve/  For video versions of these podcasts, visit The Rocky Mountain Writer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Z3EXJZHic&list=PLBP81nfbKnDRjs-Nar9LNe20138AiPyP8 Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/ Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: https://danosongs.com/

Lisa Krueger Khan has been practicing exclusively in the area of Immigration since 1997 and has been a sole practitioner with Immigration Law Offices of Lisa Krueger Khan, PA since 2004. The firm's focus is on business/employment immigration (including Nonimmigrant Visas such as E1 trader, E2 investor, F1 student, H1B specialty occupation worker, L-1 intracompany transferee, O-1 extraordinary ability, TN professional and Immigrant Visas based on extraordinary ability, national interest, multinational manager/executive, labor certification, EB5 investor). The firm also handles all aspects of family-based immigration matters as well as citizenship and naturalization.Ms. Khan previously worked as an immigration attorney with Judith G. Cooper, PC in Houston, Texas (1997-2001) and with Hendry, Stoner in Orlando, Florida (2001-2004). She received a BA in Business Administration/Political Science with high honors from Principia College, Elsah, IL in 1989. She attended the University of Auckland, New Zealand on a Rotary Foundation Scholarship in 1990. Ms. Khan received her law degree in 1994 from the University of Michigan Law School. In the same year, she also received a master's degree in Political Science from the Univ of Michigan Rackham Graduate School.She served on the Board of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)- Central Florida Chapter from 2002 to 2013 and again from 2018 to 2019 in positions including Chair, Executive Vice Chair, Regional Vice Chair- Orlando, and Education Chair. She has served on two AILA National Committees (Field Operations Liaison and Media Advocacy).Ms. Khan is the recipient of two AILA Central Florida Chapter Awards: “Outstanding Contributions to the Chapter” (2010/2011) and “Excellence in the Practice of Immigration Law” (2009/2010). Ms. Khan was a prior Board member of the British American Chamber of Commerce and also served on the Board of Trustees of Windermere Preparatory School for several years. She is a frequent speaker at local, regional and national seminars and conferences on immigration matters.website: www.lisavisa.comemail: Lisa@lisavisa.comoffice phone: 407-351-9075

In a special podcast episode, Joe sits down with Wade Wyant, the former Membership Engagement Chair for YPO West Michigan. They discuss all you need to know as a new YPO Member. YPO is an organization for young presidents or CEOs looking for peer support and community. YPO members learn tips and tricks to grow or expand their business from each other, have access to exceptional educational opportunities, and enjoy a social environment.  Wade and Joe talk about the value of YPO and some of the incredible experiences they had over the years. Wade shares his experience connecting with the YPO network internationally and learning from the top minds in business, science, and academia at YPO Edge. In the podcast, they get into requirements to join YPO, forum, and YPO board service. They also discuss the written and unwritten rules of YPO membership. It's a must-listen for all YPO-ers! (4:03) - Why Wade joined YPO (5:33) - How do you describe YPO? (6:28) - What are the YPO requirements for membership? (7:49) - The board positions at YPO  (12:45) - The Education Chair and responsibilities to keep members active (17:41) - The core of the YPO experience: Forums (21:52) - YPO Edge (23:45) - International YPO forums & Networking experiences (27:50) - The unwritten rules of YPO Joe Talks YPO is produced by Johnny Peterson & Straight Up Podcasts

On today's episode of “Hands in Motion” we are joined by Elliot Greenberg, a physical therapist who treats adolescent athletes. One specific population he treats are kids who suffer from medial epicondyle apophysitis, commonly known as “Little League Elbow.” We discuss risk factors for developing this condition, treatment techniques that upper extremity therapists can utilize, and the importance of patient and family education. Guest Bio: Dr. Greenberg is a board certified orthopaedic clinical specialist and researcher at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he has been specializing in the care of youth athletes since 2008. He received his bachelors degree in Biology from Pace University, his clinical doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) from Arcadia University and his PhD in physical therapy from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Greenberg maintains an active research agenda focused on improving rehabilitation and injury prevention methods within youth athletes with a special interest in ACL reconstruction and overuse injuries. In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Greenberg holds an adjunct faculty position at Arcadia University where he teaches within the entry-level DPT, transitional DPT and orthopaedic residency curriculum. Dr. Greenberg maintains an active role in several professional organizations, serving as the Education Chair of the Youth Athlete Special Interest Group of the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy and serves on the Board of Directors for the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) Society. Dr. Greenberg has had the privilege of presenting at both state and national level conferences on the topics of pediatric and adolescent sports medicine rehabilitation. He is an accomplished researcher and writer authoring textbook chapters and several manuscripts published in highly respected journals. 

“You want someone to feel something if you're going to be involved in an experience. And for me, learning meant I needed to remember something. Like, I remember my dad tripping over me in the early morning hours, because I was watching on this black and white TV on this big ol' console there in the living room because they were going to the moon - and I remember that moment….those moments are seared in our mind.  And if we can create experiences that are memorable like that...you have to create an experience where everyone feels like they're in tune with it.” - Ted Tagami  Part 1 of 2! This week, guest host Andrew Whitmire chats with Ted Tagami, CEO of Magnitude.io and Education Chair of the User Advisory Committee for the International Space Station US National Lab. Ted walks us through the career path that led him to the “space space” and gives us an inside look at the experiments that will take place through ExoLab-9 on board the International Space Station. Ted also tells us about the science experiences Magnitude.io makes available to classrooms around the world and offers his advice to students who are interested in careers in space.   This episode asks you to register for a Destination Imagination Information Session - our webinar for parents/guardians and educators who are interested in learning more about DI. Visit this page to sign up for our webinar - live or on demand! - today.   Music Attributions: Wallpaper by Kevin MacLeod  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4604-wallpaper  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

While fitting specialty contact lenses still makes many optometrists and ophthalmologist nervous, I had the privilege to chat with the global Contact Lens expert Dr. Daddi Fadel and learn about how fitting  speciality contact lenses gave her professional satisfaction  which cannot be described in words. In this episode we chat about: Her journey in optometry and her increasing passion for specialty contact lenses. We discuss about her secret  sauce "Never Give Up" & " Always stepping out of your comfort zone" She shares her journey as an author and importance of always learning even if you are not going to implement that in your practice. & much moreAlong with all the information, we also see the fun side of Dr. Fadel in our "Rapid Fire" segment.Guest Bio: Daddi Fadel DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, is a contact lens designer, a Pioneer of modern lens designs, and a specialist in contact lenses for irregular cornea, scleral lenses, myopia control, and orthokeratology. She speaks five languages; Arabic, French, English, Italian, and Greek. She studied optometry at Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optometriche (ISSO) in Rome (1998-2001), a four-year course achieved in three years with honors.She started to lecture and publish from her first year of Optometry school. She has 20 years' experience in optometry and specialty contact lenses. She runs an optometric practice specializing in contact lenses in Italy where she personally designs and fits special customized contact lenses.She is internationally recognized as a key opinion leader, who has several peer-reviewed publications in the area of specialty contact lenses and is a speaker in national and international symposia.Daddi Fadel and Dr. Melissa Barnett are authors of the “Clinical Guide for Scleral Lens Success”. Daddi Fadel is the author of the book “Scleral Lens Complications: Their Recognition, Etiology, and Management”.She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contact Lens Research & Science (JCLRS).She is a certified and approved advanced speaker to conduct NCLE approved courses. She is the first Certified EyePrint Practitioner outside the USA and Canada.Fadel is Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), and American Academy of Optometry (AAO). She is the Founder and Immediate Past President of Accademia Italiana Lenti Sclerali (AILeS), Co-founder and President of Euro & Austral-Asia Scleral Lens Academy (EASLA), Council of the International Society of Contact Lens Specialists (ISCLS), Global Ambassador of the BCLA, member of the GPLI Advisory Board, member of the medical advisory board of the International Keratoconus Academy (IKA), Program & Education Chair of The Summit of Specialty Contacts (SSC) and of the Global Ophthalmic Women (GLOW), Board Member of the International Forum for Scleral Lens Research (IFSLR) and of the International Congress of Scleral Contact (ICSC), Clinical Advisor of Myopia Care, International Relations Chair of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), and Member of the International Association of Contact Lens Educator (IACLE).You can connect with Dr. Daddi Fadel viaLinkedIn: Daddi Fadel Connect with me to get all the updates via any of these platforms:Website: www.nerdyoptometrist.comEmail: nerdyoptometrist@gmail.comLinkedIn: Nerdy OptometristInstagram: nerdyoptometristYoutube: Nerdy OptometristFacebook: Nerdy OptometristTwitter: NerdyOptomMusic courtesy: A. R. Rahman & Bhagirath Bhatt.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/nerdyoptometrist)

Molly Darr and I sat down to talk about the Women Owning Woodlands up-and-coming events. Janet Watt-Steele, Women Owning Woodlands – South Carolina Janet is the founder of the South Carolina chapter of the national Women Owning Woodlands network. Janet works as an Area Forestry and Wildlife Extension Agent with the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service. She also serves as Outreach and Education Chair of the South Carolina Tree Farm Committee, and Secretary/Treasurer for the South Carolina Division of the Society of American Foresters. She is a registered forester in North Carolina and South Carolina, and a South Carolina Prescribed Fire Manager. https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/faculty_staff/profiles/jmwatt Molly Darr, Women Owning Woodlands – South Carolina Molly is the co-founder of the South Carolina chapter of the national Women Owning Woodlands network. Molly works as a post-doctoral research associate in the Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department at Clemson University. She directs and maintains the Southern Forest Health and Invasive Species Program, a regional forest health program which serves as a consistent source of forest health information for natural resource professionals throughout the southeastern U.S. region. https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/faculty_staff/profiles/mndarr https://www.facebook.com/southernforesthealth http://southernforesthealth.net/ https://twitter.com/DarrMolly Becky Barlow, Alabama ForestHER Becky Barlow began the Alabama ForestHER program in 2016. She is the Harry Murphy Professor and a forestry extension specialist with Alabama Cooperative Extension System in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University. Her current extension efforts focus on educational opportunities to help forest landowners manage for multiple uses including traditional forest management, silvopasture, non-timber forest products, and forest aesthetics. She is a registered forester in Mississippi and Alabama. She was also recently named the interim Associate Dean for Extension/Assistant Director for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Extension Programs. https://agriculture.auburn.edu/about/directory/faculty/becky-barlow/ https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/forestry/foresther-workshops/ Aimee Tomcho, ForestHerNC Aimee Tomcho has worked in the forestry and wildlife sector for the past 25 years, most recently as Audubon's Conservation Biologist in North Carolina. Her work with Bird-friendly Forestry outreach and application paired with her own experiences led her to be a founding member of ForestHerNC with several other passionate representatives from a diversity of organizations. Together they built a community of more than 1400 people in just a couple years whose mission is to engage and empower women in woodland stewardship. https://www.facebook.com/foresthernc https://www.instagram.com/foresthernc/ https://twitter.com/AudubonNC Danielle Atkins, Land & Ladies Danielle Atkins is the founder of Land & Ladies, a forestry company focused on educating and empowering women to tackle their landownership responsibilities and manage their forestlands across the Southeast. www.landandladies.com www.facebook.com/landandladies https://www.instagram.com/landandladies/ Voice By Gordon Collier in Introduction: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgordoncollier/ Spring by Ikson www.soundcloud.com/ikson Music promoted by Audio Library www.youtu.be/5WPnrvEMIdo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkingforests/support

AJ Yawn joins us for this episode of the CISO Dojo Podcast. AJ Yawn is a seasoned cloud security professional that possesses over a decade of senior information security experience with extensive experience managing a wide range of cybersecurity compliance assessments (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.) for a variety of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers. AJ advises startups on cloud security and serves on the Board of Directors of the ISC2 Miami chapter as the Education Chair, he is also a Founding Board member of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management professions, regularly speaks on information security podcasts, events, and he contributes blogs and articles to the information security community including publications such as CISOMag, InfosecMag, HackerNoon, and ISC2. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajyawn/ @AjYawn

Aspirina quer mudar o seu pensamento sobre a energia núclear, junto com o Eng. Mecânico Rafael Savioli ele irá bater um papo com a renomada e gabaritada Eng. Nuclear Alice Cunha da Silva.Eng. Alice Cunha da Silva:Nuclear Engineer MBA, MscCOP 26 Nuclear Delivery TeamInternational Organizations Chair - IYNC 2022Women in Engineering Committee of World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)Communication and Education Chair of Latin American Section - American Nuclear SocietyExecutive Committee of Women in Nuclear BrasilKey Account Engineer and Brazil Office Manager of WestinghouseEng. Rafael Savioli:Pós Doutorado - Poli / University of ManchesterMestrado e Doutorado - Poli USPEngenheiro Mecânico - UNICAMP Especialista em Ensaios Mecânicos e Mecânica da FraturaEngenheiro Autônomo e Pesquisador no Laboratório de Mecânica Offshore da USP

“Going into every situation anticipating that there's going to be something that you will learn whether you are going to use it right away or not.” Coexistence requires that individuals respect and treat others with the dignity that they deserve. This means that civility is a fundamental component in the progress of any society. At its core, civility transcends the mannerisms, courteousness or politeness of individuals and includes how people impact others in their behavior and speech. Our guest today, Dr. Lew Bayer believes that “Civility is its own reward” and suggests that “In choosing civility, people find their best self, and in doing so, they experience the grace, courage, generosity, humanity, and humility that civility engenders.” Lewena Bayer has been in the civility space for more than 20 years and has an international recognition as the leading expert on civility at work. With a focus on social intelligence and culturally-competent communication, the team at Civility Experts Inc – which includes 501 affiliates in 48 countries, has supported 100's of organizations in building better workplaces. In addition to her role as CEO of international civility training group Civility Experts Inc. which includes The Civility Speakers Bureau and Propriety Publishing, Lew is Chair of the International Civility Trainers' Consortium, President of The Center for Organizational Cultural Competence, and Founder of the In Good Company Etiquette Academy Franchise Group. Most recently, Lew was selected as an International Advocate for Aegis Trust, a UK based organization focused on peace education and the prevention of genocide. She is also an Education Chair for www.globalgoodwillambassadors.org. Recently, Dr. Bayer has been assigned the privilege of being named Ambassador of Global Knowledge Exchange and a Master Educator in Global Teachers Academy. In today's episode, we will be discussing the role civility plays in building better work places as well as communities. Our guest will also talk more about the importance of being thoughtful and embracing differences. Listen in! Social media Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dr-lewena-bayer-hon-234b7a11 Website: www.ingoodcompanyetiquette.com Website: www.Highstyleimage.com   Civility is a measurable competency. [3:45] We put it under this category of soft skills because historically that is where communication and ability to do well in social settings fit. [3:48] Increasingly civility fits under the umbrella of relational skills. [4:04] It generally incorporates social intelligence, cultural competence, systems thinking and continuous learning. [4:30] We do everything from dining etiquette for university graduates all the way to civil etiquette. [4:37] We started out as the etiquette ladies where we were doing courtesy camp for kids. [5:29] At that time I understood that you can teach children and change their attitude which changes the way they interact. [5:56] Over the years I have had a good fortune of aligning this with people and we currently have 520 affiliates in 47 countries. [6:36] I have been consistently been encouraged and stunned when people find support and encouragement regardless of their status. [8:19] When someone comes into our affiliate group, they have the benefit of all these people around the world with different perspectives. [8:42] I have had the opportunity to co-facilitate that spark. [9:05] We have affiliates who sign the paper and commit to the plan and started making payments three years later. [9:11] Over the years I have held on to the belief that there is more good than bad in the world and that if people knew better, then they would be better. [11:20] I find that we have to give people permission to be confident and experience what it feels like to be valued. [11:55 We have a global project that we are working on called work citizen and it is about sharing these teachings and knowledge. [12:14] Respect is something we all equally deserve because we are human and in the planet. [12:53] Each person has value, gift and contribution and we may not know it or be able to label it or even appreciate at that particular moment, but we have to acknowledge it. [12:59] If we just started there, imagine how different our interactions would be. [13:10] Civility can be as simple as knowing your neighbor's last name. Civility starts at home. [13:58] There is so much potential for good and it just a matter of believing that and making an effort to contribute in a way. [15:08] There is a lot of lonely in the world because we are fearful and the fear is founded on the perception that differences are scary or people are inherently bad. [17:10] Commercial break. [18:20] It is very hard to see other people's perspective if you are constantly in your little hole of mud. [20:31] Going into every situation anticipating that there's going to be something that you will learn whether you are going to use it right away or not. [21:04] There is always someone who can use some support and therefore making an effort to offer it before it is asked for. [21:50] Part of the civility definition is choosing civility as a non-negotiable point of character and the primary objective is to ease the experience of others. [22:00] Leaders should take on the service oriented approach and see what they can do for somebody else. [22:14] Don't be too hard on yourself but everyday get up one foot in front of another and it is shocking how much you can get done. [23:08] Realize that it is a privilege for people to give you their time and focus to listen to you, therefore you should acknowledge and commit to giving them something of value and show appreciation through your tone and demeanor. Otherwise that gift is not going to last very well. [24:25] I invite everyone to bring their best self in every interaction and you will find that civility is its own reward. [27:55] …………………………………………………. Thank you to our July Sponsor: Entrepreneur's Guide to Financial Well-Being Imagine starting a long journey without a map…or even a clear idea of the obstacles ahead. That's exactly what it's like for entrepreneurs who start companies with a lot of passion, but without the financial expertise to grow and scale their businesses and create long-term wealth for their families. Wayne Titus shows you how to find a financial adviser who can help you map a better journey. 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About AJAJ Yawn is a seasoned cloud security professional that possesses over a decade of senior information security experience with extensive experience managing a wide range of cybersecurity compliance assessments (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.) for a variety of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers.AJ advises startups on cloud security and serves on the Board of Directors of the ISC2 Miami chapter as the Education Chair, he is also a Founding Board member of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management professions, regularly speaks on information security podcasts, events, and he contributes blogs and articles to the information security community including publications such as CISOMag, InfosecMag, HackerNoon, and ISC2.Before Bytechek, AJ served as a senior member of national cybersecurity professional services firm SOC-ISO-Healthcare compliance practice. AJ helped grow the practice from a 9 person team to over 100 team members serving clients all over the world. AJ also spent over five years on active duty in the United States Army, earning the rank of Captain.AJ is relentlessly committed to learning and encouraging others around him to improve themselves. He leads by example and has earned several industry-recognized certifications, including the AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Professional, CISSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate, and PMP. AJ is also involved with the AWS training and certification department, volunteering with the AWS Certification Examination Subject Matter Expert program.AJ graduated from Georgetown University with a Master of Science in Technology Management and from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Social Science. While at Florida State, AJ played on the Florida State University Men's basketball team participating in back to back trips to the NCAA tournament playing under Coach Leonard Hamilton.Links: ByteChek: https://www.bytechek.com/ Blog post, Everything You Need to Know About SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria CC6.0 (Logical and Physical Access Controls): https://help.bytechek.com/en/articles/4567289-everything-you-need-to-know-about-soc-2-trust-service-criteria-cc6-0-logical-and-physical-access-controls LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajyawn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjYawn TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Cloud Economist Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of Cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by Thinkst. This is going to take a minute to explain, so bear with me. I linked against an early version of their tool, canarytokens.org in the very early days of my newsletter, and what it does is relatively simple and straightforward. It winds up embedding credentials, files, that sort of thing in various parts of your environment, wherever you want to; it gives you fake AWS API credentials, for example. And the only thing that these things do is alert you whenever someone attempts to use those things. It's an awesome approach. I've used something similar for years. Check them out. But wait, there's more. They also have an enterprise option that you should be very much aware of canary.tools. You can take a look at this, but what it does is it provides an enterprise approach to drive these things throughout your entire environment. You can get a physical device that hangs out on your network and impersonates whatever you want to. When it gets Nmap scanned, or someone attempts to log into it, or access files on it, you get instant alerts. It's awesome. If you don't do something like this, you're likely to find out that you've gotten breached, the hard way. Take a look at this. It's one of those few things that I look at and say, “Wow, that is an amazing idea. I love it.” That's canarytokens.org and canary.tools. The first one is free. The second one is enterprise-y. Take a look. I'm a big fan of this. More from them in the coming weeks.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Lumigo. If you've built anything from serverless, you know that if there's one thing that can be said universally about these applications, it's that it turns every outage into a murder mystery. Lumigo helps make sense of all of the various functions that wind up tying together to build applications. It offers one-click distributed tracing so you can effortlessly find and fix issues in your serverless and microservices environment. You've created more problems for yourself; make one of them go away. To learn more, visit lumigo.io.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. I'm joined this week by AJ Yawn, co-founder, and CEO of ByteChek. AJ, thanks for joining me.AJ: Thanks for having me on, Corey. Really excited about the conversation.Corey: So, what is ByteChek? It sounds like it's one of those things—‘byte' spelled as in computer term, not teeth, and ‘chek' without a second C in it because frugality looms everywhere, and we save money where we can by sometimes not buying the extra letter or vowel. So, what is ByteChek?AJ: Exactly. You get it. ByteChek is a cybersecurity compliance software company, built with one goal in mind: make compliance suck less. And the way that we do that is by automating the worst part of compliance, which is evidence collection and taking out a lot of the subjective nature of dealing with an audit by connecting directly where the evidence lives and focusing on security.Corey: That sound you hear is Pandora's Box creaking open because back before I started focusing on AWS bills, I spent a few months doing a deep dive PCI project for workloads going into AWS because previously I've worked in regulated industries a fair bit. I've been a SOC 2 control owner, I've gone through the PCI process multiple times, I've dabbled with HIPAA as a consultant. And I thought, “Huh, there might be a business need here.” And it turns out, yeah, there really is.The problem for me is that the work made me want to die. I found it depressing; it was dull; it was a whole lot of hurry up and wait. And that didn't align with how I approach the world, so I immediately got the hell out of there. You apparently have a better perspective on, you know, delivering things companies need and don't need to have constant novel entertainment every 30 seconds. So, how did you start down this path, and what set you on this road?AJ: Yeah, great question. I started in the army as a information security officer, worked in a variety of different capacities. And when I left the military—mainly because I didn't like sleeping outside anymore—I got into cybersecurity compliance consulting. And that's where I got first into compliance and seeing the backwards way that we would do things with old document requests and screenshots. And I enjoyed the process because there was a reason for it, like you said.There's a business value to this, going through this compliance assessments. So, I knew they were important, but I hated the way we were doing it. And while there, I just got exposed to so many companies that had to go through this, and I just thought there was a better way. Like, typical entrepreneur story, right? You see a problem and you're like, “There has to be a better way than grabbing screenshots of the EC2 console.” And set out to build a product to do that, to just solve that problem that I saw on a regular basis. And I tell people all the time, I was complicit in making compliance stuff before. I was in that role and doing the things that I think sucked and not focused on security. And that's what we're solving here at ByteChek.Corey: So, I've dabbled in it and sort of recoiled in horror. You've gone into this to the point where you are not only handling it for customers but in order to build software that goes in a positive direction, you have to be deeply steeped in this yourself. As you're going down this process, what was your build process like? Were you talking to auditors? Were you talking to companies who had to deal with auditors? What aspects of the problem did you approach this from?AJ: It's really both aspects. And that's where I think it's just a really unique perspective I have because I've talked with a lot of auditors; I was an auditor and worked with auditors' hand-in-hand and I understood the challenges of being an auditor, and the speed that you have to move when you're in the consulting industry. But I also talked to a lot of customers because those were the people I dealt with on a regular basis, both from a sales perspective and from, you know, sitting there with the CTOs trying to figure out how to design a secure solution in AWS. So, I took it from the approach of you can't automate compliance; you can't fix the audit problem by only focusing on one side of the table, which is what currently happens where one side of the table is the client, then you get to automate evidence collection. But if the auditors can't use that information that you've automated, then it's still a bad process for both people. So, I took the approach of thinking about this from both, “How do I make this easier for auditors but also make it easier for the clients that are forced to undergo these audits?”Corey: From a lot of perspectives, having compliance achieved, regardless of whether it's PCI, whether it's HIPAA, whether it's SOC 2, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, the reason that a companies go through it is that it's an attestation that they are, for better or worse, doing the right things. In some cases, it's a requirement to operate in a regulated industry. In other cases, it's required to process credit card transactions, which is kind of every industry, and in still others, it's an easy shorthand way of saying that we're not complete rank amateurs at these things, so as a result, we're going to just pass over the result of our most recent SOC 2 audit to our prospective client, and suddenly, their security folks can relax and not send over weeks of questionnaires on the security front. That means that, for some folks, this is more or less a box-checking exercise rather than an actual good-faith effort to improve processes and posture.AJ: Correct. And I think that's actually the problem with compliance is it's looked at as a check-the-box exercise, and that's why there's no security value out of it. That's why you can pick up a SOC 2 report for someone that's hosted on AWS, and you don't see any mention of S3 buckets. You can do a ctrl+F, and you literally don't see anything in a security evaluation about S3 buckets, which is just insane if you know anything about security on AWS. And I think it's because of what you just described, Corey; they're often asked to do this by a regulator, or by a customer, or by a vendor, and the result is, “Hurry up and get this report so that we can close this deal,”—or we can get to the next level with this customer, or with this investor, whatever it may be—instead of, let's go through this, let's have an auditor come in and look at our environment to improve it, to improve this security, which is where I hope the industry can get to because audits aren't going anywhere; people are going to continue to do them and spend thousands of dollars on them, so there should be some security value out of them, in my opinion.Corey: I love using encrypting data at rest as an example of things that make varying amounts of sense because, sure, on your company laptops, if someone steals an employee's laptop from a coffee shop, or from the back of their car one night, yeah, you kind of want the exposure to the company to be limited to replacing the hardware. I mean, even here at The Duckbill Group, where we are not regulated, we've gone through no formal audits, we do have controls in place to ensure that all company laptops have disk encryption turned on. It makes sense from that perspective. And in the data center, it was also important because there were a few notable heists where someone either improperly disposed drives and corporate data wound up on eBay or someone in one notable instance drove a truck through the side of the data center wall, pulled a rack into the bed of the truck and took off, which is kind of impressive [laugh] no matter how you slice it. But in the context of a hyperscale cloud provider like AWS, you're not going to be able to break into their data centers, steal a drive—and of course, it has to be the right collection of drives and the right machines—and then find out how to wind up reassembling that data later.It's just not a viable attack strategy. Now, you can spend days arguing with auditors around something like that, or you can check the box ‘encrypt at rest' and move on. And very often, that is the better path. I'm not going to argue with auditors about that. I'm going to bend the knee, check the box, and get back to doing the business thing that I care about. That is a reasonable approach, is it not?AJ: It is, but I think that's the fault of the auditor because good security requires context. You can't just apply a standard set of controls to every organization, as you're describing, where I would much rather the auditor care about, “Are there any public S3 buckets? What are the security group situation like on that account? How are they managing their users? How are they storing credentials there in the cloud environment as well?Are they using multiple accounts?” So, many other things to care about other than protecting whether or not someone will be able to pull off the heist of the [laugh] 21st century. So, I think from a customer perspective, it's the right model: don't waste time arguing points with your auditors, but on the flip side, find an auditor that has more technical knowledge that can understand context, because security work requires good context and audits require context. And that's the problem with audits now; we're using one framework or several frameworks to apply to every organization. And I've been in the consulting space, like you, Corey, for a while. I have not seen the same environment in any customers. Every customer is different. Every customer has a different setup, so it doesn't make sense to say every control should apply to every company.Corey: And it feels on some level like you wind up getting staff accustomed to treating it as a box-checking exercise. “Right, it's dumb that we wind up having to encrypt S3 buckets, but it's for the audit to just check the box and move on.” So, people do it, then they move on to the next item, which is, “Okay, great. Are there any public S3 buckets?” And they treat it with the same, “Yeah, whatever. It's for the audit,” box-checking approach? No, no, that one's actually serious. You should invest significant effort and time into making sure that it's right.AJ: Exactly. Exactly. And that's where the value of a true compliance assessment that is focused on security comes into play because it's no longer about checking the box, it's like, “Hey, there's a weakness here. A weakness that you probably should have identified. So, let's go fix the weakness, but let's talk about your process to find those weaknesses and then hopefully use some automation to remediate them.”Because a lot of the issues in the cloud you can trace back to why was there not a control in place to prevent this or detect this? And it's sad that compliance assessments are not the thing that can catch those, that are not the other safeguard in place to identify those. And it's because we are treating the entire thing like a check-the-box exercise and not pulling out those items that really matter, and that's just focusing on security. Which is ultimately what these compliance reports are proving: customers are asking for these reports because they want to know if their data is going to be secure. And that's what the report is supposed to do, but on the flip side, everyone knows the organization may not be taking it that serious, and they may be treating it like a check-the-box exercise.Corey: So, while I have you here, we'll divert for a minute because I'm legitimately curious about this one. At a scale of legitimate security concern to, “This is a check-the-box exercise,” where do things like rotating passwords every 60 days or rotating IAM credentials every 90 days fall?AJ: I think it again depends on the organization. I don't think that you need to rotate passwords regularly, personally. I don't know how strong of a control that is if people are doing that, because they're just going to start to make things up that are easy—Corey: Put the number at the end and increment by one every time. Great. Good work.AJ: Yep. So, I think again, it just depends on your organization and what the organization is doing. If you're talking about managing IAM access keys and rotating those, are your engineers even using the CLI? Are they using their access keys? Because if they're not, what are you rotating?You're just rotating [laugh] stale keys that have never been used. Or if you don't even have any IAM users, maybe you're using SSO and they're all using Okta or something else and they're using an IAM role to come in there. So, it's just—again, it's context. And I think the problem is, a lot of folks don't understand AWS or they don't understand the cloud. And when I say, folks, I mean auditors.They don't understand that, so they're just going to ask for everything. “Did you rotate your passwords? Did you do this? Did you do that?” And it may not even make sense for you based off of your environment, but again, is it worth the fight with the auditor, or do you just give them whatever they want and so you can go about your way, whether or not it's a legit security concern?Corey: Yeah. At some point, it's not worth fighting with auditors, but if you find yourself wanting to fight the auditor all the time, at some level, you start to really resent the auditor that you have. To put that slightly more succinctly, how do you deal with non-technical auditors who don't understand your environment—what they're looking at—without strangling them?AJ: Great question. I think it goes back to before you hire your auditor. Oftentimes, in the sales process, there's questions around, “Who's come from the Big Four on your staff?” Or, “What control frameworks do you all specialize in?” Or, “How long will this take? How much will it cost?” But there's very rarely any questions of, “Who on your staff knows AWS?”And it's similar to going to the doctor: you wouldn't go to an eye doctor to get foot surgery. So, you shouldn't go to an auditor who has never seen AWS, that doesn't know what EC2 is, to evaluate your AWS environment. So, I think organizations have to start asking the right questions during the sales process. And it's not about price or time or anything like that when you're assessing who you're going to work with from an auditing firm. It's, are they qualified to actually evaluate the threats facing your organization so that you don't get asked the stupid question.If you're hosted on AWS, you shouldn't be getting asked where are your firewall configurations. They should understand what security groups are and how they work. So, there's just a level of knowledge that should be expected from the organization side. And I would say, if you're working with a current auditor that you're having those issues with, continue to ask the hard questions. Auditors that are not technical—I have a blog post on our website, and it says this is the section your auditors are the most scared of, and it's the logical access section of your SOC 2 report.And auditors that are not technical run away from that section. So, just keep asking the hard questions, and they'll either have to get the knowledge or they realize they're not qualified to do the assessment and the marriage will split up kind of naturally from there. But I think it goes back to the initial process of getting your auditor. Don't worry about cost or time, worry about their technical skills and if they're qualified to assess your environment.Corey: And in 2021, that's a very different story than it was the first few times I encountered auditors discovering the new era. At a startup, the auditor shows up. “Great, how do we get access to your Active Directory?” “Yeah, we don't have one of those.” “Okay, how do we get on the internet here?” “Oh, here's the wireless password.” “Wait, there's not a separate guest network?” “That's right.” “Well, now I have privileged access because I'm on your network.”It's like, “Technically, that's true because if you weren't on this network, you wouldn't be able to print to that printer over there in the corner. But that's the only thing that it lets you do.” Everything else is identity-based, not IP address allow listing, so instead, it's purely just convenience to get the internet; you're about as privileged on this network as you would be at a Starbucks half a world away. And they look at you like you're an idiot. And that should have been the early warning sign that this was not going to be a typical audit conversation. Now, though in 2021, it feels like it's time to find a new auditor.AJ: Exactly. Yeah. Especially because organizations—unfortunately, last year security budgets were some of the things that were first cut when budgets were cut due to the global pandemic, S0—Corey: Well, I'm sure that'll have no lasting repercussions.AJ: Right. [laugh]. That's always a great decision. So compliance, that means compliance budgets have been significantly slashed because that's the first thing that gets cut is spending money on compliance activities. So, the cheaper option, oftentimes, is going to mean even less technical resources.Which is why I don't think manual audits, human audits are going to be a thing moving forward. I think companies are realizing that it doesn't make sense to go through a process, hire an auditor who's selling you on all this technical expertise, and then the staff that's showing up and assigned to your project has never seen inside the AWS console and truly doesn't even know what the cloud is. They think that iCloud on their phone is the only cloud that they're familiar with. And that's what happens; organizations are sold that they're going to get cybersecurity technical experts from these human auditors and then somebody shows up without that experience or expertise. So, you have to start to rely on tools, rely on technologies, and that can be native technologies in the cloud or third-party tools.But I don't think you can actually do a good audit in the cloud manually anyways, no matter how technical you are. I know a lot about AWS but I still couldn't do a great audit by myself in the cloud because auditing is time-based, you bill by the hour and it doesn't make sense for me to do all of those manual things that tools and technologies out there exist to do for us.Corey: So, you started a software company aimed at this problem, not a auditing firm and not a consulting company. How are you solving this via the magic of writing code?AJ: It's just connecting directly where the evidence lives. So, for AWS, I actually tried to do this in a non-software way prior, when I was just a typical auditor, and I was just asking our clients to provision us cross-account access to go in their environment with some security permissions to get evidence directly. And that didn't pass the sniff test at my consulting firm, even though some of the clients were open to it. But we built software to go out to the tools where the evidence directly lives and continuously assess the environment. So, that's AWS, that's GitHub, that Jira, that's all of the different tools where you normally collect this evidence, and instead of having to prove to auditors in a very manual fashion, by grabbing screenshots, you just simply connect using APIs to get the evidence directly from the source, which is more technically accurate.The way that auditing has been done in the past is using sampling methodologies and all these other outdated things, but that doesn't really assess if all of your data stores are configured in the right way; if you're actually backing up your data. It's me randomly picking one and saying, “Yes, you're good to go.” So, we connect directly where the evidence lives and hopefully get to a point where when you get a SOC 2 report, you know that a tool checked it. So, you know that the tool went out and looked at every single data store, or they went out and looked at every single EC2 instance, or security group, whatever it may be, and it wasn't dependent on how the auditor felt that day.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by ChaosSearch. As basically everyone knows, trying to do log analytics at scale with an ELK stack is expensive, unstable, time-sucking, demeaning, and just basically all-around horrible. So why are you still doing it—or even thinking about it—when there's ChaosSearch? ChaosSearch is a fully managed scalable log analysis service that lets you add new workloads in minutes, and easily retain weeks, months, or years of data. With ChaosSearch you store, connect, and analyze and you're done. The data lives and stays within your S3 buckets, which means no managing servers, no data movement, and you can save up to 80 percent versus running an ELK stack the old-fashioned way. It's why companies like Equifax, HubSpot, Klarna, Alert Logic, and many more have all turned to ChaosSearch. So if you're tired of your ELK stacks falling over before it suffers, or of having your log analytics data retention squeezed by the cost, then try ChaosSearch today and tell them I sent you. To learn more, visit chaossearch.io.Corey: That sounds like it is almost too good to be true. And at first, my immediate response is, “This is amazing,” followed immediately by that's transitioning into anger, that, “Why isn't this a native thing that everyone offers?” I mean, to that end, AWS announced ‘Audit Manager' recently, which I haven't had the opportunity to dive into in any deep sense yet, because it's still brand new, and they decided to release it alongside 15,000 other things, but does that start getting a little bit closer to something companies need? Or is it a typical day-one first release of an Amazon service where, “Well, at least we know the direction you're heading in. We'll check back in two years.”AJ: Exactly. It's the day-one Amazon service release where, “Okay. AWS is getting into the audit space. That's good to know.” But right now, at its core, that AWS service, it's just not usable for audits, for several reasons.One, auditors cannot read the outputs of the information from Audit Manager. And it goes back to the earlier point where you can't automate compliance, you can't fix compliance if the auditors can't use the information because then they're going to go back to asking dumb questions and dumb evidence requests if they don't understand the information coming out of it. And it's just because of the output right now is a dump of JSON, essentially, in a Word document, for some strange reason.Corey: Okay, that is the perfect example right there of two worlds colliding. It's like, “Well, we're going to put JSON out of it because that's the language developers speak. Well, what do auditors prefer?” “I don't know, Microsoft Word?” “Okay, sounds good.” Even Microsoft Excel is a better answer than [laugh] that. And that is just… okay, that is just Looney Tunes awful.AJ: Yep. Yeah, exactly. And that's one problem. The other problem is, Audit Manager requires a compliance manager. If we think about that tool, a developer is not going to use Audit Manager; it's going to be somebody responsible for compliance.It requires them to go manually select every service that their company is using. A compliance manager, one, doesn't even know what the services are; they have no clue what some of these services are, two, how are they going to know if you're using Lambda randomly somewhere or, or a Systems Manager randomly somewhere, or Elastic Beanstalk's in one account or one region. Config here, config—they have to just go through and manually—and I'm like, “Well, that doesn't make any sense because AWS knows what services you're using. Why not just already have those selected and you pull those in scope?” So, the chances of something being excluded are extremely high because it's a really manual process for users to decide what are they actually assessing.And then lastly, the frameworks need a lot of work. Auditing is complex because their standards or regulations and all of that, and there's just a gap between what AWS has listed as a service that addresses a particular control that—there was a few times where I looked at Audit Manager and I had no clue what they were mapping to and why they're mapping. So, it's a typical day-one service; it has some gaps, but I like the direction it's going. I like the idea that an organization can go into their AWS console, hit to a dashboard, and say, “Am I meeting SOC 2?” Or“ am I meeting PCI?” I feel like this is a long time coming. I think you probably could have done it with Security Hub with less automation; you have to do some manual uploads there, but the long answer to say it has a long way to go there, Corey.Corey: I heard a couple of horror stories of, “Oh, my god, it's charging me $300 a day and I can't turn it off,” when it first launched. I assume that's been fixed by now because the screaming has stopped. I have to assume it was. But it was gnarly and surprising people with bills. And surprising people with things labeled ‘audit' is never a great plan.AJ: Right. Yeah, the pricing was a little ridiculous as well. And I didn't really understand the pricing model. But that's typical of a new AWS service, I never really understand. That's why I'm glad that you exist because I'm always confused at first about why things cost so much, but then if you give it some time, it starts to make a little bit more sense.Corey: Exactly. The first time you see a new pricing dimension, it's novel and exciting and more than a little scary, and you dive into it. But then it's just pattern recognition. It's, “Oh, it's one of these things again. Great.” It's why it lends itself to a consulting story.So, you were in the army for a while. And as you mentioned, you got tired of sleeping on the ground, so you went into corporate life. And you were at a national cybersecurity professional services firm for a while. What was it that finally made you, I guess, snap for lack of a better term and, “I'm going to start my own thing?” Because in my case, it was, “Well, okay. I get fired an awful lot. Maybe I should try setting out my own shingle because I really don't have another great option.” I don't get the sense, given your resume and pedigree, that that was your situation?AJ: Not quite. I surprisingly, don't do well with authority. So, a little bit I like to challenge things and question the norm often, which got me in trouble in the military, definitely got me in trouble in corporate life. But for me it was, I wanted to change; I wanted to innovate. I just kept seeing that there was a problem with what we were doing and how we were doing it, and I didn't feel like I had the ability to innovate.Innovating in a professional services firm is updating a Google Sheet, or adding a new Google Form and sending that off to a client. That's not really the innovation that I was looking to do. And I realized that if I wanted to create something that was going to solve this problem, I could go join one of the many startups out there that are out there trying to solve this problem, or I could just try to go do it myself and leverage my experience. And two worlds collided as far as timing and opportunity where I financially was in a position to take a chance like this, and I had the knowledge that I finally think I needed to feel comfortable going out on my own and just made the decision. I'm a pretty decisive person, and I decided that I was going to do it and just went with it.And despite going about this during the global pandemic, which presented its own challenges last year, getting this off the ground. But it was really—I collected a bunch of knowledge. I realized, maybe, two and a half years ago, actually, that I wanted to start my own business in this space, but I didn't know what I wanted to do just yet. I knew I wanted to do software, I didn't know how I wanted to do it, I didn't know how I was going to make it work. But I just decided to take my time and learn as much as I can.And once I felt like I acquired enough knowledge and there was really nothing else I could gain from not doing this on my own, and I knew I wasn't going to go join a startup to join them on this journey, it was a no-brainer just to pull the trigger.Corey: It seems to have worked out for you. I'm starting to see you folks crop up from time-to-time, things seem to be going well. How big are you?AJ: Yeah, we're doing well. We have a team of seven of us now, which is crazy to think about because I remember when it was just me and my co-founder staring at each other on Zoom every day and wondering if they're ever going to be anybody else on these [laugh] calls and talking to us. But it's going really well. We have early customers that are happy and that's all that I can ask for and they're not just happy silently; they're being really public about being happy about the platform, and about the process. And just working with people that get it and we're building a lot of momentum.I'm having a lot of fun on LinkedIn and doing a lot of marketing efforts there as well. So, it's been going well; it's been actually going better than expected, surprisingly, which I don't know, I'm a pretty optimistic entrepreneur and I thought things will go well, but it's much better than expected, which means I'm sleeping a lot less than I expected, as well.Corey: Yeah, at some point, when you find yourself on the startup train, it's one of those, “Oh, yeah. That's right. My health is in the gutter, my relationships are starting to implode around me.” Balance is key. And I think that that is something that we don't talk about enough in this world.There are periodically horrible tweets about how you should wind up focusing on your company, it should be the all-consuming thing that drives you at all hours of the day. And you check and, “Oh, who made that observation on Twitter? Oh, it's a VC.” And then you investigate the VC and huh, “You should only have one serious bet, it should be your all-consuming passion” says someone who's invested in a wide variety of different companies all at the same time, in the hopes that one of them succeeds. Huh.Almost like this person isn't taking the advice they're giving themselves and is incentivized to give that advice to others. Huh, how about that? And I know that's a cynical take, but it continues to annoy me when I see it. Where do you stand on the balance side of the equation?AJ: Yeah, I think balance is key. I work a lot, but I rest a lot too. And I spend—I really hold my mornings as my kind of sacred place, and I spend my mornings meditating, doing yoga, working out, and really just giving back to myself. And I encourage my team to do the same. And we don't just encourage it from just a, “Hey, you guys should do this,” but I talk to my team a lot about not taking ourselves too seriously.It's our number one core value. It's why our slogan is ‘make compliance suck less' because it's really my military background. We're not being shot at; we're sleeping at home every night. And while compliance and cybersecurity, it's really important, and we're protecting really important things, it's not that serious to go all-in and to not have balance, and not to take time off not to relax. I mean, a part of what we do at ByteChek is we have a 10% rule, which means 10% of the week, I encourage my team to spend it on themselves, whether that's doing meditation, going to take a nap.And these are work hours; you know, go out, play golf. I spent my 10% this morning playing golf during work hours. And I encourage all my team, every single week, spend four hours dedicated to yourself because there's nothing that we will be able to do as a company without the people here being correct and being mentally okay. And that's something that I learned a long time ago in the military. You spend a year away from home and you start to really realize what's important.And it's not your job. And that's the thing. We hire a lot of veterans here because of my veteran background, and I tell all the vets that come here when you're in the military, your job, your rank, and your day-to-day work is your identity. It's who you are. You're a Marine or you're a Soldier, or you're a Sailor; you're an Airman if that's a bad choice that you made. Sorry for my Air Force guys.Corey: Well, now there's a Spaceman story as well, I'm told. But I don't know if they call them spacemen or not, but remember, there's a new branch to consider. And we can't forget the Coast Guard either.AJ: If they don't call themselves Spacemen, that is their name from now on. We just made it, today. If I ever meet somebody in the Space Force, [laugh] I'm calling them the Spacemen. That is amazing. But I tell our interns that we bring from the military, you have to strip that away.You have to become an individual because ByteChek is not your identity. And it won't be your identity. And ByteChek's not my identity. It's something that I'm doing, and I am optimistic that it's going to work out and I really hope that it does. But if it doesn't, I'm going to be all right; my team is going to be all right and we're going to all continue to go on.And we just try to live that out every day because there's so many more important things going on in this world other than cybersecurity compliance, so we really shouldn't take ourselves too seriously. And that advice of just grinding it out, and that should be your only focus, that's only a recipe for disaster, in my opinion.Corey: AJ, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. If people want to hear more about what you have to say, where can they find you?AJ: They can find me on LinkedIn. That's my one spot that I'm currently on. I am going to pop on Twitter here pretty soon. I don't know when, but probably in the next few weeks or so. I've been encouraged by a lot of folks to join the tech community on Twitter, so I'll be there soon.But right now they can find me on LinkedIn. I give four hours back a week to mentoring, so if you hear this and you want to reach out, you want to chat with me, send me a message and I will send you a link to find time on my calendar to meet. I spend four hours every Friday mentoring, so I'm open to chat and help anyone. And when you see me on LinkedIn, you'll see me talking about diversity in cybersecurity because I think really the only way you can solve a cybersecurity skills shortage is by hiring more diverse individuals. So, come find me there, engage with me, talk to me; I'm a very open person and I like to meet new people. And that's where you can find me.Corey: Excellent. And we'll of course throw a link to your LinkedIn profile in the [show notes 00:29:44]. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with me. It's really appreciated.AJ: Yeah, definitely. Thank you, Corey. This is kind of like a dream come true to be on this podcast that I've listened to a lot and talk about something that I'm passionate about. So, thanks for the opportunity.Corey: AJ Yawn, CEO and co-founder of ByteChek. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice, whereas if you hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice along with a comment that's embedded inside of a Word document.Announcer: This has been this week's episode of Screaming in the Cloud. You can also find more Corey at screaminginthecloud.com, or wherever fine snark is sold.This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

Compliance and audit checks can be painful, and that's before you introduce additional cloud services and technology. In this episode featuring AJ Yawn we discuss some incredibly useful and actionable cloud security concepts and tools that can help your team boost visibility and reduce user permissions to help prevent breaches before they happen. In addition, we discuss what a good compliance audit should be, and how to turn audits from painful to incredibly valuable.Resources mentioned in this episode:- AWS CloudTrail: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/- AWS Well-Architected Framework:https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/ - AWS Config: https://aws.amazon.com/config - AWS Organizations:https://aws.amazon.com/organizations/ - AWS Service Control Policies (SCP): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_scps.html Our Guest - AJ Yawn AJ Yawn is the Co-Founder and CEO of ByteChek. He is a seasoned cloud security professional that possesses over a decade of senior information security experience with extensive experience managing a wide range of cybersecurity compliance assessments (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.) for a variety of SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers.AJ advises startups on cloud security and serves on the Board of Directors of the ISC2 Miami chapter as the Education Chair, he is also a Founding Board member of the National Association of Black Compliance and Risk Management professions, regularly speaks on information security podcasts, events, and he contributes blogs and articles to the information security community including publications such as CISOMag, InfosecMag, HackerNoon, and ISC2.Sponsor's Note:Support for the Blueprint podcast comes from the SANS Institute.Are you looking for the best in-depth training for your cyber defense team? Look no further than SANS blue team curriculum courses!Whether you focus on network or host data, Windows or Linux, or even specialize in open source intel, SIEM, SOC, or defensive architecture, the SANS Blue Team curriculum has the course for you. From long-time classics like SEC503 Network Intrusion Detection to the newer SEC530 Defensible Security Architecture and Engineering and SEC487 Open Source Intelligence Gathering - we've got you covered, no matter what your specialty.With an extensive archive of free webcasts on the SANS site, and free online demos available for most courses, you can easily check out the SANS blue team catalog and see which course is the best fit for you and your team.Check out the constantly growing list of available courses at sansurl.com/blueteamopsFollow SANS Cyber Defense: Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTubeFollow John Hubbard: Twitter | LinkedIn

This week on Create, Build and Manage we talk more about mental health with guest Christi Weaver. Christi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who currently serves as the Director of Recovery Services at Recovery Resource Council, the Education Chair on the Board of the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals, and as an adjunct instructor at Texas Christian University. We discuss the added mental health challenge placed on business owners during COVID, the overall stigma of mental health, and more. Connect with Scott Miller:https://www.facebook.com/scottmillerceohttps://www.instagram.com/scottmillerceo/https://twitter.com/scottmillerceohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmillermedia/

This conversation will feature two educators from both the college and primary levels of education speaking about the status of education.  Focus includes perspectives on masking as well as standardized test.  Dr. Andrea Lewis, Education Chair at Spelman College and Educator Rev. Velma Grant, with host Lairalaine WhiteFor more information, please visit www.perspectiveson.org

Deb Timmerman - RN, DAIS, TCEPL, CSME, HMCT Deb is a Registered Nurse, a Chief Resilience Officer for Deb Timmerman and Associates, LLC, a Company helping people prepare for, recover from and adapt in the face of stress, challenge or adversity. She specializes in tools and strategies for Rapid Stress Relief, Burnout Prevention, Navigating Change, Preventing and Thriving After Childhood. Deb is a Master Trainer for MI ACE Initiative, an organization focused on raising awareness about the impact of toxic stress during critical development periods, on physical, emotional, and mental health, throughout the lifespan, and is the Education Chair of the Barry County Trauma-Informed Workgroup, a collation of healthcare providers, educators and community agencies seeking to improve the health of county citizens. Deb is: Certified Stress Mastery Educator Diplomate American Institute of Stress Certified TaiChi Easy Practice Leader Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher Certified HeartMath™ Trainer Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath™  Certified Practitioner Master Trainer - MI ACE Initiative Independent StressMaster Associate Facebook LinkedIn www.LessStressInLife.com Email: deb@lessstressinlife.com

On this episode, we have Dr. Daddi Fadel shares about the important key factors to Scleral Lens Success. About Dr. Daddi Fadel:Daddi Fadel DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, is a contact lens designer, a Pioneer of modern lens designs, and a specialist in contact lenses for irregular cornea, scleral lenses, myopia control, and orthokeratology. She speaks five languages; Arabic, French, English, Italian, and Greek. She studied optometry at Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optometriche (ISSO) in Rome (1998-2001), a four-year course achieved in three years with honors. She started to lecture and publish from her first year of Optometry school. She has 20 years' experience in optometry and specialty contact lenses. She runs an optometric practice specializing in contact lenses in Italy where she personally designs and fits special customized contact lenses. She is internationally recognized as a key opinion leader, who has several peer-reviewed publications in the area of specialty contact lenses and is a speaker in national and international symposia. Daddi Fadel and Dr. Melissa Barnett are authors of the “Clinical Guide for Scleral Lens Success”. Daddi Fadel is the author of the book “Scleral Lens Complications: Their Recognition, Etiology, and Management”.  She is a certified and approved advanced speaker to conduct NCLE approved courses. She is the first Certified EyePrint Practitioner outside the USA and Canada. Fadel is Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), and American Academy of Optometry (AAO). She is the Founder and Immediate Past President of Accademia Italiana Lenti Sclerali (AILeS), Co-founder and President of Euro & Austral-Asia Scleral Lens Academy (EASLA), Council of the International Society of Contact Lens Specialists (ISCLS), Global Ambassador of the BCLA, member of the GPLI Advisory Board, member of the medical advisory board of the International Keratoconus Academy (IKA), Program & Education Chair of The Summit of Specialty Contacts (SSC) and of the Global Ophthalmic Women (GLOW), Board Member of the International Forum for Scleral Lens Research (IFSLR) and of the International Congress of Scleral Contact (ICSC), Clinical Advisor of Myopia Care, International Relations Chair of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), and Member of the International Association of Contact Lens Educator (IACLE). Where to find Dr. Fadel:https://daddifadel.com/homeResources Mentioned: https://sclerallens.org/https://www.gpli.info/

Tonya Todd is an author, actress, and Sin City cinephile, whose sundry background ranges from content writer to software programmer to booth babe. With a cast of characters as diverse as her careers, her fiction explores the infinite hues of what drives us all: relationships and desires. Lack of diversity in literature inspired Tonya’s stories. As a reader, she’s yet to discover a satisfying narrative of mixed race characters or interracial couples; as an author, she aims to change that. She has short stories in Tales from the Silver State IV, Authors Portraits LV, and Spooky Story Night: Volume IV. Her non-fiction is featured in NPR's Desert Companion. Tonya serves on the board as Henderson Writers Group’s Education Chair and coordinates their Dime Grinds, a program that exposes authors to the public via monthly coffee house readings. An active member in the writing community, she also belongs to The Las Vegas Writers Group and Writers of Southern Nevada.

Have you ever wondered how a medical student, low on the totem pole in the very rigid hierarchy of healthcare, can seek out opportunities for leadership in medicine? If so, then this episode is for you! Brendan and Brittany chat with Nicolette Codispoti, a second-year medical student at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. She shares how she has pursued various leadership roles, both within medical school and beyond in the broader healthcare landscape. Nicolette is originally from Long Island, New York and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a major in Biology and certificates in Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Health and Leadership. Following undergrad, Nicolette completed two masters degrees, in Public Health and in Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. While completing her Master’s of Science, she also worked as a Research Associate at Clinical Outcomes Solutions, where she supported several clinical trials. Nicolette has a passion for women’s health and medical education and is intimately involved in both areas at Loyola as the President of the Academic Medicine Interest Group and the Mentorship Chair for the Society of Women’s Health. Outside of Stritch, Nicolette serves on the Committee of Medical Education for the Medical Student Section of the American Medical Association, as well as Education Chair for the Medical Student Forum on Female Sexual Dysfunction. Her past and current leadership experiences led to her latest position, in which she was selected to serve as the first medical student on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Professionalism in Medicine. You can connect with Nicolette on Twitter at @nmcodispoti. Episode produced by: Brendan Connolly and Brittany Zelch Edited by: Shawn Choe Episode recording date: November 2020 www.medicuspodcast.com | medicuspodcast@gmail.com | Donate: http://bit.ly/MedicusDonate --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/medicus/message

Radical Imagination opens with a deep dive into the 1921 massacre of hundreds of Black people in the thriving business district of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We examine how history books erased that atrocity and distorted so much of Black history. Host Angela Glover Blackwell talks with Hannibal B. Johnson, historian and Education Chair for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Commission, about the radical effort to make the story of Tulsa's Black Wall Street part of Oklahoma’s K-12 school curricula. Join us and probe the question: How can reframing history impact the future?

Interview With Tonya Todd The Power Of Author Networking Interview with Tonya Todd #Author #Networking #TonyaTodd Hi, and welcome to the show! On today's My Future Business Show I have the pleasure of welcoming to the show author, actress and activist, Tonya Todd, talking about the Las Vegas Writer's Conference, Networking and The 52 Love Podcast. Tonya is a Las Vegas author, actress and screenwriter, who advocates for diversity and inclusion in the entertainment world. When not on stage or on screen, Tonya serves as an Education Chair for Henderson Writers Group. Tonya hosts ‘The 52 Love Podcast' is co-chair for The LGBTQ Writers Workshop, and is a submissions reader for Black Mountain Institute's literacy publication, ‘Witness'. This was a wonderful call filled with insights into Tonya's world; and if you're an aspiring writer, actor or screenwriter, then this call will have something that will inspire you to take that next step. To learn more about Tonya's work, or to contact her directly, click the link below.

Feb. 3, 2021 - We heard from Asm. Michael Benedetto (D-Bronx), chair of the Assembly Education Committee, on what the proposed budget means for New York's schools.

Dr. Lew Bayer has a different perspective of life. She is so brilliant, very educated & has many awards. Dr. Lew Bayer believes that “Civility is its own reward”. She suggests that “In choosing civility, people find their best self, & in doing so, they experience the grace, courage, generosity, humanity, & humility that civility engenders.” For more than 20 years Lewena Bayer has been internationally recognized as the leading expert on civility at work. With a focus on social intelligence & culturally-competent communication, the team at Civility Experts – which includes 501 affiliates in 48 countries has supported 100's of organizations in building better workplaces. In addition to her role as CEO of international Civility training group Civility Experts Inc. which includes The Civility Speakers Bureau and Propriety Publishing. Lew is Chair of the International Civility Trainers' Consortium, President of The Center for Organizational Cultural Competence, & Founder of the In Good Company Etiquette Academy Franchise Group www.ingoodcompanyetiquette.com and www.Highstyleimage.com Mos t recently, Lew was selected as an International Advocate for Aegis Trust, a UK based organization focused on peace education & the prevention of genocide. She is also an Education Chair for www.globalgoodwillambassadors.org. Recently, Dr. Bayer has been assigned the privilege of being named Ambassador of Global Knowledge Exchange and a Master Educator in Global Teachers Academy. Including 2-time, international bestseller, The 30% Solution, & the pending December release of several new books, Manufacturing Civility, Civility at Work, Golden Rule Peace & Civility Lew is a 17-time published author. Lew donates her time as Director of the National Civility Center and co-founder of the Golden Rule Civility Global Initiative, she is also a proud mentor for The Etiquette House, a member of the Advisory Board for A Civil Tongue, was a national magazine columnist for 10 years, and has contributed expert commentary to many online, print, and television publications. Lew is one of only 14 Master Civility Trainers in the world, a distance faculty member at Georgetown University Center for Cultural Competence, a long-term facilitator at the Canadian Management Center in Toronto Canada, Instructor – Social Justice at MITT, a Master trainer for the Canadian School of Service, a certified High Style Impression Management Professional and a Certified Culture Coach® who also holds credentials in Intercultural Communications, Essential Skills, and Occupational Language Assessment. Most recently Lew has completed the Champions of Humanity Master Peace Educator Certificate Program at the Kigali Peace School in Rwanda. Lew has been recognized at World Civility Day three consecutive years for her contributions in the field of civility with a Community Civility Counts Award, and she was recently nominated for Women of Distinction, Woman of Influence, and the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the year. She was previously awarded Manitoba Woman Entrepreneur in International Business and she was the first Canadian to receive the prestigious AICI International Civility Star Award. In 2018 Lew was acknowledged for her work as co-founder of Golden Rule Civility Global Initiative & presented with the International Person of the Year Award by iChange Nations. In May 2018 she was presented with a US Congressional Educator Award. She has been recommended for a position in the Canadian Senate and also under consideration as Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. In April 2019, the Global Peace Federation awarded Lew the International Peace Ambassador Award. To learn more about Dr. Lewena Bayer and the Civility Experts Worldwide group of companies, please visit the Media Room at:http://www.civilityexperts.com/media/ all of Dr. Lew Bayer social media will be Lew Bayer or Dr. Lew Bayer you will find more information.

Episode 260: City Council Education Chair Mark Treyger On What's Next For City Schools by Max & Murphy

Welcome back to The Chamber Connect Podcast! In this episode we interview Texas State Board of Education Chair Dr. Keven Ellis. We could have asked him a hundred more questions if time allowed and we dive into all things education. Join us every Monday for new episodes! Co-hosts Chamber President and CEO, Tara Watson-Watkins and President & CEO of BP Media Group, Blake Pollino interview guests weekly to uncover their stories and inspire others in the community with their successes and how to succeed in our local market.

Eddie Rye talks to ​ *Gerald Hankerson, NAACP Area Conference President, Alaska, Oregon, Washington comments on his demand for the termination of Seattle School Superintendent Denise Juneau. ​ *Rita Green, Education Chair, Washington State NAACP and Sebrena Burr, Seattle Public School PTSA Co VP comment on there organizations differences with the Seattle School Board and Superintendent. ​ *Clyde Merriwether has penned three Op Ed pieces for the Seattle Medium Newspaper critical of the Seattle School Bard and Superintendent. *Robert Upham, Native American Artist, Gallery Owner, and Activist expresses his dissatisfaction with the Seattle School Superintendent Denise Juneau for the way she has dealt with the Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA). ​ *Chukundi Salisbury is a candidate for the Washington State Legislature 37th Legislative District Position 2. He will comment on his vision for the district and the state.

Eddie Rye talks to ? *Gerald Hankerson, NAACP Area Conference President, Alaska, Oregon, Washington comments on his demand for the termination of Seattle School Superintendent Denise Juneau. ? *Rita Green, Education Chair, Washington State NAACP and Sebrena Burr, Seattle Public School PTSA Co VP comment on there organizations differences with the Seattle School Board and Superintendent. ? *Clyde Merriwether has penned three Op Ed pieces for the Seattle Medium Newspaper critical of the Seattle School Bard and Superintendent. *Robert Upham, Native American Artist, Gallery Owner, and Activist expresses his dissatisfaction with the Seattle School Superintendent Denise Juneau for the way she has dealt with the Urban Native Education Alliance (UNEA). ? *Chukundi Salisbury is a candidate for the Washington State Legislature 37th Legislative District Position 2. He will comment on his vision for the district and the state.

Jason Henry Evans has been an active member in the Colorado Writing community for over five years. Recently, he volunteered to be Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' new education chair. Jason's debut novel, the Gallowglass was released in July of 2019 to much acclaim. He has had a dozen short stories published and has taught writing classes at various events, including the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Denver Pop Culture Con, and the Colorado Gold. He is married to his wife, The Fetching Mrs. Evans, and together they have two dogs and one cantankerous cat. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs

Why do some recruiters bill $200k while others bill $750k in a single year with similar work ethics? This is a question that my special guest, Jeremy Sisemore will answer in this episode of the Resilient Recruiter.  In Jeremy's words, “luck has nothing to do with it.” Jeremy is the founder of ASAP Talent Services and has been a leading IT Executive Recruiter for 20 years, achieving $14 million in personal production during his career.  In this interview, Jeremy gives an in-depth overview of his business development process, including some fantastic verbiage for handling objections.  Plus, we explore the mindset required to create sustainable success and longevity as a top-producing executive recruiter.   Episode Outline and Highlights [2:56] How Jeremy became “Rookie of the Year” at MRI. [10:30] Jeremy breaks down his business development process. [15:53] Jeremy shares his exact verbiage for handling the objection from HR/Talent Acquisition, “Don't talk to the hiring manager.” [23:10] How to use “transitional statements” when selling - e.g. “If I, Will You?” [28:30] The impact of niche / specialization on your success as a recruiter. [32:10] Business development and marketing - volume vs quality. [44:30] The top 3 digital marketing strategies for generating inbound business. [55:38] How do you channel your inner grit? On Niche and Specialization One of the key catalysts in Jeremy's success is when he understood the importance of niche and specialization. When he attended an event, a very successful co-participant in his field gave him advice on setting himself apart. How much of a big difference did it make? It increased his fees from $320k to $450k just in one year. Jeremy is convinced that specialization is a game-changer and a significant factor why some recruiters are more successful than others. In Jeremy's words, “How can some people do three to four to five placements a month when someone else can only do one or two a month? Well, that is one of the key lightbulb moments. The epiphany moment that said ‘I feel like I'm working super hard and I billed this, how come that guy over there is billing that?' Well, that was one of the things.”  Channeling Your Inner Grit Jeremy's early life played a major role in his current success and why he has such a solid grit. Growing up poor, and small for his age, in rural Texas taught him not to give up and to fight for everything he is going to get. This shaped his character and explains how he deals with unwelcome circumstances as a recruiter.  “Our early life helps to make us who we are. How do you channel your inner toughness? In this business, it's a big thing. Because bad things happen. And so let's say you thought you have a $50,000 fee and next thing you know they backed out… That's demoralizing for some people. And it's like, how do you internalize that? Are you gonna let it get you for an hour or two? Are you gonna let it get you for two or three days? Are you gonna let it get you for a week or two? If you can shorten that, you're gonna have a better year.” He added, “Even how you internalize a “NO.” In business development, if you are told “no, no, no, no, no” are you hearing “no, no, no, no, no?” I actually hear, “not right now.” Jeremy Sisemore Bio and Contact Info Jeremy Sisemore has been one of the leading IT Executive Recruiters throughout North America for the past 20 years.  He started his career with MRI and was Rookie of the Year in 2000 and quickly became the go-to resource for SAP & ERP talent acquisition needs nationally.  Jeremy billed millions of dollars in placement revenue over 6.5 years with MRI, received a CSAM Certification, and became known for public speaking on “best practices” within the recruiting industry.  In his career, Jeremy has over $14 Million in personal production (billings) and has placed IT Executives and Cyber Security talent at all levels up to and including CIO, CTO, CISO levels across all areas of emerging technologies.  ASAP Talent serves over 75 major Fortune 500 clients throughout North America and internationally in Singapore, Germany, and the UK. Today, Jeremy is CPC and CERS Certified and is a former member of the Board of Directors as Education Chair for The Pinnacle Society, a premier consortium of 80 industry-leading recruiters in North America.  He speaks regularly at industry conferences such as NAPS, NCASP, The Fordyce Forum, HAAPC, and MASA among others. Jeremy and his business partner, Erek Gerth, founded ASAP Talent Services in 2006 and haven't looked back since.  Today the ASAP Team of 5 supports well over 75 of the world's leading companies and generates annual revenues around $1.7-$2M. Their mission has been to create a boutique talent acquisition firm focused on the highest quality service and to form lasting partnerships with clients that are poised for growth, to be a total solution provider with respect to SAP & Cyber Security Talent.  Jeremy writes industry articles and has been quoted in CIO magazine.  On a personal level, Jeremy graduated from the University of Missouri where he was on the Swimming & Diving Team.  He's married and is a father to two daughters and a son based out of Houston, Texas. Jeremy on LinkedIn Jeremy on Twitter @SAPheadhunter ASAP Talent Services website link ASAP Talent Services Facebook page ASAP Talent Services Youtube channel People and Resources Mentioned Rich Rosen on LinkedIn Pinnacle Society website link The Pursuit of Happyness (book) by Chris Gardner The Pursuit of Happyness (movie) with Will Smith PRWeb Vyral Marketing Connect with Mark Whitby Get your FREE 30-minute strategy call: www.recruitmentcoach.com/strategy-session/ Mark on LinkedIn Mark on Twitter: @MarkWhitby Mark on Facebook Mark on Instagram: @RecruitmentCoach Related Podcasts You Might Enjoy TRR #6  Habits of a Million-Dollar Biller, with Rich Rosen   Subscribe to The Resilient Recruiter  

Dr. Michelle Tilghman was raised riding horses and showing dogs in Florida. She got her DVM from the University of Georgia in 1982 and was certified by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1984. She did two years in a small animal practice in Dallas Texas afterwards, where she mentored with an experienced veterinary acupuncturist. Afterwards she moved home to Georgia and established her own integrative small animal practice.  She was certified in Chinese Herbal Medicine by IVAS soon afterwards. Dr. Tilghman was certified in rehabilitation by the University of Tennessee in 2004. She has served as President of the AHVMA, on the Board of the AAVA, and as the Education Chair for IVAS. She was one of the founders of the AAVA as well. In 2017 she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the AAVA.  Dr. Tilghman has lectured nationally and internationally for decades. She has held an Adjunct position at the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and was a contributor to the 2nd Edition of Schoen's Veterinary Acupuncture text.  Please enjoy this conversation as Dr. Tilghman and I discuss her upbringing in Florida, her veterinary school experience, learning acupuncture soon after it was introduced into veterinary medicine in the United States, starting her own practice as a new graduate, teaching, being involved in organized veterinary medicine, and maintaining life balance. 

The first veteran Sports RD interview is here! Kelly Rossi shares valuable insight and rewards of the profession. Kelly is the Director of Performance Nutrition at the University of Delaware. Prior to this role, Kelly worked at the University of Virginia for 8+ years. Before UVA, Rossi supported the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for 6 years as a Staff Exercise Scientist. Kelly served on the CPSDA Board of Directors for 4 years, serving as the Research & Education Chair as well as the Secretary & Membership Chair. Kelly has an incredible journey to becoming a Sports RD that will leave you feeling motivated and inspired.

This is part 2 of a two-part discussion on the importance of history.‘Importance of History: The Key To Understanding the Past. (with Aaron Bradford)'In this episode, Jacob Kersey and Aaron Bradford discuss the importance of history and answer questions like:•"How can we best understand the decision making process of those who came before us?""How may we effectively study history?""How do you measure history?""What are the benefits of a proper understanding of history?"Aaron Bradford discovered a passion for history as a young child when he learned that he was a direct 14th generation descendant of Plimoth Plantation Governor William Bradford. A strong personal connection with the past had a profound impact! For the past 23 years, Aaron shared a love and passion for history from the Era of Jamestown through the American Civil War. He served individually and with several living history units and historic sites, including Hagley Museum, Fort Delaware, Greenbank Mill, Fort McHenry, and interned for the Providence Forum. In 2001, Aaron earned the Delaware Youth Volunteer Award and began Hagley's oldest running youth volunteer program. Aaron and his father David portrayed Governor William Bradford on numerous occasions, including at Bible Fellowship Church in Newark and the Arsenal Restaurant in New Castle. Aaron served as Education Chair and Social Media Assistant with the Delaware Mayflower Society. After earning a degree for History Education at the University of Delaware, Aaron served at Pamplin Historical Park outside of Petersburg, Virginia. Aaron served in a number of historical films. He now serves as Interpretive Supervisor for the Coastal Heritage Society of Savannah, Georgia. He primarily serves at Old Fort Jackson along with delivering additional presentations. He is a grateful husband and proud father of three strapping lads.realjacobkersey@gmail.com@realjacobkersey

This is part 1 of a two-part discussion on the importance of history.‘Importance of History: What to do with history?,In this episode, Jacob Kersey and Aaron Bradford discuss the importance of history and answer questions like ‘What do we do with history?', ‘Why study history?', and ‘Why do we seem so indifferent to the lessons of the past?'.Aaron Bradford discovered a passion for history as a young child when he learned that he was a direct 14th generation descendant of Plimoth Plantation Governor William Bradford. A strong personal connection with the past had a profound impact! For the past 23 years, Aaron shared a love and passion for history from the Era of Jamestown through the American Civil War. He served individually and with several living history units and historic sites, including Hagley Museum, Fort Delaware, Greenbank Mill, Fort McHenry, and interned for the Providence Forum. In 2001, Aaron earned the Delaware Youth Volunteer Award and began Hagley's oldest running youth volunteer program. Aaron and his father David portrayed Governor William Bradford on numerous occasions, including at Bible Fellowship Church in Newark and the Arsenal Restaurant in New Castle. Aaron served as Education Chair and Social Media Assistant with the Delaware Mayflower Society. After earning a degree for History Education at the University of Delaware, Aaron served at Pamplin Historical Park outside of Petersburg, Virginia. Aaron served in a number of historical films. He now serves as Interpretive Supervisor for the Coastal Heritage Society of Savannah, Georgia. He primarily serves at Old Fort Jackson along with delivering additional presentations. He is a grateful husband and proud father of three strapping lads.realjacobkersey@gmail.com@realjacobkersey

Support the Breakfast Leadership Network! Contribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bfastleadershipOr PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bfastleadershipBreakfast Leadership Network Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/breakfast-leadership-network------Ron Alvesteffer is the President & CEO of Service Express, a company that specializes in on-site data center hardware maintenance services.Ron is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and has served the organization as both the Chapter Chair and the Education Chair. Ron also serves on the Board of the Spectrum Health Foundation.Ron speaks to companies and organizations on leadership development and on building winning workplace cultures.You can find out more about Ron and Service Express at www.ronalvesteffer.com or www.serviceexpress.com Service Express earned $3 million in annual revenue when Ron started and in 2019 Service Express achieved $132 million. Its “destination” is to achieve $500 million in annual revenue growth by 2025. b. Passionately committed and protective of our culture. It’s in our DNA. Has to come from the top. c. Once we shifted our culture to people first, we grew 20% every year - noticeable impact on the bottom line. d. Need to make sure through our systems and processes that we are putting our people first. e. Focus on your people - drives business performance - not separate.Website:  https://serviceexpress.com/

Chairman of the North Carolina Board of Education, Eric Davis, joins us for a discussion on K-12 education and the challenges of returning to the classroom in the fall.

Chairman of the North Carolina Board of Education, Eric Davis, joins us for a discussion on K-12 education and the challenges of returning to the classroom in the fall.

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”  ~Maya Angelou 50th Episode - An Empowering Conversation about Prejudice For my 50th episode I wanted to do something that was enlightening, empowering and inspiring.  I had to get really vulnerable and admit that there is a lot I don't know.  I chose to have an uncomfortable conversation, but one that I believe is necessary if we are going to experience positive change towards prejudice and racism. It's important to me to make a difference.  I want to understand how we can collectively bridge the gap between whites and blacks.  God gave me this platform and  I want to use it for serving others and making a positive difference. With that said, I interviewed three women who were willing to be vulnerable with me and have an uncomfortable conversation.   I am grateful for Taira Bell, Jill Jones and Erica Devose for their time, vulnerability, friendship, wisdom, faith, resilience and strength! Introduction to The Panelists   Taira Bell Taira D. Bell is a proud native of New Orleans, LA.  She currently resides in Pennsylvania with her husband and their 3 beautiful and fun-loving children, ages 14, 12, and 10. As a family they love to travel globally, and enjoy taking road trips across North America including Canada, and along the US East and West coasts! Her core beliefs are centered around Faith, Family and Friends. She is a senior leader at one of the world's largest healthcare companies, and has held various leadership roles in Supply Chain, Project Management, Procurement, International Operations, Global Brand Protection, and Sales & Logistics. Through her career she has had the opportunity to travel extensively across the US and globally which has influenced her views and experiences in not only racism and social injustices in the US, but challenges that are faced around the world. She has also had the opportunity to live in Puerto Rico and Northwest Arkansas (NWA) for career relocations. In her spare time Taira is active in her church and community service efforts in the greater Philadelphia area, New Orleans and in NWA.  She is also an ambassador for the Women in STEM program and African American affinity group at her job and has a passion for people, leadership and development.  Over the course of her career she has also been instrumental in implementing organizational training, education and awareness for Diversity & Inclusion efforts. Jill Jones Jill Jones is the owner and manager of MV (Martha's Vineyard) Tee Shirts, an apparel and accessories store. She is a dedicated and active member of her community. Jill has been a member of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Bucks County, for over 18 years, and has held many leadership roles such as serving on the executive board, Corresponding Secretary, and Chair of numerous committees.  In her role as Education Chair, Jill was responsible for the creation of the Scholarship program for the Chapter. Jill was honored by the other members, being voted as the 2015-2016 Distinguished Mother of the Year, and as the YWCA, Salute to Woman award recipient. Jill also serves in a leadership role at her church, Central Bucks Christian Fellowship. Creating and planning the yearly Easter Outreach, Community Easter Egg Hunt, that celebrated their 16th annual event this April, is something Jill truly enjoys. In addition, Jill has a passion for music education and has co-chaired the CBSD Save-the-Music, Basket Bonanza fundraising efforts for the past 8 years. The event has raised over $200,000 for underprivileged school districts. Jill resides in Doylestown, PA with her husband, BJ, and is the proud mother of four amazing young adults, Tré, Gabrielle, Cameron and Ben. Erica Devose Erica De Vose has a Master's degree in Educational Leadership. She has been an elementary school teacher for twenty-three years. Locally, she is the Legislative Chairperson for the North Penn Education Association. Statewide she passionately presents leadership workshops for the Pennsylvania State Education Association.  Erica also serves on the Legislative Committee and Elections and Credentials Committee as the Chairperson. Modern Day Experiences with Prejudice and Racism Each member of the panel has had at least one experience themselves or with one or more of their family members.  The experiences were frightening and disheartening as well as left each individual feeling hurt, angry and frustrated. The effects have been lifelong.  Experiences of racism aren't momentary but everlasting.   They can destroy a person's sense of worth, ruin chances for careers and life success, and leave emotional scars that may never heal.  Unfortunately, experiences with racism are not a thing of the past, but something that still occur too frequently. The N-Word!!! Robyn asked about the N-Word.  That word that has never been used as a positive reference to the African American community but yet, is still used.  Robyn asked for clarification as to why it seems Ok for black singers/song writers to use the word. It's very confusing to younger generations who hear the negative connotation being used by African Americans themselves. The consensus from the panel is that the N-Word should never be used, period.  Not even in music by fellow African Americans. Appropriate Descriptions People are often confused by which term is appropriate when referring to African American people. People of Color – A reference for all people of brown or black skin – various ethnic groups such as Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, etc., not only black or African American people Black – preferred by some people who are not of African decent African American – preferred by the panelists and the most appropriate for the majority Negro – only slightly better than the N-Word and the N-Word with an “A” on the end should not be used as an alternative to the N-Word. Fear African American women live with fear.  Fear for their children and fear for male relatives.   White women may worry, but we don't live in fear when our loved ones leave the house. The fear is deep rooted from centuries of experiences of African American men being falsely accused and convicted for crimes they didn't commit.   One in three black men are imprisoned compared to 1 in 17 white men. Prejudice is a major driver in the fear that has been deep rooted since slavery and the Jim Crow laws.   One would think that racism, prejudice, cruelty and lack of humanity would have improved over the past 400 years, but it hasn't.   There have been times of growth and positive movement for advancement of the African American population in the US.  However, they have been set back by the government or other organizations halting the progress. The Media's Impact on Prejudice, Bias and Racism Perhaps there have been some advantages of the media sharing stories recently.   People have been more attentive because of the pandemic, but the reality is that the majority of the news has always focused heavily on the negative. Peaceful protests, which can be so powerful for informing others about a cause or movement, aren't reported on, but the brutality of riots is shown 24/7.   This leads to further bias.  The media can be a powerful resource for change, but it needs to be done in a way that showcases the good in addition to the bad. History of Prejudice and Racism History does repeat itself.  There are times when history isn't history, but experience that just lives on.   We aren't taught limited amounts of African American history in school.   As a result, we lack knowledge and understanding of the root of prejudice and racism.  Without knowledge we can't understand the long-lasting effects of slavery and the Jim Crow laws. In addition, because of a lack of understanding people are afraid and not willing to have uncomfortable conversations.   Discussing prejudice and racism will educate and empower change. It will also help cease the negative effects history has had on the African American people and encourage progress. As Female Leaders How can we as female leaders in our communities, workplaces, churches and schools work to promote equality and abolish racism?  It starts with having the uncomfortable conversations, like this one, and sharing the answers.  If we start to work together and take opportunities to mentor younger generations, we will empower them to have a stronger, more peaceful future and open doors for humanity and success. Learn more about your host, Robyn Graham, click HERE. To learn about The Brand Marketing Insider by Robyn Graham, click HERE. Book a Brand Marketing Strategy Session HERE. Ask Me Anything HERE. Join the Brand Marketing Insider Private Facebook Group HERE. Connect with me, Robyn Graham: Website | Instagram | LinkedIN | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Pinterest  

“It starts with reflection, seeking to understand, so listening, and then engaging in conversations understanding that you may not have the perfect words.”   On this failed it! episode, host Erin Diehl has a crucial conversation with a dear friend, J'ai Brown. She is the HR Director for HUB International and Executive Sponsor for the Midwest-West Diversity & Inclusion Council. Erin and J'ai talk about the importance of addressing racial injustice and how we can adequately discuss the topic with others. Listen in on how you can help make a difference.   Links from show discussions:   The Monopoly Analogy (*explicit language*) My Block My Hood My City Organization From Awareness to Action: The Path Toward a Meaningful Allyship - Dr. Evelyn Carter White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Robin DiAngelo on the Family Action Network (FAN) Other good book sources that Jai's currently reading The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander   J'ai Brown serves as the HR Director for HUB International, leading the HR function for the Midwest-West division. In her role, J'ai is a member of the executive management team providing strategic insight and support across the Midwest-West division on all aspects of HR including employee relations, diversity & inclusion, talent acquisition, compensation, performance management, organizational design and career development. Additionally, she is the Executive Sponsor for the Midwest-West Diversity & Inclusion Council and a member of the organizing team for the HUB Women Network ERG. Prior to joining HUB, J'ai worked in roles of increasing responsibility in claims administration and human resources at Allstate Insurance Company before continuing her career in human resources at BMO Financial Group. J'ai received an MBA and B.S. degrees in HR Management and General Management from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has her PHR and SHRM-CP designations. She is the Education Chair for Chicago SHRM and mentors youth with Posse Chicago and Chicago Scholars. She is a 2020 Chicago Urban League IMPACT Leadership Development Fellow, 2019 Black Queens of Chicago, 2018 Wall Street in the Black Future Leader and 2016 Chicago Scholars 35 under 35 honoree.    J'ai resides in Bronzeville with her husband, Frank, and daughter, Kylee. You can find her on LinkedIn and Instagram where she highlights her adoption story and journey. Erin Diehl is the founder and Chief “Yes, And” officer of improve it! and host of the failed it! Podcast. She's a performer, facilitator and professional risk-taker who lives by the mantra, “get comfortable with the uncomfortable.” Through a series of unrelated dares, Erin has created improve it!, a unique professional development company that pushes others to laugh, learn and grow. Her work with clients such as United Airlines, PepsiCo, Groupon, Deloitte, Motorola, Walgreens, and The Obama Foundation earned her the 2014 Chicago RedEye Big Idea Award and has nominated her for the 2015-2019 Chicago Innovations Award. This graduate from Clemson University is a former experiential marketing and recruiting professional as well as a veteran improviser from the top improvisational training programs in Chicago, including The Second City, i.O. Theater, and The Annoyance Theatre. When she is not playing pretend or facilitating, she enjoys running by the lake and patio dinners with her husband and son, and their eight pound toy poodle, BIGG Diehl. You can follow the failed it! Podcast on Instagram and facebook, and you can follow Erin here on Instagram. We can't wait to connect with you online!

Dr. Angel Bhathal completed her post-professional Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Alberta and Bachelors of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba. She is a licensed pharmacist having practiced in both community and hospital pharmacy practice settings. Angel's PharmD training and clinical work experiences range from primary care, women's health, acute care, and pediatrics. Angel had held various past roles as a Guest Lecturer, Pharmacology Instructor, Pharmacy Examining Board Assessor, and published author for her research in veterinary pharmacy. Angel currently is a Senior Director of Pharmacy in Global Standards Technology, and has held various past leadership roles as a Pharmacy Manager, Director of Pharmacy Operations, and an Education Chair for the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists Manitoba Branch. New live streams every week! Darius Med Live is now available on PODCAST! You can find us on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/darius-med-live/id1508109302 Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/music/m/Isiaxg4xjnxyp7ep3gvboujolh4?t=Darius_Med_Live Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4csYQLhLBw3DymNJLB0PwV Web: www.dariusmed.com Darius Med Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Y39yc0_HvnDaa5pjjdhEQ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dariusmed Donations: https://streamlabs.com/dariusmed   Be sure to find me on: Email: darius@dariusmed.com Instagram: @DariusMed Twitter: @DariusMed_ Facebook: Darius Med #dariusmed #motivation #success #med #podcast   Enjoy!

Female Orgasm with Sue Goldstein   *DISCLAIMER* This message contains adult themes and is not intended for little ears   Jeremiah 30:17 (a) “But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the LORD,"   Sue Goldstein is a Sexuality Educator and the Clinical Research Manager at San Diego Sexual Medicine, responsible for sexual medicine educational programming and clinical research. She works with the SDSM team to develop clinical research projects, write protocols and oversee clinical trials.  She also arranges for training in sexual medicine for medical students, residents, fellows and clincians from all over the country. She works with the Sexual Medicine program at Alvarado Hospital and regional support groups to provide education to providers, students and the public. In addition, she develops programs for The Institute for Sexual Medicine, a charitable corporation dedicated to research and education in the field. Mrs. Goldstein co-authoredWhen Sex Isn't Goodto provide education and empowerment to women with sexual dysfunction. She is managing editor of the journalSexual Medicine Reviews. Mrs. Goldstein serves on the board of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) as Industry Relations Chair. Past board positions include Global Development Chair, Education Chair, and On-Line Services Chair. She serves on the Education Committee of the International Society for Sexual Medicine and has contributed educational content for the ISSM Online University. She is a 2017 recipient of the ISSWSH Distinguished Service Award. She is a member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists and the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. She is an AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator and an ACRP Certified Clinical Research Coordinator.    San Diego Sexual Medicine   At The Savvy Sauce, we will only recommend resources we believe in! We also want you to be aware: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.comand affiliated sites.    When Sex Isn't Good by Sue Goldstein and Lillian Arleque  When Sex Hurts by Dr. Andrew Goldstein, Dr. Caroline Pukall, and Dr. Irwin Goldstein    Thank You to Our Sponsor:  Equip for Health   Connect with The Savvy Sauce on Facebook or Instagram or Our Website   Please help us out by sharing this episode with a friend, leaving a 5-star rating and review, and subscribing to this podcast!   Also, check out our Patreon Page to find out how to gain access to additional podcasts and freebies!   Gospel Scripture: (all NIV)   Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”   Romans 3:24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”   Romans 3:25 (a) “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.”    Hebrews 9:22 (b) “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”    Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”    Romans 5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”    John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”   Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”    Luke 15:10 says “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”   Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”   Ephesians 1:13–14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession- to the praise of his glory.”   Ephesians 1:15–23 “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.”   Ephesians 2:8–10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God‘s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.“   Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.“   Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”  

Glen is joined by 2 guest speakers from B.C. Baseball Umpires Association in this teaser episode of Love What You Play. Rhonda Pauls is the Vice President and Education Chair at BCBUA. Gord McFarlane is the Lower Mainland Director of BCBUA's grassroots program.

Ron Alvesteffer is the President & CEO of Service Express, a company that specializes in on-site data center hardware maintenance services. Service Express has averaged double digit growth every year since 2001. Ron attributes their success to a unique corporate culture called The Service Express Way. Ron is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and has served the organization as both the Chapter Chair and the Education Chair. Ron also serves on the Board of the Spectrum Health Foundation. Ron often speaks at various events and companies about leadership development and on building winning workplace cultures.

This year, the Raleigh-based nonprofit Public School Forum has identified its top education issues to address, to take "immediate and intentional actions to provide each child a sound basic education." This is a response to a lingering legal decision on education and the state government identification of areas of improvement like new schools being built, existing schools maintained, better trained teachers and principals, and new accountability systems. This week's First in Future guest is the State Board of Education Chair, Eric Davis, who discusses his thoughts on making the ROI argument that if we invest now it will pay off later.

Kathy Henry, co-founder of Open Peaceful Heart's global community, shares a guided meditation for year’s end, and talks about how continuing to reach out in love, accepting each other's failings, and offering community-centered meditation is the most effective way to create lasting change in 2020. Kathy Henry is a marketing consultant, copywriter and active volunteer in community organizations, including her Unitarian Universalist church, hospice, and her local hospital's parenting program. She is also active politically as the Education Chair of the League of Women Voters-Oakland MI Area and has spoken on statewide voting rights proposals. Kathy has two teenage sons and is past president and current legislative liaison at the high school PTA. She's passionate about educational equity and enjoys engaging with people in person and online about today's challenging issues. Join this global community and find free meditations at openpeacefulheart.com

Kathy Henry, co-founder of Open Peaceful Heart's global community, shares a guided meditation for year's end, and talks about how continuing to reach out in love, accepting each other's failings, and offering community-centered meditation is the most effective way to create lasting change in 2020. Kathy Henry is a marketing consultant, copywriter and active volunteer in community organizations, including her Unitarian Universalist church, hospice, and her local hospital's parenting program. She is also active politically as the Education Chair of the League of Women Voters-Oakland MI Area and has spoken on statewide voting rights proposals. Kathy has two teenage sons and is past president and current legislative liaison at the high school PTA. She's passionate about educational equity and enjoys engaging with people in person and online about today's challenging issues. Join this global community and find free meditations at openpeacefulheart.com

with Co-Host Hayward Evans: ?*Kevin Washington, Education Chair, Tabor 100 comments on the organization's 20th Annual Gala on Saturday, September 28 at the Waterfront Marriott. Crystal Eagle Awardees will be announced and the keynote speaker is Roland Martin. *Laurel Winston Smith, Public Relations Director, Francis B. North Legacy Initiative comments on this Sunday's September 29 fundraiser at the Northwest African American Museum 3-6 pm. September 29 would be Mrs. North's 100th Birthday. *Nichelle Alderson, talks about her two events this coming weekend the first is Mood Food IN Store Demo on Saturday, September 28 12:00-4:00 pm at the Pike Place Market Suite 521 and the MOOD FOOD POP-UP SHOP will be held Sunday, September 29 9:00 am-2:00 pm at 1600 S Roberto Maestas Festival Street at El Centro de la Raza. *Geneiva Arunga will host Sistas Rock the Arts tonight, Thursday at Rumba Notes in Seattle's Columbia City where you can enjoy live music, spoken word and display your talent on stage.

In this episode, we welcome Freedom Fighter Christina Laster. She is the current Education Chair of the San Diego branch of the NAACP and she stands for Black children even when the state chapter doesn't. Here, she tells her story and gives advice on what we all should do if we really are about educating Black kids. She brings that HEAT, ya heard!! You don't want to miss this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/8-black-hands-podcast/message

Discouraged about the level of discourse? Constant political strife, bad news, and tensions with family and friends creating stress? Karen and Kathy discuss what led them to start Open Peaceful Heart and why they believe continuing to reach out in love, accepting each other's failings, and offering community-centered meditation is the most effective way to create lasting change. Kathy Henry is a marketing consultant, copywriter and active volunteer in community organizations, including her Unitarian Universalist church, hospice, and her local hospital's parenting program. She is also active politically as the Education Chair of the League of Women Voters-Oakland Area and has spoken on statewide voting rights proposals. Kathy has two teenage sons and is past president and current legislative liaison at the high school PTA. She's passionate about educational equity and enjoys engaging with people in person and online about today's challenging issues. Join this global community and find free meditations at openpeacefulheart.com.

Discouraged about the level of discourse? Constant political strife, bad news, and tensions with family and friends creating stress? Karen and Kathy discuss what led them to start Open Peaceful Heart and why they believe continuing to reach out in love, accepting each other's failings, and offering community-centered meditation is the most effective way to create lasting change. Kathy Henry is a marketing consultant, copywriter and active volunteer in community organizations, including her Unitarian Universalist church, hospice, and her local hospital's parenting program. She is also active politically as the Education Chair of the League of Women Voters-Oakland Area and has spoken on statewide voting rights proposals. Kathy has two teenage sons and is past president and current legislative liaison at the high school PTA. She's passionate about educational equity and enjoys engaging with people in person and online about today's challenging issues. Join this global community and find free meditations at openpeacefulheart.com.

My guest today is Avis Bulbulyan, the CEO of SIVA Enterprises, a full-service cannabis business development and solutions firm that provides turn-key management, venture opportunities, product and brand development, and licensing to entrepreneurs across the US. He is also the President of the Los Angeles Cannabis Task Force, an appointed member of California’s state advisory committee advising the 3 bureaus on cannabis regulations, and was the Education Chair for Cannabis Legal Accounting & Business. The bottom line is that if you want answers about the cannabis business, Avis is your guy.To learn more about cannabis for adults, visit our sponsor, Three Wells, a company that is demystifying the new world of marijuana for grown-ups. Three wells — Be well. Live well. Do well.Learn More About SIVA Enterprises, LLC:https://sivallc.com/

Tiffany Haug on the importance of representation in our culture, dealing with our own body privilege and supporting our clients to explore feelings around food addiction. Here Tiffany shares: Growing up in Japan and her lived experience with an eating disorder. The importance of representation in our culture. Practical tips on how we can support our clients if we have body privilege (eg. if we identify as smaller-bodied, white, female, cis-gender) Acknowledging our position of privilege. Avoiding assumptions. And setting boundaries to main energy levels. Her special interest in food addiction and the importance of; Client validation. Building client self-efficacy. Using diet-culture for good. And a practical strategy we can try with our clients. Connect with Tiffany via: Instagram Website Twitter Facebook   More About Tiffany: Tiffany Haug, MS, RDN, EDOC is a Master's level Dietitian in San Diego who specializes in helping individuals with Eating Disorders make peace with food and their bodies. Tiffany knows that working through recovery can be incredibly hard. Being herself recovered for almost a decade, she is incredibly honored to now be able to give back by supporting her clients along this challenging, but so-very-worth-it journey. In addition to being an Outpatient Eating Disorder Dietitian at a group practice dedicated to exclusively treating eating disorders, Tiffany serves as the Education Chair for the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP) San Diego Chapter and also works as a Dietitian at Center for Discovery in Del Mar, CA.  

Craft beers have become as diverse – and as delicious – as wine. What started as folks making homebrews in the tib (OK, we’re exaggerating a little to make s point) has become big business, with major breweries buying up-and-coming breweries in order to stay competitive. That said, we thought we’d go back to craft brewing’s roots and take a deep dive into the subject with folks who came from and know the homebrewing scene cold. Joining us on Industry Night with Foodie and the Beast are: President Michael Stein and CEO Peter Jones OF Lost Lagers, the premier beverage research firm in D.C. Michael and Pewter help us experience history through beer, recreating extinct ales and lost lagers with some of the best breweries in the country and teaching homebrew classes at The Hill Center in Southeast DC. Michael has served his historic beers at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History’s Food History Program and serves as beer historian at DC Brau Brewing Company, LLC, the first production brewery in DC since 1956. Peter is a certified beer judge, and longtime homebrewer who also is Education Chair for the DC Homebrewers Club, Peter has taught a variety of topics and techniques for brewing novices through experts. Also joining in is Sara Bondioli, current president of the DC Homebrewers club and a co-founder of the club's women's brewing group, HOPS. The conversation is scintillating, as always, and the homebrews we taste are beyond good. Listen in!!!

  Sean Perryman: How to Promote Diversity & Inclusion in Tech (Ep. 157) How do the internet sector's efforts to improve diversity and inclusion in tech align with its broader policy agenda? Sean Perryman joined us to discuss.   Bio   Sean Perryman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanperryman/) is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Counsel at the Internet Association. He is responsible for leading IA’s advocacy efforts around diversity, inclusion, and workforce-related policies at the local, state, and federal level. Prior to joining IA, Sean served as Counsel on the House Oversight Committee, Democratic staff where he advised on technology policy including AI, cybersecurity, and privacy issues. Before working on the Oversight Committee, Sean practiced civil litigation both in Texas and D.C. Sean is passionate about issues of equity and inclusion. In his spare time he serves as Education Chair for the Fairfax County NAACP. He also regularly writes about issues related to race and advocates for a more equitable society. Sean earned his B.A. from City University of New York- Baruch College. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School. A Brooklyn, New York native, he now resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and daughter. Resources Internet Association Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi News Roundup DOJ indicts 7 Russian intelligence officers for conspiracy The Department of Justice indicted 7 Russian intelligence officers on Thursday on  charges that they conspired to conduct malicious cyberattacks against the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Morgan Chalfant reports in the Hill that on that same day, the UK and the Netherlands announced that they had thwarted a Russian-led cyberattack against The Hague’s global chemical weapons watchdog. The indicted officials allegedly work for Russian military intelligence GRU. FBI special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 GRU officials earlier this year for their alleged role in hacking the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Google+ bug exposes 500,000 users to potential data breach Google announced that as many as 500,000 of its users may have had their personal data exposed from a breach in its unpopular social media platform, Google Plus. The company announced that it discovered the bug back in March but that there is no evidence that anyone exploited the bug. The company also announced that it will be shuttering Google Plus by August of next year. Facebook executive stokes internal conflict at Facebook for supporting Kavanaugh Joel Kaplan – Facebook’s vice president for global public policy is under internal fire at Facebook for supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. Kaplan sat directly behind Kavanaugh at the hearing, then threw a party for him to celebrate his confirmation, which reports say Kavanaugh and his wife attended. Kaplan and his wife hosted the party despite apologizing, in a note to Facebook’s staff, in which Kaplan said he recognizes that this moment is a painful one. Kaplan, however, as a private supporter and personal friend of Kavanaugh’s, did not break any company rules, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Victim’s Fitbit data leads to arrest of 90-year-old murder suspect A Fitbit has led to the arrest of a 90-year-old San Jose man for allegedly murdering his 67-year-old stepdaughter after dropping off a homemade pizza and biscotti, according to police. The police tied the suspect to the victim’s heart rate which, according to her Fitbit device, surged and then rapidly declined while the suspect was still in the house. This was corroborated by surveillance footage, also synced up to internet time, that allegedly shows that his car was still parked outside, thus placing him in the house, when the victim expired. Amazon announces $15/hour minimum wage but cuts bonuses Amazon has announced a $15 minimum wage for all of its 250,000 employees, engendering the support of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Amazon also announced that it will begin lobbying Congress to raise the national minimum wage. Target’s minimum hourly wage stands at $12 while Walmart’s stands at $11. Ranking Member Pallone questions tech CEOS about Russian influence on Kavanaugh hearing House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone sent several questions to the CEOs of Alphabet, Facebook, and Twitter to determine the extent to which Russian trolls impacted debate on the Kavanaugh hearing in ways that resembled Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. U.S. officials believe that Russians have continued their hacking operations against the U.S. Pallone noted that one Facebook Group that was vocal about supporting Kavanaugh, also advocated for boycotting Nike and Colin Kaepernick. Ali Breland reports in the Hill. Trump administration relaxes restrictions on driverless trucks Finally, the Trump administration has decided to relax restrictions on driverless trucks—shifting the onus for safety away from the federal government to companies who develop driverless technologies. But transportation Secretary Elain Chao says that the administration continues to be concerned about the effect that driverless vehicles will have on the workforce.  

In this episode I interview Renee Dalo, owner and lead planner of Moxie Bright Events and educator in the creative space and we're talking all about how to set better boundaries in your business and when it's ok to say "no".     Highlights: How Renee has made the pivot from wedding planning to educating in the creative space. Why the language you use in your business and to describe your offers is so important. When and why it's important to set clear goals and boundaries in your business that relate to what you truly want for your life. How to say "no" to those things that don't serve you or your business.   Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode   Profit Planning Bootcamp Waitlist   Free Guide - The Easy No   Renee's Wedding Management 101 Course   Wedding MBA     More About Renee Dalo   Websites: https://www.reneedalo.com/, http://moxiebrightevents.com/ Instagram: @moxiebrightevents https://www.instagram.com/moxiebrightevents/   Renee planned her first wedding twelve years ago purely as a hobby, and in the interim years, turned her hobby into a successful boutique wedding planning company, Moxie Bright Events, now in their fifth wedding season. Moxie Bright Events is known for producing elegant and fun events with an emphasis on personalization and intentional design.   Renee & team have planned over 100 weddings, with more celebrations every year! Moxie Bright Events weddings have been featured on Green Wedding Shoes, Carats & Cake and California Wedding Day among many others. As a Wedding Expert, Renee has been quoted in Real Simple, Huff Post Weddings and many other publications.    As a speaker, Renee has presented on many stages across the nation. In November of 2018, Renee will present at Wedding MBA in Las Vegas, NV.   Renee Dalo is the Host of the popular podcast, Rock Your Wedding Biz, alongside social media strategist Mindy Marzec. In the blogosphere, she is a frequent contributor to Planners Lounge and has also published educational content on Southern California Bride blog. Renee serves The Association of Bridal Consultants, Greater Los Angeles at the Education Chair. She is also a Leader for Rising Tide, having led the LA East group for the past three years.