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Mike Rivard of Club D'Elf is our guest on No Simple Road this week! To the naked eye, Club d'Elf looks exactly like a world-class instrumental band: five or six fierce players laying down heavy grooves and exploratory solos on distinctive original material, as audience members dance or listen in rapt attention. To its fans, however, and its large and colorful cast of musicians, D'Elf is all that and much, much more. That is what we got from Mike on this week's episode... much, much more! We get right down to business discussing Mike's struggles with depression, what he's done to help heal, creating the new album 'You Never Know' (coming out April 1st), the music of the Gnawa, trance states, learning the Sintir, and oh, so much more!Club d'Elf began in 1998 at the Lizard as a kind of controlled jam session, featuring Rivard's friends and associates from various bands. Out of the original D'Elf jam pool emerged a core group, usually augmented by one or two other players from a rotating cast. The core was eventually honed to its essentials: Rivard and drummer Erik Kerr, followed eight years later by drummer Dean Johnston.For more on Club D'Elf go to www.clubdelf.comSONG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INTERVIEW: "Zeed al Maal" of the upcoming album 'You Never Know'SONG AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW: "Dervish Dance" off the upcoming album 'You Never Know'NEW!!! No Simple Road Intro Music Performed and Created By ESCAPERFREE SHIPPING from Shop Tour Bus Use The PROMO CODE: nosimpleroadFor 20% off Sunset Lake CBD PROMO CODE: NSR20 For 25% off Electric Fish Lights PROMO CODE: NSRFOR 10% off your first month of Better Help CLICK HEREFor 20% off Grady's Cold Brew PROMO CODE: NSRFor 10% off your order at Fin and Wheel PROMO CODE: NSROTHER MUSIC BY AND USED WITH HE PERMISSION OF:NEW TRIBEOUTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:CHILLDREN OF INDIGONo Simple Road is part of OSIRIS MEDIA. Osiris Media is the leading storyteller in music, combining the intimacy of podcasts with the power of music.We inform and delight music fans by creating shows with leading artists, telling untold stories, and working with brands to craft compelling narratives that bring music to life.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's guest is a very good friend and confidant, Erik Kerr: Champion of hope. Healing addiction, ending veteran and teen suicide, and ending recidivism. Erik is an entrepreneur dedicated to solving the challenges we face with addiction, prison reform, and other important causes by leveraging the power of technology and science to design improved measurable and sustainable outcomes, like exponentially reducing recidivism and addiction relapse and related deaths. He has created various companies and some of his clients include, Arianna Huffington, Tim Ferris, UBER, LinkedIn, Bob Burg, and more. Join us as we discuss open communication, trust, addiction, and more! https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-kerr-74b4b87/
Sherry talks with Erik Kerr, founder of LifeTraq, about his companies approach to tackling mental health conditions including addiction through wearable technology. Erik explains the types of real-time data they collect, how to gamify it, and all the different applications for this technology. LifeTraq Want more content like this? Check out our book. The post Episode 267: Technology to Solve Hard Problems appeared first on ZenFounder.
Sherry talks with Erik Kerr, founder of LifeTraq, about his companies approach to tackling mental health conditions including addiction through wearable technology. Erik explains the types of real-time data they collect, how to gamify it, and all the different applications for this technology. LifeTraq Want more content like this? Check out our book.
The concept of creativity can be seen everywhere from business to personal life, and is often the quickest way to get your own colors shown to the public with the utmost attention. Erik Kerr from The Draw Shop joins us to discuss how The Draw Shop is bringing marketing and sales to life.
Psychologist, researcher and author Gabriele Oettingen, PhD. has been studying human behaviour for over 30 years, with a focus on goal setting and turning positive fantasies into reality. She has written over 150 scientific articles and book chapters relating to social and personality psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and health and clinical psychology on the topics of thinking about the future and the control of cognition, emotion, and behaviour. During the course of her research, Dr. Oettingen has concluded that positive thinking in itself, while popular, is unlikely to result in desired outcomes. Instead, she offers Mental Contrasting, an empirically validated process, helping people not just to identify their goals but to manifest them in all areas of life, including health, career, academics, and relationships. In this interview, she shares her simple yet powerful 4-step WOOP strategy, along with tips for maximising its efficacy. Here’s the outline of this interview with Dr. Gabriele Oettingen: [00:00:09] Professor of Psychology, New York University. [00:00:22] PhD: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Seewiesen, Germany. [00:01:10] Book: Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation, by Gabriele Oettingen. [00:01:19] www.woopmylife.org. [00:05:19] Study: Oettingen, Gabriele, and Thomas A. Wadden. "Expectation, fantasy, and weight loss: Is the impact of positive thinking always positive?." Cognitive Therapy and Research 15.2 (1991): 167-175. [00:06:15] Positive fantasies, worse outcomes. [00:08:12] Study: Oettingen, Gabriele, and Doris Mayer. "The motivating function of thinking about the future: expectations versus fantasies." Journal of personality and social psychology 83.5 (2002): 1198. [00:10:18] Podcasts: How to Create Behavior Change and Why We Self-Sabotage (And What To Do Instead), with Simon Marshall. [00:10:42] Why is positive thinking so popular? [00:12:49] Podcast: The Epidemic We Don’t Talk About, with Erik Kerr. [00:13:37] Mental Contrasting. [00:20:18] Emotional obstacles, habits, irrational beliefs. [00:22:15] Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan (WOOP). [00:23:09] Changing health behaviours. [00:23:37] Wish: dear to your heart, feasible, challenging. [00:27:06] Study: Kappes, Heather Barry, Bettina Schwörer, and Gabriele Oettingen. "Needs instigate positive fantasies of idealized futures." European Journal of Social Psychology 42.3 (2012): 299-307. [00:28:48] WOOP as a skill. [00:32:24] Energization. [00:34:25] How WOOP works; non-conscious consequences. [00:39:08] Prerequisites: openness, 5 minutes. [00:40:57] For those with low expectations. [00:44:18] Other methods of behaviour change. [00:44:38] Incentives, self-efficacy, social comparison. [00:46:44] Changing content of goals. Implicit theories. Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck. [00:47:26] E. Tory Higgins. Prevention-Promotion, Approach-Avoidance: Regulatory Focus Theory. [00:48:34] Self-regulation. [00:49:31] Using non-conscious processes to conquer other non-conscious processes. [00:50:33] Example: WOOP in action. [01:01:38] www.woopmylife.org, WOOP app. [01:02:25] Book: Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation, by Gabriele Oettingen.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that for the second year in a row the life expectancy in the US has declined - a change that is largely influenced by an increase in drug overdose among young people. Everyone in every community has been affected by addiction in one form or another - an alcoholic parent, a teen in rehab, or maybe a spouse addicted to pornography. Erik Kerr, the Co-Founder of Clear Health Technologies is here to talk about the massive impact addiction has on the lives of 282 million people worldwide. He and Summer Felix-Mulder have brought together 29 amazing speakers on healing all facets of addiction and facilitating lifelong recovery. It’s a free online 7-day event called the Healing Addiction Summit, and it starts February 3rd. Here’s the outline of this interview with Erik Kerr: [00:00:40] The Draw Shop. [00:02:25] The Keto Summit. [00:03:02] $35 billion spent on addiction treatment and support. [00:04:15] Almost 100% failure rate. [00:06:21] HeroX Challenge: Addiction Relapse Technology Challenge. [00:07:49] 282M affected. [00:09:26] Addiction definition. [00:10:12] Opiates, alcohol, sex. [00:10:33] Hydrocodone, Oxycontin. [00:12:11] Rating doctors by pain management. [00:12:55] Rachel. [00:14:42] Dr. Mary Caire. [00:16:35] Social media and phone use. [00:17:30] One year no beer. [00:17:48] Are you leading by example? [00:20:24] Dopamine resistance and porn. [00:20:46] Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA). [00:22:04] Prefrontal cortex is not fully developed until 25 years of age. [00:23:30] Time spent watching porn (actually closer to 9 minutes, rather than 7 as we said in the audio). [00:25:58] Podcast: The Hungry Brain with Stephan Guyenet, PhD. [00:26:13] Dr. Mark Hyman. [00:26:50] Study: Gesch, C. Bernard, et al. "Influence of supplementary vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids on the antisocial behaviour of young adult prisoners." The British Journal of Psychiatry 181.1 (2002): 22-28. [00:31:15] Parenting. [00:32:49] Allison Hudson. [00:34:36] 1 in 10 babies born in West Virginia is a crack baby. [00:35:45] Robert Sapolsky. Video: Human Nature and Ted Talk: The Biology of Our Best and Worst Selves. [00:38:51] Podcast: How to Create Behavior Change, with Simon Marshall, PhD. [00:40:18] Dr. Nora Volkow. [00:41:53] The Healing Addiction Summit.
Erik Kerr is a sales and marketing veteran who specialises in strategic marketing processes that increase customer acquisition. Erik created the hugely successful company “The Draw Shop” that produces animated whiteboard videos that simplifies marketing messages. Erik is also the founder of Clear Health Technology – a not-for-profit company that is delving into the science behind addiction so we can understand and acknowledge the early warning signs of addiction relapse. In this episode Erik speaks about his upbringing, the psychology behind using animation to sell, founding “The Draw Shop” and his compelling reason behind developing “Clear Health Technology”.
Erik Kerr graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Advertising. He has worked in sales before creating his own company. Summer Felix graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in Communications and Creative Writing. She is a ghost writer and has worked with several notable personalities. Erik and Summer are business partners behind a few initiatives including The Draw Shop, their longest running company, and their passion project, Clear, which is focused on eradicating addiction relapse. The Draw Shop is about creating crystal clear, whiteboard videos as explainer videos. They have worked with a number of prestigious clients including Eric Schmidt, Arianna Huffington, Tim Ferriss, Peter Diamandis and Dave himself. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:33 – Dave welcomes Erik Kerr and Summer Felix 00:53 – Dave says the secret to success is a Tall Mocha Frappuccino Lite from Starbucks 01:13 – Summer does not agree with Dave as the drink is full of sugar 01:26 – Erik says that the key to success is a phone call to him 01:50 – Dave introduces Erik and Summer 02:40 – Dave has known Erik and Summer for some time and he considers them experts in finding your message and communicating it well 03:21 – Dave invited them to the podcast to talk about their expertise and because they are serial entrepreneurs 04:21 – Summer is a writer who works in creative copy and has written her own novel 04:55 – Summer liked the freedom that being a writer gave her 05:24 – Dave is amazed that Summer never had a “real job” and got into entrepreneurship head-on 05:31 – Summer’s dad is an entrepreneur and she liked that he was able to spend his time the way he wanted to 06:24 – Summer says entrepreneurs don’t do it just for the money, but because they also feel fulfilled and motivated by their work 07:06 – Dave met Erik at American Dream U Talks 07:24 – Erik started his career singing birthday songs in Fiverr in a wooly jock strap 08:02 – Erik shared that story during his presentation to help the military personnel transition back into civilian life and get a picture of to become an entrepreneur 09:10 – There are many freelance sites on the internet that can help you get extra money 10:04 – Erik had a “real job” at Walmart, but his entire career was built on being a salesperson 11:02 – Erik won a watch in a contest that involved getting the most magazine subscriptions and it hooked him into sales 11:26 – Erik also worked at Franklin Covey as the National Director of Executive Coaching 12:02 – Erik’s transition was about getting burned out with the corporate life 12:44 – Erik was also motivated to become an entrepreneur because he was selling entrepreneurial programs 13:01 – Erik focused on the sales funnel and lead culture in his coaching company 14:12 – Summer and Erik met through a mutual client and Erik sent a TedTalk whiteboard video, What Motivates People, to Summer which was the inspiration of their joint project, Draw Shop 15:15 – After making their own video, customers started coming in 15:53 – The idea is to draw out the meaning AND what you are saying, at the same time 16:23 – It makes the message clear and easier to understand and you get excited to take action 16:58 – Their book, The Five Neuro-Psychology Reasons Why Whiteboard Videos Converts So Effectively, is available at The Draw Shop website 17:51 – Prop Fuel is a pulse survey platform for entrepreneurs 18:23 – Erik says it’s not about the wow factor, but in the story you are telling 19:02 – If people are confused with your business, there is a lack of trust in taking the next step with you 19:29 – What is the concise, clear message that I want to give to get them to take that next step with me? 19:58 – Clear and concise communication is the most important 20:16 – The Draw Shop has a methodology that starts with a creative brief 21:08 – Aside from getting people to buy your product, how do you get them to talk about your product? 21:27 – If you have an awesome product, people will talk about it 22:25 – A test determined that a whiteboard video outperformed a talking head video and was three times more likely to be shared on social media 23:16 – People share whiteboard videos because it’s interesting and it gives you a dopamine boost 24:35 – Clear started when Erik got the idea of a technology that can predict relapse before it happens 25:01 – They researched about the indicators that can lead to the relapse and wanted to intervene before it happened 25:26 – Erik and his sister were playing cards with their Dad when his sister who was a nurse said that their father was having a stroke 25:42 – Their Dad was not aware that he was having one 25:57 – Erik realized that if his sister was not there, their father would have died that night 26:06 – Erik knows people who have suffered due to addiction and thinks society is more focused on getting them clean through rehabilitation centers that not all people can afford 26:48 – Relapse is the monster of the many types of addiction 27:11 – The brain or the body gives off early warning signs the same way Erik’s Dad’s body did when he went into a stroke 27:20 – If we can identify that, we can also redirect the body sooner before it reaches the crisis point 27:51 – The goal with Clear Health Technologies is to eradicate addiction relapse in the next 10 years 28:11 – They are currently in research and data gathering mode, but they are planning to launch a contest with a one million dollar prize through Hero X for a technology-based solution to identify and prevent relapse 29:27 – A mini-documentary is currently in the works about a guy named Malcolm 30:08 – Erik was at an Oakland conference and met Verney Gran who just lost Malcolm, her 25-year old son to a heroin overdose 30:24 – Malcolm was a star football player and was prescribed with oxycodone for his knee injury 31:24 – Since oxycodone is expensive and can only be bought with a prescription, people who become addicted to it turn to heroin 32:18 – Malcolm was clean for two years and was doing good but some changes occurred and it was enough to cause him stress—he got back into using heroin and overdosed 33:49 – There is already technology with various indicators, but they are not in one platform 34:14 – What they want to focus on is the physical indicators of the body 34:25 – The mission is to detect the relapse and to come up with the solution for what needs to be done during that time 34:56 – It is also for the loved ones to feel that they can do something and be able to intervene 35:31 – Eden is a challenge-based app 36:07 – Big challenges can be overwhelming, but small challenges are achievable 37:15 – The intention behind Eden is give one rewards for achieving challenges 37:44 – It involves a community that can help you be accountable for a challenge you set for yourself 38:10 – Eden and Prop Fuel are the same in the sense that it starts with little steps to get to the bigger picture 39:11 – Erik does many things now, but when he was doing Draw Shop, he was hyper-focused on building it 39:47 – They got a team that can self-manage and they created a scalable model that can be replicated 40:15 – As the core company, Draw Shop drives the revenue and this has given Erik and Summer time to do their passion projects 40:53 – Erik and Summer have put a structure in place that works for them even if they are located in different states 41:08 – They are more focused on making sure a few critical things get done daily that move them towards their larger goals 42:32 – Summer says that in writing a book for credibility purposes, you need 2-3 years to do it 43:06 – Sitting down to write is hard even though we can verbally communicate it 43:25 – As a ghostwriter, Summer says it’s about making that time commitment and having a professional to guide you 44:14 – Summer recommends Book in a Box and Trevor Crane to help you in your goal of writing a book 45:00 – In anything you do, don’t do it alone 46:44 – Dave closes the episode and encourages you to visit his website 3 Key Points: Whiteboard videos work well because they show your message in a clear and concise way. Addiction relapse can be identified and prevented. In anything you do, do NOT do it alone. Resources Mentioned: Entrepreneur's Organization – The EO Network The Draw Shop – Erik and Summer’s core company American Dream U – Dave and Erik met at one of their talks Fiverr – site for freelancers to find work The Five Neuro-Psychology Reasons Why Whiteboard Videos Converts So Effectively – Erik and Summer’s book Franklin Covey – Erik’s previous employer What Motivates People – Erik sent this video to Summer Book in a Box, Trevor Crane – Summer’s recommendations for those who want to write a book
Fred Schreiber as Simon Peter. Written, Produced and Directed by Pastor Erik Kerr Click the play button above to listen, or watch the video version.
Erik Kerr, Co-Founder of The Draw Shop, is on our show today to teach us in six steps how we can ensure that our value is communicated properly to our audience. Communication is the mother of all skills! If we don’t communicate properly, we will be misunderstood, our message will be misunderstood and our audience […] The post MBA331 Guest Teacher: Erik Kerr- How to Ensure Your Value is Communicated Properly To Your Audience appeared first on The $100 MBA.
Erik Kerr, Co-Founder of The Draw Shop, is on our show today to teach us in six steps how we can ensure that our value is communicated properly to our audience. Communication is the mother of all skills! If we don’t communicate properly, we will be misunderstood, our message will be misunderstood and our audience […] The post MBA331 Guest Teacher: Erik Kerr- How to Ensure Your Value is Communicated Properly To Your Audience appeared first on The $100 MBA.
Accelerating Entrepreneurial Success (Video) with John Bowen
No one wants to be misunderstood. Discover how Erik Kerr’s six easy steps of clear communication with your clients and prospective clients will undeniably have positive effects on the future of your company. Erik Kerr, the co-founder of Draw Shop, Inc., has been an industry leader within his marketing realm for more than twenty years, bringing in millions of dollars of revenue simply by simplifying his message. His focus is on communication: the clearer and simpler your message, the more success you will have. The challenge: Once you have achieved that clear level of communication, you will then need to differentiate yourself from the others. Erik explores in depth his six steps of easy clear communication. Within his own company, Erik models his own steps, drawing attention to quality control and client satisfaction, not leaving any room for confusion.