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It is always a key factor in getting your low-frequency mixes right especially when your music is on different platforms, but have you ever thought about how to determine, control, and harmonize these foundational tones? In this episode, Xylo chats with award-winning Canadian mix engineer, composer, audio engineer, and Izotope's video team manager, Geoff Manchester, about how to determine low frequencies and ways and tips to control and mix them. Follow Geoff Manchester: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ManchesterMusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeoffManch Check out our biggest online event called "Master Your Music" here: www.musicproductionforwomen.com/master-your-music
Today's episode is with the co-founder of Intrepid Travel, Geoff ‘Manch' Manchester. Formed 32 years ago with Darrel Wade, Intrepid Travel is now the largest small group adventure travel company in the world offering more than 1,000 tours on seven continents. Starting as Intrepid's very first tour leader, Melbourne-based Manch is now a giant in the travel industry and is globally recognised as a responsible travel pioneer. Intrepid's mission is to create positive change through the joy of travel - aiming to be the best travel company not just in the world, but for the world. Manch plays a vital role in this vision, being integral in the formation of the Intrepid Foundation - a not-for-profit wing of the group - which has raised more than $12 million (AUD) to date. In this episode we talk about responsible travel and why it's important, the future of travel, the Intrepid origin story, difficult border crossings and Turkish babysitters. Also, importantly, we get to hear the Travel Bubble choices of a man who has been all over the world as well as find out his best ever travel experience. What an excellent way to kick-off Season 2 of Travel Bubble. You can find out more about Intrepid Travel by visiting their website - https://www.intrepidtravel.com/ Spoilers below, don't forget to like, subscribe, rate and tell your friends about the Travel Bubble podcast. . . . . . Country No.1: Japan Activity: Urban Adventure in Tokyo Food: Any restaurant that specialises in one particular dish. Other: https://www.urbanadventures.com/destination/tokyo-tours Country No.2: Turkey Activity: Visit Istanbul, Geoff's favourite city in the world. Food: It's not just about dips and grilled meat, try the casseroles. Other: - Cappadocia - The underground city of Derinkuyu - https://www.instagram.com/agababadoner Country No. 3: Nepal Activity: Trekking Food: The ubiquitous yet delicious, dal bhat Wildcard: Iran Top Travel Tip: Pack a sarong. They are multipurpose and always come in Best Souvenir: Old Laotian tapestries. Travel Bubble Film Club Brother, Russia (1997) Available on Mubi, sign up through this link and get a 30-day free Mubi trial. If you want to support the podcast, why not buy me a pint? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TravelBubble Follow us on Travel Bubble Facebook and Instagram @TravelBubblePodcast. Subscribe so you never miss out on an episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/travelbubblepodcast/message
For our very first podcast interview I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview Geoff “Manch” Manchester, co-founder of Intrepid Group and Director of the company's not-for-profit The Intrepid Foundation. Globally recognised as a pioneer in responsible travel, Intrepid Group are the world's largest provider of adventure travel experiences. Geoff and his best mate Darrell Wade founded Intrepid Travel in 1989 with a vision of creating small group adventures that travelled the local way, benefiting both travellers and the places that they visit. More than a quarter of a century later, Intrepid Travel has grown to become Intrepid Group, a portfolio of specialist tour operators and 23 destination management companies taking over 400,000 travellers to more than 120 countries on all seven continents, and employing more than 2000 staff in 29 offices around the world. As a former leader of Intrepid trips in Asia, Manch has firsthand experience of the issues effecting developing nations. His experience in marketing for Intrepid Travel has given him insight into the value placed on such issues by both clients and travel agents. Manch has ensured Intrepid delivers on its sustainable and responsible ethos as the company has grown rapidly over the past 27 years, from championing practical, on the ground decisions involving low impact travel, to setting and implementing company-wide responsible travel strategies. In 2000, Intrepid Travel established the tourism industry's first dedicated responsible business department, then in 2002 launched The Intrepid Foundation to enable travellers to give back to the communities they visit. Since its creation the not-for-profit has raised over $10 million for more than 70 conservation and community projects around the globe, supporting initiatives in environmental conservation, wildlife protection, human rights, health care, child welfare and gender equality. Manch is especially proud of the connection that The Intrepid Foundation creates between their own local leaders and the projects that they support; they learn about the projects and community issues, and in turn are able to educate their travellers and inspire them to make a donation. Manch is an Ambassador for Conscious Capitalism Australia and is a regular speaker on sustainable business issues in Australia and around the world. This interview offers some great insights to people in business who are curious about what a truly purposeful organisation looks like and the relationship between purpose and profit. Please forgive my enthusiastic use of the words “I love...” throughout this interview. Appropriate, given the podcast theme, but I realise I may need to measure my genuine love for the actions of these businesses who are leading the way, so I don't end up inspiring the eye-roll effect!! Bear with me as I develop my podcast interviewing skills please. We cover a lot of ground in this interview and there are some great topics we get into. Some of these are highlighted below. Core Purpose vs Higher Purpose of Intrepid Travel The origins of Intrepid Travel and their “Responsible Travel” approach Intrepid's approach to animal welfare in tourism and how they've become “the elephant experts” How women's-only tours in Iran, Morocco and Turkey help to change the way people see the world The impact of the pandemic on Intrepid Travel's business and Geoff's view of the impact of the pandemic on the travel industry long-term Intrepid's leadership, advocacy and support for climate action within the travel industry Regenerative tourism, the evolution of sustainable tourism How Intrepid's purpose and approach to business attracts likeminded people to their team who are invested in the organisation's success The direct correlation between Intrepid's purposeful activities and their growth and profit Here are the links I promised in the interview: A link to Intrepid's Annual Report – enjoy! https://www.intrepidtravel.com/au/intrepid-annual-report-2020 World Travel & Tourism Council and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Sustainable Leadership Case Study on Intrepid Travel https://wttc.org/Portals/0/Documents/Reports/2021/WTTC%20Case%20Study%20-%20Intrepid.pdf?ver=2021-05-05-102941-497 I really hope you enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed having a yarn with Geoff. For more information on Intrepid Group visit www.intrepidgroup.travel; for more information on The Intrepid Foundation visit www.theintrepidfoundation.org. For more on Geoff, you can find him on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-manchester-b953702/
Hello and welcome to our special series of Green Elephant interviews during March 2021, supporting the annual B Corps month. B Corporations, or B Corps for short, are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose Throughout March, we are chatting … B Corp Month 2021 Interview – Geoff Manchester from Intrepid Travel Read More »
Hello and welcome to our special series of Green Elephant interviews during March 2021, supporting the annual B Corps month. B Corporations, or B Corps for short, are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose Throughout March, we are chatting … B Corp Month 2021 Interview – Geoff Manchester from Intrepid Travel Read More »
I'm so pleased to bring you today's guest, Geoff Manchester. Along with his mate Darrell Wade, Geoff started the Intrepid Group - the world's largest adventure travel company. I'm chatting with Geoff about all things responsible business, and how Intrepid operates from an ethos of sustainability. What Geoff is reading: Dark Emu, by Bruce Pascoe What Geoff is listening to: A New and Ancient Story: The Podcast, by Charles Eisenstein For more info, take a look at www.intrepidgroup.travel and www.theintrepidfoundation.org
Geoff Manchester and Darrell Wade were just a couple of backpackers who had a good idea, and that idea has transformed into a multi-million dollar business, Intrepid. Geoff talks to Ben Groundwater about how travel has change and how we can all continue to be good and sustainable travellers.
From sunsets in Ha Long Bay to bustling Ho Chi Minh and cultural Hoi An, this is a travel guide for first-timers (and return travellers) to one of Asia's most loved destinations, Vietnam. Ben Groundwater, Annie Dang and Intrepid's Geoff Manchester talk sights, food, experiences and more.
In this episode I interview Geoff Manchester who is the co-founder of Intrepid. We talk about travel, elephants, relationships, business, and more. I ask him something that no one had asked his before and I forget to turn my mic on. Visit adventurewriters.agency to sign up for email reminders for new episodes. For the video on elephants visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbZvouw6GYo.
After a 2 week hiatus due to a studio renovation I'm back with another episode of Studio! Today I talk to Geoff Manchester, an award-winning composer, mixing and mastering engineer, as well as product specialist at iZotope. Geoff shares with us some tips and tricks for getting a great recorded vocal for your podcast, as well as introduces us to some plugins available from iZotope to clean up your recordings, mix them and add that finishing polish that makes them really stand out. Note: This is not a sponsored podcast for iZotope, I just really love and believe in their audio plugins! You can try all of these for free by downloading a demo on the iZotope web site and look for a giveaway coming in the next episode for some of the software talked about today! Mentioned in this episode Geoff Manchester on Twitter Manchester iZotope's web site RX Elements from iZotope Neutron Elements from iZotope Ozone Elements from iZotope The New Audio Podcast Pro Audio Essentials at iZotope Geoff's RX tutorial on iZotope's website Music for Studio comes courtesy of Jeff Stark at Attune Musical Design. Our new logo was designed by Cory Jespersen. Studio is hosted, edited and mixed by William Smith. If you enjoyed this week's episode, let me know by dropping a line or leaving us a review wherever you download your podcasts! Talk to you next week!
Twenty-five years ago, two mates took a bunch of friends and an ex-council truck from Australia and travelled throughout Africa. This was the germination of Intrepid Travel, a responsible travel business that now has six specialist tour operators and 17 destination-management companies employing more than 1500 staff in 25 offices around the world. Each year, they take over 250,000 travellers to more than 100 countries on all seven continents. My guest today is Geoff Manchester, one of the two mates who co-founded Intrepid Travel with the aim of creating experiences that benefit all stakeholders: travellers, staff, communities and the environment. The conversation starts with Geoff explaining why Conscious Capitalism and becoming a certified B Corp is important to him and Intrepid Travel. From there, we go on to discuss: How Intrepid Travel got started and what pivoted them towards responsible travelling The four pillars of conscious capitalism: Purpose beyond profit Stakeholder orientation Conscious Leadership: Leading from behind Culture: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” Managing people from different countries with different cultures within the Conscious Capitalism framework Recruiting for culture versus recruiting for skill Choosing which social projects to support Partnerships The three main hurdles Intrepid Travel has faced Geoff’s tips for people wanting to start their business as a responsible entity Quotes “The four pillars of conscious capitalism really reflect our business.” @GeoffManchester “Companies will need to become B Corporations because B Corp certification will assist the consumer to decide who they want to spend their money with.” – @GeoffManchester “Conscious leadership is much more about leading from behind.” – @GeoffManchester “Give people the understanding that they can think for themselves.” @GeoffManchester “Be focused on getting culturally correct people because you can teach them the skills you need.” @GeoffManchester “Keeping up with the technology involves a huge investment all the time, and it never seems to stop.” @GeoffManchester “It’s not a matter of going to new countries but a matter of doing new styles of travel.” @GeoffManchester Episode Resources Intrepid Travel Twitter @GeoffManchester Twitter @Intrepid_Travel Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest Intrepid Foundation Conscious Capitalism B Corporation free assessment tool Firms of Endearment by Raj Sisodia Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family by Bob Chapman & Raj Sisodia The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good by Ryan Honeyman Seven Women The skincare social enterprise mentioned – Metta Natural Skincare. Hacks and Insights Culture eats strategy for breakfast: if you haven’t got your culture right, you have no hope of implementing your strategy. Think long term – and don’t compromise for the short-term gain. When taking on partnerships, pay attention to the culture and make sure your values are aligned. And finally I really love the research, outlined in book Firms of Endearment, that found conscious businesses significantly outlast and outperform those that don’t adopt these philosophies. my email contact hello[at]thetoxicfox.com Gratitude – I am very grateful to… Music: Sung by Vince Jones Old Mother Earth Knows Modern Folk link Written by Horace Silver support team: Tim Hallowell