Podcasts about Jonathan Friedman

After raging at Harvard earlier this month, President Donald Trump is now revoking the university's right to receive foreign students. The administration sent an unhinged letter to Harvard making the announcement while demanding extensive information about international students, a grotesque abuse of power. The White House statement justifying this seethed with angry, McCarthyite nonsense. We think this is already backfiring: Harvard is reportedly very likely to take legal action, and the university will probably be able to stop the move. We talked to Jonathan Friedman of PEN America, who explains why Trump's assault on Harvard is already getting universities to band together, how it's leading to renewed public support for the university system, and why Harvard's potential success beating this back will only stiffen institutional resistance to Trump. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After raging at Harvard earlier this month, President Donald Trump is now revoking the university's right to receive foreign students. The administration sent an unhinged letter to Harvard making the announcement while demanding extensive information about international students, a grotesque abuse of power. The White House statement justifying this seethed with angry, McCarthyite nonsense. We think this is already backfiring: Legal experts quickly dismissed the move as lawless, Harvard is already leaking word that it will take legal action, and the university will probably be able to stop the move. We talked to Jonathan Friedman of PEN America, who explains why Trump's assault on Harvard is already getting universities to band together, how it's leading to renewed public support for the university system, and why Harvard's potential success beating this back will only stiffen institutional resistance to Trump. Listen to this episode here. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After raging at Harvard earlier this month, President Donald Trump is now revoking the university's right to receive foreign students. The administration sent an unhinged letter to Harvard making the announcement while demanding extensive information about international students, a grotesque abuse of power. The White House statement justifying this seethed with angry, McCarthyite nonsense. We think this is already backfiring: Harvard is reportedly very likely to take legal action, and the university will probably be able to stop the move. We talked to Jonathan Friedman of PEN America, who explains why Trump's assault on Harvard is already getting universities to band together, how it's leading to renewed public support for the university system, and why Harvard's potential success beating this back will only stiffen institutional resistance to Trump. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you could completely transform your business – your brand, messaging, positioning, even your content – using Ai in just THREE DAYS?Sound impossible? Well, that's exactly what we accomplished with Jonathan Friedman, founder of the architectural studio Liminal. Jonathan was stuck competing in a crowded market until we used Ai to redefine his entire business from the ground up.In this episode, Jonathan joins me to break down exactly how we did it, step-by-step. You'll hear how we turned Ai into our “invisible team member,” speeding up research, creative ideation, content creation, and marketing strategy at incredible speeds. We crafted a 250-page book, a TED Talk, multiple videos, 50 elevator pitches, and generated a list of over 300 targeted channel marketing partners – all in just 72 hours.Bottom line? Jonathan is now positioned to double his revenue goals this year. The best part? We had a blast doing it!Ready to make Ai your new best team member? Then, let's get started.KEY INSIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS:

Harvard University has declared that enough is enough, and it's now openly refusing to buckle to Trump's command for subservience on multiple fronts. In response, Trump erupted on Truth Social like a petty tinpot dictator, raging that Harvard should lose its tax exempt status and worse. We think this reveals a hidden weakness: Trump and MAGA know that if institutions don't capitulate to them, and band together to overcome their collective action problem, the Trump-MAGA assault could very well falter. If there's some way out of our disastrous mess, it partly involves major institutions doing exactly this, in a concerted, sustained way. We talked to Jonathan Friedman, the managing director of the free expression program at PEN America, about the real nature of Harvard's pushback, the prospects for more institutions following suit, and the potential for a real united front of resistance to disarm MAGA.  Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard University has declared that enough is enough, and it's now openly refusing to buckle to Trump's command for subservience on multiple fronts. In response, Trump erupted on Truth Social like a petty tinpot dictator, raging that Harvard should lose its tax exempt status and worse. We think this reveals a hidden weakness: Trump and MAGA know that if institutions don't capitulate to them, and band together to overcome their collective action problem, the Trump-MAGA assault could very well falter. If there's some way out of our disastrous mess, it partly involves major institutions doing exactly this, in a concerted, sustained way. We talked to Jonathan Friedman, the managing director of the free expression program at PEN America, about the real nature of Harvard's pushback, the prospects for more institutions following suit, and the potential for a real united front of resistance to disarm MAGA.  Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard University has declared that enough is enough, and it's now openly refusing to buckle to Trump's command for subservience on multiple fronts. In response, Trump erupted on Truth Social like a petty tinpot dictator, raging that Harvard should lose its tax exempt status and worse. We think this reveals a hidden weakness: Trump and MAGA know that if institutions don't capitulate to them, and band together to overcome their collective action problem, the Trump-MAGA assault could very well falter. If there's some way out of our disastrous mess, it partly involves major institutions doing exactly this, in a concerted, sustained way. We talked to Jonathan Friedman, the managing director of the free expression program at PEN America, about the real nature of Harvard's pushback, the prospects for more institutions following suit, and the potential for a real united front of resistance to disarm MAGA.  Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Friedman, managing director of U.S. free expression and education programs at PEN America, discusses their new analysis of the 4,000 books banned in schools during the 2023-2024 school year.

While the US faces potential ESG setbacks under a Trump administration, UK advisers must navigate evolving ESG regulations. Market forces, rather than policy, are driving adoption, with companies recognising sustainability as essential for long-term resilience. As ESG integrates into mainstream investing, advisers must balance compliance, client expectations, and performance to capitalise on the UK's role in shaping responsible investment trends.Ima Jackson-obot, deputy features editor at FT Adviser, is joined by Arthur Carabia, director of ESG policy research at Morningstar Sustainalytics and Jonathan Friedman, global lead – ESG advisory at Anthesis Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Republicans and their allies are banning books, courses and even brief classroom chats about "divisive topics" - and passing laws to punish teachers who disobey. They're also spending big money to elect school boards that embrace their extremist visions. Jonathan Friedman of PEN America describes some of the most threatening developments across the country.

Free-speech advocates Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion, political activist, and chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative; Evan Mawarire, Zimbabwean pastor, democratic activist, and director of education at the Renew Democracy Initiative; and Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, discuss the state of free expression in the United States, Russia, Zimbabwe and around the world. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.   This program is presented in partnership with the Renew Democracy Initiative and the Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.  Additional Resources An Open Letter on American Democracy from Global Dissidents “Forgotten Prisoners, Writing for Freedom – Egypt,” Frontlines of Freedom podcast "Narges Mohammadi, PEN America" Garry Kasparov, Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped Evan Mawarire, 2023 Commencement Address at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service Evan Mawarire, “This Flag - A Lament of Zimbabwe” Kasey Meehan and Jonathan Friedman, “Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools,” PEN America Suzanne Nossel, Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All PEN America, Freedom to Write Index 2022   Stay Connected and Learn More Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. Please subscribe to Live at the National Constitution Center and our companion podcast We the People on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app.

President of The Journal That Talks Back™, former Child & Youth Counselor, current mental health advocate, digital marketer and musician. The Journal That Talks Back™, is an accessible coaching platform that connects young professionals and post-secondary students with a certified coach so they can manage their mental health, relationships, career aspirations, personal and professional challenges and more. After 8 years as a Child and Youth Counselor, he has seen firsthand how important it is for young adults to have access to meaningful support. Website & SOCIALs   Website LinkedIn  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram  

President of The Journal That Talks Back™, former Child & Youth Counselor, current mental health advocate, digital marketer and musician. The Journal That Talks Back™, is an accessible coaching platform that connects young professionals and post-secondary students with a certified coach so they can manage their mental health, relationships, career aspirations, personal and professional challenges and more. After 8 years as a Child and Youth Counselor, he has seen firsthand how important it is for young adults to have access to meaningful support. Website & SOCIALs   Website LinkedIn  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram  

In this episode, Darren Reinke chats with the Jonathan Friedman, Co-Founder and President of Volo Beauty, about his entrepreneurial journey. Jonathan shares insights into how he dealt with failure as an entrepreneur, how he learned to not take things personally, and how he developed a strong enough risk profile to take the entrepreneurial leap.Volo Beauty is a leading hair care brand dedicated to transforming peoples' daily hair routine. With a mission to make drying and styling your hair easier, faster, and healthier, Volo Beauty has created innovative products that harness the power of cutting-edge technology and thoughtful design. Volo Beauty is committed to empowering individuals to embrace their natural beauty and simplifying their hair care routine with exceptional quality and exceptional results.Show Notes:When Jonathan knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur [00:57]How Jonathan went from a MBA student to an entrepreneur [3:53]The sequence of Jonathan's career [5:29]What Jonathan learned from being a scrappy salesperson [7:21]Jonathan's journey and key lessons learned from his machine shop and a software company [10:13]How Jonathan became comfortable with the risks associated with entrepreneurship [13:06]How Jonathan managed the personal toll entrepreneurship took [16:38]The Volo Beauty Story [19:40]How Jonathan successfully executed the art of the pivot [20:50]The moment Jonathan felt like he “made it” [25:46]How Volo engineered a wireless hair dryer [28:43]Why Jonathan decided to raise additional money to pursue the cordless hair dryer [30:44]What's next for Volo [32:23]The challenges Volo has faced while scaling [33:54]The most important lessons Jonathan has learned from his entrepreneurial journey [35:30]Links:https://volobeauty.com/https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=Volo

a movement in the United States that started with book bans has shifted to a call to defund public libraries. We discuss how librarians are fighting back with Katie Hill Earnhart, the library director of The Cape Giradeau Public Library in the state of Missouri; Mary Grahame, youth services librarian at Ferndale Area district Library, just north of Detroit; and Jonathan Friedman, the director of free expression and education programs for PEN America.

Can I teach that book? What kind of reaction am I going to get from my administration or parents if I do? Is it worth the hassle?Across the country, educators are struggling with an evolving and confusing landscape when it comes to what they can teach. The number of banned and challenged books is skyrocketing. Some teachers have been told to hide or remove their classroom libraries out of fear of violating the law. Unsurprisingly, this has left educators afraid and confused.Sphere Education Initiatives is pleased to welcome Jonathan Friedman, Director of Free Expression and Education Programs at PEN America, for our webinar Challenging Classroom Conversations: Banned and Challenged Books to discuss his research on banned and challenged books in America, what's driving this phenomenon, and how educators can respond during these confusing times. Join us on Wednesday, February 15th from 7:30 – 9:00 Eastern for this timely and important conversation.Following the opening conversation on banned and challenged books, there will be a professional development workshop introducing Sphere's latest classroom resource, “Practicing Civil Discourse Through Literature.” Elyse Alter, Content Development Manager for Sphere Education Initiatives, will be joined by Stephanie Hasty, the author of the resource and an English Language Arts instructor, to discuss the role of civil discourse in the ELA classroom, preview some of the materials, and discuss ways to practically respond to the specter of banned and challenged books in your community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blossom Your Awesome Podcast Episode #95 Mental Wellness With Jonathan FriedmanJonathan Friedman is a mental health advocate. He is the president of the Journal That Talks Back, an accessible coaching program that helps young professionals gain access to certified coaches for mental health, personal, professional, relationship and other challenges. Jonathan is also a digital marketer and musician. He has also spent many years as a youth counselor. We had an incredibly insightful conversation about the necessity for mental health and thoughts for overcoming challenges and struggles, anxiety and practical guidance for those struggling with mental health and the optimal way to achieve mental wellness. To get in touch with Jonathan and learn more about his work - https://www.facebook.com/TheJournalThatTalksBackTo see more of my work  - blossomyourawesome.com https://blossomyourawesome.com/mindfulness-1Where I write and cover mindfulness and other things to help you Blossom Your Awesome. Or follow me on instagram where I post fairly regularly and ask an inquisitive question or two weekly in hopes of getting you thinking about your life and going deeper with it. My Instagram - i_go_by_skdTo support my work - my Patreon 

Episode 128: Interviewing Dr. Brian Haley on ‘Neo-Indians' Guests: Dr. Brian Haley In this episode we speak about two of Dr. Haley's articles “Immigration & Indigenization in the Mexican Diaspora in the Southwestern United States”, and, “How Spaniards Became Chumash and other Tales of Ethnogenesis”. We also speak about the Neo-Chumash, Jonathan Friedman's “Duel process of Globalization”, Jack D. Forbes' background (he's a pretendian), and “The Neo-Indians” by Jacques Galinier & Antoinette Molinie. (**When we speak about the Neo Chumash, we are not speaking about the federally recognized Chumash Communities) You can find Dr Haley's work on the podcast share drive, in the “Indigenismo/Raceshifting/indigeneity” folder, and at: https://oneonta.academia.edu/BrianHaley and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian-Haley-2 Rick is a citizen of the Comanche Nation, and has a master's in Indigenous People's law, from the University of Oklahoma.

* Two Years After January 6th Insurrection GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy; Brett Edkins, Managing Director, Policy & Political Affairs with Stand Up America; Producer: Scott Harris. * Groups Organize to Fight Repressive Culture War Book Banning Across America; Jonathan Friedman, Director of Free Expression and Education with PEN America; Producer: Scott Harris. * Opponents of Atlanta's ‘Cop City' Training Center Accused of ‘Domestic Terrorism'; Kei, a long-time Atlanta resident and organizer in the ‘Stop Cop City' campaign; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

When you turn on your news app, YouTube, or television, chances are you're going to be deluged with content about “cancel culture,” an amorphous term that no one ever actually defines, but seems to be about private citizens criticizing other private citizens. What you're much less likely to hear about is that right now, America is facing an epidemic of censorship--actual government officials using their power to ban speech or content that they don't like. According to the free expression and literary human rights group PEN America, since 2021, there have been 185 educational gag orders in 41 states targeting authors and teachers from teaching specific books and topics. Censorship advocates are also coming after the nation's public libraries, trying to block and remove materials they deem inappropriate based on their religious opinions. In this episode, we're joined by Jonathan Friedman who is the director of free expression and education programs at PEN America. AUDIO TRANSCRIPT (Patreon membership required for full text): https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2022/12/americas-public-libraries-are-facing-an-epidemic-of-censorship/ GUEST INFO Jonathan Friedman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonfreadom PEN America website: https://pen.org/ PEN report, "Banned in the USA" https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/ ABOUT THE SHOW Theory of Change is hosted by Matthew Sheffield and is part of the Flux network, a new content community of podcasters and writers. Please visit us at https://flux.community to learn more and to tell us about what you're doing. We're constantly growing and learning from the great people we meet. Theory of Change website: https://theoryofchange.show Theory of Change on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheoryChange Matthew Sheffield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattsheffield SUPPORT THE SHOW PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/theorychange Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/discoverflux If you're not able to support financially, please help us by subscribing and/or leaving a nice review on your favorite podcast app. Doing this helps other people find Theory of Change and our great guests. Thanks for your help! Theory of Change on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theory-of-change-podcast/id1486920059

Republicans and their allies are banning books, courses and even brief lessons about "divisive topics" - and passing laws to punish teachers who disobey. They're also spending big money to elect school boards that embrace their extremist visions. Jonathan Friedman of PEN America describes some of the most threatening developments across the country.

Jonathan Friedman is the director of free expression and education programs at PEN America. He oversees research, advocacy, and education related to academic freedom, educational gag orders, book bans, and general free expression in schools, colleges, and universities. We discuss the driving forces behind campaigns to ban books and silence teachers.Education has always been political and a part of the culture war. We're currently experiencing an eruption of citizen anger against schools, books, school librarians, and teachers for allegedly engaging in something dangerous. For example, anything about diversity and inclusion is labeled as critical race theory. Libraries were actually put inside schools to encourage literacy and development, civic engagement, and exploration that is very healthy for a society. Politicians are increasingly trying to label whatever they don't like in schools as something that should be censored, and there are efforts to defund or close public libraries. Follow Jonathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonfreadomFollow Mila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/milaatmosAdditional InformationFuture Hindsight PodcastMore shows from The Democracy Group

Jonathan Friedman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Demostack. How quickly should your prospect see a product demo in their buying journey? How do you make your demos more memorable to your prospects? Jonathan shares valuable insights on these questions and how to create impactful demos consistently. He talks about the many functions and features of Demostack. He also digs into the power of storytelling and using stories to make your demos a reflection of your prospects and their needs. Above all, being consistent with the stories you tell throughout your buyer's process.    HIGHLIGHTS Everything you can do in Demostack Co-creating with your prospect with powerful demos Your buyer is an extension of your storytelling capabilities Congruency is essential when presenting your product   QUOTES Demo platforms help the seller bring the product into the conversation - Jonathan: "I can do a million things to know a little bit of who you are before we go on the phone. If I can translate that into the product and make you feel comfortable because you see yourself in my product really well, then I can do that. As I do discovery and as we discuss, I can customize it in subsequent calls more and more to make it feel as if you've been using the product for years." Helping prospects see their story through demos - Jonathan: "The currency that humans use is storytelling. And stories are the only currency that can jump between minds. If we have a conversation right now and I tell you a story, that story can remain with you and you can duplicate it." Jonathan on why you should get the congruency right: "For every different product, there are different pieces on that but if you can get the congruency right then you kind of accelerate your points. Then people interact, go to your website, when they talk to you, you say the same thing, and your presentation says the same thing, then they can say this is a real story."   Connect with Jonathan in the links below: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-friedman/ Website: https://www.demostack.com/   Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World's leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

We have expressed a desire to keep The Book Case non-political. But there is one issue we feel should not be a source of contention - and that is book banning and book challenges. We have been looking for a relatively safe way to approach the issue and think we've found it in a book by Amy Serig King entitled Attack of the Black Rectangles. The "black rectangles" to which she refers are those black stripes that represent redactions of language. Amy writes for young people— target audience probably 11 to 16. But this book reads well for adults as well and addresses an important subject. It is a fictionalized account of an actual book redaction that her son discovered in a school assigned novel about the Holocaust. Amy argues, persuasively we feel, that young people don't need this kind of ‘protection' and that it's a slippery slope from redactions to actual book bans. She has both a lovely book and a powerful argument. Afterwards we talk with Jonathan Friedman of PEN America who has written a thorough report about how the number of book challenges and bans are growing across the United States at an alarming rate. Books mentioned in the podcast: Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King (A.S. King) Me and Marvin Gardens By Amy Sarig King (A.S. King) The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Dig by Amy Sarig King (A. S. King) Ask the Passengers by Amy Sarig King (A. S. King) Reality Boy by Amy Sarig King (A. S. King) Everybody Sees the Ants by Amy Sarig King (A. S. King) God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Thursday, September 29th, 2022   Jonathan Friedman is the director of free expression and education programs at PEN America. He oversees research, advocacy, and education related to academic freedom, educational gag orders, book bans, and general free expression in schools, colleges, and universities. We discuss the driving forces behind campaigns to ban books and silence teachers.   Education has always been political and a part of the culture war. We're currently experiencing an eruption of citizen anger against schools, books, school librarians, and teachers for allegedly engaging in something dangerous. For example, anything about diversity and inclusion is labeled as critical race theory. Libraries were actually put inside schools to encourage literacy and development, civic engagement, and exploration that is very healthy for a society. Politicians are increasingly trying to label whatever they don't like in schools as something that should be censored, and there are efforts to defund or close public libraries.    Follow Jonathan on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/jonfreadom    Follow Mila on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/milaatmos    Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Love Future Hindsight? Take our Listener Survey!  http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=6tI0Zi1e78vq&ver=standard    Sponsor Thanks to Shopify for supporting the show! Go to shopify.com/hopeful for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features. Start selling on Shopify today.   Want to support the show and get it early?  https://patreon.com/futurehindsight    Check out the Future Hindsight website!  www.futurehindsight.com     Credits:   Host: Mila Atmos  Guest: Jonathan Friedman Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham

On Friday, House Republicans launched their "Commitment to America" agenda. NBC senior congressional reporter Scott Wong and Politico national political reporter Holly Otterbein join us to speak about the agenda and latest on Senate and Governor races in Pennsylvania. Then, it's banned books week, and residents across U.S. communities weigh in on what it means to see books being pulled from shelves in schools and public libraries. Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education programs at PEN America, joins us. And, a new study shows that there are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, and that's a conservative estimate. Entomologist Adam Hart joins us to talk about the study and what all those ants mean.

In this episode, Julie celebrates Banned Books Week by speaking to Jonathan Friedman of PEN America about the concerning trends that are worthy of our attention and, more critically, our action. Jonathan is the Director of Free Expression and Education Programs, and in that role he oversees research, advocacy, and education related to academic freedom, educational gag orders, book bans, and general free expression in school, colleges, and universities. He joins Julie to talk about recent cases, the dangerous lean toward a more censorious culture, and PEN's efforts to unite writers with their allies (they've been doing it for one hundred years)! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Efforts to ban books are on the rise, presenting challenges to schools and libraries across the country. And a new report from PEN America says challenges to library books are not just coming from concerned parents, but are actually part of an organized political effort. Reset checks in with Jonathan Friedman of PEN America and Susie An, WBEZ education reporter to learn more about the report and what's at stake

As we've been doing all season, on Conversations with Cohen, we continue to focus on issues managers in law firms deal with on a daily basis. For episode 8, I interviewed Jonathan Friedman of Friedman and Williams. They work heavily with law firms in a support function, including administrative and employee placement. They handle technology, finance, business development, legal assistants, and their newer Grant & Maxie division which strictly focuses on associate attorneys for clients across the nation.We discussed why law firms have so much difficulty hiring good professionals right now. Jonathan identifies competition as a main issue, as all the firms are competing for the same candidates. The demand for talent and workload is out there, so firms need to make their firms more attractive so new hires will stay. Company culture and career paths are a huge factor for candidates.Jonathan says that money isn't the main factor anymore in drawing in candidates. Expectations over how often an employee can work from home is a big topic right now. Firms are looking at how they want to structure their workweek for the long term, whether a hybrid work schedule or back in the office full-time.We went over different scenarios and how counteroffers work to entice new employees. Firms need to move candidates through the hiring process quickly, be prepared for counter offers and competition that will take place, and act quickly. The hiring market this summer looks different than last summer; it is an employee's market.If you're a law firm and you struggle with finding and retaining talented attorneys, Jonathan drops a lot of wisdom on this subject that will be invaluable to you and your hiring department. Forward-thinking and growth is a must to remain competitive in the current market. You can reach out to Jonathan through his LinkedIn or his company website.

It's a service provider's perspective on healthcare from Jonathan Friedman on this episode of the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast with Rob Oliver. Jonathan is from Toronto Canada. He is a Millennial (Generation Y.) His specialty is child and youth counseling as well as coaching. He is the president of “The Journal That Talks Back™.” Here are 3 things that stood out as Jonathan Friedman gave us a service provider's perspective on healthcare: · Sometimes the mental health of people with developmental disabilities can be missed because of the focus on their diagnosis. There needs to be a holistic view. · Great healthcare is affordable, accessible, and holistic. (A prime example is that psychotherapy is typically not covered or only a few sessions are covered by insurance.) · Transportation is a huge obstacle for people with disabilities when it comes to accessing the healthcare system. You can learn more about Jonathan Friedman and The Journal That Talks Back™ through the links below: Website https://www.thejournalthattalksback.com/ Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jonny_friedman Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheJournalThatTalksBack Instagram http://www.instagram.com/journalthattalksback LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/company/the-journal-that-talks-back To connect with the show on social media use the links below: Twitter: http://twitter.com/yourkeynoter Facebook: http://facebook.com/yourkeynoter Instagram: http://instagram.com/yourkeynoter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/yourkeynoter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ub8CjRQAmXsOEA4s9AYbw We would love to hear from you. Visit the “Contact Us” form: https://www.perspectivesonhealthcare.com/contact/ Look around the website for more Perspectives on Healthcare. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by guests on the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast are solely the opinion of the guest. They are not to be misconstrued as medical diagnoses or medical advice. Please consult with a licensed medical professional before attempting any of the treatments suggested.

It's a service provider's perspective on healthcare from Jonathan Friedman on this episode of the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast with Rob Oliver. Jonathan is from Toronto Canada. He is a Millennial (Generation Y.) His specialty is child and youth counseling as well as coaching. He is the president of “The Journal That Talks Back™.” Here are 3 things that stood out as Jonathan Friedman gave us a service provider's perspective on healthcare: · Sometimes the mental health of people with developmental disabilities can be missed because of the focus on their diagnosis. There needs to be a holistic view. · Great healthcare is affordable, accessible, and holistic. (A prime example is that psychotherapy is typically not covered or only a few sessions are covered by insurance.) · Transportation is a huge obstacle for people with disabilities when it comes to accessing the healthcare system. You can learn more about Jonathan Friedman and The Journal That Talks Back™ through the links below: Website https://www.thejournalthattalksback.com/ Twitter http://www.twitter.com/jonny_friedman Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheJournalThatTalksBack Instagram http://www.instagram.com/journalthattalksback LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/company/the-journal-that-talks-back To connect with the show on social media use the links below: Twitter: http://twitter.com/yourkeynoter Facebook: http://facebook.com/yourkeynoter Instagram: http://instagram.com/yourkeynoter LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/yourkeynoter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ub8CjRQAmXsOEA4s9AYbw We would love to hear from you. Visit the “Contact Us” form: https://www.perspectivesonhealthcare.com/contact/ Look around the website for more Perspectives on Healthcare. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by guests on the Perspectives on Healthcare Podcast are solely the opinion of the guest. They are not to be misconstrued as medical diagnoses or medical advice. Please consult with a licensed medical professional before attempting any of the treatments suggested.

Jonathan's career with youth mental health counselling set him up for his own venture "The Journal That Talks Back" where young people can access coaching support on-demand.We talk about the pressures that young people face and how we can best support them.Find Jonathan atWeb siteTikTok  Instagram

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The Summer podcast features articles written primarily by medics and non-physicians. This entire journal is focused on the Critical Care aspect of SOF Medicine, so we wanted to invite the tip of the spear medics to talk about their research in this podcast. The first article is, "Analgesia and Sedation in the Prehospital Setting: A Critical Care Viewpoint" by Taylor DeRosiersm et. al. "Mechanical Ventilation: A Review for Special Operations Medical Personnel" by Jonathan Friedman and Seth Assar follows. We finish up with, "Airway Management With Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation" by Papalski, Siedler, and Callaway. Be sure to follow us on our Social Media platforms @jsomonline https://jsom.us/Podcast.

PEN America, a nonprofit focused on free speech and expression through the written word that was founded in 1922, has been at the forefront of the debate over censorship through decades and shifting public sentiment. Some well-known and highly regarded books ran up on trouble during the 20th century, including works like Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. But a more recent debate around what should be present in public school libraries has turned from protecting students from questionable language and moved to shielding readers from the realities around them. It’s fair to question how old a student should be before accessing information on some topics. But there are school districts — according to Jonathan Friedman, PEN’s director of free expression and education — that have dispensed with processes to review books in libraries. Among other issues with this most recent spate of book challenges, Friedman sees attention focused upon authors from marginalized communities. And he joins The Best of Our Knowledge to explain how this all might impact not just free speech, but public education as a whole. Our theme music, this and every week, is a track called “Musical Chairs” by Los Angeles producer Omid. Follow his latest work on Soundcloud. Pertinent links Banned in the USA: Rising school book bans threaten free expression and student’s First Amendment rights These are books school systems don’t want you to read, and why The next book ban: States aim to limit titles students can search for Nashville debuts limited-edition ‘I read banned books’ library card How the age-appropriate debate is altering curriculum in Tennessee and nationwide

Conversation with Jonathan Friedman Co-founder & CEO Demostack Jonathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-friedman/ https://www.demostack.com/ Ephraim https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimyarmak/ Enjoy!

On the PreSales Podcast, James Kaikis and Jonathan Friedman connect on "Connecting Product to Value with Better Storytelling." Jonathan, Co-Founder & CEO at Demostack, talks about how the changes in buyer behavior force organizations to take a new approach to selling. PreSales plays a crucial role in the revenue process in this new approach. Solutions Engineers need to connect product to value through storytelling early and often in the demo and sales process.

Book bans are nothing new in the United States, but  our guest this week says the current movement to restrict access to books about race and gender has a different flavor than bans in previous eras. Rather than coming from individual parents or from the ground up in a community, demands to ban dozens or even hundreds of books at a time are coming from state legislators or national parent groups who circulate lists of books online. This trend is troubling for free speech and for the democratic processes that govern how students access information in schools.  Joining us to unpack what's happening and what we can do about is Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education at PEN America. He oversees advocacy, analysis, and outreach concerning educational communities and academic institution and drives PEN America's efforts to catalyze a more informed, civic culture through education and advocacy for the rising generation and the general public.Additional InformationPEN America's report on book bansRelated EpisodesHow national parties are breaking state politicsPublic schools, not government schools 

Jonathan Friedman President and Co-Founder of The Journal That Talks Back, an accessible journaling and coaching app that connects young professionals with a certified coach so they can manage their mental health, relationships, career aspirations, personal and professional challenges and more.After 8 years as a Child and Youth Counselor, Jonathan has seen firsthand how prevalent and relevant accessibility issues are and it is his mission to provide a safe and accessible space for young professionals to journal, be heard, receive guidance and grow!_____Get your copy of Personal Socrates: Better Questions, Better Life  Connect with Marc >>>  Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter Drop a review and let me know what's resonating with you about the show!Thanks as always for listening and have the best day yet!*Behind the Human is proudly recorded in a Canadian made Loop Phone Booth*Special props

In which Dan takes a close look at the recent spread of censorship aimed at schools and libraries across the United States. Hundreds (!) of new laws have been proposed in just months that would put teachers and curriculums under the microscope, and books are being pulled from shelves. The common denominator? The ideas and books being questioned all challenge orthodox views of American society, history, and family. To begin, Dan is joined by Jonathan Friedman from PEN America to talk about gag order laws proliferating across the country (5:40). They discuss how the 1619 Project should be seen as ground zero for this latest censorship push, and then talk through the goals and consequences of the gag order laws coming out of state houses around America. Then Dan talks to Christine Emeran from the National Coalition Against Censorship about why books are coming under attack across the country (33:00). As always I welcome comments and questions on Twitter and Instagram @BigIdeaEd Mentioned in the episode:"A Tennessee school board removed the graphic novel ‘Maus,' about the Holocaust" (CNN)"'Don't Say Gay' bill passes Florida Senate" (ABC)The 1619 Project from the NY TimesEducational Gag Orders: Legislative Restrictions on the Freedom to Read, Learn, and Teach from PEN America. Lead author: Jonathan FriedmanKids' Right to Read Action Kit from the National Coalition Against CensorshipResponding to Book Challenges: A Handbook for Teachers from the National Coalition Against CensorshipYouth Censorship Database from the National Coalition Against Censorship"How a YA oral-sex scene touched off Texas' latest culture war" from Texas TribuneMusic:Track: Sunflower — Soyb [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: https://youtu.be/dG1U3NuR9PkFree Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/sunflower

Friday Fundamentals 160: Jonathan Friedman

Friday Fundamentals 160: Jonathan Friedman

On this episode of BPC Weekly, a look into some of the efforts to stifle free speech - on the internet and in the classroom - with Director of Free Expression and Education at PEN America, Jonathan Friedman. Later, Kia Young of the Consumer Federation of America joins to discuss how to start planning for your financial future. 

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Jonathan Friedman, CEO & Co Founder at Demostack. Join us for a conversation about how Jonathan's company is helping reps tell the story of their companies more effectively and productively — Freeing up time to spend in more engaging conversations with their customers and prospects.What You'll LearnThe origin story that comes from a deep affinity w/ a specific problemBuilding Demostack in response to a lack of correct informationThe concept of a team, not a family Show Agenda and TimestampsAbout Jonathan Friedman & Demostack [1:51]From young entrepreneur to professional background [4:38]Key strategies to getting a company off the ground [11:25]How quickly categories can spring into existence [16:58]Building the right kind of culture [20:22]Why the demo is so messed up [25:00]Paying it forward [29:55]Sam's Corner [33:30]

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Hello everyone! Education policy is changing. Politicians and board members are literally running on campaigns centered around what they believe should—and should not—happen in schools. Because of this, it is extremely important that we not only stay informed, but are knowledgable around laws, the history of educational movements, and why many restrictions are being pushed right now so hard. Among all of this, is the term gag order, which is detailed clearly in this episode. If you're unfamiliar with the term in education, like I was, you'll want to hear this episode. Joining me to help in unpacking this complex topic is Jonathan Friedman, the director of Free Expression and Education PEN America. In this episode, we discuss: The history of fringe involvement in educational policy The underlying politics behind content bans Analyzing precedence for today's bans by looking at the push for religious beliefs to be in public school Gag orders, what they are, and what they do How gag orders are seeking to control teacher speech around race, sex, gender, and politics Enjoy!     Teaching our children to think and reason mathematically is a challenge, not because students can't learn to think mathematically, but because we must change our own often deeply-rooted teaching habits. This is where instructional routines come in. Their predictable design and repeatable nature support both teachers and students to develop new habits. In Teaching for Thinking, Grace Kelemanik and Amy Lucenta pick up where their first book, Routines for Reasoning, left off. They draw on their years of experience in the classroom and as instructional coaches to examine how educators can make use of routines to make three fundamental shifts in teaching practice: Focus on thinking: Shift attention away from students' answers and toward their thinking and reasoning Step out of the middle: Shift the balance from teacher-student interactions toward student-student interactions Support productive struggle: Help students do the hard thinking work that leads to real learning With three complete new routines,  support for designing your own routine, and ideas for using routines in your professional learning as well as in your classroom teaching, Teaching for Thinking will help you build new teaching habits that will support all your students to become and see themselves as capable mathematicians.

Ready to learn how to make your website accessible to ANYONE in 2022 (and beyond)? It's the right thing to do and it's a great benefit to your business! Digital accessibility helps your online business by making your content marketing and web design reach more people. With some basic web accessibility education, you can update your website so it's easily digested by screen readers, senior eyes, and skimmers alike. Believe it or not, some of my most repeated copywriting tips are also about accessibility because of the fact that universal design improves the experience for everyone; plus, Google search rewards your business when your blog posts and page content are accessible for the visually impaired. Learn more about web accessibility guidelines, easy-to-implement tools, and more in today's conversation with special guest Jonathan Friedman. ----------------------------- Time Stamps: 2:25 - Jonathan's backstory 3:41 - Accessibility 14:24 - Where Should You Start to Make Things More Accessible 20:00 - Customer Service 27:55 - The Journal That Talks Back ----------------------------- Resources mentioned: WordPress Plugins: Yoast WP Rocket ----------------------------- Guest contact info: Follow Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_a_friedman/ (@jonathan_a_friedman/) https://www.thejournalthattalksback.com/ (The Journal That Talks Back) ----------------------------- Important info: Connect with me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emmagivenswriter/ (@emmagivenswriter), I would love to get to know you and your aha moment! Want to know how I can personally help your business? Work with team https://emmagivens.com/ (Emma Givens Content & Copy) Interested in copywriting support and accessibility-friendly content for your business? - https://bit.ly/callwithemma (Book a chat with me today)

Felipe Blue, LCAS, CSI of More Than Therapy introduces: Jonathan Friedman is the President of The Journal That Talks Back™, affordable, unlimited journaling, and coaching app that connects young professionals and post-secondary students with a certified coach so they can address their mental health, relationships, career aspirations, personal and professional challenges, and more. After 8 years as a Child and Youth Counselor, he has seen firsthand how essential it is for young adults to have access to experienced and personal support. https://www.thejournalthattalksback.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-friedman-jttb/ https://www.facebook.com/TheJournalThatTalksBack/ https://twitter.com/jonny_friedman https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_a_friedman/ https://www.tiktok.com/@jonathanfriedman1993 Recorded at: More Than Therapy 201 W Main Street Suite 316 Durham, NC 27701 www.morethantherapy.org 984-888-8807 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/morethantherapy/message

New year, new guests, and new stories! Welcome back to The Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast. And what greater way to be back than with a special guest!Today's guest is the wonderful Jonathan Friedman. As some of you already know, he's one of my five kids, and we've been working together for the last number of years. Jonathan has been a part of the FOM family (or FOMily, as he likes to put it) for a long time, and now he's on a new journey as President of The Journal That Talks Back™, an accessible coaching platform for young professionals and post-secondary school students.Jonathan sits with me to discuss his struggle with anxiety. Right now he has a lot of things on his plate and, naturally, that causes a lot of stress. But it doesn't end there. Jonathan describes this issue as if he has bees buzzing around in his head, and those bees are now affecting his sleep and even his relationships. And in talking, I discover that he's not actually making any space to attend to those bees.What I mean is that we should allow ourselves some “bee time”, where we're not neglecting the anxiety and stress, but facing it. And while there are many, many different ways to do that, the important thing is that you actually do make that time for yourself. So don't just lock the bees away. Make time for them, and who knows, you could even be able to use them for brilliance!Join the conversation!www.frameofmindcoaching.com/the-frame-of-mind-coaching-podcastClick here to learn more about The Journal That Talks Back™:www.thejournalthattalksback.com/Read this episode's transcript here:www.buzzsprout.com/1252997/episodes/9823465Do you have a challenge you'd like to discuss? Reach out! If there's any issue you want to talk about here on the podcast or privately, please send me an email:kim@frameofmindcoaching.com

"It's unlimited coaching in your pocket as a user, as a client, you track your mood, your sleep, stress, and you journal, and your coach that we match you to will read and respond to each and every journal. You can journal a thousand times a day and your coach would respond a thousand times." Jonathan along with his family created an app for younger people and post secondary students to have a coach lined up with them to help them through their struggles. They created this amazing app called "The Journal That Talks Back". Jonathan is from the Toronto area himself and enjoys music and working with youth, helping them through their mental struggles. He also plays in a progressive metal band, which actually has helped him work through his social anxiety, as you will hear in this episode. Website and Social Media Links: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/journalthattalksback/ Linktree- https://linktr.ee/thejournalthattalksback Here are some of the topics we touch upon in this episode: His app “The Journal Talks Back” Child and youth worker Anxiety Mental health Coping startegies Gratitude Better access for services If you would like to support the show please leave a 5 star review over on Apple Podcasts or leave a voice message on Anchor FM. You can also follow the show and my journey on IG @depthsofdarkside! Thanks for listening and have a great day! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lightofsuccess/message

Coco Das interviews Jonathan Friedman, PEN America, about their new report titled "Educational Gag Orders" about the onslaught of legislation restricting public education in the US about race, gender and American history (pen.org/report/educational-gag-orders). Friedman is the director of free expression and education at PEN America, where he oversees advocacy, analysis, and outreach to educational communities and academic institutions. Follow Friedman at @jzfriedman and PEN at @PENAmerica. Refuse Fascism Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse: We Need a Beautiful Rising to Stop Rising Fascism – No Fascist Vigilantes in Our Streets! Audio included from interviews with Justin Blake and Bishop Tavis Grant of the Rainbow Push Coalition was excerpted from NBC Chicago. Also mentioned in this episode: The Fight Against the White Supremacist Whitewash and Fascist Suppression of Historical Truth by Rafael Kadaris. Send your comments about the Refuse Fascism podcast to samanthagoldman@refusefascism.org or @SamBGoldman. Or leave a voicemail at 917-426-7582 or on https://anchor.fm/refuse-fascism/message. Connect with the movement at RefuseFascism.org and support: Venmo: @Refuse-Fascism Cashapp: @RefuseFascism paypal.me/refusefascism donate.refusefascism.org Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refuse-fascism/message

Ever wondered about the different ways to help your mental health? In this episode, I am joined by Jonathan Friedman, President of The Journal That Talks Back™, as we go through all the services available for treating your mental health including therapy, counseling, coaching, journaling, and more! Find Jonathan on Instagram: @journalthattalksback & @jonathan_a_friedman

Jonathon has spent his life and career living in various parts of the world and building businesses that help grow through practical product-led growth. He shares amazing insights and some actionable steps folks can use in growing their ability to do better demos. A demo is a product story Demos are an intimate moment What is wrong with demos today People will forget the features but remember the narrative. Compressing the demo Do you have a demo matrix What is the ideal demo length The biggest thing you have to get over is indifference. How to use Product Led Growth for your demo

SEGMENT 1 with Tim Higgins: For a lot of entrepreneurs, people like Elon Musk are their hero - they buck current trends and can be brash against the establishment. What is Elon Musk really like and how did he build Tesla? Journalist Tim Higgins gives us the inside story.SEGMENT 2 with Pamela Slim: What if dozens of your ideal clients were easy to find? What if you could show up in networks that really wanted what you are offering? Pamela Slim shows us how to discover new customers that are right in front of us.SEGMENT 3 with Jonathan Friedman: We are facing a mental health crisis in this country. People are more anxious and overworked than ever. Jonathan Friedman shares what you can do to take care of your mental wellbeing and that of your employees.Sponsored by NiceJob and Plastiq.

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Have you ever struggled with your mental health? Do you have a bunch of thoughts that are bottled up inside? Do you just want to dump them out?Here's a solution: journaling.In this week's episode, Hailey sits down with the President of The Journal That Talks Back, Jonathan Friedman, to talk about the epic benefits of journaling. In this episode they discuss:Coaching vs. therapyThe Journal That Talks BackThe benefits of journalingHow journaling impacts your mental healthHow to start journalingJonathan's favourite journal promptAnd more!Connect with Jonathan on Instagram @ jonathan_a_friedman!Learn more about The Journal That Talks Back by visiting their website https://www.thejournalthattalksback.com and follow them on Instagram @journalthattalksback. 

Today's guests are Ryan Goldman and Jonathan Friedman, co-founders of Volo, the beauty company that has reimagined the humble hairdryer. If you haven't given much thought to hairdryers lately, that's ok, because Ryan and Jonathan have spent the better part of the past decade doing exactly that. They saw the inefficiencies of the existing hair dryers on the market with their thousands of watts going in every direction and the reliance on a power cord, and they vowed to change that. But inventing a better mousetrap takes time and money, so in order for the fledgling company to stay solvent, they tackled a smaller problem first and invented a new fabric which they turned into a hair towel. The success of their hair towel was enough to buoy Volo until this year when they were finally able to release their flagship product: the world's first cordless hairdryer. Listen in as we cover everything from why you can't actually patent a cordless hairdryer, how their idea was nearly ripped off by a Chinese manufacturer, and why you need to quit your current job if you want to start a new company.

On this episode of A Mental Break, I have fellow musician and mental health advocate Jonathan on! We talk about his story and experiences dealing with his mental health. From his battle with anxiety, to his focus issues and some drinking issues in the past, we cover a wide range of Jonathan's mental health illnesses he's suffered with over the years. Plus we discuss his great project coming out soon, a Mental Health Coaching Service! We later address some great tactics to avoid facing a crisis before it happens and wrap it all up with some amazing techniques/coping mechanisms that Jon uses to help deal with his mental health illnesses. Please listen with respect for the guest and thank you so so much for your continued support!Check out Jonathan's Mental Health Coaching Service!www.thejournalthattalksback.com

This Week in Higher Ed with Dr. Terri Givens and Michael Palmer. This week they are joined by guest Jonathan Friedman of PEN America to talk about a brand new course, "Campus for All: Fostering Open and Respectful Exchange".

Dr. Jonathan Friedman is the Director of Free Expression and Education at PEN America. He joins Mike Palmer on this episode to talk about emerging trends in K12 and Higher Ed in the US relating to Free Speech and Free Expression. You can learn more about what Jonathan and PEN are doing at pen.org After hearing Jonathan’s “origin story,” we quickly dive into the case of BL vs Mahanoy School District which is soon to go before the Supreme Court. Are a student’s snaps on Snapchat grounds for disciplinary action? Where do we draw the line around free expression among K12 students and how does their affiliation with the school impact the case? From there we touch on emerging topics in higher education and in limitations on what can be taught in K12 before getting Jonathan’s thoughts on the importance of understanding the history of free speech in the US prior to the 20th Century in an informative and thought-provoking conversation that’s certainly worth a listen. If you like what you’re hearing subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and visit us at TrendinginEducation.com

On this week's edition, we get to the bottom of Thursday's big tech CEO hearing on Capitol Hill, discuss the police's mishandling of last summer's demonstrations, and examine a death threat issued by a top Saudi diplomat. Then, PEN America's Jonathan Friedman speaks with children's book author and lawyer Jessica Bohrer whose new book, YOUR VOICE IS YOUR SUPERPOWER, is designed to get kids excited about free speech. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/support

For this week's episode, PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel recounts the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, the global crackdown on protest, and vaccine hesitancy among Republicans. Then, PEN America's Jonathan Friedman speaks to academic Lora Burnett, effectively fired from her job for speaking out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/support

This week's episode is brought to you by Oracle NetSuite (sign up for a personalized product tour at www.netsuite.com/scale) and Indeed (get a $75 credit for your job post at www.indeed.com/scale). Jonathan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Demostack, the no-code product demo experience platform. Prior to Demostack, Jonathan built Tripactions Liquid, a Travel Payments product from the ground up where he helped take the project from a vague Fintech idea to a full blown strategic business unit in 12 months. Previously, Jonathan successfully brought multiple technology products from idea to market, with 2 succesful exits. Connect with Jonathan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-friedman/ Connect with Poya Osgouei: https://www.linkedin.com/in/poyaosgouei/ Connect with Robby Allen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbyallen/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/uncharted1/support

Att vara forskare och förhålla sig till det politiskt korrekta är svårt. Särskilt när forskningsresultaten inte går ihop med de åsikter som anses vara de rätta. Möt forskare som hamnat i stormens öga. Det är medelklassens rädsla för att snacka om saker. Man undviker allting för att det är ångestskapande. Men vad är det för fel att ha lite ångest? undrar forskaren Jonathan Friedman i samtalet med Mia. Jonathan är född i USA, stod på barrikaderna 1968 och är professor i socialantropologi på Lunds universitet och i Paris. Han har forskat om det mångkulturella samhället och resultaten har fått människor att kalla honom både rasist och nazist. Jonathan är också jude.   Vi har allvarliga problembilder i vårt samhälle och om vi inte diskuterar de utan bara säger nu ska alla vara snälla mot varandra vad får vi för samhälle då? Jo vi får ett samhälle där dom här sakerna växer fast vi liksom inte riktigt vill se dom. Karl-Olof Arnstberg är professor i etnologi och sysslar i första hand med samhällsforskning. Han har bland annat forskat och skrivit om den höga kriminaliteten hos de svenska romerna och för det har han blivit offentligt utskälld. Men det får honom inte att sluta med att försöka skilja på vad han ser som gott och ont, sant och falskt. Möt Jonathan och Karl-Olof i det tredje avsnittet av Mia Blomgrens serie Politiskt (in)korrekt? där de bland annat kommer in på finliret i hur ordet rasist används och den skändning det innebär att bli offentligt anklagad för att vara rasist. Möt dessa obekväma forskare i det tredje avsnittet av Mia Blomgrens serie Politiskt (in)korrekt?. Programmet är gjort 2007

Att vara forskare och förhålla sig till det politiskt korrekta är svårt. Särskilt när forskningsresultaten inte går ihop med de åsikter som anses vara de rätta. Möt forskare som hamnat i stormens öga. – Det är medelklassens rädsla för att snacka om saker. Man undviker allting för att det är ångestskapande. Men vad är det för fel att ha lite ångest? undrar forskaren Jonathan Friedman i samtalet med Mia. Jonathan är född i USA, stod på barrikaderna 1968 och är professor i socialantropologi på Lunds universitet och i Paris. Han har forskat om det mångkulturella samhället och resultaten har fått människor att kalla honom både rasist och nazist. Jonathan är också jude. – Vi har allvarliga problembilder i vårt samhälle och om vi inte diskuterar de utan bara säger nu ska alla vara snälla mot varandra vad får vi för samhälle då? Jo vi får ett samhälle där dom här sakerna växer fast vi liksom inte riktigt vill se dom. Karl-Olof Arnstberg är professor i etnologi och sysslar i första hand med samhällsforskning. Han har bland annat forskat och skrivit om den höga kriminaliteten hos de svenska romerna och för det har han blivit offentligt utskälld. Men det får honom inte att sluta med att försöka skilja på vad han ser som gott och ont, sant och falskt. Möt Jonathan och Karl-Olof i det tredje avsnittet av Mia Blomgrens serie Politiskt (in)korrekt? där de bland annat kommer in på finliret i hur ordet rasist används och den skändning det innebär att bli offentligt anklagad för att vara rasist. Möt dessa obekväma forskare i det tredje avsnittet av Mia Blomgrens serie Politiskt (in)korrekt?. Ett program från 2007 av Mia Blomgren.

Rashmi is an acclaimed author, mystery school teacher, Reiki Master, metaphysician & producer of the movie IGod featuring Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsh (Conversations with God) and other prominent spiritual authors & speakers. Rashmi's wisdom is very soothing in this year of cosmic upgrade as she reminds us we are the Creator and we hold the key for our ascension. Rashmi Khilnani was born in Chandigarh, India and spent the first six years of her life in Cairo, Egypt. She went on to study and teach with world-renowned avatars, gurus and teachers and became a specialist in energy medicine. She is on the forefront in bringing the ancient Mystery School teachings of Egypt, India, Tibet and China, as well as the teachings of the Essenes, into current time and making these wisdoms simple and accessible to people at all levels of soul journeying. She is a global metaphysical teacher, urban shaman, international lecturer, artist, seminar leader and TV personality. Rashmi is the executive producer and one of the speakers in the documentary film, IGod, which features spiritual authors, heads of various religious denominations and people at all levels of soul journeying. IGod is produced by Robert Friedman and Neale Donald Walsh, and directed by Jonathan Friedman. Rashmi Khilnani is the author of The Divine Mother Speaks and Buddha Speaks, You can visit her website for more information at www.rashmikhilnani.com.

Rashmi is an acclaimed author, mystery school teacher, Reiki Master, metaphysician & producer of the movie IGod featuring Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsh (Conversations with God) and other prominent spiritual authors & speakers. Rashmi’s wisdom is very soothing in this year of cosmic upgrade as she reminds us we are the Creator and we hold the key for our ascension. Rashmi Khilnani was born in Chandigarh, India and spent the first six years of her life in Cairo, Egypt. She went on to study and teach with world-renowned avatars, gurus and teachers and became a specialist in energy medicine. She is on the forefront in bringing the ancient Mystery School teachings of Egypt, India, Tibet and China, as well as the teachings of the Essenes, into current time and making these wisdoms simple and accessible to people at all levels of soul journeying. She is a global metaphysical teacher, urban shaman, international lecturer, artist, seminar leader and TV personality. Rashmi is the executive producer and one of the speakers in the documentary film, IGod, which features spiritual authors, heads of various religious denominations and people at all levels of soul journeying. IGod is produced by Robert Friedman and Neale Donald Walsh, and directed by Jonathan Friedman. Rashmi Khilnani is the author of The Divine Mother Speaks and Buddha Speaks, You can visit her website for more information at www.rashmikhilnani.com.

Terri Givens and Mike Palmer were joined by Jonathan Friedman of PEN America, for a discussion on Free Speech on Campus.

Whether you work remotely or in an office, you're no stranger to the overload of project management apps your company has you use in the name of productivity. Slack, Asana, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Notion- all have their pros and cons, but how do they all work togethers across different company departments? That's the question Jonathan Friedman set out to solve when he founded TrueNxus, a platform that shows how work is being done against the greater project plan, and tracks results with visual predictive analytics. Jonathan talks to Scott about taking an overview look at a business and how teams work together, his background and how to stay out of Google Sheets and Powerpoint hell.

On this Friday episode, our Jonathan Friedman interviews scholar Eddie Cole about his new book exploring the role college presidents have played in shaping and derailing racial equity in America. Then, our CEO Suzanne Nossel on this week's wild debate, disinformation about voting, and our #WhatToExpect2020 campaign. Tune in! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/support

On this, our 40th episode of The PEN Pod, we take you to the Zoom classroom, where students have been learning in a total virtual environment for two months now. What are the complications for free speech and expression? We turn to our own Jonathan Friedman to discuss. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/support

We chat Jonathan Friedman up about launching products from zero to one. Jonathan describes in detail what it's like to ideate and execute a new product, and how he and his team adapted to change due to Corona. He posits that the biggest issue with new products is the "why", "why us", and "why now", which should lead to a solution that is strong enough to break the barrier of indifference. Enjoy the listen!

This week: Effective Crisis Communications -The good, the bad, and the ugly of crisis communications. Guest Experts: Kimberly Gray, Founder/CEO, UVII, and Jonathan Friedman, PEN America Program Director, Campus Free Speech

Listen to Mike Silva with Jonathan Friedman and Jeff Lax of Talking Sports on 77 WABC. Mike discusses the Mets ownership situation, JD Davis, and the rotation. 

Mike Silva speaks with Jonathan Friedman and Jeff Lax of Talking Sports on 77 WABC. Mike gives his take on Carlos Beltran's culpability in the Astros sign-stealing drama.

A weekly podcast discussing the latest issues and personalities in Higher Ed. This episode features a discussion on Free Speech with with Jonathan Friedman

The full interview with Dr. Friedman where we discuss whether it is fair to call the detention centers at the border concentration camps and if we should be comparing current events to the Holocaust. 

I sit down with Dr. Jonathan Friedman to see whether or not he thinks it is fair to call the detention centers at the US border concentration camps. 

Hear Mike Silva's appearance on Talking Sports with Jonathan Friedman on 77 WABC. 

What's really happening on campus? Are students shutting down free speech everywhere while besieged faculty and hapless administrators meekly permit the destruction of our fundamental rights? Or do firebrands and right-wing trolls abuse the university as a stage to get media attention and undermine the role of free thought, scientific standards and expertise in a democracy? PEN America cuts through the myths, the caricatures, and the misinformation. In response to President Donald Trump‘s March 2019 executive order on campus speech, PEN issued a comprehensive study of the situation of speech on campus in a divided America. The hard-hitting report is based on research and offers concrete guidelines for how schools can best respond to such incidents. I spoke with Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D., who is the Campus Free Speech Project Director at PEN. He’s taught as an adjunct professor at NYU and Columbia University and is an expert on social theory and international higher education. 

Musician-turned-magician Jonathan Friedman joins Jonah this week to discuss combining outside passions with your magic and how magic has changed over the years. Jonathan is the best selling author of The 80’s Called...They Want Their Magic Book Back Vol. One and The Magic of Jonathan Friedman: The Musical. The post Music, Magic and Using Your Other Passions with Jonathan Friedman appeared first on Discourse in Magic.

Musician-turned-magician Jonathan Friedman joins Jonah this week to discuss combining outside passions with your magic and how magic has changed over the years. Jonathan is the best selling author of The 80’s Called...They Want Their Magic Book Back Vol. One and The Magic of Jonathan Friedman: The Musical. The post Music, Magic and Using Your Other Passions with Jonathan Friedman appeared first on Discourse in Magic.

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This week Jonathan Friedman, CEO of Reactful, is our guest and Shira Abel, CEO of Hunter & Bard, talks to him about cold-calling sales, the psychology of sales, sales versus marketing and how to build that funnel. They also touch on Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) and more. If you'd like to be interviewed on SaaS Insider, ping Shira on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/shiraabel), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/shiraabel) or through the Hunter & Bard website contact us (http://blog.hunterandbard.com/contact-the-hunter-and-bard-team) About Jonathan Founded StudentEvents.com which was later acquired by StudyPortals. He interned at Goldman Sachs and Uventure and has a BSc, MSc (Cum Laude) from Rotterdam School of Management & the Wharton School of Business. Jonathan is passionate about working on projects on the bleeding edge of digital marketing, web analytics and conversion optimization @Reactful. He loves building quality products that make Reactful's customers extremely happy. Ping him if you are in the industry, he'd love to chat. About Shira Shira Abel is the CEO and Lead Strategist at Hunter & Bard, an inbound marketing and branding agency. She is also Acting CMO of Cyara. Clients include: Totango, Cyara, Sarine Technologies, Pushbullet, AXA Tech, CloudEndure, AppsGeyser, Pitango VC, Chipolo, Allianz, and more. Creator and host of the SaaS Insider podcast. Creator of the Behavior Engineering Canvas. Mentor at 500 Startups. Former professor of Marketing for Startups at Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College. MBA from Kellogg School of Management. Loves family time, cooking, and travelling. Hates writing about herself in the third person.

In this episode, we talk with Jonathan Friedman, the founder of an amazing new tool called "Reactful". It allows you to take advantage of the behavior your visitors are taking on your site and react to them in real-time, which of course boosts conversions. In this episode, we go deep into the psychology about why this approach works so well and how you can implement it into your business. Enjoy! Resources Mentioned * Reactful* Kinowear Want To Work With Me? Visit http://www.JeremyReeves.com or email me at Jeremy@JeremyReeves.com Enjoy! Transcript Hey guys and girls, this is Jeremy Reeves with another episode of the sales funnel mastery podcast and today we have on the line Jonathan Friedman and he is the founder and CEO of Reactful which you are going to find really, really interesting. Basically, I am going to let Jonathan kind of tell you exactly what it does, but just from my perspective basically what Reactful does is when people are on your website, when they are on your various pages, it does not matter what page, it could be your home page, your sales page, you know, whatever it is. You can set different triggers to happened when they do certain behaviors on your website. So you know, I am going to let him kind of explain the nitty-gritty details about that but everybody on this you know that is listening to me knows that I am a huge, huge, huge believer in behavior-based marketing and that is exactly what this is except now you can do it right on your website, you know, most of the stuffs that I talked about is doing it via email campaigns, you know, if they stay at certain pages or whatever, you send them into a certain you know, certain email sequence. With Reactful, you can actually do it based on like their behavior on the site whether you have their, you know, their email or not. So it is a really, really, really cool tool. I have been kind of playing around with it this morning. I am going to start my own test both on my own -- on jeremyreeves.com and then also my side businesses. I am going to start using it with some clients. It is a really, really cool tool and I want to have Jonathan to kind of tell you, you know, his story why they built it, what it does, you know, what it can do for your conversions and your site and yes, so let us get into it. So Jonathan how are you? Jonathan Friedman: I am doing well. Thank you Jeremy, thanks for having me. Jeremy Reeves: Sure, sure, sure, yeah. You know, when you reached out and I took a look at it, I always like to do kind of a test run, you know, I never want to recommend anything that I have not tried myself and I would not, you know, use myself and so I got into it this morning and it was just, it is amazing, you know, I was talking you know before we started the podcast that one of the big things that I like, you know, the whole what it does with this is I mean it is a complete no brainer because, you know, I mean it is almost impossible not to increase your conversions because you are showing people things based on their actual behavior, but what I really was, was happy to see, I am a huge, huge stickler with software that is easy to use like I never -- I guess I am just part of like just the apple thing like, you know, there is never instruction manuals with anything apple it is just you picked it up and it works and you know how to do it. And I was really happy that when I started kind of playing around with Reactful that is exactly how it was, like I did not have to look anything up. I did not have to figure out like okay, how does this work it just like -- it just popped up and you just, you know, you start testing stuff. So you know, good job on the -- you know, the design of everything, you know. But tell everybody, you know, give your own kind of summary of -- Jonathan Friedman: Your feel. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, your own feel of you know, tell us your story. Tell us -- first of all why you created Reactful and then also you know, what it does and how it can help people. Jonathan Friedman: Sure. Maybe I will start from why we actually started building this. Jeremy Reeves: Sure. Jonathan Friedman: So we started out -- actually, you know, a lot of entrepreneurs have stories where they said, yeah, you know, I was walking home and I could not find a -- I do not know a car so I build a car business. So for us it was not that way. Actually, I had started before. We sold software to HR. Eventually, I managed to sell it but it was not a huge success and what I said is okay, I want to do B to B but never sell to HR ever again. And we started looking up, okay, who would you want to work with and really quickly we saw that marketers and you know, the digital managers, the people that kind of tried to get the corporate message across with people who want to work with, they are agile, they are hip, they are friendly, everything we want to have and they have budgets and they want to work with them and get results and if you can them their results they will work with you. There was kind of (inaudible 11:46) and when we (inaudible 11:48) start talking to these people is that there was a huge, huge gap between what they were expected to do and their actual abilities. So you know if you are marketer somewhere and your boss says, Hey, get me a lot of leads and okay you need to start you know, often you do not know how to analyze data. You do not know how to program. You do not know how to design. You do not know how to kind of work your website in any such way. You need a lot of different people to kind of help you out and in order to do the smallest change and your website is usually your biggest legion (inaudible 12:21) machine. And when we saw that, we said, okay, there is a huge gap here of skills how could we make empower marketers and that is how we started building Reactful. Jeremy Reeves: Nice, nice, I like it. Yes, so tell everybody, you know, what is it actually -- and obviously, I already know, but you know, tell everybody what it does on your site kind of -- in your own words and kind of bring it back to like how it helps them you know, make more money, increase their conversions that kind of thing. Jonathan Friedman: Sure. So Reactful lets you react to your visitors digital body language on the site. So when your visitors are on there. They are touching website in all kind of ways. You know, they are scrolling, they are clicking somewhere, they are visiting different pages, they stay for different times, Reactful knows how to read all these subtle behaviors and interpret higher level human behaviors out of it. So for example, we can know if someone is hesitating, if someone is interested in reading a piece of ticks rather than skimming it. If someone is confuse, if someone is about to exit, if someone stopped the video in the middle. All kind of interesting things like that and not only do we inform the marketer about them, we also let you react and the reaction part is just a visual change that happens in real time. And then it can also be anything, it can be a button shaking suddenly when someone is confused. It can be a message coming up from the top, the bottom of the site. It can be highlighting a piece of ticks. It can be a folding the whole element in 3D and showing a message behind it. Different kind of visualizations. And then the system also test all these kind of reactions you set up and tells you if they were actually successful in helping you increase your conversion. So there are many scenarios you can work with. You can say, okay, if someone is confused on this part of my about page, I want to shake this buttons likely and have them notice that or if someone is about -- if someone stops my video on my you know product page, then I want to have a message saying, Hey, you know that what I want to say, you have a 10% coupon you know if you know, that is what I wanted to say, that is my bottom line. There are many, many scenarios you can enable based on your anonymous, the anonymous behavior of your visitors in real time. Jeremy Reeves: Nice, I love it. Yes, so 1 example of this I am -- you know, you guys know I have Kinowear, the site that shows guys how to dress better and we are in the process of testing the text sales letter versus the VSL to see you know which, you know, which one converts better. So one of the things that I am -- and this is just one idea of you know many that I have so far, but one of the things that we are going to try is play the video and you can actually -- there is all kinds of different triggers that you can use. So there is you know, timer, there is -- if they are idle on the page, if they complete a goal, if they are exiting the page, if you know, if they click certain thing, if they are you know, filling up a form and they leave it, if they -- you know, in my case, you can do things with video, right. So if they finished the video, you can have something happened, maybe it is a -- you know, maybe the form pops up or whatever or maybe it is something you have a button that pops up and says, you know, keep scrolling down or you know whatever it is. You can also do things if like once they actually play it and most importantly I think with video, this one is really cool is if they pause the video, you know. One of the scenarios that I am going to test you know, a lot of my audience they might pause it because, you know, they are watching the video maybe they get in, I do not know, 5 minutes and then they pause it because they get distracted, right. Well you do not want them to -- you do not want them to like be distracted for too long you know, maybe they are distracted only for a second you know, someone comes and ask them a question and then they go and hit play again, but you do not know if that is going to happen. You do not know why they are distracted, but you do know that they are distracted . So one of my ideas was to say, okay, well if they press pause, why do not we have a little form pop up that says, Hey you know, you may have gotten distracted, do you want us to just send you the text version of this video and then that way they can -- and you know, and will test with an opt-in form with just a button to see you know kind of which one does better but that way, you know, they are on the video and if they do pause it then -- like, you know in your head the kind of behavior they are taking is, well, they got distracted for some reason. So you do not want them to just kind of leave the page. You want to be able to follow up with them. So you could send them you know, the text letter. And that is just kind of one you know one idea of a lot that I have but it is really -- there is a lot of you know, kind of different triggers that you can do and there is a lot of ways, a lot of different things that you can test which is you know, which is really cool, you know. So why don’t you tell us about you know, some of the -- some of the things that you guys and your clients and stuff. Why don’t you tells us about some actual tests you know that people have been doing and some of the results that people are getting with it. Jonathan Friedman: Sure. So based -- the stuff you mentioned so for example someone pausing the video and someone you know, watching the video all the way to the end or if someone is starting to play a video and also all the other the confusion (inaudible 17:45) to idle. All these we create them to -- think about the physical world, if you were sitting in a store, imagine you can sit you know, kind of shrink yourself and sit on your site and watch every visitor as they go by and kind of strike a conversation with them based on what they are doing. So if they you know, take forever to move from 1 page to another you can say, Hey buddy is everything okay, you finding what you are looking for, and if someone goes straight to the check out page and starts saying up (inaudible 18:13) you know goes really quick, you can say, Hey great, do you want that as well because this is also something you might be interested in. So I mean this kind of conversation you can strike up with random and anonymous visitors in real life if you are sitting in the physical store. Those are 2 things you can do in digital store or digital site. And these are all kinds of things are customer test. For example, classic what we had is when a visitor is idle on the page and idle means if they are not touching their mouse or keyboard for certain amount of time or they are in different tab and they did not come back meaning that they are on your site but they are not really on your site I mean you know, with their mind. Jeremy Reeves: It is kind of like when you talk to somebody and your listening but you are actually thinking about something else. It is kind of the same thing. Jonathan Friedman: Exactly and you know and then what happens you know, if you are in kind of conversation like that and your friends suddenly says, you know, Hey Jim, and then you are like, wait, you know, you kind of wake up to it then you are back in the conversation. So same thing in the digital world, I mean that we idle, meaning the session does not flow like a normal session would. There is something, you know, there was a holdup, it does not mean it is a bad holdup necessarily, but it was one, and it is good to know and if you can react and kind of do something about it is even better. So classic one was reacting to all kind of visitors who are idle in different cases of your website. If they idle on your homepage maybe you know, maybe you do not want to do anything because it is such an early kind of page, look maybe if they are idle doing some kind of checkout flow maybe then you would want to do something. For example, one of our customers InsideView, they were testing just with idle visitors, they spotlighted a form that they have on the page. The used it on the direct (inaudible 20:12) with many pages and what they saw is that when people are idle on it when they came back and they highlighted just -- highlighting means that the form gets kind of light on it where everything else is slightly dim and they saw that little effect that almost looks, sound silly in the way, but that kind of refocuses people on the form and actually got a lot more. They have almost double the conversion rate just from doing that. And you know, on the directory, it was the case where you know, people come in and they usually they are like there and then they go out. It was not like you know a very clear flow on the main website. It was just directory which I used to kind of source people and people come in and out and if people are idle there you know, they go to the another page and get distracted and then they come back, they are like, what was I doing, never mind and they close and go away. Suddenly when they had like, Oh, okay, interesting then you know, (inaudible 21:09) continue and you can save some of these visitors and get them to sign up. Jeremy Reeves: Nice, I love it, yeah I mean -- it is very powerful you know, in what you can do you know, I keep saying that but it really is. I am so excited that there is you know, I have been telling people for years and years and years to do this type of stuff but the kind of the roadblock you know, the hurdle of it was the software you know, because it is only really like in the last I do not know, 6 or 12 months that like all these really cool kind of behavioral software has been coming out you know, I know HubSpot has some stuff but that is you know, tons and tons of money, I think it is like $15k or something like that. You know, it is just, things are getting better and better and better and the more you know it really comes down to the fact that the more that you can predict your customer, the higher conversions that you are going to be you know and you can kind of only go like I mean part of my job when I am writing copies is to predict what people are going to think you know what I mean. So the more that you understand the market, the higher your conversions it going to be you know on average. But what is really cool is you know with this you can do it based on like actual behavior they are taking you know what I mean, and it is -- I am really excited for it. I am trying to add it -- I was telling you I have a really short week this week because I am going on vacation but I am trying to add it to my to do list to get the test set up and started. So I am really excited to test it. Jonathan Friedman: What you are saying is completely true I mean we are merging more and more with our technology. We are using more and more I mean probably I do not know about you but you know me and my cellphone and I am guessing you as well probably most of the listeners. You know, you cannot live without your cellphone or your computer. Some part of your technology is really part of you and the better machines get understanding humans understanding behaviors and then they can predict what we want and give it to us the more human-like it will feel and that experience -- if you can do that for your, when you are trying to do conversion and you also can predict what your people are thinking you know, whether it is copy, whether it is using Reactful or almost anything if you can kind of make your -- well you can think about your site as kind of software, if you can make it more reactful I would say, it is just like -- we called it emotional intelligence sometimes. You can kind of understand humans better than, yeah, you can do a lot and you can surprise the visitors that you have and kind of get better conversations with them. That is what we are trying to be part of. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, yeah you know and I think, you know, you are on something good here you know. I was telling you if I own a SAS company and this is something along the lines of something that I would build myself you know what I mean. You know and I am not going to be competing do not worry, I have no plans you know, I have no plans in the near future to do any software. It is on my plate for sometime but I do not know what I can do yet. But I know this is like the type of thing that I would do so I am glad that, you know, that it is out there. So yeah, I mean, you know, if -- I am trying to -- I have a question, but I am trying to think of how to -- how to word it the right way. Where do you think is a good place for people to start, you know, like when they are looking at their conversions and you know everybody kind of goes and you know, you kind of have like your own you know theory of what is going to work and what is not. That is why I like in the conversion testing where it was like you know, you can come up with a hypothesis first and then you build a test around your hypothesis and all that fun stuff. But like when you are, you know, when you are thinking off so let us just say that is somebody is looking at you know they put in a code to start it. Do you have like any kind of you know process that you go through, because there are so many different like I have it up right now so I am just going to click getting reaction. So alright, so I have it up on my services page right now. So let us just say that you know, you pick a page on your site, you have the code on there and the -- I wish people could see it right now. Unfortunately, it is just an audio but you know, I have the software up and I am you know kind of in like okay, now what test do I make. You know, do you have any, any kind of advice for people on how to, how to choose what to actually do you know, like what to actually test you know because there are so many different options that a lot of times people get like kind of decision fatigue you know, they get paralyzed by so many different options they can take you know, do you have any advice for people on how to actually when you are looking and they say, okay, you know, here is what I am going to do first. Jonathan Friedman: Sure. That is a very, very good question. So when we build the studio, we called it (inaudible 26:18) reaction studio where you can actually program to trigger and then the reactions that will come and responds to these triggers. What we thought, it was very early on (inaudible 26:29) okay, great, look (inaudible 26:30) marked as a tool and they will build a great stuff and they do, but we thought the second question almost like when we came out there and showed it to the different customers. The second question was, but you have been doing a lot of (inaudible 26:44) right, can you tell me what they should do (inaudible 26:47) focus on so that was the main question and I wish actually I wish I could already show you the next version that is coming up next month. It is huge. It is a huge, huge, overall, the one of the major things that is going to come there is what we called revelations. So revelations, like you mentioned, there are tons and tons and tons of way to slice and dice your website information and your visitors information according to so many variables and different patterns, that it is sometimes hard to think okay what should I tweak, should I think about returning visitors, should I target confused visitors, should I target confused visitors from Australia you know, all these are valid questions you can easily kind of drown in the sea of information or data. You know the problem is not lack of data. There are tons of data out there and there are many, many, many tools that give you data. When we (inaudible 27:45) simplicity common from before is how to make it simple and easy. So the (inaudible 27:53) coming up there is a revelation section and the revelation is actually the system learning your site coming up with an interesting analysis, so saying, Hey look, people start filling out the form in your about page but 7.5% of them stop midway and then we also recommend how to react to that. We can tell you, Hey, you should react with a tooltip which is actually true, you should react with a tooltip that will show up in real time and tell them to continue and try that. And how do we know it works because we have tons of clients were they implemented this kind of reaction (inaudible 28:30). And then with 1 click you can click on react now and launch that reaction. So not only do we scan your sites to find interesting piece of data that you should probably kind of be interested to look at. You will be able to launch a reaction and fix it and measure it with 1 click. Jeremy Reeves: That is awesome. I like that. You know, that is -- yeah I mean I know -- I know just from coaching clients you know, and working with clients you know, both like the you know, the coaching side and the done for you side. I know that a lot of in action comes from not knowing how to prioritize you know what I mean because you know, a lot of, I mean there are so many like you know, everybody listening to this, think of your to do list you know, just in your head, at any given time, there is like 50 to 1000 different things you know, kind of rolling through your head all at the same time and that is because overwhelming. You are dealing with your employees, you are dealing with you know, your conversion rate, coming up with new products or email sequences, your pages, I mean it is like it goes on and on and on and on. So you know, a lot of like every pretty much every entrepreneur listening to this or I mean in the world knows that they should be testing different things you know. The problem is there are so many things to start with that so many people they do not start at all, you know what I mean. It is kind of like you know, when you started to diet, it is like, Oh my God, why do I have to change all these things. They just start with one thing you know, getting to nail that down and go to the next thing, nail that down and go to the next thing and all of the sudden, you know, you are in really good shape, you know what I mean. It is kind of the same thing with this. So I love that, that you are actually helping people like giving suggestions, you know what I mean. I have a whole system for you know, making decisions you know. I always narrow it down whatever it is at, whether it is 10 or 100, I narrowed it down to 3 and then I pit A against B and then the winner of that against C, you know what I mean. For me, that works really well rather than like okay, there is 10 things you know, which one do I want to go with and you are like, Oh my God, oh my God, you know, there is so many choices. Well if you just narrow that down to 3 which is pretty easy, it is really not that hard. You can usually pick like a top 3 that you know, that you think you would go with and then you just do one against one and then the winner of that one goes against the last one and then you have your winner, you know what I mean. Jonathan Friedman: It is smart. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, it works for me. Everybody has their own, you know, their own ways of doing things but that works well for me, but -- Jonathan Friedman: It is a real issue, I mean, I have seen a pep talk about it that when he said, the decisions actually that kind of freedom to decide and when you go to the supermarket there are million things there, million box of cereals that you potential could like. Actually makes you less happy with the cereal you end up choosing just because you are thinking about all the other cereals that you did not take. So it is kind of funny that you know, it kind of works the other way and especially with this stuff, you are right the marketers have so many things on their head. Their boss says that, Hey you got to do this, you got to do that and they know they head will roll if they won’t do everything and testing requires time, it requires sitting in front of data thinking, hypothesizing, putting it in, creating processes in a little time even if they can do it, they do not have the time and they do not have the kind of mental energy to start this kind of processes. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, yeah. I wonder if and maybe guys do this, but I wonder if it would be, I wonder if it would be useful to somehow link it to like analytics and I wonder if you can get ideas you know, from analytics you know, like you know, maybe time on page or I do not know, something like that, like get basically get information from analytics that would then kind of update in their suggested to do list, if you will. I wonder if that would be, because that is kind of how, that is how(inaudible 32:25) when I am making decisions either for one of my businesses or my clients or whatever, I always start with the data, you know, like what is the data say, you know, how -- if you are looking like if you are trying to test open rates will you go back and you look at you know, the past emails that you sent, okay well you know, which ones got the best open rates and what is the common theme in all these you know, and then you kind of just go like that. Same thing with you know, a lot of different page testing you know, (inaudible 32:52) you know, look at heat maps and look at videos of people going through the site and you know, and use that to make, to basically come up with a hypothesis which then you know, you come up with you know, whatever you are going to test. I wonder if you could, that would be interesting to kind of look at that. Jonathan Friedman: (inaudible 33:14) with Google Analytics but it is more for the reporting side meaning they get all the events and then we have plans to integrate and kind of grab past data and also get a lot of your goals so if you -- if it put in goals within your Google Analytics we could draw them in and kind of use them as well. So you are right, I mean, it is definitely -- I mean, if you want to do optimization, it is always the same flow, it is data insight change or action and then measurement and so yeah, the first obvious step is starting from data. A lot of times people (inaudible 33:52) run for a week just silent without doing any change or anything just to grab some data and then kind of see what they you know, different things they can test and try that. But the nice thing is because I mean, it is so easy -- I mean you can -- it is so easy to do and also there are so many false positive luckily you know where in the conversion space and not medical or anything. For false positives are not bad obviously you do not want a lot of them but if you start out with a few positives you had in your head you know, I think what, Hey, you know, this (inaudible 34:26) pages kind of confusing how about I launch a reaction to say give another message to people or confused you know ear. And if that does not turn up well it is okay you know, it might be that it is just does not even a negative consequences just neutral, so that is also not good but it is not, it did not destroy anything. So it is fine to (inaudible 34:46) start and also play around and you know, but if you have data, obviously start from that, that is the best way to start any optimization process. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, definitely. I actually got an idea -- there is so many God, there are so many different ways that you can use this like I just thought while you are talking, if you do your let us see, what it is called, it is called confused right. So you can just click on element and then confused and then put it like in you know, in a section where you are seen and you can you know, like going into the data first if you had heat maps or something you know, and you saw like a cold area you know, then just use this to highlight that cold area and do like the you know, confused element and then just have a little like pop up or something that comes up and says, Hey, you know, is this confusing to you, you know what I mean and then you just have people click yes or no and then you know, and then maybe the second part is if they click yes, you put you know what is confusing (inaudible 35:45) like what don’t you understand and then you get feedback you know, like real-time feedback from visitors and then you change it, you know what I mean. I think I am going to actually use that one. I am a big, big, fan of doing surveys on pages you know what I mean. Exit pops surveys or something like Hey why don’t you buy you know that kind of thing I mean people tell you, you know, they -- if people -- I am you know, one of my philosophies that is that you know, a lot of people kind of like (inaudible 36:16) you know, they are like afraid of selling and it is like look if people would not be on your site if they weren’t interested in buying you know, what you have or they weren’t interested maybe not buying what you have but they have a problem that they are trying to solve you know what I mean. In your case it is, you know, low conversions you know, in a lot of my case it is lower conversions you know. So that is the problem so it is like they have that problem so you know, if they read your page if they come and they have problem A and your solution solves problem A and for some reason they do not buy well that means there is a disconnect somewhere on the page you know, maybe they are just in the wrong you know, kind of (inaudible 36:58) whatever it is, but there is a disconnect somewhere so if you do surveys and you do things like this where you can actually ask them questions about why they did not buy well most people tell you, well not most people but you will find that like if you have enough volume, you will find, you will get really, really good answers. I have done this you know, all of my sites and you know, client sites and stuff like that. You get really good answers and people is like, Hey, you know, I was here to look and see if you could help me solve A well, you know, I read your page and it does not seem like you can so then they will tell you why, you know what I mean. Jonathan Friedman: What you call disconnect, we in Reactful internally we call the missing piece. So there is some kind of missing piece and exactly right, I mean, we call this the “maybes” so you know, you have maybes on your sites. You have people that buy, you have people that won’t buy because they are not interested in this problem but if you -- like you said the people that have this problem and they are looking at your site, they are the “maybes” they have high purchases but there is a missing piece if they do not end up buying and if you can identify what it is either with surveys or you know, different means and give it to them that works well. With Reactful we are (inaudible 38:10) real time. Real time is the best way to try to kind of (inaudible 38:15) the missing piece because every time afterwards yes you can get them back it is just harder I mean you work a lot with emails which is obviously a great way to get people back, but it is just you know, you need expertise, you need to do a lot of work which is great I mean, you should obviously use MeMail as well. Do not just use Reactful but if you can somehow fix it in real time you save people from entering that campaign if you get -- already kind of fix it already on spot. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, yeah, definitely. Yeah I mean I see, I see it you know, a ton of different ways that this can, this can help you but I know I am going to be using it. Is there anything else you know, that you think people should know before we you know, hop off. Jonathan Friedman: Well, we are launching a huge new version. It is coming up, it will come up end of April. You should definitely check it out. It has I think you know, we have been working for so long and the new version really (inaudible 39:13) everything we have kind of envisioned when we started building Reactful and so yeah, definitely check it out when it comes out and you know, feel free to (inaudible 39:24) or play with it today it is a really cool product I think and I hope, I hear you guys do. That is it. I would be happy if anyone you know, (inaudible 39:34) behavioral, digital behavior or just analytics I am happy to discuss. I have a lot of things I learned over the way, I am happy to share. Yeah, that is it. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, sounds good. Well, if everybody wants to go check it out which by the way, I highly, highly, highly recommend you do because it’s a really cool piece of software and I actually do not even know how much is it by the way. Jonathan Friedman: Well, it ranges for low traffic websites it starts from $300 a month and you know, it goes up with traffic and the amount of domains you have, but it is not the crazy expensive tool and the high-end it can be a few thousand dollars depending on how many if it’s you know, depending on traffic and domains. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, you know, I always think of things in terms of ROIs so even say you are making I do not know, I mean like a 10% increase is like nothing, you know what I mean. That is so easy, it is ridiculous. So if you figure -- if you are making you know, $3000 a month and you increase 10% you already paid for it you know. If you are making you know $30k a month, all you need is a 1% increase in your conversions to pay for this, you know what I mean. So it is a total no brainer but yeah, if anybody -- if anybody wants to go to check it out its Reactful.com and yeah go check it out if you have any questions for me you know, I am happy to answer them kind of just to I am not getting paid or anything like that to answer them, you know, kind of just to start a dialogue and you know, I like talking about marketing and yeah go and check it out and you know, ask me or John if you have any -- if you have any questions, if you want to you know, see if should be kind of you know, right for your website you know, if you are doing any kind of volume whatsoever it is definitely a game changer basically because you know, you can kind of you know increase conversions on the fly. You can answer objections on the fly based on the actual behavior they are taking on your website and it is you know, I mean that is just, it is so powerful to crazy so yeah, I highly recommend checking it out. John, before hop off anything else that you like to add. Jonathan Friedman: No, I really enjoyed being on the show. Thank you very much for having me and yeah, I will be happy to stay in touch and talk marketing from time to time. Jeremy Reeves: Yeah, sounds good. Alright, well guys I will talk to you soon. As always, if you enjoy this episode, share it with your friends, leave us a review and all that fun stuff and yeah, we will talk to you soon.

In this episode I welcome friend and fellow musician Jonathan Friedman. Jon is also a talented magician, having practicing the art for many years. We talk about how he relates music to magic, the success of his book “The 80’s Called, They Want Their Magic Book Back,” his thoughts on magic and its evolution, and where he is planning on taking his mystical talents. Three from Friedman Magic Download Shades of Magic Facebook page Commercial for book Where to order book:  Marketmagicshop@gmail.com Penguinmagic.comVanishinginc.com  

On this edition of Beats & Eats, Ty and Nick climb in the Delorean and go back in time to talk 80's music with Pacific Northwest recording artist Jonathan Friedman.  Jonathan talks about his new album "Pop Rock Overflow" and how the Reagan decade influenced his life and music.  You'll hear Friedman's two singles from the new album, "Jake Ryan" and "Crazy Beautiful." Friedman also shares his experiences opening up for acts like "The Smithereens" and "Firehouse."  We also drive my co-host Nick Gelso crazy as we talk the greatness that is Hall & Oates! The virtual lounge is open, put on that Members Only jacket, order your favorite flavor of Bartles & James and turn up that Walk Man to 10, your in store for a fun "happy hour" for the mind.

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Jonathan Friedman (UC San Diego) discusses “The Cultural as Emergent Order: What Francois Jacob Tells Claude Levi-Strauss.” Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 17828]

In this presentation from CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Culture Symposium, Jonathan Friedman (UC San Diego) discusses “The Cultural as Emergent Order: What Francois Jacob Tells Claude Levi-Strauss.” Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 17828]

In this edition of CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Cultures Series, renowned researchers Donald Brown of UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego’s Jonathan Friedman and Rupert Stasch discuss universal qualities that distinguish human cultures from non-human cultures, how order naturally emerges in the world of humans and non-humans to become their respective cultures, and how reflexivity and the use of culture is important to creating culture and its norms. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 17350]

In this edition of CARTA’s Human and Non-Human Cultures Series, renowned researchers Donald Brown of UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego’s Jonathan Friedman and Rupert Stasch discuss universal qualities that distinguish human cultures from non-human cultures, how order naturally emerges in the world of humans and non-humans to become their respective cultures, and how reflexivity and the use of culture is important to creating culture and its norms. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 17350]