Podcast appearances and mentions of Joshua Adams

Are you buying the card, or are you buying its price history? Jeremy, Chris McGill, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams bring their discussion about the next generation of collectors to its conclusion by asking whether newcomers really need to inherit the collecting preferences previous generations created. Chris remembers a time when sellers couldn't find buyers for a Michael Jordan PMG Red at $10,000. Today, that same card is worth many multiples of that amount. So why couldn't the next generation of collectors do the same thing? Instead of spending enormous amounts chasing the cards previous generations already turned into grails, perhaps new collectors can discover overlooked cards, sets and players, build their own collecting culture and eventually create an entirely new hierarchy. Jeremy boils his advice down to something simple: forge your own path. The panel discusses independent thinking, research, critical analysis and why finding overlooked value doesn't simply mean declaring that an unpopular card should suddenly be valuable. Scarcity, aesthetics, distribution, history, player significance and relative value still matter. They also discuss hobby cycles and why quieter markets may actually encourage collectors to become more creative, explore new areas and discover cards that get ignored when established grails are rapidly appreciating. Then the conversation takes an interesting turn into comps themselves. What happens when a collector is willing to pay MORE for a card if the transaction becomes a publicly recorded comp? Conversely, if you buy a card privately for considerably less than its perceived market value, what incentive do you have to report that sale and potentially establish a lower comp for something you now own? Jeremy and Chris discuss the incentives surrounding private-sale reporting, while the panel considers how collectors can estimate value when a rare card simply doesn't have a recent comparable sale. Plus, Jeremy discovers Frank Robinson in real time and, within minutes of hearing more about his career, is already making offers on cards. Four decades into the hobby and there are still new lanes to discover. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is one Steph Curry rookie worth $60,000 while another rare rookie-year Curry card can be bought for a tiny fraction of that? Jeremy, Chris McGill, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams continue their discussion about how collectors find value in a hobby where the established grails have become increasingly expensive. Chris puts a real-world example on the screen. Steph Curry's 2009 Topps Chrome rookie, numbered to 999, has become one of his iconic cards and commands an enormous premium in a PSA 10. Meanwhile, Chris finds a 2009 Certified Fabric of the Game Curry, numbered to just 99 and containing memorabilia, available for dramatically less money. So what exactly are collectors paying for? The card itself? Scarcity? Eye appeal? History? Brand recognition? Or decades of hobby consensus telling us which cards we're supposed to want? That leads into a larger conversation about how hobby grails are created, how influential collectors and content creators can shape demand, and whether social media simply reflects collecting trends or actually helps manufacture them. The panel also debates changing perceptions around players including Shaquille O'Neal, Nolan Ryan, Jackie Robinson and Steph Curry. Can established hobby hierarchies change? Can overlooked players suddenly become hobby royalty? And when prices explode after decades of relative stability, is that organic discovery or something collectors should approach with caution? Jeremy explains why he likes having multiple collecting lanes, from serious five-figure purchases where financial value matters to inexpensive cards he can buy simply because he loves them. When one lane gets too expensive, there is always somewhere else in the hobby to explore. And that may be the biggest lesson for new collectors: don't automatically buy what everyone else has already decided is important. Learn the hobby. Do your research. Think critically. Then find value where value makes sense to you. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should the next generation of collectors want the same cards we do? Chris McGill brings a fascinating question to the panel: when new collectors enter the hobby, should they buy into the hierarchy of cards, players and grails that previous generations have established, or should they use their fresh perspective to discover entirely new collecting lanes? Jeremy, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams dig into what that means in a hobby where many of the cards longtime collectors grew up chasing have become extraordinarily expensive. Are newcomers really best served spending huge amounts of money chasing the same Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Mickey Mantle and other established grails everyone already knows? Or are there overlooked players, sets, inserts, eras and cards sitting right in front of us simply because the existing hobby establishment hasn't decided they matter yet? The panel discusses herd mentality, questioning conventional hobby wisdom, the importance of understanding why certain cards became iconic and the difference between teaching someone WHAT to collect and teaching them HOW to think about collecting. Jeremy argues that your approach may ultimately depend on where you fall on the Hobby Spectrum. Someone primarily interested in making money may be better served understanding and participating in established markets, while a collector has considerably more freedom to explore, experiment and build something completely unique. The conversation also explores whether the collecting experience many longtime hobbyists enjoyed growing up can even be recreated today. Packs are different. Prices are different. Information is everywhere. Market data is instantaneous. And newcomers arrive in a hobby with far more infrastructure, money and established narratives than previous generations ever encountered. So maybe the goal isn't to recreate the old hobby. Maybe it's helping the next generation find its own. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts. Take the Hobby Spectrum Assessment and discover where you fit in the hobby at thehobbyspectrum.com. Search auctions across the hobby with AuctionWire.ai. Research the market with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out Pops & Comps, available now on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did the sports card hobby actually learn anything from the boom and bust of 2021? Joe Poirot, Chris McGill, Joshua Adams and David Chase join me as we wrap up our discussion about buying, selling and personal responsibility in the hobby. We also get into coordinated buying, market manipulation and how difficult it can be to distinguish organic demand from a market being pushed in a particular direction. Then we turn to the current market. A nearly $4 million bid for the Cooper Flagg debut patch leads to a bigger question: have collectors really become more cautious about prospecting, or have we simply replaced the speculative stars of the last boom with a new generation of names? We also discuss the growing movement toward established GOATs, whether that shift could make the hobby more stable, and why younger collectors may be approaching cards very differently than previous generations. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com. Discover cards across the hobby with AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai. Use promo code SCL for 60 days free. Research card values and market history with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out my book, Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market, available on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody can't sell. Every card that gets sold needs someone willing to buy it on the other side. Joe Poirot joins Chris McGill, Joshua Adams and David Chase as we examine one of the contradictions of a hot sports card market. We constantly hear that now is the time to sell, but what does that advice imply for the collector buying the card? We get into buy-and-sell advice, accountability, speculation, the "hot potato" problem and whether telling collectors to sell certain cards can sometimes feel predatory. We also discuss something completely different: the ritual of acquiring a great card. From the excitement of the mail day to actually holding, displaying and revisiting our cards, are collectors who immediately send everything to a vault missing an important part of the collecting experience? Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com. Discover cards across the hobby with AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai. Use promo code SCL for 60 days free. Research card values and market history with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out my book, Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market, available on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you stop regretting the cards you sold too early, the cards you didn't buy and the money you left on the table? Chris McGill, Joshua Adams and David Chase join me as we continue our conversation about the psychology of collecting in a rising market. We discuss why process matters more than results, how to evaluate decisions based on what you knew at the time, and why comparing your entire hobby experience to everyone else's highlight reel can suck the enjoyment out of collecting. We also get into what it actually means to make your collection "better," how our collecting goals evolve over time, and an interesting question: is discovering and chasing a grail sometimes more enjoyable than finally owning it? Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com. Discover cards across the hobby with AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai. Use promo code SCL for 60 days free. Research card values and market history with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out my book, Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market, available on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sports card market just keeps climbing. Record prices, massive auctions and seemingly endless demand. So how long can this possibly continue? Leighton Sheldon, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams join me to discuss what's driving the current bull market, whether a pullback is inevitable, and Leighton's suggestion that we may be living through a new "junk slab era." Then Chris introduces what he calls "Everybody Else Is Winning," the strange psychological paradox of a bull market. Our own cards can be increasing dramatically in value, yet instead of enjoying it, we find ourselves looking at the cards we sold too soon, the ones we didn't buy and the collectors who seemingly made better decisions than we did. We get into FOMO, regret, comparison, loss aversion, the endowment effect and why making money in the hobby doesn't necessarily make collecting more enjoyable. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com. Discover cards across the hobby with AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai. Use promo code SCL for 60 days free. Research card values and market history with Card Ladder. Use promo code SCL. And check out my book, Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market, available on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you decide where your collection ends when there are seemingly endless things you could collect? Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Joe Poirot and Joshua Adams wrap up Sports Cards Live with a conversation about the collecting rabbit hole and whether having boundaries actually makes the hobby more enjoyable. Sports cards are only the beginning. Mickey Mouse, Superman, Batman, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe, historical figures, musicians, movie stars and fictional characters can all become entirely new collecting lanes. At some point, does having so many possibilities become mentally exhausting? The guys discuss nostalgia, personal connections and what actually compels us to add something to our collections. Does there need to be a deep emotional connection, or can appreciating the cultural and historical significance of a person or character be enough? Jeremy then shares a perfect example of buying purely because you love the card: a beautiful 1933 John Player & Sons Don Quixote card he had never seen before. He knew virtually nothing about the card, didn't check the comps and still threw in a bid. Why? Because he loved it. Sometimes the worst-case scenario is simply that you paid $100 for a card you love. The conversation also turns to whether hockey cards still have significant room to grow. Despite the explosion occurring across many parts of the hobby, cards like the Wayne Gretzky rookie in many grades haven't experienced the same dramatic movement. Rather than calling hockey "undervalued," Jeremy explains why he prefers another word: potential. Could greater interest in hockey, particularly in the United States, eventually bring substantially more demand into hockey cards? And could hockey simply be another collecting category whose moment hasn't arrived yet? Check out The Hobby Spectrum:thehobbyspectrum.com Discover cards across the hobby with Auction Wire:auctionwire.aiUse code SCL for 30 days free. Research your cards with Card Ladder:Use promo code SCL Pick up a copy of Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers That Drive the Sports Card Market by Jeremy Lee on Amazon. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow Jeremy on Instagram @jlee_sportscardslive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever seen a card, known almost nothing about it, and wanted to buy it anyway? Joshua Adams joins Jeremy Lee, David Chase and Joe Poirot for a conversation about one of the most enjoyable parts of collecting: discovering something completely new. Jeremy explains how an Isaiah Thomas Superfractor he had never seen before got him thinking about buying cards before knowing the checklist, the population, the comps or even much about the set itself. Joe admits he's frequently bought first and figured out exactly what he purchased later, while David explains why his move into non-sports cards has him doing the same thing with cards of The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe and others. Sometimes the card is cool enough that you simply want it. The guys also debate whether you need to actually be a fan of an athlete to collect their cards. Can you appreciate a great card of a player you have no emotional connection to? Do you need to justify what you collect at all? Then they dig into the extraordinary number of seven-figure card sales happening right now. Four million-dollar cards sold through Heritage in a single night, including a T206 Honus Wagner, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle and a Michael Jordan buyback autograph. Add the $1.28 million Macklin Celebrini sale and several other recent results, and August alone has produced an incredible run of million-dollar transactions. Is this simply a hot market, or are we watching the upper end of the hobby enter an entirely different era? Finally, the conversation comes back to discovery and why stumbling into an entirely new collecting lane, whether it's Mickey Mouse, memorabilia cards, vintage non-sports or something you've walked past for years without noticing, can be one of the best parts of the hobby. Check out The Hobby Spectrum:thehobbyspectrum.com Discover cards across the hobby with Auction Wire:auctionwire.aiUse code SCL for 30 days free. Research your cards with Card Ladder:Use promo code SCL Pick up a copy of Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers That Drive the Sports Card Market by Jeremy Lee on Amazon. Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow Jeremy on Instagram @jlee_sportscardslive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Poirot puts Jeremy on the spot. As a longtime hockey collector, how does he put the astonishing $1.281 million Macklin Celebrini 1/1 Young Guns sale into context? The answer has less to do with one hockey card and much more to do with what seems to be happening across the entire trading card world. Something feels different in 2026. The hobby has been growing for years, but Jeremy makes the case that we may have recently entered a new trajectory. Celebrities and athletes are increasingly involved. Fanatics continues pushing trading cards further into the mainstream. Card shows are booming. Enormous amounts of money are entering the space. And just hours before the show, Jeremy encounters two kids running a lemonade stand who already know exactly what they're going to do with the money: Buy a hobby box. So how big is this thing actually becoming? Chris McGill brings some real numbers into the conversation, while the panel debates whether Fanatics and the rest of the industry have actually "10X'd" the hobby, whether the old baseball "innings" analogy ever made sense in the first place, and why cycles may be a much better way of understanding where trading cards are headed. Then we start looking at the money. The publicly tracked secondary market represents hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions every month, but what happens when you add everything that isn't captured there? Local card shops. Card shows. Grading fees. Breaking. Live selling. Private transactions. Retail wax. Supplies. Other marketplaces and all of the businesses operating around the cards themselves. Could the true trading card economy be dramatically larger than most collectors realize? David Chase brings some caution to the optimism, Joshua Adams explains why he deliberately tunes much of the business side out and simply enjoys collecting, and Joe challenges Jeremy's idea of the hobby, industry and other segments all existing inside one larger trading card ecosystem. It's a wide-ranging conversation about where cards are right now, how we got here and whether this latest wave of growth really is different from the ones we've experienced before. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com and take the assessment to discover where you fit in the hobby. Try AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai and use promo code SCL to receive two free months. Check out Card Ladder and use promo code SCL. Buy Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers That Drive the Sports Card Market, available now on Amazon. And, as always, subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube, turn on notifications, and if you enjoy the podcast, follow, rate and review Sports Cards Live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do we actually collect cards? Chris McGill brings a deceptively simple question to the Sports Cards Live panel: At what point in the collecting process do you feel most fulfilled? Is it the research and discovery of something you never knew existed? Is it the chase and the hunt for a card that might take years to find? Is it finally owning the card? Is it curating, displaying and expressing your collection? Or is there actually something satisfying about selling a card and moving on? Jeremy, Joe Poirot, Joshua Adams and Chris all give very different answers, and the conversation turns into a fascinating look at the psychology behind why we collect. What is the difference between fulfillment and fun? Why can finally owning a long-sought-after card sometimes feel less exciting than pursuing it? Why can simply knowing that a card belongs to you provide a sense of satisfaction even when you rarely physically look at it? And how much of our collection is really an expression of our own hobby identity? Then David Chase joins the panel and adds another dimension to the conversation: sometimes you finally acquire the card, set or collecting lane you have been pursuing and realize you don't actually love it anymore. That leads us into curation, changing our minds as collectors, falling out of love with cards, the occasional relief of selling, sharing collections on social media and the community that develops when collectors discover and chase cards together. There may not be one correct answer, but there is a good chance you'll find yourself answering the question while listening. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com and take the assessment to discover where you fit in the hobby. Try AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai and use promo code SCL to receive two free months. Check out Card Ladder and use promo code SCL. Buy Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers That Drive the Sports Card Market, available now on Amazon. And, as always, subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube, turn on notifications, and if you enjoy the podcast, follow, rate and review Sports Cards Live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Roofing Road Trips®, host Karen Edwards welcomes Jon Gardner of Owens Corning along with Joshua Adams and Mitchell Casiano of Roof Scout for a conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) in roofing sales. Together, they tackle the biggest misconceptions contractors have about adopting AI, what the first 30 days with Scout really look like and where sales teams typically feel the impact first. The discussion also explores what drives contractor buy-in, what causes hesitation and how successful teams balance automation with the personal relationships that still matter most in roofing. Listeners will also hear how contractor feedback has helped shape Scout's evolution and what this means for the future of smarter, more human-centered sales processes.  Learn more at RoofersCoffeeShop.com!  https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/   Are you a contractor looking for resources? Become an R-Club Member today! https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/rcs-club-sign-up   Sign up for the Week in Roofing!  https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/sign-up   Follow Us!   https://www.facebook.com/rooferscoffeeshop/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/rooferscoffeeshop-com  https://x.com/RoofCoffeeShop  https://www.instagram.com/rooferscoffeeshop/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQTC5U3FL9M-_wcRiEEyvw  https://www.pinterest.com/rcscom/  https://www.tiktok.com/@rooferscoffeeshop  https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/rss  #RoofersCoffeeShop #MetalCoffeeShop #AskARoofer #CoatingsCoffeeShop #RoofingProfessionals #RoofingContractors #RoofingIndustry 

A hockey card just sold for $1.281 million, and the Sports Cards Live panel has some very different opinions about it. Chris McGill and Joshua Adams join Jeremy and Clark Kim just after the Macklin Celebrini Gold Outburst 1/1 Young Guns becomes one of the most expensive hockey cards ever sold. Chris sees a potentially defining trophy card of a young superstar whose collector now gets to follow his career while owning one of his very best cards. Josh has a slightly different reaction: “This is so stupid.” And that is where the fun begins. We compare Celebrini's sale with the biggest cards of Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and other established hockey legends. Then we pose a fascinating question: for roughly the same $1.3 million, would you rather own the Celebrini 1/1 or the heavily restored T206 Honus Wagner that recently sold for almost exactly the same amount? But the conversation quickly becomes about something much larger than one hockey card. There appears to be a different level of wealth entering the hobby. Whatnot has raised hundreds of millions of dollars at a massive valuation. CardVault by Tom Brady is planning major expansion with a high-profile group of investors. And individual collectors with extraordinary financial resources can potentially pay prices that would have seemed impossible only a few years ago. So does Macklin Celebrini actually need to become Sidney Crosby for today's price to make sense? Does Cooper Flagg need to become LeBron James? Does Victor Wembanyama need to become one of the greatest players ever? Or has the hobby grown enough, and attracted enough new money, that the old rules for valuing cards and players are beginning to change? We get into speculation versus proven greatness, the experience of owning the ultimate card of a young superstar, generational prospects, cultural relevance, Wemby and Cooper Flagg, and whether today's collectors will ultimately care as much about the legends of previous generations as they do about the athletes they actually grew up watching. Check out The Hobby Spectrum at thehobbyspectrum.com and take the assessment to discover where you fit in the hobby. Try AuctionWire at auctionwire.ai and use promo code SCL to receive two free months. Check out Card Ladder and use promo code SCL. Buy Pops and Comps: Truths, Insights, and Psychology Behind the Numbers That Drive the Sports Card Market, available now on Amazon. And, as always, subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube, turn on notifications, and if you enjoy the podcast, follow, rate and review Sports Cards Live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you REALLY know an autograph is authentic? In the sixth and final part of our marathon Sports Cards Live conversation, we tackle one of the most uncomfortable questions in collecting: How much faith should we place in autograph authentication? The discussion centers around the 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle owned by "Uncle Barry," a card he has owned for roughly 70 years and believes was personally signed by Mantle. PSA authenticated the autograph and has stood behind that opinion, but longtime autograph expert and former PSA authenticator Steve Grad recently presented a detailed case questioning whether the signature is actually Mantle's. So who's right? We discuss why autograph authentication may ultimately always be an opinion, how much confidence collectors should place in third-party authentication, and whether a signature can ever truly be considered 100% authentic unless somebody actually witnessed it being signed. David Chase then proposes a fascinating alternative: What if AI could analyze enormous databases of known exemplars and assign an autograph a confidence rating instead of simply declaring it authentic or not authentic? Would you rather know that an autograph has an 87% probability of being authentic than receive a binary opinion from a human authenticator? We also discuss witnessed autographs, the possibility of sophisticated forgeries already existing in slabs, altered and counterfeit cards, and a larger reality collectors may need to accept: no system involving human judgment is going to have a zero percent error rate. Earlier, we continue our spirited discussion about market manipulation, personal responsibility and buyer beware. If an influencer talks about a card and you rush out to buy it, how much responsibility belongs to the influencer and how much belongs to you? We also revisit manufactured rarity, the difference between total population and the actual "float" available to collectors, whether the word "grail" has lost its original meaning, and why greater affordability might actually be healthier for the hobby over the long term. Finally, we close our post-National marathon by looking ahead to what Jeff Hart calls the beginning of a new hobby year and reflecting on why, regardless of prices, markets, grading companies or slabs, we're still collectors first. As one viewer perfectly put it: "Collect because you love the cards. Let the value be the consequence, not the purpose." Featuring Jeremy Lee, Joe Poirot, David Chase, Jeff Hart, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams.

How long can the current sports card market keep going up, and what could finally bring it back down? In Part 5 of our Sports Cards Live conversation, we look ahead at the next six months and ask whether the hobby's current momentum is sustainable, whether a correction is inevitable, and what could potentially trigger it. Could an MLB work stoppage ripple through the hobby? Could a broader recession force collectors to sell? What happens when the biggest buyers finally reach the limits of their budgets? And could a major grading scandal create an entirely different kind of disruption? Chris McGill breaks down the hobby's "capital ecosystem" and explains why he's watching where new money is coming from, who's spending it, and what happens when that capital stops expanding and begins rotating instead. Then, during the show, breaking news: the controversial restored and reconstructed T206 Honus Wagner closes at Love of the Game for approximately $1.336 million including buyer's premium. Was that a strong result for a dramatically restored Wagner, or an underwhelming one given the attention surrounding the card? From there, the conversation gets heated. Gary Vaynerchuk's recent comments about vintage fictional and non-sports cards bring us into a much larger debate about influence, pumping and market manipulation. If someone with a massive audience talks publicly about a card they believe is undervalued and demand suddenly explodes, is that unhealthy? Josh Adams argues that artificially accelerated price increases can eventually hurt the collectors buying at the top and drive people out of the hobby when prices inevitably fall. Jeremy pushes back. What if the card really WAS overlooked? What if increased exposure simply introduces thousands of collectors to something they didn't previously know existed? And what if those new collectors genuinely fall in love with it? Is that pumping, or is it price discovery? We also discuss collectors owning dozens of copies of the same card, when collecting becomes investing, why some collectors actually WANT prices to come down, and whether there's such a thing as a "natural" increase in a card's value anymore. Featuring Jeremy Lee, Joe Poirot, David Chase, Jeff Hart, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams.

What does "rare" actually mean in the sports card hobby anymore? A Michael Jordan Molten Metal Fusion Titanium numbered to just 40 copies reportedly sells privately for nearly $1 million, sparking a fascinating debate. To an ultra-modern collector accustomed to cards numbered to 10, 5 or even one-of-ones, is /40 really rare? To a 90s collector, /40 can be extraordinarily rare. And to a vintage collector, rarity may have an entirely different meaning. Chris McGill of Card Ladder brings the question to the Sports Cards Live panel and we go deep. We discuss manufactured scarcity versus organic rarity, print runs versus actual surviving populations, how often a card actually becomes available, and the enormous difference between a card being technically rare and being truly scarce. We also explore the importance of substitutes. There may only be 40 copies of one particular Michael Jordan card, but how many other desirable Jordan cards exist from that same season? Compare that to vintage icons where collectors may have far fewer alternatives. Then we add condition and eye appeal to the equation. Can an otherwise common card become effectively rare simply because exceptionally attractive copies almost never surface? Joe Poirot explains why owning a one-of-one has changed his entire perspective on rarity, while Jeff Hart, David Chase, Joshua Adams and Jeremy Lee bring their own collecting philosophies into the debate. Then we make it personal: What is the one card you simply wouldn't sell? From a Roberto Clemente rookie purchased as a teenager to an in-person Luka Doncic autograph tied to a special memory, a playing-era autographed Bill Russell rookie and Jeremy's Superman, Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio cards, everyone has a different reason why certain pieces become irreplaceable. Plus, we discuss the psychology of "not-for-sale" prices, Michael Jordan cards reaching astonishing new levels, whether collectors should actually WANT card prices to fall, and why sometimes loving the card matters more than loving the money. Featuring Jeremy Lee, Joe Poirot, David Chase, Jeff Hart, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams.

Transition isn't something to survive, it's something to triumph through! In this message, we discover that God never wastes His words, and when He speaks into a season of change, it's worth leaning in with everything you have.Transition demands something from us: transformation, obligation, declaration, and operation. If you're in a season of transition right now, this message will show you that God isn't just taking you through it — He's taking you somewhere.

Why does a card sit relatively unnoticed for years and then suddenly explode? And more importantly, can you spot it before everybody else does? In Part 3 of our Sports Cards Live conversation, Jeff Hart joins Jeremy Lee and David Chase to explore the idea of a card having its "moment." Sometimes it's an influencer bringing attention to something overlooked. Sometimes it's a record sale. Sometimes collectors get priced out of one card and start looking for the next logical alternative. And sometimes a sleeping giant simply reaches the critical mass required for the hobby to finally notice it. We get into the cards and categories we believe could still be hiding in plain sight. Jeremy explains why he recently bought the 1977 Star Wars Princess Leia, why he believes vintage Exquisite football featuring all-time greats like Peyton Manning and Barry Sanders may be dramatically underappreciated compared to basketball, and how getting priced out of one card can lead collectors toward the next opportunity. David takes the same approach to Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Sandy Koufax and Roberto Clemente, and explains why he believes Diego Maradona may be lagging behind the other giants of soccer collecting. We also discuss the rise of 1935 Mickey Mouse and 1940 Superman, Jackie Robinson and the growing importance of eye appeal, the role of social media and influential collectors, and whether it's actually possible to identify these hobby movements before the masses arrive. Then Chris McGill and Josh Adams join the panel and we return to the National pricing debate from a different perspective. Are collectors complaining about high prices actually a healthy sign? Why do collectors hold tighter when markets are rising? And when a truly rare card finally becomes available, does the last comp even matter? Ultimately, it leads to a very simple question: Do you like the cards more than you like the money? Featuring Jeremy Lee, David Chase, Jeff Hart, Chris McGill and Joshua Adams.

Who ultimately determines the value of a sports card—the grading company or the collectors themselves? In the concluding segment of this conversation, Jeremy, MattyC, David Chase, and Joshua Adams continue exploring the evolving role of eye appeal, grading, and collector opinion in today's hobby. Topics include: • Why Jeremy chooses not to submit cards for grading • The philosophy behind buying eye appeal instead of chasing grades • Using Eye Appeal Inc. to compare cards before making a purchase • Community-driven card evaluation versus traditional grading • Whether grading standards have changed over time • Future features planned for Eye Appeal Inc. • Questions from the live audience about submissions, raw cards, scans, stickers, and IQ+ The episode wraps up with final thoughts before everyone heads to The National, along with updates on upcoming Sports Cards Live programming, Fanatics Collect giveaways, The Hangover, and Enter the Inferno. Whether you agree or disagree with the panel's perspective, this discussion challenges collectors to think critically about how they evaluate cards—and why.

Does the number on the slab really tell the whole story? The Sports Cards Live panel continues its discussion with MattyC of Eye Appeal Inc., David Chase, and Joshua Adams as we explore one of the hobby's most fascinating questions: How much should eye appeal matter? Topics include: • Why collectors often disagree with technical grades • Should eye appeal ever become part of the grading standard? • Why many collectors intentionally pursue low-grade cards with exceptional presentation • The philosophy behind IQ+ and collector-driven evaluation • How transparency differs from traditional grading models • Why beautiful PSA 1s and PSA 2s are commanding record-breaking prices We also examine remarkable sales of iconic vintage cards whose visual appeal dramatically exceeded what their technical grades suggested, raising important questions about how collectors value condition today. If you've ever looked at two cards with the same grade and thought, "These don't belong in the same holder," this conversation is for you.

MattyC returns to Sports Cards Live for his first appearance in nearly a year to discuss the evolution of Eye Appeal Inc. and why collector opinion deserves a seat at the table alongside third-party grading. We discuss: • The vision behind Eye Appeal Inc. • Why eye appeal is about more than a single grader's opinion • The power of community-driven card evaluation • How IQ+ scores and collector reviews are changing the conversation • Why transparency matters in card grading • Building a platform that's free, open, and centered around collectors Matty also shares stories from his Hollywood career, including writing Paid in Full, Rambo: Last Blood, creating the Netflix series Absentia, and his upcoming feature film set in the sports card hobby. Joining the conversation are David Chase and Joshua Adams as we explore how collectors evaluate cards differently and why those different perspectives make the hobby stronger.

The final segment of this special Sports Cards Live discussion brings the art collector versus investor debate to its conclusion as the panel explores what gives cards meaning beyond their price tags. Chris McGill, Joe Poirot, David Novak, Joshua Adams, and Jeremy Lee dive into the emotional, historical, and personal factors that shape collecting decisions and why some cards become far more significant than their market value suggests. Topics include: • Collecting as art versus collecting as investment• Why context matters when evaluating cards• Understanding a card's place within hobby history• Researching players, sets, and card significance• Emotional attachment and collecting satisfaction• Ownership as part of the reward• One-of-one cards and exclusivity• Illiquidity, rarity, and collector psychology• Whether a grail card reduces the desire for accumulation• The role of knowledge, storytelling, and hobby education The episode wraps with reflections on collecting, community, and what truly drives hobby passion, along with final thoughts from first-time Sports Cards Live guest David Novak. Featuring Jeremy Lee, Chris McGill, Joe Poirot, Joshua Adams, David Novak, and a special appearance by David Chase. Sports Cards Live is proudly supported by Just Collect, Auction Wire, Mint Ink, Front Row Card Show, Mr. Minty, Kronozio, Collector Investor Auctions, Upper Deck, Sport Card Expo, Card Ladder, COMC, and Inferno Red Technology. Links & Resources • The Hobby Spectrum: https://thehobbyspectrum.com• Pops & Comps on Amazon• Fanatics Collect Affiliate Link • Share this episode with a fellow collector Sports cards is a lifestyle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The discussion takes a philosophical turn as Chris McGill introduces a framework comparing sports card collectors to both stock market investors and art collectors. Inspired by visits to the Chicago Art Institute and the Milwaukee Art Museum, Chris explores how collectors assign meaning, value, and significance to the items they pursue. The result is one of the most thought-provoking conversations of the evening. Topics include: • Buying cards like an investor versus buying cards like an art collector• Personal significance versus financial significance• Why some cards become lifelong companions• Identity, self-expression, and collecting• The role of nostalgia, symbolism, and memory• Liquidity, opportunity cost, and investment thinking• Why specific copies matter more than many collectors realize• Eye appeal, provenance, uniqueness, and story• The emotional side of collecting• How major acquisitions reshape a collection The panel examines the motivations behind collecting and asks a fundamental question: are we building portfolios, curating collections, or doing a little bit of both? Featuring Jeremy Lee, Chris McGill, David Novak, Joshua Adams, Joe Poirot, and David Chase. Links & Resources • The Hobby Spectrum: https://thehobbyspectrum.com• Pops & Comps on Amazon• Fanatics Collect Affiliate Link • Share this episode with a fellow collector Sports cards is a lifestyle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The panel expands as Chris McGill and Joshua Adams join the conversation, leading to a fascinating discussion about late-90s football cards, hobby growth, collecting philosophy, and what truly makes a card significant. David Novak explains why he believes 1997 and 1998 football represent some of the most overlooked collecting opportunities in the hobby, while Chris McGill dives deep into the rarity, innovation, and appeal of the era's greatest inserts and parallels. The conversation also turns toward the future of the hobby, Fanatics' influence on collecting, and whether today's hobby growth is creating more collectors or more gamblers. Topics include: • Why 1997-98 football may be undervalued• PMGs, Masterpieces, Quantum Golds, Legacy Showcase 1/1s, and other hobby icons• The relationship between sports popularity and card values• Michael Rubin, Fanatics, and hobby growth• Collectors versus gamblers in today's hobby• How social media impacts collecting behavior• What defines a "big card" or a "grail card"• Why hobby knowledge often matters more than hobby budget• The role of rarity, significance, and personal meaning in collecting Plus, the panel debates some of the hobby's biggest questions while the Sports Cards Live chat delivers plenty of strong opinions along the way. Links & Resources • The Hobby Spectrum: https://thehobbyspectrum.com• Pops & Comps on Amazon• Fanatics Collect Affiliate Link • Share this episode with a fellow collector Sports cards is a lifestyle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The discussion sparked by the Jackie Robinson patch card purchase evolves into a much larger conversation about money, risk, and the purpose of collecting. Are sports cards investments? Should collectors think about future value when making purchases? Is there ever a situation where going into debt for a card makes sense? Jeremy, David Chase, Chris McGill, and Joshua Adams explore the differences between collecting for enjoyment, collecting for financial gain, and the increasingly blurred line between the two. The result is one of the most spirited philosophical debates of the night. Sports cards is a lifestyle. Follow Jeremy on Instagram: @jlee_sportscardslive @jlee_cards Subscribe to Sports Cards Live on YouTube. Take the Hobby Spectrum assessment: thehobbyspectrum.com Get Jeremy's book: Pops & Comps: Insights, Truths and Psychology Behind the Numbers that Drive the Sports Card Market Available on Amazon. Listen, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if the promises God has written over your life are already divinely guaranteed — and all that is standing between you and their fulfillment is your willingness to actively take hold of them by faith? In this episode, guest missionary Joshua — a church planter who moved to Brazil seven months pregnant, with no language, no support, and nothing but two words from God — brings one of the most stirring messages you will hear this year. Drawing from Hebrews 11, John 4, and Mark 11, he walks you through four practical principles of possessing faith: your posture, your mouth, your perspective, and your willingness to risk. This is not a message about waiting — it is a message about rising up. If your heart is hungry for breakthrough, for harvest, and for the fullness of what God has called you to, press play and get ready to be stirred.

Joshua Adams is a serial entrepreneur, EOS Implementer, and former branding agency founder dedicated to helping visionary leaders gain clarity, traction, and freedom in their organizations. After transforming his own business using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and selling it after twenty-four years. Joshua now coaches executive teams to break through chaos, foster alignment, and build healthy, sustainable companies. He draws on rich experience in agency leadership, fractional CMO work, and his passion for empowering people to operate in their unique strengths. In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Joshua Adams returns to join Robert Plank, sharing the personal and professional pivots that set him on his current path. Joshua exposes the pitfalls of goal procrastination, the energizing power of “artificial urgency,” and why so many businesses need, not just more software but an operating framework like EOS to truly thrive. Listeners will learn about the importance of shared language, how consistency in leadership systems prevents organizational drift, and why, ultimately, professional success is built atop lessons learned from failure. Joshua also highlights the fulfillment he discovers daily by coaching leadership teams and empowering them to do their best work. Quotes: “Success is a big pile of failure that you're standing on. Without our failures, we are not, we cannot be successful.” “When you set that artificial sense of urgency, you spark the energy and momentum that gets things done. It's healthier, and it pushes us forward.” “Language matters. Calling things by different names creates confusion, but common language builds clarity and alignment across the team.” Resources: Connect with Joshua Adams on LinkedIn Learn more about how Joshua helps leaders build healthy, sustainable companies on their website.

Want more information about Transformation Church Seminole? Head over to https://linktr.ee/TheTCSeminole to see how God is transforming lives & changing the world!

Want more information about Transformation Church Seminole? Head over to https://linktr.ee/TheTCSeminole to see how God is transforming lives & changing the world!

In this powerful episode, guest minister Joshua Adams challenges us with a timely word: Are you persistent in prayer? Consistent in your confession? As faith comes by hearing, it builds a grit—a determination to take hold of God's promises, believing that if God said it, that settles it in my heart.

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Following a viewing of the film 1946 (not live-streamed) Joshua Adams shared his faith journey which led him to Melbourne Inclusive Church.During his time of sharing Josh shared an open letter handed out to all in attendance that offered an understanding of God's love for the LGBTIQ community. To support the ministry of Melbourne Inclusive Church go to: www.michurch.org.au/giveMelbourne Inclusive Church boldly and proudly proclaims Christ's equal love for all people regardless of their ability, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, age, gender, race, ethnicity, or culture. Melbourne Inclusive Church is part of the EMI Global family of churches.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Joshua D. Adams, Medical Director of the Carilion Clinic Aortic Center. Our conversation focuses on cardiovascular health, minimally invasive surgical procedures performed at the Carilion Clinic Aortic Center, the importance of bedside manner, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

If this is your first time listening you can check us out at lifefamily.church or on Facebook  and Instagram at @lfcbeardstown

Want more information about Transformation Church Seminole? Head over to https://linktr.ee/TheTCSeminole to see how God is transforming lives & changing the world!

Want more information about Transformation Church Seminole? Head over to https://linktr.ee/TheTCSeminole to see how God is transforming lives & changing the world!

Equip Night is a special time for all of the leaders and volunteers of Transformation Church! We don't just want to get God's giftings out of you, but want to make sure you stay full of the Spirit to complete the plan of God for your life!   This time Apostle Joshua Adams pours into us concerning the calling of God!

We were honored to welcome Pastor Joshua Adams to Word of Life as he delivered a message on God's faithfulness. Through this message, we walk through many scriptures covering the power of His word and the goodness of God.

We welcome Joshua Adams back to The Six, our Fondren 6pm service, where he shares the impact the awareness of the very soon coming of Jesus should have on every believer.

In daily life, resilience is useful, but in business… it's essential. Any business navigates challenges and setbacks, which is why Joshua Adams' expertise as Colt's Resilience Specialist makes him the perfect guest on this week's Tech & Soul! Tune in to hear Joshua join host Blanca Pérez-Ordoyo Fernández to break down the secret sauce to navigating disruptions, crises and risk events, whether in your own life or in a trailblazing business. In this episode: Where resilience plays a role across our personal and professional lives alike How businesses maintain robust resilience strategies Best practice for managing a crisis Remote resilience - how to maintain resilience with hybrid/remote teams Blanca Perez-Ordoyo Fernandez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blanca-perezordoyo/ Joshua Adams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaadams22/ Colt Technology Services: https://www.colt.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/colt-technology-services/ https://www.instagram.com/colttechnologyservices/

The GODFOE Universe: APOLLYON 20XX is a gritty new indie comic from the team of artist Joshua Adams and writer Dan Evans. For this episode, the book's artist Joshua give the lowdown on this massive media-panning project, which will eventually span comic, novels, films and even video games. Is that ambitious enough for ya?! For more info on this awesome project, check out the official website! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen) • Coopster Gold (join) • Nintenjoe (subscribe)----------------------------------------All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/retro-ridoctopus/19134e2d-3b39-42e1-9c8c-3a34c38eba22

On this episode Dr. Kelly Cagle interviews guest Joshua Adams, an expert in managing YouTube channels and a partner at Parent ProTech. They discuss the importance of online safety and the impact of excessive screen time on children's mental health. Joshua shares statistics on cyberbullying, exposure to explicit content, and online predators.

In this episode Justin and Eric are joined by the prolific creator of Legacy Comix Patrick Hickey Jr. and artist for Legacy Comix Joshua Adams. Patrick is a Journalist by trade , voice actor and a writer at heart. He has created a world of his own with characters in the gritty vein of Frank Miller and by extension Early Mirage Comics. Patrick has written a series of 7 books about Video games called The Minds behind the Games, including Adventure Games, Sports, Shooter, Sega Genesis and Playstation as well as his flagship book at Legacy Comix Condrey! Josh is an artist, teacher and creator of several popular podcasts himself including the Fringes ( horror Anthology), the Pathways of Discipleship and Nuggets: A Bible Study Podcast. Big fans of the Turtles themselves, Listen in as Patrick and Josh talk with us about their personal histories with TMNT and of course Pizza. A new Pizza time with Sauerkraut and meatballs! Check out our guests Patrick Hickey jr @ https://patrickhickeyjr.com/ and https://www.legacycomix.com/. And Joshua Adams at The Fringes Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CYmipnksQFWlBNCvEb2NQ. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictalesfromthesewers/message

Joshua Adams and his wife Hannah have been missionaries to Brazil for over ten years! His conviction for teaching about the end times is both challenging and encouraging!   Want more information about Transformation Church Seminole? Head over to https://linktr.ee/TheTCSeminole to see what we're about!

Joshua Adams has been announced as the replacement for Peter Chadwick as head steward in QLD. Adams even though young, has covered some ground.

Nesta mensagem, o Ap. Joshua Adams enfatizou que devemos nos importar com o que Jesus disse a respeito da hora em que vivemos hoje, e não o que os pensadores ou influenciadores desse século dizem. Ele também nos mostrou a importância de reconhecermos o Espírito Santo que habita em nós e o seu empoderamento em nossas vidas, para sermos suas testemunhas onde quer que estejamos. Ouça e seja edificado!

Welcome to Bright Hearth, a podcast devoted to recovering the lost arts of homemaking and the productive Christian household with Brian and Lexy Sauvé.In this first season, we're walking through the various rooms of the house with the question: "What are the essential arts and duties of this room? How does this room serve Christ and his Kingdom?"  In this episode, we're joined by Joshua Adams to talk about defending the household. This may be the most practical episode we've ever released, and we're confident there's something here for everyone.Be sure to subscribe to the show, and leave us a 5-Star review wherever you get your podcasts! Buy an item from our Feed the Patriarchy line and support the show at the same time at briansauve.com/bright-hearth.Become a monthly patron at patreon.com/brighthearth and gain access to In the Kitchen, a special bonus show with each main episode!Joshua mentioned some of these items on the episode:1) Security Deadlock for Door2) Window and Door Battery-powered Alarms3) Door Jamb Reinforcement4) Weapon Light5) Weapon Light and Laser6) Every Day Carry (EDC) Flashlight7) Tier 1 Concealed Holster8) Werkz Holsters (Christian Company)9) T-Rex Arms (Christian Company)10) Trijicon RMR (Christian Company)11) Holosun SightSupport the show

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Welcome to the Enjoy Church podcast. It's our heart, to love, equip and encourage you in Christ and to help you become all that God has purposed and called you to be. To learn more, visit www.enjoy.church.

Welcome to the Enjoy Church podcast. It's our heart, to love, equip and encourage you in Christ and to help you become all that God has purposed and called you to be. To learn more, visit www.enjoy.church.

Repost of the Twitch stream.  Watch live @ www.twitch.tv/bangtech_12.  Every Tuesday 7-11EST and some pop-ups! 

In episode 32, I interview V. Joshua Adams, a poet, critic, and translator. He calls in from Louisville, Kentucky and tells us about how he got into writing. Joshua reads us "Circles," a poem that appeared in Posit. Then, we talk about the cultural positioning of Playboy, his interest in vintage cars, and we finish up with some boxing memories. You can buy his chapbook, Cold Affections, from Plan B Press. He posts on Twitter @vjoshuaadams and has a website, vjoshuaadams.com.

We are so excited for Joshua Adams & Timo Anzalone to join us on today's episode of the Gregurich Ministries Podcast. Joshua & Hannah Adams founded Igreja United in Brazil and currently have 6 campuses, with more coming soon! Listen in as Joshua shares what it took for them to leave their life in the USA behind, and where God is taking them. You don't want to miss it! Support Joshua & Hannah Adams by visiting: www.igrejaunited.com/giving

Behind the News, 7/1/21 - guests: Joseph Darda on Vietnam vets and white identity; Joshua Adams on the CRT controversy - Doug Henwood

Detroit stand up! Mel caught up with one of his Michigan comedy peers for an awesome interview. Joshua Adams spills about his comedy journey, his moves to LA & NY, and his merch moniker "So Slept On"... Mel also gives his take on bonnets in public, to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, and talks future guests on the pod!!!

On SUNY Oswego Week:  Real life disasters can habits at the box office. Joshua H. Adams, professor of film/digital film production, explains why. Joshua Hunter Adams is a film/digital film production professor at SUNY Oswego. His areas of specialty are film and digital film production, no-budget film production/producing, location filmmaking, movie directing, the Hollywood studio […]

Welcome to the Your Money Hour Podcast with Dakota Grady! I had the pleasure of interviewing Greenville, SC barber Joshua Adams of Exquisite Cuts. Joshua & I connected the first time we talked, so I invited him to be a guest on the podcast! Joshua talks about his journey into the barbering profession & his goal of returning the barber shop as a focal point of the community. He discusses how he wants clients to know that they are important & not just a "dollar sign" when they come to his shop/salon. Joshua also dives into the motivation behind him fully immersing himself into his passion as a barber. Tune in to listen to the conversation with veteran barber, Joshua Adams on the Your Money Hour Podcast! Connect with Joshua on Instagram & Facebook at Exquisite Cuts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“Ever Forward!” This is the favorite motto of one of our guests today, Joshua Adams, CEO of Rock, Paper, Simple. In this episode we are also talking with former Director of the Eastern Florida State College Foundation, Inc, Jennie Kriete. Both Joshua and Jennie are highly successful businesspeople in Brevard County, FL, where they also serve on the Board of Directors for New Life Mission. This is the final episode in our 5 part series featuring the work of New Life Mission in Brevard County, FL. This incredible, Christ-centered nonprofit is transforming the lives of homeless women with children, helping to break the cycle of homelessness and setting these families on a path to dream again! Hear how serving New Life Mission allows today's guests to so beautifully intertwine their business know-how and their hearts' calling to show the love of Christ to the world around them. By working with New Life Mission, Joshua and Jennie are able to speak the message of “Ever Forward!” into the lives of families who may have never considered forward to be an option for them. Find all Scripture references and full show notes from this episode at http://jennyzentz.com/podcast-new-life-mission *Resources mentioned in this episode: - New Life Mission · About · Get Involved · Volunteer · Support/Give · Legacy Giving · Is the New Life Mission program right for you or someone you know? Apply Here - Community Care & Share 2021 (Watch Now!) o Amazon Wish List o Financial Report Homeless to Hopeful: Stories From New Life Mission – with Founder/CEO, Stacia Glavas Homeless to Hopeful: Stories From New Life Mission, Part 2 – with Ann-Marie Britt Homeless to Hopeful: Stories From New Life Mission, Part 4; Jessica's Story My Story COVID Story - The Intertwined Life Podcast – Ep 5: Holding on to Our Faith in the Midst of the Chaos (Includes over 30 scripture references!) Link to CCS video will appear here after April 17th! Connect with New Life Mission On Facebook @NewLifeMissionBrevard and Instagram @newlife_mission Follow Jenny on FB and IG @JennyZentz

A young woman makes a pit stop at a gas station where not everything is what it seems. Author Joshua … More Season 2 Episode 3: Station by Joshua Adams →

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.

On Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk with Joshua Adams from OneZero about how Twitter's context collapse problem compares to Facebook at a time when social justice is being widely communicated.Subscribe & watch the full Tech News Weekly podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/136 Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell Guest: Joshua Adams You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our full shows at https://twit.tv/shows/

On Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk with Joshua Adams from OneZero about how Twitter's context collapse problem compares to Facebook at a time when social justice is being widely communicated.Subscribe & watch the full Tech News Weekly podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/136 Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell Guest: Joshua Adams You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our full shows at https://twit.tv/shows/

On Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk with Joshua Adams from OneZero about how Twitter's context collapse problem compares to Facebook at a time when social justice is being widely communicated.Subscribe & watch the full Tech News Weekly podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/136 Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell Guest: Joshua Adams You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our full shows at https://twit.tv/shows/

On Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk with Joshua Adams from OneZero about how Twitter's context collapse problem compares to Facebook at a time when social justice is being widely communicated.Subscribe & watch the full Tech News Weekly podcast: https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly/episodes/136 Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell Guest: Joshua Adams You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our full shows at https://twit.tv/shows/

This week Carey, and Mr Poe talked to Blake Best, Cody Huskins, and Joshua Adams about their upcoming fan film Freddy VS Jason: Dreamscape    Indiegogo    

Jesus triunfou no túmulo. Lá Ele encontrou graça para superar o que era impossível. Nesta ministração, o ap. Joshua Adams (Igreja United) nos instrui acerca do poder de Deus que está disponível para vencer os desafios, e o lugar de reinado que nos espera após eles.

Doug interviews Joshua Adams Fortnite Evangelicals The story of a pastor's son ------------------ Hebrews 5:1-10 The Perfect High Priest 1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; 2 he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3 and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself. 4 And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”; 6 just as He says also in another passage, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” 7 In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. (NASB) ------------------ 5 Core Values of SWAT 1. God’s Word 2. Prayer 3. Evangelism 4. Discipleship 5. Community ------------------ https://swatradio.com/ SWAT - Spiritual Warriors Advancing Truth Call us Toll-Free at: +1-844-777-7928 Email Us a Question: ask@swatradio.com FIND A SWAT MEETING Woody’s Bar-B-Que 226 Solano Rd Ponte Vedra, FL 10611 Wed. 6:30-7:30 am IHOP 3250 Hodges Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32224 Wed. Night 7-8 pm Salem Centre 7235 Bonneval Rd Jacksonville, FL Wed. 12:00-1:00 pm Jumping Jax House of Food 10131 San Jose Blvd #12 Jacksonville, FL Thursday 6:30-7:30 am The Village Inn 900 Ponce De Leon Blvd St. Augustine, FL Friday 9:00-10:30 am Woodmen Valley Chapel - Woodmen Heights Campus 8292 Woodman Valley View Colorado Springs CO 80908 Thursdays 8-9:15 pm

Pastor Brian preaches Acts 20:17–38, ten charges to Kevin Griffin and Joshua Adams as they were ordained for pastoral ministry at Refuge.

Pastor Brian preaches Acts 20:17–38, ten charges to Kevin Griffin and Joshua Adams as they were ordained for pastoral ministry at Refuge.

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But it's not uncommon that once these social safe havens are created and made public, organizers and attendees are met with the inevitable barrage of interrogations and accusations regarding such spaces: "Why is this space just for black people?" "Why is this club just for Latinx people?" "Isn’t a black gay pride event divisive and 'reverse racist?'" Our first guest this week is Berkeley-based writer Kelsey Blackwell, who wrote the essay “Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People.” We discuss with Kelsey the need for POC-only gathering places that are free from white judgement and the stereotypes and marginalization that permeate mainstream society. Later in the show we get specific in the conversation of race, with Salem State Communications professor Joshua Adams. He recently published a piece on Medium: We Should Stop Saying “People of Color” When We Mean “Black People” “Saying POC when we mean black people is this concession that there’s a need to describe a marginalized group as 'less' Black for in order for people (specifically, but not only, white people) to have empathy for whatever issue being discussed,” he writes. And in Juicy Fruit, we talk about two very different kinds of uninvited house guests.

On April 4, 2019, the Creative Writing department at the University of Louisville hosted a Faculty / Student Reading. First, graduate teaching assistant Brent Coughenour reads from his story "Astro World," followed by faculty member V. Joshua Adams reading from his chapbook COLD AFFECTIONS in addition to new work, and concluding with faculty member Kristi Maxwell reading her poem "To Insist on the 'Someness' of Every Assemblage" from her collection BRIGHT AND HURTLESS.

Primer on the statutory requirements and legal issues for websites applicable to condominiums.Seth D. Chipman, P.A.Tel: 321-639-1300Fax:321-639-1303schipmanlaw@cfl.rr.comSpecial Guest Speaker: Bianca Duffield, Marketing, Communications & Events for Nishad Khan LawSocial Media 101- Creating Community UnityAssociation managers often need instruction and supplemental information to guide their boards into making sound decisions regarding social media use. This information enables managers to inform their boards about the importance of utilizing social media policies, management of that presence, and application of relevant platforms for various community needs.Phone: (407) 228-9711 | Fax: (407) 228-9713Email: bianca@NishadKhanLaw.comWebsite: NishadKhanLaw.comJoshua AdamsRock Paper Simple is a website development firm who have created a unique product specially for associations which will be rolling out in April.Head Honcho321-626-2172CAAMP.netContact us at 321-775-5514 or caampcontact@gmail.comhttp://ia601506.us.archive.org/24/items/AssociationWebsitesSocialMediaSethChipmanBiancaDuffieldJoshuaAdams/Association%20Websites%20Social%20Media%20Seth%20Chipman%20Bianca%20Duffield%20Joshua%20Adams%20.mp3

Transcript of Interview with Joshua Adams Joshua Adams, the Head Honcho of Rock Paper Simple, lives and breathes entrepreneurship, branding, and marketing. Joshua started programming at 11 years old and began his freelance web career at 14. As a result of working with over 700 clients, he has become an expert in the fields of web development, digital marketing, and branding. Joshua founded Rock Paper Simple in 2011 with the vision of empowering businesses who are awesome at what they do by developing their brand and digital presence. He is never satisfied with the status quo and is always working hard to find the simplest, but most effective ways to create results for his clients and ventures. You will frequently hear him say “Ever Forward!”, as he believes the best option is always, always to move forward. He lives to empower talented people and dedicates his work in every endeavor to the glory of God. Amongst other accomplishments, he was named a finalist of LEAD Brevard's “4 under 40” award in 2016 and again in 2017 Rock Paper Simple http://rockpapersimple.com/hugh Hugh: Hey, it's Hugh Ballou. I have a guest who is a fairly new friend, but a couple years. We have connected, and over the couple years, we have had significant conversations. This is Joshua Adams. I've seen him and his team do amazing work. I wanted to share some information today with all our listeners about branding. We want to do a website. We've given no thought to what it looks like, what representation it is for who we are and what we stand for. Joshua, hello. Joshua: Hello, how are you? Hugh: I'm awesome. Tell people a little bit about you. What's your background that has brought you to this really good place of branding, marketing, and web design? Joshua: Absolutely. I actually got in the industry more on the web programming side of things. When I was 11 years old, my dad handed me a programming book and said, “Here, learn this.” I remember picking up the book and going, This is bigger than the Bible. At that time, the Bible was the biggest book on the planet in my mind, so this was a big deal. I dug into it, loved it, and dove into programming. My friends were playing games, and I was at home programming, clockin' away, making games and applications. As I got older, I got into web and focused on that. When I was 14, I started freelancing. When I was 18, I started my own web design company in my parents' garage. I had three desks all lined up and said, “I'm doing it.” It took off. I loved business. I loved entrepreneurism. It was natural. A couple years into doing that, I merged with a marketing agency. This is where my mindset shifted because I went from a programming mind, that engineering, tell me what to build and I'll build it—as you call them, propeller-heads—to thinking more along the lines of, How can I build it? How can I make this cool? I realized that these marketing clients don't care how cool this is. They want it to make the money. They want it to have results, to have a purpose. I learned what marketing was, what branding was, and that influenced me. A month into this new partnership, my partner decided to disappear for an extended period of time. I went, Great. Here I am, a programmer, running a marketing agency. During the day, I'd be on phone calls; they'd want printing, design, or logos. I'd go, “Absolutely, great,” and I'd hang up and go, Crap. Google is my friend. I searched online courses and had to learn this on the fly. Here we were, developing for big clients in the area, and I had to figure this out. That was trial by fire. A few years into that, I had to part ways with my partner for more reasons than just going our separate ways. I brought all that marketing and branding knowledge with me and said, I want to develop a company that takes all the complexities away, all these over-the-top things that we were doing in the previous agency. I want to simplify it and build websites that are marketing-focused. At the time, my passion was still websites. I loved branding and marketing, but I wanted to focus on websites. We launched Rock Paper Simple five years ago with the premise that we would build websites on purpose, bring all this knowledge, and build marketing-focused website platforms. That was our claim to fame. People knew us for that. You want a marketing website? Go to Rock Paper Simple. You want a technical product? Maybe go somewhere else. A marketing-focused one? That was what we did. We took off with that. The funny thing was we'd sit in those planning sessions because we were big on planning. We would be talking about the brand and logo, and I'd be advising them on brand messaging and how they should position themselves. They had never thought about the unique value proposition. Our website planning session would often become a branding planning session. People started asking, “Do you do branding?” “No, we don't.” Finally we said we ought to create a product. I'm a big believer that if you can't do it well, you really shouldn't do it. We said, “We'll offer branding when we're ready.” We set off, and about eight months later, myself and my lead designer created a brand product. It was logo and brand colors and messaging, the whole deal. We launched that and won a Gold Addy for it that year. That was about three years ago. Fast forward to now, we've added digital marketing services to our repertoire. It's no longer just me and a couple guys. It's a team of ten here in Florida. We focus on helping brands and organizations figure out who they are, their identity, build a web platform, and then get known in the world. That's a fast forward of where I've come from and what I do. Hugh: You do it really well. I call people propeller-heads because they are geeks that put up pretty pages, and they don't do any of the stuff you're talking about. There is a whole back side of a website that drives traffic. We're talking to social entrepreneurs that run a church, synagogue, or charity. The organization is a cause-based nonprofit. Why is marketing important to those organizations? Joshua: Sometimes marketing can be a bad word in some of those cases, just like profit. They're making profit. We use different words for types of organizations. I myself was a youth pastor for three years. I have been involved in ministry my entire life. I get it. There is a bad connotation to it. But in many ways, we have to be careful how we say this, but the way you run any organization is like a business. There is a balance sheet. There are margins. There is overhead. You have customers, kind of. I use that loosely. Ultimately, any organization, whether it's nonprofit or ministry, etc., you have all of those things. You have to cater to those people. In the terms of a nonprofit or a ministry, you still have to get out to your audience. You have an audience; you are trying to attract them. Whether that is because you are trying to make a profit or make an impact, it doesn't matter. What your goal is as an organization may be different, but you still have to get to people. Regardless of what it is you are trying to do, you have to reach people with your message. Sometimes that marketing is to get donors, to drive revenue, to be able to do bigger things. Sometimes for outreach, to be able to reach people who are in need. There is plenty of need for that, to reach people who need the organization, whether that be a ministry outreach or a support group or whether that may be. How you get that message out there is important. Taking that step back to what we want to focus on today is that branding. What is that message? If you don't have a clear, concise, consistent message, people don't know what it is you stand for. That's very important, even more so with these organizations. What is it that you stand for? I want to get behind something. We are very involved with that here at Rock Paper Simple. We believe in giving back to our community. I believe it's in my fate; I believe I am supposed to give back. We are supposed to be an impact and a light to our community. That is a responsibility I have even more so because of my position, where I'm at. We do have the resources to do it. When I am asked to contribute or be involved or be an emcee for this or come and lip-sync battle over here—yes, we did do that—I am looking at who is this organization, what do they stand for, what is their message, why should we be involved, why should we give. They have to have a clear message. We have sat down with organizations before and said, Hey, we just did a branding project for a nonprofit. We went through the whole process. I can admit that sometimes it can be a challenge to sit there with a board. It's a little bit easier when it's one-on-one with a stakeholder. If you have a board, it can be challenging to make sure you really break down what you stand for. Hugh: This is all a lead-up, an umbrella for this interview. All of this is setting the context, which you have done quite well. The whole context of this is about design. Underneath that design is all the stuff you're talking about and principally, for this interview, we are talking about design, how we engage the board, not that they are going to help you draw the logo. We think brand is a logo. I want to move into this umbrella of design. Also, you do work with boards. That was a really good segue. I didn't set you up for that. That was just a predestination theory. I think people misunderstand brand. If you are going to do a really good design, all that work you talked about manifests itself in a very relevant design. Let's talk about brand. We hear these words “brand image,” “brand promise.” People think a logo is a brand. Give me a short definition of brand. We need to have this brand so you can do the design, correct? Joshua: Absolutely. Understanding like you said, most people think I need a brand, so it's a logo and some colors, etc. While that is part of your brand, you have to understand that your logo is a representation of your brand. Your true brand is really the character and essence of your company, the personality of it, what it stands for. That is your brand, not necessarily that pretty logo sitting there. When you have a truly great logo, a truly great image representation of your brand, it comes from a good understanding of who you are. I was talking about this yesterday at Shannon Gronich's event. We were talking about branding and the concepts of that. What happens is people don't know themselves. We have to stop and say, “Know thyself.” I like to use that. Who are you? What are you trying to convey? I was joking about how a lot of people do their 60-second pitch, their elevator pitch. Here is who I am and what I do. A lot of people come up and go, “Hey, I'm John Smith, and I build websites,” and they walk away. Okay. But really, what makes you different? You have to convey that. Know yourself. Know the true part. A lot of businesses don't. Not only do a lot of businesses not, but a lot of organizations don't. They will say, “Yeah, we help feed the hungry.” Okay, but more than that. Who are you? Why do you do that? What sets you apart? What kind of an impact are you making on the world that is different than the other ones doing it? Why are you more trustworthy? Tell me more about you. Tug at my heartstrings. These are all things that people miss. We take a step back and say, “Okay, yeah, we want to make a logo, but let's talk about what you stand for.” We call that “brand vision” here. What is the vision of your brand? Before the mission, before the promise, all that: what is the vision? We say within ten words or fewer, what is the highest calling of the company? What is that headline in the newspaper you are so proud of? Ten years from now, a headline says, “Rock Paper Simple: Empowering people who are awesome at what they do.” Boom, there's a vision. Something we want to accomplish. What is that brand vision? What is that battle cry? That is my favorite terminology to use for that that you can rally around as an organization. That's brand vision. When you can define that, then you step from there and say, “Okay, what is my mission statement?” which is the how. How do I accomplish that vision? What is my brand promise? Who am I making that promise to, and what is that promise, that unique thing I am promising to every customer, stakeholder, donor, whatever it is? What is that unique promise I am making? The reason it's important to define this is this stuff can float up in the head of the leader(s) or even the organization's members or employees or staff or team members or clergy, whatever. When it comes out on paper and becomes real, you can live this stuff out more. Helping pull that out, I'll sit there with boards and pull this stuff out of them. Tell me more about this. Let's build this promise. Once we have a unified promise and everybody can get around what they're promising, now it's so much easier to deliver on that brand. We work on things like brand personality, how it should sound, how it should look, how it should act when you're out there. Core values and value statements. That is the essence of your brand. With all that stuff, I give you a logo that represents it. When somebody asks me to define a brand, that is 90% of your brand. Your logo is just the representation of that. Hugh: Then you build a website to manifest that brand image, right? Joshua: Exactly. Now not only are you matching color and logo and style, but now you are matching personality and belief and message. That is what is so important. Design is so much more than just some pretty pictures and colors. It's a message. True design has a purpose. Why are you doing what you're doing? I am a big believer in questioning just about anything. Why are we doing this? There is always an answer. I am a little over-the-top with it, but there has to be a purpose. The first board I ever sat on, I was sitting there at 19, 20, and I go, “I am 20 years younger than everybody else. Can somebody explain why we're here? If there is no point here, I don't want to be here.” Hugh: That's a key point, my friend. Too many people on the boards, it's a nodding board. They come home, they nod, and they go home and do nodding. Joshua: Then I nodded at you. Hugh: Everything we do, we should ask why we're doing it. Joshua: Yes. Hugh: We're not going to delve into it in this particular interview, but we have talked about a web experience versus a website. What I'm gaining here is you are getting a whole experience. There is an engagement. At the beginning of that, people have to understand why you're there, what your purpose is. Too many charities complain they don't get donations. Well, there is a reason behind that. This is that structure that is so important. Let me focus. We are looking at the design element. Let's take all those components. We are talking to the executive director of the clergy. They have an idea for this. They want to engage their board and get them on board with this. When you work with a board and define a course, the more people you have, the harder it is to make finite decisions. There is a general education level before people can make decisions. Can you give us two or three points for a nonprofit executive for clergy, how will they approach the board and get them focused on the work that needs to happen so they are supporters and understand why this work needs to happen and their role in giving input to it? How do you work with a board? Joshua: I have worked with individuals and boards. I have done 13 people. I have 13 stakeholders in a room. I got to get them all to agree. That can be challenging. What you have to rally around is core goals, a core vision. What are you trying to accomplish today? Typically, that is unity, a strong message, focusing our scattered message, nobody knows who we are. That is normally the pain we are running into. We say, “All right, let's rally around this.” For me, the easiest thing is to work on my first step, that vision. If I can get 13 people to agree on a vision, the rest of it is much easier. We can build out from there. Before that even, why is it important? I think a lot of times an executive director is that person who has to go to the board and say, “This is important to me because…” People don't know who we are. People don't know what we are. Our name doesn't represent what we do. I'm dealing with one board that I sit on—I am co-chair of it—where they are saying our name doesn't represent what we do currently. It represents what we did 20 years ago. We needed to talk about that. Is this even relevant currently? We talk about that. It's understanding that you have to make sure you are speaking the right message to the right audience, that you're differentiating yourself from the crowd, that you're making an impact with your message, and that you're being consistent. These are all things that are important to any organization with their brand. Hugh: Great. You have created a page for our listeners. Your brand is RockPaperSimple.com. There is a backslash with my name, Hugh. There is a page there with some special offers. Is there a place people can request a consultation with you? Joshua: Yes. Click on the tab “Schedule Free Consultation.” It pulls it up right there. Hugh: It would occur to me some leader listening to this says, “I have an idea I need to go in this direction. I want to brainstorm how to present to my board.” Is that a good reason for somebody to schedule a consultation? Joshua: Yes, I am working with someone now. We are more than happy to strategize how you present to a board, how you say, I'd like to explore this. You can even bring us along. We'll tag along, show up at a meeting, have a chat real quick. No pressure. We won't sell the board. If we are able to help, then great. If not, then we can move on from there, that's fine. Oftentimes, getting the board to understand why this is important, everything you do is influenced through your brand. If people don't trust your brand, they are not going to donate, they are not going to show up to your events. It's the same with a business. If you go to a website and see a product you might be interested in and the website doesn't look good and the logo looks like it was made in MS Paint, you see the Buy Now button, and you are going to think twice about clicking the Buy Now button. This is just regular business. You're afraid you don't know who they are. The same thing is true with nonprofits. If I go to your website and it looks like not great, then I am afraid to make that donation. It's just the way the world works. We are trained that if it's trustworthy, it's consistent. That's just how we are trained with our world that we are around. That's why it's important to have that brand cohesiveness. It doesn't have to be the most amazing, wondrous design on the planet, but it does need to make sense. It does need to convey the right message. It does need to be consistent. Speak to the right audience. You choose your design, style, colors, and everything else based on what your audience wants, not necessarily your stakeholders' favorite color. Hugh: That is a key point. What I am getting from this for you to approach the design piece of this at all is a whole lot of thinking that the leader with their teams, the board, the staff, whomever, need to go through so that they can give you intelligent answers for their questions. Joshua: When we work with somebody, we have a discovery session first, which is that pre-sales process so we really understand what's going on. If we decide to work together, then we have a planning session. Prior to that, we even send them a questionnaire to learn more. We review it in that planning session. Then we get to work. Before I even start working with that board or company, we have gone through three steps of gathering information, understanding who they are and what they are. Then we wipe it clean and say, All right, tell me. What makes you guys different? What's the vision? What sets you apart? We work on it right then and there. Sometimes in that first meeting, we knock out half the document. Sometimes in that first meeting, we have four or five choices for a brand vision, and we reschedule. Depends on the board honestly. Hugh: I would encourage people not to rush this part of it. We gotta have a website up next month so we are going to do something. That may do you more harm than good. There is such a thing as negative brand recognition, isn't there? Joshua: Understanding that your brand says something, what does it say? Are you controlling that? Are you purposely driving that message? Your brand is going to say something. Whether it says we knew what we're doing, we're fun, we're exciting, we do all this stuff, or it says, maybe we don't know, maybe we're not put together, maybe we're not organized. It's going to have a message. People are going to take that subconsciously without even knowing it. There are plenty of fantastic organizations out there with horrendous logos. They come across my desk. We donate to this. I look at it and push it aside. I look at this one over here. I know these guys. Later on, I find this other organization is fantastic, it just didn't look good. I wasn't writing a check to it because I didn't trust it. I'm not saying that there is somehow a correlation to how good an organization you are. But it does impact perception. Perception is so key. Regardless of the truth, perception is the truth to most people, right? How often are we misjudged? I am just talking personally as people. We misjudge or we are misjudged all the time. This is another conversation. That is perception. You can't just say, That's not who I am and get mad about it. Unfortunately, to that person, perception is their truth. Until it's corrected, that perception is what they are going to believe. The perception of your brand unfortunately is the truth to your audience until you change that. You take control of your brand and say, “I want my brand to say this.” Therefore, everything else will follow it. I want Rock Paper Simple's brand to say that we empower people who are awesome at what they do. Whether that is they do, we empower them to grow and build. The rest of our statements go into how we do that. Our core values talk about how we go about doing what we do with the character of the company. Things like integrity, growth, and teamwork. These are all things in core to our team. One of our core values is community. That is why we do so much in the community. Why do we do that? it's part of the brand essence. It's part of the message we want to speak. I was speaking the other day and somebody made the comment, “Oh yeah, Rock Paper Simple does all kinds of stuff in the community.” The brand's working. We are doing stuff. People know us as a company that does that. That's important. Is my brand going to accidentally just communicate to people that we have integrity, that we are team players, that we are fun? No. I have to decide that's what I want the brand to say and then push it out there. We are a very fun brand. One of our core values is legitimately fun. We do things that convey that. Hugh: You are a mushroom. You are a fun-gi. All right. This is helpful information. To do your design, there is a whole bunch of stuff underneath that: engaging the board in meaningful conversation around this. People can go to rockpapersimple.com/hugh and get some more information. Joshua: Absolutely. Hugh: There are some special offers. Joshua Adams, I know you have a very fine team behind you, but you are the leader and you have created this powerful vision for yourself. Thank you for helping us think about design and how we engage our board around that. Joshua: For sure. Glad to help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Joshua Adams from Rock Paper Simple wants his agency to help you create a marketing-focused website that's them-centric, with clear navigation, that speaks directly to visitors and makes conversions. Be sure to claim his free self audit worksheet to find out how your website measures up. Resources Self Audit Worksheet Web design agency: Rock Paper Simple Case study: Sorensen Moving & Storage Seven steps to creating a marketing-focused website: 1. Shut up and listen (know thyself, benefits, goals) 2. Plan for results (design, words, pages) 3. Direct traffic (differentiate value of pages, decide on three most important services, call-to-action on homepage/sidebar) 4. Them-centric copy (wording that's beneficial to them) 5. Convert (phone number, working form, less fields) 6. Simplify navigation 7. Rock the visuals  

Joshua Adams from Rock Paper Simple wants his agency to help you create a marketing-focused website that's them-centric, with clear navigation, that speaks directly to visitors and makes conversions. Be sure to claim his free self audit worksheet to find out how your website measures up. Resources Self Audit Worksheet Web design agency: Rock Paper Simple […]

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Compared to the vocal styling of great modern rock singers Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audio Slave) and Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge, The Mayfield Four), Joshua Adams' ability as a rock vocalist is at a level rarely achieved within the genre. Over the years, Joshua has been able to work with and become friends with some of the biggest artists, writers, engineers, and producers in music, helping him to constantly grow as a recording artist and entertainer. He has become known for his incredible vocal ability, dancing on stage, and long black hair.   web site: http://www.JoshuaAdamsMusic.com   During the second half, singer and daytime actor, Michael Damian, joins us to chat about his new music, Rock My Life, from the new movie, The Sweeter Side of Life.

Compared to the vocal styling of great modern rock singers Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audio Slave) and Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge, The Mayfield Four), Joshua Adams' ability as a rock vocalist is at a level rarely achieved within the genre. Over the years, Joshua has been able to work with and become friends with some of the biggest artists, writers, engineers, and producers in music, helping him to constantly grow as a recording artist and entertainer. He has become known for his incredible vocal ability, dancing on stage, and long black hair.   web site: http://www.JoshuaAdamsMusic.com   During the second half, singer and daytime actor, Michael Damian, joins us to chat about his new music, Rock My Life, from the new movie, The Sweeter Side of Life.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Offen Poetry Prize Reading is a new series that pairs poets from The University of Chicago's undergraduate literary community with an established author in order to make long-lasting professional connections. This inaugural reading features Ilya Kaminsky and V. Joshua Adams.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Offen Poetry Prize Reading is a new series that pairs poets from The University of Chicago's undergraduate literary community with an established author in order to make long-lasting professional connections. This inaugural reading features Ilya Kaminsky and V. Joshua Adams.