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There's no doubt mobile technology has been one of the biggest contributors to business growth in recent times. But at what cost? In a world where boundaries between work life and home life have become blurred and 24/7 contact has become a standard service expectation, it is easy to see why stress and mental health issues are becoming more prevalent in the business community. In this Business Conversation, Blue Bean Media founder Karen Moloney shares her insight into how to tread the fine line between tuning in as a business leader and switching off when you should. Karen and I discuss: •Why the technology that was invented to help us grow our businesses is now the biggest cause of our stress and disconnection from family and friends •Karen's personal experience of stress and burnout first business and what she did to ensure history didn't repeat. •Tips on how to start disconnecting in order to become more productive while improving your personal and business life Karen Moloney loves simplifying the complex. She has spent her 30-year career helping people understand how to use technology to automate tasks, improve efficiency and grow their business. Karen has worked with companies large and small across Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, UK and Europe and has been an award-winning business owner since 2007. She became a mum in 2010 and has been juggling work and life ever since! A self-confessed geek, Karen loves all things technology and started Blue Bean Media, to help service-based business owners "get digital marketing done" so they can accelerate growth and spend more time doing what they love. Each week I'm joined by a new guest to dive into the many facets of business. Subscribe to my podcast here to join the Business Conversation: https://www.cliveenever.com.au/business-conversations/
There's no doubt mobile technology has been one of the biggest contributors to business growth in recent times. But at what cost?In a world where boundaries between work life and home life have become blurred and 24/7 contact has become a standard service expectation, it is easy to see why stress and mental health issues are becoming more prevalent in the business community.In this Business Conversation, Blue Bean Media founder Karen Moloney shares her insight into how to tread the fine line between tuning in as a business leader and switching off when you should.Karen and I discuss:Why the technology that was invented to help us grow our businesses is now the biggest cause of our stress and disconnection from family and friendsKaren's personal experience of stress and burnout first business and what she did to ensure history didn't repeat.Tips on how to start disconnecting in order to become more productive while improving your personal and business lifeKaren Moloney loves simplifying the complex. She has spent her 30-year career helping people understand how to use technology to automate tasks, improve efficiency and grow their business.Karen has worked with companies large and small across Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, UK and Europe and has been an award-winning business owner since 2007.She became a mum in 2010 and has been juggling work and life ever since!A self-confessed geek, Karen loves all things technology and started Blue Bean Media, to help service-based business owners "get digital marketing done" so they can accelerate growth and spend more time doing what they love.Each week I'm joined by a new guest to dive into the many facets of business. Subscribe to my podcast here to join the Business Conversation: https://www.cliveenever.com.au/business-conversations/
In this episode of The Unfolding, I speak with the founder of Blue Bean Media, Karen Moloney about: Re-evaluating purpose and perspectivesAligning values with prioritiesFollowing the breadcrumbs of passionsPivoting careers A self-proclaimed geek, Karen loves simplifying the complex. She even applied this skill to her own life when her very successful e-learning business began to overshadow her role as a mum. Stressed and overworked, Karen recognized the need to sit back, take stock and re-evaluate where she was and where she was going. Join me for The Unfolding of Karen's journey. Guest bio: Through Blue Bean Media, Karen combines nearly 30-years' experience in online education with her passion for business and technology. As a Certified Digital Marketing Strategist, Karen helps service-based business entrepreneurs get digital done by simplifying and automating their digital marketing activity. As well as setting up systems and processes for easy digital marketing, she specialise in repurposing content so her clients get more leads and sales while getting more time back in their business and life. Connect with Karen: Email: hello@bluebeanmedia.com.au Website: https://bluebeanmedia.com.au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenmoloney/ Don't forget to Rate, Review and Subscribe! JOIN the Community! https://goto.myunfolding.life/epic Connect: https://goto.myunfolding.life/connect More info: https://goto.myunfolding.life/innerodyssey
This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Disruption series. This pop-up daily series aims to equip learning professionals with practical guidance and tips to get started or scale up with practices needed as part of their organisational response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The tables are turned on regular Learning Uncut host, Michelle Ockers. Today she is the one being interviewed. With two years of experience podcasting Michelle shares some ideas about how podcasts can be used for learning in organisations, as well as practical guidance and tips. In a ‘2-for-1’ her editor (and host of this episode), Dave Stokes provides his advice as well. You can also check out Learning Uncut Episode 28 – ‘Learning Uncut – One Year On.’ In this episode the previous 3-person team (Michelle, Karen Moloney and Amanda Ashby) discuss how they produce episodes and provide links to more resources. Host: Dave Stokes Guest: Michelle Ockers Resources: Audacity – a free open-source tool used to record episodes (in addition to Zoom) and to edit them - https://www.audacityteam.org/ Anecdote – mentioned by Michelle in regard to storytelling for business - https://www.anecdote.com/ How I Work – example of a podcast where guests discuss their work processes - https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast/ Learning Uncut Episode 28 ‘Learning Uncut – One Year On’ - https://bit.ly/LUep28 More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://michelleockers.com/learninguncut/
“I am so much more optimistic than I have been in several years about the state of the profession and where we're headed. I think you find what you're looking for, right? If you want evidence that the learning profession is dying, you can go out and find it and find the conversations and the people who are thinking that. If you want evidence that learning and development is thriving, come and listen to Learning Uncut because we share stories every fortnight about learning professionals out there, taking the risks, doing good work, being really progressive. I think there's this re-imagining of learning in organisations, and it's definitely underway. I think it's amazing and very inspiring.” The Learning Uncut team of Michelle Ockers, Karen Moloney and Amanda Ashby get together to review the stories they have published in 2019; their key insights and takeaways, emerging trends, podcast learnings and some big news about Learning Uncut 2020… Hosts: Karen Moloney Michelle Ockers & Amanda Ashby Producer: Amanda Ashby Resources: Twitter chat - #lrnchat @lrnchat Arun Pradhan Jane Hart Resources from Learning Uncut presentation at Australian Workplace Learning Conference 2019 https://bit.ly/35XU2WI More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://bit.ly/2HarIDD
“It was a lot of experimenting and working out what is the best process.” It’s been one year since the Learning Uncut podcast crew took the plunge and hit “publish” on their first episode. In this edition, editor Amanda Ashby, along with hosts Karen Moloney and Michelle Ockers share how the podcast came to life, the process they have developed for producing a podcast as a virtual team, valuable lessons learned, the oddest places Learning Uncut has been recorded and lots more… If you are interested taking a “behind-the-scenes” look at Learning Uncut or are thinking about starting your own podcast, this episode is jam-packed full of tips and resources you will want to dive into. Hosts: Karen Moloney Michelle Ockers & Amanda Ashby Producer: Amanda Ashby Resources: Learning Uncut Podcast Process Workflow & Tools We Use Episodes mentioned in this episode: All episodes can be accessed via our Libsyn page: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com 2: Nicole White – Podcasts for learning 4: Denise Meyerson – Rethinking learning for customer service 7: Emma Weber & Marie Daniels – Learning transfer bot 9: Danny Ginsberg and Hayley Steer – Creating a culture shift 10: Anne Bartlett-Bragg – Digital capabilities 18: Arun Pradhan – Developing continuous learning, the making of Learn2Learn 21: Nic Barry – Improving the onboarding experience 22: Megan Power – Running a video campaign with learning tactics 23: Alexandra Lederer – Creating a Rockstar L&D brand 24: Kim Sherwin – Building Capabilities with Communities of Practice 25: David Keegan – Shaping culture through coaching More episodes & info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://bit.ly/2HarIDD
In this first episode, hosts Michelle Ockers and Karen Moloney talk about why they started the podcast, what content they will be covering and what listeners can expect to get out of the series. Host info: Karen Moloney Michelle Ockers Resources: Karen’s website: https://learningexperts.com.au Michelle’s website: http://michelleockers.com/ Producer: Amanda Ashby For more information https://learningexperts.com.au/about-learning-uncut-podcast
What can digital marketing teach us about learning? Karen Moloney from The eLearning eXperts shares the surprising parallels that she has discovered between the two fields.