Podcasts about Katapult

V epizodi 184 je bil gost dr. Jure Knez. Soustanovitelj in večinski lastnik tehnološkega podjetja Dewesoft v Trbovljah. V epizodi se dotakneva naslednjih tematik: Vloga junakov in vrednot v družbi Pobuda Katapult in opazovanja o mladih generacijah Dolgoročno načrtovanje in stoletni plan Izzivi pri uresničevanju vrednot v praksi Pomen zaupanja in spoštovanja Poštenost ter medsebojna pomoč kot temelja uspešne družbe Pripadnost in zmernost kot vrednoti prihodnosti Vizija za prihodnjo implementacijo vrednot v izobraževanje in družbo =================== Podkast pogovor je bil sneman na AIDEA konferenci 2025 v Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons

Twee derde van de bedrijven in Nederland heeft een ernstig tekort aan personeel. Sinds 2021 zijn er meer vacatures dan werkzoekenden. Economie en arbeidsmarkt zijn hiermee in een nieuwe realiteit beland van te weinig banen voor mensen naar te weinig mensen voor banen. Nederland is hierin niet uniek in Europa. Elk jaar krimpt de arbeidsmarkt in de Europese Unie met 4 miljoen mensen, waarschuwde Mario Draghi al.Wat te doen? Dit wordt één van de grootste uitdagingen voor het komende kabinet. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger spreken met Jacco Vonhof, voorzitter van MKB Nederland en Hans de Jong, oud-president van Philips Nederland, voorman van het Project Beethoven en lid van de Raad van Toezicht van Platform Talent voor Technologie. Samen goed voor 99% van de bedrijven in ons land en de top van de hightech industrie.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door Platform Talent voor Technologie en met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Deze aflevering bevat een advertentie van Greenpeace. Stop diepzeemijnbouw en bescherm de wonderen van de diepzee. Word nu donateur en ontvang tijdelijk een volledig duurzaam en uniek oceanenshirt. Ga naar greenpeace.nl/betrouwbarebronnenHeb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl en wij zoeken contact.Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst plus linkjes en een overzicht van al onze eerdere afleveringen vind je hier***Jacco Vonhof noemt het tekort aan mensen en nieuwe talenten samen met de regeldruk de meest nijpende zorgen van zijn achterban. Hans de Jong berekent dat alleen al in de technische industrie een tekort aan talent en menskracht bestaat zo groot als een hele stad. "Er zijn ook geen tekortsectoren meer waar de tekorten slechts tijdelijk nijpend zijn. Krapte zie je nu overal", zegt Vonhof.Lapmiddelen en tijdelijke subsidies voldoen allang niet meer. En het idee dat de overheid kan sturen op hele sectoren en bijvoorbeeld de studie en beroepskeuze van jongeren is een illusie. Keuzevrijheid is een groot goed en het verleiden van jongeren naar techniekstudies moet steeds weer hand in hand gaan met sociaal-culturele en technologische veranderingen. Zeker nu zijn daarin revolutionaire veranderingen gaande, benadrukt De Jong. Daar moeten we nu op leren inspelen.In Nederland lukt het slecht ingrijpende systeemwijzigingen door te voeren. "Bij de Nordics lukt dat duidelijk beter,' signaleert De Jong. Vonhof merkt dat de infrastructuur van ons sociale bestel en de fiscus vaak tegen de klok in werken als je de tekorten wilt aanpakken'. “Dat schiet niet op."Terwijl we ondertussen weten wat wel werkt, zegt De Jong. “Een netwerk als Katapult - van bedrijven, mbo, hbo en regio laat al tien jaar zien hoeveel dit kan opleveren.” 148.000 studenten en 32.000 bedrijven vinden elkaar daarin met hulp van 18.000 docenten. "De lessen uit Katapult zijn helder. Maak die in een regeerakkoord structureel in plaats van iets tijdelijks uit het Groeifonds dat afloopt. De uitzondering moet de regel worden."Vonhof valt hem bij vanuit zijn ervaring met intensieve samenwerkingsrelaties van mkb met mbo en hbo. Zo kun je meer jongeren beter aan de slag krijgen en dat verhoogt de arbeidsproductiviteit om de tekorten tegen te gaan.Eigenlijk moet dit met elke werknemer gebeuren. Leven lang ontwikkelen begint eigenlijk al in de allereerste ervaringen in het vmbo en wordt een permanent aspect gedurende het mbo, de stages, het hbo en heel de loopbaan door.Hans de Jong noemt in dit opzicht Project Beethoven rond de hightech-sector ‘één groot leerproject, ook in het sociale domein'. Het komende kabinet moet die lessen helpen vertalen naar heel het beroepsonderwijs en de structurele samenwerking met bedrijven. Het vrijblijvende moet eruit, geholpen door fiscale regelingen.Vonhof heeft hier nog een vurige wens. De ingreep van het kabinet-Schoof bij de Voorjaarsnota in de kansenimpuls voor vmbo'ers maakt hem ziedend. "We moeten juist de basis op orde krijgen, juist voor hén. Dan kun je de tekorten ook aanpakken doordat zij doorstromen. Schrap deze ingreep dus."Uit de top die het kabinet-Schoof in maart organiseerde over de arbeidsmarktkrapte kwam nog niets concreets. Maar de bewustwording dat je het samen moet aanpakken, zoals bij Katapult en Beethoven, biedt perspectief voor onderwijs, bedrijfsleven en overheden.Het nieuwe kabinet kan daar meteen op aansluiten. Ook in Europa is men zich daarvan bewust, blijkt uit het rapport-Draghi. Nederland wordt hierbij met Katapult als 'avant-garde' beschouwd. Dat biedt extra kansen, bijvoorbeeld door een 'kopgroep' te vormen met gelijkgestemde landen, hun bedrijven en opleidingen. Europa en Beethoven horen tenslotte bij elkaar.***Verder lezenArbeidsmarktkrapte: het nieuwe normaal?Kabinetsverslag Arbeidsmarktkrapte topBrief Platform Talent voor Technologie na de topImpact en meerwaarde samenwerking beroepsonderwijs bedrijfslevenMeerjarige impuls***Verder luisteren511 – De val van het kabinet-Schoof507 - Het strenge oordeel van Rekenkamerpresident Pieter Duisenberg504 - Een jaar HOOP, LEF EN TROTS501 - Den Haag zonder Omtzigt en een Voorjaarsnota zonder beleid446 - Doe wat Draghi zegt of Europa wacht een langzame doodsstrijd379 - Migratie: het werkelijke verhaal371 - Banen op zoek naar mensen. Hoe in Europa bedrijven en beroepsonderwijs intensief samenwerken324 - Nederland loopt vast door tekort aan jongeren met technische opleiding, hoe lossen we dit op?216 - Crisis op komst: Nederlandse economie loopt vast door tekort aan technisch geschoolde arbeidskrachten201 - Het geheim van het hbo-succes183 - Samen slimmer worden: het Leidse kennisecosysteem als aanjager van duurzame groei143 – Emile Roemer over arbeidsmigranten, het burgemeesterschap en de SP***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:03:22 – Deel 200:28:59 – Deel 300:50:21 – Deel 401:03:16 – EindeZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ukens gjest: Fredrik Winther, Chief Strategy Officer i Katapult og investor i Tomorrow TodayFredrik Winther, Chief Strategy Officer i Katapult og investor i Tomorrow Today, analyserer de store endringene som rammer venture capital-modellen. Med bakgrunn fra oppbyggingen av Oslo Business Region og dype analyser av teknologitrендene, gir han sin vurdering av hva som må til for at Norge skal lykkes i det nye landskapet.

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Jørn Haanæs, tidligere Katapult og nå Climentum, forteller hvordan det er å være en venture-investor, hvorden det er hente kapital til et VC-fond akkurat nå. Om nervene i markedet, og hvordan det påvirker både investorer og gründere. Han kommer også med sine betraktninger rundt maktforholdene i bransjen. Han forteller også hva han ser etter hos gründerne. Og en lang rekke andre ting. Hør og lær. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Explore the future of our food system in this inspiring episode of Food Tech Junkies! Host Sharon Cittone sits down with Swedish innovator and investor Daniel Skaven Ruben to discuss his impactful journey in food and agriculture and his role in driving sustainable and nutritious practices worldwide. This conversation covers a broad spectrum of critical topics, including local food system improvements, policy collaboration, and cutting-edge technologies like CRISPR and food system digitalization. Throughout this episode, Daniel and Sharon discuss the pressing need to support farmers, the transformative potential of True Cost Accounting, and the global pursuit to eliminate hunger and improve nutrition. Tune in to understand how technology, policy, and collaboration shape an equitable and resilient food system. Don't miss this chance to uncover new perspectives and join us toward a sustainable food future. For more thought-provoking discussions, like and follow! Daniel Skavén Ruben helps advance the future of food in a number of ways. He's a 10x advisor to - and 30x angel investor in - global FoodTech and AgTech startups. He's a venture partner/operating advisor to VCs Mudcake (Sweden), Nordic FoodTech VC (Finland) and Blume Equity (UK). He mentors at accelerators Big Idea Ventures, Katapult, and Norrsken Accelerator. He's the Founding Editor of the newsletter FoodTech Weekly, and the Founding Partner of Solvable Syndicate, which invests in early-stage impact FoodTech and AgTech startups globally. He also co-founded the foodtech podcast The Appetizer. Daniel was a consultant to The Rockefeller Foundation Food Initiative during 2017-2021, supporting the Foundation's work to advance a more nourishing and sustainable food system. Daniel has also worked as an expert for the World Bank in Washington D.C. (2015-2016) on issues around technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Prior to that, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark in various roles in Stockholm and New York for more than half a decade, helping Danish tech companies to internationalize. Daniel holds a BSc in International Business (Copenhagen Business School), an LLM in Public International Law (Stockholm University), and an MSc in Foreign Service (Georgetown University). Timestamp Highlights: 00:00 – Intro to True Cost Accounting 01:18 – Daniel's Journey into Food & Agriculture 02:16 – The Rockefeller Foundation and Food Tech Innovations 03:20 – Advising Startups & Angel Investing 05:11 – Stockeld Dreamery: From Concept to Reality 06:59 – Returning to Sweden and Dual Citizenship 08:13 – Challenges and Opportunities in Food Systems 11:10 – The Complexity of Food Systems & Local Solutions 25:43 – The Role of Farmers & True Cost Accounting 28:39 – Consumer Expectations & Regulatory Standards 29:25 – Behavioral Changes and Local Shopping 30:49 – Nutritional Quality and Food Transportation 32:32 – Technological Innovations in Food 34:36 – Food System Challenges 36:34 – The Future of Food and Technology 38:50 – Sustainable Agriculture Innovations 44:28 – Alternative Proteins & Food Waste Solutions 48:56 – Consumer Behavior & True Cost Accounting 53:01 – Final Thoughts and Call to Action

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your hosts are Paul Marden and Oz Austwick.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. Show references: https://ukthemeparkawards.com/winners https://ukthemeparkawards.com/sponsorsWatch the UK Theme Park Awards 2024 on YouTube. Interviewed Guests:Paul Kelly: BALPPA  Neil Poulter: Thorpe ParkRoss Ballinger: Drayton ManorDanielle Nicholls & Sophie Tickle: Alton TowersJennifer Howlett & Charlotte Peirce-Gregory: Legoland https://www.linkedin.com/in/sineadwaldron/Sinead Kimberley is the Senior Client Success Manager of Rubber Cheese and has a background in digital marketing, engagement software and all things client satisfaction. She guides clients through the various stages of their project, ensuring they have the information they need when they need it, as well as being the link between our developers and clients. https://x.com/MrTicketeerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/andypovey/ Transcription:  Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Paul Marden. Paul Marden:  Hello and welcome to our first Skip the Queue Season Six Rubber Cheese get together. And we've got a corker. Today, there's four of us virtually together for our meetup after having been together yesterday in real life at the UK Theme Park Awards. So that's what we're going to talk about today. Paul Marden: We're going to talk a little bit about all the cool stuff that we saw yesterday at Thorpe park and enjoyed those theme park awards. But before we do that, should we do some introductions? Because I think everyone knows me and others, don't they? Oz Austwick: I'm here again. Paul Marden: You can sound more pleased. Everyone will love you. I'm thrilled. Oz Austwick: Absolutely thrilled. I couldn't wish to be anywhere nicer. Back in my office, not surrounded by monkeys. Paul Marden:  We are also joined by Sinead Kimberley, who is the Senior Client Success Manager here at Rubber Cheese. Say hi, Sinead, and tell everyone what you do. Sinead Kimberley: Yeah, so I work with our clients and making sure they've got everything they need for the website and try and act as the voice of the client, essentially with our developers, so that what you ask for, they know how to make it technical. I can pass it back to you and make it all visible on the website and get everything done. Paul Marden: That you need the glue that binds us together. And today we are also joined by the probably I've got to prove this. I'm going to have to do the counting because I know that other people do count. I'm thinking Dom from Mary Rose for sure counts the number of times he's been there. Andy Povey: So am I. Paul Marden: But I think Andy Povey, roaving ticketing expert and gentleman of leisure, joins us today possibly as the most frequent guest on Skip the Queue. But today you get upgraded to co host status because you joined us. Andy Povey: Well, I feel honoured, Paul. Thank you. Oz Austwick: Is that actually an upgrade? Paul Marden: I definitely think co host is an upgrade. For sure. For sure. Oz Austwick: Speaking of co hosting, I'll just point out that also in this episode we have some interviews recorded at the awards, some with winners, some with prize givers. It'll make more sense in the YouTube version where you can actually see them. But if you're listening to this just as an audio podcast, you need to know that when the room gets noisy or you can hear people screaming in the background, that's a clip from Thorpe Park itself. So that's coming up throughout the podcast today. But as always we start with where we've been recently, other than Thorpe Park. Paul Marden: Why don't I start with you, Andy, because I know you've been on a few trips just recently with the family. Where's an attraction you've been to recently that sticks in your mind as being pretty cool? Andy Povey: So most recently was a couple of weekends ago. We took the kids Tower of London on a Sunday afternoon or a sunny Sunday afternoon. It's absolutely superb experience. We've been members of Historic Royal Palaces for six months, eight months, something like that. And it's one of those that just sits in the dusty corner of a drawer somewhere and didn't get used. So we dusted it off and said, "All right, let's go to the tower.". Brilliant experience, absolutely superb. The kids loved it and they really engaged with all of the interpretation there. And it's probably my third or fourth time of taking my ten year old girls there. And there's something new every time or something different every time that we haven't picked up on, we haven't seen so great experience. Paul Marden: I love it. And I love it going there with membership because I think when you go the first time, you get wowed by all the really big stuff, you know, the shiny jewels and all of that kind of good stuff. By the time you go there second or third time, you begin to notice some of the other stuff. There's some lovely little regimental museums hidden off in the corner. Aren't there lots to find in there? Which if you only go the once and you do it as a set piece, you don't necessarily notice it because you want to go and look at the court stuff. Andy Povey: Yeah, it's just the single visit. It's just a high pressure environment, isn't it? You want to catch everything, you want to get the best value out of it. I mean, we got there at 02:00 in the afternoon. I don't think I'd have done that if I was just paying for the single day entry. Paul Marden: What about you, Sinead? Where have you been recently? Sinead Kimberley: Mine is up north, Wyresdale Park. And it's just an outdoor park, so not kind of a ticket place that you need to kind of buy a ticket for. But I loved it because when went, it felt like we'd just gone into a normal park, but you felt like you were at some kind of holiday camp and you could hear kids playing in the water on the paddle boards and the kayaks and then you had all the dogs running around and then you had the hikers going past you to go up. And we did go for a walk. So went, I think it was maybe two and a half hours up to the peak and it was just lovely to see all the families as well on a sunny day. Rare up in Lancaster. No rain for once. Sinead Kimberley: And, yeah, it was just a lovely place to be. You had a really nice feel of just people having fun and enjoying nature, which I think is really lovely. So, yeah, that was my favourite recently, besides Thorpe park, obviously. Paul Marden: Oz, what about you, mate? Oz Austwick: Goodrich Castle. We took the family away and we did a couple of nights glamping. Amazing place. I won't go on too much about that, but went to Goodrich Castle, just outside Ross on Wye, and it's the first time I've ever been. It's amazing. So many of these castles are just a series of small walls and there's nothing to actually see, but it's a proper castle. There's a moat and a bridge over it to get in, and there are dungeons and towers. You can go up and it's. Yeah, it's fantastic. If you're in the area, definitely go check it out. It's well worth it. Paul Marden: Lovely for the kids, isn't it? Because I do think, whilst it can be a really lovely day out to go to some of these castle ruins, it can be pretty tough to imagine as a ten year old what it was actually like and what that low wall over there actually was. Oz Austwick: There's definitely a trade off, though, because the more castle there is, the more the older kids love it. But I've got a four year old as well and I'm much happier when it's a flat bit of grass with a couple of stones in it than when she's trying desperately to scale up a spiral staircase that has been worn down for 500 years. Paul Marden: We did the wall around Warwick Castle a few years ago and I was at a heightened state of anxiety, I think it's fair to say. Oz Austwick: Yeah. Paul Marden: So mine is the National Marine Aquarium, which is one of the Rubber Cheese clients down in Plymouth, and it's my first time of actually going and seeing it. And were there. We were coming back from a holiday in Cornwall, so it was a stop off on the way back and it was such a lovely stop off. My memory of it is we've been. We were avid watchers of the anime show that was on at Christmas last year. We really enjoyed watching that. Millie loves animals and she loved the turtle that was in the show last year. And went and I. We were there. It must have been ten minutes before closing time. They were trying to get people to leave. Paul Marden: We were one of the last families there, but were just sat on the floor, on the top floor looking into the tank where the turtle was. It was just so relaxing to just watch this turtle coming in and going out and the sharks that were in there. It was a really beautiful place. Lovely place. Really enjoyed that. So going from serene, calm aquarium, let's talk about Thorpe Park and the National Theme Park Awards. How was it for you guys? I hasten to add, I didn't make it Hyperia yesterday, which we did. Oz Austwick: Notice that Sinead and I did. Sinead Kimberley: My eyes were closed. Paul Marden: So what was Hyperia actually like then? Was it, was it as scary as I thought it might be? Oz Austwick: Yes. Sinead Kimberley: Yes. But also as incredible. Yeah. I was sad I didn't go on twice. Oz Austwick: You know, all of those feelings you get when you go on a roller coaster, that kind of the adrenaline and the sense of fear and all of that you get that gives you a bit of a buzz when you get off it. Imagine just dialing all of that up to eleven and. Yeah, mind blowing. It's too far, it's too big, it's too high, too scary. No, I'm glad I did it. Paul Marden: They did say yesterday, didn't they, when they were talking about the ride itself, that it was the tallest roller coaster in the UK, I think. But also the one with the most weightlessness in the UK, which I can't imagine how you measure it and I can't imagine what it's like. So can you put into words what the weightlessness was like? Oz Austwick: You know, if they've got these big over the shoulder harnesses that come down and you're in the seat and, you know you're safe, you know you're trapped and you're sitting with all your weight on a seat because that's just how you sit. Right? Paul Marden: Yeah. Oz Austwick: But for most of this ride, you're not. You're somewhere in between the two. You're not sitting and you're not pushed up against the harness, you're just being flung around constantly. Sinead Kimberley: Yeah, yeah, it is weird. I think I didn't notice when the harness thing you get is different to the normal one, so you don't have that big thing pushing your shoulders back. It just goes around your waist and then there's like a bar you can hold in front. It is safe, we can confirm because we are here, but it did make you feel like you weren't quite as stuck to something as normal. And then add to that you were moving faster, and you were dropping from higher heights. You realise that you were still falling, which you don't normally do on a roller coaster. Normally you realise you're falling and then you're done, whereas this, you realise you're falling. You start to be like, okay, but I'm still safe. And then you maybe open your eyes and you look around this I couldn't. Sinead Kimberley: I carried on realising I was falling a lot longer. You really felt it in your body. Oz Austwick: That first peak where you go and it starts to move, and then it literally, it takes you up and you're lying backwards and you're going up, and you can just about see the track ahead of you up there. And then you get to the top, and it's such a tight curve that as you drop, you can't see the track, and you just drop. Yeah. Sinead Kimberley: I loved it, though. Paul Marden: Should we go back to the podcast and move away from therapy session? Oz Austwick: Yeah, we can come back to therapy later, though, right? Because I think I need it. Paul Marden: So yesterday was the third year that we've sponsored one of the awards, so it was the third time I've been to the awards. Third time it was in real life, fifth year of running, and it was just lovely, wasn't it? It was such a nice industry get together. I think you were commenting this morning, Andy, on LinkedIn, about the networking effect of it. Andy Povey: Yeah. The industry we're in is a very physical, actual industry. People go to attractions because they want to do something so well. Virtual is great, and digital is great, obviously. I mean, it's what I've been doing for a very long time. There's nothing that really gets to the heart of what this industry is all about better than the face to face physical interactions. And that was a real sort of epiphany away, I think I said on a message to someone the other day, yesterday, that's just really important. It was the first event I've been to since May. Very good. Oz Austwick: Good. I thought it was a real eye opener how you kind of going there as an exhibitor. And it was my first time. I kind of assumed that I'd stand next to a stall and people would come over and I'd try and talk to them, and all they'd want was whatever free merch I'd have on this. But it wasn't like that. It was like being in a big room with a bunch of people who were friends and they were happy you were there, too, and it was just a really lovely experience. It didn't feel like a corporate trade show type event, which is exactly what I was expecting. Paul Marden: And it is fiercely competitive. So everybody does want to win in the categories they're in. Oz Austwick: Yes. But Alton Towers wins them all. Paul Marden: Right, so I am here with Sophie and Danielle from Alton Towers. It's been a successful day for you guys, hasn't it? Did you manage to count the number of awards or did you just lose count? Danielle Nicholls: I think it was a level, maybe round and fair. Paul Marden: Definitely double figures. Definitely double figures. We saw both of you going up and down the stage. Up and down the stage. Highlight, which was the one for you, Danielle, that you really appreciated. Danielle Nicholls: You know, what it was between two. So super proud of everything we did with Nemesis. Like Nemesis Reborn has been such a momentous campaign throughout. Paul Marden: Yeah. Danielle Nicholls: And so I'm super proud of that one. But for me, I think the one that has my heart in, it's our community award. So I was super proud to play silver for that one. Paul Marden: It was brilliant to get you up on the stage, bring the band back together again with you and Ross up there. And Sophie, what about you? What was the biggest highlight for you? Sophie Tickle: So I was really keen for the Best Marketing Campaign purely because I know how hard our team works on it. So I was really kind of brutal. And the nemesis story is just incredible. So we felt like that was. That was a really good win for us. And then best ride storytelling is always a nice one just because we feel like it just captures everything. The resources. Paul Marden: I really enjoyed watching when we had the. ad campaigns that came on and we saw everything that everyone had produced and you could see the storytelling that goes into something like nemesis reborn. And then the room was just quiet at the end of it because were all just captured by all of these videos. Danielle Nicholls: Everyone could have won that one, genuinely. But we're so proud. Like, Alton is such a lovely, friendly community in itself. Like, there's hundreds of people that work all the towers. Like, you can never just put it down to one person. It's such a big team effort. Everyone pulls together for everything. So, like, Alton After Dark winning golf best of event, that was amazing as well. I'm super proud of that one. Paul Marden: Everyone loves an after dark event, don't they? Yeah, it's awesome. Awesome. Danielle Nicholls: They do. Paul Marden: Thank you for joining me, ladies. It's been really good to talk to you all. Cheers. So, yes, it is fair to say that Alton Towers did make a lot of trips onto the stage. Danielle and her yellow jacket was seen going up on stage quite a lot yesterday. But there's a real diversity of different attractions that were nominated. So I think they said more than 30, nearly 40. I think it was attractions that were nominated. 20 attractions overall. Yeah, 20 attractions overall. One prizes. There was one that was really close to my heart. Brean Theme Park. It was where my granddad and my dad played golf 45 years ago. I would go to Brean Leisure Park, as it was then, and go down helter skelter all the time. So to see that up on the awards for a nomination was really lovely. Paul Marden: And there's quite a few other smaller attractions like that got nominated. Talk a little bit about the categories or the memories that we got yesterday that stuck in our minds. Andy, was there a category for you that you were really impressed by? Andy Povey: Yeah, there was. For me, it was the Accessibility initiative the Katapult sponsored. Obviously, Merlin were very heavily represented in the nominations for that category. I think there were five out of the eight nominations were for either for Merlin Parks or things that Merlin were doing as a bigger or as a cross group activity. But there were also some really quite simple things from much smaller parks. So noticeably there was a Camel Creek, again, down in deepest, darkest Cornwall, who were nominated for their changing places facility. And that just really brought home to me. Yes, it's important that Merlin, as the largest operator in the country, are leading the way and they've got the resources to put behind this and all that kind of stuff. But it's not just about doing those big things. Andy Povey: Small things can make a difference and can make a really significant difference. And that's really key to. Was one of the key messages in the industry, I think. Paul Marden: Yeah, I thought it was an interesting category. First time that it appeared in the awards, as you say, Katapult sponsored it, and it was quite a nice match between Katapult and that category because they've been doing quite a lot of work in designing spaces and attractions that are more accessible to people. So that was really. It was quite a nice match between sponsor and category. And as you say, there was some really lovely stories to be told around. What was there? I loved there was a Merlin initiative where they were taking the characters and the stories of the parks out to hospitals and places where they were terminally ill children, which there's lots of stories that have existed for a long time of kids being taken to the parks themselves. Paul Marden: But what about when they can't make it to the park and can you bring the magic of the park to them? I thought that was a really lovely idea. Andy Povey: Magic tour, they call that. And it's actually run by the Merlin charity, Merlin's Magic Wand. Paul Marden: Yeah. It's a cracking idea, isn't it? Yeah. But then you take it down to the changing places toilets and the initiatives to make places and make it clear what the accessibility of the place actually is, because we know that's really important, that people that have accessibility needs will not go to new places if they're not completely sure that it is accessible to them. And having a space on your website and winning an award, or even being shortlisted for an award for having that information on your website, I think is amazing. It's a cracking idea and there's so much that the sector is doing that has opened my eyes just in the last year, from the M&H show that were at six months ago to just seeing some of the stuff yesterday, thought it was brilliant. Oz Austwick: Shall we have another interview from the awards? Paul caught up with another Paul. Paul Kelly from BALPPA. Paul Marden: So, Paul, you've just come from the first session of giving out awards and you on stage giving out bridge award. Paul Kelly: I was doing the best theme park for toddlers, both in the small category. And the large category. Paul Marden: And who was winning? Paul Kelly: Well, unsurprisingly, I think it's not the first time they've won small categories won by Paulton's Park. And considering the amount of investment they've done, and I'm not surprised, they also won the large as well. So, really good taking off. Paul Marden: It is, yeah. We were talking on our table that they've been doing this now for a very long time, able to get up on stage and win awards. Still, they must really be investing in what they're doing. Paul Kelly: Continuous investments. I mean, if you get a chance like I do, look behind the scenes, they're investing infrastructure, their staff, for how they run the park, but think of ten years ahead. So, yeah, incredible family, incredible journey. So, yeah, good luck. Paul Marden: Behind the scenes, Pickworld must be quite the operation. Paul Kelly: Yeah. I mean, again, well, one of the things they've done, although it is photographers, they do very well in bandits now, builds them on that because they have invested in trying. I don't think they might be saying, "They do very well in bandits now," builds them on that because they have invested in trying. I don't think they might be saying. Paul Marden: That it is just about having. Paul Kelly: Well, but, yeah, paddlings are well deserved. Paul Marden: Amazing. Well done. Thank you. Paul Kelly: Yeah, no problem. Paul Marden: Sinead, what about you? What was the category that jumped out to you? Sinead Kimberley: Yeah, so for me, I think it was the sustainability, partly because it's something that I am kind of working on, looking at a lot at the minute with clients and also a thing that I've been kind of getting myself up to speed on within the industry, because I think everyone talks about sustainability, but often it will be either a really big initiative or it's something that's just what everybody else is doing. So, you know, more recyclable packaging or that kind of thing. And I really loved. There was a roller coaster, I think it was Greenwoods, was it, Andy? Andy Povey: Yes. Sinead Kimberley: They had like a people powered or counterbalanced roller coaster. And I was sat on a table and kind of asked what that was. And the person next to me explained that it doesn't use electricity, it just uses people. So as you're going up, you're powering people, going around the roller coaster, essentially. And it just sounds incredible. I've never heard of anything like that before. And I was also talking to some of the people about the sustainability of a website and something that we don't think about. You think about how many clicks to get tickets sold or to get you to see the video or whatever, but you don't necessarily think about the server powering every single click, empowering every single page view. Sinead Kimberley: And so to kind of see how different places have worked with sustainability, whether it's the reusable cups or roller coaster that's literally using people to power it and then enjoy it at the same time, was really interesting to kind of complete my picture of what sustainability looks like in the industry and all the different things it could touch on from the website to literally on the park itself. And when the parks are by nature not going to be the most, you know, energy efficient, maybe because you've got these massive roller coasters you need to power safely. It's really interesting to see that the small things, like you mentioned, Andy, with accessibility, the small things really can altogether make a really big impact on how you as an organisation can be more sustainable. Sinead Kimberley: So, yeah, that was really eye opening, I think, seeing those different nominees. Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. Oz Austwick: I think the one that won it as well is a lovely example of however much you ask people to do something because it's the right thing to do. If you actually make it in their interests to do it, suddenly it becomes much more viable. So you can. Everyone's got recycling bins, but if you've got this reverse vending machine where you put your empty plastic bottles in and you get something back out of that, then clearly people are going to do. If you were there with your kids, they're going to be collecting bottles they find lying around and making sure they go in the right bin because they get something. Paul Marden:  And it wasn't just a little something, was it? It wasn't just a couple of tokens. You could win some pretty amazing prizes out of it. Oz Austwick: Absolutely. Yeah. Andy Povey: Yeah. I was at the Latitude Festival last year and they were charging a temp deposit on every waxed paper cup. And the number of kids running around collecting huge stacks of these cups. Oz Austwick: Yeah. Andy Povey: And they were even going into the bins and taking them out of the bins, which I'm not sure was the real driver behind, but they were making. It must have been hundreds of pounds. Oz Austwick: Absolutely. It was the same. I used to go to the rugby quite a lot before my rugby team disappeared. And they would charge a one pound deposit on plastic reusable cups and you could either keep it as a one pound cup or give it back and get your pound back. And most people just. They'd have a few beers and they'd leave them. But at the end of the match, kids, just like you say, would be running around collecting these and they'd be walking away with 20, 30 quid's worth of cups. You know, what an amazing thing for the kids to do. Just makes it worth their while, doesn't it? Paul Marden: So I'm here with Jennifer and Charlotte from Legoland. So you've been at the awards today with us. How's it been? Was it a successful day for you guys? Jennifer Howlett: Pretty successful, yeah. A few wins across the category. Paul Marden: Yeah. So what. What categories did you. Did you get awards for? Charlotte Peirce-Gregory: So we've got new band, which I was Ninja tonight, which is really exciting. That was our summer first year. Jennifer Howlett: We've done it as well. So it's really exciting to see that. Paul Marden: So I love Ninjago. The ride itself. What's the event all about? Charlotte Peirce-Gregory: So, literally, we had loads of different things going on. We had dragons, drumsy, we had loads of different entertainments. We had characters, meet and greets, and were new characters, which was really exciting. Aaron and Sora. So, yes, that was great. And that finished quite long ago. Sarah's missing to see that. Paul Marden: Excellent, excellent and highlight of the day for you guys. What did you see that has really got you excited? Charlotte Peirce-Gregory: Do you know what, thing is for me with the map? I look after all things catholic events and stuff, and that was quite nice that you see. Paul Marden: It's funny because everyone was laughing a little bit. I know award for the maps, but actually, the maps and the attraction is so important. It is, it is. If you walk in and you don't get a map, it's like, How do you figure out where you're going, you're always going and looking at the map on the wall instead of having it in your hand. So, yeah, it's a bit of a laugh, but actually I think it's a really important. Yeah. Lovely to meet you guys. Thank you for joining us. Cheers. Paul Marden: So, Oz, tell us what was the standout moment for you yesterday? Oz Austwick: I thought it was really lovely to see in amongst all of these theme parks and massive organisations getting up there to win awards, that there was an award specifically for content creator of the year, that these people are out there producing content that literally markets and drives visitors to these attractions to go on these rides and they were actually recognised a change. And I thought that was both a lovely thing as a concept, but also as a YouTuber myself, within a very small and specific niche, it was really nice to get to chat to some other YouTubers from an equally small niche and spend a bit of time with them. I thought it was really. It was lovely. So I just want to shout out to Andy from Coaster Crazy and Digital Daniel, lovely people. Sinead Kimberley: Thank you, Andy, for helping me on the roller coaster as well. It was needed. Paul Marden: You were with those influencers, weren't you, during the awards itself? I think. I think it's a bit of a challenge having a daytime awards, that it can be a bit of a struggle to get some life out of the audience. And George, the compare does graft to try and get us into the mood. But I've noticed every year I've been there that if you sit anywhere near the influencers, that's usually the naughty table with lots going on. Sinead Kimberley: They were very well behaved. Oz Austwick: Because you were sat with them at the award. We went with them round the park later and it was lovely to see people visiting the park, recognizing them and coming up to say hi and that this is genuinely a thing that really works. Yeah, I just thought it was. It was great. Let's recognize these guys because I doubt any of them are making a full time living out of this. They're doing it in their own time because they love her. So if you're. If you're from a theme park, support them a little bit more, get them in there, let them. Let them do this stuff because it does benefit you. Paul Marden: You say they're not making a full time living. I can't remember what the couple are, Andy, who have every year at theme park awards, they're never there to collect their award because they're always somewhere in Florida or California, because September is a perfect time for them to go and do all the recordings. I guess parks are a little bit quiet. Weather's still good. Oz Austwick: Yeah, but that's the thing. Maybe they go in then because it's cheaper. Paul Marden: Yeah. Still having a good time recording to make a good living.Oz Austwick: You can make a good living from social media, but it's pretty rare. Paul Marden: So I am going to claim. Yeah. Executive prerogative and I'm going to take two memories and talk about them. Oz Austwick: That is definitely cheating. Paul Marden: So I'm going to talk first about the. The main awards, the best theme park, which, strangely, last year were at Chessington, won by Chessington. This year were at Thorpe park, won by Thorpe park. Oz Austwick: What are you saying? Paul Marden: I don't know. I don't know. But what I am. I guess what I am saying was what I really loved was the recognition of the whole thought pop team. Now, it wasn't the whole thought pub team because that would probably be hundreds of people and the stage wouldn't take it, but we had a little kind of troop of different people from across the park come and collect the award and I just. I really liked that. I thought that was a lovely thing to see those people being recognized. Neil Poulter: And that's exactly. It's a team effort, there's no doubt about it. Obviously, many people in the room, but the people behind the scenes as well. And we've had a fantastic year. It's been a journey. You don't just arrive at winning best theme park and best new attraction. It's a journey that we've been on for the last three and a half years. We haven't previously won that award, so I think it's testament to where we've come from, but hopefully where we're going as well. So, super excited. Paul Marden: Highlight for you? Neil Poulter: I think, obviously, Best Theme Park. I think winning the big one is something that, you know, is. Feels like new territory for us, but I think, you know, we deserve our seat at the table. Neil Poulter: But, you know, across the awards, you know, best new attraction, obviously, for Hyperia is that also some entertainment in terms of stitches and Friday nights, which we're so proud of, you know, a fantastic maze. The team that do our social, which, again, you know, allows us to speak with our audience, our most passionate audience and really, you know, them winning the gold was also a huge highlight for me as well. Paul Marden: Awesome. So time for some food and then some fun after Hyperia. And here's some screaming. Neil Poulter: Yeah, absolutely. Can't wait to ride it. I actually wrote it yesterday for about only the 6th time and I went on the back. It was amazing. But, yeah, hoping people that haven't even experienced it yet will get a chance to. And if people have, which I'm sure many have, they will come back and enjoy it. And the sun's shining, so what better time to be at the Thorpe Park? Paul Marden: So congratulations, Neil. Thank you for talking. Neil Poulter: Thank you very much. You're welcome. Paul Marden: But then the other memory for me was our own award. We sponsor the Social Media Content Category and I nearly missed my queue. I was quite happy sitting there listening to all of these parks being nominated, thinking, well, that's interesting. Well, that sounded very good. And then I realized it was me and I was supposed to get on stage and hand the award out, so there's a little rush to the stage. But what I really liked, it was lovely to hand over the gold award to Thorpe Park, meet the social media team there. Paul Marden: But it was also really nice because it was an opportunity to meet a couple more Skip the Queue alumni, Danielle and Ross, they used to work together at Drayton Manor and as we've already said, Danielle is now at Thorpe Towers and was up and down like a fiddler's elbow on the staircase yesterday. Oz Austwick: She's a full time award collector. Paul Marden: But it was lovely to get the band back together again up on stage. Handsome. Some bronze and silver awards out to Ross and Danielle. I really enjoyed that. It was just nice. It's really nice because Kelly first met them at the awards three years ago. Again, she was sat on the naughty table at the back with the two of them making lots of noise and enjoying themselves. But just, we got immediately the sense of enjoyment and fun that the two of them had and that they bring to the work that they do. And it was lovely to see that recognised yesterday on stage because we have nothing to do as sponsors of the award, we have nothing to do with choosing who the winners actually are as a team of esteemed judges. And then the public vote also counted this time. Paul Marden: But, yeah, to see, to see the growth of people that have been on the podcast, their careers growing, and then seeing them back on stage again yesterday, that was really lovely. I enjoyed that. Paul Marden: It's a bit weird, isn't it, because the awards are in the daytime, it's. All a little bit where we can. You always come and you bring the energy to the room, don't you? Yes. We got the band back together up on the stage with you and Danielle. Ross Ballinger: Yeah. Paul Marden: Both in the social media category. So that was nice. To see what have you got in your hands at the moment? Ross Ballinger: I've actually just got pleasure Wood Hills award because I'm representing them today as well as part of the luping UK contingency. Paul Marden: Okay, so what did they win? Ross Ballinger: They got bronze for Best Theme Park. Paul Marden: Oh, wow. Ross Ballinger: Which they have overhauled their map this year, which is really fantastic. So we're getting too excited never to excited about. Paul Marden: No. Ross Ballinger: But maps are a great addition to any park. Paul Marden: Do you know when you walk in the gates and you don't get the map and it's like, oh, people have got it. Yeah. People will complain. Absolutely. And everyone loves a map. Ross Ballinger: They take a lot of. It's no easy task. They can take six to twelve months to get a really, you know, popping man. Yeah, yeah. And it's obviously all down to the illustrators and everything like that. Paul Marden: And the life of the park as well, because you're telling stories. Andy Povey: Oh, yeah. Ross Ballinger: You've got to bring the paper to life. Paul Marden: So highlight for today for you. Ross Ballinger: Highlight, obviously, being on the show, on stage, being on stage for the social media category. Close to my heart, that kind of category. I love socials. I love doing what we do on socials. And it's a big core team for Drayton Manor. Paul Marden: Is it really? Ross Ballinger: It's the whole team that really. It doesn't really channel itself into one person. We have a great executive, Morgan McHenry, that looks after the top end of all the social media. So she's the goddess that orchestrates it all. But she will be. She will say that it's not just her, but everyone just contributed to making sure our social media channels are like, just absolutely fantastic and great for people to watch. Paul Marden: I think they're most authentic, aren't they? When you get everybody involved all across the park, all the people telling their little stories and showcasing what party's like. Ross Ballinger: That's what it's all about. A lot of other departments do their job. They think they're just having fun on TikTok again. But we're not, you know, we're really like behind the scenes thinking of content, going out, filming the content, you know, putting the content together, scheduling it to go out. Paul Marden: It doesn't just happen by itself. Ross Ballinger: It doesn't happen. Paul Marden: You don't just walk out with a phone and get yourself a smash hit video that just goes viral. Ross Ballinger: Well, the more fun we have, the more engaging it is. So it's our job to be fun. You have fun. Paul Marden: It's a tough life. Right. Lovely. See you again. Bringing the alumni back together again. Ross Ballinger: Great. Thank you. Thank you. Paul Marden: So that was the UK theme park awards yesterday, but that's not the only thing happening in the industry at the moment, is it, Andy? Something big and important is happening next week. Andy Povey: You mean my trip to Amsterdam? Paul Marden: Well, I was thinking more about the IAAPA conference that was at Amsterdam as opposed to your particular trip to the. Andy Povey: Yeah, so it's the 20th 30th instance of the IAAPA Europe show, IAAPA Europe Expo, this time taking place in the RAI at Amsterdam, or in Amsterdam from Tuesday to Thursday next week. Lots of great stuff, lots of great people. All about the attractions industry. There might be an occasional beer or two while we're there on the short. Paul Marden: I think it is important to note for Mrs. Povey, if she actually does listen in, that this is an important work event and there will be lots of networking. And if you're not networking, you're not working. We know that. However, it is also worth mentioning that on numerous occasions yesterday I heard you talking to people about the after parties that you were planning to attend. And yeah, it's a busy social calendar that you've got signed up to next week. Andy Povey: It certainly is. I think I might need to cut down on the pre party work to give time for the after party to take the best. Paul Marden: So you're going to enjoy yourself and do lots of important networking next week. But I guess the call to action for listeners today is if you are planning on being at IAAPA next week, hunt down Andy. He's a tough guy to miss and everybody knows him. So go and find him, have a chat with him and enjoy yourselves in IAAPA and we will be back in two weeks time. Thank you very much guys. It's been delightful having a foursome as co hosts and I think we get to do this again. Oz Austwick: I quite like this. We should do this more often. Paul Marden: Absolutely. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website, rubbercheese.com/podcast.   The 2024 Visitor Attraction Website Survey is now LIVE! 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Nach Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine war für Benjamin Fredrich und sein Team bei Katapult schnell klar: Sie wollen helfen. Doch nach Kritik an „Katapult Ukraine“ tritt Fredrich als Geschäftsführer zurück — um das Projekt besser zu machen. Der „Flopcast“ ist euer Podcast für Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer. Eine Kooperation mit Lexware. Hier geht’s zur Webseite von Lexware: https://shrtnr.link/lexware.de/shownotes/  >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/flopcast-benjamin-fredrich

Nach Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs auf die Ukraine war für Benjamin Fredrich und sein Team bei Katapult schnell klar: Sie wollen helfen. Doch nach Kritik an „Katapult Ukraine“ tritt Fredrich als Geschäftsführer zurück — um das Projekt besser zu machen. Der „Flopcast“ ist euer Podcast für Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer. Eine Kooperation mit Lexware. Hier geht’s zur Webseite von Lexware: https://shrtnr.link/lexware.de/shownotes/  >> Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/flopcast-benjamin-fredrich

Om onze exclusieve korting op je NordVPN-abonnement + 4 maanden gratis te krijgen, ga naar nordvpn.com/skietewilly - Het is volledig risicovrij met de 30 dagen geld-terug-garantie van Nord!Björn en Marco hebben het over carnaval, het dipje dat achter PSV ligt en de blessures. Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Benjamin Friedrich, Gründer und Herausgeber von KATAPULT, ist wieder zu Gast bei Michael. Die beiden sprechen über den Aufstieg der Rechten im Land und die Rolle der Medien dabei. KATAPULT wird von anderen Medien immer noch und immer wieder dafür kritisiert, eine klare Haltung gegen rechts zu zeigen. Sicher ist: Sollte es eine Brandmauer in den Medien gegeben haben, ist sie nicht mehr vorhanden. Rechte Position werden wie selbstverständlich diskutiert - als seien sie diskutable Positionen. Die großen Medien selbst haben hier ihren Teil aktiv dazu beigetragen. Sprachlich sind die Trennlinien eingebrochen. Auch damit schafft es die AfD, mit der Mitte der Gesellschaft eine Verbindung aufzubauen, ein wesentlicher Teil ihres Erfolgskonzepts. Benni berichtet von seinem Erschrecken, dass Menschen wie Michel Friedman inzwischen wieder einen stets gepackten Koffer zuhause stehen haben. Die Übernahme politischer Macht durch die AfD wäre für Benni ein triftiger Grund, über eine Ausreise nachzudenken. Von der AfD regiert zu werden, ist keine Option. Benni gibt ein ausführliches Update zu KATAPULT. War das Brechen von Regeln für den Verlag immer Teil des Erfolgs, gilt das für die beinahe-Insolvenz des vorigen Sommers umso mehr. Benni beschreibt, wie gerade in Krisenzeiten die bedingungslose Transparenz wieder zum Erfolg führte, wie die entwaffnende Offenheit des Verlags und seines Gründers es erst ermöglichte, dass jede Menge Menschen sich entschlossen zu helfen. Ganz offenbar gab es genügend Menschen im Land, die eine Welt mit KATAPULT wollen - und dafür sogar bereit waren, Grashalme im Shop zu bestellen. Bis zur Insolvenz waren sie immer nur von Erfolg zu Erfolg geeilt, wie Benni es ausdrückt: Bis dahin waren sie mit der transparenz immer nur Angeber. Die radikale Transparenz in der Krise führte aus der Insolvenz. Zu Gast: Benjamin Fredrich, Gründer und Herausgeber von KATAPULT

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Maandelijks praten we bij SBS Dutch over mooie, bijzondere of populaire Nederlandstalige podcasts, die echt de moeite waard zijn om te beluisteren. Aflevering 28 gaat over kinderpodcasts: Onmisbare uitvindingen (Het Klokhuis), Rocco, Sophia en de zwarte dood en Katapult

Viele Landaktivistinnen und -aktivisten wollen in ihrer Region etwas verändern und suchen dazu den Austausch mit der Öffentlichkeit. Eine wichtige Rolle spielen dabei die lokalen Medien. Doch viele der aktivistischen Projekte kommen darin kaum vor. Und wenn doch, dann oft nur nachrichtlich und ohne Blick auf die größeren ländlichen Zusammenhänge. Das ist unbefriedigend und eine vertane Chance, den Wandel in der Gesellschaft zu diskutieren. Deswegen war der Lokaljournalismus ein Themenschwerpunkt beim letzten Überland-Festival in Görlitz.* Mit dabei war Patrick Hinz, der Chefredakteur von Katapult-MV [LINK https://katapult-mv.de/ ], einer noch recht jungen Lokalzeitung für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Mit ihm haben wir darüber gesprochen, warum das mit dem Lokaljournalismus so schwierig ist – und wie er trotzdem gelingen kann. ___ In der Folge spricht Patrick über einige Videos, die er für Katapult-MV produziert hat. Hier sind die Links dazu: Unfriedliche Demo in Lubmin (2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJOasXvaIyE Bald Selbstjustiz gegen Geflüchtete in Loitz? (2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56mtWLd6BE ___ *Die gelegentlichen Hintergrundgeräusche in der Aufnahme sind Teil des Festivalgeschehens und gehören dazu.

Kavita Gupta is the Founder and General Partner of Delta Blockchain Fund. She has over 18 years of investment experience via The World Bank, IFC, and the Eric Schmidt Family office. She started one of the first Blockchain early-stage funds, ConsenSys Ventures and accelerator Tachyon. Kavita has invested first checks into sector-defining companies such as Polygon, Starkware, Quantstamp, and Sorare, to name among over 100 companies - she is also a visiting scholar at Stanford University teaching the Beyond Bitcoin class and an advisor to the Hus Institute, the UNICEF Giga project, the Katapult investment fund, the International Emmys and more. In 2015, Kavita received the UN Innovation Award for being one of the core members of creating green and social impact bonds.In this conversation, we discuss:- CZ and Binance news- The role of institutional demand- SEC decisions and regulatory hurdles- The evolving crypto VC landscape- Bitcoin ETF approval- The impact of global and geopolitical events on market dynamics- How a spot Bitcoin ETF approval could reshape the crypto investment landscape- Fostering a decentralized world- Life of a crypto VCDelta Blockchain FundWebsite: deltafund.ioX: @Deltabc_fundLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/delta-blockchain-fundKavita GuptaX: @KavitaGupta19LinkedIn: Kavita Gupta ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This episode is brought to you by PrimeXBT.  PrimeXBT offers a robust trading system for both beginners and professional traders that demand highly reliable market data and performance. Traders of all experience levels can easily design and customize layouts and widgets to best fit their trading style. PrimeXBT is always offering innovative products and professional trading conditions to all customers.  PrimeXBT is running an exclusive promotion for listeners of the podcast. After making your first deposit, 50% of that first deposit will be credited to your account as a bonus that can be used as additional collateral to open positions.  Code: CRYPTONEWS50  This promotion is available for a month after activation. Click the link below:  PrimeXBT x CRYPTONEWS50 

Spionieren wirklich Delfine für Russland? Haben Zoos Notfallpläne für Kriege? Geht durch Kriege automatisch die Artenvielfalt zurück? Und: Führen Tiere auch Kriege? In der neuen Podcastfolge spricht Juli mit dem Allround-Zoologen und Tierprofi Gerhard Haszprunar über “Krieg und Tiere”. Er war bis vor Kurzem Professor für Zoologie an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und sagt: Im Zweifel steht das Menschenleben immer vor dem Tierleben. Daran habe sich bis zuletzt nichts geändert.

Wenn alle die Waffen niederlegen, ist dann noch Krieg? Was sind Kriegswaffen eigentlich? Und sind alle Waffen, die man im Krieg verwendet, ausschließlich zum Töten da? In der neuen Podcastfolge spricht Juli mit Anja Dahlmann über „Krieg und Waffen”. Sie ist Leiterin des Berliner Büros des Institutes für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik der Universität Hamburg.

Kann ich guten Gewissens alle Inhalte teilen, die meine Cousine in den sozialen Medien hochlädt? Wieso sind Informationen in einem Krieg eine Währung? Und kann ich Medien noch vertrauen, wenn sie schon mal einen Fehler gemacht haben? In der neuen Folge von "Krieg und ..." spricht Juli mit Martina Thiele über Fake News. Sie ist Professorin für Medienwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Digitalisierung und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung an der Uni Tübingen.

Trommelwirbel: Folge 77 beginnt. In der Rede zur Lage der Nation geht es wie immer um die Anschaffungen und Urlaubsreisen der beiden Idioten.

„Indem Du eine bewusste Entscheidung triffst, aktivierst Du eine innere Kraft, die wie ein Katapult wirkt“, Jana stellt ihr Buch ‚Soul Investor – auf dem Weg zum finanziellen Erwachen‘, das etwas andere Finanzbuch vor. Es enthält persönliche Komponenten, ihre eigene Reise und auch konkrete Investmentthemen in sanfter Sprache. Wir hören ein Kapitel aus dem Buch: ‚Reichtum ist eine Wahl‘, das Buch wird in den nächsten Wochen erscheinen. Hinterlasse hier Deine E-Mailadresse, um informiert zu werden, sobald das Buch erhältlich ist: https://female-investor.com/soul-investor/ „Die Erkenntnis, dass wir immer eine Wahl haben, ist sehr kraftvoll. Sie setzt voraus, dass wir anerkennen, dass wir Schöpfer unserer Lebensrealität sind und Verantwortung dafür übernehmen.“- Jana Misar ✨Wie können wir dich auf deiner Investorinnenreise unterstützen? Vereinbare hier ein persönliches Strategiegespräch, um alle Fragen zu klären✨ https://calendly.com/female_investor/academy ✨Hier geht es zur Female Investor Academy ✨ https://female-investor.com ✨Vernetze Dich mit Jana Misar ✨ Instagram von Jana Misar: https://www.instagram.com/janamisar/?hl=de LinkedIn von Jana Misar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jana-misar-027637223/ Female Investor Facebook Gruppe: https://www.facebook.com/groups/femaleinvestor/

Stálou sestavu Echo Porady tentokrát doplnil Ondřej Štindl a řeč se ještě jednou stočila k slovenským volbám. Je část slovenské společnosti „zakonspirovaná“? „Je snadné stát se ostrým kritikem Roberta Fica, ale nebylo možné zavírat oči před jeho volebním potenciálem,“ tvrdí Jiří Peňás. Demonstrovalo ve Varšavě sto tisíc, nebo milion lidí? Polsko je rozdělené, ale ekonomicky prosperuje. Ublížil sexuální skandál kapele Rammstein? A neselhala média na Slovensku stejně jako v případě Rammsteinů? • Nekrácenou verzi podcastu najdete na https://echoprime.cz/a/HebAR/echo-porada-fico-vyhralmame-se-desit-nebo-spis-poucit-dalsi-tvrda-lekce-pro-media-katapult-jako-rammstein-a-proc-je-rusove-miluji

Themen: Rettung für bedrohte Nischen-Magazine, Print-Branche setzt auf KI; Rupert Murdoch - der letzte Medien-Mogul?; Grimme-Institut wird 50; Frauke Gerlach: "Lautsprecher haben wir genug"; "Vergiss Meyn nicht" kommt ins Kino, Medienschelte: Vorsicht vor Medienberufen, Kinder!; Moderation: Sebastian Sonntag Von WDR 5.

Shownotes POP 144 – Das Katapult zur Spitze! Bete folgendes Gebet um Jesus Christus bewusst zum Herrn Deines Lebens zu machen: Herr Jesus, ich glaube, dass Du Gottes Sohn bist. Ich glaube, dass Du auch für meine Sünden und Fehler am Kreuz gestorben bist. Darum bitte ich Dich: Vergib mir alle meine Lebensschuld. Ich entscheide mich, Dir, Jesus, nachzufolgen. Von ... Read More

Lovestorm für den Kanzler, Tod durch Überdosis Deo, Taubheit durch Viagra und ein Leberfleck als Familien-Tattoo - im Mutmachpodcast von Funke präsentieren Paul und Hajo Schumacher wieder Wichtiges, Witziges und Wirres für die neue Woche: Was Merz und Lawrow gemeinsam haben. Pistorius als Bundestrainer? Die unerhörte Botschaft der Graugans. Warum gehen linke Blätter wie Katapult oder Titanic ein? Spätsommer-Blues mit Lana del Rey. Venezianischer Exhibitionismus mit Kanye West. Stammt „pink“ von „pinkeln“? Bammel vor FFF und das Traumpaar Esken/Buschmann. Plus: Der unermüdliche Politikerklärer Jörg Quoos verrät, was die Woche im politischen Berlin bringt. Folge 647.

Dawn Foote is the Co-Founder and CEO of Katapult, a design agency that works with themed attractions and experiences across the globe.  Katapult was formed by a group of university students who worked with nightclubs to put on live events.  By the time they graduated, the co-founders were able to expand into other industries and sectors and began specializing in themed entertainment in the early 2010s.  Today, Katapult designs and creates themed experiences globally and is fortunate to work with some of the world's most-known intellectual properties.  In this interview, Dawn talks about a rebel sense of creativity, stakeholder glue, and creating emotions.     Rebel sense of creativity "We always have to think in a rebel sense around creativity." As a teenager, Dawn states that she was a “rebel with a cause” as she campaigned heavily for the environment and preferred to create her own path rather than conform to standards.  This attitude ultimately led to Katapult's creation and initial success.  When working with large brands and intellectual properties, however, there are often strict processes in place that partners need to conform to. However, when it comes to coming up with creative ideas, Dawn says that they need to have a rebel sense of creativity, fueled by curiosity, that leads to innovative ideas.  It also leads to adaptability and being not only suitable to change but knowing that change is part of the process.  The rebel sense ensures that they recognize that there is always a way to improve upon something and that they can never sit still.   Stakeholder glue “We're the glue between those parties to make sure the needs are met.” A critical portion of the project management process is managing the stakeholders involved.  Whenever it seems that a project might be shifting, it's important to bring it back to the “why” of the key stakeholders involved in the process.  While there may be several opinions from various stakeholders, the project needs to balance the needs of what will make it successful commercially and creatively. Stakeholders can include the operator, the investors, or the intellectual property, meaning that many needs must be met in order for a project to be considered successful across all parties.  Dawn says that Katapult acts as the glue between all of the stakeholders to ensure that each party's needs are met equally.   Creating emotions “Part of the design thinking is what the feeling and emotion is that you want people to get.” Part of Katapult's guest experience audit when entering into a new project is referred to as emotional journey mapping, which is a less quantifiable form of measuring the guest experience when compared to other metrics that audit objective or binary factors.  Emotion, however, is often brought up in initial brainstorming sessions and drives much of the creative process. Emotional journey mapping takes into consideration the various emotions we want our guests to feel at various times.  While many assume that we always want our guests to be happy, there are many other emotions to consider - such as being comfortable, secure, scared, quiet, tranquil, and joyful.  All of these emotions play a large role in the design process that can then be felt in the final product.   To learn more about Katapult, visit their website, and to reach out to Dawn directly, you can connect with her on LinkedIn. To connect with AttractionPros: attractionpros@gmail.com   This podcast wouldn't be possible without the incredible work of our amazing team: Scheduling and correspondence by Kristen Karaliunas

Nathan Pollock is the founder of the very successful Australian Design firm 'Katapult Design', with locations in Melbourne, Sydney and Byron bay. In the podcast, he discusses the nature of his professional life and how he is stepping back to allow the next generation of designers to emerge. Nathan highlights key topics such as 'sustainability', 'AI', and 'VR', providing his developed knowledge on these topics. He speaks to the climate of Industrial Design today, and the skills he looks for in young designers. I hope you enjoy the podcast and if you do would you please subscribe and share the podcast with a friend to help grow this community. Katapultdesign.com.au Instagram: @Katapult.design @cherfan_design Linkedin: Nathan Pollock Roman Cherfan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-talk-id/message

Joe Biden investeert in de VS $120 miljard alleen al in het basisonderwijs. Ursula von der Leyen komt voor de Europese Unie met een groot pakket in ‘Jaar van de vaardigheden'. De tekorten aan talenten voor de arbeidsmarkt zijn niet alleen in Nederland nijpend en oplossen kan ook niemand dat in zijn eentje. Een stevige sessie van het Platform Talent voor Technologie met experts en beslissers uit bedrijfsleven, onderwijs en bestuur verdiepten zich in De Loods in Rijswijk in de beste aanpak. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger praten met een aantal van hen.***Op sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst vind je altijd hier***Beatrice Boots vertelt hoe zij met haar Platform Talent voor Technologie fors inzet op meer technisch talent, meer opleiding en het bijspijkeren daarvan met sterke combinaties van scholen en bedrijven in de regio. Daarin wordt ook het Nationaal Groeifonds actief aangesproken, zowel voor innovatief beroepsonderwijs als nu voor extra inzet in het basis- en voortgezet onderwijs voor alle leerlingen. Bovendien komt minister Rob Jetten (Klimaat en Energie) binnenkort met een groot pakket voor opleidingen gericht op duurzaamheid en de energietransitie: het Actieplan Groene en Digitale Banen.Vanuit ASML, waar ze megamachines maken om microchips mee te kunnen fabriceren, vertelt Paul Simmeren hoe dit bedrijf in Brainportregio Eindhoven en zelfs internationaal zich inzet om leerlingen en docenten voor de nieuwste ontwikkelingen in technologie te enthousiasmeren. Want hij benadrukt dat aandacht en aantrekkingskracht daarvan meteen aan de basis moet beginnen.TU Delft student Meinke van Oenen bewijst dat. Hoe zij onverwacht door de technische vonk werd aangeraakt en dat nu met collega-studenten als Jonge Bruggenbouwers wil bewerkstelligen bij anderen - ook en juist naar beleidsmakers - is fascinerend. Docent Ben Snoeijs (Associate Degrees Academie Roosendaal) wordt daar als 'techniekmaker' die minder geijkte manieren inzet om jongeren en ouders te enthousiasmeren blij van. Hij ziet dat grote groepen jongeren niet bereikt worden met de kansen die techniekkennis en -banen in ruime mate bieden. Voor meisjes, vrouwen en mensen met een migratie-achtergrond ligt in techniek en technologie nog een wereld te wachten.Jaap en PG diepen de verhalen van Paul Simmeren, Menke van Oenen en Ben Snoeijs verder uit met met Eppo Bruins, voorziter van de Adviesraad voor Wetenschap, Technologie en Innovatie. Voor hem is het essentieel is dat mensen naast noodzakelijke 'algemene vaardigheden' ook de waarde van een echt 'vak' ontdekken en zich in de vaardigheden die daarbij horen bekwamen en blijven ontplooien. Ongebruikelijk scherp hekelt hij de verlamming in 'Den Haag' bij het maken en duidelijk overbrengen van grote maatschappelijke en politieke keuzes. Want een krachtige ambitie voor ons land is nu nodig om iedereen uit te dagen daar met haar en zijn talent echt aan bij te dragen.Marjolein ten Hoonte van Randstadgroep publiceerde onlangs juist daarover een boek (Kunnen we het even over werk hebben?) en zij gaat met Bruins in discussie. Zij wijst erop dat veel van de nu bij jongeren populaire banen en functies door nieuwe technologische ontwikkelingen zullen verdwijnen. Bruins noemt een aantal grote studierichtingen in HBO en WO daarom weinig zinvol voor de arbeidsmarkt: psychologie, bestuurskunde en heel wat algemene economische opleidingen. Maar het debat hierover durft de politiek nog niet aan, zegt hij.Pieter Moerman van Platform talent voor Technologie (en oprichter van Katapult) kijk intussen ook naar Europa, want het tekort aan talent kan alleen met krachtenbundeling aangepakt worden. In dit Europees Jaar van de Vaardigheden vindt op 26 en 27 september in Nederland een Europese conferentie plaats waarin 'maximaal leren van elkaar' centraal staat.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door Platform Talent voor Technologie en met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heeft u belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Dat zou helemaal mooi zijn! Stuur voor informatie een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl***Verder luisterenIn september 2021 besteedde Betrouwbare Bronnen voor het eerst een hele aflevering aan het tekort aan technisch geschoolde arbeidskrachten: 216 - Crisis op komst: Nederlandse economie loopt vast door tekort aan technisch geschoolde arbeidskrachtenEn deze afleveringen hebben ook een link met wat we nu bespreken:310 – Nu 40 jaar geleden: Lubbers premier en de polder sluit historisch Akkoord van Wassenaar278 - Frans Leijnse over de belabberde staat van ons onderwijs en hoe je dit oplost201 - Het geheim van het hbo-succes199 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Olof van der Gaag en de snelle overgang naar duurzame energie192 - Kabinetsformatie 2021: Het gaat over hun toekomst: jongeren voor het eerst aan tafel in de formatie183 - Samen slimmer worden: het Leidse kennisecosysteem als aanjager van duurzame groei130 - Joost Korte, een Nederlander aan de top van 'Het sociaal Europa'88 - Leven en werk van onderwijsvernieuwer Jos van Kemenade79 - 'Nederland is nog steeds ziek': Hans Borstlap over zijn ingrijpende plannen voor de arbeidsmarkt78 - Roberto Viola: Shaping Europe's Digital Future59 - Ank Bijleveld, minister in een onveilige wereld met te weinig geld voor Defensie31 - Jamie Shea on NATO and cyber warfare***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 1 (Introductie en Beatrice Boots)00:18:42 – Deel 2 (Paul Simmeren, Ben Snoeijs en Meinke van Oenen)01:00:00 – Deel 3 (Eppo Bruins en Marjolein ten Hoonte)01:36:12 – Deel 4 (Pieter Moerman)01:43:50 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Katapult Interview on The Loud Spot. This is the second time to have this band on the show. This metal/thrash band is from Switzerland and Sweden, and also just dropped their album "Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes. They literally have the best album names ever!! Check out their music video "Schadel" on this episode and stream their music! Rock on!

Ovaj intervju jedan je od onih za koje imam želju da dođe do što je većeg mogućeg broja ljudi jer smo vam kroz ovaj razgovor pokušale(i ja bih rekla, uspjele!) približiti koučing kao jedan od najmoćnijih alata za osobni rast. Na virtualnoj kavi sam ugostila svoju dugogodišnju poznanicu Barbaru koja je podijelila dio svoje životne priče, puno korisnih informacija i uvida te veliku količinu vrijednosti za koju vjerujem da će vas potaknuti da razmislite je li ovakva vrsta mentalne higijene ono što bi vam moglo pomoći da zakoračite na novu stepenicu. Uživajte! Barbaru potražite ovdje: https://instagram.com/barbara.tursan.misic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Barbarin newsletter: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6183a2f90b51fd1569c55159xx L

Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is  Kelly Molson, MD of Rubber Cheese.Download our free ebook The Ultimate Guide to Doubling Your Visitor NumbersIf you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcastCompetition ends January 31st 2023. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.katapult.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrrobbiejones/https://www.katapult.co.uk/creating-unique-visitor-destinations-in-a-crowded-market/ Robbie is Insights Analyst Lead at Katapult. He works on providing data-driven audience and market trends, as well as operational insights, to assist the design team in creating immersive, commercially-successful experiences. Robbie has over 10 years' experience in the leisure and tourism industry and has worked with iconic brands, theme parks, family entertainment centres, museums and visitor attractions around the world. He is a dedicated Board Member of his local art and cinema centre, Derby QUAD. Katapult designs themed attractions and experiences that amaze and engage visitors globally. Our work is enjoyed by 50 million visitors, at 81 attractions, in 18 different countries, every year. As well as increasing guest experience, we thrive on helping you generate more income, more fans and bring the vision for your attraction to life. Legoland, Sea Life, Twycross Zoo, Alton Towers. Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Each episode I speak with industry experts from the attractions world.In today's episode, I speak with Robbie Jones, Insights Analyst Lead at Katapult. We discuss how to create a unique visitor attraction, what you need to know before you start, and what the leisure and attractions market is looking like post-COVID.If you like what you hear, subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue.We're back, I hope you've all had really busy summers full of lovely visitors. I'd really like to know how it's been for you. So feel free to get in touch. You can always email me at kelly@rubbercheese.com. Can you believe this is season four of Skip the Queue Podcast? I cannot believe that we've been running for so long now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for sticking around and for supporting us. We have a whole season full of really brilliant guests booked in, and I know that you're going to absolutely love them. We'll be covering topics on innovation, pricing, filming, and even aromas. Yeah, you heard me right, all the smelly stuff. But we are kicking off in style with the team at Katapult. Kelly Molson: Robbie.Robbie Jones: Hello. Hello.Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue. I'm really excited to have you on today. Thank you for joining me for the first episode of season four.Robbie Jones: I know. What an honour, what an honour. I can't believe that I've been chosen first.Kelly Molson: You're the chosen one. Well, you say it's an honour now, but you might not appreciate it after I've got you with these icebreaker questions.Robbie Jones: All good.Kelly Molson: I've actually got some new ones this season. So I've been asking our lovely former guests and our Twitter followers to send me in some new ones because I felt like the old ones were getting a bit tired. So I'm going to whack you with some of the new ones and see how we get on.Robbie Jones: Okay. Here goes.Kelly Molson: I have to say, this is one of my favourite ones.Robbie Jones: Okay.Kelly Molson: It might date us slightly as well. You can only save one of the Muppets, which one do you choose and why?Robbie Jones: I think Kermit.Kelly Molson: Okay.Robbie Jones: He's just iconic, isn't he? My first memory of Kermit is when they did their version of A Christmas Carol. The thought of Kermit doing that was amazing. So it's got to be Kermit, it's got to be Kermit.Kelly Molson: Yeah, he's a classic. He's a classic, isn't he? He's quite legendary. All right. Good. Okay, good answer. Next one. If you could enter the Olympics for anything, what would you be Olympic level at? And we are not just talking sports here. This could be baking, moaning. What are you saying?Robbie Jones: I think I see myself as a bit of a jack of all, a master of none. Maybe I'm a decathlete, something like that, where I'm good at a few things but I'm not amazing at one big thing.Kelly Molson: When we go back to sports day at school, what was the thing that you would do at sports day?Robbie Jones: It was probably the long distance running. I seem to do a lot of cross country, we used to call it in our school, which went from tarmac to a muddy path in about five minutes. So I don't know how cross country that was. But yeah, long distance running. I can't stand it now. I can't stand the noise of breathing, heavy breathing as I struggle up a hill. That's just not a sound anybody wants to listen to.Kelly Molson: Oh, you really make me laugh. So the only thing I can think about when I'm running is breathing and now all I'm going to hear is myself breathing and think about Robbie and not wanting to do it. Okay, final one.Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: What movie can you rewatch over and over and over again? And how many times have you watched this movie that you're about to tell me?Robbie Jones: So I think for an absolute nostalgia, it'd have to be Dumb and Dumber because the amount of bonding that me and my younger brother have done over that film is just immense. I think we reference it every time we speak to one another, it's just become part of our psyche, part of our relationship. So we've probably watched it dozens of times between us, but it gets referenced at least three times a week.Kelly Molson: Oh, it's a great film.Robbie Jones: Jim Carrey, brilliant.Kelly Molson: He's great, isn't he? Are you going to do... So if we do the song, Mock-Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: ... ing-Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: ... bird.Robbie Jones: I can't believe I'm doing this. I can't believe I'm doing it.Kelly Molson: This is the level that the show has gotten to, folks. This is what we got up to on our summer break. And I love that film and my friends were really obsessed with Ace Ventura films as well, Jim Carrey.Robbie Jones: Yes.Kelly Molson: Cannot beat.Robbie Jones: Yeah, comedy icon. Amazing. I love him to pieces.Kelly Molson: Robbie, I can't believe I just made you do that. I'm so sorry. I've lost it now. Right. Unpopular opinion. What've you got for us?Robbie Jones: Right. I don't think eating chocolate and fruit should go together. It's not right. I'll draw a line, fruit and nut in terms of a chocolate bar, dried fruits, I'm okay with. But when it's fresh, juicy things like grapes and strawberries going with chocolate, I just can't stand it at all.Kelly Molson: Oh, what? Not a little fondue at a wedding? A little chocolate fondue? No?Robbie Jones: No, just no. You wouldn't mix milk with water and drink it. And that's kind of what I feel like when I'm eating chocolate and fruit together. So yeah, whoever has got the largest fondue rental company, please stop because I don't like it.Kelly Molson: Wow. Okay. I feel like that's quite controversial. The milk and water thing actually turned my stomach. When you said that, I was like, "Oh, no, you wouldn't, would you?"Robbie Jones: There you go. Again, the next time you eat a fondue, just think of me and start gagging probably as I would.Kelly Molson: Wow. What a note to start the podcast on. We've really taken this to a whole new level today, haven't we? Excellent. Right, Robbie, you are the lead insights analyst at Katapult. And I want to come back in a minute to talk about what your job entails, but first Katapult itself. So a little story for you. So years ago, you know when you were at school and you'd have to pick work experience? My granddad had a business and his next door neighbour's business made props for films.Robbie Jones: Nice.Kelly Molson: So I bagged myself work experience at this place and I got to make loads, I just got to make some weird stuff that then ended up in films. And I remember going to the cinema, watching the film going, "I made that Hessian box there. I sewed that. Whoa, that was really good." If I could go back now and go, "No, this is where I want to go and do work experience," I would choose Katapult without a doubt because you do incredible things. Tell the listeners what Katapult does, it's so cool.Robbie Jones: Yeah, sure. So we design themed attractions and experiences. We do it the world over and it could be as something as small as a little popup street food courtyard that we did a couple of years ago right to a large scale, full theme park design and everything in between. And it is, it's great, it's really, really fun. We get to work with some amazing clients, some amazing brands and IPs where the design team are just in their element. They're able to work with brands like LEGO that they've grown up playing with since they was small boys and girls. So it's fantastic for us all to carry on being a kid really, in essence, being creative, being surrounded by colour and fun and entertainment. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of hard work that goes into it. A lot of extended hours, red-eye flights across the world. But it's amazing. It's amazing to be a part of and design some pretty amazing things that are either coming soon or already open. So yeah, we do a lot and we're very thankful.Kelly Molson: It's so exciting. I feel like you played it down a little bit there as well. You were like, "Yeah, we design attractions and experiences." I was like, "Yeah, you do. It's really exciting." What do you do specifically there? Lead insights and analyst is your job title.Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: So you are kind of the data that sits behind that, the research that sits behind it.Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. So I think something that we've been in the industry for over 20 years now and gradually that we've seen that actually it's really good to make sure you've got some sort of insights, believe it or not, to make a very good decision. And it was something that was kind of lacking within the industry. There was lots of big thinking, feasibility reports, people telling you what the commercial outcomes would be to improve a visitor attraction or even to open a new attraction. But no one was really saying, "Well, hold on a minute, who is it that you're trying to get through the doors and what is it that they actually want? And have they actually got the money to spend that you are charging for?"Robbie Jones: And that's the bit of the insights gap that I, and we at Katapult, fill. We understand the sheer importance of having that insights. We can't just design something from scratch, full stop, regardless of whether we are working with an IP or not. You've got to have an idea of who are the people coming through the door. So that sheer responsibility lays flat on my shoulders to make sure that whatever the design team designs next, it is fully in lined, not just commercially, but from a guest point of view as well that they are going to love it from the moment they walk in. So yeah, pretty big responsibility. But it's fantastic to set the design team up to let them creative minds go wild.Kelly Molson: It is fascinating what you do. And I think that it's really similar to probably the bit that I do in our business, because my role is to understand what the client's challenges is. And so you are asking all of the questions around, "Well, who's your consumer? What do they spend? Where do they do? Where do they go? What do they read?" Et cetera, et cetera. And then you translate. The designers, they get to do the fun bit. But I think that the research bit is the fun bit, to be honest. They would probably argue with me. So how do you start that process? What are the kind of things that you're asking?Robbie Jones: Well, I guess it depends on the client, depends on the project. But the way we typically start for existing visitor attractions is we kind of do a mystery shop, or we call it a guest experience audit. But we don't just go around and have fun, that's the second part of the day. The first part of the day is thinking about if you've got signs telling interpretation and you're a museum, are they at the right height for kids to read it? If it is, is it the right level of language required for a five, six, seven year old to be able to read it? And everything in between. It's is the staff levels good? Are there plenty of vegetarian options within the cafe facilities? All of these things where we want to make sure every touchpoint that every guest that comes through is satisfied and our audit goes in, it pulls out the good stuff, but more importantly for the operators, it pulls out the stuff where they could probably do a little bit better. It's the things that are probably mentioned more than often on TripAdvisor.Robbie Jones: And so it gives us the chance to go, "Right, yes, we did find these issues. These need solving as soon as possible so let's get to work. Let's get to work in figuring out what we can do." And sort of 75% of the time, those things that we highlight, they can pretty much be done by the attraction themselves. It's only the other 25% where we go, "Right, your guests aren't staying for four hours and you want them to stay for four hours. They're only staying for two. What can we do to make the experience last twice as long? What can we do to keep them there and engaged and immersed for double the amount of time that they are before?" And that's obviously when we get the design team's creative juices flowing and start to think about what can we do to improve the attraction. So yeah, in a roundabout way, the guest experience audit helps to unlock the insights, helps to give us the ammunition we need to improve the attraction, and also look to work on some bigger projects for the clients as well. So yeah, that's a roundabout way in terms of how we do it with the audit.Kelly Molson: I love that. So from your perspective, it's not just about creating new, it's not just about adding on. It's about looking at it from a holistic perspective. Where are you already? How are you performing? Okay, well, look, this is doing really well. That's great. These things need to improve. And then, okay, so now let's look at the new stuff. Because I guess there's always that excitement about, "New, new, new, new," isn't there? Oh, a new attraction, a new, I don't know, show that you're going to put on within it. And that's what gets everyone excited. Sometimes they forget to take that step back and go, "But what needs to improve with what we already have?"Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. And the greatest assets that visitor attractions have probably got are sat there already, they just need discovering. And what we tend to find is if it's not something tangible, like a ride needs improving or an experiential walking trail needs improving, it falls down to the narrative or the storytelling of the attraction. That seems to be the thing that we are coming across at the moment, which probably leaves a little bit left to be desired. People don't explain their stories enough. Why are they unique? Why are they telling us this story when you go into a museum? Or why has this art centre got this curation of art? People aren't very good at telling stories that guests want to listen to. So you're right. It's not always about the new, it's about the existing, but extrapolating what's good about that experience in the first place.Kelly Molson: You wrote a really good article that I read a couple of weeks ago called Creating Unique Visitor Destinations in a Crowded Market. So I'm going to put a link to this in the show notes, but it's on Katapult's website as well.Kelly Molson: You said that attractions need to capitalise on what is unique about them. And that's not just from the perspective of, "Hey, we've got this mascot," or, "this is how we're going to put it around the site." Is the location unique? Is the food offering that you have based on that location? What is it about you that really stands out that guests can't get anywhere else and they're not going to get the same story anywhere else? I thought that was such a great way of looking at the uniqueness of each attraction.Robbie Jones: Yeah, and I think there's always going to be a place for attractions that have got the fastest thing, the tallest thing, the biggest thing. That does a lot to pull a crowd. But when it comes to trying to fight your corner, if you're medium or smaller size visitor attraction, you've got to pull on your unique. There's a finite source of money and time so you're going have to try and get your visitors and your guests a slightly different way. The article came from an issue that was within two strands of the industry. The first being museums and art galleries that were struggling from a values perspective to say, "We can't take this donation because it doesn't fit in with our values." Or museums having to give away certain artefacts back to countries because of the connotations of it being stolen in what is in today's society. So they're under huge pressure to say, "Well, what is our story? What is our narrative?" And for places like that, it is very much rooted in the locality. What is your city about? What is your region about? And curating around that.Robbie Jones: The second strand is around experiences that have got a blueprint and are looking to create dozens of the same attraction all around the world. Again, there is absolutely a place for that in this world. We've got countless clients who do the same thing. But where there needs to be a differentiation is how the local market impacts what that attraction is. You can't just say, "We're going to have an indoor attraction that's going to have a soft play and a cafe and that's kind of it. And then we're going to put it throughout 40 different countries around the world." It's not going to wash. You can't just put a badge on the front of that indoor attraction and say, "Welcome to Tokyo. Welcome to Orlando." It's just not going to work. It's not going to wash. It is not unique enough.Robbie Jones: So for those attractions, it's about, "Yes, you've got a blue blueprint, but what can you do differently based on the people, the profile, the guests that are going to come through that door to make it slightly tweaked in terms of things that they might not have from a local competitor point of view?" Or just making sure that you replicate their stories within the attraction. I've seen some really good stuff that Crayola have done in the US where they're starting to onboard local artists for their entertainment centres. That's amazing. You could be in the US, go to the two different Crayolas and have a different experience. So being able to create that unique experience is twofold, but it's one that everyone's got to look at quite a bit now.Kelly Molson: So one of the things I thought was quite interesting is the scale of the projects that you work on at Katapult. So for example, I think you mentioned earlier, the Derby Market Place project, which is a popup marketplace, and then you've worked with organisations like the SEA LIFE London Aquarium. They're really different experiences. Do you look at the same approach when you are working with that kind of scale of client?Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. I think with those two examples, there was a very clear commercial goal for both of them. For SEA LFIE it was about adding an experience that makes the ticket price value for money, but it's also there to increase photographic and merchandise sales as well. So there was a very clear understanding of what the commercial goal was. For Derby Market Place, that was actually a popup courtyard that was set up in 2020 just after the first lockdown of the pandemic in the UK. Derby is our home city and we was approached by the city council to do something that will support the local businesses because there was obviously restaurants, cafes going bust because they simply couldn't do a takeaway service or they didn't have the outdoor catering. So for that, we created a courtyard.Robbie Jones: So as a result, they both had commercial goals and we both started them pretty much the same way, which is, "Right. Well, who is it that's going to come through the door?" Who is it? What do they want? Is it a family of four? Is it a couple? How much money have they got? What sort of experience are they used to? How long are they going to stay? What information are they going to want? All of this information that I guess sometimes we take for granted in the attractions industry, feed it into the design and ultimately come up with exactly what we did for the marketplace and SEA LIFE. So yeah, I think by and large, we kind of stick along the same path, very much insights driven design. We do the insights, we design it based on that, and then we hope it reaches the commercial goal.Kelly Molson: So you mentioned Crayola a minute ago. That is a brilliant example of really using the locality to make that attraction individual. What other great examples of really truly unique attractions can you think of?Robbie Jones: Well, I think I mentioned it in the article you've already mentioned. But Meow Wolf, particularly the first one in Santa Fe, that is an absolute benchmark that I use in terms of how you use local talents, local immersion to help make Santa Fe a destination in it's own right. It's amazing how much one attraction can pivot the way that a region is seen, a city is seen, and turns it into a place that people are staying overnight for two or three nights to just to go to Meow Wolf. So definitely that, in terms of creating a destination.Robbie Jones: But I do want to pull out another example as well, and it's not necessarily unique as such, but it's the feeling is unique, and that is Paultons Park. So for those that have been to Paultons, Peppa Pig World is there, which is a massive pull. They've got some great rides, they've got some really good food and beverage outlets, a good smattering of live performances. But what makes the park stand out is how immaculate it is when it comes to public realm. The gardens are fantastic, the landscaping's amazing. You'd be hard troubled to find a piece of litter on the floor. And the staff are so incredibly attentive with attention to detail that actually, when I've gone a few times now, it's the one thing that always stands out to me. And it's the benchmark for just cleanliness. You could be forgiven for being in a communist China, it's very clean and orderly and focused. But actually when we think about visiting a theme park, we want it to be glossy and clean and not a bother in the world. And it's little things like that, for me, that have made Paultons an absolute benchmark as well for us.Kelly Molson: Because I always think back to Disney about that and no litter, beautiful gardens and that, for me, is the level. I haven't had the pleasure of Paultons Park yet. I think I've got a couple more years and then it'll be on the list.Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. You'll find out just much you can spend in that store with Peppa Pig.Kelly Molson: Oh God. Yeah, I can imagine. Let's talk about summer and let's talk about what the attractions market looks like at the moment. So I know that you've had an incredibly busy summer and as we are recording this, we're still at the tail end of it. So I can imagine that you are looking forward to a little bit of a rest-Robbie Jones: Yes, definitely.Kelly Molson: ... come September-October time. How is the attractions market looking at the moment to you post-COVID? Because we've moved on, so to speak, from COVID or the majority of people have moved on from it, but I think it's really difficult with attractions because we are still seeing a slight decline in visitor numbers, but there's obviously other factors going on at the moment in terms of the energy crisis and things like that. So what's your view of the leisure and attractions market at the moment?Robbie Jones: I think post-COVID, if we think about the start of the year, I think it was incredibly buoyant. I think attractions have seen the opportunity to invest now. The staycation market has absolutely boomed during the times when international travel around the world was banned. So it means that there's been a strong staycation market, which is really, really good. I think for the UK in particular, it's making sure, and this isn't just the attractions industry, I think this goes across the whole staycation market of the UK, don't get so greedy. There's a lot of... I understand that demand is high and you want to capitalise on it. But if we want to keep the UK as a staycation destination, you can't be charging silly prices compared to what they could probably do as an all inclusive for 10 days in Mallorca, as an average in terms of what the family's going to do. You've got to offer some sort of value for money.Robbie Jones: And the cost of living is the big thing now. I think that's what we are seeing. COVID is there in the background and it's obviously affected things, but the cost of living is the one that's really starting to bite a little bit more now. And I think it's because although we saw a lot of drop in wealth during the COVID pandemic, actually the cost of living now is probably a harder time for a lot of people because the savings have already been taken up by making sure they've got income coming in or topping up furlough or whatever it was. So yeah, the cost of living is the big thing. People aren't going to go out and spend, I don't know, 200, 300 quids on a day at a theme park. I can't see it happening. If they do, they'll have to forgo something else and I think that's something that's going to be in the minds-eye of visitor attractions.Robbie Jones: And I think we're starting to see a homogenised view of what we mean by leisure and attractions. Shopping centres now want to get in on the act and have lots of entertainment. You've got places like Butlins and Pontins in the UK, so typical caravan hotel resorts that have built live entertainment and experiences around them. They are in direct competition with theme parks and visitor attractions because they're offering entertainment. So the more experiences are spread throughout our sphere of what we can and can't do, the less money there is to go around. So even more of a need for people to be a little bit more unique and think about it's not just what's going to get me to this theme park, it's why would they choose the theme park over X, Y, and Z. And as they always say, option Z could be sitting at home and watching Netflix. You've you've got to do something to get people off the sofa.Kelly Molson: I'd not considered the option Z could be Butlins or Pontins though. That has just blown my mind because the whole way through the pandemic, we've been saying, "Your competition is Netflix, it's Disney+." But I hadn't even considered that now people are looking at how they spend that excess cash and how they spend their holiday time. Butlins is a competitor for Alton Towers.Robbie Jones: Yeah, in that comparison, absolutely. It's just that they've gone about things in opposite directions. Butlins went from accommodation to experiences and Alton Towers, vice versa, but they are very, very much competitors these days. And if you had £500 as a family to spend for a weekend, where would you go? And actually you look at the offers of both of those examples and depends on what sort of family you are and what sort of things you like to do. It might be a hard decision to make, but ultimately it'll be the one, it won't be the both.Kelly Molson: Yeah, absolutely. Okay. So you said that you have seen attractions investing in new rides and experiences to capitalise on that staycation. What do you think attractions should be doing right now based on what we've just discussed, this competitive state that you are in?Robbie Jones: It sounds really cliche, but I think just have a long term view on things. I can say this from doing insights here at Katapult, but when we are looking at data and trends and audiences, we are not just looking over the last 12 months. We're looking five or 10 years in the past and five and 10 years in the future to get a really good outlook in terms of, "Well, what do we think people are going to do?" Obviously you can't always guess what's going to happen. I think the last few years have taught us that. But you can have some sort of a vision in terms of where you want to go. Where do visitor attractions want to be in 10 years time? I'd love to know how many attractions know that answer.Robbie Jones: If they know it, then that's fantastic because they'll be gradually building towards that. But what we've seen from our side at Katapult is that we've gone to a lot of visitor attractions around the world that are doing a fantastic job at iterating, whether they've got a theme park or museum or whatever it is, but it's all bundled together in a big mound of plasticine with lots of different colours attached and different shapes. And it does a job, but it doesn't feel like the same place. And if we're treating that as the elixir of the visitor attraction, then that you need to get to the point of, "Well, what is your 10 year goal?" If you know that, you know what you're going towards. And I'd certainly focus on that, if you've got a little bit of spare time.Kelly Molson: Yeah, they're not busy at the minute. It's just been through summer. They should be resting now, the summer's done. That's really hard though, isn't it? So an example of that locally, to me, so I live near a vineyard, there's a lovely vineyard, about 15 minute walk from my house called Saffron Grange. Just give them a little plug because it is phenomenal. They've been selling their wines since 2019. However, the vineyards were planted like 11 years before that. And so they have had to have the vision of whatever they were planting and however they were designing that plot of land that they have. It's phenomenal the things they had to think about. What trees they would plant, because that's how high they would grow that would shield those vineyards from the wind and those vineyards from the frost. And just the granular level of planting that's had to go into that place to make the wine and the grapes now to be at the best they possibly can, it blows my mind.Kelly Molson: But it's the same thing at a visitor attraction. You've got to have that vision to go, "Well, this is my idea and this is how we're going to develop it over that time." But you've got the factor of not really knowing what your customers are going to want at that point. With the vineyard, at least they know relatively, other than wind and rain influences and weather that you can't predict, they kind of know how those vines are going to grow and what they're going to get at the end of it. With an attraction, you've got multiple different audiences with multiple different opinions on what they want and what their needs are, throw in a global pandemic. Just how do you even do that? I can't comprehend how you do that.Robbie Jones: I think we get caught up sometimes in thinking that a 10 year vision or a goal, or whatever you want to call it, has to be numerical or it has to be very definitive in terms we want to be the number one theme park in the world. Those sorts of things, you are almost hamstrung by. But what about if you said that you wanted your visitor attraction to be the most inspiring creative place for kids under 10? That is a vision. That is a vision that you can build towards. And if things change, whether it's your audience or your local competitors or whatever it is, you can still build towards that vision because that's what you believe in.Robbie Jones: It's about having a sense of what your values are as a business or as an attraction, standing by them, making that vision a reality by saying, "All right, we're going to do this because we believe in it." And that, again, ties really nicely back into what creates a unique attraction. It's your values. And I think it's the same for every business. We're seeing it a lot more now in the wider business community where people are making a choice over values instead of cost. Although the cost of living is obviously exacerbating that slightly. But people are making choices on green energy instead of fossil fuels, for example. So visitor attractions are only going to go the same way. So it's a big one. Yeah, you're right. 10 years. If you don't know your 10 year vision, then you don't know how to get there over the next 10 years.Kelly Molson: I love that.Robbie Jones: So, it is sorted.Kelly Molson: Yeah, so just put that to the top of the list, attractions. Yeah. Now I guess that's a really good place to be now, isn't it? You've just gone through that really, really hectic summer period. Now, the run up to Christmas, bar a few events and things that'll happen, it's a time for planning for next year. So now is a really good time to be able to take that step back and go, "Okay, well, what is our vision? Do we need to revisit our values and vision?" And then that will make the planning for 2023 a hell of a lot clearer. Okay. One last question on this, because what if attractions are already doing really well at the moment? Because we've got attractions, outdoor attractions that have been smashing it.Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: So what if your attractions are at capacity, what then do you do? So you are looking at things like planning, the expansions, things like that. What can they do?Robbie Jones: I think there's one of two route that are seeming quite popular at the minute. I think one is to, if you look at places like Gravity and Puttshack and a few others that have escaped my mind, by almost franchising, if you think you've got a concept that is completely unique and can be spread throughout the UK, Europe, worldwide, then now's the opportunity to look at it. It needs some careful consideration. As we said before, you can't just copy and paste. But if you think you've got something pretty amazing, then go for it. Well, why not open a second or a third or a fourth? You've proven it can work, so try it. It's worth a go.Robbie Jones: And the second thing, and this is something where I think the bigger museums during the pandemic have really led the chase on this, so I think it was one of the museums in London, I can't remember what, but they introduced lates, Museum Lates where they did silent discos around the exhibits. This is a perfect time to try completely different things. If you've got an out of season or you've got low throughput days or weeks or weekends, then what can you do to bring in another audience? Let's try and fill up your throughput and your dwell time of your attraction 100% of the year round. If you can do that, then you're making more from the asset that's already making your money. So try it out. Find new guest profiles, find new groups of audiences that might want to visit, and consider doing something very special for them. And you never know. If it works out, then you've got an extra revenue stream that you didn't think you had. So they'd be my preference, if I was in that fortunate position, to go down one of those two routes.Kelly Molson: Great advice. Thank you. We're going to put all of Robbie's contact details, et cetera, all in the show notes. So if you fancy a chat with him, you want to find out a little bit more about what Katapult do, you want to book yourselves one of those... Oh God, I've forgotten the words. One of the-Robbie Jones: Audit.Kelly Molson: Audit, audit, audit is the word. If you'd like to book one of those audits. So you can do that. I would love to know about a book though, Robbie. So we always offer up a guest's book choice as a prize and it's can be something that you love, it can be something that's helped shape your career in some way. What do you have for us today?Robbie Jones: Gosh, can I pick two?Kelly Molson: It's double my marketing spend, but why not? What's the first one?Robbie Jones: Oh, good, fantastic. So I think one that's a personal one is by Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises. It's a lovely in depth read about the twenties and thirties where cafe culture was rife and artists and poets were making adventurous trips to France and Spain to soak up the culture. And it's a wonderful, wonderful story that really makes me want to live 90 years from now and really enjoy it. I think that's the first part. The second part is that Ernest Hemingway used to be a journalist so his descriptions of the characters are very matter of fact and I think that's seeped into my audience profiling that I do as part of my job. I like the matter of fact, I like the facts that make the people real, and then start to tell the story of what we think they're going to do in an attraction. So I think Ernest Hemingway has certainly had an influence on me.Robbie Jones: And then the second book is called Superforecasting, which is by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner. Now this, it came to prominence a little bit when Dominic Cummins was advisor to Boris Johnson in his ill-fated stay at 10 Downing Street, and it speaks about the art and science of prediction and getting things right. And I read it from end to end. I completely soaked this book up. It's a little bit courty in places so you've got to take a bit of pinch of salt. But it's good at kind of teaching you to say, "Right, can you be a super forecaster?" And funny enough, I think it was February or March this year, they put out a bold statement that Vladimir Putin was not going to enter Ukraine under any circumstances, at least for the next six to nine months and then I think it was about two weeks later and he invaded. So I think that example of the book, it kind of comes with a moral, I think, which is you can super forecast or try and super forecast as much as you want, but you've got absolute no way of deciding what's going to work. There's a difference between a good and a bad decision and a good and a bad outcome. And I think that's what that book's taught me.Kelly Molson: Yeah, that example did not sell that book for me at all. However, that sounds great. That sounds like a really good book. You've absolutely blown my marketing budget again, which everybody always does.Robbie Jones: So sorry.Kelly Molson: No, I love the example of Ernest Hemingway and I love how it's infiltrated the way that you do your work as well. I haven't read either of those books so they're going to go on my list. And actually, listeners, we do compile a list of all of the books that all of our guests suggest and you can find that over on the Rubber Cheese website, rubbercheese.com, go to the insights, it's in there. Robbie, thank you. As ever, if you want to win Robbie's books, if you go over to our Twitter account and you retweet this show announcement with the words, "I want Robbie's books," then you will be in with a chance of winning both of them. I've loved our little chat. Thank you. Thank you for indulging in my little song.Robbie Jones: Oh gosh. I'm just glad that you didn't get me to do the scene where he's peeing into a bottle in Dumb and Dumber. Very well.Kelly Molson: I don't think that would've worked very well on the podcast. Do you?Robbie Jones: No, no. I'm sure you can add some trickle sounds in.Kelly Molson: Yeah.Robbie Jones: If you wanted to.Kelly Molson: Let's end there, shall we? It's been a pleasure. Thank you, Robbie.Robbie Jones: Thank you so much.Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned. Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcriptions from this episode and more over on our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.

Narben und Glückseligkeit. Stolz und Materialschwäche. Wir sprechen mit Machern über ihre Projekte. Diesmal: Gustl Haensch und sein Tinyhouse, mit dem er bis ans Nordkap fahren will – mit dem Traktor. Abfahrt ist in Oberbayern, kurz vor Österreich. 3380 Kilometer. Mit 20 km/h. Aber wer, wenn nicht jemand wie Gustl, würde so etwas wagen? Und nach seinem Piratenschiff im Garten und dem Katapult hinterm Haus ist dieses Projekt doch fast eine logische Konsequenz. Ein Gespräch über Pläne, Geraden und Brandsätze.

Festhalten, liebe Hosis! Wir glauben es selbst noch nicht: Das Katapult-Magazin war bei uns zu Gast. Redakteurin Daniela Krenn hat mit ihren Kolleg:innen das Buch "100 Karten über Sex” geschrieben - ein Buch voller Fakten, Zahlen und Studien über Sex. Grund genug, dass Ari und Kevin in einem Sexquiz gegeneinander antreten und ihr Wissen testen. Welche überraschenden Facts klären wir in dieser Folge? Wer hat gewonnen? Und: Was gab es zu gewinnen? Hört rein, ratet mit und mailt uns, was euch am meisten erstaunt hat!

►Check out our fanlink.to/Y0UTUBE for your audiovisual experience◄ Caipi time! NYC based storyteller MUISCA presents an incredible Caipikiwi in this weeks Schirmchendrink episode! MUISCA, or Sebastian with his real name, has been sharing and mixing his tunes through the world since he got his first MK2 back in Paris in 2003. Discovering nightlife at Le Palace in the late 90s and soon collecting vinyl's from Parisian stores like Katapult, Techno Import or Kitsuné, the original inspiration came from the Detroit Scene through Garnier's Rex residencies and the terrific Kill the DJ parties at le Pulp. He has been behind the decks throughout Europe, Latin America and currently resides in New York City. As both a DJ and Amaya Mezcal Club Music Curator, he is well-equipped to take his audience on a unified journey of downtempo, melodic house with deep and dark transporting sounds. Cheers The Bartenders MUISCA @muisca_music www.instagram.com/muisca.music Schirmchendrink @schirmchendrink www.facebook.com/schirmchendrink www.instagram.com/schirmchendrink

Kunne jeg friste med en tur i Katapult? I 2000'erne var der Jackass, som forargede det meste af verden med en kombination af vilde stunts, en masse nøgenhed og en rimelig fri tilgang til kropsvæsker.. Men allerede 20 år før chokerede en gruppe studerende fra Oxford Universitet i både ind og udland med lignende udskejelser! Kom med til Skiløb i Gondol, på flugt fra politiet efter et af verdens første bungee jumps og til Spanien, hvor The Dangerous Sports Club siden starten af 80'erne skabte og eksperimenterede med ekstremsport og dumme påfund rundt omkring i verden. Primært for at vise en anden side af det bedre borgerskab. Det er fortællingen om et sammenhold baseret på vanvittig påfund. der involverede kilometervis af elastiksnor, champagne i kassevis, og en enkelt middelalder krigsmaskine eller to. Dagens Øl: Grimbergen Caractére Houblon DAGENS AFSNIT INDEHOLDER REKLAME FOR GRIMBERGEN OG ER SPONSORERET AF DEM

Cliquez ici pour accéder gratuitement aux articles lus de Mediapart : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/P-UmoTbNLs Les journalistes de « Katapult », jeune média indépendant allemand qui monte, ont décidé de lancer une édition ukrainienne produite par des journalistes ukrainiens recrutés dans les deux pays. L'initiative a connu un succès immédiat et la publication est déjà financièrement autonome. Un article de Thomas Schnee publié dimanche 24 avril 2022, lu par Jeremy Zilberberg.

In this special bonus episode on Productivity Mastery, Stoyan Yankov, the co-founder and co-host of The Leaders Who Care podcast and community platform, interviews Nina Heir, CEO and Partner at Katapult Accelerator, Katapult Climate, and Katapult Africa. Tune in and discover: ✔️ The future of Impact entrepreneurship, ✔️ Finding a balance between being professional and vulnerable, ✔️ Building a culture of trust and openness, ✔️ How taking care of others requires taking care of yourself first, and much more! Nina is CEO and Partner at Katapult Accelerator, a globally leading impact tech accelerator headquartered in Oslo, Norway. She's leading Katapult's two new thematic investment and accelerator verticals: Katapult Africa and Katapult Climate. Katapult Climate was launched as a new vertical in 2021, and Katapult Africa is under establishment and will run its first accelerator program in Kigali, Rwanda in 2022. Katapult as a whole has since 2017 invested in an accelerated 108 impact tech startups from 35 countries across its existing verticals. Nina is an angel investor and previous founder, and is passionate about the role technology and entrepreneurship play in making the world a better place for both people and the planet. Enjoy this special episode!

Von Null auf eine Auflage von 150.000: „Katapult“ ist eine der größten Erfolgsgeschichten auf dem deutschen Printmarkt der vergangenen Jahre. Im Ukraine-Krieg nun hat sich das Magazin von Anfang an engagiert und die Zusammenarbeit mit Journalistinnen und Journalisten aus der Region stark ausgebaut.Von Michael Meyerwww.deutschlandfunk.de, @mediasresDirekter Link zur Audiodatei

This week Daryn is joined by Mark McCarthy, Director of Operational Customer Experience at Katapult, a leading omnichannel point-of-sale payment platform, providing alternative purchase solutions for retailers and consumers.With over 10 years of marketing experience, Mark shared his insights into rebranding and what it means to go beyond just changing logos, as well as his experience moving his support and service team onto HubSpot. It's Mark McCarthy!Follow Daryn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darynsmith 

In this episode with Nina Heir, CEO and Partner at Katapult Accelerator, Katapult Climate, and Katapult Africa: ✔️ The future of Impact entrepreneurship, ✔️ Finding a balance between being professional and vulnerable, ✔️ Building a culture of trust and openness, ✔️ How taking care of others requires taking care of yourself first, and much more! Nina is CEO and Partner at Katapult Accelerator, a globally leading impact tech accelerator headquartered in Oslo, Norway. She's leading Katapult's two new thematic investment and accelerator verticals: Katapult Africa and Katapult Climate. Katapult Climate was launched as a new vertical in 2021, and Katapult Africa is under establishment and will run its first accelerator program in Kigali, Rwanda in 2022. Katapult as a whole has since 2017 invested in an accelerated 108 impact tech startups from 35 countries across its existing verticals. Nina is an angel investor and previous founder and is passionate about the role technology and entrepreneurship play in making the world a better place for both people and the planet. Tune in!

The second episode of the Tech for Good August podcast series features Jade Li, CEO and founder of Katapult, an EdTech startup based in Mauritius which provides Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) holiday camps for children. In today's discussion, Jade shares her passion to create games-based learning experiences, and her vision to empower the next generation of changemakers with relevant skills to challenge the status quo, but also build their creative confidence. Listen to her story. Katapult website: https://www.katapult.mu Additional links available on the podcast website: https://narratives-of-purpose.podcastpage.io/episode/on-game-based-steam-learning-a-conversation-with-jade-li

Katapult (KPLT) is a provider of e-commerce nonprime "buy now, pay later" financing with over 1.5M approved customers. The company went public via a SPAC merger with FinServ Acquisition Corp. Its CEO, Orlando Zayas, weighs in on the platform being used by companies like Wayfair, Lenovo, Purple, and Motorola.

Ein besonders gefährlicher Serienmörder war in den 70ern im Norden von England unterwegs. Es dauert mehrere Jahre bis die Polizei den Tätern ermittelte, was maßgeblich am Vorgehen der Polizei lag, denn viele der Opfer waren Sexarbeiterinnen - doch nicht alle. Damals wurde Frauen geraten nicht mehr nachts ohne männliche Begleitung unterwegs zu sein, was 1977 zu den ersten "Reclaim the Night"-Protesten in Leeds führte. Die protestierenden Frauen fanden, dass ein gewalttätiger Mann nicht ihr Leben einschränken sollte, sondern, dass sich die Gesellschaft so verändern sollte, dass Frauen auf den Straßen sicher sind. Mehr als 40 Jahre später hat sich leider nicht viel verändert: Am 3. März 2021 wurde die 33-jährige Sarah Everard in Südlondon auf dem Weg nach Hause ermordet. Und wieder gehen die Frauen für Veränderung auf die Straße. In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Rhiannon Griffith von "Reclaim the Night Leeds" darüber, was sich in der Gesellschaft, der Politik und bei der Polizei ändern muss, damit Frauen sicher auf den Straßen der Welt unterwegs sein können. Außerdem sprechen wir mit Richard Quincey vom London Dungeon darüber, wie die Legende von Jack the Ripper die Briten heute noch beschäftigt. Viel Spaß bei unserer ersten True Crime Folge mit wichtiger Message. Dokumentation über den Yorkshire Ripper von der BBC auf Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81006684?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C0%2Cd8755be63f0ce3b2d597882793d0e964db566725%3Aa58ac7b199fd6ee67dee10da694a1e72ec86bd76%2Cd8755be63f0ce3b2d597882793d0e964db566725%3Aa58ac7b199fd6ee67dee10da694a1e72ec86bd76%2Cunknown%2C Artikel über Frauenmorde von Katapult: https://katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/frauenmorde-bleiben-zu-98-prozent-straflos Coverbild: Scott Coller Social Media: Luisa Delling Overvoices: Max Tenschert & Luisa Delling