Podcasts about Knight Ridder

Two veteran political journalists Jim Asher and Dale Eisman who have investigated and analyzed Washington power for decades discuss what they saw in watching the Trump Inauguration and what they think it portends. It was a weird day from the guest list to the richest man in the world making a Nazi salute and it's likely to get more weird, they agree. James Asher, now retired, was a veteran investigative journalist and Pulitzer-Prize winning editor. Over his career, he worked as reporter and editor at five newspapers on the East Coast, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Baltimore Sun, In 2002, he moved to Washington as national investigative editor for The Knight Rider company. He later ran the Washington Bureau for the McClatchy Co., which bought Knight Ridder in 2006. Under his leadership, McClatchy set a standard for independence in Washington, winning numerous national awards for journalistic excellence. In 2017, he shared a Pulitzer for his work on the global Panama Papers document leak about off-shore tax havens. In all, he managed and edited four other projects that were finalists for a Pulitzer, including two for McClatchy and two for The Sun.  After leaving McClatchy, he worked for Injustice Watch, a nonprofit focused on criminal justice reform, and he helped The Associated Press with its coverage of the Mueller investigation of Donald Trump.  A native of Utica, NY, Asher holds a B.S. and a M.S. from Syracuse University and did postgraduate work in finance, economics and accounting in Temple University's MBA program. Dale Eisman is a veteran journalist who capped a 37-year newspaper career in Virginia and Washington DC with an eight-year stint advocating for good governance as a writer and editor at Common Cause. He's covered trials in state and federal courts and campaigns for offices from city council to the Virginia statehouse to the US House and Senate. He's also been catapulted off aircraft carriers and tracked sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Now retired, he lives in Surf City, NC.

Rosemary podcasts live from New Orleans in this episode pulling members of JAWS, a 50-year-old feminist women's organization away from workshops at their annual Camp to talk about their current diverse assignments, from national politics, to mentoring young women journalists in reporting careers that make a difference, to writing about isolation, disinformation and other indignities of the Covid age. JAWS For nearly 40 years, the Journalism and Women's Symposium has advanced the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism and also advocated for more inclusive coverage of diverse experiences and culture. Advance women in the field, is the belief, and you transform the world. At an annual “camp” and other events and projects JAWS is a powerful network of women who support each other through friendship, knowledge, tools and mentoring. Jodi Enda is the Washington bureau chief and senior correspondent for The Fuller Project, where she focuses on the effects of U.S. policies and politics on women and girls in America and around the world. She has covered government and politics at every level, from city hall to the statehouse to the White House and presidential campaigns. She has specialized in women's rights, challenges and emerging power, and lately that means the battle over abortion rights and the influence of female voters. Over her career she has been editor in chief of ThinkProgress; spearheaded CNN's 2016 election book, Unprecedented: The Election That Changed Everything; and covered the White House, Congress, presidential campaigns and national news for Knight Ridder newspapers. Her award-winning work has been published in numerous national outlets, including Vanity Fair, USA Today, CNN.com, NBCnews.com, American Journalism Review and the American Prospect. Rachel Jones holds the title of director of Journalism Initiatives for the National Press Foundation in DC. By her own description she is a writer, a feminist, and a global citizen. She is an educator and mentor as well. Over a 30- year career she has trained young journalists in the US and in Kenya. She has been especially concerned with doing and getting others to do in-depth work on global health issues. Lynn Sweet is the Washington Bureau chief of the Chicago Sun-Times. She's worked on that newspaper for more than 40 years but you've probably also seen her doing political analysis on CNN and elsewhere. She holds a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and is a former fellow at Harvard University's Institute of Politics. She is deeply sourced and richly informed. Washingtonian Magazine picked her as one of the capital's “50 Top Journalists.” Michele Weldon is and has been for more than 40 years a journalist, a professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, a storyteller, editor and author. And that's not even counting the neighborhood newsletter she began writing at age 10. She's a prolific author whose 7th non-fiction book “The Time we Have: Essays on Pandemic Living” has just come out.

Dr. Bill Coplin is an award-winning professor and founder of the undergraduate Policy Studies major at the top ranked Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. As a social innovator, Coplin is committed to transforming high school and college education into a well-rounded experience that promotes professional skill development for real-world application.Throughout his tenure, Coplin has dedicated his 65-year career to education reform across academia and for the public through teaching, advising and consulting. He is the J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence at the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. He advises nearly a million undergraduates and alumni and brings his experience as a consultant for local government agencies to his mentees. In addition, Coplin has received grants from the Sloan Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and the National Science Foundation in support of his research and educational programs.Coplin started his career as a full-time professor at Wayne State University in 1964, and quickly became Associate Professor three years later to then be tenured the following year in 1968. Prior to becoming a full time-professor at Syracuse University at 36-years-old, Coplin focused on academic research and publications. He has since released 110 books and articles across varying fields from education to geo-political international relations to corporate citizenship such as ‘doing good.' He has written articles on education in USA Today, the Albany Times Union and for Knight-Ridder publications, as well as educational websites for Newsweek magazine and the Wall Street Journal.Websitewww.billcoplin.comSocial Media Informationx.com/thehappyprofwww.linkedin.com/in/billcoplinResources MentionedDetails about Dr. Bill Coplin's bookShow Sponsor – National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) www.nape.org.ukSupport the show at www.educationonfire.com/supportHave you seen our live shows on YouTube? www.EducationOnFire.com/youtubeMentioned in this episode:NAPE Al Kingsley Summit PromoWatch Mark Taylor interview Al Kingsley about 'Creating Digital Strategies for Schools' as part of the Primary Education Summit 2023 - Visions for the Future - presented by National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) https://www.educationonfire.com/creating-digital-strategies-for-schools/

Shannon Kinney is the founder and client success officer of Dream Local Digital, a digital marketing agency headquartered in Rockland, Maine. Dream Local Digital works with newspapers, media companies, ad agencies and directly with small to medium-sized businesses on all aspects of their online marketing plans. Kinney is also a news media digital pioneer who has held start-up positions at some of the industry's most iconic legacy brands, such as the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, over the past 25 years. She was also on the cusp of helping move traditional classified advertising into the worldwide web. Kinney worked in the late nineties at Cars.com and later as Senior Director of Classifieds of Knight Ridder. She has also helped develop new industry initiatives as a Local Media Association board member. Today, hundreds of media companies turn to Kinney and her "honey badgers" team for advice, training and product development, helping thousands of businesses acquire essential multimedia solutions. Recently, Kinney issued a list of "tips" from her "entrepreneurial journey" in a newsletter. She offers valuable advice to anyone who wishes to do business in a disruptive environment. She also points out how some of her frustrating experiences trying to get legacy media companies to adapt will offer hard lessons for anyone who resists change. In this episode of “E&P Reports,” we chat with respected media executive Shannon Kinney about the entrepreneurial advice she offers that is derived from her 25+ year journey, starting as an integral part of legacy media's early adoption of the digital world to today's massively complex multimedia ecosystem.

The big Michigan political story this week: the stunning decision by Flint Congressman Dan Kildee to retire from Congress. We're joined by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Stephen Henderson to discuss the end of a mini-political dynasty and what it means for 2024 in Michigan. The heat keeps building in Republican politics: Trump refers to Americans who disagree with him as Communists, Fascists, Marxists and vermin - rhetoric that mirrors the words of Adolph Hitler 90 years ago;  Republican members of Congress throw insults at each other; One Senator tries to turn a Senate hearing into a cage match, only to have Bernie Sanders play peacemaker; The House ethics committee comes to the shocking conclusion that George Santos is a crook and a liar. Shocking! Trump says it out loud: a 2nd Trump presidency would mean the end of democratic rule as he uses the federal government to shut down dissent Michigan's presidential primary will be February 27, and Donald Trump likely WILL be on the ballot … despite Mark's best efforts New Hampshire's presidential primary will be a month earlier, but the results won't count in the Democratic delegate count The MAGA-controlled Ottawa County Board of Commissioners is looking at spending $4-million to get rid of the county's health director Would-be Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Hill Harper claims he has no bank accounts, no income, and no assets … even though he's loaned his campaign nearly a half-million dollars, owns two homes and at least one business Ohio Republicans are trying to figure out how to cancel the statewide vote in support of a reproductive rights constitutional amendment – another example of MAGA Republicans trying to overturn an election Stephen Henderson and Jeff got together for a deep-dive into Michigan politics and politicians. Henderson won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and the 2014 National Association of Black Journalists Journalist of the Year Award while writing for the Detroit Free Press. He is the host of Detroit Today,a weekday talk show that features conversations about inequality of all kinds, democratic and civic participation and great ideas from contemporary books. He is also the host of Detroit Public Television's American Black Journal, a weekly talk show featuring African American perspectives on topics around arts, culture, and community issues important to the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan and the nation. A native of Detroit, Henderson graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1988 and the University of Michigan in 1992. He has worked for the Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the Lexington Herald-Leader, and Knight Ridder as a reporter, editorial writer and editor. He was the Editorial Page Editor and a columnist for the Detroit Free Press from 2009 to 2017. The "Celebrating 91 Indictments" mugshot mug! It's the perfect Christmas gift that keeps on giving, trial after trial after trial. =========================== This episode is sponsored in part by EPIC ▪ MRA,  a full service survey research firm with expertise in: • Public Opinion Surveys • Market Research Studies • Live Telephone Surveys • On-Line and Automated Surveys • Focus Group Research • Bond Proposals - Millage Campaigns • Political Campaigns & Consulting • Ballot Proposals - Issue Advocacy Research • Community - Media Relations • Issue - Image Management • Database Development & List Management ===========================

Today we analyse the coverage of a press team in Iraq that gives us hope that the Western Bubble is not impenetrable. As a basis of today's episodes serves a Foreign Affairs article written by John Walcott who wrote about his time at Knight Ridder, a former US media outlet, and their coverage of the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iraq/journalism-press-failed-iraq-walcottThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at thewesternbubble@gmail.com or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Twenty years ago, Knight Ridder had $3 billion in annual revenue, a 19% operating margin, and a relentless determination to conquer the digital world. It was the second-largest newspaper company in the U.S. and perhaps the most focused on building a digital empire, even moving its headquarters to Silicon Valley. Within a few years, everything fell apart. In this episode, Gordon & Corey ask the man at the helm, Tony Ridder, why all the right moves never paid off.

In this podcast, Sharon Mandell describes how AI helps her team at Juniper and Juniper Networks'  IT customers to deliver better experiences.  Links to information discussed in the podcast. 2022 Juniper Networks AI Report: https://juni.pr/3CyRdyuAssessing AI Security Risk: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/12/09/best-practices-for-ai-security-risk-management/Cassie Kozyrkov's AI Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRKtJ4IpxJpB_2ei8-5eWU31EZ6uSj9_sBill Schmarzo's Big Data MBA Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaQqEd_Tx4Ep1bOIFEzDJNXI9r64rjhXLEthical Machines by Reid Blackman (Book): https://www.reidblackman.com/ethical-machines/A Beginner Guide on Synthetic Data: https://towardsdatascience.com/synthetic-data-key-benefits-types-generation-methods-and-challenges-11b0ad304b55The Real Promise of Synthetic Data: https://news.mit.edu/2020/real-promise-synthetic-data-1016Bio.Sharon Mandell is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer leading Juniper's global information technology team. In this role, she leads the ongoing enhancement of the company's IT infrastructure and applications architectures to support the growth objectives of the company. She and her team are also responsible for showcasing Juniper's use of its technologies to the world. Prior to joining Juniper in 2020, Mandell was the Chief Information Officer for TIBCO Software and previously developed her leadership strategy at Harmonic, Black Arrow (now Cadent), Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company. Throughout her career, Mandell developed a level of expertise in cyber security and compliance, enterprise architecture and road mapping, data and analytics, digital transformation and customer service. She is passionate about supporting women in STEM careers and in her free time Mandell serves on various arts and education related boards. She also proudly serves on the computer science advisory board at Temple University. Mandell holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Temple University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-mandell-juniper/ @sharonomink

Spouting Off with Karen Kataline and guests Jeremy Murphy and Janice M. Traflet Guest #1: Jeremy Murphy Jeremy Murphy is a sarcastic, embittered veteran of the media industry. Founder of 360bespoke, a respected boutique PR agency in New York, Murphy handles a full roster of clients in the lifestyle, beauty, fashion, and start-up fields. Previously, he was Vice President of Communications at CBS, where he worked for 14 years. There, he oversaw PR for many of its divisions and created its glossy magazine Watch. Murphy started as a journalist, working with Knight Ridder newspapers and Mediaweek. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and lives in New York with his cat, Champers. Guest #2: Janice M. Traflet Business historian Janice M. Traflet (Ph.D., Columbia University) explores in her research many facets of Wall Street history, especially how ordinary citizens have interacted with the securities markets over time. She is the author of the well-acclaimed book A Nation of Small Shareowners (Johns Hopkins), in addition to numerous articles in journals such as Business History, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Cultural Economy and Essays in Economic and Business History. She serves on the Financial History editorial board, in addition to the board of the Economic and Business History Society. She teaches in the Freeman College of Management at Bucknell University.

Spouting Off with Karen Kataline Bonner Cohen is currently a senior political analyst at CFACT. Mr. Cohen's articles have appeared in:  The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, National Review, Washington Times, and more. He has been interviewed on Fox News, CNN, BBC, National Public Radio, and scores of radio talk shows in the U.S. He is also the author of **The Green Wave: Environmentalism and its Consequences**, published by the Capital Research Center in 2006.  Together with Steve Milloy, he co-edited American Values: An Environmental Vision, published by Environmental Analysis Policy Network in 1996. The Committe for a Constructive Tomorrow. org Jeremy Murphy is a sarcastic, embittered veteran of the media industry. Founder of 360bespoke, a respected boutique PR agency in New York, Murphy handles a full roster of clients in the lifestyle, beauty, fashion, and start-up fields. Previously, he was Vice President of Communications at CBS, where he worked for 14 years. There, he oversaw PR for many of its divisions and created its glossy magazine Watch. Murphy started as a journalist, working with Knight Ridder newspapers and Mediaweek. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and lives in New York with his cat, Champers.

Ken Doctor, a former Knight Ridder executive and longtime media analyst, recently rejoined the ranks of working journalists. He's the founder and CEO of Lookout Local, a digital local news site in Santa Cruz, California. Ken hopes that Lookout Local can provide a model of what works in the local news ecosystem. He says he wants to change the conversation. 

Jeremy Murphy is a sarcastic, embittered veteran of the media industry. Founder of 360bespoke, a respected boutique PR agency in New York, Murphy handles a full roster of clients in the lifestyle, beauty, fashion, and start-up fields. Previously, he was Vice President of Communications at CBS, where he worked for 14 years. There, he oversaw PR for many of its divisions and created its glossy magazine Watch. Murphy started as a journalist, working with Knight Ridder newspapers and Mediaweek. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and lives in New York with his cat, Champers.

In this podcast we speak with Jim Parker, Writer, Communicator and Digital Strategist Bringing Ideas to Life! This interview will give you a great insight into how to use media in our current lives to help us become better investors - Jim discusses topics such as "cutting out the noise" and "who to trust" plus what to avoid ! Its a must listen for all investors. Jim Parker is regional director of communications with asset manager Dimensional Fund Advisors. Jim joined Dimensional in 2006 after a quarter of a century in journalism. During his journalistic career, Jim worked across all mediums – radio, television, newspapers and online media. A specialist in financial markets and economics, Jim's career took him to London, Tokyo and New York. His most recent journalistic role was with the Australian Financial Review. He has also worked for the ABC, AAP, Reuters and the American publisher Knight-Ridder. Jim is a graduate in economic history from Deakin University, Geelong and in journalism from Auckland University of Technology. He lives in Sydney with his wife and two adult children. Find out more about Dimensional Fund Advisors at Dimensional.com All information on this podcast is general in nature and is not intended to provide personal advice. Nigel Baker is the owner and Director of AFSL 234543 ,you can contact him via email on nigel@archcapital.com.au or via www.archcapital.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nigel-baker6/message

BIO: Jeremy Murphy is a sarcastic, embittered veteran of the media industry. Founder of 360bespoke, a respected boutique PR agency in New York, Murphy handles a full roster of clients in the lifestyle, beauty, fashion, and start-up fields. Previously, he was Vice President of Communications at CBS, where he worked for 14 years. There, he oversaw PR for many of its divisions and created its glossy magazine Watch. Murphy started as a journalist, working with Knight Ridder newspapers and Mediaweek. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and lives in New York with his cat, Champers. FIND HIS WEBSITE: http://f-offchole.com  

  Join Michael Zeldin in a conversation with Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, Authors ofI Alone Can Fix It, Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year: a compelling analysis of former President Trump's final year in office as he struggled to lead the nation through the worst pandemic in a century. Rucker and Leonnig recount the pandemic debates within the Administration as well as provide insight into Trump's response to the Black Lives Matter protests, his election defeat, and the January 6thattack on the U.S. Capitol. Guests Philip Rucker Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post, leading its coverage of President Trump and his administration. He and a team of Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for their reporting on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Rucker joined the Post in 2005 and previously has covered Congress, the Obama White House and the 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. He serves as an on-air political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in history. < Follow Philip on Twitter @PhilipRucker   Carol Leonnig Carol Leonnig is an investigative and enterprise reporter on The Washington Post's National Staff. She joined the paper in 2001. Her work holding governments accountable has drawn numerous national awards and led to major legislative reform and federal investigations. Leonnig and two Post colleagues won the Polk award for political reporting for uncovering the cash and gifts that Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell sought from a local businessman he was helping, which ultimately led to the governor's indictment and conviction on public corruption charges. Her reporting of the Obama administration's clean-energy stimulus program first revealed how the White House pressured career government officials to award a half-billion-dollar loan to Solyndra, a solar company whose principal owner was a major Obama campaign donor. Leonnig and a small team of Post reporters won the Selden Ring Award for investigative reporting after they uncovered hazardous levels of lead in drinking water in Washington, D.C., as well as similar water quality reporting problems across the country. Before joining The Post, Leonnig covered city halls, legislatures and Congress in various postings at the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Charlotte Observer and the Washington bureau of the former Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Follow Carol on Twitter: @CarolLeonnig Host Michael Zeldin Michael Zeldin is a well-known and highly-regarded TV and radio analyst/commentator. He has covered many high-profile matters, including the Clinton impeachment proceedings, the Gore v. Bush court challenges, Special Counsel Robert Muller's investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump impeachment proceedings. In 2019, Michael was a Resident Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught a study group on Independent Investigations of Presidents. Previously, Michael was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as Deputy Independent/ Independent Counsel, investigating allegations of tampering with presidential candidate Bill Clinton's passport files, and as Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, Foreign Affairs Committee, October Surprise Task Force, investigating the handling of the American hostage situation in Iran. Michael is a prolific writer and has published Op-ed pieces for CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Hill, The Washington Times, and The Washington Post. Follow Michael on Twitter: @michaelzeldin

Tim Crawford discovered the world of computers in the 1980s through exposure to AutoCAD while designing circuit boards in high school. What else can this computer do? he wondered. He became fascinated by the art of the possible for the computer and switched to studying computer information systems which helped launch a journey that led to his becoming a strategic CIO and sought-after global advisor. Crawford started leading IT organizations at the age of twenty-one and was immediately interested in the relationship between technology and business, well before this type of thinking became the norm.  “I'd have these statements made to me—‘hey go fix this, install that'… I'd ask myself how does this solve a business problem…but I'd constantly be told, ‘Shut up Crawford—just go do it.' That made me this awkward oddball who was interested in how technology connects in, not just tech for tech's sake.”  His interest in the intersection of computers and technology and business led Crawford to get an MBA in international business. He believes that humans have a lot to learn about when to use technology and when not to use it. He is passionate about the need to strike a healthy balance, leveraging technology where it's meaningful and setting it aside where it's not.  “It's not just about the in-depth speeds and feeds of a particular technology, but how does that connect to a business outcome? The problem is that we have not given up on that almost drunkenness that comes around technology, the ‘hey this is cool stuff.'” Crawford believes the technologies that are already available can carry us far. “If we were to stop innovating today…meaning we stop designing, stop innovating, stop producing new technology, there is so much opportunity and so much technology that's already in the marketplace to consume, that it would take us years down the path.” His two pieces of advice for younger people who are entering the field: “First, understand the connection between business and technology because that will help you relate to those outside of IT.” “Secondly, regardless of what aspect of technology you are working in, where you are in your career, or which industry you are in—think about data—the role of data and how that becomes valuable to whatever problem you're solving.” Tim Crawford is ranked as one of the most influential CIOs and regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal, CIO.com, Forbes, SiliconAngle, and TechTarget. Crawford is a strategic CIO, executive coach, and advisor who works with global enterprise organizations across industries including financial services, healthcare, major airlines, and high-tech. Tim's work differentiates and catapults organizations in transformative ways using technology as a strategic lever.  Crawford has served as CIO and other senior IT roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics, and National Semiconductor. He is a board advisor to Latent AI and a member of the Wall Street Journal's CIO Network. Tim serves as host of the CIO In The Know podcast. The weekly podcast interviews CIOs and top executives to discuss the top issues facing them today. Crawford holds an MBA in International Business with Honors from Golden Gate University Ageno School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Golden Gate University.

Jeremy Murphy is the founder of 360bespoke, a media agency that provides public relations, content development, reputation management and crisis communications for clients in categories such as luxury, arts, fashion/ beauty, hospitality, travel, media, start-ups and entrepreneurs. Previously, Murphy spent 14 years at CBS where he served many roles as a Vice President, most notably as a company spokesperson and Editor-In-Chief. In addition, he is a respected speech writer, having worked with shoe designer Steve Madden on his address to the Accessories Council; Elle magazine editor in chief Nina Garcia; media executive Dawn Ostroff (Spotify, Conde Nast, CW network) and artists like Usher, Dolly Parton, Indya Moore and Issa Rae. At 360bespoke, which he launched in 2016, Murphy has achieved national media placements for his clients in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Today, Robb Report, US Weekly, Vogue, People magazine, New York Post, WWD, Cigar Aficionado, Allure, InStyle, Harper's Bazaar UK, Morning Joe (NSNBC), Fox Business, Town & Country, New York magazine, Billboard, The New Yorker, Good Day New York, KTLA Los Angeles, WNBC-TV New York, Scripps, Yahoo Business, Sinclair/Full Measure, KGO San Francisco, WGN-TV Chicago, Gotham, and the Daily Front Row among many other outlets. At CBS, Murphy oversaw all communications to media, including press releases, statements, announcements, executive biographies, as well as speeches for the company's top leaders. He wrote remarks for CEO Leslie Moonves, CW president Dawn Ostroff, as well as executives in charge of all its divisions. Murphy also oversaw media relations for its local television, radio and out-of-home companies. He gained industry recognition when he created and edited CBS' glossy magazine Watch, which redefined the perception of custom publishing. As its editor-in-chief, he built a respected masthead that featured top editorial talents like world-famous photographers Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen von Unwerth, Art Streiber and Ruven Afanodor, as well as fashion authority Kate Betts (former editor of Harper's Bazaar and Time Design & Style); Time magazine columnist Joel Stein; New York Times contributors Ben Widdicombe, Frank DeCaro and Stuart Elliot; and Allure senior editor Kristin Perrotta as contributors. Working with these creative forces, he infused the magazine's pages with elegant and timeless features, including recreations of French Impressionist paintings at the celebrated Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris; homages to Christian Dior and Babe Paley; and a cover shoot with actress Julianna Margulies by Demarchelier at the Hotel du Cap in the Côte d'Azur. The strategy successfully transitioned Watch from a publication to a brand encompassing print, television, online, video and social media. The pivot to luxury editorial also helped attract labels such as Tom Ford, YSL, Giorgio Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, Hugo Boss, Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and Peninsula hotels as advertisers. Before CBS, Murphy worked as a reporter at Mediaweek, where he covered the nation's top 50 markets. He began as a feature writer with Knight Ridder newspapers. In 2010, Murphy was inducted into the Florida Atlantic University Alumni Hall of Fame. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bella-mag/support

Cara Brennan Allamano is the Senior Vice President of People, Places, and Learning at Udemy. Cara has deep experience scaling HR operations, recruiting, and learning & development at fast-moving, global companies. Prior to joining Udemy, she was SVP of People at Planet (formerly Planet Labs) and previously served in HR leadership roles at Pinterest, Efficient Frontier, Young and Rubicam, and Knight Ridder, among others. Cara is also co-founder of PeopleTech Partners, a group of HR leaders working to bring new HR/recruiting technologies to market. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kentucky, holds a master's degree from the University of San Francisco, and completed graduate studies at Stanford University.   Cara joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share her  extensive experience working in HR and how this career path not only serves so many people, but has so much depth and facets needed to propel organizations forward.  Cara shares guidance for women and organizations grappling with the challenges of a displaced, female workforce and how individuals and companies can shape the return of caregivers back into the workforce. Upskilling will be critical and Udemy is the leading global marketplace for teaching and learning, connecting millions of students to the skills they need to succeed. Be sure to follow Cara as a Forbes Contributor and her work with Udemy.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet. 

In this episode, I use a recent Rebel Wisdom video titled “The Q Anon Shaman and the Return of the Mythic” and my participation in a live Q and A with two of the guests in that video to dig into the topic of the rise of conspirituality in our culture. To do this digging, I use a variety of tools, including an Integral Theory lens, and an overview of how the past twenty years of US media failures has fueled conspirituality. I also discuss why I think the notion that racism is driving things like QAnon is overstated and my frustration that people I've previous jived with such as Michael Moore are promoting this. I end with some rambling about health topics, including how I make my fruit and veggie smoothies, weather in Japan and the need for good storytelling, And last in the intro, I share some thoughts about the recent transition from President Trump to President Biden Find me on social media at: 　 https://twitter.com/nihonbryan https://twitter.com/BandPRealmPod https://www.facebook.com/bryan.winchell2 https://www.facebook.com/TheBandPRealmPodcast https://bryanwinchell-japan.medium.com/ Links Mentioned in the Podcast: Rob Bell, The Rob Cast, “Me, We, Everybody” (This is part 1, but there are 4 parts!) Rebel Wisdom, “The Q Anon Shaman and the Return of the Mythic” Jules Evans, “Conspirituality: The Overlap Between the New Age and Conspiracy Beliefs” Jules Evans, “A Closer Look at the ‘Qanon Shaman' Leading the Mob” Jordan Hall, “Situational Assessment 2017: Trump Edition” Media Roots Radio Podcast, “The Origins of Qanon: Follow the White Rabbit into a Deeper Layer of the MAGA Cult, Pt 1 of 2” Movie: “Shock and Awe” (2017), A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction." Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen (a random video of his)

Our episode guest is Jeffrey J. Fox, founder of Fox & Company Marketing Consultants and author of 11 bestselling books. For more than 25 years, Jeffrey has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins.Five things you’ll learn from this episode:Some of the mistakes top marketers makeHow to improve your marketing, storytelling, and communication skillsThe four factors to sustain business successWhy customers are just “ok” How you should price your productsQuotables“Marketing is the job that helps the company identify, attract, get, and keep customers. It’s the heart and center of an enterprise.” — Jeffrey J. Fox“Marketing’s job is to point salespeople to where they should go and to arm them with the tools to make the sale.” — Jeffrey J. Fox“A lot of companies think that they’re in charge of quality. They’re not. The quality is defined by the customer.” — Jeffrey J. Fox“Customers buy for only two reasons. They buy to solve a problem or to feel good and some mix of both of them.” — Jeffrey J. FoxAbout Jeffrey J. FoxFor over 25 years, Jeffrey J. Fox has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins. Jeffrey is the founder of Fox & Company, a management consulting firm that shows clients how to dollarize their value proposition to overcome the price objection and to shorten the sales cycle. Jeffery has written 11 bestselling business books that have been translated into more than 30 languages.Jeffrey is the author of “How to Become CEO,” which was on the New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder, and Amazon.com bestseller lists. His books have been bestsellers in France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Russia. His book “How to Become a Rainmaker” was selected as one of the 100 best business books ever written. His book “Dollarization Discipline” was selected as one of the top 30 business books of 2005. He is a popular speaker, appearing regularly before senior management groups and sales forces. Jeffrey is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Fox & Company is located in Chester, CT.Contact info and resources:Fox & Company Marketing Consultants websiteJeffrey’s books:How to Become a Marketing Superstar: Unexpected Rules That Ring the Cash RegisterHow to Become a Great Boss: The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best EmployeesHow to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients Additional Resources:Axia Public Relations: https://www.axiapr.com/ About your host Jason MuddOn Top of PR host, Jason Mudd, is a trusted adviser and dynamic strategist for some of America’s most admired brands and fastest-growing companies. Since 1994, he’s worked with American Airlines, Budweiser, Dave & Buster’s, H&R Block, Hilton, HP, Miller Lite, New York Life, Pizza Hut, Southern Comfort, and Verizon. He founded Axia Public Relations in July 2002. Forbes named Axia as one of America’s Best PR Agencies for 2021.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/OnTopofPR)

Welcome to the Recruitment Hackers Podcast. A show about innovations, technology and leaders in the recruitment industry brought to you by Talkpush, the leading recruitment automation platform.Max: Hello, welcome back to the Recruitment Hackers Podcast. I'm your host Max Armbruster and today on the show, I'm delighted to welcome. George LaRocque who is SVP of insights for unleashed. Welcome to the show, George. George: Thanks Max. Thanks for having me.Max: Pleasure. George and I met in the real world, a real world event with real people you can touch and feel, right? Well you're not supposed to touch him, but that was in 2018, I think. And, back then unleashed was, I think the leading events company in an HR and TA tech, or one of the leading ones. Anyway, I mentioned you've had a pretty, shocking year. George: Yeah. That's to say the least, and I'm sure everybody who's receiving this podcast will nod in agreement. When we met, I think I was partnering with unleash, and my involvement has increased over the last couple of years. So I actually jumped on board in the middle of this craziness, as unleashes moved the business to the media, given that we get to your point, we can't get together physically at the moment.Max: Right, right. And can you tell us, for the audience, a little bit about your bio, how you ended up being a voice of TA tech? For many of us knowing. Are you a practitioner basically? George:  Yeah, I've been in this market. It's just over 30 years now, which is crazy. I spent the first 10 as a practitioner, I came out of the staffing world. Like many people make their transition. I moved from the agency side, where I was working in tech just at the end of the eighties, early nineties, and then moved over 10 years, moved on to  what would have been the client side, into the employer side. Then started a consulting firm. What would have been now called an RPO in the Boston area, focused on internet startups and our customers were all involved... Customer was called the monster board. We did all their hiring  in the Boston area for sales. ThreeComma, a Datacom company in the US back at the beginning of like, you know, TCP, IP and networking protocols.And we did engineering for them, but through that, I jumped onto the tech side. So I spent 10 years in HR technology and I was employee number 10 or 11 at a company called Brass Ring and took them through to 50 million. I had a couple of good runs and  another one people might recognize, I ran global sales for Bull Horn, through their first big VC ramp. Yep. And then I was a general manager at telemetry, which actually was Higher Desk and turned into telemetry and now they are part of Jobvite. And, 10 years ago I started in this advisory and analyst world. And that's what brings us here, it's been an evolution, up to date. And so that's where I am. Max: It sounds like you've had some pretty stressful jobs. You were well-prepared for 2020, for a stressful year. Because you were there when beating salesmen Bullhorn was going through its rapid growth phase, I guess from 10 to 100 or 10 to 50, maybe. George: That's about right. And you know, to go from, you know, zero customers at brass ring to 50 million in a few years. Right? Yeah. And then to watch the bubble burst in 2000 and be right in the, you know, like sitting on the bubble when it burst then the financial crisis of 2008. I would say the thing that prepares you just in a general sense is stress, but also you get instincts for a down market, you know, that's the part that we've seen before. But even that's different here. It's spotty, like your people are either drowning in. You know, overwhelmed with business, or they can't find it. And there's very little in between. So this is unusual, but yeah, I would say, it didn't make me any more confident than the next person, but I felt like I had some instincts to fall back on.Max: Yeah. Yeah. I guess, in March and April, I was trying to, yeah. Some up those memories from 2008 because I was a business owner back then already. And I remember the bad news just kinda following each other. It was bad news  like for six months straight.You just never see the end of it. And so 2020. I think most people knew if I head back into March that, okay, this isn't going to be a bad year.  It's going to stay with us for a while. And, you know, it's hard to know exactly if we're out of this yet, but  it teaches you to be more conservative. I'm sure people have had enough of the gloom. I hear about those businesses that can't keep up with demand. You mentioned some companies are doing super well right now. What are they focused on? George: I would say, well in the HR tech space, there are two types of companies that have done well. One, would be those tech providers who were really exclusively marketing into a really large enterprise, and had an established brand, established product. The larger employers have while they may have furloughed or had a reduction in force, you know, within recruiting or HR, some percentage of their workforce. They've also invested in some digital transformation. So we're seeing that, and that's just a fancy way of saying they're upgrading their systems, in some cases. Max: So the guy from the eighties, it's coming back. George: There you go. Yup. They've crossed the chasm. So there was definitely a tapping of the brakes, you know, April, May. Big companies weren't buying software at that time for a moment. And then, I think as we moved into later in the spring, early summer, some of the vendors that are in that segment had some of their best quarters, deals were accelerated or deals came back to life.The other type, even where you would expect companies that were marketing into the SMB or middle market would have been hit hard. And that's true. If they were focused with customers, if they were lucky enough to have companies in industries that were, let's say a grocery or a healthcare, or logistics or tech, they did better than they should. There were some vendors who cut staff and then grew at a rate greater than they expected,. and which is, you know, it's been such a difficult time for everyone but a lot of folks, a lot of vendors we're really at an early stage, they didn't have any momentum, maybe the product wasn't mature, the point solution. There were some really, tough tales to tell that came out of... There's just bad timing, for them, they weren't able to get out into the market and get that momentum, to sustain. Max: You kind of have to be past that certain level of maturity to survive a crisis like this. You are a young team perhaps, and I don't mean like literally more than 12 years old. I mean like, you know, to a point where you have a solid base of customers.George: Yeah, absolutely. Max: And we've seen, in the industry, a lot of consolidation, I guess not everybody in my audience is going to geek out on TA tech news and find out who gets bought by who. But that's your world and, maybe you can tell us, what are some of the negative trends we're seeing. On my side, I saw that there was a lot of movement from companies that were doing video. Video  used to be a category. But I think now video is more of a feature that everybody has. That was my main takeaway. George: Yep. I'd agree with that. I think the reason I tell practitioners or leaders in talent acquisition, they should watch both, what's happening in investment and with consolidation is to have a sense of what's coming their way. So if you're looking for the emerging technology, I'm not even talking about the specific vendors but, you get a sense over the period of, you know, a few quarters as to where investments are going on emerging tech, emerging solutions. It might not be emerging tech. It might not be that it doesn't have the bells and whistles, like something conversational, but you may see that, for example, right now there's a lot going into analytics and process management around recruiting.You might see not a lot is going into job boards anymore at the moment, or marketplaces which surprisingly have led the category for years. You'd see a lot going into internal mobility and matching  and those areas. So you get a sense of what's coming at the same time for consolidation if you're using point solutions and platforms, you particularly get a sense of what those capabilities are at a platform level. So if you're using an ATS, what moves are these vendors making? And if you're thinking about your tech stack in the next one - three years, I think it's a good Indicator for trends and you need to solve the problems that you have and seize the opportunities that you need to seize and look for the Cape. And it's not one size fits all out there, but these are things that I think are helpful. In that way.Max: A lot of the practitioners got into recruitment for the same reasons you did probably. To be on the sell side and busy dealing with people. And, you know, buying tech came as an add on,  not the main thing and a bit of a chore. And, I think last year, people were still. They had a little fun budget that they can spend on where they can try a few initiatives every year. And then some of those customers would sign on because they needed to show initiative. They needed to show I'm going to try something different this year and it looks good on my resume. And this year, maybe that's not so important anymore. It's more about doing more with less and asking more from your existing vendors. George: Yeah. Oh, a hundred percent. Another good reason to keep your eye on tech and what's happening, in our market and outside of our market, you know, what's happening in the world of technology? And I'm not one to ever recommend that you would modify, let's say a solution from outside of recruiting, into recruiting. That never goes well, it never scaled. But yeah doing more with less  is something that as I mentioned, you know, there have been a lot of layoffs. There are probably fewer recruiters in any given company and those recruiters are asked to do more and, having a sense of what's available to help accomplish that goal is a good thing. And it tends to look like, I think companies are either forced to address the need to automate tasks and what would be administrative to get the recruiters and the leaders in TA focused, you know, where they need to be. On with candidates, candidate engagement, working within the organization, with managers, working the process you know, they're forced to do it because they're doing more with less, or they're taking that step back.I think a lot of larger organizations that are investing in technology right now, it's, it's a way to justify some of the headcount that they're keeping they're implementing these technologies, evaluating these technologies but at the end of the day it's the same goal, which is, you know, how do we get to where freeing up the recruiters, the operators, to be on  that process and driving that process and not drowning in it. Max: Yeah. I can say from my experience, on our side, that the volume of candidates and leads process for the recruiter has tripled over the last six months. And obviously you just can't do this same thing you did before if you have three times the volume you did before. You have to change a little bit, the way you do things, because you adapt to your  environment.You were saying job boards, the big hits, I think most suppliers there and with the compounding effects of Facebook and Google driving also traffic, at least in the high volume space, the driving traffic, a lot of those traffic is free. I imagined, 2021 is probably not going to be an amazing year for indeed, and zip and those guys. Yes, there'll be some recovery. Right. I saw that Zip had some recovery in Australia in Q4. But I want to go back to, you're telling us about your early story. You're not in Boston anymore. Are you? Geroge: No I'm in New Jersey. Like most people in New Jersey, I'm, you know, 40 minutes out of New York city. Yeah. Max: Boston, for those who don't come from Boston, it's not necessarily seen as a tech hub, but I found out over the years that there was kind of the TA tech hub of the world 20 years ago. And I guess still today. Can you tell us about how'd that happen and give us a little bit of the history?George: Sure. So it really, back in those days, you know, Silicon Valley's was always the hub, right? It was always where it all sort of exploded, but there used to be maps that had, it was a map of the US and it had Boston and they shrunk the rest of the country. And then it had Silicon Valley. And you had  your tech belt. It was the highways that went around, the two highways, one 28 and four 95 that went around Boston and all the different tech shops that were either in... Cambridge was a hub for a lot of startups. MIT is in Cambridge, Harvard's in Cambridge.And then out toward the suburbs, you had a lot of larger campuses for tech shops and a couple of the larger, employment advertising shops were out. Emerging shops, innovative shops were out of Boston. And I would say that the first one to really explode and drive traction around HR tech was Adyen, the founder of Adyen was Jeff Taylor who started Monster. And so, I was at that point running a consulting shop. We had about 60 people all around Boston. And, we were dealing with some really some of the first e-commerce shops. And, I mentioned three common others, and Jeff Taylor would show up with a salesperson. Carol McCarthy was her name and they would offer us, you know, we partnered with them and we would bring free postings to our customers. And we would argue with them at the time about you've gotta be on the internet. You've gotta be on the web. And they wouldn't. It was a really fun time because we took employers to the web.We created their career sites and we. Hook them up with, places like what was called the monster board back then. and at that time, the ATS market was run by a couple of shops called Resumex and Rex Track. They own the large enterprise and larger middle market on-premise software and you had a brass ring, which came out of the Boston area. It grew out of a resume processing company. So all the job fairs, all the resumes that came into employers were on paper. And you had these systems like Resumex and Rex Track and others. You would literally go through a factory process that gets scanned optical character recognition turned into data, uploaded in a total QC process.And then, as the web was emerging or able to take applications to the web. That's where the Brass Ring emerged. And there were some other shops on the West coast  that emerged, but didn't, you know, Taleo, which was recruitment software, came out of Canada and then came down. I want to say through Chicago to, ultimately to Silicon Valley, but it was, yeah, the Boston area was teaming with, you know, early job boards early recruitment technology, this was 97, 98 to 2000.Max: It sounds like Monster had a key role to play in that. George: They really did you know, like any success story. It was a combination of vision. so they could see where the market was going and how this was going to evolve before really anybody was seeing it. And timing, they were there, and hard work. Right. And they had some good ideas. Where do they end up going? And that's a brand people love to hate on and that's fine. But they were a major player and they really helped  create the space.Max: They got big and then other problems appeared. But I mean, at the time in the late nineties, They picked that weird grand, they called themselves Monster. Everybody had a much more corporate sounding name back then. The internet was just getting started, all those dotcoms  and, I think they did it a little bit on purpose  to say, you know either you're with us, the incident folks or you're against us, you're part of the old guard. And we don't need you as a customer. It was a bit of a, you know, the boldness, the choice of brand. George: Yeah, we would do all their sales hiring.  They were on the, their first office was, the second floor over a Chinese takeout restaurant. And you know, we'd go on site, spend an hour. A couple of hours with them, with the consultants we had there, you'd leave. And you'd just smell like Chinese food from being in the office. And then as he started to grow, I remember, telling people that they would have to, you know, don't worry they're expanding. They're going to have a facility, but there are two trailers in the parking lot for now. And then just those, you know, these sorts of things that, I'm sure there are people out there somewhere that worked in those trailers. Well we put them there. Max: Yeah. And so with the universities and then maybe circumstance having this gentleman's at Taylor and starting this company in Boston for no other reason than he was there. And then, many of the alumni that moved on to start their own companies. And today I think there are a number of companies that are there, including your old employer of Bullhorn. I think phenom people are quoted there. And then a number of other companies. Was SmashFly as well in Boston?George: Yep. They were founded there. In fact the original founder of SmashFly, Mike Hennessy, was probably employee number three or four at Brass Ring. And so we worked closely together for several years and, you know, like any of those shops. And there are still people that when I've...Back in those days when we could go to events, Brass Ring is now part of IBM. And, if I go by the IBM booth, I see old friends and they've really never left. They've just gone from Brass Ring that connects to IBM. But we used to joke and say there are probably, you know, 300 people that are like the core of the industry. And they just move around and a lot of other people sort of come and go, but there are a lot more than that now, I think.Max: That's true. You do see that. And we hear that in your story is that these companies don't just die, they just merge and they move from one animal to the next. And this is sort of a Darwinian experience. Right. So it's see how it evolves. And they changed names. Like Hot Jobs do you remember that one? George: Yeah. HotJobs got acquired by Yahoo. Max: Oh, yes. George:  And, you know, it was Yahoo hot jobs and Dan Finnegan, who was the founder of Jobvite, I know, was involved with Yahoo hot jobs  and I believe the founder of, Avature came out of one of those groups. You know, early on, when you look at Brass Ring, it had, newspapers behind it.So the newspapers were, they had Excel partners out of Silicon Valley, very small stake, but over a hundred million came in from the Washington post, the Tribune companies can net newspapers, which is USA today. So newspapers were hedging, their bets against, you know, the classified business was starting to dwindle.They were looking at how that was going to go online. They also created an advertising network, which Knight Ridder became a part of. Which is where career builder grew out of, which is also where, Dan Finnegan came out of that Knight, Ridder group. So you've got different camps from the late nineties like the Post's Tribune camp and then the night Ritter camp, and then a few big brands that came out of that, that were all different. In some cases, the same newspapers in different investing groups that were putting their chips on the table, sort of hedging their bets based on what they were expecting to see with changes, and impact on their classified ad revenue. They didn't do any of it fast enough or go hard enough as we've all seen. But  that's an interesting subplot to the whole, the whole thing as well.Max: With your unique perspective of seeing people moving from place to place and companies evolving, it makes sense that you would be working in automation now. Which is, you know, a great networker and a place where the industry meets.And I think your story is one that can serve as inspiration for people who end up in recruitments and say that I don't want to be interviewing people for the rest of my life, or I don't want to be doing the same thing over and over again. Yeah you can move into technology. You can move into sales, you can move into media, and touch a lot of things and it prepares you for a rich career. And, and if you stick around long enough, then you can see the same faces over and over again. George: Good, good point. You know what? I used to think that, but it was just my great timing. You know and of course there was some of that, I entered the space and the internet was emerging and the web emerged and on demand, you know, cloud-based technologies emerged and I'm passionate about technology. So I was in the right place at the right timeAnd the other thing that's true is that I think the profession has evolved and emerged. What technology has done and what, you know, changes that all businesses have experienced is it really demonstrates how I think recruiting can really have a massive impact.And I think if you look beyond the matches that you're making and the interviews that you're scheduling and if you sort of step back and think about the impact you can have on the business. And if you pursue that internally in your current role or in your career, moving to the next role, there are a lot of places to go with that.If you can see the impact that recruiting and recruitment technology and talent acquisition can have on the market and on any given employer. I think  that's another thing that I was, there to see was sort of how this all, you know, has unfolded and I've been lucky to watch.Max: It's so important to go back to that feeling of I'm helping people get a job and, you know, a good year, a bad year, and you know, God knows 2020 wasn't a great year, but it's still up to this, you know the industry and our people to think: I'm going to help somebody get their next game.George: Yeah.Max:  I guess that's why when you go network with people who've been in the industry for 20 years they're nice folks to be around because they have that purpose in their career. And I hope for the listeners who are in the early stages of their career they can see that, it's not that easy to find purpose that once you have it and you sort of hold onto it, George: Yeah good point.Max: To wrap it up, I'd like to give you a chance to maybe promote some of your upcoming events perhaps with Unleash or tell people how to get a hold of you. George: Well, you can find unleash at unleashgroup.io, and you'll find me there. And the HR winds was my previous brand. It's still there. There's still content there, reports there, unleash is really, for the foreseeable future. It's all about media and content. So everything's there. So the. content about recruiting, about recruiting technology and the rest of the employee experience and HR spectrum, is there as well.  So I would encourage people to go take a look and I'm sure they'll find something interesting if they're listening to this podcast.Max: Absolutely. I go there myself. George interviews some of the industry leaders and has unique data on how the market is changing. So if you want to be ahead of the curve and know what's going to hit you a year or so now that's the place to go and check it out. Thanks so much, George, for joining us and for reminiscing on the old days. I am actually quite happy to know that there's now a record of those souvenirs about the Boston era that has, you know, foundational importance to the world of TA tech saved on our blog.George: Excellent. Thanks for having me. I had a lot of fun.I hope you enjoyed my interview with George as much as I did. George is a real historian of the talent acquisition tech space and from the evolution and meanderings of the industry, we can all get inspiration to constantly reinvent ourselves and renew our industry. If you enjoyed it and you're up for more subscribe to our podcast and please share with friends.

Episode 9 Black Hole, in which we discuss bad science, listen to Steve pitch another terrible movie idea, talk about Max's love for robots, and really just roast a terrible movie for a good bit of time. Oh, also Ben says some stupid stuff again. That's just a given on these shows though.  Ratings: Ash 3.5, Max 2, Ben 3, Mom .3, Dad 5. Avg: 2.76/10  Next Weeks Show: Coco (Season 2 Finale).  Sources:  Goodman, Jessica (June 6, 2014). "Neil deGrasse Tyson Thinks 'The Black Hole' Is The Most Scientifically Inaccurate Movie Ever". The Huffington Post. Korkis, Jim (August 14, 2019). "Inside Disney's The Black Hole". MousePlanet. The Black Hole - Part One: The Evolution of a Film". Mediascene Prevue. No. 39. September–October 1979. pp. 4–6. Telotte, J.P. (June 9, 2008). "Course Correction: Of Black Holes and Computer Games". The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology. University of Illinois Press. pp. 144–5. Sammon, Paul (Fall 1979). "The Black Hole" (PDF). Cinefantastique. Vol. 9 no. 1. p. 6. Gary Nelson (September–October 1979). "The Black Hole Part Two: Interview with Gary Nelson". Mediascene Prevue (Interview) (39). Interviewed by Jim Steranko. pp. 10–11. Houston, David; Naha, Ed (February 1980). "The Black Hole". Future Life. No. 16. pp. 52–5. Culhane, John (December 16, 1979). "'The Black Hole' Casts The Computer as Movie‐Maker". The New York Times. Wolland, Nigel (January 1, 2012). "70mm at the Odeon Leicester Sq, London". Anderson, Matt (August 3, 2004). "DVD review of The Black Hole". Movie Habit. Whitesell, Phil (July 28, 1980). "Disney plans show for 'older' viewers". Knight Ridder. Boca Raton News Harmetz, Aljean (February 16, 1984). "Touchstone Label to Replace Disney Name on Some Films". The New York Times Alan Dean Foster (November 22, 2007). "Interview with Alan Dean Foster" (Interview). Interviewed by Rob Queen. SFFWorld. Jefferson, David E. "The Black Hole: How Deep Is It?". Collected Jack Kirby Collector Volume 2. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 96 Walt Disney (1979). The Black Hole: A Spaceship Adventure for Robots (A Little Golden Book). Golden Press "(2) ©1979 Walt Disney Black Hole Movie Robot Nabisco Shreddies Cereal Prize Pencil Holders - TPNC" Press release: Linda Miller (October 1983). "Educational Computing from Walt Disney Productions" (PDF). TRS-80 Microcomputer News. 5 (10). p. 6. The 52nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "Intrada Announces John Barry's The Black Hole". Intrada Soundtrack Forum. August 22, 2011. Franklin, Garth (November 5, 2016). ""Black Hole" Remake Stalled Over Tone". Dark Horizons.  

An Iraqi defector's evidence becomes crucial to the case for regime change in Iraq. His codename is Curveball. Meanwhile journalists at the Knight Ridder news organisation investigate whether the White House is using bogus intelligence to make the case for war. A Somethin' Else Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Iraqi defector’s evidence becomes crucial to the case for regime change in Iraq. His codename is Curveball. Meanwhile journalists at the Knight Ridder news organisation investigate whether the White House is using bogus intelligence to make the case for war. A Somethin' Else Production.

Support the Breakfast Leadership Network! Burnout Proof Your Life Online Course. Enter the code NINETY at checkout, to save 90% off the course:https://breakfastleadership.teachable.com/p/burnout-proof-your-lifeHire Michael to speak at your event: https://BreakfastLeadership.com/speakingBuy Michael's life altering book: 369 Days: How To Survive A Year of Worst-Case Scenario: https://www.amazon.com/369-Days-Survive-Worst-Case-Scenarios-ebook/dp/B074CCLKZP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502047423&sr=8-1&keywords=369+daysContribute on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bfastleadershipOr PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/bfastleadershipBreakfast Leadership Network Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/breakfast-leadership-networkLike, Rate and Review the Breakfast Leadership Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/breakfast-leadership/id1207338410------ Edward Marshall's career has focused on leadership and team development, collaborative organizational change, executive coaching, and helping corporations transform their leadership cultures. In 2016, after 40 years in business, he joined the faculty of the Fuqua School of Business and the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, where he teaches leadership courses. He is Founder and Managing Partner of The Marshall Group, LLC, a collaborative leadership, team development, and change consulting firm, based in Chapel Hill, N.C. He has worked with C-suite executives at Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, DuPont, Marriott, IBM, and Philips, as well as entrepreneurial and mid-sized firms. In his many engagements, he has served as an executive coach, culture and organizational change strategist, team developer, and facilitator. His work has taken him beyond clients in North America to South Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. He has facilitated more than 100 change initiatives in technology, healthcare, and manufacturing companies, ranging from strategic alliances and business process redesigns, to mergers, IT integrations, and cultural transformations. As an ICF-certified executive coach, Dr. Marshall has helped many senior executives, helping them to reach their professional goals.Edward is best known for developing the best-practice Collaborative Method(sm), a suite of services that enable organizations to create a collaborative leadership culture at the organization, team, and individual levels. This methodology won the Excellence in Organization Development Award from the Association for Talent Development. In 2015, he was recognized by Trust Across America with a Lifetime Achievement Award as a Top 15 Trust Thought Leader.As a pioneer and leader in the field of collaborative leadership, team development, and cultural transformation, Edward has authored two Knight-Ridder best-selling business books, Transforming the Way We Work: The Power of the Collaborative Workplace, and Building Trust at the Speed of Change, and has been a contributing author to four other books on trust and culture change. Since 1997, he has been a nationally syndicated columnist writing In the Workplace column for American Cities Business Journals. His latest book, Leadership’s 4th Evolution: Collaboration for the 21st Century (2020), is the third in a series of books on collaborative leadership. He also holds three service marks for his work in developing collaborative leadership and change processes.Edward holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Masters from Syracuse University (summa cum laude), and a BA from Claremont McKenna College. He holds coaching certificates from Duke University and the International Coach Federation. He is also certified in a range of 360 assessment instruments. Social Media:Web page: www.marshallgroup.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-m-marshall-ph-d-pcc-a84209b/Twitter: @4thEvolutnLeadrHashtag: #Leaderships4thEvolutionAmazon Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Leaderships-4th-Evolution-Collaboration-Century/dp/1516598466/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781516598465&qid=1598660775&sr=8-1Barnes & Noble Book Link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leaderships-4th-evolution-edward-m-marshall/1137536262?ean=9781516598465

This episode from, March 17, 2016 is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by past Roundtable Board Member, Elizabeth Bartz: "Do you remember March 2016 when Dorothy (Dot) Ridings spoke as part of our 40th Anniversary Speaker Forum? In fact that was her third presentation to ART. Dorothy first spoke on the Akron Roundtable stage on September 15, 1983 when she was then President of the League of Women Voters of the United States. Dorothy returned to Akron on April 17, 1997 when she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Foundations, a national association of some 2,000 foundations and corporations that make charitable grants. And on March 16, 2016 she was—and still is—a board member for the Commission on Presidential Debates. The four debates will be held: September 29th in Cleveland, Ohio; October 7th the Vice President debate in Salt Lake City, October 15th in Miami, and October 22nd in Nashville. Akron's State and Federal Communications will be in attendance as a sponsor to the debate programs." From 1988 until joining the Council in March 1996, Ridings served as publisher and president of Knight-Ridder's Bradenton Herald in Bradenton, Florida. Dorothy's career outside of journalism includes service on a number of boards, international speaking tours, and education. Find full speaker bio, and the event details here: https://bit.ly/3koiesB

This is a special episode of a webinar that we had on our Fathering Together Facebook Page with a discussion on the impact we have on our daughter’s career aspirations! Panelists: Linda Brennan’s career has spanned management and engineering positions at Philip Morris, IBM, the Quaker Oats Company, and the Coca-Cola Company; consulting in dozens of industries, and teaching leadership, management, and strategy to audiences from undergraduates to executives. Her passion is to help others to help themselves for maximum impact. Working with ambitious and dedicated professionals, she stresses the importance of working toward a clear vision with intentionality and accountability to provide bottom-line improvement. Clients realize greater organizational performance and individual effectiveness as a result. A seasoned professional and creative problem solver, she is a widely published author. She earned her PhD from Northwestern University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and her bachelor’s from the Georgia Institute of Technology. A Six Sigma Black Belt, she earned her professional engineering license in Georgia and has been a certified Project Management Professional. Judge Verda M. Colvin was appointed by Governor Brian P. Kemp to the Court of Appeals of Georgia and sworn in on April 10, 2020. Judge Colvin is the state’s first African-American female appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals by a Republican governor. Her appointment to the Superior Court by Governor Nathan Deal on April 16, 2014 made her the first African-American female judge in the Macon Judicial Circuit. In 2016, she was elected to serve a full term after an uncontested election. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Judge Colvin attended Atlanta Public High School, D.M. Therrell. She received her Bachelor of Arts Dual degree in Government and Religion from Sweet Briar College in Virginia and her Juris Doctorate from University of Georgia School of Law where she was a member of Moot Court, Mock Trial, a member of the National Fraternity Blue Key Chapter and a Pupil in the Inn of Court. Christy Kovac serves as President and CEO of Sheridan Construction. In her role, she helps provide leadership and direction for all aspects of construction throughout the company. A Macon native, Christy earned a construction management degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA in finance from Mercer University. She chairs the Associated General Contractor’s Central Georgia Workforce Development Alliance and is on several boards including Macon Area Habitat for Humanity, United Way of Central Georgia, and Macon Chamber of Commerce. Amy Maley is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) at Merrill Lynch, where she is a Vice President and a partner of the McSwain Young Maley Group. She has 17 years’ experience in the financial services profession. Prior to that, she served as Chief Financial Officer for several Knight Ridder newspapers for 17 years. Amy holds a B.S. in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University, and is a CPA. An active member of the Rotary Club of Downtown Macon and her church, Amy has also served on the boards of many local civic and nonprofit organizations. In 2015, Amy was selected as a Career Women’s Network Woman of Achievement. Amy lives in Macon with her husband, Dan, who teaches high school physics, and they have two sons in college.

This episode, Nomi Morris, who teaches writing and journalism at University of California at Santa Barbara, talks about her experiences closing out the semester at UCSB, the challenges of teaching in a pandemic and how this cohort of 2020 students is being shortchanged of the personal interactions that are critical to a well-rounded education. To that point, she says the young people of today don't think about the future in the same optimistic terms as in the past. No one talks about making something for the 22nd century the way people once talked about the 21st century, "and that says something," Morris says. We also talk about this tough economy and how many internships and summer jobs have been canceled, but she remains optimistic that having the ability to synthesize complex ideas into a readable format — the basic tenets of journalism training — is a skill that will always have value, even if traditional journalism jobs have nearly vanished. Critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning are important attributes for any job. She talks about how studies show that people with humanities degrees often outearn STEM grads, because of their entrepreneurial instincts and ability to express themselves with clarity and craftsmanship. Nomi's fabulous career including covering Berlin for five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall for Time Magazine, CBC radio and the San Francisco Chronicle. It was an exciting time in a vibrant city. Nomi also worked for Knight Ridder (the largest in America at the time) in Jerusalem. We talk about the European model in which government invests in the arts, and the Canadian entertainment industry, of which the hit show, Schitt's Creek is just one recent example. We talk about growing up in the north, and hiding from our parents in the vast expanses of Toronto's much-missed department store Eaton's. We talk about how important it is to teach students the basics of media literacy, and being able to evaluate sources. We also discuss how much smarter young people are then they used to be, giving us a hopeful note on which to end our wide-ranging discussion. We don't talk about the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The 1975's new album or kitesurfing.

Guest: Karen Kwiatkowski. We discuss the treatment of Julian Assange and his reported torture and interrogation by US authorities in Belmash prison, the ongoing Assange extradition hearing and more.  Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, USAF (ret.) is a farmer, a teacher and a retired Air Force officer. She has degrees from Harvard, University of Alaska and a PhD from Catholic University. Before retiring she was a Pentagon desk officer who was in the building during the attack on 9/11 and worked for the Pentagon's Near East and South Asia directorate which dealt with the Office of Special Plans. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq and other aspects of foreign policy. She is a founding member of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and the recipient of the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence Award in 2018 for her insider essays which denounced a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Karen has said that the role she played as a source for Knight-Ridder is accurately portrayed in the Rob Reiner’s film “Shock and Awe.” She has also appeared in documentary films, including “Why We Fight”.  FOLLOW @karen4the6th   Find her work at LewRockwell.com, Consortium News and American Conservative.  Around the Empire is listener supported, independent media. Pitch in at Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire or paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod. Find all links at aroundtheempire.com.  SUBSCRIBE on YouTube. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon.  SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, Facebook or on your preferred podcast app. Reference Links: Why is Julian Assange Being Tortured to Death?, Karen Kwiatkowski Pray and Weep, Karen Kwiatkowski Assange in Court, Craig Murray VIPS: Extradition of Julian Assange Threatens Us All, Consortium News VIPS Fault Mueller Probe, Criticize Refusal to Interview Assange, Consortium News Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski Wins 2018 Sam Adams Award, Consortium News The new Pentagon papers, Karen Kwiatkowski, Salon In Rumsfeld’s Shop, Karen Kwiatkowski, American Conservative Conscientious Objector, Karen Kwiatkowski, American Conservative Open Door Policy, Karen Kwiatkowski, American Conservative James Comey: Justice is supposed to be blind. Bill Barr can’t see that, Washington Post

The Insurance Dudes: Craig Pretzinger & Jason FeltmanThe World Famous Insurance Dudes chat with David Meerman ScottBackgroundScott graduated from Kenyon College in 1983 with a BA in economics. After early jobs as a clerk on several Wall Street bond trading desks, he worked in the online news and information business from 1985 to 2002, holding executive positions in an electronic information division of Knight-Ridder, from 1989 to 1995.Scott moved to the Boston area in 1995 and joined Desktop Data, which became NewsEdge Corporation, ultimately holding the position of vice president of marketing until the business was sold to Thomson Corporation in 2002.At NewsEdge he and his team found that do-it-yourself programs based on creating useful content and publishing it on-line at virtually no cost consistently generated more interest from qualified buyers than expensive profession public relations programs, especially if the content was "ungated" (freely available without even requiring the reader supply personal information like an email address). Thomson Corporation terminated his employment after acquiring NewsEdge, so he started his own business as a marketing strategist.Marketing MayhemScott's ideology "the new rules of marketing & PR" is that marketing and public relations is vastly different on the Web than in mainstream media. He says that the "old rules" of mainstream media (which he asserts do not work on the Web) are about "controlling a message" and the only ways to get the message into the public domain using mainstream media is to buy expensive advertising or beg the media to write about you. He says that the rules of marketing and PR on the Web are completely different. Instead of buying or begging your way in, Scott says anybody can earn attention by "publishing their way in" using the tools of social media such as, blogs, podcasts, online news releases, online video, viral marketing, and online media. He believes that, with few exceptions, marketers gain the best return on their investment in content creation when they choose "ungated" publication.Writing for Forbes, Nick Morgan notes that "David is one of those select few people who saw and understood the social media phenomenon as it began..."Subscribe to The Insurance Dudes:Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart | Listen NotesDavid's Blog: HERE++NEW BOOK++ Fanocracy Available NOW on Amazon: HERE>>>>JOIN THE INSURANCE DUDES GROUP TO WIN SWAG!

Elisa Turner has been called “Miami’s art critic.” Probably a lot of other things too, but we won’t go there. She was an art critic for The Miami Herald when it was still owned by Knight Ridder, which no longer exists. Now that her Herald byline no longer exists either, this award-winning journalist is for sure not shutting up. Here's where to find her most current writing: Artburstmiami and Biscayne Times. In 2019 she won the Leadership Award from the Florida Chapter of ArtTable, Inc. http://artcircuitsartcentric.blogspot.com/ http://elisaturnerartcrit.blogspot.com/ http://inspicio.fiu.edu/video-categories/elisa-turner/ https://www.artburstmiami.com/ http://www.biscaynetimes.com/

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 101, originally published in October 2013. David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, advisor to emerging companies, bestselling author of eight books including three international bestsellers, and a professional speaker on topics including marketing, leadership, and social media. His previous experience is as a recovering marketing VP for two U.S. publicly traded companies and was also an Asia marketing director for Knight-Ridder, at one time the world's largest information company. David has lived and worked in New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. He currently resides in the Boston area. David currently works as an advisor to numerous emerging companies in the marketing technology field including HubSpot, GrabCAD, Libboo, VisibleGains, ExpertFile, GutCheck, and Newstex. He also spends his time working with various nonprofits that interest him including the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz, HeadCount, and Nashaquisset. In the past he was on the boards of directors of NewsWatch KK (successfully sold to Yahoo Japan) and Kadient (successfully merged with Sant) and the board of advisors of Eloqua (successful IPO in mid-2012 and sale to Oracle in early 2013). Website: www.DavidMeermanScott.com

Brett Friedman, is the co-founder & Managing Partner of Agency 21 Consulting (a21), a Miami and New York based Experiential Marketing firm that specializes in Event Management, Production, Corporate Sponsorship, Strategic Marketing and Brand Consulting. a21’s primary focus is to assist clients, partners, companies and non-profit organizations create and manage dynamic special events, while achieving maximum return on investment for corporate sponsors. Founded in 2006, a21 has developed into the preeminent culinary event management agency in North America, producing 100’s of events in 27 markets. Some of the agencies more marquee clients include: Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival, Food Network NYC Wine and Food Festival, Cochon555, Americas Test Kitchen, Shake Shack, Gurneys, Dan’s Taste of Summer, Nirvana at Sanctuary and the Palm Beach Food and Wine. With 24 diverse employees located throughout five (5) cities, a21 continues to grow through a client first approach, with a keen methodology towards maximizing profitability. Prior to establishing a21, Brett was the Vice President of Development for Alonzo Mourning Charities (AMC), a non-profit organization founded by retired Miami Heat All-Star Center, Alonzo Mourning. During Brett’s tenure at AMC and prior to his departure after 4 years, AMC’s flagship event, Zo’s Summer Groove, was widely considered one of the preeminent celebrity charity events in the country. Brett has also worked with Knight Ridder (KNR), formally the 2nd largest Media Publishing Company in the world and parent company of the Miami Herald, in their Shared Services Division. Brett was the youngest employee in the division, by 13 years and was responsible for managing three (3) sub-divisions: Telecommunications, Office Administration and Circulation with the main task of negotiating multi-million dollar national contracts for all of the 32 KNR subsidiaries. Brett was also the Knight Ridder representative for the Media Consortium, a media buying consortium between Dow Jones, Knight Ridder, The New York Times and Conde Nast.Brett graduated from the University of Florida in 1998 with a Degree in Business Administration and later went to Nova Southeastern to obtain his Masters Degree in Finance, graduating with honors. While obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree at University of Florida, Brett co-created an online Internet coupon company, CampusQpons.com, with his college roommate at the age of 21. CampusQpons.com later became FunU.com, which was an online college website that was localized to each University throughout the Southeast. The site focused on providing college students pertinent information about their schools and lives by acting as a search engine and provided online coupons and information about the popular bar/dining scene. The site successfully raised three (3) rounds of financing, with several million dollars from various Venture Capital firms, twelve (12) full-time employees and fifty (50) local college representatives at the Company’s height. Brett is fortunate to call himself a third generation Miamian who is married to Genevieve Lake-Friedman and the proud father of his ten year old son, Jake Friedman.

Is your mind quiet enough to do Tai Chi? Ken Gullette interviews Michael Dorgan, a Hunyuan Taijiquan instuctor and owner of Hunyuan Martial Arts Academy of San Jose in California. Michael is a disciple of the late Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang. He has also studied with Wong Jack Man, George Xu, Zhang Xue Xin, Feng Xiuqian and Chen Xiang. Michael was a correspondent for Knight Ridder newspapers stationed in Beijing in 1999 when he met Feng Zhiqiang. In 1980, Michael wrote the article about the Bruce Lee/Wong Jack Man fight that eventually sparked the movie "Birth of the Dragon." In this fascinating interview, Michael talks with Ken about training with Wong Jack Man, Michael's opinion about the fight, his training in Chen Hunyuan Taiji, and the importance of a quiet mind and a virtuous character if someone is to attain high-level skill in this art. Michael's website is www.taichisanjose.com. Ken Gullette's website is www.internalfightingarts.com.

Director Rob Reiner discusses his film, Shock and Awe, with fellow director Jeremy Kagan. Based on a true story, the film takes us back to the time after 9/11 when the Bush-Cheney administration claimed that then-President of Iraq Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, during their push to ramp up support for the invasion of Iraq. However, journalists at the Knight-Ridder news agency were skeptical of the evidence and stayed in pursuit of the real story while their colleagues mistakenly fed the American people news based on faulty and fabricated intelligence. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2018/Sept2018/ShocknAwe_QnA_0818.aspx

This week's BtB takes you, live, to The Palm in downtown Washington, D.C. where host Kristin Roberts interviews actor and director Rob Reiner about "Shock and Awe," the new film debuting June 14 about the Knight Ridder journalists who got the story about WMD's right when no one else did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy Keller is an award-winning former journalist, a respected literary agent, an author, speaker and acclaimed book marketing consultant. She has sold nearly 2,000 rights deals worldwide including 16 New York Times Bestsellers and 9 international bestsellers. She got her first job as a newspaper reporter as a 16-year-old college freshman. Since then, Wendy worked for PR Newswire; the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; as managing editor of Dateline magazine. What you’ll learn about in this episode: What an agent does Why you need an agent in order to get a deal with a publisher Being clear on your outcome before committing to writing a book What a platform is and why you need to build one if you want to write a book Working with a publisher vs. self publishing Different scenarios where self publishing might be your best option Strategies for success when considering writing a book Why you need something to differentiate yourself from everyone else The top things that you should be doing to build your platform How best to connect with Wendy: Website: kellermedia.com Book submission guidelines: kellermedia.com/submission-guidelines Webinars: kellermedia.com/webinars “Rent” Wendy’s brain: kellermedia.com/rent  

As a leader who listens to this show you’ve likely often heard us speak about how leaders today cannot sit on their laurels. The world of business, leadership and particularly being an entrepreneur can be highly competitive particularly if you have not found a way to truly stand out. So how do you stand out from the crowd?Our guest on this episode is Wendy Keller, aside from her very impressive resume she an absolute powerhouse and a wonderful human being. Wendy Keller is the “Chief Talent Launcher” at Keller Media, Inc. in Los Angeles. Keller Media represents authors to top publishers, they book speakers into paid engagements, and help emerging authors, speakers, entrepreneurs and small business people to plan, build and establish a growing “platform”. A “platform” is a large, growing group of fans who like and trust you, your company or your message and want whatever you’ve got to say or sell. Keller Media has placed more than 1,500 deals worldwide, including 17 New York Times bestsellers and 9 international best sellers. Wendy started her first business at age 15 and got her first paid newspaper job as a 16-year-old college freshman. A former award- winning journalist, she also worked for PR Newswire, the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain and became the associate publisher of Los Angeles’ then-second-largest weekly Spanish newspaper. She founded Keller Media in 1989.Wendy Keller is the author of 31 of her own properly published books under 9 pseudonyms and a handful of self-published books. She’s been featured on lots of media from Dr. Phil to Dateline, Wall Street Journal to Parenting magazine, Chicago Tribune to New York Post, and hundreds of other interviews on radio, print, podcasts and television. In fact THE WORLD CONTAINS MORE THAN 4.6 MILLION COPIES OF KELLER MEDIA BOOKSHer most recent book is “The Ultimate Guide to Platform Building”, from Entrepreneur Press.Wendy is passionate about platform building! She speaks, teaches and trains and consults anyone who will stand still on how to exponentially grow their presence in their marketplace using customized, powerful platform building strategies. Please go to www.KellerMedia.com to discover how Keller Media may be able to help you.For the platform building book: www.KellerMedia.com/Platform-Book For training: www.KellerMedia.com/WebinarsTo Hire the Host Dov Baron: http://FullMontyLeadership.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk rainmaking, dollarisation, lessons from paperboys, why you should park out back, why you should never drink coffee on a sales call, killer sales questions, pre-call planning. This episode is for those who are selling anything, whether it is an idea to their boss, product to their client or the idea of a new car to their partner. For over 25 years, Jeffrey Fox has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins. Jeffrey is founder of Fox & Company, a management consulting firm that shows clients how to dollarize their value proposition to overcome the price objection and to shorten the sales cycle. Fox has written eleven best-selling business books that have been translated into over thirty languages Fox is the author of How to Become CEO which was on the NY Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder, and Amazon.com best seller lists. His books have been best sellers in France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Russia. His book How to Become a Rainmaker was selected as one of the 100 best business books ever written. His Dollarization Discipline was selected as one of the top thirty business books of 2005.  He is a popular speaker, appearing regularly before senior management groups and sales forces. Jeff is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Fox & Company is located in Chester, CT

Bill Tomson has been an agriculture reporter for 22 years. He graduated from Central Michigan University and started his career as a correspondent for Knight Ridder in Sao Paulo, Brazil, reporting on soybeans, corn and wheat production. Bill also covered the automobile and telecommunications sectors there.Since then, Bill has covered ag for Dow Jones, Politico and now Agri-Pulse in Washington DC. Bill currently focuses on trade issues for Agri-Pulse, where he recently broke the story on the details of the U.S.-China deal to resume beef trade.The U.S. dairy sector is fighting harder than ever on several fronts to halt the European Union’s global efforts to block cheese producers in other countries from using names like Roquefort, Asiago and Gorgonzola on the products they export.“We can’t afford to lose this race with the EU,” Vilsack said. “Mexico is our number-one market … for dairy products, so clearly what happens here will make a difference to the nearly 42,000 (U.S.) operations that are producing product.”The Centre County Farmland Trust (CCFT) is gearing up for a signature event that shines the spotlight on local farms, local farmers, and local food.“Our work depends on a community that values farmland,” said Sarah Walter, Executive Director of CCFT, “people protect what they care about, and they care about what they know – so this is our way of helping people to get to know the farmland in their back yard.”

Wendy Keller is an award-winning former journalist, a respected literary agent, an author, speaker and acclaimed book marketing consultant.  She got her first job as a newspaper reporter as a 16 year old college freshman. Since then, Wendy worked for PR Newswire; the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; as managing editor of Dateline magazine; and as associate publisher of Los Angeles’ and later, the second-largest Spanish language weekly, La Gaceta. Wendy was 26 when her own first book was published.  Today, she is the author of 31 published books under 9 pseudonyms and 11 self-published books.  She has been a featured guest on 53 television programs, including Dr Phil, Dateline NBC, CBS The Early Show, Hannity and Colmes, and more.  She has been a guest on +500 radio shows, primarily in North America, and has been interviewed/quoted in The Chicago Tribune, New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, and many more. She has personally taught +20,000 authors how to get published; and over 7,500 people how to get started as paid, professional speakers – a major method for selling lots of copies of a book. She founded what is now Keller Media, Inc. as “ForthWrite Literary Agency” in 1989.   Show Notes Keller Media: sells books to publishers, building platforms to build businesses Being a regional expert – distinguish yourself from other businesses in your area. Personality determines what type of platform you should build. kellermedia.com/bizquiz Building a platform will help your business in as little as 60 days! Writing a book – you must have a platform! Specialty, interviews, articles, etc are all part of your platform. Non-fiction book proposal is like a business plan for your book. Agent sells it to a publisher. Write the book. Publish the book. Get media. If you don’t have a platform, will have to self publish, and will not be as successful. Wendy does a mock consultation about how to take a platform and turn it into revenue. Test strategies before spending a lot of money. Language, color, theme, etc. all contribute to success of platforms. Meeting planner will arrange the speaking engagements you will be booked with. Demo real, website, social media – all contribute to your likelihood of getting booked to speak at an event. 45-60 minutes is a typical amount of time that speaking engagements take. If you are teaching or training, use powerpoint. Wendy shares a personal story of a set back she suffered in her life. With the decision to get through it, things will improve. Heroes: Andrew Carnegie, Tony Robbins, etc. Rituals: Wake up in a good mood, Journaling, Rowing and Lifting weights, Meditation. Favorite Book: The Ultimate Guide to Platform Building by Wendy Keller. The Art of Woo. Think and Grow Rich Best business advice: “It’s about them- shift your perspective” Contact: http://www.kellermedia.com/ http://www.kellermedia.com/platform-book/ Like what you hear? Subscribe! If you’ve found any value or helpful information in the Chiro Business Mojo Podcast then we’d love to hear about it! Please head over to iTunes and subscribe. While you’re at it, leave us a rating (5 stars would be great) and a review so others can find us! If you have any questions or comments about this show or its contents, please post them in the comments area below and we’ll be happy to answer them!

Wendy Keller is an award-winning former journalist, a respected literary agent, an author, speaker, acclaimed book marketing consultant, and branding expert. She got her first job as a newspaper reporter as a 16-year-old college freshman. Since then, Wendy worked for PR Newswire; the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; as managing editor of Dateline magazine; and as associate publisher of Los Angeles’ then-second-largest Spanish language weekly, La Gaceta. She is the author 31 published books under 9 names, plus dozens of self-published books, and is responsible for over +1,500 deals sold for other authors – including 17 New York Times best sellers and 9 international best sellers. She not only gets to live her own “writer dream”, she and her team at Keller Media get to make that dream come true for lots of other people! Wendy writes, speaks and consults on business topics including: brand building, publishing, speaking, platform building and marketing (a book, a speech, a product or a service). Keller Media trains people to become (more) successful authors, speakers and entrepreneurs. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Wendy’s background How Wendy got into platform building Why platform building is more than marketing Wendy’s Biz Quiz for figuring out the kind of platform that is best for you Why you don’t have to everything and be everywhere to build a platform How Wendy customizes platforms based on her clients’ goals Assembling the right equipment for starting to build your platform (ex: if you’re starting a podcast, you need audio equipment) Testing your content against the real world, figuring out what people respond the most to, and leveraging the heck out of it Why you need to run Facebook ads — and how to do it effectively How to spend your marketing budget What to do when response starts to wain The screening process Wendy and her team do before taking on clients Why speaking for free can be a good strategy in the right industries What’s next for Wendy Ways to contact Wendy: Book: “The Ultimate Guide to Platform Building” BizQuiz: www.kellermedia.com/bizquiz For a transcript of today's episode, go to: systemexecution.com/wendy-keller

Wendy Keller is an award-winning former journalist, a respected literary agent, an author, speaker and acclaimed book marketing consultant. She got her first job as a newspaper reporter as a 16-year-old college freshman. Since then, Wendy worked for PR Newswire; the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; as managing editor of Dateline magazine; and as associate publisher of Los Angeles then-second-largest Spanish-language weekly, La Gaceta. She founded what is now Keller Media, Inc. as ForthWrite Literary Agency in 1989. She has sold an astonishing 1,500 rights deals worldwide, including 17 New York Times best-sellers and 9 international best sellers. Wendy was 26 when her own first book was published. Today, she is the author of 31 published books under 9 pseudonyms and 11 self-published books. Her next book, “The Ultimate Guide to Platform Building,” will be published by Entrepreneur Press in Fall 2016. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Why Wendy started her own agency and how she was able to grow it quickly The physically and emotionally devastating experience Wendy experienced early in her career Creating a business that lets you live your life on your own terms How Wendy helps entrepreneurs as a literary agent (it’s not just selling books!) Some of the big mistakes entrepreneurs make The things Wendy wishes she would have done earlier Why you need to delegate whatever you can The best hiring strategy Wendy’s strategies for recognizing great employees How Tony Robbins changed Wendy’s life Why it’s so important to do what you say you’re going to do when you say you’re going to do it Wendy’s list of five things that have to get done every day How to set clear expectations of others Making life as systematized as possible Growing your personal platform Ways to contact Wendy: To contact Wendy: www.kellermedia.com/contact-us To pitch a book: www.kellermedia.com/query Speaking information: www.kellermedia.com/webinars Personal website: wendykeller.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/WendyKellerCompassionPage

Wendy Keller is an award-winning former journalist, a respected literary agent, an author, speaker and acclaimed book marketing consultant. She got her first job as a newspaper reporter as a 16-year-old college freshman. Since then, Wendy worked for PR Newswire; the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; as managing editor of Dateline magazine. Favorite quote or lesson? Stay in the present moment -- and -- look at the situation from the other person's perspective. How do you define success? Success is freedom -- Wendy craves the ability to set her own tasks.   Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success”  How can we become better mentors? Ask questions Listen for the answers Trust your instincts How can we build an audience? Build a Facebook public figure page Utilize "giver's gain" -- write an eBook, create an MP3, create an instructional video, etc. How best to connect with Wendy: Book: "Ultimate Guide to Platform Building" Business website: www.kellermedia.com/ Email: help@kellermedia.com

My guest today wanted to find out what kind of woman would make the best U.S. President after he voted for President Obama and realized he was not who he thought he was. What Stanford Erickson discovered was the traits associated with being a Mama's boy or girl or Daddy's boy or girl made a difference in how you approached things. So he went and looked at 8 female world stage leaders including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Angela Merkel, Carly Fiorina, Elizabeth Warren, Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson.  When you look at these powerful woman and use the filter of mama's girl or daddy's girl, not from a negative perspective but from a leadership trait, it is interesting to see why they have been successful or not as successful as they could be. Stanford's current book, The Kind of Women who Can Be President of the United States is more a book about leadership and leadership styles than a book about why women are not be elected to the highest office in this country versus others. My eyes opened when I read his book, a follow up to Mama's Boy Presidents Why Do We Keep Electing Them?They didn't open because of the title. They opened because of the content. Having spent 30 plus years as a journalist covering the political beat as a bureau chief and more and having interviewed three President's including Nixon and Reagan, Stanford is uniquely qualified to write this book. I love perspective shifting reading that give me new questions to ask. I looked back at myself while reading the book and while interviewing Stanford on the show and I learned a few things about myself. Tweet and let me know what you learn about yourself and those around you. Stanford Erickson is a thirty-five year member of the National Press Club in Washington, DC, and a former member of the Overseas Press Club in New York City. For more than twenty-five years, as a Bureau Chief in Washington, DC, and a reporter and editor in New York City, he covered Presidents, Congress, Administrative and Regulatory Departments and Agencies. He interviewed Presidents and other world leaders and many significant business leaders in the country. As a journalist, he worked for Hearst, McGraw-Hill, Knight-Ridder and The Economist Group. As a journalist he worked in San Francisco, Korea, Chicago, New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia. He was a speechwriter in Washington, DC, and then headed up public relations worldwide for the largest U. S. ship company, traveling through North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He then returned to his first love journalism, working for Knight-Ridder and The Economist Group and then, with investors, he bought and turned around Farm Journal, the largest media company serving farmers in the United States. At one point in his career, he was generally considered one of the most knowledgeable journalists in the United States reporting on world trade and international economics. In 2012, he published a non-fiction book, How To Be Wiser Than Solomon, and later in October 2012 published another non-fiction book, Mama’s Boy Presidents: Why Do We Keep Electing Them?  In  2016, Erickson published the non-fiction book The Kind of Women Who Can Be President of the United States. Both books about the U. S. presidency involve biographies of past presidents and  explains what it takes to be a successful president in the 21st century. www.stanforderickson.com  

Wendy Keller is an award-winning former journalist, a respected literary agent, an author, speaker and acclaimed book marketing consultant. She got her first job as a newspaper reporter as a 16 year old college freshman. Since then, Wendy worked for PR Newswire; the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain; as managing editor of Dateline magazine. She founded what is now Keller Media, Inc. in 1989. She has sold an astonishing 1,200 rights deals worldwide, including 16 New York Times best sellers and 9 international best sellers. Secret – timesaving technique Wendy is obsessively focused on lists – and she also blocks out all distractions. ONWARD! Daily habit that contributes to success Focus every morning on detachment, service, and love – Wendy starts every day with meditation. Could have ruined your business – but now – an invaluable learning experience Wendy was dealt the worst personal tragedy imaginable – and Wendy tells the whole story here. Most critical skill you think business owners need to master to be successful "Humility is so important – be teachable." Most influential lesson learned from a mentor "Nobody gives a [bleep] what you want to write about – they are only interested in what interests them."   Final Round – “Breaking Down the Recipe for Success” What systems would you go back and put into place sooner? I would have had hired a fulltime, live-in nanny (especially if you're a single mom) – don't live with constant mother guilt. What one strategy or “recipe” would compound into big wins for business owners? Respect and pay attention to your employees – trust them and allow them to grow. How to exceed expectations and add the most value? An individual would be equipped to succeed – and you have to work with them to get them there. What strategy would you recommend new business owners focus on to best ensure success? Don't cut corners – you are responsible for the quality of your service Find an environment where you can focus Make sure that any contract you are involved in has been vetted by an attourney Get a DBA – you really do need it How best to connect with Wendy: Personal website: http://wendykeller.com/ Business website: http://www.kellermedia.com/queries Email: wendy@kellermedia.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WendyKellerCompassionPage/   You can also find us here: ------ OnwardNation.com ------

I spoke with Todd Miller, the CEO of gwabbit, a leading ERM and data optimization solution. Miller is also the founder of WebFeat, the former CEO of Knight Ridder's SourceOne subsidiary, and the owner of four information technology patents. We discussed the genesis of gwabbit, the problem it solves in the marketplace, how firms in the AmLaw 100 and 200 are using it, and the company's plans for the 2015 ILTA conference, among other topics.

I spoke with Todd Miller, the CEO of gwabbit, a leading ERM and data optimization solution. Miller is also the founder of WebFeat, the former CEO of Knight Ridder’s SourceOne subsidiary, and the owner of four information technology patents. We discussed the genesis of gwabbit, the problem it solves in the marketplace, how firms in the AmLaw 100 and 200 are using it, and the company’s plans for the 2015 ILTA conference, among other topics.

I spoke with Todd Miller, the CEO of gwabbit, a leading ERM and data optimization solution. Miller is also the founder of WebFeat, the former CEO of Knight Ridder’s SourceOne subsidiary, and the owner of four information technology patents. We discussed the genesis of gwabbit, the problem it solves in the marketplace, how firms in the AmLaw 100 and 200 are using it, and the company’s plans for the 2015 ILTA conference, among other topics.

I spoke with Todd Miller, the CEO of gwabbit, a leading ERM and data optimization solution. Miller is also the founder of WebFeat, the former CEO of Knight Ridder’s SourceOne subsidiary, and the owner of four information technology patents. We discussed the genesis of gwabbit, the problem it solves in the marketplace, how firms in the AmLaw 100 and 200 are using it, and the company’s plans for the 2015 ILTA conference, among other topics.

Briar Mitchell Has been a illustrator and writer for over forty years briar's work has beem exhibited at the smithsonian ,warner brosand disney Briar traveled the world with the air force exhibiting work for national archives. .For over 25 years, Jeffrey Fox has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins. Jeffrey is founder of Fox and Company, a management consulting firm that shows clients how to dollarize their value proposition to overcome the price objection and to shorten the sales cycle.  Fox has written twelve best-selling business books that have been translated into over thirty languages. Jeff is the author of “How to Become CEO,” which was on the NY Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder, Amazon.com, best seller lists.  His books have been best sellers in France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong and Russia.  His book, “How to Become a Rainmaker,” was selected as one of the 100 best business books ever written. His “Dollarization Discipline” was selected as one off the top thirty business books of 2006. 

Workshop Wednesdays with Tony Gambone with his guest Jeffrey Fox & George Athan. For over 25 years, Jeffrey Fox has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins. Jeffrey is founder of Fox & Company, a management consulting firm that shows clients how to dollarize their value proposition to overcome the price objection and to shorten the sales cycle. Fox has written eleven best-selling business books that have been translated into over thirty languages Fox is the author of How to Become CEO which was on the NY Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder, and Amazon.com best seller lists. http://www.foxandcompany.com   As the CEO of MindStorm and speaker at live events, George Athan help business owners of B2B companies rapidly grow their business by creating the most effective marketing campaigns and developing a killer sales force. George believes that he can be a tremendous asset to your listeners. In addition to our consulting practice, he personally helps many entrepreneurs, home based business owners, and aspiring CEO's get into the business arena so I can discuss in detail exactly what should be focused on at every stage of the business. http://www.mind-storm.com

David Meerman Scott is a marketing strategist, advisor to emerging companies, bestselling author of eight books including three international bestsellers, and a professional speaker on topics including marketing, leadership, and social media. His previous experience is as a recovering marketing VP for two U.S. publicly traded companies and was also an Asia marketing director for Knight-Ridder, at one time the world's largest information company. David has lived and worked in New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. He currently resides in the Boston area. David currently works as an advisor to numerous emerging companies in the marketing technology field including HubSpot, GrabCAD, Libboo, VisibleGains, ExpertFile, GutCheck, and Newstex. He also spends his time working with various nonprofits that interest him including the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz, HeadCount, and Nashaquisset. In the past he was on the boards of directors of NewsWatch KK (successfully sold to Yahoo Japan) and Kadient (successfully merged with Sant) and the board of advisors of Eloqua (successful IPO in mid-2012 and sale to Oracle in early 2013).

Clark Hoyt, the Washington editor of Knight Ridder, is joined by Loius Fraga, associate professor political science at Stanford, and Joan Walsh, editor in chief of Salon.com, in a discuss issues raised in Mr. Hoyt's Knight Lecture.

Clark Hoyt, the Washington editor of Knight Ridder, discusses the challenges of telling news accurately in the face of government pressures and a changing media environment. (May 15, 2006)

This week's program is short because I'm taking some time off for the Independence Day weekend, but I wanted to pay tribute to Knight-Ridder and the San Jose Mercury News. Also this week I replaced the battery in my aging Ipod.

Mexico has three major political parties, but all the attention in this year's presidential campaign has been on two candidates. One is a populist who appeals to the poor. The other a conservative free-marketeer preferred by the business elite or, as American-style negative ads would have it, a dangerous leftist against a corrupt administrator whose family got rich on government money. Andr--s Manuel L--pez Obrador of the left-leaning PRD, the Party of Democratic Revolution, and Felipe Calder--n of the PAN, the conservative National Action Party of current President Vicente Fox. Roberto Madrazo of the PRI--the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 70 years--appears to be out of the running. We hear about security, trade and immigration, and why Americans north of the border should care about an election that's just over two weeks away but still too close to call. Making News: Senate Rejects Dems' Calls for Troop Pullout from IraqAs expected, the Senate today defeated two Democratic proposals to establish timelines for withdrawing troops from Iraq. Much on the minds of both parties: elections this November and in 2008. Jim Kuhnhenn covers Congress for the Knight-Ridder newspapers.Reporter's Notebook: Ghana Moves Up at the World Cup, US Is OutFour years ago, America's team made the quarter finals of the World Cup in the best showing since 1930. This year's team had high hopes and a high ranking, but it's all over. The Black Stars of Ghana, which has never been in a World Cup before, have advanced to the second round after defeating the US team 2-to-1 today in Nuremberg, Germany. We hear more from Frank Dell'Apa, who writes for the Boston Globe and ESPN.com, and Maurice Quansah of Ghana's Graphic Sports.

Women correspondents who covered the war in Iraq will join us by phone. May Ying Welch, freelancing with Al-Jezeera, Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times London, Hannah Allam with Knight Ridder and others will talk about the perspective that women bring to the coverage of the war. Marking the 57th anniversary of KPFA we host former programmers from KPFA Women's Department in the 1970's through the 1990's. The post Women's Magazine – April 17, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.

The recent sale of Knight Ridder the country's second-largest newspaper chain to McClatchy follows one of the most difficult years the industry has had -- declining circulation job losses and falling stock prices. Newspapers it would seem have two big strikes against them: They are in a mature industry and they are a textbook example (stockbrokers are another) of an intermediary between sources of information and customers -- a role that is being increasingly challenged by the Internet. To remain competitive in the coming years say Wharton faculty and others daily newspapers will have to strengthen their efforts to attract younger readers make more imaginative use of the Internet and develop stories mostly local in nature that better meet the needs of time-pressed subscribers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The McClatchy newspaper chain is buying the larger Knight Ridder chain. What does this latest episode of corporate media concentration mean for journalism? We'll hear from Ben Bagdikian, author of the landmark book, The Media Monopoly, and former UC Berkeley Journalism School dean. It's well-established that Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress fed all kinds of bogus stories to the US media to help make the case for the Iraq War. With the invasion's three-year anniversary looming, the new issue of Mother Jones exposes yet another INC tall tale. We'll talk to reporter Jack Fairweather about what he uncovered. The post Counterspin – March 17, 2006 appeared first on KPFA.

Jamie Court on Gas Prices and Jonathan Landay on FEMA & Michael Brown This week on CounterSpin: Is $4 a gallon gasoline the natural consequence of damage done by Hurricane Katrina? Where some see profiteering, many media analysts, like Newsweek's Robert Samuelson, see the market working exactly as it should. We'll hear from Jamie Court of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights about what's unnatural about price spikes at the pump. Also on the program: Was now-ousted FEMA Chief Michael Brown really in charge of the emergency response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster? A September 14th report by the enterprising reporters with the Knight-Ridder news service says no, lending credence to suspicions that Brown might have been something of a scapegoat. We'll talk to Knight-Ridder reporter Johnathan Landay about who was really in charge of the federal response to Katrina. The post Counterspin – September 16, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.