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Matt McGee, founder of MRM Education, shares invaluable insights on college admissions and the importance of fostering academic curiosity in students. He emphasizes that success in the college application process is not merely about getting into prestigious schools but about discovering and pursuing one's true interests and passions. With over a decade of experience in tutoring and college consulting, Matt highlights the significance of resilience and perseverance in achieving long-term goals. He also discusses the growing mental health challenges faced by students transitioning to college and offers strategies to help them adapt. Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of how to navigate the complexities of college admissions and the vital role personal interests play in shaping a fulfilling educational journey.Matt McGee, the founder of MRM Education, shares valuable insights into the college admissions process and the importance of fostering genuine academic curiosity in students. With over a decade of experience as a tutor and consultant, McGee emphasizes the need for students to pursue their passions rather than merely attempting to meet the expectations of colleges. He argues that colleges look for intellectual curiosity and genuine interest in a subject, rather than a checklist of achievements. McGee discusses the significance of perseverance, resilience, and emotional intelligence in navigating the complexities of education and college admissions, offering advice on how students can make themselves stand out by engaging deeply with their interests. Through anecdotes about his students' successes, he illustrates how a commitment to personal passions can lead to more fulfilling educational experiences and opportunities for acceptance into competitive universities.Throughout the conversation, McGee also addresses the mental health challenges faced by students during the transition to college. He highlights the growing pressures surrounding college admissions and the anxiety that often accompanies the process. By focusing on self-discovery and emotional resilience, he believes students can better cope with the inevitable setbacks they may encounter when applying to colleges. He encourages families to view college as a stepping stone toward personal and academic fulfillment, rather than simply as an endpoint in their educational journey. This holistic approach to education not only prepares students for the rigors of college life but also instills a sense of purpose that can guide them throughout their careers.The episode concludes with a powerful reminder: the key to successful college applications lies in authenticity. McGee urges students to understand themselves deeply and embrace their unique interests, as this genuine enthusiasm will resonate with admissions committees. By applying to schools that align with their passions and values, students can find a college environment that supports their growth. McGee's insights serve as a crucial reminder that the college admissions process is not merely about getting accepted into prestigious institutions, but about finding the right fit for each student's individual journey.Takeaways: Engaging in an area of genuine interest is more important than just aiming for prestigious colleges. Students should focus on developing their passions and intellectual curiosity throughout high school. Perseverance and resilience are key traits that students must cultivate for long-term success. Understanding the specific values and strengths of a college can guide better application choices. College admissions processes can be opaque, and students need to prepare for setbacks. Fostering emotional intelligence is crucial for students transitioning to college life. Links referenced in this episode:

This week's guest is Matt McGee: bandleader for emo karaoke band "The Dom Telonges"We talk about his journey from original music to emo karaoke, having Bowling for Soup open for them at their first show, and how pop-punk may be the next cringey nostalgia concept for bands looking to make a splash in their local market!And since Matt just got back from When We Were Young Fest in Vegas, we talk about how emo fans and boomer rock fans are pretty much the same. You can find Matt's band @thedomtelonges on IG!Blank Contracts & Riders: https://www.coverbandconfidential.com/store/performance-contractsBacking Track Resources: https://www.coverbandconfidential.com/store/backing-track-resourcesThank you so much for tuning in!  If you want to help be sure to like, subscribe and share with your friends!  Linktree: linktr.ee/adampatrickjohnson                linktr.ee/coverbandconfidentialFollow us on Instagram!@coverbandconfidential@adampatrickjohnson@danraymusicianIf you have any questions please email at:Coverbandconfidential@gmail.comConsider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/coverbandconfidentialOr buy us a cup of coffee!paypal.me/cbconfidentialAnd for more info check out www.coverbandconfidential.comGear Used in this Video (Affiliate):Sony ZV-E10 Mirrorless Camera: https://amzn.to/3DBqtOyElgato Prompter: https://amzn.to/3X3IAq8 Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/4dDCJx0 Elgato Stream Deck XL: https://amzn.to/3gKjhqiMagic Arm Camera Friction Mount: https://amzn.to/3SK5yNk

For this episode I talk to Matt McGee, founder of MRM Education, a tutoring and college admissions consultancy that promotes academic curiosity, mental health, and confidence in students. With over a decade of experience as an admissions specialist, consultant and tutor, his intensive mentorship method has helped hundreds of students raise their grades and gain admission to Ivy Plus schools.Matt's method focuses on managing student expectations, mental health support, and advocating for neurodivergent students. In our talk he shares insights on building a business, the challenges of burnout, and the importance of staying connected to the core mission of supporting students' long-term success.For all links and resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.educatorforever.com/episode105.

Should we treat education as an investment? Funding and advocacy with Matt McGee Teach Better Talk PodcastThe ultimate must-listen for every teacher and educational leader, Teach Better Talk dives into the key questions that drive education today.Weekly interviews with experts from around the world, sharing cutting-edge science, groundbreaking research, and practical tools to help you master the art of teaching, efficiently manage a school, and reach every learner in your community.Catch the official podcast of the Teach Better Podcast Network every Tuesday through Thursday for fresh episodes to inspire, inform, and ignite your passion for education.► Thanks for subscribing!

Send us a Text Message.In this enlightening episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we delve into the world of education and college admissions with Matt McGee, founder of MRM Education. Matt shares his extensive experience in admissions consulting and tutoring, offering valuable insights into the college application process, tips for finding the right tutor, and advice for parents raising college-bound kids. Join us as we uncover strategies to alleviate the anxiety of college admissions and foster academic excellence.www.mrmeducation.com

Matt McGee is an educational expert, tutor, and college admissions specialist. He is the founder of MRM Education - An elite tutoring and college admissions consultancy that aims to fosters academic curiosity, mental health, and confidence in students' - with the ultimate goal of admission into a top university. Matt is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and has over a decade of experience as a tutor. His intensive mentorship method helps students raise their grades and gain admission to Ivy Plus schools.Matt and I talk about neurodiverse students, how technology impacts college admissions, some students he's helped get into great colleges, how he became a tutor, best practices for standing out to admissions, choosing the right college, building a business, how he got where he is today, and a lot more. For more on Matt, checkout his site mrmeducation.com, or on Instagram @mattmcgee_edconsulting and @mrmeducation.Episode 0105 - College Admissions Anxiety, Neurodivergent Paths, And Using Your VoiceHit subscribe and follow for more conversations with fascinating people and unorthodox teachers. See ya next episode! - Jacob

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Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Jan Abernathy is the Chief Communications Officer at The Browning School in New York, a K-12 all-boys school with 400 students. She is also the president of the New York City Independent School Communications Professionals, which has over 120 members throughout the tri-state area. Jan is the principal of a consulting firm and a trustee of Grace Church School. She has written for NAIS's Independent Schools Magazine on crisis communications and how schools responded to the Black@ movement. Marjorie Jean-Paul is the Chief Community Engagement Officer at Buckley Country Day School, where she heads up development, alumni relations, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is an experienced fundraising professional working within corporate and non-profit settings. During her professional career, she has raised support for independent schools, colleges, universities, and other non-profits. Prior to joining Buckley, Marjorie served as the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the Waldorf School of Garden City in New York. Marjorie has extensive experience working as a philanthropic and management consultant, including as a senior director at Changing Our World, a fundraising consulting firm specializing in major fundraising campaigns and corporate philanthropy. She is a graduate of Cornell University. She also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Nonprofit Management and Organization Development from The New School. Marjorie recently completed the DEI Certification Program at Cornell University. She is also a member of the 2021 cohort of the NYSAIS Justice, Equity, Diversity Institute, a year-long program for administrators at independent schools. Here are links to the resources mentioned in PART 2 of our conversation with Jan Abernathy & Marjorie Jean-Paul about advancement and communications. Connect with Jan and Marjorie, and learn more about the Black Advancement Networking Group (BANG) here. Book: Subtle Acts of Exclusion by Tiffany Jana Organization: GirlTrek Contact Marjorie at marjorie.p.jeanpaul@gmail.com Book: The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee Podcast: Southlake Contact Jan at jabernathy@browning.edu You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Jan Abernathy is the Chief Communications Officer at The Browning School in New York, a K-12 all-boys school with 400 students. She is also the president of the New York City Independent School Communications Professionals, which has over 120 members throughout the tri-state area. Jan is the principal of a consulting firm and a trustee of Grace Church School. She has written for NAIS's Independent Schools Magazine on crisis communications and how schools responded to the Black@ movement. Marjorie Jean-Paul is the Chief Community Engagement Officer at Buckley Country Day School, where she heads up development, alumni relations, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is an experienced fundraising professional working within corporate and non-profit settings. During her professional career, she has raised support for independent schools, colleges, universities, and other non-profits. Prior to joining Buckley, Marjorie served as the Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the Waldorf School of Garden City in New York. Marjorie has extensive experience working as a philanthropic and management consultant, including as a senior director at Changing Our World, a fundraising consulting firm specializing in major fundraising campaigns and corporate philanthropy. She is a graduate of Cornell University. She also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Nonprofit Management and Organization Development from The New School. Marjorie recently completed the DEI Certification Program at Cornell University. She is also a member of the 2021 cohort of the NYSAIS Justice, Equity, Diversity Institute, a year-long program for administrators at independent schools. For links to the resources mentioned in PART 1 of our conversation with Jan Abernathy & Marjorie Jean-Paul about advancement and communications, please visit our website at www.FullstackEducator.com. You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Barbara Osterman, President and founder of Human Solutions LLC, is an organizational leadership coach, consultant, and cultural catalyst. She supports organizations in increasing their performance and results, by successfully weaving functional goals and initiatives with culture transformations. She is a former telecommunications executive with 18 years of experience, a cutting-edge entrepreneur, and a veteran of personal change. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Barbara Osterman about executive leadership coaching. Connect with Barbara here. Learn more about Barbara's company, Human Solutions LLC, here Book: The Thin Book of Trust by Charles Feltman Book: Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges by C. Otto Scharmer Book: Being the Boss by Linda Hill Book: Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud Book: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink Book: Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness by Robert Greenleaf Book: Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them by Gary Hamel Book: Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute Free online courses through Coursera and edX You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! John Stegeman is currently the Head of Upper School at Eastside Preparatory School in Kirkland Washington. He holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from Syracuse University, a M.A. in World History from SUNY College at Brockport, has completed teacher certification at Colorado State University, and studied anthropology and economics at the University of Colorado Boulder. After originally setting out to teach in urban alternative settings, John pursued advanced study in History which led him to research and teaching in higher education. John was drawn to independent schools because of the tremendous opportunities they offer students to learn from teachers who are experts in their fields within a supportive and nurturing community. Before joining Eastside Prep in 2019, John worked as a teacher and school leader in upstate New York for nine years. Outside of the school day, John enjoys reading and writing about education, intellectual history, and the history of indigenous peoples in Latin America. He has published in Independent School Magazine on school leadership and co-curricular advisory programs. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with John Stegeman about advisory programs in independent schools. Connect with John on LinkedIn or through Eastside Preparatory School. Learn more about Eastside Preparatory School. Read John's article about advisory programs in Independent School Magazine. Learn more about The 1619 Project You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!  We are taking the month off and will have more great content for you in 2022.  In the meantime, let's revisit our conversation with Dr. Robert Evans and Dr. Michael Thompson. Dr. Robert Evans Dr. Robert Evans, Ed.D., is a psychologist and school consultant. A former high school and pre-school teacher, and for many years a child and family therapist, he has consulted to more than 1,700 schools, public and private, throughout the U.S. and internationally, working with teachers, leaders, and boards. Rob received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his doctorate from Harvard. His particular interests are in leadership, in helping schools cope with change, in crisis intervention, and in improving collegiality and candor among educators. He is the author of many articles and three books: Seven Secrets of The Savvy School Leader, The Human Side of School Change, and Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope with The Crisis in Childrearing. Dr. Michael Thompson Dr. Michael Thompson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author, and school consultant. He has worked in schools for 50 years, starting out as a middle school teacher and later training as a counselor and psychologist. Now the supervising psychologist for the Belmont Hill School (MA), he has worked with more than 700 schools in the U.S., Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central America. In addition, he served as the longtime facilitator for the NAIS Institute for New Heads and later for the Academy of International School Heads. He has also served on the board of the American Camp Association. Thompson is the author or co-author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Robert Evans and Dr. Michael Thompson about working with today's independent school parents. Learn more about Robert and his work on his website. Learn more about Michael and his work on his website. Purchase a copy of Robert and Michael's book, Hopes and Fears: Working with Today's Independent School Parents. You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Coreen Hester has spent forty years in both US and international independent schools. She concluded ten years at the headship of The American School in London in 2017. Prior to ASL, Coreen was Head of School at The Hamlin School, also for ten years. Coreen has also served as an English teacher, college counselor, Dean of Girls, Assistant Head, and interim Head of School. A graduate of Stanford University, B.A., M.A., Coreen has served on the boards of School Year Abroad, Head Royce School, and Marin Primary and Middle School, among others. She was the founding board chair for the Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative from 2002-2007. Coreen is a member of The Headmasters Association and Country Day School Headmasters and has served on the boards of two international organizations: the Academy for International School Heads and the Educational Collaborative for International Schools. Debbie Reed's life's work has been in schools and she brings a wealth of experience to the work of a consultant. During her forty years as an educator, she has worked in public and private schools, urban and suburban schools, parochial and nonsectarian schools, co-ed schools, and single-sex schools. Debbie has served as Head of School at two different schools: Polytechnic School for 12 years and Seven Hills School for 7 years. Debbie also held a number of administrative positions at Harvard Westlake School including: Head of the Middle School; Seventh Grade Dean; and Director of Admissions. Throughout her career, she taught English, giving her a keen appreciation of the work of the faculty.
 Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Coreen Hester and Debbie Reed on pursuing leadership positions Connect with Coreen and Debbie. Learn more about RG175 and connect with them on Twitter. Read: Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky Read: A Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman Read: Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman Read: The Human Side of School Change by Robert Evans You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Since July 2017, Damian has served as Executive Director of MISBO. Prior to accepting this position, Damian spent seven years as a Vice President with SAIS where he oversaw the accreditation and membership programs of the association. Damian has presented and facilitated over 250 workshops to every level of independent school leadership in addition to universities and independent school associations. He has served schools of every size, boarding and day schools, faith-based and secular, innovative and traditional. He has conducted research and published and presented at numerous state, regional, national, and international independent school conferences on a wide variety of topics related to independent school organizational effectiveness and sustainability. Prior to joining SAIS, Damian spent fifteen years as a teacher, coach, and administrator at The Westminster Schools of Atlanta GA, a nationally recognized school with deep roots in the independent school community, and the birthplace of MISBO. From there, he served as Head of School of Cambridge Academy in Greenwood, SC. A near-native of Charlottesville, VA, and a graduate of Saint Anne's‐Belfield School, Damian earned both his BA and MA in Latin literature from the University of Georgia, a Specialist degree in Education (Educational Leadership for Learning) from Kennesaw State University, and the Certified Association Executive designation from the American Society of Association Executives. Damian is active in lacrosse and has been recognized as a coach of the year, an official of the year, and has been inducted into the Georgia Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Damian Kavanagh about school finance. Connect with Damian Kavanagh on LinkedIn and Twitter. Connect with MISBO on LinkedIn and Twitter. Learn more about MISBO here. Learn more about PASBO here. Learn more about CAL ISBOA here. Learn more about NBOA here. Book: The End of Average by Todd Rose Podcast: Nice White Parents Podcast: Ready Teacher One Podcast: Two Guys and Some Data Podcast: Freakonomics Podcast: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Viewing our past through the eyes of maturity can reveal insights that our younger selves could not see. Lessons that eluded us become apparent. Encounters that once felt like misfortunes now become understood as valued parts of who we are. We realize what we've learned and what we have to teach. And we're encouraged to chart a future that is rich with purpose. In A Round of Golf with My Father, William Damon introduces us to the “life review.” This is a process of looking with clarity and curiosity at the paths we've traveled, examining our pasts in a frank yet positive manner, and using what we've learned to write purposeful next chapters for our lives. William Damon is the Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, Professor of Education at Stanford University, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Damon's research explores how people develop purpose and integrity in their work, family, and civic life. Damon's current work focuses on vocational, civic, and entrepreneurial purpose among the young and on purpose in families and schools. He examines how young Americans can be educated to become devoted citizens and successful entrepreneurs. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. William Damon about exploring our past & teaching purpose. Connect with Dr. William Damon here. Read Dr. William Damon's book A Round of Golf with My Father Learn more about the Stanford Center on Adolescense Researcher: Dan McAdams Researcher: Robert Butler Book: Golf Dreams by John Updike Book: Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Nathan Maynard has facilitated restorative practices for over ten years in a wide range of educational settings. He is passionate about addressing the school-to-prison pipeline crisis and closing the achievement gap through implementing trauma-informed behavioral practices. Nathan has expertise in Dialectical Behavioral Coaching, Motivational Interviewing, Positive Youth Development, Restorative Justice, and Trauma-Informed building practices to assist with creating positive school climates. Brad Weinstein worked as a Director of Curriculum and Instruction in downtown Indianapolis. He also served as principal for two years on the eastside of Indianapolis. Brad is an award-winning teacher and taught for 11 years, including roles as a coach and STEM department chair. He holds a B.A. in Education from Purdue University, an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana Wesleyan University, and completed a Principal Licensure Program from Indiana Wesleyan University. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Nathan and Brad about restorative discipline. You can connect with Nathan on Twitter and LinkedIn. You can connect with Brad on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Learn more about BehaviorFlip on their website and follow them on Twitter. Join the Hacking School Discipline Facebook group. Book: Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad Book: Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta L. Hammond You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Shafia Zaloom is a health educator, parent, consultant and author whose work centers on human development, community building, ethics, and social justice. Her approach involves creating opportunities for students and teachers to discuss the complexities of teen culture and decision-making with straight-forward, open and honest dialogue. Shafia has worked with thousands of children and their families in her role as teacher, coach, administrator, board member, and outdoor educator. She has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and numerous parenting blogs. Shafia's book, Sex, Teens and Everything in Between has been reviewed as “the ultimate relationship guide for teens of all orientations and identities.” It is one that “every teen, and every parent and educator - and every other adult who interacts with teens - should read.” Shafia is currently the health teacher at the Urban School in San Francisco, and develops curricula and trainings for schools across the country. She was honored by the San Francisco Giants Foundation in 2018 for her work with Aim High, a program that expands opportunities for students and their teachers through tuition-free summer learning enrichment, and was recently granted CAHPERD's Health Teacher of the Year Award for 2021. Her work has been featured by many media outlets including, The New York Times, USA Today, NPR, KQED, and PBS. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Shafia Zaloom about Sex Education. You can connect with Shafia and purchase her books on her website. Books: Boys & Sex and Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein. Book: Sexual Citizens by Jennifer Hirsch Book: Strange Bedfellows by Ina Park Book: Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett Podcast: Ask Lisa - The Psychology of Parenting You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released monthly.

Matt McGee is a Nashville Tennesee based Underwater Fashion Photographer. Matt works with models underwater to create beautiful dreamlike and ethereal images. Today Matt talks about the challenges of working with models underwater, how to create a vision for your image, and easy ways you can dip your toes in and get started. In This Episode You'll Learn: How Matt got started in underwater photography What Matt struggled with most when he started shooting underwater The process of working with models underwater safely How to keep your equipment safe underwater How to light a scene with strobes while shooting underwater or in a pool How to get started without making a major investment One big mistake Matt made while shooting underwater that destroyed his camera Resources: Underwater Fashion Photographer Matt McGee's website Find Matt on Instagram Join The Beginner Photography Podcast Facebook Community

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Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Click here to take a survey that will help us plan for season 3! Ryan Estrellado is a special education administrator in San Diego, CA, where he helps school districts build equitable systems for students with disabilities. Ryan’s mission is to help administrators and staff combine professional judgment with practical data analysis to improve the experiences of their students. Ryan is a co-author of the book Data Science in Education Using R and the author of the upcoming book The K–12 Educator’s Data Guidebook (out in late 2021). Ryan is a Strategic Data Project Fellow, a program of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. Joshua M. Rosenberg (PhD, Michigan State University) is an assistant professor of STEM education and faculty fellow at the Center for Enhancing Education in Mathematics and Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on how learners think of and with data, particularly in science education settings. Professor Rosenberg tries to understand how practices such as creating, representing, and modeling data create new opportunities for learning how to use data to pose and answer questions about scientific phenomena. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Ryan and Josh about data science in education. Connect with Ryan on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, GitHub, and at his website https://ryanestrellado.com/ Connect with Josh on Twitter, GitHub, and at his website https://joshuamrosenberg.com/ Book: Data Science in Education Using R by Ryan A. Estrellado, Emily A. Bovee, Jesse Mostipak, Joshua M. Rosenberg, and Isabella C. Velásquez Sign up for Ryan’s newsletter Practical Data Activities for Educators Podcast: Listen to Ryan and Josh’s podcast About Practice RStudio: RStudio is a free environment that makes coding in R much more manageable. They also have amazing resources for beginners. Book: R for Data Science by Hadley Wickham & Garrett Grolemund Twitter Hashtag: #RStats is a great hashtag to follow if you want to learn more about R. Book: Science: A Four Thousand Year History by Patricia Fara Book: Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein Podcast: Not So Standard Deviations by Hilary Parker and Roger Peng Podcast: Visions of Education by Daniel Krutka and Michael Milton You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to episode 213 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week's guest is a landscape and underwater photographer living in Franklin, Tennessee. Matt McGee practices dentistry and spends his free time searching for his subjects under the sea. He's also got quite an eye for fine art underwater photography and a massive interest in conserving our oceans. In this week's show, you can expect to hear us talk about some of his experiences under the water, how he approaches his subjects under the sea, what he's noticed about the conditions of our oceans, and his process for fine art underwater photography. Be sure to scroll down to see all of Matt's amazing photographs! Here's who Matt recommended for the podcast this week: Benjamin Hardman. Epic Diving. Other items mentioned on the show: 1. Dead Ox Ranch Campout with Gary Randall. 2. Clubhouse Club for the podcast. Support the show on Patreon. I love hearing from the podcast listeners! Reach out to me via Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter if you'd like to be on the podcast or if you have an idea of a topic we can talk about. Join the discussion over on Nature Photographer's Network! We have weekly discussions about each episode of the podcast. It's also free! We also have an Instagram page and a Facebook page for updates. We also have a searchable transcript of every episode! Thanks for stopping in, collaborating with us, and listening. See you next week. As a reminder, you can also support the podcast by shopping at B+H for your photography gear using our Affiliate Link.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Click here to take a survey that will help us plan for season 3! Lisa Sun is a passionate advocate for inclusive, progressive education where, driven by their own curiosity, children are actively engaged in the process, developing a lifelong love of learning. The Philadelphia School’s Head of School, Lisa champions its core values of hands-on learning, critical thinking, equity and social justice, and engagement in the city of Philadelphia to help its 400 students to become responsible and active citizens. Lisa currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) and serves as a faculty member for the National Association of Independent Schools’ (NAIS) Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads. Her writing has been published in The Baltimore Sun and The NAIS Magazine. Lisa mentors teachers and administrators who want to develop management skills and transition into school leadership roles. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Lisa Sun about progressive education & mentorship. Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn or through The Philadelphia School’s website. Learn more about The Philadelphia School here. Book: Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Click here to take a survey that will help us plan for season 3! Roney Eford comes from a background of diversity, adversity, and determination. Born and raised IN NYC, Roney left his urban environment for the rural life of boarding school at The Berkshire School in Sheffield MA. As a student-athlete Roney went on to do a PG year at the New Hampton school, then onto Marquette University D1, where he was a 4-year starter. At Marquette, he was a captain, freshman All American, and ranks 16th all-time for points and 11th in rebounds. Roney then went on to play professionally throughout Asia and Europe for over 8yrs before retiring back to the states to start his second career in education. As a result of living in many countries, Roney is conversational in German, Japanese, and Spanish. After retiring from basketball, Roney went on to further his education by finishing 2 master's degrees, one in sports management and the other In educational leadership. A fellow recipient of the Aspiring heads program for the NAIS, Roney is currently all but dissertation for receiving his doctorate in sports management & marketing. During the course of furthering his education, Roney has held administrative educational positions as, summer school principal, director of diversity, Title one coordinator, and Director of Athletics in both urban and suburban environments. Currently, he is the Director of Athletics at Choate Rosemary Hall in CT and is on the board of directors at the Berkshire school where he is the co-chair of the diversity committee. Roney is also AD liaison for the NEPSAC field hockey diversity coaches association. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Roney Eford about Leadership in Athletics. Connect with Roney on Twitter and through email at roneyeford@gmail.com. Learn more about Roney, his work, and his consulting, mentoring, and workshop services through his website roneyeford.com. Book: Good to Great by Jim Collins Book: Dare to Lead by Brené Brown You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Dr. Julie King is the Director of Educational Technology at The Buckley School in New York City. She has more than 15 years of experience leading library and technology programs in independent schools. She holds an M.L.S. in library information science, an Ed.S. in instructional technology, and recently earned an Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation research focused on students' engagement in digital communities. Julie currently serves as the co-president of NYCIST, a network of New York City metro-area Independent School Technologists. She is also a mentor for IBSC's Action Research program and a contributing writer for IntrepidEd News. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Julie King about leading educational technology. Connect with Julie on Twitter or through email at jking@buckleyschool.org. Learn more about the Buckley School. Tech: CoSpaces Edu Tech: Replit Tech: Curiious Book: Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology by Diana Graber Book: Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin Website: Center for Humane Technology Podcast: Your Undivided Attention Michael recommended: Kaggle and RStudio Matt recommended: Streak You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Dean J. Fusto is a 2020 recipient of the Klingenstein Fellowship at Teachers College, Columbia University and the President and Head of Brandon Hall School, an international boarding and day school serving students in grades 6-12. His career spans nearly three decades as an educational leader. He founded the teachlearnlead.net community in 2014 as a tribute to his heroes and heroines: teachers. This comprehensive site is an online edu-library that has grown in reach and built a global audience of teachers and school leaders seeking professional development and access to the latest educational research. Dean is a past recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship and an EE Ford Fellowship. As a thought leader and influencer, he has published 5 books, dozens of articles and holds an M.A.T. from the SIT Graduate Institute, an M.A. from Columbia University, and Proactive Leadership certification from Cornell University. He has founded and designed numerous experiential, service-learning trips for thousands of students and teachers. In 2017, out of his passion for inspiring youth leadership, he founded the Center for Global Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurial Studies at Brandon Hall School. In 2020, he established the Therese A. Fusto microgrants to fund social and community impact projects. Dean can be reached through his LinkedIn network or via Twitter @djftll Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dean Fusto about the 5 pillars of leadership. Connect with Dean on Twitter, LinkedIn, and through his website www.teachlearnlead.net Learn more about Brandon Hall. Read Dean’s article The Five Pillars of Impactful Leadership. Read Dean’s book The Next Best Thing to Being There! Read Michael’s article Leadership has become a science fiction genre: How to critically engage with leadership books Read: Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less by Greg McKeown Read: Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts by Ryan Holiday Read: The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene Read: The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) by Hal Elrod Podcast: The Learning Leader with Ryan Hawk Podcast: Nonprofits Are Messy by Joan Garry Podcast: The Quote of the Day Show with Sean Croxton You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Dr. Robert Evans Dr. Robert Evans, Ed.D., is a psychologist and school consultant. A former high school and pre-school teacher, and for many years a child and family therapist, he has consulted to more than 1,700 schools, public and private, throughout the U.S. and internationally, working with teachers, leaders, and boards. Rob received his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his doctorate from Harvard. His particular interests are in leadership, in helping schools cope with change, in crisis intervention, and in improving collegiality and candor among educators. He is the author of many articles and three books: Seven Secrets of The Savvy School Leader, The Human Side of School Change, and Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope with The Crisis in Childrearing. Dr. Michael Thompson Dr. Michael Thompson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author, and school consultant. He has worked in schools for 50 years, starting out as a middle school teacher and later training as a counselor and psychologist. Now the supervising psychologist for the Belmont Hill School (MA), he has worked with more than 700 schools in the U.S., Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central America. In addition, he served as the longtime facilitator for the NAIS Institute for New Heads and later for the Academy of International School Heads. He has also served on the board of the American Camp Association. Thompson is the author or co-author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children. Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Robert Evans and Dr. Michael Thompson about working with today’s independent school parents. Learn more about Robert and his work on his website. Learn more about Michael and his work on his website. Purchase a copy of Robert and Michael’s book, Hopes and Fears: Working with Today’s Independent School Parents. You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast! Scott Sikes has over 30 years of experience with nonprofit organizations. He has broad experience in frontline fundraising & leadership, including positions as: Elected Chairman of the Council of Vice Presidents of External Affairs for the University System of Georgia; Vice President for Development & Community Relations at Shepherd Center, the nation’s largest spinal cord & brain injury hospital; Vice President for University Advancement at Valdosta State University; Interim Executive Director of Development at University of Georgia, where he was also Director of Principal Gifts, Major Gifts & Planned Giving & he has years of service on various nonprofit boards. He was a founding member of the Georgia Planned Giving Council in 1988, later served as President & he was co-founder & President of the Athens Estate Planning Network. Scott earned his BA in Political Science/Russian Language & Certificate in Global Studies from UGA, Russian Language Certificate from St. Petersburg State University (Russia), then an MBA from Kennesaw State University. He is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (FAHP) & Certified Financial Planner (CFP®). He’s a member of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta’s International Relations Committee, where he utilizes his proficiency in Russian, German & other languages. Scott enjoys bicycling & camping. He & his wife live along the Silver Comet/Chief Ladiga Trail - an approximately 100-mile paved bike path beginning on the outskirts of Atlanta Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Scott Sikes about Fundraising. Connect with Scott Sikes on LinkedIn. Learn more about Columns Fundraising here. Follow Columns Fundraising on LinkedIn and Facebook. Read: Consider reading Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and reflect on the texts in conversation with one another. You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn. You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend! Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Mark Mitchell joined NAIS in 1998 and supports K-12 schools and other organizations in the effective administration of financial aid programs to improve the accessibility, affordability, and socio-economic diversity of independent schools. He has authored several articles, book chapters, and blogs and also frequently presents at workshops, conferences, and schools on tuition pricing and affordability, demographic and income trends, socioeconomic diversity and inclusion, and school financial aid policy and procedures. Mark is also a member of the NAIS Strategy Lab team, delivering research and training for schools on building innovation cultures and the capacity to tackle key challenges and leverage opportunities. Mark is an alumnus and past trustee of Moorestown Friends School in New Jersey, is currently a trustee of the Enrollment Management Association and is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Partnership for Educational Access. Mark earned his BS in communication studies from Northwestern University.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Mark Mitchell about Admissions, Enrollment, and Financial Aid.Connect with Mark through email at mitchell@nais.org.Learn more about the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) here.Follow with NAIS on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.Learn more about the NAIS Strategy Lab here.Read: The NAIS Jobs to be Done study.Read: Independent School Magazine.Listen: The Trustee Table podcast.Episode 22: Enrollment Management in 2021–Key Trends for Independent SchoolsEpisode 20: Time for a Tuition Reset? Critical Considerations for Independent SchoolsYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

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Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Oman Frame has 27 years of experience in teaching and diversity leadership. He is a gifted motivator and educator who combines real-world topics with academic rigor to make learning personally meaningful for his students. Oman has conducted workshops at the National Association of Independent Schools People of Color conference, the National Middle School Association Conference and, the Southern Association of Independent Schools conference. He is a creator of curricula that ignites, motivates, and inspires people of all ages to understand the effects of oppression on underserved communities and inspire social justice commitment. Oman is currently the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a member of the high school faculty. Oman is a community resource serving as a consultant to various entities in the country. He has delivered keynotes and program content at the Bell Hooks Institute, Georgia Gwinnett College, and other schools and corporate institutions. He co-chaired the 2016 People of Color Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, and is also an integral part of the iChange Summer Institute for Teachers. Recently, Oman coauthored the book “Let's Get Real: Exploring Race, Class and Gender in the classroom,” a text that gives life and direction to a curriculum rooted in social justice.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Oman Frame about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work after 2020.Connect with Oman on Instagram and Twitter.Learn more about the iChange Collaborative.Learn more about the Paideia School in Atlanta Georgia.Learn more about the NAIS People of Color Conference.Read: Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.Read: Books by Loretta Ross.Read: Books by Tim Wise.Read: Books by Robin DiAngelo.Listen: Scene On Radio Seeing White series.Listen: Scene On Radio Men series.Listen: The Code Switch podcast.Listen: The Throughline podcast.Listen: The People’s Party podcast by Talib Kweli.Listen: The Questlove Supreme podcast.Listen: The Breakdances With Wolves podcast by Gyasi Ross.You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!As an expert in design thinking, problem-based learning, school innovation, and curriculum and instruction, Todd uses his skills to teach design thinking and PBL to novices learners while pushing the boundaries of what is possible in education. As a project manager, he uses his ethnographic, observation, research and empathetic skills to create opportunities for student success.Todd has seventeen years of independent school experience as a middle school teacher, department head, and coach. In his current role at TCS, Todd has helped to create the middle grades program, developed immersive project-based learning for the curriculum, created community partnerships, and the capstone for the eighth grade: social entrepreneurship. Todd has presented at regional, national, and international conferences on current trends in curriculum and instruction – design thinking, problem and project-based learning, and student-centered learning.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Todd Wass about Problem Based Learning and Design Thinking.Connect with Todd on LinkedIn, Twitter, and through email at twassconsulting@gmail.com.Read: Todd’s research Student’s experiences of design thinking and distributed scaffolding in a middle school social studies classroom.Read: School Class and School Knowledge by Jean Anyon.Read: Aligning the Curriculum by Allan Glatthorn.Read: Stamped from the Beginning and Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi.Read: NAIS Trendbook.Read: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo.Website: d.School and d.School Teaching and Learning Yearbook 2019-2020.Read: HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking.Read: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning.Listen: Planet Money PodcastYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

In this episode, Jon chats with Jacob Hebert and Matt Mcgee from the Headway development team about creating static sites with Gatsby. They dive into their experience with Gatsby on client projects and solutions they've found most helpful for CMS integration, styling, SEO, and more. 

In this episode, Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio had the privilege of speaking with Lawrence Alexander, the founding Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Carney Sandoe and Associates. Lawrence discusses what school leaders need to be thinking about when hiring a Director of DEI. You can access the full show notes with resources at FullstackEducator.com

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Dr. Marshaé Newkirk is a career educator with over 20 years of experience serving public school students and families in New York and New Jersey. Her work as a teacher in the South Bronx, NY served as a springboard for a career in educational leadership and advocacy for children in historically marginalized and under-appreciated communities. She is the lead founder of an independent charter school in Newark, NJ, where she served as the School/Executive Director for 8 years. Marshaé provides leadership coaching and training for new and aspiring leaders through her work at New Leaders. In addition, she is an independent consultant offering leadership coaching with a focus on reimagining “best-practices” in schools in order to disrupt the status quo. Marshaé has earned Masters Degrees in Elementary Education and Administration and Supervision from Lehman College and Fordham University respectively, and holds a doctorate in Educational and Organizational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Sarah Boulos Fye has served public school students in South Florida as a teacher and literacy specialist for over ten years and is currently supporting Somerset Academy, Inc., a charter school network based in Florida with over 75 schools in the US. Dr. Fye holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the Florida State University, a Master of Science in Reading and Literacy Education from Florida International University and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. With experience ranging from classroom teacher to virtual school teacher to reading coach to literacy specialist to network strategic planning, Dr. Fye has led review teams working with schools and staff desiring improvement by observing faculty and administrators, mentoring educators, and creating plans of action for school improvement by working with site and district administrators through research-based data collection and analysis practices. Dr. Fye is a member of the International Literacy Association, a facilitator of coursework for the Penn Literacy Network at the University of Pennsylvania, and a RILE Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She is the co-host of the Big Ideas in Education podcast and focuses her research and life’s work on relationships and teacher retention.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Marshaé Newkirk and Dr. Sarah Fye about charter schools.Connect with Dr. Marshaé Newkirk on LinkedIn, Instagram, and her forthcoming website.Connect with Dr. Sarah Fye on Instagram and Twitter.Book: Promoting Racial Literacy in Schools: Differences That Make a Difference by Dr. Howard Stevenson.Book: How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.Sarah’s Podcast: The Big Ideas in Education Podcast.Podcast: Better Leaders Better SchoolsBook: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngeloBook: We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina LoveYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Ayanna Hill-Gill, affectionately known as Yanni, is the Head of School at Atlanta Girls' School. Prior to AGS, Yanni worked at Purnell School, a boarding school for girls in New Jersey, where she was the Head of School since 2007. Yanni holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry from Dickinson College and a master’s degree from Columbia University Teacher’s College with an emphasis on Private School Leadership. She has been a yearlong Klingenstein Fellow and an EE Ford Fellow for NAIS’ Aspiring Heads Program. Prior to her tenure at Purnell, Yanni worked at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden building their community outreach program and developing curriculum for children's educational programs. In 1992, Yanni lived in Costa Rica while studying sustainable development and conducting independent research in water quality. It was these two experiences that led Yanni to teaching, particularly science. As a graduate of an all girls’ school in Philadelphia, Yanni has committed her career to creating opportunities for girls and young women to discover their voices, achieve success and become leaders in the fields of their choice.Yanni currently serves on the Board of the Heads Network and the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools. She serves locally as a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Village Project, an all girls school for refugees in Decatur, GA. Yanni has served as a Trustee on the Board of Rutgers Prep School in New Brunswick, NJ, Far Hills Country Day School in Far Hills, NJ, Link Community School in Newark, NJ, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), and Willowwood Arboretum.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Ayanna Hill-Gill about Girls’ Education.Connect with Ayanna on LinkedIn and Twitter.The National Coalition of Girls’ SchoolsBook: American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsBook: We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainPodcast: Curious Minds by Gayle AllenYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Our first year is in the books, and what a year it was! Real estate defied all expectations during our economic recession. Low inventory collided with low interest rates and made bidding wars a regular thing. Helping us sort it all out this year were guests including Tom Ferry, Karin Carr, Sarita Dua, and Brian Boero, just to name a few. In this episode of The Walkthrough, host Matt McGee shares some of his favorite interview clips from this year's shows, and explains how they fit into the show's mission to "explore how great agents grow their business, stand out from the crowd, and become irreplaceable."

Dr. Jennifer Stimpson is a chemist, Independent school educator and leader, and a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She was named the IF/THEN ambassador by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She developed an all-girls initiative focused on leadership skills and academic success. The City of Dallas issued a proclamation lauding her work in developing a sustainable biofuel source for the school district’s transportation system. Dr. Stimpson has also been honored by O: The Oprah Magazine, The State of Texas, US Congress, Michael Jordan Foundation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Dallas County Community College District, which recently called her a role model for future STEM teachers, honoring her with an Exemplary Teaching Award. To recognize her efforts in the future of science, Jennifer received the Hidden Figures in STEM award from the National Society of Black Engineers.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Jennifer Stimpson about rethinking the scientist identity.Connect with Jennifer on Instagram or TwitterLearn more about the AAAS IF/THEN ambassador program here.Book: The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinAuthor: Ta-Nahisi CoatesBook: Dare to Lead by Brené BrownYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Dr. Deborah Dowling has been the Executive Director of CAIS since July 2020. Previously, Deborah held the roles of Assistant Head at Chadwick School, Upper School Director at Bridges Academy, and Director of Studies at Harvard-Westlake School. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Deborah holds a bachelor's degree in physics and a doctorate in the history and philosophy of science. Deborah has taught a variety of subjects from kindergarten through undergraduate, including leadership training for independent school administrators.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Dr. Deborah Dowling about school leadership.Learn more about the California Association of Independent Schools here.Connect with Deborah at ddowling@caisca.org.You can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Julie Ray is the Chief Financial Officer for Mount Paran Christian School leading administrative services which includes the business office, human resources department, .information technology, and operations and facilities departments. Julie received her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin and her master’s degree in business administration from George Mason University with an emphasis in management and organizational design and development. Julie has been with Mount Paran Christian School since 2003 and in her current role since 2006. For a period of eight years, Julie served as a board member and was the board chair at MISBO: an association of independent school professionals serving the business office, human resources, IT, and facilities.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Julie Ray about school finance.Learn more about Mount Paran Christian School here.Connect with Julie on Twitter @jboxray or email at jray@mtparanschool.com.Learn more about MISBO here.Book: Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex and Brett HarrisBook: The Book of NehemiahBook: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol DweckYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

In today's episode, Jesse is in the "newbie" seat as return guest Matt McGee shares some of his favorite Gang of Youth Songs & lets Jesse comment on them.  This is a long one but we hated to break it into two parts.  @mattmcgee  Fear and Trembling Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoWSckkzCts Dave solo acoustic, MTV AU Unplugged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-uuMiaZhk  Sjamboksa Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC-X2X6gsQw Let Me Down Easy Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkIQzJHu4w  The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows Radio live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXlAKOasa2s Still Unbeaten Life MTV AU Unplugged version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6-yT7sGCEw The Heart Is A Muscle Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3js8fwm9iv4 Magnolia Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJzLc8Cj-AY  Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJegwrJPFk4 The Diving Bell Album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qiga04oppI  Say Yes To Life Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSpS10IyBAY

Episode 34. Coach's Corner - Women in Wealth Management - https://www.investmentnews.com/the-future-of-wealth-management-is-female-195567 Exercise Routines and Personal Fitness featuring personal trainer, Matt McGee - https://thegrowtheq.com/the-key-to-sticking-to-an-exercise-program-its-supposed-to-feel-easy/ Top 5 Fictional Political Characters

Matt McGee talks about playing gigs with the pianist Giovanni from the QVC/Home Shopping Network. Kurt talks about Swartz and Pate and the Broadway Theatre Project.

What can you do with a podcast? Last week, Matt McGee and I talked all about what it’s like to have a podcast, what you learn from it, and how it can help shape your business! This week, we’re talking about the process of creating a podcast, and what we do for our podcasts! With the Selling the Dream podcast now at more than 200 episodes, I’ve learned a thing or two about the process, and since this is Matt’s main job, we’ve both learned a few things that we’re ready to share! But it doesn’t have to be complicated: it can be as simple as just recording a voice memo on your phone and uploading that! The key is providing value to your community, and knowing what it is that they want to learn from you! Whether it be stats, or the best hidden food secrets in your area, you’re the expert, and they want to learn from you! Join us this week for part two of my interview with Matt McGee, a content creator with Homelight! I’ve listened to his work on The Walkthrough Podcast for hours, and can’t wait for you to hear from him! Ready to hear Matt McGee’s insights on creating content, and what he would record to promote a specific market? If you’re thinking about ever creating a podcast, you won’t want to miss this week’s episode of the Selling the Dream podcast! Before we dive in: join an amazing network of the best second home agents. Make sure that you create your free profile on the Second Home Agents website? Go over and get started: it’s FREE to join. Click here to register, fill out your profile and get listed today. Highlights of this episode: Tom introduces part two of this interview with fellow podcast creator, Matt McGee! What kind of content can you create? Help people get to know your community! Help them get to understand more about your market, and what they can expect! A podcast is a lot of work! You don’t just have a conversation with a guest, and get a polished hour worth of content! Tom shares about his process, and how he works with his producer to create regular content. Outsource if you can! Get help for the time consuming parts, liked editing audio and creating the written content! Kenny, Tom’s producer, shares how long it takes to edit the audio for the episodes. Tip: use the Headliner App to create video content from the podcast episode for promotion. Matt explains his process, and how he edits the show with his team. If you’re thinking about starting a podcast, don’t get scared! It’s just creating valuable content for your audience! Starting a podcast can literally be as easy as recording voice memos on your phone - it doesn’t have to be complicated! Tom asks Matt how he would structure his show if he was trying to promote a particular real estate market. Do interviews with your potential clients: their perspective on buying a home will be incredibly helpful for the rest of your audience! Tom shares that his episode from the perspective of being a second home buyer was very well-received by his audience! Take time to get to know your audience, and what they want to hear! Not sure what to share about your community? There are so many things to share! Talk with local business owners, go on restaurant tours, go on walking tours - if you enjoy doing it, your audience may enjoy hearing about it! Figure out a “template” for your format! That will help make things easier! Get out there and find resources! There are so many opportunities out there for you to be on podcasts as a guest, or to find guests for your podcast! Find Matt’s podcast, The Walk Through wherever you listen to podcasts! Don’t forget to subscribe to the Selling the Dream podcast so you don’t miss any new episodes! Leave a review: you never know when it will be read on the show! 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Don’t forget, you’re not selling a home: you’re selling the dream. See you next time!   TRANSCRIPT: [00:00:00.180] Everybody today and selling the dream, more about podcasting. What ideas can you use to do podcasts for your own show? [00:00:08.810] Welcome to Selling the Dream, a podcast created four and five second home and resort realtor from Tom Tezak. And each week my goal is to bring you a quick real estate tip, along with an info pack interview with an industry rock star. My mission is to bring these cutting edge marketing, driving through sales techniques and information about the latest technology. Thanks for tuning in. And remember, we're not selling real estate. We're selling. That's the other thing that I think with Cauvin, I was listening to another podcast and he said something, I've been doing this for a year or for two years or three years. [00:00:48.230] This is the podcast. In the real estate sphere. Now, all of a sudden with Koban, all of these agents are out there creating these new spaces and these new platforms. And and he's right. They are. But there's plenty of room right there, especially if you're creating a space for your your neighborhood or if you you want to move to Maui or you want to move to the tri cities. You know, why not do a blog on that? [00:01:14.750] You know, for for the agents out there, create something that people are listen to and want to know or what's happening in the community. There's plenty of things to do. We do videos as well, like little restaurant videos, which you can take that into a blog. [00:01:28.640] So I'm totally, totally it's just time and everybody's the commitment for time, which I think is the next question for for you and I have answered. What is your time commitment to doing your blog? The podcast, I'm sorry, is for you. Yes, you're right. Yes. The. It's like for me, it's pretty much I would say, you know, 90 percent of my 40 hour workweek, there's, you know, all the crap out of everybody. [00:02:00.050] It is. Look. Seriously, Tom. And you can attest to this having done two hundred shows and doing it twice a week. That's remarkable to me. But if you're thinking about doing a podcast. It is a time commitment. Like, it's it's it's not the kind of thing that you're just oh, I think, you know, tomorrow I'm gonna have a conversation for a half hour with somebody and let's publish it and and expect results. It's you know, and then I might not do another one for another month. [00:02:23.950] Like, you know, you need to be consistent. You need to put time into research and prep and record. And, you know, it doesn't have to sound perfect. Nobody expects it to be, you know, 100 percent. All great audio quality. But it needs to be listenable at least. Right. So you have to have put some effort into that. It is it's very much it very it's a time consuming thing, I think, to do well. [00:02:48.640] And when you do it well and when you show that that effort and that time commitment, I think listeners recognize that. And so so I would like I I would love for you. As you know, I'm like on Nepsa 22. You're at 200. I would love for you to sort of talk about your time commitment, because that's like that blows my mind that you've done it that long and twice a week. [00:03:09.520] So, you know, for us and for those agents out there who are right now saying there is no way I'm going to spend thirty five hours a week working on my. I know that that's what Matt does. [00:03:19.270] His show is edited. They're tweek. He's really refined. Our shows are a little bit looser. You know, I have Kenny who works for me. [00:03:26.170] And and Kenny, I want you to jump on that because I have a question because I can't answer it. But, you know, I'll record I'll set it up. I'll find the guests, which takes time. I'll reach out and then we bring them in. And then Kennedy will Kenny will monitor. Kenny is my producer. And then he'll tweak the show. He'll chop the bad parts out and then put the beginning and the ends on it. And I don't know how much time he's spending, but I would recommend get somebody to help you do that. [00:03:56.020] There are services out there that exist. If you want to do a podcast, you can go off short to do it. I've seen I know there's a company that just opened up in my world that's I think it's a Loha pod and they're doing podcasts for local people. I mean, local residents that want to create a podcast. So there is an opportunity for you to get those services. But I'm probably spending. I'm probably spending about if we take an hour to record. [00:04:25.160] We probably did a half an hour prep work between texting and e-mailing conversation, and then I'm done because then I give it to Kenny and then he just knows what to do. So a lot different. I couldn't have done 200 shows if it wasn't making it that simple. [00:04:42.840] You know, I know I've done shows in person where I'll go to events and I'll engage with people and we do it and we set it up. [00:04:48.170] I find doing the zoom so much easier than what. Yeah. Yeah. So that's that's what we're doing. [00:04:55.080] I'm no Kenny. Must be must not be listening to us. [00:04:59.170] I'm here. Oh. Here he is. So Kenny. Well how much should you put into creating the show from the start to the finish because you're uploading you doing all that other crap too. That I don't have a clue. [00:05:13.290] Yeah. So. So anybody listening knows we do that. The Tuesday tape shows on Tuesdays and then the interviews on Fridays. The tips are there really quick. I have at this point almost 200 episodes in. I've got basically a template in my video editing editing software where I just drag and drop. And then my trick is usually I speed it up to like two hundred percent speed and I preserve the audio quality so it doesn't pitch. And then I just listen to it at that speed. [00:05:45.020] So a tip I can get done edited in in a ten minutes X boarded and then converted and then posted. So a tip is probably an hour of work start maybe an hour and a half start to finish. The interviews are a little bit more time than zooming, but I have found that what's really useful and really helpful is I'm always listening during the interviews. So I know there have been one or two where I had an nap when I slipped up. [00:06:17.990] But generally speaking, I'm paying close attention and I'll actually keep a little notepad that says that, you know, around, you know, 40 minutes in. [00:06:28.820] I need to edit whatever, because so-and-so said what they did or something they didn't want on the air. So then I know going back. But if it's one that I sat and I listened to the full interview and it was smooth and it was easy. That's a really easy editing process because I'm like, OK, there's not too much. I'll clean up the star, I'll clean up the end, maybe pull out a little bit of something if it gets draggy. [00:06:52.950] But for the most part, we. I've got to go. And then after we have the show and Matt and both you guys, Matt and Kenny, then you're promoting it. So I know our biggest challenge is getting consistent promotion on the show. But we go we have a service gal in there on the West Coast that she does our translation or transcriptions on our show notes and then writes a blog. [00:07:21.300] And then also someone writes an e-mail so that we can use for marketing. [00:07:25.710] So that's a service that I pay for, Matt. What? And then what do you do? Can you just take the the audio and push it off to her for her to do that with. [00:07:34.560] Yep. So I keep a folder to folders on Google Drive on for the tips, one for the interviews and she has access so she'll check those. And then she will usually the day before of release, send me the show notes and then I get everything uploaded. We use blueberry. Is the service that we use for for hosting. And they they allow a lot they have a lot of tears. So you are allowed a certain amount per month. But then I take everything that she type. [00:08:05.670] I put that into the show notes and then also into the YouTube. And then from there I pull usually Monday the following week. I like to give a little forum for organic growth and better organic listenership. And then that following Monday, I'll send out the email that she has drafted up and I'll pull photos of the guest and I link to the audio and I link to the YouTube. I have like a standing template that again, is really simple at this point for me to just plug in the new info and I'm good to go. [00:08:41.010] And I hit send and that goes out to our our whole database of listeners. Oh, and then the blog. Sorry. Rambling on the blog as well. [00:08:50.640] Yeah. What about you, Matt? What are you doing with all of that. I actually wrote this out in a dock somewhere because over time more of the responsibility has shifted to me as some of our team members have been pulled off to different projects. So I used to have there used to be someone else who was responsible. After each show, I would send the audio to them and they would go and they would pull clips out for sharing on social media. [00:09:16.110] So that's now on. So that's now on me. And which is fine. I think it makes sense for me to do it because I did the interview and I remember the good clips that will probably make for more interesting social media content. [00:09:28.020] So I have. I actually was OK that that tells me all the stuff I'm supposed to do just cause sometimes I get scattered and it's like 20. It's like twenty four. Twenty five steps long. And so. So yeah. So, so. [00:09:39.870] So I use a tool called Headliner Dot app and it's an online tool. There's a free version that sort of limits how many videos you can make per month. And then there's a paid version where it's unlimited. And so you just upload your audio there and you slice and dice it and add your graphic and put the way for money. So there's a lot of that. There's you know, there's a promotional email that goes out that we take the audio and turn it into a YouTube version for our YouTube channel. [00:10:06.450] There's a blog post that gets written with the full transcript. So, yeah, all that stuff for me, Tom. I think what I spend the most time doing with each show is listening back to it's like as soon as I if this was me interviewing you for our show, as soon as we're done today, I would upload the master file to a transcription service, get the rough transcription back. Then I'd start going. All right. This sounds good. [00:10:34.290] Now, this wasn't good. And that's where I start doing the writing and the cutting to get it to get it down, you know. All right. This part here, here's kind of the kind of conversation load. So I'll edit that out and I'll do my own voice over here to cover what we talked about. So that tape like that takes almost, you know, four, five, six hours, depending upon how much writing and editing is required. [00:10:58.500] And then so then send it off to Chris, who is my version of Kimie, and he sends it back to me. Then I have to listen again to make sure he got all of the edits and inserted all the everything all the production elements incorrectly. Then we send it off to get the final transcript done of the actual show. Then I listen back to make sure the transcript is correct. So there is a lot of just I would call it quality control, a lot of stuff that goes on outside of the actual conversation. [00:11:26.370] Right. And that's what I wanted to share, is as we all have a different system, you create the system, first of all, is create that working list so that you know what you're doing. [00:11:35.220] If you're going to create a podcast, if you're thinking about doing a podcast, don't get scared. It is involved, but there's a ton of value in being the voice, the voice of your community, the voice of your neighborhood, the voice of your town, the voice of whatever it is. It has great value. It has been a huge resource for me to be the voice of. The second home market. I have so many people that now rely on me that send me business and it's just another marketing approach, right? [00:12:06.240] I mean, it's just creating content and then getting that content out there is so important. [00:12:11.310] Yeah. And I would say to this, because we probably did scare some people off with all the discussion about the intricacies. There is a service called Anchor, which is super easy. [00:12:22.050] I haven't used it in probably three or four years, but I did use it back then. And it's it's an app on your phone. They have a Web site that you can use as well to create the show. But literally it's as easy if you want it to be this easy. Just get the app on your phone. Start talking into your phone, you know, record and you're done. And it gets published as an episode of your podcast. [00:12:43.170] Like it can literally be that easy. [00:12:44.970] If you want to do it now, then there's all the other stuff we've talked about. Right. You have to know the promotion and all that sort of other thing. But the actual recording process doesn't have to be as involved as what is what. I agree. [00:12:57.450] And we've used the anchor for some other stuff, so I think so. Ken, you mentioned blueberry. That's our host. I'm not sure who you use. And then there's anchor who is also a host at their free blueberry we pay for, but we have control over the creative content anchor. You don't have control over the creative and. You're just doing a local show. It probably doesn't matter. Who are you using that? [00:13:22.110] Our host is Transistor Dot F.M., Transistor Dot F.M.. [00:13:26.310] So I hadn't heard of them. So. So there's plenty of choices out there. It's just finding, you know, do some research, figure out what you like. I would tell you, if you're just thinking about you want to start doing a local podcast anchor, it's free. It's easy. You can transition out of that. [00:13:41.010] And none of your listeners will know because they'll just reposition it into your same title on iTunes or Stitcher or whatever, whatever platform people listen to. Well, Matt, I you know, I was afraid that we would just continue to chat and chat for a week because there's so many things to talk about, anything we didn't cover that you want to cover. Besides how wonderful you are. [00:14:08.550] Definitely more about that. OK. Do you want to talk at all about potential ideas for local agents to do shows? I think that's a great idea. [00:14:19.560] I think we're going to this is gonna be a two part show, by the way, just so you know. But I'm good with that. Let's do it. Because because, you know, obviously your your target on your show and my target of mine is other agents. [00:14:31.440] But let me ask you so if you were trying to sell and reach buyers and sellers in Hawaii, what would your show be like? [00:14:41.420] Oh, man, it would be. I've thought about creating another another show for that, because I think there's a lot of value in that Facebook world and the people that are searching online and Google. [00:14:54.050] So what my show be about, my show would be about living here and what it's like to live in a resort community engaging with people that have moved here and the journey. So people are like, oh, who am I going to interview? Your clients tell you interview your clients. A, what was the experience like when they were living in some urban community and they finally decided, I'm going to quit this and I'm going to move to the ski hill or I'm going to move to the beach or I'm going to move to the golf course and I don't care. [00:15:27.600] I'm going to do this because it's where I want to be. And the journey that they went on from the get go. I think, you know, speaking about that, my one of my favorite show is not to be self-serving. [00:15:38.630] In my podcast was the show where I talked about being the second home buyer. That experience in and of itself was so phenomenal that I was able to do a 35 minute conversation about what I myself and my wife experienced. It was it was so I had so many people reach out and say, wow, what a what a great show, because I saw everything from a different perspective. So bringing that perspective of your consumers, of what they went through when they made that huge leap into a second market or, you know, that you if you're not in a resort community, if you're in a traditional market, what it was like to buy your first home and everybody's different. [00:16:22.170] So you can bring in four different people that had completely different experiences buying their first home. You know? So that would be my path is sort of talk to your clients because it's not unique. Most of our are our experiences. You know, I'm in the midst of working with the clients that are in a divorce. That's not unique. It happens. So maybe have have your what are your clients that's willing to get on the show with you and make sure to let them know, look, I'm not going to embarrass you. [00:16:51.760] This is this is something to help other people. This is not, you know, 60 Minutes. And we're gonna do it, you know, an investigative undercover report. Just tell that. And I think that would be the thing. What would your thoughts on that with your. Yeah. Life is in it. Yeah. [00:17:07.370] It's actually a conversation. I would, you know, a couple of years ago when I started doing marketing, directing for her. That was one of the conversations we had. Like, what do we you know, she hasn't had a blog and still does. And, you know, should we be making videos? Should we do a podcast? And we sort of talked about it. And at the time, you know, we decided not to do it. [00:17:24.080] We actually did a survey so that, like, left. So if I were a local agent, that's probably where I'd start is like, you know, if you have an audience already on Facebook or email us or whatever, like ask them there's no harm and say, hey, if I did a podcast, would you listen? What would you want to hear? We did we did that survey. This was 2017. And, you know, you know, like Keri's. [00:17:45.300] It was like Carrie is going to be creating more content, you know, how do you want to receive this content? It's going to be, you know, about the tri cities. It's gonna be about buying and selling. And, you know, blog articles, social media and videos where the topic, I think podcasts, we're no force. We decided not to do it. [00:18:01.890] We did the same thing with home light. And when we asked agents, they were like, yes, we want to podcast. [00:18:05.730] So that's why we're doing it. But if I would think that that would probably be a little different if we did the same survey now, because as we talked at the beginning, I think podcast listening has really started to take off in the last couple of years. [00:18:18.070] So, so, so. So I would think we live. So, you know, speaking of knowing your audience. Right. Like know your market, too, because we live in an area in eastern Washington where there's a lot of government jobs, there's a lot of engineers, there's a lot of P HD level type people at WSU tri cities. [00:18:36.540] So we know from our audience. Go, there you go. [00:18:40.440] Okay. We know from our audience that they're really into data. So Kari does a really detailed monthly market report. Right. It's boring. As you know what, you're an agent, but her clients love that stuff. They love seeing, you know, what's happening in their town. You know, in terms of inventory and how many homes sold. So I. So so in our area, I would have her probably do one a month, one episode a month, just covering what's going on in the market. [00:19:08.430] Maybe once a week, even if she had the bandwidth for that. I would do shows exactly like you just tried. Tom, write the stories of buying and selling because that's can be really interesting. I would love you mentioned your dick. [00:19:21.540] Did you say you're doing like local restaurants and business type stuff? [00:19:25.770] We do a a show. Totally different. We do a taste of paradise on YouTube and on Facebook. And it's just a five minute just to go in and experience a restaurant. So, yeah, that's another. [00:19:37.110] You could do a whole I mean, we could we could take way longer if we wanted to, but that the format of the show is three to five minutes. [00:19:44.100] So that's what we do. But you could go in an interview and a restaurant tour. You could talked about their journey and their experience. I mean, right now during covet moment, God, there's so many things that you could. Oh, yeah. Down that road. [00:19:56.490] And there's people that are sitting around right now just looking. They have the time, I guess. Yes. Yeah, they do. Yes. I mean, so that I mean, that's an idea that you could do for a local podcast. You know, interviewing business owners and what's their story? Why did they start that restaurant? Why did they start this business over here? [00:20:13.840] And then I think the other thing I would do that that we have an area, the tri cities is somewhat historical in that it was built around the city of Richland, which was a city that the government created in the early 1940s during World War Two. And we have the Hanford plutonium plant, which is, you know, the plutonium was used in the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki. So it's a. So there's a history there. [00:20:40.270] And Carrie and I have gone on like walking tours. Like a lot of the homes that were built 70 years ago are still up, still being occupied. And you can, you know, his local historical society. We'll take him to tell you the history of that building there. You know, that used to be, you know, used to be a secret nightclub that the you know, the people used. And so, like, I would love a show about the tri cities, like the hidden history of the tri cities. [00:21:07.310] Right. Like, what's the bet? Like what? We're all this stuff. What did it used to be 50, 60 years ago? I would assume that most areas have something like that, like some sort of history, history of your area that would capture people's interest and attention. [00:21:21.550] Yeah, I think there's so many different paths you can go down. I think one of the things that I listened to, I listened off when I said I'm going to do a podcast. I listen to five books, two of them. I always tell people that they should listen to before they start. And one was Amy Schmitt. Tower was vlog like a boss. And it was really conceptually, how do you create a format for a show that your audience then knows what to expect? [00:21:49.510] So we've talked about a lot of different things. [00:21:51.580] It might be overwhelming to go down all those different roads. But it might be perfect if you frame the show with what the consumer is going to expect as as part of the guidelines. And, you know, it's the time. It's the release. And I don't even want to get into that. And then the other one was John Lee Domus. I think it is a podcast launch, Jale D. And again, that was the technical part about it. [00:22:18.250] So you know how many shows you have ready before you ever start and launch. So those are, I think, some good tools. But getting focused on what your shows could just don't. I don't want my listeners or our listeners to say no to your podcast. [00:22:33.250] Amina, record one today and deliver it to figure out your plan. Figure out your format so the consumer knows what to expect. And you can tell them what to expect. And that's on a lot of work is just you know, I think it was 10 hours worth of audio listening for me. So did you use utilize any resources? I know you mentioned, Jay, a console with three clips. Was there anything else that sort of helped you to. [00:22:56.820] Lay out your format. Not not I would say probably not. Our format is not that unique. Right. Like there's a million interview shows out there. The premise is not, you know, there's there's a you know, there's a million shows that are. Let me let me re answer that. Kenny, Kenny. OK. So you ask whether whether other reasons other than J. Kenzo. Gosh, yeah. Oh, I can. OK. [00:23:32.240] So to answer that question. There are probably, I don't know, Tom, four or five different Facebook groups that I'm in that are related to podcasting that are pretty helpful. One is called podcast movement. That is really good. There's some groups of men that are find a guest to be a guest kind of stuff that is not always appropriate for me because, you know, you and I are really dedicated on real estate. There is a Web site. [00:24:03.010] There's a company that produces a lot of brand podcasts. I think they're called Pacific Content. [00:24:09.310] They have a good blog that once a week has a really, really good article that talks about podcasting and has advice and tips and sometimes some landscape type stuff, things that are going on. [00:24:20.470] So there are I mean, I think there are some really good resources out there. [00:24:24.460] If you look for them and if anybody like wants to connect with me or whatever, I'd be happy to like I there's a bunch that I follow on Twitter and Facebook. I'd be happy to just put a list together or something like. Yeah. [00:24:35.170] Could you send it to me? Because, see, that's I'm not there. So there's so many resources and I think that's what it comes down to. There's so many resources for content. You know, I from my path, Matt and I crossed path, I think, because of maybe second home agents and with through your wife and we connected. So there's so many different places. And I think just being out there and letting people know what you're doing and that you want to you any need to really do it from a helpful heart, not how can I make money off of this? [00:25:05.620] Totally. Yep. Totally, totally. Totally. Because that's where when I started my journey, I was like, how do I make money? And this was before even podcasting. This was before I was doing something else. I just said, you know what? I'm going to. I'm going to win because I've become such an expert in stuff. And I've learned so much from my guest that it's just been and it's fun. You know, I love meeting Matt, you know, and talking to people. [00:25:29.560] Yeah. I mean, I look at him as the host of Homeless podcast. I look at my role as a guide for our listeners to learn about this topic, this topic, that topic. I'm sure you look at your role as the host, as a guide for second home agents. And so if I would say if a realtor is thinking about starting a locally focused podcast. Think of yourself as a guide to your town. Tell the stories of your buyers and sellers. [00:25:53.920] Tell the story of your town, of other business owners, that sort of stuff. If you come from it, you're right. You know this the service, not sales, that will make people more attracted to your content. Nobody wants to. I'm going to go listen to somebody pitch themselves for 30 minutes. Like nobody's going to listen to that. [00:26:09.850] Well, and that's it ending. That takes me to one of the Matt Farnam who, as I mentioned, he is on one of my favorite shows. He talked about the book Building a story brand. And that's really you know, this is such an amazing way if you're a fan of that concept. It's creating a podcast is such a way to build that. There you go. Bill, you see it's right there on the desk. I mean, on my desk. [00:26:36.280] Great book. I would love to get him on my show. I just don't know how. Yeah, I buy. I would love to also. And I have started it and it is really good. I highly recommend that. Highly recommend. [00:26:48.350] Man, I so much appreciate it. I think we're gonna be a couple episodes here and it's just so great to chat with you. [00:26:55.290] I can't wait to meet you in person and and hang out now. Have a as I like to say, a coca coffee, a coke or a cocktail of the three the three C's of networking. [00:27:10.620] Top of the minute, the minute that we can get to Maui, you're the first call. [00:27:14.920] I love it so much. So for everybody out there listening. I know we rambled on and I hope it was a helpful, enjoyable show. And if you're thinking about doing a podcast, please, please reach out to me. I am happy to help. I've had several people, several agents called me up and said, how do I do this? Trying to help you out. I am by no means am I an expert. There's so many different paths you can go. [00:27:38.940] Matt has already said if you have questions, reach out to him. He's happy to help. We just you know, that's really where it all comes from. Is that being helpful and being a guide and. Yeah. So, Matt, how do they get hold of you? Well, first of all, once you give us the overview of your your podcasts where they can listen. [00:28:00.250] Sure. So it's called, as you mentioned earlier. Thank you for that. It's called the walk through. And you can find it on Apple, Spotify, all the platforms if you go to homelike dot com slash podcast. [00:28:11.200] That will take you right to where it describes the show and all the episodes and all that stuff. [00:28:15.820] And if anybody wants to connect with me directly. Probably fate. I have. I have a real estate dedicated account on Facebook. Just search for H. L for homelike HL Matt McGee. That should come up. It's one where you and I chat and I would be happy to connect with anybody. And likewise, if anybody has questions about doing a podcast or whatever. Just reach out anytime. I'm glad to help. 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I love podcasts. I mean, after nearly 200 episodes of my own, you know that there has to be something amazing about podcasts! I firmly believe that podcasts are an amazing way to connect with my audience, and build a stronger network. Through nearly 200 episodes, I’ve had to change to interview nearly 100 different agents, and share my tips with my listeners! That why when I started listening to Matt McGee’s podcast, I know that I had to have him on the show! As a fellow podcast creator, it’s always a delight to talk to someone else who is doing similar work! After binge-listening to Matt’s work on the HomeLight podcast, I knew that I wanted to have him on the show to share his experiences with you! We’re talking about creating content, interviewing guests, and keeping focused. Matt McGee is a content creator with Homelight, and has been the main person working on the HomeLight podcast! I’ve listened to him for hours, and can’t wait for you to hear from him! Ready to hear Matt McGee’s insights on creating content? If you’re thinking about ever creating a podcast, you won’t want to miss this week’s episode of the Selling the Dream podcast! Before we dive in: join an amazing network of the best second home agents. Make sure that you create your free profile on the Second Home Agents website? Go over and get started: it’s FREE to join. Click here to register, fill out your profile and get listed today. Highlights of this episode: Tom introduces Matt, and his career path. Tom and Matt discuss their podcasts, and how they come up with content. One of the fun things about a podcast is that you create a plan, but you really never know how an interview is going to go until you’re recording! Matt shares how they find focus for each episode, and help get the best out of each guest on the show. As the podcast picked up, and more people listened, Matt started getting lots of questions from listeners, and what they wanted to hear! You learn as you go: your style will change as you gain experience, and you will become a better interviewer! Matt shares his process. He starts with a pre-planning call with the guest so he can set expectations and learn more about their unique value. Tom and Matt share how they find quality guests to appear on the show. Learn how to really listen to people while you interview: don’t be so focused on your next question that you miss any gems or major takeaways they have given! Matt shares about his favorite episode of his podcast. Catch part 2 next week! Don’t forget to subscribe to the Selling the Dream podcast so you don’t miss any new episodes! Leave a review: you never know when it will be read on the show! Hey everybody, thank you so much for spending time with us today: would you do me a giant favor and share this podcast with fellow realtors, and leave a review. Your reviews help this podcast get shared with more people. 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[00:00:09] Welcome to Selling the Dream, a podcast created four and five second whole and resorbed realtor Bontemps teaser. Each week. My goal is to bring you a quick real estate tip, along with an info past interview with an industry rock star. [00:00:22] My mission is to bring this cutting edge marketing finding true self. And information about the latest technology. Thanks for tuning in. And remember, we're not telling her what she was telling the truth. [00:00:37] Good morning, everybody. Good afternoon or good evening, wherever you're at, whatever time it is, and you're listening to the show. Welcome to Selling the Dream. [00:00:44] And today, I say this every week, but I'm always excited to have guests. But today I have been listened to our guest for hours on his podcast, and he's just started doing a podcast. Not too long ago. I was guest on a show and I just really connected with with him. Matt McGhee from our home light. And he does the walkthrough. And Matt said, Don't. You don't need to be an advertiser. For me, it's like, well, it's not, but you're just so much fun. [00:01:11] You're a great, great guy to listen to. And you bring so many great guests in the big so far in your show, which is twenty two shows, long or thereabouts. Matt, welcome to Selling the Dream. [00:01:21] Tom, thank you so much for having me on. It's great to I loved having you on our show a couple months ago and it's it's a pleasure to return the favor and be on your show. [00:01:30] Cool. Thank you so much. And you know, I you know, usually we go into these shows with like an idea and a plan. And Matt and I were talking yesterday. It's like, you know, I just want to have a conversation that because you've been doing now 20 some shows and I've been on this will be probably at my two hundred and first two hundred and third episode. And I just wanted to chat with you in so we can share with our audience who are out there listening to podcasts. Obviously, if they're listening, they're podcast fans and their agents. So they're thinking about creating content. And so many of them are saying, oh, I should do a podcast. And, you know, I think I just wanna have a conversation with you about should they? And then also, what have you learned in the first, you know, 20 or so episodes and sort of have that conversation? So what did you share, what your thoughts are with all of that? And welcome to the show. [00:02:21] Thanks again. Thanks for having me on. And it's a pleasure. And I love having you on our show. And yeah, I think it's I do see. I wonder if if you would agree, I, I sense and I you know, I see a lot of the headlines related to podcasts, and it seems to me that there has been an increase in listenership just over the last couple of years. And I would assume 200 are. You're your weekly. So we're talking a couple of years. Couple, three, four years for you. [00:02:46] So now we're we're we're twice a week. So I do a show. Yeah, I do one on Tuesday, which is a very short, like, inspiration, a tip. What pissed me off this week kind of thing. And don't do it or and then on a Friday show is like this is more of an interview style where I bring in a typically it's a real tour, but it's an industry rock star like, you know, a variety of different people coming. Well, last week's show probably was Lawrence Yun from the National Association of Realtors, which was like I was thinking, oh, this is going to really be a tough show to listen to. He was amazing. So because he's a statistician and, you know. They're different than realtors. [00:03:28] So that's what I mean. That's one of the fun things, though, about doing the show. Right, is that we get ideas in our head on, what it's gonna be like and what direction it's gonna go down. And then it's wonderful when it goes down an entirely different direction. And, you know, you explore something together and it just turns into something that you know much better than you ever thought it would be. [00:03:45] So, yeah, I agree. And, you know, and the the shows that I remember most are the shows that I thought. Before I did the show, that was gonna be, oh, this is gonna be a yawn. And it's like, oh my gosh, this was like the best guest ever. I never really knew who he was. And and there's one guy who's become an incredibly good friend out of this process. And Matt Farnam out of Las Vegas, just he's just one of those people. He's in the real estate industry his sophomore year. And, you know, you go back and I think he was in the 50s or 60s in my shows and just, wow, what a great guy. But I would imagine you had shows like that in your 20 some shows that were you were sort of like, OK, what's this going to be like and what's your experience been with that? We'll talk about doing a podcast, but I want to hear what your thoughts are on. [00:04:36] Yeah, it's I mean, you sort of have expectations built in with with what each guest is going to bring to the table and what the topic is gonna be like and where it's going to go. And, you know, sometimes for me, like one of my big concerns with each episode, like we try to we try to keep our episodes to be somewhere between 30 and forty five minutes. And so, like, sometimes there's topics where you're like, how can we cover all this in thirty to forty five minutes. Right. Like it's like we're gonna be doing one soon on Facebook ads for real estate. Like wow that's a really heavy topic. Right. That you could do like four or five distinct episodes on that. And so that's one of the challenges that that that I find with putting our show together is just having this situation where you've got this limited time and there's so many different directions where you could go somebody different things you could ask and talk about. And how do you sort of condense it and boil it down, though? Episodes that we are recording right now was supposed to be just one episode. Tom was going to be about online lead conversion. And we had Jackie Soto and Elmer Mirrorless, who are agents in Southern California, and they're part of the homelike elite program, which is that's what we that's what we call the top one percent of agents on our pilot and also best of the best of Zillow. [00:05:55] Right. So they know what they're doing with online leads. And so I was planning to have them on four thirty five, thirty to forty five minutes. We did the first interview and it went so well and we talked for like the full hour and I was like, I can't edit any of this. I just can't cut this out. It's right. And like if I cut this out then we were missing, like then we're leaving a lot of good stuff on the table. So we did. So we turned it into two episodes. And then as soon as the two episodes went out, people started emailing me. Hey, can you ask them this? They start leaving voice mails. Can you ask you know, I'm an agent in New York City and I have a question about this. And so we just did this week. We just recorded part three of the series just just based on listener, you know, on listener questions and feedback. You've had Tom Faery on your show. I had Tom Fair on my like Tom Ferry did not even get three episodes, so we broke Tom into two. And so, like like you said, sometimes you just you never know where things are going to go. And I think, like, I, I think that's one of the joys and one of the really fun things about doing this kind of show. [00:07:01] And I think you need to you know, it's an art and it's the interview style. And I listen back to my first, second, fifth, tenth show and it's like, wow, did I suck? Right. Yeah. Well, same with me. And and, you know, it evolves. Your process, your style evolves. And I know that you've been doing more editing inbound or Encho editing, which I'm like I sort of like that because you take out some of the ums and Ozz, where our show is sort of as raw as it gets. We don't edit stuff out because we want to be conversational, but then that takes time. So I love listening to it. And I told Kenny, I said I don't know if he ever did. Kenny's my producer said, Kenny, you need to listen to this show a couple of times because Matt is doing some fun stuff with the way he's editing. And I would just listen to one. [00:07:47] I don't even know who it was the other day, but you just stop the show and you started talking in-between. It's like, hey, I just wanted to stop the show right now. Did you guys hear what he just said? And it was like, hey, that's pretty cool. I like the way you're really sort of going back in. [00:08:08] And it's almost like you're in a book club and you're doing this and then you're going in and you're, you know, pinpointing some of the stuff. So I found that really helpful. But it's a lot of work. I mean, that's where I wanted to share with with our agents and our audience. If you're thinking about doing a podcast, we know Kenny and I did a podcast about the dynamics and what books to read. But I want to sort of bring you in and say the the art of this, because it's it's one thing to learn how to. To do the podcast and recorded and upload it and figure out your format, but there's so much of a skill in that interview process and keeping your client engaged. I mean, start keeping your guests engaged and keeping them going down the road to a degree that you want, but at the same time keeping your audience engaged. And I think you're doing a great job with that. And I just you know, and I every time I listen to other podcasts, sorry, I'm rambling. Every time I listen to other podcasts, I get stuff. It's like, oh, I want to start doing that. Hey, Kenny. Yeah, me too. And so being a fan and a student of other podcasts I think is so helpful. So that's why I wanted you on. And so how did you get your your path? How did you come up with your ideas or how was it evolving and what do you do to to do that? [00:09:24] Well, I'll, I'll tell you who I've been really influenced by is a guy named Jay, a Kenzo, and he's fairly well-known in digital marketing content marketing circles. I would encourage anybody that wants to learn about podcasting, be a better podcast, or he has a show called Three Clips and I'm writing it down on my board. So. So, yeah. So. So I should give a little bit about about his background first. So he he runs a company called Marketing Show Runners. And this company that him and I believe a few other people, they help primarily big brands, from what I understand, create shows, primarily podcasts. But it might be video shows or something like that. So, you know, and there's a there's a growing number of big brands that have shows like RCI does podcasts. They've been doing podcasts for years. Trader Joe's. Right. A lot of Red Bull, that sort of stuff. There's a lot there's an old growth, growing trend towards big companies, big brands sort of saying, hey, you know, we're gonna have a show and create content for our audience and hit. So his company exists to sort of serve and enable and improve that content. And so he started this. This podcast is called Three Clips. And it's a really clever idea because what he does is he breaks down a podcast by a brand or a person, whatever might be by just pulling out three interesting clips from one of their episodes. They play the clips and then he talks about this is, you know, listen for this and listen to this other part over here and listen to how, you know, they did this. [00:11:01] And that's been super educational for me, Tom. So, so. So I need to give credit first and foremost to that, because I discovered that I think back in December, November, December, which is right when he started that podcast. And that's right when at home, like we were diving knee deep into let's launch our own podcast. So, like, the timing just couldn't have been perfect. And his thing. I mean, there's his thing. I mean, he's got to like a lot of things that I've learned, but like the main thing that I've learned is the idea of doing a podcast is. You want to get the listener to the end of the show, right? Right. It's a podcast is so unlike everything else. Right. If you're if if, you know, an agent is reading an article that Tom Tesuque wrote. They can scan ahead. They can see certain words are bold. Know you might have some sections or some bullet points. It becomes easier to digest that way with TV or video shows. There's visual cues like, you know, somebody watch now sees that I am talking with my hands or whatever might be. But there's other vision, a podcast. There's nothing. It's just me or you. And the listeners ears. Right. It's your mouth. And it's it's incredibly intimate. Most people are listening in their car at the gym. Out on a walk. Something like that. So they have other things going on. So you have. How do you keep their attention? Right. And like, that's that's sort of been the whole thing, the whole kind of focus that I've learned to concentrate on with our show. [00:12:40] And you've been doing a great job, and that's what I was gonna interject the name. I get all excited. But I listened to you for, like I said, two hours when I was out on my walk. I walk the golf course in my neighborhood and I just like E-Trade picking up golf balls. So I'm listen to the math and I'm doing that. So you're right. People are doing other things when they're listening to their podcast that they can be engaged in. So I think keeping them part of the conversation is important. And it is it's intimate and that's a great word. So you create that space. How do you. Know where you're going in the conversation. This is something that people said to me and I said, well, you just you just drive the train sort of seamless. So how do you find your way doing that? [00:13:27] Are there you know, how would you feel if I ask you this? How would you feel if I ask you what is your you know, I want to get an idea. It's almost like the same questions that we're going to ask. But I want to know from the guest where their responses are going to be so that I can start to say yes. I think that's a good avenue that we should explore in the final version or now that's kind of a dead end. Let's not even worry about that in the actual currency. So that's really important. Is. For me, at least, is doing sort of a preplanning call and figuring out exactly what we're going to talk about. I put together a rundown of questions and topics, do a lot of research on every guest just to sort of figure out. I remember before we did before you came on, I listened to several of your shows, and I remember that one. You did this the short version. You had one where you talked about being the lighthouse. Do you remember that? I do. And I loved that so much from listening to your show. And I remember asking you about that at the end of when you were on ours. And it made for a great moment because it was such a great message at that time. Like that was that was like I think you were like show number nine. And that was like right in the middle of all the chaos of the piano. [00:14:42] I knew it happened. And it may you know, as a as a guest, it made me feel like, wow, I felt so special that you had one listen to my stuff and to ask me about something that I was passionate about. [00:14:53] So it really does it does make a difference. [00:14:56] The other thing that, you know, for man, I just want to just share with you something about your show that I really like it. You know, when there's somebody out there looking for more podcasts because I know I burn out. I mean, I it's like, OK, listen to Matt for three shows I listened to that had been for five shows. And it's like, OK, I'm done listening to that voice. I need something else, but I binge please in. [00:15:21] I lost. I was going mad. That's what happened. It's it's it's your show. [00:15:29] I know there is. Your show. What I like about your show is I would say it's a brand show. It's a home light, which is a lead service company. But you what I love about it is you're not talking about home light on your show, even though you touch on it every once in a while. You have a strong home light person. But it's not about that. It's about. You were bringing so much value to the audience. And that's what I'm what I'm enamored with on your show, which I really love. [00:15:59] So I would change gears now because gave you a little bit. Attaboy there. [00:16:02] But thank you. I appreciate that. How do you find your guests? Oh, that's a you know, that's a good one. And it's a lot of for me, it's a lot of reading, a lot of watching videos, attending conferences. More recently, virtual conferences. Right. Because we're all sort of locked into a degree. A lot of time on Facebook. Real estate agents, a lot of real estate agents are on Facebook. So I'm in, you know, all the big Facebook groups, the lab coat in men, et cetera. And so it becomes a matter of just keeping your eyes open, I think, and seeing who's saying what and who has an interesting opinion that you think can be expanded upon to, you know, an interesting 30 minute show or something like that. I think that's a big that's probably Tom for me. When I when we started this show, that's probably the part of it that I didn't appreciate the most, how much time it would take us to start to sort of figure out who should be on and where those people are. Been your experience as well? Because you I mean, you've been doing 200 episodes, so you had one hundred guests there abouts in the show. [00:17:16] And it's it's interesting and it's scary. We're were touched on this earlier as you invite a guest on. And for me, I'm inviting predominately realtors. And I've had some realtors that have been on the show that it's like I need more than a yes answer. And there is so and once you're in it for for me as a as a host, I don't want to not air a show. [00:17:40] But then the challenges, what do I do with the show that I don't think was as quality as it could have been. And I don't want to tell my guests that they saw it. Yeah. You know, because it's because they took a bunch of their time. And so it's really having. I would recommend to anybody who's listening if you're going to do a show and it's going to be a show for a local community, which I think that's what a lot of people, a lot of agents. There's a great opportunity. There is before you invite somebody on your show, have a conversation with them. Right. Follow what they're saying. And I love what you said. Do they have an opinion that you can work with? Because if they don't, you want to rethink that. But there's you know, your local politicians will love to get on your shows. [00:18:26] Yeah, I think that I think the opinion point there is important, too, because because, you know, I look for opinions and stories, because facts and figures, people can Google that. Right. Right. I want our show to have stuff that you can't get just on. It's simple Google search or by reading some listicle article on, you know, who whoever's Web site. So I think that's really important. And you're right, sometimes sometimes it doesn't go well. And and. Yeah. I mean, I've I've had that I had that same exact experience with with one of our with one of our shows. But I had sort of a built in excuse because we shifted into our sort of our coded mode. And by the time we got out of that, if I recall correctly, by the time we were ready to sort of get back to, quote, normal, like a lot of the information in the podcast was out of date. And we're like, all right, let's just try and connect again at a later date. It wasn't the best. It wasn't the best show anyway. [00:19:25] So then, you know, what I will do is as we try, we go the same thing, 30 minutes ish, 20 to 40 minutes. I'll tell clients and I build in time. And if I have a show that I'm struggling with and I share this again, not to throw anybody under the bus. But for those people out, there's agents out there that are thinking about doing a show. Use your editing. You know, there is a way to clean them up and create dissension points and and and do that. The other thing I wanted to go back to, you said something about the questions and what you talk to people. It's important to know what you're going to talk about, but it's even more important to know the questions you don't ask, because when you ask some questions, you either lose control or you get an answer that makes everybody look like, didn't you have an idea about this? Right. So so laying out the groundwork for those questions of how you. How you go about that path and keeping them and the other thing like I like to ramble sometimes, is Soto clients, I guess being able to gracefully grab them, put a big hug around them and pull them back on topic. Yeah. Yeah. How's your. What do you do to try to wrangle, so to speak, clients? [00:20:38] I think probably the thing that I do most often and that situation is just I think of ways, you know, because you can hear the guests and they're kind of going off down this other path and you're like, oh, that's not where I thought you were gonna go. And this is where we should go for our listeners. Right. And so I, I probably start to to think, all right. I need to reword that same question in a different way to make them understand what I was hoping they would say. That's generally what I do. I think to one thing that we should talk about, Tom, and I'll go first. As a host, it's incredibly important, right, to listen to what they say and pay attention and sort of when they're on point. Let that guide the conversation and I'll give you an example that like the thing that you mentioned about five minutes ago, about the moment where I jumped in and cut the person off and said, did you hear that? That's actually example. Like, I had to do that because I screwed up. Right. That that was that, if I recall correctly, that was an episode where it was Brian Boléro who works at Thousand Watt, which is right. [00:21:43] Thousands there, the Portland based agency that they work with, real estate teams and brokerages and big brands. And he I don't remember the exact quote, but he's a I mean, he's a quote machine. He's really good. He's a great guest. And he made a quote that if I had been paying enough attention during the actual conversation, I would have said, hey, Brian, stop. Can you repeat that for our listeners? That's a really important point they should hear. I don't know what I was doing, Tom. I must a bit in like off. You were thinking about the next question I was thinking about. Right. Yeah, I was thinking about the next question, and I totally missed it. And then when I was listening back to the interview was like, oh, my gosh, that is gold right there. So I thought, I need to. I just need to interrupt at this point in the show. And that's so we record I recorded that that video, that soundbite of me saying, all right, stop. I need to interrupt. So it right. And you have I'm right. You know, you appreciate the value of actually listening to people. [00:22:41] So I want to cut in right here and just say so you guys are all probably dying to know what that quote is. And I can remember it, but I'm not going to tell you. You're going gonna have to go listen to Matt McGees show, walk through and listen to Brian Boiro from 1000. What, because it was gold. So sorry, everybody. [00:22:59] But, you know, we've got to give Madelin most of your your your mean. Yeah, I know. I like to be mean every once in a while. [00:23:08] So you were saying you're going to start something about and then we got those funny holes. That's the other thing. We get into bunny holes as a as a podcast. How is she. Just like it's like oh give me out or get them out. So I think you're right, it's redirecting the question read and hearing where it's going to happen for a podcast that I'd love to listen to. They are not scripted. They eat. They evolve based on where the conversation takes you. And that's what you were saying. So and as as you guys are listening, just know that it's it's an art. And I don't think I'm very good yet at podcast hosting, but know that you've just got to go in and start doing it. And as you do it, you'll figure it out. You'll learn. And if if you don't, then you stop doing it. [00:23:56] And I mean I mean, it sounds I mean, I can tell just from listening to you, like your. Like I I'm self-critical, like I listen back and I say, how can I get better? And I'm sure you do the same thing, right? Absolutely. [00:24:09] Yeah, and that's what you gotta do, because it's like, oh, all right, they're very often like, oh, what an idiot talking about myself all the time. [00:24:17] And you know, but we just love talking about me, not you. Bye. I'm agreeing with you that I call myself that all the time. [00:24:24] Like that. Tom, he's dumb. So we didn't really prep on this, but I want to change it up a little bit. Like, I always use my term as well. But it change gears because I when I want to. [00:24:33] When I want to. When I said, OK, we beat that horse enough. Let's start talking about something else. And having those segue ways. And sometimes you don't get a Segway, you just gonna make it up. [00:24:42] And so in your show, you're twenty two shows. What's your favorite show that you've done so far? If you're willing to share. [00:24:51] Oh wow. That's a great question. I would say I mean, I would I would say probably there's I would say to two different ones for two different reasons. Number one is the most recent one that we did that I already mentioned with the online lead conversion with Jackie and Elmer. And that's a favorite because. They look like they have a really great system, time for online leads, and they were. Like there was nothing off limits, like there was no point in the conversation where they said, no, we're not willing to share this. No, we're not willing to give this information away. And that just makes for just golden information. Right. Because sometimes. And I totally respect like someone just like I you know, I'd rather not, you know, give away this tip or secret. OK. I can respect that. But they they were just like an open book. Like, here's our scripts. Here's exactly what happens when a leak comes in. The automation clicks in the personal call like so they were super, super detailed. And so that I thought was really, really great. And then I think probably the other one was the Brian Gweru episode. That was a fair one, because I agree, like, they have a very definitive viewpoint on marketing and and branding and agent messaging. And I agree with a lot of the way that they that they approach things like how agents need to separate themselves from the crowd and stand out and be different and be unique. So that was that was a favorite because I really identified with the message that that that he was one of the things I heard. [00:26:28] There are several things in that show. But one of the things I will share about that show that I was like, yes, because I respect Brian. He's I mean, their company is they're great. But when he's when you are talking about branding facemasks and I me, that is just the most asinine thing anybody could ever do. [00:26:46] And I know there is a lot of realtors out there doing that. And he said, why would you want to put your name on something that everybody hates to wear? [00:26:54] And I thought. A man. [00:26:57] And it's dense and it's a sensitive subject, too, right? It's like that's a lot less like a life. That's like a piece of lifesaving. It's not like writing your name on somebody is cast when they break their arm or whatever that's, you know, like. But yeah, that's. Yeah, that was. [00:27:12] So, yeah, I'm with you on that. So now what were the what have you. What are your takeaways. I don't. Let me let me give some context because we didn't say that. So Matt, you are a podcast or you are the homelike part of the marketing team. [00:27:25] But and your wife is a realtor in Wisconsin, Ohio and Oregon. Washington, Washington. See that? Anyway, you're I I a real turn in eastern Washington, correct? Yes. And so you sort of come into this area by first helping her with her marketing and her content creation and then got into home light. So just giving context for everybody where you come from. So my question for you. That it's been very hard to get out so far is. What's what were your takeaways from your shows? Those little nuggets that because there's always a bunch. [00:28:07] Yeah, I think so. So one of the one of the early shows that at all, I'll mention that because we actually put it into play with Kerry's business, because I still do help her in my spare time, I think was episode number four. We had Karen Carr on and she's and it was all about YouTube and YouTube, SVO. And she if you do a search for just go on Google and search moving to Savannah, she pretty much owns that search result page. Chances are you're going to see a big YouTube thumbnail with her video. And it's, you know, this this. I think it's it's not a super long video or anything. I think it's like five or six minutes maybe. And she just talks about, you know, ten things that you need to know if you're moving to Savannah, Georgia. She's got a blog post that's underage. She's got some other like she just owns that search word. And she told the story of, like that one video has led to in the three years that's been online has led her to, I think she said, over one hundred thousand dollars in GCI. Right. Like when one video. [00:29:11] That's that's incredible. So she told the story of how she came up with the idea and what she did and how she optimized it. And so so that that I thought was really interesting and something that anyone should be able to learn from. I know, you know, as somebody that deals with a lot of second home and relocation, you know, your audience may be of particular interest to that. So we created a video for Carrie. She did a video about moving to the tri cities. And it's just starting to get, you know, some of that, you know, that kind of thing doesn't happen overnight. Right. But it's so it's just starting. Yes. So she's had, I think, one or two people say, hey, I saw your video. You know, can you I have questions about moving to the tri cities. And so, like, I thought that was really cool that like we had this person on the show and then we tried it ourselves and it started to work like, that's pretty crazy. So that was one of my. That's like one of my favorite ones that I would say I love it. [00:30:05] Yeah. So it is it is it is great for me as an as a host. [00:30:10] I have people on and I'm taking stuff away from this show. All right. [00:30:13] The time, because I'm interviewing agents from all over the country and resort communities and it's just being willing to listen. Sometimes we just got to shut up and listen and learn what's out there. And sometimes it's like, oh, that won't work in my market. And I want my guests and say. Ask yourself that question again. [00:30:32] Are you sure it won't work? Because sometimes we have to reinvent it or redevelop it. [00:30:36] But there's some great concepts out there that we're presenting to the audience that, you know, they're working for people. Sometimes people say, oh, that's old school. It's like, well, well, old school still works. [00:30:49] Yeah, yeah. And let me just add to to to give you credit, because one of my other favorite nuggets from the shows was from your episode when you talked about that idea, I think you called it the hidden referral. Is that right? Where is it? Which is exactly sort of like the opposite of what I just described, because you said it's not about advertising to buyers and sellers in your feeder markets, but it's about connecting with other agents. Right? [00:31:15] Right. Absolutely. Because they I mean, if I can't connect, there's one or two buyers and sellers in the market that I can possibly reach. [00:31:22] But if I can hit, you know, 50 agents and they ask their client or if I had two agents and they ask their client, they've got a you know, between them five hundred or a thousand clients, it exponentially expands the opportunity. [00:31:36] And so referrals have become a huge amount of my business. [00:31:39] Right before I jumped on this call, I got a referral through one of the online portals and it was like, boom, it's there and it's a seven hundred thousand dollar referral. So nice just being connected and being being engaged, doing stuff like this I think is so important. [00:31:53] That's the other thing that I think with. [00:31:58] Hey, everybody. I'm so happy that you're with us today. And I just want to encourage you to please there's nothing that makes me happier than when I get reviews and subscriptions from all of you out there. Whatever platform you listen on, please go in and leave us to review. Give us a rate us give us whatever many stars that you think are appropriate. Send me an email. I love getting e-mails from from you with any questions you might have that I can address or feel free to comment. I'm so available anyway to Aido to 055 and the other things I'd love for you to do is join our network group in Facebook Resort and second home agents. It's only for real estate agents or industry influencers. And I would. We've got a great group going on, lots of activity. And lastly, go to second home agents dot com. Become a member. Join up on that site. [00:32:52] We put all of our information on that site, and we're creating a network for agents to share and help other agents out, as well as do referrals. [00:33:02] So for selling the dream, please help us out. Be part of the party and join with us.

Have you ever looked at an aspect of real estate, and thought, “I’ll never do that!” Maybe it was rentals, or certain locations. Maybe you didn’t want to sell condos, or houses in the suburbs. Whatever it was, you knew that you wanted to do anything but that! For Lyndsey Garza, it was vacation rentals. Or at least, she’d never wanted to do vacation rentals, until one day, she found herself unemployed, with the opportunity right in front of her to dive in and start managing vacation rentals. Lyndsey and her late husband started working the rental market in Galveston, Texas. At their peak, they were managing at least 60 properties! Over the course of several years, Lyndsey put her head down and did the work. She invested in tech to help herself be one of the first people using a website to book vacation rentals in the area. She was so busy that she realized that she wasn’t even able to sell real estate anymore! Eventually, her company was bought out, but I’ll let her tell you the story! You’ll be inspired by her story, from being a leader in managing rentals to selling to second home buyers in Texas! If you’ve ever wondered how to look for opportunity, you’re going to be inspired by her story! Ready to hear from Lyndsey Garza? You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of the Selling the Dream podcast! Before we dive in: join an amazing network of the best second home agents. Make sure that you create your free profile on the Second Home Agents website? Go over and get started: it’s FREE to join. Click here to register, fill out your profile and get listed today. Highlights of this episode: Tom introduces Lyndsey, her career path, and some of the hurdles she has overcome. Lyndsey shares how she got into real estate after the market crash, handling vacation rentals for owners who lived out of state. Jumping in and taking chances helped Lyndsay learn so much about the market, and what it would take to be successful. It also gave her incredible connections! The rental market helped boost Lyndsey’s career: she treated rentals just like they were a sale, and built rapport with people! When they wanted to buy a house later, she was the one they trusted and called! Provide white glove levels of service: your clients will see! Because Lyndsey was an innovator in the rental industry, she was able to lead! Investing in tech helped Lyndsey stand out among others doing similar work. Eventually, Lyndsey sound that there were people who liked her business more than she liked her business, and were interested in buying it! When he husband died, Lyndsey had to make tough choices so that she could provide for her family. Tom and Lyndsey talk about the process of selling the business. Lyndsey did not have a lawyer, but she would recommend it if you’re considering selling your business! You may think that you don’t need one, but selling a business is an emotional experience, and having someone to help is invaluable. If you don’t own the URL for your location + vacation real estate.com, you need to go buy it! Getting leads from sites like realestate.com can be like a bouquet toss at a wedding: you never really know who is going to catch it! Lyndsey shares her secrets to connecting with clients. “The number one rule of sales is not to sell, but that people buy from people they know, like, and trust.” Tom and Lyndsey go through rapid fire questions. Don’t forget: there is opportunity out there, no matter your level of experience. If you’re brand new, or been selling real estate for years, there is opportunity for you! Don’t forget to subscribe to the Selling the Dream podcast so you don’t miss any new episodes! Leave a review: you never know when it will be read on the show! Hey everybody, thank you so much for spending time with us today: would you do me a giant favor and share this podcast with fellow realtors, and leave a review. Your reviews help this podcast get shared with more people. Sign up for a trial with Bomb Bomb and get a free eBook from me! Just let me know you’ve signed up, and I’ll send a free copy of Ethan Beute’s book! Connect with Lyndsey: LinkedIn Connect with me (Tom): 2nd Home Agents website Facebook Instagram YouTube EXCLUSIVE Resort & 2nd Home Real Estate Agents Facebook Group Subscribe to the Show Don’t miss a single episode of the podcast. You can search for “Selling the Dream” on any of your favorite listening platforms, or follow the links below: iTunes Spotify Stitcher YouTube Have you made your free profile on the Second Home Agents website? Go over and get started: it’s FREE. Click here to register, make your profile and get listed today. As always, thanks for listening. Don’t forget, you’re not selling a home: you’re selling the dream. See you next time!   TRANSCRIPT: [00:00:00.480] Today and selling the dream. Learn a little secret on what you are, El, that you should buy. Before the show is over. Welcome to Selling the Dream. A podcast created four and five second hold and resort realtor on Tom Tezak. And each week, my goal is to bring you a quick real estate tip, along with an info past interview with an industry rock star. My mission is to bring this cutting edge marketing, fighting through sales and information about the latest technology. [00:00:27.540] Thanks for tuning in. And remember, we're not selling real estate. We're selling the. Hey, everybody. Tom Tezak with Selling the Dream, a podcast for second home agents. And today, I'm so excited to have Lindsey Garza with me. And Lindsey has had such a crazy path through her career. She started companies got laid off, her husband untimely, passed away. She's raised kids by herself and she's been doing this all while Solyndra resort real estate, creating businesses. [00:01:01.860] And just what a trooper. And I mean, we just chat a little bit and you will be so inspired by Lindsey. Lindsey, thanks for coming on the show. And my favorite line is I would never sell a traditional real estate. You're my hero. [00:01:16.980] Thanks. I know that I. I love second hand market. I love the resort market. And I would never I mean, I do sell primarily and I need to. But it's not it's not my passion. Right. [00:01:28.710] Is that what you're you're not going out knocking on doors, trying to sell traditional market? No, I'm not getting fired up about it, you know. So. Yeah. [00:01:35.700] So Lindsay does, you know, we sure. We were talking a little bit. You've had a really challenging career. I mean, you're challenging path in your career and you work for a developer. You were selling resort homes and then things just went to hell in a handbasket with two thousand, seven, eight, nine and all of those crazy time. [00:01:54.540] So once you just give us a little brief background of what happened, sir, and. [00:02:00.150] Well, I actually I moved to Galveston. I got a marine biology degree, which I do have, and taught high school chemistry for a couple years and then in 2005, got sucked into the real estate market, integrated many rich community. That was geared toward second homes. And it was Syntex Destination Properties. That was their second home portfolios that they would do in Hawaii and Florida. And they brought one to Texas and then they diversified. When the market started, you know, they got back to what they were good at, building tract homes and doing neighborhoods and sold off to a developer out of Dallas who unfortunately bought in 2008 and which was also the year of Hurricane Ike for us, which was a direct hit that we got. [00:02:40.200] It was the day before the markets fell out, as we had heard. And so I had no idea what kind of impact that was going to cost me. But it wasn't, you know, it was a good impact. You just get really good at what you do and you diversify. You know, you get a foreclosures and short sales and you just adapt. [00:03:00.410] You know, there's always been that separation, I feel, between the realtor and the rental, you know, like it's like almost like a division. And I fell into a great opportunity that I did not see as an opportunity then. But what did they say when another door opens, a window closes or whatever? You know what I mean by that? [00:03:18.860] A door closes and when one door closes, a window or another door opens, something opens. [00:03:24.380] But, you know, my husband, Mark, my late husband would send hate. He was a builder and we were both heavily invested here. And they they resort to the Endi that I specialized in, went into foreclosure and their front desk where they handled their rentals was left empty with about 30, 40 absentee homeowners that did not live in the state, did not know what to do. And that's is 2012. And he the one thing we've got to go into vacation rental management. [00:03:48.470] I said no way. No, not touching that. I'm too good for that. You know, like think like I honestly thought that. And, you know, that's sad. And because I realize that, oh, I was not good. You know, I got it. It was great. It's a very lucrative business. And this just back in the dinosaur age of 2012. And I am so thankful that we did that and took that risk. [00:04:07.790] We didn't know anything about it as it what I had heard about it, you know, when they would return our clients over to be a rental team to talk about that part. It was it was a whirlwind, but one year. [00:04:20.510] So you were in a specific community, but the greater area is basically Galveston, right? [00:04:24.770] Yes. I'm all over Galveston now. And I was known as the Point West girl, but I'm an island wide. Perfect. So. So then what happened? So you're laid off. You're sitting on your living room floor. I think you said and it's like, OK, we got to figure out what to do because we got to work. And so you said, let's go into the vacation rental business. And you're saying, I'm too good for that. [00:04:45.530] I'm like, no, I sell real estate. Yeah, I don't do the rentals, you know? And and it was I loved it. I loved everything about the vacation rental industry. And, you know, I didn't want to clean. And Mark, you and I were cleaning together. We went from like two units and we needed software spring break. And I mean I mean, I ended up when I and I end up with 60 units at the end of the day. [00:05:07.610] That was my max number and about three years. But it was. I'm so glad that I looked him and I said, OK, we'll do it. I trust you. And we would clean together and yell at each other, you know, and hurry up, get that wife I connected. We couldn't. The funniest story was we didn't know how to operate a car lock. So we just took it off and put a regular lock on, you know, for spring break. [00:05:25.880] So you're our guest. Then we learned it all very quickly. And I met some fabulous people in that industry that allow me to transform my real estate capability, to my knowledge. [00:05:35.240] So let's start with let's go to there. So you jump into this resort or the rental market, the vacation rental market. And you said you didn't realize how much you would learn from it and how it helped you to sell traditional Riverside. Let's talk about that before we go into your next transition or the sale and everything. [00:05:54.860] You know, what I realized is that when you have when you start small like this, you know, and you and you build it, it's all about the experience for the guests. And the scenario I as the property management company owner, your you're worried about your guests or about your owners, but those guests that they're treated correctly and given that that right level of customer service. And you give them experience and given that local knowledge, you really talk to and become their you know, their friends and they trust you. [00:06:20.780] People wouldn't book online back then with photos. So we did video back in 2013 and boom, boom, boom. You know, they could really see it. They didn't trust it yet. But I saw that these guests were the buyers. You know, I was like, huh? And, you know, with that life-cycle, it's really a unique proposition, the way that people would go into wine to purchase a vacation rental before it was just to offset ait's away fees. [00:06:44.160] Well, now they're cash flow and it's great. It's a great way now to buy a second home. It's like test driving the car. Runners will come in, they go, Oh, so somebody owns us. And I remember they like how much I pull out a rental history. And I show I mean, they were all kind. A lot of them are condos. So they were like units. And I could show them histories and. And they would if I showed him the numbers they bought. [00:07:08.780] And I realized the relationship between that it was almost a different transaction because things were more important to them. And that's evolved through mass times, gone on with the industry. [00:07:19.250] What things were more important to them, the location or the price or the experience or what was it that was? What did you determine? All of a sudden, as now you're representing. Owners that are renting to now, people that are buying and you said something was more, what was it that's more important? I think well, it depends on it, you know, with the. It depends on if you're looking at from the gas perspective, with the guests perspective or the buyer perspective. [00:07:41.780] Say that, you know, they'll rent three times and they'll be like, well, maybe we should buy one. You know, we just. And it's showing them the actual. Because I was very transparent. I printed out an understatement. You know, profit sensitive information. And they saw everything black and white, the income and the revenue and the expenses and whatnot. And I think with me being transparent with them and explaining how the process worked and what to expect and understanding it from both ends really, really changed the way that that film was made. [00:08:10.470] So you were in involved with each one of these guests that was coming into the. They were re reacting with you and you said you strike. You strive for white glove service and that the concierge level. So you are. There was this ongoing connection with them. And so those conversations, I assume, would just evolve, too. Well, what's it look like to be an owner instead of a renter or would you? [00:08:31.140] Were there questions or reserve script that you had that you would say, OK. [00:08:36.740] Susie and Bill are coming in. It's their third trip here. I probably should have the conversation. I mean, was that something that you consciously thought about? [00:08:45.270] You know, we had a lot of repeats because I loved booking reservations. That was like my favorite thing to do. And you would still catch me trying to grab the fan, even though we had, like, three reservationist in there, you know? And it's really you get a feel from them and they they love it there and they have the experience and they're kind of in for their anniversary. Leslie, some champagne or for Thanksgiving we would offer to bring in, like, you know, a Thanksgiving turkey and get the reservation, things like that. [00:09:09.680] But we but I know this works the most. A lot of my reservations for timid about it. You know, they were younger and they were learning how to sell over the phone and they weren't license, so. Really, what they did was they would put like men under their surveys or if they did a review, I'd say, would you like information on real estate sales? And almost six out of 10 of them said yes. And we all know that these people are they don't have to buy any of these things are discretionary product properties. [00:09:35.740] They don't need it. The sky and blue and change of mind. I don't want it. [00:09:39.910] I mean, I don't need it. I like the big difference between need and want for our for the resort market. That's what brought me to do these shows, because helping agents from across the country to understand we sell to the want, not to the need. And I think just doing it a little bit differently. I was one of the first people to actually take online reservations in 2012 with my software. I had a great website. I invested heavily in that. [00:10:06.620] You know, being tech friendly was good for them and taking a max, you know, that cost me. But they wanted to. And I got our business a little things like that. But really like listening to them and I like the reviews were such a key part of our industry. And they still are real estate and vacation rental, especially vacation rentals. And we had TripAdvisor back then. That was a big deal. And and it was it was really good. [00:10:28.110] People would come down and have an experience. They created memories. They truly were coming down. It sounds cheesy, but they were truly creating memories. And I wanted to give them that best experience. One day they call us again, and they always did. And I think once they realized how much money they were spending on vacation and that somebody owned it, you know, the more that because no one really knew much about there wasn't an error there wasn't there being, you know, as there was Hemingway and Barbeito and or Verbier or whatever they are now. [00:10:54.430] But, um, you know, it was really educating them on what is and why would you stay in a vacation rental over a hotel? And people thought it was strange then. But you find them and they love it and it's at home that they can come to you and they can afford it and they can supplement it, you know, by renting it out. Right. [00:11:10.870] And it's interesting. We've had and I'm in Maui, Hawaii. We've had vacation rental condos for 40 years. I mean, I've been doing it for 20 years. And it was just part of the thing. And then we saw V.R., BAEO or Verbal come out and it was like, wow, this is all new. And then BMB just blew everybody's socks off. So it has been fascinating. So how did so you started with the vacation rental company. [00:11:34.670] You were a licensed agent. Were you by yourself or did you have other real tours that were selling out of your team or did that just morph into the business? How did that all work? [00:11:44.020] What I did, I really had to stop advertising for real estate because I was focused, you know, I had 50 plus units that we were running and I had a small team. And it that's intense work. I had I had at one age and I was a broker or I am a broker still. And I had an agent basically that I gave my referral business to anyone that was in our rental program. If they wanted to sell, you know, and they would typically sell with us because they could sell more value out of it to that particular buyer. [00:12:08.650] So I had an agent I didn't have time to sell and it broke my heart because I was running a hotel, you know, I was running a hospitality business. [00:12:15.560] So a hotel with 60 units scattered across town. Yes. [00:12:20.540] And. Oh, yeah. And the emergency found with a flip phone that we passed around. [00:12:24.070] And I mean, it is a great experience. So so that evolved. And then you somebody approached you and said, hey, we like your business more than you like your business. What was like? [00:12:37.900] Well, I was like, what? What do you mean? You know, I was I was so shocked. I actually had a couple people approached me and the first couple and was there ever. Everybody was great, but I didn't understand, you know, I was like, what? Why did you want to buy my business? Like, I didn't it did not make sense to me. And then I realized what was going on, you know? [00:12:59.440] And I was like, OK, here I am. You know, I was working my tail off. And because, of course, I'm a control freak, I want to be in. But I'm trained and I'm doing it. If I want to make sure we have got three young children that also lost their father and I lost my husband. So it was a tough deal for me. The time I was losing, I was realizing that, hey, I was going to point my business where I needed to grow or I need to cut back quality quality 20 properties and just take it down a notch because my quality of life is not fair. [00:13:28.110] And I just don't understand why people would want to buy my company. And I that's it was it was a great fit for me because I didn't sell real estate again. You know, I missed that. [00:13:39.120] And I want to I want to step back. We skipped over something. And if it's OK with you when you started your company. Because I want to I want people to hear it. [00:13:45.850] You know, right now we're just coming out of this pandemic and everybody's oh, woe is me. Like, that's so hard. But for I just want you to share that story. You started the company with your husband and then what happened with. He passed away. And then. So guys who are people. Ladies gentlemen. Who are listening to this. You can work through all of these things that are in front of you that have just you've come out of. [00:14:09.010] Yeah, you definitely can and, you know, I feel like I consider myself and this may sound awkward or weird, but less in a sense, because I know that I can get through things that I shocked myself. You know, I'm looking back. I did some things I never thought I was a little doing, going through a hurricane, going through a market crash, losing my husband, running a business. I had a marine biology degree. [00:14:29.410] I didn't even know an LLC really was. I mean. He did. But and. You asked me, like I said, you're getting started. We're talking. Yeah, so. So. So you had your marine biology. We're going to Kenny. We'll cut that out. I'll pick it up from here. [00:14:49.170] So you had the marine biology degree and then you went into this business and you started this business on the floor and then. A few months later, her husband passes away. What? What I mean, how did you deal with that? How did you survive? I mean, I know so many people would have just rolled up in a ball and said, I'm done. [00:15:08.080] There were times that I wanted to do that. But you know what? I knew I could. I had a three year old. I had a seven year old and 10 year old. And I was self employed. And it was off season. So there were times that I didn't pick up that emergency phone. But it was January. I had like two guests in the house. So I call him back next. I'm so sorry. And I really would like remote batteries, you know? [00:15:29.500] I was blessed, too. I think it's kind of a. I'm so glad that that opportunity was put in front of me by Marco when he suggested it, because I was able to pour my grief into that, you know. And you can call me a workaholic. Most of us are in this industry. But it was something that I could really. Go through. I agree that company was like my plan, you know, and it became my heart and soul and it was a very I was very emotional to sell it to. [00:15:56.640] You know, it was kind of our baby that we had created. And then the day. I just had it. I had to get up every morning and put on my face and go. And I think to do well in adversity, like when things get harder. That's my thing, to step it up. I don't know why. [00:16:12.410] And I wanted you to share with. I poured my grief into my new passion. And it was hard and it was helped me to refocus. [00:16:19.400] And I think that's what for so many agents right now that, you know, Tom Ferrey uses the term they put themselves on it on a 12 week furlough through Cauvin, and they're unemployed themselves. And you know what? You can't do that. And you just need to take this frustration, this grief, this aggravation. Just put it back in and figure out how to make it work. So let's jump back now to. People want to buy your business. [00:16:42.920] I didn't want to miss that because I think I was so powerful for people to know that shit happens, man. [00:16:47.750] And you just you gotta keep your head on your shoulders. [00:16:51.490] So so somebody comes. Couple of company coming. They want to buy your business. What do you do? [00:16:56.320] So I remember. This is great. We were at a Vermont vacation rental management Mansmann like, nah, basically. And the association and I was an active member of that association and. And one of my I made I networked with a lot like great people in the industry. [00:17:10.460] And there called me and one of them said, Lindsay is here and I want to talk to you. And I said, why call me? And I'm like. And I had heard of the costs of that, you know, because I was within the industry. And I was like, oh, my gosh. And I realized what was going on. And I had to give my employees with me. And they didn't get it. Do you know what I mean? [00:17:28.400] And I'm like, okay, well, we got to get this cabin, go here and sit down and meet. And it was really overwhelming. And it's funny, I was getting phone calls for people that want to sign on to my program, and I haven't excuse myself from the table to go outside and talk to the new owners that want to. They'd be in the program and, you know, it felt good. It felt good that that someone that I, I guess, recognized that that I had something good to go. [00:17:50.960] And I mean, because it was frustrating and it was lonely. It's like they run a business by yourself sometimes. [00:17:56.030] And for everybody out there, I mean, a lot of us knew what Bokassa and who've Acosta is, but they've become one of the biggest vacation rental conglomerates of rental management across the country. [00:18:06.350] So if they're not in your area, they're probably trying to get there. And I just read an article I came in this morning that said, you know, they were quoting the one of the people in Bokassa saying that there's their rentals are going through the roof and they brought nearly everybody they laid off back on because vacation rentals are so active. [00:18:25.790] So you sell the business then? What I mean or is there a story about that? [00:18:31.410] I we didn't really talk about. So you want to share anything about how their experience went in and what the transition was like? And then what did you do. [00:18:38.260] It was it was while they were it was it. I definitely would think about I need to write a book one day or write it down for myself, you know. But I didn't represent myself, which is what which is or I did. I'm sorry. I did represent myself. I didn't have a lawyer because I didn't feel like I needed one. I didn't think I understood it. How that how that transaction would go down with what was on the books and, you know, the things like the properties and how much they were worth and a lot of them didn't. [00:19:03.740] So I represented myself and I don't represent myself. And I buy like real estate. I'm too emotional. So and this is my baby was you know, the the constant team was so great to me. And and they really they the people involved and they were awesome. And I that was probably I never bought and sold the company sense, but that was a very good experience for me. Granted the emotions that were involved with it. And and then I had to kind of figure out who I was again, because, you know, I'm going to step back. [00:19:31.370] If if you were to do it again, would you recommend to somebody who may have a vacation rental company or a real estate team or business, would you recommend that they hire counsel or somebody to represent them? [00:19:43.120] Yes. Because you did it by yourself. Pardon? [00:19:46.370] Just the emotions. You know, it's just like with real estate, you know, when you work with another agent that represents themselves, they act like the buy that seller. You know, that we all that we all revert to that, I think. Or at least I do. So, yes, definitely get representation. [00:19:59.660] So now you've got a pocket pocket full of money, we assume, which you won't talk about that. And now you say, OK, crud, what do I do now? Found the real estate. Well, I wasn't supposed to work with my broker's license for a little while or the vacation rental industry, so I took a stab at new home sales because I was like, what else do I do? I've been in real estate for 14 years, you know? [00:20:22.030] So that was not my. I mean, I worked for a great homebuilder and I was. But it's that primary home stuff. And you're limited to this certain inventory you hired was not me. And I could not go back to a corporate world. I was not a good employee again. I like to think outside the box, you know? And so I decided that I would go at it again. And I had come up with the LLC Galveston Vacation Real Estate in 2014 when I saw that there was definite relationship in that type of transaction that that people still aren't really taking notice of, I think. [00:20:55.150] And I just opened that back up and went for it. And it just so happened my favorite words that I ever base now on realtor dot com. Do you know anything about vacation rentals? You know, and I feel like I do, you know, and I really did. And I get the knowledge and experience I have as a property manager has really allowed me to create trust and expertise with my clients. [00:21:17.290] So, you know, I want to go right back to your name. You do super detailed N-E right into it. So we are Galveston vacation, real estate and not resort. I mean, not second. I mean, not primary residence that Galveston real estate, but vacation, real estate. Because you just wanted to deal with people that want to vacation property so super. And I love that. [00:21:40.380] And when they're looking through realtor dot com, you're saying you like real true.com. [00:21:46.860] Now we're seeing that name and they're saying, hey, this is who I want to talk to. So powerful. [00:21:51.430] I like the SVO word. That's kind of why I picked it out, too. And plus, Galveston real estate was born. So, you know, it's like I'm from the vacation. And that worked and. You know, it's just it became the coolest investments that sliced bread in those two years that I was gonna Galveston really took off. Galveston is an amazing and amazing place for opportunity in terms of investing in the real estate market right now. It always has been. [00:22:17.300] I used to call it Houston, Hamptons back when Houston didn't like Galveston so much, you know. And it's you know, Galveston is really set it up. And just to see the evolution of the city from 2008 when Hurricane Ike blindsided us and and to what it is now. I mean, we've got the biker rally in November, which is a holiday weekend now. It's right. Undersurface slides. Mardi Gras is huge. And then we've got basically, you know, we've got the winter Texans, our snowbirds come in because the airport's 30 minutes up the freeway and that's the international airport. [00:22:51.150] So your art hobby. [00:22:52.990] Houston Hobby. Oh, Houston, OK. And you just come straight down I-40. Forty. [00:22:57.250] We're talking to people all over the world here. We don't know what the hell how do you know what a huge icon is? Why it's just a hobby. Sorry if I became the second international. [00:23:06.360] But Lindsay, I got to tell you something. I don't want everybody to hear this right now. So when I do these shows, I do these for the people that are out there listening. But I do them more than anything for me because I learn more and get more ideas and opportunities from listening to the people that I have on the show. And I want you to know that, Kenny, when we are done recording this, Ken, he's my producer. [00:23:27.450] We are going to go right on to go, daddy. And we are going to buy my Maui vacation real estate dot com. [00:23:33.430] And if you guys are on. I'm just kidding. [00:23:35.940] I turn out there right now thinking yourself, I need to own the you are l for whatever town I'm in vacation real estate dot com. You are missing an enormous opportunity. So I might be gone. [00:23:51.070] Getting out right now. Opportunity buyer to be gone. It might be, but I am not. [00:23:56.980] Pardon. I'm a weird domain person. I own about a hundred and sixty domains. And you know, that's another matter. Maybe not that much. [00:24:04.780] So if if if that mall if your vacation real estate portal or your URL is gone. Call Lindsay. Maybe she'll sell it to. I'm trying her not to butt in here, but a massive vacation real estate dot com is available. [00:24:21.600] Bye bye. Right now. So you guys listen to this. This is for real. Should happen. And right now, just go ahead and buy it. Can you know what to do? Do it. It it done before anybody else on it. [00:24:32.470] Destinations are all islands by all by Hawaii. [00:24:36.580] Hawaii. Vacation, real estate. Dot com as well. I am telling you, this is one of the best takeaways that I've had on my show. So. So like I told you earlier, sometimes we go into Bunny Hills and it's just the way it is. But this is super, super valuable. [00:24:53.410] So you start your company and now you're you're starting to sell real estate. And now you're really connecting with people because you can answer the questions. And that's what I loved about when we filled out your interview. Like, I know what people want to know. I just. Besides how many bedrooms it hasn't. How many square feet? How is it going to rent? What kind of money is it going to generate? So tell us how you now evolve that conversation, script, whatever you would call it, into your sales yourself. [00:25:21.190] I'm really you know, I'm a big person on. You got you know, we buy leads because my sphere of influence is buying a house. So that's just from it is what it is. And it's more of a sales deal. So we invest heavily in it. It's definitely worth it. And it's really about the why. There's a lot of emotion behind these purchases. I think more so than primary residence sometimes and getting to know what they want, why they're buying. [00:25:46.810] What is it that they're trying to fulfill? Is it straight investment? What's their strategy? Half. And they're going to use it. You know, I asked them the questions that they don't even know they have yet, and they mean sister. And I keep it on the phone and I get. I sell them. I tell my agents all the time. I sell them. You sell. I'm Donna. First they got to trust you. They got to remember you because they're three other agents on same time deepen. [00:26:08.410] And you didn't get fast to that. [00:26:09.760] You know, the bouquet toss. I call that the realtor dot com throws it out. So I learned about that. There's flex leads and fast leads. That one. Yeah. [00:26:21.090] But by the flex leads, those are the those are the ones where you don't have the bouquet toss. I call it the bouquet toss because you got three agents diven for a lead. [00:26:29.050] So anyway, it's got to be so annoying that the consumer I play that game too. I'm like I just got annoying. How many people have called you? I just got cussed out the other day by somebody and maybe just a brutally cuss me out. It's like call realtor dot com and tell them what you think of the system. [00:26:43.110] Don't be yelling at me like you gave me your phone number. Yeah. So I'm sorry. Again, I'm bouncing all over the place. You get me all excited. So how are you? So you're you're using realtor dot com. Let's talk a little bit about that. [00:26:56.140] And because you're right, we I live in Maui, Hawaii. You live in Galveston. Our sphere of influence, our people are coming from all over the world. They're researching what? Why do you like real true.com better than Zillah? I had a conversation that can go a different direction with any. You know, I didn't like that. Like the rush into the phone thing. Like you had to rest. I guess I get to see the rest of the film. [00:27:22.220] But it was always like when I was in a not a place to answer the phone, it would rain. And that bothered me, you know. I mean, and I didn't necessarily I just like the real dot com means to me. Were they? I was getting a higher close rate on, you know, just looking at the numbers through our CRM. I mean, those are the ones that were that were bringing in the money and they just seem higher quality. [00:27:43.390] And I and I get it. I mean, and I said both. I mean, I spend about the same amount of money on both Real's recombinant zillo, and they both piss me off and I get frustrated. I yell at my reps. But, you know, right before our call, I was late for four hour recording because I just got a five million dollar lead. And it's like, but you're right. [00:28:01.830] It's like the phone's ringing. It's like Zillo bouquet toss. [00:28:04.110] That's what I have on my phone. I mean, it's like I shit, I got to take this right now. But they work and it's it's that conversation. So what is that. What do you ask those people when they're just randomly calling? You know, my goal is to keep them on the phone as long as possible and not really talk about real estate. You know that much because it's a different sales pitch, right? So when they call us, they're just starting they're not going to buy tomorrow. [00:28:28.390] You know, some people worked with for a day, some people I've worked with for three years. Nurturing process is different. They want you know, we all know them better. Am I really try to get to know them and deliver or and stand out from. I know that there's other realtors that they're calling because they're not really sure what's going on. I make sure to explain them that I'm not the listing agent, you know, that they probably don't want to talk to them unless they want to talk to the seller. [00:28:49.300] You know, that they want their own representation. That is the rapport with people. You know, that's that's a lot of my agents are shocked. Like you talk about that with them, I'm like, well, I mean, you know, I talk to them just like I talk to you. And I'm very honest. And and I'm I would never read them. I'm just very. Do the right thing. And I. I'm honest and I care about my clients and their well-being and, you know, I mean, I do everything I need to do to take care of them. [00:29:18.670] It's really about the service, the clients that somehow I think I think, you know, the number one rule of sales is is not to sell, but to people buy from people they like, know, like us, trust. And that that getting that rapport, building, that relationship, having them remember who you are because they don't know. What I've found out is they call up through Zillow, through real True.com. You introduce yourself within 30 seconds. [00:29:44.140] They have no idea who they're talking to. [00:29:46.820] You know, I know I like the finished conversation with I know you probably don't remember my name, but I'm going to send you a text as soon as we hang up with my name and my phone number and my contact information. I'm going to send you my E card. And then I also and then I also send them a video that says, hey, this is Tom. We just got off the phone. I just want to put a face with the name. [00:30:09.940] And when you combine those three things, you then create that know, like and trust. And I think so. That's some of the stuff that I've been doing. And it's been just incredibly powerful. And it's just. But it's all starts with that report. Right. [00:30:25.450] Are you using Bonbon? No, I'm not. [00:30:28.440] I well, I do have Bambam, but what I've come to find out is that I have gone straight to text text with 15 seconds or less, because what I what I realized bom bom is great and lets you know if they open it and how many times they look at it. I do use bom bom for other things, but for this immediate kind of thing I want them to get it right into their text. I want to not have to jump through hoops to open it up. [00:30:54.280] I wanted to see my face and a little arrow sign and my. And then I'm sending them my contact information so they know it's coming from me immediately. And it's literally if it's more than fifteen seconds, I delete it rerecorded and it it's just been really, really easy to work. [00:31:12.210] I we've got a great I mean I, I believe that the biggest tool, the matzo ball is going to be my CRM, you know, and it's business and that's I mean that's right in the show. That's where I'm going to get the best bang for my back. [00:31:22.600] And I love. Follow it boss. Let it. Let it. Let it. And I find on it then gosh. Four years ago and I just they've just it's such a robust system and I text from there, you know, I think call, text, email. If you can't get it from you know, from like rotate please leave. That's my agent. So. Right. I know that fellow bus is great. [00:31:43.390] I've, I've worked with real Volvo and they they've reinvented their front page of their page so that it includes second home, third home, fourth homeowner. If you've seen that now, I like to think that. [00:31:54.580] Take a look at that. Thank you. [00:31:55.690] That was me. I, I, I made them do that and that made them I encouraged them to do that. So if you're thinking about a CRM real, I'll follow buses. Great. Real love. If you go there, please reach out to me because I got a little relationship with them and I can maybe get a little Speth out of it. And then another one that I just got exposed to. And it's a Canadian company, but they have resources in the US. [00:32:17.950] Pardon. Sorry. And it's kids. [00:32:21.340] And you know what? So I'll talk more about that because there's some cool stuff that I'm going to probably bring them on the show to chat with. [00:32:27.330] Anyway, Boyum, you're just ask me a question. It's you're not doing the podcast, not me. So thanks for that Segway. [00:32:34.810] So let's talk about you. What do you got going. Anything new and exciting that you're involved with? [00:32:39.660] Yeah. You know, I'm always trying to think that tech is important, you know, obviously. And I think being on the up and up on that and and really what I found is that you just give these people the information they want, like the numbers. And Nakhon, you know, I started I met and do some incredible networking. I have a great guy. I actually met in person yet. And we've only seemed like twice that. We've been friends for over a year now. [00:33:04.330] Colin Harvey is an ex V.P. for the Cossa and he gets that the investment vacation real estate concept. And he's more of a numbers guy and he's helped me really with his company. We're looking at, you know, we've been doing he's been consulting with me on helping me learn how to present cap rates and say, well, you know, some great things, some great tools that really it late and it's right there. Why wouldn't you buy it? [00:33:31.630] You know, and my hair, DNA and things like that. Doing projections. And then we also have and I think that's really it. It's finding these people. But there's so much emotion, too. And I think that kind of surprise calling a little bit, you know, you still have to have that local knowledge. [00:33:47.100] And I think, you know, there is a market that's going to love the the data, the the the return rates and all of those things. That's our analytical buyers. But then there's that market. That's the I just want to buy for my kids to have. And then there's the market that says I just I want to buy something, but I don't want anybody sleeping in my bed. And it all goes back to something so important that you said. [00:34:12.870] What's your why? Right. To have that conversation. Do you want to rent it? If they don't want to rent it, that's OK. Just understand. Can you afford it? It's OK. Are you paying cash? I mean, I loved when I was new in the business. I was always afraid to ask the question, are you paying cash? Now it's like my first question. [00:34:29.830] I know you always wanted to say, are you financing, you know. [00:34:34.350] Yeah. Do you have that? So with with Collins gig. [00:34:38.630] So he's basically creating a platform or an app or a program that will help people to create cap rates, right? [00:34:46.290] Yeah. It's a cool tool at the end. And check it out. I mean, still in the making and at it's aesthetic rates of its revenue. Home dot com and ah, you can contact me and I can get you more information on it. [00:34:58.220] OK. Reach out to Lindsay. She'll show can. Actually she's part of this and so it'd be great for her to be able to help you understand a little bit better and and what, how it can work. Lindsey, a couple other quick questions. So you do a little everyone. So Alah do a rapid fire. But I'd love to do it with you. So you're prepared for this? Normally, we might give a heads up or not, but if you don't want to answer them, then don't. [00:35:21.330] What's your disc profile? Mind us profile. [00:35:24.220] Yeah, I'll be honest with you. I don't know. I just bested a amount. Again, I need to re redo. I mean, I have mine from my corporate days, but I want to get anoma agents. [00:35:31.580] We were just talking about facilitate that. Well you know what? [00:35:34.470] Tell your agents to watch my podcast from. Today, it came out this morning, which is while you guys would know what it is, it's a July or June twenty ninth or June 30th. I mean, that podcast, it'll be years will be in a few days. So behind and talks about this. But who do you follow in the industry. [00:35:55.460] Who do I follow for real estate wise. And I really. Really follow any body and really follow. I mean, like if Tom Faery or Mike Faery or any of the Koshin places or in men or I've got I've got a great coach. [00:36:13.170] I worked with them, Angela. She's great. She's in Georgia and she she's been great. But I like men. I love and men. I do a lot of I'm ADHD so I'm real. Kind of like late night surfing the web looking for the newest stuff. What's the newest thing coming out on my test? This. You know, and then it's good for me. I do a lot on bigger pockets dot com. I do a lot of reading on there. [00:36:36.090] MASH. I've seen some good stuff on there and I'm always trying to learn how write. [00:36:40.400] And it's probably useless than any other any podcasts I've got besides this one. [00:36:46.510] You know, I want to I have so many podcasts on my thing. I like self-help. I mean, people are like, wow. [00:36:51.400] But I'm I love I you know, I need to get back to my path. [00:36:54.640] Has a band music mode for a while. So that's what happened. [00:36:58.370] You know, you listen to you sort of binge. Listen, I was been binge listening to Matt McGee. He does this new podcast called the The Walk Through. And I just been it's been fun, but OK, what do you do for fun? I play golf and I fish play golf and fish. What's your why? What's your. My wife. Somebody else's. My wife beater. Two kids or three kids. [00:37:20.570] T

Matt McGee is a long time U2 blogger and podcaster but there is a new band in his life Gang of Youths.  He shares his musical story and how and why he made the switch in a wonderfully candid and funny episode.  Please download and share. https://www.mattmcgee.com/

Matt McGee told us all about homelight and how it can help your business! If you aren't signed up already be sure to! Once you fill out your homelight profile as best as you can, homelight will start matching you up with customers who are looking to buy are sell. What we found that was interested in that these consumers aren't looking at houses just to look at them, these consumers are looking for a real estate agent that best fits their needs. Once a consumer signs up they fill out a questionnaire to best match them to an agent, so the more you fill out your profile the better chances are you have for a lead. Be sure to sign up for homelight now by going to https://www.homelight.com/agents See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt McGee is a fantastic underwater photographer from Tennessee, who loves taking pictures of sharks and other large animals.  He also has amazing macro pictures of some of the rarest sea creatures on earth.  If that wasn't enough, he also does underwater fashion photography.Matt shares his favorite places to photograph and gives us some great tips and talks about some of his favorite shots.*During our discussion, Matt shares several of his photos from his dives.  You can see these photos in the following ways:View the show notes on The Aquatic Life website  You can watch the video on YouTubeUse the Overcast podcast player.  It will show pictures as they are mentioned during the episode.  Chapter hyperlinks will also take you to the full photo on Matt's website.(All photos courtesy and copyright of Matt McGee)See More Of Matt's Work:Website: https://www.mattmcgeeunderwater.comInstagram: matt_mcgee_undewaterFacebook: Matt McGee Underwater PhotographyFeedback:If you have thoughts, ideas or comments, email us at feedback@theaquaticlifepodcast.comHelp Us Grow The Community:Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast content from.  It would help us to grow the community and means a lot to us.You can subscribe to The Aquatic Life on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and all major podcast apps (RSS)The Aquatic Life Social Media Pages:Website: TheAquaticLifePodcast.comTwitter: AquaticLifePodFacebook: TheAquaticLifePodcastInstagram: TheAquaticLifePodcastMore About your Hosts:Dalton HammPortfolio: daltonhamm.comDive Instruction: piratedivecrew.comFacebook: daltonhammphotographyInstagram: daltonhammphotographyYoutube: Dalton Hamm PhotographyTodd ReimerPortfolio: toddreimerphoto.comFacebook: todd.s.reimerInstagram: tsreimerTwitter: tsreimer

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!The Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) welcomed Debra Wilson as the new president of the association in 2019. Debra is an accomplished attorney and served as general counsel to the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) for nearly two decades. In this episode, we have a conversation with Debra about managing legal issues within independent schools. We also asked her about the impact of COVID-19 on independent schools and the decisions that SAIS schools will face in the coming years.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Debra Wilson.You can connect with Debra via email at debra@sais.org and through the SAIS website.Independent School Management (ISM)NAIS Legal and Legislative ResourcesNAIS Legal NewsThe Klingenstein Center at Teachers College Columbia UniversityGlobal Education Benchmark GroupVenable LLP COVID-19 ResourcesSAIS Coronavirus Resource PageThe Enrollment Management Association COVID-19 Resources pageThe Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools Coronavirus Resource Page for Technology LeadersNational Business Officers Association COVID-19 Resource pageRead something that has nothing to do with what is going on in the world right now. Your brain needs a break.Book: Start with Why by Simon SinekPodcast: The Daily - a New York Times PodcastPodcast: Future U with Jeff Selingo and Michael HornYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.Learn more about this podcast at FullstackEducator.com

This week Luke and Emma with Dr. Matt Mcgee...

At HomeLight, we believe in real estate agents. We believe that by helping agents like you be more productive, more efficient, and more successful, the entire industry improves. Hi agents, I'm Matt McGee. I'm the Editor of HomeLight's Agent Resource Center, a hub that we've created to help agents like you grow your business from good to great to amazing. The ARC, as we affectionately call it around the office, features expert articles, a weekly newsletter and ... ta-da! ... The Walkthrough, our new weekly podcast! (insert hands raised emoji here) Every week, we'll talk to the best agents and industry experts in the country about what's working RIGHT NOW. We'll tackle marketing and mindset and the inner workings of running a real estate business. Get started by spending five minutes listening to this preview episode to learn more about The Walkthrough, our Agent Resource Center, and who I am. And then join us every Monday for a new episode of The Walkthrough. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you enjoy podcasts!

In this episode, Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio had the privilege of speaking with Lawrence Alexander, the founding Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Carney Sandoe and Associates. Lawrence discusses what school leaders need to be thinking about when hiring a Director of DEI. You can access the full show notes with resources at FullstackEducator.com

Part 2 of Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio's conversation with Lawrence Alexander, the founding Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Carney Sandoe and Associates. Lawrence discusses what school leaders need to be thinking about when hiring a Director of DEI. You can access the full show notes with resources at FullstackEducator.com

In this episode, Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio had the privilege of speaking with Lawrence Alexander, the founding Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Carney Sandoe and Associates. Lawrence discusses what school leaders need to be thinking about when hiring a Director of DEI. You can access the full show notes with resources at FullstackEducator.com

Former SearchEngineLand Editor in Chief and Digital Consultant Matt McGee jumps on our next installment of the 100th Episode Series. Go back in time for a bit with Matt, Matt and Dave.

INTRO: (00:00) So guys, Alison has lost her voice, so we are releasing our March guest googler episode a few weeks early. We've been trying to do stuff with this guy for a long time, so enjoy this wonderful episode featuring Matt McGee! OBSESSIONS: (17:45) Alison reaches into her bag of tricks to pull out her obsession, Baken-Ets Hot & Spicy Pork Rinds. Lulu is obsessed with her trumpet lessons. You may recall that a few months back that her wishlist was that she could play jazz trumpet. Matt is obsessed with the Netflix show Slobby's World.WISHLIST: (22:47) Alison wishes for the Vera Mona Color Switch Solo, it's a sponge in a tin for removing eyeshadow color from your brush. Matt is wishing for $10,000. Wait, you don't get given 10K for being on the show? Lulu wishes she would remember to pin her socks together when she puts them in the wash.LULU’S 10K DAY - TUCSON, ARIZONA: (30:33) Lulu is making a dream come true by heading to wellness resort Canyon Ranch. She's excited to visit this cell-phone free campus and to take some creative workshops. Rocking this “Don’t talk to me, I’m on a cleanse” tee, she gets into an introspective mental detox with the help of her new Smythson of Bond Street journal and Mont Blanc StarWalker fountain pen. A gratitude practice with personalized notecards filled with heart confetti sent to friends and family concludes her day. ALISON’S 10K DAY - SZCZECIN, POLAND: (49:25) It sounds like Streisand. Kind-of. A rented Mercedes through AutoEurope takes her to the ODSAPKA cottage. Black cumin bagels for breakfast at Bajgle Króla Jana, then a private tour of the Underground Routes of Szczecin. Alison picked Streisand, I mean, Szczecin, for the purpose of visiting the Crooked Forest, where the trees are slightly tilted in the oddest way. It's likely a result of gravitational pull, like the vortexes in Sedona that Lulu and Ash frequent IRL. Alison gets dinner from Wierzynek delivered to the forest where design company Pracownia Wielkie Rzeczy has transformed the forest floor into a magazine cover-worthy tablescape.Read more about this episode and the cities we visited here.CHARITIES: (1:05:26)Ben's BellsComenius Foundation for Child DevelopmentFOLLOW US:FacebookInstagramYoutubeTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/10KDollarDay/)

Matt is the Editor-in-Chief at Marketing Land & Search Engine Land so we pick his brain about all things SEO - the white hat side SEO. And what's up with all those Pandas that Google keeps releasing?

Matt is the Editor-in-Chief at Marketing Land & Search Engine Land so we pick his brain about all things SEO - the white hat side SEO. And what’s up with all those Pandas that Google keeps releasing?

Matt is the Editor-in-Chief at Marketing Land & Search Engine Land so we pick his brain about all things SEO - the white hat side SEO. And what’s up with all those Pandas that Google keeps releasing?

Matt McGee answers a few of Chris' questions about atu2.com the site, U2 the band, and how covering U2 has changed over the last twenty years

Matt McGee from atu2.com joins me to talk about U2, the current Innocence and Experience tour and how being a fan of a band has changed over the twenty years since he started atu2.com.

Matt McGee from atu2.com joins me to talk about U2, the current Innocence and Experience tour and how being a fan of a band has changed over the twenty years since he started atu2.com.

Matt McGee from atu2.com joins me to talk about U2, the current Innocence and Experience tour and how being a fan of a band has changed over the twenty years since he started atu2.com.

The Media Flow Director and SEO Chicks blogger Nichola Stott joins Bas and Roy to discuss Bing in 2010, How Google Buzz Hijacks Your Google Profile and SEOMofo and his Sphinn Issues with Matt McGee and Danny Sullivan.

Podcast File Link: https://www.u2interview.com/chatcast/chatcast_extra.mp3 Show Recorded: January 02nd, 2006 Participants: Dan from u2interview.com Matt from atu2.com Show Topics: We interview atu2.com founder Matt McGee about the history of the web site, early growth of the site, recent changes, and the … Continue reading →