Podcast appearances and mentions of mike hess

The Letter to Thyatira - Holiness, from our Midweek Bible Study: "What Christ Thinks of the Church" - 5.14.25 Taught by Mike Hess. Presented by McGregor Podcast 2025 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

Through integration of technology and actionable strategies, organizations can make workplaces more inclusive for workers with disabilities. Mike Hess, founder of the Blind Institute of Technology, explains the role of multi-sensory learning as a critical tool for inclusivity, enabling organizations to better accommodate diverse needs and learning styles. Additionally, Hess discusses the common misconceptions around workers with disabilities, plus how to prioritize accessibility initiatives and actively champion policies that create a more inclusive environment.Resources from this week's episode: SHRM Events & Conferences - https://www.shrm.org/events-education/eventsSubscribe to the All Things Work newsletter to get the latest episodes, expert insights, and additional resources delivered straight to your inbox: https://shrm.co/fg444d  ---Explore SHRM's all-new flagships. Content curated by experts. Created for you weekly. Each content journey features engaging podcasts, video, articles, and groundbreaking newsletters tailored to meet your unique needs in your organization and career. Learn More: https://shrm.co/coy63r

From Death to Depth, from our Midweek Bible Study: "Living Life Backwards" - 2.19.25 Taught by Mike Hess. Presented by McGregor Podcast 2025 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

We have a special guest, local music artist Baruc joins us and tries our collab beer Can't See, Too Hazy Double Hazy IPA from Mike Hess. Baruc talks about his journey in the music industry and short films and future. Plus, he makes a good Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation. Cheers. IG @beerbellysociety Email beerbellysociety@gmail.com TikTok @beerbellysociety

We talked about our most recent Tiktok live at El Cid with guests Josh from Barley and Sword and White Labs, Paul from Mike Hess and Terry from El Cid while drinking Roppongi Nights First Press Japanese Lager from El Cid Brewing Co. Also, we give a glimpse on what 2025 is going to bring. For example, beer collaborations, more video and TikTok's etc. Cheers. IG @beerbellysociety Email beerbellysociety@gmail.com Tiktok @beerbellysociety

After 20 years of managing multimillion-dollar projects for Fortune 500 companies, Mike Hess faced a troubling reality: he was often labeled as the "token blind guy." Despite developing invaluable skills through his blindness, he was disturbed by the high unemployment rates among fellow disabled professionals. Determined to break down corporate stigma, he founded the Blind Institute of Technology. Now, Mike is showing organizations how to access the unmatched potential of disabled professionals, bridging the gap between talent and opportunity. Mike Hess is the Founder and Executive Director at the Blind Institute of Technology (BIT), a non-profit dedicated to improving employment opportunities for professionals with disabilities through accessible technology and inclusive hiring practices.  In this episode, Dart and Mike discuss:- The Blind Institute of Technology - Inclusive design and accessibility - Employment challenges for disabled professionals- Common misconceptions about disabilities in the workplace- The return on investment of hiring disabled employees- Bridging the digital divide and achieving digital equity- Generative AI for enhancing accessibility- Tackling social discomfort around disabilities- And other topics…Mike Hess is the Founder and Executive Director at the Blind Institute of Technology (BIT), a non-profit dedicated to improving employment opportunities for professionals with disabilities through accessible technology and inclusive hiring practices. As a blind tech veteran with over two decades of experience managing 7-figure projects for Fortune 500 companies, Mike helps organizations build inclusive workplaces that capitalize on the strengths of disabled professionals. His initiatives at BIT include workforce development programs and partnerships that enhance diversity, equity, and accessibility.Mike has been recognized in various media outlets and has received notable awards, including the 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Award and the 2019 GlobalMindED Inclusive Leader Award. His work with BIT has led to presentations at major tech conferences, and he co-hosts the podcast Choose Inclusion. Additionally, he developed EdgGuide, a system designed to enhance independent navigation in public spaces for blind and visually impaired individuals.Resources mentioned:Hidden Potential, by Mike Hess: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Potential-Science-Achieving-Greater/dp/0593653149 Connect with Mike: www.blindIT.org Work with Dart:Dart is the CEO and co-founder of the work design firm 11fold. Build work that makes employees feel alive, connected to their work, and focused on what's most important to the business. Book a call at 11fold.com. 

Our Father, from our Midweek Bible Study: "The Lord's Prayer" - 10.23.24 Taught by Mike Hess. Presented by McGregor Podcast 2024 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.com

High Limit's Mike Hess not playing favorites, updates on Chase Johnson and Corey Day's NASCAR future, some late model driver news, and much more today.

In this episode of Talk Truth, host Mark Bricker, and guest Mike Hess explore the struggle with sin among believers, discussing its nature as a heart condition expressed in thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors. They emphasize the importance of humility, honesty, and authentic relationships in the church for support and accountability while providing practical advice for those struggling with sin, such as recognizing personal weaknesses, confessing to God, and embracing the transformative power of being in Christ. Presented by McGregor Podcast 2024 Visit Our Website at https://TalkTruthPodcast.com

We visited Mike Hess Brewery in North Park San Diego, CA and grabbed Lead Brewer Paul Deras. Paul goes deep about how he got his foot in the industry and the growing PAULAPAULOOZA/Paul BDAY party event. Also, fun beer facts and laughs while drinking Paul's special FairPoint Hazy IPA from Mike Hess and Mango De Verdad from Creative Creature Brewing. Cheers!

Rob's cousin, Hector, was the special guest. Rob and Hector drank Muntz from Mcilhenney Brewing Co., 15H and 40M from Mike Hess and Thank you for your Cerveza from El Cid Brewing Co. As you listen, you can tell someone forgot to turn on Rob's mic. Angel wasn't around so who's to blame? Rob and Hector talk of good old times and went straight to conspiracies. Cheers.

Me With You, Daniel 4, from our Midweek Bible Study: "The Gospel According to Daniel" - 5.25.24 Taught by Mike Hess. Presented by McGregor Podcast 2024 Visit Our Website at McGregorPodcast.co

In this episode of Work in Progress, we share a WorkingNation panel discussion on apprenticeships for people with disabilities from the SXSW EDU conference in March in Austin, Texas. Moderated by WorkingNation Advisory Board member Josh Christianson, project director for the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeships at the U.S. Department of Labor and senior specialist at the Cadmus Group, the panel examined apprenticeships as a rarely-tapped source of employment for people with disabilities. Joining him on the panel were Mike Hess, founder & CEO of The Blind Institute of Technology, David Fazio, founder and president of Helix Opportunity, and Zariah Cameron, an equity UX strategist. The distinguished group of panelists discuss the importance of inclusive apprenticeships, the benefits for both apprentices and employers, and the need for accessible technology and workplace environments. They also address challenges such as outdated job descriptions, the lack of support from vocational rehabilitation programs, and the discrimination faced by individuals with disabilities. The panelists provide resources and suggestions for creating more inclusive apprenticeships and vetting employers to ensure fair treatment of individuals with disabilities. You can listen to the podcast here, or download and listen wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find it our Work in Progress YouTube channel. WorkingNation is a proud media partner with SXSW EDU. Episode 312: Josh Christianson, Zariah Cameron, Mike Hess, and David FazioHost & Executive Producer: Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief, WorkingNationProducer: Larry BuhlTheme Music: Composed by Lee Rosevere and licensed under CC by 4Transcript: Download the transcript for this episode hereWork in Progress Podcast: Catch up on previous episodes here

In this episode of Work in Progress, we share a WorkingNation panel discussion on apprenticeships for people with disabilities from the SXSW EDU conference in March in Austin, Texas. Moderated by WorkingNation Advisory Board member Josh Christianson, project director for the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeships at the U.S. Department of Labor and senior specialist at the Cadmus Group, the panel examined apprenticeships as a rarely-tapped source of employment for people with disabilities. Joining him on the panel were Mike Hess, founder & CEO of The Blind Institute of Technology, David Fazio, founder and president of Helix Opportunity, and Zariah Cameron, an equity UX strategist. The distinguished group of panelists discuss the importance of inclusive apprenticeships, the benefits for both apprentices and employers, and the need for accessible technology and workplace environments. They also address challenges such as outdated job descriptions, the lack of support from vocational rehabilitation programs, and the discrimination faced by individuals with disabilities. The panelists provide resources and suggestions for creating more inclusive apprenticeships and vetting employers to ensure fair treatment of individuals with disabilities. You can listen to the podcast here, or download and listen wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find it our Work in Progress YouTube channel. WorkingNation is a proud media partner with SXSW EDU. Episode 312: Josh Christianson, Zariah Cameron, Mike Hess, and David FazioHost & Executive Producer: Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief, WorkingNationProducer: Larry BuhlTheme Music: Composed by Lee Rosevere and licensed under CC by 4Transcript: Download the transcript for this episode hereWork in Progress Podcast: Catch up on previous episodes here

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No guest for this week. The guys recap their bachelor party weekend for the Justis Family Racing driver, Steve. They also hit on some news, plenty of results, and their food for the past week! Stoking the fire Mike Hess leaves his role as the Race Director for the WoO Sprint Car series. NARC410 twin 20's cancelled at Kings Speedway due to track conditions. Lincoln Park Speedway, Paragon, IRA, BOSS 2023 track/series champs crowned. Final 4 drivers locked in for the championship at Eldora for the DTWC - Lucas Oil Late Models. (ends around 18:00 mark) Feature Finish High Limit Racing @ Lernerville Flo Racing Night in America @ Tyler County Speedway USAC National Midgets @ IMS for the BC39 WoO Sprints @ Williams Grove for the 61st National Open Lucas Oil Late Models @ Raceway 7 and Pittsburgh Motor Speedway WoO Late Models @ Atomic Speedway Dirt2Media Deuces Wild Shootout @ US 24 Speedway in Logansport, IN Albright Memorial @ Merced Speedway Lincoln Park Finale Paragon Speedway weekly BOSS @ Montpelier Red Hill Raceway - Sprints, B-mods, Mods IRA Sprints @ Plymouth Fall Nationals @ Lincoln (IL) Mike Duvall Memorial @ Cherokee Speedway Southern Illinois Raceway weekly race (ends around 31:50 mark) The Smoke Buffalo & regular chicken pot pie Shabu Shabu hot pot Bonefish Grill Smitty's Italian Steakhouse Bachelor party recap Sunday wings & Charlie's smorgasbord

On this week's episode we look at the news that World of Outlaws race director Mike Hess was no longer with the series. We look at the reason why and what this means going forward in what looks like it'll be an all out war for control of sprint car racing in the United States. We look at the Boom Briggs/Max Blair split, Cannon McIntosh joining CB Industries, Ethan Dotson signing with Coltman Farms Racing, the World of Outlaws drivers that will be able to run this week's Tuscarora 50 if they so choose, and the Logan Roberson/Daulton Wilson dust-up from Tyler County.

Brian from The Beer Canon Podcast was our special guest and we visited Black Plague Brewing in North Park San Diego. What started as a get together of friends at a brewery, turned into the unofficial Beer Belly Society brewery crawl. We visited not one, not two, not three but six breweries Black Plague, Mike Hess, North Park, OG 40, Seek and Barley and Sword in one day. Listen to Rob slur and the boys talk about our brewery crawl, blind dates and being a wingman. Cheers! IG @beerbellysociety Email beerbellysociety@gmail.com TikTok @beerbellysociety

Paul Deras is an award wininng Head Brewer for San Diego's own Mike Hess Brewing. Paul discussed his journey in beer from stickering 6 packs, to becoming the head brewer for the last 4 years. Aside from being an award winning brewer, he is also a certified Level 3 U.S.A. boxing coach. Danny, Paul, and I had to much fun with this convo. Enjoy y'all! Need Caffeine & GREEN? 3072 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, CA 92104  www.caffeineandgreenroasting.com  

Developing the Workforce of Tomorrow E14 In this episode, Mike Hess and David Steinmetz discussed workforce development, training programs and empowering person’s who are blind through careers in the technology field. Mike said that 86% of the fortune 10K organizations have a DEI initiative, but only 4% of those include people with disabilities. Low expectations […] The post Developing the Workforce of Tomorrow E14 appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Message from Mike Hess and some discussion on my Traveller experience, #dungeon23, and my future endeavours for the year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs/support

One of the challenges most entrepreneurs create for themselves is an inability to ask for help. This can stem from fear of appearing weak, a desire for control, or a heightened sense of responsibility honed by years of “Gettin' it done.”Regardless of the root cause, one thing is certainly true: You are not alone. Neither in your thinking that you ARE alone nor your actual state of aloneness. Help is available for you and it's ok to be vulnerable and ask for assistance. (In fact, asking for help is seen as a way to help others. The Jewish faith calls this a worthy deed – a “mitzvah”.)My guest today is Mike Hess. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Blind Institute of Technology. Mike and I actually met several years ago when he was doing a presentation for the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO). Mike took us through a really cool exercise that demonstrated how entrepreneurs in particular have a hard time asking for help. Mike and I chatted about this challenge – particularly in relation to the idea of loss aversion and how he experiences that as a person with blindness. Mike says he gets a sense of this kind of “squishy” feeling sometimes when he's talking with people and makes some recommendations for ways to avoid creating that experience for others if you are starting to put off that vibe. Mike believes that if one can just be vulnerable and admit the challenges that they're having, how that becomes a way to diffuse the “squishiness” and creates a stronger foundation on which to build relationships. As you may have guessed, Mike is just an amazing person. His willingness to share his perspectives to help others grow is truly a gift.Links: Blind Institute of TechnologyASK: Partner up! If you don't know how to do something, find a partner and engage with them – particularly if things are feeling “squishy”

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You ever see the movie Belly? DMX, NAS, Mike and I were living it.

In this episode of the MedtronicTalks Podcast, Mike Hess, vice president of corporate technology and innovation at Medtronic, will introduce listeners to Design for Reliability & Manufacturability, a design framework that equips engineers, designers and others with a set of standards that ensure new devices are designed right from the start. The DRM program has taken on increased importance as Medtronic moved into a new corporate structure with 20 individual business units. In this discussion, Hess will explain how the DRM program instills uniformity across the world's largest medical device company. This episode is sponsored by Performance Motion Devices.

In this episode of Aftersight, Penn sits down with Mike Hess, founder of Blind Institute of Technology. Mike has been a champion for those seeking job placement with vision loss. Working in Corporate America for many years, he decided that enough was enough. Hear this wonderful story of fight and grit as he navigated the waters being the token "Blind Guy" and starting BIT where he sets his aim at helping people get great careers. Links and Resources www.blindit.org www.aincolorado.org www.aincolorado.org/resources/ www.aincolorado.org/audio-publications/aftersight/

Mike Hess is an experienced supervisor with over twenty years in law enforcement.  Mike speaks on a perspective of educating while leading others.  Mike is currently a captain with a sheriff's office and shares insights leading by example.

Mike Hess joins the postman for round 2 of the post office! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dude, quit talking about your John bag. Especially around your mom. Zero class in this episode.

Happy February North County and Beyond! This week we get into the 12 teams who still haven't won a Super Bowl. There is lots of upcoming brew news including Karl Strauss, Stave and Nail, and Mike Hess. Also a little mini-golf and the happiest place on earth. Enjoy! Find us Check out our YouTube Channel : North County San Diego with Chris and Cassidy Cassidy - @cassidylewisre Chris - @i.am.chris.erickson Please subscribe and leave us a review. We love ya!

Chargers v Bengals sees Justin Herbert v Joe Burrow. SDSU hosts the MW championship vs Utah St. LeBron James returns after false positive tests. Beer Friday with Mike Hess Brewing. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers v Bengals sees Justin Herbert v Joe Burrow. SDSU hosts the MW championship vs Utah St. LeBron James returns after false positive tests. Beer Friday with Mike Hess Brewing. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chargers v Bengals sees Justin Herbert v Joe Burrow. SDSU hosts the MW championship vs Utah St. LeBron James returns after false positive tests. Beer Friday with Mike Hess Brewing. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello North County! We get into the plethora of Cassidy's hats (he's got a few) and might have answered a few questions regarding The Town. The Journey to 1000 continues as we close in on the last 26.2. What is a good number of "top" things when making a list? And are you headed to Oktoberfest? Check out our YouTube Channel : North County San Diego with Chris and Cassidy Cassidy - @cassidylewisre Chris - @i.am.chris.erickson Please subscribe and leave us a review. We love ya!

In this episode, the host Alex Sparks talks with Mike Hess....who is the founder and executive director for The Blind Institute of Technology.  BIT for short, is dedicated to finding meaningful employment for individuals with visual impairments, since there is an unemployment epedemic among our community.  Mike started the organization after years of being the token blind guy in his tech career.If you are interested in learning more about the organization, and are in need of more meaningful career opportunities, check out their website at : https://blindinstituteoftechnology.org/  

Across the nation, the brewing industry is uniting to raise funds for critical pediatric cancer research. The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation's signature beer, Rising Hope IPA, has become a seasonal favorite in nearly every state. Coupled alongside the bold Hope Roast Coffee, Rising Hope is the signature program for Brewing Funds the Cure. Currently, it is limited to one brewery per state. Country Malt Group and Yakima Chief Hops donate 100% of the ingredients needed to make our Rising Hope IPA. Today's guests are Chris Geib, Chief Corporate Development Officer for the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation; Neil Callaghan, Brand Manager for Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, Fla.; Anthony Derby of Brew Bus Brewing in Tampa; Mike Hess, Proprietor/Chief Brewing Officer at Mike Hess Brewing in San Diego. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebrewdeck/message

This week I get to interview the Founder and Executive Director of the Blind Institute of Technology Mike Hess. Mike has built a non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce teh high unemployment rate among the blind and visually impaired. Mike has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry doing everything from project management, business analysis, product development and management. We discuss his own struggles finding work in the tech industry as a blind man. What the biggest barrier to entry for those in the BVI community is to the work force. Why now is the perfect time to tap the most underserved section of our society. We have an amazing conversation you are not going to want to miss. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

More discussion on military sci-fi, dating, and subjective morality mechanics in games. Thanks to Arlen and the Other Jason for the call ins. Special thanks to Mike Hess#!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs/support

Vicki Hamilton-Allen talks to respiratory therapist, Mike Hess, also known as the COPD Dude, from the COPD Foundation. Hess shares important information about COPD and breathing issues in general. He explains how other factors such as social and environmental determinants intersect with healthy breathing. Hess also discusses COVID-19, a known respiratory virus, and its impact on the COPD community. Take a deep breath and listen for the next 10 minutes. Mike Hess is the Senior Director of Patient Outreach and Education at the COPD Foundation. A respiratory therapist by training, Mike has spent much of the last decade focused on advocating for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In 2018, he started the Think COPD program, a partnership between the National Institutes of Health and WMed Health in Kalamazoo aimed at bringing lung screenings and educational events to underserved communities in Southwestern Michigan. Now with the COPD Foundation, Mike leads the Oxygen360 project, an inter-professional collaboration aimed at fostering innovation in oxygen therapy technology, as well as improving access and awareness. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX… » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

In today's episode, the guys talk about the future of sport NFTs, what will Kobe Bryant's estate do not that the Nike contract has expired, we talk sneakers with the Zion 1's being released, and round it up with an overview of our local teams!Beer/NFT                                          Start - 8:00Kobe Estate/Sneakers               8:00 - 14:50Cubs                                                     14:50 - 21:30Bears                                                    21:35 - 30:33Bulls                                                      30:40 - End

The Padres finish their road trip a 5-2 and now get ready to face off vs the Dodgers. Scott gets stuck in TJ. Beer Friday with Mike Hess. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Padres finish their road trip a 5-2 and now get ready to face off vs the Dodgers. Scott gets stuck in TJ. Beer Friday with Mike Hess. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Padres finish their road trip a 5-2 and now get ready to face off vs the Dodgers. Scott gets stuck in TJ. Beer Friday with Mike Hess. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caroline (care - o - line) Casey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-casey-837ab822/) is the Founder of The Valuable 500 and she's on a mission to get 500 companies to agree to recognize the value and worth of the one billion people globally living with a disability on their business leadership agendas. She, along with our cohost, Mike Hess, were named one of the Top 20 Disabled People with a Global Voice You Must Follow.

This week on Open Red, Nick and Rob preview the upcoming Bristol Throwdown with World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars Race Director, Mike Hess. They also preview the Outlaws' return to East Bay Raceway Park with Doug Auld, the Editor of Sprint Car & Midget Magazine. Hear it all on Open Red, the official podcast of the World of Outlaws!

Mike lost his site gradually from an early age do to macular degeneration. He spent two decades as a computer applications programmer, but then went on to start his own Executive Recruitement company for people with disabilities called Blind Institute of Technology. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/careersfortheblind/message

Mike Hess is a former colligate athlete who stayed active and competed regularly in basketball leagues. Things started to slow down to rounds of golf after marriage and the birth of his children. As Mike entered his forties, the competitive spark came back. He ran a 50 mile ultra marathon to raise $25,000 for Feeding America. He continued to challenge himself by competing twice in the 29029 Everesting challenges. And now, he is training for David Goggins 4x4x48 Challenge to run 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours. Find out how Mike prepares his body and gets his mind ready for extreme challenges and makes health and fitness part of his lifestyle.

Joel Geier joins me once again, this time to discuss San Diego's Mike Hess Brewing. Known as a pioneering nano-brewery, Mike Hess has grown to include five locations in California. You can follow Joel @BreweryTravels. Brewery Adventures is brought to you by CraftBeerClub.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is a special MEGA episode of Freshly Brewed, where we welcome in 5 guests at once from all around the world (and by that, we mean Wisconsin and Rome)! Join Fr. Enan Zelinski, Dcn. Michael Wanta, Zoe Bernard, Mike Hess, and Aaron Roden as they share about how we should think about sharing our lives online. We cover topics like what is virtue? How do we grow in virtue? What does that mean for what we post in line and how we engage? As always, learn more at www.freshlybrewedmedia.com!

The Legends of Carolina Martial Arts is a non-political organization created to honor, each year, a small group of Blackbelts (from the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's) who have impacted Martial Arts through the Carolinas in a positive manner!

ON THIS EPISODEWhat happens when a blind man, a woman of color, and a child of immigrants get together to discuss how diversity, equity and inclusion can impact businesses?I have teamed up with Choose Inclusion Podcast with Mike, UB and Nina to do a special crossover episode! Join Mike, Nina and UB for the 2 part crossover podcast. Listen in on Choose Inclusion episode Inclusive Creativity with Rebekah Mersereau for part 1 and here for part 2. Mike Hess is the Executive Director of The Blind Institute of Technology and a Facilitator at Breaking the Bias. Nina is CEO and Founder of diversity, Head of Executive Culture and Inclusion at Jobber Group, and Managing Partner & Facilitator at Breaking the Bias. UB is Chief Strategic Connections Officer at Jobber Group & CEO, Co-founder and Facilitator at Breaking the Bias.Nina believes that problems can be solved for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. She has worked in both non- and for-profit organizations nearly twenty years, bridging between the needs of sustainable businesses and the public good. With 10 years of work in the tech sector under her belt, Nina has focused on user experience design, digital strategy, and business development. As a DEI champion, Nina wants to see more people from underrepresented and marginalized groups in leadership positions around the country. She hopes to build a foundation for a stronger and more diverse tech community.UB has a passion for helping #PEOPLEMATTER. He has a clear perspective of the good, bad and ugly of how companies are being built. Surviving workplace violence and his Latino background help define that perspective. As such, he is an advocate for people’s safety and happiness. He thrives in helping people overcome internal obstacles to be better humans to themselves and others.REFERENCESFind the Choose Inclusion Podcast hereEpisode "Inclusive Creativity with Rebekah Mersereau"Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/episode/14ZOmqS9AcrGR53qnr9lXL?si=8c5DgIS_RfS884GSPVLD-wiTunes : https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/inclusive-creativity-with-rebekah-mersereau/id1481274863?i=1000500497028https://chooseinclusion.com/https://twitter.com/ChooseInclusionhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/choose-inclusionhttps://www.instagram.com/chooseinclusionpodcast/CONNECT WITH REBEKAH JANEInstagram and Facebook @RebekahJaneArt https://www.instagram.com/rebekahjaneart/RebekahJaneArt@outlook.comhttps://rebekahjaneart.ca/https://www.instagram.com/rebekahjaneartbookmarks/https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/RebekahJaneArtMy Facebook GroupsConnections through Creativity : https://www.facebook.com/groups/connectionsthroughcreativity/Creative Book Community : https://www.facebook.com/groups/CreativeBookCommunity/Connections through Creativity Podcast with Rebekah JaneEmail me at RebekahJaneArt@outlook.com or DM me on Instagram or Facebook @RebekahJaneArt with any questions, comments or takeaways! I love to get to know my listeners and thank you for connecting in real life, you tuning in means the world to me.BRAN NEW EPISODES Bi weekly on Fridays!Happy Creating

We sit down with Mike Hess today to start off our first part of the series on Catholic Social Teaching! We talk a lot about love begins here and how we can love each person we come in contact with! 

Scott talked to Boomer Well from the RNC. Our first live caller segment. Howard Wright on the sports world boycotting in response to Jacob Blake's shooting. And our first Friday beers with Paul from Mike Hess. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join me as I speak with Mike Hess, Founder and Executive Director of the Blind Institute of Technology. Mike takes us on a bumper to bumper walkthrough of diversity and inclusion as someone who lives the work every single day. Why choose inclusion? It is not a level playing field. Mike is on a mission to showcase that “all” people add to a business’s bottom line and culture. You will walk away from this episode a little different than you walked in.

Mike Hess, Founder and Executive Director of the Blind Institute of Technology is our first guest for the launch of the podcast on July 28th. Subscribe now to make sure you get the full episode with Mike as soon as it's available.

Five reasons to listen. Liz Giorgi, Lawrence Wagner, Lauren Gifford, Mike Hess, Ai Addyson-Zhang. Full episodes coming July 28th. A special thank you to Benjamin Monlezun for use of his original song Downpoor.

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema; Beer 1: "Tart N' Juicy IPA" from Epic Brewing Co (Salt Lake City, UT). Style: American Wild Ale. ABV: 5.1% Ratings: M - 6, J - 6.8. - Film: "Da 5 Bloods" (2020). Directed by Spike Lee. Ratings: M - 6, J - 5.5 - Beer 2: "Assaulted by Feather Pillows" from Mike Hess Brewing(San Diego, CA). Style: Imperial NE IPA. ABV: 8% Ratings: M - 6, J - 4.2 - Inside Hot & Bothered: - Jonny - Movies Opening, "Revisionist History" Season 5. - Max - The Commons Live Show 6/20/20, "Understanding the Lost Cause" video essay, Lifestyle Changes Update. ------ Episode Timeline: - 0:00 - Intro & Notes - 3:43 - "Tart N' Juicy" - 19:04 - Jonny's Flick Pick: "The Battered Bastards of Baseball" - 25:20 - "Da 5 Bloods" (No Spoilers) - 42:05 - "Assaulted by Feather Pillows" - 55:00 - Hot & Bothered - 1:15:56 - "Da 5 Bloods" (DANGER ZONE) - Please rate & review us wherever you listen to podcasts and, if you're so inclined, consider donating to the show via our Patreon page. Find our entire collection of episodes as well as written reviews of movies and beers at our virtual podcast mansion www.freshhopcinema.com. - Thanks to all our patrons, and the Handlebar Chico for their constant support and to Bailey Minardi, without whom, this show wouldn't be what it is.

Mike Hess, Founder and Executive Director of The Blind Institute of Technology is this week's guest on the Inclusion School Podcast. Julie, Simone, and Mike discuss how to broach the conversation of physical abilities with children. Learn cool ways you can use to foster these inclusive conversations.

This week we continue to support local, independent beer by sharing and discussing new release offerings picked up through new avenues including online ordering, delivery, curb side pick up to show just how easy and safe it is to continue supporting local beer during these unprecedented times. This week we also host our first ever Patreon Q&A with questions sent in from our longtime supporters. Tune in to this new segment to get to know us a little bit more while we break down questions about favorite beers, food items and tons more fun which leads into some great beer discussion topics. Plus, we sample some Orange County beers brought on the show and don’t miss this weeks edition of New Can Alerts where we break down all of the upcoming releases in San Diego beer. Plus, we launch our brand new “Beer Night in San Diego Stimulus Package” and hear how YOU can take part and have BNISD send you some much needed provisions. All this plus much more including testing new locally made hand sanitizer from Mike Hess, fruit on pizza, Summer Preview beers are shared, proper care for crowlers and bottles of different stouts, Godzilla references, perfect golfing beers, beers going from small batch to full production and a special very ISO beer to finish things off. Tune in as we hope to bring some joy, normalcy and entertainment to your week. Yes, the episode is long - We are all at home, so tune in!

Mike Hess is the National Director of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches. He loves pastors and is focusing energy on helping struggling churches. Listen as Mike talks about how to know when revitalization is needed, key people in revitalization, available resources, and God's heart for the struggling church. After the interview we'll end the podcast with prayer for you! 

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Your hosts - Mike Hess, Nina Baliga and UB Ciminieri - talk about their WHY for being a part of the Choose Inclusion Podcast.

Champion Bridge player Mike Hess has played with mega-billionaires and a Supreme Court judge. Take bridge classes with Mike and learn why Bridge is "The best card game ever invented."

A More Sustainable and Resilient City with Mike Hess Mike Hess is the Smart City Project Director in Orlando, Florida.  He was born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin. He graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.  Mike spent most of his life in Wisconsin and then was recruited by an engineering company in Orlando and focused on mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering for buildings. “My background is in mechanical engineering but I quickly switched to an energy and sustainability focus early in his career.” -Mike Hess   Mike's Aha Moment Mike remembers bumping into the CEO at the coffee machine where they had a discussion about Energy Star.  The CEO asked Mike if he would do some research and provide him a short memo version so he was up to date for clients.  That whole exercise caused Mike to stumble upon LEED and more holistic green building rating system. It was just a chance encounter that has brought him to where he is today. “Once I read about it (green buildings), I just gravitated towards it and realized that it was just the right thing to do.” -Mike Hess   Transitioning From the Engineering Side Mike started out as a mechanical engineer right out of college.  He traveled across the country trying to convince people to pursue LEED and Energy Star.  Mike believes it was too early for those customers. He started his own green building consulting firm so he could focus on sustainability.  Once the sustainability movement started to pick up, Mike was recruited back and took his small business to a national and international reach. “For about 10 years projects were mostly LEED, well over a hundred LEED certified projects.” - Mike Hess   Book Recommendations Cradle to Cradle: . Remaking the Way We Make Things by Michael Braungart and William McDonough Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M Benyus   Tune into this podcast to listen to the rest of Mike Hess's journey in this podcast hosted by Charlie.   Connect with Mike Hess: Linkedin   Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES: Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram   GBES is excited our membership community is growing.  Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more insurances that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes.  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast!   Copyright © 2019 GBES

As technology rapidly improves and provides people with a never-ending list of ways to stay connected, those responsible for urban planning are finding new ways to integrate connectedness with essential city services. Cities like Orlando are jumping into the smart city movement with hopes to build a data-driven infrastructure that will support safer, cleaner and more efficient travel and an improved quality of life for the community. However, some are concerned the introduction of smart cities could infringe on citizens' safety, security and privacy. So, is any of this really possible? And is your average resident interested in living in a smart city?   Featured Guests: Mike Hess - Smart City Project Director, City of Orlando Craig Ustler - Owner and President, Ustler Development, Inc. Episode Transcription:   Paul Jarley:                         When I worked at the University of Kentucky, I swore I would vote for any politician who could synchronize the stop lights on Harrisburg Road and cut my travel time to and from work. Smart city initiatives promise to make city life more efficient. But are people really willing to give up their privacy on the promise that Big Brother can cut down on their commute time or save them money on their energy bill? And honestly, if smart cities require smart politicians, I'm skeptical. Paul Jarley:                         This show is all about separating hype from fundamental change. I'm Paul Jarley, Dean of the College of Business here at UCF. I've got lots of questions. To get answers, I'm talking to people with interesting insights into the future of business. Have you ever wondered, is this really a thing? On to our show. Paul Jarley:                         So about a year ago I was half asleep in a meeting of deans when somebody said the term smart cities and I hadn't heard that before, so I wrote it down and I will have to tell you, my initial thought was, "Dang, those people in Silicon Valley have the best marketers in the world." I mean, who could be against smart cities? Paul Jarley:                         So I wanted to do some learning about that and what that really means and whether the marketing is far ahead of the reality or not and what it's likely to do to my world and my students' world going forward. So a couple of people have graciously agreed to join me today who have some opinions on it and I'm going to probe their opinions a little bit. Paul Jarley:                         So, next to me is Craig Ustler. Craig leading the master development team for the Creative Village here in downtown Orlando. He is also co-developing several vertical projects at Creative Village, including a $105 million student housing project that'd better be ready by August 2019, or we will have a lot of homeless students downtown. Paul Jarley:                         We're also joined by Mike Hess. Mike is the smart city director for the city of Orlando. He's a Leed fellow and mechanical engineer. He was recently brought on board by the city of Orlando to lead off their smart city efforts. He's worked as the VP of smart and sustainable buildings for Panasonic Smart City team. And he has worked on several smart city projects across the US. Paul Jarley:                         So, let's start at the beginning. What the heck is a smart city? Craig, you want to? Craig Ustler:                       There's a couple answers. So one is sort of consistent with your experience. It's become a buzzword that is somewhat self-invented through some marketing folks and real estate folks. And it means in theory, this idea that you're going to use data driven or the Internet of Things and whatnot to connect everything and measure it and analyze it and make things more efficient. Craig Ustler:                       I sort of choose to turn the term and I say cities are smart and suburbs are dumb. I sort of feel like the city by definition is smart,

We were in the studio for Tourism Tuesday - Winchester/Frederick County edition - with Justin Kerns from Winchester/Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and his guest, Mike Hess, owner of Back 2 the Grind coffee shop opening on March 11, 2019. Mike told us about his entrepreneurial journey to the Shenandoah Valley and explained his concept and mission for his coffee shop that is slated to open in early March at 166 Costello Drive (across from Costco.) For updates, follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/back2grind/

In this episode we interview Mike Hess on challenges facing the Church today and the importance of authorial intent in the interpretation of Scripture.

EP154 - Turkey-5 2018 Recap Episode 154 is a quick recap of all the retail and e-commerce activity over the Turkey-5 weekend (Thanksgiving through CyberMonday). Jason interviewed by eMarketer about AmazonGo stores Jason article in Forbes "The Future of Brick-And-Mortar Retail is Mobile"   Adobe    Revenue YoY Growth Thurs $3,700,000,000 28.00% Friday $6,200,000,000 23.60% Sat $3,200,000,000 25.00% Sun $3,200,000,000 25.00% Monday $7,900,000,000 29.00% Turkey 5 $24,200,000,000 26.41% Nov-Dec $124,100,000,000* 14.8%*       * Adobe Forecast   Amazon Cyber-5 Press Release Salesforce Holiday Insights Hub Adobe Holiday 2018 predictions, actuals, and analysis IBM Analytics Outage J Crew Website Outage Google and Facebook Outages Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 154 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:25] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 154 being recorded on Tuesday November 27th 2018 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your Cohoes Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason welcome back Jason Scott show listeners we sincerely hope you had a great Thanksgiving an awesome profitable Black Friday and a record shattering Cyber Monday Jason did you get enough turkey over the break. Jason: [0:55] I did indeed it's my favorite time of the year my two favorite things shopping and eating. Scot: [1:01] I have been dying to ask you two questions what's your favorite pie if pies are the favorite Thanksgiving dessert which pie and if not what's your favorite Thanksgiving dessert. Jason: [1:13] Do you like I'm a traditionalist I go with a pumpkin pie with whipped cream on it what about yourself. Scot: [1:18] I am a southerner so it has to be pecan pie with a little scoop of ice cream. Jason: [1:28] So my grandmother's family my grandma Daisy who's no longer with us is also a southerner and we always have followed her Thanksgiving Traditions but oddly somehow somewhere along the line she added a German chocolate cake to the mix so full disclosure I sort of Miss now that she's not with us anymore the grandma Daisy's German chocolate cake in addition to my pumpkin and pecan pies. Scot: [1:54] Maybe she was Southern German. Jason: [1:56] Exactly Daisy just was at a head of her time she was just a multicultural. Scot: [2:02] And then I've been dying to know how you survive when Starbucks closed for a day. Jason: [2:07] That is a great question there have been years when that was a challenge for me but I feel like at this Advanced stage of my life I have pretty much mastered at so a Starbucks wasn't Starbucks strategically close early so I like to make a visit before they close and then Abby as a back at the Starbucks I do have a super fancy automatic espresso machine that makes my Starbucks drinks at home. Scot: [2:36] Call and I saw you have published couple articles before we jumped into the meat of the show toast us what you been putting out there into the interwebs. Jason: [2:43] Yeah I was prolific the time off I give me a chance to catch up on a few things I've been meaning to do so you and I are both Ford's contributor so I published a Forbes article today and it's about a topic we first started broke on the the podcast it's called the future brick-and-mortar is Mobile in its talking about all these new store Concepts that are opening up and and how the customers mobile phone is increasingly becoming a mandatory part of the in-store shopping experience in an increasingly you need a mobile phone to get into the store so that that was interesting to me and then I did do an interview in emarketer all about the Amazon go store soap again probably not any, opinions that would be new or surprising to Jason and Scott show listeners but nice concise article of sort of every swear I think the the Amazon go stores are going so I'll I'll post a link to both of those in the show note. Scot: [3:46] Cool this is kind of a the first of a Trilogy of shows were put together that really are looking at kind of the halftime report of where we are as far as holiday 18th concerned we're recording this the day after Cyber Monday so we've got those key 5 days out there and some data starting to roll in then our next to Gaston the show or going to come with some more proprietary data someday we're going to do kind of a hot take on what we're seeing out there from Publix results from all kinds of sources that that will try to slip note as we go through and we want to jump into that and it wouldn't be a Jason Scott show without some Amazon used to kick it off. Jason: [4:34] Amazon news new your margin is there opportunity. Scot: [4:42] So Amazon is one of the most secretive companies you'll ever come across and holiday is no exception typically they did Issue a press release which was some of it was interesting and revealing and others of it was frustrating leak looked so I just wanted to walk through some of the highlights there. First highlight is a tortoise a new term where Amazon is calling it instead of I like the Cyber 5 they're calling it The turkey-5. Jason what you think about this rebranding of the five days from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Jason: [5:13] So I think I don't consider rebranding I think both terms are important so you were actually the first person I heard you cyber 5 and it was quite some time ago way before the podcast and so I've embraced that when I'm talking about e-commerce sales over those five day. But when I'm talking about omni-channel sales and brick-and-mortar sales then I feel like we need to talk about the turkey-5. Scot: [5:36] Okay well next time they can both look together so. What are some of the highlights of wood Amazon announced they announce the Cyber Monday was their biggest day ever and they sold millions quote-unquote millions which you know I think. Is a range between 1 and 100000. I don't know how to arrange that I know it starts at 1 and goes Tenpenny so millions and millions of Amazon devices were sold the new Echo dot was the top Amazon device, they sold Millions more this turkey-5 versus last over 18 million toys and then over 39 fashion items and I always find it interesting to Think Through. And some of this is probably much mind-reading but herbal Tea Leaf reading that goes on here you know why do they pick out these two categories I think 21 is kind of like Hey we're picking up that Toys R Us business that evaporated out there and then fashion everyone there's been a lot of negative kind of Amazon Fashion Stories where people are saying Yep they're not really doing well they're fashion designers aren't embracing Amazon so this one I thought was just a little bit of hay. Fashion industry check us out. [7:05] This is the most revealing data point they said in total and I believe this is a u.s. number over a hundred eighty million items were sold over the turkey five and when I try to do the math on that if we assume, $50 average order value that comes in kind of 9 billion now sometimes Amazon average order value is tricky because sometimes they include didn't see if this was paid or unpaid items as soon as paid items unpaid items would be free books to Kindle stuff there free apps on stuff like that. So this could be as high of us as a $75 ASP 1213 billion dollars. [7:48] So I wasn't ashamed actually kind of put a number out there that I could actually anchor off of and get to a real number that's the first time. [7:56] It's a third party sales grew 20% year-over-year Which is pretty good you know I would expect so so you know. E-commerce is going around 15% according to the US Census and Cubs score. Amazon has been growing in the mid-to-high 20s so it's actually little loaf I felt for this third-party datapoint if I understood the metric right I've only grow 20% year-over-year and then couple of highlights they said Black Friday alone or million toys and electronics are sold through the mobile app so I think they're they're highlighting you know I think there were talking a little bit about showrooming where I think they're trying to hints that people are out in the stores shopping toys Electronics on Amazon from their phones while they're out couple other highlights of the top sellers. Obviously Amazon devices everywhere you go you see that mentioned so this is Nivea. Echo Christmas there should be a lot more Echo devices out the world after this holiday looks like instapot the classic is a top seller I am now seeing it everywhere so around Prime day you only saw it at Amazon and now I can't run into a store without Nintendo switch is hot this year. [9:20] Such a platform has been around awhile but has, new Breath of Life Jason what did what did you think of Amazon's results on Turkey 5. Jason: [9:28] Yeah it's always interesting to try to parse anything out of their press releases because that you know they're the pretty expert of giving you these numbers. That we don't have any frame of reference for a right like everything's the biggest ever but you know they said all these records last year so if they were .1% growth it would be, it would still be the biggest ever and they let you know they give you this many items in these big categories you know it's obvious they're trying to paint a Rosy picture without disclosing too much real information but to me some of the things that jump out like your math is super interesting if we take that $50 aov and say they're like. You know it will you don't 9 billion to 12 billion that puts them at a third to about a half of what a Dobby predicted. Overall e-commerce sales were for the the December 5 so. Normally we think of Amazon as being about half of e-commerce so if they're only a third to a half of cyber 5 e-commerce that actually means. Other retailers are doing a better job of of grabbing a little bit of that traffic so that to me is interesting. [10:38] It does make sense to me that 3-piece sales would it be growing as fast on Cyber 5 because I think Amazon promotes the bejesus out of the Amazon owned products particular The Echoes In fires and the Rings were heavily promoted and so you know when they're selling. Not even just one p items but Amazon owned Brands so heavily and kind of crowds out that the three p a little bit. And it is interesting to me you know this these guys are increasingly becoming the largest retailer in North America get on the biggest sales days of the year the things they're able to sell the most of our the things they own which is like completely unique like you know prior to Amazon you know Craftsman was not the number one selling item at Sears on Black Friday for example so that feels like a. That's sort of interesting Trend and you know it'll be interesting when we get some of the other guests on that have some datasets to kind of get their point of view about all that. Scot: [11:39] Now Adobe has been probably the most prolific this holiday with getting their data out which is interesting because I haven't seen last couple years IBM made of big push but I didn't see them out there really pushing hard on the data so it's almost like a one kind of company show now with Adobe and I know you gathered some of the highlights what what did you see there. You don't want to spoil it for 4 we have us be coming on the next shows we don't want to spoil too much but what were some highlights. Jason: [12:11] Just a quick primer on data sources the route to write like the the most ubiquitous best data source out there that I use the most of it kind of track it is Adobe there's three big analytics platforms that e-commerce lights tend to use Adobe IBM and Google Google you know his never liked had an evangelist kind of you know posting real-time data out there IDM some years does some of your doesn't they actually had a very meaningful outage on their analytics platform this year which will talk about a little later so even if they're planning on it I suspect they they bailed when they started having problems and Adobe did a phenomenal job so it will hear specifically from Adobe tomorrow but just so listeners have sort of a frame of reference. Adobe is heavily used by the largest. Brick-and-mortar retailers in in North America so I feel like they're their data ranges a very broad set of retailers from. Serta medium size two very big you know they don't have much data from Amazon who doesn't use any of these platforms for their main main site. So to me Adobe is kind of the broadest and definitely best representation of the biggest sites that are most meaningful. [13:27] I do have some data from Shopify which I think of a sort of the long tail so it's interesting to see what's going on there and then we do get some data from Salesforce which is. Salesforce Commerce cloud is the old demandware e-commerce platform and to meet a man where is a little more than itchy it's kind of in the middle between. The really big sites and the long tail it's these like pretty darn big predominately apparel sites for example. And so it just it's interesting to see where the date of matches between those different sets and where it's different but that kind of. [14:04] Key things up adobe gives us a number for every day of cyber 5 so Thursday was 33.7 billion. Which is up 28% Friday with 6.2 billion which is up 23.6% Saturday was 3.2 billion. Which is up 25% Sunday was 3.2 billion which was up 25% Monday the biggest day ever for. Ecommerce with 7-point not in North America is 7.9 billion which was up 29% so. Hopefully you're not doing math while you're driving in the car you add up those 5 days and there were 23.1 billion dollars worth of sales during those. Those 5 days. [14:53] I just realized I had a slight air in my spreadsheet so we'll actually see Liam and then I caught 24.1 billion in in sales over those 5 days. And the gross for all 5 days was about 26% and what's interesting about that is Adobe predicts. 124 billion for the entire November December. And a growth I would like 14.8% which is. Kind of similar to all the other e-commerce estimates we see you in that 10 to 15 to 16% and so you go wait. These five days grew 26% they represent about 15% of the whole holiday right there. You know about 19% of the holiday right there so it's it's it's interesting that that it seems like these days are getting the disproportionate amount of the. The grout sensor you sometimes your talks about how promotions are stretching out longer and in that stretching out sales but the data makes it seem like people are still very habituated to shop on these Amy's 5 cyber 5 days. Scot: [15:58] So yeah. Jason: [16:01] I was just going to add to it in Shopify doesn't provide super granny or data. But they did give us an Insight that on the the four days between Thanksgiving in and Cyber Monday they sold about 1.6 billion and about 1.8 billion over the Cyber 5 so if that's true again Adobe says 24 billion sold all over the Cyber five and Shopify alone sold 1.8 billion that would put Shopify at about 7.5% of all. Cyber 5 sales witch. I kind of doubt year-round that they have that big market share again that we don't have good data to know for sure. It's believable to me that more shopping shift to do some of the Shopify sites over holiday so I don't know what what's your initial reaction on that Scott could you. Scot: [16:53] Kills High you know but. It's hard to say the thing that always confounds me about some of these things is when you add up the pie slices I always get up to like 130% so no matter whether it's holiday data or quarterly data or annual data I always get a little confused by how all the stuff adds up. The number to supposed to. Jason: [17:18] Incident if you compare that so again and that the Dobies kind of this broad look if you look at like Salesforce you see like more like a 16% growth for e-commerce to see traffic going 9% what what's interesting to me about salesforce's they share some of their mobile numbers and sales for says that like 62% of all there traffic was mobile. And a 45% of all their sales was Mobile on Cyber Monday for example and on. Black Friday mobile actually Pete that slightly over 50% of all of all sale so so you know. [18:03] In the demandware Echo System the majority a strong majority of traffic is mobile and almost half of all orders is of of Revenue is mobile orders are actually number of orders is actually even a little higher so if you think about like you got dollars in sales you got number of orders and you got traffic. The the Salesforce number to look kind of like the Shopify numbers from mobile so we have a couple of vendors that share their data that mainly live on the Shopify platform and swim it was one that talked to you on Twitter and they were claiming 73% of their Shoppers were mobile and 62% of their shop their purchases were mobile those mobile numbers are way higher than what we see from Adobe where it's going to be something like 45% of traffic was mobile and only like 30 or 30. 5% of of orders were mobile so it's going to be interesting to talk to Adobe about about that if it is. In their mind true that this a longer tail is more mobile than than their whole user base or what were missing their. Scot: [19:09] And I also wonder if it Dobie is including any Magento data because historically it was mostly kind of that omniture I did it right that they were effectively tapping into so I wonder if they're able to pull in the Magento data analysis. Jason: [19:26] Yeah that will be interesting I'm going to Mike Hess is going to be no for this year the murderer wasn't that long ago and remember. Magento can't see the majority of their data so most people are running the gento on-prem they they have the software but magenta wouldn't necessarily know whether the revenue was unless they happen to be either one of the the minority of Magento customers that's hosted. Scot: [19:50] I forgot that they were more of an assault versus has. Bottom line this it feels like online were definitely kind of more in the 20 to 30% Reigns versus kind of the traditional 15 so that feels good and then it feels like a brick-and-mortar is a little slow. Jason: [20:10] Yep so well it depends on what you mean by slow so. Scot: [20:18] They have been drawn at kind of like three or four percent right kind of mid single-digit. Jason: [20:22] Some MasterCard says that like on Black Friday brick-and-mortar sales were up 9% there. Scot: [20:32] What's good. Jason: [20:33] Yeah that sounds great MasterCard is predicting that November December sales will be up. 5% right and of course you know you can imagine what MasterCards dataset is they have like like a 1/3 of all the credit card sales. [20:47] So so those are good numbers there's a couple companies that rent Hardware to retailers that gets installed on the front door to the store to measure traffic in the store so one of those companies is called shoppertrak and the other is called retailnext they aggregate all their data as traffic data shoppertrak says that traffic was down 1% over the holiday over by Friday retail next said the traffic was down five to 9%. [21:20] They do tend to attract slightly different customer so as I sit here I can't tell you exactly what categories they tend to be strong in butt that sounds to me like fewer people are going to the store then they have in years past and yet we still see higher sales in the store and we have in your past which just means the conversion rate of Shoppers to buyers is higher and the amount they're spending when they're in the store is higher and so you add all that up I think before the holiday started people were kind of forecasting they're like 16% e-commerce growth like in a three to 4% brick-and-mortar gross I think it's possible we're going to see like 5% he, brick-and-mortar drugs which would be the biggest year since 2011 so we may see some big numbers on the revenue side when I'm more worried about is that it it potentially was super promotional revenue and said the earnings may may suffer that that commonly is the yin and yang of of holiday sales. Scot: [22:23] Yeah unfortunately won't have a read on that until some of the January did I start to come out right before results. Jason: [22:29] Exactly it mostly shows up in earnings where people are like oh we had our Revenue goals but we missed our earnings goals Adobe does get to see some interesting promotional data so when they're on we will definitely get their perspective about whether the holiday felt online more. Lesser the same promotional is past years. Scot: [22:49] Call a couple other seems I saw out there there was this kind of is Black Friday dead a lot of this circles around somatic Mall while getting your everyone is there's a whole controversy around the opening on Thanksgiving Day itself and. Some retailers like REI stand on that others are kind of messaging that up even more and more and they're doing their doorbusters around that so there's a dinner I had some day. [23:20] Where they actually had several buckets of Shoppers they reported on so they said 41.4 million people shot online only from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday so the I guess I'll call that cyber 5 and that 6.4 million more who's been shot exclusively in stores so they have an online exclusive bucket stories lusive bucket and then they have an omni-channel bucket and then the omni-channel bucket they say 89.7 million hour Shoppers. So I'll see you in a day or calling a reference so so that was interesting and there's an article that was kind of saying because more people shopped online than offline during that. It was kind of the end of the traditional Black Friday. Brick-and-mortar holiday discount Holiday in your reaction to that. Jason: [24:22] Yeah it was it yummy you here to Reasons by Friday is going away because people are shifting online and because black Fridays you know keeping earlier tough to Thursday night it didn't feel like, more stores open on Thursdays then did years pass so I don't think that really affected by Friday I do think / that interested anymore yeah if you're only going to do one of the other there more people that are opting for the convenience of online shopping and that that seems reflected in the the few datasets we had that show store traffic was down so I could lie but honestly it doesn't feel like. [25:03] A dramatic shift to me over your you know it seems very windy or change versus sort of an exponential change and I think all this is happening in a climate in which like most of the consumer macroeconomic factors are really favorable and particularly for the first time in a long time the macroeconomic factors for low-income Shoppers are favorable in those are the Shoppers that are least likely to shop online right like so that's the the low-income Walmart Shopper probably feels like they have more money in their pockets and they have the last several holidays and until I feel like you know some of that the trends that we try to predict do I get office gated by the fact that there probably just are more people shopping and more people spending money this year than they then we've seen in the last couple years so that's that's a good problem but it makes it hard to really. [25:59] Really have a strong opinion I have I will say one of their data points from UW data is that buy online pickup in-store orders were up 50% over your past so I think like driving with an RF data what we're seeing is that the this notion of these being separate channels is going away and people are increasingly using digital tools whether they. Go to the store or not and you know you tease me for talking too much about grocery on the show I feel like this is the first year when people could potentially buy online curbside pickup their their ingredients for their Thanksgiving dinner and so I haven't seen any data on that yet but I but I know as an amenity digital grocery shopping was available to many more consumers this year than ever before and so I'm going to be really interested to see if Shoppers take advantage of that and if that you know changes behavior and all of those are two things so I think there's going to be a lot of fun fall out to follow from this holiday. For the next several months we should keep doing the podcast. Scot: [27:01] We we will another theme that was interesting and you kind of touched on this little bit with outages Amazon seems to be pretty robust Facebook had an outage kind of like right around Thanksgiving so happy for freaking out. It was kind of a yeah that was interesting and then you would mention coremetrics an outage Amazon I've been kind of rough for Prime day then they did Cyber Monday and end so that's interesting it seems like they must have tweet whatever they had some lips on on Prime day good warm-up for Cyber Monday. I did see some articles that highlighted some other stuff it's hard in today's news climate to know kind of what exactly is going on and how bad it is with what did you see as far as I was just. Jason: [27:47] Yeah I think there were some partial out I mean the number retard saw some partial added outages for you know for some subset of all the people that tried to get to the site for some small. Of time during the day and it's really hard size how significant those are I would slide side note on the Facebook one when Facebook has an outage it has an impact on e-commerce in an unexpected way there's a fair amount of eCommerce sites that let you use your Facebook credential as the keys to your eCommerce account in your stored payment information so it is possible when Facebook's down that the people can't log into their account on an e-commerce site and and Shop so it has the potential to have that impact and Facebook tags are all over these e-commerce sites so even. If the outage and I don't think this was such an outage causes those tags to not respond it can really have a material impact on the page load speed on all these e-commerce side so there's. [28:46] Town of best practices that site should do to mitigate those risks and and frankly wait way too many sites do do to those best practices so it's always surprising to me. But you reference IBM and their analytics package which I think officially is now called IBM Analytics all ice Old-Timers would know it is coremetrics and from my perspective they had a pretty catastrophic outage so I think they were out for most of Black Friday and then, I were able to resolve the issues and then they have another significant outage for most of. [29:24] Cyber Monday so that's a huge deal if you're running a site in your using the analytics to make decisions about you know whether you should get more less promotional you know what what marketing you should be doing on the side how much additional email you should send you know that. Data from that from your analytics platform is critical and you know some heavy rain Deluxe platform out is a huge deal I will tell you I had several clients that that had an outage and the only reason that they weren't Furious is because many of them are now using more than one analytics package so pretty, and that you had a IBM and Google which meant you were exclusively. Using Google for the holiday and it probably is not going to bode well the next time you know IBM comes to have Yuri up your your contract and you had this outage in the most important time and you were forced to use Google and probably found out that that that Google Map most your needs so I think from a business standpoint that that IBM analytics at outage is going to be pretty catastrophic I think they were probably struggling to maintain market share against Adobe and Google anyway and so this is probably going to be a. Another black eye to them in that regard. Scot: [30:42] Quick question did this. So I know that mosites almost every page of a site while will reference to the underlying analytic system and there's a lost tag and stuff did this cause the retailer sites to either go down or be sluggish or to those guys. All currently have that kind of asynchronous so that if it's down it doesn't really. Jason: [31:02] Exactly so what you want and what the in finished all these vendors at least the analects vendors sort of beg you to do is have these tags load asynchronous way which essentially means it doesn't block anything from happening lower on the page from still happening while that tag loads and so it's still even when you load it asynchronously there still you know some ways in which its it's hurt hurting your rendering budget but but the impact is much lower than having the screen be white while you wait for that tag to fail and so for analytics most people have them well implemented and I didn't hear about any anyone that had coremetrics tags blocking the whole site. You do like to also put all these vendors at the end of the page but for Analytics. [31:50] That means you miss out on a lot more analytics if someone like interrupt a page from completely loading or their clicks away from the page before for renters and so you know the analytics vendors like to have their their tags at the very top of the page so when there's an outage. It's even a little more prominent so. Bad deal all around but to my knowledge there were no there were no sites that were like literally WhitePages while they're waiting to find out that the idiom tags didn't work. I don't think Google analytics had any problems but Google had a problem with her at platform over the holiday and I know that impacted a lot of people's promotional plans that you know I felt like the number of clients that had. Plan spins and open the spins that they you know we're going to make over holiday depending on how things went and they literally were like locked out of their AdWords account and weren't able to make some of the adjustments that they intended to make. Scot: [32:46] Yeah that the Facebook ad platform was down during their outages well so it could be some pretty material. Jason: [32:54] Yep that digital marketing tends to be about the third-highest source of traffic to the site so that's a big deal and then the retailer that I think at the most news for having a complete outage unfortunately it was at J crew had a very aggressive sale they were they were offering 50% off on everything and I think they were there down for like the majority of of. Black Black Friday so that's a pretty tough outage I know that they probably offered to extend that sale. Extra days to try to catch that that Revenue but in most cases you know a shopper. Likely move to some other other site and spent that money somewhere else so so you know that that's. Pretty material impact to be down that long on this holiday so sorry for my friends at J.Crew and that's probably going to be a perfect place to wrap it we promise to keep this is a short concise show just about the holiday folks have any comments or questions as always we encourage you to jump on her Facebook page and will continue the dialogue there as always if you found the show useful we'd love it if you jump on the iTunes and give us that 5-star review. Scot: [34:10] Makes everyone we hope that you're cyber 5 / turkey-5 crushed all your expectations and that you are going to finish strong in Holiday 18. Jason: [34:23] Absolutely and then till next time happy commercing.

On today’s show we’re coming at you from our sponsor, The Willows Hotel & Spa at Viejas Casino & Resort, along with vice president of food and beverage David Duran. In Hot Plates, we’re talking about two upcoming events, including the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival and the first annual San Diego Food Tank Summit with bold-faced names of the industry (like the president of the San Diego County Farm Bureau and the co-owner of Café Gratitude) discussing how we can responsibly grow our region’s food movement. Plus, Ike’s sandwiches opens in the Midway district, Buona Forchetta opens its first North County location, and Farmer’s Table expands to Bay Park. Also, we talk about a fundraiser to help the cancer-stricken daughter of local beer icon Mike Hess. Our guest is Nica Knite, the owner and operator of Pine House Café & Tavern and the woman behind the revamp of the historic Pine Valley House & Silver Queen Saloon, a 95-year-old boutique resort, restaurant, and bar in Pine Valley, built by the architect Richard Requa (who built most of the California Exposition in Balboa Park). She explains why she’s restoring the scene in her mountain town and everything on her from-scratch menu. We’re also talking about the recent ban on polystyrene foam, a.k.a. Styrofoam, in the city. In Two People/$50, we’re recommending Din Tai Fung, Grains, Maestoso, and The Mission in North Park.

Meet Sarah Lubeck, Director of Marketing and Communications for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (SD EDC). Sarah grew up in Philly and is still a lifelong Eagles fan but found herself in San Diego seven years ago after chasing the surf and working as a journalist and freelance writer. Learn about what gift Sarah would give San Diego, what percentage of East Coast Ph.D.s can point to San Diego on the map, and how a Japanese delegation compared San Diego to Los Angeles.   Her faves: Tacos: For street tacos: TJ or Tacos El Gordo in Chula Vista. For seafood tacos, Oscars Coffee: Moniker in Liberty Station and Heartwork Coffee in Mission Hills Beer: Any San Diego IPA by Rough Draft or Mike Hess, and the specially crafted Ballast Point Made In San Diego lager, which donates proceeds to resources to help entrepreneurs in local underrepresented areas. Find Sarah on Twitter @s_lubeck and tell her your favorite taco or coffee spot or a great story about a local tech company. You can also help amplify the San Diego story by following SD Life Changing on Twitter & Insta    Thanks to our sponsor Cox Business for their support of the San Diego tech ecosystem and join us at the QuickPitch competition on October 24th.

Mike Hess is the Founder and Executive Director of the Blind Institute of Technology. The Blind Institute of Technology is a team of staff, volunteers and board members passionate about addressing an attitude shift for blind professionals and educating companies on how to hire and cultivate success for the visually impaired. As the token blind guy in private Fortune 500 companies, Mike experienced just what it takes to build organizations through people, processes, and tools. Mike managed multimillion dollar projects throughout his career, and states it is because of his blindness, not despite his blindness, that he became a 6-figure engineer. Even though Mike had great success in his corporate career, he always had the notion of serving the greater good and following his calling. In 2013 Mike left Level3 Communications (Now CentryLink) to launch the Blind Institute of Technology. After 4 years of challenges and successes, he has created partnerships with Davita, Uber, OppenheimerFunds and many other organizations to meet the goals of BIT. Along the way, because of key partnerships and wins, the Denver Post, Denver Business Journal, and CBS News 4, have all done significant stories on Blind Institute of Technology. Links to things we talk about: Mike Hess on LinkedIn Blind Institute of Technology 2018 Accessible Technology Symposium IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, PLEASE: Subscribe to our list Connect with us on twitter Email us and tell us what you think!

You asked for it, so you got it! The people have spoken, so Ken & Brad deliver by taking on the video game turned movie Rampage. Yep, it goes how you would expect... But tune in anyway! The beer for this disaster is Mike Hess 8 West Honey Wheat, which of course you can learn more about here and also -isn't- a disaster: http://www.mikehessbrewing.com.

Guest speaker, Mike Hess, teaches from God's word that obedience to the words of Jesus is what distinguishes the wise person from the foolish one.

Mike Hess, BS, RRT, RPFT and his role in the respiratory world.

Mike Hess, BS, RRT, RPFT and his role in the respiratory world.

In today’s episode of the Happy Half Hour, hosts Erin Chambers Smith and Troy Johnson, along with producer Archana Ram are chatting about the latest local restaurant news, including the opening of Little Italy’s Born & Raised, a swanky steakhouse housed in a gorgeous space that cost $6.5 million to build out. Plus, Plant Power Food has debuted a drive-thru in Encinitas. Today’s sponsor is the Taste of North Park, a dining and drinking event taking place October 14 with food from Crazee Burger, Tamarindo, and more, plus 16 craft brewers, like Modern Times Beer and Thorn Street Brewery. (Word to the wise: The event always sells out!) Mike Hess of the namesake brewery stops by to tell us all about North Park’s evolution and why this event matters. Joining us for the guest segment is restaurateur and self-proclaimed “cook” (she doesn’t call herself a “chef”) Terryl Gavre. The seasoned vet of San Diego’s restaurant scene opened downtown’s Café 222 25 years ago with money earned from a screenplay she sold to Lifetime (true story!) and went on to open Market in Del Mar, Bankers Hill Bar + Restaurant, Acme Southern Kitchen, Bake Sale, and more. She gives us the scoop on what it was like to live and work downtown when she first opened 222, and she reveals her one biggest gripe with our city’s restaurant landscape. Plus, we’re talking about how Whole Foods is faring after the Amazon acquisition and why drinking coffee makes you crave a donut. And we share our recommendations for Two People/$50, including Hane Sushi and Bistro du Marché.

Andrew and Luke chat to beer god Pete Brown about how he got into writing, the history behind beer and music matching and how rubbish Andrew's taste in music is, while also matching music to Buxton's Axe Edge, Mike Hess' 8 West, Beavertown's Smog Rocket and Chimay Blue Beers matched in this episode: Buxton - Axe Edge - Traditional style IPA Mike Hess - 8 West - Orange Honey Wheat Pale Ale Beavertown - Smog Rocket - Smoked Porter Chimay Blue - Trappist Strong Dark Ale

This week on Fresh Hop Cinema; What we're watching on Netflix, a Vienna-style cream ale, and opposites attracting in the form of an IPA mating with an imperial stout. Beers: "Grazias" by Mike Hess Brewing "Yin" and "Yang" by Evil Twin Brewing Featured artist: The Lolos (Chico, CA) More info at www.thelolos.com Please consider rating/reviewing us on iTunes and/or joining us on Patreon. We will literally love you forever.

Bottoms up tap heads! This week It's The Beer Girl is giving us her review of Shower Beer from Champion Brewing. The gentlemen are drinking Mike Hess Brewing's Solis IPA from Greg's recent trip to San Diego; a full review of that as well. Elvia joins the show to give some DUI tips and how to avoid them-probably useful for at least a handful of our listeners. In Craft Beer news; Costco has a great cheap beer for everyone to try, big craft beer releases coming up in 2017, mistakes when introducing people to craft beer and much more. Dan has his movie review of Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead; a comedy horror about a mechanic trying to save his sister from a zombie apocalypse. Scott has a funny new Tales From Uber for the audience. And a way to win some fancy craft beer swag! Beer Babe of the Week is @brewgirl843 on Instagram, make sure and give her a follow.Old Timey Word of the Week: "Half-Seas Over". Use it in a sentence on social medias for a shout out! Make sure to get our new Beer Science ringtone, search the iTunes store or tuunes.co. And don't forget to check us out at www.theunfilteredgentlemen.com, www.facebook.com/unfilteredgentlemen, @unfilteredgents on twitter and TheUnfilteredGentlemen on Instagram! You can also call in (805) 538-BEER, we'd love to hear from you!

Donny Schatz, Mike Hess, Jason Johnson, and Paul McMahan are guests this week on the Chili Bowl recap episode of Open Red. Plus, get the full rundown on Ross' first foray into midget racing. It's Open Red, the Official Podcast of the World of Outlaws!

During a race night the drivers have one voice in their ears... That of Race Director Mike Hess. We interviewed him before, now hear what the drivers hear over the radio during a World of Outlaws event. It's Open Red, the Official Podcast of the World of Outlaws!

It rained at Williams Grove. We went go karting. We took World of Outlaws Competition Director Mike Hess hostage in a rental car. We made a podcast. It was amazing. It's Open Red, the Official Podcast of the World of Outlaws!

In this episode we chat with Jill Davidson, President of the San Diego Brewers Guild about the rich craft brewing history, great breweries, neighbourhoods and beer events to explore in this dynamic and welcoming region.

Beers: Mission Hard Root Beer Modern Times Lomaland Starr Hill Live Sessions Bandstand Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout Mike Hess Habitus Rankings: Jeff: 1. Mike Hess 2. Starr Hill 3. Mission 4. Dark Horse 5. Modern Times Greg: 1. Mike Hess 2. Starr Hill 3. Dark Horse 4. Mission 5. Modern Times Social: @craftbeerradio on Twitter CBR on Facebook CBR on Google+ Support CBR: Subscribe or Donate CBR Amazon Store Review CBR on iTunes Signup for Bluehost website hosting. Extras: Preshow Postshow

Beers: Mission Hard Root Beer Modern Times Lomaland Starr Hill Live Sessions Bandstand Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout Mike Hess Habitus Rankings: Jeff: 1. Mike Hess 2. Starr Hill 3. Mission 4. Dark Horse 5. Modern Times Greg: 1. Mike Hess 2. Starr Hill 3. Dark Horse 4. Mission 5. Modern Times Social: @craftbeerradio on Twitter CBR on Facebook CBR on Google+ Support CBR: Subscribe or Donate CBR Amazon Store Review CBR on iTunes Signup for Bluehost website hosting. Extras: Preshow Postshow

Beers: Weyerbacher Tango Rogue Farms Pumpkin Savior Sun King Wee Mac Mike Hess Brewing Solis Occasus 450 North Brewing Ironman Rankings: Jeff: 1. Mike Hess 2. 450 North 3. Weyerbacher 4. Sun King 5. Rogue Greg: 1. Weyerbacher 2. Mike Hess 3. Sun King 4. 450 North 5. Rogue Social: @craftbeerradio on Twitter CBR on Facebook CBR on Google+ Support CBR: Subscribe or Donate CBR Amazon Store Review CBR on iTunes Signup for Bluehost website hosting. Extras: Preshow Postshow

Beers: Weyerbacher Tango Rogue Farms Pumpkin Savior Sun King Wee Mac Mike Hess Brewing Solis Occasus 450 North Brewing Ironman Rankings: Jeff: 1. Mike Hess 2. 450 North 3. Weyerbacher 4. Sun King 5. Rogue Greg: 1. Weyerbacher 2. Mike Hess 3. Sun King 4. 450 North 5. Rogue Social: @craftbeerradio on Twitter CBR on Facebook CBR on Google+ Support CBR: Subscribe or Donate CBR Amazon Store Review CBR on iTunes Signup for Bluehost website hosting. Extras: Preshow Postshow