Podcasts about safety policy

Mike Fraser, ASTHO CEO, talks about the new book he wrote with Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation; Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Public Health Administrator for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, says many agencies saw bills passed or introduced this year to reduce exposure to lead in water pipes and other building materials; an ASTHO resource outlines practical strategies for state and local governments to prevent heart disease and stroke; and a special issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal will be unveiled in an online event scheduled for 12:30 p.m. eastern time today. ASTHO Webpage: Building Strategic Skills for Better Health: A Primer for Public Health Professionals ASTHO Webpage: Environmental Health – Reducing Chemical Exposure and Supporting Food Safety ASTHO Webpage: Strategic State and Local Policies for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention ASTHO Webinar: Unveiling of the Perinatal Substance Use Special Issue in the Maternal and Child Health Journal ASTHO Webpage: Stay Informed  

Continuing our celebration of National Safety Month, Dr. I. David Daniels speaks to Michael Coplen, the founder and President of TrueSafety Evaluation, in this episode. He previously served as Division Chief of Safety Policy and Promotion at the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), senior Human Factors Program Manager at the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Research, Development and Technology (RD&T) Department, and past Chair of the U.S. DOT interagency Human Factors Coordinating Committee. One of the essential predictors of an organization's physical and psychosocial hazard and risk environment is the organization's safety culture. Mr. Coplen will share his experience in the rail industry and, ultimately, in the federal government, focused on researching, developing, implementing, and evaluating safety culture and safety management systems from a behavioral safety and human factors perspective.

For two hours and 45 minutes on Tuesday morning, the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing focused on the importance of AM radio. Taking center stage for broadcasters on Capitol Hill: J Chapman, a.k.a. Jerry Chapman, the President of Woof Boom Radio.Chapman's stations serve five cities in Indiana and Ohio, and his testimony served as an important endorsement of AM radio for those on the committee who asked about kHz-based broadcasts and their service — not only in times of emergency but also as a vehicle for multicultural, Talk radio and religious programming.His comments contrasted from those of Scott Schmidt, VP of Safety Policy for the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. As far as Schmidt is concerned, having free alerts sent to drivers in a time of an emergency is suffice — and that led Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) to ask questions regarding Radio to Schmidt.RBR+TVBR offers an audio snippet of the hearing in today's InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. It's just a small example of how Members of Congress and the radio industry, supported by the NAB, are united in combating groups such as Schmidt's who believe AM's role in delivering essential information in a time of need is no longer essential. 

This week we're talking about how to make owners happy. How do we make a living working on dogs with difficulty with grooming? Now, this is very much for the groomers, but this is also for owners to understand where groomers are coming from and for the trainers and for anybody else because our customer service angle in the grooming industry needs to be tweaked and needs to be changed. My example of a Safety Policy.  "To provide the highest level of care for your pet, we have a safety policy. If at any time your pet gets nervous, anxious, scared, aggressive, or even overly silly, we slow down and help your pet to be comfortable and calm. It's very important to us that the pets in our care are kept safe and stress-free. We use sharp tools and need to prevent injuries. We will work with your pet to help them feel comfortable. This will build a great experience for successful groomings for your pet's lifetime. Your pet may not be groomed to perfection today. We will charge for the time that we spend working with your pet."   Ep183 === [00:00:00] Chrissy: Episode 180 3. This week we're talking about how to make owners happy. How do we make a living working on dogs with difficulty with grooming? Now, this is very much for the groomers, but this is also for owners to understand where groomers are coming from and for the trainers and for anybody else because our customer service angle. [00:00:19] In the grooming industry needs to be tweaked, needs to be changed. This is the Creating Great Grooming Dog Show. I'm Chrissy Neumyer Smith. I'm a master groomer behavior specialist. I'm a certified professional dog trainer, a certified behavior consultant for canines, a certified professional groomer. I am an instructor at Whole Pet Grooming Academy and I own Happy Critters in Nashua, New Hampshire. [00:00:40] And this my friends and colleagues is the show. We're grooming and training Meet. Start off with the common story that I hear from groomers. Okay. Because a lot of groomers reach out to me. My Facebook group and my Facebook page haven't been very active because I think that, um, most of the time people just reach out to me directly. [00:00:58] And that's awesome. That's great guys. If you feel like we're friends, we are. So just go ahead and reach out and I will contact you. But what happens is, this is when I hear a lot is, , he was so bad that by the end he was being really aggressive. What should I do next time? How do I work on a dog like that? [00:01:15] Now my question is, did you complete the groom? And they're like, well, yes. But by the end he was really getting so much worse. But that is because you keep trying to get the grooming finished. Okay. So I wanna talk about how we can help our owners be happy and understand what we're doing while also helping the dog, because there's a customer service angle that needs to be tweaked just a little bit. [00:01:44] We are allowing our customers to think, I want this haircut. I'm buying a haircut. Like it's an object on a shelf. You know, you sold that. Guy a haircut, and that's the haircut I want for my dog. So that customer got one and my dog can't, you know, like as if it's [00:02:00] available for purchase. It's just an object. [00:02:02] Okay? The things that we do are not objects on a shelf. We are selling services. Services are different than an item. Now when we think about it that way, we know as groomers, some dogs are a lot more work than other dogs. Every dog's gonna be a little bit different. Every BK is gonna be a little bit different. [00:02:23] Maybe those owners brush every day and are very, very good about keeping that dog maintained and others are not. We understand when it's coat issues, but we need to take that into behavior issues. We need to take that information and pull it back. To behavior issues too. The dog, that's a lot more effort to groom because the dog is having trouble being groomed, and unfortunately, if we get stuck in the mindset that we have to get this trim done, we need to get this haircut done, we need this dog to look a certain way. [00:02:58] That's what our owners are buying, and that's what we are selling. What happens is the behavior ends up getting ignored. Or just worked over. So in the case of he was so bad by the end, you know, like, what do I do next time? By the end, he was being really aggressive. I mean, he was bad from the beginning, but wow. [00:03:17] By the end, right? That's predictable. He, this dog is literally trying to tell you, I am not comfortable with this. This makes me very, very uncomfortable. And we're saying, uh, sorry dude, your daddy wants a haircut and, okay. I hear you. I've been there. You know, you're like, I, I've gotta get this trim finished. [00:03:37] I didn't suspect that you were gonna act like this, and your coat is in good shape. And that's what I told your owners when you were in our office, and that's what I thought we were gonna sell you. So we need to step back and go, wait a minute, wait a minute. This dog is not handling this process very well, and this is the customer service angle for us to talk to our owners. [00:03:59] . Your dog [00:04:00] is not handling this very well. Your dog is not well prepared for our services. Now, grimmer, I want you to make this distinction. We say that when a coat isn't well prepared for our services, right? The dog that's totally, totally matted, and they're like, we just want a bath and a little bit of trimming. [00:04:18] Can we come back in an hour? And we're like, oh, I'm very, very sorry. That cannot happen because the coat, what's going on with your dog's coat is not gonna allow us to do this in an hour. Even if maybe another dog could have a quick bath and brush out and dry in an hour, your dog cannot because your dog's coat condition. [00:04:37] We need to do that with behavior. Groomers we're used to saying no. We're used to telling people that they can't get what they wanted today and how to get them on the right track. So if we think about it that way, now we can say your dog's behavior, he is not ready for this. If your dog panics when the dryer is on, your dog cannot be fluff dried. [00:04:59] Yet. Yet there is training we can do, and that's why we need to talk about this. As an industry, we need to talk about this, but also we need to talk about this with our owners. I would like very much for your dog to go home in a beautiful trim, but your dog's not well prepared for our services today. Your dog doesn't understand what's happening. [00:05:21] Your dog finds this difficult. Your dog finds this scary. Your dog finds everything we're doing, very threatening, and I think that a lot of the time we think aggression. A dog who's being very forward, very direct with us and hard eye and air snaps and stuff. , we think of that as a dog who's very, very brave. [00:05:39] But that's a dog who, while they might be being brave, is being brave because they feel they're being threatened, they are uncomfortable with what is happening. So at its core, it is still fear. We need to teach these dogs to trust us and to feel comfortable so that we can continue to work with them throughout their whole life. [00:05:58] So if we talk to our owners saying, [00:06:00] your dog is finding this really difficult, have you done anything at home to prepare him? , have you worked on anything? Let's talk about what's happening at home, or how are things going at home? And I'm gonna say here, Non-G groomers don't understand what groomers do. [00:06:14] Everybody in the world thinks they know what groomers do, but if you're not a groomer, probably have some gaps in your knowledge, even if you have groomed your own dogs for years, all five dogs in your lifetime, you have gaps in your knowledge. But the same is true for dog trainers. Non dog trainers have no idea what dog trainers do. [00:06:33] So when we meet in the middle, we have to think about how we can help this dog. Be comfortable with the things that are going to have to happen. And I'll tell you, like I said, non trainers, like every Tom, Dick and Harry, who's taught a dog to sit, thinks they're a dog trainer. And I'm sorry you're not . [00:06:53] You're not. , but the thing is, is that trainers, if they don't know what a dog needs to know how to do, They might be preparing them for things that really don't apply to the grooming setting. And so groomers get frustrated with trainers. Now trainers, trainers are thinking, well, if the groomer's just gonna force this dog through the whole grooming, Then this dog is going to get worse because yes, that's often what happens. [00:07:20] It is. But they don't know that groomers are trying to get a trim done because groomers feel pressured to sell haircuts and pretty looking dog grooming. And I need groomers to think about that for a minute. Like, okay, wait a minute. This dog is literally telling me, please stop back off. I'm not comfortable with this. [00:07:41] This makes me really, really scared. , I'm gonna have to keep air snapping or twirling or screaming or whatever it is they're doing, and it's going to accelerate. We should not be surprised when by the end that dog is much, much worse. That's not a surprise. That is. Exactly what we should be expecting [00:08:00] and to think that this dog is going to be worse than next time. [00:08:04] Okay? Pushing dogs past what they can handle does not help them be better the next time. We have to think not just about today's grooming, but we have to think about next time. Now, the other part about that is what should I do next time and , when groomers ask me that, what do I do next time? [00:08:23] What I tell them is we have to go back. We have to circle back to the beginning. We have to help this dog feel calm, comfortable, and cooperative. We're gonna have to set up some sessions that do not focus in on how beautiful this trim is, and we need to talk to our owners about it. I would love for him to look perfect, but frankly, if he's trying to bite at me, I cannot get his face beautiful. [00:08:49] We need to teach him to trust us and to let us put our tools on him. Owners do not understand the safety part. Think about that for a minute. I think a lot of non groomers do not understand the safety part. I've had people say, how could a dog get nicked during grooming? I'm like, you work with dogs for a living? [00:09:09] Have you ever tried putting something sharp? Next to an ear or a toe while they're wiggling around, of course accidents happen. We're using sharp things, and they all say, why would you use something sharp? Wow, guys, if you're not a groomer, let me, let me tell you right now, if it's not sharp, it won't cut hair. [00:09:33] It doesn't trim nails, right? I mean, a grinder, grinds nails, but a nail trimmer needs to be sharp. Scissors need to be sharp. Clippers are sharp. Pretty much everything we put on your dog could injure your dog. If your dog bites down hard on a comb, that metal comb is gonna do some damage bites down hard on a brush. [00:09:50] Yep. They can rip their tongue open. There are a lot of ways that a dog who is not handling this well. Can hurt themselves. And as groomers, we need to [00:10:00] remember that there's a safety portion to this for us to tell owners, I want your dog to get a beautiful trim. Oh, I love beautiful trims, but your dog is not well prepared for that. [00:10:12] And we need to help them prepare for that. We need to help them trust us and use our tools, and use our tools in the way that will help them have a beautiful trim, if that's what that dog needs. But even the, the regular bath and brush out. A lot of our dogs, if you think about like the labs, okay, as an example, labs don't get a whole lot of trimming, but they get a lot of de shedding and so much of that is done with our high velocity dryer, which is noisy. [00:10:40] A lot of dogs have some issues with the high velocity dryer. There's a learning curve before they feel comfortable with letting us de shed them with a big dryer. So there are lots of things that dogs need better preparing. To be able to do so if we get away from this idea that we're selling a haircut. [00:10:58] If you think you're selling a haircut, please send one to me. I would like to have two border collies groomed. You can ship that to Nashua and New Hampshire. I will give you my information. If you can ship it , we'll talk that's the difference between a service and an item, and we need to help our owners understand that. [00:11:18] This isn't a catalog sale where they can like point and say, that's the haircut I want and I want this style head and this style tail on this dog. No matter what. This is exactly what I'm going to get. We as groomers know that it's more complicated than that, but people who are not groomers do not know. [00:11:37] We need to really spell it out. If you're enjoying this show, please remember to follow or subscribe, tell all your grooming friends and , reach out and let me know. I would love to get some reviews. Hey, if you don't ask, they won't do it. I would love some reviews. Make 'em five stars, if you will. Thank you. [00:11:54] So how do we talk to our owners , about this issue? So really I [00:12:00] want you to think about every owner is gonna be a little bit different, and when we talk to an owner, that's our opportunity to say, you know, Hey, before we book anything, I wanna talk to you about safety. About safety. When we explain that this is about safety, this is about keeping their dogs safe. [00:12:20] This is about treating their dog gently, keeping their dog safe, helping their dog learn to be good for their 15 years of grooming. And at any age, a dog can learn to be better for it. In fact, , I'm gonna be so bold here as to say, I know it's very, very bold, but in my opinion and in my experience, this is true over and over and over again, a healthy dog can be taught to be a safe dog. [00:12:44] Maybe they will never enjoy grooming and they will never like grooming. I'm, I mean, my dentist is wonderful, but I don't like to go, you know, my doctor's wonderful. I don't like doctor's appointments. If you think about dog grooming, is this like, oh man, I have to, but we can teach them to be safe. [00:13:02] We can teach them to trust us. We can teach them to be safe with all of our tools, and that will last a lifetime. Teaching a dog to trust us and that this is safe will last their lifetime. Later on, when they start having hip problems and shoulder problems, or , arthritis in their toes, they do not go back to trying to bite us. [00:13:24] If we do the homework now, if we see the problem we have today, today, and address it now, not at the end of a screaming, flailing two hour groom. . It's not okay. It's not okay. And I'm not saying that to be mean. I've been there, I have done that. I have forced dogs through a trim because I just didn't know. [00:13:48] I didn't know. But here's the thing, if we can teach them to be good, doesn't it make a lot of sense to spend the time teaching them to be good, to calm them down, [00:14:00] calm, comfortable, cooperative, Izzy, calm. Then how can I return him to calm before I move on? , does he seem uncomfortable? Okay. Is it uncomfortable  [00:14:09] with the tool? Is it uncomfortable with the noise? , is he physically uncomfortable? Is he having trouble standing? , does he have, problems with his teeth? , are my tools causing discomfort because of an injury that this dog has or a health problem that this dog has? How can I help this dog be more comfortable? [00:14:27] When faced with a behavior problem or something that we don't want, I want you to think, can I make this dog calmer? Can I help this dog be comfortable? And is this dog being cooperative? And cooperative takes two. It's not calm, comfortable, and obedient. It's calm, comfortable, and cooperative. Will this dog work with me and can I work with this dog and helping them have a better experience? [00:14:54] And if that means. I do some modified trims that maybe don't look beautiful. That's okay. Everybody take a deep breath. What? But my trims need to be gorgeous. Somebody's gonna call, someone's gonna get upset, or their neighbors are gonna see the dog. Or a dog's gonna leave my shop and he is gonna be a little bit lopsided. [00:15:12] Or take a deep breath. Take a deep breath. That dog isn't well prepared for our services. That dog is very likely to get hurt, behavior problems are when dogs get hurt. People get hurt, and equipment gets broken. You lose money forcing trims on behavior problems. You will lose money. Maybe you haven't yet, but you will. [00:15:35] Okay? The day after an injury is the day you're gonna be like, why did I push that dog through that trim? It was never ever worth it. It was never worth it. if you have to bring a customer's dog to the vet, all right, that could be a couple hundred dollars. Now I have business insurance, but I believe my deductible is 500. [00:15:59] So out of [00:16:00] pocket I could be paying a lot more than that. Groom was out of pocket paying vet bills with an owner who is furious. Okay, let's also talk about that. If owners don't know that there's a safety portion to this, they will be incredibly upset that their dog got hurt, especially oh, especially if you've been giving them a handling fee. [00:16:25] And we're gonna talk about that for a minute cuz I came up in a recent discussion with one of my students. Handling fees are interesting. Handling fee implies that they can just pay more money and have it done. Yeah, think about that. Well, I paid the handling fee. I pay her $5 extra and she nipped my dog. [00:16:46] Ooh, , but I want you to think about from an owner's point of view, they think it's an upsell because he's more work. They do not understand that it's because he is dangerous, because someone could get hurt because their dog could get hurt or a groomer could get hurt. They do not know. [00:17:04] They will be furious. And they think that they can just buy the service, an upsell, right? Like it's a box on a shelf and we need to make it much more clear. There are additional fees for handling dogs with behavior issues because they take a lot more time. Okay. If you, if you label it a handling fee, there are plenty of people, and we all know them who already have the check written out. [00:17:32] I, I mean, who even uses checks anymore except for the people who wanna make sure that they don't have to pay any more. , in case you guys didn't know, that's a definite thing where it's like, oh wait, but if I bring my card, Then I can't say, oh, I already wrote out the check. I mean, it's, it's this much plus the $10 handling fee, right? [00:17:51] Sorry, I already wrote out my check. . They're just gonna think it's a purchase. They will not understand that the training problem is real, [00:18:00] that their dog is having trouble, their dog could get hurt, or that there's a solution set. So basically what happens is you end up with a dog that is bad like this and has trouble with this. [00:18:12] For their entire life. Owner's not working on it. Don't care. Mm-hmm. And then what happens? Now, let's play this out too. We've all heard it. Then what happens? You know, he's just getting so bad that I can't do it anymore. I think it's time to bring him to the vet for sedation grooming. . Or bring him to a vet groomer. [00:18:32] guys, I wanna tell you, there is no veterinarian on the planet who is going to sedate that dog as if for surgery every four to six weeks for their regular grooming. That behavior problem needs to be worked on. That's not the way it works. It's gonna go, oh, well, we have this magical way of doing it. [00:18:51] Okay? This problem needs to be worked on. So if we talk to our owners and say, this is a problem that needs to be worked on, and. Forcing your dog through is not gonna solve it. Putting beautiful haircuts on dogs who are thrashing and screaming and biting and air snapping is never going to solve the behavior issue. [00:19:15] Take that in. That's one of the very few, always and nevers. Okay. Have you ever seen a dog who decided at the end, oh, well that was bad and everything's gonna be fine. Okay. And I know, I know I sound a little cheeky when I say it that way, but think about it. How often do we have a dog who looks like he's just like, hello? [00:19:37] Oh, well that's bad. Thanks. , for pushing me through it, you know, while I screamed and sprayed my anal glands and alligator rolled and I'll be great next time. It never happens. It doesn't happen that way. , if you had an owner who every time they touched their dog's face, the dog tried to bite at them and they did it a lot and they kept doing it all the time, what would [00:20:00] we tell them? [00:20:01] What would we tell them? We tell them, stop teasing your dog. You need to do some training. He needs to be comfortable with you touching his face. Yet when he goes to the groomer, they're expecting us to magically be able to take care of that, right? A lot of these dogs have trouble outside of grooming. [00:20:18] There are times when we need to talk to trainers, so send your trainer friends to this podcast. Absolutely. Send your owners to this podcast, everything I say on this podcast. Is for owners, for trainers, for other pet professionals. I'm trying to be, , open-minded about everybody's opinions, ? But I'll tell you what, as somebody who works with a lot of behavior cases and people come to me from their behavior cases, here's another fact that I think a lot of groomers don't think about. [00:20:45] A lot of owners really feel lied to if you never told them their dog had problems until that day when you're like, we just can't get it done anymore. Tell them. A lot of them are like, wait, has this been going on all along? Oh yeah, he's always been bad for this, but now we can't get it done anymore. And they're like, what? [00:21:04] What happened? Why didn't you ever tell me? Why didn't you ever tell me? And it's something I hear a lot of, we need to feel more comfortable talking to owners about. You know, your dog's not having a good time. Your dog is finding this frightening. Your dog is finding this uncomfortable. We need to get down to the bottom of this and help teach him to be good for grooming. [00:21:26] And, I know I'm wrapping this up now, it's been in my 20 minutes, but, , if you go to creating great grooming dogs.com. , I have the safety policy written out. You can use that if you'd like. You can change it up. It's not a contract, but it is a way to explain to owners that behavior problems are safety problems and that this is how I do business. [00:21:47] This is how I handle behavior problems when they come up, and how you will be charged because in fairness, You know whether the trim gets finished or not, I will be paid for my time. We're not here to lose money. Working on dogs with behavior [00:22:00] problems, you need to feel more comfortable with saying, I charge for my time, and to bring it up before we see a problem. [00:22:07] Bring it up before the problem comes up. Or if you've had a dog for a long time that has always had problems, that's harder. But you can say, you know what? I just learned something new and I really wanna try this with your dog because he's not getting better. Things we've tried already have not helped this dog yet better, and we need to help him get better because, um, I saw a video of a dog who died during a nail trim,  [00:22:29] Go ahead and cite that video. Have you guys all seen the video? . There's a video online of a dog dying during a nail trim. , because he was muzzled and they thought he was just flailing around because of his feet and he choked out. Things happen. Things happen so we can talk to our owners and say, this is the way I do business. [00:22:48] This is what I'm gonna do. I am not going to force your dog through that trim. We can say no, just like we don't put haircuts over mats. We need to stop putting grooming over behavior problems because we can fix behavior problems. We sure can. So if you enjoyed the show, please remember, subscribe, follow. [00:23:08] If you want more information, you can find more information about me at creating great grooming dogs.com. , I'm also teaching the Master Groomer Behavior Specialist Program at Whole Pet Grooming Academy. That's whole pet nh.com. And if you wanna know more about Master Groomer Behavior Specialists, master groomer behavior specialist.com and come find me if you are interested in learning more about my classes.  

When AB168 passed in 2019, it required school districts across the state to integrate restorative justice into their disciplinary plans — in other words, instead of going right to the punishments, like suspension or expulsion, schools needed to look at other behavioral remedies. But fast forward to today, and it seems like nobody (on any side of the political spectrum) is happy with how AB168 has played out. Even our governor recently spoke out against it, pushing a new bill that will make major revisions to AB168 in the name of school safety. So why didn't restorative justice play out as planned? Has AB168 turned into a scapegoat for school safety concerns? What policies could actually work? Today, co-host Vogue Robinson sits down with Rocío Hernández, to talk about the drama over these two bills, and what's being done about it. What are your school safety concerns — and how do you see restorative justice working (or not) in schools? Let us know by commenting and tagging us on socials (we're @CityCastVegas on Twitter and Instagram), or by leaving us a voicemail or a text at 702-514-0719. Then make sure to sign up for our brilliant morning newsletter here. It's chock-full of events, news, thoughtful (andoccasionally snarky) conversations about topics that matter to Las Vegans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fraudology is presented by Spec. Join us at MRC in Las Vegas and mention code word FRAUDOLOGY at booth 306 for your secret Spec swag.In this episode of Fraudology, Karisse gets to talk with someone she has long admired, but just got to meet for this episode, cybersecurity expert Laura Mather. Laura is a true "OG" in online fraud prevention, and she shares some crazy stories about the very beginning of internet fraud from her days as the first "Trust & Safety Policy" employee for eBay that helped both Karisse & Laura realize that while it doesn't always seem like it, the fight against online fraud has come a long way.Laura then shares how her PHD in Mathematics and her time as a mathematics researcher at the NSA (National Security Administration for the US) prepared her for her historic achievements while at eBay during its formative years. She then shares how that time, solving problems that most online companies hadn't faced yet, sparked the vision for Silvertail, the first fraud prevention company founded by a female. Silvertail's abilities were 1st of its kind in the fraud technology space, earning them hundreds of fast-growing start-ups in e-commerce beginning in 2008. In 2012, EMC, owned by RSA purchased Silvertail for an undisclosed sum, making it one of the first fraud technology vendors to be acquired. In this conversation, Laura shares several of the lessons gleaned from building, scaling, and selling a massive fraud technology company. As well as the added lessons she's learned about the reincarnation of even better, more effective solutions as technological capabilities continue to expand. Karisse & Laura both agree that "stagnant" detection technology is no way to compete with adversaries that are continually innovating and mention how they often get frustrated with companies that choose to double down on marketing ploys rather than product improvements. Since founding & exiting SilverTail, Laura has gone on to found a company focused on better understanding the root causes of DEI issues, and has been a board member & advisor to a handful of unique technology companies focused on providing cybersecurity & fraud prevention to their clients. One of those lucky technology companies that Laura advises is the current sponsor of Fraudology, Spec! Thanks to Spec for making this introduction..you all were right! Karisse & Laura became instant "fraud (prevention) friends"! To connect with Laura on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-mather/Fraudology is hosted by Karisse Hendrick, a fraud fighter with decades of experience advising hundreds of the biggest ecommerce companies in the world on fraud, chargebacks, and other forms of abuse impacting a company's bottom line. Connect with her on LinkedIn She brings her experience, expertise, and extensive network of experts to this podcast semi weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Hilary Uhlig is the volunteer Oregon Chapter Leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, an organization that advocates for gun safety legislation. Moms Demand Action, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and Students Demand Action are three component groups of Everytown for Gun Safety, a national nonprofit.    In this episode we talk about the state of gun safety in Oregon, including the passage of Measure 114, a significant (and controversial) ballot measure that creates a new permitting system for gun ownership and bans the sale of magazines over ten rounds. We talk about how the measure works and the current legal challenges that are playing out in court. We also talk about some major policies that have passed recently in Oregon and what policies the organization is working toward moving forward.

Experts call for an urgent overhaul of road safety policies;

Experts call for an urgent overhaul of road safety policies;

On the radio show this week, we cover the way in which gun safety policy is moving forward in Congress, what you can do to help, and some ways to find hope in hard times. Special guests include: Mark Bryant, Gun Violence Archive (GVA), @GunDeaths; Amanda Brown Lierman, Supermajority, @supermajority; Reggie Hubbard, @oreggieglobal; and Alex Barrio, Center for American Progress, @amprog. 

The Brain Injury Alliance of Washington has been involved in improving sports safety policy for kids for over a decade. In this episode, Deborah speaks with three key players who have helped BIAWA improve sports policy in the state and across the nation: the University of Washington's Dr. Stan Herring, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association's Justin Kesterson, and Richard Adler, a renowned personal injury attorney with the firm Adler Giersch. The four discuss the passage of the Lystedt Law in 2009, which was eventually adopted across the country, the Kenney Bui rule, which passed in 2020, what each policy entails and the heroic families that honored their loved ones by lending their names and sharing their stories to advocate and pass better sports safety policy in Washington and beyond.  This episode of Brain Injury Today was produced by Goal 17 Foundation and sponsored by the Washington State Traumatic Brain Injury Council. View and download the form that resulted from the Kenney Bui Rule If you'd like to get in touch with the guests from this episode, you can find their emails below: Dr. Stan Herring: sherring@uw.edu Richard Adler: radler@adlergiersch.com Justin Kesterson: jkerterson@wiaa.com Brain Injury Today is the official podcast of the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington. Hosted by BIAWA Executive Director Deborah Crawley, the show brings listeners inspiring conversations with survivors, researchers, counselors, caretakers and more, in an effort to strengthen connections within the brain injury community.  For more resources related to traumatic brain injury visit: Brain Injury Today Podcast  Brain Injury Alliance of Washington  The Pooled Alliance Community Trusts  Brain Injury Art Show 

We are getting to chat with fellow wedding planner, Beth Kramer, from Oregon about planning weddings during COVID, safety plans, and what the future of weddings holds. Learn more about her work at elisabethkramer.com and @elisabethkramerpdx. You can also sign up for her newsletter and check out some of the article we reference in the episode here:COVID Resources Here's What a COVID-19 Safety Policy for Your Wedding Looks LikeShould I Ask My Wedding Guests and Vendors to Take a COVID Test?COVID Vaccine: Should I Ask My Wedding Guests and Vendors If They Got It?Can I Legally Have a Wedding in Oregon Right Now?What Is It Like to Go to a Wedding During COVID? Ask a Wedding VendorWhat Wedding Vendors Wish Their Couples Knew During COVIDSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thatsrad?fan_landing=true)

In the first part we'll talk about my Safety Policy. In the second part we'll talk about talking to our owners about changing policies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creatinggreatgroomingdogs/message

US Government weighs in on Media CodeIn a submission to the parliamentary inquiry to the new Media Code, that would force Facebook and Google to pay for news aggregated on their websites, the US government described the proposed legislation as:unreasonable, impractical, “fundamentally imbalanced” and could run counter to the US-Australia free trade agreement, The Guardian reports.The US position is the Media code may do “undue harm”, and seems to “unfairly attack” just two companies, Facebook and Google. They ask the Australian government to put faith in “market forces” to sort it all out. To be fair, the code does target just two companies, but both are effective monopolies in their field, so there's not a lot of market force to challenge them… Anyway, hopefully this is the last time we need to talk about the code, due to be discussed in parliament again this Friday, until next week… Facebook did something it promised it wouldn't do I know it's hard to believe, but Facebook has been caught ignoring its own rules again. In the run-up to the 2020 election, Facebook brought in a bunch of “emergency” measures to prevent people from using the platform to spread misinformation or coordinate violence.One such measure was to stop promoting private political groups to users. Zuckerberg testified under oath last October saying the company had stopped promoting political groups, and the company made the claim again in a January 11th blog post. Despite Facebook's promise, the markup has found that the company continued to recommend political groups to its users throughout December and January. Trump voters were most targeted with 25% of all Trump voters.In this study, receiving suggestions to join groups, like, “Rudy Giuliani's common sense group” and another simply called “storm the capitol.” The study was based on users who have downloaded the Markup's browser extension that shows how Facebook is targeting its users. You may recall that Facebook wanted to shut down this research, because it said it violated Facebook's Terms of Service. Netflix has stunned Wall Street with a massive quarter The streaming giant added more than 8 million new subscribers worldwide.You may recall that wall street was a little disappointed in Netflix last quarter.While the company had grown throughout 2020 due to the pandemic. It was spending a hell of a lot of money as well. Investors were hoping that Netflix would rein in its spending.It hasn't done that, but it's created so much wealth that it doesn't really need to. Netflix has even hinted at a share buy back based on its profits. As we mentioned last week, Netflix has over 70 movies premiering this year on the platform, which will no doubt go down well while cinemas remain closed.And finally, Ben Thompson of strategic theory has a long read on Intel's future In his newsletter, Ben explains the last 20 years of Intel chips and how they did very very well in Google's data centers and, therefore, many other... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General, European Coordinator for Road Safety and Sustainable Mobility, DG MOVE, European Commission, joins Juan Montero, FSR Transport Part-time professor, to discuss Speed and Speed Management in Road Safety Policy. The discussion is a follow-up of the Executive Seminar with applied experts, researchers and stakeholders, which took place on the 8th of October. Mr. Baldwin and Prof. Montero discuss a number of highly relevant issues: importance of speed and speed management in the Safe System, future steps to improve speed management at the EU and national level and what could the EU do in the future.

One of the great things about the trucking industry is the strong associations that exist, those bodies that act as a conduit between the federal government and the agencies and our industry, our truck drivers, our carriers.  Truck drivers may operate relatively safely, spending the majority of their time on their own in their secure cabs, but many of the truck drivers who remained operational during the recent pandemic were delivering assistance to those directly affected by COVID-19 and to high risk places such as grocery stores.  So what has the ATA (American Trucking Association) been doing to help truckers, to keep them safe throughout these trying times? And how has the recent pandemic helped elevate the profile of truckers and the trucking industry?  Joining Chad to discuss all this and more is Dan Horvath, the Vice President of Safety Policy from the American Trucking Associations.  While safety is the main topic of conversation, Dan also shares insights into the conversations that the ATA have been having throughout the crisis as well as what changes, if any, they’re planning for the future. Not to mention the time truckers got a shout out from POTUS.  Key takeaways: The role of associations in trucking How the ATA work with their state partners The impact of COVID-19 on the ATA How COVID has changed the ATA’s relationship with legislators Ways the public can support trucking How to connect with Dan Horvath: www.trucking.org American Trucking Associations Dan Horvath - LinkedIn

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women’s practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women’s safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women’s practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women’s safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women’s practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women’s safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women’s practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women’s safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women’s practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women’s safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning' safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic'. With real-life accounts of women's experiences, and based on the author's original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women's practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women's safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story on rape prevention and ‘well-meaning’ safety advice, because this makes it harder for women and girls to speak out, and hides the amount of work they are already doing trying to decipher ‘the right amount of panic’. With real-life accounts of women’s experiences, and based on the author’s original research on the impact of sexual harassment in public, this book challenges victim-blaming and highlights the need to show women as capable, powerful and skillful in their everyday resistance to harassment and sexual violence. In this interview, Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray and I discuss the fear of crime paradox, factors that contribute to fear of crime, the concept of safety work, and how we can move forward in combating sexual harassment and violence against women. I recommend this book for anyone interested in gender, victimology, women’s practices of safety work and experiences with sexual harassment and sexual violence. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation about such important work. Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray, author of The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety (Polity Press, 2018). Dr. Vera-Gray is a researcher based at Durham University working on violence against women and girls. She has over a decade of frontline experience in sexual violence and has written widely on the topics of sexual violence, sexual harassment, women’s safety work, and sexual violence prevention. You can find her on Twitter at @VeraGrayF. Krystina Millar is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research interests include gender, sociology of the body, and sexuality. You can find her on Twitter at @KrystinaMillar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first part we'll talk about having a Safety Policy and explaining to customers the many ways that a dog who is having trouble can get hurt. In the second part we'll talk about the business costs if a dog, employee, or you get hurt. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creatinggreatgroomingdogs/message

Two days after the initial release of the update to the Hours of Service rules, PodWheels talked with Dan Hovath, the VP of Safety Policy at ATA. Attending NTDC 2019, Dan shared his first thoughts and ATA’s perspective on the proposed changes to HOS.

Dan Horvath, the Vice President of Safety Policy for the American Trucking Associations, discusses how he first discovered the NTDC event while working with a fleet years ago as well as the positive impact the NTDC has on the industry.

Electric scooter rental company Bird awards incentives to customers who take selfies wearing helmets. The company has updated its app by adding a new safety feature, which asks riders to snap a selfie while wearing a helmet at the end of each ride. To identify riders who are wearing helmets, the app will employ machine learning technology. These riders will then receive rewards, which include free ride credits. Currently, the new feature is only available in Washington, DC. However, it will soon expand to other areas where the company operates. Bird's new initiative is meant to address safety concerns regarding scooter use and promote helmet usage among riders. Getting people to wear helmets has been a problem of the electric scooter industry. A study showed that less than 1% of injured electric scooter riders wear a helmet, and half of all injuries related to scooters are head injuries. Previously, Bird gave away 75,000 free helmets in the cities where its services are offered as an attempt to promote rider safety. However, the initiative proved to be costly and did not increase the number of people wearing helmets. Apart from the helmet safety feature, Bird is also launching an online marketplace where riders can purchase protective gear and safety accessories. Paul Steely White, Bird's director of Safety Policy and Advocacy, said these safety initiatives are the brainchild of the company, its partner cities, safety experts, and innovators. However, White believes that these initiatives might not be the most effective solution to the problem and that the best way to improve road safety is to build better infrastructure.

Tips on staying safe on the road, keep the kids entertained and budgeting this Christmas. Featuring RACQ Head of Technical and Safety Policy, Steve Spalding, parenting author and psychologist, Dr Justin Coulson and RACQ Manager of Business Development in Financial Planning, Eszther Cathcart.

Revision podcasts for construction, plumbing and electrical students with employability tips. Great for flip learning and evidencing differentiation. Discusses the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Health and Safety Policy and the difference between hazards and risks.

The law in the UK says that every business must have a policy for managing health and safety. A health and safety policy sets out your general approach to health and safety. It explains how you, as an employer, will manage health and safety in your business. It should clearly say who does what, when […]

In todays episode of The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast, Colin discusses how this time of year is fantastic for motivating yourself to ‘sort stuff out', clear out clutter and the therapeutic nature of doing so for your business!  Colin shares a few simple ideas to help you ‘sort it out' KEY TAKEAWAYS Overheads; What are you paying out and when did you last get a quote? (did you get a discount or compare?) How Often are your extinguishers checked & equipment PAT tested? This swings both ways, not enough or too often. There is not definitive answer as to when and how frequent, but Colin says therein lies the simple and sane ‘sensible' answer. Health & Safety Policy and Procedures: How long are they? Are they relevant? This can be telling of not only yourselves as a business but also the people who wrote these documents(were it not yourself). Most Importantly, Look at your PEOPLE: What are their competencies? When were they last given any health and safety training? When were they last challenged to improve their and your place of work? It's about YOU setting the standards ABOUT HOST Colin Nottage ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.' This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions. He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, -an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first part we're talking about being scared, startled, and spooked. In the second part we'll talk about if we need a training plan for every dog and talk about having a safety policy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/creatinggreatgroomingdogs/message

Elama Dzanic joins Angelia and Mary to continue the conversation around school safety. Elma champions the idea that the level of connectedness our students feel to our school communities,  both emotionally and socially, is just as important as a student’s academic success. She emphasizes that it is the the authentic relationships created among and between students and adults in a school community that develops safety and security. Elma calls upon us to assess our own biases and to hold space for challenging topics in our classrooms. Listen in to hear some of Elma’s experiences as she provides us knowledge and expertise on how to bring about the dialogue that every child needs to feel safe and secure within their school community. Links Mentioned: Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates Consciousness | Healing | Relationships by Elma Dzanic Don’t Say Nothing: Silence speaks volumes. Our Students are listening by Jamilah Pitts Discussing “The Mental Health Issue” After Parkland by Julia Delacroix

Mary Field and guest host, Elma Dzanic, discuss the topic of school safety with Dr. Carl Hermanns. Dr. Hermanns has vast experience in and across education organizations serving as an educator, principal, assistant superintendent, and now professor at Mary Lou Fulton in the division of educational leadership and innovation. On this episode, we explore school safety data and a historical timeline of the federal government's response in an attempt to mitigate active school shooters post Columbine. Dr. Hermanns challenges us to develop authentic relationships leading to conditions where students feel a sense of belonging and connection with a school community. He emphasizes the critical role teachers play in developing authentic human relationships on and across school communities as preventative to harm and hurt caused by school violence. The conversation is not over this week. Join us again next week for School Safety Part 2 where Angelia and Mary continue the conversation with Dzanic by discussing how we bring this new information to the classroom level and how we prepare for tough conversations in the classroom around school safety, tolerance, and bias.

In this episode, we take a look at the US Department of Education's efforts to address school safety. Follow: @Eduflack @bamradionetwork Patrick Riccards is chief communications and strategy officer for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. He is also the author of the nationally recognized Eduflack blog and its companion Twitter feed. PR News named Pat the Not-for-Profit Communications Professional of the Year for his work in teacher preparation and higher education transformation (2015). A former local school board chairman, Patrick is also the author of the award-winning Dadprovement.

Med stor makt kommer stort ansvar. Facebook har i dag 1,7 milliarder brukere og med dette følger det bivirkninger de antakeligvis aldri så for seg i starten. Nettmobbing, hevnporno, live sending av selvmord, drap og annet, er ting Facebook jobber flittig med å finne ut av hvordan de kan få kontroll på, og det utvikles stadig nye verktøy for å hindre slikt på Facebook. I denne anledning har Astrid tatt en prat med Julie de Bailliencourt, Safety Policy Manager i Facebook for Europa, hvor hun gir et innblikk i hvordan Facebook jobber med sikkerhet og for å hindre uønsket innhold.   Som Julie sier, "Vi har antakeligvis ikke sett 1% av verktøyene som vil bli skapt i fremtiden, det er fortsatt tidlig".   T A K K  for at du hører på oss! Vi setter stor pris på at du rater oss på iTunes! Følg oss gjerne i alle sosiale kanaler, og kast deg inn i diskusjoner, fortell oss hva du synes og tips oss om temaer du vil vi skal snakke om. Vi vil at alle skal være med og påvirke ‪#‎sosialtsett‬!  Du finner Sosialt sett på Facebook, Instagram, Twitter og Snapchat: sosialtsett.  Mer om Heidi på www.flyas.no og mer om Astrid på www.valen-utvik.no  Intro/outro - musikk av https://soundcloud.com/dj-nvu (Astrids sønn, Noah, 13 år). 

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Ben is fascinated with the prospect of driverless Cars today he spoke to the RACQ Executive Manager Technical and Safety Policy, Steve Spalding.

In today’s episode, Craig interviews Charlotte Ward, the owner of Silk Spa, an award winning beauty therapy clinic in New Plymouth, New Zealand.  Awarded New Zealand’s Top Salon in 2014 and a finalist for New Zealand’s Best Clinic/Spa for 2013, Westpac Business Excellence Award winners for Employer of Choice and Service Excellence.  Silk was also the regional winner of the North Taranaki Supreme Top Shop Awards for 2012/2013.   Charlotte has an interesting story to tell as a business owner.  She started out working part-time because she was a mother.  She had a skill set she knew she could use and she went for it.  Her awards didn’t come immediately.  She strived towards them.  She never rested on her laurels.    Among her biggest challenges and learnings was trying to juggle her time in between her baby’s needs.  She worked on the floor and had someone assist her with her baby.  She also woke up at 4am to do some work.  In the last couple of years, she has been able to pull out of giving treatments herself and focusing more on running the business.  She is now concentrate of the marketing of the business.   Charlotte has an interesting take on her own transition from being a mum to being a business owner.  She describes running a business and a household to be similar, except that her staff was more reasonable than her children.  However, she was constantly faced with juggling her time between her children and her business.   The Silk Team is composed of women who have a strong passion for what they do and for Silk. Working in a fast-paced industry, Charlotte says that she and her staff focus on keeping up with the latest developments.  Being in the beauty industry no longer means that painting nails is enough.  She says that there are new treatments out and it’s constantly evolving.   Silk has won several awards, and Charlotte credits her team for these.  She explains how awards highlight the need for processes and systems in the business, and that this even related to the service awards.  It is all about the client receiving a consistent experience. Saying this the winning of the awards didn’t come overnight for Charlotte and her team, there was a lot of trial and error to find the best solution.   For Charlotte, many business owners need to have structure in the way they run their businesses.  Charlotte was told, “Great story, great vision.  But you’ve never really told us how you’re going to get there.”    AS a result, Charlotte signed up for the New Zealand Business Mentor program and asked for help.  According to her, this has helped her keep her focus.  She has also learned how to write her thoughts and plans down.  AS a result, her bottom line improved as well.  She also suggests that they go through the exercise of asking themselves why they’re in business.   Charlotte stressed the importance of letting her team know what her goals are.  She says that it is the owner’s responsibility to them that they know where she wants to be.  By herself, Charlotte mentioned winging it and loving it.  However, having a team has changed her perspective.  She believes in giving them security.    A tip Charlotte gives is not to be a spend thrift.  Don’t try to grow your business too fast.  When she first started, she only decided to hire somebody when she and her partner could no longer handle the work load.  As a result, her growth was done slowly but surely.    When asked about her industry, Charlotte believes that her business is not affected by economic downturns because people need treatment and will find money to get it.       FULL INTERVIEW WITH CHARLOTTE WARD OF SILK SPA   Charlotte Ward has brought her business, Silk Spa to the next level in the last 6 to 7 years.  Her business has won several awards like The Best Spa in New Zealand, The Best Business Model in New Zealand, and the New Zealand Beauty Therapy Industry Awards.  Charlotte doesn’t rest on her laurels.  She continuously looks for ways to improve her processes as well as her knowledge about the latest beauty treatments.   How did you end up where you are today?   I was born and bred in Taranaki.  I’ve gone and done quite a bit of travelling, so I came back to my roots.  I’m a farmer’s daughter at heart, so I’m a practical person.  I came back had my family and started working for somebody else doing a few hours a week and that the juggle started with children, working.  I had a pretty good idea of what to do and I’d like to think I did [have an idea of starting her own business].  I learned very quickly that I didn’t.  So, I decided to give it a go and started a very small beauty therapy clinic.  Basically, I just really wanted to get into business.  So then, I could be a little bit more flexible with the hours I worked and as a mum.   How long ago was that?   Six or seven years!   How is it being a business owner?  Was it what you expected?   I think they’re quite similar things.  Running a business is very similar to running a household and a family.  Having staff is similar to having children.  [However] I can reason with my staff a lot better than I can with my children [laughs].  My team is just a phenomenal group of ladies and everybody has a strong passion for what they do and for Silk.  I’ve also worked quite hard.  I’m quick picky with who I pick.    I think what I didn’t realize with owning a business is how it’s ongoing.  You might be successful, make enough money to pay the bills, or win an award but tomorrow, you have to wake up and you have to better than the one down the road.  There’s just no time to relax.   You’ve won The Top Shelf Awards and other business awards.   Yes.  It’s really nice.  Because we’re in the service industry, we deal with the public all the time.  When they have expectations, you’ve got to exceed them.  When you’ve won awards, those expectations are pretty high.  So you’re always on your toes and you’re always looking for the next best thing and trying to decide what’s the next best thing and what is actually just a clinic.  In my industry, there’s a lot of gimmicks and a lot of time is spent researching and learning in addition to being a taxi driver for my children.   Over the 7 years, what were the biggest challenges and learning that you’ve had during the early years?   Probably, it was the challenge of fitting in.  My children were very little and so I was getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning, often to try to get work done before they woke up.  Once my youngest got off to the kindy, at least I had a few hours to myself during the day.  Initially, there was no time during the day by myself and so, you know, I just do it when my baby’s sleeping.  It didn’t actually work.   Did you have staff at that stage?   I didn’t.  It was just myself and I did work on the floor as well.  While I was working, I just couldn’t justify working on the business while I had a hungry child.  That is something I would do different.  I would put more importance at the beginning when working on the business and just have more time and focus and think and get it done, instead of having to get up at 4 o’clock in the morning.   Nine times out of ten, every business owner, at the start, think they can do it themselves, rightly or wrongly.  It’s wrong.  The don’t ask for help because of Kiwi pride.   Yeah.  Excellent.   So now, what are some challenges and learnings over the last couple of years?   I’ve pulled right out of treatments and I think that’s where I’m lucky.  I think that’s where some small business owners [have problems] because we all know, most of us set up a business in an industry that we love and we might not necessarily enjoy the business side of it.  Luckily, I really like the business side of it.  So for me to pull out of treatments was quite easy and I don’t really miss them.  I miss that connections I had with my clients but I don’t miss the day-to-day grind in the treatment rooms.  I love doing the marketing and I quite like doing book work.  So I think that’s where a lot of small businesses struggle because they don’t particularly enjoy the business side of the business and they still wanna work on it as much as they can.   So you’ve had a mind shift change.  When did you figure out that you needed to slip away and let my staff do stuff?   I think it was kind of luck.  I moved to London and worked as a beauty therapist for three years.  I really didn’t enjoy working in London as a beauty therapist.  It’s quite different and quite a different job there.  I sort of stayed in different industries in London and just learned as much as I could.  So, I got out of there and worked in different industries.  Way back then, I started to hone my business skills.  Initially [when I started my business], I still had to work in the rooms until I could actually afford to pay somebody.  I was already thinking of what I can do with having kids and wanting to be a mum as well.  It was a natural progression.  Once we were earning enough money, I could start pulling out.   That’s a massive tip in itself.  It says to stop and think about why you got into business.   I hadn’t really thought about it before.  I didn’t know if I had a plan either.  I was happy to lead the change in the industry but I wasn’t prepared to train from scratch.  So I was like, “Well, what can I do to get the best of both worlds?”  So I thought, “Well, if I stay within my industry and what my skill set is, that actually means all my actions should work.”   So what do you enjoy about being in business or what do you enjoy about being in this industry?   It’s a really fast paced industry so when I joined the industry in the nineties, it was more superficial.  It was more about beauty and it was more about the fashion lipstick color and all of it.  It was very fluffy industry, not overly scientific.  Nowadays, the industry is insane!  You know about the skincare that’s available.  when I did my training, we used to work with a modern machine with the new products for the skin and all that.  We don’t need to use anything now because the products should do it on their own.  They’re so sophisticated and just the knowledge we have now on skin health is so determined by what you’re born with, with your DNA and what you eat.  Nutrition is such a big word at the moment and you know, at the end of the day, our skin is just an organ, so we eat for our heart.  We eat for our liver.  Why aren’t we eating for our skin?  It actually does make a difference what you eat?  So, on the beauty therapist side, if you spend a billion dollars on products, you still might not get your results, if you’re not actually eating properly.  You’re always gonna be fighting.  So you need to do both.  And just that knowledge, you know, it’s just phenomenal.  All the new treatments that are out and it’s a really fun industry to be in.   It’s constantly evolving.   Constantly evolving and now also too, women earn their own money.  They’re very busy people and they’re the ultimate jugglers so they do spend their money and time on themselves.  Now, it’s more about self-empowerment and self work and actually, just making people feel better about themselves.   So what frustrates you about the industry?   The beauty side of it.  So when people ask me, “What do you do?” and I say, I’m a beauty therapist.  They say, “Oh, so you paint fingernails!”  I’ve got nothing against against people who paint fingernails.  They are now technicians.  Their talent is phenomenal.  What they can paint on that tiny little nail is actually amazing.  We do the equivalent of seeking the health of your nails and the anatomy side of it.  Beauty therapists are actually quite intelligent people to pass and we’re not known as such and I think that’s something I enjoy being in business on here as well. When you say you’re a business owner as well.  I feel like you have more respect from the general being.  When you say you’re a beauty therapist, it conjures up all the wrong images for our industry cause the industry is more about making people feel better about themselves.  Not so much necessarily looking better.  You’re just making them feel like a person.  So at Silk, we try to make people feel comfortable when they walk out.  It can be quite an intimidating place.  It’s like me trying to go into a tire shop or a mechanic shop.  I’m just out of my comfort zone.  It’s a bit more real.  It’s more just real and our girls are all gorgeous and beautifully made up but they’re not…they’re not fake.  There’s nothing fake about it.   What does it mean for your business to win these awards?  And what’s the one that’s the most important to you and why?   Well, the business.  The award means something for the business.  But for me, personally, I suppose you know, when we won the top shop, it was…I’ve always said the top shop award is my team.  People are saying the Taranaki award comes from the top and so be it but at the end of the day, I’m not the one who is here at eight o’clock in the morning and still smiling at the clients at eight o’clock at night.  So the team works really, really hard and so it was just a really nice recognition for the team to show that they actually won…they won that themselves and then one year, I won the Service Industry awards at the Taranaki Business Awards and so that was also the paperwork or the background work.  I had to show our customer policies and all of those sort of thing, and so I said to the girls, “That’s my award.”  So, the Customer Service Excellence awards, quite a long title, was about all the processes and then the Top Shop was putting those processes into place.  So winning the two on the same night was super.  I’ve got two favourites to win.  One is the Best Business Model and the Spa because that’s the biggest you can get in New Zealand.  Because it is our industry that judges itself, an association is the New Zealand Industry Awards, they only give that once every two years and I don’t know how long they’ve been going on.  They’ve been going on for a long time because I know as a young therapist that is something I always thought, “Just imagine!  Just imagine if I would be able to do it.”   What was it that made you win in 2015?  What stood out in the judges’ eyes that gave you that win?  What was the key to your success each year?   They were awesome!  So I think it’s just where my business was just to young to actually really win.  We didn’t have the procedure manuals.  Now, a phenomenal piece of work, we tick all the boxes, for a small business, sort of don’t do it very often.  They think “Oh, I’m just a small business.  I don’t need a Health and Safety Policy.” and “We don’t need this and we don’t need that.”  You probably can get away with it sometimes but and sometimes, you do get inundated by the paperwork.  I do think the paperwork is ridiculous in this day and age for what you have to do as a general rule but I learned along the way, because I’ve always had big dreams as you know, I’ve always known we were gonna be big but I’ve never quite known how to get there.  So one of the comments from the judges three years ago was, “Great story, great this, what you’ve promoted.  Great vision, but you’ve never really told us how you’re gonna get there, that’s why I actually you’re probably quite right.  So I actually revisited the New Zealand Business Mentor Program and got myself a mentor and said “Help! This is where I wanna be, how am I gonna get there?”  And he was great.  Awesome.  And he just helped direct and just teach me structure and get some.  And I think what was missing was that real structure because I’m a wing it girl and I just deal with what was documented on paper, how I’m gonna do something. To me, it feels like I’m limiting myself.   It’s boring but what I had learned is that structure doesn’t limit you at all.  But what it does is it just keeps you focused and you can change.  My business plan has all these structures and plans and I change it quite often.  But I write it down instead of keeping it in my head.  And so I think the structure.  So where we wanna be hasn’t really changed but there was a lot more depth on how I was actually gonna get there.    You think by having that structures, those policies and procedures, have they helped your business financially?   Hundred percent, yes!  Because also, when you have a team, you have a responsibility to them that they know where you want to be.  They want to be in the same place.  You’re all gonna try to hit the same goals and everybody who knows me knows that that is not my strength and so you know, for the girls, my team, we go like, “How are we gonna do that?”  “Oh, I know, let’s work it out.”  It’s just not fair on them to have them in a workplace where it’s all a bit windy.  Give it a go!  If it was just me?  I’d be still winging it and I’d be loving it but I think when you do have a team, it’s just a responsibility you have to take to give them security.    It’s the culture and the team not necessarily having the best members of the team.  It’s having people who share their vision and becoming successful.   When I employ somebody, the first greeting is for coffee.  So, I’ve already seen their CV, obviously.  They’ve sent it to me but the CVs don’t come out in the meeting at all and that literally is a personality catchup and it’s very hard for them to relax.  Poor people, I always feel sorry for them.  But it’s really in a small team, especially, you do have to.  But in the first half, you get a good idea.  When you say, “That’s the right personality,” you get them back in and we do the skill set and all that sort of stuff.       How do you feel about getting recognition in your industry for what you’ve done?   It’s more of a pat on your own back.  But it’s quite a competitive industry, so it’s more about self-pat on the back.  Know that you’ve done it.  I do like the shiny trophy, I have to say.  Because of what it’s done for me too.  I really believe in my industry and our industry is going through a lot of changes at the moment with all the qualification as New Zealand, you know the whole of New Zealand qualification process is changing.  And so what it’s done for me is open up doors for me to be on some advisory groups.  And so just to make a bit of a difference in the whole industry as a whole has been really exciting.  I’m enjoying that part of it.    From your experiences, what are some of the mistakes you see others in your own industry making or even business owners in general?   All businesses are run similar, right?  I think people start off too big.  And I think people want the fancy car to start off with.  So for example, I started Silk with me and one other therapist.  Between the two of us, we worked thirty hours a week.  On the floor, there was thirty hours a week available between the two of us and so I part timed and Shelly part timed.  Now, we’ve got a hundred and fifty hours a week.  Every time we couldn’t fit everybody in, we would employ somebody else.  We didn’t have the make up range back then.  Once we had enough money and we had enough savings, I bought new equipment.  So I slowly but surely…whether or not this is right or wrong.  It’s really old school and I’m not saying it’s right or wrong but personally, it’s what works for me.  So, it does mean, it’s a little bit slowly but surely.  They put all their money and energy into everything and they rise really quickly or they’re gonna fall really quick.    So your advice would be just to slow down.   You don’t have to have everything now.  And I know somebody who has to go on quite a few business trips, which they do.  They often go business class because I can just charge it up.  To me, it’s just ludicrous.  It’s just money. When you can afford it, go first class.  Don’t even go business class when you can afford it but I think too much money is spent of perks before you’ve actually earned your perks.   What about somebody who’s been in business for 7 to 9 years?  What advise would you give them?   I don’t think there is advise.  I think advise is at the beginning to say you’re still trying to build your business and you’re still trying to compete and you’re still trying to just find your way until you know where you’re going.          Where do you see your industry going in the next five to ten years?   Crikey!  It’s a crazy industry.  Who would know?  I think the industry is going to hold back in a way but get more sophisticated.  Now what I mean by that is I think all the things…the knowledge on all the products/ingredients these days.  Customers are very aware and with the internet, what’s good and what’s not good for them I mean there’s so much information out there.  It’s the person using the Google.  It depends what they’re looking for.  People come in and ask about this ingredient and this product.  They see levels of that ingredient.   You think it may be becoming more niched?     I think the products are gonna get more organic.  That’s what I mean by pulling back, so there are already perfumes and colorants and all of those things are slowly but surely disappearing and I think the organic movement…you don’t get results from them because you are limited to what you can put into them but with science, now that I’m discovering that different plants can actually do what other ones didn’t and ends what they didn’t know two years ago.    So, I think it’s going to get more and more about holistic health and anti aging.  It’s always going to be that.  That’s never going to change.  New Zealand and the world went through a crisis and money crisis and New Zealand a bit but Taranaki, everybody has their own opinion about our world in Taranaki.  But Taranaki, at the moment is struggling a little bit.  We’re not.  People will always spend money on themselves and they will find the money for it and it’s good.  I don’t think it’s selfish because we’re busy.  We need to spend money on ourselves or we need to spend time on ourselves so be in our beauty service salon or be it at least take time to sit on the beach.  Whatever works for you.  So we’re quite lucky in that one.    If you would like to get a hold of Charlotte Ward of the Silk Spa, you can find her on her website at www.silkspa.nz.  If you would like to email her, you can do so at charlotte@silkspa.nz.  

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Pole Position Forrest Beanum, Vice President of Government Relations, Coda Automotive Oliver Kuttner, CEO, Edison2 Bill Reinert, National Manager, Toyota Michael Robinson, VP for Environment, Energy and Safety Policy, General Motors Dan Sperling, Member, California Air Resources Board; Professor, UC Davis Fifteen years have passed since a major automaker has attempted to market an electric vehicle. Within five years, rare will be the auto showroom that lacks one. But before EVs dominate the market, industry, policymakers, and consumers will have to grapple with some unresolved questions, says this panel of industry giants and start-ups. Those questions are a primary reason why “in pure electric cars, there’s very little first-mover advantage,” says Bill Reinert, National Manager, Toyota, “when you’re out there trying to figure out where the infrastructure’s going to go, and how the tow service works, and what happens when the charger doesn’t charge your car.” Dan Sperling, member, California Air Resources Board, disagrees that carmakers should avoid positioning themselves as a leader in the EV race. Yes, there are technology and scaling challenges, he says, but being first “does create a hallo for the entire company, which Toyota understands better than anyone – what the Prius did.” Michael Robinson, VP for Environment, Energy and Safety Policy, General Motors, is coming to see the benefit of that green hallo. His company has sold 2,000 units of its extended-range electric car, the Chevy Volt, since it went on sale in late 2010. Half of those sales have come in California, Robinson says, and 90% of total sales have been to Prius owners. Oliver Kuttner, CEO, Edison2, says carmakers need to figure out how to design electric cars to be lighter and more efficient. “If we were to re-think the way a car is built, and built the car in a more efficient way, like an airplane,” you could downsize the battery – the most expensive piece of an EV, costing upwards of $10,000 to $15,000 per car. During the Q&A, an audience member asks if automakers might be underestimating the demand for EVs. “Absolutely,” responded Forrest Beanum, Vice President of Government Relations, Coda Automotive. He cites Coda’s reading of independent studies finding that 40% of consumers want to own or drive an electric vehicle. What might make the difference this time is that carmakers appear to want EVs to succeed. It might seem counterintuitive, says GM’s Michael Robinson, but “we’re actually pulling for one another to be successful. We want the technology to be successful.” Dan Sperling agrees. “We’re way ahead of the regulatory process. We’re way ahead of the market process. Standardization issues are a challenge. This is a big adventure – and hugely important. We have to make this successful,” he says. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco on May 12th, 2011

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In a personal interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Elizabeth Lowery, Vice President of Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy for General Motors, shares her insight about the responsibility of businesses to environmental concerns. She speaks about General Motor's newest innovations, including the debut and development of the Chevy Volt.

Elizabeth Lowery, Vice President of Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy for General Motors, sits down for an interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management. Elizabeth also answers various questions from audience members. (Part 2 of 2)

In a personal interview with Dr. Linda Livingstone, Elizabeth Lowery, Vice President of Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy for General Motors, shares her insight about the responsibility of businesses to environmental concerns. She speaks about General Motor's newest innovations, including the debut and development of the Chevy Volt.

Elizabeth Lowery, Vice President of Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy for General Motors, shares her thoughts and insights in the field of environmental responsibility and its impact on General Motors. (Part 1 of 2)