Podcast appearances and mentions of sarah francis

This week on Table Talk, Pastors Kyle and Nick introduce a new member of the Covenant Methodist staff Sarah Francis. Sarah is a Ministry Intern studying at Troy University and she will be spending the next 10 weeks here at Covenant helping across all of our Ministry areas, we are so excited to have her on board. The topic of todays episode is the ascension of Christ into heaven, and why it is seemingly overlooked when compared to Christmas, Easter, or Pentecost, and how we can reflect on and celebrate it as a church.

In Episode 17 of Constructing With Care, host Leslie Tullio welcomes back Sarah Francis (Enterprise AVP of Standards and Activation at Advocate Health), Jeff Schroeder (AVP of Planning, Design & Construction at Atrium Health), and Sean Ashcroft (Healthcare Core Market Leader at DPR Construction) for a deep dive into the impact of standardization in healthcare construction. Together, they explore how reducing variation across campuses not only enhances operational efficiency and construction outcomes but also significantly improves caregiver training and patient experience. The conversation highlights Advocate Health's journey toward adopting standardization, including lessons learned, the importance of collaboration, and the growing embrace of prefabrication in healthcare design and construction. Key Topics Covered: [00:01:00] Why standardization matters: benefits across efficiency, training, and care consistency [00:02:00] Lessons from Advocate Health's multi-year implementation journey [00:03:00] The importance of mindset, tenacity, and leadership in driving change [00:04:00] Creating collaborative spaces for innovation and shared ownership [00:06:00] How prefabrication evolves and improves over time [00:07:30] Gaining trade partner buy-in and building budget alignment [00:08:30] How standardization reduces labor risk and increases construction reliability [00:10:00] Advocating from within: Sarah Francis on internal evangelism and enterprise adoption [00:11:00] Clinical and operational benefits of standardization. Quotable Moments: Sarah Francis, Enterprise Assistant Vice President, Standards & Activation-Planning, Design & Construction, Advocate Health    "People are our greatest resource. What standardization does is ensure consistency, quality, and safety for our patients and teammates by reducing variability in their work environment."  Sean Ashcroft, Healthcare Core Market Leader, DPR Construction    "This is a continuous improvement journey—each project gets more efficient as stakeholders gain experience with prefabrication."  Jeff Schroder, AVP Planning, Design and Construction, Atrium Health, part of Advocate Health    "Revenue recognition improves because prefabrication helps us get projects out of the gate faster and execute more accurately." 

In episode 16 of Constructing with Care, we dig into how prefabrication is driving tangible financial benefits, improving safety, and accelerating speed to market for healthcare construction projects. Industry leaders join the conversation to break down the power of standardization, long-term operational savings, and the importance of reducing variation in care environments. Hear real-world examples from healthcare systems and learn how cash flows and standardizing processes can support both the bottom line and community care. Guest: Sean Ashcroft, Healthcare Core Market Leader, DPR Construction   Guest: Jeff Schroder, AVP Planning, Design and Construction, Atrium Health, part of Advocate Health   Guest: Sarah Francis - Enterprise Assistant Vice President, Standards & Activation-Planning, Design & Construction, Advocate Health   Key Takeaways [5:20] – Setting the Stage: Financial Pressures + Tech Investments Host Leslie kicks off the conversation by exploring how prefab can address rising financial pressures for healthcare systems while supporting aggressive tech investments. [6:20] – Two Big Wins from Prefab (Sean) Sean highlights the long-term flexibility and operational uptime of prefab systems, plus how prefab impacts critical path scheduling to generate revenue faster. [7:12] – Hospital Perspective: Managing Cashflow at Scale (Jeff) Jeff dives into Atrium Health's approach to managing billions in active projects, explaining how prefab helps front-load purchases and reduce variation and risk from supply chain disruptions and tariffs. [9:17] – Standardization at the Enterprise Level (Sarah) Sarah underscores the importance of minimizing variation across builds, enabling process improvement and better data insights. Standardization is key to long-term efficiency. [10:12] – Compounding Effects of Eliminating Variation Sean expands on how standardization and prefab eliminate variation early—helping avoid rework and driving downstream time and cost savings.   Quotes Jeff Schroder, AVP Planning, Design and Construction, Atrium Health, part of Advocate Health   "Prefabrication helps us mitigate unpredictable factors like weather, labor shortages, and tariffs." Sarah Francis, Enterprise Assistant Vice President, Standards & Activation-Planning, Design & Construction, Advocate Health   "To ensure long-term efficiency we need to focus on minimizing variation, keeping a standardized approach that also allows us to measure and have data."  Sean Ashcroft, Healthcare Core Market Leader, DPR Construction   "There's a necessity for early engagement and ensuring the whole team understands the logic behind prefabrication to avoid gaps in execution."   

A meeting with top chef Hélène Darroze at Mayfair's Connaught Hotel leads Sheila Dillon to ask the question, why aren't there more female Michelin starred chefs? Statistics from the Office for National Statistics suggest 37% of all chefs working in the UK are female, but when you look at the numbers leading Michelin starred restaurants, the number drops to around 8% (according to analysis by Chefs Pencil, 2022). Includes interviews with Nigerian-born chef Adejoké Bakare, who in February, became the first Black woman in Britain to earn a Michelin star; chef Sally Abé who has recently published her first book, "A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen" and Sarah Francis who returned her Michelin star after 8 years running The Checkers (a restaurant in Montgomery, Powys). Plus we hear from young upcoming female fine-dining chefs about how they feel the industry is set up for women wanting to reach the top jobs. Presented by Sheila Dillon Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Natalie Donovan

Christmas - 2: Rob HindMarsh talks on Magnify God Luke 1:39-56 read by Sarah Francis. Playing time: 45 minutes.

Lexi Langley and Hadley Wurtz talk with members of BYU–Hawaii's Hip Hop Club, Shania Datt and Prince Gundaya, and student Sarah Francis to discuss the culture of hip hop and how the club is embodying the culture. 

Noma – considered by some to be the ‘world's best restaurant' - has announced it will close in 2024. The news has prompted headlines around the world and a renewed discussion about the culture of fine dining, and whether it is sustainable as a business model. In this programme, Ruth Alexander asks ‘what's the big deal about fine dining?'. Is it an industry that exists only for the very wealthy, or do its innovations and trends affect how we all eat? Ruth is joined by Pete Wells, restaurant critic for The New York Times, who ate at Noma in Copenhagen in 2018. Food historian Dr Rachel Rich at Leeds Beckett University in the UK talks about the history of fine dining, and the celebrity chefs of the 19th century. Chef Sarah Francis knows what it is like to be at the top of your game but want to do something different – in 2018 she and her partner gave back the Michelin star awarded to their restaurant The Checkers in Wales. And BBC World Service listeners and self-confessed ‘foodies', Casey Griffiths in the UK and Pamela Garelick in Greece, tell Ruth about their best and worst fine dining experiences. Presented by Ruth Alexander. Produced by Beatrice Pickup.

Terraforming is a word you should know, we learn how you transform your life. We bring you honest, unique, and fresh insights on the adjustments it takes to win at the highest level.

In this podcast, a panel of experts discuss the threats facing FinTechs and Payments businesses as a result of the risk-averse strategies that big banks are implementing around the world, asking the question: what are the risks of de-risking?  Hosted by Sarah Francis, Payments Advisor and Senior Consultant at Polymath Consulting, the panellists discuss how banks are engaging with today's FinTechs and payments businesses, what's really at the root of de-risking, and how to get the best from a banking relationship.   The panel included:   Mitch Trehan, UK Head of Compliance & MLRO, Banking Circle Mark Hewlett, Director of Product & Infrastructure, GC Partners Jonathan Bell, Group CFO, PXP Financial Mike Southgate, Chief Operating Officer, Hamilton Court FX

Kev returns in interview mode with a great guest in Sarah Francis. With 22 years of mountain marathons behind her, Sarah is the most experienced mountain ultra runner Kev has ever met. In this highly insightful interview, Sarah imparts her wealth of mountain race knowledge and gives us an insight into all the longest UK  events. https://theomm.com/events/https://www.northerntraverse.com/https://www.capewrathultra.com/

Becky Fox and Sarah Francis talk about how nursing innovation is helping to enhance care delivery through design. This episode is also Meghan Hirth's last episode!

In this episode you will hear Sarah's expertise about culture of best practice when it comes to Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Prevention. Ultimately it's about finding the right balance and understanding while recognising normal behaviour as part of overall systems. Sarah Francis is an expert consultant at Polymath Consulting. Her main responsibility is informing clients for Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Prevention.  If you want to be our guest, or you know some one who would be a great guest on our show, just send your email to info@globalriskconsult.com with a subject line "Global Risk Community Show" and give a brief explanation of what topic you would like to to talk about and we will be in touch with you asap.

Terraforming is a word you should know. It's how you transform your life. Today, we bring you honest, unique, and fresh insights on the adjustments it takes to win at the highest level. It's a process, and these brand-new Million Dollar Earners (MDEs)...

Terraforming is a word you should know. It's how you transform your life. Today, we bring you honest, unique, and fresh insights on the adjustments it takes to win at the highest level. It's a process, and these brand-new Million Dollar Earners (MDEs) explain to you how it works. They also show that you don't have to give up your personal life—because they were able to raise five, well-balanced and successful children along the way.

We're all about radical solutions to big issues here at United Ireland, and this week we journey to Donegal, to see whether what's often called the forgotten county could benefit from new thinking. Joining us this week is the mastermind behind Finland's Universal Basic Income experiment, Olli Kangas, and Donegal doer and thinker Declan Meehan gives us the lay of the land. Our County Rep this week is Una's better half, Sarah Francis, who is repping the north west hard. Andrea bowls us over with her Donegal facts, and we also talk about Jeffrey Epstein, Hong Kong protests, and our all-star drag lineup for Love Sensation when Tuna Chicken Roll goes live! Enya, Football Special, Tory kings, Donegal queens, fishing, Brexit, wee Daniel, this episode has it all! Donegal abú!

We will discuss the book “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han and how it is an unrealistic romance novel. And that we should not be reading Romance novels. My name is Sarah Francis and I hope you enjoy this new series.

My friend Sarah Francis helps dispel bipolar disorder misconceptions by discussing her symptoms, the book that helped with the diagnosis, how she manages symptoms, and what she does now to educate others about bipolar disorder. Follow along with additional information on the Bright Insights website.

Sarah Francis joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss this month's issue of RI Monthly.

Sarah Francis joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss this month's issue of RI Monthly.

Sarah Francis joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss the recent issues of RI Monthly.

Sarah Francis joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss the recent issues of RI Monthly.

Sarah Francis joins Tara Granahan to discuss this months issue of RI Monthly.

Sarah Francis joins Tara Granahan to discuss this months issue of RI Monthly.

This diamond from the Story Keeper's story dungeon was written by Una Mullally and Sarah Francis. "Yokespiracy" is a timeless tale of government conspiracies, mind altering substances and saving the world; one enormous dopamine dump at a time.

Sarah Francis of RI Monthly joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss this months issue.

Sarah Francis of RI Monthly joins the Tara Granahan Show to discuss this months issue.

Last week, we got out of the Off Topic studio and went on the road to the Electric Picnic. The Irish Times tent in the Mindfield section played host a series of talks on TV, film, sports and media. Today will be having a listen to some of the best bits. First up, it's the inner workings of a much-envied job: sports writing. Gavin Cummiskey and Malachy Clerkin of the Irish Times and Sinead O'Carroll, news editor of the journal.ie talk about reporting on Rio, the fallout from the scandal surrounding Pat Hickey and alleged ticket touting, doping in sport, and the art in conveying the experience of sports people in their crucial moment of victory. Our next discussion focused on writing for television and film, and features Sarah Francis, who was previously story editor for Fair City, and Louise Ní Fhiannachta, the director of Epic, TG4 groundbreaking Irish TV drama, and the award-winning short movie “Rubai”. She has also written for Ros na Rún and Irish language drama Seacht. The discuss just how much work goes into TV drama. The Fair City Story Room, for example, works 50 weeks a year, creating storylines for 200 episodes. The also talk about what Netflix and Amazon mean for making TV and the format of TV shows, the role of showrunners here and abroad, and discuss the national past time of slagging off RTE. And finally on today's show Irish times arts writes discuss the joys and the frustrations of writing about culture. You'll hear from Laurence Mackin, Una Mullally, Patrick Freyne and, Peter Crawley and Louise Bruton. How do you review an album you;ve only heard once? How do you stay impartial in a country as small as Ireland? And what happens when you make a critical judgement and realise you've got it wrong? And finally, a sad announcement: this is the final episode of Off Topic, at least for now. Thanks very much to all our listeners, participants and to everyone who gave feedback on the show.

Mark Francis AM 06 April 2014 Sermon series: Luke's Gospel: See for yourself - 10 Luke 22:66 - 23:26, 23:32-46 read by Sarah Francis. Mark Francis continues our morning series, Luke's Gospel: See for yourself with: He gives his life for you Playing time: 26 minutes.

Mark Francis AM 22 December 2013 Sermon series: Jesus the coming King - 4 Matthew 25:31-46 read by Sarah Francis. Mark Francis continues our morning series, Jesus the coming King, with Live to love Playing time: 28 minutes.

Mark Francis AM 01 December 2013 Sermon series: All age toy service - 1 Mark 1:1-11 read by Sarah Francis. Mark Francis talks at the All age toy service, with Jesus the coming King Playing time: 19 minutes.

Don Ely PM 15 September 2013 Sermon series: Who s in charge here? - The Lord reigns - 3 Luke 2:41-52 read by Sarah Francis. Don Ely continues with our evening series Who is in charge here? - The Lord reigns, with The Christian Family Playing time: 14 minutes.

Peter Markby AM 31 March 2013 Sermon series: Easter Day - 1 Luke 24:1-12 read by Sarah Francis. Peter Markby portrays Cleopas as he brings to life Easter Day, with The Empty Tomb Playing time: 15 minutes.

Michael Peach PM 21 October 2012 Sermon series: Jesus: Greater than the rest! - 8 Ps 2:1-12 read by Sarah Francis. Micael Peach talks at the raise the roof service on God s Son and King Playing time: 15 minutes.