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In this powerful bonus episode, On A Water Break tackles an emotional and timely subject: how the marching arts community responds in moments of crisis. In light of the recent Texas drumline tragedy and the devastating California wildfires, we explore the systems, support networks, and people who rise up when everything is on the line.Alicia is joined by rotating hosts Ricardo and Nicole along with Band director Spencer Milligan for an urgent and candid roundtable conversation about safety, preparedness, and how programs can act before tragedy strikes.We also feature an inspiring interview co-led by Christopher Rutt and Alicia with Peter Ye and Allison Avina-Wyant from Palisades Charter High School in Los Angeles. When their campus was impacted by wildfires over winter break, their band and color guard programs faced immediate disruption. Hear how they worked together—with help from the Santa Monica High School staff and band parents—to continue their seasons and keep students connected through music and performance.From forming partnerships and sharing rehearsal spaces to securing donated instruments and navigating circuit policies, their story highlights the resilience of the performing arts.Topics Covered in This Episode

In this episode, host Jonathan Overall sits down with Jesse McCree, CEO of SCPa Works, following their meeting at the winter U.S. Conference of Mayors. Jesse shares insights about South Central Pennsylvania's diverse economic landscape, highlighting the region's strengths in manufacturing, healthcare, IT, and logistics. The conversation delves into the critical relationship between workforce and economic development, emphasizing their successful approach to business services through collaborative partnerships. They also explore the pressing challenge of the digital divide and AI's impact on workforce development, with Jesse presenting frameworks for both internal organizational efficiency and external service delivery. 

For today's episode, we feature two conversations. To start us off, Thomas O'Neil-White is joined by Kelly Wolfe and Stephanie Pepper of the SCPA serving Erie County, as well as Racheal Tarapacki of the Resource Council of WNY. The four discuss a $100,000 incubator grant awarded to the SPCA, and how both groups plan on creating better access to veterinary resources in the East Side of Buffalo. For our second segment, Thomas O'Neil-White sits down with Sheri Scavone, the CEO of the Western New York Women's Foundation. The two analyze a report from the foundation that details some of the issues that women in WNY are facing through data-driven metrics.

Ready to confront the cold, hard truth about the financial investments necessary to forge a successful career in the voiceover industry? Tune into today's episode, where we pull back the curtain on the often glossed-over monetary aspects and break down the costs associated with making your voiceover dreams a reality. We tackle the burning question of how much it truly costs to get started in this competitive field, and underscore the commitment required to make it a sustainable career. Get ready for an honest exploration of the give and take required to make it in voiceover, including the virtue of frugality, the benefits of community involvement, and the necessity of budgeting for risks and technological advancements. Let's get real about the dolLaurs and sense of voiceover. 00:01 - Intro (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss a VO Boss. Now let's welcome your host, Anne Ganguzza.  00:20 - Anne (Host) Hey everyone, welcome to the VO Boss podcast and the Boss Superpower 00:01 - Intro (Announcement) It's time to take your business to the next level, the boss level. These are the premier business owner strategies and successes being utilized by the industry's top talent today. Rock your business like a boss a VO Boss. Now let's welcome your host, anne Gangusa.  00:20 - Anne (Host) Hey everyone, welcome to the VO Boss podcast and the Boss Superpower series. I'm here with my amazing boss co-host, la La Peters. Hey La, hey Annie, welcome back, I'm excited. Yay, oh La, let's talk this week about money, money, money, money, money money. How much does voiceover cost? Oh, you mean, I get that question. How much is it going to cost me? How much do I have to invest? How much does it cost? I think we should have a discussion on the financial side of things, because that's something that most people don't want to think about it. They don't want to talk about it A lot of times. They don't want to spend it or invest it. Yes, yes, yes.  01:09 - Lau (Co-host) I like to liken it to any other profession out there, and preferably the most expensive professions to get into. For instance, if I want to be a financial advisor and I'm going to go through college and then graduate school, and then I'm going to invest my money, my tuition, in my education, and then I'm going to invest my money to purchase my tools, then I'm going to invest money to get my either brick and mortar or online presence. Guess what? I've spent a lot of money for that type of profession, and not just a few hundred bucks.  01:44 - Anne (Host) No.  01:45 - Lau (Co-host) Not just a few thousand either.  01:47 - Intro (Announcement) Exactly, exactly.  01:49 - Lau (Co-host) I always set it up that way and just to give perspective to people that this is really a profession, it's a viable career. But also the truth is and I can say this because I live this myself it's a drop in the bucket compared to becoming a doctor or becoming a banker or becoming even SCPA a drop in the bucket.  02:12 So just to kind of keep that in mind up front. It's not an overnight success career. It's not a I don't have to spend any money but I can make a ton of money out of it. It's not that kind of career at all, and it's good we kind of put it out there, annie, and be honest about it, right?  02:30 - Anne (Host) Okay, so what are the popular topics to talk about in voiceover? Well, how can I be a character actor? How can I get my demo and start making money? But, in reality, all the other aspects of being a voice actor and having a business are going to require financial investment one way or the other, and we really shouldn't expect that it's going to be cheap. I don't have a lot of money, but I want to be a voice actor, so can you help me? Well, I think that we really just need to sit back and have a dose of reality where, as you mentioned before, voice acting is a career, and for many other careers, we invest our money. We've invested our money in education, we invest our money in inventory, in storefronts, in product, whatever that is. We invest our money, and the same is true for voiceover. And so if you are coming into voiceover without any money to spend, I think you need to rethink that decision.  03:31 - Lau (Co-host) Yeah, I would say that money should go along, in your mind, with the other types of investment that you're going to be giving to this Family time. What is the time investment? What are the sacrifices that you will be making in order to launch your career and keep it viable and keep it sustainable? I mean, what are you investing into this? How about just energy? How about talking about energy investment? It all goes along with your money. So don't think, oh, if I throw 50,000 at this, I'm going to be rich and famous. No, it's not just about money. It's about my level of commitment and what commitment actually means. Money symbolizes my commitment and it also is a monetary dispensation for someone to give me a service.  04:20 - Anne (Host) I love that you said, oh, if I throw $50,000 into this, because I'll tell you what not one person that has approached me in the last year or so, ever probably that it could cost up to that. But I'll tell you what, over the years, law I mean in reality. I mean there are thousands of dollars that are invested in my career, in my equipment, in my studio, in coaching, just in running the business. I mean absolutely, and I love that you just said that off the top because I think it will hit our bosses like a little bit of reality.  04:49 I mean, if any of you bosses that are out there have been listening to the VEOBOSS podcast, we've been going for seven years and so if you think about what have you really spent in seven years and you looked at your accounting, you looked at your books, I'd like to know what that number is, because 50,000 is actually small compared to what I've invested for equipment and websites and subscriptions and coaching and demos and conferences and all of these things that I have invested my money into.  05:17 That is really nothing. And so I really want you to kind of take a hard look at your numbers and I know a lot of people don't like to do that because it's scary. It brings, I think, a reality to people's lives. That voiceover isn't just this oh, I can do it from home and it's so simple and I don't have to invest anything. And I love how you also mentioned it really is a time commitment as well. It's a commitment to really make this a serious commitment and a serious career, because if you're not serious about it, well then I don't know how much money will you be making. You know?  05:55 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, and I know for a fact you and I come from the same background, the same training methodology and work ethic and generation that you come into it. Not every happening or event is a monetary compensation, this idea that, oh, if I spend time doing this or that, I'm gonna get paid for it. It's just not always true. There is a building block time and even when you've built your studio or you've built your company over five years or seven years, you're still wanting to get to the next level. Well, how do you get to the next level? Well, you are doing sacrifice all the time. Look at you and I, like you're doing this incredible podcast for seven years. I've been in it with you for a year and a half. Right, and one could say, well, we're not sitting here having dollars flying at our head on a Saturday afternoon for taking two, three hours of our time unpaid relatively unpaid to do this.  06:52 - Anne (Host) then you have to pay an engineer and an editor, whatever, so what's?  06:57 - Lau (Co-host) the return then? Well, the return becomes the belief system that what we're offering is educational value to our people we love and adore and care about our client base, our audience, new people coming in and that of course, to some degree you're going to close a number of new clients that come in that hear your project, but guess what? You may not.  07:20 - Intro (Announcement) And if you may not, if you may not.  07:22 - Lau (Co-host) That's the risk reward that you take in saying I'm going to take every Saturday to record, I'm going to pay that editor, no matter what, I'm going to hire that engineer, no matter what. It's that sense of jumping off the cliff and saying my career is worth doing, that I may not always see a dollar per dollar of time spent and energy spent, so it's not a tit for tat that way. I think too many people are looking at it in that way, like, well, what am I going to get paid for? Every single moment I work and think about this, I said, well, nothing. You're going to get paid in education, in value, in relationship, whatever. You're not going to always get the dollar bills. Baby, right, just remember that payment is not always about Money. It's about different value of forces in your life that come together that sustain a whole career. We don't want jobs, we want a career. Yeah.  08:20 - Anne (Host) And I think a lot of assumptions come from the fact if this is the first time you are getting into voice, acting and creating a business, it is all about creating a business, which is different than working for people, where you do tasks and then you get paid for that. When you are setting up and creating a business, there are investments that you need to make, and this is a completely different mindset than oh, okay, I did work and I expect money for it. Now you're going to have to put work in. You're going to also invest money. You're going to have to invest money into it. So most people they have a job. They're not investing money in that job, they're just receiving money. But here you have to understand that this is now something that will require an investment of your money and of your time and of your commitment really to make it work, and it's not just a one-time thing. I don't want people to think that as well.  09:11 It's not like oh, I can sink in $10,000 and then I'll have my career. No, that is something that you need to maintain. You need to continually invest and reinvest in that business to have growth, to have any kind of growth, and I think if you sat there with your business and never invested another cent in it, you're probably not going to have a business for very long. Right? I like to think of it as gambling.  09:35 - Lau (Co-host) It is a gamble. It's a gamble we can do the research, we can do our homework, we can make ourselves knowledgeable and we can hone our skills and talent, but it's still a gamble because you're dealing with a lot of variables that are not in your control. So I like to say, all right, if you have a pocket and let's say you're going to stash in, you know you're going to Vegas or something you're going to stash in $1,000 in that pocket on the left-hand side, that $1,000, I'm willing to spend and lose, because I know I'm going to Vegas and I know I'm gambling it and I know that there's a good chance the house will win and I'll lose it. Then in my other pocket I've got like $5,000, I'm not spending that, I'm saving that. I have that as a safety net, I have that as my backup, okay, for my life.  10:22 Let's say that and I'm not going to spend it unless I absolutely am up against a wall and would have to. So, from a gambling perspective, your business is one big gamble. Sure is, you know, sure is, and I'm only using $1,000 as just a number. It could be $100,000, but I'm not using $1,000 as a number. I know I'm spending that, will I get it back into my right pocket? Sure, that's the question, right? That's the gamble, right.  10:49 - Anne (Host) That's the gamble. That's the gamble, that's the gamble.  10:52 And that's where I think the investment in commitment right, commitment to making that business a success right Really comes into play as well, because it's not just a one-shot deal Let me just do this because I can do this from home. No, you're going to make an investment and, of course, we hope that, as bosses, you enjoy that investment or you're enjoying that creation of a business and also enjoying the performance aspect of your voice, acting career. So it's not just performance, it is business, probably more so almost, than performance. However, performance affects your product, right. So it then becomes a business because people are buying your product. Well then, you need to invest in your product. Your product would be your voice, that would be your coaching, that'll be your demos, that'll be your marketing, that'll be your website, anything that's going to get your product out in front of prospective clients. And again, that becomes investment and money that needs to be spent by you.  11:48 I'm not quite sure where it's coming from If it doesn't come. Oh, maybe it could come from other people. If you're lucky enough to have somebody invest in your business, that is wonderful, but it's still going to take some cold, hard cash and a lot of you that are just getting into this need to take a look at your investments and need to start tracking your finances. And again, I've always said that the best thing that I've always ever done for my business was to hire an accountant to help me do that on a day to day basis. So every bit of money that goes out is accounted for and all the money that comes in is accounted for, so I can do a P&L statement and then find out how is my business doing. Do I need to cut back spending on certain things? Do I need to? Maybe I don't need that new mic, even though I might want it.  12:34 You don't need that other color pair of headphones, although that's an investment.  12:38 - Lau (Co-host) I did you one better, annie, I actually married one.  12:44 - Anne (Host) There you go, but you got to have a great accountant.  12:46 - Lau (Co-host) An in-house accountant on your side. You have to have it, it's so important to say have a great attorney, have a great doctor have a great accountant.  12:55 It's really important, I would say. Wouldn't you say it's fair to to say that every year of your business, for however long you own your business, you are going to have fixed costs always and you are going to have variable costs always. And to just kind of understand the difference between the two, so that I hear a lot of talent get very upset about the fact that their fixed costs are not doable for them. And I said, well, I can't even talk about the variable cost to you yet, because you haven't understood and been honest about your mortgage or your rent or your food or your car, whatever that fixed every month cost is for you. That's unavoidable. You must deal with that.  13:40 Then you can deal with the microphones and the demos and all of that stuff and you're going to have a very peaceful state of mind to know the most important things are taken care of. Like you and I have a team, so we hire people all the time, so we have to be able to pay those people right, absolutely. So if we can't pay those people, then we can't talk about the upgrade of the microphone or taking a trip around the world or whatever, because we've got a certain fixed cost that we are responsible for and that's really the ownership of a business is really understanding what your financial, fiscal, health and responsibilities are of your business on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly basis really are?  14:24 - Anne (Host) Absolutely, absolutely. It really comes down to knowing those numbers and then understanding are you able to handle those numbers? And if you cannot handle those numbers with the voice of a career, yet there's nothing wrong. We did a whole episode on side hustles. There is nothing wrong with a side hustle, or even a full-time job, until you can get yourself to the point where you are able to support those fixed costs on a voiceover income and that is getting increasingly difficult to do in these times, I'm going to say but not impossible, not impossible. Number one I'm encouraged by the strike being over and encouraged that I feel that there's now life being breathed back into the career and the recognition that we're getting to be compensated fairly for what we do, and so I'm very encouraged by that.  15:13 And I think that for a while there there was some people that were scared in the business that we didn't have the influx of newbies that we typically do for a few months because of it, and I think what's nice about it is that the cream rises to the top right, because it's so important now, more than ever that our product right is something viable and something amazing that people will pay us for, and so you must, for your business, make that investment.  15:40 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, you do. You know, one thing that comes to mind I had conversation with a couple of colleagues of mine recently kind of an argument, a friendly argument, about this and it kind of is all in this mix, annie, of what we're talking about, and that is because there is so much for free now. Everything is so much accessible on the internet for free right now. Sometimes talent can fall into the spiraling rabbit hole, slippery slope of I'm going to spend my whole day going to free webinars, free zooms, free this, free funnels, free that, free this, free that, and not get to my work, not get to actually my business.  16:17 And so I think that when it comes to how you're spending your money, how you're investing your money, again that goes directly with your time. Your time is valuable, time is money, time is money. So be very careful not to over satiate yourself with oh, I'll just sit and be a professional student and get knowledge all day long and do the, but not really get to the hard, dirty part of running the business. Right, I see that is a problem for a lot of people. They spend every day in accountability groups. They spend every day in webinars.  16:51 They spend every day because it's so easy, it's so accessible and it's kind of fun too. You know you're learning and it's fun, but then their day is blown. Their day is blown and they never really get to the actual and they don't get to that marketing.  17:05 - Anne (Host) I'm going to say that's the biggest thing. People like they don't get to the direct marketing.  17:09 They don't get to their marketing, and marketing encompasses so much. Marketing is so darn important. In law it's everything, and I wish that it really is everything. I wish that everybody could really just appreciate that from the get-go. I mean, I would say that probably the majority of people that come into this industry and study for a little bit, get their demo and then don't succeed are because they have not been effective marketers, and that is really Like nobody can hire you if they don't know about you.  17:40 And so that marketing part which nobody likes. It's always the classes that nobody will take at a conference. They're like the last ones that are filled, because they're just not fun, right? I'd much rather take an animation class or one of those classes rather than figure out how can I run my business better. And it really is so, so important that you understand the marketing of your business, because you've got to be able to sell, you do. In order to be able to recoup and get a return on investment right you need to sell.  18:16 - Lau (Co-host) And let's be honest, especially as we get older. I can only speak for myself, but I know my colleagues feel the same way. I love sitting in on classes.  18:25 When I go to a conference and I'm a speaker all that other time I'm not speaking. I'm sitting in on classes and workshops and meeting and learning and growing and da-da-da, but it becomes addictive. You have to be careful. We are not a professional student. We are a professional voiceover, talent or voice over business owner, producer what have you? We can be studious, we can be educated and we can be in professional development, but we're not a professional full-time student.  18:54 - Anne (Host) Exactly. But again, I also don't want you guys out there to think that it's not important to be a student either.  19:00 No, we're always a student or a continual, always learning student just not one that spends their entire day sitting in on free webinars or I would say, investment in your demos, investment in your coaching because, again, something that's going to enhance your product okay is something that is always worthwhile. It's just that when you kind of are like, oh no, I'll just sit in on this and you're not really you're doing it more for the social aspect rather than the enhancement of your product, I would say, be careful of that.  19:32 - Lau (Co-host) And that gossipy water cooler let me be in the in-clicky group is listen, you're too old for that. I don't care if you're 25 or 55, you got to get past that. You want to have friends and colleagues? Of course you do, but it's really got to be. You are a solopreneur. Until you build your team, you're a solopreneur. The buck stops there. You know what I'm saying. You said it earlier. You said about tracking have a tracking system where everything you do, every webinar you take, every group you join, every membership what is the return on that?  20:04 - Anne (Host) at the end of a month or six months, what is?  20:07 - Lau (Co-host) the return. Are you getting return? I don't necessarily just mean a financial return. Are you getting an actual return of relationships that have been built, of connections that have been built, of producers that now know you, or is it just for fun, is it just for social value? Is it for oh, I'm learning some new tips and tricks, which I love, but is it applicable to what I'm doing? Is the question that's.  20:32 - Anne (Host) The fine line again. You and I both run online groups and we know the value and the power of having a group. There's a power in socializing with people with like minds, because we are solopreneurs and we need that. But also it's kind of like if you were in an office and you were socializing in your office the whole day, your boss probably wouldn't be very happy with you.  20:52 - Lau (Co-host) That's a great analogy.  20:55 - Anne (Host) There's no productive work being done, so just keep that in mind. I mean, I think every group has value. Accountability has value, watercooler has value. My VOPEAPs, my VIPs in your group as well the Inner Circle they all have their value, but just not necessarily 24-7, where you're now neglecting the fact that you probably need to market your business and get some jobs that will help you to get a return on your investment.  21:21 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, and understand your budget at the beginning of your quarter. Set up your budget, however, is comfortable for you, whether it's quarterly, annually, whatever it is. Set it up and have some advisory on that, based on what your fixed costs are, so that you don't feel like you're scrounging for under-the-seat cushions for the coins by the end of the month. You want to come from a place of abundance and wealth and fullness.  21:46 You don't want to come from a place of I'm scratching out of desperation and I'm on my last dollar. It's very hard to have a healthy, successful business coming from a mindset like that.  21:58 - Anne (Host) Oh gosh, yes, and I will say that my business didn't really fully take off I've said this before until I really started to feel comfortable having that little nest egg, that kind of savings account.  22:09 So when I was able to, I mean, I put away money every single month, right, and so it's just a consistent thing, so that I have a business savings account, and when that business savings account has a certain amount of money in it, I feel confident that I can take risks, that I can invest in coaching, I can spend money on things that will help me to get my business known better, and also I can take some chances and try new technologies.  22:33 I want to emphasize that it's important for bosses to evolve with the times and evolve with the technologies to help run their businesses faster and more efficient, because if you're just doing things still in an Excel spreadsheet or it really depends on what makes you the most efficient. But there's lots of wonderful technologies out there that can help you to run your business and market your business more effectively. And take some time, maybe learn those, maybe not. Let's not sit in the water cooler right now, but let's learn how to utilize new technologies that will help me automate my billing right, or how do I learn QuickBooks, or how do I learn a new CRM, that kind of a thing. So think of those things that will also help you to be more efficient in running your business as well as saving money, so that you're not having to spend maybe hiring somebody to do that. Maybe you can hire and, if you are hiring out, make those people more efficient.  23:28 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, and don't be cheap. Be frugal and economical, but don't be cheap. You know, when you have your circle considering you and thinking about you, and thinking about you as a person and also you as a brand, you want them to feel this richness that there's a giving to what you do, there isn't a holding back or a holding on to or being a miser. You have to be very careful of that, because if we always say this, annie, you and I say this the more you give, the more potential you have of getting back in return. Yeah, absolutely. So just give wisely, give wisely, invest wisely. There you go.  24:03 - Anne (Host) Wow, love it. All right, guys. Well, bosses, money. Take a cold hard, look at it and don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of it. Don't be afraid to invest and strategize. I think the more that you can educate yourself, the easier it is to make those investments and the smarter and more efficient your business will be. So, love that, bosses. Take a moment and imagine a world full of passionate. Because we are passionate, right, empowered, diverse individuals giving collectively, as Law was just talking about, and intentionally to create the world that they want to see. You can make a difference. Visit 100voiceswhocareorg to learn more. Big shout out to IPDTL, our sponsor. We love IPDTL. You can learn more at IPDTLcom. Bosses, have an amazing week. We love you. We'll see you next week. Bye, bye, have a good break.  24:58 - Intro (Announcement) Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, ann Gangusa, and take your business to the next level. Sign up for our mailing list at vobosscom and receive exclusive content, industry revolutionizing tips and strategies and new ways to rock your business like a boss. Redistribution with permission. Coast to coast connectivity via IPDTL.  25:26 - Lau (Co-host) How about this? You really, you really moved, that was interesting. I just need time to process that.  a series. I'm here with my amazing boss co-host, Lau Laupides. Hey Lau, hey Annie, welcome back, I'm excited. Yay, oh Lau, let's talk this week about money, money, money, money, money money. How much does voiceover cost? Oh, you mean, I get that question. How much is it going to cost me? How much do I have to invest? How much does it cost? I think we should have a discussion on the financial side of things, because that's something that most people don't want to think about it. They don't want to talk about it A lot of times. They don't want to spend it or invest it. Yes, yes, yes.  01:09 - Lau (Co-host) I like to liken it to any other profession out there, and preferably the most expensive professions to get into. For instance, if I want to be a financial advisor and I'm going to go through college and then graduate school, and then I'm going to invest my money, my tuition, in my education, and then I'm going to invest my money to purchase my tools, then I'm going to invest money to get my either brick and mortar or online presence. Guess what? I've spent a lot of money for that type of profession, and not just a few hundred bucks.  01:44 - Anne (Host) No.  01:45 - Lau (Co-host) Not just a few thousand either.  01:47 - Intro (Announcement) Exactly, exactly.  01:49 - Lau (Co-host) I always set it up that way and just to give perspective to people that this is really a profession, it's a viable career. But also the truth is and I can say this because I live this myself it's a drop in the bucket compared to becoming a doctor or becoming a banker or becoming even SCPA a drop in the bucket.  02:12 So just to kind of keep that in mind up front. It's not an overnight success career. It's not a I don't have to spend any money but I can make a ton of money out of it. It's not that kind of career at all, and it's good we kind of put it out there, annie, and be honest about it, right?  02:30 - Anne (Host) Okay, so what are the popuLaur topics to talk about in voiceover? Well, how can I be a character actor? How can I get my demo and start making money? But, in reality, all the other aspects of being a voice actor and having a business are going to require financial investment one way or the other, and we really shouldn't expect that it's going to be cheap. I don't have a lot of money, but I want to be a voice actor, so can you help me? Well, I think that we really just need to sit back and have a dose of reality where, as you mentioned before, voice acting is a career, and for many other careers, we invest our money. We've invested our money in education, we invest our money in inventory, in storefronts, in product, whatever that is. We invest our money, and the same is true for voiceover. And so if you are coming into voiceover without any money to spend, I think you need to rethink that decision.  03:31 - Lau (Co-host) Yeah, I would say that money should go along, in your mind, with the other types of investment that you're going to be giving to this Family time. What is the time investment? What are the sacrifices that you will be making in order to Launch your career and keep it viable and keep it sustainable? I mean, what are you investing into this? How about just energy? How about talking about energy investment? It all goes along with your money. So don't think, oh, if I throw 50,000 at this, I'm going to be rich and famous. No, it's not just about money. It's about my level of commitment and what commitment actually means. Money symbolizes my commitment and it also is a monetary dispensation for someone to give me a service.  04:20 - Anne (Host) I love that you said, oh, if I throw $50,000 into this, because I'll tell you what not one person that has approached me in the Laust year or so, ever probably that it could cost up to that. But I'll tell you what, over the years, Lauw I mean in reality. I mean there are thousands of dolLaurs that are invested in my career, in my equipment, in my studio, in coaching, just in running the business. I mean absolutely, and I love that you just said that off the top because I think it will hit our bosses like a little bit of reality.  04:49 I mean, if any of you bosses that are out there have been listening to the VEOBOSS podcast, we've been going for seven years and so if you think about what have you really spent in seven years and you looked at your accounting, you looked at your books, I'd like to know what that number is, because 50,000 is actually small compared to what I've invested for equipment and websites and subscriptions and coaching and demos and conferences and all of these things that I have invested my money into.  05:17 That is really nothing. And so I really want you to kind of take a hard look at your numbers and I know a lot of people don't like to do that because it's scary. It brings, I think, a reality to people's lives. That voiceover isn't just this oh, I can do it from home and it's so simple and I don't have to invest anything. And I love how you also mentioned it really is a time commitment as well. It's a commitment to really make this a serious commitment and a serious career, because if you're not serious about it, well then I don't know how much money will you be making. You know?  05:55 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, and I know for a fact you and I come from the same background, the same training methodology and work ethic and generation that you come into it. Not every happening or event is a monetary compensation, this idea that, oh, if I spend time doing this or that, I'm gonna get paid for it. It's just not always true. There is a building block time and even when you've built your studio or you've built your company over five years or seven years, you're still wanting to get to the next level. Well, how do you get to the next level? Well, you are doing sacrifice all the time. Look at you and I, like you're doing this incredible podcast for seven years. I've been in it with you for a year and a half. Right, and one could say, well, we're not sitting here having dolLaurs flying at our head on a Saturday afternoon for taking two, three hours of our time unpaid reLautively unpaid to do this.  06:52 - Anne (Host) then you have to pay an engineer and an editor, whatever, so what's?  06:57 - Lau (Co-host) the return then? Well, the return becomes the belief system that what we're offering is educational value to our people we love and adore and care about our client base, our audience, new people coming in and that of course, to some degree you're going to close a number of new clients that come in that hear your project, but guess what? You may not.  07:20 - Intro (Announcement) And if you may not, if you may not.  07:22 - Lau (Co-host) That's the risk reward that you take in saying I'm going to take every Saturday to record, I'm going to pay that editor, no matter what, I'm going to hire that engineer, no matter what. It's that sense of jumping off the cliff and saying my career is worth doing, that I may not always see a dolLaur per dolLaur of time spent and energy spent, so it's not a tit for tat that way. I think too many people are looking at it in that way, like, well, what am I going to get paid for? Every single moment I work and think about this, I said, well, nothing. You're going to get paid in education, in value, in reLautionship, whatever. You're not going to always get the dolLaur bills. Baby, right, just remember that payment is not always about Money. It's about different value of forces in your life that come together that sustain a whole career. We don't want jobs, we want a career. Yeah.  08:20 - Anne (Host) And I think a lot of assumptions come from the fact if this is the first time you are getting into voice, acting and creating a business, it is all about creating a business, which is different than working for people, where you do tasks and then you get paid for that. When you are setting up and creating a business, there are investments that you need to make, and this is a completely different mindset than oh, okay, I did work and I expect money for it. Now you're going to have to put work in. You're going to also invest money. You're going to have to invest money into it. So most people they have a job. They're not investing money in that job, they're just receiving money. But here you have to understand that this is now something that will require an investment of your money and of your time and of your commitment really to make it work, and it's not just a one-time thing. I don't want people to think that as well.  09:11 It's not like oh, I can sink in $10,000 and then I'll have my career. No, that is something that you need to maintain. You need to continually invest and reinvest in that business to have growth, to have any kind of growth, and I think if you sat there with your business and never invested another cent in it, you're probably not going to have a business for very long. Right? I like to think of it as gambling.  09:35 - Lau (Co-host) It is a gamble. It's a gamble we can do the research, we can do our homework, we can make ourselves knowledgeable and we can hone our skills and talent, but it's still a gamble because you're dealing with a lot of variables that are not in your control. So I like to say, all right, if you have a pocket and let's say you're going to stash in, you know you're going to Vegas or something you're going to stash in $1,000 in that pocket on the left-hand side, that $1,000, I'm willing to spend and lose, because I know I'm going to Vegas and I know I'm gambling it and I know that there's a good chance the house will win and I'll lose it. Then in my other pocket I've got like $5,000, I'm not spending that, I'm saving that. I have that as a safety net, I have that as my backup, okay, for my life.  10:22 Let's say that and I'm not going to spend it unless I absolutely am up against a wall and would have to. So, from a gambling perspective, your business is one big gamble. Sure is, you know, sure is, and I'm only using $1,000 as just a number. It could be $100,000, but I'm not using $1,000 as a number. I know I'm spending that, will I get it back into my right pocket? Sure, that's the question, right? That's the gamble, right.  10:49 - Anne (Host) That's the gamble. That's the gamble, that's the gamble.  10:52 And that's where I think the investment in commitment right, commitment to making that business a success right Really comes into pLauy as well, because it's not just a one-shot deal Let me just do this because I can do this from home. No, you're going to make an investment and, of course, we hope that, as bosses, you enjoy that investment or you're enjoying that creation of a business and also enjoying the performance aspect of your voice, acting career. So it's not just performance, it is business, probably more so almost, than performance. However, performance affects your product, right. So it then becomes a business because people are buying your product. Well then, you need to invest in your product. Your product would be your voice, that would be your coaching, that'll be your demos, that'll be your marketing, that'll be your website, anything that's going to get your product out in front of prospective clients. And again, that becomes investment and money that needs to be spent by you.  11:48 I'm not quite sure where it's coming from If it doesn't come. Oh, maybe it could come from other people. If you're lucky enough to have somebody invest in your business, that is wonderful, but it's still going to take some cold, hard cash and a lot of you that are just getting into this need to take a look at your investments and need to start tracking your finances. And again, I've always said that the best thing that I've always ever done for my business was to hire an accountant to help me do that on a day to day basis. So every bit of money that goes out is accounted for and all the money that comes in is accounted for, so I can do a P&L statement and then find out how is my business doing. Do I need to cut back spending on certain things? Do I need to? Maybe I don't need that new mic, even though I might want it.  12:34 You don't need that other color pair of headphones, although that's an investment.  12:38 - Lau (Co-host) I did you one better, annie, I actually married one.  12:44 - Anne (Host) There you go, but you got to have a great accountant.  12:46 - Lau (Co-host) An in-house accountant on your side. You have to have it, it's so important to say have a great attorney, have a great doctor have a great accountant.  12:55 It's really important, I would say. Wouldn't you say it's fair to to say that every year of your business, for however long you own your business, you are going to have fixed costs always and you are going to have variable costs always. And to just kind of understand the difference between the two, so that I hear a lot of talent get very upset about the fact that their fixed costs are not doable for them. And I said, well, I can't even talk about the variable cost to you yet, because you haven't understood and been honest about your mortgage or your rent or your food or your car, whatever that fixed every month cost is for you. That's unavoidable. You must deal with that.  13:40 Then you can deal with the microphones and the demos and all of that stuff and you're going to have a very peaceful state of mind to know the most important things are taken care of. Like you and I have a team, so we hire people all the time, so we have to be able to pay those people right, absolutely. So if we can't pay those people, then we can't talk about the upgrade of the microphone or taking a trip around the world or whatever, because we've got a certain fixed cost that we are responsible for and that's really the ownership of a business is really understanding what your financial, fiscal, health and responsibilities are of your business on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly basis really are?  14:24 - Anne (Host) Absolutely, absolutely. It really comes down to knowing those numbers and then understanding are you able to handle those numbers? And if you cannot handle those numbers with the voice of a career, yet there's nothing wrong. We did a whole episode on side hustles. There is nothing wrong with a side hustle, or even a full-time job, until you can get yourself to the point where you are able to support those fixed costs on a voiceover income and that is getting increasingly difficult to do in these times, I'm going to say but not impossible, not impossible. Number one I'm encouraged by the strike being over and encouraged that I feel that there's now life being breathed back into the career and the recognition that we're getting to be compensated fairly for what we do, and so I'm very encouraged by that.  15:13 And I think that for a while there there was some people that were scared in the business that we didn't have the influx of newbies that we typically do for a few months because of it, and I think what's nice about it is that the cream rises to the top right, because it's so important now, more than ever that our product right is something viable and something amazing that people will pay us for, and so you must, for your business, make that investment.  15:40 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, you do. You know, one thing that comes to mind I had conversation with a couple of colleagues of mine recently kind of an argument, a friendly argument, about this and it kind of is all in this mix, annie, of what we're talking about, and that is because there is so much for free now. Everything is so much accessible on the internet for free right now. Sometimes talent can fall into the spiraling rabbit hole, slippery slope of I'm going to spend my whole day going to free webinars, free zooms, free this, free funnels, free that, free this, free that, and not get to my work, not get to actually my business.  16:17 And so I think that when it comes to how you're spending your money, how you're investing your money, again that goes directly with your time. Your time is valuable, time is money, time is money. So be very careful not to over satiate yourself with oh, I'll just sit and be a professional student and get knowledge all day long and do the, but not really get to the hard, dirty part of running the business. Right, I see that is a problem for a lot of people. They spend every day in accountability groups. They spend every day in webinars.  16:51 They spend every day because it's so easy, it's so accessible and it's kind of fun too. You know you're learning and it's fun, but then their day is blown. Their day is blown and they never really get to the actual and they don't get to that marketing.  17:05 - Anne (Host) I'm going to say that's the biggest thing. People like they don't get to the direct marketing.  17:09 They don't get to their marketing, and marketing encompasses so much. Marketing is so darn important. In Lauw it's everything, and I wish that it really is everything. I wish that everybody could really just appreciate that from the get-go. I mean, I would say that probably the majority of people that come into this industry and study for a little bit, get their demo and then don't succeed are because they have not been effective marketers, and that is really Like nobody can hire you if they don't know about you.  17:40 And so that marketing part which nobody likes. It's always the cLausses that nobody will take at a conference. They're like the Laust ones that are filled, because they're just not fun, right? I'd much rather take an animation cLauss or one of those cLausses rather than figure out how can I run my business better. And it really is so, so important that you understand the marketing of your business, because you've got to be able to sell, you do. In order to be able to recoup and get a return on investment right you need to sell.  18:16 - Lau (Co-host) And let's be honest, especially as we get older. I can only speak for myself, but I know my colleagues feel the same way. I love sitting in on cLausses.  18:25 When I go to a conference and I'm a speaker all that other time I'm not speaking. I'm sitting in on cLausses and workshops and meeting and learning and growing and da-da-da, but it becomes addictive. You have to be careful. We are not a professional student. We are a professional voiceover, talent or voice over business owner, producer what have you? We can be studious, we can be educated and we can be in professional development, but we're not a professional full-time student.  18:54 - Anne (Host) Exactly. But again, I also don't want you guys out there to think that it's not important to be a student either.  19:00 No, we're always a student or a continual, always learning student just not one that spends their entire day sitting in on free webinars or I would say, investment in your demos, investment in your coaching because, again, something that's going to enhance your product okay is something that is always worthwhile. It's just that when you kind of are like, oh no, I'll just sit in on this and you're not really you're doing it more for the social aspect rather than the enhancement of your product, I would say, be careful of that.  19:32 - Lau (Co-host) And that gossipy water cooler let me be in the in-clicky group is listen, you're too old for that. I don't care if you're 25 or 55, you got to get past that. You want to have friends and colleagues? Of course you do, but it's really got to be. You are a solopreneur. Until you build your team, you're a solopreneur. The buck stops there. You know what I'm saying. You said it earlier. You said about tracking have a tracking system where everything you do, every webinar you take, every group you join, every membership what is the return on that?  20:04 - Anne (Host) at the end of a month or six months, what is?  20:07 - Lau (Co-host) the return. Are you getting return? I don't necessarily just mean a financial return. Are you getting an actual return of reLautionships that have been built, of connections that have been built, of producers that now know you, or is it just for fun, is it just for social value? Is it for oh, I'm learning some new tips and tricks, which I love, but is it applicable to what I'm doing? Is the question that's.  20:32 - Anne (Host) The fine line again. You and I both run online groups and we know the value and the power of having a group. There's a power in socializing with people with like minds, because we are solopreneurs and we need that. But also it's kind of like if you were in an office and you were socializing in your office the whole day, your boss probably wouldn't be very happy with you.  20:52 - Lau (Co-host) That's a great analogy.  20:55 - Anne (Host) There's no productive work being done, so just keep that in mind. I mean, I think every group has value. Accountability has value, watercooler has value. My VOPEAPs, my VIPs in your group as well the Inner Circle they all have their value, but just not necessarily 24-7, where you're now neglecting the fact that you probably need to market your business and get some jobs that will help you to get a return on your investment.  21:21 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, and understand your budget at the beginning of your quarter. Set up your budget, however, is comfortable for you, whether it's quarterly, annually, whatever it is. Set it up and have some advisory on that, based on what your fixed costs are, so that you don't feel like you're scrounging for under-the-seat cushions for the coins by the end of the month. You want to come from a pLauce of abundance and wealth and fullness.  21:46 You don't want to come from a pLauce of I'm scratching out of desperation and I'm on my Laust dolLaur. It's very hard to have a healthy, successful business coming from a mindset like that.  21:58 - Anne (Host) Oh gosh, yes, and I will say that my business didn't really fully take off I've said this before until I really started to feel comfortable having that little nest egg, that kind of savings account.  22:09 So when I was able to, I mean, I put away money every single month, right, and so it's just a consistent thing, so that I have a business savings account, and when that business savings account has a certain amount of money in it, I feel confident that I can take risks, that I can invest in coaching, I can spend money on things that will help me to get my business known better, and also I can take some chances and try new technologies.  22:33 I want to emphasize that it's important for bosses to evolve with the times and evolve with the technologies to help run their businesses faster and more efficient, because if you're just doing things still in an Excel spreadsheet or it really depends on what makes you the most efficient. But there's lots of wonderful technologies out there that can help you to run your business and market your business more effectively. And take some time, maybe learn those, maybe not. Let's not sit in the water cooler right now, but let's learn how to utilize new technologies that will help me automate my billing right, or how do I learn QuickBooks, or how do I learn a new CRM, that kind of a thing. So think of those things that will also help you to be more efficient in running your business as well as saving money, so that you're not having to spend maybe hiring somebody to do that. Maybe you can hire and, if you are hiring out, make those people more efficient.  23:28 - Lau (Co-host) Yes, and don't be cheap. Be frugal and economical, but don't be cheap. You know, when you have your circle considering you and thinking about you, and thinking about you as a person and also you as a brand, you want them to feel this richness that there's a giving to what you do, there isn't a holding back or a holding on to or being a miser. You have to be very careful of that, because if we always say this, annie, you and I say this the more you give, the more potential you have of getting back in return. Yeah, absolutely. So just give wisely, give wisely, invest wisely. There you go.  24:03 - Anne (Host) Wow, love it. All right, guys. Well, bosses, money. Take a cold hard, look at it and don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of it. Don't be afraid to invest and strategize. I think the more that you can educate yourself, the easier it is to make those investments and the smarter and more efficient your business will be. So, love that, bosses. Take a moment and imagine a world full of passionate. Because we are passionate, right, empowered, diverse individuals giving collectively, as Lauw was just talking about, and intentionally to create the world that they want to see. You can make a difference. Visit 100voiceswhocareorg to learn more. Big shout out to IPDTL, our sponsor. We love IPDTL. You can learn more at IPDTLcom. Bosses, have an amazing week. We love you. We'll see you next week. Bye, bye, have a good break.  24:58 - Intro (Announcement) Join us next week for another edition of VO Boss with your host, ann Gangusa, and take your business to the next level. Sign up for our mailing list at vobosscom and receive exclusive content, industry revolutionizing tips and strategies and new ways to rock your business like a boss. Redistribution with permission. Coast to coast connectivity via IPDTL.  25:26 - Lau (Co-host) How about this? You really, you really moved, that was interesting. I just need time to process that.   

Ann Mann, and her daughter Kirsten, talk about how a near-death experience changed their typical, outdoor pet Oscar into a charismatic cat who visits not only neighbours, but also with residents at the Halifax Hospice.

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Sean: What kind of leadership style have you adopted that you found to be most useful for your company, for your team? Ven: That's a great question because I did not adopt it. It was always been who I was. So that's the thing. I found the best parts of myself and offered that. I think you - Sean and I are familiar with strengths, and strengths development. So I lead with futuristic. So I also lead with ideation, strategy, competition, and relator. So that unique combination of strengths is who I am. I had to use the best of me for the company. So if I had a different set of strengths, I would be a different kind of leadership style. So I had to look at and own who I was and be able to use that. Ven: So for me, I'm futuristic, so I love thinking about the future, I love planning, I love telling others about what I see and giving them a lot of excitement about what we're going to do. Let's look at the technologies, all the cool things, all the gadgets. Let's get into the cloud and the automation and all of that, everything. And because that's who I am, and if I try to be like, let's say I wanted to be just like my dad or just like my mom. I would do a very poor job of that because I don't have those strengths. I had to be the best version of myself. Ven: That's probably that kind of thing - I didn't really adopt it. It's who I am. And that's what SCPA, our company, got. So if they got a different president, they would get that person's best as well. I'm not going to force that guy to be like me. In the same way, I will never force my kids or my nephews and nieces to be somebody who they're not, but offer the best of yourself and understand yourself. So that's one of the hardest things right, then really in a company, actually, we have everybody take that strengths finder test so that everybody knows what they're good at and how they could offer that to everybody. And even though they're not yet in a leadership position. Ven: And, you know, there are times, you know, the imposter syndrome strikes. I wish I was like my dad. He was like this. He was like, I wish I was like my mom. She was like this. She was like that. But in the end, I have to be satisfied with the strengths I have and they're pretty awesome as well. And what's funny is that when you talk to the others and they're going to say,' Oh, I envy you have that, I envy you.' And then we just stay in the company and let's work together, right? So that's the best thing because you have things I really need, you know.' So my sister and I, she has an activator. I just love working with her because anything that I want to happen, she just likes, just gets it done. Perfect for futuristic. So yeah. So you have to adapt it. I would say that in our company we adopt the strengths that you have. We offer that up as your best. Sean: Yeah. For those of you tuning in and who're not familiar with Strengths Finder, just look it up online. Gallup Strengths Finder 2.0. Very powerful stuff. And as SEO-Hacker, we also use that. So all of our regular team members, unlock their top five strengths and we use that to see who they are, profile them and see if they're at the right seat on the bus in our company and how we can utilize their strengths as well. So very good stuff. And we all have strengths. These are things that we love doing, we look forward to doing and we are really good at and we focus on using our strengths in our lives, not just at work but in our family, how we lead our kids or how we deal with our parents or siblings. I think that overall we will have a better quality of life and better temperament as well. - - - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack Join our community and ask questions here: from.sean.si/discord Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipstack

Barbara Melvin is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the South Carolina Ports Authority.   She leads a team of over 650 employees including those in terminal operations, carrier sales, information technology and support services, crane and equipment maintenance, engineering, environmental, Port Police, procurement, the logistics solution center, and cruise operations.  She is leading the most transformative port project on the Southeast Coast in the last 100 years with the opening of the Leatherman Terminal that's been 20 years in the making.  It opens in Spring 2021. Ms. Melvin also serves as the SCPA's lead staff person on the Charleston Harbor Post 45 Project. She sits on numerous Boards and has been recognized with many awards. She is a highly influential leader in Charleston, South Carolina and across the Southeast.  She holds a degree in political science from Georgia Southern University and an MBA in Global Supply Chain from the University of Tennessee. Barbara's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-melvin-69393b13/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-melvin-69393b13/ ) WHAT YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: How her background in politics has helped her the C-Suite. The importance of knowing your talking points What you can learn about someone from their Twitter Profile. How to successfully lead a 20-year project.   Her interesting path to COO over a 22-year span. Work-life balance strategies.  How the word “discipline” emerged as a defining word throughout her career. Her perspective on gender and the C-Suite. Why she'd like to instill the trait of decisiveness in all employees. A failure in her career that led to her success down the road. How to present your idea to the C-Suite. Insights on the catastrophic cost of turnover. On approaching an employee who is burned out and might quit. A moment of inspiration from her father. Helpful advice on what to read for those on a mission to get to the C-Suite. Barbara's interesting twist on Parkinson's Law. HIGHLIGHTS: How Barbara's political background relates to business: Know your issues Be straightforward Know how to compromise Know your audience Increase your emotional intelligence How would Barbara approach someone who's burned out and might quit: Try to notice any changes before it becomes an issue. Have an honest conversation as you notice some signs that a person is unhappy. QUOTES: On managing a long-term project “You need to have staying power” and “Talk to your customers”. You must be able to formulate a story, believe it and sell it. “Keep your eyes on the end of the race know matter how many ‘cramps' you may get along the way. “Make your teammates define victory for themselves, rather than defining it for them.”  Ask your team, “What victory looks like?” “Just when you think failure might define you, you realize it actually just makes you tougher.” “You learn as much, if not more, from your failures.” “People are our investments.” “There is no doubt organizations should track the cost of turnover.” “It's a devastating impact when an employee leaves after you've invested in them.” “We invest in our leadership so they understand the #1 reason employees leave a company is because of their boss.” “Don't let the perfect be the enemy of good.” RESOURCES: The Economist  https://www.economist.com/ (https://www.economist.com/ ) ------------------- https://www.benfanning.com/the-ceo-sessions/ (Apply to be on the show) ------------------- https://www.benfanning.com/the-ceo-sessions/ (Connect with Ben:) https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/) https://www.instagram.com/benfanning1/ (https://www.instagram.com/benfanning1/) https://twitter.com/BenFanning1 (https://twitter.com/BenFanning1)

Timothy Farson is the current Principal at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SDSCPA), a college preparatory, arts-focused Title I public magnet school for artistically passionate students in grades 6-12 located in Southeastern San Diego. After studying Philosophy at New York University and Kent State University, Mr. Farson earned an M.A. in Philosophy and teaching credentials in English and Science from San Diego State University. He began his educational career as an English and Science teacher at SDSCPA in 2009. Mr. Farson inspires the SDSCPA community through the hope and promise of a transformational art and academic education. With his belief that to engage the mind, we must engage the heart, Mr. Farson has empowered the SDSCPA community to elevate academic and art instruction through (1) the Accrediting Commission for Community and Precollegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS) comprehensive review process; (2) implementing an innovative arts integrated academic curriculum through the University of California Curriculum Integration (UCCI), where the arts are used as a means to access and lift academic instruction; and (3) calibrating sequential art and academic instruction through Marzano, Warrick, & Simms’ High Reliability Schools: The Next Steps in School Reform. Mr. Farson has also been integral in shaping the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Strategic Arts Plan for San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), promising equitable access to a high level, arts college preparatory curriculum throughout all SDUSD. Mr. Farson is excited for the opportunity to join innovative thought partners, leaders, and professionals in discourse through shared beliefs regarding the importance of the arts and education in our society. Mr. Farson is incredibly grateful to the many people who have contributed to his journey as a budding arts leader. #OfLikeMindsPodcast #SDSCPA #Education Intro.: 0:00 SCPA adjusting to Covid.: 0:47 Biggest adjustments for students & staff.: 4:42 How are you connecting with your students? Encouraging pursuit of the arts?: 8:06 Benefits of middle/high school combined?: 14:15 Middle School process at SCPA.: 19:37 Auditions seem elitist?: 21:41 Quality over quantity.: 23:47 Dispelling the stigma attached to SCPA.: 31:14 Transition from Teacher to Principal.: 36:29 Initial inspiration to start teaching?: 43:42 Undergrad journey.: 55:23 Education system moving forward from covid.: 1:00:45 What would you say to your thirteen-year-old self?: 1:06:01

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Since the genesis of the Learning Together podcast, we've featured original music and performances from our students and staff at the School of Creative and Performing Arts as our soundtrack on several occasions. As this school year draws to a close, we take a look at the role of music and arts education during tumultuous times. How does an education steeped in the arts continue to thrive, even while learning from home? How are students helping to lead the profound change we need to repair our country and our world? Take a listen as we discuss with principal Timothy Farson and SCPA students in this can't-miss episode of Learning Together.

This man has set world records in ultra running. He holds the 8th fastest trail time for the Appalachian Trail, which he accomplished in 2018. He runs to and from work everyday as a teacher at The School for Creative and Performing Arts here in Cincinnati Ohio. A documentary about his time on the Appalachian Trail came out this year and all the while, he rarely gets hurt and is never seen with out a smile on his face. This time Natalie and Harvey talk mental strength, endurance, and grace. Oh, and he just represented Team USA in the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) 24 Hour World Championship in Albi, France this past October for his 5th time! Which WE WON!!! This and so much more, take a listen :)

On this episode of Catching Up, I’m with Kevin Belisario.  We had a lot of fun on this one.  I got to know about his journey from a little boy on an all-male dance team Formality, attending a performing arts school SCPA, and his thoughts on the socal dance community.  I’m impressed at his wisdom of the dance culture and can see him grow into a leader among his peers.  Send me a message, catchingup@icloud.com.  or Leave a review. I’d love to hear from you. Thank you and enjoy.

Have you ever struggled with identity? Who you are at your core? It's a common process we go through growing up - figuring out who you are. Sometimes it's circumstance, culture, or something beyond our control that shapes us. Sometimes we try very hard to shape ourselves. Like Shelby says in this episode, "it's a constant journey"... only she playfully likes to put her journey on her head - with hair color!  In this week's interview, Heather chats with a long time friend - who is now a cosmetologist - about her identity. Shelby and Heather get into some pretty touchy subjects: depression, anxiety, police brutality, and loneliness just to name a few. In this episode, Shelby opens up about how being in the arts was always a safe space for her. One of the major ways she grew confidence was through her singing and her skill development in coloring hair.    Find out more about the Jared Lorenzen Project here: http://kentucky.247sports.com/Bolt/Jared-Lorenzen-Project-will-document-QBs-weight-loss-journey-105675110     In Brian's LYB Episode, he brought up the Born This Way Foundation  They have an entire resources page that connects you with resources for whatever issue you're facing here is the resource page: https://bornthisway.foundation/get-help-now   Pravana Hair Colors:  http://www.pravana.com/category/hair-color   Shelby's Recommended Mental Health Resources:  http://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/guide/bipolar-disorder-resources-1 https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Bipolar-Disorder/Support   http://bipolarchild.com/resources/online-resources/     As always, feel free to contact Love Your Bodd  Love Your Bodd Stuffz Email LYB: loveyourboddcast@gmail.com Tweet: @LoveYourBodd Instagram: @love_your_bodd Facebook: Love Your Bodd Find Heather @HeatherBoddy on Snapchat, Twitter & Instagram

This week's show features the second part of our conversation with Caroyln Wells from the South Coast Producers Association, we visit with winemaker Philip Pares from Three Willows Vineyard and our "Meet the Local" is Graham Dent from Mount View Enterprises.

Today we are looking at different projects run in different communities that support farmers. The South Coast Producers Association (SCPA) has developed a Food Plan for its area. CERES Fair Food runs one of Australia's biggest foodbox programs featuring produce from Victoria's organic farmers. Food Day Canada is a celebration of all aspects of Canadian produce.

WUSC, in collaboration with The Daily Gamecock, presents a daily 90.5 Seconds of the News: Rundown A. Weather B. Mr and Miss USC C. SCPA Awards for Daily Gamecock D. Garnet and Black spring game E. Chris Young

Dr. Jack Bowman is the Director of the Mind Plus Muscle Institute for Applied Sport Psychology in Port Jefferson Station, New York. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Certified Consultant in Sport Psychology. Since 1980 Dr. Bowman has served on the graduate faculty at the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he teaches the Psychology of Sport. In 1981 he founded the Mind Plus Muscle Institute where he has developed numerous performance enhancement programs, including the Mental Training Room that is currently being utilized by athletes at major universities and Olympic training centers world wide. In 1996 he established the Long Island Marathon Psych Training Team and served as its Director for 12 years. An advocate of Sport Psychology Training at all levels of sport, Dr. Bowman has been a pioneer in the application of Telecommunications and Information Technology to make Mental Training and Sport Hypnosis accessible to all athletes. Dr. Bowman is a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division for Exercise and Sport Science. He is a Certified Consultant in the Association of Applied Sport Psychology, and a member of the United States Olympic Sport Psychology Registry.