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Cassie Petoskey: Hi, everyone. Thanks for being here. I'm Cassie Petoskey. I use she or they pronouns. And I'm the Director of the Waldron Student Alumni Connections Program, where our goal really is to help Weinberg College students explore career options through connecting with alumni. So thank you so much for our alumni for being here with us today. And we're going to spend some time. Amelia is going to take us through some prepared questions for our speakers. We'll get into it. Are you okay? I feel like I always talk at the worst time too. So no worries. And then we're going to save plenty of time for questions at the end. And Shai is going to moderate questions from you all. So please, we'll save plenty of time for that as you all are writing [inaudible 00:00:44] down throughout. And I think that's it without... And of course, thank you to Geoclub for partnering with us on this event. Very excited to have you all bring this idea forward and work with you all on this. So thank you. And without further ado, I'll pass to Amelia and Shai. Why don't you introduce yourselves first and then we'll go to our alumni speakers? [inaudible 00:01:06]. Amelia: Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for coming. I'm Amelia. I'm a second year. I'm a Bio and Earth Science... Technically, Earth Science minor, but whatever. And I'm the president of Geoclub. And I'm so grateful that you all attended this event. We really wanted to be able to show people what Earth and Environmental Sciences can do for you in the future and expand the idea of there are [inaudible 00:01:29]. Shai: Hi, guys. I'm Shai. I use he/him pronouns. I'm a senior majoring in Earth and Planetary Science. I'm education chair of Geoclub. So also very glad to see so many [inaudible 00:01:40] here, and I'm excited to hear all the wisdom that our alumni have to offer. Thank you guys. Amelia: Yeah. So to start us off with some questions, can you share with us more about your industry and current job function and introduce yourselves while you're at it? And if you could speak to the microphone, that would be wonderful. Cassie Petoskey: Yeah. We're recording it. Sorry. Seems silly. Max Jones: Sure. Yeah. My name is Max Jones. And speaking of the future of your careers, I'm the near future because I graduated in June actually. So I am a class of 2024. I'm currently a Master's student at the Chicago Botanic Garden and I'm working as a conservation biologist and wildlife biologist. And so right now I've just returned from seven months of fieldwork in Panama doing work on forest fragmentation and animal movements. And I'm super excited to talk about all that and then also how I've kind of gotten to this point, especially so fresh out of undergrad. And then moving forward, I'm also going to be moving to Germany this summer to work with some scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior to keep working there. And so I'm going to be talking mostly I guess about my time networking at Northwestern and then how Earth and Planetary Science and Environmental Science has led me to the strange position I'm in right now. Margaret Isaacson: Hey, everyone. So my name's Margaret Isaacson. I graduated in 2015. It's been a minute. I'm a graduate of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, and currently I am a conservation and outdoors division manager at the Parks and Rec department in Evanston. So I'm pretty local. My position title is a long way of saying that I oversee our local nature center and all the programs that we run out of that facility along with the park services team that oversees the maintenance of the public restrooms around town and the athletic fields around town and picnic areas. So happy and excited to be here and talk to you all. And I think what I'll focus on, but happy to answer any questions, is how my experience in the department brought me to maybe an unusual career path and sector of the workplace, which is parks and recreation. Amelia: Thank you. So what were some of the impactful classes or experiences for you in your undergrad at Northwestern that led you to pursue your career path? Margaret Isaacson: Max, I feel like yours is in more recent memory, but I'll dig back. Max Jones: Okay. For mine, I think I'd probably start with saying ironically Spanish. Spanish led me down a snowball into this world of Latin American conservation that I've found myself in. And it was really that triggered the start, but then also I had everyone in the Environmental Science Department urging me to branch out and try new things, which was something super interesting. And so then specifically which classes, I'd say the GIS class with Elsa Anderson that I took was incredibly impactful in my senior year. That's been a skill that I've used all the time going forward. And just knowing these different kinds of programs like that have made it really easy for me to quickly pick up new kinds of analysis or feel comfortable going into different fields that I might not have experience with at the time. There was that, and then I'd also say my community ecology class from... That one's with the Biology Department, although I think Environmental Science students often take that too. That one just exposed me to a lot of different kind of paper readings. And so at first I thought those classes were very unfocused, but then I realized the goal is to expose you to so many different kinds of scientific thought that then you can... You find that one paper that you get really, really into for some reason and then that ends up being the rabbit hole that you follow down into the career that you want. Margaret Isaacson: The first thing that I'm thinking about back 10 years ago is some of the field experiences that I went on with the various classes, everything from Earth 201, that [inaudible 00:05:45] like trip, which hopefully is still around, to doing lake sediment coring up in Wisconsin on a frozen lake in the middle of February. That's right. Maggie remembers that hopefully. It was very cold. It was very, very cold that day. A lot of dancing on the ice to keep warm. So these experiences in the outdoors, they built on my passion for camping, my passion for spending time in the outdoors, but I got to be doing important science while I was out there. And now as a parks and recreation professional, my job is primarily outdoors and the goal of our Ecology Center here in Evanston is to inspire families, young kids, adults, people of all ages to spend time outdoors, whether that's through a quick class, through a whole summer of summer camp. But really it was those experiences doing science outside that showed me what can I do to inspire other people. "My professors are inspiring me now. Is there something more local, maybe less academic that I can have an impact on a broad range of people?" So I think those experiential moments were really important for me and really didn't guide me directly to parks and rec, but reinforced my passion for the outdoors and for inspiring that in others. Amelia: Max, you mentioned a bit about how your connections and networking that you had here are important. I don't know if that's applicable to you, but if you'd share a bit more about that, I'd love to hear. Max Jones: Yeah. Sorry. Give me just a second. You guys, it really was like... It's a funny thing on how you get started in these things because it's never the path you originally take that ends up to where you end up in the end. Because I think I started with one of the professors who was teaching an introductory climate change course my freshman year. I worked with her on processing photos of trees for a while and then that slowly led me to meet the people at the Chicago Botanic Garden. And then even though my research interests don't perfectly align with them, I did a thesis with Trish, with Patricia Betos, as my undergrad thesis advisor. And Trish is a mover. She loves pushing people to go do more and more and more. So I ended up going and doing a thesis in Costa Rica for my undergrad field work. And this is what I mean by the snowballs because I started taking photos of trees and then I ended up in Costa Rica doing sea turtle work with Trish and then from there I met the people that I worked with on this project as well. So that's the number one thing that I always recommend is don't be afraid to follow a lead, even if you don't know exactly where it's going to lead you to in that moment. Margaret Isaacson: Yeah. I could add a little bit to that. Not so much networking here on campus, but just post-grad when you start out at an opportunity. My first job was a part-time... My first job after post-grad was a part-time position with the Ecology Center. It was limited hours. I was learning on the job how to lead programs, completely new in the environmental education field, but I then left and came back two times and in four different positions leading to the one that I'm in now. So I think, like you said, following a lead, even if you don't know necessarily where it's going to take you, building relationships with the folks that you work with, the folks that... Whether it's academic or professional or just a summer experience, those are connections that you're going to take with you along the way. They might be people that you meet again. They might not. But like you said, Max, it's going to take you somewhere. And I think I wouldn't be where I was now if I didn't have the Ecology Center, for example, in the back of my mind and just building back towards that in some ways once I found something that I was excited about. Amelia: That's great. Thank you. What has surprised you about what you learned or did during your school days that helped you in your work today? I hope something you learned helps today. Margaret Isaacson: I can speak to that a little bit. So when I was an undergrad, I had two majors. I studied French all the way at the south end of campus, and then I was up here at the north end of campus doing Earth and Planetary Sciences. And having those two degrees really helped me flex some of my critical thinking skills. I wasn't always focused on data and reading scientific papers. I was also reading French literature and writing papers about French literature. I'm not fluent in French. I'm not using that skill very much. But that flexibility between two different majors or two different ways of using your brain has really served me well in how I organize my time at work, how I manage my staff, how we think critically about designing a new program in Evanston or figuring out how to make the bathrooms clean. Somebody's got to do it, so figuring out an efficient way to do that. I think the work ethic that you learn and practice at Northwestern is going to serve you no matter what. Maybe, Max, you have more data analyst that you use in your day-to-day than I do necessarily, but I think it's those soft skills and those hard skills that are going to come into play. Max Jones: No. I 100% agree with the soft skills part because so many of the random little things you do day-to-day as a college student end up translating in very strange ways to you being in a post-grad experience. For example, I never played soccer before, but then I played IM Leagues here and then all of a sudden, I felt very comfortable going and playing IM Leagues in Panama and that was my resource to going to meet people. And so you do just learn very good social skills in college, I'd say, that then translate very well to being outside. And I think that's especially true at Northwestern when you're surrounded by people who generally like to have conversations because sometimes you come across someone that might not want to engage with you in a way that you want to engage with them and so you have now this kind of depth of experience of having good productive conversations with people and that you can use going forward. And that's something that I always found super useful. I also took a drawing class that I found really productive here. Yeah. Amelia: So sort of going back to the networking question, what advice might you have for networking within your individual industries? Max Jones: Do not be afraid to cold call people. That's the number one thing I think, is the worst that can happen is... Honestly the worst that can happen is that they remember your name and that's a best case scenario in most fields because then a few years down the line you can meet them again and be like, "Oh, hi. Do you remember me?" They say yes, then you've won technically. Yeah, because I've also talked to friends about this because they say... Especially in science, people love to collaborate in science. You'll have people wanting to collaborate even when you don't really want to. And so if you just email them and you just express your genuine interest, not just trying to find a job out of it, then I've only had people respond very positively in these scenarios. And so even if you get told, "No, we don't have an option," a friend of mine once told me that every interview or every kind of reaching out is a networking opportunity, so even if you don't get it, you've done your job for that day at least because then you've met one more person who maybe five years down the line is going to help you out. Margaret Isaacson: I would add that more than likely you're going to end up in... You potentially end up in some kind of professional sphere that has conference opportunities, whether that's something that you're attending now or looking to in the future. I was surprised. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was surprised when I got into parks and rec that there's a parks and rec conference. There's an Illinois parks and rec conference. There's a national parks and rec conference. There's so many people in this industry that I can learn from and skills that I never thought I'd even touch. So like Max said, don't be afraid to reach out to people. They're excited to talk about what they do and how they got there and what they want to do. So I think if you don't hear from people right away, it's probably because they're busy, but hopefully they get back to you. It doesn't hurt to email them again. Yeah. Just keep a positive attitude when you're reaching out to folks. Amelia: [inaudible 00:14:20] question, what is your favorite thing about your job? Margaret Isaacson: Oh, man. There's so many things. I also thought of my least favorite things, but... Well, you guys know I'm in charge of bathrooms now. It's not so glamorous. Gosh. There's so many fun things about parks and recreation. Being able to be outside a lot of the time is pretty great. I do spend a lot of hours behind a desk like anyone, but having our seasonal special events that we get the community out for, building new opportunities too for folks to experience the outdoors. Is really powerful to see the Evanston Environmental Association and the Ecology Center are working on trying to build a new canoe launch so that we can access the canal more easily. It's going to have a really big local impact. And it's just an inspiring process to watch. There's other parts of my job, like I said, that I never thought I'd be doing, where our building is under construction right now. And I studied Earth and science. I didn't study construction or architecture, but I get to see that whole process play out. And I think you can really see a lot of variety in most professions and learn from each of those experiences. And yeah. Right now, the construction is actually really fun to see play out. Max Jones: Yeah. For me, I'd say the collaborative element is something that I really love in my profession. It's the fact that no science is ever done in a bottle, and so you're constantly just meeting with people. It feels like a very creative process as you go through it. So it's always evolving, always adapting. Even the things you think are going to be boring, like sitting on your computer all day, just coding in R, then ends up being like something's going on there. And then you just dive down the rabbit hole and then you text all the other people you're collaborating with. It's like, "Hold on. Am I seeing this correctly?" Hey, I find it very enjoyable the fact that the process is iterative and I always get a chance to learn from other people. And then, like I said earlier, people love to collaborate. So then I've had really brief meetings where they're just throwing out ideas left and right at me. And the concept of just putting together all of these people's collective knowledge and interests and passion into the project is something that really speaks to me. And then the other thing I'd say is definitely I have a very fieldwork heavy field, and I think that that is something that's I personally enjoy a lot is this balance of I get to do work outside and then I also get to do this collaborative, creative element and bring this... Synthesize it all into a living, breathing work that I can put out into the world afterwards. Amelia: Thank you so much. Not to be presumptuous, but I'm seeing some themes between the both of you, which you said you like to be outside and you like to be creative, which I think is awesome. I think that's a thing that a lot of us in the room can relate to. How have your work or how have your values and beliefs influenced how you approach your professional workplace? Margaret Isaacson: Oh. Max Jones: It's funny. I prepped for this question and I'm still not ready for it. Margaret Isaacson: So I spoke to a little bit my passion for the outdoors, passion for outdoor rec, whether that's camping, hiking, backpacking, canoeing. A lot of those things I don't do here in Chicago. There's not too many backpacking routes in Chicago, so I try to get out of town and state for those. But those core values, just spending time outside really inform my day-to-day work, like you said, Amelia. I think even just taking a little break during the workday to get some [inaudible 00:18:04] or planning a professional development program for the Ecology Center staff or the parks and rec department as a whole that gets everyone outside and gets them rejuvenated goes a long way to staff's mental health, having fun in the workplace, being inspired in the workplace, even when we have these boring administrative tasks that we have to do every day. So I think that outdoor passion is really something that's just stuck with me along the way. And then were it not for the Ecology Center existing in this parks and rec department in Evanston, I wouldn't be able to bring my passion for sustainability to work either. I think sustainability would inform a lot of the things that the department does and that the City of Evanston does. The city has its own sustainability staff. We've got a sustainable waste manager. So I would say the town is progressive in that aspect, but having a center that's dedicated to promoting sustainability and educating folks on sustainability in a fun way, not in like a, "Here's how you recycle. And here's a DIY workshop on how to," I don't know, "Swap your clothes or something with other folks." I think having that focus of a center dedicated to this brings the fun into the Department of Sustainability, and that's been really nice to take from my work in paleo-climatology to, "Okay. What are we doing now and here and in this time to help Earth?" Max Jones: I really like what Margaret said about passion driving a lot of the work because I think that's really prominent in this field, especially where passion for the subject matter is really what gets us out of bed in the morning and then gets us to go because not a lot of people choose what we do based on the money or it's not like a career path that's recommended. It's like, "Oh, you should go into Earth and Environmental Sciences because that's a high income field." It's like, "No. We're doing this because we love it." And I do think that that is something that's like... It helps motivate a lot of the work you do and a lot of the challenges you might face along the way. It's like you think that, "At the very least I'm doing this because I love it and not because anyone is telling me I should." Amelia: I totally agree. I'm guessing a lot of people in this room also have a passion that leads them to come here. I think I'm out of my questions. Does anyone else have questions that they want to ask the speakers? I mean, I have [inaudible 00:20:42] my paper. Yeah. Rose: Yeah. Thank you guys for both being here. My name is Rose. I'm [inaudible 00:20:49] major. I'm a sophomore. I'm kind of curious, when you both were juniors, seniors, what did you think you were going to do and what was the plan that you had in your mind and what were the factors, like, "Oh, grad school. Oh, this, that."? Max Jones: Do you want me to start because more recent? Margaret Isaacson: Yeah. Max Jones: Okay. My journey as an undergrad was pretty funny because I came in as an engineering student. I originally wanted to be an environmental engineer because I come from Kentucky and so then back home you're just pushed to be either a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer. And I was like, "Well, engineer sounds fun." And then I got here and then I was just surrounded by people who were following passions instead of then just what they wanted to do. And so then I began to explore this career as an ambiguous just environmental researcher in my mind, but I didn't know exactly what that was going to look like and I really didn't know what it was going to look like until very recently. I only started all of my work abroad and then all of my work as a biologist specifically late in my junior year. And so it's one of those things where it's like I feel like a lot of it will take shape in very sudden and dramatic ways. So even if you don't know exactly where you're going, there's going to be some kind of event that triggers it and it all starts moving into place in that way. At least that's how it happened for me. Margaret Isaacson: I remember my advisor asking, "What is your dream job?" And I didn't really have a good answer. I wasn't ready, like, "Oh, I want to be teacher," or like, "I want to get a PhD and go into academia," or, "I want to do this type of research forever because I'm super excited about." And I was like, "Well, I like to spend time outside. Maybe a park ranger." I literally oversee staff called park rangers now. So I made it. But I think that brought me to, "Hmm. How can I take..." I really like reading about all this research. I really like digging into it myself. I like looking at under the microscope and making that into a paper. But I didn't see myself necessarily going to grad school. It wasn't like a for sure thing. And it wasn't a certainty for me. It didn't quite set in as that's what I definitely want to do. But I saw all this cool research and wanted to know, "Well, how do we take all this amazing but very specific research and take it and communicate it to the general public? What are they getting out of all the great things that we do here on campus and elsewhere?" And that took me down the path of environmental education and science communication. I think for a little while I thought, "Oh, I'm going to maybe go and figure how to write and become a science communicator." I found local part-time jobs that were environmental education related because that was going to be how I took my expertise and my knowledge, build on that knowledge in other ways, and then inspire other people to maybe they end up getting a PhD. Maybe it's not me, but it might be them, or they're just excited about being outside and learning a new fact about local wildlife. So yeah, it was kind of circuitous. And over the last 10 years or so since finding science communication, I've gone more towards the administrative and managerial side, which is also really exciting. I like flexing those muscles and figuring out how to get a team to work all together and put on that science communication. I'm not in front of the campfire group leading the program anymore, and that's kind of a bummer sometimes, but we make it happen as a team. So you discover different talents along the way as well. Amelia: That was an awesome answer. Thank you so much. I did realize there's one more question on my paper that Rose's kind of leaned into, which is what do you wish you could tell yourself when you were in student's shoes? Margaret Isaacson: Do you wish you could tell yourself last year? Max Jones: I know, right? I do wish that... Because it's very natural that while you're wondering if what you're doing is going to work out, then you put a lot of pressure on yourself. It's like, "Why haven't I figured out what I'm going to do next right now?" And over the process of I guess the last year and a half for me, it's very much like a process of it happens. Progress happens very slowly until it just jumps forward. So you're going to feel like you're stuck and then you're repeating the same patterns a lot. It's like, "Why haven't I gotten this next connection yet? Why haven't I figured it out?" And then it really snaps into place when you least expect it. And so then you finally get that motion forwards and then things start rushing and then life moves faster again, but then it'll slowly trickle back down and then you have to ride the waves of sometimes it moves fast in terms of you're making these good connections and you're moving forward in your projects or in your career, and then other times you have to be very calm and weather the storm a little bit. So I'd say I tell myself to calm down and chill out. Margaret Isaacson: I would second that. "Just relax. It's going to work out. Okay?" I think that I was kind of similar in putting a lot of pressure on myself to do well academically. Again, not really thinking about what I wanted to do post-grad until I was in it. But I think just give yourself some grace and be patient with what you do. Work hard, but you can also be patient and not expect that you're going to do the same thing as your colleague or your friend who is in the same department. Your paths could look completely different. Clearly. Ours are completely different. So talk to your colleagues. Talk to your advisors. See what their experiences are. Ask alumni what their experiences are. But don't think that that is the experience that you have to do or take or follow. There's a lot of options and you can also pivot later. You might get into something right after graduation and then you might find out, "Oh, I'm really good at this one piece of that job and I'm going to pursue that." It's not a straight path. It's not one thing. You can always switch it up. I may switch it up. You never know. Max Jones: Yeah. If I can bounce back off that again, it's not comparing yourself to the people around you [inaudible 00:27:34] critical because then you end up in cycles where the person next to you gets a fellowship and instead of being happy for them and interested in it, you're just like, "Oh, damn. Why don't I have a fellowship yet?" And it really is like, yeah, everyone has a different path that they're going to take throughout this and it just feeds into an imposter syndrome if you let yourself make those comparisons. Margaret Isaacson: A lot of the staff who come and work at the Ecology Center are recent grads. They come and they do part-time work as program instructors. That's what I started out as. And I think I see in them bringing just so much positivity and excitement about their work. I think that's a really great thing to grab on when you're just starting out after graduating in your career. You're going to feel great about yourself if you're doing something you're excited about. You're going to meet people and learn what they do. And the staff that I work with, they work so hard, they cobble together multiple part-time jobs. They're pulling experience from multiple places and it's getting them where they need to be. Not to say that that's the path for everyone, but I think it's just important to keep a positive attitude while you're in it and know that you're not stuck when you start one thing. You don't have to do that for the rest of time. Max Jones: That was beautiful. Amelia: That was beautiful. Thank you. Shai, you want to keep taking questions? Shai: Yeah. For sure. Did anybody have any other questions they want to ask alumni? Sure. Speaker 7: Do you guys feel like your identity ties into what you do? Or do you guys feel like you found parts of yourself doing your work? Even like you said, you kind of trialed a little bit. Do you feel like that kind of connected you more to who you are and even to [inaudible 00:29:27] up to what you do? Max Jones: Yeah. It kind of radically changed how I viewed myself in a way because, yeah, so I'm from Kentucky. I'm from a low-middle-income family. And so coming here I was very out of my elements it felt like a lot of times, surrounded by very elite academic institutions. So I went through a lot of my first second year with a chip on my shoulder. But then I go start working in Latin America where scientists there have to work twice as hard as I do just because they don't speak the same language. And then all of a sudden all of that feelings of angst, I guess, flooded away because I was like everything that I've been angry about or anxious about has just been minuscule on a larger scale. Yeah. I say working in international communities like that has very much changed my perception on life and science and as an industry as a whole. Margaret Isaacson: I would add the industry that I'm in, parks and rec, is very service oriented and I've learned so much about customer service, not from a restaurant job, but from answering 311s and... So. I don't know if everyone knows what 311. You guys know what 311 is, right? Okay. Maybe. Yes. That's Maggie, right? Are you sending me the 311s? No. But I think I've found that it makes me happy to provide a service for a community and you feel fulfilled when you... Even if it's something unglamorous, like cleaning bathrooms, you still feel like, "Oh, I'm impacting people on a regular basis, on a daily basis. And with my small work or local work, it's still important." So I think finding your impact is really a powerful thing, Speaker 7: [inaudible 00:31:29] but they take... Not take away from your [inaudible 00:31:31], but like you said, having that chip on your shoulder when you look back and now that you fulfilled almost in what you're doing, [inaudible 00:31:38]. Margaret Isaacson: I was so stressed back then. You don't need to be stressed. It's okay though. You can be stressed. College is a stressful time. There's a lot going on. You guys have a lot on your plate. You're managing a lot of learning. You're managing a lot of growth. And that's just going to continue. But you're able to take that on. And this is just one experience that's going to teach... College is just one experience that's going to teach you that you're capable of taking that on. You're just going to keep taking on new things. Shai: [inaudible 00:32:13] question? Yeah. Sure. Speaker 8: How do you guys feel about your work-life balance or just your outdoorsy hobbies come [inaudible 00:32:25]? Max Jones: Do you want to say? Margaret Isaacson: Sure. My work-life, so... Okay. Speaker 8: Your balance is [inaudible 00:32:36] by [inaudible 00:32:37] having outdoorsy hobbies and also that in a job. Margaret Isaacson: Oh, I see what you're saying. Interesting. No. Work is still work, even when it's outside, but it's nice when it's outside because you get a little break from your desk. No. I think work-life balance is probably something that you all are learning even now. And it's one of those things that you're going to get into the work world and it's going to look a little bit different. You're going to be tired. But I think if you find the right gig or the right job that's going to be able to build that in and still make time for yourself. And it's important to make time for yourself even in your work. I'm not sure if that was your question, but... Yeah. Do you want to? Max Jones: Yeah. I think I understand exactly what your worry is here because I love outdoors. I love all things nature related. But I have been surrounded by people sometimes when I'm working where it's like we're in the field 10 hours a day and then they come back, they're like, "Wow. That was great, wasn't it?" And I was like, "I'm tired. I want to go home," even though I love what I've done, but then you do come across a lot of... Not a lot, but sometimes you do find scenarios where the people you're with don't view what they're doing necessarily as work. They also view it as very fun. And so then you have to set your own boundaries there where you have to be like, "Yes, I enjoy this work a lot, but this is not what I want to be doing in my free time right now. I don't want to give up another afternoon of my time to go work, even though I enjoy my work." So I have found myself in those dilemmas before where it's like you really enjoy being outside, but also after your 15th hour of it, you're just like, "Okay. Let me go read a book or something." Shai: Good question. Do you have any more question? Cassie Petoskey: I think [inaudible 00:34:28] question about the goal day-to-day. I'm guessing every day is different, but what are you doing in [inaudible 00:34:36]? What are you doing in your outside? What are the activities? And how often? Like 15 hour a day you're outside? That's [inaudible 00:34:47]. What does that look like a day? Walk us through a day. Max Jones: Okay. For me, well, my day-to-day has just changed dramatically because I finished up my field season, but when I was in the field, it would be we're up at 5:45, quick breakfast, and then we go out into the forest, and then... I was setting up camera traps and so we were specifically looking at arboreal cameras and arboreal species, like monkeys and stuff. And so we would set up cameras in the trees. And so to do that, we would have to climb trees. I'd be climbing trees myself. And so that sometimes could entail... If one tree could take almost six hours sometimes just because you'd have to take a slingshot and then put a line up in the tree. I don't want to get too into it, but... Cassie Petoskey: [inaudible 00:35:32]. Max Jones: "Get into it. Get into it." Okay. Do we want the break- Cassie Petoskey: We want to know how you climb. Max Jones: Okay. So you take a big slingshot, and then you shoot a weight with a string on it over a branch that you think can support your weight. And then you... I say think because you test it. And then you tie a climbing rope. You pull the climbing rope over. And then I just hook into a harness and then a few climbing equipments. And then I go up. And then sometimes, depending on if the tree is difficult, if there's ants in it or something, it can take me a few hours up there too. Then I took my data and then I'd come back down. And the idea was always we would do two a day. Sometimes we would push for three a day. And so that could take like... We could be working from sunrise right up until sunset. There was a few times when I was still up in a tree and I'd had to use a headlamp to finish up up there because we were just pushing so hard by the end of the day. Margaret Isaacson: Very cool. Max Jones: Now- Margaret Isaacson: Can you teach a tree climbing program for the Ecology Center, please? Max Jones: I'd love to. Margaret Isaacson: Perfect. We'll talk later. I want to tell you what my day-to-day looked like when I first started out and then where I am now because it's very different. When I was first starting on as a program instructor, so post-grad, I would come to work, I would write a lesson plan or write up a program, decide what materials I needed, gathered them. I took care of animals on a daily basis that we had for educational purposes. And then often I would be going out and leading that program. Sometimes it was a family campfire. Sometimes it was a critter visit, where I'm holding up animals and showing them to kids and letting them pet them. Super fun. Now my work is a little bit more behind the scenes. So I do a lot of emailing and a lot of administrative tasks. I coordinate with a lot of different departments, whether that's greenways, to make sure that the athletic fields are ready for the sports season, or touching base with my seasonal staff to make sure that they're doing their rounds on the lakefront bathrooms, or planning, budgeting and meeting with the program coordinators who are actually planning programs. So it's a lot of, like I said, more backend work and making sure that when we present these programs through the program instructors, the position that I used to do, to the public or through summer camp, that it's kind of ready to go, we're using taxpayer money wisely and well, and that the city has services that are meeting their needs and expectations. So it's a lot of email and payroll and some unglamorous things, but we also get outside occasionally. Shai: Do other people have question? Speaker 9: Well, with the... Thank you so much for being here for answering all our questions, but with the summer coming around, I'm sure many of us in this room are looking for internships and jobs and any experience in the field. Where do you recommend we look? And then a follow-up that would be how do you prepare for interviews? Margaret Isaacson: If you're local, Chicago Environmental Network has a ton of opportunities, wide-ranging, seasonal, full-time, part-time. That's a great site. Yeah. Of course. Chicago Environmental Network. And they have a job board. I think they also have volunteer postings. We always post our positions there and all of the area nature science adjacent companies and organizations post on there as well. Shai: We'll find that [inaudible 00:39:22] a follow-up. Speaker 9: Thank you. Max Jones: I'd say it depends a lot on what kind of work you want to get into, but I know that there's a really good job listing board. It's like UT Austin or something. I'm sure Maggie or Trish know it. But it really kind of depends on what you want to get into. Historically, the Scientists in the Parks have been a very competitive but credible internship. I don't know if they're operating this summer because of everything happening. The Shedd Aquarium I've also heard has some pretty interesting opportunities for research assistants over the summer. I had a friend who did actually like scuba diving with them and then went to found mussels in one of the Chicago rivers or something. It was pretty cool. And then I've also heard some good things about the Audubon Society. Sometimes they periodically have stuff around here. Besides that, I'd cold call or cold email professors because a lot of them have... Either they directly have a project that they might want you to work on or sometimes they'll redirect you to Master's students or PhDs. Right now in the listserv that I'm on in the Chicago Botanic Garden, we get emails forwarded to us from students at Northwestern being like, "Hi. Is anybody looking for help this summer? I'd love to work." Margaret Isaacson: I think I was on some environmental listserv of some kind. I'll try to track it down and send it to Cassie. And this was a while ago. But I remember... Gosh. Anyway. It took me to Great Basin Institute, which is out west, but they do all kinds of research and experiential education in the western states. I did that for a summer. One year I was basically a camp counselor, but they also have a lot of research positions as well that are seasonal. Max Jones: Lincoln Park Zoo also has some really cool stuff down there. The Urban Wildlife Division is... I wanted to work with them every single year I was an undergrad. It just never worked out. Yeah. Shai: [inaudible 00:41:16]. Do they have any other questions [inaudible 00:41:16]? Amelia: How do we take care of the internship [inaudible 00:41:19]? Speaker 11: When was your last interview? Margaret Isaacson: What was that? Speaker 11: [inaudible 00:41:27]. Margaret Isaacson: My last interview was two years ago, a year and a half. Yeah. So pretty recent. The way I prepared for that interview, I had a little insight being already in the department and the division that I was applying for a promotion. So I kind of knew some of the questions that they might ask me, but you can... The way that I did it is I like to think of questions that I might be asked, go ahead and answer them and just write down ideas and thoughts. For my most recent position, I also thought about what I would want as a manager. So I was applying for the position that had been overseeing what I... That's so confusing. I was a program coordinator and I applied for a promotion. So I thought, "As a program coordinator, what would I want to see in a manager? And what projects would I want to prioritize?" And I brainstormed those. But yeah, just thinking through questions that they might ask. Most interviews will ask some of those classic questions. They're always going to start out with, "Why are you applying to this job?" So your elevator pitch is really important and can speak to your passion and also experience. Yeah. Just jotting down some notes. That works for me. Maybe it doesn't work for everyone, but that's what I did. Max Jones: I haven't been in a lot of interviews at this stage of my career, honestly. Most of my interviews have been very informal conversations. And so I think that's just by luck how I've moved forward. Right now, I just haven't had any interviews, to be honest. So think Margaret's advice is sage. Margaret Isaacson: I guess I could add more. Yeah. I also have done a lot of interviews where I didn't get the job too. So sometimes you just don't know exactly what they're looking for, and that's okay. It doesn't mean that you're not experienced and that you're not knowledgeable of what you do. It just might not be what they're looking for for that position, or someone has just a little bit more in a particular area that they're excited about. I've also been on the other side of interviews where I get to see all the candidates and hear what they have to offer and see what does it look like for our department if we hire this person instead of this person and they have different experience and we're not really sure how to staff this new position, and the interviewees inform the position. So that can happen as well, where it's not necessarily just... Sometimes it's based on a feeling a little bit, which sounds kind of crazy, but... Yeah. Been on both sides. I think you can practice a lot for an interview. You can hone your speaking skills. You can keep your answers brief but interesting and show your passion, and then just know that you're going to do interviews and some of them are going to work out and some of them aren't. And that's okay. Amelia: [inaudible 00:44:31] just kind of silly. Do people ever reference the TV show in your workplace? Margaret Isaacson: All the time. One of my co-workers has Leslie Knope on her desktop. Yeah. For sure. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Amelia: [inaudible 00:44:46]. Margaret Isaacson: No. There are moments where we have situations we're like, "This could be a Parks and Rec episode. We should just start our own show." Yeah. Cassie Petoskey: Thank you both so much for being here. And I know we have a few more minutes, so students, if you all have the questions or just want to make connections, we'll share out LinkedIn profiles after, but I encourage you to come up and chat with the alumni for a few minutes here. But really thank you all so much for coming out. Thanks, Geoclub, for bringing forward this idea. And thanks to Max and Margaret for being here. So... Amelia: Thanks again. Shai: Thanks [inaudible 00:45:28]. Cassie Petoskey: [inaudible 00:45:28].  

In this episode of Speakernomics, host Kenneth "Shark" Kinney brings together insights from 16 diverse voices within the speaking industry to explore the essential marketing materials needed for speakers to elevate their business. In this session, you will: Analyze the various perspectives on the most critical marketing tool, including the significance of a compelling demo reel and a comprehensive website. Explore the role of relationships and reputation in driving successful speaking engagements and building a thriving speaking career. Synthesize the collective wisdom from speakers, agents, and meeting planners on creating a holistic marketing strategy that emphasizes transformation over self-promotion. Speakers: Mark Sharenbroich, CSP, CPAE Karen McCullough, CSP Denise Hamilton David Stollman Lois Creamer Frank Kitchen, CSP Deia Starr Rank Mike Ganino Michelle Joyce Dennis Yu Dejah Urbanovitch Thom Singer, CSP Christa Haberstock Chris West Shannon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you lost your enthusiasm for our valuation industry? Do you feel disconnected and uninspired?  Welcome to another insightful episode of Indispensable Appraisers!  In this Podcast Jeff Hicks, MAI - Founder, Realwired speaks with Brendan Wewer, MAI, - Director of Valuation & Advisory at Commonwealth Commercial Appraisal Group. Key take-a-ways from their meeting: • Absence of new creation of small and mid-sized appraisal firms. • Human connection is key – young appraisers need it. • Synthesize big data will keep appraisers relevant. • Meet the client where they're at. • Appraisers are story tellers, AI technology can become a partner. Let's start this conversation. Just call my cell 813-230-3798 or e-mail me Jeff@realwired.com.   Subscribe to our weekly blog: https://realwired.com/blog/  www.realwired.com 

There may come a time when you're unable to use your voice to communicate with those around you. Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac have an accessibility feature called Personal Voice that lets you synthesize a voice that sounds similar to you, giving you the ability to communicate with others. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of setting up a Personal Voice and using Live Speech to access it. You can use your Personal Voice for FaceTime calls, phone calls, in specific apps, and more! Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/104993 Use Live Speech on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/105018 Host: Mikah Sargent Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

There may come a time when you're unable to use your voice to communicate with those around you. Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac have an accessibility feature called Personal Voice that lets you synthesize a voice that sounds similar to you, giving you the ability to communicate with others. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of setting up a Personal Voice and using Live Speech to access it. You can use your Personal Voice for FaceTime calls, phone calls, in specific apps, and more! Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/104993 Use Live Speech on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/105018 Host: Mikah Sargent Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

There may come a time when you're unable to use your voice to communicate with those around you. Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac have an accessibility feature called Personal Voice that lets you synthesize a voice that sounds similar to you, giving you the ability to communicate with others. Mikah Sargent walks you through the process of setting up a Personal Voice and using Live Speech to access it. You can use your Personal Voice for FaceTime calls, phone calls, in specific apps, and more! Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/104993 Use Live Speech on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/en-us/105018 Host: Mikah Sargent Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Welcome to the deep dive discussion of the West Coast Sports podcast featuring the remarkable Dodgers, Lakers, and Raiders games of recent. Assess their game performance, dissect in-depth strategies, and uncover potential moves. Join the intriguing analysis on the Lakers' performance against Denver Nuggets. Explore their strategic approach, strengths, weaknesses, and the dynamics that led to an unexpected outcome in the fourth quarter. Insights into the upcoming opportunities for the Lakers are also discussed, with the potential of recovering players returning to the court in view. Synthesize the performance of Dodgers against the Nationals. Understand how they have been revamping their offense, making monster home runs, and extending their success streak. Review their determined strategy to win against formidable opponents and how they're strategizing for victory. Dive into the conversation on the Raiders and their potential moves in the draft, including the possible securing of a rookie quarterback. The analysis presents a range of options they face and the potential benefits and drawbacks of each decision. The podcast brings the thrill of the game to you, offering insights into potential tactical shifts, key players, and uncertain times due to existing injuries. As you feel the heat of competition and the grit of determination, anticipate some new and strong faces on the field. Don't miss out on the excitement of these sports narratives.

What do you want your audience to understand about your brand? Ask this question with every piece of content you create. Because you want to drive home a specific message. If it's not doing the job, you need to synthesize the information for your audience. Distill your message to show the value and benefits of your product. It's how you cut through the noise and capture the attention of your audience. That's what we're talking about today with the help of Sproutloud's Director of Demand Generation, Aaron Morrissey. Together, we watch Parts Unknown and chat about lessons we can take from Anthony Bourdain, including being yourself in your content and synthesizing your message. About our guest, Aaron MorrisseyAaron Morrissey is the Director of Demand Generation at Sproutloud Media Networks, where he works with enterprise clients to help them launch, manage, and optimize digital campaigns across their distributed network. He joined the company in November of 2022. Prior to his current role, he served as Director of Demand Gen at Topia. He is also a content creator for HockeyStack and other B2B SaaS brands.What B2B Companies Can Learn From Parts Unknown:Be the same person in your content as you are in real life. Show that there's a real person behind the content you're creating, not some corporate bot. So breathe personality and soul into your content. Aaron says, “When the cameras turned on from when the cameras turned off, [Anthony Bourdain] was the same person. If I'm the same person all around, people will start to either  gravitate toward that or realize that I'm not their cup of tea. People talk so much about authenticity. The real authenticity is truly not being afraid of the consequences of being yourself.” Synthesize your message to drive home the point you're making. Supplement the visuals with a carefully crafted narrative in your voice that explains what you want your audience to understand. Ian says, “[Anthony Bourdain] brings you into a world that you don't know anything about. And he's giving you these visuals and these conversations. But then he's also synthesizing the information for you in an extremely tight narrative so that he's hammering home the point of what you're seeing with a very clear lesson in every episode. It's what makes it so brilliant.”Time Stamps[0:55] Meet Aaron Morrissey, Director of Demand Generation at Sproutloud[1:47] Exploring the Uncompromising Creativity of Parts Unknown[5:36] Aaron Morrissey's Journey: From Content Creation to Demand Generation[7:47] The Essence and Impact of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown[15:22] Crafting a Personal Brand: Insights from Anthony Bourdain's Legacy[19:24] The Art of Content Creation: Learning from Bourdain's Approach[21:09] Synthesizing Information: The Key to Engaging Content[24:45] Exploring Culinary Delights and Conversational Skills[25:35] The Art of Storytelling in Parts Unknown[27:12] Anthony Bourdain's Legacy and the Power of Serialized Content[28:18] The Impact of Following Bourdain's Footsteps[30:35] Creative Evolution and the Importance of Authenticity[36:49] Marketing Strategies and the Future of Content Creation[47:06] Predictions on the Future of the Creator World and B2B ContentLinksWatch Parts UnknownConnect with Aaron on LinkedInLearn more about SproutloudAbout Remarkable!Remarkable! is created by the team at Caspian Studios, the premier B2B Podcast-as-a-Service company. Caspian creates both non-fiction and fiction series for B2B companies. If you want a fiction series check out our new offering - The Business Thriller - Hollywood style storytelling for B2B. Learn more at CaspianStudios.com. In today's episode, you heard from Ian Faison (CEO of Caspian Studios) and Meredith Gooderham (Senior Producer). Remarkable was produced this week by Jess Avellino, mixed by Scott Goodrich, and our theme song is “Solomon” by FALAK. Create something remarkable. Rise above the noise.

In this episode, Sope Agbelusi explores the power of silence and the importance of pausing in personal growth and leadership. Silence is described as the canvas of thought, providing a space for reflection, insights, and innovative thinking. The episode emphasizes the discomfort of silence in a world that never stops talking and encourages listeners to embrace the pause as a tool for clarity, creativity, and connection. The transformative potential of the pause is illustrated through personal stories and examples from organizations like Microsoft. The episode concludes with a reminder that our growth and freedom lie in the space between stimulus and response.TakeawaysSilence as the Canvas of ThoughtThe Power of the PauseClarity, Creativity, and ConnectionConfronting Challenges in the PausePersonal Transformation in the PauseThe Power of the Pause in LeadershipMaking the Power of the Pause PracticalThe Process of Pausing: Perceive, Acknowledge, Understand, Synthesize, EvaluateChoosing Our ResponseConnect with MeWebsite |Youtube |Instagram |LinkedInEmail: hello@mindsetshift.co.uk

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Support the show to get full episodes and join the Discord community. Peter Stratton is a research scientist at Queensland University of Technology. I was pointed toward Pete by a patreon supporter, who sent me a sort of perspective piece Pete wrote that is the main focus of our conversation, although we also talk about some of his work in particular - for example, he works with spiking neural networks, like my last guest, Dan Goodman. What Pete argues for is what he calls a sideways-in approach. So a bottom-up approach is to build things like we find them in the brain, put them together, and voila, we'll get cognition. A top-down approach, the current approach in AI, is to train a system to perform a task, give it some algorithms to run, and fiddle with the architecture and lower level details until you pass your favorite benchmark test. Pete is focused more on the principles of computation brains employ that current AI doesn't. If you're familiar with David Marr, this is akin to his so-called "algorithmic level", but it's between that and the "implementation level", I'd say. Because Pete is focused on the synthesis of different kinds of brain operations - how they intermingle to perform computations and produce emergent properties. So he thinks more like a systems neuroscientist in that respect. Figuring that out is figuring out how to make better AI, Pete says. So we discuss a handful of those principles, all through the lens of how challenging a task it is to synthesize multiple principles into a coherent functioning whole (as opposed to a collection of parts). Buy, hey, evolution did it, so I'm sure we can, too, right? Peter's website. Related papers Convolutionary, Evolutionary, and Revolutionary: What's Next for Brains, Bodies, and AI? Making a Spiking Net Work: Robust brain-like unsupervised machine learning. Global segregation of cortical activity and metastable dynamics. Unlocking neural complexity with a robotic key 0:00 - Intro 3:50 - AI background, neuroscience principles 8:00 - Overall view of modern AI 14:14 - Moravec's paradox and robotics 20:50 -Understanding movement to understand cognition 30:01 - How close are we to understanding brains/minds? 32:17 - Pete's goal 34:43 - Principles from neuroscience to build AI 42:39 - Levels of abstraction and implementation 49:57 - Mental disorders and robustness 55:58 - Function vs. implementation 1:04:04 - Spiking networks 1:07:57 - The roadmap 1:19:10 - AGI 1:23:48 - The terms AGI and AI 1:26:12 - Consciousness

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Welcome to the CRO Spotlight Podcast! In today's episode we delve into a thought-provoking conversation between Warren Zena, CEO of the CRO Collective, and Julia Nimchinski, founder of Hype Cycle and the Hard skill Exchange. The discussion centers around the vital role of chief revenue officers (CROs) in integrating sales, marketing, and customer success functions within businesses. Together, they explore the challenges of hyperbolic growth, the impact on customer neglect, and the necessity for collaboration across various departments to foster innovation and customer-driven organizations. Get ready to explore the evolving landscape of business ecosystems, the importance of knowledge-sharing platforms, and the value of practical learning in today's competitive market. This episode promises to inspire and equip you with valuable insights for scaling your business in a rapidly changing world.00:00 Balance sales, marketing, customer success for success.06:29 TV show "Super Pumped" exposes economic manipulation.08:54 Focus on real need, niche markets grow.12:58 Inspiring Airbnb story emphasizes effective marketing communication.15:18 Emphasize customer relationship over purely product-focused approach.20:18 Understanding others' expertise for improved productivity.21:59 Community progress, innovation, monetizing expertise, industry challenges.24:45 Summary: GTM MAG simplifies go-to-market skill building.29:32 Called professor to arbitrate dinner vs supper.32:50 Fascination with the human mind and selling.34:28 Synthesize ideas, talk, adapt, embrace AI for success.37:42 Roger respected and empowered through positive leadership.40:33 Every project involves going to market.

Every brand gets its power from connecting with people and delivering on its promises. And that starts with internal branding. I'm taking inspiration from a conversation I had with David and Sam, where we emphasize internal branding: taking an internal focus before taking your brand identity to the world. We'll explore why internal branding should be your first focus, the pitfalls of neglecting it, and how to implement it successfully within your team. By aligning your internal stakeholders first, you set the stage for a more cohesive and powerful brand presence in the market. https://youtu.be/hlG0ojbxGo0 Focus on Your Team First Nobody advocates for your brand like employees. Their words and actions tell everyone what your brand stands for. If they know your brand—and you hire well, based on your brand—your employees will see the connection. And that consistent brand experience—through the words and actions of your employees—connects with customers more than your claims ever will. Create clear guidance and your employees will give you a cohesive internal brand that enhances customer service, employee satisfaction, and overall business performance. Not Convinced Internal Branding Matters? Here's what happens when external branding fails to connect with your employees. Lack of Cohesion. Without internal branding, your team acts and speaks inconsistently, confusing clients. Employee Disengagement. When employees don't feel connected to the brand, their engagement and productivity suffer. Reputation Risks. Inconsistent branding can damage your reputation, making it harder to attract both clients and talent. Missed Opportunities. A team that's not aligned with the brand won't know how to represent the firm in social settings or online platforms. Neglecting internal branding can have real financial consequences, from lost sales to increased employee turnover. The Overview: Implement Internal Branding Branding starts at the top but doesn't stay there. We've all seen companies that embrace amazing-sounding values but don't live up to them. You might be at the counter at the car rental desk, and you can't get the agent to live up to their own values. The values are literally on the wall behind the person helping you. They're just not lived out. So how do you build out those brand values properly and honestly? Start with Leadership. The first step in internal branding is getting buy-in from the top. Leadership needs to exemplify the brand values. Synthesize. People grow in understanding when they're asked to think through the brand regularly. Ask everyone to apply them to a situation that happened recently. Did they live up to them? Is there room for improvement? Make sure everyone understands the brand's values, mission, and vision. Give them Guides. Don't give them long paragraphs to read. Give them workshops, handbooks, or even regular internal communications. Know the Tools for Internal Branding Internal branding uses different tools than external. But they all do the same thing in the end: instill an understanding of the brand to humans who can either be encouraged and excited about values or eventually forget. Here are some ways you can keep everyone engaged internally. Brand Handbook & Workshops: Combine a comprehensive guide with internal training sessions to educate team members on brand elements, values, and practical applications. Digital Communication: Use platforms like Slack or Microsoft Teams for consistent, brand-aligned messaging and updates. Employee Engagement: Implement regular surveys and distribute high-quality branded merchandise to assess and reinforce brand understanding within the team. Prioritize the Launch Employees get engaged when they see the commitment from the firm's leadership. The most obvious way to do this is through a brand launch event. However you do it, make sure you launch in a very visible way that involve...

In this episode, we will explore the concept of happiness, why people often chase it, and the phenomenon known as the hedonic treadmill. We will discuss the potential pitfalls of constantly seeking happiness and offer strategies for finding contentment in life. Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter to stay updated on future content that will empower you to create a happier and more fulfilling lifestyle. Subscribe at www.beyourownkind.com. Subscribe to our Media Partner's Youtube: https://www.thebpmediaco.com/ Support Mommy's Business: CBS3 Designs: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CBS3Designs?ref=shop_sugg_market Seeking Therapy? Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/byok 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:13 Sunshine: Swanky's Affirmation 00:05:17 Sunshine: Diddy has a Change of Heart 00:07:54 Sunshine: Queen Bey in her Zone 00:09:00 AD: #THEBLUEPRINTMEDIALIVE 00:10:17 Kee w/ Ree: What Random Thing Gives You Anxiety? 00:12:39 Kee w/ Ree: Neiman Marcus Broke? 00:14:10 Kee w/ Ree: Bodily Fluids Re-routing Flight 00:17:51 AD: #BYOKPLATFORM 00:19:31 BYOK FIRST EVENT!!! 00:22:00 What's the 411?: Woman Attacked by Not Giving Her Number 00:25:02 What's the 411?: Justice for Ta'Kiya Young 00:29:48 What's the 411? The Mayor of Chicago First 100 days 00:36:10 What's the 411?: VP Kamala Ready to Step in If Need Be 00:40:15 AD: #BETTERHELP 00:42:41 Feature Topic: Are We Chasing Happiness? 00:44:50 Feature Topic: Hedonic Treadmill 00:47:49 Feature Topic: Mommy is having a problem with the word Chase 00:52:33 Feature Topic: Hedonic Treadmill Pt. 2 00:54:10 Feature Topic: Synthesizing Happiness 00:57:38 Feature Topic: Defining the Word "Chase" 00:59:01 Feature Topic: Defining the Work "Synthesize" 01:05:18 Outro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyourownkind/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyourownkind/support

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Question: What cofactors are needed to synthesize and recycle BH4? Short Answer: Zinc, magnesium, potassium, and niacin are the cofactors needed for the synthesis and recycling of BH4. Folate and methylation are not involved, though high-dose folate or folic acid could hypothetically hurt BH4 recycling since both are recycled by dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). This is a clip from a live Q&A session open to CMJ Masterpass members. In addition to this episode, you can access two other free samples using this link: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/questions-on-vitamin-d-sulfate-synthesis In that batch of free episodes you will also find the answers to these questions: Is It Important to Get Vitamin D Sulfate Specifically From the Sun? How Much Iron Can We Absorb At Once? If you want to become a Masterpass member so you can participate in the next live Q&A, or so you can have access to the complete recording and transcript of each Q&A session, you can save 10% off the subscription price for as long as you remain a member by using this link to sign up: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/qanda Learn more about the Masterpass here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/about This snippet is from the February 15, 2023 AMA. The full recording and transcript is reserved for Masterpass members. Here is a preview of what's included: Is It Important to Get Vitamin D Sulfate Specifically From the Sun? How Much Iron Can We Absorb At Once? What nutrients are important for long-term PPI use? For how long does transferrin saturation respond to recent iron-rich food? Muscle spasms: creatine, creatinine, sodium, and potassium. Hematologists ignore iron saturation. How to detox arsenic? Could folic acid supplements impair BH4 recycling? How to increase butyrate? More on hematologists and transferrin saturation. Here's a link to the full AMA: https://chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com/p/recording-and-transcript-of-the-february  Access the show notes, transcript, and comments here.

Three university faculty began a quest to reform teaching and learning at their institution. The result was a three-legged stool which has proven to be a powerful tool in faculty and curriculum development at all educational levels.

Three university faculty began a quest to reform teaching and learning at their institution. The result was a three-legged stool which has proven to be a powerful tool in faculty and curriculum development at all educational levels.

The weather is heating up, and so are the tunes, with new music on Hospital Records, Liquicity, Fokuz, onesevenfour, Goldfat, and more!Tracklist:Gemma Rose, Sorn, & Inigma – Yours [DNBB]T & Sugah – Let Me Out ft. Karina Ramage (BCee Remix) [Liquicity]Pyxis – Truly Madly Deeply [Goldfat]Artsea- Gel Balls [onesevenfour]Cnof – City Rhythm [Forthcoming Fokuz]SundayGrooves – Knowing [Influenza]Operator Unknown & Leo Wood – Feel It [Galacy]Wez Walker – Through The Glass [Mathematica]Alkali – Out Of Love [Forthcoming Fokuz]Dan Guidance – First Love [Flight Pattern]London Elektricity – Fast Soul Music ft. Liane Carrol (Dogger & Mindstate Remix) [Hospital]London Elektricity – Born to Synthesize ft. Liane Carrol (Bop & Subwave Remix) [Hospital]Digital Native – Been Ages Since [Goldfat]Drum Origins – Brave [Influenza]DPR – Night & Day [Forthcoming Fokuz]

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What Got You There with Sean DeLaney Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Understand the difference between work and play: work is anything that is energy-depleting, while play is energy-regeneratingIn life, there is a big difference between what you are good at and how you are wiredIf you do not love what you do, you will probably not stick with it even if you excel at itNo amount of pleasure from lifestyle inflation can offset a lack of purposeWhat minimalism is to your things, slow living is to your timeConcepts of intentional living include voluntary simplicity, downshifting, minimalism, digital minimalism, decluttering, financial independence, and lifestyle design   Epiphanies happen when you read something that you intuitively knew, but aren't unable to put into words until then Always consider the second and third-order effects of an action, and try to make that action positively reinforce other goals that you haveAs you psychologically develop, how you relate to what you know changesQuality is a byproduct of quantity; you will get better at something the more that you do it A synthesizing mind is a mind with the capacity to take in a lot of information, reflect on it, and then organize it in a way that is useful to you that also proves useful to othersWhen you reflect on a situation or period of time, oftentimes you realize things that you did not realize when you were in the midst of itHaving awareness of your thoughts and understanding that you are not your thoughts changes your relationship with themRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgKyle Kowalski is the Funder of Sloww.co (one of my favorite websites for synthesized knowledge + wisdom!)  Kyle is an ex-marketing executive turned corporate dropout and solopreneur who found and created his life purpose after an existential crisis. In one sentence, his purpose is synthesizing lifelong learning that catalyzes human development (LFG!!!).   In a nutshell, Kyle is learning why and how to live and publicly sharing what he learns along the way at Sloww.co. Thinking is his passion—but he's not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, or guru. He's an interdisciplinary dot connector across all those humans and many more. Kyle does all the homework—researching, curating, reading, note-taking, summarizing, synthesizing, writing, creating, and sharing. You get all the highlights—so you spend less time on all those things and more time learning, practicing, and mastering.   About Sloww: Sloww shares the art of living with students of life. Sloww currently has a Premium membership with 1,000+ global members, a weekly email newsletter with 10,000+ subscribers, a social media following of 30,000+, and a website with 60,000+ monthly visitors (5,000,000+ lifetime pageviews).   Kyle's 10 Most Life Changing Ideas  Ikigai 2.0 Guidebook   Watch on YouTube About Host Sean DeLaney: For the last 15 years Sean DeLaney has been working at the intersection of elite performance, entrepreneurship and personal development. As an executive life coach, former professional athlete, entrepreneur, investor and podcast host Sean has been helping people discover their untapped potential and live their best life. He has been an advisor to INC. fastest growing companies, has interviewed billionaire business titans and personally coached CEO's and executives. Interested in having Sean coach you? CLICK HERE I've studied hundreds of the world's must successful people and compiled:13 Insights from the World's Most Successful People – Click Here to get access  https://youunleashedcourse.com/ You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with and interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential'! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you're capable of. You know you're capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today!- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram 

What Got You There with Sean DeLaney: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Kyle Kowalski is the Funder of Sloww.co (one of my favorite websites for synthesized knowledge + wisdom!)  Kyle is an ex-marketing executive turned corporate dropout and solopreneur who found and created his life purpose after an existential crisis. In one sentence, his purpose is synthesizing lifelong learning that catalyzes human development (LFG!!!).   In a nutshell, Kyle is learning why and how to live and publicly sharing what he learns along the way at Sloww.co. Thinking is his passion—but he's not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, or guru. He's an interdisciplinary dot connector across all those humans and many more. Kyle does all the homework—researching, curating, reading, note-taking, summarizing, synthesizing, writing, creating, and sharing. You get all the highlights—so you spend less time on all those things and more time learning, practicing, and mastering.   About Sloww: Sloww shares the art of living with students of life. Sloww currently has a Premium membership with 1,000+ global members, a weekly email newsletter with 10,000+ subscribers, a social media following of 30,000+, and a website with 60,000+ monthly visitors (5,000,000+ lifetime pageviews).   Kyle's 10 Most Life Changing Ideas  Ikigai 2.0 Guidebook   Watch on YouTube About Host Sean DeLaney: For the last 15 years Sean DeLaney has been working at the intersection of elite performance, entrepreneurship and personal development. As an executive life coach, former professional athlete, entrepreneur, investor and podcast host Sean has been helping people discover their untapped potential and live their best life. He has been an advisor to INC. fastest growing companies, has interviewed billionaire business titans and personally coached CEO's and executives. Interested in having Sean coach you? CLICK HERE I've studied hundreds of the world's must successful people and compiled:13 Insights from the World's Most Successful People – Click Here to get access  https://youunleashedcourse.com/ You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with and interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential'! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you're capable of. You know you're capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today!- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram 

What Got You There with Sean DeLaney Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Understand the difference between work and play: work is anything that is energy-depleting, while play is energy-regeneratingIn life, there is a big difference between what you are good at and how you are wiredIf you do not love what you do, you will probably not stick with it even if you excel at itNo amount of pleasure from lifestyle inflation can offset a lack of purposeWhat minimalism is to your things, slow living is to your timeConcepts of intentional living include voluntary simplicity, downshifting, minimalism, digital minimalism, decluttering, financial independence, and lifestyle design   Epiphanies happen when you read something that you intuitively knew, but aren't unable to put into words until then Always consider the second and third-order effects of an action, and try to make that action positively reinforce other goals that you haveAs you psychologically develop, how you relate to what you know changesQuality is a byproduct of quantity; you will get better at something the more that you do it A synthesizing mind is a mind with the capacity to take in a lot of information, reflect on it, and then organize it in a way that is useful to you that also proves useful to othersWhen you reflect on a situation or period of time, oftentimes you realize things that you did not realize when you were in the midst of itHaving awareness of your thoughts and understanding that you are not your thoughts changes your relationship with themRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgKyle Kowalski is the Funder of Sloww.co (one of my favorite websites for synthesized knowledge + wisdom!)  Kyle is an ex-marketing executive turned corporate dropout and solopreneur who found and created his life purpose after an existential crisis. In one sentence, his purpose is synthesizing lifelong learning that catalyzes human development (LFG!!!).   In a nutshell, Kyle is learning why and how to live and publicly sharing what he learns along the way at Sloww.co. Thinking is his passion—but he's not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, or guru. He's an interdisciplinary dot connector across all those humans and many more. Kyle does all the homework—researching, curating, reading, note-taking, summarizing, synthesizing, writing, creating, and sharing. You get all the highlights—so you spend less time on all those things and more time learning, practicing, and mastering.   About Sloww: Sloww shares the art of living with students of life. Sloww currently has a Premium membership with 1,000+ global members, a weekly email newsletter with 10,000+ subscribers, a social media following of 30,000+, and a website with 60,000+ monthly visitors (5,000,000+ lifetime pageviews).   Kyle's 10 Most Life Changing Ideas  Ikigai 2.0 Guidebook   Watch on YouTube About Host Sean DeLaney: For the last 15 years Sean DeLaney has been working at the intersection of elite performance, entrepreneurship and personal development. As an executive life coach, former professional athlete, entrepreneur, investor and podcast host Sean has been helping people discover their untapped potential and live their best life. He has been an advisor to INC. fastest growing companies, has interviewed billionaire business titans and personally coached CEO's and executives. Interested in having Sean coach you? CLICK HERE I've studied hundreds of the world's must successful people and compiled:13 Insights from the World's Most Successful People – Click Here to get access  https://youunleashedcourse.com/ You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with and interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential'! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you're capable of. You know you're capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today!- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram 

This week, we welcome Lipika Ramaswamy, Senior Applied Scientist at Gretel AI, a privacy tech company that makes it simple to generate anonymized and safe synthetic data via APIs. Previously, Lipika worked as a Data Scientist at LeapYear Technologies, and was the Machine Learning Researcher at Harvard University's Privacy Tools Project.Lipika's interest in both machine learning and privacy comes from her love of math and things that can be defined with equations. Her interest was piqued in grad school and accidentally walked into a classroom holding a lecture on Applying Differential Privacy for Data Science. The intersection of data combined with the privacy guarantees that we have available today has kept her hooked ever since.---------Thank you to our sponsor, Privado, the developer-friendly privacy platform---------There's a lot to unpack when it comes to synthetic data & privacy guarantees, as she takes listeners on a deep dive of these compelling topics. Lipika finds elegant how privacy assurances like differential privacy revolve around math and statistics at their core. Essentially, she loves building things with 'usable privacy' & security that people can easily use. We also delve into the metrics tracked in the Gretel Synthetic Data Report, which assesses both 'statistical integrity' & 'privacy levels' of a customer's training data.Topics Covered:The definition of 'synthetic data,' & good use casesThe process of creating synthetic dataHow to ensure that synthetic data is 'privacy-preserving'Privacy problems that may arise from overtraining ML modelsWhen to use synthetic data rather than other techniques like tokenization, anonymization, aggregation & othersExamples of good use cases vs poor use cases for using synthetic dataCommon misperceptions around synthetic dataGretel.ai's approach to 'privacy assurance,' including a focus on 'privacy filters,' which prevent some privacy harms outputted by LLMsHow to plug into the 'synthetic data' communityWho bears the responsibility for educating the public about new technology like LLMs and potential harmsHighlights from Gretel.ai's Synthesize 2023 conferenceResources Mentioned:Join Gretel's Synthetic Data Community on DiscordWatch Talks on Synthetic Data on YouTubeGuest Info:Connect with Lipika on LinkedIn Privado.ai Privacy assurance at the speed of product development. Get instant visibility w/ privacy code scans.Shifting Privacy Left Media Where privacy engineers gather, share, & learnBuzzsprout - Launch your podcast Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Copyright © 2022 - 2024 Principled LLC. All rights reserved.

Kyle Kowalski is the Funder of Sloww.co (one of my favorite websites for synthesized knowledge + wisdom!)  Kyle is an ex-marketing executive turned corporate dropout and solopreneur who found and created his life purpose after an existential crisis. In one sentence, his purpose is synthesizing lifelong learning that catalyzes human development (LFG!!!).   In a nutshell, Kyle is learning why and how to live and publicly sharing what he learns along the way at Sloww.co. Thinking is his passion—but he's not a professor, philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, scientist, or guru. He's an interdisciplinary dot connector across all those humans and many more. Kyle does all the homework—researching, curating, reading, note-taking, summarizing, synthesizing, writing, creating, and sharing. You get all the highlights—so you spend less time on all those things and more time learning, practicing, and mastering.   About Sloww: Sloww shares the art of living with students of life. Sloww currently has a Premium membership with 1,000+ global members, a weekly email newsletter with 10,000+ subscribers, a social media following of 30,000+, and a website with 60,000+ monthly visitors (5,000,000+ lifetime pageviews).   Kyle's 10 Most Life Changing Ideas  Ikigai 2.0 Guidebook   Watch on YouTube JOIN ME for 2 LIVE VIRTUAL EVENTS!  Live Podcast with David Senra, Host of Founders Podcast on March 15th at 2pm ET! Register HERE, spots are limited and even if you can't attend live if you register you'll receive a video of the interview & Q&A! “10 Mindsets to Radically Transform Your Life” Webinar on March 23rd at 1pm ET! Register HERE to learn the 10 most impactful mindsets I've uncovered working with and learning from the world's most successful people! I've studied hundreds of the world's must successful people and compiled:13 Insights from the World's Most Successful People – Click Here to get access  https://youunleashedcourse.com/ You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with and interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential'! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you're capable of. You know you're capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today!- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram 

Andrew Kirby is a YouTuber who founded Synthesizer School, a free community for educational content creators and consultants to reach financial freedom through synthesizing.In this episode of Creators On Air, Andrew shares the mindset shift from consumer to creator, a framework to build a business, and how to bring value to your audience.Follow Andrew:

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

Go online to PeerView.com/YEM860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The therapeutic landscape of bladder cancer has undergone a significant transformation with the addition of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the treatment armamentarium. In addition, the research on actionable targets has led to regulatory approval of the FGFR-targeted therapy, erdafitinib, for FGFR mutation–positive bladder tumors, as well as the antibody–drug conjugates enfortumab vedotin and sacituzumab govitecan. Further, novel bladder preservation opportunities and important combination approaches expand the therapeutic capacity across the disease spectrum available to patients with bladder cancer. In this PeerView activity, a panel of leading bladder cancer experts pairs important analyses of the latest evidence on a new generation of therapeutics with practical insights that can be used to guide therapeutic decision-making in the clinic. This CME/MOC-certified activity will highlight strategies for optimal care of patients with bladder cancer in light of current evidence on and indications for the use of immune, targeted, and antibody-based therapies and guidance on safely integrating these agents into treatment plans. Using patient cases drawn from clinical practice and interactivity that allows participants to see how their treatment choices compare with their colleagues, the faculty will address the mechanistic rationale for these new therapies, therapeutic decision-making, and AE mitigation strategies. Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Synthesize new evidence on multi-faceted strategies for bladder cancer management based on modern immunotherapeutic agents, small molecule targeted therapies, and antibody–drug conjugates, among others; Integrate novel and emerging therapeutic approaches into personalized treatment plans for patients with bladder cancer, considering the available evidence, current guidelines, and principles of multidisciplinary and patient-centered care; and Implement evidence- and team-based management protocols to address the unique suite of adverse events associated with novel therapeutics for bladder cancer

This has been an amazing year for the show, and I'm so grateful for everybody who has listened. I'm off the last two weeks of the year but I wanted to keep something in your feed over the holidays, so this week I'm reboosting one of our most popular episodes of the year. Maybe you listened and want to listen again. Maybe you missed this one, and want to check it out. Or you're looking at this feed for the first time and trying to figure out whether this is your kind of show. I think these episodes offer a great snapshot of what we try to do here on 'Plain English.' Range widely across topics. Synthesize complicated ideas. Frame breaking news and big ideas in ways that you'll remember when the show is over. And do it all relatively quickly. No BS. No filler. An espresso shot of news analysis. In today's episode, I talk with the author Chuck Klosterman about why society has gotten so negative, ranging from TV and film to politics and social media. Maybe the most wide-ranging conversation of the year and, in terms of online reception, probably the single episode that I got the most positive feedback from … Ironically. I hope you enjoy! Happy holidays, and if you feel like giving this show a small gift, head to Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave a five-star rating and review. It goes a long way. See you in the new year! Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Chuck Klosterman Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This has been an amazing year for the show, and I'm so grateful for everybody who has listened. I'm off the last two weeks, but I wanted to keep something in your feed over the holidays, so this week I'm re-boosting one of our most popular episodes of the year. Maybe you listened and want to listen again. Maybe you missed this one and want to check it out. Or you're looking at this feed for the first time and trying to figure out if this is your kind of show. I think these episodes offer a great snapshot of what we try to do here on 'Plain English.' Range widely across topics. Synthesize complicated ideas. Frame breaking news and big ideas in ways that you'll remember when the show is over. And do it all relatively quickly. No BS. No filler. An espresso shot of news analysis. In today's episode, I talk with The Ringer's Ryen Russillo about the most impressive sports statistic of all time. This is of course wildly subjective. And that's the fun of it. Happy holidays, and if you feel like giving this show a small gift, head to Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave a five-star rating and review. It goes a long way. See you in the new year! Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Ryen Russillo Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What practical steps can you take to discover and uncover the man you are capable of being, and actually start living at your very best? As the year comes to a close it is time to take action, and if you are already doing that, time to step it up a gear. Let's take a deeper look at the impact that organising your environment, minimising your consumption, optimising your action, analysing your ethos or code of honor regularly and synthesising all these aspects can have on our lives if we commit to the process and remain consistent. My bet is that the impact will be so significant you won't recognise the man in the mirror before long.

Vic Clesceri is a uniquely well-rounded business leader, and we talk about helping people and companies to grow, by aligning corporate strategy and workforce strategy, by synthesizing both while translating confusing terminology into simple concepts people can rally around. 3:15 - “Strategy is a set of choices about winning.” - quoting A.G. Laffley, former CEO of Procter & Gamble 5:03 - “Do we need to upskill…reskill… or hire for skill?” 5:15 - quoting a 2020 McKinsey study “87% of (executives) state they're going to have skill gap deficiencies…about a third of them have identified this talent risk… as a top three priority…but less than half of them actually have a clear sense of vision how they're going to close that gap.” 10:18 - “Know who your audience is, and what type of language is going to resonate with those stakeholders.” 12:31 - “Those are the five steps, and when you simplify it in that type of language, everybody gets it.” - 13:30 - “Boiling it down to the essential: Who are we? Where do we want to win? How do we want to win? Current state? Future state?” 20:13 - “Leadership is all about turning a vision into reality and producing results. But it is only through people.” 22:00 - “It's this accomplice saboteur that works with the judge to create paralysis in us… the saboteurs are playing on all of our fears…and then on the sage side, there's really five superpowers of the sage.” - 24:23 - “It's a mental fitness model.” 24:25 - “You use the word superpowers… it has come up in several podcast episodes… I really love the idea of each of us becoming very intentional about what are my superpowers?” - 26:10 - “I found by asking, what is my superpower? For me, it's the combination of being prepared and staying curious. For you, it's something else.” 28:15 - “I know people that have superpowers… I can bring those Sherpas in with me. And then we can represent a team that's going to use superpowers like The Avengers… the goal is to find the right Avengers and accomplices to join you.” 29:05 - “You nailed it man, we are The Avengers… of corporate growth.”

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Alignment via prosocial brain algorithms, published by Cameron Berg on September 12, 2022 on LessWrong. In this post, I want to briefly propose a semi-novel direction for alignment research that I'm excited about. Though some of these ideas are not brand new—they purposefully bear resemblance to recent (highly promising) work in SHARD theory and Steve Byrnes's approach to brain-based AGI safety—I think my emphases are sufficiently different so as to justify a more thorough explanation. Why are humans 'worthy' of being in the loop? I think the following three claims help motivate the general research direction I have in mind. 1) Many of the most coherent AI safety strategies proposed to date (e.g., HCH, imitative and approval-based amplification, recursive reward modeling, and more) involve human decision-makers in some meaningful capacity. I claim, therefore, that these proposals implicitly presuppose that there are specific algorithmic properties of the human mind/brain that make us comfortable entrusting these ‘humans in the loop' with the task of minimizing the likelihood of AI-induced bad outcomes. This idea is demonstrated especially clearly by ‘safety via debate,' for instance: 2) I think the special brain algorithms in question—e.g., the ones that make us comfortable entrusting a neurotypical human to decide who won in the set-up above—are more familiarly thought of as prosocial or moral cognition. A claim like this would predict that we would be uncomfortable entrusting humans who lacked the relevant prosocial instincts (e.g., psychopaths) to oversee a safety-via-debate-type set-up, which seems correct. I think the reason that it is a very natural thought to want to incorporate neurotypical human decision-makers into alignment proposals is that we are confident (enough) that such decisions will be made carefully—or at least more carefully than if there were no humans involved. In other words, individual humans in the loop are entrusted-by-default to serve as competent advocates for the interests of society at large (and who are more than likely aware of the fact that they are serving this role), able to infer suspicious behavior, evaluate subtle short- and long-term predicted consequences, be humble about said evaluations, probably solicit second opinions, etc.—somehow! 3) Our understanding of human prosocial cognition is growing increasingly precise and predictive. In cognitive neuroscience writ large, computational modeling has become a dominant approach to understanding the algorithms that the human brain instantiates, with talented researchers like Joshua Tenenbaum, Robb Rutledge, and Anne Collins leading the charge. This work has taken off in recent years and has enabled cognitive scientists to define and test hypotheses that are unprecedented in their mathematical precision and predictive power. Here are two good introductory (1, 2) examples of this sort of work that pertain explicitly to human prosocial cognition. I expect my future writing—and that of others interested in this sort of approach—to feature far more examples of good alignment-relevant computational social neuroscience research. With these ideas in mind, my proposal is to conduct technical research to better understand these prosocial brain algorithms with the ultimate goal of instantiating some refined version of them directly into a future AGI (which is likely doing something approximating model-based RL). Here is a pretty straightforward two-step plan for doing so: Synthesize high-quality social neuroscience literature—with a particular focus on good computational modeling work—in order to more fully develop a rigorous account of the most important algorithms underlying human prosocial behavior. Develop specific corrigibility proposals for instantiating these algorithms in AI systems i...

Welcome back BSrs, to another ingredient song edition of Belonging Songs!  For those not familiar with our ingredient song episodes, it's where we pull different song elements  at random, then are required to use those elements to create the song. The categories we pull from are: tempo, theme, tone, special criteria, and special item.Other Ingredient Song Episodes:S1E29 - Trail Blazin'S1E39 - I've Got Great Love For YouS2E23 - Modern TechnologyS2E25 - Through, But NothingS3E09 - Artificial TearsRECIPEFill a bowl full of ice, then dump half out. Repeat indefinitely.Swirl at a moderately high tempo; water will pool, this is desirable. Synthesize happy-ish speech and infuse for flavor (a little goes a long way).Ponder your life and existence until flummoxed.Strain and serve in your finest crystal. Remember to forget this ever happened. Start at the beginning. Visit our website! www.belongingsongs.comCheck out our Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/belongingsongs/Follow us throughout the week for your latest BS news. This is where we do most of our social media-ing. Our stand-alone songs are available online! (Spotify, iTunes, Pandora. etc.)Search: Harnol Slin (Wade), Uzi Royal (Brad), Vonlio (Patrick), and/or The Whyte Spydrz.Give this free playlist a listen (updated weekly), it's got all the songs!Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CjxRurmyafbXVJwGkRReY

Jahan Marcu, PhD and Nigam B. Arora, PhD are joined by Sara Jane Ward, PhD and Jim Mitchell, PhD the Vice President, API Research and Development at Benuvia Manufacturing. The discussions begin with a deep dive into cannabis and psychedelics policy and research developments, highlighting that it feels as though psychedelics are skipping the line, passing cannabinoids, into the regulatory party. For rapid fire science we discuss cutting technology around synthesizing psychedelic compounds and cannabinoids. Learn why you should care about modern chemistry and its approaches to psychedelics and cannabinoid drug manufacturing needs for clinical research.Episode's Group:Jahan Marcu, PhD (moderator) Nigam B. Arora, PhDSara Jane Ward, PhDJim Mitchell, PhDNews and Popular Literature Links: Cannabis Legalization Gets Cold Shoulder (3:00)The Psychedelic Landscape: Pharma, tech, decrim, other (17:40)Additional Resource: https://psilocybinalpha.comTherapy for the UK - “It's coming sometime and maybe” (32:35)Rapid Fire Science Study Links:Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Tryptamines Found in Hallucinogenic Mushrooms: Norbaeocystin, baeocystin, norpsilocin, and aeruginascin (45:50)A Novel and Practical Continuous Flow Chemical Synthesis of Cannabidiol (CBD) and its CBDV and CBDB Analogues (1:06:55)Today's Game (1:26:00) : Welcome to today's GAME, today our group will be playing for the grand prize of helping to expand scientific thought. Today's game is Name That Drug! - The moderator summarizes a case report about psychedelics, cannabis, or another commonly used drug; the participants must guess which drug, either de novo or from four choices. It's not whether you guess the correct drug but how you ‘think' through this game.Credits:Podcast editing by Joe Leonardo, Podcast mixing and mastering by Dylan Agajanian, Cover art by Ivan Artucovich, Intro music by Buddha by Kontekst, Transition music by K. LOUK. Outro music by Bensounds. Special thanks to Julian Amkraut for supporting this episode. More at: howtolaunchanindustry.com marcu-arora.com

Hi, docs! You need today's episode. It's all about the literature review. I'm sharing five (5) ways to nail it! Synthesize the literature like a pro and write with confidence. This can be done if you:Compare commonalities and contrast/ show differences.Identify relationships among the different studies. Comment on major themes and patterns you discovered on the topic and how it ties in with your study.Discuss the pros and cons and how they connect with your study.Point out gaps in the literature.https://www.dissertationdr.usGet Rich Teachers Sleep Well Now

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Synthesize Your Unique Journey into a Business with Spring Groove Episode #30 Spring Groove is a former Broadway Performer, an International Touring Artist w/ 12 original CDs, the creator of the Sing Yourself Alive MasterClass - & the proud founder of Y.U.M.M.Y. Time TM- (Your Ultimate Music Meditation Yoga Time). Spring delivers Musical Medicine & Peace of Mind fusing her training from The Boston Conservatory (BFA) and The Sivananda Vedanta Center (TTC), along with her Broadway, Busking & Bhakti EXPERIENCE. In this episode you'll learn:  To Give Yourself Permission To Slow Down What is Your Ultimate Meditation Music Time How to Take Parts of the Self and Synergize Your Business