Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas M Menino

Introducing “The Ick” and Looking Forward to Season 3Stephanie kicks off Season 3 by introducing “The Ick,” her characterization of that malaise, unease or discomfort we feel around age 40 and then previewing some of the guests you'll meet this season.Guest BioStephanie McLaughlin was born and raised in Manchester, NH. She fled the little city for a bigger one 50 miles south and spent 12 years living, schooling, working, and socializing in Boston. Stephanie was trained as a journalist but found that her career path led her to public relations and, ultimately, marketing. The schooling was not wasted, though, as her illustrious professional career has been built on the tenets of storytelling she learned in college. Her illustrious drinking career was also built on tenets she learned in college, albeit different ones, and perfected while studying under a number of esteemed mentors.Stephanie is a study in extremes and didn't know until part-way through The 40 Drinks Project that she was (and maybe always had been) in search of equilibrium. She spent two decades partying and drinking like a rockstar, while at the same time graduating magna cum laude from Northeastern University and building a successful career at noteworthy and important institutions including The Boston Globe, the mayoral administration of Thomas M. Menino and Tufts Medical Center.She returned to New Hampshire after a dozen years in Boston and spent time as the Associate Publisher of Business NH Magazine, the statewide monthly business publication, and the Director of Client Development for a multi-state law firm before she opened her own marketing business in 2007. All the while, her social life was on fire: friends, parties, trips, adventures, brushes with celebrity, you name it.As she neared 40, her body wouldn't abide the same volume of alcohol and she wasn't finding the same fulfillment with her varied groups of friends and framily. She began The 40 Drinks Project on a lark, thinking that it would be an appropriately outrageous way to celebrate “the big four-oh.” She didn't know at the time that some of her most important life lessons would come wrapped in the ridiculous endeavor.Since completing the project, Stephanie has found an absurd level of happiness with the love of her life, Patrick. They live in Manchester, New Hampshire, with a rambunctious black cat who eats wildly inappropriate things – like pajamas and curling ribbon. These days, three glasses of wine is a wild night, and she prefers a healthy dinner at home and some TV or a movie with Patrick to carousing out and about.She's still working on equilibrium – a little more consciously now – but she's much closer than she's ever been before.Introducing “The Ick” and Looking Forward to Season 3What does a story about chasing her cat around a snowy, icy yard and spraining her ankle in the process have to do with the transition we experience sometime around age 40? You're going to have to listen to find out!SponsorThe Forty Drinks Podcast is produced and presented by Savoir Faire Marketing/CommunicationsDo you have the Ick? Download Stephanie's guide to the Ick to diagnose whether you or someone you love is suffering from the Ick. www.fortydrinks.com/ickListen, Rate & SubscribeApple Podcasts SpotifyGoogle...

In episode 1 of the Forty Drinks Podcast, host Stephanie McLaughlin introduces herself and sets the stage for upcoming episodes. Stephanie describes the Forty Drinks Project, which is how she celebrated turning forty, and also serves as the jumping off point for the podcast. Instead of having a party to celebrate the milestone birthday, Stephanie had forty drinks with forty people in forty different places and each drink had a thematic connection to her friend or the relationship. What started off as a wacky way to celebrate her birthday, and to extend it into a yearlong adventure, turned into something else along the way.  Stephanie McLaughlin was born and raised in Manchester, NH. She fled the little city for a bigger one 50 miles south and spent 12 years living, schooling, working, and socializing in Boston. Stephanie was trained as a journalist but found that her career path led her to public relations and, ultimately, marketing. The schooling was not wasted, though, as her illustrious professional career has been built on the tenets of storytelling she learned in college. Her illustrious drinking career was also built on tenets she learned in college, albeit different ones, and perfected while studying under a number of esteemed mentors. Stephanie is a study in extremes and didn't know until part-way through The 40 Drinks Project that she was (and maybe always had been) in search of equilibrium. She spent two decades partying and drinking like a rock star, while at the same time graduating magna cum laude from Northeastern University and building a successful career at noteworthy and important institutions including The Boston Globe, the mayoral administration of Thomas M. Menino and Tufts Medical Center. She returned to New Hampshire after a dozen years in Boston and spent time as the Associate Publisher of Business NH Magazine, the statewide monthly business publication, and the Director of Client Development for a multi-state law firm before she opened her own marketing business in 2007. All the while, her social life was on fire: friends, parties, trips, adventures, brushes with celebrity, you name it. As she neared 40, her body wouldn't abide the same volume of alcohol and she wasn't finding the same fulfillment with her varied groups of friends and framily. She began The 40 Drinks Project on a lark, thinking that it would be an appropriately outrageous way to celebrate “the big four-oh.” She didn't know at the time that some of her most important life lessons would come wrapped in the ridiculous endeavor. Since completing the project, Stephanie has found an absurd level of happiness with the love of her life, Patrick. They live in Manchester, New Hampshire, with a rambunctious black cat who eats wildly inappropriate things – like pajamas and curling ribbon. These days, three glasses of wine is a wild night, and she prefers a healthy dinner at home and some TV or a movie with Patrick to carousing out and about. She's still working on equilibrium – a little more consciously now – but she's much closer than she's ever been before.  Introducing Stephanie, host of the Forty Drinks Podcast (00:21)Stephanie shares thoughts on turning 40. Describing the Forty Drinks Project, the precursor to the podcast and its inspiration (01:00)To celebrate my fortieth birthday, I decided to have Forty Drinks with 40 people in 40 different places.. Each drink would have some thematic connection to the person I was having a drink with or our relationship. I decided this idea was just ridiculous enough to be worthy of turning 40. Examples of some of the themed drinks from the Forty Drinks Project (02:19)Each drink had some thematic connection to my friend or our relationship, including the following examples:  https://fortydrinks.com/blog/drink-1-periodista (Adrian, The Periodista) https://fortydrinks.com/blog/drink-21-birthday-cake (Karen & Ginny, the Birthday Cake)...

Carol Johnson-Dean, Ed.D., is currently the Interim President, LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN.  Prior to that appointment, she served as the Executive Director of New Leaders, South Region, a national organization providing leadership development for aspiring principals and teacher leaders.  She has provided oversight to New Leaders programs in Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida and Minnesota.  She has also served as Executive Director, of Large District Support for the Tennessee Department of Education (2015).Carol Johnson-Dean is a 2014 Harvard Advanced Leadership Fellow and a Visiting Professor at Vanderbilt/Peabody College.  She currently serves on the National Board of City Year, Memphis Advisory Board for Facing History and Ourselves, a member, Memphis Teacher Residency Advisory Board and Education Co-Chair, for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Board, and Member First 8 Advisory Board, and an Ambassador, National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).  She is also a member, University of Minnesota Alumni Association Board and Memphis Chapter, Fisk University Alumni Association.Johnson-Dean served as Superintendent of Boston Public Schools (BP) 2007-2013, having been appointed by a unanimous vote of the Boston School Committee.  As Superintendent of the 58,000-student district, she also served as a Cabinet Member for Mayor Thomas M. Menino.  Under her leadership, the Boston Public School District improved proficiency rates, narrowed achievement gaps, focused on access and opportunity, as well as graduating students prepared for college and career success.  During her tenure, graduation rates increased annually, the dropout rate decreased by over 40% to its lowest levels since 1977, and more students enrolled in Advanced Placement and the district more than doubled the number of 8th graders enrolled in Algebra I, demonstrating significant results on NAEP.In 2012, Dr. Johnson-Dean received the nation’s highest honor for urban education leadership, the Richard R. Green Award, presented by the Council of the Great City Schools.  In 2010, the Boston Public Schools was recognized as one of the most improved school districts in the world by McKinsey and Company.  A strong advocate for Arts Education, Dr Johnson-Dean received the AASA/VHI Save the Music Award, increasing the percentage K-8 students receiving weekly arts instruction from 67% to 93% and doubling the number of art teachers in the district.Dr. Johnson-Dean has a wealth of experience in Public Education as a teacher, principal and district administrator.  Prior to her appointment in Boston, Dr. Johnson-Dean was Superintendent in Minneapolis, MN, Memphis, TN and St. Louis Park, MN.  She was named Minnesota Superintendent of the Year and the Tennessee PTA Superintendent of the Year.  Nationally, Dr. Johnson-Dean has served on the Board of Directors for the Council of the Great City Schools, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Board, the Harvard University Urban Superintendent’s Advisory Board, the University of Michigan School of Education/Dean’s Advisory Board and she has served on both the College Board and the Spencer Foundation Board (Chicago).  Dr. Johnson-Dean earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Fisk University in Nashville, TN and a Master’s Degree (Curriculum and Instruction) and Doctorate Degrees in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota.She has also been awarded honorary degrees from LeMoyne-Owen College and Rhodes College, both in Memphis, TN and Simmons College in Boston.Dr. Johnson-Dean is married to Dr. Willie Dean, a retired YMCA Executive. Together, they share six adult children. Photo by Jim Webber / Daily Memphian

On January 24, 2012, The University of Massachusetts Boston and the City of Boston announced a new scholarship program. High school seniors in Boston Public Schools with a 3.0 GPA or above who enroll at UMass Boston the semester after their graduation will receive a $1,000 scholarship. This video was produced by Mayor Thomas M. Menino's Office.

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts Boston, welcomes IDEAS Boston attendees to campus, where the 2011 conference was held. To learn more about IDEAS Boston, visit www.ideasboston.com