Podcasts about User

Money isn't enough to hire the best product teams. If you want to hire great people to build your product, you need to convince them that your vision has potential. To do this, techies and non-techies alike need to come prepared. Learning notes: A product is a solution to a problem someone is experiencing. You use Uber to get from A to B, not because you want to use an app. Great outsourced product teams like the Evil Martians will question your assumptions and want to validate your idea. If a product team doesn't ask you any questions and just wants to take your money, they are probably not very good, and so you should not work with them. To prepare to work with a great product team, research the problem you are solving and your target users. This research will also be useful if you are fundraising or applying for accelerators. User and problem research is also relevant if you want to get a job in a tech business, invest in tech or lead digital transformation. This will help you stand out at interviews and think like a digital leader. Get my How To Hire Your Product Team & Go From Idea To App: The Non-Technical Founder's Guide      Join the Tech for Non-Techies membership community. As a community member, you'll get: Monthly coaching with Sophia Matveeva Live masterclasses with global experts Supportive Online Community Library of masterclasses Exclusive Resources & Perks Learn more and sign up at https://www.techfornontechies.co/membership   Say hi to Sophia on Twitter. Following us on Facebook and Instagram will make you smarter. 

If we're being honest, we are afraid to gain weight during the holidays because of all the food we're surrounded by. In this episode, I give you three ways to set you up for body freedom success as a Christian. Body Freedom Through Christ, Jaclyn ************* Obsessing about your weight and unhappy being in your skin? Do you hate what you see when you look in the mirror? Constantly jumping from diet to diet? Maybe you are starving yourself or flat out bullying yourself with mean sayings like I'm fat and I hate the way I look. Are you someone who works out all week long but then finds yourself binging on the weekends? Maybe you believe that buying that new diet and health bible study is the solution to your food issues as a Christian woman? Maybe you don't even consider your food struggles as issues because everyone else around you has the same issues so it must be “normal”! Are you sick and tired and want freedom from it all? Guess what? Your name is Martha Rae and I was you. Let's dig into finding body freedom, God's way! All it takes is one email and I'll help you get set up. STEP 1: EMAIL ME jaclyn@courageousfitfemale.com  (Subject line: Coaching with Jaclyn OR Coaching Menu) STEP 2: Expect a reply from me within 24-48 hours Take the free Values Test: https://personalvalu.es/personal-values-test  VOICE MESSAGE ME: http://go.courageousfitfemale.com/voicemessage  ⭐️5 MOST RECENT EPISODES⭐️ 113 User this 5-minute Rule for Food, Fitness, & Body Shame to Kickstart Your 2022 Goals | Holiday Help Series (Part 2) https://courageousfitfemale.com/episode/113  112 Eating During the Holidays with Zero Guilt or Shame | Holiday Help Series (Part 1) https://courageousfitfemale.com/episode/112  111 The Hustle For Body Worthiness! Are You Still Struggling To Accept Your Body? https://courageousfitfemale.com/episode/111  110 The Lose Weight & Be Successful BARRIER That Keeps Getting In The Way. Truth Be Told! https://courageousfitfemale.com/episode/110  109 How The Enemy Used My Body To Pull Me Away From God – Body Freedom Inventory https://courageousfitfemale.com/episode/109  -------------------------- DOWNLOAD your Spiritual Care Checklist http://go.courageousfitfemale.com/Spiritual-Care-Checklist  SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel! http://go.courageousfitfemale.com/YouTube  (FUN) DICE WORKOUT PDF: https://go.courageousfitfemale.com/diceworkout  Podcast episode that goes with the Dice Workout: https://courageousfitfemale.com/episode/106  DISCLAIMER: This podcast show is not intended to treat or diagnose. Before participating in any fitness activity or practicing anything shared on this podcast be sure to get your physician's advice and approval. If you feel you need medical advice I highly encourage you to seek prompt attention.

In this episode of THE TALENT DEVELOPMENT HOT SEAT, Nick Shackleton-Jones joins Andy on the podcast. He is a revolutionary L&D professional responsible for coining the courses-to-resources shift and introducing the 5Di approach to user-centered learning design. He has a track record for shaping future learning approaches for numerous public and private organizations and has won several awards in the process. Nick Shackleton-Jones is the HR Director in charge of learning at Deloitte in the UK, where he is focused on building a better experience for employees and performance for the organization. He is in the process of starting his own independent consulting practice. In this interview, you'll hear: Nick Shackleton-Jones' philosophy on talent development and learning and how it's developed over time. The overall experience of an employee and how he examines that and sets it up to ensure employees have a great experience at a company. The two ways HR can implement learning in the workplace. What performance consulting is and why it can be innovative to performance learning. The definition of audience analysis and how it can help develop learning and development programs. How Nick Shackleton-Jones defines the 5Di approach to user-centered learning. What you can use to measure success using the 5Di model. How he approached learning during the pandemic and what it made him realize about workplace learning. Connect with Andy Storch here: https://andystorch.com/ (andystorch.com) https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/ (linkedin.com/in/andystorch) https://tdtt.us/ (tdtt.us/) Connect with Nick Shackleton-Jones: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shackletonjones/ (linkedin.com/in/shackletonjones) https://twitter.com/shackletonjones (twitter.com/shackletonjones) https://amz.run/51yl (https://amz.run/51yl)

Dennis Lenard is the CEO at Creative Navy. We talk about user experience, navigating rough design waters, and design leadership. Listen in to learn more about: User experience (UX) and User interface (UI) design UX in the healthcare industry The role “people politics” plays in the design process Mistakes made when it comes to leading design teams A good design team leader's qualities Working through challenging moments in the design process   Our Guest As the CEO of Creative Navy, a London-based agency that takes an evidence-based approach to UX design and user-interface design, Dennis combines pragmatic vision with a thorough understanding of research practice. He has coordinated more than 500 design projects across the globe. His team has provided design-innovative solutions to worldwide companies such as Jaguar, Ford, and Philips, using a structured process in which decisions are grounded in rational methodology and meticulous data review rather than intuition, blind convention, or whim. Dennis has had a diverse education with degrees in law, psychology, economics, and philosophy.   Show Highlights [00:58] Dennis' background in cognitive science and how it led him to UX and UI design. [01:58] The challenges in creating embedded interfaces. [03:33] How a company can develop blind spots about its own product. [05:35] The ways Dennis works with companies to help them see past their blind spots to the value in user research. [07:09] Dennis offers one example from a large company with 4,000 users of a particular piece of technology. [09:09] Two reasons design projects can see resistance and pushback: identity and uncertainty. [12:06] The unique challenges of developing UX for the healthcare industry. [14:59] Dennis talks about the COVID-19 case tracking project his company worked on. [16:51] How Dennis' team worked through resistance from the client. [19:04] Managing people and relationships is fundamental to design. [21:05] The responsibility of designers to try and make a better world – physically and digitally. [23:34] The less-glamorous side of design work. [25:23] Building a strong team and creating a safe space for working through difficult moments in the design process. [26:36] Two patterns Dennis has noticed when it comes to leading design teams. [28:50] How Dennis helps his team members push through challenging moments. [31:24] Two key qualities of good design team leadership. [35:46] Dennis gives three pieces of advice for designers.   Links Dennis on LinkedIn Creative Navy Creative Navy on Twitter Creative Navy on Medium Why Creativity Matters in UX Design Top Developers' Interview with Dennis Interface Design UK   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Humble Design Leadership + Design Agency and Experience Design Evolution with Aleksandra Melnikova — DT101 E33 Learning Service Design + Leading Service Transformation with Clive Grinyer — DT101 E66 Working and Leading at the Intersection of Engineering, Business and Design with Kevin Bethune — DT101 E76

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This week, Joe Petrowski (Technical Integrations Lead, Web3 Foundation) is joined by Jamie Burke, CEO, and founder of Outlier Ventures, an accelerator that supports the development and growth of emerging technologies, including Polkadot. They are currently running a Polkadot accelerator through their Base Camp program. Burke describes what he set out to achieve by founding Outlier Ventures in the context of the current internet where platforms are vulnerable to state capture and coercion and are biased against users. With these flaws in mind, the pair discuss the optimal Web3 tech stack with ‘sovereignty first' as a core design principle and building a permissionless financial system in the context of the Metaverse. The conversation moves on to the Metaverse as a framework for the direction of Web3 where value and identity are transferred and owned by the user. They discuss how to navigate this realm in terms of technology, finance, and culture, and how this aggregate economy would enable a more open metaverse across lots of different use cases, from music to gaming, the creator economy, and more. Links Outlier Ventures' website (https://outlierventures.io/) Outlier Ventures Polkadot Base Camp (https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/polkadot-base-camp/) The Open Metaverse OS (https://outlierventures.io/research/the-open-metaverse-os/) Age of Surveillance Capitalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Surveillance_Capitalism), Shoshana Zuboff The Master Switch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wu#The_Master_Switch), Tim Wuh The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (1997, with James Dale Davidson) Highlights 00:57 Introduction to Outlier Ventures 07:00 User-centricity in Web3 and the Metaverse 11:55 Use cases of NFTs encourage blockchain adoption 18:00 Creating a Web3 Stack to enable a more open Metaverse 21:05 The success of NFTs in the gaming industry (quantifying forms of digital value) 28:40 Integrating into a digital economy to be part of the Metaverse 33:50 Introducing digital scarcity to digital assets = enabling property rights 38:10 Reworking economics primitives: Infinite scarcity through infinite worlds 41:25 Web3 as a mix of free markets, the sovereign individual and fluidity collectors 51:40 Commodification and financialization of data with blockchain technology 54:30 Data unions to empower individuals on Polkadot and Kusama 56:28 How can the Metaverse compete with physical nation-states? 1:05:00 Web3 stack for a better Metaverse user experience 1:10:00 Outlier Ventures support for the Polkadot ecosystem Special Guest: Jamie Burke.

Recorded by Robert Miles: http://robertskmiles.com More information about the newsletter here: https://rohinshah.com/alignment-newsletter/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfGGFXwKpr-TJ5HfxEFaFCg   HIGHLIGHTS Collaborating with Humans without Human Data (DJ Strouse et al) (summarized by Rohin): We've previously seen that if you want to collaborate with humans in the video game Overcooked, it helps to train a deep RL agent against a human model (AN #70), so that the agent “expects” to be playing against humans (rather than e.g. copies of itself, as in self-play). We might call this a “human-aware” model. However, since a human-aware model must be trained against a model that imitates human gameplay, we need to collect human gameplay data for training. Could we instead train an agent that is robust enough to play with lots of different agents, including humans as a special case? This paper shows that this can be done with Fictitious Co-Play (FCP), in which we train our final agent against a population of self-play agents and their past checkpoints taken throughout training. Such agents get significantly higher rewards when collaborating with humans in Overcooked (relative to the human-aware approach in the previously linked paper). In their ablations, the authors find that it is particularly important to include past checkpoints in the population against which you train. They also test whether it helps to have the self-play agents have a variety or architectures, and find that it mostly does not make a difference (as long as you are using past checkpoints as well). Read more: Related paper: Maximum Entropy Population Based Training for Zero-Shot Human-AI Coordination Rohin's opinion: You could imagine two different philosophies on how to build AI systems -- the first option is to train them on the actual task of interest (for Overcooked, training agents to play against humans or human models), while the second option is to train a more robust agent on some more general task, that hopefully includes the actual task within it (the approach in this paper). Besides Overcooked, another example would be supervised learning on some natural language task (the first philosophy), as compared to pretraining on the Internet GPT-style and then prompting the model to solve your task of interest (the second philosophy). In some sense the quest for a single unified AGI system is itself a bet on the second philosophy -- first you build your AGI that can do all tasks, and then you point it at the specific task you want to do now. Historically, I think AI has focused primarily on the first philosophy, but recent years have shown the power of the second philosophy. However, I don't think the question is settled yet: one issue with the second philosophy is that it is often difficult to fully “aim” your system at the true task of interest, and as a result it doesn't perform as well as it “could have”. In Overcooked, the FCP agents will not learn specific quirks of human gameplay that could be exploited to improve efficiency (which the human-aware agent could do, at least in theory). In natural language, even if you prompt GPT-3 appropriately, there's still some chance it ends up rambling about something else entirely, or neglects to mention some information that it “knows” but that a human on the Internet would not have said. (See also this post (AN #141).) I should note that you can also have a hybrid approach, where you start by training a large model with the second philosophy, and then you finetune it on your task of interest as in the first philosophy, gaining the benefits of both. I'm generally interested in which approach will build more useful agents, as this seems quite relevant to forecasting the future of AI (which in turn affects lots of things including AI alignment plans).   TECHNICAL AI ALIGNMENT LEARNING HUMAN INTENT Inverse Decision Modeling: Learning Interpretable Representations of Behavior (Daniel Jarrett, Alihan Hüyük et al) (summarized by Rohin): There's lots of work on learning preferences from demonstrations, which varies in how much structure they assume on the demonstrator: for example, we might consider them to be Boltzmann rational (AN #12) or risk sensitive, or we could try to learn their biases (AN #59). This paper proposes a framework to encompass all of these choices: the core idea is to model the demonstrator as choosing actions according to a planner; some parameters of this planner are fixed in advance to provide an assumption on the structure of the planner, while others are learned from data. This also allows them to separate beliefs, decision-making, and rewards, so that different structures can be imposed on each of them individually. The paper provides a mathematical treatment of both the forward problem (how to compute actions in the planner given the reward, think of algorithms like value iteration) and the backward problem (how to compute the reward given demonstrations, the typical inverse reinforcement learning setting). They demonstrate the framework on a medical dataset, where they introduce a planner with parameters for flexibility of decision-making, optimism of beliefs, and adaptivity of beliefs. In this case they specify the desired reward function and then run backward inference to conclude that, with respect to this reward function, clinicians appear to be significantly less optimistic when diagnosing dementia in female and elderly patients. Rohin's opinion: One thing to note about this paper is that it is an incredible work of scholarship; it fluently cites research across a variety of disciplines including AI safety, and provides a useful organizing framework for many such papers. If you need to do a literature review on inverse reinforcement learning, this paper is a good place to start. Human irrationality: both bad and good for reward inference (Lawrence Chan et al) (summarized by Rohin): Last summary, we saw a framework for inverse reinforcement learning with suboptimal demonstrators. This paper instead investigates the qualitative effects of performing inverse reinforcement learning with a suboptimal demonstrator. The authors modify different parts of the Bellman equation in order to create a suite of possible suboptimal demonstrators to study. They run experiments with exact inference on random MDPs and FrozenLake, and with approximate inference on a simple autonomous driving environment, and conclude: 1. Irrationalities can be helpful for reward inference, that is, if you infer a reward from demonstrations by an irrational demonstrator (where you know the irrationality), you often learn more about the reward than if you inferred a reward from optimal demonstrations (where you know they are optimal). Conceptually, this happens because optimal demonstrations only tell you about what the best behavior is, whereas most kinds of irrationality can also tell you about preferences between suboptimal behaviors. 2. If you fail to model irrationality, your performance can be very bad, that is, if you infer a reward from demonstrations by an irrational demonstrator, but you assume that the demonstrator was Boltzmann rational, you can perform quite badly. Rohin's opinion: One way this paper differs from my intuitions is that it finds that assuming Boltzmann rationality performs very poorly if the demonstrator is in fact systematically suboptimal. I would have instead guessed that Boltzmann rationality would do okay -- not as well as in the case where there is no misspecification, but only a little worse than that. (That's what I found in my paper (AN #59), and it makes intuitive sense to me.) Some hypotheses for what's going on, which the lead author agrees are at least part of the story: 1. When assuming Boltzmann rationality, you infer a distribution over reward functions that is “close” to the correct one in terms of incentivizing the right behavior, but differs in rewards assigned to suboptimal behavior. In this case, you might get a very bad log loss (the metric used in this paper), but still have a reasonable policy that is decent at acquiring true reward (the metric used in my paper). 2. The environments we're using may differ in some important way (for example, in the environment in my paper, it is primarily important to identify the goal, which might be much easier to do than inferring the right behavior or reward in the autonomous driving environment used in this paper). FORECASTING Forecasting progress in language models (Matthew Barnett) (summarized by Sudhanshu): This post aims to forecast when a "human-level language model" may be created. To build up to this, the author swiftly covers basic concepts from information theory and natural language processing such as entropy, N-gram models, modern LMs, and perplexity. Data for perplexity achieved from recent state-of-the-art models is collected and used to estimate - by linear regression - when we can expect to see future models score below certain entropy levels, approaching the hypothesised entropy for the English Language. These predictions range across the next 15 years, depending which dataset, method, and entropy level is being solved for; there's an attached python notebook with these details for curious readers to further investigate. Preemptly disjunctive, the author concludes "either current trends will break down soon, or human-level language models will likely arrive in the next decade or two." Sudhanshu's opinion: This quick read provides a natural, accessible analysis stemming from recent results, while staying self-aware (and informing readers) of potential improvements. The comments section too includes some interesting debates, e.g. about the Goodhart-ability of the Perplexity metric. I personally felt these estimates were broadly in line with my own intuitions. I would go so far as to say that with the confluence of improved generation capabilities across text, speech/audio, video, as well as multimodal consistency and integration, virtually any kind of content we see ~10 years from now will be algorithmically generated and indistinguishable from the work of human professionals. Rohin's opinion: I would generally adopt forecasts produced by this sort of method as my own, perhaps making them a bit longer as I expect the quickly growing compute trend to slow down. Note however that this is a forecast for human-level language models, not transformative AI; I would expect these to be quite different and would predict that transformative AI comes significantly later. MISCELLANEOUS (ALIGNMENT) Rohin Shah on the State of AGI Safety Research in 2021 (Lucas Perry and Rohin Shah) (summarized by Rohin): As in previous years (AN #54), on this FLI podcast I talk about the state of the field. Relative to previous years, this podcast is a bit more introductory, and focuses a bit more on what I find interesting rather than what the field as a whole would consider interesting. Read more: Transcript   NEAR-TERM CONCERNS RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS User Tampering in Reinforcement Learning Recommender Systems (Charles Evans et al) (summarized by Zach): Large-scale recommender systems have emerged as a way to filter through large pools of content to identify and recommend content to users. However, these advances have led to social and ethical concerns over the use of recommender systems in applications. This paper focuses on the potential for social manipulability and polarization from the use of RL-based recommender systems. In particular, they present evidence that such recommender systems have an instrumental goal to engage in user tampering by polarizing users early on in an attempt to make later predictions easier. To formalize the problem the authors introduce a causal model. Essentially, they note that predicting user preferences requires an exogenous variable, a non-observable variable, that models click-through rates. They then introduce a notion of instrumental goal that models the general behavior of RL-based algorithms over a set of potential tasks. The authors argue that such algorithms will have an instrumental goal to influence the exogenous/preference variables whenever user opinions are malleable. This ultimately introduces a risk for preference manipulation. The author's hypothesis is tested using a simple media recommendation problem. They model the exogenous variable as either leftist, centrist, or right-wing. User preferences are malleable in the sense that a user shown content from an opposing side will polarize their initial preferences. In experiments, the authors show that a standard Q-learning algorithm will learn to tamper with user preferences which increases polarization in both leftist and right-wing populations. Moreover, even though the agent makes use of tampering it fails to outperform a crude baseline policy that avoids tampering. Zach's opinion: This article is interesting because it formalizes and experimentally demonstrates an intuitive concern many have regarding recommender systems. I also found the formalization of instrumental goals to be of independent interest. The most surprising result was that the agents who exploit tampering are not particularly more effective than policies that avoid tampering. This suggests that the instrumental incentive is not really pointing at what is actually optimal which I found to be an illuminating distinction.   NEWS OpenAI hiring Software Engineer, Alignment (summarized by Rohin): Exactly what it sounds like: OpenAI is hiring a software engineer to work with the Alignment team. BERI hiring ML Software Engineer (Sawyer Bernath) (summarized by Rohin): BERI is hiring a remote ML Engineer as part of their collaboration with the Autonomous Learning Lab at UMass Amherst. The goal is to create a software library that enables easy deployment of the ALL's Seldonian algorithm framework for safe and aligned AI. AI Safety Needs Great Engineers (Andy Jones) (summarized by Rohin): If the previous two roles weren't enough to convince you, this post explicitly argues that a lot of AI safety work is bottlenecked on good engineers, and encourages people to apply to such roles. AI Safety Camp Virtual 2022 (summarized by Rohin): Applications are open for this remote research program, where people from various disciplines come together to research an open problem under the mentorship of an established AI-alignment researcher. Deadline to apply is December 1st. Political Economy of Reinforcement Learning schedule (summarized by Rohin): The date for the PERLS workshop (AN #159) at NeurIPS has been set for December 14, and the schedule and speaker list are now available on the website. FEEDBACK I'm always happy to hear feedback; you can send it to me, Rohin Shah by replying to this email. PODCAST An audio podcast version of the Alignment Newsletter is available. This podcast is an audio version of the newsletter, recorded by Robert Miles (http://robertskmiles.com). Subscribe here:

Dena and Melissa start the show discussing Dena's marathon and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Then, we get right into trends starting with a stitch from @_anastasiagracia_ asking about different community drama on TikTok, including crochet drama (featuring a video from @dxvotie), Bratz doll drama (from @joolieannie), and ant group drama (from @nustellart).  9:15 - Cup Game The cup game trend on TikTok involves throwing pens into a cup, and daring yourself to do something if they get in. Featuring videos from @ambernicoleardolino, @2goodmarshall, and @katie.janeee. 12:40 - Then and Now Trend, How Much Do You Get Paid Stitch Creators use the song “Spirits” by The Strumbellas to show photos of their younger selves versus today. Featuring videos from @retirementhouse and @juleskadenblack. User @itsnitababyyy posted a video with the line, “How much do you get paid?” And people stitch it with their salary. A viral one by @andrewkozaktv talked about local TV salaries.   18:50 - Duolingo TikTok, Dance and Audio Trends User @asianbobbyhill found the mastermind behind the brand's TikTok account using Linkedin. We hear why Duolingo is doing so well on TikTok from @jazsocial_. A song by MOREART inspired a dance trend for when you're going to eat. Our favorite is from a law firm @jonathanwjohnson_llc. Another audio trend pulls from “Big Mouth,” Nick Kroll (@nickkroll) himself made a TikTok with a quote from the show. As the holidays approach, a line from “Elf” is also trending.  24:00 - Taylor Swift TikTok AKA SwiftTok Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) has taken over TikTok after dropping Red (Taylor's Version). Will Daniels aka Mr. Feeny even posted a promo for Taylor's new album (@subpargrace). And Taylor commented! We dive into the “not Taylor Swift” account conspiracy theory. User @farebear6 showcases all the brands commenting on Taylor Tok. Taylor posts a video using a trending sound with Selena Gomez. And CJ Donald @attorneycj reports on how men in the music industry have underestimated Taylor Swift.  34:30 - Miniature TikTok, Kyle Scheele Weirdly, there's been a lot of miniature content on TikTok. By that, we mean one man built a mini lego version of his house (@alex_falcone), @slimetownusa built a snail version of The Great British Bake Off, and @worldsbestdogdad built his dogs a mini apartment. Kyle Scheele (@kylescheele) is going viral after making a giant cardboard cutout of himself and placing it in a random gas station. User @toddlertok made a similar promo with his daughter. Melissa points out the differences between comments on Instagram vs TikTok after seeing a video by @demibagby about money flying on the San Diego freeway on both platforms.  44:00 - Celebrities on TikTok We welcome Steve Burns from “Blues Clues” (@hioutthereitsmesteve), Jennifer Garner (@jennifergarner) , and Ana Gasteyer (@anagasteyer) to TikTok.  Check out all these videos and more on our blog (2old4tiktok.com), Instagram (@2old4tiktokpod), and TikTok (@2old4tiktok_podcast).  

This week, Jonathan is joined by Andrea Meharg, the head cannabis science educator at the Cannabis Coaching Institute. Andrea also runs Reveal Cannabis, a cannabis coaching and education platform. On the pod, she shares what it's like being a cannabis coach and the type of work that comes with educating people about cannabis consumption. She answers and discusses some of the most frequent questions she gets from her clients, and shares some exciting industry trends happening right now. On the flip side, she also shares what cannabis products are less exciting — and to a degree even worrying. Andrea gives some helpful pointers for those choosing smoking or vaping products, and reiterates the importance of trusting our instincts when it comes to the right cannabis goods.

Nichts ist bequemer, als abends, mit dem Laptop auf dem Sofa, auf Shoppingtour zu gehen. Von frischen Zitronen bis zum Skischuh lässt sich alles bestens online bestellen, Lieferung weitestgehend frei Haus. Die Kehrseite aber zeigt sich in den Innenstädten. Mit Zeitungen verklebte Schaufenster, Geschäftsaufgaben wegen zu hoher Mieten und ein grassierendes Aufkommen von Nagelstudios sind die Folge. Was kann die Kaufhäuser der Innenstädte noch retten? Shopping muss sich nicht nur lohnen, sondern auch Spaß machen. Machen wir also aus dem Konsum- einen Event-Tempel!

Mike talks us through his startup story and the world of app marketing. As founder and CEO of ConsultMyApp he's slowly built his consultancy and now works with a range of well know businesses ensuring their app doesn't get lost in the dark recesses of your app draw.

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Data is the lifeblood of any business's database, and Salesforce Administrators understand that having clean data is vital for a company's success on the Salesforce platform. A poorly managed database may result in a decline in productivity and revenue for your business. As a result, it's critical to have procedures in place to improve data quality. User adoption plummets when a company's database is unreliable, as the organization's centralized database is untrustworthy. During this podcast interview, Andrew Fragias discusses the importance of data quality and how any company may boost its quality to increase end-user adoption of Salesforce. He also reveals several strategies to improve data quality, which you can implement right away.

What does it mean if a therapist suddenly changes their behavior? In this episode, Katie shares her experiences with two therapists who made significant adjustments and left her (and Ben and Carrie) confused about what happened. Plus, Dr. Ben Caldwell returns with fantastic metaphors about ethical gray areas and how therapists can adjust their boundaries and clinical style in a compassionate way.   Thank you for listening. To support the show and receive access to regular bonus episodes, check out the Very Bad Therapy Patreon community.   Introduction: 0:00 – 5:43 Part One: 5:43 – 42:32 Part Two: 42:32 – 1:25:40 Part Three: 1:25:40 – 1:30:33   Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Bookshelf / Tell Us Your Story   Show Notes: Donate to Alzheimer's Association Embracing Our Core Competencies: How Would It Change the Practice of Therapy? Sentio Institute Undergraduate Internship (Note: For California residents only) A User's Guide to the 7 Criteria for ‘Good Therapy' Ben Caldwell Labs SimplePractice Learning

Im Interview: Der Facebook-Deutschlandchef Tino Krause spricht mit Chelsea Spieker und Gabor Steingart über die Kritik an dem Tech-Giganten und über das neue Riesenprojekt “Metaverse”, einer Facebook-Cyberwelt, die man als User via Avatar erleben und gestalten kann. Corona: Der kommunikative Super GAU! Unsere Börsen Reporterinnen Anne Schwedt und Annette Weisbach werfen einen Blick auf die wichtigsten Ereignisse an der Wall Street in der kommenden Woche und sprechen über den Wechsel an der Spitze des Aufsichtsrats der Deutschen Bank. Im ThePioneer Ökonomie-Briefing “Feld & Haucap” beschäftigen sich die beiden Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Prof. Lars Feld und Prof. Justus Haucap intensiv mit der geplanten Legalisierung von Cannabis. Ex-Police Frontmann STING will angeblich für 250 Millionen Dollar die Musikrechte an seinen Songs verkaufen. Die Mediensucht des Wolfgang Kubicki: Zeit für Entzug!

How can you build what you really want to build?  Do you have the courage to put your vision ahead of metrics? The work ethic to give it your all? The flexibility to figure out what works for your company, even if it's a little different? If that sounds like you, you'll probably love Amir […] The post MBA1923 Extended Interview: Amir Salihefendic – Building a 25 Million User Business appeared first on The $100 MBA.

This week, Peter interviews a parenting specialist and a writer of user agreements.    Follow us:  Instagram

Welcome to episode 110 The Hulk hears our podcast & gets horny! Very horny!! So step on the gas! Head to our house! And join us between the sheets! Contact us via Twitter@our_unicorn or leave us a message at 646-374-8755 Join us on: https://www.altplayground.net User name Marie & Antony www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony         http://k97fmradio.com www.modernlifestylers.com www.herpassionparties.com www.mywildlifestyle.com www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony Please help keep Marie's holes filled for a mere 16¢ or 12p a day at https://www.patreon.com/unicorndiaries and get a shout out on the show & access to patron only posts and pics! Live Long & Kinky!!! XOXO

Natalie Ross and Shawna Cason share a special announcement and a call-out for support, from the Earth Speak community. You'll also hear about: On why you literally can't buy a community On cultivating growth in a sustainable way How online relationships can create real connection Feeling disconnected from a system that values profit over people  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgment When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members-only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective  ***** We are excited to share this very special episode, where Natalie and Shawna record their first-ever IRL podcast together! They reveal what it was like meeting each other for the first after 3 years of working together online only. And pull back the curtain to share some behind-the-scenes of running a spiritual business in the world of late-stage capitalism. In this episode, Natalie and Shawna give a very special announcement - the launching of Earth Speak's first official t-shirt! They share how the vision for this t-shirt was born and why they are calling forward their community for support. We hope you enjoy this episode! Stay tuned for more info on how to purchase the t-shirt and support this community and magical business.   In this episode, we talk about: What happened when Natalie + Shawna met in person for the first time How you can tell a lot about a person by their book and tea collection  A shared passion and hobby of staring at plants On balancing the silly and the serious in business How online relationships can create real connection An exciting announcement - the launching of Earth Speaks first official t-shirt How the t-shirt represents and embodies the energy and magic of the collective Standing up for the weird Sacred adornment and why the t-shirt is a talisman On embodying what your stand for Natalie and Shawna share their hopes and dreams for the future of Earth Speak  On co-creating with nature spirits Why the t-shirt is an important revenue stream for Earth Speak On the ups and downs of spiritual entrepreneurship Feeling disconnected from a system that values profit over people  How we are programmed to be productive  On why you can't buy a community Why community is dependent on how you show up  On cultivating growth in a sustainable way Not comprising on your integrity  Connection as the medicine  On taking on too much, and knowing when to ask for help Natalie and Shawna get personal and share a little behind the scenes of their business  They share their fundraising goals and what this support will provide  And so much more! Secret Episodes! Get access to past secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Support us and purchase our t-shirt || COMING SOON  Sign up for our newsletter, get the Village app, or join the Collective membership at www.earthspeak.love Follow us on Instagram @earthspeak // http://www.instagram.com/earthspeak Follow Natalie on Instagram @natalie.alexandra.ross // http://www.instagram.com/natalie.alexandra.ross    Follow Shawna on Instagram @shawna.cason // https://www.instagram.com/shawna.cason/   References: Support us and purchase our T-shirt || COMING SOON Gene in a Bottle || Song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_in_a_Bottle Hannah n'Grained https://www.instagram.com/hngrained/ Star Trek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Weird || Definition https://www.dictionary.com/browse/weird Amanita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita Late-stage capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_capitalism  Egalitarian society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism Bootstrap business https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping The Lorax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lorax VC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital UX and UI designer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience_design     ► Leave us a written review on iTunes, and get shouted out on the show! Theme music is “It's Easier” by Scarlet Crow http://www.scarletcrow.org/ and “Meeting Again” by Emily Sprague  https://mlesprg.info/ ► Join the Earth Speak Collective Membership at https://www.earthspeak.love/collective Follow Earth Speak on Instagram and tag us when you share @earthspeak https://www.instagram.com/earthspeak

We talk to Denise Jacobs about how to banish our inner critic and remove the mental blocks that get in the way of creative thinking. We also talked about how you can improve focus and get your brain into a state where you can access creative ideas best. Later in the episode, Chris Noessel joins... The post #276 Creativity with Denise Jacobs & Chris Noessel (UXP Classic) appeared first on UX Podcast.

With a massive IT transformation effort, the longest tax filing season in history and a series of pandemic relief payments, IRS CIO Nancy Sieger talks how the current tech climate is leading to the agency bringing improvements to the taxpayer experience. Sieger's role at the agency has evolved immensely, but she has an intricate understanding of the customer service experience roadmap that the agency's tech push is aiming to navigate. Nancy discusses how she came into the role, how she's seen technology evolve and how upskilling is going to enable the workforce to push forth its modernization effort.

Why are men so obsessed with penis size?   How do we have more expansive, earth-shattering, soul connecting and multi-orgasmic sex?   On this week's episode, I am joined one of my mentors, Nic Spadaccini. Nic is the author of Penises & Vaginas - a User's Manual, Tantra Teacher, Engineer and film-maker.   We delve into why penis size is something that men spend so much energy worrying about, why they have got penis size all wrong and how men can reach the deeper levels of having incredible sex.    The key topics are:   ⭐️ Why do men hold onto anger so much ⭐️ How to create sexual variety in our relationship  ⭐️ The impact of not expressing your emotions has on your sex life ⭐️ How tantric practices bring you more present in lovemaking ⭐️ Steps to having beautiful sex ⭐️ Steps to having full-body orgasms ⭐️ How to become multi-orgasmic ⭐️ how porn affects your ability to get stimulated ⭐️ how trauma affects your sex and relationship ⭐️ the tantric relationship ⭐️ the 3-foot cock ⭐️ how men get trapped in thinking about their genitals during sex Connect With Nicolas Spadaccini :   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicspads/     Connect With David - The Authentic Man:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauthenticman_/ Website: https://www.theauthenticman.net/ For Coaching: hello@theauthenticman.net   Upcoming Events:   Tantra 101 for couples - Masterclass - 28th Nov - 5pm uk time - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tantra-101-for-couples-masterclass-tickets-181634201787     Tantra 101 - Beginners Guide to Solo Tantra 5th Dec 5pm uk time - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tantra-101-beginners-guide-to-solo-tantra-tickets-181623429567   Being Authentically Attractive - 9th Dec: 7.30pm uk Time  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-authentically-attractive-tickets-195907975027   How to create a conscious relationship - 12 Dec - 5pm uk time - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-create-a-conscious-relationship-tickets-190435717357

In this episode, you can listen to The Translator's host, Julie Mochan talk with an interesting individual that transitioned from a San Diego police officer to a RiskPro-using  financial professional  that followed his calling for helping individuals and churches throughout the country: Doug Eagle of Eagle Retirement Plans, Inc. is is the Translator's guest seat.  Enjoy!

Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 189, an episode with Rocketship.FM hosts, Michael Sacca and Mike Belsito. Michael Sacca is the General Manager at Dribbble.com and co-founder of Rocketship.FM. He was the President at Crew, the freelance design and development marketplace, and former parent company of Unsplash, the popular stock photo website. At Crew he secured key partnerships with Squarespace and the BDC before leading the company through it's acquisition by Dribbble in 2017. His writing has been featured in the Harvard Business Review and his popular product management podcast has been written about in Inc, Forbes, The Huffington Post and Entrepreneur respectively.  Mike Belsito is the author of Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us and co-founder of Product Collective which organizes INDUSTRY: The Product Conference, one of the largest and top-rated product management conference series anywhere in the world. Mike has been named one of the Top 40 influencers in the field of Product Management on several occasions. Mike also serves as a Faculty member of Case Western Reserve University in the department of Design and Innovation, and is Co-Host of Rocketship.FM. Rocketship.FM is a podcast for entrepreneurs and is part of the Podglomerate network, a podcast company that produces and distributes exciting new shows. In this episode, Michael and Mike spoke about their career journey and how Rocketship.FM and Product Collective started. We will learn more about user personas and jobs to be done framework that most product people apply to better understand their users. Enjoying our podcast? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

Building useful software requires more than just knowing how to write code. It demands curiosity to understand the problem which the software is supposed to resolve. It also requires the willingness to understand the people - not only those who will use it but also those who are building this software with you!  Today we talk with Dawn Ahukanna, the design principal and front-end architect at IBM. She leads an integrated and consistent user-focused design across enterprise software focused on data analytics and cognitive user experiences. She shares the methods and the tools she uses when figuring out how people work - an essential piece of knowledge if you want to create the best user experience.  When you finish listening to the episode, make sure to connect with Dawn on Twitter and LinkedIn.  Mentioned in this episode: Dawn on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dawnahukanna Dawn on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnahukanna Dawn's website at http://dahukanna.net 

Here we take a deep drive into Eduardo being awarded the Bronze Star for his actions in Iraq and his struggle with PTSD, depression and addition and how he lost everything to his climb back up the mountain of life. 0:00 – Beginning / Introduction 2:10 – Bronze Star Award 6:00 – Introduce Edward Leon 10:00 – US Army Bronze Star not Air Force 16:00 – Family didn't know anything about the Bronze Star 19:00 – Air Force Leadership wanted to present Bronze Star to him with Air Force General 25:00 – Out of the Air Force 28:00 – Start to notice slight cracks in his life & mind 30:30 – Layoffs in 2011 made those cracks bigger.  Depression and went on prescription medication. 31:30 – Started therapy regarding the molestation and abuse during his childhood. 33:30 – Depression is causing him to skip work and over time the anxiety and worry increased. 36:00 – Bad transitions in life, work, time in service, family etc….triggered the PTSD to boil over. 39:30 – Hearing people screaming/making funny noises in his head. 42:30 - If I don't take my medication, everything hurts…….the world hurts. 44:00 – Meth abuse/use marked the steep downward spiral even though I was already spiraling out of control.  April 2015 I started using Meth. 45:00 – I had everything I needed in life but I still wasn't happy. 46:00 –  Why I started using Meth. 49:00 – Before, using Meth would hide my anxiety and PTSD but I was living a double life that would crash. 51:15  - It took two years for the wheels to fall completely off and I lost everything. 56:00 – Ugly time…….eviction. 1:00:00 – Had a bad episode and separated from his wife. 1:10:00 – Make gradual chance…..knows he has to stop using. 1:20:00 – Never thought I'd be a counselor. 1:23:00 – Super mundane things like house chores are a joy now! 1:31:00 – Wrap Up 1:39:00  - Closing Remarks & Gratitude TAKE ACTION.....STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE & subscribe to the show and while you are there hitting the subscribe button go ahead and leave a review while you are listening! You can find us on the following: iTunes Google Play Spotify Stitcher Libsysn Visit us at our website:  www.stepuptochallenges.com Or on Facebook:            @StepUpToChallenges THANKS!  TAKE ACTION & STEP UP TO CHALLENGES IN YOUR LIFE!  

Welcome to episode 109   Marie is out meeting Peter Pan for some hot fun!! So sprinkle some fairy dust  Never grow up! And join us between the sheets! Contact us via Twitter@our_unicorn or leave us a message at 646-374-8755 Join us on: https://www.altplayground.net User name Marie & Antony www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony         http://k97fmradio.com www.modernlifestylers.com www.herpassionparties.com www.mywildlifestyle.com www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony Please help keep Marie's holes filled for a mere 16¢ or 12p a day at https://www.patreon.com/unicorndiaries and get a shout out on the show & access to patron only posts and pics! Live Long & Kinky!!! XOXO

Oh Twitter, my beloved Twitter. User growth has almost stalled, but revenue growth is still going strong– and now, for the first time, a major social network has a SaaS subscription product available to its users. Twitter Blue is $2.99/mo and represents not only a new revenue channel for Twitter, but perhaps a new model for social products altogether. Also, we'll kick things off with a bunch of metaverse-related announcements from this week. – PC Links Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter's first-ever subscription offering Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings Niantic Opens Lightship Platform Globally, Empowering Developers to Build Their Visions for the Real-World Metaverse As Nvidia pushes for leadership in metaverse, here's everything it announced at GTC 2021 Qualcomm launches new AR dev kit, acquires Clay AIR Disclaimers I hold $TWTR and $NVDA. This content is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not financial advice. This is a Hypothetically Great podcast.

User generated content; consumer product reviews and feedback are incredibly valuable for brands. They come together to help brands to understand how consumers feel about their products and improve their comprehension of their target audience... The post Pascal Lannoo. Skeepers & People-Smart Value Generation. appeared first on Up Next.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help young people speak their truths and tap into their superpowers. My guest is Ivy Mahsciao, Founder and CEO of evrmore.Ivy is a champion for human potential who has a 20+ year background in consumer psychology and product science, with a category-defining product management portfolio that includes Genentech, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, and Nike. Today she's the CEO of evrmore - a startup that's on a mission to help people see their innate potentials and impacts in the world by bringing our social and emotional selves back online. It's an inclusive betterment platform for young people to develop transferable core skills and social mobility. This is especially helpful for those who might be going through the most challenging time in their lives, such as the current pandemic, immigration trauma, grief, separation, and other difficult transitions aka life.This inspired me - and hence I invited Ivy to my podcast. We explore what's broken in today's world where it comes to helping young people to grow their self-knowledge and having a strong self-narrative.We discuss how the non-stop push of information and chasing social proof has created a big problem in society. We then explore the journey Ivy has taken to fix the problem once and forever - and the challenges she's faced along the way. We discuss her strategies to scale and accelerate by leveraging the ecosystem in her tech stack. Lastly, we discuss her take on building a remarkable software business.Here are some of her quotes:The MVP in the traditional sense is just not going to cut it now for something like evrmore. So then what is that thing? This is again, another thing that I want to demystify for the founder's entrepreneurial experience. When you're building something from nothing - from just the screaming dots you're trying to connect - you also realize that you're always going to feel like you're not going fast enough. There's just not going to be any shortage of Crunchbase news, or acquisition news or funding news, you're always going to be like I needed to launch this thing, six months ago, eight months ago, two years ago, or something like that. Not downplaying that anxiety, I think it's an important one to clearing the air and just being vulnerable. And just say "that is very much my reality." You're always trying to balance those external pressures. So what is that gold standard of knowing what to measure, knowing what to validate before you hit that first Launch button and say, This is now my maximum minimal viable products?During this interview, you will learn four things:How to find highly valuable innovation opportunities by growing your skills to capture any idea and actively connect the right dotsThat the essence about the minimum viable product is often misinterpreted - and how thinking about maximum-minimum viable product can helpHow asking the most piercing questions and describing it from a qualitative standpoint will help define the essence of your businessThat it's your responsibility as a tech-entrepreneur to cherish your hunches and intuitions - and create the pathways for them to become useful.For more information about the guest from this week:Ivy MahsciaoWebsite evrmore See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On our 33rd episode of ‘Brains Behind AI', Ari spoke with designer Jared Ficklin, the Chief Creative Technologist of product design company Argo Design. Jared possesses two decades of experience creating products and visions for major companies, contributing to the visions, strategy, intellectual property, and products of clients that include HP, Microsoft, AT&T, & Motorola. On this episode, discover Jared's creative journey as he started off as a saxophone player and transitioned into the world of design, tech, and Artificial Intelligence. Learn Jared's processes and philosophies as he creatively designs, as well as his take on how to successfully design for Responsible AI. Jared wraps up this episode with an insightful analogy of how a creative career is very similar to that of a jazz musician. Tune in to hear more of Jared's story and his advice for aspiring design entrepreneurs and key industry leaders.

Get 50% off list price: https://spanning.com/linus/ Learn more about MSI's SPATIUM M470 SSD at https://lmg.gg/m470 Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code WAN at https://www.ridge.com/WAN Check out our other Podcasts: They're Just Movies Podcast: https://anchor.fm/theyrejustmovies Timestamps (courtesy of unzi) 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:04 - Topic #1: Intel's Embargo a.k.a. The Big Oops. 00:02:26 - Typical video scheduling, release and promotion. 00:04:15 - Quick summary and new approach. 00:05:00 - Topic #2: Intel's 12th gen processors. 00:05:42 - Controversy on evaluation methods and performance. 00:10:25 - Controversy on DDR5 RAM. 00:19:03 - Further performance and temperature technical info. 00:22:46 - Take on competition (prices, vs AMD, etc.) 00:26:05 - Perspective on PCIe Gen5. 00:34:03 - Sponsors Time. 00:34:12 - Spanning. 00:35:14 - MSI. 00:36:04 - Ridge Wallet. 00:36:51 - LTT merch 00:36:52 - New item: (Sample) backpack. (Princing guidance on 01:57:55) 00:39:39 - Luke's First time... with the LTT screwdriver. 00:42:09 - New dynamic: Buy merch, send a message (Superchats-like style, jump to 01:37:39) 00:42:46 - New item: Bananas for scale. 00:43:02 - Latest newsletter. 00:43:40 - Topic #3: Linus's First Time... on D&D. 00:46:07 - What D&D is? 00:48:30 - Linus "new" opinion on D&D. 00:51:04 - Video on Demand (VOD) info. 00:52:28 - Topic #5: Linux stuff. 00:52:29 - Latest on Linus's experience. 00:53:15 - Latest on Luke's experience (also, past experiences). 00:56:52 - GPUs are the problem? 00:57:50 - Series in the making: Linux challenges. 01:06:15 - Why Bing is the superior search engine. 01:06:58 - Quick take on gaming user experience. 01:08:02 - There are dumb things about Windows too. 01:08:55 - Command-Line Interface and Graphic User Interface (CLI / GUI). 01:13:23 - Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever (FAF) experience on Linux. 01:17:03 - Take on (non-gaming) user experience. 01:18:40 - (Little off-topic) Previous "controversies"/techtubers with similar video ideas. 01:20:33 - Final thoughts: Distros, hardware, etc. 01:22:30 - Nick off-camera appearance. (P.S. We can hear him) 01:22:53 - Luke's take on "bleeding edge" distros and its updates. 01:25:04 - Unofficial Topic #1: EVGA (literally) lost a truck full of GPUs. 01:26:11 - Unofficial Topic #2: Facebook plans to shut down Facial Recognition System. 01:28:16 - Unofficial Topic #3: Side-loading apps. 01:28:25 - Craig Federighi (Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering) statement. 01:28:52 - User experience and other nuances. 01:32:07 - Topic #4: Switch modder vs Nintendo case. 01:32:11 - Context. 01:33:25 - Opinions. 01:34:14 - Unofficial Topic #4 - SQUID crypto was a scam. 01:34:34 - Unofficial Topic #5 - NFTs and blockchain games. 01:35:40 - Anthony's rant, read by Luke. 01:36:43 - Valve/Steam and Epic Games takes on it. 01:37:39 - Merch messages. 01:38:44 - How to clean the spout lids? 01:41:18 - Floatplane weird thing, Twitch and VOD. 01:42:48 - Newsletter archive or blog? 01:44:24 - Themed-pins or badges. 01:47:01 - Deskpad configurator. (Video on 01:54:53) 01:51:42 - Bad-time, same bad-channel explanation. 02:03:40 - T-shirt long-term goals. 02:17:41 - Farewell. 02:17:46 - Same bad-time, same bad-channel. 02:17:51 - BYE! 02:17:52 - Outro.

Youth ministry is weighty work and sometimes the burden can leave us feeling used or create space for us to use others. How do we not? It's November so let's be thankful for the help we have and the important work we need to do, but the people we need to love and care for more.In this episode Chad and Zac share some their new classification game (starting with Halloween candy) and the importance of leading others well so that everyone might feel good about their time serving.Youth Ministry BoosterLearn more about Youth Ministry Booster and get signed up to be a part of a healthy, growing, Mastermind here.https://www.youthministrybooster.comSocialsYou can follow the guys on social media here: InstagramFacebookSupport the show (http://community.youthministrybooster.com/)

Im 4. Teil unserer Serie dreht sich alles darum, wie man sein Produktmanagement erfolgreich skaliert. Martin, Florian und Joel deklinieren dafür 6 Fehler, die man dabei unbedingt vermeiden sollte. Somit setzen die drei das Thema Wachstumskapital aus Martins Buch “The Builder's Guide to the Tech Galaxy” fort. Du erfährst... ● …6 große Fehler auf dem Weg zu einem besseren Produktmanagement ● …warum der richtige Fokus für eine Scale Up Haltung wichtig ist ● …was es mit dem Magischen Punkt beim Kunden auf sich hat ● …wie du deine Produkt- und Technologieorganisation richtig aufstellst

Melissa and Andrea spill the beans on what truly happens when you get abducted. Here is your guide to everything you need to know about being abducted, including what to pack in your overnight bag.

  Welcome to episode 108 Antony attends his first male only sex party!! So get ready to get your freak on! Make sure that you're clean to play! And join us between the sheets! Contact us via Twitter@our_unicorn or leave us a message at 646-374-8755 Join us on: https://www.altplayground.net User name Marie & Antony www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony         http://k97fmradio.com www.modernlifestylers.com www.herpassionparties.com www.mywildlifestyle.com www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony Please help keep Marie's holes filled for a mere 16¢ or 12p a day at https://www.patreon.com/unicorndiaries and get a shout out on the show & access to patron only posts and pics! Live Long & Kinky!!! XOXO

Audio from Blue & Gold TV's Thursday night LIVE recruiting show.  Mike Singer breaks down Drayk Bowen's commitment, and looks ahead to what recruits may be next to make the pledge to Notre Dame.

Virtual reality has had its big breakthrough in the gaming world, but what applications for this technology are there in helping the wellbeing of people who are ill? Almira Osmanovic Thunström is a Businesses Developer and Doctoral Researcher at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. She has spent years conducting research within the fields of AI and VR... The post #275 VR in Healthcare with Almira Osmanovic Thunström appeared first on UX Podcast.

HIGHLIGHTS00:38 Ice cream as a hobby and falling in love with the bourbon flavor04:41 Tipsy Scoop revenue streams and growing online08:37 Driving online traffic with promos 11:11 Social media actually pushed for the creation of brick and mortar 14:00 User-generated content, win-back programs & future offerings18:45 Shipping as the biggest challenge QUOTES01:24 "I started with just a little alcohol and then fell in love with that vanilla bean bourbon flavor where the bourbon really came through and just this idea that this was an alcohol-infused product or food that actually contained an alcohol content at the end."06:34 "Know how to ship perishables because we were drop shipping through companies like Williams Sonoma and Goldbelly anyway. So that was a great option and something that has continued to grow and really be steady.08:41 "The different four streams of revenue, they really lean on each other. So we were able to really drive home this message of direct to consumer shipping through our brick and mortar locations... a bunch of different tourist traffic."15:39 "It's really important for us to kind of win people back by explaining to them the process of no, you can order the ice cream on this date if you want to get it on this date or have it shipped this way, if you need to save on this."You can connect with Melissa in the links below:Website - https://tipsyscoop.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tipsyscoop/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-tavss-a3a55833/

Dr. Alyssa Hillary Zisk is autistic, a part-time AAC user, and a recent graduate from the interdisciplinary neuroscience program at the University of Rhode Island. In this episode, we talk about why and how part-time AAC use can support authentic participation for many autistic people. We also explore Alyssa's insights on teaching AAC from Alyssa's perspective as an engineer, as a researcher, and as an AAC user.

Best Practices in User Acceptance Testing and its importance 

KBall catches up with Chris Ferdinandi about the trends in modern web development towards smaller libraries, pre-compilation, and applications at the edge.

Welcome to episode 107   Part 2 of "Hulk is horny" so we invite him back for an INCREDIBLE MFM 3some! So go ahead & get angry! Rip off all your clothes! And join us between the sheets! Contact us via Twitter@our_unicorn or leave us a message at 646-374-8755 Join us on: https://www.altplayground.net User name Marie & Antony www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony         http://k97fmradio.com www.modernlifestylers.com www.herpassionparties.com www.mywildlifestyle.com www.safsocial.com User name MarieandAntony Please help keep Marie's holes filled for a mere 16¢ or 12p a day at https://www.patreon.com/unicorndiaries and get a shout out on the show & access to patron only posts and pics! Live Long & Kinky!!! XOXO

Tour the new Surface management portal in Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Get a single environment for end-to-end visibility and management of your corporate or user-owned Surface devices. Jeremy Chapman, Microsoft 365 Director, shows how you can go beyond configuration of your Surface devices. Know the status of each device, active support requests, and expiring warranties — all within the portal. The Surface management portal works with all supported Surface devices, including the Surface Laptop, the Surface 2-in-1 line, the new Surface Laptop Studio, and the Surface Hub. ► QUICK LINKS: 00:00 - Introduction 01:45 - User experience 02:39 - View report 03:20 - Warranty and coverage tab 03:53 - Support requests 04:27 - Device management 05:09 - Wrap up ► Link References: To learn more, check out https://aka.ms/SurfaceManagementPortal ► Unfamiliar with Microsoft Mechanics? We are Microsoft's official video series for IT. You can watch and share valuable content and demos of current and upcoming tech from the people who build it at #Microsoft. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftMechanicsSeries?sub_confirmation=1 Join us on the Microsoft Tech Community: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftMechanicsBlog Watch or listen via podcast here: https://microsoftmechanics.libsyn.com/website ► Keep getting this insider knowledge, join us on social: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTMechanics Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft-mechanics/ 

Guest: Breanne Dalton - Complications that arise from issues in the gut are plentiful and complex, something that we in the world of feeding disorders are all too familiar with. Here on the show today to share about her work and own journey with digestive problems is Breanne Dalton from the University of Southern Mississippi! The life-altering first-hand experiences that Breanne has had have enabled her to connect with little ones on a very deep level, and serve them with a real understanding and empathy. We celebrate Breanne and her heroic work, how she has turned her own needs around feeding tubes into a way to help others! In our conversation, we get to hear from Breanne about J-Tubes and G-Tubes, the important steps on her path to where she is today, her attitude towards normalizing feeding issues, and why food and eating are so central to the human experience and building relationships. So, to hear it all from our great guest, be sure to listen in with us today!

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Waiving Goodbye to Telehealth Progress An interview with Dr. Ben Caldwell, LMFT about the impacts of rolling back the covid telehealth waivers. Curt and Katie talk with Ben about how the expiration of emergency orders will impact the profession. As a case study, we talk through how the California professional boards and associations are navigating these challenges, including looking at disciplinary action that has caused alarm (although we don't think it should). We also talk about calls to action to get involved now, so you can shape future policy on telehealth, tele-supervision, and remote work. It's time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age. Interview with Dr. Ben Caldwell, LMFT Dr. Benjamin Caldwell, PsyD is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#42723) and the Continuing Education Director for SimplePractice Learning. He currently serves as adjunct faculty for California State University Northridge in Los Angeles. He has taught at the graduate level for more than 15 years, primarily in Law and Ethics, and has written and trained extensively on ethical applications in mental health care. In addition to serving a three-year term on the AAMFT Ethics Committee, Dr. Caldwell served as the Chair of the Legislative and Advocacy Committee for AAMFT-California for 10 years. He served as Editor for the User's Guide to the 2015 AAMFT Code of Ethics and is the author for several books, including Saving Psychotherapy and Basics of California Law for LMFTS, LPCCs, and LCSWs. In this episode we talk about: As a case study: the California Board of Behavioral Sciences rolling back covid waivers and losing the progress made during the pandemic The emergency orders - covid waivers - that are expiring related to telehealth, tele-supervision The specifics of remote supervision when emergency orders are rescinded. Looking at permanent legislation concerns as well as the best-case timeline for when remote supervision can come back The concerns about moving backward and losing all progress made during the pandemic related to electronic and telehealth efforts The short-sightedness of requiring an in-person meeting when starting telehealth or tele-supervision Disciplinary action case regarding remote supervision and a prelicensed individual working from home – but there's so much more nuance than that Current legislation related to where mental health employees can work (which is actually quite flexible in CA) Equity and access issues related to not allowing clinicians to provide mental health from home On-going responsibilities for supervisors to ensure confidentiality and data security The requirements that supervisors have regardless of where supervisees are working Calls to Action to attend Board meetings for your licensing board, so you can be informed and help to shape future policy.   Our Generous Sponsor: Turning Point Turning Point is a financial planning firm that's focused exclusively on serving mental health professionals. They'll help you navigate all the important elements of your personal finances, like budgeting, investing, selecting retirement plans, managing student loan debt and evaluating big purchases, like your first home. And because they specialize in serving therapists in private practice, they'll help you navigate the finances of your practice, as well. They'll help you navigate bookkeeping, analyze the financial implications of changes like hiring clinicians or diversifying your income sources. They'll even help you consider strategies like the S-Corp tax election. Visit turningpointHQ.com to learn more and enter the promo code Modern Therapist for 30% off their Quick Start Coaching package. Resources mentioned: We've pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links. Please note that some of the links below may be affiliate links, so if you purchase after clicking below, we may get a little bit of cash in our pockets. We thank you in advance! SimplePractice Learning Motivo's tool regarding rules for tele-supervision in all 50 states CA Board of Behavioral Sciences Covid Information   Relevant Episodes: Covid-19 Legal and Ethical Updates Post Pandemic Practice Noteworthy Documentation Connect with us! Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapists Group  Our consultation services: The Fifty-Minute Hour Who we are: Curt Widhalm is in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is the cofounder of the Therapy Reimagined conference, an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and CSUN, a former Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, former CFO of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. He dabbles in the dark art of making "dad jokes" and usually has a half-empty cup of coffee somewhere nearby. Learn more at: www.curtwidhalm.com Katie Vernoy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, coach, and consultant supporting leaders, visionaries, executives, and helping professionals to create sustainable careers. Katie, with Curt, has developed workshops and a conference, Therapy Reimagined, to support therapists navigating through the modern challenges of this profession. Katie is also a former President of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In her spare time, Katie is secretly siphoning off Curt's youthful energy, so that she can take over the world. Learn more at: www.katievernoy.com A Quick Note: Our opinions are our own. We are only speaking for ourselves – except when we speak for each other, or over each other. We're working on it. Our guests are also only speaking for themselves and have their own opinions. We aren't trying to take their voice, and no one speaks for us either. Mostly because they don't want to, but hey.   Stay in Touch: www.mtsgpodcast.com www.therapyreimagined.com Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapist's Group https://www.facebook.com/therapyreimagined/ https://twitter.com/therapymovement https://www.instagram.com/therapyreimagined/   Credits: Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/   Transcript (Autogenerated)   Curt Widhalm  00:00 This episode of Modern Therapist's Survival Guide is brought to you by Turning Point   Katie Vernoy  00:03 Turning Point Financial Life Planning helps therapists confidently navigate every aspect of their financial life from practice financials and personal budgeting to investing Tax Management and student loans. Visit Turning Point hq.com. To learn more and enter the promo code modern therapist for 30% off their quickstart coaching package.   Curt Widhalm  00:24 Listen at the end of the episode for more information.   Announcer  00:27 You're listening to the modern therapist Survival Guide where therapists live, breathe and practice as human beings to support you as a whole person and a therapist. Here are your hosts, Kurt Wilhelm and Katie Vernoy.   Curt Widhalm  00:43 Welcome back modern therapists. This is the modern therapist Survival Guide. I'm Curt Widhalm with Katie Vernoy. And this is the podcast about all things therapy therapists for therapists. by - I pause here because I don't know if we can call today's guest still a therapist he's but he is not.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  01:04 How dare you Curt!   Curt Widhalm  01:06 We are once again joined by Dr. Ben Caldwell, a longtime friend of the show and returning for like somewhere around his fourth appearance. But talking to us today about some stuff going on in the California Board of behavioral sciences and their attempts to go back to the Dark Ages, in some some legislation that they're crafting. This is important for all of our listeners, because in preparing for this episodes, I asked them is this just where licensing boards are creating solutions to problems that don't exist? But let's allow Ben to introduce himself.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  01:50 It's always good to be with you both. I'm Ben Caldwell, I'm the Education Director for simple practice learning and I am in point of fact a California licensed MFT.   Katie Vernoy  02:02 Yeah ....you two.   Curt Widhalm  02:06 So at the core of this is a subcommittee meeting which these are fantastic meetings, if you've ever seen TV shows like Parks and Rec, where they're open meetings for the government discusses things and people are allowed to show up. And many of these meetings are kind of lackluster as far as entertainment value. But important stuff happens at them. And recent telehealth subcommittee meeting of the California BBs happened here a couple of weeks ago. And Dr. Caldwell was there and relayed some information of some discussions as far as with COVID restrictions changing and some stories that we're going to share in this episode today that are going to illustrate why this is important enough for us to dedicate an episode to what should hopefully have been a rather boring meeting.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  03:06 Yeah, those those meetings are they are not compelling television. I'll put it that way. But it is important for us to be involved and aware of what's happening there. Because that that is how the proverbial sausage gets made when it comes to the policies that ultimately impact our work and can move us forward, backward or sideways kind of depending on what gets done. licensing boards generally around the country. They have open meetings and their their public meetings, anybody can show up anybody can be heard. And in general, I think boards are actually pretty responsive to the questions needs and desires of those people who do show up. It's just that very, very few people do. You know the BBS governs now more than 100,000, licensees and registrants across it's different license and registration types in California. And most of these meetings, there's five or 10, licensees are registered to actually show up, even if it means that the meetings are going to take longer, and there's going to be a little more argument on both sides. It's probably better for more people to be at those meetings and be heard and have some influence on the process.   Katie Vernoy  04:17 So I think this is a point of advocacy. And so I think one of the calls to action I'll just put it out right now is if you are a registrant or a licensee in a state, but especially California, since that's where we're talking about, like, go to some of these meetings or at least understand what's happening at these meetings so that if you want to make a statement you can but to frame this a little bit, I guess I am hearing that in this meeting that there are COVID waivers that were coming to a close that people have a response to There was also some ideas around telehealth and tele supervision. So So what is it actually that we're talking about? What should people be paying attention to right now as covered waivers are coming to a close.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  05:04 So, across the country, there have been emergency orders that were put into place around the beginning of the pandemic. That allowed for things like the increased use of Interstate practice, that allowed for increased use of telehealth with with less restriction. And that allowed for some other kinds of intended to be temporary changes that made it easier for us to engage in continuity of care, as everybody was stuck at home. Where we are now is that a lot of those emergency orders either have expired, or are going to be expiring in the relatively near term. Now California has hung on to a lot of those emergency orders and waivers longer than some other states have. But even in California, the waivers that have been issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs throughout the pandemic. Those are it sounds like it kind of in the process of winding down. And one of those waivers that has been really attention getting in California is the waiver that allows associates in private practice settings, to engage in online video supervision. If you go pre pandemic, can you look at sort of the the normal California law, video based supervision is only allowed for associates in nonprofit and other what the law calls exempt settings. Private Practice doesn't typically allow it. There was this waiver put into place at the beginning of COVID to allow for video based supervision in private practice. That waiver has been extended 60 days at a time throughout the pandemic. And the current extension of that waiver is set to expire at the end of October. I know that camped and others are continuing to advocate for additional extensions to that waiver. But the Department of Consumer Affairs ultimately makes the decision and they it sounds like had a meeting with some of their boards and bureaus. And what the BBs said in the most recent telehealth committee meeting was that it is and I wrote this down because it the language struck me quote, very highly unlikely, unquote, that there will be a further extension of that waiver.   Curt Widhalm  07:28 So I am aware of some efforts towards legislation to make that piece more permanent. And assuming that there's no substantial opposition to it. Like that would go into effect in 2023, based on at the earliest based on the way that California's legislative system works.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  07:50 Correct. That was one of the things that was actively discussed in that telehealth committee meeting. And they talked about kind of what the policy should be on an ongoing basis for allowing remote supervision across all work settings. I think there's general consensus that remote supervision should be allowed across all work settings. But there is this anxiety. And I keep asking folks for hard evidence to back it up. But I have yet to see any not say it doesn't exist. But I haven't seen any where some board members, some practitioners, some people are just weirdly nervous about allowing remote supervision across all work settings. And to the point where one of the proposals that the BBs was was weighing out in this committee meeting was a 5050 model, where remote supervision would be allowed across all work settings, but you'd have to do no more than 50% of supervision remotely. And the other half would have to be in person, which eliminates a lot of the prospective benefit of telehealth supervision or tele supervision. And thankfully of those people who did show up to the committee meeting, to a person almost universally, they all dragged the committee for even considering this concept because it doesn't make sense. It just wouldn't work. And where they landed, I think their proposal that they're going to carry forward is to allow tele supervision across all work settings, including private practice, conditioned upon there being at least one in person meeting between supervisor and supervisee within 60 days of the beginning of the supervision relationship, and that's kind of a parallel to the the current requirement for the supervisor to get SSI related to supervision you have to do that within 60 days at the beginning of supervision and that allows for people who are kind of pulled in in agency or hospital or other settings at the last minute so that you don't have to do a whole bunch of other stuff before you can supervise if you're needing to take over quickly. But there is a bunch of stuff you have to do within 60 days. I don't really know why that in person meeting is necessary. But I will take that long before a 5050 kind of approach.   Curt Widhalm  10:11 Now and in hearing this, this sounds like we've been through one pandemic, we've seen the world transformed. Have we learned nothing about the way that commerce and healthcare has transformed and that many consumers are expecting us to continue to be available?   Dr. Ben Caldwell  10:33 I don't know that we've learned nothing. I also don't know that we have taken all of the lessons that we potentially could have taken the BBs to their credit, they went out and they did a bunch of surveys about kind of how people felt about tele supervision specifically. And there is clearly not only demand but expectation that that the current telehealth status of our work is largely here to stay. And that the policies we have that govern our work should accommodate that, rather than moving us backward to how things were pre pandemic. And there is some, I guess there's conflicted opinion about that. But the hope among the majority of practitioners is that we're not going to have this weird back and forth of, you know, tele supervision was okay for a long time, and then it's going to be not okay for a little while, and that's going to be okay. Again, I don't know if there's a way to avoid that at this point, it seems kind of inevitable that the the waiver is not going to go all the way through 2023. But I don't know how we then avoid that kind of forward and back and forward again, kind of process.   Katie Vernoy  11:47 What, what are we seeing across the country? Because I actually right before we started recording, I saw something from motivo. And they had, you know, kind of all the tele supervision laws across 50 states. And I'll put that that tool in the show notes. But I was noticing that it's very variable across all 50 states and even across licensure types. I mean, yeah, maybe though. So maybe the question isn't what is everybody else doing? But but kind of digging more into this anxiety? I mean, to me the in the in person meeting, what is it supposed to accomplish, that you can accomplish? According to this theory, that maybe you don't agree with? But like, what is it supposed to accomplish? And how is it supposed to improve the supervision relationship?   Dr. Ben Caldwell  12:38 The theory goes, that if you meet with the supervisee, in person that provides an opportunity to most effectively gauge whether they are in fact appropriate for tele supervision. That's the theory. Again, I've seen no hard evidence to back that up. And I would even argue that that's kind of the same anxiety that we saw and heard at the beginning of the the use of telehealth in therapy, where you had a lot of practitioners saying, Well, you know, it's just not the same as face to face, there's this thing about the energy in the room, and I need to assess somebody in person to see their little micro expressions and, and pick up on their vibe, and et cetera, et cetera. And that just has not held up to research scrutiny. That telehealth provision of services seems to be every bit as effective as in person services, from the overwhelming majority of studies conducted to date. And I don't see any reason why supervision would be different in that regard that there's somehow something magical in an in person supervision meeting, that would require that process for supervision. But we don't need to do that in standard telehealth care. These are in many ways, parallel but not identical processes. It's just that in both of them, it seems like we can do our jobs effectively, remotely. And we have been doing that for a year and a half now. And so sometimes in these committee meetings, people will say things like, well, I don't want to open the floodgates. Well, that ship has sailed, the floodgates have been open for a year and a half. Yeah, and it's been fine. I've seen no evidence that this has created some kind of a massive problem in terms of supervisee misbehavior or treatment failure in therapy. You know, we've all been doing the best we can under really, really difficult circumstances. And it's been an interesting natural experiment. And the results of that experiment are that telehealth and tele supervision can be tremendously tremendously effective and don't appear to increase risks at least from the best information we have available. Now.   Curt Widhalm  15:00 Now, he brought up CAMFT. And CAMFT has a little bit different opinion in this or at least based on a disciplinary action case that has a lot of nuances to it, but seems to oversimplify it to be like, but there was this one discipline action. Actually two because both the supervisor and the supervisee were disciplined. This case largely was it This was actually all before the pandemic even happened when when these infractions occurred. But can you walk us through what happened and why this is pertinent in this discussion?   Dr. Ben Caldwell  15:45 Yeah, so the the disciplinary action that you're talking about, I'm familiar with it, it was finalized in 2020. And you're right that it was based on behavior that had occurred prior to the pandemic. But there is kind of separate from the rest of the the supervision rules in California, there is this one very specific section of the California Business and Professions Code that says, and I'm going to quoted here, because I knew we were going to be talking about it. A trainee associate or applicant for licensure, shall only perform mental health and related services at the places where their employer permits business to be conducted. That section of law is not further limited. There's no like clause after that, that says, except for x y&z so if you read that, if you take that language at face value, then as long as the employer allows, and as long as the services are otherwise legally and ethically compliant, so you're still maintaining data security, you're still protecting confidentiality, you're still doing all the stuff that you are normally required to do, then it appears to be fine under the law, for a supervisee to work from home. And that's in statute. That's not an emergency waiver, that that is the sort of normal case of the law as it exists right now. The disciplinary action that you're talking about, there were a lot of things going on in that case, beyond just the supervisor, you're working from home, that is one thing that was happening, but there were a lot of other shenanigans that were happening there. And when you look at the disciplinary action, it reflects this kind of kitchen sink approach to discipline that a lot of boards take where they unearth as many possible violations as they can find, because that gives them some leverage in negotiating what the ultimate discipline against the licensee is going to be. So they document all these different violations. They put them in front of the administrative law judge, if it gets that far if it gets to a hearing, and that becomes the basis for disciplinary action. In this particular case, the administrative law judge looked at the history of the law, the history of that clause that I just quoted, and basically came to the conclusion that well, the legislature didn't intend to say that you can work from just anywhere. that's problematic. Yeah, it is. Right? I mean, the the historical record lines up with this, that neither the BBs and in running that legislation, nor the legislature and making the change, really intended to allow for full time work from home. But you and I, and other people were not expected to be psychic about what the laws intent was, we're supposed to be able to read the law, make sense of it with kind of a plain language, good faith reading, and act accordingly. And the language here quite plainly reads as though it allows work from home, including full time work from home, if the employer allows it and if it is otherwise legally, and ethically compliant. So to your question, Kurt.   Curt Widhalm  19:17 Okay, and even even before you get to the question,   Dr. Ben Caldwell  19:20 yeah   Curt Widhalm  19:20 even before you get to the question. This would also be inconsistent with many licensing boards, definition of therapy taking place where the client is located, and would be completely irrelevant to where those services are being provided, as far as where the practitioner is located.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  19:43 Yeah, that's right. The licensing boards and ethics codes generally take the stance that therapy happens, where the client is physically located at the time of service, and that's reflected in our California telehealth laws that's reflected in professional ethics codes that quite often use that word located very intentionally and specifically. Now, that doesn't mean that boards can't restrict where the therapist is providing services from they have that authority if they choose to take it on. But the California standard right now is just what I read to you, if the employer allows it, it's permitted.   Katie Vernoy  20:20 What was the intent,   Dr. Ben Caldwell  20:23 The intent was to allow for supervisees to leave their agency settings to go do like home visits at client homes, to work in homeless outreach to go provide services at schools and other kind of third party locations, where the the super actually the employer allowed it and where they could again, take those steps to protect and preserve confidentiality, data, security, etc. There's nothing in the record of that law change that really contemplates full time work from home. Although there's a whole bunch of laws, where we could say that the current environment, the COVID, environment was not contemplated at the time that that law was created. We we didn't anticipate being in the middle of a pandemic. Yeah. And so the BBs has said, Well, we probably ought to go back and take a look at this language. Now in light of what we've seen since the pandemic of people working from home full time, but it's weird to me that they are looking at it with the potential impact of kind of walking back this allowance, when again, work from home seems to have largely been fine for a year and a half.   Katie Vernoy  21:38 What's interesting, because I remember when field based services was coming about, you know, I was working in community mental health at that time, and and there was a huge pushback from providers on how it wouldn't be as good as someone coming into the clinic. And so that has that same feel to it of, well, maybe it's not good enough. But I think honestly, you know, the pendulums keep swinging on what's the best and all of that stuff. But uh, but what I'm really hearing is that the law in itself, as is currently written provides the flexibility and creativity for employers to be adaptive and responsive to the clients they serve. And that also means they can be adaptive and responsive to the workforce, and allow for clinicians to live where they can afford to live and do services in areas that potentially have a different lineup. You know, it, to me, it just seems like walking it back would be hugely detrimental to quality of life and quality of work for clinicians, but also for access for meeting clients where they are I mean, it just it seems, it seems to me that there's a lot to be worried about if this gets walked back.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  22:57 I agree. And a couple of people brought up very eloquently the the point about access and equity in that recent telehealth committee meeting. You know, one of the great advantages of allowing work from home is that it allows clinicians to provide services, even if the clinician is working from a rural location. And if the clinician has some kind of medical or mental health issue that makes it difficult for them to leave their home. You know, are we just telling those folks well, tough, then you can't work in the mental health field? I don't think any of us intends that. And so the question then becomes really how much flexibility and accommodation are we supposed to? Or do we want to put into the law, and I like this statute as it is right now, I recognize that it does not line up with the historical intent. But I think the outcome is fantastic.   Katie Vernoy  23:53 My understanding of the best laws and policies are ones that are specific to what's most important, but don't get caught in the details of, you know, kind of current affairs, right, like so if we're, whether it's working in the field, whether it's working telehealth like this, the law itself provides enough guidance around it. And so to specify it becomes more time limited, it would it would date it, and it would make it so it would have to change again soon. Whereas as it's written, it actually does what it needs to do. At least that's what I'm hearing that you're saying.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  24:30 Yeah, I mean, the law is intended to be revised over time. It's a it's a living set of documents, right? And so we're always responding to what's happening in the larger world around us and hopefully learning more about how professionals work how we can best provide services. From the BBs perspective. They are fundamentally a Public Protection Agency. So they're most interested in developing laws and regulations that keep clients safe. And to that end, I think we've got Now a year and a half worth of data that suggests that when the therapist is working from home that does not seem to impede client safety. Now there is still a supervisor responsibility there in terms of making sure that that supervisee really can provide a confidential and data secure environment. But to your point, Katie, I think that the best laws are ones that both allow and enforce a level of appropriate professional responsibility and judgment. And so do we want to be really prescriptive in terms of how supervisors are supposed to ensure that? Or do we just want to say that supervisors have that responsibility of ensuring that their supervisors are providing data security, confidentiality, etc, and let supervisors kind of do their jobs?   Curt Widhalm  25:50 So I want to talk in generalities, that almost sounded like a real word. I want to talk generally about some of the disciplinary stuff that this seems to be based on because you talked about the administrative law judge, looking at the intention behind the law. But at face value, some of the concerns about oversight seems to be really the foundations of a lot of these anxieties, the the, some of the cardigan cartel pearl clutching seems to be based on here. Now, my understanding is this disciplinary action is already written into law as far as the kinds of oversights that a supervisor should be having over their supervisees. Anyway, am I correct in that?   Dr. Ben Caldwell  26:49 Yeah, so with the, the disciplinary action I was talking about earlier, there, there were so many problematic things happening in terms of the supervisee sort of acting independently, with the blessing of the supervisor, as best as can be read, they're to go out and get office space and set things up, like it was a supervisees own business, do independent billing, etc, etc, there's a there's a lot of stuff there in terms of the oversight that the supervisor was supposed to be providing that they were not providing, apparently.   Curt Widhalm  27:26 And that is already in the law as far as this kind of stuff. And so if I'm hearing and making up what I have not attended this meeting, making up what I imagined that the conversation is, well, if there's even less oversights by not having met them physically, one time that this is going to prevent all sorts of future bad supervisee behavior. When you know, I have a practice, I have supervisees, in my practice, they can do stuff off the clock anyway, that would do any of these things anyway, that are already against the law.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  28:08 Yeah, and that's one of the challenges, I think, from a from a regulatory framework, but also for for you and me and everybody else, as supervisors, you know, we do the best we can and ensuring that the behavior of our supervisees is legally and ethically compliant. And there are those situations where, you know, there may be a disciplinary action against a supervisee, but not their supervisor, because the supervisee did go off kind of on their own didn't tell the supervisor about stuff they were doing. And the supervisor was providing the kind of expected and intended level of supervision. I don't think there's any amount of in person requirement or any level of regulation that is going to effectively prevent every supervisee, who has sort of ill intent from going out and doing what they decide on their own to do. I think the question becomes this balance of how much regulation do you do? How prescriptive Do you get in telling supervisors how to do their jobs? And what what levers Do you want to pull to try to ensure that supervision happens in the way that you would like for it to happen, you know, one of the levers you can pull is requiring a certain level of in person supervision. But does that actually impact anything in terms of legal and ethical compliance beyond that? I don't know.   Curt Widhalm  29:35 It would seem with a lot of the waivers and stuff that have been in place across the country that we would not want to become overly restrictive for when and if there is a next pandemic or worldwide event. In your opinion here does the direction that these discussions are going at the at the licensing board and Possibly, and other licensing boards across the country seem to be ignoring some of that flexibility that would allow for a profession to need to respond in an event, like a pandemic, if it were to happen again.   Dr. Ben Caldwell  30:17 Yeah, I mean, as Katie said, the, the way that boards are moving and the sort of default states for boards across the country, it's all over the map. There are some that that really had flexible policies in place before the pandemic. There are some who I think I've taken lessons from the pandemic and are wanting to move in a direction of flexibility. And there are others who might say, once the pandemic is and take this with a giant grain of salt, more or less over, that they just want to go back to what the default state had been before that. It's, it's a reasonable thing to ask what should be sort of the the normal state of regulation for mental health work. And then what should be the exception, where we do things a little bit differently because an emergency demands it. I think that at least the preponderance of what I've seen in Policymaking around the country, boards are kind of moving in the direction of more allowance of telehealth more allowance of even temporary practice across state lines. Of course, all the professions are working hard on trying to improve license portability. And those are good changes. policy does appropriately, move slowly. You know, we don't want the law to be so reactive to current events, that you're getting constant whiplash, you're being pushed and pulled in different directions based on the events of the past few weeks or past few months. But I think we are going to see some lasting change, especially around telehealth regulation. What's going to be weird, not just in California, but in a bunch of places around the country, is that with putting into policy, what we've learned from the pandemic, we've got sort of this exceptional state right now, where where lots of places are still under some form of emergency authorizations, we're going to go back to the prior default state, at least for a little while, as new policies are being crafted run through state legislatures and implemented, and then we're going to step forward again, to a new normal, that better accounts for the flexibility that has been shown to be really effective during the pandemic. It's, it is a weird forward than back then forward again. And I don't think every state board is going to land in the same place in terms of the adaptations they want to make on an ongoing basis. But I do think the, the overall path is a good one. It's a path toward increased use of telehealth increased authorization for telehealth. It's a path toward better license portability. It's a path toward flexibility in the supervision process. But it's not a straight line to get there.   Curt Widhalm  33:18 If you've hung with us this late in the episode, the call to action here really is keep an eye on your licensing boards. And to know that there is a lot of stuff that you might have to sit through, but could drastically impact the way that you go about your business or the way that you go about your practice. And these are the kinds of mundane things that those of us who've been in the advocacy world for a while. We hear complaints 5678 years later of like, Well, why didn't anybody say anything. And that could have steered a direction, you know, that prevented some of this stuff from happening. And as Dr. Caldwell was pointing out here that for many states, this might be a forced return back to pre pandemic ways while the legislative process catches up with some of the actions that we've been able to do during this pandemic. But go and be a part of those conversations as that legislation is being crafted so that way, you can actually talk with licensing boards, law makers about how this has played out in the real world. And that is something that is tremendously impactful when talking with people like politicians who have no idea about what we do. So thank you for spending some time with us today. And where can people find out more about you and the stuff that you're working on?   Dr. Ben Caldwell  35:01 They can find out more about me and my stuff at simple practice learning.com. And just I want to thank you both as always, for having me on, these are really important conversations to have. And I couldn't have said that better for it. if folks want to know what policy changes are coming down the pike show up, come to these meetings. It's it's not unusual that we will hear from people to change takes effect saying, what How did this happen? I didn't know about this. Well, if you go to your board meetings, you can know about those changes a year or more ahead of time. And in fact, you can have real influence on what those changes are going to look like. I love it. When more folks come to these board meetings, it makes for better conversation and informed decision making for everybody.   Katie Vernoy  35:48 And it's probably a little less boring for you,   35:50 It is a lot less boring. Listen, like in parks and rec people sometimes will show up with the most off the wall. Wild comments that have nothing to do with anything. And if there is I'll admit this certain part of my heart that is it warmed when that happens.   Katie Vernoy  36:13 I've got my marching orders. I'll be there next time.   Curt Widhalm  36:17 Until next time, I'm Curt Widhalm with Katie Vernoy and Dr. Ben Caldwell.   Katie Vernoy  36:22 Thanks again to our sponsor Turning Point   Curt Widhalm  36:25 we wanted to tell you a little bit more about our sponsor turning points. Turning Points is a financial planning firm that's focused exclusively on serving mental health professionals to help you navigate all the important elements of your personal finances like budgeting, investing, selecting retirement plans, managing student loan debt and evaluating big purchases, like your first home. And because they specialize in serving therapists and private practice, so help you navigate the finances of your practice as well. 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