Podcasts about virtual roundtable

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Janie Barrera is founding president and chief executive officer of LiftFund, formerly Accion Texas Inc. Created in 1994, LiftFund has grown to be one of the nation's largest micro and small business lender. The nonprofit agency provides small loans and management training to microenterprises of all kinds — from startups to long-established businesses — and operates in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.On Wednesday, Barrera participated in a webinar hosted by Connect Humanity. The title of the webinar was “Texas Border - Small Business Broadband Fund; Virtual Roundtable.”The webinar was held to provide more information about Connect Humanity's plans to build a $10 million fund to help finance the digitalization of small businesses in the Texas border region.The webinar was hosted by Jordana Barton-Garcia, a senior fellow at Connect Humanity. The webinar included entrepreneurs and local leaders that discussed the importance of investments in digital infrastructure, broadband affordability, and skills — and how this can act as a catalyst to help build the foundation for a vibrant South Texas economy.In her remarks, Barrera spoke about the challenges small businesses faced during the COVID pandemic. Small businesses that did not have a website were at a disadvantage, she explained. “I'm glad to be part of this conversation. I encourage more investments and funds like this,” Barrera said. She said there is accountability and evaluation in the project Connect Humanity is embarking on.“It's not well, ‘I think we're going to do this.' We know what the goal is. We're going to have a baseline. We move forward and (we will) be able to show, hopefully, dramatic findings in years two, three and four,” Barrera said.“So, it's short term, I believe, because the urgency is here. If we don't do something right now, we are going to miss an opportunity. So thank you Jordana for bringing me into the conversation.”To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.

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Today's episode is a roundtable discussion about AI safety with Eliezer Yudkowsky, Gary Marcus, and Scott Aaronson. Eliezer Yudkowsky is a prominent AI researcher and writer known for co-founding the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, where he spearheaded research on AI safety. He's also widely recognized for his influential writings on the topic of rationality. Scott Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist and author, celebrated for his pioneering work in the field of quantum computation. He's also the chair of COMSI at U of T Austin, but is currently taking a leave of absence to work at OpenAI. Gary Marcus is a cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur known for his work at the intersection of psychology, linguistics, and AI. He's also authored several books, including "Kluge" and "Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust".This episode is all about AI safety. We talk about the alignment problem. We talk about the possibility of human extinction due to AI. We talk about what intelligence actually is. We talk about the notion of a singularity or an AI takeoff event and much more.It was really great to get these three guys in the same virtual room and I think you'll find that this conversation brings something a bit fresh to a topic that has admittedly been beaten to death on certain corners of the internet.

Today's episode is a roundtable discussion about AI safety with Eliezer Yudkowsky, Gary Marcus, and Scott Aaronson. Eliezer Yudkowsky is a prominent AI researcher and writer known for co-founding the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, where he spearheaded research on AI safety. He's also widely recognized for his influential writings on the topic of rationality. Scott Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist and author, celebrated for his pioneering work in the field of quantum computation. He's also the chair of COMSI at U of T Austin, but is currently taking a leave of absence to work at OpenAI. Gary Marcus is a cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur known for his work at the intersection of psychology, linguistics, and AI. He's also authored several books, including "Kluge" and "Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust".This episode is all about AI safety. We talk about the alignment problem. We talk about the possibility of human extinction due to AI. We talk about what intelligence actually is. We talk about the notion of a singularity or an AI takeoff event and much more.It was really great to get these three guys in the same virtual room and I think you'll find that this conversation brings something a bit fresh to a topic that has admittedly been beaten to death on certain corners of the internet.

Today's episode is a roundtable discussion about AI safety with Eliezer Yudkowsky, Gary Marcus, and Scott Aaronson. Eliezer Yudkowsky is a prominent AI researcher and writer known for co-founding the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, where he spearheaded research on AI safety. He's also widely recognized for his influential writings on the topic of rationality. Scott Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist and author, celebrated for his pioneering work in the field of quantum computation. He's also the chair of COMSI at U of T Austin, but is currently taking a leave of absence to work at OpenAI. Gary Marcus is a cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur known for his work at the intersection of psychology, linguistics, and AI. He's also authored several books, including "Kluge" and "Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust". This episode is all about AI safety. We talk about the alignment problem. We talk about the possibility of human extinction due to AI. We talk about what intelligence actually is. We talk about the notion of a singularity or an AI takeoff event and much more. It was really great to get these three guys in the same virtual room and I think you'll find that this conversation brings something a bit fresh to a topic that has admittedly been beaten to death on certain corners of the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LODGING Magazine recently hosted a virtual roundtable discussion with a number of leading owner/operators, as well as a prominent procurement firm. Entitled “Prioritizing Profitability,” these hospitality executives discuss a wide range of topics from the importance of driving rate and leveraging scale to managing labor and supply chain challenges. Sponsored by Entegra

Join Mark Newbold from Fantha Tracks and a number of other podcasts and news outlets as we talk with the director of the opening episode of Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, Rodrigo Blaas. The episode is 'Sith', and we delve into it with its creative driving force on this special episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook and YouTube and check out our Fantha Tracks Radio Friday Night Rotation every Friday at 7.00pm UK for new episodes of The Fantha From Down Under, Planet Leia, Desert Planet Discs, Start Your Engines, Collecting Tracks, Canon Fodder and special episodes of Making Tracks, and every Tuesday at 7.00pm UK time for your weekly episode of Making Tracks. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: https://www.youtube.com/@FanthaTracksTV/ www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

Looking for ways to incorporate renewable energy solutions into your decarbonization roadmap? Our expert panel will provide insight on the latest technologies and solutions now available to data centers and telecom networks as we transition our energy grids off fossil fuels. We will talk about the pros and cons for nuclear, hydrogen, wind, solar, renewable natural gas, responsibly sourced gas and more and how we can best explore these solutions to cut our carbon reliance in our infrastructure industry and beyond.

As the data center industry collectively sets challenging environmental goals for the next few years out, including getting to net zero carbon, the question on the minds of many is what measurements matter, and which matter the most?With multiple metrics, reporting bodies, regional and global standards and certifications, how can we focus on the measurements that get us closer to zero emission targets most quickly, and how can we demonstrate this?Join our panel of experts in our Power of Aligning Measurements roundtable discussion to learn and collaborate, sharing success stories and lessons learned that can help us to track, measure and optimize data center sustainability regionally and globally, for today and tomorrow.

Air pollution is a major contributor to illness and early death worldwide. Substantial progress has been made to reduce air pollution, but what more needs to be done? Participants discuss the status, sources, and health effects of air pollution in various global contexts.

Michael Pettis, professor of finance at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing and coauthor of Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace, discusses China's growth prospects after the Twentieth National Congress.

With its judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. Striking down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision provides state governments with newfound power to enact and enforce laws that curtail abortion access. The consequences of the ruling will reverberate beyond access to abortion to affect women's equality, bodily autonomy, healthcare, democracy, criminal justice, and U.S. credibility to influence the protection of international human rights. Our speakers—Reem Alsalem, UN special rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and Julie C. Suk, professor of law at Fordham University School of Law—discuss what the ruling means for democracy and human rights in the United States and its implications beyond U.S. borders.

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the World Health Organization is poised to declare a different disease, monkeypox, to also be a public health emergency of international concern. Since early May 2022, cases of monkeypox—a disease endemic to parts of Africa—have been identified in more than thirty-seven countries where the disease is not normally found. More than three thousand confirmed and suspected cases have been reported.  In this Council on Foreign Relations roundtable, Dr. Luciana L. Borio, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Dr. Anne Rimoin, Gordon-Levin endowed chair in infectious diseases and public health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, discuss the state of the international monkeypox outbreak, national and multilateral public health responses, prospects for control, access to countermeasures, and the potential implications of this outbreak.

Five decades ago, China was closed off to the world. In 1972, Jerome Cohen was part of the first U.S. delegations to travel to China after Richard Nixon's historic visit. A pioneer in Chinese legal studies in the 1960s, he has been deeply involved in Sino-U.S. political, legal, and business developments in past half-century—from the hopeful early days of China's reform era in the 1980s to the far darker atmosphere of recent years. In this roundtable, Jerome Cohen, adjunct senior fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations and faculty director emeritus and founder of NYU Law School's US-Asia Law Institute, reflects on the trajectory of China and its legal system over the past five decades.

Ray Takeyh, Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East Studies, and Craig McNamara, founder of Sierra Orchards and son of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, discuss the legacy of Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War.

If you are curious like me, You'll thank me later that I took this journey into the Metaverse Inner Circle (MIC) for you. While it wasn't quite like Dante's 7th ring of the Inferno, it was not a trip to the park either. What is the MIC, tell you in a minute. Let's back up. Who am I. I am Christine Russo, Industry Analyst in Retail Tech encompassing the digital and physical retail, the consumer industry, brands, real estate , urban development, logistics and more. If goods and services move, sell, are made, sold or housed – I talk about it. Well, not just talk about it. I specialize in the explanation of complicated topics and make them understandable to executives, C-suites, Boardrooms, Academics, Developers, Marketers and more. How do I do this? I host roundtables, invite-only Executive interviews, moderate panels for the NRF, shoptalk and more, provide commentary in the retail media and serve on Advisory Boards. I once had a tech founder say to me their solution is not digestable to a bumper sticker phrase – ok, fair. But it also doesn not have to be a droning diatribe of long-winded jargon-filled explanations only for people to lose the interest and zone out. That's where I come in and ps I am good at it. So I decided to venture into Metaverse Inner Circle. How hard could that be? Well, it was brutal but I survived and learned and Im here to share. I definitely took one for the team because I was not afraid to ask rudimentary questions. The same exact questions Executives would want to know. There was a bit of of disdain and it felt like, the in-the-know inner circle scoffed at my questions. This did not stop me. Let's get into it. So What Happened? Justin Hochberg, CEO & Founder, Virtual Brand Group David Lucatch, CEO President and Chair, Liquid Avatar Technologies Sam Englebardt, General Partner, Galaxy Interactive Marc Loeb Global Sales, ByondXR Roundtable discussion on Metaverse, Brands, Commerce, and The Creator Economy.

When defining the future of the data center industry, one initiative is clearly paramount: environmental sustainability. Hear the new innovative ways data centers and businesses from around the world are partnering together, making it a top priority to reduce critical facilities' carbon footprints. Join the top industry professionals, all contributing authors of the new book GREENER DATA, due out soon on Earth Day, as we unveil new energy efficiencies, technologies and construction plans in our global pursuit of going green.SUBSCRIBE to JaymieScottoTV for the latest Telecom News: https://www.youtube.com/JaymieScottoTV HOMEPAGE: http://www.jsa.net LIKE JaymieScottoTV on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/JaymieScotto... FOLLOW JaymieScottoTV on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jsatv

Numerous research studies point to the outsized role that trust has played in the COVID-19 pandemic. Public compliance with expert recommendations for social distancing, mask wearing, school closures, and vaccinations have been linked to the perceived trustworthiness of government, its agencies, and other citizens. In this Council on Foreign Relations roundtable, Dr. Margaret Levi and Dr. Michael Bang Petersen discuss the role of trust in current and future COVID-19 crisis response and what governments can do to build trust before the next health emergency emerges—as it inevitably will.

Data processing at the edge enabled by the cloud is critical to supporting AI-driven technologies that are fueling our modern, digital world. While North America was an early adopter of edge technology, the focus has now increased into one of the fastest-growing regions of the world: Asia. Join our panelists as they discuss the latest edge and cloud developments in this sought-after market.SUBSCRIBE to JaymieScottoTV for the latest Telecom News: https://www.youtube.com/JaymieScottoTV HOMEPAGE: http://www.jsa.net LIKE JaymieScottoTV on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/JaymieScotto... FOLLOW JaymieScottoTV on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jsatv

Pandemic-related school closures have affected more than 50 million K-12 students in the United States. These disruptions created substantial challenges for parents and impacted children's learning and social wellbeing. It has been said that pandemic-related closures may have resulted in significant learning loss that could deepen existing educational and income inequalities. The COVID-19 School Data Hub, the brainchild of Brown Professor of Economics Emily Oster, attempts to assess these impacts. Speakers discuss the data and how the United States can address the tremendous learning loss and education inequality exacerbated by COVID-19.

Hong Kong is the only peaceful, prosperous city in modern times that has seen freedom so rapidly eradicated. It is also the place where the values of an open society are in conflict with those of a closed, increasingly totalitarian state. Mark L. Clifford was the former director at Next Digital, which was the publisher of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily that was forcibly shut down in 2021, he discusses the destruction of Hong Kong freedoms since the introduction of the national security law.

For our final episode, we pass the mic to some of the PT Tennessee Board of Directors for a timely and reflective conversation about 2021 and beyond! PT Board Chair Ellen Zinkiewicz hosts the conversation with Rev. Dr. Cynthia Davis, Jennifer Carlat, and PT 2012 alumnus-turned-board-member Drew Lamb. They reflect on PT during COVID, its impact, and their hopes and dreams for the future—not to mention some cute stories sprinkled in between.

Rev. Joy Warren (host pastor) is joined by Christina Dotson (PT staff) and Sarah Franklin (PT Fellow alumna) to reflect and remember 2020, the jostling year that gave Middle TN both a tornado and a pandemic in a week's time. They share memories of hope in the midst of tragedy and give thanks for the ways that PT helped to continue to create community in the isolation that COVID-19 brought on.

For our 2019 episode, we head down to the Stones River District to reflect on PT at LaVergne UMC and Woodbury UMC. PT staff member Carrie Sherrill hosts and is joined by alumna Angela Thomas, and volunteers Dorothy Murphy and Rev. Sally Millsap. Together they discuss the healing power of community, encouragement, and partnerships—and the all too important question, "Are you Gucci?"

We spotlight on the Memphis community for this special episode! MVPs Kim Wicks (4x intern alumna and current PT Board Member), Meagan Cloutier (PT staff), Nic Seymour (4x alumnus), and Rev. Dr. Deborah Smith (former host church pastor and district superintendent) have a story-filled conversation about the summer of 2018 in the beloved 901. Kim brings the hype, Nic brings the realness, Meagan shares the love, and Dr. Smith preaches the Good Word.

We zoom in on the inaugural PT summer in Clarksville for this week's episode, featuring hilarious and heartfelt stories of transformation and resilience. PT staff member Ellie Crain hosts the conversation about 2017 with good friend and alumnus Ben Grayer, former host church pastor Rev. Haley Robinson, and PT champion and volunteer Lisa Martin. **This crew gets a special gold star since they had to record in two separate sessions a week apart due to technology issues. Resilience indeed!**

It's MattMem week! Taylor Davenport-Hudson (2016 Site Coordinator and Afterschool Fellow) hosts a wonderful conversation with Afterschool intern alumna Carleigh Frazier Ahmad and five-time host pastor Rev. Steve VanHooser. Hear how “Pizza Steve” got his nickname, the saga of the soapy church pews, and sacred moments of connection and new life at Matthews Memorial UMC in Madison.

This week, we zoom in on the PT host site Antioch UMC! PT Antioch intern alumna Emily Lewis hosts a conversation with Pastor James Cole and volunteers Mary Jane Hurt and Jeff Hoffman.

This week, hear from PT staff member Sarah McCormick as she hosts a joy-filled conversation with PT intern alumni Rev. Luke Lea and Abigale (Lawrence) Hughes and Tulip Street PT parent, Victoria Gordon. The group remembers water raps, cookie counts, and lessons that have lasted.

Join host Morgan Stafford as he chats with Pastora Myriam Cortez, former PT participant Gerardo Amaya-Quinteros, and PT intern alumna and volunteer Keller Hawkins. Shout-outs abound in this episode, along with silly stories and evidence of the power of relationships.

To help remember the inaugural PT Tennessee summer of 2012, who better to host than PT Tennessee's founder and executive director, Courtney Aldrich Lawson! She has a great conversation with some of the original PT legends: former PT staff member Erin Medin Leuschke, volunteer Janie Luna, and PT intern alumna Vanessa Parker.

Composer, pianist and good friend Tom Ameen joins us to share his latest Disney-inspired relaxation album, Magical Meditations. It features tracks like I See The Light, it's a small world, Circle of Life - all reimagined at slower tempos perfect for naptime.    Then Richard and Sarah share a spoiler-free review of JUNGLE CRUISE. Did it live up to the hype? Was it worth the wait? Would we watch this, The African Queen or The Country Bears? And most importantly, we want to know what you thought of the film, regardless of our comments. Please share with us on social media (links below) or in our Facebook Group.   This episode also features a few quotes from Gwendoline Yeo (voice of Nala Se on THE BAD BATCH). On July 26 we attended a Virtual Roundtable. My full write-up will be here on Friday. We shared some fun bits here:   How to pronounce Kaminoan according to Dave Filoni. How she changes her voice acting based on the aliens she portrays, like Nala Se as a Kaminoan and Gungans.   Sign up for the Skywalking Network Newsletter   Never miss a podcast, Zoom discussion link or Pop Culture Trivia!   Disney+ Zoom Chats for THE BAD BATCH every Friday or Saturday evening - anyone can join, just sign up for the Skywalking Newsletter for the link! The audio of these chats and previous Falcon & Winter Soldier and WandaVision Zoom Chats are available as podcast episodes for the Skywalking Force, our Patreon. Check it out and have a look at all the levels available.   Check out these SKYwalking NETwork Podcasts:   Resilience Squadron - Sharing the adventures and challenges of disabled fans across and in the Star Wars universe Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics - Delving into each issue of the Star Wars comic series 1977-1986 The Max EFX Podcast - Chronicling the 35-year Special Effects film career of Max Cervantes Neverland Clubhouse - Two sisters, and best friends, sharing Disney adventures Talking Apes - focusing on the original Planet of the Apes films and TV shows Totally Tell Me Everything - Two ladies, one topic, three questions. Sarah Woloski and Bryn MacKinnon learn, share and grow. Star Warsologies - A podcast about Science and Star Wars   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.smallworldvacations.com. Tell them Skywalking Through Neverland sent you.   SUPPORT THE SHOW   Find out how you can become a part of the Skywalking Force and unlock bonus content.   CONTACT US   Instagram: http://instagram.com/skywalkingpod Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkywalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skywalkingthroughneverland Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook.   If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!   Never Land on Alderaan!

Project Transformation Tennessee is turning 10! Join us as we capture the moments and memories from PT Tennessee over the years. Each Thursday, starting August 5, we will be releasing a Virtual Roundtable podcast featuring four people who were involved in a particular PT year, starting in 2012. Listen in and celebrate with us!

In this bonus episode Samantha chats with three other graduate students in the Department of Animal Sciences at Auburn University in honor of International Women's Day. This fun conversation with Maggie Justice, Micayla West, and Laura Yoder spans discussions on how they each got started in an agricultural related field, their experiences as women in animal sciences, the women in their lives that have impacted them most, and so much more! This episode is a long one, but also is one that was so incredibly fun to record and I hope you all enjoy listening to it equally as much. The following are some of the various people and resources we talk about in the episode: For more information regarding the Virtual Roundtable discussion "Empowering Women in Agriculture" on March 12th, 2021 at 1 pm CT. For more information on Dr. Temple Grandin and her work For more on Jennifer Sirangelo and her role as President and CEO of the National 4-H Council. For more on Kay Johnson Smith and her role as President and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance. For more information on Dr. Susan Duckett from Clemson University and her work. For more information on Dr. Kim Mullenix from Auburn University and her work. For more information on Virginia Hanson and her work at Iowa State University. For more on Dr. Gretchen Mafi and her work at Oklahoma State University. For more on Dr. Michelle Schroeder-Moreno and her work at NC State University. For more on Dr. Lindsay Starkey and her work at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. For more on Dr. Carolyn Huntington and her work at Auburn University. Also make sure to follow the podcast's Instagram page, @actual_ag! DM us there any questions you may want to have answered in a future episode and be on the lookout for an upcoming giveaway. If you want, leave me a voice message with your questions about agriculture and they might just be included in an episode!

On this Episode of The Middle Initial, with Drew goes away Jude comes out to play! Jude hosts the pods very first "Virtual Roundtable" with guests Fuego Jets Takes and NJ Pharaoh. You don't want to miss this! Tune in!

Last week the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, or CCIIO, held a first of its kind virtual roundtable ahead of this year's open enrollment in the exchanges. The event was hosted by CCIIO's longest serving director Randy Pate and the deputy director of the small business and agent/broker innovation division Dean Mohs. The event was attended by over 70 agents and brokers from across the country as well as our own Marcy M. Buckner. On this week's episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, Marcy discusses the event in detail.

In this special Virtual Roundtable from Campus Rec Magazine, panelists were specifically looking to answer questions around how to initiate conversations about race and racism; defining and exhibiting “ally” on your campus; and practical steps to take to impact EDI via campus recreation. The Panel - Jocelyn Hill, the director of Recreational Sports and Fitness at American University - Vicki Highstreet, the associate director for Recreation Programming at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Kevin Marbury, the vice president for Student Life at the University of Oregon - Maureen McGonagle, the director of the Campus Recreation, Centers LLC at DePaul University - Myrum Washington-White, the director of Athletics at St. Cyril of Alexandria School How it works: The first 40 minutes of the roundtable are spent answering on the three predetermined topics above. After, the panel spent 20 minutes answering questions from the audience.

This week's roundtable discussion focused on changes in finance and revenue cycle in the COVID era. Moderated by ALTIUS CEO, Stephanie Dorwart. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/altiushcg/message

This roundtable session features panelists Susan Heck (Corazon, Inc) and Joni Tiller (Joni Tiller, Inc) - moderated by ALTIUS CEO, Stephanie Dorwart. Sharing updates from around the industry in the face of the ongoing pandemic, as well as celebrating our 'Superheroes in Scrubs' for National Nurses Week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/altiushcg/message

ALTIUS Virtual Roundtable #6, APril 30, 2020 featuring panelists Natalie Bulger (corporate compliance, VA Health) and ALTIUS CEO Stephanie Dorwart. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/altiushcg/message

Fifth in the ALTIUS Virtual Roundtable Series - this week featuring panelists Kevin Shrake and Richard Mackey. For more information, visit www.altiushcg.com or info@altiushcg.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/altiushcg/message

With the current climate surrounding COVID-19, ALTIUS will begin offering a weekly Virtual Roundtable Discussion. We are providing this opportunity to bring together hospital leaders from across the country to discuss, ask questions, and share planning strategies during this uneasy and difficult time. This week's session featured panelists Marshall Busko, Jim Jorgenson, and Donna Showers. The session was moderated by ALTIUS CEO, Stephanie Dorwart. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/altiushcg/message

A weekly update session on COVID-19, how it is impacting healthcare and what leaders are doing to respond. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/altiushcg/message

Hello and welcome! If you are listening to this episode in real-time, it is now August and the start of a new school year is just around the corner. This upcoming year may not be your first but if you are like most teachers, memories of your first year of teaching might still feel like “it was just yesterday”. I know that I still get many of the same nerves, and sense of anticipation and wonder on the eve of every new school year upcoming school year just like that first year teaching. This episode is geared towards the new teacher. For them, their “FIRST” school year is just about to begin and they may need some grounding or words of encouragement before they begin their teaching journey. Are you a seasoned director? Don't worry, I think that you will find this episode helpful too as it might just bring you back to some of the important fundamentals of our profession. This episode contains fifteen responses from fifteen different directors. Each director has anywhere from a couple of years of teaching experience to being near or done with their career and enjoying retirement and ranging from elementary teaching to collegiate instruction.  In the show notes for this episode you can find time stamps with the names of each of these directors AND my full-length interviews with each if you want to go check out more of what they had to share about teaching and band directing. During this episode each response will be shared back to back with a slight pause in between so you can hear each answer without delay.  I think that you will quickly notice themes and recurring ideas emerging even from this sample of fifteen teachers. I hope that it will inspire you, motivate you, and quiet some of those nerves as they share lessons that they likely “learned the hard way” or wisdom that was revealed to them over the course of their teaching. The answers are in response to a hybrid of two questions:   “What advice would you go back and give your former self at the start of your teaching career? OR What advice would you give to a teacher in their first few years of teaching?” Enjoy!   Episode Overview #4 Rachel Pletke - LeSueur-Henderson, MN (02:05) #5 Anthony Boldt - Kasson-Mantorville, MN (04:08) #7 Steve Schmitz - St.Louis Park, MN (06:31) #8 Dan Tewalt - Wayzata, MN (07:37) #9 Matthew Potter - Chaska, MN (10:42) #10 Scott Sater (Ret.) - Shakopee & Backus, MN (10:57) #11 Dr.Doug Orzolek - University of St.Thomas, MN (16:01) #12 Caleb Rebarchak - Bellefonte, PA (16:55) #14 Dr.James Miller - Gustavus Adolphus College, MN (17:38) #15 Miles Mortensen - Minnetonka, MN (23:17) #19 Erin Holmes & Bradley Mariska - Farmington, MN (27:33) #21 Amanda Kaus - Rochester, MN (31:15) #23 Erik Hermanson - Cleveland, MN (33:03) #24 Geneva Fitzsimonds - Edina, MN (33:59) #25 Dr. Heidi Johanna Miller - Gustavus Adolphus College, MN (35:10) Conclusion I hope that you enjoyed this episode format! I am not sure about you, but listening through this it felt like I was sitting at a table with these fifteen awesome educators having a “virtual roundtable discussion”. I hope to be able to sprinkle episodes like this in  as I continue to build my bank of interview questions and responses with directors. So if you liked this format, there will be more like it in the future! As always if you enjoyed this episode or any other episode, consider leaving a review on any of the platforms that you listen to the show on. Itunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or Facebook. Your reviews, with or without written feedback, help get the word out about the show. At the end of the day I am doing this podcast to not only improve my own knowledge and skill set but hopefully provide this as a resource to the greater music education community. If you are able to help promote this program I would greatly appreciate it! If you like what you heard today consider heading over to TheBandDirectorsLounge.com and use our affiliate links to purchase some of the books mentioned in the show, sign up for a free trial with Audible, or pick up a set of Eargasm Earplugs. Your purchases through these links help offset some of the costs of recording, producing, and hosting this show. Good luck with the upcoming school year! Remember to take time to keep yourself recharged and healthy so that you can come back fresh each day for yourself and your students. Thanks again for tuning in, I will see you back here next time in The Band Director's Lounge.   Other Resources Logan Burnside (Show Host) http://thebanddirectorslounge.com (Podcast Website) https://www.facebook.com/TheBandDirectorsLounge/ (FB Website)  Support The Band Director's Lounge   Eargasam Earplugs (http://bit.ly/2HBge0T) Audible - 30 days free + 2 free books (https://amzn.to/2WToqS2 ) Donate to support the podcast (paypal.me/pools/c/8dpQAkgwuQ)