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Are you ready to become a Nidra/NSDR Guide? Join Ayla Nova's Yoga Nidra Teacher Training to deepen your practice and expand your teaching skills. Imagine releasing years of stress, breaking free from old patterns, and uncovering a version of yourself you've only dreamed of. The Peace in Rest Program is your pathway to achieving this. This unique experience combines Nova Nidra for Living (personal transformation) with Nova Nidra for Leading (heart-led empowerment). Whether you're here to heal, grow, or guide others, this program equips you with tools to master Yoga Nidra/NSDR, a proven practice that blends ancient wisdom with modern science. Here's what you'll gain: The tools to release stress and anxiety while building resilienceBetter sleep, deeper rest, and more energy for what mattersA clear path to discovering your authentic self and voiceA supportive community to grow and thrive withPeace in Rest Program | Lifetime peace beings with a journey beyond ENROLL TODAY: https://www.aylanova.com/peaceinrestprogram/teachertrainingWATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/AX1w22z4L4wINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aylanovanidra/Let the Nova Nidra journey begin—your transformation starts now.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova--5641302/support.
E373 – "Inner Voice: A Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan Zeine." In this episode, Dr. Foojan Zeine chats with Rich Christiansen, a globally recognized thought leader, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. For decades, he has been helping people fearlessly face their dragons, make peace with them, and navigate the intricate mazes of their lives. Rich has founded or co-founded 51 businesses, of which 16 have become multimillion-dollar successes. Each was capitalized with $10,000 or less. He has done business in 14 countries. Rich authored The ZigZag Principle, a Wall Street Journal and USA Today national best-selling book, sharing with us how a foundational law could be applied to entrepreneurship, goal setting, and life in general. In 2021, Rich introduced the Legado family framework. This model has sparked hope for families, positively impacting and stabilizing families throughout the world. But nothing he had ever accomplished or created about would prepare him for the biggest shock of his life after a DNA test revealed the truth about his conception more complex than he had ever imagined. In his new book, BLINDSIGHTED: A Journey of Identity, Faith, and Healing, Rich shares with the world his own struggles to unravel family secrets that raised serious, heart-wrenching questions. The book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of truth and love. www.RichChristiansen.com
Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, the fiercest competitors can sometimes become friends. Omar Tawakol is a prime example. As the founder and CEO of BlueKai, he went head-to-head with Tom, Vivek, and the 'Krux mafia' for dominance in the Data Management Platform arena. A serial entrepreneur with roots in New York and Egypt, Omar eventually steered BlueKai to a successful acquisition by Oracle before creating Voicea, which Cisco acquired. Today, he's pioneering a new venture called Rembrand (rembrand.com), which innovates in product placement through generative fusion AI.Have you ever heard of a 5-year-old CEO? Omar Tawakol made his first sale by pitching coasters to neighbors. From playground profits to knockout big exits, Omar shares how he had “no choice but to build companies” from an early age. What makes the human element the most rewarding part of company building? Are better algorithms or richer data the key to winning in tech? Where does AI stand in the current hype cycle? How do you intertwine AI into human workflows? And, how not to let success get to your head.Omar joins Tom and Vivek on the latest episode of The {Closed} Session to recount tales from the entrepreneurial ringside, insights from his journey as a serial startup champ, and a sneak peek at his latest venture that's punching above its weight in the AI arena. Plus, a totally unpaid-for-promotion: where to find the best coffee in Menlo Park.Learn more about Rembrand at rembrand.comLearn more about super{set} at superset.comFind more episodes at www.theclosedsession.com
Omar Tawakol is CEO and co-founder Rembrand, a company using generative AI to automate product placement in online videos. Earlier this year, he announced an $8 million seed funding round and this month added several more strategic investors. Rembrand represents a return to Tawakol's roots in advertising technology and his graduate work in AI. He saw there was an underutilized opportunity for product placement at scale that could be delivered cost-effectively for online influencers. AI is enabling the company to significantly expand the market. Tawakol was my guest for Episode 61, in 2018. At the time, he was CEO of Voicera, which later rebranded to Voicea and then was acquired by Cisco 2019. Voicea was an early leader in the automated meeting transcription space and pioneered novel architectures that led to rapid increases in performance. Earlier in his career, Tawakol was CEO of Blue Kai, the leading DMP for enterprise marketers. The company was acquired by Oracle in 2016 and he then served as SVP of Oracle Data Cloud. He was formerly a board director at PlaceIQ and is a board member for Liveramp.
Welcome to the first episode of Masters of MAX, where you'll hear from Hasan Luongo, VP of Global Marketing at Chipper Cash. Chipper Cash is a financial technology company serving more than five million customers across the African continent. Their app-only experience enables customers in five African countries, the U.S. and the U.K. to pay bills, make cross-border money transfers, and purchase cryptocurrencies.Hasan is an entrepreneur 1st and foremost, then a Growth and Product leader, and last but never least, a User. And in his conversation with Tom Butta, you'll hear how much weight he places on the user experience, and why Chipper has always been mobile only to support that notion. Trust is everything when it comes to the finance space. And without conventional banking locations that customers are used to, it's a tougher hurdle to climb over. Listen to find out how Hasan relies on transparency and marketing to support Chipper's efforts in earning their users' trust.PS, don't listen to this episode until after you've had your morning coffee, as we cover some of Hasan's favorite blends and regions on the show as well. —Guest BioHasan is an entrepreneur, marketing, and product leader with extensive experience building and scaling high-growth technology companies, marketing, and growth teams. He's a data-informed creative thinker. Hasan cut his teeth in digital marketing as co-founder/CEO of HoodiePeople, an e-commerce retail startup way back in 2006 Currently, Hasan leads Growth & Marketing as VP Global Marketing at Chipper Cash, a pan-African Fintech. Hasan joined Chipper at the pre-seed stage and the company is now at Series C, and valued at $1.25b, with more than 5 million users globally today. Just prior to Chipper, Hasan lead Growth Marketing at Voicea, a B2B SaaS startup that was acquired by Cisco in 2018. Over the last 15 years, he's relentlessly focused on building high growth technology companies including Homejoy, YourMechanic, Fairy, Honey, and TuneUpMedia. These organizations have collectively raised over $800m, launched in 1000's of markets across the US, Africa, and EU, with multiple major exits. Beyond work, Hasan loves coffee, admittedly more than working. If you're interested in finding what he's got brewing today, head over to his personal coffee blog here. —Guest Quote“Trust starts with reliability, right? And when things go wrong, you need to be transparent and get out in front of that as soon as possible. And things do break. That is the nature of the beast.” - Hasan Luongo—Time Stamps *(2:20) A bit about Hasan*(4:53) Digging into Chipper Cash *(6:56) A mobile-first product*(9:15) Enabling fast movement *(10:52) Building customer trust in finance*(14:05) Retaining users and customers*(18:10) Life after the download*(23:15) What's next for Chipper*(26:12) Hasan's advice for other leaders*(27:39) Rapid fire questions—LinksConnect with Hasan Luongo on LinkedInConnect with Tom Butta on LinkedInCheck out the Airship WebsiteLearn more about Chipper Cash
Today is a very special episode: You are all going to be the very, very first people to hear me read Chapter 1 of FAT TALK: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, which comes out in just 5 days, on April 25. We are excerpting this from the audiobook, which I got to narrate. If you love what you hear, I hope you will order the audiobook or the hardcover (or if you're in the UK and the Commonwealth, the paperback) anywhere you buy books. Split Rock has signed copies and don't forget that when you order from them, you can also take 10 percent off anything in the Burnt Toast Bookshop.If you want more conversations like this one, please rate and review us in your podcast player! And become a paid Burnt Toast subscriber to get all of Virginia's reporting and bonus subscriber-only episodes. Disclaimer: Virginia and Corinne are humans with a lot of informed opinions. They are not nutritionists, therapists, doctosr, or any kind of health care providers. The conversation you're about to hear and all of the advice and opinions they give are just for entertainment, information, and education purposes only. None of this is a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice.LINKSThat photo by Katy Grannanarchived in the National Portrait Gallery's Catalog of American PortraitsAnamarie Regino on Good Morning AmericaLisa Belkin's NYT Magazine articlea report published in Children's Voicea judge ordered two teenagers into foster care2010 analysis published in the DePaul Journal of Health Care LawFat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American CultureFearing the Black BodyHilde Bruch's research papersNational Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran wrote the first “Fat Manifesto”Several studies from the 1960sresearchers revisited the picture ranking experimentthe 1999–2000 NHANES showed a youth obesity rate of 13.9 percentreaching 19.3 percent in the 2017–2018 NHANESData collected from 1976 to 1980 showed that 15 percent of adults met criteria for obesity.By 2007, it had risen to 34 percent.The most recent NHANES data puts the rate of obesity among adults at 42.4 percent.The NHANES researchers determine our annual rate of obesity by collecting the body mass index scores of about 5,000 Americans (a nationally representative sample) each year.A major shift happened in 1998, when the National Institutes of Health's task force lowered the BMI's cutoff points for each weight category, a math equation that moved 29 million Americans who had previously been classified as normal weight or just overweight into the overweight and obese categories.in 2005, epidemiologists at the CDC and the National Cancer Institute published a paper analyzing the number of deaths associated with each of these weight categories in the year 2000 and found that overweight BMIs were associated with fewer deaths than normal weight BMIs.in 2013, Flegal and her colleagues published a systematic literature review of ninety-seven such papers, involving almost three million participants, and concluded, again, that having an overweight BMI was associated with a lower rate of death than a normal BMI in all of the studies that had adequately adjusted for factors like age, sex, and smoking status.But in 2021, years after retiring, Flegal published an article in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases that details the backlash her work received from obesity researchers.After her paper was published, former students of the obesity researchers most outraged by Flegal's work took to Twitter to recall how they were instructed not to trust her analysis because Flegal was “a little bit plump herself.”the BMI-for-age chart used in most doctors' offices today is based on what children weighed between 1963 and 1994. a 1993 study by researchers at the United States Department of Health and Human Services titled “Actual Causes of Death in the United States.” the study's authors published a letter to the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine saying, “You [ . . . ] cited our 1993 paper as claiming ‘that every year 300,000 deaths in the United States are caused by obesity.' That is not what we claimed.”“Get in Shape, Girl!”The Fat Studies ReaderToo Fat for Chinaas I reported for the New York Times Magazine in 2019, it has become a common practice for infertility clinics to deny in vitro fertilization and other treatments to mothers above a certain body weightMichelle Obama 2016 speech, another speech, a 2010 speech to the School Nutrition Association, 2013 speechMarion Nestle, a 2011 blog postfood insecurity impacted 21 percent of all American households with children when Obama was elected TheHill.com story on SNAP“I could live on French fries,” she told the New York Times in 2009, explaining that she doesn't because “I have hips.”Ellyn Satter's an open letter to Obamaseveral other critiques of “Let's Move"“I don't want our children to be weight-obsessed"The Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by me, Virginia Sole-Smith. You can follow me on Instagram or Twitter.Burnt Toast transcripts and essays are edited and formatted by Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing and also co-hosts mailbag episodes!The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Jeff Bailey and Chris Maxwell.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting anti-diet, body liberation journalism! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe
Interview season is here on the podcast! I've been following today's guest for a while now, and it was a pleasure hearing more of her story. You're going to get so much from our conversation today.Sara Whiteside is an EFT Tapping & Intuitive Business Coach from Virginia.We talked about:Her journey through Network Marketing into her current workEFTs role in healing her marriage and the gifts she's passed on to her childrenHow to move gently and effectively through procrastinationDeconditioning and rediscovering the power of your voiceA fun self care practice she does that's so aligned with her work!Follow Sara:Instagram: @sarawhiteside19Website: https://sarawhiteside.com/freebie/Take the ProcrastiHabit QuizConnect with Sheila:Learn about my new App - Find your self-care sweet spotGet weekly practical inspiration: http://www.sheilabotelho.com/elevateEat better - Feel Better - Get More Energy: Healthy Eating RefresherInstagram & all social media: @sheilaabotelhoPS: Thanks so much for listening. I would love your review! If you enjoy what I share in this episode, rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/connect-with-sheila-botelho/id1527363160 I would really appreciate it. Thanks!*Please consult your physician or health advisor before beginning any new healing or self-care protocol.
The Mummy's Voiceby Jake Wickhttps://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mummy's_VoiceA security guard has qualms about overseeing the new October exhibit and for good reason. Mummy's are scary and sometimes very magical.Intro MusicThe Order's ThemeMyuuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvzl0S85HHgFollow mehttps://www.spookyboorhodes.comhttps://www.twitter.com/spookyboorhodeshttps://www.youtube.com/midnightscarespodcasthttps://www.tiktok.com/@midnightscarespodcasthttps://www.scarystorytime.comhttps://www.midnightscarespodcast.com
This conversation explores the L.A. tech scene and venture investing featuring two of the industry's leading voices. Spencer Rascoff and Dana Settle discuss Pacaso and Greycroft while sharing their thoughts on L.A.'s evolving ecosystem. Dana Settle is a founding partner of Greycroft, where she heads the firm's West Coast office out of Los Angeles. Prior to joining Greycroft, Dana spent several years as a venture capitalist and advisor to startup companies in the Bay Area, including six years at Mayfield, where she focused on early stage companies in the mobile communications and consumer Internet markets. Dana currently manages Greycroft's investments in Anine Bing, AppAnnie, Avaline, Bird, Bumble, Citizen, Clique, Comparably, Goop, HamsaPay, Happiest Baby, Merit Beauty, Seed, Thrive Market, Versed, and WideOrbit. She also managed the firm's investments in The RealReal (IPO), Awesomeness TV (acquired by Dreamworks), Maker Studios (acquired by Disney), Pulse (acquired by LinkedIn), Trunk Club (acquired by Nordstrom), Sometrics (acquired by American Express), Viddy (acquired by Fullscreen), and Voicea (acquired by Cisco). Show notes and resources: Dana Settle bio on Greycroft Both sides of the table Diversity Ride for the Term Sheet
Omar Tawakol is a serial entrepreneur whose latest company, Voicea, was acquired by Cisco in 2019. On today's episode, Jon Sakoda speaks with Omar Tawakol about his journey to becoming a three-time founder and his advice to new founders caught up in the noise of the industry. Find The Creativity in Every Step of Iteration [01:48-03:19] - To Omar, being a founder means creating value to bring to the world. While founders can lose this sentiment throughout the process of building a product, listen to hear how Omar infuses creativity in every step of the product market journey. Stay in The Game by Fostering Your Passion [12:44-13:24] - Omar has been in the game for decades and knows a thing or two about staying resilient through the startup journey. Learn about why Omar believes passion is the key to going the full distance as a serial founder.Architect a Team You Can Evolve With [13:02-13:30] - As a serial entrepreneur, Omar has built many teams that have carried their products through multiple iterations. It is impossible to be a successful founder without a team that fills the gap in your expertise. Listen to hear how hiring team members with the same love and persistence for your domain will carry you to the finish line.Surround Yourself With Experts [15:28-16:06] - While it's important to have a vested interest in your domain, it is impossible to know it all as a first-time founder. Omar believes that even with deep knowledge of your domain, it is in a founder's best interest to hire experts who can steer you in the right direction.
万圣节最精彩的一个环节,便是讲恐怖的鬼故事了!今天分享几个短小精悍,但是看完让人不禁脊背发凉的英语小故事…The GlassI woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until l heard it come from the mirror again玻璃我醒来时听到了敲玻璃的声音。起初,我以为是窗户,直到我又听到镜子里传来的声音AnimalsGrowing up with cats and dogs, I got used to the sounds of scratching at my door while l slept. Now that I live alone, it is much more unsettling.动物我和猫狗一起长大,我习惯了睡觉时抓门的声音。现在我一个人住,这就更令人不安了。The VoiceA girl heard her mom yell her name from downstairs, so she got up and started to head down. As she got to the stairs, her mom pulled her into her room and said "l heard that too."声音一个女孩听她妈妈在楼下喊她的名字,所以她站起来开始往下走。当她走上楼梯时,她妈妈把她拉进房间说:“我也听到了。”Revealing DeadI always thought my cat had a staring problem - she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me.看到逝者我一直认为我的猫有盯着我看的问题——她似乎总是盯着我的脸。直到有一天,我意识到她总是在我身后看着我。Baby in darkThere's nothing like the laughter of a baby. Unless it's 1 a.m. and you're home alone.黑暗中的婴儿婴儿的笑声似乎无可比拟。除非是凌晨1点,你一个人在家。
万圣节最精彩的一个环节,便是讲恐怖的鬼故事了!今天分享几个短小精悍,但是看完让人不禁脊背发凉的英语小故事…The GlassI woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until l heard it come from the mirror again玻璃我醒来时听到了敲玻璃的声音。起初,我以为是窗户,直到我又听到镜子里传来的声音AnimalsGrowing up with cats and dogs, I got used to the sounds of scratching at my door while l slept. Now that I live alone, it is much more unsettling.动物我和猫狗一起长大,我习惯了睡觉时抓门的声音。现在我一个人住,这就更令人不安了。The VoiceA girl heard her mom yell her name from downstairs, so she got up and started to head down. As she got to the stairs, her mom pulled her into her room and said "l heard that too."声音一个女孩听她妈妈在楼下喊她的名字,所以她站起来开始往下走。当她走上楼梯时,她妈妈把她拉进房间说:“我也听到了。”Revealing DeadI always thought my cat had a staring problem - she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me.看到逝者我一直认为我的猫有盯着我看的问题——她似乎总是盯着我的脸。直到有一天,我意识到她总是在我身后看着我。Baby in darkThere's nothing like the laughter of a baby. Unless it's 1 a.m. and you're home alone.黑暗中的婴儿婴儿的笑声似乎无可比拟。除非是凌晨1点,你一个人在家。
万圣节最精彩的一个环节,便是讲恐怖的鬼故事了!今天分享几个短小精悍,但是看完让人不禁脊背发凉的英语小故事…The GlassI woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until l heard it come from the mirror again玻璃我醒来时听到了敲玻璃的声音。起初,我以为是窗户,直到我又听到镜子里传来的声音AnimalsGrowing up with cats and dogs, I got used to the sounds of scratching at my door while l slept. Now that I live alone, it is much more unsettling.动物我和猫狗一起长大,我习惯了睡觉时抓门的声音。现在我一个人住,这就更令人不安了。The VoiceA girl heard her mom yell her name from downstairs, so she got up and started to head down. As she got to the stairs, her mom pulled her into her room and said "l heard that too."声音一个女孩听她妈妈在楼下喊她的名字,所以她站起来开始往下走。当她走上楼梯时,她妈妈把她拉进房间说:“我也听到了。”Revealing DeadI always thought my cat had a staring problem - she always seemed fixated on my face. Until one day, when I realized that she was always looking just behind me.看到逝者我一直认为我的猫有盯着我看的问题——她似乎总是盯着我的脸。直到有一天,我意识到她总是在我身后看着我。Baby in darkThere's nothing like the laughter of a baby. Unless it's 1 a.m. and you're home alone.黑暗中的婴儿婴儿的笑声似乎无可比拟。除非是凌晨1点,你一个人在家。
MacKenzie Fleming is a copywriter and messaging expert for coaches looking to go beyond just selling their next offer, but to create messaging that truly builds an empire. She also identifies as a Type 7 and resonates most with the: Struggles: throwing herself into constant activity, impatience and impulsiveness, unable to discriminate what is really neededStrengths: wide range of interests, many ongoing professional and creative projects, can easily reframe negative emotions into positive onesWhen you listen into to today's episode you'll hear more about her experience as a Type 7 and how it's played a role in her career and work as well as specific branding and messaging topics covering:What happens if you don't have a recognized brand voiceThe difference between visual brand and brand voiceA description of the term "vulnerability pimp" and how to avoid it An alternative to charging by the hourContent writing vs. copywriting and when to use each oneWhat your About Me page should include (and not)You can connect with MacKenzie and continue to learn more from her over in her digital homes:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mackenziebfleming/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theconversioncornerWebsite: https://mackenziebfleming.com/Additional Resources: Post mentioned in the episode - You don't have to be happy all the time Grab Your Type 7 Guidebook here Do you have Type 7 energy? Article hereMy experience as a Type 7 - Episode 3 hereNot sure what your type is? Book a Know Your Number session hereDownload your quick reference Enneagram guide: https://www.enneagrammba.com/cheatsheet
A tragic accident changes all of Matthew's plans for the future. God shows him that life is a precious gift, both here and in eternity.Other shows we think you'll love. Angelic // Raise My SonHer son's heart stopped for 21 minutes. He was brain dead in a comma for 3 days. Angelic shares the supernatural story of God's power that healed her son.Baylee // Hearing God's VoiceA string of bad choices leave Baylee broken and homeless. Desperate for help, her hope is restored by the prayer of a stranger and hearing the voice of God.Support the show (https://theunseenstory.org/giveandfollow/)
God’s VoiceNot a voice of defeatNot a voice of condemnationGod’s VoiceA voice of TRUTHA voice of HOPEA voice of PURPOSEWhat voices are YOU listening to?To find out more about BridgePoint Church, located in Gloucester, Virginia, lead by Pastor Robert McTurnal, visit us online at:https://bridgepoint.church
Hasan Luongo, VP Growth Marketing at Chipper Cash, previously Director of Growth Marketing at Voicea (acquired by Cisco), Growth Marketing Lead at Fairy acquired by Postmates and Head of Growth at Honey acquired by PayPal, talks about growth marketing and how founders with no experience in this should approach it. Hasan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasanluongo/ Chipper Cash: https://chippercash.com/ Fill out this form to get connected to investors and mentors: https://form.typeform.com/to/vT8gVQDG
Speaking our truth is the most important work we can do in our lifetimes. Find out why and how to do so in this episode. Plus, discover how our voice connects to our presence and authenticity and what it can reveal about yourself. This show is a must-listen for anyone who feels like they don’t have a voice, are unheard, or want to reclaim their truth.Elissa is a voice and presence coach, and the founder of Voice Body Connection. After suddenly losing her own voice at age 21, Elissa began studying the mechanics of voice. Over time she developed a unique approach that empowers performers, leaders, and speakers to optimize their voices and share them more authentically.Quotes to remember: “Not only was I not allowed to talk, but I didn’t know how to talk about what had happened to me.”“The impulse for expression is in every cell of our body.”“Mastery of anything is about doing the necessary and releasing the excess.” Takeaways:Being good can be damaging too, to fit within a good-bad paradigmWe had our intuitive ways of understanding the world and creating, before we were provided a system and structuresWe warm up to check in with our body and nervous systemAsk yourself: Am I doing what I’m doing with an economy of effort?All physical issues have their roots in mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects because you cannot separate these aspectsYou are meant to vibrate at your authentic energyCreativity is less creating and more receivingWe have been living in a capitalistic acquisitional culture that says that what you want is over there, rather than the truth that it is right hereAuthenticity is asking yourself “what’s here?”What you’ll learn:How and why Elissa lost her voiceWhat it means to have a voice on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levelsHow Buddhist principles weave into using our voice and creatingWhat it means to have an authentic voicePointers on how to cultivate your authentic voiceA practice on how to trust and yield to what isHow to get in touch with what you’re feeling and to be present with the Voice Body Connection processMentioned on the podcast: https://www.voicebodyconnection.com/Untamed - Glennon DoyleFind Your Voice Speak Your Truth podcastVirginia RosenbergBig Magic - Elizabeth GilbertFind Your Voice, Speak Your Truth mini-courseLinks:InstagramYoutubeFacebookLinkedinElissa's FREE Masterclass: Why We Freak Out on Camera + How to Solve It
UC Today's Rob Scott hosts Jonathan George, Cisco Webex Master and Digital Collaboration lead at Adoptt.
In this episode by Fundraising Radio, our guest speaker is Ahmad Abdulkader, the CTO and co-founder of Voicea that raised about $20 million and was recently acquired by Cisco. Ahmad tells about the role of technical people in the fundraising process, explains how to attract talent early on and how even a bad pitch can lead to an acquisition. Articles by Ahmad: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HZxrGFIAAAAJ&hl=en Article on how Voicea raised $14.5 mil: https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/07/voicera-raises-14-5-million-for-ai-that-draws-insights-from-meeting-notes/ Invest in your host through an IPO: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.dubovitskiy
Join the Cisco Champions as they discuss what’s new with the Cisco Contact Center with Kurt Mey and Carlos Guadamuz. The discussion includes the integration of Voicea and CloudCherry acquisitions; Customer Experience Management; the use of AI/ML to listen, analyze and predict; leveraging of Cognitive Collaboration; the WebEx Contact Center Enterprise; the specialization use cases; and much more. Cisco Champion hosts Paul Giblin (@dreamlessod), Presidio, Enterprise Architect Malcolm Booden (@malcolmbooden), MNB Networks Ltd, Network & Security Consultant Guests Kurt Mey (@kumey99), Cisco, Contact Center Business Development Manager Carlos Guadamuz, Cisco, Contact Center Business Development Manager Moderator Lauren Friedman (@lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program
Join the Cisco Champions as they discuss what’s new with the Cisco Contact Center with Kurt Mey and Carlos Guadamuz. The discussion includes the integration of Voicea and CloudCherry acquisitions; Customer Experience Management; the use of AI/ML to listen, analyze and predict; leveraging of Cognitive Collaboration; the WebEx Contact Center Enterprise; the specialization use cases; and much more. Cisco Champion hosts Paul Giblin (@dreamlessod), Presidio, Enterprise Architect Malcolm Booden (@malcolmbooden), MNB Networks Ltd, Network & Security Consultant Guests Kurt Mey (@kumey99), Cisco, Contact Center Business Development Manager Carlos Guadamuz, Cisco, Contact Center Business Development Manager Moderator Lauren Friedman (@lauren), Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champions Program
Cory Treffiletti is a successful marketer, author, entrepreneur and student of popular culture with a deep background in digital dating back to 1994. He is currently Global Head of Marketing for Cisco's Webex.com and previously was Chief Marketing Officer for Voicea (acquired by Cisco in 2019). Cory was also CMO for BlueKai, the leading cloud-based, marketing data management platform acquired by Oracle in 2014, where he became CMO of the Oracle Data Cloud. Here are the key links from the episode: Join the Breakthrough Success Facebook Group Schedule a free strategy call with me Did you enjoy this episode? It would greatly help if you subscribe to Breakthrough Success and leave a quick review.
Backed by corporate investors that included Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, Omar Tawakol founded Voicea in 2017, and served as the company's CEO until its acquisition by Cisco in September 2019. Voicea's core offering was EVA, an in-meeting AI assistant that transcribed meetings, generated highlights, and pushed relevant meeting content to productivity tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. EVA is now being rolled into Cisco's Webex Assistant, and Tawakol is currently the VP and GM of the Cisco Contact Center. In this talk, he explores the strategies he employed as he scaled Voicea and landed it at Cisco. He also draws on his experience building BlueKai, a data exchange and data management platform company he founded in 2007 and sold to Oracle in 2014, and draws contrasts between the two very different B2B business models.
Backed by corporate investors that included Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, Omar Tawakol founded Voicea in 2017, and served as the company’s CEO until its acquisition by Cisco in September 2019. Voicea’s core offering was EVA, an in-meeting AI assistant that transcribed meetings, generated highlights, and pushed relevant meeting content to productivity tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. EVA is now being rolled into Cisco’s Webex Assistant, and Tawakol is currently the VP and GM of the Cisco Contact Center. In this talk, he explores the strategies he employed as he scaled Voicea and landed it at Cisco. He also draws on his experience building BlueKai, a data exchange and data management platform company he founded in 2007 and sold to Oracle in 2014, and draws contrasts between the two very different B2B business models.
Backed by corporate investors that included Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, Omar Tawakol founded Voicea in 2017, and served as the company’s CEO until its acquisition by Cisco in September 2019. Voicea’s core offering was EVA, an in-meeting AI assistant that transcribed meetings, generated highlights, and pushed relevant meeting content to productivity tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams. EVA is now being rolled into Cisco’s Webex Assistant, and Tawakol is currently the VP and GM of the Cisco Contact Center. In this talk, he explores the strategies he employed as he scaled Voicea and landed it at Cisco. He also draws on his experience building BlueKai, a data exchange and data management platform company he founded in 2007 and sold to Oracle in 2014, and draws contrasts between the two very different B2B business models.
It's been a busy year for Cisco in the worlds of communication and collaboration. This podcast brings you all the latest news on Cisco's platforms covering new meeting features for Webex, this month's Cisco Partner Summit and all of the latest announcements relating to closer integration work with other technology providers. The usual pod team also over Cisco's acquisition of Voicea, which was announced back in September, and some of the new capabilities that this may bring to its platforms. Some new hardware devices have also been unveiled and the pod examine how these will fit in Cisco's portfolio of endpoint devices.
It's been a busy year for Cisco in the worlds of communication and collaboration. This podcast brings you all the latest news on Cisco's platforms covering new meeting features for Webex, this month's Cisco Partner Summit and all of the latest announcements relating to closer integration work with other technology providers. The usual pod team also over Cisco's acquisition of Voicea, which was announced back in September, and some of the new capabilities that this may bring to its platforms. Some new hardware devices have also been unveiled and the pod examine how these will fit in Cisco's portfolio of endpoint devices.
This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to democratize the skills of great leaders and make every one of us more productive. My guest is Omar Tawakol.Omar Tawakol is Chief Executive Officer of Voicea which was recently acquired by Cisco. Prior to Voicea, Omar Tawakol was the founder and CEO of BlueKai which was the leading Data Exchange and Data Management Platform company in the marketing industry. Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014. At Oracle, Omar was the SVP & GM of the Oracle Data Cloud (ODC). The ODC pioneered the Data-as-a-Service category and was used by 97 of the top 100 US brands to create a 360o view of their customers across all channels. Omar earned an MS in CS from Stanford (BS, MIT) where he researched and published work on AI agents.Their promise: “Voicea transforms your meetings into time well spent”. This inspired me, hence I invited Omar to my podcast. We explore what’s broken in our busy business life that are increasingly loaded with meetings, and what can be if technology and people blend in the right way. Here are some of his quotes:I was running the Oracle Data Cloud after Oracle acquired my company BlueKai.I'd meet with some great leaders like Satya at Microsoft, of course, Larry Ellison, sir Martin Sorrell, just great business leaders.What struck me when I'd meet them is that they'd be in a meeting with me completely focused on our conversation. They didn't have their laptop open so that they could take notes and then get distracted. They weren't looking at their phone, they were looking at me.And when they left the meeting, there was an email with a follow up, and you realize, of course, they have a staff around them. That's helping them, but they also had some excellent skills themselves. And so, given how much time we spend in meetings, it's one of the largest time sinks of all knowledge workers, I saw that there was an opportunity really to help democratize the skills of these great executives.During this interview, you will learn four things:That a new generation of applications is arising around the concept of a Voice First UI – and that this could open up a wealth of innovation opportunities for youWhy the best way to solve a problem is often to do the very opposite of peoples’ natural reaction. Voicea for example transforms habits such as the fear of missing out to the joy of missing out.How big impact is created by looking for areas where you can have a position of data advantage or ideally data dominance.Why you should aim to embed elements of virality in your solution – elements that people talk about, and create desire amongst others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The #AI Eye: Patriot One (TSX: $PAT.TO) (OTC:$PTOTF) Acquires XTRACT, Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Completes Voicea Acquisition and NICE (Nasdaq: $NICE) Wins Four Globee Awards for AI Tech
The #AI Eye: Patriot One (TSX: $PAT.TO) (OTC:$PTOTF) Acquires XTRACT, Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Completes Voicea Acquisition and NICE (Nasdaq: $NICE) Wins Four Globee Awards for AI Tech
The #AI Eye: Patriot One (TSX: $PAT.TO) (OTC:$PTOTF) Acquires XTRACT, Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Completes Voicea Acquisition and NICE (Nasdaq: $NICE) Wins Four Globee Awards for AI Tech
The #AI Eye: Patriot One (TSX: $PAT.TO) (OTC:$PTOTF) Acquires XTRACT, Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Completes Voicea Acquisition and NICE (Nasdaq: $NICE) Wins Four Globee Awards for AI Tech
Here’s a Headstart on three business headlines you need to know for Monday, August 12th, 2019. Learn more at dailyheadstart.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The #AI Eye: Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Announces Intent to Acquire Voicea, CEVA (Nasdaq: $CEVA) Enters Strategic Partnership with Immervision and Arlo (NYSE: $ARLO) Supports Apple's (Nasdaq: $AAPL) HomeKit
The #AI Eye: Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Announces Intent to Acquire Voicea, CEVA (Nasdaq: $CEVA) Enters Strategic Partnership with Immervision and Arlo (NYSE: $ARLO) Supports Apple's (Nasdaq: $AAPL) HomeKit
The #AI Eye: Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Announces Intent to Acquire Voicea, CEVA (Nasdaq: $CEVA) Enters Strategic Partnership with Immervision and Arlo (NYSE: $ARLO) Supports Apple's (Nasdaq: $AAPL) HomeKit
The #AI Eye: Cisco (Nasdaq: $CSCO) Announces Intent to Acquire Voicea, CEVA (Nasdaq: $CEVA) Enters Strategic Partnership with Immervision and Arlo (NYSE: $ARLO) Supports Apple's (Nasdaq: $AAPL) HomeKit
Please welcome Mohamed El-Geish to the Vociety podcast. Mohamed is the Chief Architect for Voicea and an amazing person for his ability to explain complex systems in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. I hope you enjoy this opportunity to hear how a company like Voicea architects its platform to harness the power of voice.
Voicea, the leading voice collaboration platform, unveils an extensive list of voice-based commands and new productivity platform integrations to help meeting goers become more productive. The new voice commands help meeting goers craft follow-ups, create action items, schedule reminders, and drive outputs directly into integrations for more than 20 of the top collaborative productivity systems used by today’s businesses. The new voice commands allow a range of interactions, from telling EVA, Voicea's AI meeting assistant, to change the transcription language, to driving task and follow-up integrations. There is live closed-captioning to 40 languages and integrations into 20 plus productivity tools such as Trello, Asana, and Zapier. EVA's understanding of voice commands delivers unprecedented productivity gains, driving real-time workflow by simply speaking to your AI assistant. Additional functions include creating tickets within integrated project management apps, scheduling calendar reminders, emailing meeting highlights, reminding meeting attendees to join the meeting, and driving other work outputs.
Smarter Meetings. Faster Follow-Up.Voicea is a voice collaboration platform powered by an Enterprise Voice Assistant named EVA. EVA is an AI that takes commands, performs actions and captures highlights in meetings to share them and create actionable recaps. With EVA on conference lines, on calls, or in-person, you can focus on the conversation knowing EVA will capture and share whatever you highlight. Turn talk into action with Voicea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This is a great conversation with Voicea Chief Product Officer and co-founder, David Wiener. David has been a leader in Product Development for companies like Oracle and BlueKai and is now pushing innovation in the voice category. Hear what he has to say about creating category leading AI solutions.
This is another episode in the "founders series" for Voicea where we interview the 4 initial founders of the company. This one features the Chief Technical Office for Voicea who previously developed machine learning platforms with companies like Microsoft and Facebook and has been a long-time thought leader and visionary in the category of Artificial Intelligence. You should leave this episode with a better understanding of how these platforms are built and where they can go.
This is our very first episode and we're really excited to share it with you. This is a conversation with Omar Tawakol, CEO of Voicea. Omar and I have worked together for close to 7 years now. He was previously SVP and GM of the Oracle Data Cloud and co-founder, CEO of BlueKai. Omar has a history of disrupting categories with technology and a strong sense of what customers will enjoy. Have a listen to his vision for Voicea and the category of voice-activated AI as a whole.
This is a quick teaser for what will be coming soon from Voicea; our new podcast called "Vociety". Vociety is a podcast dedicated to speaking to people in and around the voice and voice-activated AI category of business. Stay tuned for our first few episodes in the next couple of weeks!
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Voicea, the voice collaboration platform is launching a new offering to help people attend fewer meetings. Voicea is powered by an Enterprise Voice Assistant named EVA. EVA uses AI to highlights key takeaways in meetings and creates actionable recaps in real time with either voice command, live tap on the dashboard or simply powered by the AI and your keywords. EVA can join conference lines, on calls, or in-person allowing meeting goers to focus on the conversation knowing that highlights are being captured. Voicea came out of beta in spring 2018 and has already processed more than 9mm minutes in meetings across all sizes of companies from SMB to the enterprise, with almost 1.5mm highlights and actions from those meetings. The end goal is to turn talk into action faster, have “smarter” meetings and help users get more accomplished at work. After recently rolling out Teams, which blows open the collaborative nature of the platform and help meeting goes think like senior executives and choose the meetings to attend and gain highlights from the others. Teams make meetings a structured data asset that can be accessed by entire teams. This enables others who did not attend a meeting to benefit from the ideas and discussions. I felt compelled to find out more and invite them onto my daily tech podcast. Omar Tawakol, Chief Executive Officer of Voicea shares his vision and talks about how he believes we are missing the boat unless we pay attention to Attention Intelligence.
Today, Mohamed El-Geish joins us to talk about the voice AI technology powering Voicea. Gabi is back on the host bench with Mark as we learn how Voicea can improve productivity. EVA, the voice assistant, will record important information for you so you can focus on your meeting and will create tasks lists to help you stay organized. Voicea integrates well with multiple platforms to help accomplish your goals as well. You can send messages to Slack, add tasks to your Basecamp list, and more. Mohamed explains the process of building Voicea and how machine learning techniques and user feedback have helped make it such a useful tool. Now, Voicea is working to incorporate video, allowing users to play back things like important meeting slides. Mohamed El-Geish Mohamed El-Geish is the Chief Architect and co-founder at Voicea (formerly Voicera), a voice AI technology company based in Menlo Park, Calif. Voicea leverages AI technology to harness voice in the workplace to increase productivity through EVA, Voicea’s Enterprise Voice Assistant. EVA listens, takes notes, and automatically provides highlights, actions, and recaps so your meetings can be activated. Voicea can turn talk into action from any conversation with in-person chats, meetings, conference calls, or video conferences. Cool things of the week Query without a credit card: introducing BigQuery sandbox blog Exploring container security: Encrypting Kubernetes secrets with Cloud KMS blog Golden State Warriors power data analytics and fan experiences with Google Cloud blog Seven steps to making DevOps a reality blog GCP Podcast Episode 158: VP of Engineering - Melody Meckfessel podcast The Telegraph UK: Reimagining media with the help of Google Cloud blog Interview Voicea site Voicea Integrations site Kubernetes site GKE site Stackdriver site Docker site Voicea on LinkedIn site Mohamed El-Geish site Question of the week What if I’m working in a terminal in Cloud shell, and I want to move to another computer? How can I continue my work? Where can you find us next? Mark will be at GDC in March, Cloud NEXT, and ECG in April. Gabi will be at the Museum of Natural History for their Brown Scholars program giving a workshop on ML APIs and Cloud Functions. She’ll also be at Cloud NEXT.
Meet EVA by Voicea. EVA is a virtual note taking assistant that integrates with all the top video conferencing tools and your favorite productivity apps. Stop having one team member less involved from taking notes. Let EVA do the heavy lifting. https://www.voicea.com/
Cory Treffiletti, Chief Marketing Officer for Voicea, introduces us to EVA at Pepcom in Las Vegas. EVA is their intelligent assistant that listens to your meetings, in person or virtual, and parses the conversation into meaningful notes. Cory explains how it works, addresses the obvious privacy concerns, and covers how (and how many) voice recognition engines are involved. MacVoices is supported by ExpressVPN. High speed, ultra secure, and easy to use. Take back your online privacy while you surf. Visit ExpressVPN/MacVoices and find out how to get three months free. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss
Cory Treffiletti, Chief Marketing Officer for Voicea, introduces us to EVA at Pepcom in Las Vegas. EVA is their intelligent assistant that listens to your meetings, in person or virtual, and parses the conversation into meaningful notes. Cory explains how it works, addresses the obvious privacy concerns, and covers how (and how many) voice recognition engines are involved. MacVoices is supported by ExpressVPN. High speed, ultra secure, and easy to use. Take back your online privacy while you surf. Visit ExpressVPN/MacVoices and find out how to get three months free. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss
Author Allison Stillman's new book, The Sacred Art of Anointing, offers a comprehensive guide to anointing as practiced in the ancient temples of Egypt and describes how to anoint for love, abundance and optimum health. Stillman's book explains how anointing with essential oils can enhance inner wisdom and guidance, induce deeper relaxation, and awaken higher states of consciousness.
Sylvia Browne is a world renowned spiritual teacher, psychic, author, lecturer and researcher in the field of parapsychology. Sylvia is well known for her dynamic, genuine, down-to-earth style and personality. Her latest release, “Psychic – My Life in Two Worlds”, is an intimate, unapologetic, no-holds-barred memoir that candidly discusses deeper personal and professional experiences that she has never revealed in public.
As co-founder and president of the Association for Global New Thought, Beckwith stands at the forefront with other visionaries in the fields spirituality, education, sociology, economics, science, international futurists—those who dare to call an end to human suffering. In 1986 Dr. Beckwith founded the Agape International Spiritual Center and life is a living testament to building community.