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Jennifer Wesselhoff is the President & CEO of the Park City Chamber of Commerce | Convention & Visitors Bureau (Chamber/Bureau). She has served in the position since October 2020. The Park City Chamber/Bureau is responsible for the marketing and management of Utah’s preeminent luxury tourism destination, driving revenues in excess of $1 billion annually. Park City is home to the Sundance Film Festival, the nation’s largest independent film event. The town’s two ski resorts served as major event sites for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and the Utah Olympic Park continues to attract Olympians to Park City for high-altitude training. The town also is the headquarters for the US Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA). Park City hosts ski and snowboarding world championships on an annual basis and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has selected Utah for its next Winter Olympic bid in 2030. More than two million skiers hit the local slopes each year at both Park City Mountain, featuring the nation’s largest ski terrain, and Deer Valley Resort, consistently rated amongst the top ski resorts in North America. In summer months, more than one million visitors flock to Park City for hiking, blue-ribbon fly-fishing and biking on its 400-mile trail system. Prior to arriving in Park City, Jennifer was CEO/President of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, which she joined in 2007. During her tenure, she led Sedona, Arizona to national recognition as a destination. Jennifer guided the Sedona Chamber’s accreditation as a Destination Management Organization, led the development of Arizona’s first Sustainable Tourism Plan, and saw tourism grow to become Sedona’s largest industry, with a $1 billion annual impact and 10,000 tourism-related jobs. She most recently represented the region on the Governor’s Economic Recovery Task Force. Jennifer developed and launched successful brand strategies for Sedona, including the “Sedona, the Most Beautiful Place on Earth” campaign and the “Find Your Room to Play” campaign. Jennifer is a Certified Destination Management Executive with Destination Marketing Association International and is a frequent speaker and consultant on sustainable tourism best practices. She was the former Sedona Certified Film Commissioner with the Association of Film Commissioners International. Before joining the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau, Jennifer taught English in Japan and spent three years in the hospitality industry in Interlaken, Switzerland. She is conversant in three foreign languages and holds bachelor’s degrees in French and Communications from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. When Jennifer and her husband Rick are not running, biking and hiking, they enjoy cooking and traveling with friends. Destination on the Left is joined by Jennifer Wesselhoff, the President and CEO of the Park City Chamber of Commerce, Convention, and Visitors Bureau. On our podcast, Jennifer shares her passion for sustainable tourism and talks about the steps you can take to implement it in your own community. She teaches us what DMOs can do to better communicate with their communities and grow the destination organically. And she also explains how the pandemic has provided destinations with an opportunity to rethink tourism for years to come. What You Will Learn: Jennifer’s journey into the travel and tourism industry Jennifer’s passion for sustainable tourism and the steps you can take to implement it in your own community How to balance the four pillars of sustainable tourism Why DMOs need to put more focus on communicating with their residents and local communities How the pandemic has provided destinations with an opportunity to rethink tourism Attracting quality vs. quantity when it comes to visitors The Park City Chamber of Commerce, Convention, and Visitors Bureau Destination on the Left is joined by Jennifer Wesselhoff, the President and CEO of the Park City Chamber of Commerce, Convention, and Visitors Bureau. On our podcast, Jennifer shares her passion for sustainable tourism and talks about the steps you can take to implement it in your own community. She teaches us what DMOs can do to better communicate with their communities and grow the destination organically. And she also explains how the pandemic has provided destinations with an opportunity to rethink tourism for years to come. Becoming a Leader in the Pandemic Jennifer started her journey in Park City in October of 2020—an interesting time to say the least. Starting a new position, with new people, in a new organization is enough to test any leader, let alone when it is taking place in a remote work environment. Jennifer, however, brings a ton of experience to the table, and she was able to find her stride quickly through the use of creativity and collaboration. Her passion for sustainable tourism has helped her develop those skills day in and day out, and it is a concept we can all benefit from exploring in our own organizations and communities. The Four Pillars of Community Jennifer defines sustainable tourism as a way to balance the four pillars of the community, and it lifts up everyone who is apart of it. The pillars are: creating and retaining a vibrant economy, the visitor experience, impact on quality of life, and protecting the environment. While Jennifer always took a data-driven approach to destination marketing, the four pillars of community helped her reshape the lens with which she looked at the data. It gave her a new perspective for addressing unique challenges within the community, and it provided her with an opportunity to partner with other organizations and businesses in the region to solve those challenges. Sustainable tourism is something any destination can adopt to transform the core principles of the community, and there is so much to gain from it. Website: https://www.visitparkcity.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-wesselhoff-8960599/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/park-city-chamberbureau/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisitParkCity Twitter: @jennwesselhoff

For tens of thousands of years, humans have lived side by side with animals. However, today we are often unaware of the full extent our fury and feathered friends help us maintain a healthy sense of wellbeing. In this conversation with Jennifer Geach and Graeme Green, we learn how to reconnect with our feelings and sense of self "in the moment". Graeme tells us how animals help us build non judgemental relationships and teach us about compassion, kindness and community. While Jennifer helps us understand more about self regulation: how pets and other animals help us to recognise, accept and process our emotions. For more information about Athena Herd, please see links below. https://athenaherd.org.uk https://www.horseheard.com/author/gra...

This episode is sponsored in part by Doobert.com's FosterSpace, Boulder Holistic Vet, and Community Cat Coalition of Clark County. In this episode, Stacy chats with Jennifer Barnes, a US Marine Corps veteran who has been colony feeding and trapping cats for TNR for over five years in New Jersey. Known online as “The Trap Queen,” Jennifer largely uses her own money to fund her TNR, and she doesn’t drive—but she still gets the job done. She and Stacy discuss how she became involved in rescue and, eventually, TNR, and Jennifer shares the story of how she found the strength to keep trapping after having to euthanize the first cat she ever trapped. Jennifer also talks with Stacy about the lack of diversity in animal welfare, and how, as a Black woman, her early experiences with the animal welfare industry made her consider quitting. Though she traps independently, she has since connected up with a nonprofit organization that has a Black CEO, a fact that has made her feel more at ease and like she belongs in animal welfare. Jennifer shares her advice on trapping without your own vehicle, including tips on using ride-sharing services and public transportation. She tells Stacy about her favorite baits, and about her ongoing colony feeding experiences. While Jennifer funds the majority of the work she does herself, she does accept donations to help with the colonies she feeds and any vet care they require. To learn more and follow the work Jennifer does, check her out on Facebook, Instagram, or on Twitter under the handle @trapqueen85.

Jennifer Dulski has had a dream career in senior technology roles including executive leadership roles at Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, and as a founder, CEO and president for early stage startups. Jennifer’s latest project is Rising Team, where she is CEO and founder. Rising Team provides tools, data and community to turn managers into successful coaches, a role Jennifer has mastered throughout her impressive career.  A few highlights from Jennifer’s career path include: leading Facebook Groups, where her team was responsible building and growing the Groups product. While Jennifer was president & COO of change.org, the organization grew 10x, from 18 million users to 180 million and developed a profitable business model. Jennifer left a senior level role at Yahoo! to become co-founder and CEO of The Dealmap, a location-based deals app that Google acquired in 2011. In this conversation, Jennifer walks us through several milestones on her career path, the decision making framework she has used throughout her roles and the mindset that has helped her succeed and actively seek new challenges. We also discuss Jennifer’s early influences and the confidence she gained from being a coxswain for the boy’s high school crew team. After this conversation, you may be persuaded to say yes to more opportunities that come your way and to try Jennifer’s “IICDTICDA” principle towards your next project. If you want to learn more about Jennifer, order her book, Purposeful: Are You a Manager or a Movement Starter, where Jennifer shares stories about her own experiences, inspiring stories of social change leaders and what she has learned about starting movements. Follow us @iwhjpodcast  Please share this episode with a friend!  

Jennifer Bejcek (www.mydoterra.com/relief) has been working with essential oils for about ten years now. She teaches people how to use them, how they are made, how they work, and their many benefits that can be enjoyed. Jennifer posts free educational information on her YouTube channel called "Essential Oil Stories." She works in the DoTerra organization, and sells essential oils in addition to putting up the free information on YouTube. In the midst of the current pandemic crisis, many people want to know all about any harmless and natural health measures that may be available. While Jennifer does not make any claims whatsoever about essential oils in that context, and reminds everyone to go to their own doctor for medical advice, diagnosis and treatment, she does share with all of us the great benefits that essential oils have to offer anyone who wants to learn about them. They have historically been used for many purposes, and today we have a wide assortment available to buy and use, plus technology like diffusers that expand the ways we can enjoy their beneficial effects. For those of you who would like to support our work, help keep us on the air in the face of massive censorship, and help us fund the projects we have waiting in the wings, please visit our new Subscribe Star page and tell others. It can be found at www.subscribestar.com/lostartsradio.

The reunion starts with a bang, as Jennifer comes in hot for Melissa. While Jennifer says what we're all thinking about Melissa's fake storylines, Jordan and Brianna agree that she's clearly interested in getting punched in the face...and it could easily happen. It would be kind of a shame to ruin all of Bill's hard work, though, right? Jackie surprises J&B by saying that no, Dolores was not being antisemitic when she said she was "cut from a different cloth" and then they make nicey-nice. Dolores says she's good without a ring from David. No one believes you, Dolores. But we're glad you're moving in the right direction. Tune in next week for part 2!

This month, I'm talking about starting, changing, and restarting your career. Last week's episode covered how to identify the source of your job dissatisfaction and what to do about it. Today, I'm presenting case studies of people who made significant career changes, and the lessons to be learned from those changes. My hope is that you might identify with one or more of these case studies and find hope and direction in the paths they took. Case Study #1 – “Jennifer” “Jennifer” is a 25-year old with a bachelor's degree in Communication and Media Studies. When she came to me, she was working as a Model Manager for a NYC modeling agency. Although this was her first full-time job, Jennifer had done internships with two NYC PR firms. This work interested her, but she told herself she didn't have the qualifications to get a full-time job at a PR firm. Initially, Jennifer expressed an interest in moving to the other side of the table, as a Talent Booking Coordinator for a company—perhaps one of the ones she had supplied models for as a Model Manager. The profile of her ideal employer certainly supported this career move, as did her top skills in organization, research, attention to detail, communication, and a wide base of knowledge. Here's where things got interesting for Jennifer: when she completed the Target Employer Ranking form. This is where a client identifies about 25 potential “dream” employers, then evaluates those employers against the criteria the client has identified as being ideal for her. On her list initially was just 2 PR firms, and both firms came out on the top of her ranking form, largely because of the collaborative working environment and the opportunity to do a wide range of tasks. My recommendation to Jennifer, who I'm still working with, is to add a couple more PR firms to her target employer list and evaluate them. This process has been such a revelation for Jennifer who now is full-speed ahead on gaining a position in PR, and who recognizes the value she will bring to a PR firm. She is energized and highly motivated! While Jennifer and I haven't yet launched her job search, she has extensive NYC connections in PR firms including the two she interned with, and I have absolute confidence in her ability to land her dream job. Case Study #2 – “Randy” “Randy” is a 26-year-old with an Associate degree in Turf Management. He is currently working as a groundskeeper for a major league sports team and will complete his bachelor's degree in Business Administration in about three months. He's very dissatisfied in his current position, mostly due to the lack of decision-making ability he has and a work environment that isn't collaborative. He has felt for some time that he is meant for more, professionally speaking, than what he's currently doing. The question has been what that “something more” is. Before earning his Associate degree, Randy was at a university with majors in Economics, Business, and a minor in Actuarial Science. In short, Randy didn't have a career path, and eventually took a break from higher education to figure himself out. When he first came to me about majoring in Turf Management at a technical school, I didn't see the fit. However, Randy's personality and interest assessments presented an unusual picture: he likes to work with his hands AND he wants to be in a position of influence. He has a high need for structure and routine and has strong attention to detail. Further, Randy wants to work in a field where he can improve processes to make them more effective and efficient. Randy is currently conducting informational interviews and job shadowing with people in supply chain management. He is 90% certain this is the field he wants to pursue. What's up next with Randy? We will be redesigning his resume and LinkedIn profile to show the transferability of his skills and accomplishments in light of his new career path. We'll then map out a job search strategy that focuses on active methods to get an entry-level position in supply chain management. Then we'll conduct some practice interviews to hone both his interviewing skills and his comfort level with presenting himself in a completely new line of work. Case Study #3 – “Michael” “Michael” is a 22-year-old recent college graduate with a bachelor's degree in Global Business. When he came to me, he was doing contract work for an abstract company. As we went through the “Land Your Dream Job” program, Michael's interest in human resources emerged. He wanted work with variety and required interaction with colleagues. He considers himself a caring and empathic person. Michael has strong attention to detail and is a quick and efficient worker. Fortunately, all companies of any size have an HR function, and Michael lives in the northeast, so he was able to identify several companies of interest to him. He was particularly interested in companies in the automotive, fashion, pharma, and financial services fields. I'm considering Michael's story that of a career-change, even though he hadn't really started his career yet. He came out of college without a clear career focus, and by working with me honed in on the career path he wants to take. So what are the lessons to be learned from these three case studies? Here are five: 1. Don't expect to get it right, right out of the gate. 2. Assess what's working, and what isn't, before automatically jumping ship. 3. Starting over is easier when you haven't moved very far into a career yet. 4. Pay attention to where your mind wanders, as that can be a great indicator of what you are passionate about. 5. It doesn't matter what your degree is in. Probably.   To visit my website:  www.exclusivecareercoaching.com Follow My YouTube channel (Lesa Edwards); it's chocked full of value career management content is easily digestible bites.  Want to speak with an expert about your career/job search goals? Need help figuring out what's holding you back from achieving your dream career? Let's talk. Here's the link to schedule a 30-minute consult call with me:  www.timetrade.com/book/D6KLN. Hope to see you soon!   

Jennifer gets a LOT of questions from many different types of people. Chief among those questions is how she got to where she is in her career. People want to know how she’s managed to make such an impact through her entrepreneurship and her speaking career, so Jennifer has dedicated an episode to the answers of those questions and more. The real reason that Jennifer got to where she is now is because of the others who made an impact on her over the years. She starts at the beginning: how her early life was shaped by growing up in a literal log cabin. From there she ended up in a career that wasn’t quite HR – back then it was called Personnel. Jennifer shares the story of her first job out of college. Her manager told her where her office was, let her know there was a pile of books there, and that she’d have to figure out the Personnel department alone because he had no idea what it was. Jennifer was overjoyed at the prospect. When Jennifer decided to be a stay-at-home mom, her 2-year-old son quickly let her know that it wasn’t a good idea. He ASKED to go to daycare, and Jennifer recalls how it felt to be fired by her own son. She also shares the interesting opportunity at a Japanese automotive company that came her way a few months later. Jennifer decided she wanted to be a speaker and consultant but gave herself an arbitrary limit of having at least 20 years in her professional career first. In the meantime, she joined an old, broken company to help turn it around. It was after she accepted the job that she learned she would most likely be replacing herself if she did well. Long story short, it did go well and Jennifer found herself out of a job. She took several months off and started, after 18 years, seriously considering entrepreneurship and speaking, so she hired a coach. The first thing he had her do was write a marketing plan for herself. From that point on, his advice shaped Jennifer’s future, including the ‘remedial’ networking plan for introverts. As Jennifer began to test the waters of entrepreneurship, her new network pointed out some of the flaws in her plans. These issues were the kind that would sink new businesses before they start, including not knowing what she was selling. They told her to learn it, so she ended up going into executive recruiting at the very place where she began building her network. In early 2016, Jennifer took what she learned and finally made the step into entrepreneurship and speaking. It happened organically. She was an early LinkedIn adopter and was asked by the executives she knew to speak on how to build a network using the platform. It wasn’t easy, though. For the first year, Jennifer struggled despite the help and support of her peers. It was when Mike Sipple, Jr., gave her a book called Just Do Something, and it changed everything from page 1. At least, it removed the mental block that Jennifer had that was preventing her from succeeding. Jennifer is a person of faith, so it was exactly what she needed to take the next step personally and professionally. While Jennifer still struggled a bit, she began making real progress, and she wraps up with the lessons she learned. What was it that finally made everything click? What were the steps she took once that happened? And how has it turned out for her? And how YOU can take when Jennifer learned and apply it to your own story? People/Resources/Links Mentioned: Centennial, Inc. Mike Lynch - President - Mike Lynch Career Consulting Mike Sipple, Sr. - CEO of Centennial, Inc. Mike Sipple Jr. - President of Centennial, Inc. Bonita Martin - Sr. HR Business Partner at Harmon Sharlyn Lauby - Author & Publisher at HR Bartender Robin Schooling - VP Human Resources at Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge Book: "Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach To Finding God's Will" by Kevin DeYoung  SCORE - Free small business advice Freshbooks.com  Give us a hand getting the word out: Do you want to spend your personal and professional time making a lasting impact on others? Do you want to be the kind of leader people love? Subscribe today and we will bring you new ways to change the world every single week.

Jennifer Winter has always understood the importance of seeing the big picture, while always focusing on the small details. Doing both well enabled her to grow, along with Turner Broadcasting. She began her career in print publishing before moving to sports, where she coordinated sponsorships in every sport the network broadcast — NBA basketball, Major league baseball, NFL football, PGA golf, NASCAR, figure skating, and more.   After 21 years at Turner, and after rising to the position of Vice President of Sports Sponsorship and Marketing, Winter transitioned back to her home city of Austin, where she has brought the same skill to her role of Director of Programming for Texture Media. Her role is to ensure that the company has both the strategy and resources in place to grow and succeed. As she has done throughout her professional life, she is helping shape the creative vision of her company, while at the same time, ensuring that it has the plan and the resources necessary to execute that vision on time and on budget.   Key Takeaways: [3:36] Jennifer is an introvert, and full of regrets that she didn’t make changes to her life sooner, but she is happy to be home in Austin, and to be working towards acceptance of her professional position. [4:21] Jennifer wants to make sure she doesn’t repeat the mistake of working for years in a job she didn’t like. [5:00] Jennifer describes her career path during the first half of life, and how she spent 21 year at Turner Broadcasting, finally in Turner Sports, doing a job she never imagined. [7:07] Jennifer explains her time at Turner. She hated sports, and all her time was spent at sporting events, and with on-air talent. People told her everyday that she had a dream job, but it wasn’t her dream to work 24/7 on sports. She kept asking herself why she hadn’t moved to entertainment, or news. [8:50] Jennifer got to know Charles Barkley, and other great athletes, which was great, but not enough of a reason to stay. However, she stayed, unhappily, for 21 years. [9:42] While Jennifer was at Turner, she had great friends, but was miserable. She was risk averse, and didn’t do anything to change. In 2013 Turner started talking about layoffs, and Jennifer thought about making a change, but still didn’t do anything about it. Then she got the notice that her position had been eliminated, and she was badly hurt! [11:22] In a typical layoff, Turner went through and laid off the 20-plus year employees who were making good money. That’s what prompted the change. Jennifer was risk averse, and when it happened, her feelings were hurt, because she took it personally. They gave her a generous severance package. The family moved back to Austin. [13:14] Even though a layoff is impersonal, and everyone is replaceable, it feels very personal. Jennifer had felt like a part of Turner, and wondered how they could do it without her! [15:10] Jennifer is now working for Texture Media, LLC, in Austin. It’s a website all about wavy, curly, coily hair, and Jennifer is the Director of Programming, overseeing the development of video and photo content. She started as a contractor, and then became a full-time employee after a year. [16:01] Jennifer talks about searching for a job after settling her family. Her television skills didn’t seem likely to transfer to the digital city that Austin has become. After joining Women Communicators of Austin, she gained confidence, and reached out to Marc. [18:10] At that time, Jennifer had applied for a CSM position at TextureMedia. A phone interview showed she didn’t have the right experience for that job, but the interviewer told her there might be something coming up that she would be good for, and to follow back. So after four months they met for coffee (although Jennifer doesn’t drink it). [19:20] They had an honest conversation about what they were looking for, what Jennifer’s background was, and where she was in life. The next day she got an offer to help them produce client videos as a contractor. The idea made Jennifer nervous. She had no idea how to discuss compensation. Marc helped her determine a good rate. [20:58] Jennifer started at 30 hours a week, to have flexibility to pick her children up from school, and look for full-time work. However, she didn’t stop at 30 hours. She kept her Turner mentality and got things done, whatever time it took. She started to burn out. Marc told her to track hours and get paid overtime. They weren’t happy, but they did it. [23:39] Jennifer is still challenged by the differences between broadcast media and digital media, even though they are both video content. The way people consume content is different. All the language around it, and how it is measured, are different. Keeping up with changes is challenging. [25:27] Jennifer had the industry expertise, but she had to update her skills around digital media and platforms. Jennifer knows how to get creative people to behave themselves. [27:17] Jennifer leaves this advice: Working with Marc has been huge, and she still calls him all the time with questions. She suggests staying involved with small networking groups, as she did with the Women Communicators. It helped her come out of her shell, and find others like her, with the same concerns, and hopes. [30:00] Marc’s notes: Jennifer was institutionalized at Turner, and that made it difficult to leave on her own. She was angry when they let her go, but she knew it was for the best. She would not transition to a new job in a new town by applying to job postings online. [30:27] Jennifer reached out for help, which she found at WCA, and with Marc. She was first hired as a contractor, which was a good way to ‘date’ the company. However it was new territory, and it was terrifying. She had been in a dying business — broadcasting — but she was frozen and did nothing about it. Does any of that sound familiar?   Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey Marc is taking on new clients. Contact Marc, and ask questions at: Careerpivot.com/contact-me or call at 512-693-9132, and leave a message with your email address. Marc will respond with a link to his calendar, to find a time to talk. Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast Jennifer on LinkedIn: Jennifer H. 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Welcome to Episode 23 of Products of the Mind. On this episode, I speak with Jennifer Briney, creator and host of the Congressional Dish podcast. Congressional Dish exposes corporate influence in the bills passed by Congress and tells us what’s really in all of those huge omnibus bills. While Jennifer gets into lots of details, the show is intended for an audience who aren’t already experts in politics or policy—she always takes the time to explain the process as simply as possible. I enjoy the show and I find it fascinating how she was able to take her anger about what’s wrong with Washington and turn it into an informative, educational listener-supported podcast. Congressional Dish doesn’t accept any advertising dollars (we talk about why), and it’s become Jennifer’s full-time gig…with a few bumps along the way. Jennifer talks about how she went from not really paying attention to politics to spending all of her time watching C-SPAN, reading congressional bills, and discussing the topic on her podcast. Why did she choose to create a podcast rather than a blog or some other means of getting the word out there? What are her future plans, and how has she grown her audience? What does she think about Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders? What kind of Congressperson would Jennifer be? All of this and more on today’s episode. Links and honorable mentions: Jennifer’s Twitter handle: @JenBriney Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CongressionalDish Webpage: http://www.congressionaldish.com Thanks for Checking Out Products of the Mind! If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it by using the social media buttons you see at the top and bottom of this page. Also, please consider taking the few seconds it takes to leave an honest review and rating for the podcast on iTunes. They’re very helpful when it comes to the ranking of the show and I read every one. Finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app to get automatic updates every time a new episode goes live. Here are instructions on how to subscribe, rate, and review the show in iTunes. The Credits Products of the Mind is produced by Mana Monzavi. The theme music for this episode was provided by Le Chateau. The track name is “Bury You.” Go buy it on Soundcloud! This episode and these show notes © 2016 David Lizerbram