Podcasts about why alec

This week we’re going to return to our roots - by going back to our regular career stories theme.We’ve pretty much covered the Covid-19 angle of PR and agency management if you want more info on that then have a listen to the past 5/6 episodes of the podcast, or have a look at the 25 plus Covid-19 articles on PRmoment.com - I think you’ll find all you need to know. It’s quite a body of work.This week on the PRmoment podcast, our guest is Alec Samways, CEO & head of creative strategy at Splendid Communications.Splendid was co-founded by Alec in 2004. It’s a creative consumer PR shop with approximately 40 employees and a fee income of £3.5m in 2019.Here’s a summary of what Alec and I discuss: Alec talks about how Splendid, as a consumer PR firm, has been impacted by Covid-19? How this period of lockdown is proving to be a reflection point for a lot of us about how we live our lives and our work-life balance. How Alec is envisaging a hybrid office/working from home arrangement might work? Alec talks us through the story of Splendid - and the ups and downs along the way! Why Alec left his job as a management consultant for Datamonitor and ended up working in PR. Why Alec joined Slice PR because of his passion for music. Why Alec left Slice PR to set up Splendid in 2004. Why Alec describes Splendid as “being on the edge of the PR scene.” Whether Alec believes the PR sector still places too greater emphasis on media relations? Why the hierarchical approach to creativity that ad agencies tend to have, doesn’t work in PR. Alec talk us through what type of business is Splendid today, in terms of the breadth of work? Alec glances towards the future and talks about what agency businesses might look like post lockdown and into 2021/22

Alec serves as an advisor to investors, corporations and government leaders to help them understand the implication of factors emerging at the intersection of geopolitics, markets and increasingly disruptive network technologies and is on the board of directors (or advisors) for companies in the fields of technology, media, telecommunications, education, health care and cybersecurity.He recently served for four years as Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and acted as the diplomatic lead on issues including cybersecurity, Internet Freedom, disaster response and the use of network technologies in conflict zones. Previously, Alec served as the Convener for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Policy Committee on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.In 2000, he and three colleagues co-founded the technology-focused nonprofit organization One Economy and grew it from modest origins in a basement into a global organization serving millions of low-income people, with programs on four continents.His many awards include: Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy Magazine, U.S. Department of State Distinguished Honor Award, Oxford University Internet and Society Award, Huffington Post’s 10 Game Changers in Politics and Tribeca Film Festival Disruptive Innovation Award. Alec has served as a guest lecturer at numerous institutions including the United Nations, Oxford University, Harvard Law School, Stanford Business School and a number of parliamentary bodies and his writing has appeared in academic publications including the Johns Hopkins SAIS Review of International Affairs and the NATO Review.You can listen right here on iTunesIn our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:* The reason Obama was such a special, charismatic leader and what other leaders can learn from him* Why Alec left a successful entrepreneurial career to help Obama on his first campaign* The possibly existential problem with social media* How politics changes post-Trump and where we are headed* Why Alec isn't that worried about tech monopolies* How the US government thinks about and promotes innovation, here and abroad* Which industries Alec believes become $1T markets* Why biotech and human enhancement are inevitable* The big difference between CEOs and politicians* Why health, genomics and personalized medicine as passions of Alec* The reason the US trumps China in long term innovation and growth* Why Hiliary's loss felt inevitable, and drawn outMake a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFMFringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon, via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe.Donate

We're back from our break and ready for a big 2018! What better way to start the year than to make some bold predictions about the year ahead and put some friendly bets on. We also put our stock picking abilities on the line as we each pick one stock to go head-to-head in 2018. In this episode you'll learn: • When Bryce expects the US market to crash (specifically to the day!) • Why Alec thinks Amazon in Australia will be "all huff but no puff" in 2018 • Why Bryce thinks 2018 could be a year of reckoning for Donald Trump • Alec's bold prediction for self-driving cars • An Australian self-driving car company taking the fight to Google, Uber, Tesla and the rest • Stocks on our radar for 2018 and the stock picks for our 'mega bet' Stocks and Resources Discussed: Stocks • iSelect (ASX: ISU) • Mayne Pharma (ASX: MYX) • Saracen Mineral (ASX: SAR) • Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) • ResMed (ASX: RMD) • US Equities Strong Bear ETF (ASX: BBUS) Resources • Link to previous Equity Mates Thought Starters (website URL: http://equitymates.com/thoughtstarters/) • Jeremy Grantham - Bracing Yourself for a Possible Near-Term Melt-Up(Also we're sorry for the poor audio in places - the recording cut in and out at different times. Thanks for bearing with us for this episode. We're doing all we can to make sure it doesn't happen again)

With the silly season upon us now, and the year coming to an end, we have reviewed 2017 - the wins, the losses, and our biggest lessons learned. It's been a fantastic year for Equity Mates, and big thank you to all that have joined us during the year. We're going on a short Christmas break and will be back early 2018. In this episode you will learn: • How successful our hypothetical portfolio has been over the year (you might be surprised!) • Why Alec thinks 2017 was a year that disappointed • The biggest investing lessons learned over the past 12 months • How we think our investing styles have changed over the year • What we are looking for in 2018 • What we would say to ourselves 3 years ago Stocks and resources discussed: • 4 stocks that have risen more than 1000% • Buffetology • Essays of Warren Buffet • The Acquirers Multiple • Dreamland

In the book Shopping for Shares, Tracey Edwards presents the 6 steps she uses to find companies to invest in. In this episode, we break down this 6 step checklist, define the key terms and explain what she's looking for. While we don't necessary agree with her whole approach, it is important to consider how different investors approach finding investable companies. As always, we also discuss what we've learnt in the past week and chat about some of the companies we're keeping an eye on. In this episode you will learn: • Another reason we're so lucky to live in Australia • Tracey Edwards' 6-step stock screener • Some key definitions of stock market terms • 5 companies UBS predict will have a great 2018 • Why Alec's been thinking a lot about German dog food • An Australian software company that is trying to take on the world Stocks and Resources Discussed: • Shopping for Shares: The Everyday Woman's Guide to Profiting from the Stock Market - Tracey Edwards • Adacel Technologies (ASX: ADA) • AGL Energy (ASX: AGL) • Aristocrat Leisure (ASX: ALL) • BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) • Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) • QANTAS Airways (ASX: QAN) • Woolworths (ASX: WOW) • Zooplus AG (ETR: DO1) • Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2017 • UBS names its best bets for 2018 (article behind paywall)

In this episode, Ben Greenfield and Hunter McIntyre interview plant-based, vegan obstacle course racer Alec Blenis. You'll discover: -If Ben really sleeps with bacon in his shorts... -Why Alec is vegan... -How low-fat veganism can damage your body... -Why Hunter McIntyre quit eating meat... -Ben's explanation of why some people called "overmethylators" do much, much better on a vegan/vegetarian diet than normal methylators or undermethylators. Questions, comments or feedback? Leave 'em below, and click here to leave your questions now...  Music courtesy Skorge - Sail (AWOLNATION Dubstep Rmx)