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Die albanisch-britische Politikwissenschaftlerin und Philosophin eröffnet die Wiener Festwochen am Wiener Judenplatz mit Überlegungen zu Demokratie und Migration, Freiheit und Identität im Stress des politischen Wandels.Ypi ist in Albanien geboren, sie unterrichtet an der London School of Economics und schreibt über die Grundlagen der politischen Philosophie wie Demokratie, Rechtsstaat, Migration und die Ideen der Aufklärung und des Marxismus. Ihr Buch „Frei. Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte“ wurde zum Bestseller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her Benjamin Lectures "What is moral socialism?" the political theorist Lea Ypi is rethinking socialism by bringing together both Kantian thought on freedom and Marxian social critique. Lea joins Dissens to talk about the trauma of stalinism, that she experienced growing up in Albania, and what going beyond capitalism should look like. Socialism today, argues Ypi, has to be a radicalization of liberalism and not its elimination.

Ypi, Lea; Newmark, Catherine www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Sein und Streit

Lea Ypi ist bekannt als politische Philosophin, die sich intensiv mit dem Problem der Freiheit befasst. In ihren diesjährigen "Benjamin Lectures" verbindet sie Aufklärung und Marxismus – und plädiert für einen „moralischem Sozialismus“. Ypi, Lea; Newmark, Catherine www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Sein und Streit

Embracing change and adaptability has been a focal point in the latest episode of 'Student Affairs Voices From the Field.' Host Dr. Jill Creighton sits down with Dr. Denny Roberts, who has beautifully woven his international experiences into the fabric of student affairs. In this blog, I delve into the highlights of their conversation and explore how Dr. Roberts' insights can inspire and guide student affairs professionals in their practice. Understanding Diversity Beyond Borders One compelling topic from the episode was the discussion around diversity in Qatar versus the U.S. Dr. Roberts and Dr. Creighton highlight that when working internationally, one must redefine what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean within the context of their environment. Dr. Roberts emphasizes the importance of cultural understanding in fostering engagement in highly diverse student populations. This urges professionals to prioritize intentional efforts and practice humility to make substantial connections across varied cultural landscapes. Fostering Multicultural Engagement The challenges that Dr. Roberts faced in Qatar's Education City showcase the complexity of creating universal student experiences without imposing one's cultural norms and expectations. He underscores the necessity of professional development and immersion to truly engage with the local culture. The emphasis is on the importance of educators obtaining a deep understanding of the cultures they serve, which is crucial in respecting the choices and experiences of international students. Transitions, Writing, and Contributions Dr. Roberts' journey through various career and geographic transitions sheds light on his decision to step into consultancy. This choice was driven by a desire to maintain personal freedom and a passion for writing—something he has continued with zeal post-retirement. His contributions in philosophy, history, leadership, and internationalization highlight the valuable interplay between practice experience and scholarly activity in student affairs. Multipotentiality and Identity An intriguing element of Dr. Roberts' narrative is the idea of being a 'multipotentialite.' He describes the traits—idea synthesis, rapid learning, and adaptability—which mirror his approach to student affairs and consultancy. This concept adds another dimension to understanding professional identities within the field and encourages embracing one's diverse skill set. Reverse Culture Shock and Moving Forward Dr. Roberts' return to America after living abroad opened a discussion on reverse culture shock. His advice for professionals seeking international experience is thoughtful and grounded in choosing deep, reflective opportunities over perfunctory resume enhancements. His message: be transformed by your experiences and seek an environment that respects and enhances your growth. Conclusion Dr. Denny Roberts' experiences and insights provide a compelling narrative for those in student affairs. They encourage educators to be adaptable, culturally sensitive, and intentional—a lesson in how one's experiences can shape not just personal growth, but also professional practice in diverse environments. Ultimately, his journey teaches us that transitions can be an avenue for development, inspiring new approaches to leadership and inclusion in the field of student affairs. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:01]: Welcome to student affairs voices from the field, the podcast where we share your student affairs stories from fresh perspectives to seasoned experts. This is season 10, continuing our season 9 theme of on transitions in student affairs. This Podcast is brought to you by NASPA, and I'm doctor Jill Creighton. She, her, hers, your essay voices from the field host.  Dennis C. Roberts is an independent consultant, speaker, and author. He last served as Assistant Vice President of Education for Qatar Foundation. During his seven years with QF he worked with Qatari and expatriate colleagues to create the student development and support services for its branch universities at Education City in Doha, Qatar. Prior to working abroad, he was Associate Vice President of Student Affairs at Miami University. He is past president of ACPA-College Student Educators international, and has been a member and presenter at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and the International Leadership Association throughout his career. He has authored 6 books and over 50 book chapters and other articles on student affairs, student learning, leadership, and internationalization. Denny, welcome to SA Voices. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:00:25]: Delighted to be with you today, Jill. This is awesome. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:00:27]: It is such a thrill to be able to speak to you in our theme of transitions this season. You have had quite a few career transitions, both in your identity as a professional, but also in your physical location. And in our preshow chat, I also got to know you and I share a lot of transitions in common, so I'm excited to dig into those. But I always like to get started with a question of how you got to your current seat, and your current seat is consultancy, which I know a lot of student affairs professionals kind of weave in and out of or move through after a VPSA position. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:01:01]: It is kind of an interesting transition because I had done Consulting before, you know, when I was full time employed and that kind of thing. And when I decided that it was time to return to the US from Being located in Qatar, I kinda struggled. Do I wanna continue to work full time and therefore take another job at the US or do I want to do something else? And a variety of circumstances, both personal and professional, caused me to think, you know, I really am kinda tired of going to the office every day and having somebody else tell me to do is. So I thought, maybe I can make this consulting thing work. And I also had just a gob of Ideas in my head. And I've written, you know, quite a bit during my career, but there was just this whole backlog of ideas That came to me from working abroad, and I thought, you know, if I'm tied to go to the office every day, I'm not gonna get these things Done. And what's really been fabulous is my writing has actually accelerated in retirement. I don't know if that will continue or not, but it's been terrific. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:02:04]: And I've had so much fun writing with younger colleagues who have fresh eyes, with international colleagues To have a totally different perspective. And the character of my writing has really, I think, Changed in this post kind of and I like to call it semi retirement because I can't give up. Right? So I really have not adopted an identity of being retired. I'm still very actively involved, so it was a real decision, personal and professional, that I just wanted more freedom. And fortunately enough, I was very blessed with having had a career that gave me enough economic needs to say that I didn't need that monthly salary. And that's a tough decision To make 2 in terms of how much is enough. Anybody that is facing the potential of retirement, you have to kind of gauge, like, what what's What's the lifestyle I wanna have? And I decided that what we had was very much something that would allow us stability, allow us time to do what we want. My wife was retired at that point already as well, and we decided to move to Chicago to be close to our grandkids. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:03:08]: So, that was all a part of the scenario about How I got to the, current semi retirement status that I'm in. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:16]: You've been quite a prolific author and student affairs is with over 60 journal articles and peer reviewed journals. I believe you've either edited or, coedited. Is it 6 books as well? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:03:27]: That's correct. Yeah. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:03:28]: So with all of that, how has your voice as an author evolved from your very first publication through when you kind of felt like you were churning a burden and now? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:03:37]: When I first Started writing, and I was extremely fortunate to have matured in 2 settings that were very, very influential for me. One was Colorado State University, and the other was University of Maryland. Both of them and I was a 1st generation college student, so I was kind of clueless about what the academic world really was all about But I had some really good coaches in the early days who urged me. They said, If you wanna be in student affairs, you need to also contribute Intellectually, you can't just be a practitioner. So I had role models at both institutions that urged me to start writing. And the early pieces that I did, I mean, one was I got involved in the whole issue about the age change for alcohol On college campuses, and so 18 to 21? Correct. Yeah. And I stood in opposition to that, Which was kind of an unusual position to take at the time. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:04:34]: And so that was kind of an opportunist publication, but not one that is deep in my heart. So After that, I started working more to just write about things that I really cared about, and that I felt like I had really learned something, And then I had something to offer, which is really very different than what a faculty member experiences. And even though I've Taught both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. I was never driven by tenure and promotion to write certain sorts of things That get into the literature in a specific sort of way. So I were really informed by my practice Experiences throughout my life. So, you know, if I was struggling with a particular issue at a certain time, then I tended to use writing as kind of almost my public Journal, this is what I'm thinking. And I don't know frankly, when you write, you never know who's gonna Be touched by an article that you write, and it's kind of a mystery to me in terms of who does read things that I write. But I Have had feedback from some of my articles or chapters that my narrative style speaking from personal experience, That reflection has been helpful for other people, and I think that is a different kind of writing than sometimes you would see in a typical kind of Tenure track publication driven, you know, kind of an environment. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:05:54]: So my publications for the early start was kinda just but then it became much more purposeful and more deeply reflective as I've gone on. And the areas I've published in that I'm most proud of are kind of student affairs, Philosophy and history, leadership, and then internationalization. Those are the 3 areas that I've most enjoyed, and I hope that the contribution I've made there has Made some difference to shed some light on those topics. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:06:20]: Am I hearing you as maybe an early adopter of autoethnography as a research style? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:06:25]: Probably. And I wasn't even aware That as a style. I had no idea that that's what I was doing, but yeah, that really is kind of where I'm coming from. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:06:33]: I think my qualitative professor might be mad that I just called it a would want me instead to call it a methodology. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:06:40]: Yeah, exactly. Yep. Yep. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:06:41]: Well, Denny, you also have had a prolific as a campus based professional and then transitioned off of a campus. So why don't we talk about that? You were at University of Miami. Is that Miami, Florida or Miami of Ohio? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:06:54]: No. It's Miami University of Ohio. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:06:56]: I apologize to the state of Ohio. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:06:58]: You have to flip The words there. So yeah. But Miami University in Ohio is where I was. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:07:02]: And you had, what I understand to be a fairly traditional rise in student affairs going from junior roles to mid roles and finally to that VPSA role. What was the state of the field when you determined it was time to go overseas? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:07:14]: Well, the idea of going overseas Cheese was really kind of planted through a previous experience at Miami, and the Miami, and you'll be very interested in this as a person interested To the study abroad, they have a bubble program in Difertaj, Luxembourg. And I heard about their invitation for visiting scholars, which were typically Play usually faculty that would do those roles. Well, I applied for it even though I was an administrator and I got it. And so I got to spend a semester in Luxembourg, and then during that time I taught and mentored students, and then I also wrote Actually, one of my books, which is deeper learning and leadership, which came out in 2007. So I worked very, very hard every week, And I had a Eurail pass, and so if I met my writing objectives, then on Friday morning, I hit Eurail. And I would go someplace. Well, guess how many writing deadlines I missed? Dr. Jill Creighton [00:08:10]: All of them? None of them. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:08:13]: 0. I missed none of them. So every weekend I went someplace you know so I'd go to paris I'd go to berlin I'd go to fiena I would We'd go all over Europe on my Eurail pass because it didn't cost me a thing. And every place I would go, I would land, and I'd find a cheap place to stay, and I would start walking the city. You know, that's what I would do every weekend. And so that just exploded my idea about what it's like To be in other cultures and to learn from other places and to be respectful and attentive to the differences from myself as an American versus all the other worlds. And that happened in 2005. And then I just kind of ruminated for a while about, well, what was that all about? And Finished the book, got it published, all that kind of thing. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:08:59]: And then Qatar came to me just out of the blue, and I had not applied, but they came to me and invited me to apply For what was a newly created possession, which was the role was to coordinate student services and development activities across the 8 branch Universities that they had then attracted to, the Education City campus in Doha, Qatar. And simultaneous to this, which is just A very, very strange, fortuitous sort of thing is that my daughter, Darby, was graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, And they invited her to go to their Carnegie Mellon branch program in Qatar. So Darby accepted the position first. They came to me subsequently. My immediate reaction when I was invited was I asked Darby. I said, Darby, this is crazy. I mean, your father's gonna follow you halfway around the world in your 1st job. I mean, Can you deal with this? Would this be okay? And she said, oh, of course, dad. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:10:00]: No problem at all. So I applied and they hired me and then I went over and that was in the fall of two And I went over for what was supposed to have been a 3 year contract, which was then successively extended to 6, And then extended to 7. And then finally, after 7th year, I said, I really need to go back, and I need to be with my family. Unfortunately, my My wife was not able to go over and live with me over there even though she came over on a quarterly basis, and we talked every day. But that's one of the challenges of expat work Yes. That always get to take your family with you, and that's not always convenient. And so you have to kinda figure out how that's gonna work. So that was a huge transition Culturally, professionally, personally, I mean that was the real kind of just crazy paradigm change for me when I went to Qatar. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:10:52]: So I grew up in the Middle East a little bit. I had my earliest years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it's a very different cultural space. I also have spent some time in the UAE and then have good colleagues in the Levant region, as well as, you know, just kind of all around the GCC or the Gulf Coast region. On the show last season, we had a good colleague from Kuwait and then also in the season prior, colleagues from Qatar as well and from Kuwait. And we hear that the the needs of students are just extremely different. For those who are not familiar with Education City. As Denny mentioned, there are more than 8 now branch campuses in Education City in Qatar. I believe it's more than 8 now. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:11:32]: And they have attracted or kind of what I would call joint venture opportunities, really, where students from the local region are coming in earning degrees with university names that a US audience are probably a little more familiar with. But it's not as if you can just transplant all of these Americanized ideals into this environment where the value system is extremely different. So how did you adapt what you knew and what you had been practicing and researching to this environment that you didn't know at all. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:12:02]: The Qatar Education City campus, it does have just 8 universities. And, well, 6 are American universities, one is European, And then there's their homegrown graduate school, which is called Hamid bin Khalifa University. So it's the 8 institutions and they They are not joint degrees. They are in the local environment. What's fascinating about what they've been able to do in Qatar is that the degree requirements Are exactly the same as the home campus. So if you get a degree from Carnegie Mellon in computer science, The curriculum is identical. And if it's Texas A&M engineering curriculum, identical. So and actually, the degree is granted from the home Campus rather than it being there as a local in Qatar, you know, kind of a degree. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:12:47]: So it looks exactly the same when you're done. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:12:50]: Exactly. And so, You know, part of what the goal was was to replicate the student learning experience between the US Or European, and then the Qatar example. What's interesting about that is that student affairs is very much a part of Most institutional cultures in the US. And for the most part, the colleagues that I worked with in Qatar, particularly those that were Country or were GCC Air World colleagues, they had no idea of what student affairs was about. Even for those that studied in the US, there's a tendency, at least among the colleagues with whom I interacted, there's a tendency for them to Not engage in the same sorts of ways when they're in the US. So I had lots of colleagues that went to US institutions That didn't even know there was such a thing as a student affairs division, and what value did that bring, and that kind of thing. So a major major part of what I Did there was to raise awareness of what student affairs was as a historical and philosophical and research based Commitment. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:13:56]: And that I have to say, worked in some examples, and I'm thrilled that it stuck. In other examples, that never really did take, and I think that that's really something that international student affairs educators have to face. Some of it's gonna stick, Some of it isn't, and some of that is because of the differences in culture. And I'm sure you know from your Riyadh experience and UAE experience, I mean, the background that a student brings to the learning environment very clearly impacts the way that they're going to engage, and that relates to Everything from deference to authority, to gender roles, to freedom of thought and expression. I mean, there's just all sorts of things. And what's really interesting is to try to contextualize the values that student affairs can bring to another culture, But not do it in a way that judges other people's way of being. I learned so much from some of the students, for instance, that came from Pakistan, or from India, or from North African countries, where the environment of their expressing their views And actively engaging would have been politically dangerous. And as educators, even though I value democratic Education and full engagement, I had to understand that I was potentially educating a student with a tool that could be dangerous for them In terms of personal or professional welfare. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:15:30]: It's a really interesting tension, and that doesn't mean abandon the values and the purpose that we have as student affairs educators, but it does mean you need to understand the cultural differences, and you need to respect the choices that students have to make that might be different than what you would find in a US kind of a setting. Did you find that in your in your work in the UAE and Saudi Arabia? Dr. Jill Creighton [00:15:55]: Well, I was only in the UAE for a hot second, and, it was really as a visitor when I was working for NYU in the past. But I think my most relatable experiences as a CSAO in in China for a couple of years, and that institution had students from 70 countries. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:16:11]: Yeah. Well, we had a 100 in in In Qatar. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:16:14]: So when you have that level of diversity, it's just very different than what diversity is conceptualized as in the United States. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:16:22]: Correct. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:16:22]: And then even in my mind, what what the priorities are and diversification are different. And the way that we talk about inclusion and access in the US is actually quite ethnocentric to the US, and I don't think that we acknowledge that all the time. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:16:36]: Amen. Amen. I mean, no, I mean, that's a really distinction, and I think that the focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is very important to in the US, and translating that in an international All setting is very appropriate. However, the way that you define it and what you understand to be diversity needs To be conceptualized in a different sort of way. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:16:58]: Well, absolutely. And the campus I was on had about 60% students from China mainland and then 40% students from the rest of the world. And and so when we look at that, it was also all of a sudden your majority identity is not students who come from privileged backgrounds from a majority ethnic white background. It's Han Chinese all of a sudden, and so then the world shifts in terms of what you understand. And so that was just quite a part quite an interesting part of my experience and a huge transition for me in the way I conceptualize things. I'm wondering for you then, Denny, if You could talk about what's the number one thing you found in terms of a universal experience amongst students in a setting that diverse. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:17:39]: Well, Certainly, their interaction with each other was very, very powerful, and this was actually one of the things that I advocated Very, very strongly. Some of the branch programs tended to want to kinda develop their own identity of their own students kinda within the bubble. So The Northwestern students would hang together. The Georgetown students would hang together, etcetera. And that kinda happened naturally because each of them had a separate building. But while I was there, We built a student center that was a shared space, and so the shared space was supposed to bring everybody together and It was just overwhelming. Students just loved it. You know, we had the bowling alley and the sports complex, and we had the Convenience shopping, and we had meeting rooms, we had a theater, we had an art gallery. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:18:29]: I mean, we had all of that that then Brought people together. And we eventually built residence halls as well. And the residence halls again, you know, it was not clustered by your academic experience, but it was mixed up In terms of both your academic experience and your cultural experience. So it was very very clear that our Students there and you would hear different languages, different styles of dress, all of that all the time. And I assume that you've observed the same sort of thing. So diversity of thought and culture and background is ubiquitous. That is the experience. And what's interesting about it Is though and we actually conducted the national survey of student engagement of the students over there to see what the real impact Was and while the opportunity for exposure across culture was clearly there as a Ubiquitous experience, engaging in it was a different matter. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:19:25]: And if you look at US experience too, just that diversity is on the Campus doesn't guarantee that there is multicultural engagement. There has to be intentional effort to make it happen. There has to be willingness. There has to be respect and humility. You have to have all of those things, and that was a startling realization In terms of just because you have students from a 100 countries doesn't mean that you're going to have a multicultural experience. You have to work at it. And this is something that student affairs really is so strong in in comparison to other academic areas and so forth. But again, as we're saying, It can't be replicated right straight from the US. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:20:05]: The principles of it, the philosophy of it, I think can be transferred, but how you do it has to be different. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:20:11]: One other thing that I always try to conceptualize is how do I help lead a team to create a universal student experience without kind of engaging in colonialism is the best way I can put it. And that's so tough. Right? Because my training, my education, and my experiences are primarily US based. And so as we look at you know, we are privileged people to be able to live and work in another country. We are also being asked to be there because of the knowledge base that we bring and also trying to figure out how to do that in culturally appreciative ways of the environment that we're in. So can you talk about maybe a practice or some sort of departmental shift that you had to make to really engage the cultural elements of where you were compared to what you knew. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:20:56]: I used some of the tools that I had used previously in my career. So particularly because There was really not a base of understanding student affairs from a research and theory and publication point of view. We did a lot of professional development efforts, And we did that actually in concert with some US institutions. We established something that we called the Qatar Foundation, YPI, Young Professionals Institute. And so we hosted institutions like Colorado State, Maryland, San Diego, who would bring their students over, and we would have these 2 week Experiences that were intensive cultural immersion, and then working in teams to bring ideas about Student affairs practice, but then to to recreate it as a cultural context. So we would have half US graduate and young professionals, and half Qatar based or Arab world based people that were interested in the field or employed in the field, and would they would work in teams together on certain kinds of topics. So for instance, one of the topics that was just wonderful to explore was the influence of family. And of course, US students are all talking about, oh, it's Important for you to be independent and autonomous from your families and so forth. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:22:05]: And our local Arab world colleagues and Asian colleagues were saying, no. Not so much. Not so much. And so literally, the US students relearned in very powerful ways. But on the other hand, Our Arab world colleagues, our Asian colleagues also learned the merits of fostering independence and autonomy while doing it in a respectful sort of way of Environments that are very, very family oriented. One of the things that I also did personally was I practiced Very deep humility on a regular basis, humility and curiosity. And I had several cultural informants, who were colleagues who were willing to give me the the straight scoop about how I was coming across. Oh, that's Dr. Jill Creighton [00:22:49]: so important. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:22:51]: Oh my gosh. It was incredible. I would not have survived without them. No way. And so I would regularly meet with them and ask them what was Going well. What was not going so well? And they would tell me. And that was difficult at first because not only am I a Privileged white American. I'm also old. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:23:09]: I have white hair. And so in the cultural context, the reverence For somebody of my makeup was very significant and I really had to build trust so that people would tell me the truth. Because when you're in that kind of a position as a privileged white American or really kind of like as any kind of an American or European, you have to understand your Privilege. And if you don't understand your privilege, you're likely to do exactly what you suggested, which you will become a neocolonialist. You will impose your idea on other people whether it fits or not. And man, I just I learned so much from that. And I learned a term recently Lee, that I I think is kind of a really fun term. Have you ever heard of the term multi potentialite? Dr. Jill Creighton [00:23:52]: No. That's new for me. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:23:53]: It's actually TED Talks by Emily Wapnick. And when I listened to it, I kind of went like bingo. And all my career life, I've had wonderful jobs, and I've had a lot of fun, and I've had some Pushback in terms of I sometimes kind of have a different way of seeing things. Well, this multipotentialite thing has a lot to do with it. And the 3 characteristics that she identified are that they tend to be, very good at idea synthesis. They secondly are rapid learners, so they catch on quickly, and they they go for it while sometimes other people are kind of dragging their feet. And then thirdly, they're very adapt Across environments. And those things, I think, really, really helped me in the Qatar example. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:24:34]: And I think it also relates to just My identity as an artist because, you know, I have an undergraduate degree in music, and musicians are always looking for relationships, and harmony, and sequence, And patterns, that's who musicians or artists are. And I think I actually express that in my work in Some pretty interesting ways. And I'm saying this because I think some of us that may look a little different or think a little bit differently than colleagues around us sometimes End up feeling as if that were not appreciated or were not affirmed. And I think it's really important to kinda look at your own gifts and try to figure out how that they fit With any particular work environment or any particular calling that you may want to consider. And that has a whole lot to do with this whole transitions theme of Knowing yourself well enough to know your strengths and weaknesses, and then identifying opportunities where your best gifts are gonna meet the The needs of a particular environment, and you're gonna be able to be effective in that other setting. And for the most part, I've been lucky. I had a lot of good lands, Couple, that's so good, but that's kinda the luck of the draw with some of that. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:25:43]: Let's talk about the transition of reverse culture shock. That's a rough one, and reverse culture shock, meaning you decided to return to the US to settle into semi retirement. You've been living in a different cultural context for 7 years at that point, but coming back to a context that you're supposed to know and understand well, but maybe may not make as much sense to you in some ways anymore or may make more sense to you in some ways. So what was that experience like? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:26:09]: Yeah. Well, the first thing that I noticed was that People didn't really care. And that was frustrating because I learned so much from the work abroad experience I wanted to share. And so on numerous opportunities, I waxed eloquently about my work abroad experience, and eventually, I started noticing the glazed eyes And the fact that people just weren't interested. And that was disappointing to me as a reverse culture shock issue. I thought That my American colleagues around here would welcome that more. So I became more selective in terms of how I offered my point of view. And lots of people that I interact Now I have no clue that I've worked abroad and what my experience has been, and that's totally okay. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:26:53]: But I I had an urgency of wanting to share it. I think probably came from just Self processing. So it was self processing publicly by talking to other people about it. So that definitely was something. Our choice of coming back To a setting that was more inclusive and had more diversity in, and it was also very purposeful. I was still working in Qatar in 2012 when we actually purchased our home and my wife moved to Chicago. And we moved from Oxford, Ohio. And, Oxford, Ohio is a Small town, kind of a bubble kind of setting in itself, not a lot of diversity. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:27:27]: I knew full well there was no way that after working abroad, working with diverse colleagues, Working with diverse students, then I would be able to come back and and really enjoy a setting that was more homogeneous. So Chicago worked really well for us. We live in a very diverse neighborhood. Lots of internationals or expatriated people live in our neighborhood. Lots of cultural Diversity, socioeconomic diversity. I mean, I live in Wilmette, Illinois, and for those who have stereotypes about Wilmette, park them someplace Because, yes, there is the the North Shore Sheridan Road version of Wilmette, and then there's the version that I live in. And the version I live in is actually very diverse and very, very interesting. So the choice of where to come back as an expatriate, I think, is very important. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:28:12]: And that both relates To if you come back to work someplace, as well as to come back to live someplace. I think you don't just come back and replug in to the old way of being Because the old way of being is gone. It just doesn't exist, and you're not comfortable there anymore. So I was transformed by my experience and very much sought Diverse experience, diverse exposure, and then dialing it down in terms of sharing my international wisdom. I share that in my writing. I don't share it in my personal interaction with people. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:28:45]: Yes. And now you're sharing it on our show, which we're very grateful for. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:28:48]: So, I mean, that was so powerful. It was, really wonderful. And for people that might want to consider international experience, it is a transition out and then back. And you can look at Transition experiences that you've had in other work or personal circumstances to look at the kind of strengths and challenges that you faced, And then figure out how to navigate in ways that that do not violate your values. And that's a really important part of this too is understanding your values well enough to know where Where do you have some flexibility versus where can you adapt and do it in ways that are gonna be both to your benefit and the benefit of others? Dr. Jill Creighton [00:29:25]: What advice do you have for US based student affairs pros who might be looking for jobs in Education City or really anywhere outside of the US? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:29:34]: They're kind of idiosyncratic in terms of the selection processes are not as transparent as they are in most US settings. And so at least in my experience, I don't know how this compares with yours, but it's not unusual at all for Referrals to be made on a personal basis rather than for there to be a an application process that you throw your vita or resume into the pile and it gets sorted out. So taking on experiences that allow you to tiptoe into it helps. I mean, my Luxembourg experience clearly Was tiptoeing into international work, so it was a temporary period. It was like a, you know, faculty study abroad program is basically what it was, and I think one of the things that I worry about a little bit is that sometimes I think people think that excuse me for being negative about this, But I've seen some study tours quote that are more what I would call ecotourism. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:30:29]: Academic tourism. Don't even get me started. It's a whole thing. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:30:32]: Okay. Well, you know exactly what I'm talking about. And that's not enough. If you're gonna choose an experience to Travel abroad, and you want to do it in a professional developing sort of way, then choose something that is a deep dive in terms of culture, requires lots of preparation in advance, requires lots of reflection during and after the process. Don't just go there to be able to notch it on your resume, travel to x number of countries. That just doesn't work, at least for me. And I I don't mean to be critical because I know all of these are steps toward being more internationally aware. But if you're in a student affairs position, you Kinda wanna consider this internationalization thing, then do it deeply. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:31:14]: You know, find a program that really is gonna give you a deep dive and really engage you in ways that helps you to teach Humility and curiosity. So that would be my advice. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:31:23]: It's time to take a quick break and toss it over to producer Chris to learn what's going on in the NASPA world. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:31:29]: Thanks, Jill. So great to be back in the NASPA world. Really excited to be able to talk to you about the amazing things that are happening within our association. The 2024 NASPA Student Affairs Fundraising Conference is coming up July 29th to July 31st in Louisville, Kentucky. The purpose of the NASPA Student Affairs Fundraising Conference is to share and exchange strategies, ideas, and resources, And to discuss issues related to student affairs fundraising and external relations. The conference promotes an exchange of best practices, And it is designed for professionals who currently have development responsibilities specifically in student affairs And for professionals with backgrounds and experience in either student affairs or development. The call for programs for this conference is Currently open until February 26, 2024. And if you have an interest in presenting at the conference, I encourage you to submit before the deadline To be able to be considered to share with amazing professionals that are all there interested in the same thing. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:32:38]: At the same time, we are also looking for reviewers for sessions that are submitted, and reviewer applications are also due by February 26th. Information on both of these opportunities can be found on the NASPA website. If you go to the event itself and click on it, You'll find out more information. Help ensure that eligible students are registered, educated about elections, and turn out to exercise their right to vote by considering to engage with the voter friendly campus program. This is a free initiative that's been growing since its inception in 2016 in partnership with the Campus Vote Project. You can find out more at campus vote Project .org. I know in the past I've talked about the Leadership Exchange as a great piece of professional development. This is a magazine that's sent out by NASPA every quarter to be able to allow for our vice presidents for student affairs to think about Topics that are pertinent to the day to day activities that they are dealing with, but that doesn't mean that if you're not a vice president for student affairs that you will not learn so much by reading the articles that are submitted. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:33:47]: One such article that I would highly recommend is called budget reduction 101, And it was written by incoming chair of the NASPA board, Anna Gonzalez and Christine Livingston. The great thing about this is that it is giving frontline perspectives on making effective cost cutting decisions and really gets into the mind of the chief student affairs officers on things that they can do to be able to cut costs and to manage Their divisions in an effective way. As I said, you don't have to be a vice president for student affairs to better understand this topic, but you will learn so much From reading this and getting into the mind of vice presidents within our association. If you have an interest in learning more about budget reduction or other topics, I encourage you to go to the NASPA website under publications and go to leadership exchange, and you'll be able to access the winter 2024 issue that does have This specific article in it or many of the other issues that have come in the past that I think that you will find to be Very eye opening. I know I've mentioned this before, but there are some amazing keynote speakers that are going to be at the 2024 NASPA virtual conference That is available April 2nd through 5th, and it's something that you and colleagues on your own campuses can definitely take advantage of Whether you're going to the national conference or not. A few of the keynote speakers that are going to be highlighted That are going to be speaking at the conference itself includes Josie Elquist, who's a higher education digital educator leader and author, Shawna Patterson Stevens. Doctor Shawna Patterson Stevens, vice president for inclusive excellence and belonging At at Central Michigan University and also doctor Kevin Kruger, president of NASPA will be speaking at the virtual conference. This among many great concurrent sessions that are available are going to allow for you and your colleagues to leave the days with So much great professional development and opportunities to be able to learn right from home or right from campus. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:35:57]: If you wanna find out more about the virtual conference, go to learning .naspa.org Forward slash v c dash sessions. Every week, we're going to be sharing some amazing things that are happening within the association. So we are going to be able to try and keep you up to date on everything that's happening and allow for you to be able to get involved in different ways Because the association is as strong as its members. And for all of us, we have to find our place within the association, whether it be Getting involved with the knowledge community, giving back within one of the the centers or the divisions of the association. And as you're doing that, It's important to be able to identify for yourself. Where do you fit? Where do you wanna give back? Each week, we're hoping that we will share some things that might Encourage you might allow for you to be able to get some ideas that will provide you with an opportunity to be able to say, hey. I see myself in that knowledge community. I see myself doing something like that or encourage you in other ways That allow for you to be able to think beyond what's available right now, to offer other things to the association, to bring your gifts, Your talents to the association and to all of the members within the association. Dr. Christopher Lewis [00:37:22]: Because through doing that, All of us are stronger, and the association is better. Tune in again next week as we find out more about what is happening in NASPA. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:37:34]: Thank you, Chris, for giving us the latest scoop on what's going on in and around NASPA. And, Denny, we have reached our lightning round. I have 7 questions for you in about 90 seconds. You ready to go? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:37:46]: I sure am. Yep. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:37:47]: Alright. Question number 1. If you were a conference keynote speaker, what would your entrance music be? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:37:52]: Well, I'm a classical musician trained person. It would be, The last movement of Mahler's 8th symphony. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:38:02]: That'll be a very dramatic entrance. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:38:03]: Very dramatic. Very dramatic. Yep. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:38:05]: Number 2, when you were 5 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:38:09]: Oh, I wanted to be a concert pianist. That was my whole vision of myself as a Dr. Jill Creighton [00:38:13]: Number 3, who's your most influential professional mentor? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:38:17]: Wow. This one is tough. I kinda thought about this a little bit this morning because I've had some great Mentors, I have to admit most of them have been women, and one person who is a colleague and mentor is Susan Komovaz. She's a delightful human being, and we Change a lot. Barbara Kellerman in the leadership studies world is somebody that I really respect. Esther Lloyd Jones, I had a chance to know her, and She taught me a lots of things about student affairs and what we're here for, and so I broke the rule. I gave you 3, so that's enough. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:38:45]: Number 4, your Essential Student Affairs Read. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:38:48]: Essential Student Affairs Read? Actually, Esther Lloyd Jones, deeper learning and leadership 1954. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:38:53]: Number 5, the best TV show you binged during the pandemic. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:38:58]: Oh, wow. Do I have to admit it? Succession. I'm sorry. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:39:06]: Number 6, the podcast you've spent the most hours listening to in the last year. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:39:10]: I actually listen to I do listen to this one, and I Really, really enjoyed this this podcast, but I watch, the International Leadership Association podcast, and there are actually a couple of them that I watch, regularly to get the wisdom from those. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:39:25]: And finally, any shout outs you'd like to give personal or professional? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:39:29]: I thank Chris For introducing me to this opportunity, I think I'm kinda known in the in the professional world as more of an ACPA kind of person. So I don't show up in the NASPA space as As often as I might, even though I've been an ASPA member most of my career. Kevin Kruger was he had his 1st job with me. Yeah. And lots and lots of colleagues that are very active in NASPA, but I have maintained more in the the, ACPA area. And, you know, for me, these professional associations are so important in terms of giving us a colleague network, a way to push our understanding to Standing to learn from each other and that kind of thing. And so I I would give a a shout out to folks like you that are trying to get people's voices out there and get exchanged And professional organizations that allow us to relate to one another and discover how to do our best work. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:40:21]: Thank you so much, Denny. It's been an incredible opportunity to get know you today and your story. If anyone would like to reach you after the show airs, how can they find you? Dr. Denny Roberts [00:40:30]: My professional email is dc roberts48@gmail.com. And in Wilmette, Illinois, I have a LinkedIn profile. I have 2 blogs That I maintain one is called Pursuing Leadership by Denny, and that one's mostly about it has a lot in travel because I started in 2005 when I went to Luxembourg, but it's all by reading that I do on a regular basis. And then the other one's called Global Student Affairs. And that's more about international implications For people that are in student affairs work. So those would be the best ways to get in touch with me. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:41:05]: I'm looking forward to checking out that second one in particular. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:41:07]: Jill, it's been great. Yeah. We have so many nice connections, and I feel like we're possibly birthed from the same parents. I don't know. But Dr. Jill Creighton [00:41:16]: I appreciate the deep connections on so many levels, whether it be music or international higher education or student affairs journey or even where we've been in the US. So, Denny, thank you so much for sharing your voice with us today. Dr. Denny Roberts [00:41:29]: Great. Alright. I look forward to seeing you again. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:41:34]: This has been an episode of Student Affairs Voices From the Field, a podcast brought to you by NASPA. This show continues to be possible because you choose to listen to us. We are so grateful for your subscriptions and your downloads and your engagement with the content. If you'd like to reach the show, please email us at s a voices at naspa.org or find me on LinkedIn by searching for doctor Jill L. Creighton. We always welcome your feedback and your topic and guest suggestions. Ginz. We'd love it if you take a moment to tell a colleague about the show and give us a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts or wherever you're listening now. Dr. Jill Creighton [00:42:08]: It really does help other student fairs professionals find the show, and helps raise the show's profile within the larger podcasting community. 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Release Date: 01.03.2024 Hoporenkv Native American Podcast: “An Update on the Exciting Things Happening with the Youth Police Initiative” Special Guests: Jay Paris Director of Prevention & Early Prevention Programs North American Family Institute Special Projects Youth Police Initiative Julie Barrot De Brito Director of Operations Youth Police Initiative Episode Description: Tune in for an update on the future of community policing with the Youth Police Initiative! In this episode, we sit down with dedicated representatives, Jay Paris and Julie Barrot De Brito, from the Youth Police Initiative (YPI) to hear firsthand about their latest projects and impactful partnerships. YPI is at the forefront of building trust and understanding between young people and law enforcement, and this episode is your chance to get the inside scoop on their vital work. Dive deep into the organization's newest initiatives and hear from YPI about their collaborations with local schools, community organizations, and even youth themselves. Discover how these partnerships are breaking down barriers and fostering positive relationships. Get a glimpse into YPI's vision for the future of community policing, where young people and law enforcement work together to create safer, more just communities here in Indian Country. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who cares about the future of our communities and the relationship between young people and law enforcement. Join us as we explore the innovative work of the Youth Police Initiative and learn how they're paving the way for a brighter future. Resources to Include with Episode: https://www.ypiworld.org/ https://www.ypiworld.org/get-involved Guest Speaker Bios: Jay Paris is the Director of the NAFI Prevention Division. In this capacity, Mr. Paris directs the development and implementation of initiatives in early intervention and prevention across the eight states where NAFI oversees programs. He also helped to create the YPI. During his 21 years at NAFI, he also has served on its Executive Committee, overseeing corporate development and marketing. Throughout his career, he has had extensive management and program experience. Julie Barrot De Brito is an international professional currently overseeing all YPI operations. In her role, she supervises the implementation of the Train-the-Trainer Program nationally and internationally. As a response to COVID-19, she has led the development and implementation of an online version of our programs. Throughout her career, she has worked with communities affected by systemic issues in Kenya, South Sudan, and Thailand, and with members of the international community at the UN.

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Die ganze Folge findet ihr bei Patreon und Steady. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oleundwolfgang Steady: https://steadyhq.com/de/oleundwolfgang/about Ein außergewöhnlicher Welt-Bestseller: Lea Ypi ist Professorin an der London School of Economics für politische Philosophie, ihre Schwerpunkte liegen bei Immanuel Kant und dem Marxismus. 2021 hat sie mit „Frei“ ein philosophisches Buch vorgelegt, das jedoch keinen wissenschaftlichen, sondern einen literarischen Anspruch hat: Ypi versetzt sich in ihr junges Ich, dieses wuchs im diktatorischen Realsozialismus Albaniens auf, lange Zeit kam dem Kind aber alles völlig normal vor. Es schien die bester aller Welten zu sein. 1990 aber tritt der Ende der Geschichte ein – und das politische wie familiäre Kartenhaus stürzt ein. Von nun an winkt die Freiheit des Westens, bei der es sich aber auch um ein leeres Versprechen handelt, wie die Albaner bald erfahren müssen. In der neuen Folge von „Wohlstand für Alle“ diskutieren Ole Nymoen und Wolfgang M. Schmitt über Lea Ypis Autofiktion und über Freiheit im Sozialismus und Kommunismus. Literatur: Lea Ypi: Frei. Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte. Übersetzt von Eva Bonné, Suhrkamp.

Författaren och skribenten Kristoffer Leandoer berättar hur landsflykt närmast blivit en del av folksjälen hos albanerna, som just därför kan spegla sig en svensk klassiker. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Essän sändes första gången 2020.Landets inhemska namn, Shqiperia, betyder Örnarnas rike och kungsörnen är landets nationalfågel, men den fågel som pryder landets flagga är ingen kungsörn utan ett heraldiskt fabeldjur: den dubbelhövdade örnen. Den albanska flaggan vänder alltså blicken åt två håll samtidigt, och frågan är om det inte är ganska passande för en nation som alltid varit, och fortfarande är, en dubbelriktad dröm.Albanska är modersmål för 6 miljoner albaner. Av dessa bor bara en tredjedel innanför staten Albaniens nuvarande gränser. Språket har talats sen urminnes tider, men ett enhetligt skriftspråk fick man först 1908. På en konferens i nuvarande Nordmakedonien kom man överens om att – med smärre tillägg, dubbel-L och dubbel-R till exempel – använda det latinska alfabetet, som fram till dess mest använts av albanska katoliker, medan ortodoxt troende använt grekiska eller kyrilliska alfabetet och muslimer föredragit det arabiska.Inte bara alfabetet avgjordes utanför Albanien. Nationen fick sina mått och former tillskurna av Europas stormakter. På ambassadörskonferensen i London i mars 1913 avskildes delar av landet – Dukagjinislätten, Kosovo, delar av Nordmakedonien – ironiskt nog för att bevara freden i Europa och lätta spänningen på Balkan. Vi vet hur bra det gick."Termen Albanien syftar snarare på ett obestämt område än en strikt avgränsad yta", säger Cambridges Concise History of Albania. Turkarna tänkte likadant och kallade området Arnavutluk, en trakt där det finns albaner. Albanien kan uppstå överallt. Den första albanskspråkiga tidningen trycktes i USA. Kampen för självständighet fick intellektuell näring utomlands, i skrifter och tidningar tryckta i Italien, Rumänien, USA. Diasporan byggde den lingvistiska grunden för ett gemensamt språk som kunde överbrygga dialektala olikheter. (Först 1972 standardiserades riksalbanskan slutgiltigt.) Drömmen om Albanien var drömmen om en hemkomst, nationell identitet definierades utifrån, landsfäder var något man importerade.Så har det alltid varit. Exil är priset för landets geografiska läge, man är ett offer för andra folks storslagna drömmar: vad som än skulle erövras, gick erövrarens väg just här. Här har greker och romare slagits, Caesar och Pompejus, bysantier och normander, venetianer, ottomaner, serber, österrikare: Albanien låg i vägen för dem alla, Albanien tjänstgjorde som krockkudde åt regionen och under nationalhjälten Skanderbegs ledning på 1400-talet hela Europas räddare när man höll turkarna stången i tjugo år. Under hans ledning tändes vårdkasar på borgarna från söder till norr när fara hotade: han enade klanledare och hövdingar till nationellt motstånd.Men efter Skanderbegs död gick hans armé i italiensk landsflykt, än idag lever deras ättlingar arberesjerna kvar som en folkgrupp med eget språk. I Grekland kallas motsvarande grupp, ditflyttad under medeltiden, arvaniter och i Turkiet arnauter. De lämnar hemlandet i så stora grupper att det nya landet måste hitta på ett särskilt ord för dem, men ännu efter femhundra års exil är de alltjämt albaner. Och femhundra år senare är det alltjämt ett nationellt trauma hur man tvingats bort av krig, förtryck, fattigdom. 90-talets nyhetsbilder med överfulla emigrantbåtar i Durrës hamn har blivit litterär stapelvara och skildras i likartade scener i roman efter roman: exilen är Albaniens främsta litterära export.De tittar bort när de är hemma, hem när de är borta.Därför slår Vilhelm Mobergs Utvandrarna an en sträng i albanska hjärtan. Utvandrarna översattes under kommunisttiden, då romanens budskap om självtillit och individuell kapacitet egentligen inte alls gick an, men dess grundton av dubbel längtan, hem och bort, fick det statliga förlaget att lägga politiken åt sidan. Ännu mer älskad är Nils Holgersson: den förvisades kärlek på flyghöjd till fosterjorden, detaljanalysen av landskapens jordmån och folklynne, känner man igen sig i.Under 450 år av turkisk ockupation fick ingen undervisning bedrivas på albanska. Man skulle helst glömma att man hade ett språk, var ett folk, hade en historia. Men man sveptes givetvis med i vågen av nationalism som slog in över Europa i och med franska revolutionen, och 1885 fann sultanen det påkallat att förbjuda all tillverkning av böcker och tidningar i Albanien, och beordra lokala mullor att utfärda en fatwa mot dem. En albanskspråkig skola kunde därför startas först i slutet av första världskriget, under franskt beskydd.Under kommunismens isolering när utländska besökare tvångsklipptes och alla konstnärliga motiv utom muskulösa arbetare var suspekta, kunde nationalförfattaren Ismaïl Kadaré ta stöd mot sina franska översättningar och internationella renommé: franskan höll honom utanför fängelset.För vissa är utlandsflykten landets största problem, för andra en möjlighet. Man åker ut för att studera, lära sig ett yrke, tjäna pengar. Man kommer hem igen, bygger hus, öppnar restaurang, skriver dikter, odlar vin. Så har det alltid varit. Landets störste poet, Lasgush Poradeci, levde sitt liv vid Ohridsjön, men studerade och publicerade sig främst utomlands. Även om hans dikter rör sig kring en och samma sjö, lika mycket traktens poesi som Karlfeldts, trycktes de på exilförlag i Rumänien.Själva talar albanerna gärna om Illyrien, landets ursprung som under Enver Hoxhas hemvävda nationalkommunism antog mytisk status och påstods ha varit det egentliga ursprunget till allt: nog var Homeros egentligen illyrier, nog landsteg Odysseus egentligen...Exilalbanskan Lea Ypi är professor i politisk teori vid London School of Economics. Hon är utsedd till en av världens främsta tänkare och internationellt framgångsrik författare till uppväxtskildringen Fri, som skildrar frihetens pris under skilda politiska system. Lea Ypi är misstänksam mot all nationalistisk yra och rekommenderar landsfadern Ismail Qemalis memoarer för envar som gått vilse i funderingar kring nationell grandezza. Det var Qemali som utropade Albaniens självständighet från en balkong i Vlora den 28 november 1912, han syns på sedlar och frimärken, det finns en gata med hans namn i varje stad och hans porträtt pryder varje kontor. Men i Qemalis självbiografi, berättar Ypi, tar den albanska nationen ytterst liten plats: det är memoarer av någon som främst ser tillbaka på en lång och framgångsrik bana som turkisk ämbetsman. Jag tänker på den förste av vår nuvarande kungaätt Karl XIV Johans uttalande: förut var jag Napoleons general, nu är jag bara kung av Sverige.Hemma, borta: vi har alla våra smärtpunkter.Kristoffer Leandoer, författare och skribent.

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I don't have money, but I can do this for you.Michael: Yeah, normally. Okay, so. You went in there, asked her, or how did that work out? Like did you just ground mark it? What'd you do? Oh, April: she was a patient, um, she just scheduled a cleaning with me and, uh, she was like, I got charged $3,000 for a cleaning. And I was like, you're like, Young, like, you don't need this.Maybe like you have a little gingivitis. And I was like, yeah, we'll just do this simple cleaning. And then, she said, oh, do you know anybody who needs balloons? And I was like, oh, like what do you do? And she was like, oh, my side gig. I do like balloon for events and I'm, it's hard to give up cuz it's really good money.And I was like, Great, then. Yes. Me. Michael: Yeah. Cause they're nice and they're still holding up, you know what I mean? So you just had your opening a month ago, month and a half ago. A month and a half ago. All right. So we'll dive into that in a little bit. But before that, tell us about your past, your present.How'd you get to where you are today? April: Uh, I've been through a lot of interesting routes. So I graduated in 2017. And then I worked for a corporation. I went to Houston. So I graduated from Pittsburgh. I went to Houston, worked for a corporation. It was a chaos. And then a week after I moved, hurricane Harvey hit Houston.Yeah. So, uh, I walked into an office where there was no office manager. Uh, I had two assistants who were interns and then front desk, she quit that day. Treatment corner quit that day. because we had 40 patients. I'm a new grad and I had a molar root canal, and they put me with two interns and no manager.So I was like, I, this is horrible. Like I can't do this. And Hurricane Harvey, I took a break for like a week, um, trapped in the house. And just crying every day for a little while and I was like, yeah, this is not something that I signed up for. I don't think anybody goes to dental school to be like, I wanna war for corporation.Sounds awesome. But it's really honestly the only place they'll actually hire new grads. So I went in, dove in and decided that I. Have to be independent. So that's when I started looking at turnkey. I started asking around to see if there's anybody selling the office. And I was, um, I'm a big like. Believer in God and I was praying and fasting.Um, I think Ramadan's going on today, but um, I am a Christian and I still fast and pray, uh, just because part of being able to stay focused on God and I had a picture of my business partner. And so I reached her out on Facebook. I said, Hey, like, I don't really know you, but you were in my picture. So, can you meet?Uh, I know you graduated a year before me. We happened to go to same dental school. So she's like, sure. And then we met, and then I said, do you wanna open up an office? And she's like, no, not really for, like, maybe I'll wait two years. I'm not ready for it. And I was like, well, what if I tell you that I'm, I know how to do like the beginning stuff right now, and if we get an office, maybe we can get it together.And she's like, well, I'm not ready for it. But I, I'm open and finally found an office, someone that I work for called, like it was a connection through a connection. And then she called from Boston and um, she said, oh yeah, I'm like selling an office. I'm visiting Boston, but I actually live in Seattle and this office has been open for a year.And um, I said, Hey to my partner, Hey, do you wanna come, um, check out this office? Cause they're selling, it's only been a year open. And then we went visited, we met the doctor who owns it. she had to move because family issues. And when we bought it, we bought it in like we did the SBA loan. Cause you can't do a startup loan with them.So the only way that you could do is SBA loan. We did that and purchased a practice, started nine months out of dental school and did a partnership practice acquisition. And, um, first three months, obviously it's just like new learning stuff. Uh, we didn't have any staff we hired the first day. They all, what happened was the doctor who was in there as an associate beforehand, he was trying to buy it, but his credit wasn't good enough to get approved.So when he realized that he wasn't good enough to get approved to purchase a practice, he told the entire staff, I'm leaving. You guys need to quit because this is getting sold. And the doctor freaked out because they all quit the next day with the patients on the schedule and she had to do a red eye flight in.And we came in to just like be an assistant for her and. You know, just help her out. She had to put indeed like, can you somebody help me today? And we were hiring that day, same day the doctor was working, we're all working. And that's how it started with the first day in our new office. And, um, is hard because You really have to trust that other person. And we really had an amazing partnership of that trust. I worked two days, she worked two days, and then we both, um, worked at different places just to make our income so that we're not losing money in our office. we paid ourselves like a normal salary, like daily guarantee that other doctors would, and.After a while, I've always had a heart to grow the office, but when you're not on the same page, after about three years, me constantly pushing to say, Hey, can we grow to another office? And the other partner is not ready, then like, then I have to branch out. Mm-hmm. So when I decided that I'm going to probably be closer to my family.My family's in Florida, and then. Sell that office and start something new or keep the office, but it ended up being that I had to sell the office and move here last minute because of the whole purchasing this office and signing the lease and everything, and I couldn't do it remote anymore. Hmm. Yep. So I had a dream back in 2020 and it was like a really crazy dream.all you dreamers out there like dreams mean so many different things and some dreams you cannot forget. And this dream was, I was eating, it's just so funny. Um, I was hanging out and I saw Jim Carey and I was like, Jim Carey, like, what are you doing by yourself? You're like, really famous. Like, you're h here eating by yourself.And um, he was like, oh, no one wants to come and eat with me. And I was like, well, I'll come hang out with you. Like you're my, one of my favorite comedians. And, um, I'm just sitting there chit chatting with him in the dream. And he said, uh, yeah. Here if you have any questions, here's my phone number. And he gave me his phone number.This was May 15th, 20, right at the brink of Covid. And I woke up and I was like, what is this phone number? I was like, what is this area code? Oh, I remember the area code is 7 27. And then I look it up, I was like, 7 27 area code. And it was St. Pete. And I was like, where's that? And um, I was like, oh, it's kind of close to Tampa.It's like in Florida. What, how convenient, are the odds? And, um, I said, oh, well, Jim Carey, Florida. I just looked it up. And then boom, like May 16th, 17th was the first day he had an opening for his gallery at Ocean Gallery down SAP Beach right here. and I was like, oh, that's weird. Like, well, that's just weird, right?Mm-hmm. And, And then, so I was just like going on roaming out through the day, just kind of shocked by that dream and just walking around the park to, uh, quarantine myself from everybody else. And, I already told you, I'm a big believer in God. that 7 27, it was like written in red, which is like Jesus wrote and read in the Bible.And like when he spoke, it was always in red. And then Jim Carey initials same as Jesus Christ initials. And also he had a YouTube video that told a story about him being an artist. And he also drew a face of Jesus in the video. And I'm just like shocked by every little moment and my little crazy self still trying to like suppress it because I wasn't ready to sell my office.Then a broker called me out of nowhere from Orlando and she said, Hey, are you looking to find an office? And I was like, no, not over there. And um, I was like, how did you even get my information? And he said, oh, uh, I don't know. It's in our directories. So I realized that they're also a branch of Texas, uh, brokers and they did our first branch in.Orlando, and I've actually never reached out to them, but they happen to have my phone number and they said, um, yeah, uh, where do you wanna look? And I said, Tampa, I'm open to it. It's like a city. And then two months in, they said, Hey, are you open to going to St. Pete? Because it's really hard to find a location in Tampa.And I was like, well, Honestly, if it weren't for that dream, I probably would've said no. But because of that dream, like, fine, you can start walking. And when, um, they started looking and, uh, found a location, it was all the signs matched up. So I decided to sign and then bill this office. Michael: And now you're in the office?Yep. Okay. We'll, we'll jump into the bailout process, but let's rewind a little bit. You were in Houston and you worked as an associateship in Houston or an associate at Houston? April: So I was a partner of the business that I owned in Houston. Michael: Yes. Oh, what part of Houston or where? So, um, April: we were in Cypress, Texas.Okay. And, uh, so my bi, my business partner and I bought it together and then decided to form a partnership. we created an LLC together with our both separate LLCs. It just makes it a lot easier to keep things together so that the assets. When something happens, it doesn't hit our personal assets like that.It has to go through a company corporation that owns office. Then the other LLC that hits our DMD corporation. Then it can get our assets. So we just wanted the, that safety there. Mm-hmm. So we decided to do that and then had it for four and a half, five years. Michael: Oh, wow. Why, if you can give us some points of why it didn't work out.I mean, uh, there's, the trust is still there. I'm assuming you guys are April: still friends, right? Oh, yeah, definitely. I love her so much. Um, kind of because I signed this office and then I knew I had to go to Florida and last minute I told her, I was like, this buildup process has been so crazy that I was like, I gotta go.And then she's like, what? And then I was like, yeah, uh, I kinda literally have to go and like, Two weeks. So I handed her over and I said can you take care of it? And she was like, it was really sad cause she was crying. I was crying because she's like, it feels like we're getting through a divorce. And I was like, I know.It really is. It really, it really is because like works through such hard times together. The way that she took me on board with Oh gosh. Like she has such a big heart. Like what actually happened was I was a new grad, right? And she's already practiced a year ahead of me. When you do an S B A loan, they require you to have certain months of statement that you have enough money in your bank account to give you that loan.And my bank account was super fresh with money coming in because I was a new grad. And, um, these, this money that's sitting in there has to be proven like four months of it not changing the status. Like you're not getting money randomly gifted to you or anything like that. And I didn't have that status because I would just graduated and that made, the bank, made it so hard that I can't be on to buy this practice.But she and her husband, he had stocks that he owned. and stocks can be liquidated really quickly. And they had money cuz she's been graduated for like over a year and then, um, and it's like crude in there, it's not really been, hasn't been moving. And last minute I showed her, I was like, Hey, I only have like $32,000 in my bank account right now.They need $30,000 down for me to start. It was like a 10% of what the practice was gonna cost for us to buy. And bank was like, we're not taking that money cuz it's too fresh. Like we don't have records of like, Four months of it being stable in there and hasn't changed. And so what she and her husband ended up doing was, well, we got a wire this last minute.Like we have two days to do this and I'm trying to get gifts from my parents to get like the money or something. Cuz that's the only way that they'll allow me to have the money. Mm-hmm. If, if a gift and then you don't return it back. So she ended up just putting all that money, they liquidated it gifted to me, and then we put $60,000 down to start and they had that much trust to like the husband sold his stocks to do that for me.Mm-hmm. And like that's a whole nother level of like trusting somebody who just randomly Facebook messaged you. and then, I mean, they knew, I was like, I have this money. I just like, They're not taking it. So obviously I wire them back to them afterwards. Um, and that's how we got started. Michael: Okay. That's good.So then, I know you said you wanted to grow, but she wasn't ready. April: She said it was too much of a headache. Michael: Talk to talk to me about that. Why, why did you want to grow? Was there a. Does she want to just, um, I guess hyper focus on the current practice that she had and then build it, maybe drop insurance, all that stuff?Or was it more like you were just like, all right, we're, let's just keep going. Let's go do another one. Another one. And is that like your future too with this one? Yep. April: Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah. This, um, I finally think I've kind of solidified some of the reasons why I'm doing it. Um, I did wanna grow. I was like, Hey, can we grow to like 10 offices?And she's like, one's a lot. And she, she is like, I'm a little bit older than you. She's like four years older than me. She's like, it's a lot. she's more of an introverted personality, extrovert, but at the same time, didn't have like the A D H D, like hyper personality like I do. So like I have a lot of energy roaming around all day long.So she was like, I can't, like, This one office is enough. Mm-hmm. So, and I'm over here going like, I want like 20. So that just kind of didn't really settle with, um, that's when I, I had to, we had to realize, I was like, Hey, eventually I'll probably end up branching out or like giving, letting you take care of this entire office by yourself.Michael: Gotcha. So do you still own, uh, part or are you still a partner with the other practice or? No, it's a hu hundred percent hers. That's hers now. Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. So then you decided, uh, let me ask you a question real quick. You said you spoke with the branch of brokers in Texas. Who are they? Uh, ex excite.Ex excite. Okay. They have a branch now in Florida. April: Orlando Uhhuh? Mm-hmm. Michael: Okay. Okay. How is it working with him? Um, April: well, the guy that I work with, he got fired, but he ended up finding my awesome space. And I was like, so that transition after he found it was like perfect. But then like that transition after was like an issue and I was like, there was a lot, what was the issue?Um, they didn't get the address right. So permitting was a little bit, I got a different address after I finished permitting. Ah, gotcha. Michael: Okay. So let, let's dive into that a little bit. Let's dive into your business like, You went with who? For a loan? April: I did Bank of America. Michael: Okay. What were the terms of that loan?April: Um, I got approved I think like $550,000. And um, I, it's like, cuz during the approval, like I still had my other office, so like they couldn't approve me for a lot because of my. guarantor part of the other office. So that's what I got so I got that loan May, 2021 and I, uh, maybe right before, but now I opened this December, 2022.Like that's how long of this buildout was, like the whole journey of itself. Um, So they told me that I just have to do like two years of just letting them see every monthly and then try to make sure I'm not failing. Mm-hmm. And also, Wells Fargo was another one that, um, I was just thinking about. Chase doesn't do startup loans, but Wells Fargo does startup loans and right when I was going between Bank of America and Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo got a lawsuit.For fraud. So I was like, well, I guess I'll go with Bank of America cuz I don't wanna really go with a bank that got, uh, lawsuit. So I just black and white. I'm a very black and white person, so I just chose Blink of America. my interest rate was pretty low. It was during Covid, so it was very low at that time, just like houses were really low.except. The whole construction part took like extremely long time. So, but I love Bank of America. Um, my guy was really great and the reason, my biggest thing I love about Bank of America was they didn't let me spend money on some of these areas that I was wanting to spend money. And it was like the biggest blessing that you can think of.Sounds weird, but they wanna make sure that they protect you from just being, sorry. Like women, we shop more than I think men. stereotypical thing, I think, don't quote me on it, but I do see a lot of women shopping a lot more and men are sitting outside, um, waiting until they're done. Um, that's how my dad did.But then when you're on a kick to spend and you're like, yeah, I bought this, bought this, and I do it myself, right? I'm like on a kick to buy Christmas presents and all of a sudden I'm spending without filtering. I, I act like I have all the money in the world, and then I spend, and then no one stopped me.Mm-hmm. But when you're on a kick to keep spending, then like Bank of America is like that. Husband's like, stop, like. No, no, like that's not a good spending, right? They're like, why are you spending this? They ask me these questions and some people have a personality of like, oh, don't ask me why I'm doing this.I'm independent. I'm on my own, like, Um, they know what they're doing. They've done this many times and they know probably why dentists, most of 'em don't go to business school and most of them like to spend and, um, we see shiny pretty things and we like it and we wanna spend it. So they put that stop on me and.They still allowed me to spend it in ways that I really needed things. So they'll just like shift the money around saying like, this is how much you can spend here. We can allocate this here and, and that will be actually good for, me able to just not overspend and then spend all my loans. Then I have to spend it out of my cash.Michael: Gotcha. So you like that, you like it when they were there telling did you go on and you're, you're kind of right. Like even I'm guilty of that. Like I'll be good at like saving and then when for some reason if I'm on a kick, I can, anybody can just, Michael, you got it. Right. What is up with that? So, uh, let me ask you, your build out, how much was that?April: My buildout was start, it started at three 10 and then it ended at. Probably, I wanna say like three 50. Okay. Michael: Talk to me about your buildout process. How, how did that go? April: Oh, it was hell. Michael: Why April: contractors don't have this thing called, Calendar. So they move it at their own free space on, I was just like, wow, like we're always on a time and dentist or like, let's get this done out, done out.we're very efficient people. Cause that's how in the clinic we are. But uh, like. I'm sure who, everybody who's renovated a house or part of whatever construction you've ever went through, know that contractors don't have a calendar. So that's the same in a dental space or a commercial space. So I kind of went through quite a bit of hell with, um, three of the contractors dropped me when I first started, so I was doing this in.Houston and I had a designer, um, their, my designer was awesome and he was getting, like, I had three contractors who I was negotiating with, and then two of 'em were non-dental and they're like, yeah, we can do it. And um, later on, one of 'em dropped me and then the other one, she was like, yeah, we can do it.And then the other guy was a dental contractor. Uh, he quoted me a lot higher, so I was a little bit hesitant. But then also he, one, he said he was gonna do the engineering and architect with his team cuz he has a whole team. Um, he doesn't have to hire an independent contractor. And then he said he was gonna do it two weeks later.my designer's like, Hey, have you heard back that if you got your engineering back? And I was like, no, not yet. I'll just give it a little bit more time. And then two weeks after, he's like, Hey, we should have heard this by now. And so I reached out to him and he's like, oh, well, because I know that you were negotiating with other contractors.I quit that process. And he tell me, and he's like, I only wanna do this if you're gonna work with me. and my designer got really mad. He was like, what the heck? He wasted a month of your time and didn't tell you. And he's like, go look for a different contractor and work with him.Found out that one of 'em that I was working with, uh, the guy who I was mainly working with got fired and she got fired and then they quoted me three times higher. At the end when they did the engineering, they hired an independent contractor for, uh, engineering. And then they were like, yeah, this is gonna be like three times more than what we initially quoted you.So that's when I was like, I've wasted so much of my time, my lease and loan. I mean lease is like the free lease is almost done, and then I have to get up and I have, I told my partner, I was like, Hey, I actually think I have to be there in person and get this going because it's been like four or five months that I've just been sitting here and not been able to do anything.So, I have to go. So that's how we had to part ways. And I had to look for a job within two weeks. Um, and I got a job last minute. Some like they needed, um, a corporation. It's a pretty good corporation actually. It's like more, it's a doctor owned and they took me on and then, I moved, I got an apartment.And this all like happened flip Floop in two weeks. Mm-hmm. I got here and started looking for like people who are dentists and said, how did you build yours out? Who's your contractor? I found a contractor, Florida's really old school, and so there's not a lot of like little like. Details to like a contract.So when I showed that to my designer, he was like, yeah, this is like not safe. Okay. So we, I hired a consultant, like a, he's also a contractor in Houston who built one of my friend's office. He consulted with my contractor and read, did the, redid the contract. Mm-hmm. Then, um, that took a while because they were not, Communicating efficiently.Cuz my Florida contractor's pretty old school. So he's like, yeah, it's just over here. And then nothing in detail really. So he's like, this is not great. So then they ended up, you know, making it a more detailed and he's a good guy. So I had known that, I would probably jump with him from the beginning.But you just met that person you don't know, you know? Mm-hmm. So I wanted to protect myself and be safe through everything. Got, I signed a contract with a contractor and then the permitting took five months. It took four. Wow. Yeah. So all this time my free lease is going and um, and now I have to pay rent and I had to talk to the landlord saying, Hey, like, I literally haven't even broke ground in this place yet.So, you know, they still, it's business, right? They still need money. So I decided to take it out of my TI money for the loan. Mm-hmm. Because I am very anti taking out my own money to run a business. That's not what my undergrad business classes has taught me. They said, use other people's money to run the business and don't take off your arm and a leg to run it.so that's why I try to stay within the amount Bank of America gave me and not have to cash out my own money. in the end I'm the one taking the toll and losing that. so. I took it out of my TI money. Obviously had to learn how to budget really well at that point. So I equipped five op ops, like all ready to go.And usually I think startups, they start at like two and then build more out. Mm-hmm. But I also had a hard time from my start, um, my first acquisition. That we were equipped for three, and every time we tried to equip for four, it was like a big block that we couldn't get past because it was like, it would have to stop our working day and we would have people coming in doing construction, and it was too much of a headache and I didn't want any of those blocks and then if I was gonna grow, so I decided to just equip all five and then try to budget it and make it work.Michael: So there's a lot going on. You mentioned, um, you hired a consultant, what was his name? Tim Nelson. Tim Nelson. And he's a contractor? April: Yeah. He builds offices in Houston, Texas. And he is, Seriously like a dad and he cares so much about me. Obviously it costs, but it's worth it, especially when I'm having a meltdown and not know my contractor terms or what should be done.Right. Because I didn't go to school for that. Mm-hmm. Michael: Can I ask how much it costs? April: Uh, it was like 5,000. Michael: Oh, okay. In total, or like per month or something? April: No, he, he just did a contract negotiation for me. He just was a consultant who contracted, who talked to my contractor to make sure everything was like all the t's across, all the dots are placed. Yeah, Michael: that's pretty helpful. That's really helpful actually. Right. Especially. April: Right. And I didn't know this town, like I was like, I don't know anybody here. Yeah. Like whatsoever. So he's at least making sure these contractors are following the rules and doing the proper things instead of, um, saying shady stuff because I don't know, and then I'm screwed over.Michael: Yeah, no, definitely, definitely. How much is your rent? April: It is about 5,000. Okay. So with the internet included? With internet included in n n N. Michael: Oh, okay. Gotcha, gotcha. Uhhuh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So when did rent start for you, and then when did you have to, when did you officially openApril: rent? Started for me in November, of 2021. I opened December, 2022. Michael: Oh my gosh. So you've been paying rent that whole time, like with nothing, not seeing one patient. April: Yeah. But remember the guy I told you who was fired? Mm-hmm. From the brokerage? He, um, his name is Wale. He was just like the humblest guy and he got the best negotiation you can to get.Ti money. I can't remember how much t money was, but he tried to get the best space, location, everything. I really wish he finished through with me because afterwards it just got pretty bad. A little bit. Yeah. And, but he held my hand through the entire thing cuz he cared so much about me as a person.And he's like the type of person who. Cares about all his people and if you're his homie, he's like, got your back. Michael: Gotcha. Okay. Okay. So then now that you're open, what have you learned? What are you doing for marketing and advertising? What's your best roi? What systems do you utilize? Things like that. Uh, April: Startup is so hard.Like acquisition is take compared to startups. So all those people who started startups, like props to you. Um, I would say it's about 20 times harder than an acquisition. So no lie. Mm-hmm. Like acquisition, there's a reason why people try to do acquisition so they don't have to do the dirt work, but.Startup, you have to know everything. Like literally everything, nothing's set in place. Um, I'm using open dental. That's what I'm used to using in Texas. It's like a big Texas thing. Apparently it's not a Florida thing, really. Um, that's my E M R system. I use a communication system called Casper. I really like them.And, uh, I used yappy before, but Casper, um, Dr. Osman and he, I think that's Oser. Mm-hmm. Kareem the one. Yeah. He's the one who, um, got me on board. Really personable also, like, because I played around with Ypi before, they ended up having a lot of things that I needed. Um, there's just one thing I think they're working on that would make it pretty solid.and I think it was like the treatment planning part that. Other like services might have driven planning, but every other communication thing about them has been great. And then what else Michael: do I use? Are you talking about YPI right now or Casper, when every other communication. Okay. So, so I April: used the YPI before in Texas.Gotcha, gotcha. Got you. Got you. But Casper's a little bit more. Mm-hmm. Like upkept with everything. Michael: Okay, gotcha. Except for their treatment planning you said? Or you, or you like it. So they don't have it. Oh, they don't have it yet. Or April: they're supposed to bring it on this after this first quarter. So we're, we're getting there and I'm hoping that it'll be, eventually we'll get that portion.Gotcha. Michael: Okay. Okay. So you're using, what are you doing for marketing and advertising? April: Oh, I have so many marketing things right now. marketing's one of those things that it's not like you got it and you're done type of deal. I feel like you have to try every little thing based on the demographic and the region you're in to see which one works best.So initially I started, I used patient pop. To do. I used it in Texas and they were fine, but here they're really not doing anything. they're supposed to do your seo, but I haven't seen anything done. and they bind you to a contract for a year that you cannot get out of, like you cannot get out, like rent the contract a million times, cannot get out of it.So, After one year. Um, I'm done using them. And then I've also took on energized. Cause I was really desperate after being open first month for, to bring patients in cuz nobody knew we existed. Mm-hmm. And then, um, it was good for the first month. And then I was having issues for the second month and I actually contacted them saying like, Hey, this is not worth my money.so I What issues were you having? Like, nobody was showing up. Like they, they said like 50 50 was show, like 50 show, 50 no show. They're like Facebook funneling and like, um, social media funneling, but it was like 10% show maybe. And then like 90% just would, we never see them. So, but I think like after my conversation, they're working on it and I'm really hoping they're working on it.But I've had that, and I have another local guy who does Facebook funneling. He's pretty good at what he does with other clients except dental. I found out that it's the most expensive per click. Um, he's like, I don't understand why your ads are so expensive. Because he's like, I've been doing this like for all my clients, but every dental one is like per click.It's very expensive. So he's running that for me. Um, I purchased, a machine called Morpheus eight, which, so this office is not a family dentist office. It's like dental office, cosmetic driven, and it's a spa. Hmm. So I have an aesthetician. And trained her to, um, be able to do Morpheus, um, it's like a microneedling with radio frequency.And when I got the machine, they also automatically came with four months of marketing for the aesthetic part, and I'm doing Google ads. Mm-hmm. Michael: Okay. Is that working pretty well April: or. Google. So that's why I'm trying to stay out of. Facebook has a certain population and for maybe for a general practice it would be fine, but with an aesthetic practice, cosmetic driven practice, the clients are hi, like a really big hit or miss.Or they don't show. Um, most of them just don't show. And then, um, cuz they're like all price shopping and they want like, everything done for free. So I just, I think Google Ads, I'm gonna allocate that to spend on it. Uh, once my contract, um, is done with some of these companies. Got, Michael: so your contract's already done with patient pop?No. Oh no. So you're, you're still paying patient pop. Energize and a Facebook funnel guy. Yep. Oh man. How much is all that?How much is patient pop? Patient April: pop is like a thousand Michael: a month. Yeah. Okay. And then energize five a thousand a month. Uhhuh. And then the Facebook funnel guy, April: uh, he's like two grand a month. Okay, so now we are breaking it down. So it's like 8,000 maybe on marketing. Yeah, Michael: 8,000 on marketing. Okay. So then once the year's over, where do you see yourself spending saving?What are you gonna start doing more kind of thing. So April: I really start to see the value in community and getting people who are influencers in the market to come in. So we kind of. I help them out a little bit here and there and then in like, trade in with, um, their post or being able to promote us.I try to go to these events to connect because word mouth is huge and, um, especially in a small town like this, uh, like people call this a huge city, but I feel like St. Pete's pretty small. like I'm coming from Houston. Mm-hmm. So, It's also helpful coming from such a big city coming in here because in a really big city it's hard, like marketing's really hard.in a smaller city, I think it's more doable. Um, A lot of people here are like local and they're pretty like hippy. And as long as you show face and then you actually show that you're a real person, they trust and want to come. And then word of mouth. My biggest thing right now is also like I'm trying to figure out different ways to, avenues to market regarding, um, some of the people are finding us through Google.A lot of, some people are finding us through Instagram. When they would see their friend post repost, I would have events so. Not, I would have, I think I had the grand opening, so I'm having another event, uh, next month. And then just to get every other local vendors coming in to do their local thing, they got their own connections, like these business owners, and then provide the facility here, space for them to do that.At the same time, like it's just brand marketing right now at this point. And then, um, branding myself, Another thing I'm doing, which I, I'm on a kick to do it this coming week. I've had, my staff and me we're going over to salons and because salons very, they work with patients all day, people all day long touch their hair all day long.They talk about little stuff. So getting, giving incentive to those, um, People who barbers and people who cut hair to trade in for one of my service. But the service that I trade in, in for them is their lip service to their client. So I will get them in for free Botox, like, I'll be like, Hey, I'm gonna do a free Botox for you first time.Have you ever done it? Okay, we did great. If so, whoever you send over and they come here, you get like $50 off your Botox treatment. So then you send like a certain amount of people by the time you send them over and they get treatment done, then you end up having, all these covered.Then you're gonna get free Botox again. Yeah. But it's also just like bringing in traffic. Michael: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. No, a hundred percent it's scrum marketing, like, so you. The best thing to do is when you go to these places is like make it make it like tangible. So like leave a signup sheet there with them, right?Sure. So you're like, Hey, what's up man? Like, well, can I have some of your information? And then they're like, yeah, sure. Here's some of my business cards. Right? Then you're like, okay, can I give you some of our information too? And at the same time, this is what I wanted to do just for you. Right? And then you let them know.What you wanna do, your incentive and then say, here, I'll leave a signup sheet. I can come back next week for people who wrote their name and number down, I'll give them a call. Right. But it's actually like something there on their mirror where p patients are like, what? What is? And then they're like front of mind, right?They're like, oh, they're giving, you wanna sign up for this? You know, maybe give the patients an incentive too. Like, hey, everybody who comes in is like a percentage off or, I don't know, right. Something. Right. Um, makes it easier for them to refer and then makes it easier for the patient to come on into. If you wanna do that many incentives, it's April: up to you.Oh no, I, we don't have that going for our patients too right now. Mm-hmm. Like, hey, every person that you refer, you get like $50 off for your own treatment Michael: or whatever. I think that would be a fantastic, like if you guys targeted salons all next week, that'd be beautiful. Yeah, you do really good. So then one last questions I wanna ask you, April, is throughout this process from the moment, I guess you decided to leave till today.What's been some of your biggest pitfalls or fails?April: Uh, I signed a lease before I found a contractor. I. I think that was my biggest pitfall because if I have a contractor, first of all they can't gimme the price anyway because I don't have the lease signed. But it's still someone that you can have to be able to build your space cuz that wasted so much of my time and I think it took like wasted seven months of my time.Mm-hmm. And then I was able to do permitting. My other biggest pitfall. That I am coming out of is staffing. I think from the start I have a lot of expectations, not a lot. These people don't know me, who work for me, um, who sign up in on Indeed, um, to work. But people just don't wanna work anymore. And if I'm not gonna be personable with them, then they're like, I'm out.So I, at the beginning when I first opened, I had really, really, really difficult time with staff, situation. Uh, the front desk girl didn't show up for the first day open. And then my assistant, she came in saying she wants to be an esthetician, except she was doing nothing for about two weeks and I couldn't figure out what she was doing.And then I finally brought in an office manager and then office manager. When I brought her on that day, that assistant said, You know, I know you need her, but I don't work when there's a manager in the house, so I'm out. So I was just like, what kind? Like, but it's also like, I guess I was naive cuz I never had issues with staff before in my old office.But coming here, they also don't know me and they're working for me and I have to take care of my staff, and I really probably came off pretty strong and couldn't take care of them the way that they would if it was an established office and they don't have a 5 million things to do. So I finally have a staff.Who's sticking through the thicken thin. They also love being here. and that's huge. They like, They're like, it's so awesome being here. They love it. And they're like, it's fun. And I was like, oh my gosh. I'm like really thankful that you guys see me as family. And I was very transparent to them and be like, Hey, I have to make these goals.I actually don't take any money home right now. I am hustling on the side, um, going at a emergency clinic and working their, um, night shift or going on a Sunday just because I also have to pay my own bills and I don't wanna take it away from the office of starting off. That cannot provide me. Otherwise we'll be scraping pennies every day.So, um, they know that I'm also hustling. They know that I care a lot about them and just being really straightforward with them. Like, Hey, if we can't meet these goals, this is literally daily goal that I have to meet, uh, to just break even. And if not, then I can't provide you guys jobs and I would have to shut down and figure out stuff first, and then I'm hustling.And, um, that transparency with, um, I am an employer, but I don't pretend to boss him around because nobody deserves to be treated that way. Mm-hmm. Um, they just all have mutual respect for one another. And also like, understand, so training is hard at first. We all expect everybody to be trained perfectly, but that training, um, they're people who appreciate it and they're willing to learn and they get really good at it.And if they're not really good at what they do, then you shift them to a different spot in the office and do that. I wanna give jobs to people. I don't really wanna fire anybody. also if you know, not people, not everybody's good people, I also have to be really, and being able to pick up that too.But I also focus on trying to. Be in their life and be their mentor through different journeys in life, not just in the office space. So that's really built that loyalty for my staff and, um, they're willing to do everything with me. That's Michael: nice. That's really, really good. Awesome. April, thank you so much for being with us.It's been a pleasure. But before we say goodbye, can you tell our listeners where they can find you? April: Oh yeah, they can find us on Flashden Spa, F l a s h d e n t s p a, and you can email us on info flashden spa.com. And I've been actually helping quite a bit of startup people, uh, individually. So if you have questions, you can reach us out.Michael: Awesome. So guys, that's gonna be in the show notes below, like always in April. Thank you so much for being with us. It's been a pleasure, and we'll hear from you soon. April: Thank you.‍

Oppvekst, bedrag og frihet er temaene når bokklubben møtes for å snakke om albanske Lea Ypis bok «Fri - en oppvekst ved historiens ende». Boka beskriver hvordan Ypi gikk fra å være et lykkelig barn i det hun trodde var et sosialistisk pradis, til illusjonen brast på 1990-tallet og hjemlandet ble kastet ut i kaos. Hva er vedtatte sannheter i samfunnene vi lever i? Og hva er egentlig frihet? Bokklubben Bastard er produsert av Manifest Media.Produsent: Mikkel Kvenås. Vipps: 79 26 46. ❤️ Tusen takk, alle som støtter Manifest Media!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Da Lea Ypi var liten, så hun på Stalin og Albanias leder Enver Hoxha som trygge farsfigurer, hun likte at lærerinnen Nora hadde enkle svar på alt, og det hun ønsket seg mest av alt var å bli pioner. Men når det kommunistiske regimet faller i 1991, forstår unge Lea at ingenting er som hun har trodd. Har hele livet hennes vært en løgn?I boka Fri. En oppvekst ved historiens ende (til norsk ved Inger Sverreson Holmes) skildrer Ypi en oppvekst utenom det vanlige: Før hun ble myndig hadde hun opplevd et kommunistisk regime og dets fall, nyliberalismen som overtok og en grufull borgerkrig. Med sanselighet, detaljrikdom og en stor dose humor gir Ypi leseren et unikt innblikk i Albanias nyere historie og brytninger mellom ideologier og politiske og økonomiske interesser.Lea Ypi er oppvokst i Albania, men er i dag professor i politisk teori ved London School of Economics, der hun blant annet underviser om marxisme. Memoarboka Fri ble tildelt Ondaatje-prisen og kåret til en av årets beste bøker, blant annet i The New Yorker og Financial Times.På Litteraturhuset møter Ypi Marianne Marthinsen til samtale. Marthinsen er forfatter av både skjønnlitteratur og sakprosa. Hun har lang fartstid fra AUF og Arbeiderpartiet, og satt på Stortinget for Arbeiderpartiet fra 2005 til 2021. Hun jobber i dag i Finans Norge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a little girl, Lea Ypi regarded Stalin and Albania's leader Enver Hoxha as dependable father figures, she liked how her teacher Nora har simple answers to everything, and what she wanted most of all, was to be named a pioneer. But when the communist regime falls in 1991, the young Lea suddenly realizes that nothing is truly like she thought. Has her whole life been a lie?In her memoir Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, Ypi depicts an unusual childhood: Before she came of age, she had lived trough a communist regime and its fall, the neoliberal society that succeeded it, as well as a ghastly civil war. With acute awareness, attention to detail and no small amount of wit, Ypi offers her reader a unique insight into Albania's recent history and contention between ideologies and political and economic interests.With her childhood in Albania, Lea Ypi is today a professor of political theory at London School of Economics, where she, among other things, teaches Marxism. Her memoir Free was awarded the Ondaatje prize and named one of the best books of 2022 by both The New Yorker and Fincancial Times.At the House of Literature, Ypi will be joined in conversation by Marianne Marthinsen. Marthinsen is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her background is from Norway's Worker's Youth League and the Labour Party, which she represented in parliament between 2005 and 2021. Today, she works for Finance Norway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is capitalist freedom true freedom? In her book Free (Allen Lane, 2021) Lea Ypi shows that freedom is not a term that we can take for granted. Ypi treated us to a lecture at the ISVW Estate on the 16 January 2023. Couldn't come? Or do you want to relive the night of the lecture? Listen to the ISVW podcast! | Is kapitalistische vrijheid echte vrijheid? In Vrij (De Bezige Bij, 2021) laat Lea Ypi zien dat het begrip vrijheid niet vanzelfsprekend is. Ypi was op 16 januari 2023 te gast op Landgoed ISVW voor de 10e Van Eedenlezing. Heb je de lezing gemist? Of wil je de lezing nog eens herbeleven? Luister naar de ISVW podcast! De integrale lezing (inclusief vragenronde) is verkrijgbaar op txtradio.nl.

Nicola Steiner, Milo Rau, Thomas Strässle und – als Gast – die Kolumnistin und Journalistin Nina Kunz diskutieren über «Sisi» von Karin Duve, «Blutbuch» von Kim de l'Horizon, «Frei» von Lea Ypi sowie «Der letzte weisse Mann» von Mohsin Hamid. Die Lebensgeschichte der österreichischen Kaiserin Elisabeth ist gerade auffällig oft der Stoff für TV-Serien und Spielfilme. Auch die deutsche Schriftstellerin Karen Duve wendet sich «Sisi» in ihrem neuen Roman zu. Sie zeichnet eine Kaiserin zwischen Konventionen und Selbstbestimmung. Mit Distanz und Ironie beschreibt sie Sisi als Frau, die schillernd ist, zwischen Empathie und Intriganz, zwischen Selbstdisziplin und Melancholie. Kim de l'Horizon ist für «Blutbuch» mit dem deutschen Buchpreis ausgezeichnet worden und auch für den Schweizer Buchpreis im Rennen. In diesem queeren Familienroman wendet sich eine non-binäre Person an ihre demente Grossmutter, schreibt über Geschlecht, Scham und Klassenzugehörigkeit. Kim de l'Horizon schafft einen Text, der in seiner Vielstimmigkeit und seiner stilistischen Vielfalt dem Werden seiner Hauptfigur und deren Fliessen zwischen den Geschlechtern entspricht. Die albanisch-britische Politikwissenschaftlerin Lea Ypi blickt in ihrem Buch «Frei» zurück auf ihre Kindheit und Jugend im sozialistischen Albanien und in den Jahren nach 1991. Dabei erzählt sie konsequent aus der Perspektive des Mädchens. Ypi zeigt an bedeutungsvollen Szenen aus ihrem Leben, wie Geschichte das eigene Leben formt. Die Geschichte ihrer Familie ist eng mit der Geschichte des Landes verbunden. Es geht um die Versprechen von Freiheit in verschiedenen Systemen, um Ideale, Hoffnungen und Enttäuschungen. Ein Mann erwacht am Morgen und stellt fest, dass sich seine Hautfarbe «unleugbar tiefbraun verfärbt hat». Der neue Roman des pakistanisch-britischen Schriftstellers Mohsin Hamid beginnt kafkaesk. «Der letzte weisse Mann» ist eine Parabel über Rassismus, über das Anderssein und Zugehörigkeit. Ohne Pathos, mit Ironie und in sehr langen Sätzen beschreibt Hamid, wie alle Weissen zu Schwarzen werden. Dabei verarbeitet er eigene Erfahrungen als Mensch, der zur Zeit der Anschläge vom 11. September 2001 in New York gelebt hat. Die Bücher der Sendung sind: – Karin Duve: «Sisi» (Galiani); – Kim de l'Horizon: «Blutbuch» (Dumont); – Lea Ypi: «Frei» (Suhrkamp); und – Mohsin Hami: «Der letzte weisse Mann» (Dumont). Gast der Sendung ist die Schweizer Kolumnistin und Journalistin Nina Kunz.

In the "Through Action We Grow" Series, we will be looking at what our programs do to make an impact in schools and the community. YPI or Youth Prevention Indicated targets high school age students to educate them on the risks of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. They also educate parents on key indicators of their children using or being at risk of use of these substances. The YPI department is a crucial facet of the prevention effort in multiple schools and communities. In this episode we will learn all about what YPI does and how their impact benefits our youth and our community

In the "Through Action We Grow" Series, we will be looking at what our programs do to make an impact in schools and the community. YPI or Youth Prevention Indicated targets high school age students to educate them on the risks of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. They also educate parents on key indicators of their children using or being at risk of use of these substances. The YPI department is a crucial facet of the prevention effort in multiple schools and communities. In this episode we will learn all about what YPI does and how their impact benefits our youth and our community

What does the Your Positive Imprint podcast social media graphics specialist do? Daphne Gariety shares her YPI insights.

Freiheit – mit diesem Begriff beschäftigt sich Lea Ypi in ihrem autobiografischen Buch «Frei». Aufgewachsen im sozialistischen Albanien begegnet die Autorin dem Begriff immer wieder und lotet diesen aus. Vor allem aber thematisiert Ypi ihre Herkunft, ihre Heimat und ihre Identität. Oder besser: Sie begibt sich auf die Suche nach all diesen Themen.Wie und wo wir aufwachsen kann sich niemand aussuchen; genauso wenig, wie der Einfluss davon. Wie die Herkunft Frauenleben prägt, damit hat sich nicht nur Lea Ypi auseinandergesetzt. Auch Autorinnen wie Fatma Aydemir oder Khuê Pham geben Einblicke in andere Leben und Realitäten.Weshalb diese so wichtig und bereichernd sind, darüber sprechen Priska Amstutz und Annik Hosmann in der zweiten Sommer-Spezialfolge von «Tages-Anzeigerin».Alle Bücher und Links aus der Folge: Lea Ypi - Free / FreiLea Ypi im Gespräch mit dem Magazin: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/die-loesung-muss-immer-mehr-demokratie-sein-904905392956Khuê Pham - Wo auch immer ihr seidOcean Vuong - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous /. Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandiosFatma Aydemir - DschinnsLeïla Slimani - Le pays des autres / Das Leben der AnderenLeïla Slimani - Regardez-nous danser; ab 22 September 22 auf Deutsch: Schaut wie wir tanzenNino Haratischwili - Das mangelnde LichtNino Haratischwili - Das achte Leben (Für Brilka)Time Codes:00:00 Intro Habt ihr Lob, Kritik oder Gedanken zum Thema? Schreibt uns an podcasts@tamedia.ch

Lea Ypi's life is awash with instances that question what it means to be free. From growing up in communist Albania to teaching at the London School of Economics, her story is a window onto the complex connections between freedom and sovereignty, and between the personal and the political. Aaron Bastani speaks to Ypi on […]

Wir beschäftigen uns mal wieder jenseits unserer eigentlichen Zeit. Manuel ist wieder Gast und hat uns Inventuren und Teilungen als Quelle der Frühen Neuzeit mitgebracht. Diese sozialhistorische Quellen entstanden in der Zeit von Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts bis zur Einführung des Bundes Gesetzbuches 1900. Erstellt bei der Heirat und bei dem Tod, sind sie ein Zugang zu unterschiedlichen Themen und können beispielsweise für die Objektgeschichte interessant sein, Familienkonstellationen und -netzwerke besser begreifen oder die Frage welche Bedeutung Besitz hatte von Bedeutung sein. Wer genau darin stattfand, warum es diese Akten hauptsächlich für Württemberg zur Verfügung stehen und und was daran noch gezeigt werden kann gibt es in dieser Folge. Literatur Beck, Rainer: Unterfinningen. Ländliche Welt vor Anbruch der Moderne. C. H. Beck, 2004. Darnton, Robert: Das große Katzenmassaker. Carl Hanser, 1989. Keller-Drescher, Lioba: Die Ordnung der Kleider. Ländliche Mode in Württemberg 1750-1850. Tübingen, 2003. Ladurie Le Roy, Emmanuel: Ein Dorf vor dem Inquisitor 1294-1324. Ullstein, 1975. Maisch, Andreas: Unterhalt und gehörige Schranken. De Gruyter, 1992. Medick, Hans: Weben und Überleben in Laichingen 1650-1900. Göttingen, 1997. Ypi, Lea: Free: Coming of Age at the end of history. Suhrkamp, 2021.

Lea Ypi reflects on her childhood and youth in socialist Albania and the country's subsequent transition to liberal democracy and a free market economy. What's clear: None of the political economies Ypi experienced satisfied her need for and concept of freedom. Shownotes Lea Ypi's Website: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/YPI/ Lea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lea_ypi Ypi. Lea. 2021. Free. Coming of Age at the End of History. London: allen lane, Penguin Random House: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/320869/free/9780241481851.html Ypi, Lea. 2022. Frei. Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte. Berlin: Suhrkamp: https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/lea-ypi-frei-t-9783518430347 Fine, Sarah, and Lea Ypi. 2016. Migration in Political Theory. The Ethics of Movement and Membership. Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/migration-in-political-theory-9780199676606?cc=gb&lang=en& Wellman, Christopher Heath. 2016. "Freedom of Movement and the Rights to Enter and Exit" in: Migration in Political Theory. The Ethics of Movement and Membership, ed. Sarah Fine and Lea Ypi, Oxford University Press, p. 80–104: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199676606.001.0001/acprof-9780199676606-chapter-5 The Journal of Political Philosophy, of which Lea Ypi is co-editor: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679760 Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy, of which Lea Ypi is commissioning editor: https://renewal.org.uk/ Lea Ypi at The New Institute: https://thenew.institute/en/who/lea-ypi Further material: (German) Was ist die Shock Therapy? Future Histories Kurzvideo: https://youtu.be/QVqDbCChexo Shock Therapy (Wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics)   Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics: S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/ S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialism: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/ (German) S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/ S01E60 | Jan Groos zu distribuiertem Sozialismus: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e60-jan-groos-zu-distribuiertem-sozialismus-staffelfinale/   If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast or on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6yw or in the Collaborative Podcast Transcription: If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today (German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shorturl.at/eL578   www.futurehistories.today   Episode Keywords: #LeaYpi, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #Interview, #Freedom, #PenguinBooks, #Suhrkamp, #Socialism, #Sozialismus, #Capitalism, #Kapitalismus, #Post-capitalism, #Postkapitalismus, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #Autonomy, #DemocraticPlanning, #ShockTherapy, #systemchange, #Communism  

Lea Ypi reflects on her childhood and youth in socialist Albania and the country's subsequent transition to liberal democracy and a free market economy. What's clear: None of the political economies Ypi experienced satisfied her need for and concept of freedom.ShownotesLea Ypi's Website:https://personal.lse.ac.uk/YPI/Lea on Twitter:https://twitter.com/lea_ypiYpi. Lea. 2021. Free. Coming of Age at the End of History. London: allen lane, Penguin Random House:https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/320869/free/9780241481851.htmlYpi, Lea. 2022. Frei. Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte. Berlin: Suhrkamp:https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/lea-ypi-frei-t-9783518430347Fine, Sarah, and Lea Ypi. 2016. Migration in Political Theory. The Ethics of Movement and Membership. Oxford University Press:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/migration-in-political-theory-9780199676606?cc=gb&lang=en&Wellman, Christopher Heath. 2016. "Freedom of Movement and the Rights to Enter and Exit" in: Migration in Political Theory. The Ethics of Movement and Membership, ed. Sarah Fine and Lea Ypi, Oxford University Press, p. 80–104:https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199676606.001.0001/acprof-9780199676606-chapter-5The Journal of Political Philosophy, of which Lea Ypi is co-editor:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679760Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy, of which Lea Ypi is commissioning editor:https://renewal.org.uk/Lea Ypi at The New Institute:https://thenew.institute/en/who/lea-ypiFurther material:(German) Was ist die Shock Therapy? Future Histories Kurzvideo:https://youtu.be/QVqDbCChexoShock Therapy (Wiki):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics) Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialism:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/(German) S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/S01E60 | Jan Groos zu distribuiertem Sozialismus:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e60-jan-groos-zu-distribuiertem-sozialismus-staffelfinale/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/or on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6ywor in the Collaborative Podcast Transcription:If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today(German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shorturl.at/eL578  www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#LeaYpi, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #Interview, #Freedom, #PenguinBooks, #Suhrkamp, #Socialism, #Sozialismus, #Capitalism, #Kapitalismus, #Post-capitalism, #Postkapitalismus, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #Autonomy, #DemocraticPlanning, #ShockTherapy, #systemchange, #Communism 

Lea Ypi reflects on her childhood and youth in socialist Albania and the country's subsequent transition to liberal democracy and a free market economy. What's clear: None of the political economies Ypi experienced satisfied her need for and concept of freedom.ShownotesLea Ypi's Website:https://personal.lse.ac.uk/YPI/Lea on Twitter:https://twitter.com/lea_ypiYpi. Lea. 2021. Free. Coming of Age at the End of History. London: allen lane, Penguin Random House:https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/320869/free/9780241481851.htmlYpi, Lea. 2022. Frei. Erwachsenwerden am Ende der Geschichte. Berlin: Suhrkamp:https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/lea-ypi-frei-t-9783518430347Fine, Sarah, and Lea Ypi. 2016. Migration in Political Theory. The Ethics of Movement and Membership. Oxford University Press:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/migration-in-political-theory-9780199676606?cc=gb&lang=en&Wellman, Christopher Heath. 2016. "Freedom of Movement and the Rights to Enter and Exit" in: Migration in Political Theory. The Ethics of Movement and Membership, ed. Sarah Fine and Lea Ypi, Oxford University Press, p. 80–104:https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199676606.001.0001/acprof-9780199676606-chapter-5The Journal of Political Philosophy, of which Lea Ypi is co-editor:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679760Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy, of which Lea Ypi is commissioning editor:https://renewal.org.uk/Lea Ypi at The New Institute:https://thenew.institute/en/who/lea-ypiFurther material:(German) Was ist die Shock Therapy? Future Histories Kurzvideo:https://youtu.be/QVqDbCChexoShock Therapy (Wiki):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics) Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialism:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/(German) S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/S01E60 | Jan Groos zu distribuiertem Sozialismus:https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e60-jan-groos-zu-distribuiertem-sozialismus-staffelfinale/ If you like Future Histories, you can help with your support on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories?Write me at office@futurehistories.today and join the discussion on Twitter (#FutureHistories):https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastor on Reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/or on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6ywor in the Collaborative Podcast Transcription:If you would like to support Future Histories by contributing to the collaborative transcription of episodes, please contact us at: transkription@futurehistories.today(German) Kollaborative Podcast-Transkription FAQ: shorturl.at/eL578  www.futurehistories.today Episode Keywords:#LeaYpi, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #Interview, #Freedom, #PenguinBooks, #Suhrkamp, #Socialism, #Sozialismus, #Capitalism, #Kapitalismus, #Post-capitalism, #Postkapitalismus, #Democracy, #Demokratie, #Autonomy, #DemocraticPlanning, #ShockTherapy, #systemchange, #Communism 

This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits down with writer Lea Ypi, whose memoir ‘Free' documents her childhood there, both under communism and after its fall. Ypi, a political theorist at the London School of Economics asks: does capitalism make us free? Plus: European tech correspondent Madhumita Murgia explores how science fiction shapes our attitudes towards the future, and how that translates across different cultures. --------------Do you want to read the Financial Times? We have special discounts for listeners here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast--------------Want to say hi? We love hearing from you. Email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We're on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap. --------------Exciting news! Lea Ypi will be speaking at the first FT Weekend Festival to be hosted in the US. To attend (virtually or in person) go to http://ft.weekendfestival.com – with 10% off using the discount code FTFriends2022. It's on Saturday May 7th at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. --------------Links and mentions from the episode: –Alec Russell's Lunch with Lea Ypi: https://on.ft.com/3GHmi1J –FT review of Lea Ypi's memoir Free: https://www.ft.com/content/b5455f0f-33a9-480e-9027-6884cc25faa4 –Madhu on how science fiction shapes our attitudes to the future: https://www.ft.com/content/2f35be37-9da8-4cf6-89b2-8488b36c5a63 –Madhu recommends the book Exhalation by Ted Chiang–Chen Qiufan's latest book is caled AI2041: Ten Visions for ur Future, co-authored with Kai-Fu Lee – This weekend's Lunch with the FT, with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas: https://www.ft.com/content/098ba985-1284-46c6-9abe-f626fa9e47f0– Lunch with the Financial Times, edited by Lionel Barber, a selection of classic lunches: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309/309448/lunch-with-the-ft/9780241400685.html Alec is on Twitter at @AlecuRussell, and Madhu is at @madhumita29."Long Live Enver Hoxha!" copyright Believe Music and UMPG Publishing. "Astroboy" Copyright Tezuka Productions Co. Clip: AP Archive--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design is by Breen Turner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This weekend, FT Weekend editor Alec Russell brings us to Albania for Lunch with the FT. He sits down with writer Lea Ypi, whose memoir ‘Free' documents her childhood there, both under communism and after its fall. Ypi, a political theorist at the London School of Economics asks: does capitalism make us free? Plus: European tech correspondent Madhumita Murgia explores how science fiction shapes our attitudes towards the future, and how that translates across different cultures. --------------Do you want to read the Financial Times? We have special discounts for listeners here: http://ft.com/weekendpodcast--------------Want to say hi? We love hearing from you. Email us at ftweekendpodcast@ft.com. We're on Twitter @ftweekendpod, and Lilah is on Instagram and Twitter @lilahrap. --------------Exciting news! Lea Ypi will be speaking at the first FT Weekend Festival to be hosted in the US. To attend (virtually or in person) go to http://ft.weekendfestival.com – with 10% off using the discount code FTFriends2022. It's on Saturday May 7th at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. --------------Links and mentions from the episode: –Alec Russell's Lunch with Lea Ypi: https://on.ft.com/3GHmi1J –FT review of Lea Ypi's memoir Free: https://www.ft.com/content/b5455f0f-33a9-480e-9027-6884cc25faa4 –Madhu on how science fiction shapes our attitudes to the future: https://www.ft.com/content/2f35be37-9da8-4cf6-89b2-8488b36c5a63 –Madhu recommends the book Exhalation by Ted Chiang–Chen Qiufan's latest book is caled AI2041: Ten Visions for ur Future, co-authored with Kai-Fu Lee – This weekend's Lunch with the FT, with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas: https://www.ft.com/content/098ba985-1284-46c6-9abe-f626fa9e47f0– Lunch with the Financial Times, edited by Lionel Barber, a selection of classic lunches: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309/309448/lunch-with-the-ft/9780241400685.html Alec is on Twitter at @AlecuRussell, and Madhu is at @madhumita29."Long Live Enver Hoxha!" copyright Believe Music and UMPG Publishing. "Astroboy" Copyright Tezuka Productions Co. Clip: AP Archive--------------Original music by Metaphor Music. Mixing and sound design is by Breen Turner. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ninguém em sã consciência sonha com seu patrimônio sendo disputado a tapa pelos herdeiros – e, até pior, dilapidado nesse processo. Mas o fato é que isso acontece com frequência, seja qual for o tamanho da herança deixada. O remédio para evitar isso? Planejar a sucessão ainda em vida, ensina Renato Bernhoeft, fundador e presidente do conselho da Höft, empresa pioneira em ajudar famílias a passar por esse processo, tão mergulhado em emoções. Como falar sobre herança com os responsáveis pelo patrimônio? E se nenhum parente quiser assumir o negócio familiar? O que fazer com os filhos perdidos? Qual o segredo de empresas familiares centenárias, como Ypióca, Gerdau e Sulamérica? Como elas conseguiram sobreviver à transição de gerações? Tudo isso e mais duas viagens de volta ao mundo foram assunto do bate-papo com Luciana Seabra e Guilherme Rey quando esse veterano, que já assessorou mais de mil famílias no tema sucessão, sentou em nosso divã. O Bilhões no Divã, como você já sabe, é um podcast que surgiu pra falar de dinheiro do jeito certo. Não sobre os ruídos do momento, mas sobre o que é realmente relevante pra você construir patrimônio. Desfrute! Host - @seabraluciana Twitter / YouTube / Spotify Convidado - Renato Bernhoeft LiPoFi - Recomendações Filme - Casamento grego - O Filho da noiva - O Primeiro que disse Série - Succession

Good Morning Monaco Thursday, November 25, 2021 published by NEWS.MC Subscribe to our daily email newsletter Another black day for coronavirus case numbers Thirty Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus in Monaco on Wednesday, November 24. On Tuesday, 45 new cases were reported. Post-Brexit rule changes for Brits in Monaco The UK's Honorary Consul in Monaco, Eric Blair, has outlined important new rules for UK citizens in Monaco... Monaco's YPI teams up with superyacht builder Green Yard Kleven of Norway, a pioneer of environmentally conscious marine technology and propulsion, has made its latest move on the superyacht industry in signing an agreement with international yacht brokerage and management firm Yachting Partners International... Artcurial heralds January auctions in Monte-Carlo Artcurial resumes its winter quarters on the Riviera, at the Hôtel Hermitage, from January 15 to 19, in the heart of the eternally elegant Monte-Carlo. Women fight back against violence Céline Cottalorda, the person appointed by the Government to coordinate initiatives to promote women's rights, on Monday presented the 2021 campaign to fight violence against women. DULY NOTED: At midday on Thursday, the French government is due to announce new restrictions in the light of an upsurge in coronavirus infections. See the latest coronavirus news on NEWS.MC. Copyright © 2020 NEWS SARL. All rights reserved. North East West South (NEWS) SARL. RCI: 20S08518 - NIS: 6312Z21974 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/monacodailynews/message

Gunnhildur Lily Magnúsdóttir, stjórnmálafræðingur og dósent við háskólann í Malmö, hefur rannsakað hvernig ríkisstofnanir á Norðurlöndunum og Evrópusambandið vinna með félagslega þætti eins og kyn, stétt, búsetu og fleira þegar kemur að stefnumótun í loftslagsmálum og hvernig hægt sé að draga úr kolefnisspori almennings. Magdalena Andersson, formaður Jafnaðarmannaflokks Svíþjóðar, bar einnig á góma í viðtalinu en umboð hennar til ríkisstjórnarmyndunar er að renna út síðar í dag. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir spjallaði um bresk stjórnmál og stjórnmálaleiðtoga í Lundúnaspjalli dagsins. Jafnframt um nýútkomna bók eftir Leu Ypi en hún er prófessor við London School of Economics. Bókin, Free; Coming of Age at the End of History, fjallar um æsku hennar í Albaníu en Ypi er fædd árið 1979. Lára Björnsdóttir, félagsráðgjafi og fyrrverandi félagsmálastjóri Reykjavíkur, hlaut nýverið heiðursviðurkenningu norrænu félagsráðgjafarháskólanna. Hún var með fyrstu félagsráðgjöfunum á Íslandi en hún lærði í Danmörku og kom til starfa hér á landi árið 1969. Málefni félagsþjónustunnar eru henni hugleikin og segir Lára að því miður sé fátækt og fordómar en við lýði í samfélaginu. Hún segir mikinn sparnað fólgin í því að veita þeim sem þurfa á stuðningi að halda góða þjónustu. Nauðsynlegt sé að valdefla þá sem þurfa á aðstoðinni að halda. Ýmislegt hefur áunnist hvað varðar notendastýrða þjónustu fatlaðra á undanförnum árum að sögn Láru. Lára var sæmd gullmerki Landsamtakanna Þroskahjálpar 1995 og hlaut Rósina 2011, hvatningarverðlaun samtakanna og fjölskyldu Ástu B. Þorsteinsdóttur. Þá var Lára sæmd fálkaorðu forseta Íslands 17. júní 2016, riddarakross fyrir störf á vettvangi velferðar og félagsþjónustu og að málefnum fatlaðs fólks. Píanósónata nr. 16 í c dúr í flutningi Víkings Heiðars Ólafssonar, Into my arms með Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds og Söngur hjartans með Diddú. Umsjón: Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson og Guðrún Hálfdánardóttir.

Gunnhildur Lily Magnúsdóttir, stjórnmálafræðingur og dósent við háskólann í Malmö, hefur rannsakað hvernig ríkisstofnanir á Norðurlöndunum og Evrópusambandið vinna með félagslega þætti eins og kyn, stétt, búsetu og fleira þegar kemur að stefnumótun í loftslagsmálum og hvernig hægt sé að draga úr kolefnisspori almennings. Magdalena Andersson, formaður Jafnaðarmannaflokks Svíþjóðar, bar einnig á góma í viðtalinu en umboð hennar til ríkisstjórnarmyndunar er að renna út síðar í dag. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir spjallaði um bresk stjórnmál og stjórnmálaleiðtoga í Lundúnaspjalli dagsins. Jafnframt um nýútkomna bók eftir Leu Ypi en hún er prófessor við London School of Economics. Bókin, Free; Coming of Age at the End of History, fjallar um æsku hennar í Albaníu en Ypi er fædd árið 1979. Lára Björnsdóttir, félagsráðgjafi og fyrrverandi félagsmálastjóri Reykjavíkur, hlaut nýverið heiðursviðurkenningu norrænu félagsráðgjafarháskólanna. Hún var með fyrstu félagsráðgjöfunum á Íslandi en hún lærði í Danmörku og kom til starfa hér á landi árið 1969. Málefni félagsþjónustunnar eru henni hugleikin og segir Lára að því miður sé fátækt og fordómar en við lýði í samfélaginu. Hún segir mikinn sparnað fólgin í því að veita þeim sem þurfa á stuðningi að halda góða þjónustu. Nauðsynlegt sé að valdefla þá sem þurfa á aðstoðinni að halda. Ýmislegt hefur áunnist hvað varðar notendastýrða þjónustu fatlaðra á undanförnum árum að sögn Láru. Lára var sæmd gullmerki Landsamtakanna Þroskahjálpar 1995 og hlaut Rósina 2011, hvatningarverðlaun samtakanna og fjölskyldu Ástu B. Þorsteinsdóttur. Þá var Lára sæmd fálkaorðu forseta Íslands 17. júní 2016, riddarakross fyrir störf á vettvangi velferðar og félagsþjónustu og að málefnum fatlaðs fólks. Píanósónata nr. 16 í c dúr í flutningi Víkings Heiðars Ólafssonar, Into my arms með Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds og Söngur hjartans með Diddú. Umsjón: Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson og Guðrún Hálfdánardóttir.

Gemma otherwise known as the floating florista has brought the yachting community together like no other. The Crew Coach along with the support of Louise Overend from YPI is running a CV workshop on the 19th of October to help raise funds for Gemma's medical treatment to beat cervical cancer. Last week Gemma made a huge turnaround and is starting to eat again which means she can resume chemo. In addition to this win, Gemma won the Acrew Award for the senior crew category. This interview was done a while back, however, you will learn why Gemma continues to win in all that she does. If you would like to join us on the CV Workshop you can purchase a ticket for only €10 plus get the recording.  https://the-crew-coach.mykajabi.com/cv-workshop-10  All profits go the Gemma's Gofundmepage. To Contact Karine Rayson: www.thecrewcoach.com @the_crew_coach #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #anxiety #selfcare #depression #selflove #love #health #wellness #mentalhealthmatters #motivation #therapy #mentalillness #mindfulness #healing #covid #fitness #psychology #recovery #wellbeing #ptsd #life #loveyourself #meditation #inspiration #positivity #yachting #yachtcrew #yachtlife #positivevibes

Join Marla Calico, President and CEO of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions, as she discusses 10 years of YPI.  Special guests for this episode include Jennifer Cannon with the Iowa State Fair, Jennifer Dunn with the Linn County Fair in Iowa, Jennifer Giesike with the Washington Town and Country Fair in Missouri, and Scott Stoller with the Colorado State Fair.

What if you were unsure about certain aspects about your Yacht CV? What if there are certain things that you should know, that you have no idea about yet? What if you could get CV Advice directly from a Yacht Crew Placement Agent... Well, in this video I sit down with Louise from YPI as we go through a series of common questions regarding Yacht CV's as well as a few notes on being prepared for your interview! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to learn more, then please hit that follow button! (Don't forget to share it with your friends ;) Also, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to come and join us in the Start Yachting! Facebook group where there is an entire team of experienced yachties who are more than happy to assist you and to answer any questions that you might have! If you would like to set yourself up professionally before you start looking for work, or maybe you just need a hand with your CV...come join the workshop! If you would like to find out more about how I can help you to land a job on a yacht, just click here (All of my students have had 100% success rate so far, even during COVID!) Plus, there's a ton of really cool extra bonuses that are absolutely essential! Also, our website is live: www.howtostartyachting.com Come and say Hi on social: The Start Yachting Group My personal Facebook Digital Dray Instagram #startyachting Twitter LinkedIn Stay Awesome

This week’s Pipeliners Podcast episode features first-time guests Tyler Tunic of Williams and Blake Villarrubia of Audubon Companies discussing the important work of the Young Pipeline Professionals (YPP) organization in the U.S., and the Young Pipeliners International (YPI) organization in Canada, Mexico, and several other countries internationally. In this episode, you will learn about the YPP mission to accept the transfer of the duty of care for the pipeline industry to the next generation of pipeliners, how various YPI groups are making an impact across the globe, how to apply for the John Tiratsoo Award for Young Achievement, and what’s planned for YPP in 2021. - Access the show notes and full episode transcript at PipelinersPodcast.com.

Katayoun Sadeghi of HNTB and Benjamin Hall of John Laing Investments, both officers in Young Professionals in Infrastructure (YPI) discuss YPI's mission as well as the rising trend of university energy projects.

Paula Costa, vice-presidente de marketing da Diaego para a região Paraguai, Uruguai e Brasil, é a entrevistada do podcast Mídia e Marketing. No papo, Paula fala sobre a comunicação de marcas como Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Ypióca e Tanqueray, sobre diversidade e sobre o crescimento das vendas da Diaego no Brasil.

For our 10th Changemakers LA episode, we explore the work we are doing to address the skills gap in low income communities through our Bridges to Career Opportunities (BCO) program. This program meets the need of supplying skilled workers for local companies who have job openings that are hard to fill due to the advanced skills needed. It also provides a pathway for local residents to seize these high earning job opportunities. We are so proud to have Citi Foundation partner with us and support this work. Our guests joining us for this episode are: Cassie Woods, Manager of Financial Empowerment Programs for Youth Policy Institute (YPI) Daria Sheehan, Senior Program Officer for Citi Foundation In this episode, you will learn: Why the BCO program is a priority for Citi Foundation How our partner, YPI, is helping folks obtain living wage jobs in the tech and construction industries The tools YPI is utilizing to help people overcome barriers as they move into these lucrative industries Interested in learning more about our BCO program? Join our e-mail list over at www.lisc.org/los-angeles.

It is the moments in life where we encounter change that our mental resilience is tested the most and there is no bigger change in a person's life than when they suffer a bereavement. Unfortunately, in the area in which we work, there have been one too many bereavements and in this episode of YouthPod Ireland we discuss how young people might cope with these bereavements. We give some personal accounts of loss, share advice and opinions on the issue and we connect with each other over a sensitive but extremely relevant topic. Bereavement is just one issue that can impact our mental health and if we want to build more resilient communities and take away the stigmas of mental health, we absolutely MUST talk about losing those closest to us. Have a listen and share with anyone who might benefit from listening. Take care and please contact us if you need further support or information on this topic. YPI

Kate Gatto is the National Program Director for the Youth Philanthropy Initiative, an organization that empower young people to make decisions about charities within their community. Find out more about Kate and YPI at goypi.org

In this Riviera Firefly Episode 16 Antonia chats with  committee members Ellie Goblet d’Alviella and  Karen Hockney from Mimosa Matters a fundraising organisation with a difference ..  a team of 9 incredible women here in the South of France dedicated to raising funds that then flow into existing established cancer charities.   This is part of the Riviera Firefly podcast continuing the community series . You can go back and find our previous episodes on rivierafirefly.com/14 for Al Roberts from the Blah Blahs about a music event 1 max de Bruit  in May raising money for autism and /15 for the episode  where Julie Hellon shares why and how she set up Kenyan Kids.    Riviera Firefly is your online guide to living on and visiting the French Riviera and the Côte d'Azur. We cover topics such as Education for children and adults, Places to visit, Health and lifestyle, hobbies and leisure and have lots of fun here in the Alpes Maritimes. We also talk to inspiring local entrepreneurs and small businesses about how they started their careers in France, dealing with administration and what brought them here in the first place. Topical issues such as Brexit and what this means to expats will also be covered in 2017. Our online directory and magazine can be found on www.rivierafirefly.com THIS EPISODE  Mimosa Matters is a very unique concept and is having a direct impact , a positive impact for us here on the Cote d’Azur. This is about their personal journeys - what led them to take up the fight against the big C, these are real life superwoman armed with capes who are turning a negative into a positive .. and they need you .. all help big and small is most welcome..   For fun things amazing things..like the Mimosa Ball and Cocktail events, The Nice to Cannes Marathon and they are ready to hear your ideas for smaller events throughout the year..   The committee are all ladies , many are mums and many work like Karen who’s a freelance journalist for UK national newspapers and magazines and has an incredible A-List of people she has interviewed …we get talking about Danny Devito , Helen Mirren and Elle McPherson some of the people she has met through her work and we also talk about the incredible story she has just co-written with Callie Blackwell it’s her 2nd book … The boy in 7 billion Ellie and Karen’s background back in England KEY POINTS [04:16] What to expect from the programme [03:00] Ellie grew up down in Eastbourne for an Enid Blyton kind of up bringing and Karen had a more street wise upbringing in London. We talked about their moves to the South of France. [08:48] RIVIERA SCOOP The Boy in 7 Billion new book co-written by Karen with Callie Blackwell will be published by Mirror Books available April 6th 2017. Mail on Sunday is doing a serialisation, The Mirror and This Morning'scPhil and Holly are doing interviews as are the Metro and the Sun. It’s a  “Fantastic” book and Deryn’s incredible journey a care with cannabis. [10:42]  Open the debate on using alternative treatments and therapies for treating cancer e.g. using cannabis. Is there an incentive to look at medical research for cannabis oil and cannabis tincture - medicinal cannabis. California has legalised cannabis for medical reasons.More research and more clinical trials are needed. [16:00] Ellie’s brother was the trigger for Mimosa Matters. Her brother had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer - very rare for an under 40 year old over a kitchen table the idea took seed as so many had been touched by cancer. The Mimosa Ball was their first event raising 34,000 euros. The committee is run by 9 incredible women. PureDesign International has supported Mimosa Matters with IT and publicity support. [20:00] WHAT EVENTS Fiona McCloud’s Quiz nights in Castle Pub in Chateauneuf de Grasse, Clothing Sales run in the Provencal Golf Club The Mimosa Ball: 13th May 2017 held at the  Royal Mougins Golf Club in association with Yachting Partners International (YPI) .  Last tickets left info@mimosamatters.org Faye Villalba LISTEN HERE TO FAYE Kate Threadgold Trip to Bali from Rink Travel Hotel  Tugu in Kangu (https://www.tuguhotels.com/hotels/bali/)  Pramana Hotel Bali: www.pramanahotels.com (spiritual centre)  Private dinner Ocean Pantry food The Nice Cannes Marathon ..join in even if you can only do a stage. There was an after party in Ma Nolan’s in Cannes. They are looking for more people to fundraise .. Do you have an idea? Go and speak to the Mimosa Matters. Just arrived and you want to meet more people join this community. What happens to the money ? All the money  is fed into partner cancer charities. La Ligue Contre le Cancer   L'Espace Ligue Centre supporting local community in Antibes Cancer Support Group 06 (CSG06) Pediatric oncology unit in l’Archet allowed children to have entertainment in the summer and had trips to Disney. [23:00] Karen’s story through her cancer journey and the support she received during her treatment in particular the support Cancer Support Group 06 (CSG06) help with legalities and translations and support the anglophones. [30:00] Who Mimosa Matters are hoping to work with more in the future. [32:00] Mimosa Matters prizes!!  [35:00]  Book recommendations: The art of hearing heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker - Karen would read this in the Côte d’Azur’s very own Venice - Port Grimaud Ellie recommends : In the Shadows of Crows Book by David Charles Manners and Breathing Out by Karen Hockney  available on Amazon because it is is an essential tool for cancer sufferers and their families to understand from both sides. The Boy in 7 Billion Callie Blackwell and Karen Hockney [36:00]and Finally Karen shares a little about people she has interviewed: Danny deVito what is he like as an interviewee.. Helen Mirren IS the women we hope she is and Elle McPherson “The Body” who worked with Karen’s nutritionist Dr Simoné Laubscher , a Nutritional Doctor to create the Super Elixier IMPORTANT LINKS Mimosa Matters info@mimosamatters.org  http://www.mimosamatters.org  Find out more - how you can get involved, support, fundraise and put back into the community. http://karenhockneymedia.com and blogger franglaiseausud.blogspot.com Cancer Support Group 06 https://cancersupportgroup06.wixsite.com/csg06 Gently worn Clothing sale https://www.leprovencalgolf.com/en/ Mimosa Ball is held at http://www.royalmougins.fr/ and is sponsored by YPI https://www.ypigroup.com/ Pure design   www.puredesigninternational.com/en/home/ Dr Simoné Laubscher is a Nutritional Doctor https://www.rejuv.co.uk/about-us/simone-laubsche This episode was sponsored by www.kidooland.com The little English School in Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera Nicknamed The little English school in Sophia Antipolis they run activities in English, for 0-16 years olds in term time and in the holidays.  Try dance on Wednesdays for 3-4 year olds or computer programming for 8-12 year olds in the holidays it’s all in English. And there is an Amazing summer  programme as part of AdoLand where us teens can learn valuable skills and get to understand the local community …we will also be going on fun outings like sailing and to salto (that was my idea!) Check it out www.kidooland.com    #mimosamatters #karenhockney #cotedazurnow #france #rivierafirefly #trypod #entrepreneur #business #livingthedream #callieblackwell #theboyin7billion #manolans #nicemarathon #ironman #laliguecontrelecancer #portgrimaud #theartofhearingheartbeats #helenmirren #dannydevito #elle #ellemcpherson