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S7 Ep. 307 Michelle Sanabria & Caleigh Hoyne - The Ladies In Pink Are Back

306 Michelle Sanabria and Caleigh Hoyne - The Ladies In Pink Are Back! 
 
In case you do not know these two ladies, their episode from 2023 DOMINATED audio and YouTube streaming channels. Michelle Sanabria is the founder/owner of SMS Events and Caleigh Hoyne is the Ops Manager. These ladies in pink are THE event gurus you should hire to make every event an experience that is memorable. 
 
They won first place for the most downloads in 2023 AND first place for the most YouTube views in 2023. Their show is S6 Ep. 276 Michelle Sanbria and Caleigh Hoyne - When Structure + Ambition = Big Dreams.  Check it out on Employers 4 Change YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyMDs4iB-ys
 
These two powerhouse leaders dominate the Events industry AND have fun. Expect them to share more tips about what their industry looks like in the future, cooking recipes and conference highlights as are back a second time to make you all smile. 
Three take aways from this episode:
How does singing songs at work improve productivity?
What nonprofit do they want to partner with? Hint, it has to do with the color pink
What does AI look like with AI moving into 2030?
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S7 ep. 306 Juan Santos - A Renaissance Man in the World of Tech

Disclaimer: We experienced audio problems that were unfortunately not able to be corrected.  We hope you will find Juan’s interview interesting and leave us comments about his responses. 
 
This guest epitomizes the definition of a Renaissance Man. Juan Santos is the Senior Vice President of Brand Experience and Innovation with Tavistock.  He has 20+ years of creating magical experiences and been involved in award-winning, transformational work such as the first worldwide webcast for Earth Day, Coca-Cola’s loyalty program My Coke Rewards. 
Mattel’s shift from toys to play through the creation of BarbieGirls.com and implementing the largest autonomous public transit network in Lake Nona.
 
When asked about his five words that he said describe him, he replied with Ductile, Whimsical, Doer, Servant, Creator. If you do not know what ductile means, please listen to the show. No hints in the show notes. I challenge you to use it in a sentence or two also to expand other people’s vocabularies. 
 
There are 3 interesting take aways from this interview. 
What virtual reality was like in the early 2000’s
How he landed a job with Mattel and the skills he needed at that time.
How does projection mapping play into the Future of Work and cool tech?
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S7 Ep. 305 Rafael Caamano - A life filled with learning, serving, and leading

  Meet Rafael Caamano, a gentleman that I have known at events for years and finally had the opportunity to have a conversation with him about his life. I hope you enjoy meeting him as much as me. Sharing one of the stories from this episode with you. 
 
When asked who are some of his favorite thought leaders. His reply was different from others.  He shared a story about the quality time he spent with each of his grandfathers. Both of his grandfathers were very different from one another.  One was a community leader and the other was a businessman with no educational background. Both were veterans. The grandfather that was a community leader spent his time on the corner with his friends. He came to realize that each of them brought something significant to his life about building relationships and brought something to the table.  
 
Another highlight Rafael shared is that as most growing teenage boys, he loved food and wanted to help provide for his family when they moved from Puerto Rico to Florida. He started shining shoes to buy empanadas. He also loved grapes and asked to volunteer and put pricing labels on cans in the grocery store in exchange for grapes. 
 
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S7 Ep. 304 Safia Porter Effects of AI Through a Worldly Perspective

I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to interview Safia Porter and hope you do also. She is warm, caring, and visionary. 
She actually selected the same word to describe herself.  Safia shared a story from her childhood about her love for the performing arts & music. She believes it helps to awaken our imagination and we should all lean into our inner child. I totally agree with her and have experienced a direct relationship with music and how it impacts my emotions. What about you? 
Her life is spent on making a positive impact in the world. She is part of an organization called Easy Water for Everyone. Here is a sobering question - Think about drinking water that is brown? 
That should make you pause for a moment. There are 663 million people in the world that lack access to clean water. Easy Water for Everyone delivers clean pure water to remote villages with contaminated water sources. They use simple sustainable technology that does not require electricity and is validated by research. This makes the water safe to consume. 
There are now 35 village sites with these water filtration devices in developing countries to provide clean drinking water to the villagers. 
Do you want to make an impact?  You can, Safia shared that there will be a Water & Health conference in October 2024 at University of North Carolina. The theme is “Imagine a Day Without Water.” https://www.easywaterforeveryone.org/
 
Lastly, one of my favorite questions is what is the best mentoring advice she would like to share. She took us back to advice her father gave her. “Keep going no matter what life gives you.”  Like Dory - just keep swimming.
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S7 Ep. 303 Denise Musselwhite - Founder & Catalyst for Change

Denise Musselwhite is the founder of Tech and Thrive. She is a dynamic person that is memorable. We have been connected through a number of Women’s groups that focus on technology. One of the words she shared to describe herself is Deliberate, and the definition of this word means to carefully think or talk something through. Slow and measured, the pace of this kind of careful decision making. As the daughter of immigrants to the US she learned to move through life with a heavy focus on her serving her clients. She believes this  is essential for success for her clients as well as her own business.  
 
She grew up in an entrepreneurial family that focused on service. She helped her family by translating technical writing into Spanish for her parents. 
 
When thinking through what she wanted her career to be, she knew it would be in technology.  She was the first gen in her family to attend college and started with Valencia College when it was a 2-year college. 
As a woman in technology and working her way to become a Chief Information Officer, she represents less than 2% of the workforce as a Latina woman in the tech world. She started her own business because she grew up watching her family be entrepreneurs. She went back to get her masters degree when she turned 45 and focused her master’s thesis on the barriers that hold women back in their careers. Before COVID, she discovered that stem careers focused more on men rather than women. Women are still not represented in technology leadership roles. Only 26% are leaders in the tech world. Less than 3% Latinas make it to the top of the tech leadership.
 
When asked what is the best mentoring advice you want to share with our listeners? Her response was that in order for you to accelerate your own growth and development you have to understand who you are and decide who you are. If you allow someone to decide who you are for you. One needs to understand what you need and a strategy with a plan of action to move towards your strengths
 
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S7 Ep. 302 Andres Goyanes - Coaching People for the Future of Work

Andres Goyanes is a personal coach on a mission to help people become their best version of themselves. Andres spent a lot of time thinking about his purpose in life. As he looked forward , he also looked backwards and thought about how he helped people. 
Some really great wisdom nuggets that came out of the show are:
Celebrate successes and learn from failures. 
Communication is one of the best ways to grow.
Advice his dad said when he was growing up. When you own your business, you drop your plate to take care of business.  That is the responsibility of every entrepreneur.
 
Future of Work opportunity for anyone thinking about going into life coaching.  The market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.85% from 2023 to 2030 to reach USD $2.1 billion by 2030. What does this mean for you?  Consider this your side business. As the world continues to work, play, and connect remotely - it will be important to have a coach to help stay balanced. 
 
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S7 Ep. 301 Michael Weiss Podcast - CEO Ready to Ride

I have known Michael Weiss for quite some time through his day job with UCF Incubator as a manager over two incubator sites.  What I didn’t know is that he is an entrepreneur, graduated with hospitality as his field of study, and that he has quite a bit of knowledge and experience in the sports industry.  When I asked him what his five words are that defined him, he shared that he likes to have fun. One of the short stories he shared was about a new minor league basketball team that he had a job with. He had the opportunity to come up with slogans and his idea was selected. The team was the Pitbulls, and the slogan that was a “slam dunk” (pun intended) was "Meet the Pitbulls unleashed".  
Michael is interesting because he works every day with startup founders and is a wealth of knowledge and demonstrates his desire to help others achieve greatness.  His startup is Room Rite and he decided to launch when he identified a problem when planning a family reunion. He noticed there were very few hotels that offered affordable room rates. The hotels were overpriced and had little inventory.  Michael wondered how often hotels have rooms that are not picked up during conferences.  Taking you to the end of this first chapter of his startup journey. He won 4th place at the Rollins College Venture Competition and received an equity free $5,000 prize. 
Please tune in to hear his interview and learn more about what he thinks the hospitality industry will look like in 2030.  
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S7 Ep. 300 Emily Walker - An SME Sharing the Value of 5 Pillars of Personal Branding

Emily Walker is a vibrant woman that believes that using color in your wardrobe says a lot about your personal and business brand.  For those that can see her picture on the thumbnail or in our social feeds you will better understand what I mean by that. 
I kicked off the show by asking my guests to describe themself using 5 words.  Two of these words she selected were the epitome of her essence. Because she was raised in a challenging home situation, resilience is an important word that she believed saved her from being a negative statistic.  As a single parent that lived in Section 8 Housing she had to overcome challenges in life. School was a safe place because of the learning opportunities and establishing friendships. The second she selected was determined.  Her belief is that this ties to resilience because she was able to overcome obstacles in her life. She gives more details in the interview and we invite you to hear more about her personal story there.
Emily is launching a new workshop called the Five Pillars of Personal Branding as part of her signature workshops. Be sure to listen and reach out to her to learn more. 
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S7 Ep. 299 Rey Ortega - Wicked Smart SME in AI Technologist & Man of Integrity

Rey Ortega is an incredibly smart, well-read, and self-taught programming engineer that is driven to help others reach their goals and potential. His mentoring advice to others is “Make sure you do a deep dive and become a problem solver. Apply this in everything you want to learn. If you don’t know your stuff, people will know you don’t know what you are doing.” Wise words, right?  
We talked quite a bit about AI and how it can be used with impact both positively and negatively.  From a technical perspective, what worries him about 2030 is that a lot of technology will take over things that people used to do. People will feel disenfranchised and left behind. Humans are important, it is bothersome low code, no code solutions, someone has to own the data and it may not be you the owner of an idea. Listeners, dive into this episode and you won’t be disappointed. Reach out to Rey on Linkedin to hire his company, have him speak about AI in the Future, or have a cup of coffee with him. He is the real deal.
Websites:  https://www.gratasoftware.com and LearnToBuildABusiness LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rey-ortega-2774468/ Email:        rey@gratasoftware.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gratasoftware/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gratasoftware
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S7 Ep. 298 Adam Lewis Walker - Secrets from a TEDx Expert

As a previous TEDx Orlando organizer and leader, I am asked a lot about how to land a TEDx speaking opportunity. I thought it best to bring an expert that can share that knowledge with us. I know Adam Lewis Walker from one of my favorite events - Podfest. He has been exhibiting and speaking at that event for years. Adam helps authors, coaches, consultants, and speakers become the thought leader in their niche via his TalkXcelerator method to land and deliver TEDx talks that amplify impact and authority.
In this episode you will learn more about the TEDx process and some inside tips about landing a talk. His 5 words that describe are interesting. 1) Relentlessness, 2) Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning change for the better or continuous improvement, 3) Pole vaulter shooting for the Olympics, 4) Family, 5) Legacy .The Kaizen concept is an interesting term that makes one pause and realize the value of continuous improvement and a definite ice breaker conversation starter. 
His book, entitled “Awaken Your Alpha,'' focuses on awareness, action, and ascension. You can find his book on Amazon. There is a press release about to publish a list of thought leaders Marquis Whos Who in America and Adam was thrilled to be recognized and receive an award. 
His best mentoring advice came from his book. Ikigai is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. Similar to a venn diagram, this diagram shows ikigai as the convergence of four areas of life: what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. The very center, where each area overlaps, is your ikigai – your reason for getting up and where you should focus your efforts to find ultimate fulfillment.
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