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S7 Ep. 289 Chris Harden - Creator, Gamer, and Author On a Mission to Spread Knowledge

I have known Chris Harden through the startup ecosystem in Orlando, Florida. For us in this world, he is a bit of a legend because he appeared on Shark Tank. What landed him there was his role as Co-founder of TROBO. The Storytelling Robot, a connected plush toy that reads stories about #science and #math to children ages 2-5 using iPhones and iPads.  When asked what his five words are that describe him, he shared Dad, husband, grateful, engineer, artistic, and creator.
Chris has another children’s book that recently dropped at the end of 2023. The title is Stanley & the Candy Cane Wormhole for tiny humans. Available for order on Amazon (link below). https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Candy-Cane-Wormhole-Delivery-ebook/dp/B0CH3VTM3W 
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S7 Ep. 288 Tim Lesnick - Tim Shares the Secrets of His HR & Recruitment Success

Tim Lesnick inspires with his take on what 2030 holds for us, who is Omar Atlas, and the value of philanthropy. 
Giving a shout out to Alec Jones - thanks Alec - that he would introduce me to Tim Lesnick who is the co-owner of Trova Search, a nation-wide recruiting and consulting firm. I now understand why since he has over 20 years in the staffing and consulting industry and placed nearly 4,000 professionals on a contract or full-time basis career path.  Tim believes and exemplifies a tenant mindset, called "Read my mind better" which translates to “Great service means mastering the art of anticipation.” I think this would be a great title for a book. 
 
According to research by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Bamberg, and The Ohio State University objective was to find out whether consciously deciding to have a certain posture can influence a person’s confidence, behavior, and hormone levels. Remember the pose that #Superman or #WonderWoman do?  Hands on your hips, feet spread slightly apart, with shoulders back and chest out Tim is a really fun guy and when challenged to join in on power posing he shared another person that had a great power pose, Omar Atlas. Omar was a wrestler that also captured his audience’s attention and favor with his power poses. Be sure to check out Tim channeling Omar Atlas’ power pose for a laugh. Tim’s thoughts? The pose seems awkward except for when doing this with his kids. No judgments, just fun. 
 
Tim’s mentoring advice is spot on because it is a challenge for all of us. 
1) Be willing to dig ditches because a lot of people try to take short cuts.
2) People need experience and don’t know enough about business and put together what they learn in school and it hasn’t been built on experience. And
3) Give value to more than yourself by giving to others - volunteer and give back through philanthropy work.
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S7 Ep. 287 Jenny Buccos - STEM Education and the Future of Teaching

I met @JennyBuccos back in 2022 at the Future of Education Technology Conference #FETC and at the #OrlandoScienceCenter #stemfest event. I was in awe of the #Stem program she created and produced called @EXPLR_Media that provides videos that make it possible for kids K-12 see careers in Stem and Tech. I hope you enjoy this interview and learn more about Je by and her work and most importantly get involved by volunteering. ANNOUNCEMENT!!! The National STEM Challenge is here! Calling all young inventors, robotics enthusiasts, marvelous mathletes, environmental eco-warriors, and curious coders! ⁠ ⁠ Students grades 6-12 across the U.S., start getting your STEM projects ready for the October submission window. Head to nationalstemfestival.com for all the details and deadlines.⁠
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S7 Ep. 283 Kristin Chase - Keeping balance between humans and demand for efficiency.

S7 Ep. 283 Kristin Chase   Kristin Chase - Keeping balance between humans and demand for efficiency. Kristin Chase is the Intern Whisperer first guest for 2024. She is an amazing organizational development expert that I have known for a while. She is the Sr. Director of the Organizational Development (OD) department for Universal Destinations & Experiences. One of the co-founders of the Greater Orlando Organizational Development Network a/k/a The GOOD Network and has a wealth of experience in every area of OD in the workplace.   
When asked what 2030 will look like she shared, “There will be a focus on efficiency and optimal use of labor. There is not as much labor available that are able, willing or want to fill jobs that need  to be filled.  There will be some effort that we need to have deeper interactions with people and where can we use a robot. If it is a systematic way should automation be the solution. This is where OD comes in, what is the work that needs to be done.
The idea of reskilling is where OD supports how and where people can fit in. What do we do with this new information about people's work in the future? People need to remember that personal connection is primary and what we change is the way we work as in efficiency of repetitive tasks that need to scale.  
Tune in to this 2024 episode to learn more about Kristin Chase and what work may look like as we move forward to 2030.   
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S7 Ep. 282 Intern Whisperer Fan Favorites from 2023

We are so excited to share the top three winners from the Intern Whisperer 2023  annual competition of Intern Whisperer guests. We celebrate the top three most downloaded guests episodes based on guests sharing their episodes within their circle of influence. 
Who are these amazing guests:
1. Michelle Sanabria and Caleigh Hoyne with SMS Events Ep. 276
2. Wendy Austin with FIRST Robotics Ep. 240
3. Sam Sunmona with 8cast 
We also celebrate the top three guests that had the most views on the Employers 4 Change YouTube channel.  
1. Michelle Sanabria and Caleigh Hoyne with SMS Events Ep. 276
2. Caris Baker with Unity Technologies Ep.264
3. Roger Hunt with The Center for Innovative Ethics Ep. 268 and 
Honorable Mention for Bob Dixon with Arete Ep. 242
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Apply today to be an #Employer4Change that invests in #intern #talent and #employees.
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S6 Ep. 280 Ashley Elliott - Restoring Wellness Through Nature and Choices

S6 Ep. 280 - Ashley Elliott Restoring Wellness Through Nature and Choices
Ashley Elliott is this week’s guest who is an expert in holistic wellness.  She shares how unhealthy food choices caused her to have major health issues that led to her to get back to a holistic lifestyle that reversed autoimmune issues.  In this episode, we talked about what autoimmune diseases are, how our food choices can make us feel poorly, and how to reverse the negative side effects of those choices.
In this episode you will learn more about grounding, negative ions, arnica, and microbiomes. She is an entrepreneur on a mission to help us connect to healthy foods, make better choices, and enjoy learning how to have our best life.
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S6 Ep. 276 Michelle Sanabria & Caleigh Hoyne - When Structure + Ambition = BIG Dreams

These two women reminded me of one of my favorite movies. Legally Blond, they are smart, driven, focused and fun.  The words they chose that define them right now are:   Michelle Sanabria shared optimistic, driven, quirky, structured, spontaneity Caleigh Hoyne selected ambitious, passionate, energetic, processes, bubbly   Their energy and pure joy oozed as they shared their individual stories of how they got started their careers, met and created a highly profitable business that makes dreams come true. They execute dream weddings or event with precision.  
Tune in to meet these gifted women that have worked with over 500 events making memories come alive for their clients.  
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S6 Ep. 274 LaToya Hodge - An Depth Interview Exploring the Future of Marketing, Technology, and Ethics

Join us in this enlightening episode as we sit down with LaToya Hodge, a multi-faceted professional who's made an incredible journey from a first-generation professional to respected storyteller that translates complex problems into digestible information for everyday users. LaToya's story is nothing short of inspiring, and in just five words - a storyteller, tenacious, persistent, a mentor, and a big thinker.
LaToya's favorite quote, start Where You Are. Use What You Have. Do What You Can,' by Arthur Ashe, and from there we coined a new way of looking at life which is summed up as Creativity is free and now we refer to that as LaToyism.
Her thoughts about Generative AI?  It is an exciting tool that also needs guardrails to protect people against bad behavior. Robots won’t come and kill us. AI can make it impossible for people to have healthcare or a mortgage. We should embrace a quote that Walter Cronkite was infamous for “Trust but verify.”
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S6 Ep 272 Christa Santos: Why you should want to be more relational

It is funny how a person can be in our circle of influence and yet we have not met. Kind of like two planes that fly over and past one another is the analogy. I knew Christa Santos before I met her through StarterStudio (previously Canvs) a startup accelerator program. As a marketing consultant, she helped with promotions and launch marketing for the organization. I actually met her in person a year later. 
In this episode, I learned even more about her. We talked about the future of the marketing industry and then moved to how Elon Musk is working on a product called neuralink which is a brain-chip implant startup to help individuals suffering from paralysis restore autonomy in their lives.
Wondering what her mentoring advice was,  “Teach someone how to do your job, you want to create your successors. We have to give back, that makes your community better.”
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S6 Ep. 270 Victoria Yampolsky - Voted #1 Fan Fav from 2022 Guest

S6 Ep. 270 Victoria Yampolsky   Having Victoria Yampolsky as a guest on my show was incredibly thought provoking and encouraging. She is an expert on financial strategy, female entrepreneurship funding, and AI.
We hope you enjoy this show and listen all the way to the end to hear her mentoring advice that benefits all listeners regardless of who you are. Here is a bite of what you can hear when you listen to the podcast. We all have dreams and they may seem unattainable. There is more to that quote.
You can learn more about Victoria’s company at http://www.thestartupstation.com or connect with Victoria on LinkedIn.   #iHeartRadio #ApplePodcasts #GooglePlay #Spotify #Stitcher #Podbean #YouTube #Employers4Change #E4C #internships #radio #podcast #innovation #employers #smallbusiness #business #FutureOfWork #ValenciaCollegeRadio