Master Your Story: Recent Episodes
Kim I Plyler
Kim I Plyler, CEO of SahlComm and author of “Master Your Story, It Matters!” uses her platform to make sure everyone’s story can be heard. This is her podcast. You'll hear from people all around the world whose stories make a difference. We all have stories — and through them, we can improve humanity. Listen and learn to Master Your Story!
In this conversation, Thomas Ripsam, CEO of C.F. Martin Guitar & Company, shares his deep passion for music and art. He discusses his journey as a musician, the inspiration for his album, and how his artistic pursuits influence his leadership style. Ripsam emphasizes the importance of creativity in both personal and professional realms.
Takeaways
Music has been a significant part of Thomas's life. He has published music under the pseudonym Seeds of Imagination. His latest album, New Horizons, is instrumental and film-inspired. Artistic expression serves as a form of meditation for him. His previous album, Liechtenstein, was inspired by childhood memories of a castle. He enjoys painting landscapes and is influenced by various artists. Creativity enhances his leadership at Martin Guitar. His passion for music energizes those around him. He believes in the power of artistic discovery. Engaging in art helps him connect with musicians and artists.
"Michael Cartellone is more than just a musician. When he is not on tour, he trades his drumsticks for paintbrushes, producing mesmerizing works of art." - Kim I Plyler
Michael Cartellone, born June 7, 1962, in Cleveland, Ohio, has had a balanced dual passion for
music and art since childhood. He began painting at the age of four and drumming at the age of
nine, leading to a professional music career that took off when he played his first bar gig at the
age of 11. After many years on the club circuit, Michael moved to New York City at 22, where he
performed with notable musicians like Eddie Jobson and Tommy Shaw before joining the multi-
platinum band Damn Yankees. Over the years, Michael has recorded and toured with icons
such as John Fogerty, Peter Frampton, John Wetton, Freddie Mercury, Cher, Adrian Belew,
Accept, and, of course, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Join us as we uncover the healing narratives of poets, playwrights, novelists, and artists who share their intimate experiences of catharsis and recovery through their written words. Whether you're a creative writer, a mental health advocate, or someone who seeks solace in the rhythm of verses, this episode is for you.
In our inspirational discussion with Bathsheba Monk from Blue Heron Book Works, we explore the indispensable role of writing in the healing process. Learn how the act of forming letters and words on a page can be both a refuge and an avenue for powerful self-expression and emotional release.
Let "Master Your Story" be your guide and companion as you navigate through life's challenges. Here, we not only read between the lines of captivating literature but also help you discover the untapped potential of your own life's narrative. Tune in, and let's embark on a path of restoration and self-discovery through the beauty of writing.
In this enlightening episode of our podcast, we welcome an extraordinary guest, Heather Browne, a renowned Shaman and Master of the Healing Arts. Heather brings years of wisdom and a deep understanding of alternative healing practices that have transformed lives.
Join us as Heather delves into the world of shamanic traditions, discussing the intersection of spirituality and wellness. We'll explore how ancient healing arts are finding a place in modern therapy and personal growth journeys. Alongside tangibles and techniques, you'll hear personal anecdotes of healing and transformation.
Heather also gives us a glimpse into her unique approach to teaching and guiding others in their healing paths. Whether you're well-versed in the realm of spiritual healing or simply curious about the connection between the body, mind, and spirit, this episode is a rare opportunity to listen to a master at work.
We'll touch upon common misconceptions about shamanism, discuss the relevance of nature in healing, and get practical advice for anyone looking to incorporate these ancient practices into their daily life. Prepare to be inspired and maybe even find a new direction for your spiritual compass.
Don't miss this journey into the heart of the healing arts with Heather Browne, as we discover that the path to wellness extends far beyond what meets the eye.
Subscribe and tune in for a transformative experience. #HealingArts #Shamanism #SpiritualWellness #Podcast
**Mark Mann is a celebrity and advertising photographer. He was born in Glasgow, where he lived until he went to study in the prestigious photographic program at Manchester Polytechnic. Before long, the recent graduate was assisting innovative fashion photographers Nick Knight and Miles Aldridge, learning the ropes and building his own body of work. Three years later, Mark started shooting on his own, relocating to New York City.
Mark’s editorial work has appeared in Esquire, Men’s Health, Vibe, Spin, Fortune, Billboard, Parade and Complex, among others. He has shot countless celebrities, including Robert Redford, Michael Douglas, Iggy Pop, Jack Black, the Black Eyed Peas, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Rihanna, Queen Latifah, Simon Baker, Stevie Wonder, Bradley Cooper, Willie Nelson, Sean Connery, John Hamm and Jennifer Hudson. Mark has amassed a sizable advertising portfolio, as well. His clients run the gamut: Reebok, Adidas, Hennessy, Bombay Sapphire, Pepsi, Gillette, Vitamin Water, NHL, Zumba, Ford, Chrysler and Svedka to name a few.
Mark has just completed a yearlong project for Esquire Magazine, “The Life of Man”. He shot 80 American men ages 1 through 80, to celebrate 80 years of Esquire Magazine. This project took Mark to the White House where he was honored to shoot the sitting president, as well as former President Clinton. He also shot numerous other notable people and celebrities all across the country.**
Mark will be appearing at Arete Gallery 122 S Main St New Hope, PA June 23,24,25 2023.
May Pang Joins Host Kim Plyler to Discuss "The Lost Weekend"and her career in the music industry. May Pang's photography of John Lennon will be on display at Arete Gallery 122 S Main St in New Hope, PA May 19, 20, and 21st 2023. Gallery is open from 11 am to 5pm each day.
May is best known for her 18 month relationship with John Lennon, often referred to as ‘The Lost Weekend’ and her subsequent marriage to music producer, Tony Visconti. May is also a successful photographer, author and jewelry designer with her work represented around the world. Her intimate and truthful portraits of John Lennon during their time together are of significant importance, with rare images of John and his first son Julian. In addition to working for Apple Records and Lennon, May also worked in music publishing / A&R for Island Records and United Artists. In 2010 May launched her own line of feng shui jewelry and subsequently the Linda Mai collection, an exquisite range inspired by her Mother’s extraordinary dress sense, crafted entirely from vintage Swarovski crystals.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Scott Couchenour on the importance of serving strong in life's fourth quarter.
Scott believes in transforming your uncertainty into your confidence through a 5-step cycle 💎 He is A Christ Follower, Family Man, Coach, Podcaster, Coffee Connoisseur.
Tune in and learn how to navigate your 4th quarter and serve strong.
Kim I Plyler and Dori deCarlo discuss the importance of taking care of each other and helping each other as females. They address how the essence of how we work with each other is changing, and that it is important to reach out and support one another. Dori shares her thoughts on the subject, emphasizing the power of connection and support in helping women reach their goals. Kim agreed with Dori's sentiment and noted that it is essential for women to come together in order to create a better world. They both agreed that by mastering our stories, we can use our personal experiences to make a difference and improve humanity.
Master Your Story host Kim I Plyler speaks with Bathsheba Monk, Publisher Blue Heron Book Works, on the importance of words in context.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Frida Rundell from the International Institute of Restorative Practices about the wisdon of life and community.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Claire de Mezerville Lopez from The International Institute for Restorative Practices.
Crow Johnson Evans speaks with host Kim I Plyler on the importance of creativity in music and art. Crow is a folk rock ledgend, much published song writer, and an author.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with John Rowley on the importance of preparing before you get on camera.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with John Rowley on the importance of preparing before you get on camera.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Dilia Sureil on the importance of healthy biomes. How to get rid of the "Gutt Roaches"
Kim I Plyler speaks with Bethanne reid on how voiceover acting and audio book narration bring stories to life
So what is the Master Your Story Program all about. This is part 1 of a three part series explaining the MYS program. Featuring Host and program coach Kim I Plyler and Program Coach David Cook.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Paul Leese from IIRP on the importance of stories in business.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Lance Orndorff on the successful outreach of Veteran Today Productions.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Kevin and DOug Lawrences on thier non-profit work and events.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with author Patricia Schock who sheds the light on domestic violence.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Catherine Connelly, SVP and Co Founder of The Meet Group. They discuss online streaming and safety.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Karen Buck about the awards program sweeping acros the American educational landscape.
Kim I Plyler speaks on the importance of community help and healing with Kendra Jones Executive Director of Touched by An Angel.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Elaine Zelker on the Energy Needed to be a Vibrant Entrepreneur.
Kim I Plyler speaks with Dori DeCarlo, CEO of Word Of Mom Radio Network, on the importance of women supporting each other.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Steve Kramer, CEO of Spirit Fire on the importance of living a conscious and mindful life style.
Heather Browne speaks with Kim I plyler on Master Your Story's episode on Whole Body healing. Part of the body, mind, soul series.
Art reaches across all cultural barriers. Master Your Story host Kim I Plyler speaks with Andrew galdi on how the Asian culture has influenced his work and life.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Lance Orndorff CEO of Veteran Today Productions on this week's Master Your Story episode.
Host Kim I Plyler speaks with Artist Jason Moss and Publicist Beth White on the importance of getting your story heard.
Our host Kim I Plyler eplains all the new options for this season of Master Your Story. New Guest, New Styles and tons of great #Communication
Liz Younger, LCSW, discusses mental health challenges and solutions, as well as ‘going back to work,’ during the Covid-19 pandemic with host Kim I. Plyler.
Qiana Cannon and Ashley Marie Knight, authors and U.S. Army Veterans, discuss Words Unite Bookstore, and how they are using it to “change the narrative”, promoting family literacy and independent authors.
John Yurconic tells the story of the Yurconic Agency family business and shares ideas about insurance everyone needs to know with host Kim I. Plyler.
Attorney Buddy Lesavoy, co-founder of Lesavoy Butz & Seitz LLC, discusses how being a 'business guy who happens to be a lawyer' helps him to help his clients understand their business entity and mitigate risk, with host Kim I. Plyler.
Actor, Producer, Director Daniel Roebuck discusses his new filmmaking venture A Channel of Peace, and its creation and foundation in faith, unity and love, with host Kim I. Plyler.
CEO Mike Tierney discusses his journey into the marshmallow world and to becoming one of the country's top entrepreneurs.
Hear how Richard Thompson, CEO Factory LLC, is making value in business and the community.
Learn how Reboot the Future, a small foundation in the heart of the UK, is applying the Golden Rule to have a large impact on the future of our Planet.
Master Your Story host Kim I. Plyler discusses Grit, and the ingredients that create it and help you tell your story.
Marcie Mulligan discusses the 32nd Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival in Bethlehem, PA and the work of the Celtic Cultural Alliance.
Learn how Victor Rivera turned his trauma, and 32 years of military service, into a charity to benefit veterans.
Learn how change your life and turn your "Oh, no way!" impulse into a positive "Yes, I can!" response with Master Your Story host Kim I. Plyler.
Mark Graff, a seasoned Chief Information Security Officer, discusses cyber security and the impact it has on our voting system and voting security.
John Brown discusses how to identify your blind spot and initiate positive change from a leadership consulting viewpoint.
John Brown discusses how to identify your blind spot and initiate positive change from a leadership consulting viewpoint.
Kim I. Plyler discusses connectivity and how connecting with those around you helps you share your story.
Kim I. Plyler talks with local political strategist Celeste Dee about her work and the importance of judicial elections.
Dr. Angela M. Grayson discusses how a personal tragedy led her to start Girlfriend Retreats to help women build stronger relationships and find fulfillment in their lives.
Kim Plyler talks with Business Coach Kelly Roach about the strategy of building an unstoppable team and how her company supports organizations around the world that make a difference in the world.
Haley O’Brien is vividly involved in the local culinary scene, working under several chefs in the area. With a strong background in the craft beer industry, she dove into culinary classes at Brightwater and has started her path into the food world. Her roots in the food and beverage industry started while attending the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She discovered her passion for the art of craft beer and dove into the Kansas City craft beer scene attending beer-focused seminars, clubs and classes. She is a Certified Beer Server through the Cicerone Program and believes in practicing high standards for beer service. She has built her experience through work at a homebrew shop, craft beer pubs, Boulevard Brewing Company, Torn Label Brewing Company and Bike Rack Brewing Company. She started with Torn Label Brewing Co. prior to them opening, giving her a wide array of experiences and exposure to all the tasks involved in operating a craft brewery. The culinary world had always intrigued her and she finds great joy collaborating with chefs, diving into her palate, as well as, teaching and entertaining people with her passion about food and beverage.
Haley was both a student and full-time employee with Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food, allowing for exposure to a variety of culinary equipment and skills. When she’s not working, she’s cooking at home, gardening, doing yoga or spending time with family (including the pets) and friends. Haley is intrigued by flavor profile interactions, eating for health and vitality, human connection and ambiance. She is currently a part of The Local Table Food Tour, as well as, supporting and planning local food events. One of her main goals is to create next-level palate experiences involving food and beverage for northwest Arkansas. She is interested in catering dinner parties, eating for wellness, and teaching people about food, beverage and cooking. She can be contacted at fractalnwa@gmail.com or (479) 200-4748.
A native of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, and former member of the Episcopal Parish of St. Mark's and St. John's in Jim Thorpe, Anthony Pompa was ordained a deacon (1991) and priest (1992) for the Diocese of Bethlehem. He served as canon for ministries at the cathedral from 1991 to 1995.
He then served for eight years in the Diocese of Virginia, as a rector for four years and then on the bishop's staff as assistant to the bishop for congregational development and ministries and deployment officer. He has been rector of St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Middletown, Delaware.
Most recently, the Rev. Anthony Pompa was elected rector and dean of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem.
Pompa and his wife, Felicia, have two children, Dillon and Bella.
Steve Mittman is the Traffic Anchor on WFMZ-TV's 69 News at Sunrise weekday mornings with Eve Russo, Jaciel Cordoba, and Matt Broderick. He also hosts and produces multiple lifestyle, pop-culture, celebrity, music, trending-topic, and history segments each morning. Prior to joining the morning show on WFMZ, he was the Regional Traffic Director for Clear Channel Broadcasting (iHeartMedia) and an on-air personality on B104, WAEB, WZZO, and many other radio stations throughout Eastern PA and Western NJ.
Steve has hosted hundreds of live productions and events on TV and radio. He's been in national commercials and has appeared in several films. He owned and operated Mittman Entertainment, LLC — a live event production company for upscale affairs and high-end corporate events. He is also a professional boxing ring announcer, and has been on television networks such as NBC, ESPN, and Comcast. He is currently in production of a family-friendly, inspiring, and educational docu-reality TV series. Steve is a professional voiceover artist. Additionally, he owns a podcast production company. One of the flagship podcasts he produces and co-hosts is Attack Life, Not Others. The show helps people become better, stronger versions of themselves with principles from the martial arts as the foundation for discussion, but the concepts can be appreciated by everyone.
He is a public speaker, leading profound seminars where attendees leave feeling empowered mentally, physically, and spiritually. Key takeaways are understanding the emotional and psychological elements necessary for self-protection, a stronger mindset for self-preservation, better self-awareness, greater self-confidence, and the ability to deal with mental and physical aspects of bullying. Topics he discusses are body language, nonverbal communication, and neuro-linguistic programming. Steve instructs Combat Chaos™ — a self-protection/self-defense combatives system he has created and developed over his 30 years of martial arts training.
Billy Staples was born and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and graduated from Phillipsburg Catholic High School. After graduating Kappa Delta Phi from East Stroudsburg University in 1993, Billy developed a unique style of teaching English that helped win him several awards, including 1998-2000 nominations for Disney’s National Teacher of the Year.
Through the support of Chicken Soup for the Soul author Jack Canfield, Staples and Rich Herschlag signed a book deal for Before the Glory. Billy spent the next 12 years on the road promoting education and reading.
Building on the success of Before the Glory, Billy, Linny Fowler, and Judy Tierney founded the scholarship group B.E.S.T. The program has provided financial support and mentoring to over 70 college students and encouraged them to return to their communities to give back. In his recent success, Billy's newest book Success Stories From the Heart (from the publishers of Chicken Soup for the Soul) hit Barnes & Noble stores in February.
Life is a plot change isn't it? We are ever growing, changing, and being changed as time marches on. Perspective is important as is emotional maturity. Our story is ever changing and in the best situations, we are ever growing. Our stories internally are the foundation of who we believe ourselves to be. When we use tools like journals, jot notes, and captures on audio, we have the ability to re examine what we thought, what our perspectives were, and to align to the present with current perspectives. The stress and/or excitement or emotion of an experience may color our experience memory, and in reviewing it later, we may realize new perspectives and/or more accurately recognize what was happening when the stressors were not present.
Your story matters. My story matters. We learn from who we've been, who we are, and what we experience with others. Learn to listen to what you are saying, and sometimes to what you're not saying. What labels, perspectives and descriptors are you using? What excuses do you make? What conversations continue to repeat in your life? These are all valuable insights to engage as you master your story.
Sweetie Berry is a hybrid strategist. She is an educator strategist who works with well able authors, speakers, and product producers. A Southerner, she can not only bring home the bacon but she can fry it up in a pan. A high creative and analytic her passion is to cultivate projects that empower people.
"I live for the simple things in life...devotionals, dogs, dinners with loved ones, and desserts. I can't remember a time in my life when one if not all of these things were present in my everyday living. I was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Va. I began working in the food and beverage industry when I was 16 at a small locally owned coffee shop down at the oceanfront. It was here I learned the art of being a gracious host and forming lasting relationships with the guest beyond the transaction. I learned what it meant to truly serve someone. I discovered that investing in the lives of my guests inspired me and that each new face was an opportunity for a new friendship. My "regulars" became my extended family and that tradition has followed me into every restaurant I have worked in over the last 15+ yrs. I met and married my wonderful husband in 2005 who was serving in the military and quickly embraced the role of military wife. We found ourselves living in sunny South Carolina and away from family. It was important to me to establish lasting friendships at our duty stations regardless of how much or how little time we were slated to stay at each command. I loved throwing dinner parties and themed events for my friends. Everywhere the Navy sent us I was able to feel at home through "the fellowship of the covered dish." Inviting folks into our home who were also far away from their home towns was an incredible way to bond and helped me understand what people crave most in life...genuine relationships. I took this discovery and ran with it in regards to my professional life. I worked over the years in various local restaurants mostly family owned and operated and even dabbled in traveling chocolate sales for a bit. Living in South Carolina solidified my passion for people and for working in the food and beverage industry. I was introduced to southern hospitality at its finest and worked for an incredible husband and wife team in a quaint old house built in the late 1800's. I learned so much from watching them on a day to day basis but my biggest take away from my time there was a successful restaurant beings and ends with the folks you work with. Those relationships are just as important as the ones we make with the guest. I loved coming to work everyday and spending time with my restaurant family. I knew when it was time for us to move back home and for my husband to retire from the Navy I wanted to be somewhere I could mentor and invest in the lives of not just the folks I serve on a daily basis but also those who work with me. That's when I met Anne and was introduced to The Stockpot. I knew from my initial meeting with her that we both lived to love on those around us whether it be through our food or our conversation we were going to make magic and really create a place where folks loved to work and loved to eat. She offered me the position as the General Manager of their new location in Downtown Norfolk, Va. and I jumped on the opportunity to live out what I had grown to love. " - Molly Herman
After graduating from Old Dominion University, Anne Galante worked on an organic farm in North Carolina. It was here that she connected the relationship between local, fresh food with her health and nutrition background. Eventually her adventurous spirit and passion for travel took her to the Caribbean where she landed her dream job working on a private luxury catamaran. She assisted the captain sailing and prepared meals during the journey from Honduras down the coast to Panama and Cartagena, Colombia. Experiencing local culture and meeting people from all over the world was one of the most special experiences of her life thus far.
When she arrived back in Hampton Roads, uncertain of her next move, Anne visited the Leaping Lizard Café in Virginia Beach at the behest of a friend, not knowing at the time that this is where her cooking career would take off. Anne says the experience at Leaping Lizard Café, along with her time at Pacifica and Terrapin thereafter, were all critical in creating the vision of her own restaurant. The Stockpot opened in the fall of 2015.
Away from work Anne enjoys spending time outside riding her bike, running and beach time with friends. She is endlessly inspired by travel and will continue to scheme trips near and far. She still appreciates hosting dinner parties and cooking for her friends, but only if they agree to do the dishes!
Eric Joseph Esoda is the President & CEO of the the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC). Eric joined NEPIRC in 1998 and, since that time, has held positions within the organization’s consulting, business development and financial management departments. Prior to joining NEPIRC, Eric worked with the New York offices of the accounting and consulting firms of Fust, Charles & Chambers, LLP and KPMG. Within those firms, his areas of specialization included manufacturing consulting, financial management, financial compliance and entrepreneurship.
Eric has several professional publications to his credit and has been a contributing researcher and author to several statewide and national publications on the manufacturing industry, CEO learning behaviors, and the impact of various economic development policies and programs upon the business sector. As a regular presenter at national conferences, Eric has hosted workshops and keynote presentations on topics such as manufacturing innovation, innovative approaches to addressing the shortage of qualified workers, how corporate culture impacts organizational strategy and how companies can effectively use Voice-of-the-Customer feedback to make business decisions.
Eric’s strong dedication to northeastern Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry led to his nomination as the nation’s Manufacturing Champion of the Year in 2011 and his designation as Master of Ceremonies at the national Manufacturing Extension Partnership Awards Ceremony during each of the past two years.
An ardent supporter of our country’s manufacturing industry, Eric has been called upon numerous times to provide expert testimony and presentations before various legislative committees, research teams and international audiences.
Eric holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Scranton and a Masters Degree in Accounting from Binghamton University. He is a Pennsylvania Certified Public Accountant, a former Officer of the Northeastern PA Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is in pursuit of his Innovation Engineering Black Belt from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, University of Maine and world-renowned innovation leader, the Eureka Ranch.
As a mom after Columbine I want to find a way to keep our schools safe and began designing a line of clear bags and backpacks. As business owners we know timing in the market places everything so I was actually about 10 years too soon. In 2015 Safety Bags relaunched and in looking at the market place both professional and college sports require anything larger than the palm of your hand be clear which that was what led to the launch of stadiumbags.com in 2016.
We won The Family Choice Award for products 2016, 17, 18 and 19 with a perfect score of 110 out of 110 from all 12 judges. Our stadium bags have been seen in publications from USA Today and the World Series program, to the Super Bowl program, and we'll be in Yankee magazine and the Yankees year book, too.
Our mission has always been keeping our school safe, but I knew as far as marketing goes I had to look at what the market would bear. I also knew that if we shined the spotlight on our stadium bags bright enough that it would finally eliminate safety bags and our niche and to keep our schools safe. This year that is my goal, all the shows that I am doing our school safety related.
In 2017 we won the Fiverr and NY Yankees Game Changer Contest and our new logo launched at Yankee stadium. We've been named to the Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide for their 2018-2019 edition.
At this point I feel that our stadium bags are on the map and doing their thing and now it's time to shift that spotlight to what's really important, our schools and the safety of our children. The other side of my mission is empowering women which has led to not only Word of Mom Radio but the development of the Word of Mom Media Network which will include our TV show that launches in March. The reality is together we can make a difference! If you win, I win, we all win. So never give up...the journey takes as long as it takes trust it!
- Dori DeCarlo Founder and CEO , Safety Bags, Inc
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Sweetie Berry is a hybrid strategist. She is an educator strategist who works with well able authors, speakers, and product producers. A Southerner, she can not only bring home the bacon but she can fry it up in a pan. A high
creative and analytic her passion is to cultivate projects that empower people.
Christian Frederick Martin IV was born on July 8, 1955. He then attended UCLA, majoring in Economics. In his free time, he helped in the guitar repair shop of Westwood Music in West Los Angeles, and this also gave him a valuable insight into the retail end of the music business.
When Chris was small, he helped box strings, 6 to a box. In 1972 and 1973 he became more active in the business, helping in the office and attending the NAMM Trade Show in Chicago. He also worked in the machine room cutting out guitar neck blanks on the bandsaw.
During the summer of 1973, Chris spent his time learning every operation and assisting with the construction of a D-28S guitar. This and his apprenticeship in the shop was an invaluable experience when he took his place in the family business.
Chris joined the Martin Guitar Company full time after his graduation from Boston University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the School of Management. Chris worked in many departments, learning how the business functioned from the bottom up. In 1985 he was appointed Vice President of Marketing, and he took an active roll in the day-to-day challenge of running a traditional business in a modern world. After the death of his grandfather, C. F. Martin III, on June 15, 1986, C. F. Martin IV was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, indicating his responsibility for leading Martin into the next century.
"Since 1833 musicians have connected with audiences everywhere the world over, showcasing their talent and virtuosity over all genres. Martin's significance and cultural impact over 186 years is simply immeasurable." - Chris Martin
Martin guitars and Martin strings are the instruments and strings of choice for musicians around the world, from the icons of rock, pop, country, folk and bluegrass to those just beginning their careers. They can be seen across all segments of pop culture, from television to movies, Broadway, books, online, and gracing the covers of popular magazines on newsstands everywhere. One of the world’s leading acoustic instrument makers for nearly two centuries, Martin guitars are hand-made by skilled craftsmen and women, who use a combination of new design and techniques, along with those introduced by the company founder.
Amy Miller Cohen, Ph.D. received her doctorate in Psychology in 1975 from Teachers College, Columbia University and did post-doctoral work at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. She has previously taught at Brooklyn College for several years and was a psychologist for Head Start in Newark, New Jersey while she lived in New York City. In 1979 Amy moved to Bethlehem, PA. She was widowed in December 2016 after a 42 year marriage. Amy has two adult children, two grandchildren and two golden doodles.
Amy works with people of all ages and stages of life who come to her with a variety of concerns and challenges through her creative processes including SoulCollage, photography, and writing.
Cam Brown is the founder and CEO of King Fish Media, a leading marketing agency specializing in content based solutions. His broad range of experience includes designing and managing large scale integrated programs for a wide variety of industries. He also works with King Fish clients on increasing conversions for their customer acquisition, retention and sales strategies. Cam brings over 25 years of print, interactive, video, live events and marketing/ advertising experience with industry leaders such as Ziff Davis Media, Arnold Advertising and The Robb Report. At Ziff Davis, Cam founded and headed the first ever-custom media business unit at the company. Cam often provides strategic marketing consulting to the investment and venture capital community for emerging companies, advising them on their communication strategies.
He serves on the Advisory Board of Give Us Your Poor, an organization that brings together the latest research, multimedia, celebrities, citizens, homeless people, and partner organizations to help end homelessness, and is an Advisor to FreePriceAlerts.com, a price search engine that notifies online shoppers via any device when the lowest price for products is available to them.
Founded in 2001, King Fish Media is a leader in strategy, content marketing and custom design, having created profitable programs for companies such as Ameriprise, Boston Private, CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Commvault, IBM, Intershop, Janus Capital, Keurig Green Mountain, Nasoya, Nuance, Parexel, QOL Medical, Risk Strategies Company, Zappos, and others. King Fish Media is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
The National Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco in 1892 by legendary naturalist John Muir, who helped create Yosemite National Park and helped save Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier Bay, Kings Canyon, Muir Woods, and many other natural wonders as national parks.
The Sierra Club is the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer-based environmental organization, with over 2 million members and supporters in 64 Chapters around the country. It has four primary environmental advocacy campaigns — Beyond Coal, Beyond Natural Gas, Beyond Oil, and Our Wild America — and sponsors more than 20,000 outings to our natural world in the U.S. and internationally.
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club was founded in 1972 and comprises 26,000 members in 10 regional groups. It is governed by an Executive Committee of leaders from each group.
Don Miles is the current chair of the Sierra Club Lehigh Valley Group.
The National Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco in 1892 by legendary naturalist John Muir, who helped create Yosemite National Park and helped save Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier Bay, Kings Canyon, Muir Woods, and many other natural wonders as national parks.
The Sierra Club is the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer-based environmental organization, with over 2 million members and supporters in 64 Chapters around the country. It has four primary environmental advocacy campaigns — Beyond Coal, Beyond Natural Gas, Beyond Oil, and Our Wild America — and sponsors more than 20,000 outings to our natural world in the U.S. and internationally.
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club was founded in 1972 and comprises 26,000 members in 10 regional groups. It is governed by an Executive Committee of leaders from each group.
Don Miles is the current chair of the Sierra Club Lehigh Valley Group.
Cam Brown is the founder and CEO of King Fish Media, a leading marketing agency specializing in content based solutions. His broad range of experience includes designing and managing large scale integrated programs for a wide variety of industries. He also works with King Fish clients on increasing conversions for their customer acquisition, retention and sales strategies. Cam brings over 25 years of print, interactive, video, live events and marketing/ advertising experience with industry leaders such as Ziff Davis Media, Arnold Advertising and The Robb Report. At Ziff Davis, Cam founded and headed the first ever-custom media business unit at the company. Cam often provides strategic marketing consulting to the investment and venture capital community for emerging companies, advising them on their communication strategies.
He serves on the Advisory Board of Give Us Your Poor, an organization that brings together the latest research, multimedia, celebrities, citizens, homeless people, and partner organizations to help end homelessness, and is an Advisor to FreePriceAlerts.com, a price search engine that notifies online shoppers via any device when the lowest price for products is available to them.
Founded in 2001, King Fish Media is a leader in strategy, content marketing and custom design, having created profitable programs for companies such as Ameriprise, Boston Private, CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Commvault, IBM, Intershop, Janus Capital, Keurig Green Mountain, Nasoya, Nuance, Parexel, QOL Medical, Risk Strategies Company, Zappos, and others. King Fish Media is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Amy Miller Cohen, Ph.D. received her doctorate in Psychology in 1975 from Teachers College, Columbia University and did post-doctoral work at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. She has previously taught at Brooklyn College for several years and was a psychologist for Head Start in Newark, New Jersey while she lived in New York City. In 1979 Amy moved to Bethlehem, PA. She was widowed in December 2016 after a 42 year marriage. Amy has two adult children, two grandchildren and two golden doodles.
Amy works with people of all ages and stages of life who come to her with a variety of concerns and challenges through her creative processes including SoulCollage, photography, and writing.
Christian Frederick Martin IV was born on July 8, 1955. He then attended UCLA, majoring in Economics. In his free time, he helped in the guitar repair shop of Westwood Music in West Los Angeles, and this also gave him a valuable insight into the retail end of the music business.
When Chris was small, he helped box strings, 6 to a box. In 1972 and 1973 he became more active in the business, helping in the office and attending the NAMM Trade Show in Chicago. He also worked in the machine room cutting out guitar neck blanks on the bandsaw.
During the summer of 1973, Chris spent his time learning every operation and assisting with the construction of a D-28S guitar. This and his apprenticeship in the shop was an invaluable experience when he took his place in the family business.
Chris joined the Martin Guitar Company full time after his graduation from Boston University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the School of Management. Chris worked in many departments, learning how the business functioned from the bottom up. In 1985 he was appointed Vice President of Marketing, and he took an active roll in the day-to-day challenge of running a traditional business in a modern world. After the death of his grandfather, C. F. Martin III, on June 15, 1986, C. F. Martin IV was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, indicating his responsibility for leading Martin into the next century.
"Since 1833 musicians have connected with audiences everywhere the world over, showcasing their talent and virtuosity over all genres. Martin's significance and cultural impact over 186 years is simply immeasurable." - Chris Martin
Martin guitars and Martin strings are the instruments and strings of choice for musicians around the world, from the icons of rock, pop, country, folk and bluegrass to those just beginning their careers. They can be seen across all segments of pop culture, from television to movies, Broadway, books, online, and gracing the covers of popular magazines on newsstands everywhere. One of the world’s leading acoustic instrument makers for nearly two centuries, Martin guitars are hand-made by skilled craftsmen and women, who use a combination of new design and techniques, along with those introduced by the company founder.
Billy Staples was born and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and graduated from Phillipsburg Catholic High School. During his childhood, Billy had the privilege of spending time in the Phillies, Mets and Yankees clubhouses.
After graduating Kappa Delta Phi from East Stroudsburg University in 1993, Billy developed a unique style of teaching English that helped win him several awards, including 1998-2000 nominations for Disney’s National Teacher of the Year.
Through the support of Chicken Soup for the Soul author Jack Canfield, Staples and Rich Herschlag signed a book deal for Before the Glory. Billy spent the next 12 years on the road promoting education and reading.
Building on the success of Before the Glory, Billy, Linny Fowler, and Judy Tierney founded the scholarship group B.E.S.T. The program has provided financial support and mentoring to over 70 college students and encouraged them to return to their communities to give back.
Most people have goals in life that consist of being successful, or to buy a house by the beach. There are many paths someone can take to reach their goals. Today, Tasha Uliano, from Sahl Communication, Inc. speaks on the importance of keeping an open mind to get where you want to go in life, and to be happy with your choices.
Tasha Uliano graduated with a B.A. in communications, journalism and public relations along with a minor of political science in December of 2017 from Shippensburg University. She was the first in her family to graduate from a university. She values her independence and determination as well as what the world has to offer. She finds joy in seeking out different worldviews and seeing new places. This is one of the many things she learned while studying international politics throughout Europe. She is also very passionate about politics, NATO and writing. Tasha is extremely open-minded while she continues on her journey of creating her own story. She said, “You never know where an opportunity might lead you.”
During her podcast interview, she mentions that stepping outside of your comfort zone is one of the most uncomfortable things to do, but one of the most important steps on the road to success and finding out who you are.
To see some of Tasha’s projects go to https://tlcu095.wixsite.com/tashauliano
Juggling various roles in our lives can often be overwhelming and allow us to lose focus. We sometimes struggle to maintain our work and personal lives, while pursuing our passions and sustaining our deepest values. Today we speak with Sahl Communication’s PR Account Executive Ashley Achenbach about the importance of prioritizing your individual goals and using them to bring your story to life.
Ashley Achenbach graduated with honors from DeSales University in 2017 with a B.A. in Communications. An avid supporter of animal welfare, Ashley has volunteered at a small non-profit animal shelter in her community called Pets In Need since 2009 - where she is active in fundraising, outreach, and animal care. Ashley has also advocated for animal rights on a larger scale, speaking at a 2018 NYC City Council meeting to reform Manhattan’s Animal Care Centers and end the euthanasia of New York City’s homeless animals. Ashley also has a passion for the arts, and enjoys hobbies such as painting, ballet, and playing the piano. Ashley currently lives in Wind Gap, PA with her family and her rescue cat Diddles.
For more information on Pets In Need, visit www.pets-in-need.org and follow @petsinneedshelter on social media. To learn more about Manhattan’s Animal Care Centers or to get involved, visit http://www.nycacc.org/.
We have seen great presentations showcasing how the most successful nonprofit marketers have incorporated storytelling into their organization’s communications efforts. Whether it’s a global organization like Water for People, a large US one like Outreach, Inc, or a small local nonprofit, the most successful organizations say they got where they are by first taking the time to identify their core reason for being – their core brand promise – and then sharing that brand promise through consistent, emotional storytelling.
In this week's show we speak with Mandee K. Hammerstein - Founder & producer of New Feathers Productions, dedicated to providing a voice and welcoming forum for new, theatrical works is delighted to be introducing a new season now at the James A. Michener Art Museum this fall. Known for her national, public relations and launching work of cultural institutions, artist-initiatives and new businesses, one of Mandee’s biggest missions is helping lead the effort to save and preserve Oscar Hammerstein II’s home in Doylestown, Pa and turn it into a multifaceted, Broadway history & house museum.
“To stand…in the room where [Oscar Hammerstein] wrote* the words to “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” is to know in your bones that for anyone who loves the American musical, the successful preservation of Highland Farm will be the worthiest of causes.” Terry Teachout – Wall Street Journal, July 12, 2018 *Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (/ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music. Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers, such as Jerome Kern, with whom he wrote Show Boat, Vincent Youmans, Rudolf Friml, Richard A. Whiting and Sigmund Romberg; but he is best known for his collaborations with Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein which include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.
We enjoyed having Megan on the show last month we brought her back to discuss a the hot topic of "Work/Life Balance" There are so many books, magazine articles, podcast and media in general focusing on this topic. We found Megan's approach to be refreshing and easy. Click on the link and listen in to our discussion. Feeling frazzled with your life? Megan was once too, but not anymore. To learn more about it or to stay connected with more information, sign up with your email address and we will keep you informed.
There are three phases in audience analysis. The first is adapting to your audience before you speak. There are three ways to do this: demographic analysis, attitudinal analysis, and environmental analysis. Demographic analysis involves age, gender, culture, ethnicity, race, religion, and educational level.
Audience analysis is the process of examining information about your listeners. That analysis helps you to adapt your message so that your listeners will respond as you wish.
In everyday conversations you adapt your message to your audience. For example, if you went to a party the night before, you would explain the party differently to your friends and family. To your best friend you might say, "We partied all night and there were tons of people there." To your mother you might say, "Oh, I had fun with my friends." And to your significant other you might say, "It was fun, I had a great bonding time with my friends." In each of these situations, you are adapting your message to your listening audience.
There are three phases in audience analysis: adaptation before, during, and after the speech.
Demographic Analysis involves age, gender, culture, ethnicity, race, religion, and educational level. Attitudinal Analysis addresses the audience's attitudes, beliefs, and values. Environmental Analysis is finding out things like the seating arrangement, the number of people likely to attend, and the room lighting. The way the seats are arranged will affec the audience's response. It is also important to know how many people will be there for the speech. And the way the room is lighted will affect the way the audience responds. If it is dark and the speaker is showing overheads, there will not be conversation. But if the room is light and open, the audience may feel more free to talk. The seating arrangement, the number of people and the room lighting are all factors that will affect the speech.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it - Nelson Mandela
In this week's Master Your Story podcast we speak with Megan Crume. Megan has overcome many fearful struggles in her life and is now an entrepreneur who owns her own mobile ice-cream business. Join us as we discuss how Megan faced those fears applied proven processes and became successful.
Fear can be a roadblock to finding your story. In chapter 13 of Master Your Story, It Matters, we take an in-depth look into ways to over come your fears. What you can accomplish in life, what you are capable of, depends on your ability to overcome fear**. In the book we look into the following process to overcome fear:
Phase One: Acceptance. Take the time to really accept the fact that fear is always going to be there. It won't go away.
Phase Two: Feel the fear. Most people think if they ignore the feelings it will go away. It doesn't. It merely sinks deeper into you and the next time it comes up again its harder to face.
Phase Three: Identify it and turn it into courage. Look at your life. You're day-to-day activities. How and when do you feel fear? Use those smaller times to turn the fear into courage.
Phase Four: Face it and move through it. The next time you have a fear sneak up, imagine yourself turning around, standing strong in your self and facing that scary thing head on. Practice in your thoughts. Imagine your self facing it.
Phase Five: Practice, practice, and more practice. Through practice things seem less dramatic and easier to handle. Give it a try.
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A segment from Chapter 5 of Master Your Story When you're talking to a five-year-old about going to the dentist, the conversation would be about defining what each part of the dentist office is, who the assistant is, who the dentist is, what the machinery looks like. You would be describing the tools that they would use, and many of the things that they would need to know to be comfortable when they arrive at the dental office. You would not be speaking of the gas, or the shots, nor the painful things that a dentist office would be to a five-year-old going for the first time. Preparation is an important part of going to the dentist. Audience preparation would be the same. They do not need to understand, as a brand new salesperson or a brand new person, how long a labor's going to be, how long it's going to be before they make a million dollars. That's not going to solve their problem, nor is it going to encourage or empower them to take one single next step. However, if you can paint the picture that allows them where they are to have an answer, to have encouragement, to have empowerment, to have a process, to have a how-to, then you've truly given the maturity of the audience hope, that they can enact change in their lives and others. If you skip three to five steps and start talking past things they've ever experienced, or can reach to envision, you have just taken them to a place of perhaps pain, or shame, or less than, or inability to be enough. You can see these powerful emotions would have effect on how the audience receives what you had to say. This is something most speakers and storytellers, in the beginning, do not consider, or they are worried about how they look, how the story sounds, if they're dressed well, and if the audience will even show up. The professional story is exactly that. It's a prepared story with intent, with an outcome to deliver with absolute professionalism.
Th rapidly growing cyber threat to our critical industrial, consumer and community infrastructure needs a new approach to cyber defense.
From the time we are born to this present moment, milestones are a part of our DNA. Beginning with our very first birthday to a long awaited 50th wedding anniversary and all the significant dates in between, historical markers not only provide us with a sense of accomplishment but also showcase great accomplishments. It is with joyful celebration that we announce Master Your Story has made it to it first anniversary. The team has accomplished 52 episodes and we are still going strong. The podcast was designed to be part of the full Master Your Story experience. Over the coming weeks we will be rolling out new portions to the program such as webinars, lectures, workbooks and yes the long awaited book. Today we take the time to pause, revisit the meaning of Master Your Story and to thank all the great guests we had this year! We would also like to thank the companies and people who have made this program a national success. A huge thank you to Matthew Siess who has diligently handled the operations of guest management, bookings, details and more details. We are so grateful to you Matthew. A special thanks to Steve Mittman owner of Steve Mittman Social Media who is the shows producer and adds in the exciting music and fanfare to highlight our show. Without Steve no one would hear us. Steve a heartfelt thank you for all your work and great technical capabilities. We'd also like to celebrate Sweetie Berry, not only for being our first guest, but for being there to lend support and share information to enhance our efforts. Thank you Sweetie. We would also like to thank the team at Sahl Communications, Inc. They have been the financial support helping make all of this come together. Thanks SahlComm. We also want to thank our close group of supporters The Master Your Story Tribe. They have been with us since the beginning and still support all of efforts. Most important we want to thank you, the listeners and readers, without you there would be no story. We appreciate you and thank you for tuning in each week. And now without any further ado...enjoy the show and "Enjoy your cake"
We Need To Celebrate By Kim I. Plyler Ten years a go, a client of mine who is very successful, has a family, runs her own business and is the person who has an answer for every question, once shared with me her fear of celebration. "Fear of celebration, I thought wow how can you fear that?" After much discussion my client's fear turned into a quest. A quest for her to celebrate and enjoy it. Too many of us run on the need to be super humans, as if we are in a life challenge. We are constantly competing to be better instead of just being. This type of behavior stems from a lot of different reasons. But its time we move forward into taking care of ourselves, and taking the time to just be and to celebrate it. As a recovering super humans, we can all take time to breathe and celebrate life's milestones. This is why for the next few weeks the team here at "Master Your Story" will be celebrating our one year anniversary. Hard to believe but we launched our podcast 52 weeks ago. We have had guests from all over the world and over the next few episodes and in our online information, we will highlight those people. We would also like to celebrate you, the MYS Fan, for continuing to read, listen and share our guest's wisdom. It is in the creative power of the human story that we will heal the world. Thank you for being a part of this growing project. On behalf of the team and from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
We are beginning to enter a time of change in regards to media and how we consume information. While many people think that we are stuck in the time of social media, I believe that we are actually entering a new realm of the social media world – one where transparency and popularity govern what is said and what is being pushed out to large audiences. Mainstream social mediums, such as Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram will always appeal to a large group of people, but how will our discussions on social media sites change? We are seeing glimpses of this shift already with major blogging websites that make sharing ideas, articles, and information incredibly easy, taking away from traditional blogs or traditional media. Blogging sites like Medium or Steemit allow for the most popular articles to be pushed to the top of the page, or even to make money for individual bloggers – this is change. The key to this social media shift, if you will, is finding how consumers and companies can use social media to their benefit. What social mediums will work for your particular business? Maybe Twitter, in Elon Musk’s case. Maybe Instagram, or Medium for more traditional blog posts or pictures, but also maybe Telegram, or Reddit for an incredibly transparent approach to the business. This is the path that must be studied because the times of every business going to Facebook are passing. People are starting to find the most efficient ways of talking to their communities, leaving behind aspects of social media that have been created in this era of Zuckerberg.
As the late Spanish philosopher, poet, and author put it best, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. The point of research is to understand the past, to learn from it, and to apply it to whatever it is you’re doing. Weather this is to either mimic past successes, or not to repeat failure, researching is key. Without doing it prior to the task you are working on, all your hard work could end up in failure. Research does not have to be limited to learning from the past however. For a business, research is crucial to keeping your company competitive and at the top of your fields industry. There is a reason that companies around the globe invest heavily into research. That reason is so they can keep their advantage over rival companies by offering the best product that they possibly can. However, the main reason why research is invaluable is that you do get to learn from the past. For instance, I was involved with a new project at my internship. We were tasked with finding out about what others have done with very similar projects to ours. I went online and did research about these past projects and I was able to come across a report that showed the economic impact of the project. This was a crucial find because it helped us to figure out what the next steps were in our project, and what the possible economic benefits could be in our area after the project is completed. If no research was done, we would have no way of knowing just how important, and how much of an impact the project would have in the community. Lastly research is crucial to finding the validity of facts, statements, or just about anything you want to know. In today’s climate of “fake news”, it’s becoming even more crucial to make sure that everything is true. By doing research on a topic you can make sure that everything that is being reported on is 100% valid and it saves you from looking like a fool if somebody finds out that you are stating false information. While research may be viewed to some as a time-consuming process that yields no results, they simply cannot be any further from the truth. If you take the time and deeply research information about your projects, both in business or school, you will be greatly rewarded. Not only will you be exposed to a wealth of new information that can only help you later in life, you will also set yourself up in the best possible position for success.
Life is a journey that provides various experiences, highs & lows, opportunities & challenges, stagnation & change. Things happen. However the question is not whether we can or can’t, it is “how to”. Each of us has our strengths, talents, dreams, potential and challenges. We have situations, limitations, idiosyncrasies that we would like to overcome. We need to understand our many facets and the various factors that contribute to who we are. Understanding ourselves is the starting point for determining the “how to” for our next steps in life, whatever the goal or outcome that is desired. We may not be able to do whatever the way we have seen it done, but we can figure out a way they we can do it. With my background in rehabilitation counseling and being a multi-talent, I facilitate others in developing and experiencing their potential with “disabilities” or with characteristics of a high intellect and creativity. It is a process of understanding, overcoming, developing, expressing and connecting. The understanding comes from identifying, recognizing and acknowledging all the facets that contribute to who we are and what our individual norm is. No one is normal – meaning fitting the cookie cutter average which defines the statistics for what we are to be in whatever context. The first step is to clarify our uniqueness and our expression of that uniqueness. Decide what works and what doesn’t work with our desired engagement in life. What works, continue to develop. What doesn’t work, figure out the strategy for managing that dynamic so it becomes an asset versus a liability. Knowing our whys (values, what is important to us) guides and motivates us towards our desired expression or experience (our dream, goal). To engage fully we need to connect with our self, others like us, others in general (people we interact with day in and day out), and with our big picture. Living life fully is experiencing all the emotions to their extremes, flowing through the experience, and not getting stuck. Understanding our self includes knowing our center so that we can return to center for balance and rejuvenation. Emotional exhaustion requires our attention just like physical exhaustion. Self-care is the grease that keeps the wheel of life moving more smoothly. Engaging in life fully means the full ride of the roller coaster with its ups, downs, and plateaus. The “how to” is with awareness, understanding and choosing in the moments from our center with the guidance of what is important to us in life (our values, our purpose, our dreams, our connections). The question is not whether we can or can’t, but how to.
Cheyenne Bennett is the Leadership & Talent Coach of Compass Point Consulting, LLC. She is a leadership trainer focused on serving family businesses. She helps owners and their leadership teams grow their self-awareness with the purpose of cultivating high-performing teams and driving organizational culture. Her focus on self awareness, communication, healthy conflict, and teams gives organizations the ability to create and live by a value-oriented organizational culture while meetingthe demands of daily business.
Naimah Ward is one who believes in the power of discovering your true self, your true purpose and then being in pursuit of what you have discovered as long as it lies within the scope of truth. As a devoted Wife, Mother, Pastor, Professor and Entrepreneur, Naimah has made this her personal mission to impact lives – Find a need and meet it! Find and hurt and heal it! Find a problem and solve it! Below is a guest post from Naimah. My turning point occurred when I began to realize the value in developing not just my skills to speak publicly, but my communication skills overall! Oh what an amazing eye opener this was for me! During my collegiate studies, I decided to challenge myself and enroll in an advanced public speaking course. After experiencing the benefits of facing this fear head on, I began to see how my life started to evolve. Fear no longer had me in its grip. I developed such a passion for the art of communication and public speaking. As an educator, I teach my students not only how to overcome glossophobia, but the process of how to develop into an effective communicator. In my pursuit of developing strong and effective communicators, I started my business Speak Confidently, an organization with the purpose to educate and train students and professionals in the area of communication and public speaking. In doing so, I offer training programs such as Boot Camps, Master Classes, Small Group Professional Trainings and One-on-One sessions. Because I have walked this path, it gives me great gratification seeing my students and clients enter with such fear and uncertainty, and after weeks of teaching, pursue new heights in life as a result of discovering who they really are. How? It’s simple – the study and understanding of communication, goes far and beyond what one may assume. Your perception – how you view yourself – greatly affects how you communicate with yourself and others. My truth is – Knowledge and Understanding equips you to become more Effective!
EDITORS NOTE – This Mort Report Extra is a basic guide for keeping track of the world. It is long. Headlines are only headlines; news summaries and snippets are not enough for seeing detailed distant reality. We can read Sophocles in crib notes, but that risks missing the part about Oedipus poking out his own eyes. PARIS – The noble ostrich is impressive to watch loping along an African savannah at 50 miles an hour, but its survival strategy needs work. With head in the sand and tail in the air, it risks ending up skinned for some rich guy’s cowboy boots or maybe a Mar-a-Lago golf bag. My recent piece about the White House jihad on truth prompted one reader to remark that Donald Trump’s slurs resonate because “the msm (mainstream media) is no longer trustworthy or helpful.” Big news companies make up a single collective to be dismissed out of hand. Here’s a parallel: The smc (supermarket chains) no longer provide nutritious food. Of course, they do. Choice is up to each shopper. Those who load up their carts with only Twinkies and canned spaghetti can hardly blame the store. The “mainstream” is shot full of failings, but its broad reach provides essential basic coverage. That’s a start. Countless other sources add detail, verify or dispute facts, fill in context and sketch human backdrops. Anyone who fails to grasp global realities isn’t trying hard enough. This is a primer to help make sense of an unruly world. With threats of nuclear High Noon, climatic catastrophes, conflict on five continents, desperate millions on the move and fierce competition for dwindling resources, nothing matters more. In 2004, when far less was at stake, British editor Andrew Marr noted in his book, “My Trade,” that many people he knew ignored newspapers and dismissed broadcast news as mindless nonsense. They focus instead on their families, busy daily lives and local charity. “This is not good enough,” Marr wrote. “We are either players in open, democratic societies, all playing a part in their ultimate direction, or we are deserters.” Back then, A.J. Liebling’s quip was still true: freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. Anyone can play now, and that is a mixed blessing. “Journalist” is now as meaningless a word as “media.” We need to know who is telling us what – and why. The Web is a delivery system, not a source. People would be leery if some stranger on the street in a clown suit and floppy shoes bloviated about places he couldn’t pronounce. But clueless self-appointed experts on TV or computer screens receive far less scrutiny. Early on, Google claimed to offer news from 5,000 providers. But if, say, hostilities broke out in Kashmir, that meant 4,998 “outlets” riffed on the same dispatches from the AP and Reuters stringers in Srinagar. These days, such secondhand sourcing is beyond measure. Too many people now think news, unlike food, comes at no cost. And too many purveyors oblige with generic “content” packed in paid pitches and political cant. With a free lunch, it is hard to complain about quality. Much solid reporting comes at no charge, but we need to scale a few paywalls. We also have to budget our time. Nearly every substantive story comes with time-consuming kibitzing that also passes for journalism. Reveal, an arm of the California-based Center for Investigative Reporting, spent months documenting hidden safety issues at Tesla. The gold-standard CIR, founded in 1977 as the first U.S. investigative journalism nonprofit, relies on reporters and editors of proven credibility. Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla, fired off a series of tweets calling journalists corrupt and cowardly. The CIR, he said, was “just some rich kids in Berkeley who took their political science prof too seriously.” (It’s in Emeryville.) Jack Shafer, a kibitzer for Politico, fired back. He called Musk is a media assassin, not a critic, an example of nouveau-billionaires who think reporters should be fawning PR flacks. True enough. But he wrote, “Journalists love nothing more than to be slapped around (and) Musk’s sustained caning…has brought nothing but sunshine and smiles to newsrooms all over America.” Shafer speaks only for himself. Kathy Gannon, for one, does not love being slapped around. After 18 years in Afghanistan, she knows what “shoot the messenger” can mean. An Afghan cop shot up her car in 2014, killing her friend, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, and wounding her badly. After long, painful rehabilitation, she hurried back to Kabul. Gannon undermines another generality. Associated Press has axed experienced reporters to save money. It slashes travel expenses and often relies on untested stringers. Yet she is among top-quality AP pros who stay at their jobs. AP – like the “msm” – is neither all bad nor all good. AP illustrates how the global mediascape has evolved. During my 38 years of employ until 2005, we jokingly called it the A&P, a major grocery chain. It was a supermarket of news, cooperatively owned by newspapers and broadcasters that shared costs. Along with big stories, it kept track of small ones percolating under the surface before they erupted into “breaking news.” As its members saw profits decline, AP shifted focus to big projects with bragging rights and various “profit centers,” leaving too many world-changing trends and events uncovered. It can be excellent. And not. Newspapers also reinvented themselves, mostly cutting staff and shifting to “hyperlocal” coverage. A new breed of owners broke up family-founded chains forged by hard-earned public trust. Hedge fund hogs plundered. Shady magnates bought papers to push their own interests. A few dailies are now better than ever. Some try hard with what they’ve got. Many are a disgrace. Television news has changed beyond recognition. Once three U.S. networks kept large bureaus abroad. Walter Cronkite at CBS was the most trusted man in America. Today, CBS’s website lists only lone correspondents in Rome, Istanbul and Beijing. Four work from the London hub, where stories from elsewhere are often narrated from the studio, with purchased footage not from CBS crews. (ABC and NBC staff reporters also cluster in London. It’s “foreign.”) Cronkite likely prolonged the Vietnam War at first by believing the Washington line rather than correspondents on the ground. But, a real journalist, he went to see for himself. He found a stalemate, and national sentiment shifted. Cronkite’s trademark tagline at the end of his newscasts, “And that’s the way it is,” defined the times. America had to take him and others at their word. Big media set the agenda, with a smattering of smaller papers, radio networks and freelancers as a counterbalance. Logically, countless interactive multimedia sources that speed words and images from everywhere would reflect a clear picture of the world. In fact, it allows people to form whatever picture comforts their beliefs. And with tools to measure what resonates, media executives try to give people what they want. Late in May, a Harvard study said Hurricane Maria killed 4,645 people in Puerto Rico, 70 times more than the official count. Beyond the human cost, it defies belief that a government so outrageously masks the toll of its feeble response. Yet CNN devoted 12 minutes to that story and nearly five hours to Roseanne Barr getting cancelled. MSNBC was not much better. Pandering to have-it-your-way news is a boon to despots. Anything that thwarts their narrative is labeled fake, feeding distrust of all “media.” Trump’s campaign resonates with hardline tyrants and wannabe demagogues everywhere – particularly in Russia. David Ignatius, who spent decades as a foreign correspondent and then edited the International Herald Tribune before analyzing world affairs for the Washington Post, summed it up in a column about Arkady Babchenko, who miraculously returned from death: “When a prominent Russian journalist fakes news about his own murder to try to expose the Kremlin’s misdeeds, you know something has gone dangerously wrong in what we like to call the free marketplace of ideas. These days, it has become a battle space where anything goes.” Babchenko falsified his death with help from Ukrainian agents to elude Russian thugs. It worked. But reporters have enough trouble remaining credible, and alive, without an activist-journalist whose ploy, in effect, helps Vladimir Putin dismiss actual murders as hoaxes. Here are some thoughts on shaping a reality-based worldview, a framework that fits together odd shaped pieces into a quickly changing kaleidoscope: –Triangulate the way reporters do. When a new story breaks, check it against another version and add a third. As it develops, look for informed analysis that probes its broader meaning. Beyond who, what and where, look for why and what next. –Consider wider implications. A lifeless child on a beach in Turkey is only one dramatic symptom of diplomatic failure, needless conflict, economic imbalances, corruption, xenophobia. and, increasingly, a changing climate has been ignored for too long. –Subscribe to The New York Times. You need it, and it needs you. There is much to criticize. It makes mistakes, some serious, but it does not willfully distort or fabricate. It provides unmatched global coverage, with online graphics, visuals and data sets. Its archives give historical context. “The failing New York Times” is a Trump whopper. He has made it boom. It is publicly traded but still controlled by a newspaper family faithful to old principles. –Add The Washington Post for the cost of a few drinks in a fancy bar. It hounds Trump because that is a newspaper’s role. Its fact checkers found he made 3,251 false or misleading claims in 497 days, some clear-cut grounds for impeachment. I’m troubled by a publisher who also dominates a global empire of cheap books and canned beans. But Marty Baron is as good as editors get, and Jeff Bezos stays out of his way. Times’ editor Dean Baquet jokes that the new Post motto, Democracy Dies In Darkness, is a little grim. Maybe, but it’s true. The two editors cooperate as much as they compete. –No list can begin to be comprehensive, but I’ve got a few favorites. The New Yorker is worth whatever it costs. Look abroad. Britain’s The Guardian, free if you choose not to contribute, is a vital outsider’s eye on America and the wider world. Talk to friends and poke around. Try Germany’s Spiegel Online for probing analysis, interviews and hard-reporting at length. India’s The Hindu, with a circulation of 1.2 million, focuses on human factors behind the news, with a staff of savvy correspondents. –TV is tough to characterize. For me, BBC is best, with reporters and anchors whose faces often reflect a hard life on the road. Funded by a TV tax, it avoids disguising paid messages as editorial product and obnoxious chest-thumping. Which brings up CNN. Its focus on Trump’s campaign boosted ratings – and likely swayed the election. CNN can be excellent. Some of its correspondents are rock solid. Christiane Amanpour, who earned her chops in scary places, gets to the heart of what matters. Fareed Zakaria’s analyses are good enough to make you forget he backed the Iraq invasion. (“Any stirring of the pot is good.”) But keep a remote handy in case Richard Quest pops up. –Non-profit groups dig into specific subjects, with deeply reported investigations. ProPublica, the Center of Public Integrity and Reveal are among some good ones based in America. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which produced the Panama Papers and much else, relies on a network of others across the world. These groups collaborate with NPR and PBS. Independents such as Amy Goodman add to the mix. –Read books for a broad view of the world to help you tune out peripheral noise. Today’s biggest story “broke” five centuries ago when Leonardo da Vinci nailed it. By tracing the flow of water and winds, he saw that humans live in sync with a single ecosystem. If that balance tips, no one will survive. Then, as now, deluded leaders fail to get this. We need reliable eyes and ears beyond every horizon. Real journalists are driven by curiosity, commitment, ethics, and a deeply ingrained horror of getting things wrong. Some young reporters seize this immediately. Some old ones never do. The trick for readers is to determine which is which. For more on Mort log on to https://www.mortreport.org/about/
Have you ever asked yourself why do prospect trust one digital brand and not the other? Have you ever wondered why folks seem to 'feel' your brand is trustworthy but couldn't quite explain? Short answer? Well, it's not that simple. In digital branding, we use combination of behavior and cognitive psychology, market research, creativity, User Experience, User Interface design and a few good strategies to help expedite the 'trust building process'. Why should you care? Because by definition, the faster you can build digital trust, the faster your target prospect (whether recruit, prospect or partner) can truly evaluate what your substance! 1. Leverage Your Client’s Reputation Post the logos or names of your top clients in a prominent portion of your web site or digital storefront. Buyers are more likely to accelerate their purchase decision if they see that larger companies than theirs, or of the same size, have purchased your products or services. 2.Use Recognizable Terminology Don’t invent new lines of business or product categories that are not widely accepted or pre-tested for your target audience. Uncommon terminology could cause buyers to overlook services being offered and skip to the next available choice with recognizable terms. 3.Logic First, Display Second Creating a strong resonance through prominent branding is critical, but B2B buyers use logic to filter out advertising noise. Maintain a 60/40 balance between making bold statements on your homepage and arresting design visuals (60%) to gain trust. Craft the navigation and user experience to be both intuitive and easy to follow with clear content that directs the user where they want to go. 4.Be Real. Avoid Skepticism Place your corporate HQ address on the front of the site. Every so often, users seek to validate your legitimacy and when they only see an email form or an email and a telephone number, they may assume something is fishy. 5.Beef up industry expertise Prominently display recognized industry association membership icons & logos to instantly convey your corporate citizenship in your community of expertise. 6.Leadership Profiles The leadership page isn’t optional. It is one of the most frequently visited pages with B2B clients. Leadership profiles are a great opportunity to show off your managers, instantly relate credibility and build human trust. Profile shots should be consistent and professional to create a seamless, positive impression. 7.Good SEO Equals More Recognition Create high-reputation backlinks to your web site. This SEO best practice will establish credibility within Google search algorithms so that your business is on the first search results page. Establishing backlinks to other credible sites such as large businesses, news sites, and trade publications vicariously lends credibility to your own site. About the Author: Mr. Gal Borensteinis a recognized expert and strategist in digital branding, marketing, social media, advertising, online reputation management and public relations matters. He is the founder and CEO of the Borenstein Group, a top digital marketing communications firm in the Washington DC metropolitan area that serves clients locally and globally. He is the author of new business leadership book, ACTIVATE! How to Power Up Your Brand to Dominate Your Market, Crush Your Competition & Win in the Digital Age, available in premiere bookstores and on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and Apple’s iBooks. Gal has published his first business leadership book What Really Counts for CEOs in 2009. Since then, Borenstein has been featured as a guest commentator on CNN and Fox Business News on strategic marketing and branding issues, as well as, been one of the top digital content contributors to influential business leadership social media networks such as LinkedIn, PR Week’s The Hub, Advertising Age’s BtoB magazine, HR.Com, Smart CEO Magazine, DuctTapeMarketing.com and others. He can be reached byemail at gal@borensteingroup.comor @galborenstein on Twitter.
Presently, I am leading a Touchstone Theatre initiative called Festival UnBound, Celebrating out 21st. Century Village, planned for October of 2019. This is the most difficult thing with which I've ever ever been involved. Once we were two Bethlehems, and it was 100 years ago North and South realized the importance of working together and became “one” (and, we’re still working on it). Here’s an image of the two Bethlehems, in “the good ol’ days”, when “working together” may seem to us a remarkably less complex challenge, but back then it was as “crazy hard” as anything one could imagine. To create a Festival of original art envisioning the future of our community, we’ve got to get EVERYBODY working together, collaborating to imagine what kind of future we want for this city called “Bethlehem”--through dialogue and the creation of original art. The problem is, more and more, as we sit down and talk with folks, it becomes apparent that everything affects everything else. Let’s say you’re homeless. One might be homeless because one is dysfunctionally dyslexic. One might be dysfunctionally dyslexic because the educational system didn’t recognize it and teach good coping mechanisms. The educational system may have failed you because you were living in a poor community and there weren’t funds for such things. There weren’t funds for such things because the political system was too combative to achieve anything but band-aid solutions. Combativeness got out of hand because of entrenched, old power structures and a media that feeds on sensationalism in order to sell information to the general public. And… I could go on FOREVER! Everything’s connected. Still, there you are, homeless! Now, how does one make a work of art, many works of art, out of that that will help transform the community? It’s tempting to despair at our social dysfunctionality, but if we look at the bigger picture, it’s clear we’re making great progress! Here’s a fascinating article called: A History of Global Living Conditions in 5 Charts. The conclusion of this article states succinctly: “The successful transformation of our living conditions (is) possible only because of collaboration. Such a transformation would be impossible for a single person to accomplish. It is our collective brains and our collaborative effort that are needed for such an improvement.” An NGO for the United Nations recently wrote: “If community is to further the progress of society in its own right – complementing the roles played by individuals and social institutions–a much more expansive conception of community life must be actively embraced. New patterns of action and interaction will have to be built, and new forms of relationship and association constructed. Experimentation, trial and error, and a robust process of learning about the nature of lasting cultural change will be vital – all of which require effort and no small amount of sacrifice… Movement in this direction will require qualitatively different approaches to decision-making than those adopted in the past.” Festival (un)Bound is one of those “qualitatively different approaches”, and that's the task I find myself facing here in the middle of 2018. BIO: Bill received his B.A. in English Literature from Lehigh University and his M.F.A. in Acting/Directing from the Dallas Theatre Centre of Trinity University. He studied mime with Paul Curtis of The American Mime Theatre, co-founded the People’s Theatre Company in 1977 and later co-founded Touchstone Theatre in 1981 where he was Producing Director until 1990.
While our troops are out defending our country, who is defending them from cyber attacks. Meet Rob Carey, VP of Cybersecurity and Cloud Solutions for General Dynamics IT Defense Division. Rob's career has spanned military service in the US Navy as well as supporting the Department of Defense as a federal government employee and now a contractor. He is responsible for developing and delivering cybersecurity, cloud and UC offerings to clients within the Department of Defense. Prior to this role, he worked for CSC and Vencore leading operational business units supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.
Rob's mission is clear, his story is defend those who are defending us. Join us in today's discussion when Rob addresses two of the most important things our county, industry and corporate can do to ensure not only the safety of our troops but the safety of our entire country.
The team at #MasterYourStory would like to thank rob for stoping by to talk with us and for his service to the safety of our country.
Join us today as we discuss the importance of graphics in tell your story. We spoke with Bryan Ayala, CEO of CentroDigital about how graphics need to tell the story and convey a mission even without text. With the ever changing internet landscape graphic have become a way to capture emotion in one frame as well as tell the story of a company. How to capture the correct information and bring it all together in a graphic is truly a work of intellect and art.
Join us today as we speak with John Brown CEO of John Brown Leadership Solutions. John's career includes serving in public office, Wall St and so much more. He is a senior executive with broad industry and public-sector experience providing leadership that complements vision and execution. Transmutes critical thinking about the organization’s challenges into dynamic strategic advantages and actualizes innovative solutions to create outstanding results. Join us as he shares his story of how he uses life experiences to foster better leadership.
I've spent a long career working as a health and fitness professional focusing mainly on preventing disease. Eighty percent of chronic diseases are actually preventable, so I spent years learning how to help people make long-term, healthy changes in their lives. The science related to behavior change is complex because each person is different.
As an educator, personal trainer, health coach, and writer, I've learned to use a variety of tools to motivate people. In terms of health today, the biggest obstacle is perception, regarding how we view dietary fat. There's a "perceived" belief that dietary fat is unhealthy and a "real" view based on facts. Since the 1970's we were told (erroneously) that high-fat and high-cholesterol foods were going to kill us. I believed it for almost thirty years! New science tells us otherwise. Books written by NinaTeicholz, Gary Taubes, and David Perlmutter, M.D., have unraveled the mystery concerning fat, cholesterol, and health. They have debunked all of the old beliefs. As a result, their message has released millions of us from fat prison, but oddly enough, forty-seven percent of Americans still follow the low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet. How did they miss the news?
My transition from cheese avoider to cheese promoter happened in 2011, when my home-cheesemaking husband announced that he was going to the American Cheese Society Conference in Montreal. He had been making cheese in our kitchen for a few months and wasn't happy with the end product, so he hopped on a plane to learnfrom the experts. When he returned, he would not stop talking about cheese, which didn't interest me in the least. After a day or two, I said with a firm tone, "I can't eat cheese because it's unhealthy." We argued about it for about a week, and finally, he suggested that I dive into the research to see for myself. With a confident voice, I said, "I'll not only research it thoroughly, I'm going to travel across the state to talk to dairy farmers, cheesemakers, and scientists. Then, you'll see that I'm right about this."
The Texas Cheese Tour took two years to complete and after interviewing thirty cheese professionals and a few goats, I had to admit to him that he was right about high-quality cheese...it is actually healthy! Now, I'm obsessed and known as The Healthy Cheese Lady. The message is simple: "Eat cheese without guilt!"
Mastering your story takes courage, discipline and commitment. To tell your story takes grit, compassion and mastery of self. In our conversation today we introduce you to Marinela Santos. She is the CEO of Polished By Her, LLC. a nail salon that is more that just a salon. Her salon is the mastery of her story. Tune in and listen as we discuss her life and the steps that lead Marinela to become a successful entrepreneur. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. The colorful nails that leave her salon leave with more than just polish. The team here at #MasterYourStory would like to thank Marinela for sharing her story and for all the work she does to give back to the community that helped her.
Patrick Evans-Hylton is a Johnson & Wales-trained chef and an award-winning food journalist, covering tasty trends since 1995 in print, broadcast and electronic media.He is publisher of VirginiaEatsAndDrinks.com Evans-Hylton is a cookbook author (Popcorn, Dishing Up Virginia, Nuts), food historian, and a media awards judge for the prestigious James Beard Awards. He runs a cooking and wine school and teaches a number of food media-related classes. Each Friday from 6-7 p.m., he hosts The Virginia Eats + Drinks Show on AM 790 WNIS in Coastal Virginia and simulcast nationwide. On the second and fourth Monday of each month he reports on food on Coast Live at 10 a.m. on WTKR TV-3 (CBS). Evans-Hylton cooks and writes in his Chesapeake Bay kitchen in Virginia Beach. Join us today as he discusses how he became a food writer and food historian. We will take a look into the foods that made the state of Virginia known around the world. We discuss the early settlers cuisine as well as -mmm, mmm- soft shell blue crabs of today's Virginia coastal area. The team here at #MasterYourStory would like to thank Patrick for stopping by the studio. Mastering your story can take different forms and Patrick has truly mastered his. Thank You Patrick.
Join our conversation and hear from an actor who has been in front of the camera, behind it and on stage. Gene Connelly is an actor, producer and writer/director whose film work includes Snatch and Grab (2017), This Time Tomorrow (2016) and The Writer"s Muse (2010).
Onstage Gene has performed locally at The Pennsylvania Playhouse, Pines Dinner Theater and Touchstone Theatre as well as all over the Poconos, New York, NJ and Philadelphia.
Born and raised in Eastern Pennsylvania, Gene joined the USAF after highschool and was stationed in Idaho and Texas. After serving his country, Gene pursued his passion for performing; first in various bands as a lead vocalist and later has a sought after performer in stage musicals. He has performed all over Pennsylvania and New Jersey and had his NYC theatre debut in the 2007 revival of Dark of the Moon. Gene's dedication and hard work ethic would lead him to do comedies and dramas and eventually to TV/film and commercial work.
He is a founding member of Fade In / Fade Out; a non-profit consortium of likeminded filmmakers dedicated to making filmmaking more accessible to the Lehigh Valley.
Establishing himself has a dependable actor in a variety of genres' Gene continues to be an actor that can't be boxed in.
Days for Girls increases access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating social enterprises, mobilizing volunteers, and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigmas and limitations for women and girls. Together, we're creating a world with dignity, health, and opportunity for all.
The movement has reached more than one million girls — and counting! With your help, we can reach Every Girl. Everywhere. Period.
Listen in to our conversation with Kathy Hammer and learn more about the humanitarian work she is doing to support this great program. Kathy thank oyu for taking the time to speak with us today.
Olga knows what its line to be poor. Now a Bethlehem City Councilwoman she is fight for and giving back to those in need. Listen in to our conversation and see how one woman can make a difference.
Olga Negron has been a member of several organizations in the Lehigh Valley and through Pennsylvania. Some of her involvements include: Member of Community Revitalization and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee-Appointed by Governor Rendell, Member of Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Coalition, Member of Rotary International, Board Member for Latino Leadership Alliance of the Lehigh Valley, Member of the Planning Commission-Appointed by Mayor Callahan, Board Vice President for Bethlehem Public Library-Appointed by Bethlehem City Council, Board Vice President for Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, Member of Southside Vision 2014, and Board Member for Puerto Rican Cultural Coalition. Olga has been the recipient of many awards some of them include: Legendary Locals of Bethlehem-Book by Karen M. Samuels, named Lehigh Valley Woman by Lehigh Valley Magazine, named Hispanic Pride (Orgullo Hispano) by Univision TV in Philadelphia, Latino Leadership Award by Lehigh Valley Latino Magazine, named twice a Personaje Ñ (Who is Who) by WFMZ, named TALL Team Coordinator of the Year by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Allentown Human Relations Award recipient, Caring for the Community Award and Bright Star Award by Community Services for Children, Presidential Award for Academic Excellence and Community Involvement by Austin Community College. Among her work history, Olga worked as a community organizer, executive director of non-profit organizations and for the Pennsylvania House of Representative as the Legislative Assistant for Representative Steve Samuelson.
As part of our look into candidates running for PA Congressional District 7 we spent some time speaking with District Attorney Morganelli. Pennsylvania’s most senior elected district attorney with 25 years experience as a state prosecutor; experienced courtroom prosecutor who has personally tried to verdict 25 First Degree Murder cases including a conviction in a case in which the body of the victim was never located; argued First Degree Murder cases in both the state and federal appellate courts; testified numerous times before State House and Senate Committees as well as U.S. House of Representatives on criminal justice issues including capital punishment, insanity defense, powers of the judiciary, racial profiling, illegal immigration and violence issues; often seen on national television – has appeared on 60 Minutes, “The O’Reilly Factor”, “The Lou Dobbs Show”, Connie Chung Tonight, “Donahue”, and the Nancy Grace Show. Cases prosecuted have been the subject of documentary’s aired on HBO, A&E Network, America’s Most Wanted and the Discovery Channel. Author of “The D-Day Bank Massacre: The True Story Behind the Martin Appel case”, published by Sterling House Publishing of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? – for the Lehigh Valley area in 2013 to generate excitement about manufacturing careers by giving students direct access to local manufacturers to find out why they love their jobs. Teams of middle school students are provided video equipment and training and are matched with manufacturing companies and teacher coaches. The teams created short video profiles of their companies and the career opportunities they offer. By improving the image of these careers and creating awareness for them, the contest not only aims to sustain manufacturing careers, but aims to help them thrive. The Lehigh Valley Student Video Contests have been so successful that other areas inside and outside of Pennsylvania are holding similar contests or are planning to hold contests. The Manufactures Resource Center, PBS39 and Sahl Communications, Inc, support these efforts by providing strategic counsel, film editing and coaching, and various public relations activities. For more information: (https:www.kimiplyler.com) (https:www.WhatsSoCool.org)
The Physical Methods studio is a boutique style setting, which is home to Stacey’s unique system of exercise. Located in Bethlehem, Pa, Physical Methods continues to offer small group exercise classes where Stacey can continue to provide personal attention to ensure that you get the results you deserve from your exercise program. Stacey also offers private instruction where she can evaluate and correct specific postural weaknesses and has experience working with a wide variety of physical problems that can arise from day to day living or the result of an accident. Stacey has experience working with a wide variety of issues that include MS, pregnancy, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, osteoporosis, knee and hip realignment and shoulder girdle realignment. Stacey also guides adolescent growth and development. All studio workouts use the machines invented by Pilates, (along with a few things that Stacey has developed on her own) Stacey discovered through her research, that even though Pilates exercise system was ineffective in producing the results he is known for, his machines were perfect to support and develop the human alignment. For more information log on to (HTTPS://www.kimiplyler.com) (HTTPS://www.staceyredfield.com)
Join the Revolution. Become the Author of Your Life Typically, we store our past in haphazard collection, allowing us to see disconnected fragments. This heap of memories can’t provide wisdom, or lessons, and certainly can’t provide a road map to the future.By creatively finding your Story, you develop a pathway from the painful parts, through courage and trials, to the more satisfying parts. Like all good stories, your memoir ends at a higher point than when it started. Start Now to Courageously Overcome the Blank Page To share your story, you must overcome obstacles that stand in your way. Without a boss telling you to sit and write, tap into your own deep well of creativity, overcome self-doubts, resolve conflicting priorities, and find your voice. Read How to Become a Heroic Writer to learn techniques to travel this heroic journey. For more information log on to (HTTPS://www.kimiplyler.com) (https://www.jerrywaxler.com)
Key Trait #1: You must have a vision. We've all heard the saying "You must stand for something, or you'll fall for everything." But what does that really mean? Standing firm when it comes to your company's policies and procedures is all well and good, but it doesn't speak to having a vision. As a leader, you have to learn to communicate your vision or the vision of your company to the people you want to follow you. Key Trait #2: You must have passion. Your employees want passion; in fact, they'll go to the ends of earth because of it, live and die for it. Think of the sailors who traveled with Christopher Columbus or Leif Ericsson to explore uncharted territory. Their leaders' passion inspired them to take on new and very dangerous challenges. Key Trait #3: You must be a team builder. To become a great leader, you must develop a great team or, one might say, a well-oiled machine. But how do you do that? You can start by handing off responsibility to your team and letting your team to run with it. Don't breathe down their necks and don't micromanage, but make yourself available if questions or problems come up. For more leadership information log on to (http://kimiplyler.com)
Can I do more? Am I in control of the outcome of my life? Why has this happened to me? Will my efforts make a difference? These questions and others lie at the core of Lance Abrims’ transformational teachings that lead success seekers in new directions and greater success. Lance’s ultimate objective is to enhance the sense of self-directed destiny and personal empowerment of your team, audience, or guests, by challenging them to rethink their place in the scheme of reality. Further, Lance proposes and enforces a paradigm shift where an individual’s partnership with their Creator is a more active role in the architecture of destiny, rather than a willing or unwilling participant. For more information on log on to (http://lanceabrims.com)
- Be TRUE to yourself - What makes your heart sing? 2. Personal Integrity / mindfulness - What feels right? 3. TRUST your knowing + vision - Of the right path for you 4. Do what SCARES you! - Place of most growth - leap of faith 5. KNOW the universe will support you! - Miracles! For more information on Summerhawk Wolf log on to (http://summerhawkwolf.com)
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When an entrepreneur, a new author, or artist is building a new product, service, or exposure what are the most important things for them to consider? A: The value of planning for the anticipation, exposure, and actual thing that is coming to be. Make sure your social media is up-to-date and you are prepared for change, as best as you can be. As a strategist, what mistakes do you see being made regarding packaging the artist/business or author? A: Investing in large campaigns before testing the water and building the audience with consistent, short ended experiences What matters more than anything else for an entrepreneurs online success? A: Engaging in community conversation through their blog, social media channels, and in person opportunities. Too often there is no cross connecting conversations that draw the depth of the experience out... For more information or to connect with Sweetie Berry log on to (http://shessothere.com) What is really necessary to succeed as a speaker, author, or entrepreneur.... The understanding that it is a business, not a blog, a website, a product, or a keynote speak, but a business that uses those tools to support the provision of services, consultations, experiences and exposures.