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Daniel Folk with Hundred Life Design and Darleen Santore with Performance Meets Purpose

November 8, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Daniel Folk with Hundred Life Design and Darleen Santore with Performance Meets Purpose

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Daniel Folk with Hundred Life Design and Darleen Santore with Performance Meets Purpose

Hundred Life Design is an online, video based coaching platform. They connect people with life, career, and wellness coaches. They also make finding, selecting, and working with a coach extremely easy, accessible, and affordable by putting you in control.

That means as a client, you can view the profiles of each coach, see what you’ll get and how much it will cost, book an appointment on the spot, and then connect with them via video through your smart phone, tablet, or computer.

Their coaches love working with Hundred for the huge degree of flexibility and autonomy they have in their work. And clients go to Hundred because of their cost effectiveness, ease of use, and most importantly, the results they get!

Daniel Folk is the founder and CEO of Hundred Life Design.

He holds an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon, has been a clinical researcher, behavioral interventionist, and an organizational development consultant for Mercedes-Benz Germany.

Based in the US, and Canadian by birth, Daniel has committed himself and his business to helping others achieve higher levels of personal control and satisfaction in life.

Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn and follow Hundred Life Design on Facebook and Instagram.

Performance Meets Purpose, LLC is a global consulting and coaching firm that helps leaders, professional athletes and entrepreneurs reach their highest level awakening their greatness and connecting them to purpose. Founder Coach Dar, leads leadership workshops and retreats, in addition to providing keynote speeches to companies around the world.

Darleen Santore, better known as “Coach Dar,” is a Licensed and Board-Certified Occupational Therapist, sought after motivational speaker, Mental Edge coach, and CEO & Founder of Performance Meets Purpose Consulting.

After suffering a stroke in her 20s, Coach Dar later on made a deal with God that she would begin again with a renewed spirit and faith, and that she would dedicate her life to helping people awaken their greatness and live out their purpose. And for the past 22 years, she has.

Known for her mental strength conditioning work with athletes in the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL she most recently worked as the mental conditioning and life coach for the Phoenix Suns. Her reach to pro-athletes significantly helps players up their game, overcome obstacles, gain a mental edge, get out of “slumps” and become better leaders on and off the court. “Lead with purpose”

Her coaching reaches far beyond the sports world, working with Fortune 100 executives, world leaders, artists, plus high school and college students. Coach Dar works to create a personalized game plan for life and leadership, providing motivation as well as tools to set her clients up for success and with a purpose driven mindset

Coach Dar is also the United States Ambassador for the Global Pay It Forward Day Initiative and is an Ambassador for the international lifestyle brand lululemon. In 2017 she was honored by the WNBA as with the Most Inspiring Women Award. She is also a founding member of WISH (Women in Service and Hope) in Phoenix, which is part of St. Vincent de Paul. And in 2018 was named Trailblazer in Phoenix in the Voyager Phoenix Women’s series known as “Trailblazers:Rewriting The Narrative”.

She has been published in various articles on mindset in sports and life, wellness, and living a life of meaning.

Her powerful messages have not only made her a highly in-demand team and individual coach, but also a highly in-demand keynote speaker who has motivated thousands of people on the corporate speaking circuit.

Recent keynote speeches include Path North, San Diego Padres, Phoenix Suns, Origami Owl, Charter Spectrum/Meridian Enterprises, Mobil Mini, Indiana Fever, lululemon, Integrating Women Leaders, Georgetown University School of Business, The Daniel Summit, Big Machine Records, Taylor Morrison, The Jon Gordon Power of Positive Summit, Christian Life Radio Event, and many more.

Coach Dar is also a path elemental leader and workshop facilitator for Laurie Beth Jones programs and as a Jon Gordon Speaker and trainer, both to advance leaders and teams with their mindset and communication styles.

Coach Dar has had appearances on the Today Show, Good Morning America, interviews on CBS sports radio, Fox Sports TV, Sirius XM NBA Radio, and many podcasts.

Connect with Coach Dar on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Our Guest Host

Along with being a Spartan racer, past animal trainer and magician’s assistant, Kindra Maple has experience working with diverse crowds of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds to support them with engagement opportunities.

Kindra is a dynamic and engaging community engagement specialist with 10+ years of proven excellence across senior leadership roles leading partnership development and community outreach and engagement.

As an ambassador of Phoenix Business Radio X she is able to continue supporting community engagement through connecting business professionals to others in the community.

THE DAY BEFORE MONDAY Author Pam Slim and GigLoft Co-founder Jeremy Chevallier

October 28, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

THE DAY BEFORE MONDAY Author Pam Slim and GigLoft Co-founder Jeremy Chevallier

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THE DAY BEFORE MONDAY Author Pam Slim and GigLoft Co-founder Jeremy Chevallier

Pamela Slim is an author, community builder, consultant and former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. She focused her first decade in business on creating and delivering training programs for large companies such as HP, Charles Schwab, 3Com, Chevron and Cisco Systems.

Since 2005, Pam has advised thousands of entrepreneurs as well as companies serving the small business market such as Infusionsoft, Progressive Insurance and Prezi. Pam partnered with author Susan Cain to build and launch the Quiet Revolution and the Quiet Leadership Institute.

Pam is best known for her book Escape from Cubicle Nation (named Best Small Business and Entrepreneur book of 2009 from 800 CEO Read) along with her follow up book Body of Work. Both were published by Penguin/Portfolio.

Connect with Pam on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

GigLoft Co-Founder Jeremy Chevallier is a graphic designer turned marketer, turned startup founder. Teacher at heart; eternal student of life. Lover of soccer, rock climbing, and meaningful relationships. Native French speaker (former teacher & tutor).

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

ABOUT THE DAY BEFORE MONDAY PODCAST

An encouraging and practical podcast giving you the tools to have a happier “work” experience. We tend to do our best work in a healthy environment with/for people we respect, and this podcast will help you to identify and navigate toward the more fulfilling work you crave.

ABOUT YOUR HOST, BRENDA M. CUNNINGHAM

A former engineer and project manager within corporate America, Brenda M. Cunningham now runs Push Career Management and helps super smart professionals get back to work, get positioned for promotions, and get paid what they’re worth.

She is the President of the Resume Writers’ Council of Arizona, served on the board of the National Resume Writers’ Association, and holds credentials in resume writing, career management, and job search strategy (CPRW, CCM, and CJSS).

Working with corporations to provide more personal outplacement services, Brenda has already made an impact for several companies in manufacturing, retail sales, R&D, and financial services facing reductions in force (layoffs).

An author, public speaker, career strategist, and unapologetic encourager…Brenda is on a mission to make sure no one is limited by boundaries in their own career. You can connect with Brenda at LinkedIn.com/BrendaMCunningham.

ABOUT OUR SHOW’S SPONSOR

Push Career Management, LLC, is a Career Transition firm that works with professionals who are ready for promotion or who are eager to get back into quality positions in the workforce. They provide corporate outplacement services, 1:1 portfolio development (resume, LinkedIn profile, cover letter, etc…), and job search/interview coaching.

Their clients get a huge surge of confidence after working with them. Their signature Discovery Process helps them to extract the things that make their clients marketable so they can demand and get paid what they’re worth…while accelerating their transitions. To find out more, visit pushcareermanagement.com and schedule a complimentary consultation or a more in-depth strategy session.

BEST OF HEALTH Jackie Wargo with Call Jackie and Krystal Naegle with Jubilee in the Desert

October 25, 2019 by Karen

Best Of Health

BEST OF HEALTH Jackie Wargo with Call Jackie and Krystal Naegle with Jubilee in the Desert

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BEST OF HEALTH Jackie Wargo with Call Jackie and Krystal Naegle with Jubilee in the Desert

“Call Jackie” is a Privately Owned, No Cost Referral and Consulting Service for Arizona Families Searching for The Right Assisted Living Communities, Senior Living Communities, Alzheimer’s & Memory Care, and Residential Group Homes for the elderly, both ambulatory and disabled.

Her services include:

Performing in-depth assessments to determine appropriate care needs.
Monitoring and screening of communities and homes to ensure they are providing quality care.
Providing information about current costs and services to help simplify the family’s selection.
Saving days of time by doing all of the legwork, extensive research, making numerous phone calls to narrow down the possible selection and then setting up appointments for on-site tours.

Jackie personally escorts you to tour the facilities. She doesn’t just hand you a list, like most agencies do.

Jackie Wargo has 14 years’ experience with helping families. Her background includes extensive medical knowledge and an education in Psychology.

One afternoon, she received a call from a local hospital, advising her that her mother, suffering from cancer, would need to go to a nursing home to live out her final days. Stunned, Jackie did not know where to start. She called a few friends and one said that she happened to own an assisted living home and Jackie’s mom would be welcome to stay there.

Mom moved the next day. On the second day she was there, the homeowner called to ask if their mobile geriatric doctor could take a look at Mom. “Of course” was the answer. The doctor looked at Mom’s medications and found that she was taking meds which collided with each other and he took her off most of her meds. Within two weeks, Mom was almost back to normal. Her cancer did finally take her 3 1/2 years later, but she lived a great life until then.

This was a wakeup call to Jackie and she decided on a career change. She left a successful career in television production to turn to helping families who are faced with the sudden need to find appropriate accommodations for an elderly loved one who can no longer live on their own. Her goal, each time, is to match the person in need with the perfect home for them.

Her ethics, her passion and her diligence has allowed Jackie to have a near perfect record of matching the elderly person in need to a place that they are happy to live in. Some have declared her to be “their special Angel” and others have said that they are now living in the best place they’ve ever lived. Jackie has shed a tear or two after reading some of the letters and phone calls that she has received.

Connect with Jackie on LinkedIn and follow Call Jackie on Facebook.

Jubilee in the Desert is a brand new elderly Assisted Living location for Jubilee Assisted Living who has had two locations in Weston, Florida for the past 25 years. They opened this new, beautiful,modern and warm, home-like location this summer in Glendale, Az.

This is their first home in Arizona. Two generations of women (mother Yvonne and Two daughters, Krystal and Jordan) own and operate the three locations with 35 years of experience. They invite you to check out the next forever home for your loved one who need just a little bit of help to a little more care.

Krystal Naegle is one of three women who run Jubilee. They have backgrounds in Nursing, Administration, management, Medical Equipment and Business making a great well rounded team of ladies who have grown up with a heart and passion for the elderly and serving others.

They love to bring a beautiful and fun environment to the residents promoting independence as long as possible and encouraging them both mentally and physically through games, nutrition and environment.

They include music therapy, pet therapy, arts and crafts, movement and rest. You are a member of the family at Jubilee and you will feel the warmth of the home and caregivers each time you visit!

Follow Jubilee in the Desert on Facebook and Instagram.

WHY BEST OF HEALTH?

I am a Physician Assistant who has been caring for patients for over 20 years and Family Practice (cradle to grave) is my specialty.

Following the footsteps of three generations of family practice physicians (my father, grandfather and great grandfather) this was a natural and genetic calling that I do not regret.

Given this, I have a unique perspective and it’s time to share that perspective through Ask the PA. As a health care provider, teacher, business owner, patient, and advocate for my family and friends throughout the years, it has been painfully apparent there are disconnects within the current state of health care in the US and throughout the world. It can be confusing and frankly very scary.

It is my goal though this series, Best of Health, to bring people together that are passionate about their roles in the business of health care… and yes, whether or not you want to hear that it’s a business, it is — and that’s the fact. I will introduce to you great, dedicated practitioners and people with a passion for getting the word out about their personal journeys and causes. I will provide information about navigating through a confusing system, asking the right questions and share ways for saving money and time along the way.

It’s time to create change by partnering, empowering, and focusing on the patient, their families and their providers of care. It’s time for you to take the driver’s seat rather than leave your health care solely in the hands of entities such as insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

Stay tuned. Here’s to your Best of Health.

~ Barb

ABOUT BARB

Barb is a Physician Assistant (PA) and a primary care provider with a passion for education and advocacy. Prior to becoming a Physician Assistant (PA), Barb was an accomplished musician and teacher. In 1992, Barb made the conscious decision to leave teaching and her musical career in pursuit of a career in medicine. She graduated from AT Still University’s first PA class in 1997 with a Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.

Barb has spent several years working in clinics and family practices. Currently, Barb works for Premise Health at Insight Enterprises in Tempe, AZ as a solo practitioner providing primary care to employees and families on campus. She was also a partner in Renaissance Medical Group and Renaissance Medical Properties in Chandler and Maricopa, AZ and had a dual role of Chief Operations Officer and practicing PA for 14 years.

Along with being a PA, Barb is the author of the book Surviving the “Business” of Healthcare, Knowledge is Power! She is a certified Medical Professional Legal Consultant and Patient Advocate, speaker and influencer for change in healthcare for the patient, provider and family members. Barb is also certified by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants and is an active member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

In her spare time, she loves to travel, maintaining an active lifestyle that includes running, biking, swimming. She loves to spend time outdoors with her family and friends, whether it’s walking on the beach or hiking in the desert.

For more information about Ask the PA and to connect with Barb:

Askthepa.com

Facebook: Ask the PA

LinkedIn: Barb Regis, M.S.,PA-C

Kim Tarnopolski with 100+ Women Who Care and Paula Boca-Bommarito with CopperPoint E27

October 24, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Kim Tarnopolski with 100+ Women Who Care and Paula Boca-Bommarito with CopperPoint E27

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Kim Tarnopolski with 100+ Women Who Care and Paula Boca-Bommarito with CopperPoint E27

100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun is an Arizona giving circle of women who love to GIVE. The Valley of the Sun chapter and its giving circles are run by an Executive Committee of big-hearted volunteers along with the assistance of some very generous sponsors. 100% of their members’ donations go directly to the local charities selected at their quarterly giving circles. The goal of the group is to support the wonderful work that their local charities do in funds, exposure and awareness in a minimal amount of time.

A Big Impact

100+ women x $100 = $10,000+ for a local charity in 1 hour – 4 times per year (quarterly). They currently have three (3) groups meeting throughout the Phoenix metro area – Ahwatukee, Scottsdale and East Valley. Their members come from all over the Phoenix metro area to participate. Their goal as a chapter is to donate $500,000 in five (5) years to local nonprofit organizations. To date, they have donated over $440,000.

Kim Tarnopolski is the Chief Community Builder and driving force behind 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun. Kim is a community steward who has made a Valleywide impact to better the lives and opportunities for others. She is selfless in giving to the causes she believes in and she’ll take a stand for those who cannot. She donates with her energy, her talent, her dollars and her time.

Kim started her career in corporate America before moving into entrepreneurship to run her own business – a human resources consulting firm. The two decades of business experience gave her the opportunity to hone her skills in communication, performance and business management, facilitation, coaching, conflict management and event planning.

Connect with Kim on LinkedIn and follow 100+Women Who Care Valley of the Sun on Facebook.

Founded in 1925, CopperPoint Insurance Companies is a leading provider of workers’ compensation and commercial insurance. Our Mission is to protect and empower the conscientious business owner.

Headquartered in Phoenix, CopperPoint and its leaders have been an integral part of Arizona’s business community for many years. Our Vision is to be a top-tier regional commercial insurance company and the preferred partner for business owners, agents and brokers in every local community we serve.

With an expanded line of insurance products and a growing six-state footprint in the western U.S., CopperPoint embodies stability and sustainability for policyholders in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.

CopperPoint’s financial strength allows the company to make a significant impact as an insurance provider, an employer and a good corporate citizen:

$4 billion in assets with no debt
$1.5 billion policyholder surplus
$413 million in premium • 13,000 policyholders
A-(Excellent) A.M. Best rating

Being a community partner means more than providing the highest quality of service to their customers. It also means taking ownership of the role they can play in improving their communities. Through employee volunteerism, board service, corporate matching and sponsorships, they work together to invest in and support the diverse, local communities where their customers and employees live and work.

Paula Boca-Bommarito joined CopperPoint in July 2019 as AVP of Enterprise Brand and Community Strategy. She is responsible for managing CopperPoint’s community impact in the company’s growing western regional footprint. She oversees employee engagement efforts, volunteering, and sponsorships for the CopperPoint Family of Companies.

Most recently, Paula served as the Executive Director of the Arizona Chapter of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) where she managed the growth of the nonprofit into one of the top 25 JDRF Chapters in the nation. She has strong relationships with non-profits and businesses throughout the Greater Phoenix area and with national and local leaders.

Paula holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Loyola Marymount University and a Master’s degree in Leadership Development from Arizona State University.

Follow CopperPoint on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About 3C Amplified

3C Amplified puts the spotlight on change makers in our communities. Listen in as we share how businesses, nonprofits and community minded individuals are connecting, creating and collaborating to amplify their impact and create positive change in the world.

Want to be part of the conversation? Join us in The 3C Community! Our members create together a collection of stories, experiences, and practical ideas for taking action and implementing change through collaboration and community partnerships between individuals, businesses and nonprofits.

About Jacqueline Destremps

Jacqueline Destremps is a creative marketing strategist and founded Another Hand Advantage, LLC in 2014 to help community minded small business owners and nonprofit professionals move forward more confidently with their marketing strategy. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Psychology, she has spent her professional career working in both the nonprofit and for-profit sector.

She now enjoys being self-employed and the flexibility it provides to allow more time to volunteer, serve on nonprofit boards, choose pro-bono projects, run 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun (which she co-founded in 2014) and travel the world. Jacqueline believes in creating connections between businesses and nonprofits in the community to stimulate growth and collaboration.

Follow AHA on Instagram and Facebook.

Dennis Legere with Arizona Homeowners Coalition and Special Guest Host Susan Henriksen with Life Made to Order

October 24, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Dennis Legere with Arizona Homeowners Coalition and Special Guest Host Susan Henriksen with Life Made to Order

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Dennis Legere with Arizona Homeowners Coalition and Special Guest Host Susan Henriksen with Life Made to Order

The Arizona Homeowners Coalition is collection volunteers from across the state working to help the 3.5 million homeownes living in common interest communities understand their rights and obligations under the law. c

They work to teach both homeowners and community board members not what they can or cannot do but rather what they should to to promote a happy and healthy community. They also seek to advocate for these homeowners with the state legislature and with the Governor’s office but not only preparing and proposing legislation to preserve and protect homeowner’s rights but also provide the legislators the perspective of these homeowner on other bills being considered in every session.

The Coalition does not seek government intervention into the business or government oversight for these communities or the companies that manage them, but rather they seek to provide the protections afforded every homeowner under well established Property Servitude Common law to preserve their constitutional, contract and property rights while living in these Common Interest Communities.

Dennis Legere is a retired Corporate Director from a fortune 500 Company responsible for the planning,scheduling and and coordination of all work and testing for a fleet of 12 Nuclear power plants. He retired in 2008 after 32 years in the Nuclear industry, and consulted for the Nuclear industry for 4 more years.

Dennis was the primary author for the standard for work management for the entire Domestic Nuclear Industry as well as the world wide industry, that remains in effect today.

He is married and has 4 children and 7 grandchildren. His favorite pastimes are hiking and playing tennis, and spending as much time with his grand children as he can.

Follow Arizona Homeowners Coalition on Facebook.

With a commitment to educating Middle Americans about market alternatives, Life Made to Order Financial Phoenix prides themselves on helping their clients make sound financial decisions. They will tailor a plan around the clients’ specific goals to create the peace of mind that their clients deserve.

Susan Henriksen and her husband, Wesley, have owned Rainbow Packaging since 1992. With their extensive background in business ownership, Sue and Wesley enjoy spreading the word about how Life Made to Order Phoenix educational classes can impact clients financial future.

Her first impression of the educational workshops were “Where were you 30 years ago when I needed you? Sue’s advice to clients is don’t wait! Today, she loves helping clients preserve their financial future and mentor others who would like to join their team.

Connect with Susan on LinkedIn.

AZ BRANDCAST Stephen Shadegg with Americans for Prosperity

October 24, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

AZ BRANDCAST Stephen Shadegg with Americans for Prosperity

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AZ BRANDCAST Stephen Shadegg with Americans for Prosperity

Stephen Shadegg, from Americans for Prosperity talks with us about Arizona’s history and how freedom can help us t0 flourish as a state and act as an example to the rest of the country and the world.

Through broad-based grassroots outreach, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is driving long-term solutions to the country’s biggest problems.

AFP activists engage friends and neighbors on key issues and encourage them to take an active role in building a culture of mutual benefit, where people succeed by helping one another.

We recruit and unite concerned citizens in 35 states to advance policies that will help people improve their lives.

Stephen Shadegg is the State Director for the Arizona Chapter of Americans for Prosperity. Stephen is a third generation Arizona native who has a passion for politics, especially Arizona politics.

Stephen has substantial experience working on and managing both U.S. House and Senate campaigns.

In 2016, he served as Senator John McCain’s Deputy Campaign Manager before moving to Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office as the Director of Outreach.

Most recently, Stephen managed Martha McSally’s campaign for U.S. Senate in 2018. Stephen is the son of former Congressmen John Shadegg and the grandson of Stephen C. Shadegg who managed campaigns for Berry Goldwater and grew up working on his father’s eight successful congressional campaigns.

In his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife Stacey, family, and friends, boating and offshore fishing.

Follow AFP on Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT AZ BRANDCAST

Branding isn’t just for companies. In fact, Arizona is its own brand. Every month, Mike Jones and Chris Stadler tap into Arizona’s rich community of thought leaders and business owners to find out how the state is developing that brand. Join them as they interview business and thought leaders from in and around Arizona about higher purpose in their companies and Arizona’s development as a brand. AZ Brandcast is powered by Conscious Capitalism AZ and Resound Creative.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

It’s Mike Jones‘ mission to see brands grow and succeed – to reach their full potential. He believes every brand, like every person, has DNA that’s remarkable, but not every brand knows how to act like it (and communicate it to the world). It’s not about what’s trendy, whatever consumers are demanding, or whatever will turn the fastest profit. It’s about the long game – building real relationships with your customers and your community.

Chris Stadler likes to see great plans executed. In a world looking for magic formulas, his stoic outlook tends to point people back to doing the basics really well. Accountability and measurement are his tools. In the past, Chris served as the staff copywriter for a large credit union, UX/human factors researcher at the University of Iowa and full-time teaching faculty, teaching design, copy and strategy at the University of Oregon.

E40 Laura Burford with LAD Enterprizes and ASU Professor Andrew Maynard

October 21, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E40 Laura Burford with LAD Enterprizes and ASU Professor Andrew Maynard

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E40 Laura Burford with LAD Enterprizes and ASU Professor Andrew Maynard

How comfortable are you working with and managing risks? What tools and techniques do you use for managing risks on your projects as well as personally with your own career? How did PMI do with managing the risk of rolling our the new PMI logo?

Listen to hear Laura Burford and Andrew Maynard discuss risk management, innovation and entrepreneurship. Laura was a speaker at the recent 50th Anniversary PMI Global Conference. With all the buzz of the new PMI logo we heard from Laura how the rollout was received at the conference. Laura also shares her story and evolution from corporate employee to independent consultant and how she is now using those experiences to help others seeking to branch out on their own.

Andrew, as an Academic, Scientist and Author, enjoys breaking boundaries and examining risk specifically with social movements and personal attitudes. He is the Director of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab and shares how they are taking an innovation mindset and applying that to risk. Andrew and Laura also share how story-telling has become an important tool they use as authors and within their careers.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher or your favorite podcast platform!

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO, PMO as a Service, and all their project management services.

As the founder of LAD Enterprizes and Laura’s Consulting Guide, Laura Burford leverages over thirty years of management consulting expertise and experience to help the independent business professionals grow their consulting businesses.

She does this by following her proprietary approach, The Consultancy Model©, a model that starts by clarifying a person’s focus enabling them to engage with and build relationships with the right clients. The model is supported by her signature system, the Consultant’s Jumpstart Blueprint©, and on-line courses found at “Laura’s Consulting Guide.”

Prior to starting her own business, Laura was recruited to start-up an international consulting operation, worked 10 years for two then different “Big 4” consulting organizations, Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse, and worked with or consulted to multiple Fortune 50 companies.

She has provided advice to profit and non-profit organizations leading large multi-million-dollar initiatives, established consulting organizations, and built project management offices. When she started her own practice, Laura decided to focus on smaller businesses and operations. In addition to providing seminars, she is a speaker, writer, and the author of Project Management for Flat Organizations, a 2013 Small Business Book Awards winner.

Connect with Laura on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

The Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) is at the vanguard of ASU’s commitment to linking innovation to public value, as it pursues a vision of responsible innovation that anticipates challenges and opportunities, integrates diverse knowledge and perspectives, and engages broad audiences.

As part of SFIS, The Risk Innovation Nexus supports successful innovation through helping entrepreneurs and others navigate an increasingly complex land convolutes landscape between good ideas and their successful realization.

Andrew Maynard is a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Director of the ASU Risk Innovation Lab, and head of the ASU Risk Innovation Nexus–an initiative focused on helping businesses and others achieve success through developing a risk innovation mindset.

As well as serving as vice-chair on the ILSI North America Board of Trustees, he is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, and a contributor to the World Economic Forum’s annual list of top ten emerging technologies.

Andrew’s work focuses on socially responsible and ethical technology innovation. His latest book is Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.

Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn and Twitter.

ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Tom Eckert with Goodyear PD Dioly Alexandre with Blackshields Cyber and Kenyatta Turner with LegalShield E2

October 21, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Tom Eckert with Goodyear PD Dioly Alexandre with Blackshields Cyber and Kenyatta Turner with LegalShield E2

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Tom Eckert with Goodyear PD Dioly Alexandre with Blackshields Cyber and Kenyatta Turner with LegalShield E2

In episode 2 of our Credit Reporting Series you learn all about the interesting and terrifying world of Identity Theft.

Identity Theft covered a lot of ground. What is Identity Theft? Lingo – from Hackers to Crackers & Skimmers to Data Breaches High risk Identity Theft targets The real cost of Identity Theft Story Time! Our most memorable Identity Theft Tales Hot Topics: Credit Freeze v. Credit Lock, Equifax Data Breach = #EquifaxSucks, IdentityTheft.Gov is not the best aka use IDShield by LegalShield, and Identity Theft Rings near you. What you can do to protect yourself from the inevitable.

Detective Tom Eckert has a B.S. in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration. He began his career in Glendale, AZ (Glendale PD) for 4 years.

He lateralled to Goodyear Police Department and has worked there for 12 years. 16 years total in Law Enforcement. The last 4 years have been in Property Crimes and specifically Fraud and Identity Theft.

BlackShield was started in 2016 by Dioly Alexandre who, as a youth, developed an uncanny ability to navigate even the most secure computer systems and networks.

Dioly developed one of a kind methods to overcome security barriers, one of which predates much of modern technology.

Luckily, he decided to use these skills working with state and federal agencies to secure the nations most sensitive environments.

But his entrepreneurial spirit wouldn’t rest so he set out to build the premier cyber security company, BlackShield Cyber Inc.

Connect with Dioly on LinkedIn.

A trailblazer in the democratization of affordable access to legal protection, LegalShield is one of North America’s largest providers of online legal subscription plans covering more than 4.375 million people. Its IDShield identity theft solution for individuals and families has more than one million members.

LegalShield and IDShield serve more than 141,000 businesses. In addition, 34,000 companies offer LegalShield and IDShield plans to their employees as a voluntary benefit. Both legal and identity theft plans start for less than $25 per month.

Kenyatta Turner is a LegalShield Independent Associate, Executive Director, Business Solutions Field Trainer. She owns Freedom Empire Consulting, LLC, providing behavioral coaching, consulting, and motivational education for teens, young adults, and professionals.

Kenyatta is also an avid networker who hosts two unique events for small business owners: One More Customer Webcast and Networking w/ Fran Tarkenton and #LinkedInLocalEastValleyPHX.

Connect with Kenyatta on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About This Show

Lawgitimate and its awesome guests highlight everyday financial topics including credit scores, debt management, small business, and real estate.

Lawgitimate’s goal is to raise awareness and provide the full perspective, including the legal lens attorneys use to address these complicated and fun topics.

About Your Host

Rochelle Poulton is an attorney and owner of AZCLG. Rochelle has been helping people with Credit and Debt issues since 2012, owns several small businesses, and has nearly 20 years of real estate experience.

Rochelle created Lawgitimate to bring in a network of awesome people to raise awareness and educate people about the litany of legal issues she faces everyday at AZCLG.

About AZCLG

The Arizona Credit Law Group, PLLC aka AZCLG is a consumer rights law firm in Tempe, AZ helping people with Credit Repair, Debt Settlement, and Bankruptcy.

We are small but mighty and love helping people get back on track financially. Learn more about us at azclg.com.

Laurel Petsas with Maggie’s Place Debi Nielson with 88.7 The Pulse and Gwen Gustafson with Arizona Fun Services E1

October 21, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Laurel Petsas with Maggie's Place Debi Nielson with 88.7 The Pulse and Gwen Gustafson with Arizona Fun Services E1

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Laurel Petsas with Maggie’s Place Debi Nielson with 88.7 The Pulse and Gwen Gustafson with Arizona Fun Services E1

On this Collaborative Connections show, we discuss the need for supporting local businesses and working together to build a stronger community. Tune in to learn more about supporting Maggie’s Place, a local non-profit for pregnant women and their children, or if you want to shop at a locally-owned Costume and Party store, Arizona Fun Services, or if you want to grow your business on the radio with The Pulse 88.7 while supporting high-school students.

Maggie’s Place opened in 2000 with a single home when five recent college graduates saw a need. Today, Maggie’s Place provides life-changing programs and services for pregnant and parenting women and their children by offering a warm and welcoming community, a safe place to live and learn, and on-going services to help them become self-sufficient.

Maggie’s Place:

• Targets the most vulnerable population: women experiencing poverty and their fragile infants and children.

• Enhances protection and nurturing of children by building, maintaining and constantly improving a network of family support services.

• Has found powerful ways to help families build resiliency, stay together and change their lives.

• Utilizes prevention and intervention programs that have a greater impact on families.

• Provides trauma sensitive services based on meeting clients where they are, creating services based on what families ask for, and building trust.

Laurel Petsas has spent the last 5 years with Maggie’s Place.

She is the Marketing and Stewardship Director who works to end homelessness and strengthen families through building relationships within the community and sharing the impact the support brings to the mother and their families.

Laurel is a graduate of the University of Arizona, where she received an undergraduate degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing.

Dedication to the community and the not-for-profit sector are an important part of Laurel’s life. She is a program graduate of the Association of Fundraising Professional’s Mentoring Program and has served as a committee and board member of the Greater Arizona Chapter.

Follow Maggie’s Place on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

88.7 The Pulse & 90.7 Neon are student & staff run radio stations located on the 65 acre campus of the East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa, AZ.

Debi Nielson is a 30+ year radio and marketing veteran. Her radio career has taken her to legendary stations across the country including 99.9 KEZ/Phoenix, KEGL “The Eagle”/Dallas and Greater Media/Washington, D.C.

Returning to her hometown of Phoenix in 1996, Debi reunited with the place of her first radio station, 99.9 KEZ then moved on to 100.7 KSLX. After leaving “corporate” radio in 2018, Debi enthusiastically accepted a position as Sales & Marketing Manager at non-commercial 88.7 The Pulse & 90.7 Neon where she offers local businesses the opportunity to market themselves to Valley consumers while supporting the students in the Radio & Audio Production department and our next generation of leaders at the East Valley Institute of Technology.

Connect with Debi on LinkedIn.

Arizona Fun Services is a year round locally owned party, costume and event rental Shop. They rent and sell costumes. They sell costume accessories, wigs, hats, masks and theatrical makeup. They rent booths & games, cotton candy, sno-cone, popcorn, and frozen drink machines.

They rent inflatables, dunk tanks, hi-striker, bingo cages, raffle drums, & spinning wheels. They do full-service carnivals, company picnics, casino parties, church festivals, and private back-yard parties or you can rent individual items and pick them up.

They have a back room full of prizes you can use for giveaways, loot bags or incentives in your classroom.

Fun Services is the originator of the Santa’s Secret Shop/Holiday Gift Shop program, the in-school shopping program for elementary schools during the holiday season.

Gwen Gustafson has been at Arizona Fun Services for 33 years. Gwen moved to Arizona with her parents in 1986 to help them run the business. Gwen took over the business with her business partner Tariq Chaney in 2010. Gwen is an active member in the Tempe Chamber of Commerce and LocalFirst Arizona.

Follow Arizona Fun Services on Facebook and Instagram.

About the Show

Kelly Lorenzen started the “Collaborative Connections” show to bring her clients and favorite charities together to meet each other, connect and collaborate in life and business. She hopes to build a stronger community one show at a time.

About Our Sponsor

KLM Consulting is a business concierge and project management firm. They help small business owners and non-profits build, brand and brag about their businesses.

About Your Host

Kelly Lorenzen, CEO of KLM Consulting, is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 15 years of business-ownership experience. She is also a certified project management professional.