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tech-girls · 1 year ago

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Spotlight: Brooke Blankenship and Avery Bruen

Each month we spotlight a woman or girl in tech who inspires us. This month we are highlighting two young women, Brooke Blankenship and Avery Bruen, who recently presented at Charlottesville Entrepreneurs and Espresso (CE2) about their work as interns with an early stage startup, C.A.R.E. Lab. They are rising seniors at Albemarle High School. In addition, Avery is the co-founder and Brooke is the vice president of EmpowerHer, an organization dedicated to creating menstrual equality for public schools in Central Virginia. At CE2, they shared about a pilot workshop that C.A.R.E. Lab is launching for high school students this summer to nurture future leaders as they explore the conscious, accountable, regenerative, and equitable principles.

How do you work with technology today? At the C.A.R.E. Lab, we work with Humanized Generative AI technologies to tackle various complex challenges. Our role involves collaborating on projects that aim to develop smart and sustainable solutions for real-world problems. We utilize AI for data analysis, predictive modeling, and to enhance efficiency and productivity. By integrating AI with the principles of C.A.R.E., we strive to create impactful and equitable outcomes that can benefit our community and beyond.

What drives your interest in technology? Our interest in technology is driven by its transformative potential. We are fascinated by how technology, especially AI, can be used to solve complex problems and improve lives. The ability to innovate and create sustainable solutions that address global challenges inspires us. Additionally, the dynamic nature of the tech field, with its continuous advancements and opportunities for learning, keeps us motivated and eager to contribute to its growth. Through our work at the CARE Lab, we have seen firsthand how technology can make a difference, and this fuels our passion to explore and innovate further.

What do you remember about your first coding experience? Brooke: I vividly remember my first coding experience during a summer tech camp where we were introduced to Scratch. Creating an interactive story with animations and sound effects was incredibly fun and rewarding. It was fascinating to see my ideas come to life through coding, and this experience ignited my curiosity about how technology works and what more I could create with it.

Avery: My journey into technology began in middle school with an introduction to Scratch, MIT’s visual programming language. The user-friendly interface made it easy to create interactive projects, sparking an interest in coding. Later, I explored QuickBase, a low-code application development platform, which provided more advanced, practical experience. These early encounters with Scratch and QuickBase laid the groundwork for my growing interest and skills in technology.

What was your pathway to working in/studying technology? Our path to technology is shaped by a combination of academic pursuits, leadership roles, and a strong passion for student empowerment. Technology must integrate 360 degree thinking in both design and implementation. Values and ethics cannot be an add on but must guide the design process.

Why is it important to see more girls and women studying and working in technology? Having visible female role models in technology inspires and motivates young girls to pursue careers in this field. It helps break down stereotypes and shows that success in technology is achievable for everyone, regardless of gender.

Who inspires you to pursue your passion? Both of us are inspired by the mentors and teachers who have guided us on our tech journey. Their support, encouragement, and belief in our potential have been invaluable. They demonstrate the importance of mentorship and the powerful role it plays in shaping future leaders in technology.

What most excites you about the future of technology? We are most excited about the potential of technology to drive sustainable and equitable progress across the globe. The rapid advancements in AI, renewable energy, and biotechnology promise to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time, from climate change to healthcare accessibility.

What advice would you give to your younger self? In a world that often pushes conformity, remember to stay authentic. Your unique perspective and talents are valuable - it’s diversity that drives innovation. Trust in your abilities and be confident in the path you choose, even if it's unconventional. Be responsible for the impact of technology on others and the planet!

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coochiequeens · 4 years ago

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As a trans woman, Jess Montgomery said part of the reason she joined Girls Rock Philly was because the nonprofit’s name highlighted it as a space for girls and women.

“It was the first place I saw that was a music camp not for cis-men, and I thought that was cool,” Montgomery, 29, added.

But Montgomery and other community members agree it’s time for the organization to find a name that better encompasses what GRP has become.

As you’re here, you realize you need something a little more inclusive because it’s not just ladies,” Montgomery said.

GRP promotes advocacy, self-empowerment and community building through music programming and offers a safe space for both women and girls, as well as trans and gender-expansive youth and adults.

Throughout the spring and summer, GRP will be holding events and facilitating discussions to decide on a new name. The initiative is part of the nonprofit’s strategic planning, and the goal is to find a name that better represents all the people who participate in GRP while still highlighting the organization’s gender justice focus.

“We always were an organization that’s dedicated to people of marginalized genders,” said Candy Johnson, operations director. “We were never gender or trans exclusive, it’s just a matter of, now we’re ready to say, ‘We don’t want there to be any ambiguity. We need this to be super clear.’”

In May, GRP held its first events to discuss the name change. In both an adult and youth town hall, participants discussed their relationship with GRP, reflected on how to improve the organization and explored what the name change process will look like.

There was no other way, except to be in dialogue with the wants, the needs, the dreams of our community and also how our name can really call that into being,” Codirector Sam Rise said.

“From anyone else, I would expect they talk behind closed doors and find the least offensive name possible, but that’s not GRP,” Montgomery said. “GRP is always a space for the community.”

And community members will have many opportunities to have their voices heard throughout GRP’s summer programming.

Youth ages 9 to 19 can create digital music in the Summer Soundtrap Program, which runs from June 29 to July 15. And community members of all ages can join C.A.R.E. Labvirtual workshops on July 15 and 16, as well as an in-person Rock Camp Reunion on July 17. The summer’s programming theme is “transitions,” and so the name change and strategic planning will be a thread throughout all events.

In addition, there will also be focus groups held specifically to discuss the name change and potential options for a new name.

To guide the organization through this process, GRP enlisted help from outside of the organization with three facilitators and “transition doulas,” consisting of academics and organizers.

“Staff knows that we hold a lot of power in the organization, and this is too meaningful and too important of a conversation to have our power in any way taint the conversation or stifle it,” Codirector Mel Hsu said.

Hsu said other strategic planning topics include: refining the organization’s codirector leadership model, increasing outside partnerships and examining whether to move GRP’s headquarters. But its new name will be the most visible change to the organization.

GRP is a member of Girls Rock Camp Alliance, an international movement of music organizations, which is also changing its name to be more equitable. Other music camps across North America have similarly moved toward less gendered names, including YAAL Rock!, Rock Camp Montreal and Carolina Youth Action Project.

GRP codirectors reached out to these organizations to get advice as they began their own transition process, which will ideally result in a new name for the organization sometime in fall 2021. However, the codirectors said they have no strict timeline for the process and want to allow for as much time as is needed.

”Even by the time we come up with a name I imagine and I know that gender will have already evolved,” Hsu said.

The codirectors hope a new name will better represent the current state of GRP and put its gender justice theory into practice by centering trans and gender-expansive identities.

“For some organizations, a name change might be an indication of a change they want to make internally,” Hsu said, “but I think this name change is just actually a step that’s catching up to changes we’ve already been making for the past few years.”

For example, in 2017 GRP changed its Ladies Rock Camp to Adult Rock Camp.

Rise said the name Girls Rock Philly initially emerged out of the “Riot Grrrl” feminist movement of the 1990s in which women were claiming more space within the punk music scene. A new name would carry on a similar spirit.

“This incorporation of trans inclusivity is actually just a natural articulation of that sort of liberatory future that the initial organizers envisioned,” Rise said.

“If we’re really talking about gender justice, then we have to be talking about trans liberation as well as women’s liberation, that trans women are women, that trans men are men, that transness which can’t be divided into a binary is still valid, and that all of us deserve to be believed when we tell you who we are,” Rise added.

Mariyah Amerson, 21, has been part of GRP for more than a decade and now sits on the nonprofit’s board. Amerson said they have learned a lot about intersectionality from GRP and came to understand their own gender identity as a result.

“I haven’t felt connected to the ‘Girls’ part of ‘Girls Rock Philly’ for the majority of the time I’ve been involved,” they added, explaining they support the name change.

But the name change will still be bittersweet.

“I have so many GRP T-shirts that are like, ‘Girls Rock Philly,’ and so it’s going to be weird to have one that says something completely different,” they said.

Rise said GRP has continued to be a space for youth to explore gender identity. It was GRP’s Youth Action Council that formalized the request for a new name during a workshop in 2020.

“This observation from participants became a mandate,” Rise said.

“We’ve seen the numbers of young people who identify as gender-expansive or nonbinary increasing, and I think a lot of that has maybe something to do with our work and GRP feeling like a safe space,” they added.

For youth participants Jadyn Henderson,16, and Grace Sanger-Johnson, 20, GRP is like a second home.

“I can be who I want to be there without being judged,” Henderson said. “We also talk about important things like mental health and also acceptance and finding yourself.”

“There are people there who I know will support me and cheer me on no matter what,” Sanger-Johnson added.

Both Henderson and Sanger-Johnson attended the youth town hall this month and are excited about GRP’s new name. They agree that change is needed.

“I am so glad it’s happening,” Sanger-Johnson said. “I know the organization has been talking about it for years, and I’m really excited that GRP’s name will hopefully reflect the broader mission that it has, beyond just girls or beyond just rock music.”

A man joined an organization names Girls Rock Philly and now the name is changing to reflect inclusivity. One less space for girls to training and experiences without men dominating the spaces.

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bryanpaulo · 2 years ago

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Hi everyone, gotta tell you what my experiences during practical research 1, cause I know you'll going to love it. So as I entered the part life that no one could identify except to me, I first thought of this subject "is this hard?, Could I make it as a leader?." But that's not really the thing, I prayed that " I hope that I my groupmates will be cooperative", luckily they were. So my groupmates and started our first work at the place of Jaspher Abrigo. They have the complete set of appliances we need. Together with them we tried to make a research, at first it was really hard, especially on the introduction, because we were using C.A.R.S model. So the greatest thing or memories that happend to me because of this Subject, I was able to bond with my bro and sis. That's all my dear reader, see you on my next post.

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clarencenicholsonata · 5 years ago

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6 Actionable Steps to Reduce Customer Churn on Your Ecommerce Site

The ecommerce industry is highly competitive. Anyone with a few thousand dollars to spare can start a dropshipping business, and many do. This drives up the price of advertising online and makes the cost per acquisition for each new lead rather high.

But even if the cost of acquiring a new client in your niche is higher than the first purchase they make, it’s not a big deal. The real value of each customer is not their first purchase, but their LTV, or lifetime value.

Put simply, if it costs you $100 in marketing fees to get a new client, but over the course of three years that this client stays with you, you earn $1000, it’s a net profit.

The problems begin when customers leave before expected, leaving you with little to no return on revenue. If customer churn in your business is higher than average, it could have serious consequences for your bottom line.

Want to learn more about customer churn and how to make existing customers stay longer with you? Hop on to this ten-minute read, and you’ll learn just that.

What is customer churn and why should you care?

While your ecommerce store is doing fine, it can be easy to disregard improving customer churn. After all, why would you spend time and energy on the 10% of customers who leave if you can always get new leads from ongoing marketing campaigns?

As it’s evident in 2020, you can never know when the next stock market crash occurs and sends the economy in a downward spiral. This is probably the best time to have a loyal customer base.

But even if we forget about the state of the global economy in 2020, reducing customer churn is still a worthy business goal. It’s an essential part of conversion optimization that can help you reduce marketing spending and increase customer LTV. And that’s always a good thing.

Besides, high customer churn may indicate that you have a problem with your business that you don’t address. If you figure out what this problem is in the process of reducing customer churn and improve it, the long term benefits will extend far beyond the scope of conversion optimization alone.

With that in mind, here’s how to reduce customer churn.

1. Analyze the Reasons for Customer Churn

There are a lot of tips that may help you improve customer churn. There’s just one tip that will give you a sense of direction in what you’re doing. You need to understand the reason people leave to make sure you’re fixing the right issues.

This is a huge issue because, for the most part, you won’t know why a person left. You’ll just see a percentage of how many people left your company.

According to research by Esteban Kolsky, only 1 in 26 unhappy customers will actually leave a bad review. The other 25 will silently choose your competitor.

Since one person is bound to leave a bad review when they leave, you can start studying your failures from there.

Start by Analyzing Customer Feedback

You don’t need to guess what people think about you. You can gather all the information you need by looking up reviews online. Form a list of review websites in your industry and look for customer feedback. If that doesn’t help, check your Facebook page for reviews or just google “your company review” and look for user reviews.

You don’t want to focus on the positive reviews, though. Pay close attention to negative feedback on all platforms and analyze it. Doing a Twitter audit to see what people write about you helps as well.

If some of your former patrons were generous enough to go in-depth on what they didn’t like about the company, it’s great for you. Despite some bad publicity, you can learn what you should improve upon. This negative review of HubSpot on TrustRadius is a great example of a disgruntled yet fair customer.

A one-time complaint may not be a cue to action. If you’re seeing multiple people saying that your software lacks this one feature or your customer support takes too long to answer, you know what to do.

Ask Your Customers for Feedback Directly

Now that you’ve seen what one out of 26 people who leave have to say, let’s try to understand why the other 25 left. The easiest way to do this is to ask for feedback when they’re leaving.

If in your business model leaving means canceling an account, ask them what led them to cancel when they do that. You can handle this with a pop-up survey on the cancellation screen or by having your support team ask them this question when managing a cancelation ticket.

If churning customers in your niche just never come back, target those who haven’t bought from you for a long time with a survey email marketing campaign. You can try to bring them back while you’re at it. You’ll learn how to do that later in the article.

Interviews customers

Do you run a B2B company that has few high-paying clients? You’re in the best position to ask for feedback! Either you or a sales representative must have a relationship with the client that is about to leave or have left already. Just reach out to them and ask for honest feedback.

For most other businesses, this can prove to be too hard. But if you can manage to get some of the former clients on a phone call and ask them why exactly they left, it would be amazing.

A first-hand account of what happened and why they chose your competitors is just what you need to understand what aspect of your business you need to improve. Make sure you’re listening to their criticism, not antagonizing them, though.

Measure customer satisfaction

The last point on learning more about why customers leave your business is more about prevention than post-churn analysis. Run customer satisfaction surveys that include at least a CSAT (customer satisfaction score) and NPS (net promoter score).

Running these surveys is relatively easy to handle. Get yourself a survey software and run quick pop-up surveys like this one from Hotjar.

If you don’t have the budget for the software, you can just create a Google Form and send it via email or any other engagement channel. The most basic CSAT survey is a question like “How happy are you with our service” on the scale of one to ten. The NPS is a question like “How likely are you to recommend our service to friends” on the same scale.

Make sure to include an open question asking for a comment in case the person doesn’t like the service. Some people will skip it, but you’re still going to receive some advanced feedback.

Now that you’re equipped to understand why customers churn, let’s look at some common problems and common solutions to them.

2. Make Your Onboarding Process Intuitive

This is an extremely useful tip for XaaS companies. Free trials are essential for growing the customer base, and as you may already know, many people never return after a trial. According to Stripe’s Patrick McKenzie, 60% is a conversion rate of trials requiring a credit card that you should strive for. If your numbers are below that, you have room for improvement.

Does the number of people who never return after a trial include some who genuinely didn’t like your product’s features or found a similar product for a more competitive price? Sure. But it also includes people who struggled with using your product.

Create a customer journey map for your onboarding flow, look for weaknesses, and make sure you reach all of your customers. For instance, HBR showed that providing a tutorial at an early stage can reduce churn by 6%.

If you need a working template, steal this roadmap from Intercom that they’ve dabbed C.A.R.E.

3. Re-engage Customer are at Risk of Churning

If your client shows signs that suggest they may leave soon, you need to act before they do so. What tactics you’re going to use depends on what type of business you run. The general premise stays the same in any industry. Find people with high churn potential and target them.

If a customer stops visiting your website or app, try to engage them via a channel that they tend to respond to most. Reach out to them if they haven’t made a purchase in quite a while. Automated email triggers are amazing for this. Give them a great deal on a product or introduce something new, and they may come back to make another purchase.

Now, what if a customer stops responding to your engagement channel? There’s no point in bombarding them with emails if they just don’t open them. This is why you need more than one channel of engagement.

Try to find a channel your customer responds to. SMS marketing, social media, and push notifications in the app are great channels to start with. If they don’t respond to any of those, try including this customer in a retargeting ad campaign.

Make sure you set a limit on how much you interact with a customer before it’s time to admit they’ve left you and won’t be coming back. There’s no point in wasting your marketing budget on a small fraction of customers who do not engage on any level.

4. Try to Reduce “Involuntary” Churn

Not all customers leave because they don’t like your product or customer service. Some just default on a monthly payment because their credit card fails and don’t come back. Credit card expiry of dunning is responsible for a small percentage of customers leaving, but it’s a type of churn that you can easily optimize.

How can you prevent this from happening? Track the credit card expiration dates and send out pre-dunning emails reminding the customer to update his credit card information.

Make sure these emails are not aggressive, though. A subject line like “Did you update your payment details” will do much better than “YOUR CARD IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE.”

Since pre-dunning emails are not going to work for every customer, you’ll need to create a chain of recovery emails as well. Create automated emails that get sent to customers who missed a payment asking them to update credit card details. Don’t forget to retry their credit card, though. Sometimes it fixes the issue.

Another minor improvement that may reduce involuntary churn is making password recovery easy. If a person’s credit card failed and they don’t remember the password, they may as well look for alternatives before contacting your support for recovery.

5. Improve customer experience

If you’re going to follow the very first tip in this article, you’re going to measure the customer satisfaction score. It’s a simple survey that shows how much are your customers happy with your services on a scale from one to ten. You can expand this survey and ask questions about satisfaction with your product and customer support to learn what you should focus on.

If your customer churn is high, it’s more than likely that customers are not happy with the support they’re receiving. According to Gladly’s 2020 Customer Expectation Report, 51% of customers are willing to switch brands after just two negative customer service interactions.

Besides, improving customer service has great potential for customer retention. 65% of U.S. consumers say they value customer experience higher than advertising when it comes to choosing a brand. According to PWC, you can also charge a 7%-16% premium for your services if you have stellar customer experience, so the benefits of improving CX go far beyond reducing customer churn.

Humanize Your Customer Service

Your first priority is humanizing customer service. Personalize communication and create a new copy for standard answers.

If your business is not that huge, you probably won’t be able to fully personalize customer service. After all, advanced tracking software is not free and you may not have the budget for that. However, you can still do some personalization.

At the very least, always refer to a client by their first name. If you have a customer relationship management system (and you probably should), make sure it displays all interactions with the customer so that any support agent handling them knows their full history with the company.

An admin panel like this shows the sales reps all the interaction history and lets them know the context your company has with this client. As a result, the sales rep has more instruments to have a better conversation with them.

Then, you want to have a look at your standard support copy and improve on it. Rewrite the parts that sound a bit robotic and add a bit of sympathy in there.

You want your customers to know that you care about them. According to the Institute of Customer Service, you can increase customer trust by 12% if you increase CSAT but just 10%. If customers do trust you more, they’ll be more likely to complain instead of leaving.

Engage on Multiple Channels

The next thing you should do is expand the channels that you’re available at. Gladly report shows that 86% of customers expect you to interact with them on multiple channels. They also expect you to recognize them on different channels.

The easiest way you can do this is to ask them to provide you with all the contact details and sort them together in your CRM. You’ll need to include at least the five top customer service channels discovered by Gladly.

Provide Faster Services

Did you notice that the graph above shows that the help center is used just as frequently as Facebook Messenger for support? This indicates that customers will opt for a faster way of solving their problem even if they have to do it themselves.

Creating a help center can be a lot of work, but it may take some workload off your support team’s shoulders. What’s even more important, it helps you solve common problems faster, providing a better experience.

Another smart way to use social media to provide a faster answer is to run a chatbot. Configuring one in Facebook Messenger or in your live chat won’t be too much work, but it will save you and your customers a ton of time.

Include answers to frequently asked questions and you’ll have a happy customer and a happy support team member who doesn’t have to answer them twenty times a day. Make sure to include the option to connect to a human fast, though. Not all customer support problems can be solved by a scripted conversation.

6. Create a knowledge hub

There are a lot of direct methods of confronting customer churn. There’s also an indirect one. James Parsons, a Forbes contributor from Content Powered, offers an insight — keep customers coming by creating a knowledge hub on your website.

As it’s always the case with content marketing, this strategy is a long-term one, but the payoff may be worth waiting for. Most successful SaaS companies, from Moz.com to Wishpond, have a blog or a learning hub. Apart from its obvious goal of driving traffic via organic search, it serves another purpose.

It grooms leads from the very first stages of the sales funnel and communicates to them that your company is the expert in the field. As they start to rely on your advice, provided it’s really good, fewer active customers will consider jumping ship.

People trust authority, so having a blog or a learning hub is going to add another psychological trick up your sleeve. On the more practical side, creating an easy-to-understand learning center for the product you’re selling is going to facilitate onboarding.

A help center like this one on the Adobe website helps reduce customer churn that happens when onboarding fails. It helps customers get answers to their questions faster with no need to contact the support. Bonus: Improve Your Product Let’s face it. You can track CSAT and NPS, you can implement all the best practices of reducing customer churn, but if your competitors have a better product for a lower price, you’re in danger.

One of the best ways to reduce customer churn is to improve your product. This is why Adobe is able to remain on top of the competition. The company offers an unprecedented package of services so the customers practically have nowhere to churn.

Now, you may not be aiming to become a SaaS giant like Adobe, but it’s helpful to follow the words of the company’s CEO Shantanu Narayen: "Reduced churn is the new growth."

Do what Adobe does, study your customers’ needs, and improve your product to match them.

Your exact course of action depends on your industry and your target audience. The main advice is to get constant feedback from your customers and follow it to fix bugs and add new features and products.

That’s not something you can improve overnight, but the benefits you can reap from this are also long-term.

It’s Never Too Late to Reduce Customer Churn

Not all steps from this guide can be implemented fast, but all of them have long-term benefits. Reduce customer churn rate, and you get a net gain in profits.

If you have to choose one step to implement first, make it analytics. Start gathering data to see how many customers are actually leaving you and why do they do it. This will give you a headstart and help you decide what tips to implement afterward.

Invest in improving your business based on the feedback you gather, and your competition will be spying on you, not the other way around!

About the Author

Michael Doer is a content marketer who’s focused on combining creativity and strategy in his work. Follow him on Twitter and text “I found you on Wishpond” to get more free marketing tips.

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drraptjr · 6 years ago

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Reposted from @indigophoenyx - The innovation and creativity behind this project is so amazing I'm just so honored to be able to have been apart of this event and hear about the motivation behind it and the music. please make sure you support this amazing book and album this is something for the youth something for the culture • @johnrobinsonmusic @jrawls82 In our schools, Hip-Hop culture is the dominant culture among the students. In Youth Culture Power: A #HipHopEd Guide to Building Student Teacher Relationships and Increasing Student Engagement, Jason D. Rawls and John Robinson, educators and hip-hop artists with experience in the classrooms of urban schools, focus their efforts through Hip-Hop Based Education (HHBE). They argue that Hip-Hop culture could be useful in building relationships and building student engagement. The approach to achieve this is Youth Culture Pedagogy (YCP). In this volume, the authors lay the groundwork for YCP and how they envision its use within the classroom. YCP is based in a Foundation of Reality Pedagogy (Emdin, 2014), Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (Ladson-Billings, 1995), and HHBE (Hill, 2009; Petchauer, 2009). We define it as a pedagogical approach which uses students own culture to create scenarios to facilitate learning.In Youth Culture Power, the authors put forth their C.A.R.E. Model of youth pedagogy to help teachers create a positive learning environment by building relationships and lessons around students’ own culture. Instead of forcing students to give up the things they frequent, they feel teachers should discuss them and when possible, use them in lessons. The purpose of this book is to present a fresh take on why educators should not discount the culture of youth within the classroom. Book & Album will be available on 6/1/19 📚 + 🎶 #youthculturepower #itsjayare #jrawls #johnrobinsonmusic #youthculture #hiphoped #hiphopeducation #hiphopculture https://www.instagram.com/p/BznmgWEAudM/?igshid=1vj2myj6mxaw4

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seekammo · 8 years ago

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Industry Range Day: Cobalt Kinetics C.A.R.S. AR15 Rifle | SHOT 2017

In this episode of TFBTV’s SHOT Show range day coverage, James gets to speak with the folks at Cobalt Kinetics about their over-engineered and high-speed C.A.R.S. AR15, an improvement over the model they displayed last year. Production starts shortly, and sales begin soon… Many THANKS to: Ventura Munitions: http://bit.ly/1LKxNRP Please Support Them! They help make […]

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Nine Cool Cars from the 2018 McPherson College CARS Club Motoring Festival

You might not think that an obscure car show at a small college in the middle of Kansas would draw in cars and attendees from all across the nation, but that’s what happened as the McPherson College C.A.R.S. club held its 19th annual Motoring Festival. Some 400 cars poured onto McPherson College campus grounds, thus making it the largest show ever held at the school. From the average car enthusiast to the hot-rodder or restoration expert, the show had something for everyone.

This 1970 Jaguar E-Type is owned by Alex Heikamp, a graduating senior in McPherson College’s Auto Restoration program. This E-Type has been in his family since it was bought new and is a highly original example. The car won 3rd place in its class. Even after fifty years of regular driving, Heikamp’s E-Type looks as good as new and is a testament to his devotion to it.

This 1913 Mercer Racecar was originally bought in 1912 by Spencer Wishart and was modified to race, placing second in the 1913 Indy 500. 106 years later, it gets to enjoy its retirement. This Mercer was among the oldest cars at the show and was in absolutely stunning condition, especially given its age and history.

If you see a Shelby Cobra out on the street, there’s a good chance it’s a replica—but this one is the real deal, and it’s believed to be the only one that left the factory wearing bright orange paint and yellow striping. Getting to see such a unique version of an already rare car was a real treat.

This year the turnout for the hot rod class was higher than ever, and one of the standouts in the class was this 1972 AMC Javelin. AMC is often an unrepresented marque at any car show that alone made it shine a bit brighter than the rest of its class. AMC fans will recognize the iconic Trans-Am Sunoco livery immediately. While it’s not the real deal, this Javelin is a lovingly crafted tribute featuring period correct modifications and styling.

This 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300S Cabriolet is one of only 203 were made, and is a great example of Mercedes’ rich design history. The rarity of the car was enough to draw eyes from across the show, but more impressive is the fact that it was restored 20 years ago. It looks fantastic, a testament to the high caliber of the work done by Paul Russell and Company.

Rad Rides by Troy builds hot rods that are anything but ordinary and this 1929 Ford Model A is no exception. The original car has been so modified that what remains is a almost entirely a custom coachbuilt car. The attention to detail on this car is incredible, the way the steering mechanism is designed is not only an engineering beauty, but a well-built piece of art. Nothing on this car has been overlooked; the list of exaggerated but tasteful modifications done on this car could be written out as a full length novel. I could have spent the entire show looking at this car, and it still wouldn’t be enough.

This Ford Galaxie 500 shows off the skills learned by students at McPherson College’s Auto Restoration program. This custom creation features a tastefully implemented air suspension system for actively adjustable ride heights. The paintwork, interior, wheel selection, and the overall execution of this car made it a big draw.

This Porsche 356 is done up “outlaw style” and sports a set of wide Fuchs wheels wearing sticky, high-grip tires. All of the windows have been replaced with plexiglass and the interior has been redone with period-correct bucket seats and harnesses. The light-weight doors, built motor, and caged interior aren’t just for looks; this 356 is a serious track weapon that’s been driven at racing events across the country.

Many of the students at McPherson College own muscle cars, and Mitchell Harms’ 1973 Plymouth Road Runner is an outstanding representation. This Road Runner is done up in 1970s hot rod street style with a distinctively sinister look. Given the outstanding condition of the car, it’s surprising to learn that this was Harms’ daily driver for three years. The deep orange paint shines beautifully and the interior is spotless. This car is an exceptional tribute to the radical styling of 1970s American hot rodding.

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