#I think the decision to keep Daniel at the team is to keep the sponsors happy | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

blackswaneuroparedux · 3 years

Text

The Great Drive: James Hunt and Niki Lauda at Fuji, 1976

I feel really sorry for Niki. I feel sorry for everybody that the race had to be run in such ridiculous circumstances because the conditions were dangerous and I fully appreciate Niki’s decision. After an accident like he had, what else could he do? Quite honestly, I wanted to win the championship and I felt I deserved it. But I also felt Niki deserved to win the championship – and I just wish we could have shared it.

- James Hunt on winning the Japanese Grand Prix 1976 to become F1 World Champion

James Hunt’s epic title battle with Niki Lauda, during what many see as the definitive F1 season, was topped off by a thrilling race in the land of the rising sun. It became an instant classic, one of F1’s Great Drives.

With everything to lose, in treacherous conditions, and with late drama, James Hunt's drive in the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix was one of the greatest of all time.

James Hunt delivered his greatest drive in spite of himself. It wasn’t just the peak moment of his career, but also a defining drive for F1.

The British gentleman racer conquering the world’s best in far away lands – Hunt embodied it.

Despite this, the Brit’s landmark drive came in the midst of late night escapades, mechanical disasters, psychological warfare and F1 politics.

As the ‘76 season approached its climax in North America and Asia, it seemed all might be lost for the McLaren team and its lead driver. Hunt had been duelling with Ferrari’s Niki Lauda throughout the year, but losing his British Grand Prix win to disqualification (announced by the FIA at Round 14 in Canada) seemed to have derailed his season for good.

McLaren team manager at the time Alastair Caldwell describes the state of affairs as they approached the North American leg of the season: “We abandoned the idea of winning the world championship. I let him misbehave in Canada and in Watkins Glen. On both occasions we were pissed on race eve, both of us in a bar after midnight getting rotten – me on alcohol and him on women, because he was always very successful with women.

“James met a girl – the leader of the band at the motel in Montreal – and so he came to the race dishevelled, in the same clothes as he’d been wearing the previous night – and he won the race!

“Even then we still thought we were out of it. Then we won Watkins Glen too! So suddenly we became serious again.”

Lauda had scored 4 points to Hunt’s 18 in this period. With the championship fight back on, the rejuvenated team and driver looked at the season finale in a new light. The championship fight was back on, and as a result, McLaren prepared for the Japanese GP with renewed vigour.

James Hunt had been in Japan a fortnight, ostensibly to test at a circuit new to him. Delays at customs, car problems and bad weather had severely restricted his running, but at least now he was totally orientated and, in his inimitable fashion, ‘relaxed’. That meant when he wasn’t strutting his stuff on the hotel’s squash court, he was billing and cooing with its latest migratory flock of pretty air stewardesses to bed. It beat jogging.

Lauda arrived later, low-key and at a low ebb. The spirit that held the demons at bay during his remarkable Monza comeback had evaporated in Canada and America. Now running on empty, he was full of doubts. While Ferrari team manager Daniele Audetto attempted to whip up retro oppo to McLaren’s ‘illegal’ testing, his star driver looked the other way and wished it over: Lauda was sick of Enzo and his minions, of a season in its 10th month and of press intrusion.

McLaren’s earlier preparations were in sharp contrast to the rest of the field who arrived just for the race weekend itself. According to Caldwell, “The others all turned up on the Thursday, including Niki, you can see them all get off the plane knackered and then trying to find where this new racetrack was.”

It wasn’t just through testing and acclimatisation that Hunt and McLaren stole a march. Caldwell thought he might use interactions with the press to his advantage: “Just for a laugh we spread a rumour. A journalist said to me ‘what’s the track like?’ I said ‘It’s is good but it’s got a lot of loose gravel on it.’”

Enjoying the effect the track surface story had on the rest of the field’s preparations, Caldwell thought he’d develop the rumour into a full-blown design feature.

“Because we were bored and had nothing else to do, the mechanics made mesh covers for all the air intakes on the car, to “protect” the brake ducts and air intake.

“Then Niki (Lauda) came down to our garage, which he always did – he spent more time in our garage then Ferrari’s. He would joke with us and do mechanic’s repartee.

“Psychologically we had them on the back foot right from the start.”

“Niki had come to see what we’d done with the cars as he was also a spy. So I told the mechanics, ‘just by mistake’, to take the covers off the cars so you could see the mesh covers on all the intakes. They did this and then they put it back on in a hurry while I ‘looked displeased’.

“And so then Niki broke off the conversation, trotted back to Ferrari and said ‘f**king hell, McLaren have put vents near these grilles over everything in the car, we got to do the same.’

“The whole Ferrari organisation went out to find these grilles, find where they came from and make them for their three cars. Then we put our three cars in the pit road and took all the grilles off the T-Car. Niki came down and said ‘You f**king bastards!’ They came down the pitroad and Ferrari had this shit all over their car – these grilles all over the radiators.

“He had to tear back and tell them to take them all off. Psychologically we had them on the back foot right from the start, there’s all this psychological warfare.”

Niki was plastered across front pages because of his near-death experience on the track; James was on them because of the life he led off it. Their battle and clashing personalities, though they were good friends, had made the world championship a global news shit-fight. Hunt, outgoing but often lonely in a crowd, pretended to be okay with it. Lauda didn’t.

Friday’s practice sessions provided blessed relief, therefore, even though both men suffered understeer on the stickier Goodyears made available to its faster teams because of the rare presence of Bridgestone and Dunlop on one-off Japanese entries. The title rivals finished the day one-hundredth apart on a provisional third row.

Each improved on Saturday – Hunt to second, Lauda to third – and James, a notoriously slow starter who, by his own estimation, needed to win the race in order to become world champion, was in a much-improved mood. Niki’s never budged.

Then it rained. And rained. And rained some more.

The storm that swept in from China a day later than forecast was the last thing Lauda needed: another element beyond his control. Mist shrouded the snow cone of Mount Fuji, which supposedly bestowed good fortune – when visible – and Niki felt hemmed in by circumstance.

The mind-games might well have been in vain, for the monsoon weather which rolled in on Sunday looked like putting the race in jeopardy. If the Grand Prix was cancelled, Lauda would be handed the World Championship.

Not that Hunt was enamoured with the situation. He spoke privately with Lauda and agreed an attempt to have the race postponed – albeit not before he stressed that he would take the start if necessary and race as hard as Niki forced him to.

The Grand Prix Drivers Association had been formed to have some influence on such matters, to stop the interests of teams, the governing body and sponsors taking precedence over drivers’ well being. Hunt and Lauda were both members and convened prior to the race start in an effort to have it stopped.

“They were adamant the race wasn’t going to be held. Bernie (Ecclestone, Brabham team boss) and I were in the race control tower trying to convince them to hold the race.” says Caldwell “And James kept on saying ‘No no, we’re not going to race’. I tried to explain to him that no race meant no World Championship. He replied “No, no, no, it’s totally unsuitable, we can’t race”.

Alistair Caldwell, McLaren Team boss, resorted to more imaginative tactics to swing the mood towards starting the race.

“I was going down (to the pits) getting my car mechanics to start the engines every half an hour, which would make all the other teams start doing it – they didn’t know why. The engines were making this noise ‘woop, woop, woop’”.

The engineer then turned his attention to activating the spectators.

“I was trying to get some enthusiasm from the passive Japanese crowd, they’d been there for hours doing nothing. They weren’t even talking, just sitting in the rain – miserable.

“I said to our tyre man Lance Gibbs ‘Do you think you could get the crowd going?’ So he got up on the pitwall with his ACME Thunderer whistle, which had been given to the boys to use as a horn, for when they pushed the race cars around the paddock.

“He went ‘beep beep’ and hundreds of spectators did the same – got them doing a concert. We then did the business of slow clapping, when it gets to the end, people can’t keep up, they lose co-ordination and you get a huge noise.

“I went back to the tower and the geriatric Japanese officials and said, ‘Look, you’ve got a riot on your hands’ Bernie was there and he said ‘Yeah, you’ve gotta hold the race. Otherwise you’ll have trouble’. So they said ‘Ok we’ll have the race.’”

With the decision made, the cars finally lined up to start at 4pm. The deliberations had been going on so long that the light was now beginning to fade, reducing the limited visibility even further.

Hunt, nervously retching and hacking more than ever, was so distracted that he took a leak in full view of the spectators. Cue polite applause. Ominously, he then walked a plank laid across a puddle and stepped aboard his McLaren M23. He tipped his helmet back against its roll-hoop and closed his eyes in contemplation. Lauda, crushed by all that had gone before, hunched forward in his 312 T2’s cockpit. Both knew that fate was about to be sorely tempted.

Hunt made a blinding start and held a huge lead by the end of the opening lap. As the rest pecked hesitantly in his rooster-tails, he was out of sight, both physically and metaphorically.

Meanwhile, Lauda, unable to blink because of his burn injuries, was drowning in the pack and questioning his sanity. He formulated an answer by lap two. The Ferrari – “a paper boat in a storm” – rolled into the pitlane and drew up at its garage. Measured. The team descended while designer Mauro Forghieri craned into its cockpit to ascertain the problem.

After just 1 lap, Lauda had seen enough. Deeming the conditions too dangerous, and having already nearly lost his life at Nürburgring that year, the Austrian decided it simply wasn’t worth carrying on. He pulled his Ferrari into the pits and walked away from the 1976 World Championship. Lauda, the reigning world champion, had the skill but not the will to continue. It was “murder” out there – and life was for living.

Hunt, as drivers without a world title feel compelled to, pressed on and kept his date with destiny. Hunt being Hunt, of course, he almost missed it. Not until his post-race red mist lifted could he be persuaded that he hadn’t.

With Lauda out the race, Hunt’s task was now a little more straightforward. He simply had to finish third, and the title was his.

The McLaren driver pressed on and by lap 10 his lead had doubled to over 8sec. Meanwhile, interesting movements were afoot further back in the pack.

Local hero Kazuyoshi Hoshino, driving a privately-entered Tyrrell 007, had made his up to third, from 21st on the grid!

More worrying for Hunt was that March’s Vittorio Brambilla had overtaken Andretti and was beginning to hunt him down. By lap 20, Brambilla had closed right up behind the Hunt.

On the next lap, the March driver decided to go for it. Brambilla, known for an erratic driving style, conformed to type on this occasion by inadvertently out-braking himself as he dived down the inside of the McLaren.

Hunt had been wary of Brambilla and was monitoring the situation constantly. In a moment of brilliant anticipation, he allowed the March to spin in front of him, performing the cutback and before carrying on as if almost nothing had happened.

Brambilla dropped to fourth, the danger to Hunt being over for now. Andretti at this point was gradually dropping back through the pack. It was Hunt’s team-mate Jochen Mass who was behind him now, with a McLaren 1-2 now looking very much on the cards.

Seeking to control the race from here on in, the team’s new concern was the drying line which was now appearing on the track. Caldwell put out a pit board sign telling his drivers to cool their wet weather tyres – this was done by searching for wet sections of the track, the water preventing the rubber from overheating.

To his team manager’s frustration, Hunt didn’t appear to be heeding the warnings: “As soon as Mass saw the sign, he pulled over in the water right in front of us. Then on the next lap he came down the right hand side of the track, splashing through the puddles, which cools the tires down, (while) James didn’t react.

“The next lap we gave it to Hunt again, the next lap again, he still didn’t do it. So we took away the pitboard, just gave him the ‘cool tyres’ sign and he still didn’t react. So then everyone in the team started pointing at it (the sign). Everybody in the team pointed, Teddy (Mayer, McLaren Managing Director) and everyone else and he still did nothing.”

Hunt carried on down the dry line, running his tyres way above their recommended temperature, seemingly oblivious to the warnings.

If Hunt wasn’t going to heed the warnings, then Andretti was: “Because we were emphasising this so much, Andretti saw it and started to cool his tyres. So he started running through the puddles. He didn’t have to stop (as a result).

“But James just resolutely drove down the middle of the dry track, and we could never bring him in, because he was never that far ahead. It was never possible to tactically stop him because there’s a big long pitroad at Fuji.”

Jochen Mass, benefitting from his team’s tyre advice, now began to reel in his team-mate. If he got past, he would have no trouble driving off into the distance to take the win.

However, the German’s diligence came to naught, as he spun off and out of contention on lap 36. This would have a huge bearing on the race later.

For now, Hunt was again in the clear. Another challenger, Shadow’s Tom Pryce, moved into second, but he too retired as his Cosworth engine expired on lap 46.

As the grand prix wore on, Hunt remained in a seemingly trance-like state as he stuck to his line, the situation became critical.

Whilst yet another to danger to Hunt had abated, the McLaren driver was now deciding whether to play the percentages. He could either pit to replace his worn tyres – and lose track position – or try and stick it out at the risk of losing so much grip he would be overtaken anyway.

Hunt took the second option. He could afford to drop to third, and this is indeed what happened. On lap 61, he was overtaken not only by Tyrrell’s Patrick Depailler, but also the resurgent Lotus of Andretti.

If Hunt managed to hold position, he would be world champion. For the next 7 laps, the plan appeared to be working. Then, on lap 68, disaster struck.

The McLaren driver suffered not one, but two deflated tyres – both on the left-hand side of the car. They were, as Caldwell puts it, “worn down to the air”. Hunt managed to drag his car round for half a lap before scraping into the pits.

F1 jacks at the time were not designed to lift a car with puncture at the front and rear of the car. While the jack was used to lift the rear of the car, TV shots show Caldwell and other team members lifting the other end of the car themselves to replace the front-left tyre.

It was a long pitstop, and once out, Hunt found himself back in fifth place. There were four laps left and Hunt was two places down on where he needed to be.

Two more laps passed and the Englishman was no further up the order. It looked as if he may have lost his championship chance.

Then, with two laps left of the race to go, Hunt started the fight back. At the exit of T1 he managed to get past the Surtees of Alan Jones. One more place and the championship was his.

Next up was the Ferrari of Clay Regazzoni. It turned out there were some Scuderia politics at play which would work to Hunt’s advantage.

Caldwell filled in the back story: “Ferrari’s reaction to Niki’s crash was to sack Regazzoni (for 1977). He had already been sacked (by Fuji).

“So he was pissed off at Ferrari. When James came charging along, he just stepped out of the way and let him by.”

After benefitting from Regazzoni’s apparent generosity, Hunt was suddenly back in the golden position, the third place he needed to clinch the championship.

The McLaren man just had to keep it on the road for two more laps and he’d take the title. The tension mounted, both in the team pit and back in the UK, where his family were watching the live television feed at 3am.

Despite two nerve-wracking final laps, the Englishman duly brought his McLaren home in third place. He was the new F1 World Champion.

Photographs show Hunt angrily remonstrating with his team as he climbed from the car. He hadn’t realised he’d got the job done.

Caldwell himself had mixed emotions about the whole affair, “He didn’t look at the board and when he came into the pits he started shouting at us, because he didn’t know what happened. He was incredibly annoying on the day. He did drive magnificently, he kept it on the road – that’s one point of view. From my point of view it was the most frustrating day – I could’ve hit him with a baseball bat! He could have won the race, just strolled the world championship. All he had to do was read this pitboard and drive in the water, which is what Andretti did, so he didn’t wear the tyres out and could paddle across the line with the same ones.”

In spite of Hunt seemingly making a championship-losing decision, he had still managed to pull it off.

However, such was Caldwell’s consternation, the two didn’t discuss afterwards.

I was so angry about it. We flew back to England and I wasn’t talking to him on the plane. He was pissed as a newt anyway – we were all pissed as a newt and totally exhausted. He just went to sleep.”

The two never discussed the reasons behind the events, but it didn’t change the result. Three years after making his F1 debut, Hunt was the world champion.

Ten weeks later Hunt arrived in Argentina to begin his title defence feeling underwhelmed and under-prepared. A few celebratory cigs and tins with his friend Britain’s newly crowned 500cc motorcycle world champion, Barry Sheene, at Fuji and a riotous return flight had been followed by a disorientating whirl of meetings, interviews and engagements. The race-by-race title chase had been thrilling: a sequence of one-day stands. Making it official had cooled the relationship. The love affair was over.

Though both men would retire summarily during the 1979 season, Hunt did so because he felt frightened and disillusioned, whereas Lauda did so because he felt nothing, which frightened him.

Niki, though, had a system – plus a plan to run his own airline – and ultimately would return to the F1 cockpit and be successful. James, whose theories were sometimes somewhat scrambled, would not. He bred budgies instead. You do what you have to do.

Lauda’s decision to stop at Fuji ensured that he would be able to continue. Hunt’s decision to continue ensured that he would have to stop sooner rather than later. One racing mind wiped clean, the other cluttered – and racing.

In spite of his career’s decline, Hunt’s endeavours had captured the imagination of the wider world in a way no racing driver had done before.Hunt knew that life was for living, too. Tragically, however, he had just discovered how best to when fate too soon snatched it from him.

87 notes · View notes

formuladanf1 · 2 years

Text

My 2023 F1 Driver Line Up Predictions:

Haas

1. Mazepin

2. Giovinazzi

Mazepin will stay because of the money. He brings in sponsorship with a billionaire father to a team that seems likely to leave after every season as they don’t have much to play around with. Giovinazzi will return to F1 in the second Haas seat. Haas has been shifting towards what Alfa Romeo used to be, a Ferrari academy driver seat. With Zhou stopping that trend at Alfa, Schumacher, and Haas’s connection with Ferrari (their engine and resources) for the future. We also know that Gio will be competing in Formula E this year, a Championship that has equal cars aside from set-up prowess. With more exposure to a new fan base, and a chance for him to showcase his true talent Giovinazzi has the chance to gain more sponsors and experience that will facilitate him coming back to the F1 grid. Both Ferrari and Giovinazzi was optimistic that the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would not be his last in F1

Aston Martin

3. Stroll

4. Schumacher

I believe Vettel will retire after 2022. He will have had 2 years of development for Aston Martin and will want to walk away from the sport happy. He was clearly not happy with Ferrari and didn’t want to leave with a bitter taste in his mouth. Also, Laurence Stroll is a businessman, through and through. He knows the market value that the Schumacher name. To have the son of the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time (Hamilton is coming into contention with this) brings in even more money and resources. Along with his market value, Schumacher is an excellent racing driver that truly does have championship potential. He is an F2 champion and will hopefully one day be an F1 champion. Vettel will back all of that up with the mentorship role he has taken over Mick as Michael once did with Vettel. If this were going to be the case, then it would be a very smooth transition to the new team!

Red Bull

5. Verstappen

6. Perez

This formula has proven to give Mercedes a run for their money. With both drivers performing at high levels plus the Perez sponsorship money, it is likely Red Bull will keep what they have for ‘23.

Ferrari

7. Sainz

8. Leclerc

Sainz has shown that he is a star in this Ferrari. He outperformed Leclerc in his first year with the Scuderia and adapted so quickly to the car. The Ferrari world have fallen in love with Sainz, and it is unlikely that he will leave after just two years. However, while Schumacher develops at Haas, he will be a contender for the 2024 Ferrari drive. Leclerc wants to be champion in a Ferrari, and he is still under contract.

McLaren

9. Norris

10. Hamilton

Norris Just signed his big extension and I believe that after Hamilton has a dominant year in 2022, he will return to where it all started to finish out his career. McLaren is clearly a fun and enjoyable environment to work in and it seems like a great place for Hamilton to retire. Hamilton also thinks Lando Norris is an excellent driver and I believe he will want to work with him to push him even further as a driver, in a good way.

Mercedes:

11. George Russel

12. Daniel Riccardo

George Russel is clearly the future at Mercedes which is why he will stay in the seat going into 2023. Riccardo is here for a few reasons. The first being the Hamilton will win the drivers title in 2022, coming back stronger than ever after his heartbreak in Abu Dhabi 2021. Hamilton will have one more season in him and I think he will likely go back to McLaren, where he started his F1 journey. Many drivers have done this. Alonso is back at what used to be Renault, and Raikkonen, returned to Sauber where he got his start. Hamilton has been very impressed by Norris and thinks he is a future champion as well which could add to his decision to return.

Alpine

13. Ocon

14. Gasly

Alonso’s time in F1 could be coming to close. It really depends on Alpine’s performance in 2022. Alonso wants the put this team higher up the grid. If they have a bad year in 2022, he may take his talents elsewhere, spaces such as endurance racing where he won Les Mans. He may also go to IndyCar as he is still chasing the Indy 500 glory. Ocon Is likely to stay as he is a race winner with the outfit, and he also has really found a home in this team. He was booted from Racing Point. I believe Gasly will end up here to make this an all-French Line up which will bring in big French Sponsorship

Alpha Tauri

15. Tsunoda

16. Piastri

Piastri must be in F1 by 2023. It would be a shame to waste his talent. With Gasly predicted to move to Alpine, and the Red Bull young drivers not quite being ready for F1 in the next couple of years, Piastri is a likely candidate for the seat. Additionally, he will get a lot of experience in the 2022 Alpine car with the new regulations. Tsunoda will ink another year with the Italian team as he was on strong form at the end of the season. Red Bull wants to see him have a full year of consistency and pace before they even think about promoting or dropping him.

Alfa Romeo

17. Bottas

18. Zhou

Bottas has secured his future for time being the first time having a longer contract than just a year. This will allow Bottas to grow as a driver and leader. Zhou will also remain as I think its rare for rookies to be out after year 1. Also, the sponsorship money that he brings is too big to just throw him out after a year.

Williams

19. Latifi

20. Albon

While Williams fights its way back to the top, it is important to keep their lineup consistent. Latifi will be retained due to his high level of sponsorship and his continued improvement as a driver. In only his second season, there were weekends where he out qualified or out raced his teammate, George Russel. With Albon coming into the mix, and the fact that they were teammates in F2, it will be a productive environment.

2 notes · View notes

personalcoachingcenter · 3 years

Text

Emotional Intelligence and Career Success for Women

New Post has been published on https://personalcoachingcenter.com/emotional-intelligence-and-career-success-for-women/

Emotional Intelligence and Career Success for Women

A Research Paper By Lauren Moy, Career Coach, UNITED STATES

Women Emotional Intelligence Progress During Pandemic

While women have made some progress, they still have a long way to go before they are equal to men. Only 7.4 % of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are women, yet this is a record number. The pandemic has widened this gap. “Out of the 1.1 million people who left the workforce in September 2020, roughly 865,000 were women. Latinas and Black women are leaving at higher rates than white women. The financial price paid for the average woman who opts out and tries to re-enter the workforce is an 18% decrease in their earning power on average—and a 37% decrease when they’re out for three years or more. This will have a lasting impact on families and the U.S. economy. Senior-level women are 1.5 times more likely than senior-level men to think about downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce because of Covid-19, according to Lean In’s Women in the Workplace 2020 report. Almost three in four cite burnout as the main reason, with increased caregiving duties playing a big role. Reentering the workplace once you’ve left may mean taking a lower position, and a slower path to promotions.” 1 This research paper will cover:

What Emotional Intelligence is and its Benefits

Emotional Intelligence Assessment Tools

How Increasing EQ can Help Women Counter the 12 Habits that May Hold Them Back from Advancing in their Careers

Coaching with Emotional Intelligence

Research shows that women can become more effective leaders than men because women can manage conflict well, women encourage employees to grow and women have greater chances of influence.2 Women are more inclined than men to coach and mentor employees and give inspirational advice. This can help them excel in professional relationships. Women tend to focus on managing conflict well and mentoring others and less time focusing on how they can have more influence at work, while their male counterparts are more focused on growing their influence.

What Is Emotional Intelligence and Its Benefits?

According to Dr. Travis Bradberry, Award-winning co-author of the #1 best selling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, as well as The Seagull Manager and the cofounder of TalentSmart®, “Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships. Dr. Bradberry states that “Decades of research point to emotional intelligence as the critical factor that sets star performers apart from the rest of the pack. Depending on the position, some roles require higher levels of EQ to be successful. Research showed that 90% of top performance is also high in Emotional Intelligence. On the flip side, just 20% of bottom performers are high in emotional intelligence. Naturally, people with a high degree of emotional intelligence make more money- an average of $29,000 more per year than people with a low degree of emotional intelligence.” 3

Emotional Intelligence Assessment Tools

There are several emotional intelligence tools on the market. These assessments can be a useful starting point to coach a client in improving their EI. Dr. Steven Stein is a clinical psychologist, and the founder and CEO of Multi-Health Systems (MHS), a leading publisher of scientifically validated assessments for more than 30 years. https://mhs.com/about-mhs/ MHS administers “the Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0 (EQ-i 2.0) measures an individual’s emotional intelligence with five composite scores measuring distinct aspects of emotional and social functioning including 1) self-perception 2) self-expression 3) interpersonal 4) decision making and 5) stress management.4

“MHS also administers the Emotional Quotient 360 (EQ 360) is an emotional intelligence assessment that allows leaders to receive feedback from peers, managers, direct reports, and others on how they leverage their emotional intelligence.

How Increasing Eq Helps Women Counter 12 Habits That Hold Them Back

Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith’s book How Women Rise, Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back From Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job, presents the twelve habits that hold women back in their careers.

Knowing how these 12 habits may be linked to Emotional Quotient (EQ) may be helpful to a client in identifying the area(s) that she may want to focus on in coaching to help her get unstuck and advance in her career. Many women leaders can benefit from coaching especially when they were previously in a technical or single contributor role and are newly promoted to lead and manage a team of people. This requires a different set of skills and a higher level of EQ. Identifying some of these habits and creating a plan with goals and accountability can help women to grow in their EQ and advance in their careers.

Habit Holding Women Back EQ-I 2.0 Scale(s) that Can Affect the Habit How Increasing EQ can counter the Habit 1. Reluctance to claim your achievements Self-regard and assertiveness Self-regard is needed to say “Thank you” when receiving a compliment rather than dismissing the compliment which some women tend to do. Assertiveness is needed to speak up about your achievements. Many women are passed over for promotions because their achievements are not recognized. 2. Expecting others to spontaneously notice and reward your contributions Self-regard, assertiveness and Reality Testing Self-regard and assertiveness are needed to acknowledge and communicate one’s value and contributions. This is important when women are requesting a promotion or interviewing for jobs, Reality testing is needed to recognize when people may not notice unless you speak up and let them know about your contributions. 3. Overvaluing expertise Reality testing and interpersonal relationships Reality testing is needed to realize that not only is building skills important but also building connections to move you forward in your career. Interpersonal relationships are needed to build those connections. 4. Building rather than leveraging relationships Self-actualization and interpersonal relationships Self-actualization is needed to pursue promotions. Both self-actualization and interpersonal relationships are needed to believe in oneself to reach for higher levels. Women also need to think strategically and learn to leverage interpersonal relationships. 5. Failing to enlist allies from day one Reality testing, assertiveness Reality testing is needed to realize the importance of enlisting allies, mentors, and sponsors to help women advance to higher levels. Assertiveness is needed to take the initiative and reach out to others first. 6. Putting your job before your career Independence and assertiveness Independence is needed to not become dependent on others on the team and stay longer in one job because of your loyalty and relationships even though it is not best for your overall career. 7. The perfection trap Self-regard and stress tolerance Many perfectionist tendencies are linked to low self-regard, compensating for not feeling good enough. Low-stress tolerance and fear can keep women from taking risks, and stay in the same job for a long time, and can keep women from getting promoted. 8. The disease to please Self-regard and assertiveness Assertiveness is needed to set and communicate boundaries and say no. Self-regard is needed to prioritize one’s own needs and not only consider the needs of others. 9. Minimizing Self-regard, Emotional expression Self-regard is needed not to minimize one’s feelings, thoughts, and presence. Emotional expression is needed to communicate emotions and thoughts with confidence. For women to have executive presence, they need to maximize their space, both verbally and non-verbally. 10. Too much Self-awareness and empathy Women are often told by men that they overcommunicate and need to be more concise. Self-awareness helps one to identify and understand emotions. Empathy is needed to understand how the other may feel or respond if too many emotions or words are used so that adjustments can be made. 11. Ruminating (clinging to the past) Self-awareness, flexibility, and optimism Self-awareness is needed to realize the negative impact that ruminating is having on one’s thoughts and feelings. Flexibility is needed to change one’s thinking and feeling. Optimism can help to let go of the past and have satisfaction with your life in general. 12. Letting your radar distract you Self-regard, independence, and reality testing Self-regard is needed to trust and respect one’s thoughts and feelings, independence and reality testing is needed to be able to filter out unhelpful distractions and not let what others say impact you too much.

Coaching With Emotional Intelligence

A Coach According to Daniel Goleman, “a coach can frame gaps between self and other ratings as “news to use,” guiding the client to identify her desired areas for growth. Ideally, a coach can help clients cultivate competencies that align with their goals. A coach can help a client cultivate self-awareness to recognize their emotions, habits, and triggers. When a coach notices a negative pattern in a client’s perceptions and actions, a coach can bring it to their client’s attention to help them understand where they’re getting stuck. A coach can ask powerful questions to help the client to reframe their perspective, create new learning, and help the client to develop a plan for change and accountability.

By starting with emotional self-awareness, which is the foundation of emotional intelligence, clients can learn to recognize their emotional triggers and limitations. The coach’s ability to help clients discover or rediscover their purpose and values is important to staying motivated for growth. A coach’s ability to listen attentively, offer objective, yet highly tailored feedback and support can make a difference in creating lasting change for the client.”8

Results

Given all the changes and demands on women in a post-pandemic world, there is a greater need for women to have higher levels of emotional intelligence to navigate so the many changes in their personal and work lives. A woman who works with an effective coach may hold the key to helping her reach her personal and professional goals, and lead a more fulfilled life.

References

What the Pandemic Means for Women in Leadership, Corbett, Holley, Forbes

How Emotional Intelligence is the Secret Tool for Women to Succeed as Leaders/, Cribb, Rachel, Thrive Global article

The Massive Benefits of Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence, Bradberry, Travis, TalentSmart, World Economic Forum

MHS website: https://storefront.mhs.com/collections/eq-i-2-0

Stein, Steven, Ph.D. and Book, Howard E., MD, “The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success”, Josey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, Ontario Canada

MHS website: https://storefront.mhs.com/collections/eq-360

Helgesen, Sally and Goldsmith, Marshall, “How Women Rise, Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job”, Hachette Books, New York, and Boston

How a Coach Works with Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, International Coaching Federation (ICF) Blog

Original source: https://coachcampus.com/coach-portfolios/research-papers/coaching-with-emotional-intelligence/

2 notes · View notes

reportingfordigitalmedia · 4 years

Text

Task 2 Reporting for digital media idea generation and research

Task 2 Idea Generation: Kathryn Morrison and Daniel Tihn

The question: How is COVID-19 changing daily life?

IDEA 1: Interviewing media companies for an insight in Coronavirus’ effect in the creative sector.

Since our course is Creative Media Production, it would be interesting to discuss how media companies are dealing with the current situation. We could find local companies like Maka Visuals, TVM, Lovin Malta or FreeHour. Additionally, we could ask foreign companies if they would be willing to provide a statement or sit for an interview. This way we would hit all demographics but also every facet: news, entertainment and informational pieces.

Some questions to ask potential interviewees:

Has it impacted creativity negatively or positively? Would projects be postponed, or would an alternative solution be found to keep clients happy? What problems would it pose for future projects? How would the company move forward to maintain momentum?

IDEA 2: How are teachers and students coping with the current situation? An insight into the current educational change.

We would interview teachers and students both locally and abroad with a series of questions designed to be applicable for all, as the situation hits close to home and therefore everyone has an opinion.

We can interview two areas of life: primary and secondary teachers, as well as students from sixth form, primary, and secondary. If possible, a foreign teacher or students from different countries would be beneficial for an insight into how coronavirus is affecting the rest of the world.

Education is a vital building block for society, an essential, which renders these questions important and relevant for all those who watch the feature.

Perhaps getting rid of the typical ‘question and answer’ format, when it comes to those, we can interview who live in our household: we could have parts of the video with the interviewer and interviewee to be across a long table. This way, the visual presence of social distancing is upheld as it permeates into the essence of the video: how can education move forward in this situation? It is the question on everyone’s mind.

Idea Justification

After discussing it as a team, Daniel and I (Kathryn) have come to the conclusion of doing a news report following the struggles teachers and students are having at continuing their teaching/education. This decision was not made out of whim yet have a few justifiable reasons.

Firstly, as students, this topic is near and dear to us as not only do we find the theme interesting, but we are living through it as we speak. This news feature will not only tell a story, but it will indirectly tell our story as students and the struggles that have been thrown at us. Secondly, this feature will tick a few boxes when it comes to CINNPUT: the story shows conflict between the students, the teachers, the system, and the situation; will hopefully shed some new light on the current situation; centres around Malta and the troubles happening here; and now is the time to write and film pieces centred around COVID-19.

Finally, a major point that helped us choose this topic is that we, as a team, personally know many teachers and students which enables us to perform first-hand research without the use of online conferences and, when it comes to Task 3, the interview can be done face to face. By knowing these teachers of different levels (including a headmaster and an English teacher who lives in America which can bring some foreign context), we will be able to have multiple sources from which to quote and gain knowledge from a multitude of angles. Even when it comes to the gathering of photographs and b-roll, it may be possible to capture some ourselves instead of finding all our sources digitally (with the proper consents in place).

Article Research

Below is a list of articles we examined as a team and used to construct our idea, the flow of our writing, and the pacing of the story. They also helped inform us on what to include vs exclude in our story. With that said, most of our research will be first hand through interviews.

· https://www.bbc.com/news/education-52145351

· https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/06/education-ministers-to-discuss-how-to-ensure-year-12-students-finish-school-this-year-coronavirus

· https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/mar/20/what-should-uk-students-do-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak

· https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/05/us/us-coronavirus-teachers-school-closures/index.html

· https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/03/28/conoravirus-kentucky-school-closures-stop-usual-student-teaching/2906646001/

· https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/how-coronavirus-changed-college-for-over-14-million-students.html

· https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-issues/a-z/2019-coronavirus/stress-anxiety-and-depression-associated-with-the-coronavirus-covid-19-disease/

Article Medium

Before writing an article, a publishing medium first needs to be chosen. Where a piece will be viewed changes the style of writing, language, format, and content drastically as each medium has its own audiences. For our piece, we chose Facebook.

As a social media platform, Facebook has the farthest outreach as a lot of people from all demo- and psychographics use it on a daily basis. When compared to other social media platforms (such as Instagram), there are more users to target and hit with content on Facebook than anywhere else. When it comes to the actual targeting of the content, Facebook’s algorithm for sponsored posts and how it reaches new audiences is very efficient and easy to track those statistics. Although we will not be posting the article and sponsoring it, we are very familiar with Facebook’s system and the business side of the website, making it an obvious choice for us as a team.

Facebook’s wide net is a major advantage for our piece as we are targeting multiple audiences across multiple ages and interests, making the platform perfect.

Writing for Facebook changes the content of the piece, especially when it comes to the flow. When writing for a newspaper, one needs to more informative and direct whereas Facebook is a post, meaning the writing leans towards a style that flows from one paragraph to another. The register of the piece is also affected by the medium, with ours going to lean towards a more casual approach than references us (the writers) and the audience (this feels natural as social media is based on interactions between individuals instead of a third person writing style).

Most Facebook posts have some form of visual media accompanying the post (photos or videos). For our post, we will include an image to accompany the writing (although the text is the main focus), but if this piece were to be released in conjunction with the video in task 3, then they would be released together with the video at the bottom of the article.

Generally, posts on social media platforms would include hashtags to help spread the piece around but since Facebook has its own sponsoring system and algorithm, we wouldn’t include any hashtags. By being able to target the interests of our audience, we wouldn’t need to use hashtags which have the possibility of making the article look ‘tacky’ (the same effect applies to emojis).

Meeting: 2nd April

BASE IDEA: To Interview multiple teachers and students of different levels to see what the situation is at their schools and how they are continuing their education

Students Levels:

2 x Primary (1 going to secondary)

2 x1 Secondary

2 x 6th Form

Bala Uni/MCAST students

Teachers Levels

1 Kindergarden

1 Primary

1 Secondary

2 x Headmistresses (maybe)

1 Foreign English Teacher (Austin)

What do we need?

for task 2: the criteria:

Identify topical concept - (maybe) In our essay we can justify why our topic is topical in a mini intro?, this could accompany our identification of the type we're writing (so either informative, or educational or else entertainment).

identify medium and method of presentation for news report

prepare digital media report for implementation showing evidence of process used

produce an authentic written news report showing evidence of authenticity

Checklist

◦ DOCUMENT: justifying why we chose the topic, the type, the idea-generation

◦ RESEARCH A NEWS STORY: something similar to the topic and following the same field

◦ WRITE THE NEWS STORY

◦ RESEARCH: websites used, references, interview subjects and the medium, transcript of the interview

◦ PLAN INTERVIEWS AND LOCATIONS

Final list of Questions

1. How is the school handling this ‘home schooling’ situation?

a. This is to get a general overview on how the school is enabling students to continue their studies and lecturers/teachers to remain in contact with their class/es

2. What possible benefits have you encountered from online classes? Whilst completely different from the norm, how can online learning change education for the better in these trying times? And what about the disadvantages?

a. When it comes to education, how has the teaching/learning process been affected? Has the quality gone down when it comes to lessons and lectures? Has being at home helped your studies/workload?

3. How are you as a teacher/student coping with this new stress? What are you doing to combat the cabin fever? How is the school helping teachers/students handle this newfound stress?

a. For example, how are teachers reaching out to students and being more accommodating when it comes to assignments and exams?

4. Apart from online lectures, how are you ensuring that your teaching/studying is still kept up to standard? Are you sending/receiving any supplementary material outside of these digital classes? What do you think about that?

N.B. When the same point has multiple questions, these wouldn’t be asked at the same time but instead would be used to either clarify the main question or to help the interviewee answer.

Final list of questions - students

1. How is the school handling this ‘home schooling’ situation?

2. Whilst completely different from the norm, how can online learning change education for the better in these trying times?

3. How are you as a student coping with this new stress? What are you doing to combat the cabin fever?

4. Apart from online lectures, how are you ensuring that your studying is still kept up to standard? Are you receiving any supplementary material outside of these digital classes?

Final list of questions - teachers

1. How is the school handling this ‘home schooling’ situation?

2. Whilst completely different from the norm, how can online learning change education for the better in these trying times?

3. How are you as a teacher coping with this new stress? What are you doing to combat the cabin fever?

4. Apart from online lectures, how are you ensuring that your teaching is still kept up to standard? Are you sending any supplementary material outside of these digital classes?

People Asked

· James Morrison (Form 4 student, going on form 5 in September; attends St. Michael)

· Alice Morrison (Year 6 student, going on form 1 in September; attends St.George Preca Paola Primary B)

o Alice is in year 6, therefore their syllabus was finished before the pandemic. Regardless of whether or not it happened, all they would have done in class would have been revision, therefore no online lessons are happening.

· Ruth Morrison (Secondary School teacher; teaches at St. Thomas More)

· Elisa Gatt (Bachelor of Commerce, 1st Year)

· Faye Darmanin (B. Psy., 1st Year)

· Lexi Manduca (B. A. in European Studies and International Relations, 1st Year)

· Carla Camilleri (B. Sci. in Applied Food and Nutritional Sciences, 1st Year)

· Alexandra Tihn (Form 2; attends Our Lady Immaculate)

· Hannah Gatt (B. Sci. in Communication Therapy, 1st Year)

· Gillian Darmanin (Primary School Teacher; teaches at Chiswick House School)

- Sean Bacica (B.A in Creative Media Production, 2nd Year)

Answers:

James Morrison’s answers (Form 4 student, going on form 5 in September)

1. I wake up at around 10 o’clock, later than normal, I have breakfast and then my mother makes me study or do homework, which I am reluctant to do as there is no motivation at all to study for exams which I have to sit for after this period. I am handling it badly, as this situation feels more like a holiday rather than school. Due to that, I just want to play on my phone or play video games all day as I would when on holiday.

2. I have only had a few online classes, as the majority of the focus for my year is on online homework. However, for the few times I did have online classes (at the beginning) made me realise that I prefer it. Online learning has the advantage of being more flexible, which for people my age is a benefit as we don’t like being told what to do. So, having the ability to pick the time and place of our work is a plus. I feel more comfortable using technology as it is more hands-on rather than just listening to the teacher, I can take notes at my own pace and I can pay attention better from the comfort of my own home.

3. Ultimately, I miss my friends and playing football with my club, as well as seeing my grandparents as I go and stay with them every weekend. At the moment, I am trying my best to adapt my activities of before the quarantine to online activities. For example, my catechism group are meeting online, and my family and I are getting takeout every Saturday so we can have a ‘’get together’’ and talk about how we’re handling the situation, it cheers me up a lot. Luckily, we have a garden and I can practice football and exercise outside which is super important to me as football keeps me sane.

4. I have been using the foreign language app Duolingo to keep practicing my German. At home, my mum sits with me and helps me study as next year I will be in form 5, so right now it is important that my grades do not slip. I am also receiving worksheets which we have to print, work out and send a picture for some lessons, others have no given us anything. Other teachers are putting videos up on youtube of lessons which we have to watch, and then fill out a form afterwards to make sure we understood the material.

Alice Morrison’s answers (Year 6 student, going on form 1 in September)

N.B Alice is in year 6, therefore their syllabus was finished before the pandemic. Regardless of whether or not it happened, all they would have done in class would have been revision, therefore no online lessons are happening.

1.I am handling it well, Home-schooling works for me because since I am at home, my mum walks me through my revision slowly and therefore I have more attention and help rather than everything being fast due to having to finish the syllabus in time. Also, I am happy about not having benchmarks because it removes the pressure I had before.

2. Online learning is more fun in my opinion because since it is all online, there is the possibility of sharing maths games for example or videos which personally keep me interested and help me learn better. A big one is that I feel less pressure working from home, in the classroom it is harder to keep up and I feel like online learning gives me more room to learn from my mistakes.

3. I am coping well, I feel great because I feel like I am introvert. This does not feel stressful to me, I feel much more relaxed when I am at home in comparison with when I was physically at school. I feel stressed and sad when I think of how I have not seen my grandparents in a long time, so I have been phoning them for often. Sometimes I feel a bit lonely, but I keep in contact with my friends from school by video-chatting them and also make new friends online.

4. I have had no online lessons as my syllabus has been long finished. My mum gives me revision exercises to do every day as extra work, as well as makes me read in English and Maltese to go hand in hand with the worksheets I receive from my teachers. The downside is that without being in class, I have to wait longer for my teachers to correct my homework which makes the learning process a bit slower. We also have quizzes on our school tablet which actually motivated me and kept me feeling like I want to learn because it was competitive.

Ruth Morrison’s answers (Secondary School teacher)

1. We were given to go ahead to do what we deem fit for the sake of our students; we can either do online lessons, send worksheets or find other methods depending on the subject. Some of my colleagues sent emails, used the state school platform ‘’My School’’ to post homework or video links, but we were given the email addresses of all the students in case we preferred to contact them directly individually. On the end of the school’s assistance, we were given webinars teaching us how to use Microsoft Teams so that all staff members are acquainted with the software needed. SMS’s were sent to the parents to encourage student participation and to make sure everyone is aware of the resources. However, not every student is participating. The student participation is actually really low, which is concerning for us teachers. The students who previously did not put much effort into working have diminished incredibly in regard to their effort now, but the students who showed interest are maintaining this.

2. It can be used as tool for the better for integration of internet resources such as videos which students seem to like and keeps the students who are visuals learners to pay attention and review for better understanding. It could be useful for revision for the most part, but then we have to be careful as online learning removes the barrier and leads to lack of routine or ‘’boundaries’’ as some students do not pay attention to school hours and expect responses instantly. I feel the majority of the benefits are for primary students as it allows the parent to be present for the learning experience, but for secondary school students the benefits lie only for note-taking (as some teachers speak quickly and students need to write everything down) or for reviewing purposes. Games, videos, learning websites with music and graphics are all great for the modern student as it is more engaging to many in comparison to reading from books. We show all these things in class, but with online learning everything is able to be reviewed again and again. Ultimately, I feel online learning should be used in conjunction with real-life learning rather than instead of, as everything is better when balanced.

3. The webinar about how to use Microsoft teams and watching many youtube videos of how to use the software given to us did alleviate a lot of the stress I had, as well as teaming up with my colleagues, keeping in contact and sharing information regarding what we can do to move forward is a great help. I post notes, worksheets, video links, everything I can to provide the same experience, but the response from students is not massive, but since I send answer sheets as well that may be because they are marking their work themselves in adherence to the sheet I sent. Communicating with my colleagues and opening up to them helps me with the cabin fever situation, we help each other and offer support with technical problems or general issues. We send funny videos and ‘’memes’’ to cheer each other up as well. I am revising my German, as before I did not have time to brush up my skills and now I can; it keeps my mind engaged. I am basically doing everything I had no time to do before, such as decluttering.

Ironically, I am home schooling my children which feels great as I love teaching and it comes second nature to me, but it is hard when they do not want to work due to the demotivation effects of the quarantine.

4. I teach geography, and all us geography teachers created a specific ‘’team’’ for conversation with each other and keeping up the standard of the geography lesson, but I have not given any online lessons as it is not necessary for my situation. Since geography is not a main subject, I am aware of the fact that I may not have the same pressure as a maths or English teacher for example, as in school I would only see them once a week. I am therefore doing the best I can by sending extra videos, notes and anything interesting I feel would benefit them. I am also open for emails and respond to questions outside digital classes. I have found myself in the position of resending old notes as many students had left their notes in their lockers at the time of the school closure, as well as textbooks, therefore I simplified some notes as well due to them not having a textbook explanation.

Sean Bacica's answers (MCAST ICA 2nd Year student)

1. I am taking it day to day, planning out assignments as they come along and follow the instructions from my lecturers about how to proceed

2. Most of the lectures I am having during these times are 1 on 1, so the increase in personal attention helps with the progress of more challenging tasks

3. I feel I am coping quite fine with the stress, virtually meeting with lecturers and fellow peers often helps! When I feel trapped inside, I try to take a short drive or take my dog out for a short walk especially since the weather is so nice

4. Generally it is just online lectures that are keeping me and most of my peers in line with our goals and standards. External notes that wouldn't normally be supplied are being supplied which helps us to study when we aren't in said lectures

Elisa Gatt (Uni student):

1. Depends on the lecturer of the particular module rather than the school.

Out of 9 modules

- 2 do online lectures

- 1 does online lectures and also sends us the recording

- 4 send us recorded lectures

- 1 sends us a set of notes with corresponding voice recordings

- and another hasn’t sent us anything

I don’t mind the recorded lectures, however depends on the quality of teaching, some just send us a recording of them reading a power point which is quite useless.

However, I prefer recorded lectures over live lectures as one can pause to take notes, and listen to them in their own time.

The handout and voice recording lecture really fit the subject (statistics) well also.

Personally, I’m managing to cope with the lectures, however the main problem for me is exams. There is a deadline for the 17th for them to tell us what is happening with exams for the respective modules. However I feel like knowing if the exam will be assessment or assignment based will help to actually start studying.

2. It allows students to work in their own time. However this can also be a bad thing for students who aren’t very good with time management and organization.

3. Surprisingly doing well. I’ve been going up to my brothers office on weekday mornings to do work, so I can split my uni life and home life. And on weekends I don’t do anything school related.

This has really helped as I’m not spending 24/7 on my desk at home and I’m wasting less time.

4. Some send us power point presentations, while others recommend reading chapters of certain textbooks.

However one lecturer based his entire module on a textbook which isn’t being printed anymore, and can’t be found online. And doesn’t send us any power points, expecting us to take our notes from this book which can’t be found anywhere. Especially with the current situation.

For my statistics lecture we have a set of notes, and also a set of tutorial sheets to ensure we all understand.

Faye Darmanin (Uni Student, part time):

1. Quite well; I have online lectures for both of my units, and each of them upload the PowerPoints of the topic right after the online lecture ends.

The only issue I have is that the university is taking too long to tell us what the situation is for exams, not allowing us enough time to prepare.

2. This gives students more time with studying and note-taking.

3. I’m not doing anything to combat it, as since I only have 2 units the stress of school is quite low.

4. We are receiving the uploaded PowerPoints of each topic, but they are uploaded during normal face-to-face lectures as well, so nothing extra is being sent.

Lexi Manduca (Uni Student):

1. Quite well; I have online lectures for both of my units, and each of them upload the PowerPoints of the topic right after the online lecture ends.The only issue I have is that the university is taking too long to tell us what the situation is for exams, not allowing us enough time to prepare.2. This gives students more time with studying and note-taking.3. I’m not doing anything to combat it, as since I only have 2 units the stress of school is quite low.4. We are receiving the uploaded PowerPoints of each topic, but they are uploaded during normal face-to-face lectures as well, so nothing extra is being sent.

1. Most give us online live lectures on zoom. Some send us pre-recorded ones. Some lecturers just send us the power points and readings which is not at all an ideal way to learn.

2. It could encourage lecturers to record the lectures and upload them after the lecture so that students can go back and re-listen to anything they might not have understood during the lesson. This might encourage students to miss lectures so stricter attendance would need to be applied to combat this.

3. Recently I've found the best way to tackle being home all day is to spend as much time as I can out in the sun (in the balcony not actually out of the hosue).

4. We do receive the occasional podcast/ additional readings but mostly I'm keeping up with my studies through researching for and carrying out assignments

Carla Camilleri (Uni Student):

1. We’ve resorted to online lectures via Google Meet or Zoom. My faculty was pretty efficient with regards to continuing with lectures as normal however have barely given us any feedback with regards to what will be happening for exams.

2. Online learning can offer different ways of interaction between the lecturer and students as well as between the students themselves which wouldn’t normally be explored in a normal classroom such as through Groupwork on Google Docs or using videos on a more regular basis to initiate discussions. Online learning also makes learning more flexible and customizable. Lectures are generally recorded so can be accessed later on as a method of revision, if one needs clarification on a subject matter or can’t join the lecture in real time. The workspace can be altered by the student as desired to fit their mode of learning and comfort.

3. I’m making sure to attend all my lectures in real time as well as catching up on class notes to make sure i do not fall behind on work. I’m also making sure to communicate as much as possible with my lecturers to remain up to date on the exam and assignment situations for my units. Balancing learning with my hobbies also helps to combat stress, turning my focus away from continuous learning allows my brain to reset and relax.

4. Our lecturers have provided us with all the powerpoints of their lectures. They’ve also provided us with books for further reading and videos which help in providing a better understanding of the topics being covered. This all makes studying easier as we’re given multiple sources for making notes which are referred to when exam season begins.

Alexandra Tihn (Form 2)

1. My school is handling the home-schooling situation by sending me homework and assignments every day while I'm away from school, I dont have online classes but I still have papers and work. It's hard to keep up on everything that the school sends us since they send us a lot at once it gets really confusing for me, but it isn't that bad since I made a schedule.

2. I think it’s a good way to do work while I'm away from school, but I don't think it's the best thing we could do while we are away since they send us double the work and it's getting really hectic.

3. I’m coping with all the work but the stress comes along with it straight away, having to see where I can get things printed or seeing when the deadline is since it's all messy and wondering if what I'm doing is correct without an actual explanation from the teachers. I think I'm handling staying inside really well, especially since we have technology now which allows me to communicate with my friends so I don't feel totally alone, although it does make me feel very lonely at time when I just want someone to talk to or to hug etc.

4. Well given the fact that I don't have lectures the only way I can know if I'm keeping up with the standard of studying is by doing as much of the work I can as possible before they leave the school website because of deadlines. The teachers sometimes sends me and everyone as a whole class some papers with notes and some power points but it's hard to keep up since sometimes they send us work and then the next day send us the answers so I don't really have time to do the work sometimes.

Hannah Gatt (Uni Student):

1. Under these circumstances I think the school is doing all it can to aid its students in any way they can. This being said, some lecturers are clearly putting in more effort than others however overall, the university seems to be helping students adjust to home schooling very well. My only issue at this point in time is regarding the examination period and having no idea what is going to happen. Out of the 11 study units I have, I only know for certain how 3 of them are going to be assessed whilst the others are keeping us in the dark which is extremely unfair.

2. I think online learning has proven the importance and value of face to face interactions with teachers and lecturers that simply cannot be replaced. However it has also shown that regardless of the circumstances, there is always a method through which education can take place which is important for everyone to keep in mind.

3. To be completely honest I am growing slightly restless as I miss interacting and socialising with people. However, im trying not to get too overwhelmed with the situation since I know that everyone is in the same predicament. I’m personally trying to keep myself busy mainly by working on assignments but I also try to pass time by reading, playing playstation ect…

4. Some lecturers are being extremely helpful and giving us extra material in order for us to understand better yet at the same time some lecturers aren’t taking into account how stressful this situation is for us and won’t even answer our emails regarding queries on our work/assignments. Besides all this I feel it is up to us students to not get lazy and continue working by ourselves for online lectures are not enough to help us to get through our end of year assessments.

Gillian Darmanin (Primary school teacher)

1. The school I am currently employed with has primarily followed & complied all instructions issued by the government regarding the closure of the school. The school head and assistants have communicated with parents via email on how they were planning to assist their pupils. They in turn through consultation & collaboration with all level leaders and all teachers implemented an instruction strategy for the current situation.

2. In online learning the social interaction with the pupils is quite limited. However, having said that more and more sites have made their resources free for parents and teachers. Many have also included a section called ‘home learning’ providing videos with clear explanations as well as worksheets and answers in an attempt to provide clear instruction on the topic at hand.

3. I am communicating & collaborating regularly with other teachers through Microsoft teams and through phone calls. Trying to keep a regular routine every day and regular yoga!

4. Even though I teach in primary school, the senior leaders have taken the decision that for online teaching each teacher in a level will be subject teaching. Also, teachers have been paired up to work on lesson preparation as a team. Focusing on a particular subject helps to hone your skills in a particular area.

Supplementary material like worksheets & online libraries have been set up to encourage further consolidation of topics learnt. Also encouraging pupils to record themselves giving presentations and or reading so continuous assessment can be continued in this unprecedented situation.

N.B. Those without screenshots were asked verbally and then the answers were transcribed.

Video Format

Video Flow:

The video starts with the interviewer opening with a short monologue, describing the current situation and introducing the topic at hand (situation with students and teachers). This will lead into a series of audio clips from students from different institutes and levels of learning, each answering the same question but always adding something to the story (a new perspective).

Back to the interviewer explaining some of the students’ opinions on how the future will present itself. Then cut to more snippets of audio from the students about how they think the future will pan out (this would concern how they feel and how they think this will be resolved. We will not be writing the script for the interviewer’s sections until after the interviews themselves so we have all the information nat hand before committing ourselves.

The music should be on the mellow side while also having poppy undertones. This would be able to create a relaxing tone to the piece while also giving it a vibe appealing to a bit of a younger demographic.

The video (and article) will target a wide audience as it will not specifically be aimed at any particular demographic yet will be targeted to those who have an interest in education, the current situation, and schooling. It will also attract a general audience as it will inform the average reader on the happenings of students.

Video Locations/Footage:

· People’s homes via webcam.

· Footage found online (below are examples and resources)

· B-roll shot by Kathryn and Daniel (For example: students entertaining themselves, a lecturer teaching a lesson [without showing students], screen recording of online class)

Audio:

· https://www.epidemicsound.com/

o We have an account

Online Assets/Footage:

· https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIkCmbvAHQQ?rel=0&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1

· https://www.pexels.com/search/videos/students/

· https://www.pexels.com/search/videos/online%20work/

· https://www.pexels.com/search/videos/at%20home/

· https://pixabay.com/videos/search/students/

· https://pixabay.com/videos/search/online/

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7euX2P-Mwk

· https://www.videezy.com/people/37310-businesswoman-checking-product-on-stock-online

· https://www.pexels.com/video/woman-having-a-video-call-4053047/

· https://www.pexels.com/video/busy-woman-working-with-her-laptop-and-smartphone-3251808/

· https://www.pexels.com/video/a-disappointed-woman-keeping-herself-busy-3709513/

TASK 2 ARTICLE (also in separate blog post)

Education in a pandemic: lack of a routine.

According to Prof. Charmaine Gauci, Malta is yet to reach it’s peak. This simple statement speaks volumes of what can be expected in not only our future as a country, but what world we will be living in through the coming months. Businesses may go bankrupt, unemployment will be on the rise, global health might take a hit as many are forced to stay indoors, and the dawn of a new recession is right around the corner. However, what about those who, in an age of technology and social media, live in the online space?

Although most students would love more free time to binge watch Netflix, the reality is that many are struggling with the new change. As lectures move to virtual platforms, life becomes a nightmare with assignments, and exams being shuffled around, with the due dates changing constantly. No one could have truly prepared for an event like this, but due to the rapid change many are beginning to feel left behind.

When confronted with the urgency of shutting down schools, actions had to be taken quickly. By prioritising the immediacy of the decisions over the consistency between them, many issues are going unsolved. When asked about how the University of Malta is handling online communication and teaching, 1st year student Elisa Gatt had this to say:

“[It] depends on the lecturer of the particular module rather than the school. Out of 9 modules: 2 do online lectures; 1 does online lectures and also sends us the recording; 4 send us recorded lectures, 1 sends us a set of notes with corresponding voice recordings; and another hasn’t sent us anything.”

Explaining the current situation in a simplified manner is confusing in itself, let alone basing one’s future education around the convolution. Many students are having to juggle this new system whilst also getting to grips with reality themselves. Even when it comes to the simple things such as video platforms, some lecturers prefer to use Zoom where others opt for Microsoft Teams or Google Meet. Having to jump from one to another between back to back lectures, all on different spaces is not only inefficient but is making it that much harder for students to find some breathing room.

It isn’t only University students struggling with the new system. Secondary school students are finding it difficult to keep up with the new workload while also finding ways to keep their sanity. A student who is currently in Form 2 was asked how they are handling this newfound stress, and simply replied that they are not. Due to a lack of online lessons, they spoke about the self-doubt that accompanies their work without proper guidance and the problems at having to organise everything and schedule their work.

The ‘blame’ cannot be pinned onto one party, as schools are trying their best to keep their students informed and on the right track. Meanwhile, teachers are trying their best to cope with the changes in tandem while also doing extra work for the sake of helping their students. With everyone struggling to regain normality, the only way forward is for all of us to support one another, to keep ourselves informed, and to focus on making it to the other side.

0 notes

brajeshupadhyay · 4 years

Text

Redskins games brought them together, until the name kept them apart. Now, a promise to change.

It’s impossible to know precisely when or how this happened, but with neither announcement nor formality, the movement engulfed other issues and has become about overall solidarity, the righting of mass wrongs and forcing results at a time when the criminal justice system can do no such thing.

The movement, at least at its heart, is about curbing racism and ending police brutality against African Americans. But at some point it also came to include the removal of Confederate symbols and Native American iconography in city parks, football stadiums and racetracks.

“That’s when it clicked for me: This is a real moment,” Higgs Wise, a social worker and activist who is African American, says now.

A few moments after the drums stopped, the crowd in Byrd Park looped three ropes around the neck of the 93-year-old Columbus statue before pulling it down, setting it on fire and pushing it into a lake. It was, Higgs Wise says, one of the most exhilarating moments of her life. Before the rush subsided, she reached for her phone to call friends and relatives. One of the people she always calls in moments like this is her dad.

As usual, David Higgs was relieved when he heard his eldest daughter’s voice. Even though she’s 35 and a parent herself, he can’t help but worry when she’s off raising hell at another protest. Usually he keeps that to himself. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t admire her courage or respect her opinions. That’s why, when she took a stand a few years ago and stopped cheering for their beloved Washington Redskins, another symbol being dismantled amid a nationwide reckoning, David listened.

“She’s doing the right thing,” says David, 58. “Chelsea is a fighter.”

Together

David has known his daughter was a fighter since she was a little girl, when she would scream at the television alongside him as their favorite football team was playing. They would howl at the officials, moan about the team’s bad luck, complain about the meddling and decision-making of owner Daniel Snyder. David fixed her hair and took her to the mall, but Sundays were their favorite activity, just a father and daughter on the sofa together.

In 1988, David took his little girl to San Diego to watch the team and Doug Williams, the first African American quarterback to start in the Super Bowl, beat the Denver Broncos and hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy. She would later wear her burgundy T-shirt on Sundays, and he would pull on one of his many Washington jerseys: Williams, Dexter Manley, Chris Cooley, Robert Griffin III — names and symbols of the franchise and its changing times.

“I’d see her jumping up: ‘Yes! Yes!’ ” David recalls. “I just sat back and watched her. I got the biggest joy off that.”

When Chelsea and David disagreed or got angry or pouted, one of them would call and use Washington’s latest trade or draft pick as an icebreaker. David and Chelsea’s mother divorced when Chelsea was younger, and the separation cost them a few years of Sundays. But in 2008, Chelsea offered peace by decorating her car with Redskins flags before surprising her dad with tickets to a game against the Dallas Cowboys. It was freezing, and David was ready to leave by the end of the first quarter. But he kept that to himself, too.

“That’s something that really brought us together,” David says.

They screamed with excitement during Griffin’s dazzling run in 2012, yelled with frustration during the disappointments that followed. They cooked big dinners, lamented the team’s revolving door of coaches and quarterbacks, ended frustrating seasons by agreeing there was always next year.

Then four years ago, she watched as Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, took a knee during the national anthem as a form of silent protest of police violence against African Americans. Kaepernick’s actions divided the nation, and after he opted out of his contract following the 2016 season, he went unsigned for months and eventually years.

She began thinking more about her favorite team’s logo and how Snyder had defiantly insisted in 2013 that he would never change the franchise’s name. For a long time she had convinced herself it was just a name, just a football team. She listened to friends who challenged her on it and asked how she could support a team that caricatured Native Americans. It weighed on her.

So in 2017, Chelsea decided she could no longer support the NFL, nor could she cheer for Washington’s team. She stopped wearing her burgundy T-shirt in public, eventually stuffing it and the rest of her Washington gear into a box before stashing it alongside an old photo album. Occasionally she would check NFL scores on Sundays, in part because she had done it for so long, but she made herself stop looking, reacting, caring. This was, she says, part of a long grieving process of distancing herself from something she had once loved — but which she could no longer justify.

She kept her decision to herself, at least for a while, though David wondered why Chelsea never came over anymore on Sundays, why she didn’t respond to his texts — “Did you see that?” — about the team.

One Sunday he invited Chelsea over, and this time she agreed. But she said she wanted to talk. Chelsea explained she could no longer participate in the father-daughter tradition, wouldn’t be talking or texting about it anymore. And though David still saw their — his — team as just a football franchise, an escape from the all-encompassing blanket of politics, he again kept silent and let Chelsea be Chelsea.

“I was thinking about the time I’m going to miss with her,” he confesses later. “I thought selfishly, ‘I’m going to miss calling her and talking about football,’ the dinners and the talks and having somebody who rooted with me.”

David, who has three daughters, thinks about it before continuing.

“But I raised them to be like that,” he says. “We wanted them to go out and change the world. I was being a hypocrite, and all her life I’ve said: ‘You can change this. You have the power to do this.’ I couldn’t tell her I was disappointed.”

Time to change

Last month, three days after the Columbus statue came down in Richmond and as monuments were falling throughout the United States, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said during a radio appearance that it was “past time” for Washington’s team to change its name. EventsDC, the organization that oversees RFK Stadium, alerted the team and the league office that on Juneteenth it would remove a monument to George Preston Marshall, the team’s founding owner and a staunch segregationist, from outside the stadium. (The monument was defaced by red paint hours before its removal.) The team announced a day later it was removing Marshall’s name from FedEx Field.

Sponsors FedEx, Nike and PepsiCo called on Washington to change its name, and the franchise announced July 3 it was initiating a review of the team’s branding. After reading about that, Chelsea called her dad. The times were again changing, and David told her the time was right for a new name. Chelsea said she was hopeful that maybe one day she would pull out that old photo album, just a little girl and her father together in San Diego for the Super Bowl, and show her own daughter a few images of the way things used to look.

They kept chatting, and though neither of them realized it at the time, the father and daughter were, in an unusual way, talking about their team again.

“This is the first time,” she says later, “that it’s brought us back to the table. I won’t necessarily go back there, but I think it shows that it gets people who have pushed a lot to keep pushing.”

David listened, taking in the enthusiasm and passion in his daughter’s voice once more, trying to enjoy the moment for however long it lasted. He told Chelsea that he couldn’t promise to avoid slipping up and calling the team by its old name, but he did promise to try.

“I have to change. I have to. We all do,” he would say. “The Redskins — it’s a name. I have to adapt, too. I have to change, too.”

David hasn’t told his daughter this, but he hopes she’ll come back to the sofa someday and sit with her dad. Maybe they would cheer. Maybe they would get mad and turn the TV off in a huff. But at least they would be together.

The post Redskins games brought them together, until the name kept them apart. Now, a promise to change. appeared first on Shri Times.

via Blogger https://ift.tt/2OFC5Ww

#Blogger #a promise to change. Sports #Redskins games brought them together #until the name kept them

0 notes

deniscollins · 4 years

Text

Washington Redskins’ Name Review Follows Years of Protest

The Washington Redskins football has used the nickname since 1933 and consider it as being positive, “a unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect.” Many Native Americans find the nickname offensive. If you were the owner of the football team would you change the name after 87 years of use: (1) Yes, (2) No? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

The Washington Redskins’ announcement Friday that they would begin “a thorough review of the team’s name” is a potential culmination to years of protest and defiance over a nickname that many Native Americans and other advocates for change consider deeply offensive.

A look at the history of the team and its name:

1769 The first known use of the word “redskin,” in the papers of Sir William Johnson. The Oxford English Dictionary says the word is “frequently considered offensive.” Nicknames with references to Native Americans date to the 1850s in American sports.

1932 The National Football League awards a franchise to Boston under an ownership group that includes George Preston Marshall. The team is dubbed the Braves, because it plays at Braves Field, home of baseball’s Boston Braves.

1933 For its second season, the team moves to Fenway Park and changes its nickname to the Redskins. Possibly this is in part to reflect in the popularity of the two baseball teams in town, the Braves and Red Sox. For a game against the Bears, Marshall tells his players to apply face paint.

1936 The Redskins qualify for the championship game, but Marshall, unhappy with the number of fans at games in Boston, moves the game to the Polo Grounds in New York (the Redskins lose). The next year he moves the team to Washington, where they keep the Redskins name.

1968 Movements begin to re-examine and perhaps change Indian-based nicknames for sports teams. Dartmouth students ask to change its nickname from Indians. Dartmouth drops the name in 1974, and some other colleges follow.

1991 The Atlanta Braves’ trip to the World Series and its fans use of a tomahawk chop gesture brings new attention and criticism to Indian-themed teams. The next year, with the Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs under pressure, Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said: “In the context of sports, those nicknames are extremely positive. You think of great players and great rivalries.”

Clyde Bellecourt, a Chippewa who is executive director of the American Indian Movement, said, “We’re trying to convince people we’re human beings and not mascots.”

1997 Miami of Ohio changes its nickname from Redskins to Redhawks.

1999 The United States Patent and Trademark Office rules that the nickname “Redskins” is disparaging, and revokes the teams’ trademarks. But in 2003, the ruling is overturned on appeal.

Also in 1999, Daniel Snyder buys the team. Like his predecessor, Jack Kent Cooke, he resists calls to change the nickname, as do many of the team’s fans.

2013 A symposium at the Smithsonian on racial stereotypes in sports is critical of the nickname, sparking another round of scrutiny. The team defends itself in a series of articles on its website, noting that “many high school student-athletes have pride in calling themselves Redskins.”

President Obama said, “I don’t know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things.”

But Commissioner Roger Goodell says the nickname is a “unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect.”

2014 The Patent Office again rules to cancel the Redskins’ trademark registrations. In 2017, the Supreme Court rules unanimously that the government may not deny a trademark for a potentially offensive name.

Also in 2014, the editorial board of The Washington Post joins several other newspapers in deciding not to use the name Redskins, although the paper’s news pages continue to use it. (The Portland Oregonian was one of the first to bar the name in 1991.)

2019 The Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball drop their mascot Chief Wahoo, who has been criticized as a racist caricature, but keep their nickname.

2020 A memorial to the former owner Marshall is removed from in front of the team’s old home, RFK Stadium, by the city of Washington.

Mayor Muriel Bowser said the Redskins nickname was “an obstacle” to a new stadium for the team in Washington.

FedEx, the title sponsor of the team’s current stadium in Maryland, calls on the team to change its name.

#Washington Redskins

0 notes

unixcommerce · 5 years

Text

New Year’s Resolutions: Small Businesses Share Their Goals for 2019

Sponsored Post

We’ve reached the time of year when people review the last twelve months and plan for that next trip around the sun, often resolving to focus on things like exercise, weight loss, and self care. It’s equally important for businesses — especially small businesses and startups — to assess their progress and set new goals. Study after study shows that, like people, businesses that identify their goals are more likely to achieve them — and the secret sauce to achieving your goals is writing them down in a clear and measurable way.

Because it’s helpful to hear what others are thinking, we asked several small business leaders to share a few of their business resolutions for 2019. Perhaps their lofty goals will inspire you to develop a list of your own. Enjoy!

Focus on inclusive leadership

“In 2019 we’re focusing on inclusive leadership. Gender-diverse companies are 15% more likely to outperform their national industry median, and ethnically diverse companies are 35% more likely to outperform. Lunar Startups has audacious goals for the next 5 years, and we see the development of a diverse and inclusive environment as essential to our success.”

— Danielle Steer, Managing Director, Lunar Startups

Share knowledge

“In 2019 we resolve to reduce the number of times we have to say, ‘I am not the all-knowing Magic 8-Ball of ICS+.’ It takes time and mental energy, and just frustrates the team member who holds that particular piece of knowledge. So we’re going to focus some resources on developing an internal knowledge base and employee online community.”

— Bernard Morgan, President & Lead Developer, Intelligent Control Systems +

Adopt a nonprofit

“In 2019 we’re going to adopt a nonprofit that we support not just financially, but also with our time and resources. We’ll also encourage our staff to take a full work day to volunteer for an organization of their choosing during the year.”

— Natasha Miller, Founder & CEO, Entire Productions

Define goals quarterly

“Our 2019 resolution is to roll out a quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKR) process. We’re also thinking about a new North Star decision making process: WWGD, or “What Would Gritty Do?” And we vow to launch our first annual Office Dog Olympics — no participation trophies allowed!”

— Rick Nucci, CEO, Guru

Take time for professional development

“In 2018, we started a no-recurring-meetings-on-Fridays policy. Now any meeting scheduled on a Friday must be a brainstorm focused on innovation, improving results for clients, or improving the way we operate internally. These ‘Brainstorming Fridays’ have been a great success and a positive way to end the work week. For 2019, we’re evolving Brainstorming Fridays into personal and professional development. We’re asking each employee to purposefully set aside 1-2 hours every Friday for things like Trailhead courses, conferences, volunteering, and training. We believe providing time and structure for personal development will help employees boost their knowledge, expand their thinking, and realize the company cares about their futures.”

— Debby Rizzo, CEO, Revenue Storm

Create a healthier work environment

“A basic resolution is that I want to create a healthier food work environment for our team in 2019. Right now we have way too much junk food on hand.”

— Clarence Bethea, Founder & CEO, Upsie

Optimize the customer experience

“As a customer-focused organization and an app of apps, we’re dedicated to designing for, listening to, and partnering with customers to come up with smart solutions that drive business value. In 2019, we’ll focus on reliability to ensure that our customers have the access they need, when they need it.”

— Courtney Harrison, Chief Human Resources Officer, OneLogin

Improve resource planning

“My business resolution is to spend more time on resource planning. Our dynamics shift rather quickly, which means we need to analyze the underlying business drivers to stay on top. Getting the drivers right will make or break the year and solidify our investment strategy, hiring plan, and growth expectations.”

— Aric Bandy, President, Agosto

Build a community

“Being in Minneapolis, an annual business resolution is to extend our reach geographically from coast to coast, but specific to 2019, our resolution is to put together a better community engagement plan and then implement it.”

— Caroline Karanja, CEO, 26 Letters

Prioritize philanthropy

“Building on our message of inclusive communities, one of our New Year’s resolutions for TONL is to give back to local charities surrounding art and photography.”

— Karen Okonkwo, Co-Founder, TONL

Keep the calendar in check

“Reducing our carbon footprint is always a personal and business resolution, but this year I also resolve to calendar more time for myself. I say yes to too much and need to be more disciplined about saying no to things that aren’t critical. I’ve compromised my wellbeing for things that ultimately don’t need to happen now.”

— Jessica Barrett, Managing Director, Pymetrics

Improve relationships

“Several of our resolutions for 2019 have to do with increasing engagement and facilitating relationships with both our external and internal parties. To get there, we plan to boost our social media exposure and implement a customer community.”

— Patty Mah, CFO, Rethink

Add retirement planning

“This year we’ll switch from a simple retirement plan to a traditional 401k so our employees can put more aside for their retirements. We couldn’t afford or justify a 401k plan before, but now we’ll be able to open up the amount of retirement savings everyone can do and we’re doing a matching program to support our employees both to thank them for their incredible work and to invest in their future.”

— Natasha Miller, Founder & CEO, Entire Productions

Develop a culture of learning

“The future of our success lies in our ability to create a culture that’s all about learning and adapting, so a major part of our 2019 plan is centered around empowering our employees with the tools and resources they need to improve themselves.”

— Courtney Harrison, Chief Human Resources Officer, OneLogin

Republished by permission. Original here.

Photo via Salesforce

This article, “New Year’s Resolutions: Small Businesses Share Their Goals for 2019” was first published on Small Business Trends

https://smallbiztrends.com/

The post New Year’s Resolutions: Small Businesses Share Their Goals for 2019 appeared first on Unix Commerce.

from WordPress http://bit.ly/2T0pb5u via IFTTT

#IFTTT #WordPress

0 notes

seattle-fog · 6 years

Text

27 of the Best Marketing Conferences in 2017 (and 2018)

When I've done articles like this in the past, I come up with the list based on my personal preference (or what Google says is the most popular). But with this list of top marketing conferences, I changed my approach. Each conference on this list was recommended by someone in my LinkedIn network. Here's the LinkedIn status update that I posted a few weeks ago where you can see all of the suggestions. So without further ado, here are the 27 best marketing conferences according to my network on LinkedIn. The B2B Marketing Forum is specifically designed for just SEO Blog9T that--B2B marketers. According to those that chimed in on the thread, the networking opportunities were incredible at this event. The largest Content Marketing event around, CMWorld focuses on providing attendees with takeaways that they can implement to grow their audience and build their business. Some of the best breakouts mentioned were: Jay Baer - "Does Your Content Pass the Mom Test?" Lee Odden - "Influencer Marketing" Ann Handley - "FIWTSBS (Find Interesting Ways To Say Boring Stuff)" Jonathan Kranz - "Content Lab" With keynote speakers like Brene Brown and Michelle Obama, the quality is apparent. What so many mentioned in the LinkedIn thread, though, was the helpfulness of the smaller breakout sessions, too. This international conference for senior-level tech marketing professionals goes beyond basics to tackle sophisticated challenges. With a culture that allows for deep engagement with other attendees, MarTech will enable you to connect the marketing and technology sides of your business for creative collaboration across the organization. Built for the executive level B2B leader, the SiriusDecisions Summit provides data-driven best practices, new innovations, and networking with an elite community of sales, marketing, and product leaders. Many of those that commented on the post expressed their great experience as an attendee AND as a sponsor. This event was unique in that it was described as a "life changing" conference -- powerful words! Promising proven, practical, and actionable marketing education, the MarketingSherpa Summit is taught by successful marketers who have been in your shoes. Not to mention the world-class venue. Past speakers have included Will Smith, Hillary Clinton, and John Legend--not your run of the mill conference. Held in San Francisco, the Marketing Nation summit boasts engaging breakouts such as "Human to Human" (teaching brands to grow in their storytelling) and "7 Behavior Hacks that Increase Engagement." Most recently held in my own backyard of Orlando, FL, the LoyaltyExpo provides speakers from brands with credibility and insight into customer loyalty (and "not just the loyalty program"). The customer experience tracks provide tangible, targeted experience structures and processes for brands. With a laser focus on SEO, brand development, and CRO, this conference provides actionable input on a specific topic. A few of the favorite breakouts were: "Data-Driven Design" by Oli Gardner "SEO-intent based framework" by Katie Cunningham "How to Survive Google's Trojan Horsing of the Web" by Rand Fishkin With an attendance of around 300, this content marketing conference allows for greater engagement with speakers and attendees. Plus, if you miss something, your ticket allows you full access to all speaker slides and video recordings to go back and watch again. Suggested by: Nancy Maneely With leading speakers such Blog9t as Brene Brown, Allen Mulally from Ford, and Daymond John from Shark Tank, you will gain insight from leading voices. Beyond this, the networking comes from unique events such as the golf tournament and black-tie gala. Suggested by: Jean Ginzburg With speakers ranging from Tony Robbins to Tony Hawk, this conference focuses on entrepreneurship, but covers so much more. The innovative sessions will challenge you, and their networking events provide the opportunity to meet hundreds of business leaders. Hosted by CNBC & Inc, you can trust that the entire experience will be top-notch. Suggested by: Sean Privitera Honing in on strategic marketing content and sales enablement, this conference is designed specifically for B2B marketing (hence the name). This conference equips marketers to make the right decisions on people, processes, and technologies to drive acquisition, retention, and revenue growth. One unique takeaway--analysts are accessible throughout the time to do 1:1 meetings. Suggested by: Tracy Eiler A conference featured in Inc., Forbes, and The Huffington Post, one word defines its mission: growth. Bringing leaders from the fastest growing tech companies, this conference will empower you to "get, keep, and grow customers and revenue." What more could you ask for? Suggested by: Darrell Ellens With top marketing executives from a diverse range of brands, the attendees are what make VidCon. Bringing these attendees together for unique networking events allows you to meet the players without their fans chasing them all over the place. While the focus is online video, the separate industry tracks enable everyone to participate in what will be beneficial to them. An "experts-only" event on SEM and SEO tactics which frequently features Google execs...yes please. This conference serves as a chance to connect with others fluent in SEM and SEO that will leave you thinking, "These are my people!" The sessions are "fast-paced, Q&A-packed, always informative, and don't stop to cover the basics." This one day event hosts over 1,000 marketers under one roof. At this event you'll find more than 50 sessions, a unique networking experience, and an awards ceremony that celebrates the best in B2B marketing. Suggested by: Russ Powell In the time we live in, email automation has turned from a "nice-to-have" to a critical piece of the equation. As customers expect tailored and customized experiences, this conference aims to help marketers deliver on the sophisticated world of email automation. With top brands, speakers, and content, this summit empowers marketers to meet the expectations of their customers. Suggested by: Maurice Flynn Feeling stuck? Like you have no new ideas? "Focusing on deliberate creativity, innovation, and change leadership, CPSI teaches practical creativity skills and tools in an inspiring learning environment." Taking the whole team? Register 5 or more people and receive a 30% discount on registration. Suggested by: Joe McCambley With the marketing community as vibrant, active, and growing as it is, this conference is an opportunity to promote "creativity, exploration, and shared experiences." With speakers from national brands and hosted by Comcast, you can expect meaningful, industry leading insight from this one-day conference. No doubt you will leave feeling informed and inspired. Suggested by: Lisa Beaumont Featuring a diverse range of speakers (from CMOs to an Olympic gymnasts), this one-day event in Boston will help you connect the world of tech through the eyes of artists, industry-leaders, and innovators--helping you to take a new perspective back to your team. This is a conference that I've personally attended, so I was excited to see it show up in the comments of my LinkedIn update. This is a single track conference that aims to teach marketers next-level, actionable marketing tactics they can use the very next day. Talks cover every facet of digital marketing, including pay-per-click, conversion rate optimization, email, copywriting, landing page design, and more. Unique in its focus on customer marketing, the Advocamp is all in on one concept--the customer experience. With speakers like Daniel Pink, Jay Baer, and Dan Ariely you can be sure to get great training in short, high-energy talks. The 1,000+ attendees also allow you to rub shoulders with other innovative business leaders passionate about customer experience. Suggested by: David Axler With practitioner led content, you can trust that The Revenue Summit will be both actionable and tactical. The balance between sales and marketing allows for both sides of the team to gain real insight through providing separate tracks for each. Beyond that, the 2,000+ high-quality attendees means that you are in the right spot to network. Suggested by: Max Altschuler Taking place in Brazil, the RD Summit aims to inspire and connect by bringing together marketing and sales experts throughout Latin America. With 8 stages and 150 speakers, there will be no shortage of content, but what sets this conference apart is its "DisneyLand Effect." Suggested by: Renee Sturcq This free (yes, FREE) event from "across the pond" (the next show is in Bournemouth, England) focuses on fueling business growth and innovation. Topics such as digital transformation, video content, SEO, and social media marketing allow you to get the insights you are looking for without taking a hit to your budget. This conference brings like minded content marketers together with those who understand the importance of experience to the buyer journey. By matching "curious minds and groundbreaking presentations", The Content Experience delivers just that--an experience--to all attendees. Held in Toronto, this year's event features Jay Baer (Convince & Convert), Ann Handley (MarketingProfs), Grad Conn (CMO of Microsoft), and many more. Suggested by: Randy Frisch According to my LinkedIn network, these are the 26 most impactful marketing conferences. Connect with me on LinkedIn and let me know what you think should have made the list. James Carbary is the founder of Sweet Fish Media, a podcast agency for B2B brands. He's a contributor for the Huffington Post & Business Insider, and he also co-hosts a top-ranked podcast according to Forbes: B2B Growth. When James isn't interviewing the smartest minds in B2B marketing, he's drinking Cherry Coke Zero, eating Swedish Fish, and hanging out with the most incredible woman on the planet (that he somehow talked into marrying him). Thinking about launching a podcast for your B2B brand? Here's a 26-step process that will explain exactly how to do it.

0 notes

orphans-forest-blog · 6 years

Text

27 of the Best Marketing Conferences in 2017 (and 2018)

When I've done articles like this in the past, I come up with the list based on my personal preference (or what Google says is the most popular). But with this list of top marketing conferences, I changed my approach. Each conference on this list was recommended by someone in my LinkedIn network. Here's the LinkedIn status update that I posted a few weeks ago where you can see all of the suggestions. So without further ado, here are the 27 best marketing conferences according to my network on LinkedIn. The B2B Marketing Forum is specifically designed for just that--B2B marketers. According to those that chimed in on the thread, the networking opportunities were incredible at this event. The largest Content Marketing event around, CMWorld focuses on providing attendees with takeaways that they can implement to grow their audience and build their business. Some of the best breakouts mentioned were: Jay Baer - "Does Your Content Pass the Mom Test?" Lee Odden - "Influencer Marketing" Ann Handley - "FIWTSBS (Find Blog9T Interesting Ways To Say Boring Stuff)" Jonathan Kranz - "Content Lab" With keynote speakers like Brene Brown and Michelle Obama, the quality is apparent. What so many mentioned in the LinkedIn thread, though, was the helpfulness of the smaller breakout sessions, too. This international conference for senior-level tech marketing professionals goes beyond basics to tackle sophisticated challenges. With a culture that allows for deep engagement with other attendees, MarTech will enable you to connect the marketing and technology sides of your business for creative collaboration across the organization. Built for the executive level B2B leader, the SiriusDecisions Summit provides data-driven best practices, new innovations, and networking with an elite community of sales, marketing, and product leaders. Many of those that commented on the post expressed their great experience as an attendee AND as a sponsor. This event was unique in that it was described as a "life changing" conference -- powerful words! Promising proven, practical, and actionable marketing education, the MarketingSherpa Summit is taught by successful marketers who have been in your shoes. Not to mention the world-class venue. Past speakers have included Will Smith, Hillary Clinton, and John Legend--not your run of the mill conference. Held in San Francisco, the Marketing Nation summit boasts engaging breakouts such as "Human to Human" (teaching brands to grow in their storytelling) and "7 Behavior Hacks that Increase Engagement." Most recently held in my own backyard of Orlando, FL, the LoyaltyExpo provides speakers from brands with credibility and insight into customer loyalty (and "not just the loyalty program"). The customer experience tracks provide tangible, targeted experience structures and processes for brands. With a laser focus on SEO, brand development, and CRO, this conference provides actionable input on a specific topic. A few of the favorite breakouts were: "Data-Driven Design" by Oli Gardner "SEO-intent based framework" by Katie Cunningham "How to Survive Google's Trojan Horsing of the Web" by Rand Fishkin With an attendance of around 300, this content marketing conference allows for greater engagement with speakers and attendees. Plus, if you miss something, your ticket allows you full access to all speaker slides and video recordings to go back and watch again. Suggested by: Nancy Maneely With leading speakers such as Brene Brown, Allen Mulally from Ford, and Daymond John from Shark Tank, you will gain insight from leading voices. Beyond this, the networking comes from unique events such as the golf tournament and black-tie gala. Suggested by: Jean Ginzburg With speakers ranging from Tony Robbins to Tony Hawk, this conference focuses on entrepreneurship, but covers so much more. The innovative sessions will challenge you, and their networking events provide the opportunity to meet hundreds of business leaders. Hosted by CNBC & Inc, you can trust that the entire experience will be top-notch. Suggested by: Sean Privitera Honing in on strategic marketing content and sales enablement, this conference is designed specifically for B2B marketing (hence the name). This conference equips marketers to make the right decisions on people, processes, and technologies to drive acquisition, retention, and revenue growth. One unique takeaway--analysts are accessible throughout the time to do 1:1 meetings. Suggested by: Tracy Eiler A conference featured in Inc., Forbes, and The Huffington Post, one word defines its mission: growth. Bringing leaders from the fastest growing tech companies, this conference will empower you to "get, keep, and grow customers and revenue." What more could you ask for? Suggested by: Darrell Ellens With top marketing executives from a diverse range of brands, the attendees are what make VidCon. Bringing these attendees together for unique networking events allows you to meet the players without their fans chasing them all over the place. While the focus is online video, the separate industry tracks enable everyone to participate in what will be beneficial to them. An "experts-only" event on SEM and SEO tactics which frequently features Google execs...yes please. This conference serves as a chance to connect with others fluent in SEM and SEO that will leave you thinking, "These are my people!" The sessions are "fast-paced, Q&A-packed, always informative, and don't stop to cover the basics." This one day event hosts over 1,000 marketers under one roof. At this event you'll find more than 50 sessions, a unique networking experience, and an awards ceremony that celebrates the best in B2B marketing. Suggested by: Russ Powell In the time we live in, email automation has turned from a "nice-to-have" to a critical piece of the equation. As customers expect tailored and customized experiences, this conference aims to help marketers deliver on the sophisticated world of email automation. With top brands, speakers, and content, this summit empowers marketers to meet the expectations of their customers. Suggested by: Maurice Flynn Feeling stuck? Like you have no new ideas? "Focusing on deliberate creativity, innovation, and change leadership, CPSI teaches practical creativity skills and tools SEO Blog9T in an inspiring learning environment." Taking the whole team? Register 5 or more people and receive a 30% discount on registration. Suggested by: Joe McCambley With the marketing community as vibrant, active, and growing as it is, this conference is an opportunity to promote "creativity, exploration, and shared experiences." With speakers from national brands and hosted by Comcast, you can expect meaningful, industry leading insight from this one-day conference. No doubt you will leave feeling informed and inspired. Suggested by: Lisa Beaumont Featuring a diverse range of speakers (from CMOs to an Olympic gymnasts), this one-day event in Boston will help you connect the world of tech through the eyes of artists, industry-leaders, and innovators--helping you to take a new perspective back to your team. This is a conference that I've personally attended, so I was excited to see it show up in the comments of my LinkedIn update. This is a single track conference that aims to teach marketers next-level, actionable marketing tactics they can use the very next day. Talks cover every facet of digital marketing, including pay-per-click, conversion rate optimization, email, copywriting, landing page design, and more. Unique in its focus on customer marketing, the Advocamp is all in on one concept--the customer experience. With speakers like Daniel Pink, Jay Baer, and Dan Ariely you can be sure to get great training in short, high-energy talks. The 1,000+ attendees also allow you to rub shoulders with other innovative business leaders passionate about customer experience. Suggested by: David Axler With practitioner led content, you can trust that The Revenue Summit will be both actionable and tactical. The balance between sales and marketing allows for both sides of the team to gain real insight through providing separate tracks for each. Beyond that, the 2,000+ high-quality attendees means that you are in the right spot to network. Suggested by: Max Altschuler Taking place in Brazil, the RD Summit aims to inspire and connect by bringing together marketing and sales experts throughout Latin America. With 8 stages and 150 speakers, there will be no shortage of content, but what sets this conference apart is its "DisneyLand Effect." Suggested by: Renee Sturcq This free (yes, FREE) event from "across the pond" (the next show is in Bournemouth, England) focuses on fueling business growth and innovation. Topics such as digital transformation, video content, SEO, and social media marketing allow you to get the insights you are looking for without taking a hit to your budget. This conference brings like minded content marketers together with those who understand the importance of experience to the buyer journey. By matching "curious minds and groundbreaking presentations", The Content Experience delivers just that--an experience--to all attendees. Held in Toronto, this year's event features Jay Baer (Convince & Convert), Ann Handley (MarketingProfs), Grad Conn (CMO of Microsoft), and many more. Suggested by: Randy Frisch According to my LinkedIn network, these are the 26 most impactful marketing conferences. Connect with me on LinkedIn and let me know what you think should have made the list. James Carbary is the founder of Sweet Fish Media, a podcast agency for B2B brands. He's a contributor for the Huffington Post & Business Insider, and he also co-hosts a top-ranked podcast according to Forbes: B2B Growth. When James isn't interviewing the smartest minds in B2B marketing, he's drinking Cherry Coke Zero, eating Swedish Fish, and hanging out with the most incredible woman on the planet (that he somehow talked into marrying him). Thinking about launching a podcast for your B2B brand? Here's a 26-step process that will explain exactly how to do it.

0 notes

analiecious · 6 years

Text

27 of the Best Marketing Conferences in 2017 (and 2018)

When I've done articles like this in the past, I come up with the list based on my personal preference (or what Google says is the most popular). But with this list of top marketing conferences, I changed my approach. Each conference on this list was recommended by someone in my LinkedIn network. Here's the LinkedIn status update that I posted a few weeks ago where you can see all of the suggestions. So without further ado, here are the 27 best marketing conferences according to my network on LinkedIn. The B2B Marketing Forum is specifically designed for just that--B2B marketers. According to those that chimed in on the thread, the networking opportunities were incredible at this event. The largest Content Marketing event around, CMWorld focuses on providing attendees with takeaways that they can implement to grow their audience and build their business. Some of the best breakouts mentioned were: Jay Baer - "Does Your Content Pass the Mom Test?" Lee Odden - "Influencer Marketing" Ann Handley - "FIWTSBS (Find Interesting Ways To Say Boring Stuff)" Jonathan Kranz - "Content Lab" With keynote speakers like Brene Brown and Michelle Obama, the quality is apparent. What so many mentioned in the LinkedIn thread, though, was the helpfulness of the smaller breakout sessions, too. This international conference for senior-level tech marketing professionals goes beyond basics to tackle sophisticated challenges. With a culture that allows for deep engagement with other attendees, MarTech will enable you to connect the marketing and technology sides of your business for creative collaboration across the organization. Built for the executive level B2B leader, the SiriusDecisions Summit provides data-driven best practices, new innovations, and networking with an elite community of sales, marketing, and product leaders. Many of those that commented on the post expressed their great experience as an attendee AND as a sponsor. This event was unique in that it was described as a "life changing" conference -- powerful words! Promising proven, practical, and actionable marketing education, the MarketingSherpa Summit is taught by successful marketers who have been in your shoes. Not to mention the world-class venue. Past speakers have included Will Smith, Hillary Clinton, and John Legend--not your run of the mill conference. Held in San Francisco, the Marketing Nation summit boasts engaging breakouts such as "Human to Human" (teaching brands to grow in their storytelling) and "7 Behavior Hacks that Increase Engagement." Most recently held in my own backyard of Orlando, FL, the LoyaltyExpo provides speakers from brands with credibility and seo 2019 insight into customer loyalty (and "not just the loyalty program"). The customer experience tracks provide tangible, targeted experience structures and processes for brands. With a laser focus on SEO, brand development, and CRO, this conference provides actionable input on a specific topic. A few of the favorite breakouts were: "Data-Driven Design" by Oli Gardner "SEO-intent based framework" by Katie Cunningham "How to Survive Google's Trojan Horsing of the Web" by Rand Fishkin With an attendance of around 300, this content marketing conference allows for greater engagement with speakers and attendees. Plus, if you miss something, your ticket allows you full access to all speaker slides and video recordings to go back and watch again. Suggested by: Nancy Maneely With leading speakers such as Brene Brown, Allen Mulally from Ford, and Daymond John from Shark Tank, you will gain insight from leading voices. Beyond this, the networking comes from unique events such as the golf tournament and black-tie gala. Suggested by: Jean Ginzburg With speakers ranging from Tony Robbins to Tony Hawk, this conference focuses on SEO Blog9T entrepreneurship, but covers so much more. The innovative sessions will challenge you, and their networking events provide the opportunity to meet hundreds of business leaders. Hosted by CNBC & Inc, you can trust that the entire experience will be top-notch. Suggested by: Sean Privitera Honing in on strategic marketing content and sales enablement, this conference is designed specifically for B2B marketing (hence the name). This conference equips marketers to make the right decisions on people, processes, and technologies to drive acquisition, retention, and revenue growth. One unique takeaway--analysts are accessible throughout the time to do 1:1 meetings. Suggested by: Tracy Eiler A conference featured in Inc., Forbes, and The Huffington Post, one word defines its mission: growth. Bringing leaders from the fastest growing tech companies, this conference will empower you to "get, keep, and grow customers and revenue." What more could you ask for? Suggested by: Darrell Ellens With top marketing executives from a diverse range of brands, the attendees are what make VidCon. Bringing these attendees together for unique networking events allows you to meet the players without their fans chasing them all over the place. While the focus is online video, the separate industry tracks enable everyone to participate in what will be beneficial to them. An "experts-only" event on SEM and SEO tactics which frequently features Google execs...yes please. This conference serves as a chance to connect with others fluent in SEM and SEO that will leave you thinking, "These are my people!" The sessions are "fast-paced, Q&A-packed, always informative, and don't stop to cover the basics." This one day event hosts over 1,000 marketers under one roof. At this event you'll find more than 50 sessions, a unique networking experience, and an awards ceremony that celebrates the best in B2B marketing. Suggested by: Russ Powell In the time we live in, email automation has turned from a "nice-to-have" to a critical piece of the equation. As customers expect tailored and customized experiences, this conference aims to help marketers deliver on the sophisticated world of email automation. With top brands, speakers, and content, this summit empowers marketers to meet the expectations of their customers. Suggested by: Maurice Flynn Feeling stuck? Like you have no new ideas? "Focusing on deliberate creativity, innovation, and change leadership, CPSI teaches practical creativity skills and tools in an inspiring learning environment." Taking the whole team? Register 5 or more people and receive a 30% discount on registration. Suggested by: Joe McCambley With the marketing community as vibrant, active, and growing as it is, this conference is an opportunity to promote "creativity, exploration, and shared experiences." With speakers from national brands and hosted by Comcast, you can expect meaningful, industry leading insight from this one-day conference. No doubt you will leave feeling informed and inspired. Suggested by: Lisa Beaumont Featuring a diverse range of speakers (from CMOs to an Olympic gymnasts), this one-day event in Boston will help you connect the world of tech through the eyes of artists, industry-leaders, and innovators--helping you to take a new perspective back to your team. This is a conference that I've personally attended, so I was excited to see it show up in the comments of my LinkedIn update. This is a single track conference that aims to teach marketers next-level, actionable marketing tactics they can use the very next day. Talks cover every facet of digital marketing, including pay-per-click, conversion rate optimization, email, copywriting, landing page design, and more. Unique in its focus on customer marketing, the Advocamp is all in on one concept--the customer experience. With speakers like Daniel Pink, Jay Baer, and Dan Ariely you can be sure to get great training in short, high-energy talks. The 1,000+ attendees also allow you to rub shoulders with other innovative business leaders passionate about customer experience. Suggested by: David Axler With practitioner led content, you can trust that The Revenue Summit will be both actionable and tactical. The balance between sales and marketing allows for both sides of the team to gain real insight through providing separate tracks for each. Beyond that, the 2,000+ high-quality attendees means that you are in the right spot to network. Suggested by: Max Altschuler Taking place in Brazil, the RD Summit aims to inspire and connect by bringing together marketing and sales experts throughout Latin America. With 8 stages and 150 speakers, there will be no shortage of content, but what sets this conference apart is its "DisneyLand Effect." Suggested by: Renee Sturcq This free (yes, FREE) event from "across the pond" (the next show is in Bournemouth, England) focuses on fueling business growth and innovation. Topics such as digital transformation, video content, SEO, and social media marketing allow you to get the insights you are looking for without taking a hit to your budget. This conference brings like minded content marketers together with those who understand the importance of experience to the buyer journey. By matching "curious minds and groundbreaking presentations", The Content Experience delivers just that--an experience--to all attendees. Held in Toronto, this year's event features Jay Baer (Convince & Convert), Ann Handley (MarketingProfs), Grad Conn (CMO of Microsoft), and many more. Suggested by: Randy Frisch According to my LinkedIn network, these are the 26 most impactful marketing conferences. Connect with me on LinkedIn and let me know what you think should have made the list. James Carbary is the founder of Sweet Fish Media, a podcast agency for B2B brands. He's a contributor for the Huffington Post & Business Insider, and he also co-hosts a top-ranked podcast according to Forbes: B2B Growth. When James isn't interviewing the smartest minds in B2B marketing, he's drinking Cherry Coke Zero, eating Swedish Fish, and hanging out with the most incredible woman on the planet (that he somehow talked into marrying him). Thinking about launching a podcast for your B2B brand? Here's a 26-step process that will explain exactly how to do it.

0 notes