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Modern Day Daniel Boone

Posted in electric bikes on April 4, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Hear about the adventures of Al Willis, a lifelong Tennessee native who loves blazing new trails, be it thru his lifelong love of big huge Harleys, his equal love for little Vespas and his newfound passion for Pedego Electric Bikes. Making this well traveled adventurer a little bit like a modern day Daniel Boone (at least in my mind). Actively leading packs of people through the wilderness and off the beaten path. Thru his leadership role in a local Harley Owners Group, his current service as Treasurer of the national Vespa Club of America and now his enthusiastic role in the Official Pedego Owners Facebook Group. Serving as a trailblazer for others to follow. On this week’s PEDEGO PODCAST.

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Fixing the Root Cause of Business Problems

Posted in Business on April 1, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Summary

On this episode of Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way, host Will Crist sits down with Wendy O’Donovan Phillips, Founder and CEO of Big Buzz Inc. Wendy founded the marketing agency 15 years ago as a one-woman team, and she’s grown her business substantially in the time since. Today, she and her team are working on plans to franchise the agency, and they will have ten franchised locations by 2032. Throughout the episode, Will and Wendy discuss Big Buzz’s big plans, trusting your team, and several other core principles of EOS.

Shownotes

(0:59) Introducing Wendy O’Donovan Phillips and Big Buzz

(4:15) Integrating EOS into Your Business Plan

(9:35) Challenging Your Business and Taking Risks

(16:39) Making Long-term Goals Attainable

(19:31) Trusting Your Team

(28:09) Big Buzz’s 10-Year Plan

(32:15) EOS Impacts EVERYONE in Your Business

(43:12) Employees Want to Work for EOS Implemented Businesses

(45:14) Closing Thoughts

Links

Will Crist

EOS

Wendy O’Donovan Phillips

Big Buzz Inc.

Quotes

“I find that the best working relationships, whether it’s with a team member or a client—any professional relationship—the best ones are where we’re open and willing and honest and vulnerable.” (7:55) – Wendy O’Donovan Phillips

“I think one of the most helpful things to me throughout [implementing EOS is] I now see so much more clearly what terrific ideas there are on the team that aren’t my ideas.” (19:31) – Wendy O’Donovan Phillips

“What I have learned is that the more infrastructure, the more of the right people, the more revenue and profit that we gain, the more fun it is, the more financially free we all are, and the more opportunity there is for everyone. And so my vision for this is to create a ripple effect.” (39:24) – Wendy O’Donovan Phillips

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Build a Healthy PR Mindset Before You Market Your Book with Lilian Sue

Posted in book publishing, Business on April 1, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Our guest on this episode of the Pub Date podcast is Lilian Sue. Lillian is a long-time PR coach and publicist who focuses on helping authors fulfill their full potential to become global industry leaders by focusing on how to build a healthy PR mindset above any strategy. She’s given workshop presentations and developed journals and other resources to help authors bust down mindset blocks, gain clarity on their thoughts, feelings & the myths they believe about PR-while providing them with the right tools, resources and knowledge to learn how to build their own successful PR campaigns.

Learn more about Lilian and be sure to follow her on social media:

www.inretrospectwritingservices.com

https://in-retrospect-marketing-academy.thinkific.com/

On Instagram @liliansuecopywriterpr

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The Road LessTraveled

Posted in electric bikes on March 28, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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For many years, Kat Woirol had a great job with General Electric in Human Relations. “It was a great ride,” she admits. “But after 25 years I was definitely looking for a different path to follow” All she knew was that in her next act, she wanted to work for herself. And was determined to quit commuting thru Atlanta’s notorious traffic jams.

She dreamed of riding a bike to work. So why not own an electric bike shop, in Atlanta itself? And that’s what led her to Pedego. “We found a spot inside the beltline,” she smiles. “In the heart of the city”. Right next to one of the many “rails to trails” projects that are moving people off the highways and onto the forgotten byways. Allowing her to slow down a bit and build a business that spoke to her heart. While still allowing her the freedom to ride home and be there when her 8 year old kid’s school bus arrives. Becoming a trailblazer (and an eBike entrepreneur) along the way. With everything she ever dreamed of (and more). All of which she gleefully shares on this week’s PEDEGO PODCAST.

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How losing her parents lead her to volunteering

Posted in charities, non-profits on March 26, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Monica loses both her parents to pancreatic cancer, first her mother and later her father. Her mother wasn’t given many options – either chemo or let nature take its course. With the low survival rate the decision made was to let nature take its course. Monica being a researcher googled pancreatic cancer and found a chat group. After reading a few stories posted by family members, Monica felt her mother had been given a death sentence. After losing her mother in 2003 she continued to do research but found nothing was really being done. She joined the PanCAN Albuquerque, New Mexico Affiliate in 2012 after attending her first PurpleLight. Monica always loved to volunteer, pancreatic cancer ended up choosing her mother and that lead her into the direction of volunteering with PanCAN. Monica is the Social Media Chair of the Michigan Affiliate and has also served as the Advocacy Chair. The first thing she tells people she meets who have been diagnosed or their family members is to contact PanCAN. “I’d let them know there is hope not to give up, different things going.” Monica feels going to Advocacy Day and sharing your stories with members of congress is very empowering. It’s important our representative know “My mother was just not a statistic, she was not a number she was a real person.” Monica was completely blindsided when she found out her dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer some years later. Her father had seen what his wife and gone through so he was a little more aware and his was found earlier. His symptoms were different, jaundice, itchy skin, he was able to have the whipple but sadly died less than a year later. Monica hasn’t really come to terms yet in losing her father, she is still mourning her mother. Losing both parents to pancreatic cancer Monica is more involved and invested in the fight against pancreatic cancer. Quoting one of her favorite researcher, Dr Howard Crawford “It can be bent.” Monica’s goal is to raise as much awareness, keep her mothers legacy alive, “I don’t want her to ever be forgotten and she won’t be forgotten through me or the work that I do.”

This episode of Living Hope is dedicated to Monica’s mother Ranjana Upadhyaya “MAA”

You can reach Monica through the affiliate facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2095769850634842

or email mmishra@pancanvolunteer.org

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Entrepreneurship IS All Fun & Games!

Posted in Business on March 25, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Summary

On this episode of Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way, host Will Crist sits down with Josh Abbott, General Manager of Fun Productions. Josh’s parents founded Fun Productions nearly 30 years ago and grew it into the successful business it is today. Almost five years ago, Fun Productions implemented EOS and quickly experienced many of the benefits that come with the EOS Life. Throughout the episode, Will and Josh discuss the EOS Life, having fun at work, and much more!

Thanks for tuning in!

Shownotes

(0:28) Introducing Josh Abbott and Fun Productions

(3:48) How EOS Affected the Business

(9:43) The EOS Life

(12:58) The Great Contribution

(16:27) Compensating Appropriately

(20:50) Supporting Employees’ Passions

(25:24) Making Your Business Attractive to Talent

(31:59) EOS Predictions

(35:39) Getting Permission to Have Fun with Your Company

(42:42) Closing Thoughts

Links

Quotes

“We were able to start working on the business and not just in the business, whereas I think pre-EOS we were very reactionary.” (6:07) – Josh Abbott

“For a very long time, [we waited] for people to ask for raises, and if they asked for a raise [we would] assess and give them a raise. But what we found was there were folks out there who are not going to ask for a raise, and they may start to feel resentment around the fact that they haven’t been offered a raise.” (16:42) – Josh Abbott

“We put out ads for one [open position]—we were just looking for one person last year. And I think we ended up turning [the ad off] after we got 35 applications in four days.” (29:24) – Josh Abbott

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Irish Eyes are Smiling

Posted in electric bikes on March 21, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Hear how Peggy Taylor from St. Louis found the proverbial pot o’ gold at the end of her rainbow (in the shape of an eBike). One year after her heart gave out and forced into a frightening heart transplant. With two bad knees (and few prospects for every getting out in the world again). Until her Irish luck kicked in and led her to a Pedego electric bike store. Where (despite her fear) she found herself up and riding again. And now can’t stop pedaling. Racking up over 2500 miles in her first year since buying her eBike. With a daily pace (weather permitting) of 30 miles/day. A heartwarming tale about “Peg O’ My Heart” on this special St. Patrick’s Day edition of the Pedego Podcast.

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Leading Your Team to Success Instead of Burnout

Posted in Business on March 18, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Summary

On this episode of Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way, host Will Crist sits down with Derek Gerber, Senior Vice President of Explainify. Over the last year, Derek has been implementing the EOS system at Explainify, and the results have been nothing short of impressive. Their discussion covers the changing video landscape, the EOS Life, and how EOS has affected Explainify.

Thanks for tuning in!

Shownotes

(0:37) Introducing Derek Gerber and Explainify

(3:38) How Video Has Changed during the Pandemic

(11:19) The EOS Life and Explainify

(18:01) How Explanify Is Making the World a Better Place

(21:04) Appropriate Compensation

(22:23) Derek’s Other Passions

(24:12) Implementing EOS at Explainify

(30:00) Value, Compensation, and Viewing Employees as Human Beings

(43:10) Closing Thoughts

Links

Quotes

“After implementing EOS over the past year, we continue to grow. It has onboarded our team members in a much more effective way, and then it also shows them that burnout is not a celebrated, award-winning opportunity here. We don’t do that. We work to openly communicate and create transparency and trust across each department.” (17:18) – Derek Gerber

“A year ago, when we were growing quickly at a state of point, we put out a couple of job applications. We had four applicants over six weeks—at a time where we needed to hire people very quickly. Now, [after implementing EOS] we had 600 applications in four days, and we had to shut it down.” (41:40) – Derek Gerber

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From the Classroom to the Bookshelf

Posted in book publishing, Business on March 18, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Whether you have aspirations of being an author or helping authors achieve their book publishing dream, the path to publishing is never a straight line.

In this episode of the Pub Date podcast, Dr. Jen Dorsey and Vanessa Campos talk with Maria Dismondy on her journey to becoming a publisher. Maria started out in the classroom years before writing ten books. She loved getting powerful messages into the world through realistic fiction and saw a need to have more diverse books for children. So much that she began Cardinal Rule Press in 2015. There Maria uses her experiences as an award-winning author to work with writers on getting their messages into the world. She takes pride in mentoring Cardinal Rule Press authors and offering a customized marketing campaign that her team coordinates and implements.

Learn more about Cardinal Rule Press here: https://cardinalrulepress.com/

Follow them on social media:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-Txy1Kgq4P_ZztrrQrqzg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cardinalrulepress/

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Produced by OC Talk Radio at UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Producer: Paul Roberts, founder of OC Talk Radio

Executive Producer: Emily Carpenter-Pulskamp of Little Red Communications

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Selling eBikes in Silicon Valley

Posted in electric bikes on March 14, 2022 by OC Talk Radio

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Meet the entrepreneur selling eBikes in the heart of Silicon Valley, Jeff Scanlan, who opened Pedego Menlo Park (right across from Stanford University). Who after years in the area in various business development roles for hospital supplies, technology supply chain management services and even local and national non-profit organizations like the Leukemia Society decided to try a different path. But one with a similar mission: to make an impact in his community by “delivering critical services to large segments of our country’s population, whose needs would otherwise go unmet.” One ride at a time (this time).

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