Making Friends After Age 50
Making Waves at C-Level
It has been a bit since Making Waves at C-Level has had a new episode. I am trying to get back into it. As a host I have been recording "Austin Tech Connect" for the past 17 months (the official Podcast of the Austin Technology Council).... and it has been all I have had the bandwith for until now. This first episode is about making friends as we get older. Too often people are feeling lonely in our society, and this is true for people of all ages. If you want to make friends at any age, you have to get involved in your community. And what is a community...it is...
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Bloom Mary Jane with Scott McDowell
Making Waves at C-Level
The Founder of Bloom Mary Jane is Scott McDowell better known as Strategic Scott on social media. He is a Maryland native who relocated to Colorado in 2016 after spending almost a decade in NYC working in the music industry. Upon arrival in Colorado Scott launched Strategic Leverage, LLC a boutique marketing agency. Strategic Leverage has a very niche focus on vendor booth immersive activations, event sponsorships, VIP product placement, and content creation.
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Twin Flame CBD Tea with Amada Sizemore
Making Waves at C-Level
Amanda Sizemore is the owner at Twin Flame Tea. She founded the company almost two years ago. The idea came to her one afternoon walking through a farmer’s market with her significant other. She was craving an organic iced tea with real herbs. A tea with beautiful hand blended leaves, not the fanning’s you usually find at the grocery store. This craving led to her curiosity of starting what she didn’t know would become an amazing adventure.
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Who's In Your Room? with Dr. Ivan Misner
Making Waves at C-Level
In this episode of "Making Waves at C-Level" we hear from Dr. Ivan Misner. He is the founder of BNI and a very smart man who has built a large company and helped many other people find success through the connections they make in business.
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Growing A Business In The Pandemic
Making Waves at C-Level
Episode 629 is an interview with Jon Kazarian, CEO and Founder of Accelevents. He has a great story of growing Accelevents during the pandemic and shares a lot advice for business leaders on how to pivot and grow.
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Growing Through Acquisition with Ryan Snow
Making Waves at C-Level
Episode 628 looks at how small and mid-sized companies can grow through acquisition like the big companies. In this conversation, Ryan Snow shares his experience in helping entrepreneurs scale their companies.
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Groundswell Marketing with Scott Martin
Making Waves at C-Level
In this episode of "Making Waves at C-Level" the conversation goes deep into marketing, culture, growth-hacks, etc... Scott Martin is an expert in branding, marketing, and strategy. He shares his insights in this candid conversation with Making Waves host, Thom Singer.
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The Know, Like, and Trust Factor with Ray Abram
Making Waves at C-Level
Thom Singer sits down with Ray Abram to talk about networking, career advancement, human connection, and success in this episode of "Making Waves at C-Level".
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Communicating Value with Beth Mund
Making Waves at C-Level
This episode was originally recorded for the "Webinar Talk Show". The conversation is a powerful chat and Thom Singer knew he had to share it here with the "Making Waves at C-Level".
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Cannabis Dispensary Franchising with Chelsea Mulligan
Making Waves at C-Level
In this episode we talk with the co-founder of one of the first Cannabis Dispensary Franchise companies. The Open Dor is a new company that is helping Cannabis Entrepreneurs open up stores across several states, and reduce the first time business owner mistakes. Will Chelsea Mulligan become the Ray Kroc of Cannabis? Maybe.
info_outlineThe same efforts and same agenda will not produce new results.
No matter what industry you work in, the guess is that you, your employees, your products and services, your vendors, and your customers are all caught up in the same routines.
It happens in all industries. Thom Singer wrote an article for the February 2019 "Meeting Professionals Magazine" titled TRY NEW THINGS (page 30) about how one of his clients totally re-thought their opening general session.
For decades this group, like most associations, had an opening business session that included a famous keynote speaker. But in 2018 they wanted to try something new. No Keynote. (As a keynote speaker himself, Thom does not advocate for killing off the keynote! Ha).
Instead, they created a 2 1/2 hours general session that focused on the brilliance of their members, sponsors, and other industry VIPs. They hired Thom to help facilitate the session, and got hundreds of people to engage and share best practices instead of sitting by and listening.
It was a huge success, but it was not without risk. They had to get buy in from the attendees in advance to ensure that all stake holders were on the same page. If it had not worked out, they needed people to be positive about the concept of trying new things.
Thom also shares in this episode two other clients who wanted to shake up their conference with new experience driven ideas.
But this is not just about the meetings industry. Everyone should be looking for ways to have more experiential interactions with customers, prospects, vendors, employees, etc.....
Check out episode 432 of "Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do" and see if you are inspired to try something new.
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