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Don Levy, Organizer of TEDxConejo and Mark Sylvester, Organizer of TEDxSantaBarbara, both veteran TEDsters, sit down to talk about their TED experiences on the eve of TED2016. They shared their own TED story, how they got to the conference in the beginning and how it has affected their personal and professional lives.

"It's a vacation for my brain" - Mark Sylvester

This engaging and fast-paced conversation delved into all things TED including:

The origin of the title of this show, "It's time for TED."

The analogy of TED to a 'Tasting menu' rather than an IDEA Buffet

The backstory on TED and other aspects of the conference you've not heard about

TED University

How TEDx got started

There will be 3,000 TEDx events around the world in 2016

Behind the Scenes at TEDxAmericanRiviera

What it's like to produce a TEDx event and how it has a galvanizing effect on the community

Generally interesting anecdotes from over 20 years of attending TED

TED's main site - The site that has all of the information about TED, the Conferences and the Community

TEDx main site - Looking for a TEDx near you? This is the place to find one. Set a goal for yourself to attend at least one TEDx this year.

TEDx Videos on Youtube - These are the talks that don't make it onto TED.com - they are amazing

Yolanda Salgado-Tovar and Diane Ouellette are Employment Services Specialists with the Workforce Resource Center at the County of Santa Barbara. They had a lively exchange with host Mark Sylvester about unique programs that are freely available to business owners and job seekers. Mark was the recipient of such a program in the early '70's and starts the show with an anecdote about his experience - spoiler, it was all good.

The ladies represent services available in Santa Barbara, yet there are similar services available in the area you live in.

The discussion went into detail on these various programs and services available free of charge:

Facility Use – They can provide you with a location to interview potential employees.

Recruitment Assistance – They can help you advertise your job openings, determine the skills you need in a new employee, conduct virtual recruitments, or provide labor market information.

Work Experience – Santa Barbara County’s Paid Work Experience Program offers local businesses an opportunity to have extra help in the work place while offering real work experience to people on the road to self-sufficiency. By providing supervision, employers can benefit from having interns help up to 30 hours per week with the day to day functions of a business at no charge. In fact, Worker’s Compensation insurance is provided.

Reimbursements – The Workforce Investment Act’s On-the-Job Training Program is an opportunity to train your new hires, or employees you wish to promote, with the skills they need while receiving reimbursements for your training costs.

Layoff Assistance – Their professional staff can develop a customized plan to ease the stress of lay-off while developing reemployment opportunities. Our services include on-site or Workforce Resource Center presentations regarding unemployment insurance, labor market information and employment assistance such as job search and resume development.

If you work in Santa Barbara and would like assistance, you can contact Yolanda and she'll make sure you get some 805 special attention. Tell her you heard about their services from the podcast.

Workforce Resource Center

130 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

(805) 884-6823 office w (805) 319-0037 work cell

www.workforceresource.com

Dr. Joan Rosenberg is the creator of Emotional Mastery™ and is a highly regarded expert psychologist. She sat with host Mark Sylvester to continue a discussion he's been having about leadership and how to increase our effectiveness. Joan's 30+ years as a clinician, trainer, professor and consultant and her deep background give great insight into the human mind. This episode covered a lot of areas and at the end, Mark invited Joan back as it felt like they were just getting into the good stuff when time ran out.

If you're getting criticism, then you've arrived.”

Topics included;

The definition of Emotional Mastery

How you know when you've got it

The difference between being responsive and being reactive

Life as a collaborative journey vs a competition

A great story about Two Leaders (about 20 minutes in)

Jus how powerful a skill resilience is

10,000 hours of training and teaching to uncover the 8 unpleasant feelings we all share

4 main ways to help ourselves - great tip for leaders

What we think

How we think it

How we feel about it, experience it and express it

How we behave as a result

Being vulnerable - MUST LISTEN TO PART OF THE SHOW

How to be a good listener

Feelings First - this was another great part of the show!

How to focus on feelings first, solving the problem second. Great Tip!

Face to Face and Heart to Heart"

Andy Pattison, Ph.D., professor at California Lutheran University's School of Management sat with 805 host Mark Sylvester to talk about teaching public policy and sustainability through his writings, research and teaching. He knew he wanted to be a biologist when he was 8 years old. He parlayed that desire into a biology degree then migrated to public policy where he now teaches with a focus on planning, long term solutions all the while, finding time to fly fish off the Ventura Coast.

"My passion is my greatest asset.”

Topics included;

• What's a Masters Public Policy Administration (MPPA) and why is it such a popular field to study

• The biggest misconception about public service and the #1 allure

• What's the definition of 'socially equitable'

• Why Climate Change is the biggest problem we currently face

• How to mitigate the loud-squeaky-wheel in public debate

• What's the Logic of Collective Action, as defined by Mancur Olson

• His trick (tactic) for engaging students, using video to annotate his talks

• Fly-fishing off the coast and how to think like a fish

• Seriously - how leadership is like fly-fishing

• Why he has such an obsession for serving the community

• What is Identity-Based Messaging

• Book suggestion: The Big Sort

Buzzword Bingo: Confirmation Bias (look it up)

"Government is just a word for what we choose to do together"

Michael Hanrahan, the founder and Executive Producer at Earth Media Labs in Santa Barbara sat down with 805 host Mark Sylvester to talk about how his Blue Horizons course on science-based documentary filmmaking is making a difference globally. His passion for the documentary format and the youthful zeal of young filmmakers combines for a potent collaborative environment at Earth Media Labs.

Michael has been working underwater and around water focusing on telling stories that involve the environment and helping people understand complex issues visually. Michael and Mark met over 20 years ago when he was running Ocean.com and Mark was head of the local non-profit, SCAMP - the South Coast Alliance of Media Professionals.

"Blue Horizons shows students a path they didn't know was possible.”

Topics included;

• What Earth Media Lab is all about and why it's exciting

• The Blue Horizons program at UCSB - using media to communicate vital stories of the ocean

• Science-based filmmaking

• Digital Video Production

• Stories of local interest, including Fishing in Santa Barbara, El Nino, and the NOAA Sanctuary

• Helping scientists become better storytellers

• His book, The Last Extinction

Scott Mann, president of MannUP Leadership Training recently had an important and timely conversation with 805 host Mark Sylvester. He talked about his background as a Green Beret and his current mission to mobilise all Americans to get 'all in' to defeat ISIS. He is credited with establishing the Village Stability Operation (VSO) program in Afghanistan and tells the story of how that initiative came to be. Scott is a recognized authority on ISIS and can be found on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and quoted in major media outlets whenever there's an attack. Seems like he's on the news every other day.

"Social connections are how we survive.”

Topics included;

• The tips to building relationships in less than five minutes

• His backstory and how he got to where he is today.

• How he knew he want to be a Green Beret from the time he was 14

• How the Green Berets are different from other special operation forces

• Strategy from the last 15 years has failed and putting us more at risk

• His non-profit, Mission America. Their mission is to ensure that the core values of the military remain a bedrock of the institutional fabric of the United States through direct support of our military warriors, direct support of their families, and in reintegrating veterans and their families to our communities. Their strategic mandate is expressed across three primary areas of focus: Helping to better prepare our warriors still in the fight for continued success in combatting America’s enemies.Helping warriors “return home” through the transition process. Educating communities on the values, principles, and potential contributions of our military to our civil society.

• His upcoming Victory Garden tour of America - spoke about his first stop on the tour to Albuquerque.

• His encouragement to us all to digitally sign his Contract to Protect America and help get 1 million signatures

• His book Gamechangers - all profits go to the Mission America non-profit.

Salud Carbajal, SB County Supervisor sat down with 805conversations' host Mark Sylvester to talk about his life in public service and his current campaign for Congress.

Salud emigrated from Mexico in 1970 at 5 years old and has been giving back his entire career.

"Politics is the art of compromise."

Topics included;

• His educational background from UCSB to Harvard to Fielding

• Why he chose a career in public service

• What are the fruits of his labor and how that keeps him going

• Examples of regional efforts to collaborate within the 805

• Why he's so passionate about History

• How and why the business community should partner with local government

• Forming the EVT in Santa Barbara County to help with economic development

• Issues he's passionate about: Middle-class opportunity, the opportunity to get ahead, college access, financial aid for education, veteran's, the environment and climate change.

"Finding solutions, building relationships."

Alon Goren, founder, entrepreneur, advisor, and optimist sat down with 805conversations' host Mark Sylvester to talk about his views of building businesses here in the region and what it takes to be successful.

"Hey, look around, there are plenty of people already here."

Topics included;

• Failing fast

• Finding your passion

• The difference between selling and closing, and why it's good to be good at both

• The founding of 805startups

• The story of launching 10 sites to test one concept, which turned into a new unexpected business, Invested.in one of the first crowdfunding technology players

• How the region is now on the radar of the VC and Angel community

• His various ventures

Alon is a passionate guy who's gotten himself very well connected in the 805 region and loves helping the startup ecosystem. His enthusiasm is infectious and you'll want to check out any of us upcoming events. Sign up at 805startups.

Master Melodee Meyer sat down with 805conversations' host Mark Sylvester to talk about launching her new site, MasterMel.com and her over 20 years in fitness, wellness and nutrition coaching - and how it relates to leadership and business. She tells us,

"Learn how to create the life you want, in a body you love, doing work that matters!"

Topics included;

• Feeding ourselves (metaphorically) pies

• PIES stands for the Physical, Intellectual, Emotion and Spiritual aspects of our lives

• Shifting your belief system

• How to convince anyone of anything

• There are only 6 stories in our lives, and only 2 that are common to all of us

• How to enjoy the current moment and not focus on a future reality

Master Mel also is the co-founder of Martial Arts Family Fitness and runs a national program called KUT (Kickboxers Ultimate Training). Their dojo has been ranked the #1 facility in the United States and has won the Independent Best Of for 13 years in a row.

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