Amplified with Vanessa Paesani

Amplified with Vanessa Paesani

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Amplified with Vanessa Paesani episodes

  • Amplified #7: Gender + UX, with Ceara Crawshaw

    I met Ceara Crawshaw at a water cooler at Startupfest 2018 in Montreal.  It goes to show the importance of staying open because you never really know when you’re going to happen upon a great conversation!

    Ceara and I somehow got to talking about podcasts and planned a follow-up chat for a few weeks later.  I looked into her work freelancing in UX design (user experience, if you’re not familiar with the acronym – and no worries if you’re not, I can barely keep track of the acronyms I need to use on a daily basis!) – UX is something I think a lot about from a systems point-of-view.  Another way of saying that, is – I often think about how people interact / interface with systems – systems like gender. During that chat about podcasting, I invited her to this interview and she thankfully agreed!

    Some takeaways from the conversation:

    • Recognizing people first, before considering their gender
    • How to recover from perfectionism to fully embrace entrepreneurship
    • The importance of strong female role models in life should never be understated

      • And the question I’m left pondering from this episode is:

      How do we embrace a diversity of ways to communicate and not necessarily relate it to gender?

      I hope you enjoyed the conversation and looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

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      44 min
    • Amplified #6: Prompting deeper thinking, with Christy Gray

      Christy Gray is one of the most thoughtful people I’ve met – which I think you’ll agree with after listening to this gem of an interview with her.

      I met Christy in 2012 in an 8-month leadership development program and since then, she’s gone on to complete a PhD, run multiple businesses and become a mom. Like me, she’s passionate about books, so she decided to get into business distributing Barefoot Books because their company ethos really reflected her values.

      Some of my takeaways from this conversation include:

      • Books can be used to prompt deeper thinking – and to let us have difficult conversations within ourselves before we have them with other people.
      • Some practices to challenge our beliefs – the most important of which is reframing through a lens of curiosity (not easy! though important)
      • It’s okay that talking about difficult things is difficult
      • It’s become a norm for her to talk about deep life themes with her son, which I think is such a beautiful thing
      • The way gender is expressed today is generational and multicultural – it’s important for us to keep talking about it.

        • I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.  Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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        48 min
      • Amplified #5: Practice, with Nadine Kelly

        I hope you’re ready for a treat! I had this chat with Nadine Kelly in 2018 – we met through a podcasting fellowship and she kindly agreed to be interviewed for the show.

        Nadine is a physician-turned-entrepreneur, who teaches yoga and curates beautiful spaces for people – in particular, women.  Her website, Yogi MD, lists her purpose as “empowering & educating women to care for mind, body, & spirit” and I think you’ll hear in this interview that’s exactly what she excels in. Some of my takeaways from this conversation include:

        • A gentle and polite no as a practice of self-care
        • Practice, practice, practice
        • Work to get through the noise to what is right for you
        • Health has to be a focus on the whole person

          • Oh, and she’s a martial artist (!).

          I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did, and as always, please feel to share your thoughts and consider subscribing to the podcast!

          Amplified with Vanessa Paesani is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://amplifiedpodcast.ca/

          44 min
        • Amplified #4: Femme Wonk, with Katie Davey

          Katie Davey is a rising star in New Brunswick.  I first met her a few years ago when she was competing in ‘Our Top Talent’ – an event I co-organized with longtime colleague, Rachel Mathis. The event was designed for top graduating students to connect with NB employers.  After I launched Amplify, Katie was one of the first people to reach out to support and discuss the idea.

          She recently launched Femme Wonk – designed to provide a platform to discuss gendered decision making. She reached out to see if I would chat for her podcast and I asked if we could chat a bit about her initiative too.  You’ll hear a lot from me in the episode and I’ll ask Katie what is becoming one of my favourite questions – ‘when did you first become aware of gender?”

          I hope you enjoy the chat as much as I did!  All episodes end up on iTunes and Stitcher – if you’re liking these, please consider subscribing, providing a review and letting us know your thoughts.

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          32 min
        • Amplified #3: #NotASupplyProblem, with Louise Adongo

          Louise Adongo was one of the first people I approached when I was considering launching what became ‘Amplify’.  I approached Louise because she’s one of the most thoughtful people I know and she’s very good at giving real, direct and gentle feedback – a very rare skill.

          She suggested the tagline, ‘#NotASupplyProblem’ in an email, and as soon as I read it, I knew that encapsulated EXACTLY what I wanted to achieve with this.

          I’m so honoured to have had this conversation with Louise – I hope you enjoy it too.  It’s wide-ranging and we talk about everything from her experiences leading her to suggest the #NotASupplyProblem tagline to when she first started becoming aware of gender.  You can find Louise on LinkedIn here.

          Let us know what you think of the episode below and if you enjoy these conversations, please consider subscribing to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

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          45 min
        • Amplified #2: Reframing gender in tech, with Sage Franch

          Thanks so much for joining me for episode 2!  I absolutely loved this conversation with Sage Franch.  I learned so much – I hope you take away lots too!

          A few notes on this conversation:

          • This was recorded in late summer / early Fall – you’ll hear Sage mention moving to Montreal for an accelerator, which they’ve since completed.
          • I met Sage through her business co-founder, Stefan Kollenberg – thanks so much for the introduction, Stefan!
          • I was outside for this conversation, so you’ll hear a bit of wind and a few birds – my apologies!  Still learning about audio

            • You can follow Sage on Twitter at @TheTrendyTechie.  Leave us your thoughts on the episode below!

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            Amplified with Vanessa Paesani is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://amplifiedpodcast.ca/

            34 min
          • Amplified #1: Be a mom and be fit, with Caroline Mackay

            Thanks so much for joining me in this new adventure into podcasting.  I started working on this project a little over 6 months ago.  It’s taught me that I tend to get a little overwhelmed by technical stuff, and that going back to the basics is important and outsourcing what I dread is even MORE important!

            My favourite part of the process was by FAR having these conversations.  I’ve learned so much from each and every conversation, and I’m so excited for you to join for the first conversation in the series with Caroline Mackay.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, and I hope you’ll consider leaving an iTunes review!

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            Amplified with Vanessa Paesani is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://amplifiedpodcast.ca/

            32 min
          • Welcome to Amplified!

            I want to live in a world where gender doesn’t restrict opportunity – for anyone.

            Amplified is part of that journey.  Join me each week for interviews with women and men as we discuss gender through exploring individual journeys.

            I can’t wait for you to join me in these discussions – looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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            1 min

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          Remarkable women aren’t a supply problem. Amplified is changing the story we tell ourselves about women - and as a consequence, about men too.