Dr. Arlene Barro

A Radio Show Not To Be Missed! "A Conversation/The Veil of Email: What is Your Email Assumptions Quotient (EAQ)?" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will ask, “Are you hiding behind your email inbox and wondering why you are not achieving your professional and personal goals?” To find out if you are consciously, unconsciously, or automatically using email to avoid speaking on the phone or face-to-face, take my Email Assumptions Quotient Quiz. You will be amazed to learn how many erroneous assumptions you are making about the effectiveness of email. My guest co-host Virgil Holder, Director of Corporate Recruitment at the prestigious Piedmont Healthcare System in Atlanta, Georgia, and I will have an eye-opening conversation with many “eureka moments” which will change your perception of when to use or not to use email. Dr. Arlene’s Right Fit Method, the subject of her book WIN Without Competing!, is the key to figuring out the right solutions (including emailing) in your professional and personal life.

“The Right Fit Method Gets Personal: What is your Personal Assumptions Quotient (PAQ)?” On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will demonstrate how her Right Fit Method gets personal and disclose when erroneous assumptions about our personal lives can be detrimental to achieving and maintaining happiness. During the show you can take Dr. Arlene’s PAQ Quiz and find out what assumptions you should not be making and why. Dr. Arlene, with her guest co-host Virgil Holder, Director of Corporate Recruitment at the prestigious Piedmont Healthcare System in Atlanta, Georgia, will share fascinating stories about the impact of making erroneous assumptions in our personal lives. Dr. Arlene will respond to callers’ personal questions, demonstrating how the Right Fit Method, the subject of her book WIN Without Competing!, is the key to figuring out the right solutions not only in your professional life but also in your personal life.

Mary Beth Garber: Queen of the Southern California Broadcasters Association On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview Mary Beth Garber, the President of the Southern California Broadcasters Association (SCBA) since 1998. Garber serves as a consultant for 62 stations in Los Angeles, the biggest radio market in the world in terms of dollars. Garber has been recognized as: “Broadcaster of the Year” by Radio Ink Magazine and received the Genii Award for Excellence in Radio by American Women in Radio and Television. She has also been named as one of the “20 Most Influential Women in Radio” by Radio Ink every year for the past 10. During her presidency at SCBA, Garber has co-produced, in conjunction with Arbitron, three behavioral studies about media usage. Garber has also created and produced “The Virtual Neighborhoods of Radio,” which she has presented to advertisers, marketing groups and broadcasters across the country. The Virtual Neighborhood concept has has changed the attitudes of programmers' and on air personalities' toward listeners and advertisers. Garber has been the keynote speaker for Chambers of Commerce and American Advertising Federation and for the American Women in Radio and Television Chapters nationwide, teaching them how to succeed through the creation of local Virtual Neighborhoods. During the last 10 years Garber has also trained over 600 radio sales people through her Southern California Broadcasters University courses changing how sellers position radio and prospect for clients. Prior to joining SCBA, Garber had a distinguished advertising and broadcast career in Los Angeles. She held senior media positions at Chiat/Day and Foote, Cone & Belding. Her radio experience includes local sales and management for CBS and ABC radio stations and at Interep Radio. To read more, visit...http://www.drbarro.com/.

"Dennis Meredith: King of Scientific Communications" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview distinguished science writer and communicator Dennis Meredith who is the author of Explaining Research, to be published by Oxford University Press on March 1st, 2010. Meredith, an adventurer, not only writes about science but also lives it. He wrote an article which included photos of what was believed to be the Loch Ness monster. This led to a New York Times-sponsored expedition to Loch Ness. Meredith served as the press officer on this expedition and wrote Search at Loch Ness. Meredith has had a fascinating career. He ventured on the Loch Ness expedition with Harold “Doc” Edgerton, inventor of the strobe light; prepared the historic news release announcing synthesis of the first artificial gene by Nobel Prize winner Har Gobind Khorana, and helped Nobel Prizewinning physicist Richard Feynman explain his controversial opinions about the cause of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Meredith worked at some of the country’s leading research universities, including MIT, Caltech, Cornell, Duke and the University of Wisconsin. He has helped science journalists at all the nation’s major newspapers, magazines, and radio and TV networks and has written well over a thousand news releases and magazine articles on science and engineering over his career. His scientific training as a chemist and biochemist coupled with his passion for communicating accurate scientific findings to the public led him to create and develop, with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the international research and news service – EurekAlert! – which now links more than 4,500 journalists to news from 800 subscribing research institutions. To read more, visit...http://www.drbarro.com/

"Jannel Rap: Music Iconoclast" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview singer-songwriter Jannel Rap who, according to the International Music Connection Magazine, is one of the top 50 iconoclasts of the music business along side the Eagles, Lil Wayne, Robert Plant and many more. Jannel has five solo CDs that have received national airplay. She is currently working on her 6th solo CD entitled..."Are We There Yet?" She has shared the stage with John Waite, Sophie B. Hawkins, Stevie Wonder, Sandi Patty, The Yardbirds, Nickel Creek, Eddie Money, Rick Springfield's band- The Squirts, Susan Gibson (Dixie Chicks), Lowen and Navarro, Loudon Wainright III, James Valentine of Maroon 5, Tyrone Wells, and Ronnie Cox. Her music has been featured in the television shows "America Lost and FOUND", and "Elimidate," in Karen Black's play "Missouri Waltz," the Henry Jaglom films "Going Shopping" and "Irene In Time," the documentary: "800 CDs" and the film "Costa Rican Summer" starring Pamela Anderson. Jannel founded GINA for Missing Persons FOUNDation after the disappearance of her sister, Gina, in 2000. The GINA FOUNDation was featured twice on the Grammy Awards Program along with Jannel and numerous contributing artists, including Meatloaf, Michael C. Ross, Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Carlton, Little Feat and Sheila E. Annually, Jannel takes her band Clementine on the Squeaky Wheel Tour which is a 19 day event beginning on Gina’s disappearance date and winding down on her birthday. Jannel is considered an expert on call for missing person cases featured on national TV shows such as Nancy Grace. To read more, visit...http://www.drbarro.com/.

"Rachel Brill: Superstar on the Rise" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview Rachel Brill, Vice President of Development at ZOO Productions. In 2001, Rachel joined ZOO Productions as an intern and quickly showed her creativity which propelled her to Vice President of Development in 2008. In her current position, Rachel manages project development and production (both written and media) relevant to pitches, presentations, and pilots which has included the FOX primetime game show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” and TVLand's "How'd You Get So Rich?" with Joan Rivers. In addition to her responsibilities in development, Rachel has played a key role on the production teams of ZOO’s recent shows including truTV’s “Speeders” and “Speeders Fight Back”, Lifetime’s “Let the Good Times Roll”, CMT’s “Bandits vs. Smokies”, MTV’s “Tila Tequila’s Spring Break Fantasy Couple”. Rachel is also developing the docu-series “The Pellicano Girls.” and a studio game show for NBC. As an invited speaker at the Association of Film Commissioners International Cineposium in November, Rachel will be part of a panel discussing “Non-Fiction Productions: The Bread & Butter of the Industry?” To read more, visit...http://www.drbarro.com/.

“What is your Assumptions Quotient (AQ)?” On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will host a special call-in career show with guest co-host Virgil Holder, Corporate Director of Recruitment of the prestigious Piedmont Healthcare (includes five hospitals) in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 15 million people are currently unemployed and millions of employed are shaky about their jobs and careers. Fear can cloud our judgment and prevent us from acting appropriately. Fear coupled with erroneous assumptions is deadly. To find out if you are making erroneous assumptions that are preventing you from getting a job, changing careers, or moving up in your current position, take Dr. Arlene’s Assumptions Quotient Quiz during the show. You will be amazed to find out the number of erroneous assumptions that you make which impede your career success. Are you blasting your resume from Burbank to Bombay? If so, be sure to listen to the show. Dr. Arlene will respond to callers’ questions, demonstrating how her Right Fit Method, the subject of her book WIN Without Competing!, is the key to figuring out the right solutions to succeed in both your professional and personal life.

"Independent Filmmaker Suzanne DeLaurentiis: Head, Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview Suzanne DeLaurentiis who follows in the footsteps of her family of successful filmmakers, producers and directors. Her company, Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions, independently produced 10th & Wolf, Brothers By Blood, Silicon Towers, Pocket Ninjas, Skate Dragons, Twin Towers, Graduation Day, Out of the Black, Shut-up Kiss and Me, A Month of Sundays, The Vegas Connection, Mutant Man, Swiss Family Robinson, Mannequin 2, Rocky V, Transylmania and New Hope Manor and many others. The film 10th & Wolf, a drama based on the investigations of mob informant Joe Postone, aka Donnie Brasco, won numerous awards. Suzanne Delaurentiis has won the prestigious Opal Award from Women in Film, a lifetime award for music in independent films from the Hollywood Fame Awards and The Distinguished Founders Award for Excellence in Filmmaking from the Palm Beach International Film Festival. Delaurentiis started the Cinema City International Film Festival which debuted at Universal Studios in 2007 and was rated one of the top 25 Film Festivals by MovieMaker Magazine in the festival’s second year. She conducts lectures and workshops, mentoring up-and-coming actors and filmmakers. Suzanne has helped hundreds of talented people jumpstart their careers. At the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, the fifth Cinema City International Film Festival took place in September featuring the film Like Dandelion Dust starring Barry Pepper, Cole Hauser and Mira Sorvino. Join Dr. Arlene as she uncovers Suzanne DeLaurentiis’ fascinating career from her childhood roots to her teenage acting career, to her acclaimed singing nightclub act at age 20 (mentored by her cousin Frankie Avalon) to acclaimed filmmaker.

"Serita Stevens: The Mistress of Mystery" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview award-winning author Serita Stevens who has had 30 published books to her credit including two non-fiction books: The Forensic Nurse and The Book of Poisons. As a forensic nurse, Stevens was trained to observe evidence that physicians may overlook. She has been frequently first on the scene of a crime or in an emergency room which puts her in a unique position to collect evidence regarding accidents, alleged sexual assault, spousal abuse and other violent incidents. Her book The Forensic Nurse – how nurses help police solve crimes – is currently being turned into a television drama in Canada (CTV) with Greg Bell (former showrunner of Bones) as the head of production. Writers frequently questioned Stevens on how to kill off their characters in their books. Stevens, recognizing their need, wrote The Book of Poisons to instruct writers on how to murder their victims correctly. Any questions about poisons? Stevens, a highly versatile writer, has turned her attention to scriptwriting with “Murder Me Twice” (a reincarnation thriller and winner at Cinema City International Film Fest as best script,) “Mother In Law” (a female driven dramady with a supernatural twist – also a winner at CCIFF and at Broad Humor Festival,) “Dragon Seeds” (a psychological horror written with director Sean McNamara,) “The Presence” (a psychological horror), and “Guilty Prey” (you always thought your attorney’s were blood suckers and now they are). She is currently working on a TV pilot “Gangsta” (about the cops who run the gang land stations) and “A Match Made in Heaven” (a true romantic comedy.) To read more, visit...http://www.drbarro.com/.

"Judy Lamppu: Producer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Singer, and Ms. Senior Santa Clara" On WIN Without Competing! Dr. Arlene will interview Judy Lamppu. For the past few years, Judy has been writing and producing a CD/book project dealing with the loss of loved ones entitled “Grief Rhymes with Thief,” as well as a book for young adults and a Sci-Fi Pop-Rock Opera entitled “Real.” Working with Finnish Jazz star, Bianca Morales and her label, Beem Records International, Judy wrote all the English lyrics for two CD’s, the most recent, 13 songs on the newly released homage to “Roman Holiday” entitled “When in Rome.” This CD is considered to be a tribute to the great jazz classics of the fifties and sixties, with wonderful arrangements by Sven Nygard. Judy also completed an English version of songs for Bianca’s upcoming Christmas CD and an original holiday song, “Let’s Be Children for Christmas,” co-written with Bonnie Janofsky. Early in her career Judy and her partner, Patricia Ford, had the good fortune of getting one of their scripts to Peter Falk, who, upon reading it, didn’t care that they were unknown writers, and “Caution, Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health” became the 2-hour ‘91 season opening of "Columbo." To read more, visit...http://www.drbarro.com/.