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Welcome to this episode of #ForWhatitsWorthwithBlakeMelnick, called "A Good Place to Be"

We are on location in the #Cityof Kimberley,  in the East Kooteney's of British Columbia, an area of extraordinary natural beauty,  steeped in the rich history of the Canadian west.

We thought that you might enjoy this short narrated travelogue leading in to our next episode of our #PasstheJam music series, called #CampfireJesus.

Be sure to check out the show blog to see the beautiful photographs which accompany this episode.

Coming up Next...

We are pretty excited about our next episode of #PasstheJam. It will be the first in person interview we've conducted since we launched the podcast back in June 2020 and we're stoked! We have an amazing new artist to introduce to you, and we've used a song he wrote when he was 16 years of age for the intro and outro to this episode to give you a flavour. We will also have the current holder of "the Jam", @BenHunter, join me as a co-host to "Pass the Jam" to our new artist, so make sure you tune in for our next episode called "Campfire Jesus" ...For What it's Worth

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For the past month we have been playing clips from @BenHunter new record, #Lucky for all the intros and outros to #ForWhatitsWorthwithBlakeMelnick and #TheSpace[inbetween]. It is now time to "pass the jam".

On the next episode of #TheSpace[inbetween], Ben will be joining me as a co-host  for the interview to help us "pass the jam" onto our new exciting artist.

As a lead in to the next episode of #PasstheJam, we thought our audience would enjoy listening to the full tracks of the songs we've been playing from #Lucky .... as well as hear a short teaser from the up and coming guest artist...For What it's Worth.

Music for today's show is from @BenHunter's new record, #Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org and listen to the interview with Ben on #TheSpace[inbetween]

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Trust in Trees

Mature trees are evocative. People around the world, have a visceral reaction to big trees. And while we love trees for their  aesthetic value, their shade, and their importance to the wildlife habitat, as well as their role in storm water management, we are now beginning to see the value they play in helping mitigate climate change.

my guest this week on #ForWhatitsWorthwithBlakeMelnick is @ToniEllis. Toni  was one of the founders of the blue box program in Toronto. Certainly recognized as one of the first major, community - based recycling initiatives in North America.

In 2019, she moved on to found #TreeTrust. A not-for-profit designed to advocate for the  preservation of mature trees in communities across Ontario.

Music for today's show is from @BenHunter's new record, #Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org and listen to the interview with Ben on #TheSpace[inbetween]

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As a result of the Pandemic parents, students, teachers, and employees, have been forced, out of necessity, to adapt very quickly to learning and working within technology supported virtual environments. This has posed significant challenges for all concerned. It is not simply a technology challenge, but also a design challenge. The traditional ways we think, work and learn are not always adaptable to online environments, nor do they leverage the considerable and distinct benefits of e-learning.

Virtual schools represent the changing face of education in the 21st century, but will they be allowed to realize their true potential?

Virtual schools offer the possibility of the global classroom, democratization of knowledge, student driven learning, robust, authentic curriculum that is constantly being improved upon by each successive group of learners and the knowledge they share with one another. Virtual learning, can remove geographical, socio-economic,  cultural barriers as well as address student's unique learning challenges.

The question is, how can this potential be realized in the face of present education and political structures, which hearken back to the Industrial Age?

In this episode of #TheSpace[inbetween] my co-host and I discuss the benefits of e-learning compared with traditional face to face learning. We reached out to parents, teachers and Administrators for their perspective and incorporated results from the recent survey from the #TBSB about students, parents and teachers reactions to learning online during the Pandemic.

Join us for #LearningtoLearnOnline ...For What it's Worth

Music for today's show is from @BenHunter's new record, #Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org and listen to the interview with Ben on #TheSpace[inbetween]

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Welcome to this week's episode of #ForWhatit'sWorthwithBlakeMelnick, with guest @PraveenAndivasu

In part 2 of #KnowledgeistheCommodity , Praveen and I discuss the relationship between #KnowledgeManagement and  #Innovation. and more specifically how to create cultures of innovation in the Workplace, by bringing employees into to the process; Defining the behaviours associated with the desired innovation outcomes, and converting these behaviours in to key performance metrics.

...For What it's Worth

Music for today's show is from @BenHunter's new record, #Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org and listen to the interview with Ben on #TheSpace[inbetween]

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COVID 19 has had a significant impact upon all industry sectors; the world has changed and continues to do so; we will not be going back to the way things were, post COVID. If nothing else, the Pandemic has illustrated the importance of Knowledge and reliable knowledge flows from Government, health officials and business leaders in protecting the health and well-being of our citizens and in advancing the collective, global effort to produce and deliver a vaccine.

This reality has forced organizations of all kinds, to re-think their business and the sectors in which they operate. While this is especially true with small and medium sized businesses, it is also true for large, multinational corporations.

As all industry sectors are being forced to adapt to exponential change, largely as a result of advances in digital technologies, knowledge  is fast becoming the new commodity and competitive differentiator in the Marketplace. Companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon, AliBaba etc. are really #knowledgecompanies. The application of advanced analytics and algorithms allow these firms to capture knowledge about all of us - our habits, our lifestyle preferences, where we go on vacation, what we like to eat, our political bent. and then sell this knowledge to their customers.

The adoption and application of  Knowledge Management strategies and  practices are being used to support cultures of innovation in  workplaces,  resulting in increased value capital for organizations.

My guest this weeks episode  on #ForWhatitsWorth,  served as KPMG's Head of Collaboration, Knowledge Management and Change Management - Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs. Prior to joining KPMG, he served as the Associate Vice President and Head, Training Capability Development for Vodafone in Mumbai, India and then Assistant Vice-President and Learning Leader, Retail Consumer Finance for General Electric in the U.S

Please join us for #KnowledgeIStheCommodity ...For What it's Worth

Music for today's show is from Ben Hunter's new record, called "Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org and listen to the interview with Ben on #TheSpace[inbetween]

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In this episode of for #TheSpace[in between], #CamBrown and I discuss where we are at with Season 2; What's new with the show including the launch of our new Facebook page; An exciting new vision for our #PassTheJam series which we are really "jazzed"about, and some of the great guests and topics we have in store for our listeners in up and coming episodes of #ForWhatitsWorth and #TheSpaceInbetween

Check it out...For what it's worth

Music for today's show is "I'm a Fool" from @BenHunter's new record, called "Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org

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One of the prevalent themes which has emerged during episodes of #forwhatitsworthpodcast has been the socioeconomic divide - the increasing gap between rich and poor as a root cause of social unrest  and economic uncertainty. Our guest for this  episode of #forwhatitsworth is @floydmarinescu, CEO of #C4media , a small multinational, high tech company. Floyd is also the founder of #ubiworks.

In late December 2020 , #ubiworks released a independent economic report commissioned by the #canadiancentreforeconomicanalysis which illustrates  how Canada can address poverty and the socioeconomic divide, while also kick starting the economy post pandemic. Join us for #buildingbackbetter ...For What it’s Worth

Music for today's show is from Ben Hunter's new record, called "Lucky". Check it out at benhunter.org

Visit http://forwhatitsworthpodcast.com for more information about Floyd Marinescu, UBI Works and to download a copy of the report from the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis

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What we're seeing with technology overall is,  the creation of a lot of productivity  that is actually excluding people from the kind of wage growth and the middle-class growth that we saw before the invention and adoption of modern computing and robotics.

I don't think we're going to see a future with no jobs. I think we're going to see a future with a whole lot of low quality, low income jobs. And a few high high-income, high-quality jobs at the top. And if you don't believe me, just look up the economy right now. This is what's been going on for the last 20, 30 years. we've seen that the slow shrinking of the middle class, we've seen more low income and low quality jobs being created proportionately, , the share of jobs rather than our low income low-quality in Canada and in most OECD countries, is increasing


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The Pandemic has had a particularly acute effect on the Entertainment Industry. Performing artists of all kinds have been unable to practice their craft and engage in their passion for live performance. In the case of musicians, the situation is not all bad. Musicians have had time to turn their attention to songwriting, recording and to improving their brand - The business end of things, as it were

This has certainly been the case with our first guest on our #PasstheJamSeries, @Ben Hunter. Ben has just released a new record, called #Lucky. The record was recorded a number of years ago and during the Pandemic, Ben has taken the opportunity to re-record the material and release the record, and in doing so has had the opportunity to explore new voicings -  Jazz, Pop and Country overtones weave their way into Ben’s Americana roots.

In this episode Ben shares his inspiration for #Lucky; His musical influences, along with some stories from his life as a “Hard Core Troubadour”

Join us for #OLuckyMan…For What it’s Worth.

To read more about Ben, download his music and watch the latest video for the title track, "Lucky" https://forwhatitsworthpodcast.blogspot.com/2021/01/olucky-man-pass-jam-featuring-ben.html

If you are an aspiring new musician or an old pro and would like to be a guest on future episodes of #PasstheJam, please listen to https://www.buzzsprout.com/11516 to find out how.

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