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Today’s episode discusses analyzes Social Good Software and how they have used technology. Social Good works with non-profit organizations such as museums, galleries, and other arts & culture organizations. Many of these organizations use Altru to manage their online data such as ticket sales, calendars, etc. However, Altru has many shortcomings, and Social Good has used technology to fill those chasms and meet their client’s needs! 

“We are a software as a service platform. That helps a lot of these organizations operate a little bit more efficiently. So this is a vertical in the marketplace that has been ignored by a lot of software vendors. Think about, like back in the day with Learning Management Systems, where just because it was higher education, no one was really paying attention to them.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support, along with guest speaker Rick Hernandez discuss Social Good’s innovative use of technology to fill the gaps in Altru. Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Social Good Software”

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Today’s episode discusses cryptocurrency and how it affects aspects such as real estate and business growth. Brad and Bobby, along with guest speaker Mike Waters discuss how cryptocurrency plays a part in the economic growth around us. Together, these tech experts analyze key insights into the pros and cons of crypto and how you can use it for your benefit. 

“The blockchain is what the value is, right? The blockchain says there is a fixed number of x, and there is never going to be more or less than this. And here's a way to guarantee that, whoever owns it, owns it, and nobody else does. In the history of the world, there has never been a thing where we had that ability. We don't know how much gold is out there. There's no such thing as knowing exactly how much of a thing there is and who absolutely owns at any given time.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support, along with guest speaker Mike Waters, discuss the pros and cons of cryptocurrency and its effects on the economic growth around us. Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “QuestCrypto.”

For more information on IT staffing and recruiting in Salt Lake City, visit https://techbridgeinc.com

Today’s episode discusses staffing agencies and how they affect your company’s liability. Brad and Bobby, along with guest speaker Darren Lee from Proofpoint, discuss the changing IT landscape, as well as how Proofpoint is using technology in an innovative way to grow the business. Together, these tech experts analyze the role of technology within Proofpoint and how they’ve made it work for them. Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about how technology can be used in an innovative way to help you grow your business!

“The expectation of any technology company is in order to survive to grow, inherent in the model is it has to be a disruptor. And so, we stare at two things when we talk about disruption. For us, number one, you’ve got to be changing a prior mode of behavior or a mode of taking action with something brand new and different. The second is equally important. In order to be sustainable, the business model too must be disruptive and support the new innovation.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support, along with Darren Lee, discuss Proofpoint’s use of technology and how it “bucks the system.” Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Proofpoint.”

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For more information about proofpoint visit https://www.proofpoint.com

Today’s episode of the New IT Podcast invites guest speakers Tom Milligan and Jill Blankenship, founders of OurDivorce.com, to discuss the use of technology within their company. OurDivorce is an online tool used to help couples settle disputes during a divorce without having to pay for an attorney. Tom and Jill have utilized technology to create a fully automated mediation tool. Brad and Bobby analyze the use of tech within their company to identify innovative ways tech can be used to move a business forward. Tune into this week’s episode to find out how Tom and Jill made tech work for them and how you can make it work for you too!

“We do have some competitors, but I put air quotes around “competitor” sometimes because we have what we consider to be the only online mediation system. So what happens is we have a three-step process, our competitors stop at the Second Step.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support, analyze the use of tech at OurDivorce to discover new and innovative ways tech is helping businesses grow. Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “OurDivorce.”

For more information about OurDivorce please visit their website at ourdivorce.com

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Today’s episode of the New IT Podcast discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. How important is diversity for successful work culture, and how can you cultivate inclusion among your working staff? Brad and Bobby analyze the IT industry and discuss ways that inclusion and diversity can help that industry grow! Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about how inclusion can help grow your business!

“I’m hopeful for the future. I think there's some awareness, but I think people are still confused on how. So really, our mantra is how to move people from awareness to action. Because you go through training, you have this awareness, you know things need to change, But how do you do it? That's really the challenge that we have.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support, discuss the importance of inclusion and diversity with three qualified guest speakers. This episode analyzes the changes that need to take place in the IT industry and how those changes will advance and improve your business. Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Diversity And Inclusion.”

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Today’s episode discusses staffing agencies and how they affect your company’s liability. Brad and Bobby, discuss the changing IT landscape, as well as how a staffing agency can help reduce the liability your company takes on when looking for new employees or qualified candidates. Traditional staffing requires you to assume full responsibility for that employee, which can have a large impact if that employee doesn’t work out. However, staffing agencies are a great way to alleviate the responsibility while maintaining productivity. Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about how a staffing agency can help you!

“Most companies use staffing at some point. The biggest reason why is that a company's biggest liability is its workforce. You have to put in lots of money, and lots of resources into maintaining those people, or those employees. But think of it this way. If you were to use a staffing company, that liability now becomes a business expense because you're paying another company to do it. They take the liability away from you.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support discuss staffing agencies and their impact on your company’s liability regarding your employees. Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Staffing For Money”

For more information on IT staffing and recruiting in Salt Lake City, visit https://techbridgeinc.com

Today’s episode discusses digital marketing and its relation to the IT industry. Brad and Bobby, along with guest speaker Luke from Merklel discuss the changing IT landscape, as well as how digital marketing is important to the IT world and business growth. With the emergence of COVID-19, digital marketing became more important than ever, and IT technicians can help you make the most out of your digital marketing strategy! Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about digital marketing and the IT world!

“So what you might find with MarTech now is you’re not necessarily buying hardware and installing software, or doing anything like that. You are buying a platform-as-a-service now that’s how you build up your marketing suite or your MarTeh suite. And maybe this is just me, but what I think the pandemic actually did, is it allowed even smaller organizations, even a small business to be able to get onto that platform from early adoption and say, okay, I can now cater to my to my customers on a more personal level”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support discuss digital marketing and its many benefits in the IT industry. Are you making the most out of your digital marketing strategy? Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Who Is MarTech?”

For more information on IT staffing and recruiting in Salt Lake City, visit https://techbridgeinc.com

Today’s episode discusses the interview process and what you can expect when applying for an IT position. Brad and Bobby discuss the changing IT landscape, as well as how you can interview well, both as a candidate and as an employer. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses will help create a more comfortable environment for you during the interview process. Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about the interview process within tech companies!

“When someone is asked to tell a little bit about themself, should they go off and tell their whole biography about how they started off as a small child in the backwoods of Canada. Absolutely not. I don’t want to know all about that. I don’t have time for that, neither does any hiring manager. But from that standpoint, when I ask that question, I do want to know, I am judging a candidate’s openness and ability to communicate with me. So I’m looking at that question as just an open-ended question to see if they can communicate.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support discuss the interview process in IT companies and what you should expect both as a potential candidate and as a hiring manager. Are you nervous about the IT interview process? Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “In The Hot Seat”

For more information on IT staffing and recruiting in Salt Lake City, visit https://techbridgeinc.com

Today’s episode discusses mental health and how it impacts those in the IT industry! Brad and Bobby, along with guest speaker Marshall Paepke, discuss the changing IT landscape, as well as what mental health is and what issues come up when it’s not discussed or addressed in the workplace. Depression, anxiety, suicide, etc. have become more and more prevalent during COVID, and so how should you deal with it your mental health in the workplace? 

“Covid has brought this to the forefront for us all. Because we were not talking about it, we were not dealing with it. It was sweeping it under the rug, just dealing with it inside, and not bringing it to the forefront of the other side. Statistics say 1 in 5 individuals are suffering from a mental illness or mental health episode right now.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support discuss mental health in the workplace as well as the role and responsibility that both employer and employee need to play in maintaining strong mental health. What can you and your business be doing better to protect those who work there? Find out in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Mental Health”

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Today’s episode discusses the role of PHP in the IT industry and whether or not it has become obsolete in the fast-moving tech industry. Brad and Bobby discuss the changing IT landscape, as well as whether or not you should utilize PHP in your business. Together, they consult Courtesy Computer Services owner David Silva and gain his expert insight on the topic. Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about PHP and its role in tech!

“I think PHP is actually a solid language, especially with the release of version 8. It’s a lot more like using C and you can set it to be really strict with type checking and errors and whatnot. Where you have you have all the strictness of C that can help you as a programmer but also frustrate the heck out of you. Because you can set it so that it is ultra-strict so that the bugs are worked out of your code before you release it. And that’s one of the things I like about it.”

Brad Anderson, CEO of TechBridge, a Salt Lake City IT staffing company, and Bobby Glen James, Author, Speaker, and founder of BoTecha IT Support discuss PHP in the tech industry. Is it obsolete? If not, how does it benefit you and your company? Hear what these tech experts have to say on the subject in this week’s episode of the New IT podcast, “Ditch It or Pitch It”

For more information on IT staffing and recruiting, visit https://techbridgeinc.com