Mavens Do It Better

In this episode Heather interviews tech maven Michelle Gilbert, Technical Specialist at Microsoft from the Twin Cities, MN.

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You should learn these things: How a laptop from her brother took Michelle from fine art major to a developer.

Fear of change: Michelle's take on the problems companies are facing when it comes to the digital workplace.

It's not about you, it's about you giving back to them: How Michelle found her voice as a speaker at the Twin Cities User Group and why she remains active in the Twin Cities Microsoft community.

In this episode Heather interviews Shelly Peiken, Grammy-nominated multi-platinum songwriter, author, and recording artist.

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"What A Girl Wants" - Shelly's first big hit she wrote for Christina Aguilera and how everything has to align for that success to happen.

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter – Shelly's book, which garnered her a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album and what inspired it.

2.0 etc... - What drove Shelly to decide to record her 1st album featuring new approaches to her well known hits as well as 5 never recorded songs.

Music's digital transformation – From the economics to how music is produced and promoted, a discussion on how tech has changed the industry.

As long as I've got one – What sparks Shelly to keep creating and how self-doubt is part of the process.

Connect with Shelly:

Website - https://www.shellypeiken.com/

In this episode Heather interviews Marianne Emma Jeff, CEO of The Women’s Business Momentum Center and author of Brand Me! and The Get it Done Diva's Guide to Business.

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If you can't say it, you can't call it that - How her books The Get it Done Diva's Guide to Business and Brand Me! came about.

The Elements of Momentum - The five stages Marianne uses with The Women's Business Momentum Center.

Permission to Change - How missing a hot yoga class was a wake-up call for her and led her to give herself permission to change her mind.

Paul the Plaster Who Likes to Get Plastered - What inspired Marianne to make the move from England to LA at 19 years old and the how she started her first business and became a coach.

Living Consciously - How her struggle with alcohol addiction sparked her to discover what she really wanted in life.

As a gift to our listeners Marianne will send you a free copy of one of her books, Brand Me! Mastering the Art of Business Story Telling or The Get it Done Divas Guide to Business with the purchase of an annual Ignite Your Life and Business Membership from The Women's Business Momentum Center anytime before May 31, 2020. To receive this gift enter Creative Mavens in the How did you hear about us box.

To connect with Marianne:

Website www.womensbusinessmomentum.com

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/marianneemmajeff

Twitter @getitdonediva

Facebook @MyWBMC

Marianne Emma Jeff

Marianne Emma Jeff shows professional women how to stop binging, burning out and bi-passing success. Instead she invites them to increase their productivity, performance and profitability by micro managing their happiness instead of their action.

Originally from Nottingham, England, Marianne spent 30 years pushing herself towards success and instead feeling burnt out and overwhelmed eventually pushing herself into sickness and depression. After decades of using alcohol as a tool to forge forward her body finally said enough and Marianne was forced to hear the wisdom of her soul. Leaving behind her alcoholic unconsciousness Marianne stepped forward with Momentum as she slowed down, tuned into feeling good and Ignited her life and her business into the success she had sought for so long.

If you are ready to ditch burnout and tune into fun it’s time for you to experience the magic of MOMENTUM, The Get it Done Diva (aka Marianne Emma Jeff), will show you how to IGNITE your Life and Your Business with tools, inspiration and strategies to become a rock star in your life. Marianne is the CEO of The Women's Business Momentum Center, a two time #1 Best Selling Author and award winning speaker on productivity, performance and business story-telling.

Mavens Do It Better original theme music composed by Jesse Case with voice over by Julia Francis.

In this episode Heather interviews Raya Dukhan, a working artist and UX designer in Brooklyn, New York.

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From St. Petersburg to Brooklyn: Raya's career as an artist and designer has led her all over the world.

Community is Everywhere: The importance of community for artists and how she has found it through the many arts organizations she has been a part of like Burning Man and Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists.

Wabi-Sabi: What inspires Raya's paintings.

Working Artist: How Raya balances her design career and her time in the studio.

To connect with Raya:

Website - https://panimau.com/

Instagram - @_rayart_

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raya-dukhan-398b32/

Behance - https://www.behance.net/rayadukhan

Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists - https://www.artspswt.com/

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Raya Dukhan

Raya is an artist and designer originally from St. Petersburg, Russia.

As an artist, in her painting, she is currently exploring self-journey by peeling away and adding layers with different mediums and textures to unmask the core of the truth. Her brilliant colors and textures go beyond the flat surface and allow you to experience another dimension. Her inspiration comes from nature, travel, the people she meets, and the adventures that she encounters along the way.

As a designer, she began designing web pages in the mid 90’s in Seattle, WA; working at dot coms and learning emerging web design technologies. She has played several different roles in front-end design since, currently doing UX design for IBM.

Raya lives, works and exhibits in New York.

Mavens Do It Better original theme music composed by Jesse Casewith voice over by Julia Francis.

Episode 63 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Nancy McSharry Jensen, CEO and Co-Founder of The Swing Shift, the destination for women in career transition.

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The Swing Shift – Nancy's company focused on helping women move their career in a new direction or return after an absence.

The SharePoint Wars – How Heather and Nancy worked together on the original SharePoint team and why kilts were involved.

That One Chance – The impact of small moments in Nancy's career that helped inspire and propel.

Return to Work – With technology fueling massive changes in how we work, how does someone prepare for the new landscape after an absence? Nancy's recommendations and how her attitude to new tech helps keep her open and ready for change.

TRIGGER WARNING This episode, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors.

Episode 62 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Rachel Ann Mullins, actress, producer, director, and podcast host.

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No Filter – Rachel's podcast No Filter Friday from Public House Media, covering the #metoo movement from inside Hollywood.

"I need to go to this" – What sparked a Midwestern girl to pursue a career in modeling and acting.

Lies Are Pretty – And the truth stings. How Rachel uses her platform to get down to the nitty-gritty of uncomfortable topics like sexual assault to make positive change in our world.

Rachel

Twitter - @RachelAMullins

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rachelannmullins/

Instagram - @rachelannmullins

No Filter Friday Podcast

Website - https://www.publichousemedia.org/no-filter-friday

Facebook Live - Public House Media

Shame on You Documentary

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Rachel Ann Mullins

Rachel lives in Los Angeles where she wears many hats as an actress, producer and director. Her most recent project is a 27 episode web series. Rachel also appeared in a 6 page pictorial in the January 2020 issue of FHM magazine. She is also the host of the long running podcast No Filter Friday on Public House Media where she covers all things #metoo from inside Hollywood.

Episode 61 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Antje Lamartine, Collaboration Consultant focused on Microsoft 365 user adoption and change management, speaker, and organizer for SPS Munich.

Antje and Heather caught up at the Modern Workplace Conference Paris.

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User Adoption – How the topic has grown and why it is so important to understand the human aspect of it.

From Hospitality to Technology – Antje's career journey and how one person saying "Yes" helped her pivot from business administration to IT.

Only You See the Mistakes– How knitting helps her not only unwind, but has taught her to accept and learn from her mistakes rather than obsess over not being perfect.

To connect with Antje:

Twitter - @AntjeLamartine

LinkedIn

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Episode 60 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Elaine van Bergen, Senior Program Manager, Commercial Software Engineering, Microsoft. Heather caught up with Elaine at the European SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure Conference in Prague.

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Cutting Edge Healthcare IT - Elaine's work with Microsoft in the healthcare realm developing machine learning and AI tools to help healthcare professionals focus on the patients rather than the paperwork.

Self-proclaimed "Natural Born Geek"- How Elaine got into tech at a young age and why she is a Superstar of STEM and a SheEO activator.

What Sparks Her – Her work helping to build Nintex and how the experience inspires her to this day.

Build a Better Bot – Why making bots seem human may be missing the point completely.

To connect with Elaine:

LinkedIn

Twitter

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Episode 59 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Greg Frick, Senior Solution Engineer at Zones, Inc. After an inspiring conversation with Greg outside the Orange County Convention Center during Microsoft Ignite 2019, Heather asked Greg to join her on the podcast. Beautiful audio recorded at the #MSIgnite Community Hub podcasting booths – thank you to the amazing audio techs Julius and Jim for hooking us up!

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The "IT of No" - the negative effects on business and employee growth when organizations are resistant to technological change.

Improv theories in business - turning teams into ensembles to ensure projects keep momentum with "Yes, and" attitudes and creating environments where listening, experimenting, and learning are encouraged.

From anthropology to technology to Zen temple building – Greg's origin story and career journey spans the gamut.

The power of vulnerability – how sharing our stories and hearing the stories of others builds community, stops us from comparing our internal to other people's external, and builds engagement.

To connect with Greg:

LinkedIn

Twitter

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Episode 58 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast is our 1st Anniversary special celebration episode featuring our host Heather Newman and our producer Annelise Sexton. We are celebrating our first anniversary with a discussion about producing a weekly podcast, what tools we use, and our first time attending the WerkIt Festival, a women and non-binary conference this past month in Downtown Los Angeles. Thank you to all of our guests, followers, subscribers, and fans for a wonderful year! Happy Halloween!

Note from the Producer:

In this episode it may at times sound like we are unwrapping candy, we wish we were. We experienced some recording issues that were not caught at the time and while I’ve cut the worst of it, there is some I could not get rid of.

Annelise and Heather caught up virtually from Alameda, CA and Marina del Rey, CA.

Listen in as they talk about:

Best moments and lessons learned from the WerkIt Festival.

A year into running a podcast, what we’ve learned and are still learning, how it came about, and where we see the show going.

The tools (hardware and software) we use for recording, editing, and promoting the show, and some tips for those who want to start one of their own.

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Tools we use:

Audio recorder – Zoom H4n Pro https://zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/h4n-pro

Podcast hosting and website - https://www.squarespace.com

Sound editing - Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org

Audiograms - Headliner https://www.headliner.app

Episode graphics - Canva www.canva.com

Analytics - Chartable https://chartable.com Blubrry www.blubrry.com

Transcripts - Temi https://www.temi.com