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Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Adam Armstrong

Adam Armstrong is a recovered addict. Now 5years clean and sober he is on a mission to talk about addiction and recovery. In 2019 Adam created IF I Motivation on YouTube as he identified a lack of resources available to people struggling with addiction in SW Florida. Adam knew that the same things he struggled with would be the same things others grappled with too and he knew he could help. Unfortunately, just 10 weeks after he created the YouTube channel his best mate Robbie passed away from a Fentanyl overdose and it occurred on the day before Adams 3 yr clean and sober mark. It became his mission to reach as many struggling addicts as he could with his channel.

Welcome to the show Adam and thank you for being here with us tonight, I believe its about 10pm in Florida, so we really appreciate your time to talk to us today about addiction and recovery.

So, let’s start at the beginning and how you found yourself caught up in addiction?

What are some of the signs of addiction?

What got you started on your recovery journey?

What was the hardest part of your healing journey?

How hard is recovery?

What were some of the key things that helped you overcome addiction?

Why speak out publicly?

Let’s talk about the stigma of addiction – I’ve talked a lot on the show about the stigma of mental health and I know the two topics are linked so I’m interested in your perspective Adam?

How hard was it to get past Robbie’s passing and maintain recovery?

What helped you get through?

What does life look like now? And who supports you.

What do you want the listeners to know?

What’s next for you Adam?

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with – Briony Schadegg

Briony Schadegg HCI Founder, Director & Secretary (Human Computer Interaction)

Briony Shadegg, during her time as a police officer has over 15 years of lived experience in dealing with trauma and challenges to wellbeing.

Together with Ben Fink, Danny Connery and Joesph Cassar founded HCI Insights, an Australian developed and owned company based in SA in 2017.

Their Mission “To empower users and organizations to positively and actively manage their wellbeing for improved ability to meet positive individual and organizational goals”

Welcome to Radio Toni we are so privileged to talk to you tonight Briony

First lets quickly talk about how the trauma of policing changed the way you thought about wellbeing? This experience drove your desire for better and that led to the new app Frank.

1. Briony can you tell me about why you and the team developed FRANK?

- was developed around concepts and research findings described in The General Theory of Crime, Social Learning Theories, the Dunedin Longitudinal Multidisciplinary Study and others like it, during Briony's Policing Studies.

Protection of privacy & user information

2. How is Frank meant to be used?

- Franks is designed for installation on personal devices. It analyses the user's natural language using our cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to provide mood and emotional feedback, patterns and trends for individuals and organizations.

3. How do you protect a user’s privacy whilst using this app?

Our user’s right to privacy has been at the forefront of every design decision we have made. Not breaching the trust of our users and setting the highest standard of integrity is paramount to us.

4. What sort of positive investment to you hope to achieve for organization?

For organizations seeking competitive advantage, an investment in employee wellbeing is crucial in meeting organizational goals. Frank will do this by providing insights to empower your organization to act in a timely manner to achieve positive outcomes.

Frank aims to facilitate:

- Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism

- Improved organizational loyalty

- Improved employee & recruit perception as an employer of choice

5. What sort of positive investment to you hope to achieve for organizations?

According to WHO, there is a 4:1 positive return on investment in wellbeing for individuals, organizations, the community and government.

6. How will the FRANK measure its success? Frank provides a unique measure of success that previously was not captured other than by way of anecdotal or survey evidence which can be unreliable.

7. What is behind naming the app FRANK?

8. What are some of the achievements for Frank so far?

Our current shareholders are all South Australian based or ex-South Australians.

We are an organization of choice for Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) internship program, mainly for machine learning.

Our pilot is being independently run by Dr Miranda Van Hooff, Ex Director of Military and Emergency Services Health Australia.

We have started securing foundation customer organizations such as Police Health and in final stages of negotiations and approvals with SA Department of Treasury and Finance, Scotch College and Gallagher Bassett.

We have regularly seek the advice of our Advisory Board Chair Leesa Chesser, former SA Minister for Disability, Mental Health and Substance Abuse. We also periodically seek advise from; Professor Alexander McFarlane Dr Paula Dabovich Raymond Spencer Glen Rosie David Knox

9. What’s next for the team behind Frank?

Pilot

The first phase of Frank’s pilot is being facilitated by Dr Miranda van Hooff and her team at MESHA. The pilot is open to Australian Android users and over 200 people have been onboard so far. With the pilot still active, we have sent some data to MESHA for preliminary analysis, with an assessment to be provided in the next couple of weeks.

Early feedback regarding the open-source keyboard, utilized solely for phase one pilot, was consistent with our assumptions, and has presented some challenges for pilot users, but is providing HCI with the necessary data to make an informed and objective assessment on our hypothesis.

We have secured three pilot organizations for the 2nd Phase Pilot and have generated interest from other organizations, which we are exploring.

Just a reminder, please “like” us on Facebook and LinkedIn

Capital Raise

Our capital raise round is open with the round closing on 30 June. Thank you to those who have reinvested and welcome to our new investors.

Just a reminder that we have applied for a grant through the South Australian Government’s Research and Commercialisation Startup Fund (RCSF). The RCSF grant will provide significant leverage for investors, with the grant (if approved) making up 44% of our investment round. Matching the funding dollar-for-dollar is a requirement of our application, so we appreciate anyone who can make a financial commitment. The due date is 30 April 2021 to demonstrate matched funding ($350,000). Failure to do so will require HCI to restart the RCSF application process again. While not preferable, it’s certainly not catastrophic. We have all of the documentation from the EOI stage, as well as the final application, and should be able to progress through quite quickly, with the results from phase one pilot in hand as well.

We have submitted an application to a few VC and Angel funds. In addition to investor dinners/presentations through CoVentured and Innovation Bay, to help boost the raise. Results of some of our applications are still pending. However, our Impaqt Fund application is looking promising and we will have a result in early June.

We have been selected as a finalist for Innovation Bay’s Startup Showcase at Southstart and will pitch on the 4th May in Adelaide. Our Southern Angels application has also been successful and we will be presenting to them on 3rd May.

We are also exploring the 2:1:1 matched funding opportunity with the Digital Health CRC after recently speaking with CEO, Dr Terry Sweeney.

Briony’s SheEO membership and involvement in SheEO and Chooks SA continues to be fruitful, providing great exposure and presenting some of our current opportunities and new investment.

Our Social Lights Podcast interview took place last week and we are waiting for it to be published online.

We presented at Australian Healthcare Week Pitchfest, after being selected as one of eight finalists from over 65 startups throughout Australia. We didn’t win but were honoured to be selected amongst some very high calibre (and well-funded) startups, gained some terrific exposure, received some excellent feedback and made some great connections.

Special Announcement

As mentioned briefly above….

We have been selected as a finalist for Innovation Bay’s Startup Showcase at Southstart in May. We have been advised by the Events Manager that the event attracted a high number of applicants resulting in a highly competitive selection process. As you can imagine, we’re really excited about this opportunity.

Our Southern Angels application has also been successful and we will be presenting to them in May as well.

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Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Julie TRELL

Julie Trell is the Country Lead, Australia, for SheEO after helping to launch it in the US. She has been challenging and inverting norms throughout her career, making waves with her fresh perspective and innovative thinking. When she redesigned a previous job title to ‘Vice President of All Things Fun, Meaningful & Rewarding’ at Salesforce Foundation, it was a powerful reinforcement of her values, which quickly became integral to the workplace culture around her.

Julie’s career has centred around building connections between people, programs and ecosystems. She describes herself as a ‘Human API’, capturing her ability to utilise her network to empower start-ups by spotting opportunities and acting as a catalyst for growth and development.

She’s currently building up her Playful Purpose practice engaging leaders of every stage and experience level to use “the other AI” to become more confident, empathetic, and adaptive.

Julie I want to keep the interview organic and flowing, so let’s tell the story of where you’ve come from and where you are going…..

Hello and welcome to the show Julie, Im so delighted to be here…

Let’s start at the beginning … tell be about the journey that led you to this point in time? How did a gorgeous American gal end up in Australia?

What led you to your passion in supporting people in startups and business?

Let’s talk about SHEeo – which we are both passionate about…you’ve been with SHEEo for 5 years.

Salesforce Foundation and your time there…

You’ve just finished up in your role as Global Head of muru-D, a startup accelerator sponsored by Telstra with programs across Australia, during which time you supported many early stage startups. What patterns and qualities did you see across the founders which have made big impact

What is "the other AI"

Playful purpose

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Ellen Violette

We have another amazing guest this week, publisher, author, songwriter and business women Ellen Violette!

Ellen Violette helps inspirational speakers, coaches, and heart-centred entrepreneurs write a bestseller in 7 days with 3 days of writing time, launch to #1, and use their book to grow their business to make a bigger impact, more money and to leave a lasting legacy.

After writing her first book and finding the process long, frustrating, expensive and stressful, Ellen Violette decided there had to be a better way and she was determined to create it. This led to the creation of her signature program, Write Your Bestseller in 7 Days Bootcamp. She has gone on to create several other programs and become an award-winning book and business coach, podcasting host of the Books Business Abundance Podcast and a multiple #1 bestselling author. She is also a Grammy-nominated songwriter.

Her company offers book writing, publishing, #1 bestseller launches, and marketing and a line of authors services including ghost-writing, publishing packages with editing, formatting, copywriting, and book covers as well as books and Do-it-yourself courses .

Ellen I like to keep the interview organic and flowing, so please be prepared for unanticipated questions as my intuition prompts me to ask something else.

Good Evening and Welcome to the show Ellen!

3 Secrets to Writing a Bestseller

Why should speakers, coaches, and entrepreneurs write a book?

How can they write one if they are busy running a business?

What causes writer’s block and how do you get over it?

How do you pick a topic to write about?

5. Why do most authors fail to make money from their book?

6. What’s the best way to get started writing a book?

7. What makes my approach different?

Toni’s Notes

I started my business in 2004. I did not plan to be a book coach, but I always knew I wanted to write a book and when the time was right and I was ready, I looked for an ebook coach and there weren't any. I was learning from a book on the topic and it was frustrating, I needed more help and since it wasn't available and I had learned that the money was in coaching what's in the book, not from book sales, I decided to figure out how to teach book writing a better way and become the first ebook coach. Eventually ebooks and books became one and the same and we just put them in both formats. But that is how I became a coach. It chose me. As far as my first book, I had no idea what to write about. At that time we were buying, fixing and selling properties and moving every 6 months of so. The movers had commented how good I had gotten at moving so I figured I'd create a book on how to save money moving. I made many of the rookie mistakes the biggest one being that it was a boring topic, I wasn't passionate about it. It took a long time and I got frustrated and wanted to quit. But by that time I had decided to become an ebook coach and find a better way, but figured if I was going to teach it, I better finish this one and go from there, so that's what I did. And over time books and ebooks have become the same, just in different formats and we give clients both.

Guest, Denise Bossarte, poet and photographer whose passion is writing, nature, and abstract photography.

Her daytime job in IT helps to keep the household running.

She enjoys writing, teaching Miksang contemplative photography workshops, and going on photo shoots to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary world.

She teaches and photographs near her home in Texas.

Nicci Rossouw is the CEO of Exaptec, a start-up company she founded in 2015 to provide service robotics solutions to the Australian market. She is passionate about applying innovative technology such as artificial intelligence and automation to improve work-life balance and wellness overall by removing repetitive and boring work. She has provided numerous robotic telepresence solutions to educational facilities and businesses to augment communication and movement for disabled and incapacitated people.

Nicci believes that well designed application of robotics will lead to the emergence of new business models that will change the way people work and play for the better. Noted as one of six women who “rock” robotics in Australia, and a regular speaker at events, Nicci is a passionate educator of how robots can augment your life for the better.

Exaptec was one of Westpac’s 2018 top 200 Businesses of Tomorrow winners, winner of episode two of “that startup show” season two 2018 and also one of four companies representing Australia at the International Cultural Fair in Shenzhen in 2019. Nicci was noted as “30 women you need to know about in robotics” in 2020. This is a global recognition and Nicci was one of two women in Australia to be awarded this accolade.

Hello and welcome to the show Nicci

Let’s start at the beginning … tell be about the journey that led you to this point in time?

What have been challenges that you have had to deal with and overcome?

I want to talk about robots – I find it fascinating and where to start is a challenge. We see the portrayal of robots on the movies, how close is this portrayal to real life and where we are at with robots with now?

What do your robots do? Break it down by the range that the company has - Telepresence and telecommunication, service, social, stem, AI

In 2020 you were recognised as “one to watch in 2020” by Robotics research online communication platform Robohub – top 30 women in the world – congratulations! And Innovative Robotics Solutions Providers list included you and the company in its top 5 list. What do these types of accolades mean to women in robotics?

What’s the big vision Nicci and where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Notes for Toni

Telepresence - Communication is at the heart of any effective business, social or family network. That’s why we’re embracing new and emerging robotics technology that helps people develop stronger and more meaningful relationships.

During office hours, our fleet of telepresence robots is tailored to provide effective solutions to business, education and healthcare providers. And when the work's done, our robots bring a new dimension to remote interactions with friends and family.

Service - Hard to find good help? You might be looking in the wrong place. Recent technological developments mean robots can now perform more advanced tasks than ever before. We can supply mobile and highly intelligent robots to carry out numerous tasks for you or your business.

Social - The seemingly autonomous and sentient robots we're familiar with from sci-fi movies are an example of what are referred to as social robots. While current technology is a little behind that of Hollywood, we're catching up fast! The social robots in our fleet will amaze with their ability to interact with their surroundings, carry out tasks and engage with people.

No longer just a curiosity, social robots have a number of valuable real-world applications. They can act as personal assistants, virtual concierges, manage home and office automation, educate and entertain, and carry out roles in service and retail industries.

Stem - Whether in the fields of medicine, education, industry or just around the house, robots are becoming indispensable. At Exaptec, we know an understanding of robotics, programming and coding is essential for the jobs of the future. This is why we want to help Australians, both young and old, equip themselves with the necessary skills to find meaningful employment.

When it comes to learning about robotics and programming, we believe it’s best to take a hands-on approach. That’s why we provide educational robots that are fun to build and program.

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Haz

Today’s guest is Hazel Todd and the title of the interview is Empowering Women by taking care of your own family your Own Estate Planning

Hazel is a solicitor, author and business owner. She has been admitted to practice law in Victoria, Australia and runs her own practice in Melbourne, HazeLegal, dealing primarily in Wills and Estates, as well as family law.

Before emigrating to Australia she was admitted to practice in Botswana, having read for her law degree in South Africa. She has experience, both personally and professionally, in the issues that arise when dealing with an estate after a loved one passes.

She wrote My Life Manual – Estate Planning, Information and Messages for my Executors and Loved Ones because she believes that we can help those that we love, even in the most difficult of times, after we pass away.

Let’s make it easier for the ones we leave behind.

When she is not working she enjoys writing, Latin and Ballroom dancing, and learning French.

Her other works include:

‘The Dream Catcher: A Journal for Success’

‘Powerful Conversations – 10 Stories of Authentic & Effective Conversations’ (Co-author)

‘Unstoppable Woman in Business (Co-author)’

Welcome to the show Hazel and what a privilege to have you here on the show today to share your wisdom and knowledge with the audience. You are such a busy woman it’s great that I get to share you with the audience for the next 55 minutes at least

Let’s start with what life looked like before you got emigrated to Australia and what prompted that move?

How much of a challenge was it to get admitted to the bar in Victoria?

What sorts of things did you go through as a woman in business in the legal arena in Australia?

The treatment of women in the Legal community in Australia has been likened to the way women have been treated in our parliament. Do you agree and what has been your experience?

What does Women’s Empowerment look like for you Hazel?

There was a particular moment in your life that prompted you to write your first book, what was that Hazel?

What questions did you wish you could have asked your father?

What’s the most fun thing you like about your legal business?

You have a wonderful way of giving back to empowering women to get their businesses going, can you tell us about the fee portion from Empowerment wills that you direct to this worth cause?

What does the future hold for the dynamic, empowering Hazel Todd?

These questions are just a guide – follow my lead and we will have an intuitive and insightful discussion. We will keep the conversation organic and it will flow where its meant to, Hazel

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Lisa Sweeney, From Passion to Profitability

Lisa Sweeney is the CEO & founder of Business in Heels as it is today. The organization works with business and professional women enabling them to succeed. They do this through mentoring, education, connection and marketing. Today the organization connects 160, 000 in a collaborative community. And their vision is to create an unlimited future for women.

Collaboration has enabled Business in Heels to grow & Lisa will share some of the learning over the last 6 years of growth.

Welcome to the show Lisa and what a privilege to have you here on the show today to share your wisdom and knowledge with the audience. You are such a busy woman its great that I get to share you with the audience for the next 55 minutes at least

This show is called From Passion to Profitability

Lets start with what life looked like before Business in Heels? What did you do in the 25yrs before setting up this amazing business?

What was the catalyst that “birthed” Business in Heels?

Lets talk about the passion behind Business in Heels, tell us a bit about why you are so passionate about helping business women, what drives this passion?

If I asked you to describe Business in Heels to a stranger, what would you say?

What was the tipping point that determined women were the cause worth championing, do you think Lisa?

Why is it that in 2021 women still don’t have equality when it comes to business, business finance, senior management roles, mentoring and access to support as women in business?

What are the essential components that Business in Heels delivers to your community? I’d like to talk about each component - Mentoring, networking, connection, education, events, inspiration, finance, membership?

That leads us to the latest book, Raw I love the wisdom behind this book Lisa, can you tell the audience all about the book.

What workshops/events do you have coming up Lisa?

What does the future hold for the dynamic, passionate Lisa Sweeney?

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Lisa Sweeney, From Passion to Profitability

Lisa Sweeney is the CEO & founder of Business in Heels as it is today. The organization works with business and professional women enabling them to succeed. They do this through mentoring, education, connection and marketing. Today the organization connects 160, 000 in a collaborative community. And their vision is to create an unlimited future for women.

Collaboration has enabled Business in Heels to grow & Lisa will share some of the learning over the last 6 years of growth.

Welcome to the show Lisa and what a privilege to have you here on the show today to share your wisdom and knowledge with the audience. You are such a busy woman its great that I get to share you with the audience for the next 55 minutes at least

This show is called From Passion to Profitability

Lets start with what life looked like before Business in Heels? What did you do in the 25yrs before setting up this amazing business?

What was the catalyst that “birthed” Business in Heels?

Lets talk about the passion behind Business in Heels, tell us a bit about why you are so passionate about helping business women, what drives this passion?

If I asked you to describe Business in Heels to a stranger, what would you say?

What was the tipping point that determined women were the cause worth championing, do you think Lisa?

Why is it that in 2021 women still don’t have equality when it comes to business, business finance, senior management roles, mentoring and access to support as women in business?

What are the essential components that Business in Heels delivers to your community? I’d like to talk about each component - Mentoring, networking, connection, education, events, inspiration, finance, membership?

That leads us to the latest book, Raw I love the wisdom behind this book Lisa, can you tell the audience all about the book.

What workshops/events do you have coming up Lisa?

What does the future hold for the dynamic, passionate Lisa Sweeney?

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Kerryn Vaugh

Welcome and intro – Listening live on FB, LI we have my EVA Pao ready and waiting to respond to your comments and questions with website links etc, like subscribe and email, radiotoni.com bbsradio.com/radiotoni, big shout out and thankyou.

Today’s guest is international speaker, author, facilitation and podcast host Kerryn Vaugh.

In a former life Kerryn was living the rockstar life - partying, performing for screaming fans, staying out all night, and basically believing I was the centre of the universe.

“I am 35, my life is carefree, selfish, and somewhat reckless. I am performing at a leisure centre in the suburbs, lapping up all the admiration. We take a break and I get a phone call. That call would change my life forever…”

Kerryn did everything within her power to keep her sister alive, but she failed…

That event significantly changed her life. Kerryn was forced to think outside of herself and about the power she had to help others instead of putting all her energy into her own selfishness. She discovered how important and healing it was to live a life of meaning.

Since 2003 Kerryn have been on a mission to build on this meaningfulness and have over the years propelled herself on an upward spiral to make a better life for herself, others, and ultimately the planet.

In 2014, Kerryn wrote the award winning book ‘Magnificent Kids!’ which showcases 23 superheroes who started world changing projects before the age of 18. Some were as young as 7! In a strange but wonderful turn of events, it was this book that led Kerryn to found One Planet Classrooms in 2015.

One Planet Classrooms is a Not for Profit which supports schools and communities in Africa with projects such as clean water solutions, sustainability projects, women’s empowerment and adult education programs, feminine hygiene solutions, as well as coordinating a sponsorship program that provides education for over 180 children.

In 2018 Kerryn became wildly accountable after making a pledge to ‘launch a female focused initiative’ in front of 300 women at an International Women’s Day event. No backing out of that one! She co-founded Girls With Hammers which hosts conferences and workshops aimed at empowering women.

In 2019 Kerryn released her book ‘Get Off The Bench!’ which is about getting your project or idea out of your head, on to paper and into action. Why? Because so many people she worked with, have brilliant ideas but just don’t know where to start.

In 2020 Kerryn launched the Get Off The Bench Podcast as a way of reaching and inspiring more people to kickstart their idea. Kerryn’s guests share the journey of how they got to where they are today, and we dig deep into what they have built in their lives and the challenges and wins they encountered along the way.

So for Kerryn life has had some very impactful twists and turns, good and bad, and she has gathered a very large bucket of tools and lessons.

Welcome to the show Kerryn

This show is called Get off the Bench

Lets start with that phone call… what was the message, how did you react and what changed in that moment?

Can you share with the audience a small portion of your sisters journey?

Tell us about your life right at that point in time?

The most powerful part of your journey stared with a book. Magnificent kids. What prompted you to write?

I want to know about your work with people who have autism – what has that taught you? What did you discover about yourself?

No found a NFP organisation is no mean feet! Id love to know more about One planet Classrooms. What is the organisation all about, how did you get funding, what do you hope to accomplish and what have you learnt along the way? What was the “pivot” for the organisation?

I know you are passionate about advocating for women across the world. This triggered a new challenge, didn’t it? What was it? What’s the purpose and what’s the big vision of the future for Girls with Hammers?

That leads us to the latest book, Get off the Bench. I love the wisdom behind this book Kerryn, can you tell the audience all about the book.

What workshops do you have coming up Kerryn?

What does the future hold for the dynamic, passionate Kerryn?

These questions are just a guide – follow my lead and we will have an intuitive and insightful discussion. We will keep the conversation organic and it will flow where its meant to, Sharmin.