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Live interview with Italian photographer Bogdan who s under quarantine in Tuscany. He gives a first hand account of the chaos and insanity going on in Italy right now due to the corona virus.

How do you know when a client is a good fit?

How do you know when a client is no longer a good fit?

Often times bride and grooms, are in such haste and excitement to book their wedding vendors that they sometimes use antiquated or ill-conceived advice when selecting their vendors. Using checklists have their purpose, but the reality of it is, that brides and grooms should really think about what matters most to them on their wedding day. After all, this is YOUR day, not anyone else's and it should compliment you, and serve you in the best way possible.  Our podcast today addresses some critical questions and ideation you should consider before booking anyone/anything.  Enjoy and as always, we would love any feedback you have.

Instagram success is relative and is an inside job

Success is relative and deeply personal. My idea of success is going to be significantly different than anyone else’s because it is based on my context, experiences and judgements and that’s the way it should be.

BUT Due to our predilection for vicariously living through other people's lives we have become accustomed to what social media, television, and media manipulates us to define success.

Society has Warped our Perception.

From early childhood, we have learned from the collective amalgamation of humanity what it means to be successful. Whether it’s working in the right type of job, or the proper way to act, dress, speak - these ideas have been pushed on us daily and relentlessly.

Social media sharpens that perspective even further and engrains in our minds that success is based on

the nicest car

The biggest house

The most expensive clothes

And on and on around material possessions - anything short of that is FAILURE.

If you google “what does it mean to be successful” the immediate results depict and define success from the billionaires perspective, the actress in hollywood or the sports agent of some professional athlete, so this quickly becomes our barometer and our litmus for success, and to be frank with you - this is just skewed. Success is personal, it varies from individual to individual and is an inside job.

So how do we draw all that in for today’s episode about instagram? Well much like life, we have been taught that Instagram success means

we have to have massive followings,

huge number of likes and

monstrous accounts to are considered “influential” or successful.

But we have a different take on success on IG.

Yes IG is making it harder and harder to stand out, but that is also an offshoot of everybody trying harder and harder to stand out and in a sea of people trying to stand out, most of them all look the same. So how do you become successful?

Whitney has de-bunked every myth of the gender "American Dream", that women struggle in a man's world.  Even though self-prophecied, she was gifted "bad genes" she still finds time to create, sustain, and succeed as the first female in a male-dominated industry (construction) to act as owner and CEO.

Whitney is a corporate America executive, living out her passion by finding time to create an alternative lifestyle brand ideally geared towards women.

She is first female to play on an all boys football team in the state of Tennessee, back in 1989.

Awarded Silcon Valley Woman of influence in 2016, top 20 under 40 in my perspective industry.

Meet Executive Director, Katy Ryan from 24 Hours of Booty, in Charlotte NC.

24 Foundation’s mission is to inspire and engage communities to make an immediate impact on the lives of those affected by cancer. For us, that means more than funding research and goes beyond finding a cure. To 24 Foundation, that means investing in services that untangle the maze of appointments, tests, and treatments after diagnosis, and funding programs to increase the quality of life for survivors decades into the future.

Founded in 2002 by one man riding a bike for 24 hours, 24 Foundation’s signature annual events now serve as celebrations of survivorship, the power of peer-to-peer fundraising, and the spirit that our participants live with every day. Event participants commit to cycling or walking as much or as little as they’d like within 24 hours. It isn’t a race. Miles don’t matter. It’s an experience, celebration, and triumph.

United by the common vision of cancer navigation and survivorship for all, 24 Foundation has raised more than $21 million to date to support our mission.

Katy is an avid athlete, passionate community advocate and fundraiser, in that order. A native of Alaska, she studied neuroscience and psychology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Following her first (and only) job in corporate America, Katy jumped feet-first into the non-profit sector where she’s worked in fundraising, partnerships and community relations for more than 18 years. Prior to joining 24 Foundation, Katy served as the Vice President of the Alexander Children’s Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Alexander Youth Network. In that role, Katy managed major gifts, special events, and donor stewardship. She was also responsible for oversight of the agency’s grant seeking efforts as well as their robust volunteer program, which engages more than 1,200 individuals and corporations each year.

Katy has also served as Senior Development Director at the YMCA of Greater Charlotte; Vice President of Partnerships and Development at Girls on the Run International; Director of Business and Alumni Relations at Wake Forest University and Associate Director of Development at UNC-Chapel Hill. She lives at Lake Twitty, NC, with her husband Steven and her three step-daughters, Amanda, Rebecca and Samantha.