Win Happy Podcast

In part one of this two part podcast Greg chats with Annmarie O'Connor, best selling author and award winning stylist and fashion writer.

We chat about the importance of your appearance and first impressions and also stepping through the landmines of complimenting people about how they look today.

We talk about her early life, the tragic death of her father when she was just four, moving from New York to Galway and the "freedom years" of college.

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In part 2 of a two part podcast Greg chats with John McGlinchey, head of Global Sales with CompTIA.

We talk about his successful career with CompTIA where he has quickly risen through the ranks, working across global markets.

We also talk about a perfect life in Chicago with his wife Fiona and their beloved dog, Josie and how all of this was cruelly taken from him this year.

John shares the heartbreaking story of his beyond brave wife, Fiona who faced the end of her life this year and how he coped with this.

We all need to appreciate the lives we have.

In part 1 of this two part episode Greg chats with John McGlinchey, Global Sales Leader and EVP with CompTIA.

The sports and music loving John, chats about his early life in Glenties (centre of the universe!) in Donegal, working in the family business, working as an electrician and a DJ. Life was good except for the sudden and tragic loss of his brother, Martin when they were both young.

John's career switched to sales and sales management and this quick learner developed his own unique sales process, APPCOM, which he explains in detail in this episode and one that led to career success, which brought him to Chicago and a global role with CompTIA.

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"The way to change the future, is to invent it"

In this episode Greg chats with Orla Dolan, CEO of Breakthrough Cancer Research.

She talks about her inspirational father, Gerry O'Sullivan, the talented and much travelled surgeon from West Cork, who was driven to find solutions to the cancers that he faced in his work with patients every day.

He began a cancer research centre in Cork, focusing on the hardest to solve problems and creating a model that brought front line doctors and researchers together.

Sadly, Gerry passed away himself from cancer, and his daughter Orla continues to oversee his work by fundraising and instigating research, which is already making significant breakthroughs.

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In this episode we chat with Elaine Nevin, the CEO of ECO-UNESCO, which can be described as the organisation for youth environmental action in Ireland.

Elaine shares her early life stories growing up in a farm near Galway and the appreciation for nature and the environment that this experience brings her.

After a spell teaching in Spain she returned to Ireland and her passion for the environment brought her to ECO-UNESCO.

Elaine tells us about the incredible work the organisation is doing with our young people and how this can influence how we look after our environment in the future.

She also tells us what makes her angry including over production and money motivating too many decisions in our world.

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In this episode of Greg chats with Jerry Sweeney, Founder and Managing Director of CloudCIX in Cork.

Jerry, from an entrepreneurial family chats about his career, the huge changes he has witnessed in the technology industry in Ireland and the connected world.

He also chats about the National Broadband Plan and a different solution that could save the Irish taxpayer 2.2 Billion euros, that could be rolled out quicker and could even be better in the long run.

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Sometimes you have to work really hard to make opportunities happen for yourself and when it's your turn you have the chance to make opportunities for others.

In part two of a two part podcast we chat with film director, Brendan Canty of Feel Good Lost and how his career evolved after the global success of the Hozier, 'Take me to the Church' music video.

Brendan talks about changing for the commercial world, about adjusting for big projects with big budgets, which even included the Budweiser, 'Dream Big' video with Conor McGregor.

We talk about the challenges of this work, his fascinating work in the music industry and his passion for short film.

We also chat about giving opportunities to others through the First Cut Youth Film Festival and his latest project, the short film 'Christy', which has been supported by the Irish Film Board.

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Sometimes you have to work really hard to make opportunities happen for yourself.

In Part 1 of this two part podcast we chat to film director, Brendan Canty, whose talent shot to everyone's attention when he directed the incredible music video 'Take me to the Church' for an unknown musician called Hozier.

Brendan talks about working with talented volunteers, creative collaborations and grabbing every opportunity to practice your art.

He also chats about his early career that incredibly brought him to LA as the Hozier video was nominated for two MTV MVA awards.

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In this episode we chat with Shane Clarke, the Urban Designer and CEO of Nano Nagle Place.

Shane, originally from Dublin has returned from London with his family, where he was holding down key roles in city management, culminating in managing a Business Improvement District for the London Bridge area.

He was attracted to the "Good Life" in Cork and the exciting role as CEO of Nano Nagle Place.

Shane talks about the challenge of managing a city district and has some powerful insights about how these could be applied to Cork city.

Shane also chats about his exciting and challenging role at Nano Nagle Place and how this unique, sacred place can develop into a major visitor attraction in Cork city.

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In this episode Greg and Alma from the Fuzion Communications digital team discuss the findings in the Social Media Examiner 2019 report.

We discuss the big trends and findings as reported by nearly 5,000 digital marketers and reflect on these based on our own experience with our clients.

We finish the episode with some of our own social media tips, which will hopefully help you in your organisation.

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A big thanks to the good people from Social Media Examiner for such a comprehensive report.