so chat today we're going on hive mind okay today we prove that we are the smartest chat on twitch we're going on hive mind yes the grand crusader and his royal knights will be going on hive mind to prove our intelligence to the world you guys are actually gonna get to take part I don't know really anything about this I think it's like family feud or something okay so you say it's like family feud and we're the family why people have in hive mind it's the same show you knew and love if you've never watched it before very simply it's a it's a show where you guys control everything all right chat you control the answers you can fill it out right now at the extension on anybody's channel but we have a little bit of a twist this time Charlie let them know how it works now in order to combat this where maybe one streamer always swings the number one answer most points will actually be allotted to the number six answer so I have to have a really strong gauge on exactly what answers are probably going to be where so it's not just gonna be as easy as looking at other people's chats to see the most common answer you have to really fucking think this time you guys gotta come in you guys gotta be hyped you guys gotta be excited I'm gonna do some wild stuff later but first we're doing the show okay uh-huh uh-huh and then we got S-fan S-fan how you doing big man I'm doing fantastic can you hear me S-fan I'm sorry did you not listen Anita can you stop please thank you but that was enough for me all right we're gonna move on S-fan Jesus Christ I don't know if you guys know about it so you're no longer looking to find the number one answer you're looking to find the number six answer and that's only for the third round the first round actually gonna be the same I went a little too confident so go for the number one answer it could be anything until round three and then we get real crazy of course of all here anyway S-fan you're you're thinking figured out no yeah that's perfect that's what we're looking for from S-fan this is exactly what you can know in love from hive mine Charlie we got a kick to a break yeah I think yeah I think maybe we take it to a break and we back in a second can you can hear me I have no idea what the hell just happened you have to answer the question what was the question she's cake is pie is not a question a cheesecake is pie agree or disagree as fan I think cheesecake is not a pie would you classify that she's cake is cake that's why it's called cake yes such a good take I like you why they call it what they don't call it cheese pie it's a good point I was trying to think of a good argument against it but I couldn't think of one the black sheep of the family want to agree three disagrees let's see it I'm used to shows like school right so I got my answers for somebody else let's go baby okay all right and the great thing about this show is it's literally allowed and encouraged to cheat so let's get to question one oh perfect for twitch right now so we can really just get wild in here this is going to be 60 seconds on the clock it is which game recess would make the Olympics more interesting number one answer number one answer is what you're looking for number one answer what is the number one answer dodge ball is a very good one I would actually say hey Kona football that's probably not the answer fisting is probably also up there I think that it could be fisting it actually is probably fisting oh no no no at recess that was after school tag no kickball dog ball wasn't really recessed dodge dodge ball is like gym class yeah my chat seems to want violence so they want to go to dodge ball dodge ball is a boy is that violent in your mind dodge ball where is it that's number one alright number one answer good job Anita taking the top two answers away from the men s-fand yeah tag was up there dodge ball was up there my guys my family my chat things they kickball is one that would be very interesting in the Olympics that likes to kick balls that's a classic is that what s-fam is saying right now that is what they're saying that is what they're saying all right I was on the board s-fam that's a great guess a phenomenal guess he's going to bar and I we must have gone to the same school because right when she said at my chat they latched on to it I latched on to it no you can't do it you can't it's the start this thing is fourth it's kind of sheltered schools you know that's dog water we did fisting after school at my school night at recess question number two this would be the weirdest household pet to base your D&D villain on D&D referring to Dungeon and Dragons weirdest household pet fish gerbil chinchilla Danny DeVito but what did you come up with for the second question goldfish goldfish that'd be a weird thing to base you know fish no weird thing no fish fish they're pretty cool yeah they can fly they can swim fish are well I don't know about the first anyway s-fan it's you up what do you have for us what's your guess here idea rock pet rock oh a classic yeah did you have imaginary friends growing up s-fan what are you drinking is that like a strength potion what is that me I look sort of over strength right okay I found out that s-fan squats 600 pounds which is double my max ever anyway is rock on the board looks like a round three what do you got for us Wubby I'm I was a little sad about goldfish but then s-fan took pet rock so I'm happy about that we're gonna go with hamster hamster is a good villain they poop everywhere they poop everywhere they shoveled bunch of food in their cheeks it has like an it's like a feel bad that we paid our producers to say no to every single one of Wubby's answers I am right over to you you have four answers on the board two guests which one do you got for us I'm gonna say turtle that is bizarre all right question number three Pokemon goba took us outside snap had us take pictures what activity is next mmm only fans what oh snap has what activity is next your mom I'm gonna say your mom I'm gonna say your mom I'm just gonna say your mom you are first for the third question Wubby you'll be first for the last question I said you're you're you're chuckling yourself a bit money over there oh nothing I've never laughed in my life actually that just seems ridiculous to ever say I have never left as fan what what what were you thinking your mom what do your mom what's the game title even is it Pokemon your mom Pokemon Pokemon your mom too because it happened twice I think this is an umbrella category that answers such as sex your mom any other sexual activities basically probably fall to the umbrella of adult swimming hot tub the game yeah this is about to happen he starts off the set that's big that's big hey this is the start I believe Wubby is dating count under adult you think no like just like a like romantic double check with the producers Pokemon dating simulator man I really want to go no I think I think that would be fine I don't think that's considered adult my chat was wishful thinking then sorry yeah I mean it's the top answer of any of the contestants for this question good job Anita 90 points puts you in first question number four after the premiere of Cruella which Disney villain deserves a movie next which Disney villain deserves a movie next Maya Higa is not a Disney villain so that one's out of the question probably Jafar from Aladdin that would actually that would be a bad ass that if it was rated R badass movie I'm going with my boy Jafar sniped yeah there it is yeah they made a live-action Jar movie that was rated R that would be bad ass rated R for Disney I feel like it'll just be a hit yeah completely agree anything rated R for Disney say fuck everybody claps Amaranth it's on to you now I'm gonna go with Ursula I need to know how this happened to her why is she have so many tentacles when King Triton's majestic she gets around okay what do you go bitch tips I'm not gonna go bitch yeah I would recommend not yeah I was good she almost took my scar he doesn't fuck it all actually he dies just like the prequel to Lion King yeah it probably just tell you all of scars story I guess well all four of my answers were taken so all there's only three answers well all four of them were taken yeah my choice for answer number five Maya he got count cuz unfortunately although birdsing on her shoulder she is not considered Disney exclusive okay so okay I didn't count I'm gonna guess Hades yeah let's see it from Hercules is it on the board hey class you guys top four answers secured you only miss to let's see him it's just him eating a lot like crazy that's dream works that's insane that is dream works something to keep in mind though that will be the number one point earner in third round so you'll have to come up with shit like Shrek he's not even a villain but that is the end of round one we have two more rounds to go it is ammo and last sweet idea and first and next round the points are gonna double and you're on teams this time yeah it'll be teams round two yep yep but we'll see that in just a moment you're back


So if you don't know me, I'm the guy on YouTube who is always going on and on about how building community around you and promoting to the people who are in your scene, micro genre community, or wherever we want to call it, is going to be way more effective than buying ads and paying to reach very few people. As well, I'm also the guy who's always telling you how to promote your music on Spotify. And this is one of those tips that helps to deer you to Spotify, as well as other musicians in your community. So this video, I'm going to combine both of those things and tell you about one of the most effective ways you can promote your music that is not only free, but gets you to the right ears that helps you make friends with other musicians who you may collaborate, play shows with and do other fun stuff. I'm Jesse Cannon, a music marketing nerd who's teaching musicians how to go from zero to 10,000 fans on YouTube. And this is Museformation. There's this funny thing that people always say to me after they read my book or watch a lot of my videos. They ask, why don't you just form a management company and make like a million dollars? After I remind them of the fact that dealing with other humans, especially famous musicians, is one of the most stressful and life-freaking things a fun-loving human can do, and that the rewards largely favor people with extroverted personalities, and I'm one chill ass dude, they realize the bigger picture. The next thing I remind them is that while I give countless bits of advice that can help musicians build up their fan base, most musicians don't even do the easiest of them. And this video is about one of the easiest and most pleasurable things you can do to promote your music that you'd be a fool to ignore, like much of the other advice I give, intense. What I'm talking about is that you should be making playlists on your Spotify artist page that give fans an experience of discovering new artists in your community, which will also help you make friends with the artists in your community while you build bonds with them and your fans. These playlists can be formed around your favorite songs of artists that live in your local area, or that you share a micro genre with, or even a hobby, or all of the above. Each of these are ways potential fans could be interested in listening to a playlist and hearing your music as well as the other artists who you are helping by putting on these playlists. But I'm sure you have questions, and often when I tell the artist I help with marketing, this is the first question they have, which is pretty basic. If you remember all the way back to the beginning of the year to my first video on Spotify promotion, I told you that for Spotify to want to promote you, they want to see that you're being a good citizen by making playlists and posting them to your profile. And if you missed that video, it's linked now or in the description, and it will also pop up at the end of this video. For a fresher, what you do is to make a playlist from your own personal Spotify profile or one you create with your band name. But to be clear, not your Spotify for artists page since that's not possible. And then you copy the Spotify playlist ID, head over to your Spotify artist dashboard and add it to your profile. The next question becomes, what do you even put on these playlists? You want to find a theme for the playlist. And like I said, whether it's your local scene, your microjama or some hobby or niche that you have, you need a theme that's clear in the title and description for the playlist. But let's be clear, if you're thinking that playing Drake, Tame Impala or some other huge artist on a playlist isn't going to do you any good, you're exactly right. What you want to do here is put on other smaller artists and a few who are burgeoning in the genre, getting a good buzz, but not make a huge. Let's call it that the biggest artist should be under 200,000 monthly listeners with the sweet stop being the tens of thousands. This is because you want to not only include artists that people have not yet heard, but artists who will be excited that you put them on a playlist and potentially share this playlist with their fans, then you hopefully get their fans to listen to you and you will gain their fans and so on and so forth. But even if the artist only has 100 monthly listeners, it could be worth it if they have a great track. Since much of the goal here is to curate a great playlist, but also to talk to other artists and start to form bonds with them. The other goal is to get them to share to their audience. And even if that audience is small, if it's the right people and they hear your song and love it and share it, it's a win for how little time this takes to do and the potential it has to grow your music.  You don't know cool emerging artists, you're not hip. Well now we get back to what I'm always telling you to do. So the most important work you can be doing is researching your community. Since you need to find the other artists you're going to collaborate with and do cool things with like shows, streams or whatever else. So like I told you in my video on finding community, which is linked now or in the description, you need to find artists in your community that aren't yet popular, that you feel are good and you do this through research. So grab a spreadsheet since it's time to listen to some music. I know this is going to be painful, but you're going to have to write down a few things. I know I'm going to ask a lot of you who say your music is the most important thing in the world to you, yet still this is somehow too much effort to ask for. Now before we go any further, I need you to hear this.  Since this is really important, the key here is to not, not think big. There's no chance that Meg the Stallion is going to be appreciative of you putting on her on a playlist, but smaller artists who you find that are doing something cool and are in need of some promotion. And that small promotion is the needles you use to build a haystack. And this is work you're going to do that's fun and takes about an hour a week and can really help you grow. The name of the game here is that each week you're going to find more small artists to put on this playlist and hopefully grow through this. Okay, back to your candy crush. Open up SoundCloud Bandcamp and Spotify and start entering your micro genre or your state or city and looking around at the acts. Bandcamp and SoundCloud have tags which allow you to search this, where Spotify you're only going to be able to search around to find some more artists of the artists you find while doing the Bandcamp and SoundCloud searches. And yes, you're going to have to do a lot of skipping and barfing at the bad music you find, but when you find someone who has a bit of a following or that you like, write them down in that spreadsheet. You may want to make two columns for that in fact. Now is probably a good time for a caveat as well. It can be hard to find songs you love, but remember the more you actually put quality songs on these playlists, it has the potential for people to keep checking in on it and to keep hearing these artists as well as the new music and tracks that you add from yourself. So have it be something that helps fans grow their relationship with your music. Anyway, when you find a song you like, go look for it on Spotify and add it to your playlist. Once you have four of those artists, pat it out with some of those artists we talked about who have like 100 to 200,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. Once you have seven songs from those big artists and four from some small artists, add one of your songs sitting at the top of the playlist that you can now share it. As the playlist grows, you can put in two of your songs and what I'd like to do is put your song right after the most popular song on the playlist and get some listens that way as well. Anyway, that's how you initially build it and after that, you should put, let's say, one to four new songs on the playlist every week or two because what's important to this technique is that you should always be updating this consistently. As well, when you put out a new song, make sure to add your own song to the playlist. Then every other day, tweet about that you added them to the playlist and put your song right under theirs. So if they share it, the listener will potentially hear you like so. If you add four artists a week, spread the tweets, you tag them in over two days or so. Day one, tag artist one, day three, tag artist two, day five, tag artist three, and you get the points. So that way, if they share it, their fans will listen to them and hopefully you next. What's great about this is it's also a great way to also get Twitter followers and Instagram followers. As well, if you really want to pour fire on this technique, if you really like an artist and you end up talking or they retweet you, one of the ways you can build your listens is on Instagram, which is to do what I suggested in my video on how to build your Instagram and invite them to go live with you where you two have a conversation about your music and now to the day before to both of your fans and hopefully they will converge and you can trade fan bases even more so. But back to why this helps you on Spotify. Spotify has said they like to help artists who are good citizens. So this puts you in their favor, but it also puts you with the right artists in your fans also like tab. When you make these playlists, you start showing up on the tabs of other artists, which is one of the main way music discovery happens with the music fans who are really engaged and who tell other people what to listen to. In my video on why I don't like Facebook ads, which is linked in the card or description below, I talk about how Facebook ads can often mess up your fans also like section since it doesn't target fans effectively. If your fans also like section is a mess, this can help get it on track. Okay, back to Spotify playlist though, updating these playlists and then sharing it is an incremental way of growing your fan base that is fun, helps you do the important work you should be doing of finding your community and becoming a person in that community, people feel they should watch. And let's remember in your community, you can share these on message boards and talk to people about it every once in a while and keep promoting that you have all these music recommendations that other people in the community may like, which can help you get heard with each update, you will fully bring in some new fans and a new music group in contact with that you can hopefully keep promoting each other and building your community and each other's fan bases. Also keep in mind you can be doing more than one of these and if you feel you have the material, make as many playlists as you can to a point. Not only does this help you promote your music, you get to know your community, understand your music better and the fans who enjoy your playlist, so you make lives better and can bond with these fans and build your relationship with them and help your music and even deeper with them. Also remember, this isn't only about gaining fans, you make friends and songs together with the people you find while doing this. Approach this trying to build up your community, not just yourself, I bet you will do well if you stick to it. For as long as we're still locked down, I think there's very few promotion techniques that work better on this, so I implore you to get to work. Thanks for watching. Am I missing anything? Is there any other way you would have done this? I need to know your questions and what no one else is telling you, since I want to answer them, so leave them in the comments since I answer every comment in every post. I hope you liked this video and if you did please like, subscribe and get notified and I'm going to be breaking down the concepts in this video along with how to promote your music and how to make songs you're happy with in the future. I have a Facebook group linked below that is only helpful information, no playlist or con artists, only artists having helpful discussions allowed. If you want to learn more about me, work on a record with me or check out any of my books, podcasts or anything else I do, go to jessecanon.com or at jessecanon.com on all the socials. One last thing, there's two playlists here. One is on how to grow your fan base from 0 to 10,000 fans and the other is on how you make songs you're more happy with and the other is on how you promote your music with Spotify and the other is specially chosen to match this video or you can hit the subscribe button below and stay tuned as I have tons of tips for musicians.


So, Dr. Cole, thank you so much for taking the time for this interview and welcome you to Qatar. It's wonderful to be here. Really, my first time and I'm already fascinated in figuring how quickly can I come back. Thank you so much for this and we hope, we do hope that you come back. First, we'd like to know from you, from your World Internet Project experience, what do you do there and your work in several countries around the world? Our project, the World Internet Project, came out of something, I was somebody who always worked in television and I was always taught that we lost this great opportunity with television. Television, the only mass medium we knew ahead of time was going to be a mass medium. There was no question around the world that radio listeners were going to embrace radio with pictures. So what I was taught that we should have done but didn't do is we should have followed people, tracked people before they had television and gone back to them year after year to see how television changed their lives. And I became convinced in the late 90s that the impact of digital technology, first the web and now mobile, was going to be far more powerful than television. So believing that we lost a great opportunity with television and that the impact of digital was going to be even greater, ten years ago we started this World Internet Report. We started in the US, Singapore and Italy. We went back to the same people ten years in a row and watched as non-users went to dial up, dial up users went to broadband. That's where we saw broadband changed everything. We watched as some people drop off the web each year and one of them leaves in Y and more importantly do they return. And we tracked the never-users. And we're now in 30 countries around the world. We have several countries we work with in the Middle East. We work with Iran. We work with the United Arab Emirates. We'd love to find a partner here in Qatar. That would give me the opportunity to come back. But beyond the Middle East we're also throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and increasingly in Africa as well. So children and teens are usually said to be digital natives since they are really familiar with the online technology.  Does it necessarily mean being digitally literate or not? Certainly to be a digital native means you're not afraid of the technology. You don't think it's anything special. You use it easily and you're comfortable with it. Our partners in Sweden show that half the five-year-olds in Sweden are online. So to be a digital native is not to be impressed to just think that's the way it is. But it doesn't mean necessarily that you really understand the best use of the technology. For example, one of the problems with literacy that digital natives have never having used a library in most cases probably will never use a library. They don't always understand where information comes from, what's reliable or good information. So being a digital native certainly makes you unafraid and unconcerned and very comfortable using the technology. Children now have to explain to parents how their mobile phones work. Children have to program the television set. That part comes easily. But literacy is still learned. So you said that broadband changed everything. How do you think impact our broadband on people's attitude toward technology and digital literacy? Broadband really does change everything. It's what integrates the internet into your life. Before broadband, with dial-up, the internet was something you went to two or three times a day for 20 or 30 minutes. Broadband means the internet is everywhere around you. It's in your desk, it's in your car, it's in your pocket, it's everywhere. And you can use it during natural rhythms and pauses of the day. It's not something you have to plan for and since it's always on, you don't have to log on, dial up, do anything. It just becomes part of your life. So it certainly enhances digital literacy because it makes it like language.  As far as attitudes, broadband just really... I think we're just now beginning to see people reach teenage years who have only used broadband. Those who grew, even some of the most of the digital natives grew up on dial-up and now are using broadband. And those who have only used broadband just think of this as a fluent, constant part of our lives. Those of us who started to use dial-up and now use broadband, look at it more different. Look at it a little differently. Some say that teenagers are not interested anymore in reading newspapers online. How do you think the statement is true? We certainly believe teenagers are not interested in reading newspapers offline. Our work shows that 30 years ago teenagers didn't read newspapers, but started to when they got into their 20s and 30s. Today, teenagers don't read newspapers and we don't think they ever will. A lot of people look at that and say, well, they just don't care about news. They just care about what's happening on Twitter or Facebook. That's not true. Teenagers around the world have figured out that what happens halfway around the world could change their lives. They are well-informed. They're just not going to the paper. They're going online. Every country in the world we're in, when internet penetration gets to 30%, offline newspaper sales begin to decline. Every time a newspaper reader dies, they're not being replaced by a new reader. In America, newspaper circulation is in free fall. I think most papers will be gone in less than five years. Our San Francisco Chronicle has lost 25% of its circulation in the last 12 months. In other countries where newspapers are stronger, Sweden, the UK, Australia, I think it's more like eight to ten years. But newspapers offline, I think on paper, are disappearing. On the other hand, there are real opportunities for newspapers on the web where all of a sudden they're not once a day on your doorstep. They don't require trees being cut down. Newspapers have audio. They have video on the web. I think newspapers have new and exciting life. Okay. How do you think social media and user-generated content generally is contributing to the megabytes of fame that teenagers are seeing on that? Sir, we just never anticipated when the internet came along that user-generated content was going to transform everything. As I said in my talk here, it's reversed 550 years of media trends. It's both a wonderful and a worrisome development, all this user-generated content. I mean, one of the exciting things that we've seen in the last ten years is anybody can start a newspaper. And that means that in an era of consolidation and in an era of rising costs, all of a sudden that people with good ideas can just start a newspaper is a wonderful idea. One of the scary things about what's happening with the internet today is anyone can start a newspaper. Lack of professional training, standards, ethics. So what we're seeing is we've never seen so much information out there. Some of that information is better than anything we've ever seen. Much of it isn't, which really calls for the need for literacy. The ability to really take advantage of the good content, to be able to identify it and use it and to ignore the bad content or teachers can even teach with bad content by showing what bad content is. So we are in a world where we lived, we grew up in a world with a limited amount of professional information. We're now living in a world with unlimited amounts of information, some of it good, some of it bad. Or some of it good, much of it bad. How do you think children or teenagers' online relationships overshadow their offline relationships or would be both bad? It's an interesting question about how relationships are affected by being online. We've seen, as I've mentioned, we've seen that two years ago 43% of internet users said their online communities were as important as they were off or the worlds they formed online or as important as the worlds they formed offline. And last year went up to 55%. So this is a key part of their lives. And distance, of course, is not only irrelevant, it can be an advantage. The really interesting positive development we're seeing there is none of this time, none of this Twitter, Facebook, mobile phone time seems to diminish teenagers' desire to be together. We're seeing the teenagers are using this technology more than any other generation around them, but they're using it to communicate with their friends when they can't be with them face-to-face. Early in the morning, late at night, when they're away on vacation.  And even among the heaviest users of digital technology it's not diminishing their face-to-face time with their friends. And keep in mind one of the biggest uses of email and social networking and IMing is to set up personal meetings. And 15 years ago, if we wanted to get together for lunch I might leave you a message. You might not get it to late at night. We may trade phone calls for three days before we actually can figure out when we can have lunch. Now we can do all that almost immediately. So it doesn't diminish face-to-face time. Okay, my final question. How do you think parents are finding it easier or difficult to regulate their children's online behavior nowadays? Well, parents are concerned about the internet. We know that parents think there's a tremendous amount of bad content on the web and there is. And normally you wouldn't let your children anywhere near something that had so much bad content. But just as many parents think it's essential that their children learn how to use this technology that jobs and education in the future are going to require an understanding of the internet. And so parents want to regulate their children's internet use just as a generation ago they learned how to regulate television use. The problem was television is really simple. Really easy. There's really only two buttons if you add the volume three. There's really only two vote buttons on the television set parents had to learn. The on and the off and the channel switching. The internet's more complicated. Now actually parents who don't use the internet are afraid it's more complicated than it actually is. When parents do actually sit down and learn the internet they find it's not so complicated. But as far as regulating there are so many on television there are usually one or two channels that you have to keep your children away from and there may be a couple of programs on the other channels. On the web there's so much information you don't want your children to see. And parents frequently have to turn to their children and ask them how do I regulate your internet use because the kids know how to do it better than they do. But the real lesson here I somebody who spent the 90s looking at television violence issues and I think the lesson we are the recommendation we made to parents for television is very similar to the recommendation we made to parents for the internet. We used to say to parents you have to sometimes sit down with your children and watch your children watch television. Explain things to them look at the lessons they're learning and talk about it.  Sometimes you notice your children you notice who their friends are the way they're acting I think you can begin to effectively deal with concerns about the internet.


What up, 21 Studios, Wade Alters here. And so if you saw my video from last week about the baseline mini class, I basically had this free training where you learn the 10 characteristics of success and went step-by-step through all those to build more motivation, certainty, and confidence, to basically have the follow-through to achieve whatever success you want with the success with women, success in business, or just success at life. And so we ended up having over 1,800 people sign up for the course. It was a huge success. It was a lot of fun. I appreciate all the feedback and all the engagement if you're a part of that. And that was basically the culmination of us launching the premium version, which is called the baseline to success. And so what I got for you here today is a quick little video, just explaining what the baseline is. And so if you did that mini class, or even if you didn't, and want to take it a step further, if success is important to you, which it should be, and that self-growth, and success in, like I said, success with women, success in business, as well as success at life, check out the video, and then I'll put a little link here in the little box, as well as in the description area for you to click on over and see if you're interested, see if you want any more. So, check out the video, and I'll see you on the other side. Hi, my name is Wade Alters, and I'm the founder of wadealters.com, as well as the creator of the baseline to success coaching experience. The baseline is a proven framework to build the mindsets, behaviors, and habits for success in business, relationships, and life. But before we dive into what the baseline is, I first want to tell you who it's for. The baseline is for you if you feel stuck in your career, want to start your own business, but don't know where to start. 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And if you'd like to take your commitment to the next level, you also have the opportunity to work with me. We've created a couple of premier packages where it's either Premiere or VIP, where you can have the choice of two to four coaching calls at significantly less than my normal coaching rate, as well as me looking personally at your exercises and giving you feedback.  So before you spend another minute sitting on the sidelines wondering what's the next step? This is it. This is the next step. Sign up for this program and get your very own baseline to success and do it today. Okay, I'll see you on the inside. As always, enjoy. So the one-on-one coaching was perfect. It was just a quick call, check up, see where things are at, and then kind of like tweak whatever needed to be tweaked and then just refocus on the next couple of weeks. I don't know, I've never seen anything that's been able to provide that much value in such a short amount of time where you'll see huge improvements. And no matter what your focus is on, I think the tools and mindsets and strategies that you have can be applied to almost anything. I mean, that is prime time, you know, sitting down with you and going through what you need to work on. That was really, really helpful for me. I think it was the only way I could really find like a proper mentor figure around the things that I wanted to go through. And as you say, once you found like a decent mentor, regardless of how you come across to that person, if there's anyone who's at a higher level than you at something that you know you want to get good at, you know, I think the value was just waiting to happen. It was just waiting to be thrown at me. I just needed to take it. So I'm glad I did.  Right before I started, I was kind of focusing on a few too many things. And one of the first shifts I made was, I switched jobs. I basically went from like a second tier firm that I was at to like literally the number one group in Chicago. Finances have been great.  And then boom, like six months later and you know, I look at the bank account and it's doing a lot better. Now I have a girlfriend now for 18 months and it's been like incredible massive like change in my life and it's been amazing.  I think we're really lucky to found each other. Together we're growing at a rate that I've never seen before. So I'm still doing the whole management consulting thing but it's to a point now where I know how to align that with where I want to go next. And with what I'm doing now, so I'm running like a publishing business. It's in his baby stages and it's in the stages but it's literally, you know, wrapping up to the point where I'm starting to think about scaling up as well. I'm still trying to tweak the model but once I've got the model down, I'm just gonna scale it up and then I'm hoping to quit my job by summer 2016. 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This is not a joke. What's up money geeks, Mr. V here, welcome to another video guys. So to this video, I want to tell you guys, or share with you guys my experience for the past month and a half I have been dabbling with day trading. Close to about two months, I've actually been playing around with day trading. So I want to share with you guys my experience, what I learned that kind of going through the process. I talked about personal finance, how to save money, earn money, invest money, how to grow your wealth. So, you know, I've been looking at other ways in which I can continue to grow my wealth. So one of those was day trading. So I'm looking at the opportunity to be able to maybe go in there first thing in the morning like when the market's open from pre-market from like 8 to 8.30 or from 8 to 9 and then I can stop and go about my business and go to work and do my 9 to 5 until I can make enough money to the point where I can take over my 9 to 5 job. So I started doing some research and just looking and I really wanted to keep it as simple as possible. You know when you say you get paralysis by analysis that you learn so much information to the point where you can't even put that information to work. So I wanted to avoid all of that. So what I did is I set it with the basics like I just want to be able to buy a stock and turn it around and quickly sell it. So the first thing is which platform do I want to do that on? So I've been using Robinhood for a long time when they first came out even before they started. They sent out emails for people to sign up. I was one of the people that signed up and got access to the platform so I've been using it from the very beginning. So I said hey I want to use Robinhood and really see just get my hands wet with kind of day trading. And then it goes like hey how much do you need to start day trading? There wasn't any amount. If you really wanted to do active day trading where you buy and sell on a daily basis you'd need at least $25,000 in your account. There's something called a patent day trader.   So I had to money it in the account. So what I did is I did what's called swing trading to start with. So I would buy a stock like tonight or buy a stock today and then sleep overnight with that stock and then sell it the next day with the anticipation that hopefully the next day that stock would go up. And so that was my thinking and so I'll look at my strategy was I'll look at companies that had their earnings after the market closed. So I would look at if there's positive news about that company and then I'll buy the stock towards the end of the day then listen to their any call after the market closed. And if there's good news then tomorrow you know that that stock is going to go up and then I can sell it and get out and then use that money to buy something else. So that was my strategy and that's what I started doing. I never made some money to start with and I didn't lost some money. I'm not going to lie to you guys. It wasn't fun. The first off, let me be very, very clear.  You have no power to stop it. And so again, that was my experience. And so if you think about getting into day trading like make sure that you can take a loss. That is just a given. Because you're going to lose some, you're going to win some. The goal is to win more than you are losing. So my experience with Robinhood, unfortunately, when I was really getting into it and really starting to feel it, this whole market volume started moving so fast, Robinhood had two major crashes. And between those two crashes, I was seriously impacted because I had bought a stock hoping to sell it the very next day. And then the next day came and when I was ready to sell it, Robinhood crashed. So that stock went up and down and I couldn't sell. So that was one of my really bad experience. But there was actually, there was a stock that I actually bought and made a thing about over $2,000, which was good. So I saw that stock going up and so I listened to their ending calls and I bought the stock. I think I bought it at, if I can remember, like $13 or so. And then the thing just kind of spiked to like $150, $16. And then so I made about $2,000 in that, which is good. Then there was another one, eHealth that I bought. Thinking it was going to go up as well, but it went south. So out of the $2,000 that I got from the other stock, I gave about half of it back to eHealth, which is kind of crazy. So that is the experience with stock market. And so far, the swing has been doing really good. So let's talk about the two. First off, if you don't have the right tools, just don't even bother. What I realized with Robinhood is that when you see their prizes move, there are at least five or 10 seconds behind other tools that I saw. So let's say, for instance, let's say the price is $10.05 that you're seeing in Robinhood. That's the ticker sign, right? Actually, that price would have moved up to, let's say, $10.70 before you see it in Robinhood. So there's like a lack in between. And now that's where I sense the importance of people that have what we call scanners that show you level two data, where it's actually showing you like active, like how much people are willing to pay for a stock at that particular time. Robinhood doesn't give you that information. So you can even place a trade. You see it, it says, let's say $10.50, you say sell. By the time that trade goes through in Robinhood, it's going to be, if that stock moved, it could move down 10 or 15 cents down. So you see $10.50, you end up selling for $10.30. But the price at which you wanted to sell was $10.50. Just because Robinhood is that slow. So if you are actively looking to get into day trading, you want to be an active day trader, no, no, no, no. Not Robinhood. Please, please learn from my mistake. Do not use Robinhood whatsoever. There's other better platforms out there. I've tried Tinko Swim with TG Ameritrade. I think the better. I've tried Wilbo and that's, I think I'm actually getting towards moving into Wilbo because so far it's free and I've seen some of the stuff that the tools that they provide are really, really helpful. So yeah, and again, if you sign up for Wilbo, I'm going to put a link in the description below. I think you get like three free stocks just for signing up, which is awesome. So yeah, check the link and go get you some free stocks. That is the platform I'm probably going to move into. You're probably asking yourself like, hey, how much did she actually put into the stock market to get you started? So when I started my account, I had $4,000 in the account that I was investing. So I used that $4,000 and it just grew up to maybe about $6,000. Then the other thing that I did just to give me perspective was that when I signed up for Wilbo, I saw they have like a paper trading. So you can actually paper trade in Wilbo. So I got into it and tried it. I paper-traded Tesla. I paper-traded Microsoft. I paper-traded Apple. And so within that period, I think I made just within the period of a week of paper trading, I made about $75,000. But they give you $1 million to paper trade with, which is awesome. So if you're looking at getting started, I'll say try. Sign up for a tool like Wilbo and do paper trading and just play with money that's not real money. The only difference is that when you lose that money, the effect is not the same like when you lose real money. So my transition was I go from now paper trading and then I started with really small amount. So instead of buying, let's say, 100 or 200 shares of a company, nope, I'll just buy three or four. Trust me, guys, you're going to think like, oh, I wish, which is always a case. And that's the mistake I always made. So when you buy three or four shares and then the price jump up, you look at the numbers like, oh, I bought it at $10, it went up to 15. So I only got 10 shares. So what if I had gotten 100 out and made a boatload of money?   Set your price and be very, very solid on it. Your exit price. So if your entry level is, let's say your entry price is $10, you say, if it goes up to 12, I'm out. When it goes up to 12, get out because you're going to sit there and be like, oh, if it's going up, what about if it gets to 13 or gets to 14?  So, and that's happened to me. I've seen it done to the point where it goes up, no, three, four, five dollars. I'm like rejoicing and smiling. And then all of a sudden with a blink of an eye, it just goes like it comes crashing. So please, please, if you're thinking about it, again, you have to be very disciplined. So, overall, I would say I've made about $3,000 day trading or swing trading slash day trading. And I'm not saying that I know exactly what I'm doing because I don't. I see all these guys on here on YouTube putting, they're showing all the charts and all these candlesticks and doing some math and algebra. And I'm simplifying the process for myself. I look at a company, I look at their earnings, I listen to their calls, and if I hear good news, I know the stock is going to go on. If I hear bad news, I'm not touching it. And that's how I go about buying it. And then when I go in, oh, one other thing too with Robinhood that I didn't like is that they don't have like stop loss and they don't have take profit together.  So that when you buy, if anything were to change, if the price went down, you stop at $6.95. So you only lost $0.05 in that case. And if it goes up to say $8, you sell and take your profit.  But that's where you have to be disciplined. So Robinhood doesn't allow you to do that. So you can only set one or the order. So you can do a take profit, which means you can do a market sell at a particular price or you can do maybe a stop loss at a particular price. You can't set a sell and stop loss with the same stock in Robinhood, which is ridiculous. So yeah, it's for me, just learning, it was good. I don't think I'm gonna use Robinhood moving forward for day trading or swing trading. I'm gonna move my asset over to either Tink or Swim or Willbow, but I'm leaning heavily towards Willbow because I mean, again, like I said, the tool is free. They have a lot of information that I can use to kind of start investing. Their application to me is very simple. I like the layout and everything.  I'm just gonna keep trying it. And again, my window for trading is between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. that window, that's about it. After that, I'm done for the day trading. I go do my day job and that's where I'm gonna approach it. And if things get better, I start making more and then I'll start seeing how I can balance that. Otherwise, that's my story, guys. That's my day trading experience. Like I said, this is not meant for everyone. It's a very, very risky business. If you cannot stomach losing money, please don't even attempt it. Again, think about the platform that you're using. Robinhood is definitely not a day trading platform whatsoever. And then think about your discipline. Are you greedy? Do you look at the stock market? Another thing is always gonna go up. No, it's gonna go down. There's other things about day trading that I'm still in the process of learning, like shorting, I haven't shorted yet. Just because I mean, I just like to go long because that's what I understand better. But in the future, that's something I'm gonna try. I'm gonna start shorting using paper trading and see how that goes. And for those of you that don't understand, shorting simply means that you anticipate that the price of a stock is gonna go down. So you can buy it at, say, $10. And then when the price goes down, that's when you make money, if you're shorting it. If the price goes up, you're losing money. So that's the next step that I'm gonna try and just see how it goes. So that's my experience, guys. If you have any questions about, again, what I did, how I started and I used Robinhood for the platform, let me know in the comment section. And as always, guys, investment is a risky business. Mind how much money you put into it. That's not meant for everybody. Stay motivated.


Y Clwbeth nifer 1 gyfnodau yn y dweud, mae'n teulu gweld unrhyw gweithbwyllach gan Kenneth Gibson. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop an industrial strategy for the river Clyde and its adjacent communities. Cabinet Secretary Derek Mackay. We will work with, with and many, public and private partners to help to realise and connect key opportunities along the river Clyde. The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and the Islands Kenneth Gibson. Cabinet Secretary for Transport and the Islands Felly cyflawni gydag unig, i gweithio wrth gwrs lambda. Felly, dechreu yn anghofod am unrhywr i amddangos wahanol i gydag unrhyw ar gyfer datblygu o adneud hynny. Mae hynny'n gwybod i'ch cyflethau, mae'n i gydag unrhyw gainnol i gydag unrhyw sy'n gwybod i'r amddangos wahanol i gydag unrhyw ac yn gweithgwyr i gydag unrhyw. Fyny'r digwydd i gydag unrhyw gerchwyr ar gyfer ddi-rhyw. Felly, yn adeithu i gydag unrhyw ei fobl ychydag unrhyw. fel oedlaeth. Oes yn hyn yn credu ei clywed oedd iawn. Mae hyn yn cyd-radded i gael i'r brawe iawn, credu i'r brawe iawn i gael i'r brawe iawn, ac mae'n cyflaed i gael i'r brawe iawn, ac mae'n cyflaed i gael i'r brawe iawn, ac mae'n cyflaed i gael i'r brawe iawn. Felly, i weld yn soniwch cysylltiadau i'r ddaeth i thwyntiau, Of course, it has strategic importance in terms of location and the opportunity that there is. The Government's economic agency is considering work in terms of stimulating investment and job creation. I think that there are immense opportunities there. What support will the Government provide through our economic agencies will look very seriously at the requests that come from them? We will also be very proactive in infrastructure spend as well, the work around innovation, the energy policy also. Further opportunities are working in partnership with local authorities and the city deal proposition as well to see what further resources can go to the Ayrshire area. I think that there are many ways in which we can help stimulate investment opportunities, help support job creation, of course mindful of the environmental concerns, but, fundamentally, support the opportunities. Specifically, they are right across the river Clyde, and the many strategies that we have from industrial to tourism maximise the opportunities that exist. I will certainly ensure that Mr Gibson is informed of the work that we are undertaking in that regard. The cabinet secretary will be aware that the Huntesson nuclear site in North Ayrshire is one of the largest employers in the area. Can he confirm if the Scottish Government's current moratorium on new nuclear development in Scotland will help or hinder the economy of North Ayrshire? That is a little bit adjacent, but it might be a very brief comment, minister. I am happy to refer the matter to the energy minister who can revert back to Mr Greene in terms of the specifics of energy policy as it relates to Huntesson. The point is that there are other economic opportunities that the Government is aware of, and we are currently looking at that case right now. Jackie Baillie I add my support to the need for a river Clyde industrial strategy, and in particular raised the opportunity of servicing the Scottish Government's own ferry fleet on the Clyde. It used to be serviced at Greenock, but now I understand it is serviced in Liverpool. Will he return that work to Scotland as part of a river Clyde strategy? I have a great deal of sympathy with the aspiration to simply select where work is carried out. In terms of procurement, we have to operate within the law, but I am very attracted to ensuring as much work. In terms of the industrial supply chain that can stay in Scotland as possible, maintenance and servicing without encroaching unfairly into the procurement processes of other organisations but I will look very closely at those opportunities to see what else we can do to achieve the outcome that Jackie Baillie has expressed. Stuart McMillan I will be aware of the petition that was handed in regarding the safety and green dry dock, but can the cabinet secretary inform me of what discussions he and the Scottish Government have had with the Inverclyde Council about the city deal project at Innsgreen in Greenock? We are trying to ensure that the city deal process and the benefits of the city deal covers every part of Scotland, including the opportunities at Inverclyde. I am happy to refer the matter to the lead minister on the city deals, Michael Matheson, who can revert back to Mr McMillan with a more detailed answer, but the point of the city deals is to maximise the economic opportunities in partnership with key local stakeholders, the private sector as well, and of course that is important. Specifically in relation to the dry dock, I was well aware of the coverage that was received and the cross-party approach that has been made in that regard. I am very interested in making sure that industrial opportunities are delivered right along the Clyde, and we will do everything that we can to support that. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation plan in the national missing persons framework for Scotland. The national missing persons framework, the first of its kind in Scotland, was launched in May 2017 and we reported on progress earlier this year. The framework has been backed by an investment of £60,000 to develop and deliver return discussion training, which is central to ensuring that people do not fall into the pattern of going missing repeatedly. Additionally, we have committed £142,000 to the missing people charity to enhance awareness and use of their 24-hour helpline and tech safe facilities in Scotland. I have also recently written to all local authority chief executives to continue to actively support the implementation of the framework. I thank the minister for that response. Alan Bryant was last seen outside Sticks nightclub on Caskybeirham road in Glenothus just after 2 am on 3 November 2013. Five years on, his family are no closer to finding out what happened to their son. Although I welcome the missing persons framework in principle, can the minister outline what support is available for families of the long-term missing and will she commit to look again at how the strategy is implemented in practice to assist those family members, such as the Bryant's, who live with the daily torture of having a loved one go missing? I thank the member for raising that point and I join her in extending my thoughts to Alan Bryant's family and indeed all families who are missing a loved one. I would like to reassure the member that Police Scotland do not close missing person cases and Mr Bryant's case remains open. Police Scotland will continue to investigate any new information that they receive. The national missing persons framework recognises the need to support the families of missing people I believe that we are moving in the right direction on this but there is more work to do. I'd be happy to meet with Jenny Gilruth to discuss this important issue further if she would like that. Do you ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider establishing a victims commissioner and, if not, how it plans to learn from the experiences of victims and witnesses in the shaping of public policy? The issue was considered during the passage of the Victims and Witnesses Scotland Act 2014. We remain of the view that funding for victim support organisations is a more effective use of resources and we are providing £17.9 million in 2018-19. Those organisations obviously represent the interests of victims and provide robust input to government consultation and indeed the development of policy. For example, the development of the new homicide service, which will be operational by spring next year, will be directly informed by the views of victims organisations and the experiences of victims families. In addition, we are funding research to better understand the experiences of rape and sexual assault victim survivors, which will help to ensure that the interests of victims are at the heart of a criminal justice system. In my new role, I have met a number of families of victims of homicide and victims of other crimes as well. They have directly influenced my own thinking and certainly influenced the programme for government commitments in relation to the victim's package. We are learning from their experiences to better inform and design support services and to ensure that their voices will be heard. Thank you. We help you to know your rights, we help to protect your rights and we help to influence change. That is how the Children's Commissioner describes his job. My constituent Kevin Woodburn lost his son in a violent attack on New Year's Day 2017. He did not know his rights, no one gave him a copy of the victim's code and he feels let down at every turn by a justice system he believes is stacked in favour of the accused. Will the cabinet secretary agree to meet Kevin and myself to hear first hand why we believe that a victims commissioner is long overdue? Can I first of all recognise the work that Kezia Dugdale has done on this, and particularly can I put on record once again the Scottish Government's condolences for the loss of Sean Woodburn? I know that the First Minister has met the family previously. Of course, I would be willing to meet Kezia Dugdale and, indeed, with the Woodburn family. I have had correspondence with Sean's grandfather, Oliver Woodburn, myself as well. Kezia Dugdale will be aware of the variety of measures in the programme for government. Having met a number of families of victims of homicide myself, it is fair to say that we recognise throughout that family's journey. From the time of terrible tragedy that happens right the way through the process, there are some gaps there that we are very keen through the victim's package announced to try to make sure that we fill those gaps. Certainly, a meeting with a family is something that I would welcome to help better inform our development of this policy as we move forward. Angela Constance Thank you. I know that the cabinet secretary is aware of my constituent, Kirstie Maxwell, who died 17 months ago in Benidorm in circumstances that remain unclear and that he is well aware of the plight of our family. Following the programme for government commitment to improve services to victims, will that specifically include better support to families who have lost a loved one abroad, given that there is a role for Police Scotland and victim support services, as well as the foreign and commonwealth office? Cabinet Secretary I thank Angela Constance for raising the issue and once again expressed my sympathies to the Maxwell family. I recognise how much Angela Constance has been advocating on her behalf. As she rightly mentions, when it comes to the process, the foreign and commonwealth office will take the lead in that. She is absolutely right to mention the fact that there could be some support services put in place for the family here in Scotland. Certainly, when it comes to the victim's package, we are still thinking about how we further develop some of those programme for government commitments. I would be happy to discuss that with Angela Constance. As I said, it is the lead in the role of the processes for the foreign and commonwealth office, but, certainly, let me reflect on what support we can put in place for the family in Scotland through the measures that were announced in the programme for government. Liam Kerr Thank you, Presiding Officer. In England and Wales, certain prisoners contribute a portion of any salary that they earn from paid work outwith the prison gates to a fund for victims of crime, which is a good way to compensate those who suffer the most and can help to deliver meaningful rehabilitation. Will the cabinet secretary consider introducing such a scheme in Scotland? Liam Kerr We are currently waiting for Westminster when it comes to our victim's surcharge, which we are keen to take forward. I will keep the member updated in that conversation, where we can learn from best practice across the UK, across Europe or anywhere else. I will be open minded to that. Of course, he will know that our plans for a victim's surcharge and, as I said, we are still waiting for conversations to progress with the UK Government in that respect, and I will keep him updated on that. Tom Arthur To ask the Scottish Government how it supports partnership working between colleges and industry. Richard Lochhead Partnership working with the industry must, of course, be at the heart of what our colleges do. Of course, our colleges play a key role in delivering educational opportunities that support individuals into the workplace and on to higher learning. We continue to ensure that every college in Scotland is in a strong position to meet both the needs of learners and employers. Tom Arthur Can I thank Richard Lochhead for that answer and welcome him to his new position? Last week, I had the pleasure of joining my colleagues Derek Mackay and Stuart McMillan for the launch of the AC White Skills Academy at West College Scotland in Greenock. That is a partnership between West College Scotland and Barhead-based AC White, which is a business for one of the main contractors for the refurbishments of homes across the UK and specialist in external wall insulation. Having identified a skill shortage in the sector, it is managing director Jennifer Finn and her team work collaboratively with West College Scotland to develop the course, which offers a guaranteed job at the end of it. Does the minister agree with me that this is a fantastic example of partnership working, that West College Scotland and AC White should be commended for their endeavours? Will he join me in wishing all the students on the course the very best for the coming year? I thank the member for his question and, of course, I thank him for his kind words as well, and he is quite right that partnership between West College Scotland and AC White, with her new skills academy, is the perfect example of colleges and employers working together and sets a really fine example for the rest of the country to follow. It is certainly an issue that I intend to take very seriously, is to ensure that we can foster those relationships with cleaner colleges and employers to address skills gaps. I join Tom Arthur in wishing all the students and employer AC White all the best. Obviously, it is important that courses are linked to the needs of industry and the wider labour market. Can I ask the minister if any assessment is made of whether college leavers enter employment relevant to their qualifications and how long any assessments may continue after they have entered the workplace? That is also an issue that I am keen to pursue as well. There are, indeed, many tracking assessments of the destinations of students at colleges and their universities. I would be more than happy to look into that specific issue for the member and drop him a note, but it is very important that we track the final destinations into the workplace of our students. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS 4th valley regarding funding for GP services at the Aberfoil Medical Centre. Cabinet Secretary, Jeane Freeman. The Scottish Government is engaging with NHS 4th valley and its constituent integration joint boards about their primary care improvement plans. I understand that NHS 4th valley provided discretionary funding to Aberfoil and Bucleivie medical practice under the historical associate GP scheme funding, which was tied to a particular post holder who has since retired. The health board is committed to retaining that funding to support all practices in the West Stirlingshire area, including the Aberfoil and Bucleivie practice. I thank the cabinet secretary for that response. The Aberfoil and Bucleivie practice in my region is faced with diminished GP capacity due to the decision to withdraw funding for a GP. That has resulted in GP availability falling below the level that is needed to maintain an acceptable service to the local community and it also is putting the GP surgery at risk. Does the cabinet secretary agree that in rural locations, a higher proportion of GP availability is essential? Will she commit to reviewing the national guidance given for GP provision to reflect the specific needs of individual rural practices? I need to start by disagreeing with Mr Lockhart's premise on his supplementary question. Funding was not withdrawn. The funding was linked to a particular practice that, in 2004, was no longer appropriate given the new GP contract at that time, but 4th Valley continued that funding, making it perfectly clear, as the practice knew, that it was linked to a particular individual and would end when that individual retired, as is now the case. Nonetheless, 4th Valley has committed to retaining the funding as a whole and making sure that it is more equitably distributed across all the practices in the area. I need to also point out that that new investment will be made in the wider multidisciplinary teams to support the new GP contract, which, of course, as members know, we negotiated with the full support of the BMA and, indeed, secured the support of majority of their members. Finally, let me say that the Scottish Government announced not only an increase in terms of that GP contract but a 3 per cent increase for independent contractor GPs in this year and an additional increase on their expenses. As I am sure that the member knows, the rural short-life working group chaired by Sir Lewis Ritchie is looking at any particular issues that may apply to rural practices, and I look forward to receiving his recommendations. Finally, no GP practice in Scotland loses funding as a consequence of the well-supported and much-welcomed GP contract. Bruce Crawford Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can the secretary agree with me that the most appropriate way to represent the good folk of the Aberfoil and wider, the Calave area, is to engage in a serious discussion with local people, with the local GPs, with local health board and attend public meetings representing the people in your area? Yes, I agree with Mr Crawford. Fundamental to how we will reform and improve our primary healthcare services is local engagement. Of course, elected members in this chamber have an important role to play, but I would also argue that there is an important responsibility to ensure that that engagement is genuine, reaches all parts of the communities that they represent and participates in that. In that way, they can then represent the issues that are genuinely raised locally in this chamber and with his Government. How many STEM apprentices there are and how many of those are in North and South Lanarkshire? There are currently 21,050 STEM apprentices in Scotland, based on published modern apprenticeship data for quarter one of 2018-19. Of those, 1,725 are North Lanarkshire and 1,395 are in South Lanarkshire. Graham Simpson. According to Equate Scotland, only 16 per cent of higher education students in engineering and technology are women, and only 27 per cent of women with a science technology engineering and maths university qualification remain in the sector. Can the minister say what the Scottish Government is doing to encourage women on to STEM courses and into careers? I recognise the issues that Graham Simpson has laid out. That is why, through the Skills Development Scotland's Equality Action Plan, we are taking activity to ensure that much more is done to ensure that more women take part in the various STEM frameworks that we have from modern apprenticeships. That is why we have laid out a STEM strategy to encourage more young women to study STEM subjects at school. That is activity that is under way, and its activity will continue.