the convening and and some other things. If you have any questions please tweet in make sure to hashtag New Play. That way we can read the question. So Karen. Sir Travis.  What are you working on right now? What's going on in your world? Well it's interesting. I'm a playwright that has not wanted to be defined by any one form of play. So I just wrote a children's musical that's going to be at La Jolla Playhouse that we open on Tuesday and it's going to go around touring to 16,000 different public school children. Frida Kahlo is a child. So that's the one project I'm working on there. And then I am starting a new play hopefully next two or three weeks. I'm also Legacy of Life. It's Having a Life which is very exciting and I've just finished a big rewrite on the book club play. I've gone back to revisit some of the plays I've written and taken what I've learned from those productions and kind of internalized that and written a new version of a lot of these plays. So I'm working on the book club play and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and doing a rewrite of that play. And some people think it's odd to do such a big reworking after they've been produced or had several productions but I think productions are essential in learning what the strength of the play is and what I need to learn more. So I've been working a lot on making what I have better and then I hope to come up with something new to wow that's a lot that you're working on. I'm also adapting Just Like Us which is a book written by Helen Thorpe about immigration. That's amazing. Karen is one of the resident playwrights here at Arena and like you said you're going through a lot of your plays and reworking them. Why did you decide to do that? To spend some of your time in your residency and some of your resources as a resident to do that? Well I was really fortunate to be picked for the residency. I lived here in Washington DC and to be able to live at home and suddenly given the time to really go back and revisit the work and what I've equaled it to is like going into a new marriage. It sometimes seems theaters always want to create the new work and they forget about the other body of work and I thought it was really nice to be in a setting where I could use resources and time to make my body of work that I've done before that I still have questions about to work on it to make it better. It wasn't like it was old I really wanted to go back and do that. So I feel like all my work has come to the table and it's not just about one play and if that play fails or succeeds it's about you know the work on that whole and it makes me think in a long range plan instead of just play the moment to moment kind of like oh this play fails so I could learn this here but now I'm going to go back and fix that play so it's even better. It's been very humbling but also very strengthening at the same time. This convening that we're at now is called from scarcity to abundance. How do you see this word abundance has been thrown out a lot? Do you see abundance? Are we in a moment of abundance and if so how do you view that? I feel like we are in a moment of abundance. Just this convening itself just the fact that this TV is going on just the fact that we're doing connecting all the new plays just the fact that we feel that all of us as a profession need to have a voice and talk about it and talk about it in a positive not let's just talk about the past but how are we going to proactively make changes I think is very exciting. I think the fact that arena stage has put five playwrights on payroll is hopefully not just the only theater that's going to be doing that. I think we're starting a trend of kicking that idea of the starving artist to the curb and saying you know it's okay for everyone to be fed they will feed the theater. If we're trying to you know if the theater's trying to live off starving artists it will eventually die and so I think it's a really smart investment to start going back to where the art is and I hope the same is happening for directors etc it's scary especially in this economy but I think in the long range it's really going to provide bounty and what I know what it's doing for all of us who are here is we're starting to think big it's like oh we can do this we can try something you know it's the idea of breathing and I feeling it reverberate with all the theaters I'm working with my my work with arena or the resources that I'm giving an arena has helped every single theater that I've been working with because it gives strength to all of us there is a good people that's awesome okay I have one more question for you okay okay so we started the convening with big thoughts was a massive thinker okay and the question was what do you see the future here so you can ask that question in any way you would like but what do you see or what are some of the things that you hope will change and say the next 10 years what does that look like for me honestly I hope that the public school systems all incorporate drama and playwriting they realize that arts are not the cherry on top that they're part of the flower that keeps the cake together and the sense that the inspire child is a child who learns yeah I really think that if you start you know every time like the life of the theater if we get kids excited to find their voice to see you know both classic productions and productions that are relevant to what's going on in their neighborhoods we'll be you know really fostering a strong new audience but I really I mean my thought is beyond the theater it's etc and it goes back to my advocacy work with children in children's place I think I mean we've gotten the DC public schools who incorporated playwriting in all 11th grades and I think that would be really great for that to be a national model because especially now with the talk about closing the NEA etc we really need to make people understand that the dialogue around the arts that it's not just for theater people and that's why I'm really excited about the theater TV and us being connected outside of it is that the third grader out in Iowa going to school is part of our community as well his mother is part of our community you know there you know next door neighbor who came from Missouri you know that's all part of the theatrical community and I think we need to make our community what's great about this meeting is seeing how much how exciting and how much partnership we can do I think now we've got to get the other people on board who haven't even thought of theater as a part of their lives that's my big thought that's a great thought that's a brilliant thought thank you so much Karen join us for next up with uh player at katori hall and then we'll be speaking with uh co-director of the institute jamie galoo to talk about the behind the scenes so Karen and and uh david have given you some great thoughts on what this thing is the spirit of it all now we're going to find out like how did it actually come together so we'll see you in a moment thank you oh thank you thank you


Welcome back to my channel guys. It's your girl Coco styles and on this channel. We talk about beauty fashion lifestyle and styling today, I wanted to talk about something that I saw going around on Instagram and They were kind of bickering about this topic and I kind of have my own opinion on these this topic but There was a young lady. I'm not even sure what her name was and she did a reel and she basically was saying that she doesn't shop at She is she in right? I think it's it's a cool. She know she whatever whatever So which to me that is like in the same family as fashion over So she was like, you know, she doesn't do it or whatever blah blah blah So people were in the comments and they were just kind of like disagree with her saying that they can make it look very Expensive this and this and that so let's let's get this out the way as a stylist I do not recommend women buying clothes from fast fashion brands To build a wardrobe If you are trying to build an entire wardrobe, that is not where you should go However, it doesn't mean that you can't buy some pieces from there So they were kind of going back and forth. So here's my popular opinion. Is that how you call it? I don't recommend it And it's not because it's not a you know high-end brand or anything like that It's solely because of quality Quality is by far the number one thing that you need in your wardrobe Okay, it doesn't matter the design of brand because some designers stuff are made really cheap And I think I showed you guys these leather pink these full of the pants that were Damn near like four hundred dollars or maybe four fifty and they tore on me and they weren't even Freakin leather they ripped the first day. Well, this the seam came out Which leads me to something that I spoke about recently on my Instagram about Training your eyes to look for good quality clothes and looking at the seam of things is extremely important And I'm gonna show you guys Cuz I okay so the first place that Pretty much pop open on me. I like them um So I bought them again in a different color, but I bought a size up But I don't think it really mattered But you can tell Now if I wear these I'm just gonna come close. Oh, you probably can't even see I should pull the dark ones I don't know if you can see but the seam is here. It's a simple stitching, right? And if you come inside This is how much oh I don't know if you guys can see this But the stitching is like right here. So I have about less than an inch To I don't know. Can you guys see that? Okay? Yeah, you could it's so bright less than an inch Of material that's extra. So these may not pop open Like the other ones did But I'll say this just because it costs money doesn't mean that the quality is the best and we know this based off of Buying things from Louis Vuitton. Okay. They're canvas coated bags They are something that is Classic, right? But they don't last forever. Now. I have this bag here for So many years. I'm gonna show you guys This speedy bag.  I have other leather bags strictly leather bags that look really really good and So My point is Try to always go for quality over quantity over the designer name and the reason why I'm saying that is because Some did like I said some designers they do not Put the best quality into this stuff. So anyway, so back to the conversation They were going back and forth and I saw so many mixed Comments like people like oh, I can make it look expensive. I you know It doesn't matter, you know, maybe you can't afford it all this stuff So when it comes to making something look expensive, that's fine But you are wasting money in the long run. Why because you're gonna have to replace it quicker Then you would if you purchased something that was a little bit more money and better Quality right? Yes quality does cost more money, but you don't have to break the bag You have to just be a little bit strategic when you are shopping so Like I showed you guys the other day The blazer that I purchased Really nice blazer is lamb skin. It's super nice. I Saw it for 675 and I was like, okay. It's still not bad. It's lamb skin But it popped up cheaper on the actual website. So that was a win for me I still got what I really really wanted But at a fraction of the price, right? Sweaters when you're buying sweaters, that's another thing. I'm not really big on I can show you guys some sweaters from Zara that are really really nice and They're thick and I don't even know why I have it hung up But I'm I have a bunch of light colors This is might even gonna be good cuz you're not gonna be able to see it But they're really thick so I pay attention to stuff like that when I'm shopping regardless of the brand Here's another top from Theory this is like a one sleeve or like a little bell sleeve, right? This shirt I want to say was damn near probably three hundred dollars But I don't think I paid full price for it. I Don't um But the quality of this is good now. It's not the best. Let me see if I can Pull it. No I'll probably tour of the tags cuz I know how I do This is Now here's the thing the material is not the best because it's made with polyester, okay? However How the sweater is designed? It's very very good as far as oh You know very good as far as how the stitching is on here So look at things like that stretch your items apart. See if it if it slings back to like its original Position like it slings back. This was a really good buy Um, but like I said, even though it's from theory They still use valiesta. Okay, so It doesn't matter so that was the first thing they said so then when it came to Or maybe they can't afford certain things If you don't take anything else away in this video Always buy the best quality for your budget. Okay? She in and fashion Nova brands are extremely fast fashion clothes, right? Those are the items that you're probably wash twice and no good You may not even want to invest and put it in something like that into the dry cleanest So like I said go for something that is best for your budget instead of trying to just buy a Bunch of stuff and just having a closet full of clothes um White button-up shirts, right? That may not be something maybe maybe something like that you can buy from like a sheen But just be strategic when you're buying it. So my opinion is I don't recommend shopping near because I am big on having stuff for a long time And things that are not going to be destroyed within two to three washes Like it's just a no go for me. I've not always been like that It is not to say that every piece in my wardrobe is Top notch Oh, let me think what do I have here that? It's a little shaky. Hmm. These are from express. Let me grab They skirt This skirt Is from express It's not Real satin However Something like this. I'm gonna wear multiple times Um, and I'm actually going to get this dry cleaned because of the material. It's not 100 satin, but I still think it can pass for it And I actually think the stitching on here is really good.  So things like that the belt is nice. The zipper is hidden Oh, it's on this side the zipper is hidden Which is another good sign of buying something that is More of a luxury looking item. Um There are some big designers that actually don't even do this to their items So just start training your eye for things like that. So I'm not saying that you can't ever buy anything from she in or fashion Nova But I'm telling you you can look at girls do hauls and stuff Um and compare some of the things Yes, a lot of them do get a lot of things gifted But be smart about it. Even if you like their style try to go for something a little bit more Better in quality Okay So that conversation took place and like I said the Just the mix of Comments, um, you know, I was looking at some of the girls and I'm like, okay They may not be able to afford something That's why they were blowing so hard or they feel like they can make anything look expensive. Um It's not that it's really to me. It really boils and this is my opinion It really it has nothing to do with looking expensive because the most the person with the most money Has on the lease logos, right the lease designer things that you can visibly see Um, so let's throw that out the window So but I but I do feel like it boils down to the amount of money that you are actually going to be wasting And your cost per wear Okay, let's take sunglasses listen Oh my god I have a lot of sunglasses Some I pay full price and some I'm like, no and the reason why okay If you really take a look at sunglasses It's a plastic or it's metal And what the designers are doing is they're getting these frames. Hey, this is my frame.  Let me know your opinion on that. Would you like are you that's a person? That's how I felt about The product the boots those boots with the little bag on the side the little pouch They were not my style, but they did have A pair that were cute more like uh slim But when I saw them in person, they just looked extremely cheap to me like it looked like plastic and I'm just like I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna do it. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm not gonna do it I don't care if the name is written all over it. It's just not gonna happen I like things that have a nice look to it. Um I've purchased things from jc pennies That are nice, right? Now granted is just a white button up not like a full outfit But the shirt was actually nice. I'm gonna be able to wear that about Quite a few times because I already know I'm gonna put it in the cleanest because it's white Um, but with that conversation. I do feel like people are stuck in a in a bubble where they want to look expensive opposed to having like great quality clothes um I think I've mentioned this on a live on facebook instagram About just having quality things just in general. Trust me. You will wear your stuff a lot more You will mix and match it a lot more Um, you'll love it You're loving a lot more every let me see what else do I have here the arrittia tank tops Those are about 70 the 79 dollars or 89 dollars something like that But I love them They're thick They would probably be considered expensive for some But to be quite honest, they're so thick that I was just like there was no way I was not going to get it I think I've worn them twice each so far Dry clean them. They still look good That is what you call paying for something and getting your Course per way out of it, right? I'm gonna have them next summer. I can probably still wear them in the fall under something things like that um And like I said, it doesn't really matter just stop paying attention to the quality. I talk about zahra Zahra has certain items and here's one of the shirts. Is this it? Yep They have certain blouses that are made in turkey That are very good quality, but then this is like a Satin shirt, but then they have this other one from zahra and this one is made in Indonesia, but the quality is trash so Things like that, right? You want to put your money on things that are of better quality So she in is a no for me um And I don't even think I've ever purchased anything from there Nope Never I can just tell it's kind of reminds me of forever 21. It's just not something that I would do It's just like a waste, but like I said, a lot of people like the fast fashion thing. So I'm not knocking them This is solely for the girls who want to build an entire wardrobe full of things that they love and have good quality Okay, so That is my opinion guys Let me know what you guys think I just wanted to come on here and talk about that conversation that I saw on instagram and you know, just the mixed things that women were saying Like I said, some were saying that They can make it look expensive. Some are like, oh, it doesn't matter. Um, you know, maybe they can't afford it Blah blah blah, but like I said, it boils down to you not having to keep Rebuying something over and over and over again So that is my opinion guys my unpopular opinion Let me know what you guys think. Are you a person that does not care and would rather shop at Sheen and like fashion over and like what's the other one? Pretty little things. Um, I think there's more Maybe ace sauce because I think it's a hey ace off maybe a hit or miss But are you that type of person like would you just rather have a closet full of just Fast fashion brands and trendy items or something What's a mix some nice quality pieces and a mix of some High fashion, what is it high fashion? Brands Let me know what you guys think but this is your girl coco and I am signing off for today guys So if you like videos like this, please comment below and if you stay to the end of this video Please comment coco. We see you. Don't forget to follow your instagram at coco styles and why and coco styles and yc And then my personal blog coco styles and yc and then my styling service coco styles and y.com guys the styling service is Virtual I did receive some questions from you guys about that. It is a virtual styling services service if you're not in atlanta However, the experience is still the same. So I will catch you guys in the next one. Bye guys I


Kyrie in that last shot. I mean, I saw the joy. He jumped off that bench and ran straight over to him. That was amazing, man. I knew if he got the opportunity to knock a shot down, he was going to do it. He had a little breakdown on the defensive end, so I just had a really, really, really strong feeling. He got the ball in a good spot. It was one on one, and he did what he does. What was said in that huddle, as you guys were all swarming him? Did I could tell that there was something going on? Just hyping him up. And we know who he is. We know what he's done in the past, but moments like this, you just can't take him for granted. And it was definitely a special night to be a part of. It was a special night for you, too. You just told me that was an easy day. Well, a double-double in a career high is six blocks. What allowed you to be so effective and be that protector at the rim? It was just me just being me. Honestly, I feel like I'm one of the best defenders in the league. I feel like I should be in the top for a defensive player of the year. I feel like I haven't been getting the respect I deserve. We've been winning. My numbers are good. Been protecting the rim guard one through five. So just me being me, doing what I do, bringing that energy, and it's great for the team. And with that energy, because you did bring it, especially there in the third quarter, and that's something that Jack Vaughn said stood out to him, what changed for this group to allow you guys to be so effective in that third, to kind of change how this game went? Well, we came out kind of flat in the first half, for sure, myself included. And we know if we wanted to win the game, we had to come out and really hit them in the mouth. So all five guys were locked in, and that carried us throughout the game.  Because you told me a couple of games ago that this team is just having fun. How has that just grown? It feels good. Like you said, it's a lot of fun. Everybody has fun when you're winning. And it's a lot of fun coming out here, getting wins, and just can't take these moments for granted. How good does it feel to hear that you guys swept this series, especially to do that in such a short period of time? When you beat them four times? It feels good. Toronto, so really, they played extremely hard, but we came out and beat them four times. So it always feels good to whip up on a team like that.


Hi, I'm Chris Thompson with Investor Intel, and today we are here talking with Kevin Maugh, the President of Callow Gold and the Vattu Orem Gold Project in Fiji. How are you doing today, Kevin? Good. Thanks, Chris. Thanks for having us. So you are a fairly new listing in the market. You listed in March, and so a lot of investors may not know much about the company and the projects, so maybe you can start off with just talking a little bit about the project itself in Fiji. Yeah, no, thanks, Chris. We listed the project. We actually undertook the project last summer, so this time last summer we were raising all the seed capital, reorganizing the private company to undertake the transaction with the CPC, and then we started raising the RTO Concurrent financing round at the end of summer. I think we closed that around September and then went ahead with the full listing process. The company had a full 43-101 done as part of this process, so yeah, we were very excited to launch this on the markets here in 2021. This given last year was quite a strong year for precious metals, and we wanted to find a property, a gold asset to monetize it as well, and I think we definitely landed on something here with Cala Gold and Fiji. Great, and as part of this listing, did you raise some money? Yes, we raised $3.7 million in a Concurrent RTO financing round at 20 cents. The pre-money valuation, we intentionally set it at about $7 million, given that the stage of the company, we wanted the early stage investors to have a win right out of the gates here, so we established that value and we had no problems raising that. Great, so can you talk a little bit about the project itself in Fiji? I don't think Fiji comes up on a lot of people's radar. I know there's one fairly large mine, a gold mine in Fiji now, but maybe you can talk a little bit more about the geology, the place that meant as part of the Ring of Fire, so investors can get a little more idea about what Fiji has to offer. Yeah, no, absolutely. So the Pacific Ring of Fire, the South Pacific Ring of Fire in particular, is a long-standing history of mining. Fiji itself has a long-standing history of mining. The Vatakula Gold Mines has been in operation for about 60 years. They're a 10 million ounce plus deposit that they're still operational. The one company that comes to mind that has had a lot of recent successes so far is the Line 1 Metals. They're on the main island of Fiji. I think they're developing their alkaline system gold project. They've got about 750,000 ounce resource. We're right along trend with Vatakula and Line 1's Tubatu project. We're right on trend on the North Island side, which from a mineralization standpoint, it goes all the way up to right up to New Zealand, this gold belt. So what sort of drilling have you done there, and what sort of results have you got? There's been quite a bit of historical drilling done on the property before we took this on. Obviously, we raised the capital on that last round for our Phase 1 drilling, but prior to that, Placer has drilled this in the past. The previous operators, our founders, have been undertaking this property for the past 10 years. They've experienced significant high-grade results on the property just as early as 2017 when they put together their initial resource, their resource estimate. We went ahead with the Phase 1 drill program to both confirm the high-grade results as well as expand the zones, and the recent IP work that was done has definitely confirmed our thesis that we're hunting an elephant country. As David Madelike of G9 II Mining would say, this region of the world is really prone to large significant deposits, and the high-grade aspect of the first few results that we've experienced in the past is proving that, and the IP results that we just finished have confirmed basically much larger targets that we were undertaking. Great, and so is this a New York surface deposit that you're looking at right now? That's correct. So far, the high-grade results have all been within 100 meters. Our deepest hole to date was 350, and again we did so on purpose to really confirm the lateral extension of the mineralized ore body. We're probably going to continue to punch out the last four holes to confirm these results, but we may shift it to target these new targeted zones. Did you mention a resource already on the property? That's correct. So in 2017, the previous founders, they undertook a resource estimate, historical estimate, there's about 160,000 ounces, so they were going to mine this near surface. So they undertook this to try to mine this shallow, and potentially this could be a near-term open pit. So for investors, what can they look forward to for new flow for the rest of the year? We're going to put out more information on us to the results that we've undertaken so far, so we'll continue to talk to the market about the expansion of the property and what we're really after, and then the next phase of work that we're undertaking here. And thank you for your time. It's Chris Thompson today with Investor Intel, taking you with Kevin Ma of Kahlo Gold Holdings with their VATU Arum project in Fiji. Thanks for your time.


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When it comes to what software you use I'm probably one of the most liberal Foss guys on the internet. I'm pretty much one of those guys that says just use whatever it is you want to use Well, I think I would prefer it if everybody used open source and free software. I Know that that's not feasible that being said there's one piece of software that I don't think you should use and The biggest reason is is because there's many different great alternatives So today i'm going to be talking about a new linux password app called one password now This has been on macintosh and windows for a long time And it was originally developed for mac eventually went to windows and now there's a native linux client And for those people who use one password and have been using one password. This is great news And I think that for those people who already do use it It's fantastic that it's here and I think that If it were any other situation, I would probably Be celebrating the fact that there's yet another company that has brought their software to linux because there's not nearly enough of those and we should be Very happy when a company decides to support linux as well But one password is an open source and I think if there is one single piece of software That you use that absolutely has to be free and open source It should be your password manager and the reason why I say that is because There's nothing on your computer that is more important Than your password manager.  It would just be gone So with that being in the case, why would you trust a company with that information? That wouldn't allow you to audit their code I don't know the answer to that question now I used to be a last pass guy I used to use last pass and I didn't use to feel this way But now that I use something like bit warden and there are several different open source password managers out there You can use bit warden. You could use something like key pass. You could use something like pass Literally, there's a half a dozen really good alternatives that are free and open source that you could use But I used to use blast pass and before then before I started using free and open source password manager. I didn't really care I just wanted to work well and work across platforms and Since that point I've just come to realize how I think important it is that The password manager you use is open source and One of the reasons why is has to do with cost now. I'm not one of those guys who thinks everything has to be free I don't mind paying for things that are good things that I Want to support things that I find useful What I don't care for is things like glass pass in terms of switch In terms of bait and switch so they tend to change the prices a lot They've changed them four or five times over the last 10 years They were paid as a subscription service for all their good features And then they went free and then now they're back to being paid again and Or they're it's even more complicated and that they're paid if you want to use your password manager on multiple devices And that's last pass one password has actually done the same thing one password used to be really Expensive used to pay for the mat client, which was you know a certain amount of money I don't remember what it was and then you had to pay for the mobile client and stuff like that And that was before they had a subscription service And then they now they have a subscription service and now they have a free service They change things that's the point because it's closed source and because You can't host it yourself none of these things they have all the power to take features away from you That you probably would need At any point you don't have any say in it Other than to leave obviously Added in between the whole security thing of not being able to audit the code I mean most people can't audit code anyways because they don't know how to code but The ability to do so is there and other people can do so that do have that ability So you if you're using one password you're trusting that that code is secure And you have no way of verifying that And then you have the whole control over how much it costs what features you have and all of that stuff Plays into the fact that I just don't think you should use one password So if you already use one password Go ahead and you continue to use it your data is there I I I mean I say go ahead and continue to use it by if I were you I would switch away from it to A bit warden or something like that But if you're using it at least it does have a Linux client now But if you're looking for a password manager Don't select one password because it's closed source You don't want to go through and use that use bit warden instead Use key pass xc instead or whatever it is.  Whatever you want to do just choose one That's open source. I think that that is truly the best way to do it and While I think it's great that one password is here for those who absolutely absolutely have to use it I know a lot of companies use it so that it's on Linux now is probably a good thing overall That's a net good I still think that if you're going to use a password manager use one that's free and open source So that's my little rant for the day. Thanks for watching You can support me on patreon at patreon.com slash this cast Follow me on twitter at linux cast facebook at linux cast before I go. I'd like to take a moment to thank your current patrons Devon marcus maiglin donnie's venneric camp and mitchell. Thanks everybody for watching. I'll see you next time


Hello people of the internet, my name is Johnny, welcome back to yet another FNAF video. Today's a bit different because once again we're taking a look at a giant haul I've got with a whole bunch of brand new FNAF merchandise. Unlike the previous one, which was all centered around some brand new YouTube plushies and figures, I don't really have a set plan for this one. I've just been getting a whole bunch of brand new products. So if you enjoy these haul videos, don't forget to scroll down, tickle the sub button, and I say let's kick it off with personally one of my favorite things I've gotten recently. And that is of course the brand new Funko statues. First up, let's take a look at Lefty. As you can see, Funko spared absolutely no expense. Look at how awesome this guy looks. The statue has Lefty peeling open his mouth with the puppet trying to escape. It just looks absolutely insane. You can see the puppets, little tentacles, arms and legs peaking out from all different angles of the suit. Just an absolutely insane pose. And for decorations, they've also got some balloons and a music box back here filled with what looks to be just some stuffing. The statue is, again, just absolutely insane. Lefty looks so goddamn cool. When it was revealed we were getting a Lefty statue, I'd assume they were just gonna do him in the back alley, but no, they went above and beyond and actually have the puppet emerging from his suit. It looks, again, just insane. And the second statue we got is Foxy inside of his pirate's coat. Taking a look 360 around this statue, you can see the curtain covers the entirety of Foxy, which I thought was pretty interesting. I thought they were just gonna do it cut in half with the backside exposed, but no, it goes all the way around. On the inside, there's not a roof, so you can see right down there, you can see some wood flooring that Foxy's standing on inside of his cove. Foxy's pose is, again, absolutely spectacular. You can also see the It's Me sign. He's just ready to lunge out of that cove, rush towards your door, and most likely, getcha. The detail and material on Foxy's a bit iffy, doesn't look the best, looks pretty cheap, but honestly, it's a minor nitpick. Overall, the statues, both of them, look absolutely spectacular. Next up is something pretty small. I don't think I've seen many people talk about them since they came out, but Funko also released some brand new plushies. And what's interesting about these is that on one side, you can see Nightmare Freddy, but actually they have the ability to invert themselves and turn into classic FNAF one Freddy. The details, all right. Actually, it looks like on mine, there's a bit of stitching coming out on his freckle. Yeah, the details fine. I think the concept of having one plushie of a character inverting it and turning it into, oh, that's the wrong way. Another character is pretty interesting. Imagine them doing something like this for Fun Time Foxy and Lullbit. That'd be pretty cool. As you can see here, this is Nightmare Chica. She does even have the bow. That's not a bow, that's a bib. Actually, this is Nightmare Chica's bib. And then you flip it and you've got classic FNAF one Chica. And lastly, they only made four of these. Of course, for the four main characters, you've got Nightmare Bonnie with his bow, flip him around and the ears actually do come out the other side. And you've got classic FNAF one Bonnie. So that's pretty interesting. I do wonder if we're going to see a second wave of these guys. I don't know how many people have picked these up, but I thought they're pretty interesting. I'd like to see Funko do a bit more with this concept in the future. And just to stick on the topic of Funko plushies, I was able to find some of the brand new Balloon Circus Plushies. This one is of Balloon Freddy. Unfortunately, I couldn't find all of the Balloon Circus Plushies, but I was able to find four. So this is Balloon Freddy. As you can see, he's dressed up in his Balloon Boy attire, red and blue stripes on a shirt, and also his propeller hat. Blue Balloon being held in one of his hands. And also, let's take a look at this tag because I think it looks pretty interesting. Some cool detail. I do love the aesthetic of this brand new wave. Even if I'm still pretty confused about what these characters are going to be for, let's look at Balloon Freddy now. Let's take a look at the sad boy himself, Circus Foxy. Looks like his teeth are sticking up a little bit. These should be down, but he's got his suspenders on, bunch of clown makeup, even the teardrop. He's got a tail on his back, some stitching on his clothes as well. Pretty nice plushie. He's also got a gigantic red nose. That is super, super funny. And I think all of the Circus characters have that actually, taking a look now at Circus Bonnie. Unfortunately, these are not real bells on top of his ears, but he still looks pretty goofy.  And finally, for plushies, I was able to find for Balloon Circus, we've got Circus Freddy, the main man himself. He doesn't have too much detail on him. In fact, he looks pretty naked, honestly, when compared to the other plushies, but he's got a nice hat on. Looks like, oh, there's some white stripes up there on his hat, as well as a flower on it. Once again, a bright red nose, bow, vest. He looks pretty chill. I like him. And once again, hopefully pretty soon, I can find some more of the Balloon Circus plushies I know I'm missing, quite a few of the Balloon characters and also Circus Chica. And actually, I've still yet to find the 10-inch Nightmare Freddy and Bonnie plushies, as well as any figurines of the Balloon Circus characters. But what I was able to find were these, the pop keychains of Balloon Freddy and Balloon Foxy. Let's take a look at Freddy first. These guys are just scaled down versions of their pop equivalents, which we will take a look at in a quick second once we're done taking a look at Foxy. This is still pretty cute. I really wish I was able to find the Balloon Foxy plushie because I adore that one. But now, actually taking a look at the main deal, we've got the Balloon Freddy Funko Pop figure. Here's what the back looks like, by the way. If you're curious, here's one side. Good old number 908. And here's the other side. Once again, I love the aesthetic that these packages have. Of all the colorful balloons and lights, it just looks absolutely fantastic. And also here is Balloon Foxy. I think people have done deeper videos, taking a look at all of these figures. So I'm just going to go buy them pretty quick. I'm not going to take them out of their boxes, especially because we do have a whole bunch of stuff to take a look at in today's video. We also have Circus Freddy's pop right here. Love the detail on this guy. And once again, that's unfortunately all the pop figures I'm able to find for these guys. And that is apart from a brand new set of pops that released only a couple of days ago. And that is the Target Con exclusive metallic Balloon Freddy and Balloon Bonnie two pack. It might be a bit difficult to view these guys because of all the reflections on the boxes, but they are made out of a completely different material. Let me actually show you a comparison between Freddy, his normal pop, and also the one in the exclusive two pack. There you go. Now you can see the difference. These guys are exclusive to 2023's Target Con event. So if you really want to be on the lookout for these guys, I suggest going to Target, trying to have a look around. There should be a whole bunch of brand new pops exclusive to the brand new event. And I think that's going to do it for all the brand new Balloon Circus products I've gotten. And next up arrived only a couple of days ago is the brand new official Freddy Fazbear pillow pet. This fella is one chunky fella. As you can see, this is officially licensed. This is legit from pillow pet.  Well, he's got a strap at the bottom where if you take it apart, he turns into a pillow. Now actually very graciously pillow pet reached out and they sent me this guy for free. So thank you so much pillow pet. I'll leave a link down in the description to their website. If you want to go pick them up, I'm not being paid to say this. They just sent him to me for free, but I love them. So I'm going to give them a shout out anyway. And also for plushies because we're not done just yet. I also got to wave three of the official Hex and FNAF collaboration in the mail the other day. This is Toy Freddy. He's got a whole bunch of detail on him once again. I'll say it. I always love the aesthetic that Hex goes for with the stitching along his stomach and also the button eyes. You can see his top hat as well. He's got a microphone in hand, similar to FNAF one Hex Freddy right over there. Nice tail at the back. You can take apart his arms and his legs and also his head as you can with all the other Hex plushies. Next up we've got Toy Bonnie who trigger warning. Looks like this for me at least. I don't know why his mouth, his lower jaw goes so far back. It looks a bit goofy, but I guess I still love him. He did lose his guitar strap. If you remember FNAF one Bonnie, who I'm going to compare to once again, had a guitar strap that went around his neck. It was pretty neat. I don't know why they got rid of it. I think Daco said for like safety reasons, but I'm kind of confused by that.  He's got a cute little bunny tail on the back. He's got his ears at the top. I don't know. It just looks like my toy Bonnie got stung by a bee, so I think I'm a little iffy on this guy. But once again, I still think the detail on him looks pretty dang good. Next up we've got Toy Chica, who as you can see for some reason, is just absolutely massive.  It's not like a, who I'm messing with your perspective. No, take a look at her compared to Toy Freddy. Why? Why is she so freaking massive? You can see once again, FNAF 1 plus she's, their heads all line up. They're the exact same size. Why oh why is Chica just so massive? Now you may notice I've not tied around her bib. You can tie it at the back, so it actually stays in place. I'm not done that yet because I'm, I'm quite lazy. But I think that's an amazing detail, having a bow at the back. You can also see tail cupcake is a bit different than FNAF 1 Chica's cupcake. And also something pretty neat about the Toy Chica plushie is that you can actually take off her beak, much like in FNAF 2, and you can see her endoskeleton. So yeah, overall Toy Chica looks pretty dang good, just very, very confused about why she looks so, so massive when compared to all the other plushies. And lastly for the Hexwave 3 lineup, we've got Balloon Boy. Unfortunately, no mangle just yet. Hopefully they're still walking on them. But Balloon Boy actually turned out pretty dang good. He's got his balloon sign. He's got his actual balloon, which unfortunately doesn't act like a traditional balloon, but they do have the balloon, you know, string. It does weigh him down a bunch though. So I feel like this arm might be pretty easy to come off if you're just messing around with him. Yeah, just like that. His head's pretty detailed though. He's got all his features, the bright rosy cheeks, triangle nose, butt and eyes, the propeller hat that, eh, yeah, kind of spins. I mean, I guess technically it's able to move, but it doesn't spin very well. But that was Hexwave 3 overall. It's a pretty decent wave though. I do have some pretty major complaints. I've also heard a lot of people who got Balloon Boy didn't get some accessories that came along with him. So it just seems all over the place. I know when mine arrived, they were all in very, very different packaging. Some of them weren't in any plastic bags that arrived in the actual Hexbag. Some of them were in a different styled bag. Some of them were in bubble wrap. It was, it was kind of weird. And also opening them up and seeing Toy Chica be absolutely massive for some reason. Bonnie's face being like sunk back a little bit. I don't know. I still really enjoy the wave, but there's definitely some kinks. I would like them to work out. And I'm looking around. I didn't show off the boxes for the Funko statues, but I mean, do I really need to show off the boxes? You can see their designs right there, but you may have noticed I took something from that area that I forgot to talk about, which is the 13 and a half gigantic Freddy Fazbear Funko figure. I have no clue why they decided to make Freddy Fazbear over a foot tall, but I guess I ain't complaining because look at him. He's got a movable jaw. That's pretty neat. The movement on the sky is relatively restrictive because he's so massive. You can't really bend the knees at all. A little difficult for him to hold the microphone, but I believe the same thing happened with the traditional figure. So I guess it's not that big of a deal. But once again, the movable jaw is pretty neat. There is also a Bonnie, 13 and a half inch figure that I've not been able to find. And apparently there should be a Golden Freddy one coming out pretty soon. And I'm looking around and I think that just about does it for this haul. The difficult thing about making merchandise videos is that so much stuff has been releasing recently that it's hard to like keep up and review everything. So I think every once in a while I'm just gonna hop in, make a gigantic haul video like this and hopefully you guys enjoy it. So tell me what products are you most looking forward to? Are you getting anything I showed off in today's video? Or do you already have it? If so, how do you feel about it? Let's go and do it. Thank you so much for watching this video and I'll see you all on the flip side. Goodbye.


Fasting has exploded in popularity over the past year, but what is fasting? Are we talking about intermittent fasting, eating one meal per day or in a several hour window? Are we not eating for several days? Are we drinking water? Regardless, you should not consider fasting if you have not addressed nutrient deficiencies and inflammation in your diet. So many people go straight from a standard American diet into fasting and then they refeed on apple bees going straight back to fasting. Most people will see far more health benefits and weight loss on a ketogenic diet, especially a carnivore diet without the need to restrict calories. Why would you starve yourself if you are lacking vitamins, minerals, elements and fatty acids that your body needs? I consider the replenishment of nutrients and the adherence to a ketogenic or low carbohydrate diet that is high in quality animal foods, something that should be done for several months before even considering fasting. Keep in mind, even most people consuming a ketogenic or carnivore diet don't replenish their nutrients, specifically because of low quality meat. How are you supposed to do that while fasting? You're not eating anything. The main reason I think this and feel so strongly against fasting for most people is because the main benefit of fasting is autophagy.  Autophagy is the body's way of cleaning out damaged cells and regenerating newer healthier cells. At least that's what people believe. But people aren't experiencing autophagy. It's more likely they are just experiencing the removal of inflammatory foods that they were consuming on a daily basis. You really have to keep in mind that autophagy is not an on and off switch. Fasting simply speeds it up. And I believe that a high nutrient diet will warrant more benefits to this process than fasting ever will. Without these nutrients, your body cannot perform basic cell functions as it wants to. So if we can't build and create cells in the first place, why are we trying to recycle and regenerate them through fasting? Personally, I've been fasting for the past seven years on and off following a carnivore diet, usually eating one meal per day. Sometimes I've had meals in an intermittent fasting schedule, you know, within a several hour window. But for the majority of the past seven years, I have fasted for one quarter of the time. What I mean by this is 25% of the days out of the year I am not eating, whether that means fasting for a day or two each week, or fasting for two weeks at a time once every few months, and every single time this was a water fast. I've never actually been able to do a dry fast, which is simply fasting without water. I have an impaired liver function from taking a drug called Accutane in the past, and I get dehydrated within an hour.  People say that dry fasting is multiple times more effective than wet fasting. I haven't really seen proof of that, and as much as I would love to experiment with it, it's not something I see myself ever being able to do. The main benefits that I've noticed from fasting are obviously giving your digestive system a rest, as well as increased mental clarity. Now, the increased mental clarity that someone would experience coming from a standard American diet is drastically different than what I experience. I always have very acute mental clarity. Sometimes when I fast, though, I get a little bit euphoric, and I feel like I can almost see everything. That being said, I do have an incredibly hard time sleeping because of increased cortisol levels. This typically goes away in a few days, so for a day or two, I won't be able to sleep, which is pretty detrimental. That's why I haven't been fasting lately, but three, four, five days into the fast, I start feeling fatigued and physically tired, and then I am able to sleep. Cortisol also lowers testosterone, so fasting is definitely a way of telling the body to conserve everything from both an energy and sexual standpoint. One thing to consider is that if you eat a meal, it's going to stay in your digestive system for four, five, six days before it's mostly digested.  So I'm led to believe that short-term fasts of several days are drastically different from longer fasts of like seven days, one and a half weeks, two weeks long, almost to the extent where I wouldn't bother for a short-term fast of less than two days. We really have to draw a line and categorize fasting into two separate camps. One would be the regular fasting, eating once per day, intermittent fasting, short-term fasts that might be two or three days long. The other would be a fast exceeding three days where I think you will see the most drastic health changes and effects of what fasting really is. So keep in mind, when you get to that three-day mark, that's when your fast truly starts. In regards to studies, caloric restriction and fasting have always been shown to improve lifespan and it makes sense, but it's hard to know if in the context of a very healthy, high-nutrient, minimally inflammatory diet, it truly matters, as just about all of this research is not done on the natural diet of whatever animal they are studying. So we don't really know if fasting is beneficial on a nutrient-dense carnivore diet, but for other people, it obviously is. Just about everyone, even people following a ketogenic diet, especially a standard American diet, vegan diets, all of these people see benefits to fasting on a carnivore diet, especially if you're consuming quality animal foods, I'm led to believe it's not as important. Electrolytes are a topic frequently discussed and I have made several videos in the past, which I will link at the end here. I will say that you probably need to have some salt several days into the fast to keep your energy levels up. The amount is very anecdotal and subjective, depending on the individual person, what their electrolyte intake was beforehand. And some people also drink coffee, broths, flavored water. And I don't think anything should be consumed outside of water or mineral water, maybe even just a little salt added as we mentioned. What's the point of restricting yourself to fasting and then every morning you're dousing your stomach with rotten roasted plant seeds every morning, aka coffee? You've gone so far to restrict your calories, lose weight, see the benefits of fasting, but you don't want to drop that one little thing of coffee. What about refeeding? Refeeding is a term people use as in breaking their fast. And usually it's very light foods, like small amounts of fruit, broths, salads, which I think is ridiculous. All of my long-term fasts have been broken with large amounts of quality animal foods. I have literally sat down and eaten pounds and pounds of steak and animal fat after not eating for two weeks. The best food to break a fast with would be meat or fish. Dairy and eggs can cause issues for some people. Raw meat and lighter cooked meat and fat are even easier on digestion compared to cooked meat. I'll show you guys an example meal in the future. And there might be some videos that are like a year old of me breaking a fast. Just keep in mind that a lot of the conventional ideas around fasting are very wrong. And we can look to our indigenous ancestors to see what they would have done. And you can imagine the only way you can really break a fast in nature is to hunt an animal. And if you really were starving, you would have probably eaten some of that animal raw, usually the higher caloric parts such as the bone marrow and the fat. What people take for granted drives me crazy. You don't have to use five different electrolyte powders. You don't have to measure your ketones. You don't need to refeed on crackers. But most importantly, you don't even have to fast. If you have not fixed your nutrient deficiencies. There are so many things you have to do to improve your health before fasting that it's ridiculous that people are even considering fasting if someone like myself isn't doing it on a regular basis. Even our indigenous ancestors didn't fast unless it was necessary. At periods of the year, they did have to restrict calories. They could only store so many grains, so many animal foods for the winter. So it was really out of necessity. And keep in mind, a lot of these indigenous groups were very physically active and they weren't in a highly polluted environment. So if you're not hiking for 10, 12 hours a day, you probably shouldn't be eating large amounts of sourdough bread. If you're in a high EMF environment, if you're under a lot of stress, maybe you want to fast a day or two out of the week to not add that extra stress on your digestive system to everything else that's going on in your life. I forgot to touch on a few important points. When people follow a standard American diet or any modern diet, you're literally consuming inflammatory foods every few hours the entire day. You're waking up, you're drinking coffee, that's inflammatory. You're having an Egg McMuffin for breakfast or croissant, that's inflammatory.   The constant person is always in a state of inflammation because of their intake of low quality foods that cause inflammation as well as not giving their body the nutrients it needs throughout the day. Therefore, when you start fasting, this absence of inflammatory foods really becomes apparent. But if you're following a ketogenic diet or a carnivore diet and that inflammation is not present because you're only consuming quality foods, you're not going to notice as much of a difference.  It's really amazing the difference between someone that follows a standard American diet versus someone that is mindful of their food choices. It's a constant state of inflammation versus a constant state of how we're supposed to be. And if you were to actually measure the amount of inflammation in someone following a carnivore diet or a keto diet versus someone that was fasting coming from a standard American diet, I'm sure that person following keto or carnivore would look way better. Thank you guys for joining me today. If you could please like the video, subscribe, hit that bell icon. Definitely check out some of the videos I'm going to link at the end here. Frankie's free-range meat is providing you with high quality nutrient-dead animal foods at an affordable price. 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I'm Cianthopoulos and welcome to another episode of Bay 46. How good is it to be a Wanderers fan right now? We're sitting pretty right at the top of the table and we are playing perhaps our best ever brand of football. And tonight, we're going to welcome the exciting Melbourne City to Wonderland for a Blockbuster 1vs2 clash. After an unlucky stretch of three winless games, our win against the Mariners was a reward for the way we've been taking the game to our opponents. It might not have been the heavyweight battle that we'd be seeing against City, but with things so tight on the table, Brendan Santelab's winner could prove to be more crucial than we first thought. And can I just say, as someone who travelled to Gosford for the game, the away support was unbelievable. For the season that we had last year, it's been amazing to see how things have kicked on to even greater heights. Time and time again this season, whether it be home or away, you guys have just turned out in numbers, but more importantly, the noise and atmosphere that you create together is second to none. And it's not something that's lost on the players either. Earlier this week, Andrei sat down with WSWTV and talked about how he's been blown away by the Wanderers faithful since arriving in Australia. Yes, obviously I didn't expect the fans of Wanderers. They are unbelievable. They always support us and this is one of the keys because we are in the first place at the moment. Though Wanderland will really need to step it up tonight because Melbourne City are starting to look dangerous. And we all know what happened last time round. After going behind 2-0, we fought our way back to level the scores only to have our hearts dashed with a good dose of controversy thrown into the mix. It was a game that also snapped our 10-game unbeaten run and 3 weeks later we get the unique chance to extract some swift revenge. The good news coming out of the Wanderers camp is that we have no fresh injury concerns to worry about. Tony Popovich said although Captain Nikolai Toppastanli will regain his place in the lineup following suspension last week, he couldn't be more pleased with the way young Jonathan Asbro is taking his chances this season. He's a calm and composed young boy or young man as I should say now and we've got high hopes for him. He'll continue to progress, he'll continue to improve and we believe he's got a bright future at this club. Wanderers fans, we are officially into the second half of the season and the race for the title is on. These are the types of games that can separate the contenders from the pretenders but with a full house at Wanderland, I'm backing the boys to get the job done. So I'll see you later tonight for a 7.40pm kickoff. It's going to be a big one, I can't wait. Come on you Wanderers.


Okay, this is by far one of my favorite topics and videos. Today we're diving into a bunch of content creation ideas that you, my hospitality professional friend, can use to attract your ideal client and customer and start to build that trust bridge to them. Are you ready for some content tips? Stick around. Now that I have you almost convinced that it's time to create a personal brand, one of the questions you're probably asking yourself is how do I even get started in creating content for my client? Well I have great news.  There are literally dozens of ideas. So today I'm starting with some big picture ideas and reaching down to some micro content strategies that you can use. But before we dive into the ideas, don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and click on that little bell to be notified of new content. I'm creating personal branding content just for hospitality professionals each and every week and I don't want you to miss a thing. So what are some content pieces that you can give to your clients and customers? Well let's dive right in. Content idea number one behind the scenes at your organization, whether you work for a hotel, a destination, or a neighborhood restaurant, there are plenty of behind the scenes opportunities for you to film and share with your clients. You can take your clients on a tour through the facility back of house kitchen or even behind the bar where your sommelier sits. Or even if you have an employee break area or an employing housing complex that you're particularly proud of, this content works incredibly well not only for your clients but for a recruitment campaign for seasonal employment as well. And finally, take your customers through your hotel spa or any other amenities that you may have on site. There's a number of things that you can do with behind the scenes that will really resonate with your clients. Content idea number two is what I call the how to's. These are the pieces of content that are both educational and entertainment for your clients and customers. These are short videos that could include cooking tutorials, baking tutorials, even mixology lessons. You can get your housekeeping staff involved and maybe even teach your customers how to fold a fitted sheet. And trust me, if you create that video, I will be watching it. Look at some wine tastings or tea tastings with your residents, sommeliers, maybe even look at some spa treatments or other amenities in your fitness center. These how to videos are a great way to showcase how they can use your product and service and get them excited to interact with it. Content idea number three are tips on how to use your product and service. A lot of people don't know the ins and outs of your operations. So we're going to give them a glimpse on how they can best use the facilities and the offerings that you provide. There's a number of ways you can do this. If you work in hotel sales, showcasing a tour of your ballroom with the various setups for meeting planners always works well. A bonus tip if you can work or partner with your A.V. company or a decor firm to show how you can truly transform a space into a client's dream setting. Also consider showing non-traditional meeting spaces being transformed into usable, desirable spaces. What comes to mind is the basement parking lot garage transformed into a trade show space or the outdoor tent turned into this beautiful afternoon coffee break location, etc. Or does your restaurant have any private spaces available for booking? Show us those spaces and how it interacts with the rest of your space. And finally, in pandemic times, if you're creating meal to go kits, this is a great way to showcase how to use that kit to create a family meal at home. Content idea number four, interviews with your colleagues and your staff. This is a great way not only to boost your personal brand, but boost the brand of your colleague as well. It could be your hotel manager or your restaurant manager, your concierge or greeters, front desk staff, servers, your housekeeping staff, and then everyone in the back, including chefs, bartenders, bakers, and sommeliers. These creative individuals have a lot to share with your community. Content idea number five, answering frequently asked questions. This is a great way to showcase to your customer that you're truly listening to them and being attentive to their needs. Plus, it may save you some time in the future. Content idea number six, highlight new products or services. This will keep your clients informed of new offerings and changes at your venue. Now, during a time when there's gathering restrictions, your offerings have likely changed. So consider it being front and center by helping your customers out with the changes. And then, of course, a post-pandemic return to operations, the changes will be ongoing. So ensure that you're creating constant communications to help your clients learn how to best interact with your product and service going forward. Content idea number seven, partnerships and collaborations. If one of the main drivers of your organization is outside tourism, consider partnering with other local businesses to showcase the strength of your destination as a whole. Make it a night or a weekend of discovery for your clients and customers rather than just a one-off visit to your venue. You can partner with other restaurants, breweries, wineries, hotels, or even local farmers and suppliers that help feed your clients and customers. And finally, content idea number eight, focus on CSR initiatives. Do you or your organization contribute to causes and other social responsibilities through the year? Let your clients in on that journey. If you're working with community organizations such as the Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, et cetera, your clients want to know about that work. Or if your venue is investing in locally grown products, perhaps that herb garden on the roof of your hotel or the bee habitat that lives just a couple blocks away, these are common themes we're seeing venues in their CSR initiatives and clients will love that stuff. If your organization is taking a public stand for or against social issues and your personal brand's values align with that, make sure you also highlight that to your clients and customers. In return, you're going to attract like-minded individuals to your organization. And that's really what hospitality is all about. I hope these content creation tips resonated with you, but I'm also anxious to hear about your tips as well. What are some content ideas that you've done in your hospitality rule that you've had great success with? Will you please drop them in the comments below? Content creation is only one dimension of one's personal brand. And if you're interested in checking out the whole five-dimension framework I've created, please go to leanncallerwood.com forward slash framework to take a look. My friends, I hope these content creation tips have helped. If you do create content for your organization or for your brand in the future, I would love to be tagged on some of your content and take a look to see what you've created. Best of luck to you. Bye for now.


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It's no surprise that 73% of organizations indicate analytics spend will outpace other software investments in the next 12 to 18 months. After all, as we know, data is changing the world and the world is changing with it. But is everyone spending resulting in the same ROI? This is Lisa Martin. Welcome to theCUBE's presentation of democratizing analytics across the enterprise made possible by Alteryx. In Alteryx commissioned IDC info brief entitled four ways to unlock transformative business outcomes from analytics investments found that 93% of organizations are not utilizing the analytics skills of their employees, which is creating a widening analytics gap. On this special CUBE presentation, Jason Klein, Product Marketing Director of Alteryx will join me to share key findings from the new Alteryx commissioned IDC brief and uncover how enterprises can derive more value from their data. In our second segment, we'll hear from Alan Jacobson, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Alteryx. He's going to discuss how organizations across all industries can accelerate their analytic maturity to drive transformational business outcomes. And then in our final segment, Paula Hansen, who is the President and Chief Revenue Officer of Alteryx and Jackie van der Leigh Grayling, who was the global head of tax technology at eBay, they'll join me. They're going to share how Alteryx is helping the global e-commerce company innovate with analytics. Let's get the show started. Jason Klein joins me next, Product Marketing Director at Alteryx. Jason, welcome to the program. Hello. Nice to be here. Excited to talk with you. What can you tell me about the new Alteryx IDC research which spoke with about 1,500 investors? What nuggets were in there? Well, as the business landscape changes over the next 12 to 18 months, we're going to see that analytics is going to be a key component to navigating this change. 73% of the orgs indicated that analytics spend will outpace other software investments. But just putting more money towards technology, it isn't going to solve everything. And this is why everyone's spending is resulting in different ROIs. And one of the reasons for this gap is because 93% of organizations, they're still not fully using the analytics skills of their employees. And this widening analytics gap, it's threatening operational progress by wasting workers' time, harming business productivity, and introducing costly errors. So in this research, we developed a framework of enterprise analytics proficiency that helps organizations reap greater benefits from their investments. And we based this framework on the behaviors of organizations that saw big improvements across financial, customer, and employee metrics. And we're able to focus on the behaviors driving higher ROI. So the InfoBrief also revealed that nearly all organizations are planning to increase their analytics spend. And it looks like from the InfoBrief that nearly three-quarters plan on spending more on analytics than any other software. And can you unpack what's driving this demand, this need for analytics across organizations? Sure. Well, first, there's more data than ever before. The data's changing the world, and the world is changing data. Enterprises across the world, they're accelerating digital transformation to capitalize on new opportunities, to grow revenue, to increase margins, and to improve customer experiences. And analytics, along with automation and AI, is what's making digital transformation possible. They're providing the fuel to new, digitally-enabled lines of business. Yet, not all analytics spending is resulting in the same ROI. So what are some of the discrepancies that the InfoBrief uncovered with respect to ROI? Well, our research with IDC revealed significant roadblocks across people, processes, and technologies, all preventing companies from reaping greater benefits from their investments. So on the people's side, for example, only one out of five organizations reported a commensurate investment in upskilling for analytics and data literacy as compared to the technology itself. And next, while data is everywhere, most organizations, 63% in our survey, are still not using the full breadth of data types available. Data has never been this prolific. It's going to continue to grow, and orgs should be using it to their advantage. And lastly, organizations, they need to provide the right analytic tools to help everyone unlock the power of data. Yet, instead, they're relying on outdated spreadsheet technology. Nine out of 10 survey respondents said that less than half of their knowledge workers are active users of analytic software. True analytics transformation can't happen for an organization in a few select pockets or silos. We believe everyone, regardless of skill level, should be able to participate in the data and analytics process and drive value. So if I look at this holistically then, what would you say organizations need to do to make sure that they're really deriving value from their investments in analytics? Yeah, sure. So overall, the enterprises that derive more value from their data and analytics and achieve more ROI, they invested more aggressively in the four dimensions of enterprise analytics proficiency. So they've invested in the comprehensiveness of analytics across all data sources and data types, meaning they're applying analytics to everything. They've invested in the flexibility of analytics across deployment scenarios and departments, meaning they're putting analytics everywhere. They've invested in the ubiquity of analytics and insights for every skill level, meaning they're making analytics for everyone. And they've invested in the usability of analytic software, meaning they're prioritizing easy technology to accelerate analytics democratization. So are there any specific areas that the survey uncovered where most companies are falling short, like any black holes organizations need to be aware of from the outset? It did. You need to build a data-centric culture, and this begins with people. But we found that the people aspect of analytics is most heavily skewed towards low proficiency. In order to maximize ROI, organizations need to make sure everyone has access to the data and analytics technology they need.  For example, among the high ROI achievers in our survey, 78% had good or great alignment between analytics investments and workforce upskilling, compared to only 64% among those without positive ROI. And as more enterprises adopt cloud data warehouses or cloud data lakes to manage increasingly massive data sets, analytics needs to exist everywhere, especially for those cloud environments. And what we found is organizations that use more data types and more data sources generate higher ROI from their analytics investments. Among those with improved customer metrics, 90% were good or great at utilizing all data sources compared to only 67% among the ROI laggards. So interesting that you mentioned people. I'm glad that you mentioned people. Data scientists, everybody talks about data scientists. They're in high demand. We know that, but there aren't enough to meet the needs of all enterprises. So given that discrepancy, how can organizations fill the gap and really maximize the investments that they're making in analytics? Right. So analytics democratization, it's no longer optional, but it doesn't have to be complex. So we at Alteryx, we're democratizing analytics by empowering every organization, top skill, every worker into a data worker. And the data from this survey shows this is the optimal approach. Organizations with a higher percentage of knowledge workers who are actively using analytics software enjoy higher returns from their analytics investment than orgs still stuck on spreadsheets. Among those with improved financial metrics, AKA the high ROI achievers, nearly 70% say that at least a quarter of their knowledge workers are using analytics software other than spreadsheets compared to only 56% in the low ROI group. Also, among the high ROI performers, 63% said data and analytic workers collaborate well or extremely well compared to only 51% in the low ROI group. The data from the survey shows that supporting more business domains with analytics and providing cross functional analytics correlates with higher ROI. So to maximize ROI, orgs should be transitioning workers from spreadsheets to analytics software. They should be letting them collaborate effectively and letting them do so cross-functionally. Yeah, that cross-functional collaboration is essential for anyone in any organization and in any discipline. Another key thing that jumped out from the survey was around shadow IT. The business side is using more data science tools than the IT side and it's expected to spend more on analytics than other IT. What risks does this present to the overall organization if IT and the lines of business guys and gals aren't really aligned? Well, there needs to be better collaboration and alignment between IT and the line of business. The data from the survey, however, shows that business managers, they're expected to spend more on analytics and use more analytics tools than IT is aware of. And this is because the lines of business have recognized the value of analytics and plan to invest accordingly. But a lack of alignment between IT and business, this will negatively impact governance, which ultimately impedes democratization and hence ROI. So, Jason, where can organizations that are maybe at the outset of their analytics journey or maybe they're in environments where there's multiple analytics tools across shadow IT, where can they go to Altrux to learn more about how they can really simplify, streamline and dial up the value on their investment? Well, they can learn more, you know, on our website. I also encourage them to explore the Altrux community, which has lots of best practices, not just in terms of how you do the analytics, but how you stand up an Altrux environment, but also to take a look at your analytics stack and prioritize technologies that can snap to and enhance your organization's governance posture. It doesn't have to change it, but it should be able to align to and enhance it. And of course, as you mentioned, it's about people, process and technologies. Jason, thank you so much for joining me today on packing the IDC info brief and the great nuggets in there. Lots that organizations can learn and really become empowered to maximize their analytics investments. We appreciate your time. Thank you. It's been a pleasure. In a moment, Alan Jacobson, who's the chief data and analytics officer at Altrux, is going to join me. He's going to be here to talk about how organizations across all industries can accelerate their analytic maturity to drive transformational business outcomes. You're watching theCUBE, the leader in tech enterprise coverage.


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