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Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life PodcastHow Stoicism can Save DemocracyThis special episode contains a live recording of my recent talk for Conversations with Modern Stoicism, hosted by Phil Yanov. We were celebrating Marcus Aurelius’ birthday, and I spoke at length about what I think we can learn from ancient Greece about the dangers faced by democracy, and how Socrates and the Stoics could help us. I was speaking live from Athens, the birthplace of democracy. Thanks to Phil Yanov, for providing the audio recording for this podcast episode.Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my...2024-05-0933 min
Connected by CommunityEpisode 85: Tech After Five: Networking With a PurposeAs the tech community is experiencing an “epidemic of isolation” Phil Yanov’s goal is to form a community of tech people. Phil decided to create Tech After Five, to help start conversations between tech people. Tech After Five helps bring tech people together, who normally would not get together, to help encourage them to collaborate in a welcoming environment. At these events, color-coated name tags are given out to help determine what you intend to gain from the event, such as help on a business idea, or even just a tech community friend. Tune in to learn which 5 cities you ca...2023-12-1329 min
The Website Leader PodcastEP 49: Interview with Phil Yanov - Tech After FiveRelationships are the driver of businesses. And those relationships start with a connection. Connection comes through networking, and that is why Phil is here to share Tech After Five with everyone.Phil Yanov is the founder of Tech After Five. A multi-location networking event that creates meaningful connections through live, face-to-face networking — vibrant for over 15 years and going 663 events strong. Aside from being the founder of TA5, Phil is an award-winning community organizer, presenter, podcaster, speaker, and generator of applause.You can find out more about Phil Yanov and TA5 at www.techafterfive.com.
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Tech After FiveEp 401 - Carolina Code Conference ReturnsThe Carolina Code Conference is back in 2023! Barry Jones is bringing the event back to live as a one day congregation of all things code. Find out about the event in this conversation with Tech After Five and Networking Over Coffee showrunner, Phil Yanov.
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Tech Leaders TalkPhil Yanov | Building a Life of ValueSeason 1, Episode 8 (S1E8): Phil Yanov | Building a Life of ValueWelcome to Tech Leaders Talk, where experts and leaders in the wide world of IT discuss the industry and hard-earned career wisdom with your host, Barry Newkirk.———Today’s guest is Phil Yanov. An award-winning community organizer, presenter, podcaster, speaker, and founder, Phil is a technologist with personality. He is a natural born connector and has built a career out of helping others understand how they can best leverage technology at work and at play.He is the Founder, Creator, Showrunn...2022-10-2039 min
Tech After FiveEp 301 - How to Be In PersonWe are about to have our first live event since the lockdown. Are you ready for that?Let's talk about what it means to be in person, and how we might all get ready for that.Phil Yanov and Scott Pfeiffer address your questions about live events in this episode of the Tech After Five podcast.Want to stay in the know about all things Tech After Five? Get on the list: https://ta5.us/get-on-listGot questions, comments, or need some help from us?Try...2022-05-1014 minTech After FiveEp 300 - The State of Events in 2022 - Live? Hybrid? When? Where? New Cities?Hello friends... I know it's been a while since we've talked.You've got questions. Good questions about what is going on with our events, with all events.What comes next? Will we be in person again? When? Where will we be? What's changed?Will there be new cities?Well, Phil Yanov and Scott Pfeiffer address those questions and more in this episode of the Tech After Five podcast.Want to stay in the know about all things Tech After Five? Get on the list: https://ta5.us/get-on-list2022-03-2523 minTech After FiveEp 258 How to Harness The Power of TestimonialsYou see other people with great testimonials and wonder how they made that happen. It seems really hard to get people to write great comments about you or your business even when you are delivering incredible work. How can you make this happen for you? Also, you might think that because you are a working professional, you don't need testimonials like a business might have. You simply could not be more wrong. A sentence or two of praise from a client, customer, colleague or boss can be incredibly helpful as you make your next move or try to attract yo...2021-11-2436 minTech After FiveEp 257 Upgrade Your NetworkAre you missing the people you need to succeed? It might be time to upgrade your network or build one from scratch. Phil Yanov & Scott Pfeiffer give you a framework for building a powerful social and professional network.Join us for gold-standard professional networking online at Networking Over Coffee.See all of our upcoming events: https://techafterfive.eventbrite.comFollow Phil Yanov: https://philyanov.comScott Pfeiffer is online at https://fscottp.comLearn more about Tech After Five: https://ta5.com--- Send in a v...2021-11-2023 min
Tech After FiveEp 256 Remembering Your Day (BONUS)This is a deep cut. It's an episode from November 2014 of the Your Day radio show which ran for 14 years on South Carolina Public radio. At one point on that show, Eric Rogers and Phil Yanov would co-host a technology call in. The pace was relaxed and fun. There was quite a bit of good natured banter between the calls. It was Car Talk, but about technology. Our tech call ins usually ran on Thursdays and we would take calls for an hour live on the air, and then for another 40 minutes off the air. This is (mostly) a...2021-11-131h 12
Tech After FiveEp 255 How to Build a Tribe From ScratchDo you need to build a professional network, a society, a group, or an email list of likely customers and you are starting with nothing? It can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't need to be. In this episode, Phil and Scott get you directionally correct on building a list of your own. If you need help with growing, this is a great place to start.Join us for gold-standard professional networking online at Networking Over Coffee.See all of our upcoming events: https://techafterfive.eventbrite.com Follow Phil Yanov online: https://philyanov.com2021-11-0623 minTech After FiveEp 254 How to Build a Business That's Worth SomethingThere are two kinds of businesses in the world, and one of them has transferrable value. That means you can sell it to someone and actually get paid something for it. If you want a business like that, you have to plan ahead. There are key decisions you have to get right so that you don't lose out. This week, Phil Yanov interviews our co-host, Scott Pfeiffer, author of the soon to be released book, Building Business Value. Scott brings up the decisions you need to make in advance if you want to build a business that you can...2021-10-2822 minTech After FiveEp 253 Hiring Managers are Looking for Open Source SkillsWe open with an incredible statistic on the need for Open Source Talent. If you are looking for new opportunities in IT, Open Source has lots of paths for you — and it comes with an incredible community.Phil Yanov and Todd Lewis talk about the incredible opportunities in Open Source and how you can leverage the upcoming All Things Open event to meet the people who can help you advance your career. Use the Tech After Five Discount code to get your free ticket: https://ta5.us/ATO2021Learn more about All Things Ope...2021-10-1320 minTech After FiveEp 252 What Is The Relentless Challenge GrantAt Networking Over Coffee, Julie Kunkle from the South Carolina Department of Commerce talked to us about the upcoming Relentless Challenge Grant. It's a program that supports entrepreneurship in SC by helping organizations launch pilot projects. Learn more about the Relentless Challenge Grant: https://bit.ly/rc22NOFO Networking Over Coffee: https://techafterfive.eventbrite.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2021-10-0809 minTech After FiveEp 251 Are you ready to leave corporate (and become a consultant?)This is a conversation from Networking Over Coffee. Phil Yanov interviews Chris Lockhart about the career move he made to leave his corporate gig and enter consulting. He's never looked back and he's got advice and guidance for people who might be looking for the flexibility and challenge of working in the consulting space.Are you in corporate IT but think you'd like to make the jump to consulting? Maybe you just want to get a different point of view on consulting life. Those are both good reasons to listen to this podcast and share i...2021-09-3019 min
Consultants Saying ThingsEpisode 38: The One About MentorshipI used to think that if I could just clone myself a few times I might have the most perfect team and we'd produce the most perfect slides...
Aside from that likely being a disaster, I used to think that's how mentorship worked. I mentor or coach someone to do things in the method of whatever firm we were working for so that I had more arms and legs to do work for clients.
Luckily I learned better.
It isn't about the firm or the client or even the work. It's about individual growt...2021-06-0839 min
Consultants Saying ThingsEpisode 37: The One About Return to OfficeWell it looks like things are getting back to normal. Everyone should just go back to doing things like they did prior to Covid. All will be as it was…
Or not. As the case may be.
Have you heard the predictions for an imminent return to normalcy? Are you excited by the prospect of everyone working the 9-5, Monday thru Friday grind in the old cubicle just like before? Isn’t every consultant thrilled about the notion of going back to that 4am Monday flight to Peoria or Altoona or Wichita to sit in a co...2021-05-0343 minTech After FiveEp 250 It's Time to Plan (the rest of) 2021Now is the perfect time to make a plan. It looks like the world is changing again. New opportunities are emerging. Are you ready? Ho do you get rid of the ideas you've been carrying and make the plan that catapults you forward. You can do this. You've learned some new lessons. How do you decide what will work for you in 2021? (Answer: Listen to this.)Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjyour hosts of the Tech After Five podcast:Scott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and...2021-04-2123 minTech After FiveEp 249 What Can You Learn From An Escape Room (with Christina Eanes)Christina Eanes (LI) is a former FBI violent crime analyst and senior manager, now author, speaker, podcast and YouTube channel host. Christina specializes in superachieving and is on a mission to help others achieve more.Christina’s newest book, Life is an Escape Room: Applying Lessons Learned from Successful Escapeletes to Achieving More in Life, demonstrates how the skills you gain playing escape rooms with intention will make you more successful in all aspects of your life.She talks to us about Emotional Intelligence and how we can use the lessons learned in Escape Rooms to...2021-04-1632 minTech After FiveEp 248 Unapologetically Ambitious (with Shellye Archambeau)Few people have done as much in their tech career as Shellye Archambeau. Her resume includes CEO, Silicon Valley leader, Board member for Verizon, Nordstrom, Roper Technologies and Okta Inc. She is hard driving, objective driven, and has used her laser focus on getting her goals accomplished... for multiple organizations. We talk to Shellye about her career arc, her time in sales, and what she found out to be the key secrets of business. Her book, Apologetically Ambitious, is a powerful read for anyone navigating a leadership role in tech, and was chosen by Fortune magazine as the business...2021-04-1428 minTech After FiveEp 247 Stoic Parenting (with Dr. Brittany Polat)"It's never been a better time to be a Stoic" - Brittany PolatDr. Brittany Polat, author of "Tranquility Parenting: A Guide to Staying Calm, Mindful, and Engaged" joins us to talk about Stoic parenting. It turns out that ancient philosophy has some great ideas on how to bring wisdom and calm to modern parenting. It is practical advice you can use right now.Connect with Brittany Polat at https://www.apparentstoic.com/ and check out her popular Facebook group on parenting. (also check out https://www.livinginagreement.com/)2021-04-0936 minTech After FiveEp 246 - How to Talk to Strangers (with Kio Stark)My mother told me not to talk to strangers. It turns out that it's not great advice for an adult. More talking with people outside of our circles leads us to better places. Kio Stark is the author of When Strangers Meet. She challenged herself and she challenges us to expand our circles and defy that advice we got as kids.Kio Stark is the author of When Strangers Meet, the novel Follow Me Down and the independent learning handbook Don’t Go Back to School. She writes, consults, teaches, and speaks around the world about stranger in...2021-04-0743 minTech After FiveEp 245 2020 WrapUp - How did we do?This is the last of our 2020 episodes. What did we do? What did we learn? What comes next?Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/)Scott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind Your Own Business.Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2021-02-0939 min
Digital-First LeadershipEp. 07- Digital Events with Phil YanovRichard sits down with Phil Yanov, Founder of Tech After Five, a technology networking event series. Phil is a natural when it comes to networking and has figured out this idea of building a tribe. In the interview he points out that there is a specific way you can grow your tribe, a way to digitally pivot with more effect than in-person events can bring. Phil Yanov is a technologist with personality. He’s a natural born connector and has built a career out of helping others understand how they can best leverage technology at...2021-02-0220 minTech After FiveEp 244 You're Thinking About Writing a Book (Start Now)So... You're thinking about writing a book. Does this process seem too big to get started? Are you having trouble with a framework to capture all of your ideas? Are you afraid nobody will read it? You might be stuck on the wrong questions. In this episode of the Tech After Five podcast, Scott reveals that his thinking on writing a book has changed. Phil & Scott talk about that and explore how to get started in getting your ideas into a format others can learn from.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl...2021-01-2729 min
Our Dad's DiaryPhil Yanov2020-12-2254 minTech After FiveEp 243 Breakout Now!It's time for you to Breakout! There are brand new features in Zoom, especially the new user driven Breakout Rooms. We talk about what's possible and how we are already using it at Tech After Five! This episode includes a brief recap of our virtual Gadgetfest as well!Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjScott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind Your Own Business.Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five.--- Send in a voice message...2020-12-1828 minTech After FiveEp 242 How to Zoom BetterZoom fatigued? Maybe it's because people aren't using the tool in a way that respects you, the audience. Why do people join a video call and then not take advantage of the video? How can you organize a meeting people will enjoy? How can you get more out of meetings by using the tool better? Can you help educate your fellow Zoomers? In this episode Phil Yanov and Carol Hamilton talk about the human side of communication. We can communicate effectively using video conference. It just takes a bit of practice.Are you on the Tech After...2020-12-1133 minTech After FiveEp 241 The Philosophy of TechnologyIs there an overriding Philosophy for IT Professionals? Does being in tech drive us toward Determinism or even Objectivism? We need a practical philosophy. Do the Ancient Greeks or Classical Roman Stoics have an answer? In this episode, we discuss the question and we look for answers in the Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov and others. Can we save Sarah Connor? Can we save ourselves? Can we act as a beneficial lever in the use of technology to lead to better lives? Can we achieve the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number? We explore the question and point towards...2020-12-0444 minTech After FiveEp 240 The Power of GratitudeGratitude is a powerful tool for changing our attitude and life. It can make small changes quickly and when practiced regularly it can reorient us to accomplishing more and finding contentment. This isn't just a feel good move. The idea of purposefully expressing gratitude in a specific way changes us. This idea has clear connections to the ancient Greek philosophers and the many famous practitioners of Stoic philosophy. Looking for a change in yourself. See how we do it in this episode of the Tech After Five podcast.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list...2020-11-2430 minTech After FiveEp 239 How Did Tech After Five Get StartedWe flipped the tables on this episode. Scott Pfeiffer asks Phil Yanov the questions. How did Tech After Five get started? Why does it exist? How did it grow to multiple cities? How did we make it to 600 events? What's next? We've got the stories. Listen in.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjScott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind Your Own Business.Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five.--- Send in a...2020-11-2040 minTech After FiveEp 238 Why You Should JournalWhether you’re having your annus mirabilis or annus horribilus, you probably can get benefit from reflection. How do you do that? You write it down. There are lots of great techniques for this, and we have tried several. In this episode of the podcast we start with the benefits of journaling and then cover some of the methods that have worked best for us. There is no better way to clear your mind fo what comes next, than by having a conversation with yourself by journaling.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepu...2020-11-1732 minTech After FiveEp 237 Rules to Live BySome of the rules we have for ourselves just don't work for us. In fact, they are keeping us from being content. They are keeping us from getting where we want to go. If that's you, you might need better rules. Where do you get them from? We start in a simple place and then encourage you to explore.Jefferson's Ten Rules to Live By: https://ta5.us/3kcRlHsAre you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (h...2020-11-0838 minTech After FiveEp 236 How to Plan a PartyWe are about to celebrate Tech After Five #600, so we thought we'd plan a a party. Care to help? Listen in and tell us what you think!Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/)Scott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind Your Own Business.Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five.--- Send in a...2020-10-2828 minTech After FiveEp 235 All Things Open 2020We love Open Source. It’s an incredible piece of the IT industry that brings together both an incredible range of technical disciplines with a unique sense of community. As Todd Lewis points out in this interview, Open Source presents a great on-ramp for IT careers. Whether you are new, mid-career looking for a pivot, or just want to learn more about the technology and people working with Open Source software, there are opportunities to collaborate, learn, and be inspired. The bottom line of this interview? Thousands of people will come together to learn, network, and create opportunity at Al...2020-10-1633 minTech After FiveEp 234 How to Build Your Network When You're an IntrovertThink of yourself as an Introvert? Wondering how someone like you can build a strong network of friends, colleagues, and associates but feel awkward or uncomfortable around others? You are not alone. As an Introvert, you have to come up with new ways to talk to others and meet new people. We've got an expert for that. Nick Shelton is the best selling author of An Introverts Guide to World Domination. His book goes way beyond ordinary professional networking and tells you how to level up your networking in all areas of your life. In this episode we ask...2020-10-0241 minTech After FiveEp 233 Learn to Code for Free?Did you know that there are resources online where you can learn to write software for free? Whether its Front End Development, HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Java, or Ruby on Rails, there are programs, now online with SCCodes.org. Whether you are a new developer or wanting to build up your skills for your next career transition, there are classes and mentors available.By the way, are you as excited about this as we are? It turns out there are opportunities to serve as a mentor as well. Thanks to Kaity Miller, Program Director at S...2020-09-2527 minTech After FiveEp 232 Eliminating Distractions & Get FocusedWe want to talk about distractions. And eliminating them. And getting ourselves focused. So we did.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/)Scott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind Your Own Business.Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2020-09-1738 minTech After FiveEp 231 How to Make Better Decisions Using Six Thinking HatsEver heard about the Six Thinking Hats? It’s a decision quality framework you can use to make better decisions. We’ve all been in situations where groups (or even just us) make poor quality decisions because we failed to take into account other options, or we didn’t check the data. There is an established tool for helping us avoid these problems. It’s been around for many years, and we’d like to be the ones to introduce it to you. Welcome to the Tech After Five conversation about Six Thinking Hats.Are you on the Tech A...2020-09-0941 minTech After FiveEp 230 How to Organize Your NetworkingWe think you can organize your networking plan. There are tools you can use to focus your efforts. One class of these tools is called "personal knowledge management." To introduce us to the idea and a couple of tools that we'd never spent any time with, we brought in Sandra Halling of The Data Mavens. She helps her clients come up with a plan to use the data at their fingertips to accomplish their big goals. About Our guest:Sandra Halling, President, The Data Mavens, https://thedatamavens.com/The apps she tells us abou...2020-09-0637 minTech After FiveWhy You Should Attend Next Venture Pitch 2020 (Virtual)The Carolinas' Premier Gathering of Entrepreneurs & Venture Capitalists is September 15-17. It's three, half day events filled with learning and an exciting first look at a number of companies looking for funding in a Shark Tank like event. We wanted to learn more about who should be there and why, so we asked conference director Alex Estevez to tell us everything we and you need to know. Join us for this informative conversation about an exciting upcoming event.more info: https://www.nextventurepitch.com/NEXT Venture Pitch is the best place to...2020-08-2822 minTech After FiveEp 229 How to Make Zoom Fun AgainAre your Zoom meetings even harder than regular meetings used to be? Does it seem like the wrong people are in the “room” and nobody can figure out how to pay attention? In business meetings, this can be a killer. Things don’t get done. Decisions aren’t made, and it’s all because we haven’t quite yet adapted to the new technology. You can do this. We’ve brought in a leadership expert, Manfred Gollent to tell us how he counsels business leaders to get the most out of their meetings, and what special techniques you need in the world o...2020-08-2653 minTech After FiveReady to Promote Your Business or Receive Funding? Apply to Next Venture PitchLooking for funding for your business? Want to promote to investors? Next Venture Pitch is coming up on September 15th, but you can apply until Friday, Aug 21. Listen for the details with Alex Estevez, Chair of the Next Venture Pitch. Apply at https://www.nextventurepitch.com/.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2020-08-2108 minTech After FiveEp 228 Facing Fear (an exercise in getting the big thing done.)Have you got a big idea that's going nowhere? What are you afraid of? Something is holding you back. Do you know what it is? We reference a Stoic exercise, Premeditatio Malorum, which means premeditation of evils. Tim Ferriss did a TED talk proposing an exercise he calls Fear Setting. We take those ideas and discuss what's going on in our heads. Why do we get stuck and how do we overcome it? We talk about Resistance and how we can make our fears specific and analyze them and overcome them.Are you on t...2020-08-2034 minTech After FiveEp 227 - How to Rehab Your IT Career with Kanika TolverKanika Tolver, author of How to Rehab Your Career is our special guest on this extra special edition of the Tech After Five podcast.Kanika Tolver says this is a great time to "Turn your Anxiety into Accomplishments." Yep. She opens strong. If you are in IT or wanting to get into IT or pivot your career, this IS the time to do it. She is a practicing IT professional herself who also offers career tips and coaching on Linkedin and to her private clients. She opens with her own experiences of moving from the Federal government...2020-08-1248 minTech After FiveEp 226 How to Be UsefulAre you trying to be useful? Do you know what that means? Is this why we are really here? This all started with a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson.“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Is that true? Does being useful make us happy?Watch and then tell us what you think.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLo...2020-08-0533 minTech After FiveEp 225 How Do Remote Apprenticeships Work?Did you know you can update your job skills with practical knowledge even when you are working from home? Did you know that there is a path for employers to bring on employees into new roles while providing them with the skills training they need to be successful? The program at Arkansas Center for Data Sciences is bridging the gap for candidates and employers in what has to be one of the most innovative programs in the country. There is more opportunity to find the employees you need. There is more opportunity to get job training in the high...2020-07-2940 minTech After FiveEp 224 Is the Handshake Dead?Are we done with shaking hands? We are worried about germs like we never have been before. A handshake was supposed to mean “you can trust me.” Now it feels like our hands might be unwitting biological weapons. What’s worse, we can’t even shake hands on a Zoom call. What are we to do?Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/)Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community...2020-07-2331 minTech After FiveEp 223 - Routines to Improve Your FocusIn this episode we talk about the routines that give us focus. We are trying to get the right things done. How do we get body, mind, and soul ready to do something big? It might be having the right morning routine might be the thing you need. But, it might not be morning. We've got space for night owls as well. Either way, having focusing routines will help you keep your day your own. It is easy to have the world hijack your day. How do you stop it? Get focused. There are things you want to get d...2020-07-1741 minTech After FiveEp 222 Are You Doing the Right Things For YouScott and Phil talk about going back to work in the office. How do we handle that? Why are we feeling differently about that? How do do our best to assess the risks? Also, a brief conversation on the transformation of businesses from heroics to systems thinking.Bonus… We hint at the upcoming availability of a time machine for one of our events you might have missed.Then we get to a decision framework for getting the important stuff done. How do we do that? How do we avoid the loops that keep us from ge...2020-07-1238 minTech After FiveEp 221 How to Face Your Fears and Fear Less with Dr. Rebecca HeissUnpacking the paradoxes of the way humans think is Dr. Rebecca Heiss’ life work. Her research has been designated “transformative” by the National Science Foundation. She taught at the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics and later was recruited to be among the founding faculty members to develop a startup school to nurture entrepreneurial minds.Her work is evolutionary human biology and stress responses. How do we sort through our fears? How do we change our responses so that we can grow? Dr. Rebecca Heiss talks to us about her work with various professional and entrepr...2020-07-0243 minTech After FiveEp 220 How to Tech Like a Roman EmperorToday, Scott Pfeiffer and Phil Yanov interview Donald Robertson, author of “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor” for the Tech After Five podcast. Let me say… we are both excited about this. Robertson’s book was one of our favorite reads of last year and Phil says he's read the book several times now. "What does that have to do with tech" you might ask. We think that tech, and IT specifically, is one of the fastest moving parts of our society. It’s really easy for us to be put in positions where we might find oursel...2020-06-1255 minTech After FiveEp 219 - Start with Directionally CorrectTo get started in most endeavors it’s best but not required that you be “directionally correct.” What is not required is for you to be perfect. Start. Evaluate. Iterate. After checking in, we talk about getting off our "buts" and getting started in our new projects. We've got some real opportunity in the moment. We talk about how to get yourself started by avoiding perfection paralysis.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjScott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and partnerships thrive @ Mind You...2020-05-2935 minTech After FiveEp 218 - How to Repack Your Skills, Behaviors, and AttitudeWe've got an exercise for you. It's time to rethink what comes next for you. How do you decide what you are going to carry with you? It can happen for lots of people in lots of ways, but right now, it's happened for everyone. Something big came along and mashed the reset button. It gave us a moment to think. We can reposition. We can approach what comes next from a different angle. Are we thinking about that? Have you decided how to repack that heavy backpack of skills, behaviors and attitudes you've been carrying around? Maybe you've s...2020-05-2642 minTech After FiveEp 217 - What's a Digital Dive?We've got a brand new program coming from Tech After Five. You've said you want more content. You want to meet and talk to experts from all over. We are going to make that happen. Want to know more? This is the episode for you. We've got someone special and unexpected in the episode! Check it out.Are you on the Tech After Five mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/)Scott Pfeiffer helps entrepreneurs succeed and p...2020-05-1629 minTech After FiveEp 216 Why Now is The Right Time to Start Your MastermindThis week we do a friendly checkin and discuss some feedback we've gotten on our Zoom Interview show. We then talk about the benefits of a Mastermind and why now might be exactly the right time for you to get into a Mastermind to advance your career or business. How are businesses planning for back to work? Can you pull off the Thermometer Question from our Zoom Interview episode? What can you hope to get from a Mastermind? and for Mother's Day -- What's the best advice your mother ever gave you?Are you...2020-05-1041 minTech After FiveEp 215 Advice From Top Executives / Zoom Alternatives We LikeWe open up with a some observations about the week with us and our clients. The tech industry is chugging along. Businesses are beginning to think about what comes next and how they go back to work. But, still, we've got lots of concerns. How do we handle that?Advice from the TopNext up, we grab some of the lessons from top industry executives and see how they are responding to a workforce that's largely at home. How do you keep up innovation when people aren't together? What happens when we mix personality types...2020-05-0442 minTech After FiveEp 214 Should We Be BuildingWe came across the blog post "It's Time To Build" by Marc Andreessen. He points out that we weren't prepared for a massive shock to our infrastructure. Why? We haven't been building resilience into our infrastructure. We are operating at max capacity almost all of the time. There is no buffer. Is now the time to build that buffer? We talk about that.Also, we talk about the test we might apply to figure out when is the right time for business to go back to work.Are you on the Tech Aft...2020-05-0150 minTech After FiveEp 213 How to Nail Your Zoom InterviewThe world keep moving and that means there are a lot of people we know who now are interviewing for their job and being hired with all of their contact via video conference. Since we frequently hear from people about getting the first step accomplished, they get the interview, but don’t make it beyond that, we thought we’d offer some help. We brought in Carol Hamilton, an interview coach to talk about how we can be better at our interviews.We cover lots of video interview specific advice in this episode, but being great at a re...2020-04-2446 minTech After FiveEp 212 Two Word Checkin - What is Essential?Tell us how you're doing in two words. We find out why it's important to check in on our friends and colleagues.Then, we talk about what we are learning and what is working for us in the middle of the response to the pandemic.What is Essential in your life? Has the coronavirus epidemic caused you to redetermine what's essential for you? We reference some of our learnings from Greg McKeown's book book Essentialism.Scott reminds us of our battery exercise. What can we automate, delegate, or eliminate from our daily routines?2020-04-2350 minTech After FiveEp 211 - CARES Act Funds & Your Business with the SBDC (Earl Gregorich)Small businesses are facing an unprecedented economic disruption due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The CARES Act, which contains $376 billion in relief for American workers and small businesses is a program with money to help during the disruption. How does the program work? How do we apply? What do we need to be careful about? We have questions, so we went to an expert for answers. In this helpful episode of the podcast we talk to Earl Gregorich, Upstate Area Manager of the South Carolina SBDC (Small Business Development Center) to get our answers about the PPP (P...2020-04-1539 minTech After FiveEp 210 Checking In. 3 Good Questions. 5 Good Techniques for Calming Your Mind.This week we got an email with three good questions in it. We decided to answer them and ask them of you as well. We share our answers and see how you are doing. Check-in Questions:1. Are you and your family safe and healthy?2. What is one thing you’ve learned this week?3. What is one thing you are doing differently as a result of your altered work schedule or working environment?See the email here.Five strategies for calming a worried min...2020-04-1057 minTech After FiveEp 209 Is Zoom Safe?We're answering your questions. In just a few weeks, Zoom has seen its user numbers expand rapidly as hospitals, schools and even governments use their online video conferencing service. Some schools have rolled it out to their entire student populations. As this software has approached near ubiquity, quite a number of security concerns have surfaced. Our group tries to make sense of these reports and incidents while offering some ideas about how to configure their software to minimize interruptions. We talk about Zoom, being safe online, it's alternatives, and the good we've done this week.Ar...2020-04-0334 minTech After FiveEp 208 Are You Lonely? The fix is not what you think.If you're feeling lonely, well... you aren't the only one. It turns out a lot of people were feeling lonely even they could be side by side with their coworkers. How we find meaning matters and the ways many of us approach it don't actually work. Getting past social media and developing meaningful connections takes some effort in the right places. We talk about that in this episode. Listen with us and give us some feedback on what's working for you!NB: By the way, we did something incredible today and you'll be the first to know a...2020-04-0116 minTech After FiveEp 207 How Are We All Holding Up Under Quarantine?Last week we asked how you were doing and you told us. Our Friday roundup team covers what we've learned in the past week from our friends and clients. We talk about what we've learned as we navigate the world of video conferencing from home. We talk about what's on your mind as you navigate this new space as well. We're all adapting the best we can and learning from each other. Join us as we talk it out.You can also watch us: https://youtu.be/OoGraOYAnNEAre you on the Tech After Five...2020-03-2747 minTech After FiveEp 206 - Staying Positive. Setting a Goal. A Challenge. (Roundup)It’s been a week. We thought we’d get the gang together to talk about it and how we are coping with the changes in schedule. We’ve also got a challenge for you. Let’s keep the arrow of intention aimed at something bigger than ourselves. What’s a goal you can set for yourself for the next 30 days. It starts now. Share that with us.Are you on the mailing list? http://eepurl.com/KLhjLooking to connect with Carol Hamilton? Look for her on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolhamiltonlive/)Scott...2020-03-2031 minTech After FiveEp 205 - How to Work from Home SuccessfullyThe world has changed. It's probably changed for you. For many people, working from home is a new experience. How do you make that work? Even if you've been working remotely for awhile, you may be facing new conditions. You may have people or pets wandering in and out of your workspace when that's not happened before. How do you make working away from others work for you? We've got some help for you, today.We've got Carol Hamilton, a global communications expert to share with us some of her thoughts as she has worked with people...2020-03-1730 minTech After FiveTa5 Ep 204 - Learn How to Scale Your Tech Business at Next Venture Pitch 2020In this episode we are talking about the upcoming Next Venture Pitch event on April 7, 2020 in Greenville, SC.Now in its fifth year, the event draws top principal VCs, angel investors, and community leaders to hear pitches from entrepreneurs and innovators. The focus this year is presenting CEOs who have scaled their businesses as they offer a path forward in fireside chats, CEO workshops, keynote speakers, and more.The event regularly sells out, and we think that after you listen to this episode you will want tickets of your own.Our Guest for this...2020-03-0327 minTech After FiveTa5 Ep 203 How to Use LinkedIn Like a BossThere are some great tech executives who are "tonning it" on LinkedIn. They are making meaningful connections by first creating an entry point with social media and building up an audience that they can help. People willingly follow them and connect with them and that gives them more opportunities to create business relationships where problems are solved and money changes hands. This isn't a myth. It is happening. Now, what I want to know, is how can I use LinkedIn like the best of the best. We've got just the guy for that.Named one of the t...2020-02-2543 minTech After FiveTa5 Ep 202 How to Create an Advisory Board For YourselfIn this episode:Many businesses have an advisory board. Many small businesses should have one but don’t. In this episode we expand the idea of an advisory board to include setting up one for yourself. You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers. Let’s figure out how you can go about setting up an advisory board for yourself. You'll be surprised at what you can learn by crystallizing your own thinking and asking good questions. You'll benefit from the accountability. You'll learn by hearing great ideas from serious people.Questions we cover in this epi...2020-02-1818 minTech After FiveEp 201 - How to be Influential in Your CommunicationsIn this episode:So many times our important ideas are lost because we don’t know how to wield influence in our communications. Whether we are talking to a client, teammate or boss, it’s easy to lose power in our communications. Great ideas can be lost. Does influence matter?In this free ranging conversation with Carol Hamilton, we talk about the use of influence in conversation whether its one on one or one to many. We talk about why we think influence matters, how it’s lost and what are some of the tools we can...2020-02-1148 minTech After FiveEp 200 - How to Give a Great LinkedIn Endorsement (or Five Star Google Review.)We're back! Welcome to Season Two of the Tech After Five Podcast!We've been hard at work pulling together episodes on how to be a better communicator, how to sell your tech, and we've got some amazing people for you to meet in our upcoming episodes. With season two, we begin by committing to a predicable, persistent presence. Every Tuesday we will be launching a brand new episode. (Can we call it Tech Tuesday?) We've got a lot of episodes ready for you and quite a number of people we haven't yet talked to, but are in o...2020-02-0411 minTech After FiveHow To Get Your Next Job in Charleston (UPDATED)Want to know how to move your tech career forward? There are lots of people trying to help. We invited Richard Sykora from Blackbaud back to talk about the updates that have been made to one of our favorite events for Job Seekers. The event is RestartSC and it's happening again on November 2, 2019. Hopefully you are hearing this episode in advance of the event and you'll be able to attend or pass it along to a friend. Even if you are listening after the event, Richard talks about ongoing community groups you can become part of. In our conversation, Ric...2019-10-2221 minTech After FiveWhy You Should Start At The Top And How To Get StartedAre you stuck at a gatekeeper? You might have this problem when you are in sales, consulting, or looking for a new job. The problem is most people start at the wrong place. Sure, it's good to have connections, but you want to make sure you can use those connections to start at the top of an organization.In this episode, Phil Yanov & Scott Pfeiffer talk about some real world examples of what goes wrong in people's heads when they are searching for their next job. The problems, and how to overcome them are exactly the same w...2019-10-1817 minTech After FiveWill the GizmoWatch Work for You or Your Kids?In our last podcast on Good Digital Parenting, Kate Jay of Verizon mentioned the GizmoWatch as a great option for your child that might not be ready for a smartphone, but might be ready for some of the features you might get with a smartphone. Well, that got me curious. Does the GizmoWatch really work?I got one to test and invited my special test subject into the studio to get some reaction.Let's talk about the GizmoWatch.Your host for this episode:Phil Yanov is the Founder...2019-09-2911 minTech After FiveHow To Develop A Digital Parenting Plan That Works For YouIf you’ve got kids of any age, then you’re probably wondering how to decide when they should have a smartphone and what the rules for digital devices should be. It can be overwhelming. Tablets, phones and consoles are fun. As a parent, it can be easy to throw your hands up in the air in frustration. But. There is a way to solve this problem and it’s not one size fits all. You can have the right conversations. You can create your own guidelines as a family. The problem is solvable and we’ve got the help you...2019-09-2520 minTech After FiveIntroducing Tech After Five in Little Rock, ArkansasWe've launched Tech After Five in a brand new city. You're probably wondering how that happens and what kind of people would launch a formatted networking event especially for IT professionals. We've got that answer, plus an introduction to the people and mission of the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences. Like us, they are committed to bringing IT professionals together so that they build community. A blue ribbon commission report to the Governor of Arkansas brought about their beginning. Now they are on a mission. Learn more about them and the launch of Tech After Five in Lit...2019-09-1321 minTech After FiveWhat you need to know about your first Tech After FiveYou’ve decided to come to a Tech After Five live event. Awesome! Thanks for coming. Since we’re not like other networking events, we want to give you everything you need to succeed. This podcast will let you know what to expect so you feel at home at your very first Tech After Five.We’re going to answer these questions: How should you prepare? How can you get the most out of Tech After Five? What should you wear? What should you bring? What if you don’t have business cards?2019-08-2324 minTech After FiveHow To Find A MentorSo, you've decided you need a mentor. Or perhaps you just think it would be a good idea. The truth is that having someone you can trust with questions about your professional future can be a game changer. “A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could” – Zig Ziglar Having the right mentor can propel you forward in your career. Problems that are new to you have been handily anticipated and solved by someone else. It's a good idea to have someone to advise you as you ente...2019-07-2622 minTech After FiveSeven Tips for Building Your Personal Brand (In Person)Do you feel like people don't know who you are? Do you feel like even people who do know you well can't tell their friends what you do? It may be that you haven't established a personal brand. After all, even your friends, colleagues, and even family can’t help you attract the customers, investors, or talent you need if they can’t even describe what you do. And strangers can’t help you or do business with you if your message is a muddled mess. But in our noisy, social media filled world, ho...2019-06-0919 minTech After FiveHow to get your tech business promoted on TV news shows... with Tim WallerWant to get your business some attention on mainstream media? Who can blame you? If you've got the kind of business that would benefit from exposure to tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or more people, then television is the most well established platform for that. Not every business is the kind that needs that kind of exposure, but many are. Maybe yours is.Personally, I've used my background as a tech expert to provide support for many TV news stories over the years. Many of them have been with Emmy award winning former TV...2019-05-2921 min
Victory by AssociationVictory by Association with Jeff Tippett: Episode 3On this episode, Jeff is joined by Phil Yanov. Phil is a technologist with personality. He is a natural born connector and has built a career out of helping others understand how they can best leverage technology at work and at play. He is the Founder of the GSA Technology Council & Tech After Five.
You can learn more about Phil and check out other episodes at our website!2019-05-1716 minTech After FiveHow to grow your team's tech skills without breaking the bank. (plus a special invitation.) - Joel Davis of Follett Software Solutions talks about the DIY Conf.Few people realize that a 140 year old business has a software development lab in Greenville, SC. Although they have a couple of hundred tech people all over the world, they’ve got fifty or so in Greenville, SC. In this episode of the Tech After Five podcast, we talk to Joel Davis of Follett School Solutions about how it came to be that there has been a group of Follett developers in Greenville for over 14 years.He also shares with us the beginnings of the DIY Conference, a conference organized by Follett employees to help them build skills an...2019-04-1722 minTech After FiveBuilding Tribe through CoWork, Conversation, and Conference. We talk to Chris Merritt.One of my favorite CoWorking spaces to visit is Atlas Local. There is a really special sense of community in this location. It's the people, of course. That doesn't happen by accident. Atlas Local has both endured and grown and they continue to host a space that is beautiful, inspirational, and supportive. One of the features of this space are regular Zero Day meetings. You might think we're talking about cyber security gotchas, but you'd be exactly wrong. The founders of Atlas Local stole the concept of Zero Days from their hiking friends. Listen as Chris Merritt explains the...2019-03-2925 minTech After FiveHow to Get Your Next Tech Job in Charleston, SCWant to know how to move your tech career forward? There are lots of people trying to help. We invite Richard Sykora from Blackbaud to talk about how he came to SC, how he finds the people he needs, and how he has become part of the RestartSC organization that helps all types of job seekers prepare themselves for the next step in their career. This information is valuable whether you are looking for your first job or are mid-career. RestartSC is a volunteer group of professionals of all ages from various industries and backgrounds. Their team consists of hum...2019-03-1521 minTech After FiveHow to Connect with the CyberSecurity Community including ISSA and the BSides Greenville conference.CyberSecurity is a hot topic. It makes the news in all the wrong ways as bad guys keep hacking private data. Many times breaches occur because there simply aren't enough professionals in the field. This episode is a conversation with cybersecurity expert and local community organizer, Michael Holcomb. Michael brings cybersecurity professionals and novices together regularly at ISSA meetings. He is also responsible for bringing together the second BSides Greenville event. Coming up in March, BSides Greenville is a full day of learning and meeting others in the field, lunch included, for $20. It's going to be a great use...2019-02-1919 minTech After FiveHow to Use the Tech After Five List to Improve Your Professional Networking (New for 2019)Want to improve your networking? Go to better events. We wish we were kidding about that, but it's true that most networking events are so poorly designed that they yield no results at all. We do things differently at Tech After Five. For years we have given you a list of people who have registered for the event. Well, we're working on a new format and this episode talks about how to plan and execute your attendance at Tech After Five by using the list. Using our simple three step plan will help you get more out o...2019-02-1218 minTech After FiveHow to Use Social Media to Enhance Your Live NetworkingIn this episode of the Tech After Five Podcast, Phil Yanov & Scott Pfeiffer talk to Ashley Coleman about her techniques and successes in creating viral LinkedIn posts to support her face to face networking efforts. Want huge effects? Us, too. It turns out that there are just a few rules to follow to ensure steady and sometimes awesome success. The Tech After Five podcast is powered by the live, face to face, Tech After Five networking events designed to bring IT Professionals together in a circle of support that builds both the local and larger community. Sign up for the...2018-10-1722 min
Consultants Saying ThingsEpisode 08: The One About 'Deep Learning'I was dragging myself through O'hare when I briefly looked up and saw a facial recognition camera. "I bet I look like crap" I thought to myself.
But then I wondered. Would the algorithms know that I was exhausted and worn down? Or would they just assume I look like crap all the time?
I decided to get to the bottom of it. I called up my smart friends and asked them, "Who do we know that knows all about Deep Learning and AI?" All signs pointed to writer and expert, James Kobielus.
James joins myself, Phil Yanov and Bill...2018-10-0837 minTech After FiveStartup Story: Harold Hughes & Bandwagon Attack Ticket FraudPhil Yanov and Scott Pfeiffer talk to Harold Hughes about his Startup Bandwagon. Bandwagon brings blockchain to bear on tickets for sporting events. Their system allows teams to know who is in the seats, creating a better experience and offering a path to reduce ticket fraud for sporting and musical events. Harold talks about his jump from a corporate gig into the world of startups and fundraising. They have just begun a crowdfunding equity campaign and talk about the challenges of getting that started. We talk about pivots and how does the startup know when is the right time. He...2018-09-2139 minTech After FiveMac or PC? How Do You Decide Now?Three times over the past few weeks I've had someone ask me about buying a new computer. They were all in a place where they were starting over and they could decide whether they should go with Apple or Windows. In this shorter, bonus edition of the Tech After Five Podcast, Phil Yanov and Scott Pfeiffer discuss how to make your life easier by making the right choices for your technology stack.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-08-1410 minTech After FiveUse LinkedIn Nearby to Power Up Your Professional NetworkingIn this Networking Power Tools edition of the Tech After Five podcast Phil Yanov & Scott Pfeiffer talk about how you can use the Find Nearby feature in the LinkedIn app to enhance your professional networking efforts. Properly used, you can expand your network with credible touch points, enhance your reputation, and deliver remarkable follow up. This is powerful networking advice that both the entrepreneur and job seeker can use to their advantage.Your hosts for this episode:Phil Yanov is the Founder and Lead Community Organizer of Tech After Five. (TechAfterFive.com)Scott...2018-08-0809 minTech After FiveHow Do We Get More Women In IT?How do we get more Women in IT? We know there is a gender gap. We also know that teams with diversity perform better. What can we do to create a more favorable on-ramp for Women in IT? In this episode of the Tech After Five podcast we talk to Pamela Wood Browne about Women Who Code, SC Codes, and Code for Greenville! Let's get connected!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-08-0627 minTech After FiveThe Power of Personal Experiments. How to Level Yourself Up.Feel stuck in a rut? Feel like your skills are falling behind? Wondering if you could even begin to learn something new? Maybe you want to wean yourself off of a habit. Well, we've got a Mastermind Technique for you. We run experiments. Short. Pointed. Actionable. Learn why and how to set yourself up to learn something new. Hosted by @PhilYanov & @FScottPJoin us at a live event: https://ta5.us/ta5-upcomingSample Experiments: https://ta5.us/30dayexperiments--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-08-0114 minTech After FiveHow to Raise A Million DollarsNeed to raise money for your venture? You are not alone. An important part of any startup's life is interacting with investors. How do you find the people who are interested in putting money in your business? There's a path for that. We talk to serial entrepreneur and SC Public Radio commentator John @SwampFox Warner about his adventures in raising money. He talks about building personal networks, expanding them, being persistent and what the proper care and feeding of your investors looks like after they invest. Join Phil Yanov (@PhilYanov) and Scott Pfeiffer (@FScottP) as they host the Tech After...2018-07-2444 minTech After FiveLessons of a Serial Entrepreneur - Braddock CunninghamBuilding a business you can one day sell is no accident. Too many entrepreneurs fail to realize the value of their businesses by failing to plan for their eventual exit. In this interview with serial entrepreneur Braddock Cunningham we talk about his journey as he discovered how to build a tech business and get his chips off the table and into his pocket. (more info at ta5.com)--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-07-2351 minTech After FiveHow to Prepare for A Networking Event (like ours.)Worried that networking might be a waste of your time? We offer some quick, actionable advice on how to get the most out of networking at Tech After Five's face to face networking events. By the way, this advice will probably work for other events as well. Do just a couple of these things and you'll change the results you get when you're making professional connections. Check out our live events at https://ta5.com.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-07-2217 minTech After FiveFive LinkedIn Mistakes You Need to AvoidIf you are going to up your professional networking game, you'll need to make sure your LinkedIn profile is not the thing that keeps you from connecting. We've seen some horror stories and there are some errors so egregious that we just delete the connection requests. We don't want you, our Tech After Five attendee and listener to be making these mistakes. So we share them, along with some advice on how to get your profile ready to share. By the way, looking for some samples? Feel free to connect with Phil Yanov (www.linkedin.com/in/philyanov/) or Scott...2018-07-1918 minTech After FiveHow to Get a Job in a Week -- Using Social Media + Face to Face ConnectingLooking for your next job? Think you might be looking for your next job? We've got specific, actionable advice on what you need to be doing in order to land your next gig. If you are looking for work, but don't have a plan, chances are your job search is going to last MUCH LONGER than it needs too. Cut your job search in half, then in half again. Want more? Be sure to join us at Tech After Five! Our live events are listed at https://ta5.com.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-07-1941 minTech After FiveSend us your questionsWe are launching the tech after five podcast on anchor FM. We are very excited about that because it will let you put your questions to us. We are about Community. We are about you. We want you to be part of the show. Send us your questions, this episode will tell you how. More at https://ta5.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techafterfive/message2018-07-1901 min