More than 23,000 pet boarding and daycare facilities operate in the United States, with new ones opening every week. Most will not survive five years. Laurie Yost’s Playful Pups Retreat has now run for fifteen years, expanded to two Pennsylvania locations, and built a parallel nonprofit rescue with several hundred volunteers.

Yost joins media strategist and host Keri Murphy on the latest episode of The Keri Murphy Show to talk about why personalized care has become the only real moat in pet boarding, what most owners get wrong about the economics of the business, and how a tumultuous childhood and a Schnauzer named Gretchen led to a career built around giving dogs, and their owners, somewhere safe to land.

The Gap Most Pet Care Facilities Miss

Pet ownership has changed faster than the industry serving it. Owners cook for their dogs, track their nutrition, and pay attention to behavioral cues that most facilities are not trained to read. Yet the standard boarding model still runs on house food, identical rooms, and a one-size-fits-all schedule designed around the operator rather than the animal.

The core difference, Yost explains, is that Playful Pups treats every dog as an individual from the first intake question.

“We want every dog to be viewed as an individual. The activities, the room they’re in, the food they eat: everything should be personalized to them, so that it’s very similar to home, and the dog actually thrives while they’re with us. If you change up their routine too much, dogs get stressed. They get more anxious. Just like a child.”

That philosophy shapes the operation in concrete ways. Pet parents are asked to send the dog’s own food, including the home additions some owners have come to rely on. Activities are matched to what the dog actually does at home: sofa companion, ball chaser, walker. The 19-acre boarding location includes a nature trail the team uses for what they call “sniffaris,” unhurried walks built around the dog’s sense of smell rather than the human instinct to march for exercise.

Several years ago, Yost noticed a pattern of nervous dogs hiding in their rooms and went looking for a real answer. She found Fear Free, a certification program originally developed for veterinarians to address what the organization calls FAS, or fear, anxiety, and stress. Playful Pups now puts its team through the Fear Free certification for boarding and daycare facilities, layered on top of pet first aid and CPR training.

The result is what Yost calls the comfort kit: pheromone plug-ins that mimic a lactating mother dog, calming music, essential oils, and Thundershirts for dogs who do better swaddled. It is the kind of detail most facilities never invest in because most owners never ask. Yost’s position is that they should.

The Two Decisions That Almost Cost Her the Business

Fifteen years in, Yost is candid about what she would do differently. Two answers come up immediately, and both are common failure points for owner-operators.

“I didn’t hire my first business coach until I had been in business for seven years. I wish I had done it in the very beginning. I also wish I had hired more people more quickly. I thought I could do it myself. I reached the point of near burnout where I was truly thinking, what am I doing, and should I sell?”

The coach is what changed the trajectory. The recommendation to bring on a general manager moved Yost out of the daily grind and into the role she actually wanted: growth, scaling, client experience, the work only the founder can do. The lesson generalizes well beyond pet care. Operators who survive are those who stop being technicians quickly enough to become owners.

Marketing is the second regret, and the one Yost hears most often from peers in the industry. Owners convince themselves they cannot afford to spend on visibility, then quietly wonder why growth stalls. Her view, sharpened by fifteen years of watching competitors come and go: people cannot choose you if they do not know about you.

A Business, a Rescue, and a Self-Care Practice That Holds It All Together

In 2011, the year after Playful Pups opened, Yost founded Pitties Love Peace, a nonprofit rescue focused on bully breeds in central Pennsylvania. In the early years, many of the rescued dogs lived at the boarding facility itself. As the business grew, the rescue moved to a foster-based model and now runs on several hundred volunteers, with roughly fifty to sixty active fosters at any given time. The organization has taken in dachshunds, French bulldogs, and pugs, and pulled sixteen dogs out of the Hurricane Harvey displacement in Texas.

Running a fifteen-year-old business, having a household of six dogs, and running a foster-based rescue do not leave room for accidents in scheduling. Yost describes her self-care as something she had to build deliberately, not something that happened on its own.

“I would give all of my time to my dogs. I would hide at home with my dogs all the time if I didn’t have to get out there.”

The practice is unglamorous and consistent: walks on her property, time on the back porch with a book, and two coaching groups she credits with keeping her recharged. The same instinct she trusts in the boarding kennel, that routine and personalization keep an animal regulated, she applies to herself.

What’s Next

Heading into the new year, Playful Pups is rolling out full-service grooming with a dedicated full-time groomer, plus two team members already enrolled in grooming school. The pattern is consistent: invest in employees’ careers, whether or not they stay. Dog training is expanding alongside it. A third location is in early consideration, with the questions Yost has asked herself for fifteen years still on the table: where, what services, and what the client experience needs to be before she opens the door.

Playful Pups Retreat is online at playfulpupsretreat.com and on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube as @playfulpupsretreat.

About The Keri Murphy Show

The Keri Murphy Show is the flagship program on Brilliant TV, the media channel of the Brilliant Women Network. Each episode features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who are building careers and businesses on their own terms. The show is designed for women leaders who want substantive stories, practical perspective, and honest conversation about what it actually takes to grow.

There are more than 1.5 million licensed real estate professionals in the United States. Fewer than 1% hold the Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert designation. Ronda Hopper is one of them and, right now, she is the only one in northern Arizona.

Hopper joins media strategist and host Keri Murphy on the latest episode of The Keri Murphy Show to talk about why that credential matters, what most agents get wrong when a couple is selling a home in the middle of a divorce, and how she built a practice that serves one of real estate’s most overlooked and emotionally complex client populations.

The Gap Most Agents Miss

Nearly half of all U.S. marriages end in divorce, and the family home is almost always the largest shared asset involved. Yet the overwhelming majority of agents handling these transactions have no specialized training in the legal, emotional, or logistical dynamics that make a divorce sale fundamentally different from any other.

The core difference, Hopper explains, is neutrality. In a traditional sale, an agent typically comes in through one party’s referral. In a divorce transaction, that built-in bias can quietly undermine the entire process.

“We’re trained neutrals,” Hopper said. “I treat both homeowners exactly the same. They get the exact same communication. Most homeowners going through a divorce have a lot of fear and negative emotions — and they think the agent is going to side with one or the other. We don’t.”

Hopper’s path to this specialty is as personal as it is professional. A child of two divorces herself, she spent years in traditional real estate before discovering the CDRE certification and recognizing immediately why it fit.

“I know what goes on behind the scenes, and it’s hard,” she said.

The Family Law community is beginning to take notice. Hopper says a growing number of family law attorneys are actively seeking CDRE-certified agents to refer their clients to. This shift is driving nationwide awareness of the designation, even as it remains rare.

The Emotional Weight of the Work

Serving clients in crisis requires more than technical credentials. Hopper describes maintaining her own equilibrium as a non-negotiable part of the job, and one that demanded its own kind of investment.

“I didn’t realize I was storing all these negative emotions and just living from the neck up,” she said. “I’m still learning. It’s still a work in progress. But it’s about replacing the negative emotions with the positive ones and learning how to reprogram the things I’ve believed all these years.”

She sustains the kind of presence her clients need from her through a daily practice of journaling, exercise, and meditation that she built deliberately over time.

Reinvention Without Starting Over

When Hopper relocated from San Diego to Prescott, Arizona, she faced a decision many established professionals recognize: walk away from two decades of client relationships or find a way to serve both markets simultaneously. She chose a third option.

“I remember thinking it had to be either/or,” she said. “But it doesn’t have to be. You have to think outside the box.”

Now licensed in both California and Arizona, Hopper recently closed her first consecutive San Diego-to-Prescott Valley transaction, guiding the same client through selling their Southern California home and buying in Arizona without needing a second agent. It is a model she plans to expand, positioned squarely at the growing number of Californians relocating to Arizona.

And when the market slowed, she did not wait for it to recover. She started making candles in her garage, a creative outlet built around hand-mined amethyst crystals she excavates herself from a working mine at 6,000 feet elevation, accessible only by helicopter. The result, Dune Candle Co., is now moving toward commercial sales. Murphy connected it to a pattern she sees repeatedly among women entrepreneurs.

“My greatest new idea has come from going through a challenging time,” Murphy said. “It’s not about you. It’s about being of service to someone else.”

About The Keri Murphy Show

The Keri Murphy Show is the flagship program on Brilliant TV, the media channel of the Brilliant Women Network. Each episode features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who are building careers and businesses on their own terms. The show is designed for women leaders who want substantive stories, practical perspective, and honest conversation about what it actually takes to grow.

Watch the full episode with Ronda Hopper at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qc3X8TDUCc.

New episodes of The Keri Murphy Show are released weekly on www.InspiredLiving.tv.

About Ronda Hopper

Ronda Hopper is a Certified Divorce Real Estate Expert (CDRE) and licensed real estate professional serving clients in San Diego, California, and Prescott, Arizona. She is currently the only CDRE-certified agent in northern Arizona. She is also the founder of Dune Candle Co., a handcrafted candle brand featuring hand-mined amethyst crystals. Learn more at https://rhhomesweethome.com/about/.

About The Keri Murphy Show

The Keri Murphy Show is a weekly interview series on Brilliant TV, the media platform of the Brilliant Women Network. Host Keri Murphy is a media strategist and entrepreneur who has spent 14 years coaching executives and entrepreneurs to grow their influence through video and authentic storytelling. New episodes are released weekly on www.InspiredLiving.tv.

Revolutionary Book Offers Hope and Healing for Over 300,000 Annual Lyme Disease Sufferers

Dr. Nicholas Kealoha’s groundbreaking book, “Lyme: The Unexpected Illness – Solved,” has reached #1 in the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome category on Amazon.com, #2 in the Musculoskeletal Diseases (Kindle Store) category, and #4 in the Mind-Body Connection category.

The book addresses one of modern medicine’s most misunderstood conditions, offering answers to the estimated 300,000+ Americans infected with Lyme disease each year. Many people go undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or dismissed by the medical establishment.

Drawing from over 20 years of research and thousands of clinical hours, Dr. Kealoha challenges outdated medical assumptions and introduces readers to the Neuro-Energetic Stimulation System (NESS). This revolutionary, drug-free therapy targets the root causes of Lyme disease deep within the brain.

Dr. Kealoha states, “NESS represents a shift in how we understand and treat chronic illness—not by suppressing symptoms, but by restoring the brain’s ability to heal. My hope is that this book opens the door to a new era of recovery for people who have felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told there is no way forward.”

“Lyme: The Unexpected Illness – Solved” provides patients and healthcare providers with:

• The hidden history of Lyme disease and why it often remains undiagnosed for years
• Critical information about why standard tests fail and what patients need to know for accurate diagnosis
• The truth about chronic Lyme disease (CLD) that mainstream medicine often overlooks
• Explanations of why antibiotics frequently fail and may even worsen long-term symptoms
• Insights into how Lyme mimics over 300 other diseases, including fibromyalgia, MS, and depression
• An introduction to NESS: a cutting-edge, drug-free therapy offering new hope
• Real patient stories documenting journeys from misdiagnosis to full recovery
• Natural therapies and neurobiological insights to support healing and resilience

For those living with chronic illness, mystery symptoms, or the devastating effects of Lyme disease, this book offers clarity, hope, and a scientifically grounded path forward—one that treats the whole person, not just a list of symptoms.

About the Author

Dr. Nicholas Kealoha, MD, PhD, DAOM, Director of Neurology at The Einstein Medical Institute, Triple-degree Neuroscientist, Award-Winning Physician, Author, and Co-Inventor of the patented Neuro Energetic Stimulation System® (NESS)—a revolutionary technology that combines ten scientifically proven, non-invasive treatments into one transformative experience. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience and another PhD in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, with over 20 years of research experience.

Dr. Nick is a member of the South Florida Crisis Intervention Team (SFCIT) and was featured on American Milestones for his groundbreaking contributions to neuroscience.

He trains physicians, dentists, and healthcare professionals in advanced diagnostic techniques, emphasizing the emotion-brain-body connection and root-cause medicine.

Dr. Nick continues to inspire both patients and practitioners with his unwavering commitment to healing, innovation, and the fusion of science with holistic insight.

“Lyme: The Unexpected Illness – Solved” is available in paperback and Kindle formats on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Lyme-Dr-Nicholas-Kealoha-DAOM-ebook/dp/B0FK1YGYD1/

Frisco has earned a reputation as one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic communities in Texas, and with growth comes the need for expanded healthcare services. Star Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is answering that call in a big way with the announcement of its new 12,000-square-foot facility set to open in April 2026 off the Dallas North Tollway at Stonebrook in the recently developed Stonebrook Medical Plaza.

For the physicians behind Star Orthopedics, this project is more than just bricks and mortar—it’s about building a home for orthopedic care that combines medical innovation with a welcoming, patient-first atmosphere.

A Growing Practice With Big Plans

Founded on the vision of delivering world-class orthopedic care close to home, Star Orthopedics has grown steadily in both scope and reputation. The new Frisco facility represents the next chapter of that growth. Patients will find a one-stop destination for musculoskeletal care, including sports medicine, pediatric orthopedics, spine, joint replacement, foot and ankle, and upper extremity care. On-site physical therapy, X-ray, ultrasound, and regenerative medicine will round out the offerings, making the new practice a comprehensive hub for families and athletes alike.

Voices Behind the Expansion

Star Orthopedics leadership team members, including co-founders Dr. Andrew Dold, MD, and Dr. Paul Ghattas, DO, along with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Om Patel, MD, see the new facility as a realization of the organization’s long-standing mission:

Dr. Dold said, “Our goal has always been to be the leading orthopedic destination where patients feel supported every step of the way. This new facility allows us to achieve that by combining advanced technology, specialized care, and a personal touch.”

Noting Frisco’s rapid expansion, Dr. Ghattas echoed that excitement, saying, “The growth of Frisco and surrounding areas has been remarkable, and with this new facility, we are excited to be part of that growth. We look forward to expanding our involvement in the community and being a trusted resource for families and athletes alike.”

According to Dr. Patel, the project is as much about community as it is about medicine, sharing, “This is more than just a new office—it’s an opportunity to truly serve our patients and community on a larger scale. We are building a home for orthopedic care that delivers convenience, innovation, and compassion.”

Rooted in Community

Beyond the operating rooms and exam suites, Star Orthopedics’ team is deeply embedded in Frisco civic life. Physicians and practice leaders are active with the Frisco Chamber of Commerce and community organizations, underscoring a belief that healthcare providers should also be community partners.

The Stonebrook Medical Plaza itself is designed to reflect that philosophy—serving not only as a medical center but as a community anchor that meets the needs of Frisco’s growing population while adding to the city’s reputation for innovation and progress.

Behind the walls of this new 30,000 square-foot state-of-the-art medical facility is another story: the role of Zeus Healthcare, the award-winning development firm that brought the Stonebrook Medical Plaza to life. Specializing in the complete development cycle of healthcare real estate assets, from site selection and architectural design to construction, branding, leasing, and operations. This holistic approach ensures that facilities like Star Orthopedics’ new home are not only functional but strategically positioned, branded with clarity, and constructed with quality.

Kelly Payette, CEO of Star Orthopedics, praised the collaboration, saying, “Working with Zeus Healthcare has been an incredible experience. Their attention to detail and commitment to quality have made this process seamless. They truly understand what it takes to create a medical facility that meets the needs of both patients and providers.”

Emphasizing the importance of having Star Orthopedics as part of the development, Dr. Steven Kaufman, CEO of Zeus Healthcare, stated, “Having Star Orthopedics as a cornerstone of this project has been extraordinary. Their reputation, vision, and patient-centered approach make them an essential piece of the development’s success, and we are proud to help bring their vision to life.”

When doors open in 2026, Star Orthopedics & Sports Medicine won’t just be unveiling a new facility—they’ll be unveiling a promise: to continue serving the Frisco community with expertise, compassion, and innovation. For local families, athletes, and patients of all ages, the new facility is set to become a cornerstone of care in one of Texas’s most vibrant cities.

To learn more about Star Orthopedics, visit : https://StarOrthopedics.com

To learn more about ZeusHealthcare, visit: https://ZeusHealthcare.com

“Raising the Bar Volume 10: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” reached Number One on Amazon.com’s Best Seller List in the Business Management Science and Communication in Management categories on May 29, 2024. The book also achieved best-seller status in the  Management Skills, Business Office Skills, Business Management, and Business Education and Reference categories.

In response to the book reaching Number One, ‘Raising the Bar’ Project Coordinator Heather Mize said, “We are excited the book hit the Hot New Release and Best Seller lists. This is an important project for us because we have been able to bring together business owners, entrepreneurs, and community leaders who are actually in the trenches, working hard every day, and were willing to share their experiences to benefit their communities.”

• Dr. Donna Singer – Donna Singer is ‘Feeling the Jazz’
• Inthirani Arul – Empowering Others Through Heart-Centered Leadership
• Lauren Cohen, Esq. – Achieving Global Success Through Strategic Investments and Relocations
• LaWanna Bradford, MPA – Strategic Foresight Navigating Business Success
• Chris Quintana – The Financial Freedom Formula: Chris Quintana’s Proven Playbook for Escaping the 45-Year Rat Race
• Summer Hartman – Partners in Parenthood: Educating Caregivers and Parents for Better Newborn Outcomes
• Sherri S. Gallagher – Unleashing Thrills: Sherri Gallagher’s Journey as an Author and Search and Rescue Handler

“Raising the Bar Volume 10: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://amazon.com/dp/B0CL3R7KYT as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

In recognition of his exceptional contributions to the commercial real estate industry, Dr. Steven Kaufman, founder and CEO of Zeus Companies, has been named a Texas Commercial Real Estate Icon by REDNews. This prestigious honor acknowledges Dr. Kaufman’s visionary leadership, innovative approach, and significant impact on the real estate landscape in Texas and beyond.

With a career spanning over two decades, Dr. Kaufman has consistently demonstrated his ability to navigate complex financial landscapes and drive success in the commercial real estate sector. His entrepreneurial ventures, including ZeusLending.com and ZeusEquityGroup.com, have revolutionized the industry and positioned Zeus Companies as a leading force in real estate financing and asset management.

Under Dr. Kaufman’s guidance, Zeus Companies has achieved remarkable growth and recognition, managing a diverse portfolio valued at approximately $1 billion. The firm’s disciplined approach to capital preservation and exceptional underwriting performance have earned the trust and loyalty of investors, with 94 percent of partners continuing to invest with Zeus Companies today.

Upon receiving the Texas Commercial Real Estate Icon award, Dr. Kaufman humbly acknowledged the contributions of his team and clients, stating, “This recognition is a testament to the incredible talent and dedication of the Zeus Companies team. I am deeply grateful for their unwavering support and the trust our clients have placed in us. Our success is a collective effort, and I am honored to work alongside such exceptional individuals.”

Dr. Kaufman’s impact extends beyond his business achievements. His commitment to philanthropy and community involvement, serving on the boards of organizations such as The RICH Club, Houston Mortgage Association, and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), underscores his dedication to making a positive difference in society.

REDNews’ decision to name Dr. Steven Kaufman as a Texas Commercial Real Estate Icon further solidifies his position as a visionary leader and influential figure in the industry. His relentless pursuit of excellence, both in his professional endeavors and personal life, serves as an inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs and real estate professionals alike.

For more information about Dr. Steven Kaufman and Zeus Companies, please visit ZeusCompanies.com.

Location Info:
Zeus Lending
3104 Edloe St # 210, Houston, TX 77027
800-275-9387

Gretchen Schwartzman’s recent release, Come Dance With Me: Devotions for Deeper Intimacy with God” reached Amazon.com’s best-seller list on May 1, 2024, climbing all the way to Number One in the Inspirational Prayer and Inspirational Personal Testimonies categories. The book also reached Number Two in the Prayer category.

Schwartzman’s book shares her transformative journey of faith, highlighting the profound lessons learned in recent years about the power of hearing God’s voice. Her spiritual odyssey began with a divine nudge at the onset of a Lenten season, prompting a commitment to daily moments of stillness and listening. What unfolds is not a routine practice of scripture reading or prayer but a dedicated time for quietude aimed at cultivating an intimate dialogue with the Divine.

These private encounters with God’s voice evolved into a compelling call to share the insights gained with a wider audience, beginning with her church community and eventually leading to the creation of this book.

In response to the book hitting the bestseller list, Heart Songs Publishing House Publisher Karen Oeser said, “This debut book holds profound significance for us as it beautifully aligns with our mission of publishing compelling testimonies that resonate with readers, guiding them through the author’s surrender journey. Gretchen’s heartfelt devotions offer readers an intimate glimpse into her evolving relationship with God. We hope ‘Come Dance with Me’ will inspire women worldwide and encourage them to share their own testimonies filled with hope, love, faith, forgiveness, and peace.”

ABOUT GRETCHEN SCHWARTZMAN

Gretchen Schwartzman is a registered nurse who has worked in the area of maternal child nursing for most of her nursing career and is currently working as an RN case manager. She is a certified dance minister and has served as leader and choreographer for the Living Word Community Dance Ministry since 1998. As a dance minister, she has worked with adults, youth, and children to present choreographed dance presentations, artistic ministry activations, spontaneous times of praise and worship, and congregational dances.

She volunteers with Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, and currently serves as the Church Relations Coordinator for the Philadelphia Area Team. She also serves as an intercessor with Heart of the Father Ministries’ home ministry team. In the 1990s, she and her husband served as missionaries in Haiti for six years. She lives with her husband and mother in Drexel Hill, PA, and is the mother of two grown children.

ABOUT HEART SONGS PUBLISHING HOUSE

Heart Songs Publishing House produces high-quality, visually appealing single- and multi-author books of heartfelt testimonies full of hope, love, faith, forgiveness, and peace. Each author and her story are treated with tender care and gently coached to deliver a story that will tap into the heart of every reader. Utilizing team-building exercises and activation, the author will go through our unique process of identifying who she is in Christ and gaining a family of forever sisters. 

“Come Dance With Me” is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D292K7QH/

“Expert Profiles Volume 17 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators” hit Amazon.com’s bestseller list on August 16, 2023, in the Business Consulting, Real Estate Investments, and Personal Money Management categories. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in several categories.

• David Abrahams — Real Estate with Character
• Francisco Bermudez Jr — San Antonio’s HVAC Expert
• Marco Flores — San Antonio’s Trusted CPA
• Sally Gimon — A Concise Introduction to Tax-Saving Trusts
• Regina Gulbinas — Inside the Mind of a Seasoned Business Strategist: Unveiling Key Business Insights
• L. Paul Hood, Jr — Unveiling the Secret of Buy/Sell Agreements
• Donovan Manley — Mastering Leadership and Fulfillment
• Lynda J. Roth — Streamlining Operations in Mid-Market Companies
• Jaime Sepulveda — Strategic Property Management (SPM)
• Shannon Simmons — Achieving Financial Balance for Entrepreneurs
• Sofiya Stasiv — Unveiling the Journey of Holistic Wellness Coaching

“Expert Profiles Volume 17 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF5JZ5VT/ as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project 501(c)3 is a nonprofit organization that provides training to local individuals in evidence-based practices for individuals with autism. Global Autism Project believes that every child has the ability to learn and that their potential should not be limited by geographical bounds. The Global Autism Project seeks to eliminate the disparity in service provision seen around the world by providing high-quality training to individuals providing services in their local community. This training is made sustainable through regular training trips and contiguous remote training.

To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://globalautismproject.org/.

Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach and former retirement planner Patti Fagan‘s recent release, How Every Woman Can Retire Without Worry: 10 Simple Steps to Secure Your Financial Future, climbed to the top spot in the Christian Stewardship and Service Industry categories. The book also reached the Number three spot in the Women and Business category.

For anyone concerned about having enough money to support themselves when they can no longer work, this book will be a new best friend and blueprint for financial success. As a women’s financial coach and former retirement planner, Patti has helped hundreds of women create financial security to last their lifetime. Imagine retirement years filled with peace of mind and financial security, knowing the money will never run out. It’s time to make that dream a reality with How Every Woman Can Retire Without Worry.

Patti Fagan empowers readers to become financially savvy women who know they’ll have enough to retire. She shares expert advice on creating guaranteed income for life, side hustles, calculating retirement income needs, saving more for retirement, long-term care insurance, annuities, and much more. How Every Woman Can Retire Without Worry goes beyond just providing financial strategies as Patti delves into the emotional side of money, helping others overcome limiting beliefs that could hold them back from building wealth. Through real-life case studies, she demonstrates how women have retired early by implementing these proven strategies.

In response to the book hitting Number One, Fagan stated, “It was such a rewarding and surreal experience to watch my book reach Best Seller status on Amazon. Knowing that my passion for women’s financial security and all the years of hard work as a retirement planner empower women everywhere and make a difference for many readers. That’s the best feeling ever!”

With growing concerns women have about retiring with income for life, financial freedom, and peace of mind, How Every Woman Can Retire Without Worry subject matter is a hot topic and a must-read for women who worry about retiring without money.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Patti Fagan is an author, Christian Life Coach, Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach, and former retirement planner. She is also a prayer warrior, serving on the prayer team at her local church, holds a certificate in Healing Ministry, and is an award-winning co-author of She Writes for Him: Stories of Resilient Faith (Redemption Press). In addition to running an independently owned financial services office, Patti has coached women on faith, money, business, and life purpose for over thirteen years. She provides articles, books, and resources to support women in living their dream life. Ultimately, she is devoted to her mission: to provide inspiration, resources, and tools to help women claim all the goodness and abundance God has for them. Patti is a wife, mother, and Yorkie mommy. You can reach Patti online at www.PattiFagan.com

To learn more about Patti Fagan, visit https://pattifagan.com/

How Every Woman Can Retire Without Worry: 10 Simple Steps to Secure Your Financial Future is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9SPPF18/

The Future Stars Series, which began in the fall of 2016 as a grassroots initiative to provide amateur baseball players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches – has since emerged as the gold standard for player identification and development events in the amateur baseball world.

Due to incredible public demand for several years, PROGRAM 15 Sports announces the launch of Future Stars Series Softball.

As the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball, PROGRAM 15 has been responsible for executing all Future Stars Series events since its inception. Led by President and CEO Jeremy Booth and backed by a staff with decades of Pro Baseball scouting experience, The Future Stars Series has earned a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experience available.

FSS Softball model will mirror the baseball model of individual player selection and promotion, which will lead to a 3-Day Signature Event. Player identification and development events will be scheduled throughout North American regions, including Canada.

Future Stars Series Regional Combine Locations
Los Angeles, CA
Fresno, CA
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX
Las Vegas, NV
Chicago, IL
Akron, OH
Indianapolis, IN
Orlando, FL
Mobile, AL
Philadelphia, PA
Raleigh, NC
Nashville, TN
Oklahoma City, OK
Toronto, ON
Portland, OR
*Dates and exact locations to be released in the coming weeks

Selected players will work with the Future Stars Series Foundation and enhance their brand directly through Future Stars Series Digital. The new series is also expected to work with NCSA for expanded player exposure.

According to Booth, interviews have begun for field development and evaluation staff as well as internal operations leadership.

“We’ve been asked for a while, and I’ve always been a big believer in the timing of things. This is the right time as we take the P15 Sports/FSS model to help and impact the legions of softball players out there grinding every day to achieve their true potential. The pathways into MLB careers have never been more open, and we’re here to help through education, promotion, and most importantly, holistic player growth,” Booth said about the new series.

The rising demand for the organization to step into the softball space is no surprise given the incredible milestones achieved by PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series over the past six years, such as:

• Implementing the PROGRAM 15 model of evaluation and role prediction.
  Developing International, amateur scouting, and player development departments.
• Growing The Future Stars Series footprint to cover 13 countries, impacting over 15,000 athletes throughout the world.
• Spotlighting over 100 MLB Draft Picks and International Signings along with hundreds of college-committed players who have participated in Future Stars Series events.
• The creation and expansion of major Future Stars Series annual events, including the Underclass Elite, Underclass Premier, Fresh 50, World and National Pro Combines, Caribbean Classic, as well as the FSS Main Event, which has been hosted three times at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox and Citifield, home of the New York Mets.

To learn more about Future Stars Series, visit https://FutureStarsSeries.com

ABOUT FUTURE STARS SERIES:
FUTURE STARS SERIES boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.
For more information on the Future Stars Series, visit FutureStarsSeries.com.
Follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

Launched in the fall of 2016 as a grassroots initiative between New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15, the Future Stars Series has emerged as the gold standard for player identification and development events in the amateur baseball world.

Led by President and CEO Jeremy Booth and backed by a staff of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches with decades of Pro Baseball scouting experience, Future Stars Series has earned a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experience available.

While Booth’s passion and dedication to the development and discovery of elite amateur players may fuel his vision for the next chapter of the Future Stars Series, he has no hesitation in crediting his highly skilled staff for bringing that vision to life. Continuing his unwavering commitment to changing the game of baseball, Booth announced the following Future Stars Series Staff additions.

Jason A. Churchill – VP of Future Stars Series Digital Content
Churchill will be leading Future Stars Series Digital, working closely with the content and media staff to enhance player exposure and accelerate the organization’s reach in markets around the globe through its digital media channels.

Churchill’s broad experience in all content generation and optimization levels includes Founder of ProspectInsider.com, ESPN analyst, Drive-Time host at CBS Radio, Stats & Insights for FOX Sports, Narrative Engineer & QA at Data Skrive, current host of Baseball Things and publisher of Mariners After Midnight on Substack.

On the addition of Churchill, Booth says, “Jason is a consummate professional with a unique blend of vision and operations understanding. He’s the right and only choice for me to lead the digital model and enhance player and fan experience across all levels of baseball, from the Future Stars Series to the Major Leagues.”

Brady Rodgers – New Balance Future Stars Series Partner Relations
Rodgers is focused on growing and enhancing FSS Partner Organizations from event service to player/organization growth. He will handle team sales, marketing, player development assistance, and player event coordination, ensuring all Partner Organization players can get the most out of the Future Stars Series.

Rodgers is a former MLB player with the Houston Astros. He was drafted twice, once out of Lamar Consolidated HS by Jeremy Booth for the Milwaukee Brewers and once out of Arizona State by the Houston Astros. He is an original Pro Member of PROGRAM 15 player growth and development in 2015 and 2016.

Jeremy Hamilton – Future Stars Series Foundation Director
Hamilton will lead fundraising initiatives, ensure player engagement and entrance, and assist on-site with player development and event operations.

Hamilton was drafted in the 5th round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the Phillies out of Wright State, where he earned a degree in Organizational Leadership and was also a member of the USA Baseball National Team. As the Assistant Director at Cincinnati Reds Urban Youth Academy, he worked extensively in their baseball and softball programs.

David Sheaffer – Future Stars Series Digital Social Media Manager
Sheaffer will manage all FSS social media and grow the digital platform across all channels into fully interactive mediums leading to more player exposure and higher engagement and value.

Sheaffer is a former Triple A catcher in the Seattle Mariners Organization. He was drafted out of North Surry HS by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013 and signed with the Mariners in 2018 out of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.  Sheaffer holds a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and an MBA in International Finance.  He is the son of Future Stars Series field coordinator Danny Sheaffer.

Max Mize – New Balance Future Stars Series Baseball Operations Assistant
Mize works directly with Booth on the role prediction model and data analysis that ties together scouting and player development to ensure that nothing is missed collectively in departmental operations for maximum player growth and pathway enhancement. Mize is a 2016-2017 PROGRAM 15 player alumni and worked as an intern for P15/FSS while playing his entire college career. Mize joins the organization full-time after graduating with an MBA from Lamar University.

Booth said about the new additions, “We’re excited to formalize these positions with the people who have such a passion and drive to impact players and the game as a whole. I’ve known some of these guys for years and have been involved in their own professional growth as players and now scouting and development professionals. I know their work ethic and dedication, so I’m confident in their ability to deliver in all aspects of our core values and, most importantly, to pass those on to the players who participate here.”

ABOUT FUTURE STARS SERIES:
FUTURE STARS SERIES boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.
For more information on the Future Stars Series, visit FutureStarsSeries.com.
Follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Ian Manheimer, Owner of Bounce-N-Battle, discussed his passion for building a business that leaves a positive impact on others while creating a legacy for his children.

Manheimer is the owner of Bounce-N-Battle, a family-owned company specializing in creating fun and safe events since 2001, providing equipment rental from inflatable bounce houses to interactive games and obstacle courses.

Even in the age of the digital attention span, Bounce-N-Battle has seen a rise in popularity as more people are seeking enjoyment from the physical activity and excitement of in-person social interaction.

During the interview Manheimer how the inflatable business has evolved through the years, saying, “​​The industry has shifted from things people get in, to more interactive games like electronic sports games, axe throwing, inflatable safe archery, Archery Tag, IPs (interactive play systems), ninja battles, cone challenges, etc. With technology and video games, competition games have become very popular. They’re safe, and there’s no risk of injury. People have fun, and it keeps the entertainment going for hours.”

And it’s not just for kids. From after-school programs, workplace team-building, and church events, Bounce-N-Battle can host events for children from 2 – 102 because fun should be for everyone.

Ian’s passion is fueled by his desire to create a legacy for his children. He built the business while working as a teacher, adding more inflatables and units with the money he made at events. With Bounce-N-Battle, he created something his kids could be proud of and eventually take over. Sharing the story of how Bounce-N-Battle came to be, Manheimer said, “I started the business by accident. In 2001, I bought a giant inflatable laser tag when I was on vacation and moved to Washington in 2002. I was a teacher at the time and used my income to build the business, buying more units as I made more money from events. After leaving teaching and seeing the impact I had made in students’ lives, I wanted a business that allowed me to continue making a difference in people’s lives, create memories, and give back to the community. My goal was to create something my kids could be proud of and eventually take over, rather than working for someone else.”

As a passionate entrepreneur, Manheimer is dedicated to providing fun and safe activities for all ages. Safety and cleanliness are the foundation of his business.  His objective is to create a magical event for each client based on their needs. Operating with integrity and going above and beyond for their clients while maintaining a focus on safety, cleanliness, and level of service sets Bounce-N-Battle apart from others.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/ian-manheimer

To learn more about Bounce-N-Battle, visit https://www.bouncenbattle.com/

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Cinch it! CEO Sofia Denman discussed her passion for inspiring women to look good and feel more confident and her journey as a student of personal development.

Denman is the creator of the simple but ingenious product ‘Cinch it!’, a fashion accessory or “Fashion Fix It” as she calls it, that allows women to look better, feel sexier, and be more confident in their current wardrobe. Cinch it! is perfect for weight loss transitions and making clothes fit better without alterations.

During the interview, Sofia shares the story of ‘Cinch it!’, from idea to realization, and how all the critical steps to success seemingly fell into place. While some would call it serendipity, for Denman, ‘Manifesting’ is what she attributes to her knack for seizing little moments that create life-changing results. Tracing it back to a chance encounter with a stranger on a plane, she says, “It started when I was 19.  I had moved to Naples, Florida, from Indiana. I was taking some classes in college and was offered a job to be a sales rep in the golf business. I didn’t know what I really wanted to do. Should I stay in college? Should I take this golf business opportunity? Sadly, my grandfather passed away, so I took my first plane ride back to Indiana, and on my way back to Florida, I sat next to an older gentleman. I never even knew his name, but he allowed me the space to share my situation. He didn’t say much, but he handed me Og Mandino’s ‘The Greatest Salesman In The World,’ and he said, ‘I think this book might help you make a decision.’ I read that book, and it changed my life because I suddenly understood how much power we have to determine our path and destiny. It wasn’t just fate or circumstances or coincidence… it’s based on what I think about and what I desire, and of course, my actions. So from that, I went on to reading everything about the magic of thinking big and all the incredible books teaching how our thoughts create our destiny.  It all starts with our thoughts and how we think and feel, and I just dove into that”.

As the host of the Manifest Your Bliss Podcast with Sofia, she shares the “secrets” to living a life of (BLISS) which she defines as a life of perfect happiness through understanding the Law of Attraction, applying Mindfulness via meditation, gratitude, and a well-being mindset to manifest the heart’s desires.

As a multi-passionate entrepreneur, Sofia is an admitted chaser of “shiny objects” and fearless when it comes to launching new things. Her objective is always to add more value to the world by providing others with the tools and strategies they can immediately use to improve their lives.

Listen to the full episode at https://InfluencersRadio.com/sofia-denman

To learn more about CinchIT!, visit https://thecinchit.com

Listen to Manifest Your Bliss with Sofia podcast at https://anchor.fm/manifestyourbliss

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Women’s Empowerment Coach Laurice Duffy discussed her passion for inspiring middle-aged women who have faced life-changing circumstances to take back their power so they can Reimagine, Rebuild and Rise Up.

During the interview, Laurice shared the inspiration behind her company, A Mindful Journey, saying, “I am the mother of four boys, three of whom are triplets, and are the result of IVF;  we had a lot of challenges trying to get pregnant… My husband and I lived a beautiful life. He was a wonderful, wonderful man. And I felt like we were always trying to arrive, we were always trying to save, we were always trying to work hard and grind and get to the point where we reach this place of peace. He was the coach of my four boys for basketball, baseball, and football, he was extremely healthy, but he started having some odd… he was slurring a little bit, he was getting leg cramps, just some odd symptoms. He was an extremely healthy, strong, and athletic man that didn’t smoke, didn’t drink a lot, and never did drugs. So I thought we would figure it out. We went to various doctors… and I thought that we were out of the woods with all the scary possibilities. We were at a neurologist specialist one afternoon together, and we were told that he had the beginning stages of ALS. It was such an incredible punch in the stomach. Of all the things that I worried about in my life, losing my husband or my husband becoming sick was never one of them… A Mindful Journey came about as the result of realizing that the destination is the journey and that we really have to be mindful on a daily basis about who we’re being and how present we are in our every day. And recognize that there is no peaceful, blissful place that we’re going to finally arrive to once the kids are out of nursery school and then the kids are at a college, and then you get that new car, and then you retire. There’s always something you’re trying to get to, and my experience with losing my husband made me realize that this life experience is a journey and one that we certainly have to be mindful of because you never know what the next day might bring. So we just need to be where we are, stand where our feet are, and be grateful and joyful and present in the moment.”

While it’s easy to understand how losing a loved one can trigger feelings of hopelessness and lack of direction, Laurice described how other life-changing circumstances in a woman’s life can create obstacles to achieving her true potential, saying, ”I absolutely work with many widows, women who have lost their partners. But sometimes, it’s just the day-to-day struggle of losing yourself. Somewhere along the way, these women have just lost themselves because they have cared for and been needed so much by their children, or maybe their elderly parents or their partner, and all of a sudden, their kids get older, or maybe they’re divorced, and they don’t know who they are anymore because everything about them has just been about the children and they sort of forget who they are and what their likes are and their desires and their needs. I always tell women, ‘You need to put yourself in the category of people you’re taking care of.’ I think a lot of women are brought up or, or still live in the belief that we’re supposed to take care of everybody before ourselves. So it’s no wonder that women lose themselves. But it’s such an antiquated sort of rule that I feel like society has sort of placed upon women, and I feel like we’re slowly getting there. I do think that it’s very important to take care of the people that you love in your life, but I think one of those people has to be yourself. I think self-love and self-care are really important”.

Drawing on a background in psychology and driven by her own experience of surviving and thriving in the face of adversity, Laurice brings intuition, support, and accountability to women’s journeys toward growth and self-love.

As the host of the Aligned and Awakened podcast, Laurice brings her listeners heartfelt, honest, and open conversations about overcoming setbacks, releasing fear and learning to live a life aligned with one’s values.

Laurice is also the creator of RISE, an active Facebook community that invites women to get out of autopilot and begin consciously creating the life they desire within a supportive sisterhood of 2500 like-minded females.

Listen to the full episode at https://InfluencersRadio.com/laurice-duffy

To learn more about Laurice Duffy, visit https://aMindfulJourneyLD.com

There are a lot of Myths and Misconceptions about health insurance in the US. It can be confusing and frustrating to make sure the right coverage is in place. The Affordable Care Act is misunderstood by many, and a lot of people think that getting insurance through their jobs is the only cost-effective way to go, which is often not the case.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Insurance expert Brenda Gilliam discussed the biggest myths and misconceptions about health insurance.

During the interview, Gilliam explained how the perceived cost of health insurance is a common obstacle that prevents many from being covered, saying, “One of the biggest myths is that people feel like that they can’t afford insurance because when they’ve checked on it in the past, they’ve just got very high monthly premiums. So they just throw their hands up and kind of give up on it, thinking that they can’t afford it. And if they’re on Medicare, sometimes those people will hesitate to add the Part B because of the premium they have to pay. They don’t know that there are special programs in place that can help people pay their part of the premium, which makes the health insurance affordable. They just need a good source to go to for the correct information.”

Gilliam went on to dispel several other myths and misconceptions when it comes to insurance options for the self-employed, workers leaving jobs with insurance plans, and those approaching retirement.

When asked what fuels her passion for helping others to navigate the insurance maze, Gilliam shared her personal story, saying, “My mother had Medicare, and she just did not understand how it worked. She was one of those that thought, ‘I’ve got my Medicare; now I’m covered’.  She didn’t realize that she needed to do something on that other 20%. She was diagnosed with a serious illness and was referred to a specialist who told her that he could cure her condition, but that she needed to pay upfront, and I think that he wanted somewhere around $12,000 or $13,000. My mom didn’t have that, so he just sent her on her way. Her illness progressed, and I ended up losing my mother. It was devastating to me, but also to the whole family. When I really got into what happened, I didn’t understand insurance at the time that this had happened to my mother, I realized that it was because she didn’t have that other 20% covered. But she could have had it covered for nothing had she only been educated about it, and she would probably still be with us today, I realized that my mother is not the only one that doesn’t understand it, and I don’t want to see that happen to anyone else. So that’s when I decided I was going to switch from being a science teacher and I started educating and being a teacher of insurance, particularly Medicare, and how important it is to get that 20% covered. If I can prevent any other person from having to go through what my family had to go through and what my mother had to go through, then that makes it all worthwhile.”

Today, as the founder of Gilliam Insurance Advisor, Brenda is helping the working class, as well as the retired and semi-retired, navigate the maze of choosing the right option for themselves and their families.

Listen to the full episode at https://InfluencersRadio.com/brenda-gilliam

To learn more about Brenda Gilliam and Gilliam Insurance Advisor, visit https://GilliamInsuranceAdvisor.com

Judy Durham‘s recent release, Even a Kid: Financial Literacy for Kids hit Amazon.com’s best-seller list on December 13, 2022, climbing all the way to Number One in the Children’s Money Books, Children’s Money & Saving Reference, and Homeschooling categories. The book also reached Number Two in the Children’s Inspirational and Personal Growth and Homeschooling categories.

Durham’s book shares the story of Jody, a fourth-grade student who wants to earn money to purchase a bicycle. At school, Jody learns about many women who have achieved great success and sets out to start her own business. With encouragement and help from her mom and teachers, Jody starts “Jody Works,” a babysitting and senior buddy service. Throughout the process, she learns about planning, budgeting, saving, and giving back to the community.

Even a Kid will expose readers to the basic fundamentals of starting a business. The earlier a child learns about creating businesses and is introduced to financial literacy concepts, the better prepared they will be for the future. With some guidance, kids can learn that hard work, creativity, and determination will enable them to develop the necessary mindset to make their dream a reality.

In response to the book hitting the Amazon Best Sellers lists, Durham stated, “For me personally, hitting #2 in the Children’s Inspirational and Personal Growth category was the most rewarding. This was my purpose in writing the book. I wanted to inspire kids to realize how powerful they are when they understand personal finances and decide to use that power, whether they open their own businesses or just earn money in other ways. Learning the value of saving money for future use is a life skill that kids find difficult to practice. I also wanted to provide a model and reasons to give some of that money to others who might need help so that they will develop a charitable heart in themselves.”

The subject matter in Even a Kid is a hot topic and a must-read for children eight to ten years old.

About Judy Durham

As an educator for 35+ years, she has taught Kindergarten through post-graduate classes. Judy founded a Christian school in 1998, serving as principal, instructional coach, and classroom teacher. The school opened its doors with 120 students and 29 faculty members whom she recruited, interviewed, and hired to teach in grades K4 through 12. By 2001, the school had become fully accredited. She has written curriculum for language arts, social studies, math, and science. In her personal life, Judy has been committed to paying forward the help and financial education she received as a single mom, not knowing where to turn. She will be forever grateful for her brother, who helped her with budgeting, career planning, and investing. Judy lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her husband, Charles. She has two kids and four grandkids and enjoys spending time at the lake. Her greatest passion is to help others overcome their fear of writing so they can share their testimonies, which she refers to as “Heart Songs,” for those who need to hear them most.

Even a Kid: Financial Literacy for Kids is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPJNRX2Z/

PROGRAM 15 is proud to announce the Future Stars Series International Week will take place from August 31 through September 3, 2018, at Camelback Ranch-Glendale (Arizona), spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.

Elite players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League Players, Coaches and Scouts will be invited to join either the World (International Players) or National (U.S. Players) Team Rosters and compete at The Future Stars Series International Week.

This highly anticipated annual event featuring top amateur baseball players from Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and the USA.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, says, “As we have grown and worked to find and develop talent across the globe in our mission to execute the New Balance Future Stars Series, we have seen increased Major League interest and support from Scouts and player development personnel.

During very recent conversations with the group at Camelback Ranch-Glendale, it became clear that there was a fit with the venue and the timing of the event. We are extremely excited to get to play at Camelback Ranch-Glendale, Spring Training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.”

Zachary Fitzpatrick, Dodgers Coordinator of Amateur Scouting said, “Our scouts have quickly taken notice of the high-end, professional-level talent that Jeremy and his team at PROGRAM 15 have been able to identify, develop, and showcase in a very short time. We’re excited for the opportunity to host a talented group of high-character young men at Camelback Ranch-Glendale this Fall, and to provide a platform for them to compete and improve as they pursue their dreams of playing baseball at the next level.”

The Future Stars Series is the global initiative between New Balance and Program 15 to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur baseball players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches are submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT CAMELBACK RANCH-GLENDALE:
A state-of-the-art baseball facility like no other, Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona is the Spring Training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. Located on 141 acres at 111th Avenue and Camelback Road, this Sonoran Desert-inspired, two-team facility offers baseball fans more than top-quality playing fields and facilities.

The first-rate baseball facility includes more than 118,000 square feet of Major and Minor League clubhouse space, 13 full baseball fields and three half-fields. One of the largest complexes in the Cactus League, Camelback Ranch-Glendale boasts a capacity of 13,000, which includes 3,000 lawn seats, 12 luxury suites, and a party deck. Fans enjoy the ballpark’s modern amenities and design as well as dramatic mountain views that create one of the most inviting Spring Training atmospheres in all of baseball.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

President Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”   That was over 120 years ago. Before radio, before TV, and certainly before social media. Unfortunately, it’s human nature to compare oneself to others – whether it’s in business, finances, physical looks, or popularity with others.

In the age of social media, the opportunity and temptation for comparison with the TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram famous has never been stronger or more overwhelming than at any time in our history.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, mental health expert Dr. Donna Rockwell the Founder and CEO of Already Famous with Dr. Donna discussed how she is helping women to stop comparing themselves with the social media famous and reclaim their inner celebrity.

During the interview, Dr. Donna explained the impact social media can have on mental health, saying, “The statistics talk about women and girls in particular, as giving away their internal way of seeing themselves over to this larger media entity. When I went to college, we looked at the role that advertising played in overtaking our mental faculties. ‘Why do I want to smoke Marlboro cigarettes? Because there are a million commercials on TV about it… So, media has always had this power over us, taking us in and making us actually want to buy this color or brand of lipstick and that kind of clothing line… Women and girls in particular and boys too, even though it’s to a lesser degree, keep comparing themselves to this device that is glued to our hands now… When it comes to the power that media, now social media we call it, has over us and how we think about ourselves.  Are we kind to ourselves? Are we self-punishing? Is she thinner than I am?  So many of these images are colored by filters that take out this line and that line and make us look different. And the whole thing has become like a fallacy and a fantasy, where we are hungering for something that doesn’t even truly exist.”

As a clinical psychologist for 20 years and the author of the only published peer-reviewed study on fame and celebrity, Dr. Donna is quoted in major print and social media and regularly appears on TV, radio, and podcasts on topics ranging from fame and celebrity, the benefits of mindfulness, to mental health and well-being. 

Sharing how her wellness movement for women and girls,  Already Famous with Dr. Donna, cultivates self-confidence, inner worth, and meaning in life, which are the most important components in achieving happiness, Dr. Donna said, “I started Already Famous with Dr. Donna just to reach out with some of these wisdom, tidbits and understanding of how do I live a life where I feel fully embodied, meaning that I am enjoying my living existence, that I find meaning in what I do, that I can connect with other people, and have compassion for them because I’ve already developed it for myself… If we’re going to be happy in this life, we have to reclaim all the good stuff we had when we were young. When we were doing cartwheels on the front lawn, if that was the fortunate and privileged life we got to live. The joyful past times that just made us feel happy to be alive, we’re being robbed of all that natural joy and that natural joie de vivre, as the French say, that love of life itself. And so I think it’s just so important that women and girls have a place to go.  I’ve started a Facebook group called the Already Famous Sisterhood because I just want to have a community where we can talk about what’s really important in life, and how; Yes, we are already famous in all the ways that really matter. It’s our life, our particular existence, our fertile ground, our family, our futures, and what we contribute to the earth to leave it a better place. These are all the activities that lead to fulfillment and joy. So that at the end of the whole thing, we can turn around and say, I did it ‘good’. I did it right. I did it in a way that I feel fulfilled. And I think that’s what we’re looking for. That’s the best we can offer ourselves in this life.”

Dr. Donna’s message is loud and clear: “You are ‘enough,’ and you are already famous in all the ways that really matter.”

Rather than focusing on external validation, Already Famous helps women and girls reclaim their innate power and actualize their inner celebrity. Instead of feeling like they are “not enough,” Already Famous leaves women feeling empowered, unique, and significant in their lives.

Listen to the full episode at https://InfluencersRadio.com/dr-donna-rockwell

To learn more about Dr. Donna Rockwell and the Already Famous with Dr. Donna, visit https://www.donnarockwell.com

Burnout seems to be one of the most common symptoms of success, especially for women who have built successful careers.   It can cause feelings of exhaustion, and lack of motivation.  Energy levels and self-confidence can begin to decline, and the impact can take a toll on physical and mental health.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Anti-Burnout Coach Sy Sierra discussed how she is helping corporate women to avoid and overcome burnout.

During the interview, Sy explained why smart, successful women can find themselves on the path to burnout without realizing it, saying, “The biggest trap is the fact that no one realizes there’s a problem. They think it’s part of the corporate environment…When I started experiencing burnout, I was just extremely tired, I was fatigued, and I was working endless hours thinking that this is normal…like resting is lazy. So of course, I was tired, but I thought that was normal. I wasn’t able to separate my work life and my personal life, especially when you’re talking about working from home. A lot of people work from their kitchen, and they’re checking emails 24/7, so they’re not able to separate that work dynamic from their home dynamic and that can sneak into, ‘okay, well, this is acceptable behavior’. Another example is when you need stimulants in order to function. There was a point in time in which I needed five cups of coffee a day, and I thought that was normal because it just kept me awake and alert and on top of my work schedule. At night I rewarded myself with a glass of wine and that turned out to be every day because I used the excuse of thinking, ‘Well, I deserve it’. A lot of people are doing that, and they don’t notice that these are symptoms, but they don’t necessarily think that this is a problem.”

Sy’s diverse experience comes from years of working on Wall Street in global leadership positions. The high-pressure work culture forced her to seek a healthier lifestyle. Learning yoga and meditation was just the beginning of her journey. She sought deeper answers to bigger questions by taking annual pilgrimages to India which led her to learn other healing modalities. Her qualifications grew to include registered Yoga & Meditation instructor, NLP Practitioner, Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Sports & Fitness Trainer, and Leadership Coach.

Since taking her health and well-being into her own hands it has been Sy’s passion to learn and practice techniques that could bring balance to her life. Today she is helping others use holistic tools to bring balance and clarity to their lives.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/sy-sierra

To learn more about Sy Sierra visit https://SySierra.com

Confidence is one of the most powerful characteristics when it comes to how a person is perceived by others.  And inversely, a lack of confidence can be one of the biggest obstacles to achieving true potential.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Self-Love and Confidence Coach Nene Ekufu discussed how she is helping reserved women to become more confident so they can show up and be authentic by taming the voice in their heads and empowering them to believe in their capabilities and step into their own fulfilling life … on their terms.

According to Nene, one of the most common and strongest barriers to developing self-confidence is having to face one’s own inner critic. That voice in a person’s head that tells them they’re not good enough. Worrying about what others think can be overwhelming.

As a child in Nigeria, Nene struggled with dyslexia before the condition was understood or even recognized. Being made an example of by teachers and laughed at by other kids left her shy, reserved, and lacking confidence.

During the interview Nene described how her lack of self-worth and love for herself carried into adulthood, she didn’t like or want attention. She shared how her desire to become a sign language interpreter, fueled her intention to change, saying,” I was coasting and just going with the flow, not wanting attention… but I wanted to be a sign language interpreter. I’ve always hidden my dyslexia, but when one of the trainers asked why I was not practicing, I mentioned my dyslexia and explained that I was doing it in my head and she said to me, ‘Oh, you know, you can’t be an interpreter because you’re dyslexic’. That never crossed my mind. My everything, just dropped because I couldn’t do what I wanted to do. I just like, ‘Okay, this is it then’. It was around the same time that Michael Jackson had his final tour, which he called ‘This Is It.’ When I saw an interview he did promoting a concert I just said, ‘You know what? This Is It. I can’t do this anymore. I can’t keep hiding. I know I am capable. I know I can do what I want to do. And this doesn’t feel right.’  This breaking down of myself, of how I’m feeling… That’s where the journey started, of self-discovery, of loving, and just embodying who I am and connecting with myself.  I went through this journey and now I can say, hand on heart, that I truly love every fiber of my being. I’m really connected to that, and I want that for every other soul out there. I want every other woman to be able to say, ‘I love me. This is me. My voice matters and it’s my time.’ That’s what I want for every lady out there.”

Nene went on the become a registered British Sign Language Interpreter and was honored with interpreting for the Majestic Queen of England when she opened the new hospital in London.

Now a firm believer that one’s past does not equal one’s future, Nene is on a mission to show others how to do the same for themselves.  Whether she is working one-on-one, with groups delivering workshops, or through her 21 Days Self-Love Habit Builder Course, Nene is helping women to develop self-love habits and the right mindset, using proven practical tools and techniques so they can clarify what they want and to reconnect with the core of their inner being and beyond.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/nene-ekufu

To learn more about Nene and connect with her on social media visit http://connectwithnene.com/

As if the joy of experiencing music isn’t enough, the benefits of learning to play music at a young age have been shown to enhance brain growth, language and math skills, the development of memory, attention, and concentration while fostering discipline, self-confidence, and social skills.

But the benefits of learning to play an instrument aren’t limited to children.  It’s also been shown to have a positive impact on adults…  from brain function, stress relief, boosting blood flow, and just the general sense of accomplishment.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Children’s Music Education Expert Miss Emily Baum discussed how she is helping kids ranging in age from 4-104 enrich their lives through learning to play the piano.

As a former elementary school teacher, Miss Emily specializes in teaching beginners. She busts through the old stereotype of piano lessons being a chore with her special teaching techniques including Musical Storytime for young children as well as using music as therapy and a tool for mental and physical fitness.

During the interview, Miss Emily shared a concept she so aptly calls Yoga for the Mind, saying, “I use the term ‘Yoga For The Mind’ because when we are doing yoga, and especially at my studio here in Hermosa Beach, there’s a fantastic studio, SoHo Yoga, in the heated space, we can only concentrate on the poses that we’re doing on our breath. And that takes you into a space of expansion and a place where you really kind of block out all the other things that are going on in your world and you’re focusing on yoga, and your breath, and the postures.  And the same thing happens at the piano. It’s kind of a space where you’re focusing on reading the music, feeling the music, playing the music, singing the music, and just absorbing all of the benefits of that, and the result is joy, and the result is happiness and a feeling of uplift. So when I say therapy, I mean that sometimes people are having a rough day they come in, they have their piano lesson, and they leave with a smile on their face. And that’s really important in today’s times where life got real stressful. For two years there, we were doing FaceTime piano lessons and weren’t able to even come into the studio due to the pandemic, unfortunately. But fortunately, the FaceTime and the Zoom sessions were a big hit with my clientele. And I’ve created some online remote programs as well so that I can teach people all over the world.”

Miss Emily enjoys inspiring students with special needs and engaging them in musical activities as part of their therapy. Also a fitness and wellness enthusiast, Emily coaches youth and adults in healthy habits.

The environment of her studio is a peaceful fun place one block from the beach. From Steinway Pianos to Kohler and Campbell uprights and a group of magic keyboards, it’s a fun, magical place to make music and have an educational, relaxing musical experience each and every week.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand how Miss Emily has touched the lives of so many students, creating GRIT and building the self-confidence to face life’s challenges.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/miss-emily-baum

To learn more about Miss Emily Baum visit https://MissEmilyBaum.com

The sixth annual New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Main Event — formerly known as International Week — is set to get underway on Friday, September 23rd at four-time minor-league Ballpark of the Year Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, CT, home of the Colorado Rockies Double-A affiliate.

The first of three games is set to get underway at 5:35 PM, and will be broadcast exclusively on DAZN with a big league crew on the call; Mike Ferrin, Jim Duquette and Alanna Rizzo will provide on-site coverage for the Main Event. Access live stream at https://futurestarsseries.com/tv

After drawing rave reviews for his message at the recent Underclass Elite in Frisco, Texas, motivational speaker Stephen Mackey will return to address Main Event players after the game in Hartford.

The event shifts to historic Fenway Park for the final two games on Saturday, with a doubleheader set to get started at 12:15 PM, with first pitch of the second contest slated for 45 minutes after the conclusion of the first.

While there are a ton of highly regarded bats in attendance, a lot of the national focus has been on the pitching, with an extraordinary amount of elite arms set to throw in front of a larger-than-ever guest list of big league executives and scouts throughout the weekend.

Subject to change as always, but the projected pitching matchup for Game 1 in Hartford is a good one, with Ethan Sutton set to start for Navy and Hudson Hamilton taking the ball for White & Red.  Hudson Mattox and Cole Lanford, who led the Underclass Elite event with seven strikeouts, are currently set to pitch in relief of Sutton.  Javi Torres and Jackson Elizondo are slated to follow Hamilton.

Luke McNeillie returns for his second consecutive Main Event, and will have the honor of getting the start at the first game at Fenway Park for Navy, where he’ll be opposed by Zane Adams, who was one of the standouts on the mound at the National Combine in Lake Charles this summer.  Harrison Lewis and Andrew Elkhill will relieve McNeillie, while Brayden Marx and Deegan Cordova will do the same for Adams.

New Jersey’s high school player of the year Alex Kranzler, also a two-time Main Event participant, will get the nod in the finale for Navy, opposed by Jake Brown, who will get the ball for White & Red freshly removed from winning a gold medal with Team USA.  Mac Heuer and Diego Ramos will follow Kranzler, with Cody New and Mason Gerrard set to pitch after Brown.  Additionally, Jevarra Martin and Braison Crews are set to find innings where they can for the Navy squad, while Jake Melvin and Vinny Hudson will also see work on the bump for White & Red.

After going under the “International Week” moniker for the first four years of its existence, this will be the second annual “Main Event,” which makes its return to the home of the Boston Red Sox, who hosted in both 2019 and 2020 before a very successful trip to Citi Field last year.

Regardless of name or venue, the event has helped produce some of the top prospects in baseball, including Grayson Rodriguez (2017), Bo Naylor (2017), Daniel Espino (2018), Zac Veen (2019), Dylan Crews (2019), Ricky Tiedemann (2019), Markevian “Tink” Hence (2019), Mick Abel (2017, 2018, 2019), Braden Montgomery (2020), Edwin Arroyo (2020), Cam Collier (2020, 2021) and seemingly countless others.

Player photos, videos and game highlights will be posted to https://futurestarsseries.com/category/fss-main-event/2022-main-event/

To learn more about Future Stars Series visit https://FutureStarsSeries.com

The New Balance Future Stars Series Underclass Elite event lived up to its name this past weekend.

The second annual installment of the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series event went off without a hitch at Riders Field, home of the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, the Frisco RoughRiders.  Two teams comprised of some of the best sophomores and juniors in the country — as well as one freshman — squared off for three games, starting with a doubleheader on Saturday.

That doubleheader was split — the Navy team won, 6-5, in Game 1, while the White team came back to win Game 2, 5-2, setting the stage for a winner-takes-all Game 3 on Sunday, which was won by the Navy team, 8-5.

All three games were broadcast live on YouTube and will be stored on DAZN as part of the agreement with the live and on-demand streaming service that gives sports fans around the world affordable access to sports anytime, anywhere.  It was a good start to the deal — which continues with a live broadcast on DAZN for the upcoming Main Event at Fenway Park — with a ton of talent on display for 27 innings of some of the best baseball we’ve seen all summer long.

Jeremy Booth, CEO and President of the Future Stars Series, said, “Underclass Elite had some of the best deliveries, strike throwing, execution, breaking balls, and feel to hit with consistent contact I’ve seen at this age group maybe ever… It was a group with building blocks to be very good players, all of which have future roles. Roles mean value, and that value translates into winning games. These are winning players.”

A large number of the players in attendance turned in stellar showings — both on Friday night’s workout and during game action over the weekend — that will both further their prospect status and keep them in the loop with upcoming Future Stars Series events, including Vinny Hudson, Cole Lanford and David Stanley, all of whom will be in attendance at the Main Event as the only underclass players on the rosters.

Several others also made their name in Frisco, with some big moments coming from Mason Middleton, RJ Cope, Trey Markham, Ryley Leininger, Markus Kirksey, Braden Regala, Chris Melvin, Conner Barth, Jake Downing, Shea Braaten, Trip Ancheta, Josiah Romeo and Zachary Gingrich to name a few.

Player photos, videos and game highlights can be seen at https://futurestarsseries.com/category/fss-underclass-elite/2022-underclass-elite/

To learn more about Future Stars Series visit https://FutureStarsSeries.com

Starting a new business can be exciting.  While it’s easy to get hyper-focused on the vision of serving customers as soon as possible, it’s important not to let this excitement distract from planning the business properly. 

The way a business structures itself as a legal entity, handles trademarks, contracts, employment issues, and real estate transactions will have an impact on everything from day-to-day operations to paying taxes and the owner’s personal exposure to legal risks. Making these kinds of decisions can be overwhelming, confusing, and even a bit scary, but it’s a necessary part of launching any successful business.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Business Attorney and Strategic Business Growth Expert DeAnn Chase discussed some of the biggest misconceptions and mistakes around legally structuring a business for success.

DeAnn Chase is the founder of Chase Law Group, where she helps entrepreneurs and business owners to create proper legal structures that form the foundation for a successful business. She has practiced law for over 25 years and has appeared in virtually every courthouse in Southern California, defending businesses of all sizes against lawsuits.

During the interview, Chase shared why one of the most common mistakes businesses make is waiting to form a legal entity, saying, “For you to have that personal liability protection, while you’re operating your businesses, you need a business entity, such as an LLC or corporation right from the start. I’ve had entrepreneurs whose accountant will say, ‘Wait until you make X number of dollars, and then it’ll justify the amount you’re paying for a franchise fee or some of the additional costs.’ But this is a big mistake because it’s like doing business naked. Those businesses do not have anything protecting their personal assets from a claim or a lawsuit. They are also missing out on the ability to develop corporate credit right from the start under the tax identification number for the new entity. It’s a little bit like giving a college student a credit card. As soon as the entity comes to be, it doesn’t have that credit history. But a lot of the more institutional lenders, when getting a line of credit, usually those banks are looking at a minimum of three years of financials. So if you wait to form the entity until after you’ve started doing business, you are not protected, and you lose the opportunity to develop that corporate credit. Also problematic is that a lot of the long-term contracts that you sign at the beginning of your business, you’re signing a lease, you’re signing a franchise agreement, maybe some long-term client agreements, and all of those contracts are in your personal name or a DBA. But those contracts are very difficult to transfer into the entity once it’s formed… so that’s why it’s so important to have the entity in place right from the start. And it’s also important to ensure you have the right entity.”

As a renowned business attorney who has received many commendations for her professionalism and dedication to entrepreneurship, Chase has achieved the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, a prestigious honor for the highest ethical standards and professional ability awarded to only approximately 10% of attorneys, every year since 2016. She was named a “Woman to Watch” by the Los Angeles Business Journal and honored as a “Woman of Entrepreneurship” by Comerica Bank and the Los Angeles Lakers. Her firm was nominated as the “Best Law Firm for Small Business” by the Best of Small Business Awards, and she was listed in the Top 100 Small Business Visionaries.

Chase has a remarkable ability to cut through the uncertainty and confusion regarding legal issues and is passionate about sharing her wealth of legal knowledge to help entrepreneurs and business owners avoid costly mistakes and lawsuits. 

Listen to the full episode at – https://InfluencersRadio.com/deann-chase

To learn more about DeAnn Chase and Chase Law Group, visit https://chaselawmb.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, LinLi Wang discussed how she is helping others take control of their future by increasing their financial literacy.

According to Lin Li, “Money is about a mindset, about how we relate to money. And even though we’re smart in our work, we may not give money priority, we may procrastinate, or money may take a back seat to daily life…and before you know it, things happen.”

As a former IT engineer and director, LinLi understands how personal finances can take a back seat to one’s job or business. She shared that she was solely focused on her IT domain and excelling in her work, saying, “So when it came to money, I really didn’t pay too much attention to it. Like a lot of people are doing right now, I was contributing to my 401K and putting money in an IRA savings account, but I really didn’t know much about money at that time.” This is her big “Why”…why she partners with her clients to help them develop a money mindset so they can take action to unlock their worth.

During the interview, LinLi shared the four common life-changing situations that can cause anyone financial difficulties.

First is prematurely passing away or health-related challenges causing financial hardship. If someone encounters a loss of money for medical bills, cannot work temporarily, or passes away, the income stops.

The second challenge is people build too much debt and don’t know how to handle it.

The third is job change and business ups and downs. Right now, money is tight, inflation is high, and the market is uncertain. 

Lastly, those ready to retire do not have adequate savings, so they worry about whether they have enough money to live on and if they will run out of money in retirement.

LinLi is passionate about helping people who feel lost or overwhelmed develop a strong mindset around money so they can get on the right track to financial health regardless of their current situation.

LinLi provides financial education and services to individuals. She also loves to train others to become financial services professionals so that they can educate and help others unlock their worth.

To listen to the full interview and connect with LinLi Wang, visit https://influencersradio.com/linli-wang

It’s not uncommon for smart, ambitious people to become stuck in patterns of behavior that can prevent them from reaching their potential in relationships, business, and personal goals.

According to Psychotherapist turned Transformational Teacher, Healer, and Mentor Teresa Kaplan, most people have negative stories they have accrued since childhood and beyond that can impact all areas of life.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Kaplan discussed how she is helping her clients to unlock their full potential by releasing limiting beliefs.

During the interview, Kaplan explained how patterns and beliefs can significantly impact people’s lives, saying, “Most of the time, we have so much more going on than we realize, and that’s a part of why we end up getting frustrated or staying stuck. We can talk about patterns in terms of mental patterns where we ruminate on the same thoughts throughout the day without even realizing it. We have emotional patterns, which are really kind of typical triggers that each of us have that occur in our relationships and other places. And then, of course, we have behavioral and situational patterns where despite our best intentions, we may continuously find ourselves in the same situation or attracting the same kind of partner that doesn’t meet our needs. Pretty much our whole life is patterns when you think about it.”

Kaplan explained the concept of “Fear Pairs” and how subconscious anxieties can create resistance and negative patterns that lead to self-sabotage, saying,” We all have fear pairs stored in our subconscious that we’re unaware of. Most of the time, we’re only aware of what we want. Like, I really want success. But if we really want success, and it’s not happening, then almost always it means that there’s some other part of us inside that is feeling resistant to success, that has a fear of success. I’ve found that the more charge someone has around wanting something, almost always, the more resistant the other part of them is. There is a kind of confusion in our subconscious, in our psyche, around what it looks like to have a fear of success and other repercussions that we’re not even aware of at all. We just know that we just want to be successful, but subconsciously we have these beliefs and thoughts around, ‘if I’m successful, then I’m more susceptible to having people be jealous of me or being judged or criticized.’  The fear of success and failure is the most common ‘Fear Pair,’  but we have hundreds of them. So anytime you notice yourself wanting something, but it’s not coming easily, then it’s a good idea to stop and think, ‘Is there any part of me that’s uncomfortable with actually getting to attain this?’ And sometimes, it’s simply that it hasn’t been a part of our reality, so we don’t know how to receive it. We don’t know how to embody it because we don’t have the wiring for it.”

Teresa Kaplan is passionate about helping her clients create positive change from the inside out, allowing them to shift long-held patterns and issues that keep them stuck so that they can create deep change in a real way that is authentic to their calling.

As an advocate for alternative, highly effective modalities that go beyond traditional therapy, Teresa began using energy work in her private psychotherapy practice in 2008. In 2016, she shifted from traditional therapy to the cutting-edge energy healing modalities she uses today.

Working with thousands of clients has allowed Teresa to understand the hidden ways we accidentally sabotage ourselves and our lives. Her mission is to help others unlock their full potential by clearing the mental obstacles standing in the way.

Anyone feeling burned out, stuck, frustrated, insecure, or lost about their next-level life purpose or has a vision but is overwhelmed and doesn’t know how to get there can gain tremendous insight from this episode.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/teresa-kaplan.

To learn more about Teresa Kaplan, visit https://connectwithteresa.com.

Even those who have already succeeded as a leader in their field can feel completely immobilized because they know they have an even bigger vision to step into… but they just can’t tap into it.

It can be easy to get lost in too many possibilities and find themselves hovering between chaos and almost crisis.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Transformational Mentor Joy Willett discussed how she is helping high achievers and visionaries to step into their higher Purpose & Vision through the field of Mind Arts.

Willett works with successful entrepreneurs, executives, and innovators, guiding them to reconnect to their minds & heart to break through barriers, unlock their mission, and step into their next big vision.

As a board-certified Trainer of NLP, Hypnosis, & Time Line Therapy® and a highly sought-after Intuitive Guide, she brings her clients and students to greater levels of freedom in all areas of their lives.

During the interview, Willett explained the concept of Mind Arts, saying, “Mind Arts is just another way of explaining what is really going on between our minds, emotions, and thoughts. It’s all this wonderful biofeedback loop of thinking, then feeling something as a result of a thought, and then having an emotional state, and then you go out and produce a result or your behavior.

So it’s about understanding, and this is really in the forefront these days, of how we are all thinking and feeling… mental health is a big topic, of course, in our world, for good reason… and how do we become in control?

Or how do we become aware and then in control of how we’re thinking and, therefore, what we are feeling?  Because the thoughts create an emotion, don’t they?

And so when they do, even if it’s something that we don’t even know we thought of, it can be something at those deeper, subconscious levels.

So that is where we get into the neuroscience-based field of this whole… we’ll call it ‘mumbo jumbo’… with NLP, Hypnosis and Time Line Therapy®, these kinds of arts… is that we want to understand what is really going on in our system, in our neurology and what’s really running our lives and our show.

I call it what’s running under the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’. The tip of the iceberg is our conscious mind. And under that, now they find, that between 97 to 99% is our subconscious or our unconscious mind, which is pretty astounding when you think about that!

When I’m working with them or just teaching a class, I’ll ask people, ‘What percentage of our minds do you think you’re using consciously?’ Some people say 50%, and some have already heard these statistics over the years and say 10%.

Well, it keeps getting smaller and smaller as the studies go on. Even in my classes, I’ve been teaching only 3%, and now they’re saying it’s closer to 1% that we’re using consciously.

Mind Arts, mental health, emotional health, and well-being is about understanding what is really running our lives as programs and as filters for our experience here. And then we can begin to take hold, take control, be in control, in a good way, so that we can be productive, happy, and live fulfilling lives, as well as being a contributing force for good on this earth.”

Willett is also the best-selling author of “I Am Joy…And So Are You 19 Authentic Ways to Uncover and Elevate Your Natural Happiness” and shared how the book provides the tools for navigating the challenging times people are living in today.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/joy-willett

To learn more about Joy Willett and how to experience massive shifts in consciousness, mission, and heart, visit https://www.joydwillett.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Jewelry Artist and Holistic Metalsmith Ali Kauss discussed how her creation of Transformational Adornments transcends jewelry beyond being a fashion accessory.

For over 20 years, Ali has been creating pieces of jewelry with precious metals that speak to the essence of an individual’s journey.  Each piece is handcrafted using Ali’s unique creative process, one that involves traditional tools and techniques as well as her intuition.  The result is a beautiful, customized, and powerful symbol of empowerment and encouragement to express individuality and claim self-worth.

During the interview, Ali explained how her background in fine arts is infused in her creations, “I come from a place of arts, and wearable art is definitely what I consider what I do. Humans have been wearing jewelry since the beginning of team as a vehicle of communication, but also to connect with the divine. And that’s whatever word you want to put in there—God, Source, Spirit. Jewelry has been used to connect an individual to that higher power. My custom Transformational Adornments really help individuals feel that essence within themselves, which is my intention behind the process of what I do. This allows them to feel connected to that higher power, that place in their community, from the inside out.”

On what fuels her passion for sharing her gift with others, Ali said,” That one-on-one connection is definitely a motivating factor. I really love to honor the individual and help them feel empowered to live their lives and shine their light; it even makes me teary-eyed to think about it. I have a Fine Arts degree in metal smithing with an emphasis on jewelry. So 20 years ago, when I found the metal smithing studio, I didn’t know I would end up empowering people or making pieces that helped empower people. At that time, I was pretty much a hot mess, going through the process of elimination to figure out what I would be for the rest of my life. But when I found the metal smithing studio, I really felt like I was coming home.  Creative expression has always been very important to me, and that was really a way for me to communicate.

So creating jewelry just felt so perfect for me as a way to communicate what was happening in my own internal landscape. Because at the time, it was really hard for me to do that. So it’s this process that was evolving over many years from that point where I was understanding who I was through the pieces I was making. Back then, I was not making Transformational Adornments; I was making pieces that went to galleries or doing shows. In the art world, I always felt like I was a little out of place because I loved the language of personal growth and transformation.  But I didn’t want to be a coach, healer, or therapist, but I was drawn to that language. So about five years ago, I understood that I could create pieces for others, to help them on their path of personal growth and transformation. And that could be celebrating any of those things we’ve talked about. But it was really shifting perspective and realizing that I could do that for others like I’d been doing for myself all those years.”

Transformational Adornments begin with Ali listening to her client’s intention, whether that client is going through a challenging time and needs a token of her inner strength, celebrating a life event and wants to create a Modern Heirloom, or simply looking for a one of a kind statement of who she truly is.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand the deeper meaning behind Ali’s Transformational Adornments and the profound impact the design and creation process can have on her clients.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/ali-kauss

To learn more about Ali Kauss and Transformational Adornments, visit https://alikaussadornment.com

Confidence can be one of the most important characteristics a person can have for advancing in careers, personal relationships, or just about anything you want to excel at in life. But for a lot of people, it’s also one of the most difficult things to develop.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Agency Represented Lifestyle Model Khalia Monique discussed how she is helping women learn how to show up beautifully and confidently in the world.

Khalia understands how vital confidence is in how one is perceived by others. As the former owner of a modeling and talent agency who has been in the fashion industry for over 20 years, she has trained models in the art of being poised and confident.

Khalia studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, receiving a degree in Fashion and Retail Management, and later received certifications in Image, Presentation, and Etiquette Coaching.

While training models in the industry, Khalia saw a lot of circumstances where models needed greater support and care. With a heart for a person’s whole wellness—not just their career success—but a person’s whole spirit and how they show up in life, she furthered her education, earning a Master’s degree in Counseling at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

During the interview, Khalia shared what fuels her passion for helping others, saying, “Understanding the importance of a person’s whole wellness, not just their career success, not just a fly by night, make a million bucks, and now I can travel the world type of mindset.  I say this often, ‘How are you REALLY?’ Not just ‘How are you?’ But ‘How are you REALLY?’ In my 20s, I could recall being backstage at runway shows and just seeing models fall apart, having anxiety attacks, and just complete nervousness before they hit the runway. I would often coach them, without a degree, on breathing techniques and recentering themselves before we even went to the stage to walk the runway or do the photoshoot. So, I learned really quickly that my passion was not only just someone’s self-image and how they showed up, but how they handled their overall health and their mindset. And it led me to getting my Master’s in Counseling because I just saw it time and time again, in the fashion industry, where the perception of perfect, really wasn’t the case. I wanted to help do something about that specifically with the models, the talent, and those in entertainment, who needed someone to talk to and could understand what they were going through.”

After taking some time away to marry and start her family, Khalia re-entered the fashion world as a professional model who now has three agency-represented children of her own.

Khalia’s combination of modeling, counseling education, and experience provides a unique perspective that allows her to help women look beautiful and confident and be beautiful and confident for themselves.

Today, as a wife, mom of three, and professional model with over 20 years of fashion industry experience, she brings her journey of self-love, inner-confidence, and passion for fashion to her coaching programs. She helps everyday people, from adolescence to women entering that next stage of life, to be poised and confident in any situation.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/khalia-monique

To learn more about Khalia connect with her on social media at:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/iamkhaliamonique
Facebook: https://facebook.com/iamkhaliamonique

Charles Hamm’s recent release, Ponder on It, Pilgrims: The Bucolic Mark Twain on Critter Councils, Cookie Bandits, and Texas Grit hit Amazon.com’s Best Sellers list on April 20, 2022, climbing all the way to Number One in the Grandparenting and Men’s Christian Living, and Number Two in Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Humor and Biographies & Memoirs of Authors categories. The book was also a Hot New Release in several categories on Amazon.com.

Ponder On It, Pilgrims includes Texas grit, critter councils, and cookie bandits from a real-life cowboy who lives on top of Round Mountain. Charles Hamm is the common sense missing in this upside-down world. This World-class storyteller extraordinaire invites readers to sit down for a spell and helps them ponder on their own life and see the world with new eyes.

The way he spins his yarns is a testament to turning the world into what it should be—one of wonder, imagination, and delight. Charles exercises the power many have but forget about—the ability to change how the world is perceived. He is the soothing voice to hear when a more experienced adult takes charge. He is the sigh of relief felt by those who slow down and pay attention.

When many are striving for “wisdom, right now, please,” he brings it. Readers can borrow the knowledge he has gathered from his years on Earth to make life a little more comfortable and less worrisome.

Charles Hamm has over 20,000 followers on LinkedIn who begged him to share his wisdom and stories in a book that makes the reader feel as if they were huddled around him at the campfire. This book is full of salt-of-the-earth stories explaining fundamental truths and irrevocable events in one’s life.

In response to the book hitting Number One, Hamm stated, “This is the most humbling experience of my life.”

Ponder on It, Pilgrims is filled with salt-of-the-earth tales, expounding on fundamental truths on the bedrock of the mountain where the stories grow. This is a must-read for anyone interested in hanging on to a master storyteller constructing the new reality currently rising.

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“Texan to the bone” Charles Hamm is a veteran Marine sergeant and retired successful businessman and entrepreneur. He holds a BA degree from David Lipscomb University in Classical Greek and Hebrew and is a passionate student of ancient history. Charles is well-known on LinkedIn for sharing his thoughts about life and lessons learned from seventy-five years of navigating the twists, turns, and ups and downs of life’s often perilous roads we all travel. The release of Charles’ book, Ponder on It, Pilgrims: The Bucolic Mark Twain on Critter Councils, Cookie Bandits, and Texas Grit brought him the acclaim of becoming a 3x International Bestselling Author. He and his wife Kathy have been married 54 years and have three children and seven grandchildren. They reside in Magnolia, Texas, where they are enjoying their golden years.

To learn more about Charles Hamm, visit https://charleshamm.com/

Ponder on It, Pilgrims The Bucolic Mark Twain on Critter Councils, Cookie Bandits, and Texas Grit is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R66159T/

Since the invention of baseball, the appetite for player memorabilia has grown from a hobby of the die-hard fan to a bonafide investment asset class for serious collectors. Over the last couple of years, the memorabilia business has been rapidly expanding into the metaverse with digital collectibles in the form of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Since 2019, the meteoric growth of the overall NFT market, which is a subset of the crypto ecosystem, soared from almost nothing to more than $44 billion in 2021.

Deloitte Global predicts that NFTs for sports media will generate more than $2 billion in transactions in 2022, about double the figure for 2021 and by the end of 2022 that 4–5 million sports fans globally will have purchased or been gifted an NFT sports collectible.

With that kind of momentum, it’s no wonder that professional sports organizations like the MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL are enthusiastically embracing NFTs as the next generation of collectibles.

Future Stars Series president and CEO Jeremy Booth is known for pushing the game of baseball and its amateur athletes into new territories through innovation. Recognizing the serendipitous timing of the NFT explosion coinciding with the NCAA rule change allowing college athletes and recruits to benefit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), his team wasted no time creating a groundbreaking platform to provide an entry point for amateur players to build their brands and connect with fans through the creation of digital assets.

Future Stars Series Digital is committed to helping players raise funds to assist with their tuition in the form of college scholarships through the Future Stars Series Foundation by creating value with the digital branding of their likeness in several ways.

In collaboration with Unitos International USA that launched MANAGERNFT fantasy sport play to earn games in blockchain, Future Stars Series Digital has combined the most profitable NFT sectors of Art and Gaming to create a Fantasy League comprised of Future Stars Series players. Players will earn money when fans buy their NFT as collector’s memorabilia.

In addition to NFTs in the fantasy baseball space and premium collectible artwork, players can grow their popularity through Future Stars Series Digital daily podcasts, print media, and soft rankings, which will collectively identify the best players in each grad class or before the draft without a number assigned to them. Players will be selected with an eye on future impact rather than only present numbers.

Commenting on the launch, Booth, who is also the president and CEO of the new Digital platform, said, “The formation of Future Stars Series Digital has been been in the works for quite a while. The how, the why, the when, and the what have all been questions that needed to be answered over the last five years. We’re beyond excited for the value this can bring to the partner organizations, the foundation and its scholarship programs for post-high school students, and the players themselves.”

The reputation the Future Stars Series has built for providing the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available will no doubt follow the organization into the digital realm.

According to insiders, at least 30 past and present Future Stars Series players have already signed on during the digital platform’s pre-launch, with former MLB execs and broadcast personnel, along with veteran sportswriters, slated to join the Future Stars Series Digital team for the podcasts, rankings, and print media as well as player brand growth and identification.

ABOUT FUTURE STARS SERIES:
FUTURE STARS SERIES boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.
For more information on the Future Stars Series, visit FutureStarsSeries.com.
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Midlife, for many people, is when the battle with the body kicks into full gear.  It’s when losing weight and keeping off gets harder and harder. It’s also when getting rid of that belly fat becomes less about vanity and how one looks and more and more about how one feels—especially for women facing menopause. Energy levels and self-confidence can begin to drop noticeably, and the impact can take a toll, physically and emotionally.

Unfortunately, it’s a struggle that a lot of women deal with privately. 

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Certified Women’s Wellness Coach and founder of Happy Vibes Health Shari Johnson discussed how she is helping women to naturally balance hormones and release stubborn midlife belly fat. 

During the interview, Shari explained why it can be harder for people to lose and keep weight off as they approach midlife, saying, “One of the things that happen as we age is that our metabolism starts to slow down. Now, estrogen, which is actually a sex hormone that is present in both men and women, will help regulate your metabolism. So as a woman is going through perimenopause, estrogen is starting to fluctuate, kind of going up and down that roller coaster, her metabolism gets a little bit messed up and it’s much easier to start gaining weight when you weren’t really gaining that weight before. Another thing that starts to happen is an event called estrogen dominance. Instead of estrogen being in balance with progesterone and testosterone, it’s really becoming the dominant hormone and that is going to promote insulin resistance. Insulin is another one of those hormones that kind of gets involved in this whole belly fat issue. Insulin, which is a hormone produced by the pancreas, is released in response to dealing with the blood sugar that we have going on and getting it into ourselves for fuel. Anything that’s extra, as far as blood sugar, the insulin, which is also known as a fat-storing hormone, is going to go ahead and pack that away in fat, and one of its favorite places to pack it is in the belly… Additionally, for both men and women, as we age, just as a species, our testosterone continues to decline. As that starts to happen, our lean muscle mass starts to also decrease and that will also have an effect on how well we are actually burning our fat.”

Shari also revealed that when it comes to winning the battle over midlife weight gain and hormonal fluctuations for women, what they eat and when they eat can have just as much, if not more, impact than how much they eat.

Shari follows a holistic three-pronged approach to combat the dangers of midlife belly fat by focusing on the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. She guides her clients through positive lifestyle changes that help them lose weight, gain energy, regain confidence, and become comfortable in their own skin again.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to hear Shari’s passion for helping women reclaim their body’s natural wisdom so they can age gracefully and powerfully. 

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/shari-johnson
To learn more about Shari Johnson, visit https://HappyVibesHealth.com
To join Shari’s Facebook group, visit  https://Facebook.com/groups/happyvibeshealth

Marriage or any committed intimate relationship can be a source of tremendous joy. But one of the cruel ironies of life is that it can also be the source of pain.  The breakdown of the connection with a partner can happen slowly over the course of years or suddenly in the wake of significant events such as life transitions, grief, or personality differences.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, licensed professional clinical counselor and Relationship Coach Sharon Hicks discussed how committed couples who are experiencing significant distress in their relationship can heal that connection and open a new chapter of their lives together.

During the interview, Sharon revealed some of the misconceptions many people have about couples counseling, one being that the goal is to ‘fix’ the relationship or go back to the way things used to be, saying, “There is that sense of dread and doom that often people bring into the room when they seek help.  That sense that something must be wrong with us, that we need to ask for help, maybe that we should be able to figure this out on our own. They can almost start to imagine life in a different way with a different partner. When, really, there’s this underlying longing for connection that is missing. I think one of the misconceptions is that somehow, we need to get this fixed. And the reality is that we take ourselves with us into every relationship, and it’s less about fixing things and more about gaining an understanding of what’s really going on between two people, making some sense of it, to help really move on to something new, that actually is more healing and connecting.”

As the owner and founder of Kintsukuroi Counseling, Sharon specializes in working with couples who have tried everything yet still struggle to find connection. She provides a sense of hope and healing, helping them to make sense of the chaos and find a path towards lasting connection while creating space for each individual to find emotional and relational healing as they integrate wholeness and authenticity into one radiantly beautiful story.

Through Sharon’s workshops, retreats, groups, and private coaching, couples learn how to not just treat the symptoms of what may be going on relationally, but to identify a roadmap to engage in their relationship with a new understanding of what is blocking their emotional and physical connection and to find their way back to a safe connection that they long to experience.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/sharon-hicks

To learn more about Sharon Hicks and Kintsukroi Counseling, visit https://KintsukuroiCounseling.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Life Purpose Coach Arris Charles discussed how she is helping Christian women in midlife to pursue their God-given purpose in their daily life and as their unique calling so they can live with more passion, confidence, and impact.

Arris Charles is the founder of Live Inspired by Purpose, and she is devoted to equipping
women to step into a new extraordinary vision for their lives. This Life Purpose Coach, natural encourager, and writer has “walked the talk” of pursuing purpose as she walked away from a multifaceted corporate career as a successful engineer, project manager, and corporate trainer to explore her true passions.

During the interview, Arris shared some of the triggers that cause many women to pursue their true passions and purpose, saying, “Quite often, it can be just an overall feeling of unfulfillment. Maybe you’re uninspired, you’re unfulfilled, you’re uncertain about the direction you really should go. Many times, you’re really checking off all the boxes. For instance, as a woman, you might be thinking ‘I have a career,’ ‘I’m taking care of my family very well as a homemaker,’ ‘I’m raising my children while taking care of my husband,’ ‘I’m working on my physical health,’ All these different things that, quote ‘they said you should do to be happy.’ And then something’s still missing. And sometimes that’s because we’re so busy taking care of everything that we don’t slow down enough to really give the longings in our heart space to really come out and have a part in our lives. So we wake up every day to the same routine and it’s just not inspiring. Sometimes it could be a life transition. For instance, if you’re an empty nester, and your children are grown up, and they don’t need you the same way anymore, a lot of women will feel a loss of value. I’ve literally seen it said, ‘I don’t know what my purpose is anymore,’ because all their identity was wrapped up in caring for their children and that’s not a big part of their life anymore. So they might need new purpose, new meanings. If you’re working in a job, which is also part of my story, a job that you might be really good at, really successful, that may pay you well; however, you may find that it’s just not a fit for you anymore and that passion isn’t there. Maybe your mind is wandering to other things. And so you might say, ‘What’s something that’s really meaningful to me where I can feel passionate about it?’ Even if you don’t work at a job, you might be at home taking care of your family and your household. For some women, just the sole role of doing that is not quite a contentment area for them and they really always feel like there’s a tension between what they’re doing and maybe some other things they’d like to tap into in their life to engage in different passions. Sometimes, they have to give permission to themselves to say, ‘You know, I am taking care of my family and my home, but it’s okay to take some time for myself and find what brings me passion or to contribute not only to my family but also to other parts of the world at the same time.”

Even as a stay-at-home mom, she followed the dreams in her heart to serve in a non-profit ministry while also building her business as an entrepreneur. Coaching for over 16 years, and knowing what it’s like to lose yourself in a job that doesn’t fit who you are and what it’s like to have your kids and family be the focus of your whole world, Arris brings both experience and empathy to her life’s work.

Both detailed and creative, with a combination of left-brain and right-brain abilities, she blends detailed analysis and inspired vision to help her clients dive deep, dream big, and take bold action toward a new vision for their life.

People who know her say their lives have been impacted by her genuine listening, spiritual insights, drawing out what’s in their heart, and being real in sharing her story.

Arris walks alongside her clients with unwavering belief and constant support to help them stop settling for just going through the motions of life and live true to who they are and make the difference in the world they were born to make.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/arris-charles

To learn more about Arris Charles, visit https://liveinspiredbypurpose.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Pediatrician Dr. Maria Sylma Tweed discussed how she is helping families of children living with eczema through education, support, and her award-winning skincare products.

At least one in ten children has eczema, a skin condition that can cause dry, red, itchy skin. Eczema is a chronic condition with no cure; some kids outgrow it, but others have it into adulthood.

During the interview, Dr. Sylma shared how an eczema diagnosis can be incredibly overwhelming and frustrating for parents, especially when they don’t know why their child suffers from the condition or what they can do to help them heal, saying, “To see that your child is uncomfortable, having painful, itchy skin, as a parent, it just breaks your heart. Interestingly, 60% of all eczema cases appear during the first year of life. And out of that 60% in almost half of those cases, eczema develops between two to six months of age, little babies… when parents, especially new parents, see that their child starts having some rashes, they feel like maybe they’re doing something wrong… The number one question, across the board, that parents ask is ‘why does my child have eczema?’ And the second one is, ‘Did I do something wrong?’…That’s when we tell the parents, ‘No, it’s not your fault.’ There is no reason for them to feel guilty.”

Unfortunately, there is no way to pinpoint the exact cause of a child’s eczema. It’s generally a combination of factors that may include genetics and environment.

Besides the physical discomfort, eczema flare-ups that occur when the condition is most visibly noticeable and painful can create incredible mental stress for children. It often prevents them from playing, swimming, and enjoying everyday childhood activities because they feel nervous and maybe even anxious about what others will think about their eczema skin.

Dr. Sylma explained the impact eczema could have on families beyond the physical skin condition, “Not only does it affect the child, but also the parents. Because, as a mom, when you see your child suffering, then, of course, you’re going to suffer. Sleep is a major thing. About 30% of children with eczema, experience disrupted sleep five or more nights a week. That definitely leads to daytime sleepiness, irritability, inattention, and moodiness. And you can see how that can affect the school experience. If the night before the child can sleep, the next day at school isn’t going to be the best. When your child doesn’t sleep, then as a parent, you don’t sleep either. Because it is a chronic condition, the child can be sleep-deprived and the same with the parents. It’s something that a lot of people really don’t think about unless you are the one that’s living it. Unfortunately, when parents are sleep-deprived, and this can occur for years, they can experience depression, anxiety, and guilt. So this chronic condition not only can affect the physical skin but the mental well-being of the child and the parents.”

Dr. Maria Sylma Tweed is a Board Certified pediatrician and the founder of Dr. Sylma, an organic skincare line for babies and children with eczema and sensitive skin. With over 20 years of pediatric experience and a mother of three, she truly understands the concerns parents have about the safety and efficacy of the personal care products they use on their children.

Today, Dr. Sylma is on a mission to educate, guide, and give support to as many families as possible during this difficult journey. Through her online platforms, she is able to reach beyond the walls of a clinic and help others understand the root causes of their child’s eczema and provide them with the right solution so they can do their very best to help their children have happy + healthy skin.

Dr. Sylma concluded the interview with an invitation for moms with children that suffer from eczema to join her Dr. Sylma Eczema Mamas Facebook Group where she empowers, supports, and helps mamas to mightily crush eczema.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/dr-maria-sylma-tweed

To learn more about Dr. Maria Sylma Tweed and her award-winning skincare products, visit https://DrSylma.com

PROGRAM 15, the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball convened for their Future Stars Series organizational meetings in Houston last week to discuss their 2022 events calendar and program expansion details.

What began in the fall of 2016 as a grassroots initiative between New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15, the Future Stars Series has emerged as the gold standard for player identification and development events in the amateur baseball world. The organization has put a spotlight on over 70 MLB Draft Picks and International Signings along with hundreds of college-committed players who have participated in Future Stars Series events.

Jeremy Booth, CEO and President of the Future Stars Series, disclosed a preview to sports journalist and the organization’s lead writer Mike Ashmore that promises to make 2022 even bigger and better with the rollout of a new streamlined roadmap for player selections to the organization’s U.S. based signature events.

2022 Future Stars Series National Championships
Returning to Lake Charles, Louisiana this summer, the National Championship Tournaments are set for June 28th through July 24th. The highly anticipated annual event puts the spotlight on P15 Partner Program teams from across North America, crowning a true national champion from each high school age group. Players will be seen by major league scouts and college recruiters, and be evaluated by PROGRAM 15 Scouting staff for potential selection to Future Stars Series invitation-only Scouting and Development events.

2022 Future Stars Series National and Underclass Combines
This year’s National and Underclass Combines will also be held in Lake Charles during the National Championship Tournaments to provide maximum exposure for participating players. These combines serve as the selection round for this year’s U.S.-based Future Stars Series signature events. Participation is by invitation only and will be held the day prior to the National Championship Opening Ceremonies for each age group’s tournament series.

Player selection for this year’s Main Event and Underclass Elite signature events will immediately follow the crowning of the 2023 and 2024 classes National Tournament Champions. New Balance and Marucci are expected to be on-site for custom uniform, bat, and glove fitting for advancing players.

The National Championship Tournaments, as well as the National and Underclass Combines, will be covered by a full broadcast and social media team. Online streaming for the events will be available via GameKast Live.

2022 Future Stars Series Signature 3-Day Events (U.S.)

Main Event – The annual signature event is scheduled to return to Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. Currently set for July 29-31 but subject to change given the fluid nature of the MLB lockout, this invitation-only series features the best and brightest high school players from around the country who have been identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Scouting Staff through the National Combines.

Underclass Elite – The second annual edition of this signature event will feature the top 50 rising juniors and possibly sophomores selected from the Underclass Combines.

Fresh 50 – In its inaugural year, this signature event will showcase 50 rising sophomores and possibly freshmen selected from the Underclass Combines.

Dates and locations for the Underclass Elite and Fresh 50 will be confirmed as COVID restrictions and other factors are being determined. However, insiders are very optimistic for the return of select events to Fenway Park in Boston and a Future Stars Series debut at the famous Jackie Robinson MLB Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida.

Players invited to compete in Future Stars Series Signature 3-day events will receive custom New Balance uniforms, apparel and limited edition, specially designed footwear. Marucci will be providing bats and gloves. Players will also receive G-Form protective gear of their choice, along with Franklin Batting Gloves.

Future Stars Series Foundation
The New Balance Future Stars Series is not just about discovering and developing the MLB Heroes of tomorrow. It’s about finding and developing the leaders of tomorrow by creating real opportunities where they don’t exist today: opportunities for education, opportunities to give back to their community …opportunities for a future.

Made possible through a partnership with the Future Stars Series Foundation, there is no cost to players selected to attend the signature events. Rather than paying a fee for a priceless experience, each player will have the opportunity to ‘give back’ by working with the foundation to raise money and awareness for various causes that directly impact communities.

The Future Stars Series Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable and philanthropic arm of the Future Stars Series. It was created to strengthen the organization’s ongoing commitment to provide all players regardless of background, financial situation, or location an opportunity of a lifetime they may not otherwise be able to afford.

Partner Program Update
A revised all-inclusive partner program is expected to be rolled out beginning the second half of 2022. Although full details have yet to be revealed, one feature has caught the attention of several organizations. While Regional Combines, which are open to players outside of partner programs, will still serve to identify players for potential invitations to National and Underclass Combines, players from partner programs will now be able to bypass the Regional Combine requirement provided they attended their organization’s Future Stars Series Scout Day.

“We’re extremely excited to utilize a model that we believe enhances already strong relationships and helps promote players from partner programs to colleges and all 30 big-league clubs,” said Jeremy Booth, CEO and President of the Future Stars Series.

“We’re grateful for the relationships that allow this to happen as the Future Stars Series initiatives continue to move forward in a big way. We’re doubly excited for our players who have not yet seen the national environment to participate whether with a partner program or not, and to be able to provide events where we can put them in competitive situations and further their development. We’re looking forward to the participation of those particular players before they ultimately return to their respective travel programs.”

To learn more about Future Stars Series visit https://FutureStarsSeries.com

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance Athletics, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for more than 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance MADE U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns and operates four factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 7,000 associates around the globe and in 2020 reported worldwide sales of $3.3 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit https://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Workplaces today are becoming increasingly more diverse, and globalization is creating business opportunities all over the world. To ensure the greatest chance for success, it’s important that leadership understands and embraces social and cultural differences so they can avoid misunderstandings and create productive and profitable workplaces.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Luiza Dreasher, Ph.D. author of “Mastering Cultural Differences: Strategies for Leading a Global Workforce,” discussed how organizations can create environments where individuals from diverse cultures feel included and can thrive.

According to Dr. Dreasher, diversity is now a fact of business, and the same strategies that worked in a monocultural environment no longer apply to today’s multicultural organizations. She warns that ignoring the many social and cultural differences in the workplace can lead to misunderstandings, miscommunication, biased thinking, attrition, missed business opportunities, and even lawsuits. Without even knowing it, a handshake, a little joke, or a tone of voice can offend a client or send the wrong message to an employee.

During the interview, Dr. Dreasher explained why it’s so important for leaders today to develop their cultural competence skills. “I define cultural competence as a set of abilities that allows you to manage your interactions with culturally diverse employees or clients much more efficiently. cultural competence has three dimensions, so to speak. The first one is self-awareness. The journey towards cultural competence starts within. In other words, you have to identify what are your biases, stereotypes, and privileges, and how these elements impact your interactions with others. The second dimension is other awareness. That is, you need knowledge and information about different groups. You need to learn about their values, their cultural orientation, and the issues and barriers they are facing within an organization.  Other awareness, as I call it, prevents you from offending someone inadvertently, or misunderstanding someone’s behavior. The last aspect of cultural competence is that you need to develop your ability to adjust your behavior to the cultural orientation of others. In other words, you need to be able to become very good at code-switching. When you are able to do that, you show your employees, clients, and colleagues they matter in a way that shows respect. When I talk about cultural competence, I always think of a couple of pictures I saw that really stick with me. One of them is when President Obama visited with Emperor Akihito, and he did the 90-degree bow. He was criticized for it, but the reality is he adjusted his behavior accordingly. It was the right thing to do because he was meeting the Emperor. Another example that I always use in my cultural competence workshops is the one when President Bush was holding hands with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. It was the right thing to do. Saudi Arabia is a high-contact culture. It is appropriate in that context for them to hold hands. Those are just examples of skilled ways to adjust your behavior. So lastly, ‘How do you develop cultural competence?’ You need to increase your comfort level in working with differences. But this is something that takes time, and it takes daily, persistent effort on your part. So I always tell my audiences to think of cultural competence as a developmental journey.”

As the President and CEO of Mastering Cultural Differences, Luiza designs and implements customized programs for organizations to help them address the incredible challenges of increasingly diverse workplaces and to create a company culture where all individuals feel valued, respected, included, and that they belong.

When an organization builds a team that can understand social and cultural differences and has the skills to work effectively across those differences, chances are the business will be able to form more productive relationships with diverse clients and colleagues and even help the company expand into diverse markets.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/luiza-dreasher

To learn more about Dr. Luiza Dreasher and her training solutions for culturally diverse organizations, visit: https://www.masteringculturaldifferences.com

“Mastering Cultural Differences: Strategies for Leading a Global Workforce” is available in Kindle and Paperback editions on Amazon at https://amazon.com/dp/B0921Z29C9

When it comes to interior design, many homeowners often focus on the material things and how their house looks to others. They don’t consider what really makes them feel connected to their home, what makes them comfortable, and what makes a house feel like a home.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, interior designer and founder of Simply Beautiful Living Ashley Schock discussed her holistic approach to interior design.

Ashley’s philosophy is that design comes from the inside out and should bring happiness, harmony, and joy.  She believes everyone deserves a home that reflects their true essence and personality—one that evolves with a person as they move through the chapters of their life.

During the interview, Ashley explained her methodology for creating a space that connects with the people living there rather than based on trends or her own personal tastes, saying, “I walk into a home really as a clean slate with no perception of what I think they should do… But, I take a step back and I listen, and I ask them questions… waiting for kind of an emotional response, or an emotional conversation to start about what their intentions are. Why we’re here? What are we trying to achieve? And really listening, because I think the listening part helps me to understand the true essence of what my job is to do, whether it’s to help them shift into a new direction, if there’s been a loss, if there’s been a new baby, if they’re just in a different phase of life.  Usually, our emotional chapters dictate how we live and our home serves as that basic backdrop, catching everything. Before you know it, we’ve been so busy, we forget that here we are living in a house that has been capturing all these chapters, and all of a sudden, it’s too much. So it’s really taking a step back, and letting the clients steer the course. I’m there to assist and offer my perspective of helping them to take that next step into what feels good for them when I leave.”

Ashley’s company, Simply Beautiful Living, helps clients design a space that reflects their personal style and needs, effortlessly blending beauty, comfort, and practicality. Her holistic approach offers an intuitive blend of design and functionality that turns each room in a home into a nourishing sanctuary in which to live, work, connect, and recharge.

This episode is for anyone who has been feeling like their house has just become a collection of stuff rather than the place they love to call home.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/ashley-schock

To learn more about Ashley Schock and Simply Beautiful Living, visit https://simplybeautifuliving.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Founder and Creative Director of Poppy Row Crystal Cave discussed her entrepreneurial journey to creating a transformational clothing and apparel brand.

Crystal Cave is the innovative mind behind Poppy Row, the ethical and eco-conscious clothing brand of size-inclusive modular wardrobe staples for the jet-setting Changemaker woman. She has worked with women around the globe to use style as a vehicle for loving the body they are living in today so they can go out to be the change, no matter their size.

During the interview, Crystal shared one of Poppy Row’s new innovative concepts that is changing the way women think about their size, saying, “We have now introduced Affirmation Sizing… when you get your Poppy row product, instead of a size number, it’s actually an affirmation. So if you’re a size 16, and you order our size F, your tag says ‘I am size Fabulous.’ My aunt had messaged me after we launched this and was like, ‘This is so amazing that you don’t have sizes. Because the only number I should worry about everyday, maybe, is the one in my bank account, if at all.’  And I thought that was such an astute observation because what I’ve tried to create for this brand from day one is a place where women of all sizes can truly feel comfortable, and literally comfortable in our clothing too… I wanted to create a brand that was so much more than just a physical product. It had meaning and it could bring pleasure and joy to a person’s life as well. So, if every day you’re putting on a pair of our Hangover Pants or our Sage Shorts, and you can look in your waistband and see that you are not defined by your size, I think it’s such a powerful thing.”

Credited by her loyal fans for being the inspiration behind some incredible transformations, Crystal believes women shouldn’t wait until they achieve what they feel is their perfect weight to feel beautiful and have fun with what they wear.  She knows that creating a style for the body they have now can make all the difference in the world. And not just in how they look but how they feel about themselves.

As a former celebrity stylist turned fashion designer and style educator for women, Crystal’s style advice has been seen by over a billion people worldwide in publications like InStyle, CBS, NBC, ABC, The NY Times, The Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen, Elle, The CW and many more. Poppy Row was recently named one of SELF magazine’s “18 Best Leggings and Shorts in 2022.”

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/crystal-cave
To learn more about Crystal Cave and Poppy Row, visit https://www.poppyrow.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, cosmetic and general dentist, Dr. Mansi Oza discussed how she is helping people who are self-conscious about their smiles.

When it comes to first impressions, a person’s smile is one of the first things people notice. It can have a significant impact on many aspects of life, both personally and professionally.  Not just the way someone looks, but the way they feel.

Many people are self-conscious about their smiles. Because of missing, worn, chipped, crooked or gapped teeth, they can feel judged by others and might not smile or laugh as much as they should. It can play a big role in self-confidence as well as physical and mental well-being.

Dr. Oza specializes in helping people who are self-conscious about their smiles and not only want to look their best but also want to live a long healthy life by understanding the importance of their oral health.

During the interview, Dr. Oza explained her philosophy of taking a holistic approach to her smile transformations, saying,  “A holistic approach would mean that I look at the patient’s general health first. To give an example of a patient who recently found me; he had a complete makeover done at another practice in a nearby city… He was frustrated because he spent thousands of dollars, and within six months, he had gotten cavities underneath those beautiful restorations. I just glanced at his teeth, I hadn’t even looked at his medical history yet, and I immediately asked him, ‘Do you have gastric reflux?’, and he said, ‘Yes, how do you know that?’  I said, ‘Just by looking at your teeth, there has to be acidic pH in your mouth and that’s what is destroying all this beautiful work.’ So that is a simple example of the holistic approach, meaning that I look at the whole person before we develop a treatment plan. For example, if someone is missing a tooth, and they want dental implants, but their vitamin D level is really low, the implant is not going to heal. So, we look at all these aspects to the person as a whole.”

By looking into the root cause of the problem and taking the time to listen to her patient’s goals, Dr. Oza creates a customized treatment plan and designs a smile that can last a lifetime.

With her passion and commitment, it’s no surprise why patients travel from other cities to Dr. Oza’s practice in Thurmont, Maryland.  She is on a mission to make a positive difference in her patients’ lives by creating smile transformations that give them the confidence to smile and laugh again with all their hearts.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/dr-mansi-oza

To learn more about Dr. Mansi Oza BDS, DMD, FICOI and her practice, visit https://thurmontsmiles.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, board-certified Wellness Coach Berniece Hunt discussed her strategies for increasing brain strength that helps clients to stay sharp and live their best lives.

Cognitive health issues are something most people are likely to face at some point in life. It could be mild cognitive decline such as brain fog, inability to focus, memory loss, or more severe forms like Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

According to ​​Bernice Hunt, staying sharp is merely a matter of practice. Just like a personal trainer helps to maintain a fit body, Bernice is a “Brain Trainer,” providing the practical tips, tricks, and tools needed to maintain cognitive health throughout every stage of life.

During the interview, Bernice shared the ‘Five Keys of Brain Health’ that can improve focus, clear the mental fog, and even delay and possibly prevent the cognitive decline and long-term memory loss associated with aging, saying, “I have developed a program based on the five keys of brain health and I call it the things that your brain needs. I took the word NEEDS, and I turned it into an acronym for the five keys that you need to work on. And that is your Nutrition, Exercise, Enhancement, and by that I mean all of the stimulating things that you do for your brain, enrichment you give your brain through your lifestyle activities. De-Stressing, which includes detox, and Sleep.  So nutrition, exercise, enhancement, de-stressing, and sleep are the keys to brain health. Those are the things that we work on. It’s not a magic bullet. It is a combination of things that you weave into your lifestyle. And really, it’s about tweaking your lifestyle, because what I find is that some people are better at some things than others. Some people say their exercise is fine, but their sleep may not be good, or their nutrition comes and goes, or they don’t know how to de-stress. So we just tweak your lifestyle. Unless you’re a person that regularly eats Twinkies and hot dogs, and the baby is up to four o’clock in the morning, you’re not gonna have to make any really drastic changes, but you are going to have to tweak some things.”

As a board-certified Wellness Coach specializing in brain health, Bernice provides the care and support needed by individuals who are facing cognitive decline and long-term memory loss – or those who’d just like a little boost.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/bernice-hunt

To learn more about Bernice Hunt, visit https://keepyourbrainsharp.com/

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Loie Watkins, owner of Optimal CFO, discussed how she is helping private schools to balance the books and stay on top of their unique financial concerns.

There are so many private schools that are GREAT at what they do when it comes to serving their students and community. However, the special financial concerns for many of these organizations such as financial aid, tuition costs, and preparing and managing school budgets often get neglected with the traditional basic bookkeeping model.  Without having an in-depth analysis of the school’s unique finances, quality institutions can face some devastating financial surprises.

That’s why the heads of many private schools are turning to Loie Watkins to set up and manage their accounting systems, allowing them to focus on all the other areas of responsibility in their leadership roles.

As a virtual CFO and accountant, Loie works with private schools to initially set up their online accounting platform or customize the system they may already have in place for their specific financial needs.  Through remote access into the accounting records, Loie is able to manage the books as well as analyze and produce financial reports. She reviews the reports at least monthly with school leadership, allowing her to share strategies and provide guidance and recommendations based on the unique goals and mission of the private school.

During the interview, Loie shares what fueled her passion to specialize and work with private schools, saying, “I discovered along my journey that I am most passionate about working with nonprofits. I really feel like I can contribute to and support a cause. And in this case, the cause being education. And education means so much in so many capacities. When you think about a child’s future being developed and formed, it’s just so inspiring how they are given the capability to be whatever they want to be or aspire to be in regards to a career path. Education is the foundation for that. And so, along my journey, with working with nonprofits, and then specifically, as a former finance director in a private school, that really helped me to connect with my passion in serving private schools.”

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to hear how passionate Loie is about applying her 21 years of expertise in the accounting and finance field to helping private schools manage their accounting and financial operations so they thrive, prosper, and fully carry out their missions.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/loie-watkins

To learn more about Loie Watkins and Optimal CFO, visit https://www.TheOptimalCFO.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, award-winning, Los Angeles-based attorney Cheryl Deptowicz-Diaz discussed the philosophy and core values behind her compassionate approach to representing the underdog in the areas of family law, immigration, and litigation defense.

Legal problems can be one of the toughest and most confusing times in a person’s life. Whether someone is in the position of defending themselves as the accused or standing up for themselves when they’ve been wronged, the experience can be overwhelming with possible life-changing outcomes.

Cheryl Deptowicz-Diaz is a zealous advocate for the underdog, dedicated to giving voice and the ability to fight hard but fair for what her clients deserve. She prioritizes communication, hard work, and respect for each client so that they always know their options, risks, and plans of action.

During the interview, Cheryl shared the four core values that she uses as the foundation for her law practice, saying, “I spent a lot of time really figuring out who I am as a person and therefore as an attorney, and I was told that I should have core values so that people can really know who I am and what I stand for. And I’m proud to say that I came up with four, and they’re on our website.  I believe in Equality, Partnership with Justice, Peace, and Self Criticism. And for me, these are not just passive items, but really active items, meaning that we have to participate in all of these things. So, in terms of Equality, I believe all people deserve to be recognized and treated as equal. But for us to achieve that equality, we have to see eye to eye fully, completely, and honestly.  And for us to see eye to eye, we have to look at each other. That means we have to spend time with each other. We have to occupy the same space and get that opportunity to hear from one another. In terms of Partnership with Justice, I really believe in my core in the concept that attorneys are officers of the court. And as such, we are partners in the pursuit of justice. Of our 55 founding fathers, 35 were lawyers. And so, as our society developed, the whole idea of lawyering is built-in, it’s in the very fiber of our social fabric. And yes, lawyers have a bad rap, but I personally believe that as partners of justice, we have that duty to lawyer in a noble profession. And because of that, we have the power to transform our society and move it towards true equality. Then I believe in Peace.  And for me, peace is not just something that is guaranteed, but peace is something that we have to fight for.  We have to create it. But peace is not just something that can exist in the theoretical realm, it has to exist in our hearts, in our pocketbooks, in our homes, in our communities. So we have to seek peace, but we also have to create peace and protect peace. And then finally, Self-Criticism.  How can we do all of these things if we are not constantly evaluating ourselves?  I’m a human being and I have my own story, and I have my own experience, but I constantly have to look in the mirror and ask myself to be brave, so that I can change to meet the call of the moment. Whether it’s fighting for my client’s team, or defending them against an attack from some outrageous claims. I can only do that if I’m at my best, but I’m only at my best if I’m constantly evaluating myself.”

As the daughter of Filipino immigrants and an immigrant herself, having arrived in Southern California at the age of eight, Cheryl understands what it means to be a stranger in a strange land. She is also married to a Mexican immigrant and mother to a Mexican-Filipino son. This unique perspective allows her to approach each case with an unmatched level of compassion and empathy for her clients, who are often new to the legal system or intimidated by the complexity and desperately need her help navigating their way through the process.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to hear the passion Cheryl has for the law and to understand why she believes that lawyering is a noble profession as she continuously and consistently brings more dignity to the profession one case at a time.

To listen to the full episode, visit https://influencersradio.com/cheryl-deptowicz-diaz

To learn more about Cheryl Deptowicz-Diaz, visit https://DiazLawFirm.net

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Maryland, D.C., and Central Florida real estate agent Valencia Simmons discussed special considerations for homeowners in the process of selling their current home while buying a new home in today’s hot market.

Selling or Buying a home can be one of the more complicated and stressful processes a lot of people face, especially in a hot market when things move quickly, emotions are high, and decisions need to be made fast.

Specializing in the Maryland, D.C., and Central Florida areas, Valencia is particularly exceptional at helping homeowners who need to simultaneously sell their current home and purchase a new home, whether it’s for a growing family who needs a larger home or for an empty nester who needs to downsize, or maybe even someone looking to purchase an investment property or second home.

As a homeowner and investment property owner, Valencia has sold and purchased homes of her own and can empathize with the oftentimes emotional rollercoaster ride faced during the home selling and/or home purchasing journey.

During the interview, Valencia explained why one of the first questions she asks a seller is whether they really need to sell or can they possibly hold on to their property as an investment, saying, “I’m just really passionate about helping others tap into the generational wealth-building potential that comes with owning real estate. I moved into my first apartment in 1986. While renting, I had a moment when I thought to myself ‘Oh my, I’m paying all of this money out in rent, and at the end of the year I don’t have anything to show for it – no property appreciation, no equity, and no tax write-off.’ So, I asked my parents if I could come and stay with them while I saved to purchase a home of my own. Being the amazing daughter I am, they welcomed me with open arms, and after a couple of years, I purchased my first home as a single mom. A few years later, I got married and moved into my husband’s home.  But, I didn’t sell my home.  Instead, I rented it out for more than double the amount of my mortgage payment. That just blew my mind!  Someone else paid my mortgage, and I got all the tax benefits!  Once you own an investment property, you can claim depreciation on that property for tax purposes and take advantage of other tax write-offs. And then, of course, you’re able to bring in additional income that you can save or invest elsewhere. I paid my daughter’s college tuition with the extra income I received from renting out that property. And then a few years ago, I purchased another investment property in the Orlando, FL area that I rent out on Airbnb. It’s just a no-brainer to me to own property that someone else pays for.  That’s why I always ask homeowners if they really need to sell and explain to them the benefits of owning investment properties. I think it’s great.  It provides a legacy to leave to your children and to your grandchildren.”

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why to Valencia’s clients, she’s not just their real estate agent. She is a true educator and advocate for their success … even if it means showing them why not selling their current home can be more financially beneficial for them and their families.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/valencia-simmons

To learn more about Valencia Simmons, visit https://www.veesellshomes.com.

PROGRAM 15 has confirmed that they will be on hand to write scouting reports and add a level of social media exposure for players attending the First Annual Marucci Weekend with The Future Stars Series January 15th – 16th.

Players attending the events will be evaluated by PROGRAM 15 Professional Scouts for potential invitations to upcoming Future Stars Series Player Identification and Development events as well as selecting the Future Stars Series Marucci Weekend Best Prospect.

Marucci Sports social media will be tweeting players identified by PROGRAM 15 scouts in conjunction with Future Stars Series and P15 social media coverage which has reached 42 million unique viewers in 2021.

Backed by decades of Pro Baseball Scouting experience, Future Stars Series Scouting and Evaluation events have built a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available, providing in-depth and credible evaluations that are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country.

Marucci Sports has been the official equipment provider of bats, fielding gloves, baseballs, catchers gear, and helmets for The Future Stars Series and will continue to expand their reach by providing custom equipment to players participating in Future Stars Series Signature Events – Fresh 50, Underclass Elite, Caribbean Classic, and the Main Event.

The announcement of the Annual Marucci Weekend with The Future Stars Series deepens the relationship between two of the most highly respected organizations in the world of amateur baseball.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT MARUCCI:
Based in Baton Rouge, Marucci was founded by two former Big Leaguers and their athletic trainer who began handcrafting bats for some of the best players in the game from their garage in 2004. Fast forward to today, that dedication to quality and understanding of players’ needs has turned Marucci into an All-American success story. Today, Marucci is the Number One bat in the Big Leagues.

Buying a house can be a stressful and confusing process – especially for a first time home buyer who is trying to understand the down payment, credit, and income requirements to qualify for a mortgage.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Mortgage Lender Ron Pippin discussed the common myths, misconceptions, and financing mistakes facing first-time home buyers.

During the interview, Pippin revealed one of the most common misconceptions about home financing that make qualified buyers feel homeownership is out of their reach, saying, “A lot of people think that you need 20% down or more to buy a home. And in today’s environment, that’s really tough to come up with 20% on a home. It’s a significant amount, and a lot of people just don’t have that. There are programs that allow people to buy a home with much less. In fact, sometimes with zero down allows them to become a homeowner …There are specific government programs … if you’re a veteran, a VA home loan requires no money down. If you live in a rural area, there’s a USDA program that requires no money down. But then what’s less known are some of the government grants and down payment assistance programs that are available and also require very little or no money down.  Many states have a first-time buyer program that they couple the downpayment assistance with a regular mortgage that covers the entire downpayment, and sometimes even the closing costs. So, you’re bringing in very little or no money down. Especially if the sellers are willing to pay some closing costs, then you literally can get in with no money down. Downpayment assistance differs from grant programs that are available as well. They can vary depending on the state, county, and even cities. And some cities and counties have grant programs available anywhere from a couple thousand dollars on up to thirty or forty thousand dollars that can help people get into a home based on their income, where they live, or where they’re going to live. And so it really is, takes away that barrier of buying a home with 20% down which allows people to get in very quickly, and not have to put off the home buying process.”

Since 1995, Ron Pippin has been helping first-time buyers get the right financing for the house that their family will call HOME.

Ron is the Branch Manager and Team Leader for The Pippin Team at Cardinal Financial in Ogden, Utah.  He has been listed in the top 3% of mortgage originators nationwide.  But more importantly, he’s been an Educator and Advocate for the thousands of families he’s helped navigate the home financing process. 

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/ron-pippin

To learn more about Ron Pippin and The Pippin Team, visit https://www.pippinteam.mortgage/

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in September of 2021 more than 4.4 million people resigned (not laid off) from their jobs while there were 10.4 million job openings in the same period.  Labeled “The Great Resignation,” millions of workers are quitting right now and employers are in panic mode, finding it difficult just retaining talent, much less attracting new talent.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Employee Engagement expert Fahim Karim discussed how he is helping purpose-driven, growing companies retain and attract talent in the face of this tidal wave of resignations. 

On the surface, it may appear to many that the COVID pandemic has been the main thrust behind the increased volume of workers leaving their jobs. However, during the interview, Karim cited preliminary survey data that revealed some of the main reasons employees are really leaving: burnout, organizational change, lack of flexibility, discrimination, and lack of value being placed on employee contributions and ideas.

Explaining why the pandemic may have opened the gate for the Great Resignation, but that the root cause goes much deeper, Karim said, “What I know from my own experiences, this is not something that just happened.  It’s been brewing for years. And with COVID, it really has magnified. People have really started to question, ‘Should I be putting up with what I’ve been putting up within my organization?’ They’re not happy with how they’re feeling, so they are pursuing more deep, meaningful work, and in some instances, quitting without even having work to go to. Surveys show that 28% of employees were so discontent that they left their jobs without another job lined up and when looking at people working in the food services and hospitality sectors, 56% also jumped the boat, they just quit.”

Fahim Karim is the Founder of Gear 2 Harvest, a Management Consulting firm focused on Employee Engagement. With 20+ years of award-winning industry experience leading Fortune 500 companies, Fahim specializes in finding the root cause of employee disengagement by working with individual CEOs and Managers to become the leader their team loves to work with.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/fahim-karim

To learn more about Fahim Karim and Gear 2 Harvest, connect with him at:
https://gear2harvest.com/Linkedin
https://gear2harvest.com/Facebook
https://gear2harvest.com/YouTube

Financial Literacy for Her’s recent release, “Mind of Gold – The Girlfriend’s Guide to Financial Freedom,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on November 10, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Financial Services, Education Finance, Financial Accounting, and Credit and Repair categories on November 10, 2021. The book also reached Number Two in the Banks and Banking and Taxation Categories, as well as multiple Number One New Release lists.

In Mind of Gold, Certified Personal Finance Consultants Karen Oeser, CFA, and Erica Neal share ways to strengthen financial positions and improve financial situations by:

• Discovering and modifying money mindsets
• Creating a budget
• Establishing and maintaining great credit
• Understanding taxes and how they impact finances
• Knowing the importance of investing to build wealth
• Planning for retirement

To empower readers with knowledge, Karen and Erica provide the tools necessary to address and modify financial behaviors to:

• Avoid common financial traps 
• Align finances with purpose and life goals
• Understand and modify financial behaviors
• Take actionable steps to improve financial situations

The information included in this book will help readers build a long-lasting financial foundation.

Financial Literacy for Her has pledged 100% of the royalties from the retail sales of the eBook to be donated to the Financial Literacy for Her Scholarship Fund.

In response to book reaching Number One, Financial Literacy for Her Co-Founder, Karen Oeser, CFA, said, “Hitting the Best Seller list is something we are excited to have achieved. This is an important project for us because we have been able to create a powerful resource for women.”

Co-Founder of Financial Literacy for Her, Erica Neal, said, “It is exciting and encouraging to see such an overwhelmingly positive response to our guidebook. We are passionate about our mission and seeing so many women find value in our work reinforces why we started in the first place.”

“Mind of Gold – The Girlfriend’s Guide to Financial Freedom” is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L9XD86P/ 

To learn more about the Financial Literacy for Her Scholarship Fund, visit https://www.FinLiteracyforHer.com.

Zeus Lending, the premier online real estate lender in Texas, and longtime community advocate has adopted an additional section of Houston’s Loop 610. Commuters will recognize the iconic ZEUS LENDING branded ‘Don’t mess with Texas’ Highway Sponsor signs that have become familiar markers along the highly trafficked stretch of the city’s freeway.

The highway sponsorship is the company’s way of giving back to the community by helping maintain safe, clean highways. “These sponsorships give civic pride to society and reminds the community of the need to ensure cleanliness.” said Mark Cook, Chief Operating Officer.

For over two decades, Zeus has helped real estate investors and families achieve their dreams with almost $4 billion in loans in over 15,000 transactions, making Zeus Lending a household name across Texas.

For more information about Zeus Lending and the range of products offered, visit  https://zeuslending.com/.

You can also follow Zeus on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

About Zeus Lending
Zeus Lending was founded by Dr. Steven Kaufman as an online real estate lending company, with the goal of empowering people to achieve their dreams of owning a home. The company has a team of highly trained and well-experienced professionals to handle every kind of property, including starter homes, million-dollar estates, commercial strip centers, and investor rehab projects for first-time home buyers and seasoned investors.

Houston, Texas – November 11. 2021. Zeus Lending, the leader in online real estate lending, announced today it received Houston Business Journal’s 2021 Best Places to Work award. The coveted award was presented during an award ceremony at the Marriott Marquis on November 4th. This award is significant to Zeus Lending because of their strong commitment to providing an excellent environment for their employees.

“It’s such an honor to be nominated and win such an amazing award.  Zeus Lending has continually distinguished itself by the quality of employees hired and our retention rate.” said Mark Cook, Chief Operating Officer.

Zeus Lending is recruiting professional, goal-oriented individuals who want to pursue their passion with the leader in online real estate lending. Zeus provides employees with the training and support to be the best in the industry. It also helps loan officers develop and market their lending niche. For more information about Zeus Lending and to apply for employment, visit – https://zeuslending.com/join-us/.

You can also follow Zeus on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

About Zeus Lending
Zeus Lending was founded by Dr. Steven Kaufman as an online real estate lending company, with the goal of empowering people to achieve their dreams of owning a home. The company has a team of highly trained and well-experienced professionals to handle every kind of property, including starter homes, million-dollar estates, commercial strip centers, and investor rehab projects for first-time home buyers and seasoned investors.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Bodyworker and Coach Aldene Etter discussed how she is helping busy professionals increase their productivity and enjoyment of life by slowing down.

Being an overachiever, over-doer, overthinker, or over-giver can leave a person feeling drained, in pain, tense, overwhelmed, numb, empty, stuck, and resentful.

According to Aldene Etter, the inability to slow down can actually interfere with the ability to be productive. It can also have a detrimental impact on relationships, health, and spiritual growth.

During the interview, when asked why it is that some people just can’t seem to unwind, Aldene explained, “Because it feels unsafe when they slow down. It’s the unknown of who they’re going to be if they’re not going-going-going, doing-doing-doing. For many of us, there’s often a lot of adrenaline and cortisol racing through the body. Then whenever we have the experience of slowing down, it stops. And we don’t feel that great. So there’s the physical part of it that doesn’t feel good if you’ve been going-going-going, and then you stop. And then this sort of the mental-emotional aspect of the unknown. Who you’re going to be if you’re not seeing yourself as the doer, always on the go. And feeling like when we slow down, we start to feel our emotions, but if we’re busy, we’re probably avoiding them. And for many people, feeling emotion is uncomfortable, and it feels unsafe.”

While many people would assume that engaging the services of a Bodyworker would require in-person sessions, Aldene shared how she made the pivot to remote sessions during the pandemic. Allowing her clients to experience the benefits of her techniques from the comfort and safety of their own space, Aldene said, “In these last 18 months, probably 40% of my clientele who pivoted with me are having better experiences with remote sessions than they were with in-person hands-on sessions. One of the main reasons is safety. People feel safer in their own setting, they’re in their own home, many people are choosing to be in their bedrooms, so they’re in a safe location. The door is closed, they have told the family, they’re not available for this period of time, and they don’t have to get up and leave, go out and public after the session. So that is another layer of safety that they’re feeling. I’ve been told that not having the practitioner physically in the room allows them the space to be who they are, and they are feeling less tense and more safe to let the session happen. These are people who have had a lot of bodywork and didn’t realize that level of tension that had been there, that they weren’t aware of until it was removed. So that tension that was in the in-person sessions for some people is no longer there in the remote sessions. It’s been amazing.”

As a Bodyworker and Coach for 20 years, Aldene has been helping people address the pain and drain in the body and create balance so they can experience more energy and focus along with the mental and emotional capacity to navigate life.

Listen in and you’ll quickly understand the impact Aldene’s calming way can have on your life.

Listen to the full episode – https://influencersradio.com/aldene-etter

To learn more about Aldene Etter, visit https://aldenelistens.abmp.com

What began in the fall of 2016 as a grassroots initiative between New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15 to provide amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches – has quickly emerged as the gold standard for player identification and development events in the amateur baseball world.

PROGRAM 15, the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball, has been responsible for executing all Future Stars Series events since its inception. Led by President and CEO Jeremy Booth and backed by P15’s staff with decades of Pro Baseball scouting experience, The Future Stars Series has earned a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experience available.

That’s no surprise given the incredible milestones achieved by PROGRAM 15 over the past five years, such as:

• Implementing the PROGRAM 15 model of evaluation and role prediction.
• Developing International, amateur scouting, and player development departments.
• Growing The Future Stars Series footprint to cover 13 countries, impacting over 15,000 athletes throughout the world.
• Spotlighting over 70 MLB Draft Picks and International Signings along with hundreds of college committed players who have participated in Future Stars Series events.
• The creation and expansion of major Future Stars Series annual events including the Underclass Elite, Fresh 50, World and National Pro Combines as well as the FSS Main Event which has been hosted twice at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox and most recently at Citifield, home of the New York Mets.
• Overseeing the execution of the first baseball game in an MLB park with fans during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
• Opening enrollment for P15 Scout School to develop the next wave of MLB professionals, including the opportunity to join the PROGRAM 15 scouting staff in areas around the country upon completion.
• Creating a Baseball Operations Internship pipeline with MLB to prepare candidates for non-player roles in professional baseball organizations, including Will Scott who recently joined the San Diego Padres as an Area Scout in the Four Corners.
• Rolling out P15 instructs – Premier live and virtual online player development and feedback program welcomed its inaugural class. Players participating in the program can earn invitations to Future Stars Series Signature Events all the way to the Main Event at Citi Field.
• Formation of The Future Stars Series Advisory Board, which includes 28 MLB personnel and their clubs standing with the initiative.

While Booth’s passion and dedication to the development and discovery of elite amateur players may fuel his vision for the next chapter of PROGRAM 15, he has no hesitation in crediting his highly skilled staff for bringing that vision to life. Continuing his unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball, Booth announced the following PROGRAM 15 Baseball Operations Staff Promotions, effective immediately.

Gordon Blakeley – VP of Player Personnel
Blakeley has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2019. Reporting directly to President and CEO Jeremy Booth, he is responsible for player selection and advancement within the Future Stars Series Scouting & Development framework. Blakeley is a 35 year MLB veteran in the executive and scouting departments with the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves. Blakeley has been involved in the scouting, signing, and development of many current and former MLB players such as Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Alfonso Soriano, El Duque Hernandez, Miguel Andujar, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino, and Ron Acuna. Personally signing 13 players that appeared in MLB All-Star Games, Blakeley has earned five World Series rings and seven American League Championships.

Chris Capozzi – VP of Baseball Operations
Capozzi has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2019. Reporting directly to President and CEO Jeremy Booth, he will assist in the implementation and construction of both individual and team events. With a unique ability to bring lessons from the locker room to the board room, Capozzi is a highly respected consultant, speaker, strategic planner, and seasoned coach on and off the field.

Rick Oliver – VP of Scouting and Player Development
Oliver has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2018. He will oversee the P15 Scouting and Development department along with his role as the main instructor for P15 Scout School as well as lead in selecting the replacement for his previous position as P15 Director of Scouting. Oliver brings 28 years of experience with the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau; 10 years as an area scout, 18 years as the Assistant Director with oversight of amateur scouting, cross-checking, and Scout School, as well as, 11 years as a collegiate coach at University of La Verne, Cal State Fullerton (CWS) and Chapman College. Oliver played four years in the California Angels organization, finishing in Triple-A (PCL Champions).

James Lofton Jr. – Director of Player Development
Lofton has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2019, appearing as a team manager in every FSS Signature Event. He leads the execution of player development for each event, driving the progressive flow and feedback for each player to reach their ceiling. The former Boston Red Sox shortstop spent 15 years in the pros, including the Boston, Baltimore, and Cincinnati minor league systems, as well as in several independent leagues.

Anthony Granato – Field Coordinator
Granato has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2017. Along with his duties as P15’s National Infield Coordinator, Granato works alongside James Lofton Jr. in event flow and combine execution. Granato’s professional baseball career includes 10 years with the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies organizations as well as Independent and International professional baseball leagues.

Jose Silva – International Pitching Coordinator
Silva has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2017. Appearing at all FSS Signature Events, he leads PROGRAM 15 pitching development internationally, contributing as a primary instructor domestically as well. Silva’s professional baseball career includes six seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Cincinnati Reds. Silva has represented Mexico as a coach in the 2017 World Baseball Classic and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Jason Phillips – Special Assistant to Player Development, Pitching
Phillips has been with PROGRAM 15 since 2017. Heavily involved in P15 Instructs and player feedback, Phillips attends events domestically and internationally, working with Pitching Coordinators Jose Silva and Stephen Randolph in all major events. Phillips is a former Major League pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians.

Danny Sheaffer – Catching Coordinator
Sheaffer leads catching development through FSS Scouting and Development events and P15 instructs and is a Team Manager at all FSS Signature Events. Sheaffer is a Major League veteran, including seven seasons as a player with the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals, and 10 years as a manager and coach in the Minor Leagues with the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros organizations.

Booth said about the promotions, “We’re excited to formalize these positions with the people who have such a hand in the P15/FSS culture and execution of that culture to impact players and the game as a whole. I’m personally thankful for their work ethic and dedication to deliver in all aspects of our core values and, most importantly, to pass those on to the players who participate here. From the beginning of their tenure, this group of professionals has set an example, and I’m able to learn from all of them every day as we set course for the future together.”

To learn more about New Balance Future Stars Series visit https://futurestarsseries.com

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance Athletics, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for more than 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance MADE U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns and operates four factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 7,000 associates around the globe and in 2020 reported worldwide sales of $3.3 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit https://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Clinical Psychologist and Life Transition Expert Dr. Natalie Marr discussed how she is helping women who are struggling with the midlife transition to love their lives again so they can make midlife their best life.

Midlife Crisis – The middle-aged guy who is trying to hang on to his youth with sports cars, a ridiculous wardrobe, and a new tattoo. That seems to be the common stereotype.  But men certainly don’t have the market cornered when it comes to dealing with this milestone in life.

While the midlife struggles men face can often manifest themselves externally, the struggle can be much more private for women.

During the interview, Dr. Natalie explains what she calls the deep dark secret that many women deal with during midlife, saying, “Men in midlife tend to externalize their transitioning, and women tend to internalize it. That’s really where the heart of this idea of the deep dark secret comes from. Women find midlife dissatisfying; they get to this point where they’ve done all the right things, poured themselves into family, careers, and community, yet on the inside, really do not like their lives, and they’re keeping this secret. They hold some shame about it. They think maybe they’re the only one. That maybe everybody else does have this right and it’s just them. There aren’t really a lot of easily accessible outlets for talking about the fact that women hit this point in life. They really don’t like their lives and don’t know how to transition or pivot out of that… When women hit midlife, they hold less social currency externally, when their bodies quit. They don’t get to look handsome as long as men do. There is about a 10-year gap in what women versus men can push as attractive and having an attractive social currency in America. So I think that it hits them harder and faster. Because as the wrinkles set in and the body settles, they transition into perimenopause and menopause. There isn’t such a stark difference for the men on that side of things. And so they’re struggling with that physicality piece of it much sooner, and that too gets held inside. I think that women are taught at a very young age what their body should look like. Societal norms are pretty strong and not necessarily healthy. Women just take that and internalize it. They’re not talking about it, just like they weren’t talking about it as a teenager, with the girls in the locker room and they weren’t talking about it in their 20s and were discreetly hiding things like eating disorders if it gets to that extreme. Here they are again, their bodies don’t have any social currency left, but they don’t want to talk about it with anybody. They have some embarrassment and are a bit shy about that.”

There’s no need to face these obstacles alone. Through her online program, Learn to Love Your Story, Dr. Natalie helps women in midlife pivot out of the challenging transitions and heal their deep dark secrets. 

Dr. Natalie Marr is passionate about helping these women learn there is another way to manage midlife—a way that has them loving their lives instead of struggling through them.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/dr-natalie-marr

To learn more about Dr. Natalie Marr, visit https://LearnToLoveYourStory.com

“Expert Profiles Volume 15 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on October 26, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Digital Media and Internet and Networking categories and reaching Number Two in the Business Consulting, Computer Networking, and Financial Services categories. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry and Customer Relations categories.

• Fabio Spinella – Setting the Right Expectations for Home Defense
• Dr. Izdihar Jamil, Ph.D. – Becoming the Go-To Expert
• Howie Zales – Broadcast-Quality Livestream Services
• Misbah Rauf – Saying Yes to Myself
• Jeremy Keil – CFP®, CFA, CIMA® – Retirement-Focused Financial Planner
• Lorita Marie Kimble – Online Reputation
• Ferlie Almonte – Access To Cash You May Not Know About
• Sherman Ragland – Three Mistakes Real Estate Investors and How to Solve Them

“Expert Profiles Volume 15 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K5WKJKX/ as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project 501(c)3, is a nonprofit organization that provides training to local individuals in evidence-based practices for individuals with autism. Global Autism Project believes that every child has the ability to learn and their potential should not be limited by geographical bounds. The Global Autism Project seeks to eliminate the disparity in service provision seen around the world by providing high-quality training to individuals providing services in their local community. This training is made sustainable through regular training trips and contiguous remote training.

To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://globalautismproject.org/.

Without a doubt, a Mom is potentially the most influential person in their kids’ lives.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Human Design Guide and Energy Healer Heather Hornung discussed how Moms can create healthy family dynamics and harmony in the home through living their unique design.

Heather knows firsthand that Moms who take the initiative to know themselves on a deeper level, when they honor and nurture themselves, can shift how they relate to their families and foster a more loving and compassionate home environment.

During the interview, Heather explained the concept of Human Design and how it has impacted her life, saying, “Human Design is technically referred to as the science of differentiation… In more simple terms, it’s a genetic blueprint that each of us has for how we are divinely designed to go through life. We’re all unique individuals; there’s no cookie cutter formula that works for everyone. I feel that people really suffer in life when they’re told who to be and how to show up. That just doesn’t work for them, and then they get into really dark, bad places. I was one of those people who was in a dark, bad place because I didn’t know who I was. I was trying to show up the way that I was told to show up.  We are all deeply conditioned from the time we’re born until the time we die, and it’s all a practice of coming back to who we are. I really emphasize that because so much of life is just thrown at us constantly. All these influences, starting with our own parents, and then media, school, and work, and there are so many roles that we’re all asked to play all the time. So, having that true north and knowing that this is me at my core and I was made to be a very particular way for a reason… that’s okay. I think just having that permission is so life changing. It was for me, and it had a major impact on not only my life, but also led into my family because I could look at each of my three kids and say, ‘You know what, you’re not just like me; you have your own will, you have your own agenda, your own life, your own path and purpose, and I am here to guide and support you in growing into who you’re meant to be, not who I expect you to be’. And so just creating that separation, that boundary, and breathing life into that individuality is really where my heart is.”

Heather’s mission is to help Moms recognize and utilize the platform they’ve been given to have a massive impact on their kids’ lives through the beliefs and attitudes instilled in them and to be a living example to their kids of what it looks like to be confident, secure, and capable so they can bring their very best selves to their families.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/heather-hornung

To learn more about Heather Hornung, visit https://FindFulfillment.me

Finding one’s purpose in life is something that just about everyone has thought about. There seems to be a built-in need to feel inspired and do exceptional things in life. Sometimes people realize that they feel the life they are leading is unexceptional and uninspired. They feel like they are spinning their wheels and the path they are on won’t lead them where they want to be. 

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Transformational Purpose Coach and founder of Laughing Lotus Wellness Jennifer Zenz-Olson discussed how successful women can change lanes when they feel they have lost their sense of alignment on their path to purpose. 

After having a fulfilling career as a clinical social worker specializing in treating adolescents and people who had experienced trauma, Jennifer followed her own path to purpose, creating Laughing Lotus Wellness with an emphasis on whole-person health so she could address all areas of wellness for the people she serves.

During the interview, Jennifer shared the meaning behind Laughing Lotus Wellness, saying, “For me, Laughing Lotus Wellness was born out of necessity, in a moment, we were in a crisis in our practice, and really afraid we were going to have to the close doors. And so, in this really pivotal life-changing moment, I needed to derive direction… One of my biggest values is truly using a sense of humor… it’s the great human common denominator. We laugh and we smile in the same language no matter where we go. In my life, I’ve used it to both cope and to connect. It’s something that I’ve embraced in my practice with all of my coaching clients, and all of the things that I host, whether it be a retreat or events. That’s just one of my very base value sets, so you see that in every single thing that I provide. The Lotus is this really incredible story of a beautiful white blossom that sinks down into this kind of murky, pond water every single night, but then every single day when it comes up, it’s literally pristine. It symbolizes this idea of rebirth and renewal and resetting ourselves. What I value so much after over 20 years of working with clients is human resilience. Our ability to begin again and again. We begin in the next breath. We begin in the next hour. Giving ourselves that opportunity to start fresh… again and again in our lives, on our journeys, as often as we need, and in whatever format that takes. And that was always one of the pivotal ways that I viewed my work as well.  So the Laughing Lotus is really this idea of using that humor and creating that space for people to begin again, on their journey with the work that we do together.”

Jennifer’s powerfully effective methods are the result of 20 years as a practicing Psychotherapist along with certifications in yoga, meditation, and energy healing. This unique background, combined with her sense of humor, creativity, and playful approach, provides a perfect balance to helping her clients pave the path to purpose and create a ‘Fresh Start’ at any age.  

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/jennifer-zenz-olson
To learn more about Jennifer Zenz-Olson, visit https://LaughingLotusWellness.com

What separates great athletes from good athletes goes beyond physical skills, years of dedicated practice, and gifted genetics. While those are certainly important, the best of the best will tell you that mindset and mental preparation played just as important a role as physical preparation in their success.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Psychologist and Mental Game Coach Dr. Delice Coffey discussed how she is helping junior high, high school, college, and semi-professional basketball players to elevate their game by educating and empowering them to be the best version of themselves so that they can soar to the top in sports and life.

During the interview, Dr. Coffey explained why so many of the greatest athletes attribute mental preparation to their ability to perform at those highest levels, saying, “What separates the good athletes from the elite athletes is their mental game. And what I mean by that is when athletes get to the level where they’ve put in their 10,000 hours, have trained over and over again, and have put in so much time developing their physical skills so they’re super great. But what happens is everyone at that level has put in the time and the work. They’re all great. So, the thing that’s going to separate them is how well they can focus, how well they can maintain composure, and whether they can get that mental edge during very difficult times when the competition is really close. It’s the mindset that will separate them and have the good athletes become great athletes and winning over and over again.”

Dr. Coffey played organized sports in junior high and high school. Having always admired elite athletes and wanting to be one herself, she became an International Table Tennis Champion in college.  After college, she started bodybuilding, eventually switching to powerlifting.  As a result of her ability to focus and visualize what she wanted, she won several local competitions and went on to break ten North Carolina State records, the APA national record, and the APA world record, all while working as a Psychologist in the clinical field.

After doing clinical work for over two decades, Dr. Coffey started studying sports psychology and realized that her natural ability to focus and visualize is a science that can be taught, and she wanted to learn how to teach others.

Today, as the Founder of Living Well n Sport & Life and the D. Coffey Foundation for Athletics and Education, Dr. Coffey specializes in sport and clinical psychology and is dedicated to improving the overall well-being of young athletes, both mentally and physically.

Dr. Coffey is also the author of “An Athlete’s Guide to Peak Performance Series,” which includes two books, “Building Confidence” and “Focus Like A Champion,” as well as “Mindfulness & Guided Imagery Audio.”

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/dr-delice-coffey

To learn more about Dr. Delice Coffey, visit http://MindsetSportsPsychology.com

“Raising the Bar Volume 7: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” hit Amazon.com’s Best Seller list on September 16, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Office Management and String Instruments categories, and Number Two in the Service Industry, Business Consulting, and Anxieties and Phobias categories. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in the Office Management, Business Consulting, String Instruments, and Anxieties and Phobias categories.

Achieving greater financial or personal success and freedom is probably a goal or at least aspiration for just about anyone. But what holds most people back isn’t a lack of ability or desire. It’s the self-doubt, fear, procrastination, or lack of confidence that prevents success.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Personal success and mindset coach Dr. Hadeily discussed how she is helping career women who feel stuck and overwhelmed to find clarity about their goals and priorities to find balance and success in their career, business, and family life.

Dr. Hadeily is a Pediatrician and Advocate for Kids and Families. As the founder of Healthy and Strong Kids, she creates awareness about neglect and child abuse and helps parents to raise healthy and strong kids. Through this work, she has developed a passion and some very powerful insights into the field of personal growth and the development of human potential.

During the interview, Dr. Hadeily shared how her work as a pediatrician led her into the field of personal development, saying, “As a pediatrician, I love kids, and I’m an advocate for kids and families. It all started because as a kid, I was neglected and unfortunately suffered abuse. As a teenager, I was very, very fearful, and when I grew up, many doubts and self limitations emerged that we as women have. As a pediatrician, I see with girls there is a huge relationship in how their parents transmit their own doubts and a load of negative thoughts and pass those to their kids. I started Healthy and Strong Kids originally to help moms to improve their relationships with their kids. I ended up working with a lot with women who have been through different traumas themselves. Even though they were successful in their career, or successful in certain areas of their life, they have many self-limiting beliefs that were not allowing them to either be successful in their personal life or be successful as a parent.  I went through this same exact situation in different stages of my life.  At some point, these self-limiting beliefs also made me very successful as a doctor, but I still had so many fears and doubts about establishing that relationship, or being able to open up to other possibilities or not having that balance between personal and family.  That’s where I work to help a woman to find their full potential, but at the same time find that balance.”

Backed by the Proctor Gallagher Institute, her coaching program is a goal-achieving system, helping her clients and their families develop an attitude of success so they can enjoy a thriving life while achieving the results they want.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/dr-hadeily

To learn more about Dr. Hadeily and register for her free five-day “From Average to Unstoppable” online workshop, visit https://www.hadeilysalazar.com

In the July cover story, National Mortgage Professional Magazine revealed their list of the Most Connected Mortgage Professionals of 2021. Dr. Steven Kaufman, founder of Zeus Lending based in Houston, TX, landed at number four in recognition of his participation in the world of social media.

According to the publication, the selection process focused on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  Dr. Kaufman was honored as a Gold Level Connection winner, which requires nominees to be among the top mortgage industry professionals on three of the four social media platforms.

When asked what winning the award means, Dr. Kaufman said, “To be recognized by National Mortgage Professional Magazine for this achievement is really a testament to the smart and fascinating folks I get to engage and connect with daily. Without them, I wouldn’t have reached this milestone, so I share this honor with each and every one of them!”

While his quick wit, controversial opinions, and outspoken personality can certainly be credited to Dr. Kaufman’s nearly 85,000 social media followers, his passion as a powerful advocate for the Houston community has earned him fans from far beyond the mortgage industry.

As the managing principal of Zeus Equity Group, Kaufman is recognized by shrewd real estate insiders as a person who puts his money where his mouth is.  By investing in projects that are smart financial assets and productive contributions to the community Dr. Kaufman along with his select group of private investors has built a reputation for creating safe, attractive environments, building long-term relationships, and improving the lives of fellow Houstonians.

Over the last three economic cycles, Zeus Equity Group and its associated companies have provided $4 billion in real estate debt and equity resulting in the transformation of underdeveloped areas and properties in and around the greater Houston area into places where people want to be.

About Dr. Steven Kaufman:
Dr. Steven Kaufman, an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Chair of TIGER 21 Houston, held C-Level positions in financing enterprises for 18 years coordinating over $4 billion in real estate financing over 3 economic cycles. In 2004, Dr. Kaufman founded ZeusLending.com offering financing solutions for residential and commercial real estate.

Location Info:
ZeusLending.com
3104 Edloe St #210, Houston, TX 77027
800-275-9387

Personal Branding is a term that was seldom, if ever, heard 10 or 15 years ago. But today, consumers don’t just buy products and services; they are also buying the people behind those products and services.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Certified Image Consultant and the creator of “Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy” Annette Bond discussed how successful women can use style to elevate their brand and attract their ideal client.

For Annette, there is a distinguished difference between fashion and personal brand. Her philosophy is that style begins with the woman, not the clothes.  During the interview, Annette explained why image is so important and how style aligns with a personal brand, saying, “Image is how you are showing up. We have milliseconds when we see somebody, and basically, our brains are trying to discern, ‘Who is this person? Do I like them? Do I want to do business with them?’ That first impression, when deciding who they are, that image becomes very important. I like to say the image is from the inside out because we want to see your authenticity and know that you’re the real deal…  When I work with my clients, one of the first steps is what I call ‘the power of you.’ And it’s understanding, who are you?  What are your strengths? What do you value? What is the essence of who you are? And then how do we bring that out in your clothes? Because, I’m going to generalize here, but most women think ‘I need to go shopping first, find that dress, and then make it fit me.’ I do the opposite. Let’s start with you. And then what does that look like in your outward appearance? A personal brand determines how people experience you, their perception of you and again, do I want to work with you?”

As a certified Image Consultant, Annette has been working with image and style for 30 years.  She is passionate about empowering women who are doing amazing things in this world but question what to wear, they question their style and fashion sense, wondering if how they are showing up is even aligned with their brand, their position, or even themselves.

Through her “Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy,” Annette teaches successful, smart women to embrace their authentic best selves while using their clothing as a powerful business and communication tool. Allowing them to go from feeling ‘off’ to creating a signature look that is uniquely them, so that they are on-brand, getting noticed, and truly stepping into their excellence, and even reaching their next income level or promotion.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/annette-bond

To learn more about Annette Bond and the “Reveal Your Radiance Style Academy” visit https://annettebond.com

Making money is one thing, but keeping that money requires a completely different skill set. 

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, award-winning financial strategist and champion for Women’s Economic Development Audrey Godwin discussed how she is helping smart and savvy women entrepreneurs and professionals to fund their lifestyle for their lifetime.

Over her career, Godwin has served clients as a trusted adviser and Chief Financial Officer. She believes that financial mastery is not an all-or-nothing choice but behaviors that are informed by who we are being and becoming. 

During the interview, Godwin shared how helping women become what she calls fearless and financially savvy leaders begins with them being intentional and in alignment with who they are rather than just following the latest trends and fads in the financial world, saying, “Our soul is made up of our mind, our will, and emotions. Those need to be in alignment. I call it whole soul finance. We really talk about what you believe, not just what you conjured up and thought you believe, but the things that have influenced you over time, your culture, your childhood environment, and your school experiences. All of the chatter that goes on online around money and finances makes it appear that you just have to make a decision and run with it. When really you have to understand what you believe about who you are, who you’re becoming, and what you believe you’re capable of receiving and building when it comes to making money, keeping money, and building financial assets for yourself and for the people you care about.”

Rather than selling financial services, Godwin’s focus is on educating women so they can make the best financial decisions for their individual situations. As the founder of Fearless Financial Mastery Academy and creator of the Position 4 Profit (TM) framework, Godwin teaches women leaders to align their finances with the vision, values, and priorities for every season of their lives and business.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why Audrey Godwin’s clients recognize that her ability to feel deeply yet make decisions with a clear head makes her a valuable partner in helping them become fearless and financially savvy leaders.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/audrey-godwin

To learn more about Audrey Godwin and the Fearless Financial Mastery Academy visit www.theaudreycompany.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, empowerment speaker, life purpose consultant, and author of “Destiny Grabbers,” Dr. Tanja Hightower discussed how women can discover purpose, get their passion back, redefine themselves, and refocus on who they are and what they were born to do.

Dr. Hightower understands all too well what it’s like to feel stuck, passionless, and without a purpose in life… because she’s been there. In her book “Destiny Grabbers,” she chronicled her own journey through terrible situations, facing insecurities, rejection, and abandonment that can cause unhealthy relationships and detour success, both financially and emotionally.

During the interview, Hightower shared how her own experiences led her to help others, saying, “I found myself in a pattern of situations where I had failed relationships and failed businesses. I began to have negative thought patterns. The root of the problem goes way back to my childhood when my mother didn’t have the attachment to me as a mother should during the developing process of a child. That was a chain reaction into my adulthood causing me to have these negative behaviors and patterns. I did not know until I had reached my 50s that I wasn’t in my purpose, and I really didn’t even know myself. And so, it stems back to that as the reason why I find myself wanting to help women. Women wear masks, they don’t like to show who they really are, because sometimes they don’t even know who they really are. So, my passion is helping these women redefine themselves and to discover their purpose and get the passion back that they may once have had before they lost it and got stuck. This is what drives me.  Empowering women to be what they were born to be… to do what they were born to do.”

In her 30 years of public service and 25 years as a leader in Ministry, Dr. Hightower has reached thousands of people who are lost to help them unearth their identity and discover purpose. Empowering, encouraging, and enlightening individuals so that they can do the same for the next person.

Through her women’s group workshops, speaking engagements, as well as one-on-one and group coaching, Dr. Hightower helps women discover purpose, get their passion back, redefine themselves, and refocus on who they are and what they were born to do.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/tanja-hightower

To learn more about Dr. Tanja Hightower, visit https://tphightowerint.com

PROGRAM 15 and New Balance Baseball continue their unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball, announcing their collaboration with Southern Nevada Preparatory Athletics.

In partnership with Southern Nevada Preps, the New Balance Future Stars Series will identify teams and players across the country to compete in fall tournaments throughout Las Vegas, Arizona, Southern California, Northern California, and the Northwest.

During the fall regional tournaments, elite players will be identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League Players, Coaches, and Scouts to participate in fall signature events this year. Teams from surrounding states will participate in 4 age groups (17/18U, 16U, 15U, 14U) with a 3-game minimum using NHSF Rules.

Southern Nevada Preps will operate tournament events in conjunction with the New Balance Future Stars Series brand in beginning with The Las Vegas Fall Super Regional, which kicks off September 10th with games played at college and high school fields located in the Henderson, Las Vegas, and Southern Nevada area.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series said, “Robert and SNP are professionals. You can feel the energy from the minute he speaks and it’s contagious. We’re looking forward to the relationship and growing together for players on the West Coast for years to come.”

Since its inception in 2016, The New Balance Future Stars Series has impacted over 15,000 athletes all over the world. As the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball, PROGRAM 15 is backed by decades of Pro Baseball Scouting experience. Their highly-skilled scouting staff provides amateur players in-depth and credible evaluations they can trust because they are the same credible evaluations that are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country.

For more information on The New Balance Future Stars Series Las Vegas Fall Super Regional as well as other events visit https://FutureStarsSeries.com

ABOUT SOUTHERN NEVADA PREPARATORY ATHLETICS:
Southern Nevada Preparatory Athletics aims to bring quality baseball league play and tournaments to the Southern Nevada region. SN Preps events provide exceptional competition and positive exposure. To learn more visit https://www.snpreps.com

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance Athletics, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for more than 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance MADE U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns and operates four factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 7,000 associates around the globe and in 2020 reported worldwide sales of $3.3 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit https://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

International bestselling author, Karen Oeser’s latest book, “HerStory: Energized by Joy” will be available for purchase on Amazon.com on August 2, 2021.

In this book, Oeser shares her story of how she overcame years of abuse, multiple traumas, and several near-death experiences to become a joyful worship dancer and blessing finder. She also shares her platform with nine other brave warriors who share how they turned trials into triumph.”

In response to publishing her recent book, Oeser stated, “I make it my quest to find a blessing in any situation, regardless of how insurmountable and painful it might appear. I am thrilled to share my personal story with other women who have experienced trauma and are ready to start living again.”

Energized by Joy is a must-read for those seeking inspirational, enlightening, uplifting personal stories and experiences of issues that are affecting women – socially, economically, and environmentally.

About Karen Oeser – Author, Dancer, Coach, and Speaker

International bestselling author Karen Oeser is the founder of “Energized by Joy,” a faith-based brand that helps women celebrate everything life has to offer. She bravely pulls from her trials big and small through heartfelt devotions, dances, coaching sessions, and workshops to demonstrate that anyone can find inner joy and their unique purpose to serve others. As a John Maxwell Team Certified Speaker, Karen is a frequent podcast guest and conference speaker.

“Financial Literacy for Her” is Karen’s other baby. The coaching program is specifically designed to help women overcome their fear of money and empower them to build generational wealth.

In her capacity as a pastor and Licensed Minister of Dance, Karen works with families who have loved ones struggling with drug addiction, mental illness, and incarceration. In her free time, she loves spending time with her teenage sons, being outdoors, traveling, and volunteering at her church in Greenville, South Carolina.

To learn more about Karen:

Website: www.energizedbyjoy.com

Email: karen@energizedbyjoy.com

Facebook/Instagram: @energizedbyjoy

“HerStory: Energized by Joy” by Karen Oeser is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099C47NCV or directly at https://energizedbyjoy.com/book/

The real estate market is hot right now, and there are many things to consider for anyone thinking about selling, especially first-time home sellers.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Residential Real Estate Expert Rosalyne Chatman discussed how she is helping first-time home sellers navigate the selling process.

Rosalyne has been a real estate agent for 23 years servicing the Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia areas, where she specializes in educating and assisting first-time home sellers through the selling process, from preparing the home to sell, showings, negotiations, and getting to the closing.

During the interview, Rosalyne shared some things sellers should consider when deciding what level of improvement they need to make as they prepare their home for sale, saying, “You have to think about the current market. You have to ask yourself, ‘Do I need to over-improve to get the value, or should I sell it as is? Is it worth putting money into the house and will I get it back?’ It really does depend on the market. Let’s take, for example, this market right now… Considering supply and demand right now, it’s a seller’s market and you’re going to get more buyers than sellers. So, the buyers are willing to compromise on what they will accept, meaning sellers don’t have to invest as much money in preparation. Now in a regular market, first and foremost, you really want your home to look its best. If you can, make it look like a model home. But if you’re not able to achieve that look, then make it look its best, because a buyer is going to walk into your home and they’re gonna tear it apart. They are already thinking they don’t want to pay the list price for the house. So you want to make it shine, make it show its best, and that way they can see the value.”

Rosalyne’s passion makes it easy to understand why she has been able to help hundreds of sellers achieve their goals so they can move onto the next phase of their lives.

Listen in as Rosalyne busts common myths and misconceptions around what it takes to successfully sell a house in both hot and slower markets, as well as how to avoid the mistakes that can cost first-time home sellers time and money.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/rosalyne-chatman

To learn more about Rosalyne Chatman, visit https://rozyourrealtor.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Central Florida real estate agent Janine Rosario discussed the special considerations when selling a home due to a divorce or separation.

Divorce and selling a home are considered two of the top 10 most stressful events in life. Going through both at the same time can amplify that stress exponentially.

For many couples, their home is their greatest asset, and the decision to divorce may require the house to be sold. As emotionally draining as the process may be, it’s important to understand that the decisions made can have a lasting impact on life long after the divorce is final.

Janine knows this first hand because she’s been through it herself, and it’s one of the reasons she is so passionate about helping others navigate through the process. During the interview, she shared some encouragement for other women who may be facing the same challenges, saying, “When you’re going through a separation, it’s the end of your life as you knew it and now you’re going to start a new chapter. I was in the same situation about 15 years ago. I was in New York, in a relationship. We ended up separating and I decided to move over 1,000 miles away, to Florida, to start a new life with my son. I bought a house so that I could raise him there and give him the life that I always wanted to give him and I knew that he deserved… A lot of us think as women we can’t afford this. It’s just so out of range financially to be able to afford this on my own, but it’s something that I really want to do for me and my children. I understand all those headaches and heartaches and how you can come out on the other side and achieve your dreams. It’s going to take work, it’s going to take planning, but it is totally doable. If you go about it in the right way.”

As a real estate agent serving the Orlando and Central Florida area, Janine works directly with people going through a separation or a divorce by helping them successfully navigate the home selling process so they can move on to the next chapter in their lives and find a new dream home for themselves and their family.

The episode concludes with some inspirational words from Janine, “I do want to let people know that it does get better. You will learn from this process and you will surprise yourself as to how strong you are once you go through it. Connect with someone like me or someone who specializes in this in your area to help you get through this process the best way possible.”

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/janine-rosario

To learn more about Janine Rosario visit https://www.janinerosariorealestate.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Hollywood stylist Dina Cerchione discussed the secret to her success for making people look great on and off camera for over 25 years. With shows such as America’s Got Talent, Deal or No Deal and Beat Shazam, her styling finesse has refined the look of thousands—celebs and “real people” alike.

Now, Dina works that same magic for others outside the spotlights of Hollywood. She has a definite talent for being able to make even the “fashion challenged” feel like a million bucks without having to spend a million bucks. Her style philosophy is the same for both men and women, saying, “Personal style is more important than fashion. Keep it simple, make it your own, and choose accent pieces wisely.”

During the interview, Dina shared some of the common fears and misconceptions that prevent people from experiencing their full potential when it comes to personal style, saying, “There’s a handful that I see over and over again. One is that they see it on the mannequin, but think, you know, that’s not for me, or that’s not something I can wear. And, you know, if it’s something you like, and it’s something you’re drawn to, then you should absolutely try that… We have all of our own insecurities, and that’s why you’re thinking it’s for somebody else. When I work with a client, if there’s something that you’re drawn to we can look at it. And, if it’s something slinky that maybe doesn’t work for your body type, but you like the color or you like the fabric, there are ways of figuring out what it is you’re drawn to that’s not necessarily the exact thing on the mannequin, but gets you that feeling that’s on the mannequin. Another misconception a lot of people think is that it takes a lot of money to reinvent yourself, which it can if you have a lot of money and you want to spend a lot of money. But there are absolutely ways that you can rework the wardrobe pieces that you have, and then create and build a wardrobe going forward, where you can really be mindful about how you’re doing it…  I do think you should be mindful. I don’t think you should have closets overflowing with stuff you don’t use. I’m a big believer in building on a basic foundation.”

Dina’s passion for style started at an early age when she didn’t look like all the other girls, explaining, “They were all wearing skinny designer jeans and Candies shoes and that simply didn’t work for me and my Italian curves! I wanted a way to stand out and look great so I discovered using clothes in a way that accentuated and worked with my body, not against it.” 

When working with clients, Dina takes her styling cues from the personalities of the people she dresses. Her goal is to always make clients look and feel their best, for whatever THEIR life looks like, not of a life that they don’t lead. She helps them define their own personal style rather than just choose another off-the-rack trend.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/dina-cerchione

To learn more about Dina Cerchione, visit https://dmcstyles.com

It’s a common belief that pain is an inevitable part of getting older. As many people reach midlife, they begin to experience minor pains, such as soreness from getting out of bed in the morning or other nuisance pains throughout the day. But for some, those nuisance pains go far beyond soreness.

According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, more Americans suffer from pain than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined—that’s 100 million people—making it one of the most complex and troublesome health problems of our time.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, founder of Empowered Women & Wellness Solutions and author of ‘Invisible Ink: How to Become Your Most Excellent’ Pam Spencer discussed how she helps women overcome the pain, emotional exhaustion, and stress that often comes during midlife.

During the interview, Spencer shared the specific challenges faced by women during midlife, saying, “With midlife comes the emotional, physical, and just mental exhaustion. Hormones are changing and estrogen levels are down, adding to the complications when it comes to pain. With the estrogen levels high in younger women, you have better coping skills, you have better flexibility at a hormonal level. As we get older, the immune system and our physiological chemical self changes a bit. Lower estrogen levels add to the coping and healing of the pain.  Additionally, you have hormonal influences that really affect the levels of energy of tolerance. And so with the emotional pain, you can become exhausted and want to give up. Well, that’s not the answer, because you surely want to live fully and move forward. There are so many restrictions entwined with pain and being able to break it down and help them at a functional, physical, and emotional level, patients do extremely well.”

As a Nurse Practitioner and Health & Life Coach, Spencer has worked with thousands of clients to help them gain vibrant energy by teaching them the tools needed to free themselves from pain so they can live the extraordinary life they deserve. 

Spencer overcame significant adversities with her own health. Through perseverance and the power of the mind, she went from struggling with stress, exhaustion, chaos, emotional sabotage, and low self-confidence to living an extraordinary life.

Today, Pam specializes in helping busy professional women in midlife achieve an extraordinary life through optimal health, self-empowerment, and inspiration.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/pam-spencer

To learn more about Pam Spencer, visit https://EmpoweringWomenAndWellnessSolutions.com

When it comes to professional leadership, being a confident and powerful communicator is key. And that starts with the voice.  Whether it’s on Zoom, live presentations, or management meetings, professionals in any field who can speak with confidence and control have the edge.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Voice and Confidence Coach Sloane Reali discussed how she is helping professionals across industries find confidence through the power of voice.

For over 20 years, Sloane has been helping not just singers but public speakers, teachers, therapists, doctors, and authors to prepare vocally in their professions. She has been featured on Television and Radio as an expert on the power of voice and has worked with clients to prepare for auditions including American Idol, The Voice, Glee, and Disney.

Over the last 10 years, Sloane has gained recognition in the medical community for her work with students who come to her after an illness or injury has affected their vocal ability.  During the interview, she explained how her work has evolved far beyond helping singers and industry leaders, saying, “It started about a decade ago when a woman came in with something I’d never heard of called VCD, Vocal Cord Dysfunction. An ear, nose, and throat doctor had referred her and said, ‘You need to go get some Vocal Coaching.’ I told her what I do and that I didn’t know if this is going to work. But let’s try it. Sure enough… it worked. I had a young man who had brain cancer, a tumor, when they went in to operate, they got the cancer out, but they botched the vocal cords from anesthesia somehow. I’ve worked with different clients whose vocal cords were affected related to surgery and the precursor is always ‘I’m not sure if this is going to work. But let’s try what I’ve been doing for almost 20 years and see if you can get some relief. Let’s see what kind of results we can get.’ If there are no physical issues going on, I guarantee my work. It starts with that very first hour we’re together. You will see, feel, and hear something significantly changed with your voice before you leave your session with me. If you’re coming to me with a physical issue, medical-related, the caveat is always  ‘I’m not sure if I can help you,  but let’s try this.’ And I surprised myself. The stuff I’m able to help people with has been so exciting.”

Whether she is working with someone who wants to sing, become a better communicator, or trying to recover their voice from a medical setback, Sloane is a true innovator when it comes to helping people find their voice, build confidence, and unlock their potential.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/sloane-reali

To learn more about Sloane Reali, visit www.vocalcoachingbysloane.com 

The Greek philosopher Socrates famously said, “The unexamined life is not worth living”. For Carole Isenberg, the examination of one’s life begins with the exploration of the matrilineal line. 

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Emmy Nominated TV and Film Producer and founder of The Mother Lode Experience Carole Isenberg discussed how our mothers and even grandmothers are often the originators of the stories we tell ourselves… about ourselves as well as the curators of beliefs and internal laws by which we often live our lives.

During the interview, Carole shared her inspiration for creating The Mother Lode Experience, saying, “The Mother Lode Experience was actually inspired by my own life. I had a challenging relationship with my mother, and really had a chance to look at that. I found that over time, my friends would talk about their relationships with their mothers. I’ve always been a student of human behavior, and it fascinated me. I realize that our mothers, and our whole ancestral line, has a huge impact on who we become as adults. So, The Mother Lode Experience is an ability to take some time and really look at the impact.  What behaviors do we have that work? What behaviors do we have that don’t work? What family themes come down? When we can look at it, we can begin to make some choices. Do we want to continue that way? Do we want to make changes? And in the process of The Mother Lode Experience, there are many tools and exercises, so that we can actually unfold and really take a deeper look within so that the next step in our life is much more satisfying, it’s much more accomplished for what we want to be in this world.”

Whether a person was close with their mother or it was a struggle, Carole knows that examining this connection is worth its weight in gold. Being aware of the impact they can have on the choices one makes provides an opportunity to break through generations’ themes and ignite the next chapter of life.

Today, Carole’s mission is to inspire individuals from pre-teens to elders across all borders in a language they easily understand and assist them to access and develop their most potent realized selves. The Mother Lode Experience is a very healing experience. The process offers a place to heal the unhealed pieces.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/carole-isenberg

To learn more about Carole Isenberg and The Motherlode Experience, visit https://themotherlodeexperience.com/

There are a lot of professional women in this world who are incredibly smart in so many ways, but managing money isn’t one of them.

When women don’t feel confident about money, they will often avoid talking to their spouse, bankers, investment advisors, insurance agents, car salesmen, or mortgage lenders because they lack the confidence to make the best decisions for their financial situations.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Wealth & Women Founder Stacey Swanson discussed how she is helping professional women to increase their Money Confidence.

During the interview, Stacey explained her perspective on Money Confidence and why she feels it is especially important for women, saying, “Money confidence, in my eyes and what I teach my clients, is having the confidence to understand, manage, and talk about your money. It’s an issue for people all around the world, and the main reason for that is that we’re never really taught how to handle or manage our money. We’re not taught the concepts about money, even though it affects everyone’s life. We’re earning money and then we’re just kind of thrown out into the world to try and figure it out. That goes for men and women. But I think it’s mostly important for women because often they are raised to rely on a man to help them with their money or handle their money for them. So it’s easy to ignore it and just kind of tell yourself, ‘oh, somebody else will take care of that’. Maybe it’s Dad or Grandpa, and then when you get married, a spouse, and it’s easy to just think ‘I’m not smart enough, that it’s too complicated. I’ll never understand that.’ And then at some point, you’re on your own, maybe you go through a divorce, or you’re widowed, or you don’t get married. And then you’re sitting there trying to figure all this out. On top of that, 80% of the financial professionals that we’re dealing with are male. So then we’re still having that feeling of ‘Well, I’m not going to ask questions, because I don’t want to be embarrassed because I don’t understand things.’ And we continue to ignore it and push it to the side and let somebody else handle it. That’s not often the best course of action.  Many women get taken advantage of because of their lack of knowledge and end up in their 50s or in retirement, barely making it and not having enough money. Financial information and literacy are the keys so that future generations can be educated and we can all handle our money. I really feel that if that happened all over the world, especially in the United States, we would not have these economic issues that we have been dealing with for so long.”

Stacey guides professional women to increase their Money Confidence by educating them on money concepts, management, organization, mindset, and giving them tools and processes to eliminate debt, automate their budget, and speak knowledgeably and confidently with financial professionals.

With over 30 years in accounting, budgeting, and banking experience, Stacey, a former single mom and farm-girl, brings her financial experience to her clients through Money Confidence online courses and in-person events, and by protecting assets and creating plans for her client’s wealth and a debt-free retirement.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/stacey-swanson

To learn more about Stacey Swanson and Wealth & Women, visit https://wealthandwomen.net

The current pandemic forced distance learning in schools to keep students, educators, families, and communities safe. New stressors have emerged with this new style of learning, especially for students who may have already been struggling.

Right now, probably more than any time in history, the leadership in charter and private schools are facing their biggest management challenges. School leaders are being pulled in every direction. Social-emotional barriers to distance learning, information overload, confusion, mounting deadlines, and budget constraints are having a big impact on student and teacher retention. 

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Award-Winning Dean and Educational Consultant Jacqueline Gonzalez-Reyes discussed how she is helping Charter and Private School leaders throughout the US to promote students’ well-being, progress, and success during a pandemic.

During the interview, Jaqueline explained one of the biggest challenges facing school leadership today, saying, “When it comes to private and charter schools, we’re looking at retention. We noticed overnight when we started building some of our digital programs, it changed our dynamic, our infrastructure, and how we operate, which led to a lot of questions from all of our stakeholders and students. What did the school day look like? Was there a limitation of time? When was I going to go back in person? As well as our families. As you can imagine, our board members and teachers were on the frontlines really trying to navigate as best as possible. But this created a lot of stressors that were changing day by day as many of the guidelines started changing. Many people are concerned about academics, as well. We also went through some cultural differences that the pandemic brought in 2020. As a school leader, I am so excited to see how I can continue to support some of these challenges that really have an impact on retention. It’s not just impacting a student’s attendance score, but they also are starting to impact budgets, whether there’s enough of the budget to go around to retain our qualified staff, as well as operational budgets.”

Jacqueline has secured over a $14 million operating budget throughout her career by supporting retention efforts with students, families, and colleagues at small, mid-sized, and large management caliber settings. A school leader herself, Jacqueline brings firsthand leadership experience in founding and supporting seven startups from education, nonprofit, and business sectors. She knows how and why to motivate. Working for families and schools, Jacqueline offers social-emotional engagement and keeps desired outcomes at the forefront in all her interactions, from local and national collaborations.

As the Founder and CEO of JGR Consultancy, Jaqueline is redefining school management by providing charter and private schools the information and tools they desperately need to successfully coach and guide their teachers, students, and families, both academically and emotionally.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/jacqueline-gonzalez-reyes

To learn more about Jacqueline Gonzalez-Reyes and JGR Consultancy, visit https://www.jgrconsultancy.com

Midlife Crisis is a term most women don’t think about until they start experiencing the signs. For some, it’s psychological; for others, it’s physical; and for many, it’s both. During this time, the battle with weight, energy, and self-confidence seems to get harder and harder. The impact can take a toll, physically and emotionally.

The way one feels can carry over into relationships and just about every aspect of life.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Health & Life Coach and founder of KayBee Consulting Kerry Burrows discussed how she helps women who feel lost or stuck in the second act of life.

With a passion for nutrition, fitness, and women’s health, she is now inspiring and empowering women to create energy, balance and joy.

During the interview, Kerry shared what drives her passion for inspiring and empowering women through nutrition, fitness, and health, saying, “It comes out of a dark place. I am now 57. But when I was going through perimenopause at the age of 43, I found myself with debilitating symptoms of insomnia, brain fog, anxiety and emotionally eating to the point where I just didn’t even recognize myself anymore. I knew that I needed to get some help. I went to my doctors and they just wanted to prescribe me medications. I did try some of them but they actually reacted worse in my body. So, as a prior research scientist in health care myself, I knew that there had to be more natural remedies and things that I could do for myself. I started diving in and became my own guinea pig and I cured myself. I found what works for women in midlife and instead of being in that dark place, I brought myself to a light place. And I said that no other woman should ever be in such a dark place in mid-life. I wanted to help as many women as I can to never have to go through that again and show them that they can work with somebody that hears them, understands them, and can help guide them to a place of energy, balance and joy.”

Today, Kerry’s passion and purpose is to guide midlife women with heart-centered coaching, science-based tools, strategies, and programs to support their journey for balance in their body and within their lives.

Kerry’s philosophy is that we are One Body, One Mind & One Heart and they are all interconnected. Being trained as both a health and life coach she is able to see, hear and help the whole person and not just the initial problem or struggle.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://influencersradio.com/kerry-burrows

To learn more about Kerry Burrows and KayBee Consulting, visit https://www.kaybeeconsulting.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Anne Kulhanek, founder of Premier Travel, talks about how she is helping travelers, especially those 50 and over, plan once-in-a-lifetime bucket list vacations.

Since the COVID-19 travel shutdowns, would-be vacationers have been cooped up for a long time. Now that much of the world is opening up, they are ready to get out and about.

While planning a vacation was a DIY exercise for many before the shutdowns, things have certainly changed. More and more discerning travelers aren’t willing to jeopardize their vacation experience trying to navigate travel restrictions and COVID protocols on their own. Instead, they are turning to pros like Anne Kulhanek.

Specializing in once-in-a-lifetime bucket list vacations, Anne’s team at Premier Travel amplifies traveler’s vacation dreams beyond what they thought was possible. Her vacations are never cookie cutter and always customized.

During the interview, Anne explained that what makes a trip ‘once in a lifetime’ is defined by her clients, saying, “Luxury for everyone is so different. The word luxury is commonly used in travel, and it’s funny because every travel supplier considers themselves to be luxury. But it really is defined by you. For you, luxury might be a first-class airline ticket to Europe, and staying in a penthouse suite at a certain hotel. For somebody else, luxury might be traveling to Ireland just being among the locals, staying at an authentic hotel, and meeting the owner of a little pub. So luxury really is, in my opinion, about doing what you want to do in the way that you want to do it. Whether it’s off the beaten path or an iconic place that’s very popular, it is about you, what you want out of this trip, and what’s customized just for you.”

With over two decades of travel agency experience, Anne’s strong relationships with quality travel providers, along with her network of local partners and guides, ensures her clients have the trip of a lifetime. As independent agents, Anne’s team at Premier Travel works on behalf of their clients, shopping and selecting travel providers who will deliver exactly what they need and at the best price.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/anne-kulhanek

To learn more about Anne Kulhanek and Premier Travel, visit https://PremierTravels.com

Public safety service men and women, first responders, police, fire fighters, paramedics and dispatchers have some of the toughest jobs… protecting the public. They are required to make split-second decisions that can have a lasting impact on not just the community they are committed to protect, but the lives of the people who are directly involved in sometimes, very volatile situations, as well as their own families and careers.  While the results of those decisions can cast them as heroes, there are times they find themselves vilified, especially in the court of public opinion.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, attorney Muna Busailah, Managing Partner of the Stone Busailah law firm in Pasadena, California, discussed the special challenges, including the impact of media coverage, faced by Public Safety personnel when they find themselves involved in civil, criminal, and administrative matters.

During the interview, Busailah explained the unique advantage the Stone Busailah team of skilled lawyers provide as advocates for public safety employees in administrative disciplinary hearings, grievance arbitrations, and unfair practice charges, saying, “…the attorneys in our firm have either retired from the ranks of Sergeant up to Chief of Police that are members of our firm, including fire personnel that retired as Fire Chiefs. So with that perspective, they’re able to assist the lawyers who have not had that law enforcement experience, but more importantly, to connect and relate immediately to the client. Because they’ve been there. They’ve been involved in uses of force, they’ve been involved in shootings, they’ve been involved in investigations. They’ve had allegations brought against them, or they’ve been sued and ended up as defendants in court. They understand the ramifications of how allegations and investigations can flow and damage their careers. And I think it helps give the client more confidence and assurance that they’re going to be taken care of, because they’re being represented by people who understand what they’re going through, and are focused on making sure that the end result is to protect their careers. So they have a future to continue, or keep them out of criminal prosecutions”.

The interview concluded with Busailah saying, “We are truly proud to be able to represent the brave men and women who have joined this noble profession, and daily put their lives in danger for those of perfect strangers.”

As a police law and litigation specialist since 1993, Muna Busailah and the Stone Busailah law firm is on a mission to defend those who protect others by providing clients the best legal representation possible with integrity, skill and compassion. 

To listen to the full interview, visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/muna-busailah

To learn more about Muna Busailah and the Stone Busailah law firm, visit https://www.stonebusailah.com

There are times when just about everyone feels like they may have taken on more than they can handle. With too many plates spinning, it can get to the point where it seems like something’s got to give.

No one knows this more than busy working moms.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Chaos N’ Cooks founder and CEO Heather Steinker talks about how she is helping busy mompreneurs stress less and save time through helpful tools and systems to increase productivity in their lives. 

Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full-time job. As a busy mom of three, a wife to a traveling hubby, and keeping it weird in Austin, Texas, it’s safe to say that Heather’s life is far from boring. Running a household with three young kids requires a  strategy and a system to keep things moving like a well-oiled machine.

After many moms came to her asking “How do you do it? I swear you have more time in the day than anyone else,” Heather created Chaos n’ Cookies to show them the way by teaching her clients to be more efficient in their homes or running their businesses by working smarter and not harder.

During the interview, Heather broke down the household reference guide that she created called ‘The Family Playbook’, saying, “Running a household is like a business. It costs money to keep it up. Just like in actual business, you have to keep up with the books and budget for your household as well. You have a mortgage and utilities to pay. There’s maintenance. You want to make sure your AC works during the summer and your heat kicks on when it’s cold outside. So why not have that information somewhere to reference?   …When we go out of town, or even just go out to dinner with a friend, and we’re leaving our children, our pets, or someone’s watching your home, you write them a set of instructions, you give them information on where you’re going to be, how they can reach you, who your next-door neighbor is, and maybe they have a key in case of an emergency… Most of the time after you write the lists down you either lose them, throw them away, or things change and you and have to write it again. I made the Family Playbook a 188 page PDF to help you run your home like a well-oiled machine by planning ahead and making it accessible…you can create all the information on your computer, or you can print it out and write it down. There’s financial information in there. My husband runs our finances, and if something were to happen, being proactive is so much less stressful when you’re prepared and have things in place… So this playbook has literally everything from pets to finances to medication.”

In addition to running her coaching business as CNC’s CEO, Heather is a certified coach for a premier virtual fitness and nutrition program helping others feel better while sustaining a healthy lifestyle. Heather gained 10+ years of experience as a Director of Marketing building multiple court reporting companies. Oh, and if she wasn’t busy enough, she maintains her own column called “How-to with Heather” for a local neighborhood magazine, where she teaches her community fun hacks to be more self-sufficient with common household tasks. You can catch her weekly on her Chaos n’ Cookies Podcast, which ranked #80 in Parenting on the USA charts. Heather is helping mompreneurs chip away, one problem at a time.

Listen in as Heather shares inspirational and practical tips from The Family Playbook, her brilliantly creative manual that every household should have on hand.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/heather-steinker

To learn more about Heather Steinker, visit https://ChaosnCookies.com

PROGRAM 15 continues to push the game of baseball and its amateur athletes into new territories through innovation by partnering with ProPlayAI as the Official Biomechanics Player Development Partner for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series.

ProPlayAI is a leading human motion intelligence company that brings lab-grade biomechanics data and insights to users’ fingertips through proprietary computer vision software that captures data directly from a smartphone.

“We used to need a full biomechanics lab, or complex multi-camera systems to deliver these types of reports in the past, but with PitchAI – one camera is all we need to deliver an accurate biomechanics assessment to identify deficiencies, strengths, and areas for development in these top prospects.” says ProPlayAI’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Michael Sonne “Working with PROGRAM15 puts the technology in the hands of some of the top prospects, and we’re excited to be a part of their development process- both in practice, bullpens, and games.”

With the new partnership, ProPlayAI Biomechanical analysis feedback will be captured in real-time and incorporated into PROGRAM 15’s player evaluation model for select New Balance Future Stars Series events, including:

NBFSS Regional Combines
NBFSS Underclass Combine
NBFSS National and World Combines
NBFSS Underclass Elite
NBFSS Caribbean Classic
NBFSS Main Event at Fenway Park

PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, Jeremy Booth, says, “We’re excited to take this step with ProPlayerAI toward better analysis designed to be used for player growth. It’s cutting edge technology, and this relationship continues our mission to wade through the noise and ineffectiveness of the market at large and focus on what truly has impact and longevity.”

Players attending New Balance Future Stars Series select events will have ProPlayAI Biomechanical analysis feedback included in their P15 Scouting Reports as well as their player profiles on PROGRAM 15’s proprietary Scouting Database, which is available to college recruiting staff and pro scouts.

PROGRAM 15 Scouting Reports are just one of the reasons Future Stars Series Scouting and Evaluation events have built a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available. Backed by decades of Pro Baseball experience, PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches provide in-depth and credible evaluations that are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country.

ABOUT ProPlayAI:
Based in Toronto, Canada, ProPlayAI is a leading human motion intelligence company that brings lab-grade biomechanics data and insights to the fingertips of users through proprietary computer vision software. For further information or to see ProPlayAI products in action, visit https://proplayai.com/pitchai or contact info@proplayai.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit https://futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Being an entrepreneur can be one of the toughest challenges a person can face. Creating and maintaining a profitable business can be overwhelming and stressful. Many business owners get so focused on where the money is coming from that they lose sight of where their money is going and why they started their business.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Dawnette Palmore, founder and owner of Proverbs Financial Coaching, discussed how she empowers professional and entrepreneurial women who make great money but don’t know where it goes to gain control of their finances without sacrificing their lifestyle so they can live a financially stress-free life.

During the interview, Dawnette shared how her own mistakes with money led her to discover that being vision-focused instead of budget-focused allowed her to get out of debt, save, and invest in her future while enjoying the things she loves, saying, “I’ve been a business owner for over 20 years. I was running my house, homeschooling my kids, being all these things I needed to be, but I was not managing my finances. We were co-mingling our business and personal finances. We viewed our business as a bank account, just there to draw money out and not really having a plan or saving any money. Even though we were making half a million dollars a year, we were just broke every month; it was so ridiculous. It caused a lot of shame and guilt because I knew that I needed to be doing better with my money. I just didn’t know how. I felt so overwhelmed with what I already had on my plate. I didn’t know how I was going to do all these other things. So I began to research, taking one step at a time – one goal at a time.  Creating those steps made it so easy and refreshing and it just brought a lot of peace with my finances.  I was able to change this relationship I had with money so that it was no longer controlling my life and telling me what I could and couldn’t do. Instead, I was controlling the money and I was telling it where it was going to go and what it was going to do.”

Planning is the key to success according to Dawnette.  Explaining how budgeting is more about creating awareness rather than restrictions for a business owner, she said, “Budget can be a dirty word. People hate hearing that word because to them, it means they can’t do something they love, they’re going to be restricted, their budget is going to tell them No. But done properly, a budget is just a plan for our money. This is our income, this is what we want to do with our money. And when you look at it as a plan instead of a restriction it changes everything. It gives us freedom, but it also gives us boundaries that we set, not that anybody else has set for us. We have the freedom to do the things we want to do with our money within the boundaries we set so that we can also do the things we want later in our life, like investing, saving to buy a home, purchase another business or whatever it might be.”

As a Financial Coach, not a financial advisor Dawnette works with female business owners and professional to get clarity with their money, define what they are trying to accomplish, empower them to make the changes in their behavior with money to reach their goals so they can run a thriving business and fulfilled life.

Dawnette doesn’t sell any financial products such as stocks, mutual funds, or insurance. Her work goes far deeper.  By helping her clients understand their emotional relationship and behavior with money, she shows them how to change those behaviors to match their goals and values—a true transformation from where they are to where they want to be.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand how Dawnette Palmore has empowered hundreds of women to create thriving and profitable businesses, live their life on their terms, and be at peace with their money.

To listen to the full interview, visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/dawnette-palmore

To learn more about Dawnette Palmore, visit https://www.proverbsfinancialcoaching.com

“Expert Profiles Volume 14 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on April 29, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industries and Digital Media categories. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Consulting, Digital Media, and Service Industries categories.

When it comes to dieting, the hardest part isn’t always losing the weight; it’s keeping it off that can present the biggest challenge. There is certainly no shortage of quick weight loss programs that promise to melt away the pounds and achieve that beach body fast. But the results are often fleeting, and many gain the weight right back when life gets in the way.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Healthy Lifestyle Expert Nancy Leeds Gribble discussed why sustainable weight loss requires true transformation. Both mentally and physically. 

During the interview, Nancy breaks down one of the most common misconceptions about weight loss and why women feel they have to deprive themselves of foods they love to get results, saying, “We want an abundant life, and we want to eat in abundance, but we have to eat the right foods. This is why I work specifically with women over 40. I know the mindset we grew up with, and it was to starve yourself and deprive yourself.  You can’t eat this, and you can’t eat that …We can eat anything we want. But what you choose to eat. Well, that’s up to you…”

Nancy’s success in creating sustainable results is based on her commitment and ability to tailor her strategies to the individual woman. Explaining how she starts by adding healthy choices rather than trying to immediately eliminate the not-so-healthy habits developed over a lifetime, Nancy said, ”My coaching is not cookie-cutter. I start with where each woman is at, and then together, we figure out what changes they can make slowly, that are going to work for them to get long-term results…. Maybe you don’t want to cut out that piece of cake just yet. But can we add in an apple? If I have somebody that’s been eating at McDonald’s three meals a day, I’m not going to suddenly say, ‘ Okay, here’s your new meal plan.’ That’s not going to work. I have to start where they are and then we grow as I help them navigate and make the changes.  I know that slow and sustainable may not sound sexy, but when you lose the weight, and keep it off, you really feel sexy, and you really feel good. Let’s chase that feeling. Let’s chase that goal.”

Nancy knows that living a healthy lifestyle is not just about how you look but also about how you feel. That wasn’t always the case. Like many girls of her generation, healthy nutrition wasn’t a concern to Nancy growing up. The only thing important to her was being skinny.

But by her mid-40s, even as a vegetarian, Nancy discovered that she had no problem losing weight, but she would gain it back from stress eating or just not knowing how to eat.  She thought the answer was just to eat less and try to fit in a workout now and then.

When asked what led to her own transformation, Nancy fought back tears as she shared her journey, saying, “I got married in my late 30s, and in my early 40s, I had my son.  In my mid-40s, my husband was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer.  My whole world flipped.  I started doing all this research on how to save him. That was my goal. I did an in-depth study on food, nutrition, and health, and I never realized how important whole foods are and everything they do for us. Sadly, my husband passed away, and I went into a very kind of dark place. I had been in real estate for 25 years, and this happened during the market crash. I lost my husband, I lost my income, and I went bankrupt. I had a four-year-old son, and I didn’t know what to do.  I stayed in a fog for a good three years. When I started to come out of my fog, I eventually met somebody, and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, life is kicking off again.’ Within a year, we got engaged. And right after that, he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer and passed away. I thought, ‘We only have this one life, and here are two people I love so much, and they’re gone so early and so fast.  That’s when I really started diving deep into health and nutrition. I was panicked because I had a very young son, and I was an older mom, and I decided I had to get healthy for him. That was the shift. ‘Skinny? I don’t care about being skinny. I need to be healthy. I need to do everything I can to make sure I’m healthy so I can give my son the absolute best life he can have with one parent.’ He’d already been through way too much.”

This shift from wanting to be skinny to needing to be healthy for her son led Nancy to discover the healthy lifestyle changes that would give her the strength to overcome personal tragedies on top of a professional setback that many would consider insurmountable. 

Every morning Nancy would back her car out of the garage to work out. Sometimes she would just sit on a mat and cry. But the more she started working out, the more her pain started turning into her power.  She realized that she not only wanted to be healthy for her son, but she wanted to be healthy for herself. She wanted to live life again. That’s when the second shift happened, and she made a commitment to do everything she could to make her life the best it could be and live it fully.

Nancy’s transformation from living a healthy lifestyle fuels her passion to inspire and help other women transform their body, mind, and soul and rediscover their strong, confident selves so they can go from Stuck to Unstoppable and live life to the fullest.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why so many smart, ambitious women around the globe turn to Nancy to help them go from Stuck To Unstoppable and create a body and life they love living in.

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/nancy-leeds-gribble

To learn more about Nancy Leeds Gribble, visit https://nancyleedsgribble.com

“Raising the Bar Volume 6: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” hit Amazon.com’s Best Seller list on April 14, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industry, Pharmacy, and Religious Studies–Sociology categories. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry, Pharmacy, Religious Studies–Sociology, Religious Studies–Psychology, and Women’s Spirituality categories.

Today more than ever, whether it’s a Zoom meeting, onstage, or in the boardroom, highly skilled professionals in all industries are experiencing anxiety when they are called upon to speak in public. Even though they may be valued for their creativity and know-how, they are often thrust into the limelight to give a presentation with little or no training to do it effectively. 

It’s no wonder the fear of speaking in public affects about 75% of the world’s population, and the discomfort is only increasing – particularly for those presenting in a second language.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Voice and Performance Coach SJ Harrison discussed how she helps smart professionals overcome their performance challenges to become effective presenters and achieve the highest results.

During the interview, Harrison broke down some of the most common misconceptions that strike fear in otherwise smart and skilled professionals when it comes to speaking in public. 

Explaining how many people feel that they can’t give a good presentation if they are nervous, Harrison said, “That ties into a sense of perfection. (people think) I can’t reach my audience or do a good enough job if it’s not perfect. And really, we’re just human beings speaking to other human beings. So as I’m sitting here talking to you, and I know that we’re on the air, even though it’s pre-recorded, I feel a little bit of nerves. We’re not going to erase that and somehow become this perfect person. We’re all imperfect.  We’re talking to imperfect people. So we ourselves don’t need to be perfect to perform. We just need to connect.”

Admitting that she herself is an introvert by nature, Harrison debunked the misconception that only extroverts can be charismatic performers, saying, “Many actors are introverts, but they’re able to compartmentalize these moments of performance. And that’s, in fact, what I do myself.  You just tell yourself, it’s for this hour and then I get to go back and be quiet and renew.  A lot of what it means to be an introvert is that you renew by quiet and by being by yourself.”

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why Harrison is so highly regarded and trusted by professionals when it comes to overcoming the fear of speaking in public by developing the skill and confidence to find their authentic “Voice”.

SJ Harrison is an internationally trained performer with a strong background in organizational culture and development. As the creator of the “Unlock Your Performance Power” coaching program, she helps skilled professionals who are anxious about presenting and public speaking turn their challenges into triumphs by teaching highly effective performance techniques, starting with the voice.

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/sj-harrison

To learn more about SJ Harrison, visit https://sjharrisoncoach.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, America’s Favorite Cybersecurity Expert and author of the upcoming book “CYBERSECURITY SECRETS” Jesse Castro discussed how he helps small to medium-sized businesses protect their digital and physical assets from the hordes of cyber threats lurking in the world today.

It seems that security breaches and cyber-attacks against high-profile companies, big e-commerce retailers, and financial institutions are in the news on a regular basis.  But small businesses are also prime targets for hackers and cybercriminals as well.

As the founder of the Cybersecurity firm Freedom Managed Services, Jesse Castro knows that many hackers are looking for the low-hanging fruit, the businesses that are exposed. Small to medium-sized businesses often have the least-protected websites and networks, making the cybercriminal’s job much easier. 

During the interview, Castro revealed how the recent growth of remote workers driven by the COVID pandemic can create potential security risks, even if the business has implemented measures to protect themselves. Castro says, “If you’re the owner of a small business and you don’t have an IT department or person that you rely on, one thing you need to understand is when you have people logging in from home, and they’re using a Virtual Private Network (VPN), which is an inherently secure encrypted tunnel from their home PC to your work PC. The problem is that you don’t know who set up the environment at their home. So, you don’t know if the password was changed on the router, which it should have been. You don’t know who set everything up or if there’s a time bomb sitting inside that network just waiting to explode. And if there is, and they log into your network through that VPN, and they are infected, your network is now going to become infected as well.”

Castro also shared the importance of not just protecting systems and data to prevent attacks but how critical it is to have a recovery plan in place in the event of a security breach, explaining how companies without a solid business continuity plan that is tested regularly can be one cyber-attack away from closure.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why Castro is the trusted expert to Owners, Executives, and Directors of small to medium-sized businesses when it comes to securing the systems and data behind the companies they’ve worked so hard to build.

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/jesse-castro

To learn more about Jesse Castro and Freedom Managed Services visit https://fmsit.net

Real Estate Investor Kaylee McMahon’s recent release, “Women in Multifamily Real Estate: How Queens Do Apartment Investing Differently” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on April 8, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Commercial Real Estate and Real Estate Investing. The book was also a Hot New Release in the Real Estate and Women & Business categories.

“Women in Multifamily Real Estate” is the result of Kaylee McMahon’s conversations with successful women in multifamily real estate investing who have touched her life and the lives of countless others. These women are resilient, wise, professional, and want to help others get ahead by sharing defining moments and lessons learned in their journey to success. Interested investors get a snapshot of WHO it takes to win in multifamily investing and how women do it.

Featuring Conversations with:

Sara Laschever – Author of “Women Don’t Ask”

Kelly Stinson –  Save Water, Save Money

Kim Stallings, MBA – Protecting Cash-Flowing Assets

Lisa Hylton – Passive Investing in Syndications

Karolina DiMario – Apartment Underwriter Toolset

Kathy Fettke – The Real Wealth Show

Shannon Shackerley-Bennett – Hotel Developer and CEO

Dawn Waye – Property Management

Karen Oeser, CFA – From Traditional to Alternative Investments

Leka Devatha – Making Millions with Small Multifamily

Lizzy Neutz – Getting Started in Multifamily the Right Way

Brooke Jackson – Multifamily Broker, Lender, and Mother

Pili Yarusi – Capital Raising

Erin Hudson – Taking Action

Cindy Mirliss – Dissecting Apartment Operating Agreements and PPMs

Ann Cone – Multifamily Agency Lender

Anna Kelley –Small Multifamily and Short-Term Rentals

Amy Tiemann – Due Diligence

Kristy Siple, CPA – Tax Information for Syndicated Properties

Chat Steinwald – Commercial Real Estate Investing

Sandhya Seshadri – Negotiating Secrets Revealed

In response to the book hitting Number One, McMahon stated, “I am so proud that my efforts resulted in #1 Amazon ranking because that means we are highly effective at getting the stories of these amazing women in multifamily real estate in front of other future SheVestors! We have one hand to help ourselves and another to pull others up. Our actions show who we are.”

“Women in Multifamily Real Estate” is a must-read for anyone considering a career in real estate investing.

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

What gets Kaylee out of bed every day is her determination to create financial independence and a space for those in codependent and toxic relationships, which hampers their ability to visualize and manifest an amazing reality. Her company, The Apartment Queen, is changing the face of multifamily by involving more women as powerhouse operators, key principles, and limited partners. Kaylee’s vision is to create 1 billion female SheVestors and “givers” by 2030. Kaylee has done home flipping, note buying, active/passive investing in apartments, and sometimes is her own lender. She feels that to be truly confident in giving advice, one should have experience and knowledge of the subjects they are advising. Kaylee has purchased over $68.2 million in multifamily real estate as a General partner and principle. She sold over $3 million in residential real estate before transitioning into her current full-time syndication role.

To learn more about, Kaylee McMahon, visit https://theapartmentqueen.com

“Women in Multifamily Real Estate: How Queens Do Apartment Investing Differently” is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091W1NF3Q/

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, award-winning, full-service interior design professional Lori Carpenter discussed how she is helping busy homeowners create beautiful, comfortable, and inviting spaces that they can be proud of when entertaining family and friends.  And, more importantly, are a sanctuary for themselves that renews their souls, and they love to call home.

With the proliferation of home makeover shows that seem to be on TV every hour of every day comes some preconceived notions about home designers and the renovation process that just aren’t true… especially the misconception that hiring a designer costs too much money and takes too much time.

During the interview, Carpenter revealed how hiring a professional designer can actually save a busy homeowner both time and money while exposing some of the biggest myths about working with an interior design professional.

When asked about the common misconceptions people have about hiring a designer, Carpenter explained, “Well, there are several, but one I hear most is that designers force their ideas and their design style on clients. They’re not listening to what the homeowner wants, and not truly giving them the experience that makes them happy. As a designer, I’m going to drive off from their house and I want it to be a reflection of the client, their lifestyle, and I want it to be something that they feel comfortable and enjoy entertaining family and friends.”

Responding to a follow-up question about the fear some people have that they will end up with a house that feels more like a showroom than a comfortable home, Carpenter said,” We don’t want anything that we can’t live in. It is so important that your home is a reflection of you and your lifestyle. It needs to be comfortable. Home is where we build our memories. This is where everything happens in our lives, how we live it. And if our homes are comfortable and inviting, then our lives are going to be more comfortable and inviting. it’s so important to connect those two.”

While budgets are always considered, one of Carpenter’s top priorities is creating a beautiful space that reflects her client’s personality and style, while her exceptional customer service and attention to detail follows close behind in her efforts to provide a WOW experience for the homeowner.

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why Carpenter is so highly regarded and trusted by corporate executives, business owners, doctors, lawyers, bankers, and other successful professionals for turning their house into a place they love to call home.

Lori Carpenter is the winner of a Houzz service award and the principal designer at Lori Carpenter Designs. Since 1996, she has worked with busy homeowners, providing everything from project management and space planning to window treatments and furniture selection for their primary residences as well as vacation homes.

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/lori-carpenter

To learn more about Lori Carpenter visit https://LoriCarpenterDesigns.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Katie Collins discussed how she is helping Coaches, Healers, and Online Experts overcome their fear of sales and visibility so they can finally make the impact — and the income — of their dreams.

It’s no secret that for a business to be successful, it must generate sales. And while there is certainly a wealth of opportunity for solopreneurs who have the talent and willingness to help others, many lack the sales skills that will allow them to reach their business’s full potential. 

During the interview, Collins revealed one of the biggest roadblocks coaches have when it comes to selling is the fear they have to become a pushy salesperson, saying, “They are afraid they have to be a different person when they’re in a sales conversation. And anytime we’re asked to be inauthentic, we don’t want to do it, so we make up these stories in our heads telling ourselves that we can’t ever be good at sales because that would mean that we have to become some sort of sleazy, slimy salesperson. These stories just keep getting in the way. Because you can be so good at what you do. But if you don’t have the skill to sell it, you will never be successful.”

Collins went on to share her solution to overcoming this roadblock by taking what she calls a ‘Heart-Centered’ approach to sales, saying, “Heart-centered sales is going into the conversation with the intention for the person on the other end to come to an empowered ‘decision.’ I didn’t say an empowered ‘Yes’ because that’s just assuming that everyone’s the right fit for you. By asking really transformational questions, you can help the people who are the right fit to see things from a different point of view ….  In the coaching world, we are selling the possibility of transformation. By helping them see their blind spots, whether it’s ‘I don’t have time’ or ‘I don’t have money’  or ‘I don’t know if I’m going to do this,’  and taking that heart-centered, empathic approach, you are able to show them what has been keeping them stuck this whole time. It’s just having a real conversation with them, putting the script aside and listening deeply to what they say, and responding in a way that creates a truly transformational conversation with them.”

Whether someone decides to work with Collins or not, her hope is that they walk away from that conversation thinking, “Oh, she’s right. That’s something I’ve got to work on.”

Listening to this episode, it’s easy to understand why Collins is so highly regarded by solopreneur coaches for her ability to transform the fear of sales into excitement for the conversation. It’s also why so many top coaches attribute their success to Collins’ strategies for creating and selling profitable packages and programs while remaining aligned with who they are so that they never have to feel pushy or sales-y.

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/katie-collins

To learn more about Katie Collins visit https://CoachKatieCollins.com

Growth Foundry SEO Consultant Roger Bryan’s recent release, “Local SEO Secrets” 20 Local SEO Strategies You Should Be Using Now” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on February 3, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Public Relations and Service Industry, as well as top spots in the Search Engines, Search Engine Optimization, Online Internet Searching, Direct Marketing, and Web Marketing categories.

The book was also a Number One Hot New Release in the Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, Public Relations, Service Industry, Direct Marketing, and Web Marketing categories.

“Local SEO Secrets” brings together the top thought leaders in Local SEO who share their top strategies for ranking fast and driving organic traffic, including:

Roger Bryan – Roger Bryan is an SEO Consultant with Growth Foundry an investor, and bestselling author.

Mark Luckenbaugh – Owner, Growth Foundry. “Google My Business (GMB)” Mark provides an in-depth look at the importance of a GMB Listing and some great insights on how to rank the GMB.

Allison Lee – Marketing Manager, Zentail. “Optimizing eCommerce Product Pages” Allison shares practical tips for getting product pages up to snuff and outranking competitors’ sites.

Richard Lorenzen – Founder and CEO, Fifth Avenue Brands. “4 Ways PR Can Help Your SEO Campaign” Richard shares methods in which PR can help an SEO campaign, directly contributing to more organic exposure and website traffic.

Justin Sanger – Chief Revenue Officer, OMG National. “Google Guarantee Program” Justin begins to unpack Google Local Services Ads (LSA), the Google Guaranteed for Home Services, and Google Screened for Professional Services programs, addressing the impact that these advertising programs will have on the local search landscape of the future.

In response to the book hitting Number One, Bryan stated, “Local SEO isn’t about trying to compete with Google (they would always win if that was the case).  You’re competing against the sites that rank above you.  With the right tactics and strategies, you can easily create a winning local SEO roadmap and then quickly outrank your competition.”

“Local SEO Secrets” is a must-read for business owners who want to increase the quality and quantity of visitors to their website.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roger Bryan is an SEO Consultant with Growth Foundry,  an investor, bestselling author, and sought after Enterprise SEO Consultant. He has run Local Marketing Campaigns for some of the world’s largest companies, including Microsoft’s© Partner Program, Goodwill Industries, MedStar Health, and over 1,000 companies of various sizes. He is best known for his work in the non-profit sector, where he’s helped raise more than $150,000,000.

To learn more about, Roger Bryan, visit https://www.rcbryan.com/

“Local SEO Secrets: 20 Local SEO Strategies You Should Be Using Now” is available on Amazon.com at https://amazon.com/dp/B08VCB2KQR/

The American Dream of homeownership can become a nightmare for some, especially for retired, empty nesters who may feel stuck in a home that no longer serves their needs in this stage of life.

On a recent episode of Inspired Living TV with host Kerri Murphy, Real Estate Expert Carol Glover discussed ways a homeowner can move equity that’s been trapped in their house to create a residual stream of income and build wealth for their retirement and beyond.

Sharing with Murphy how her love for real estate began at a young age watching her parent’s first investment success, Glover said, “I grew up with my mom and dad, and they started right after World War II. Their first deal was to buy a little duplex, and they started fixing and polishing it up. They were the original flippers… this neighbor kept coming over and saying, ‘I want that duplex.’ And they said no, it’s not for sale. But he persisted, and after five times, they finally sold it to him because the price kept going up every time he offered. That was a light bulb for them. They started on a lifetime of buying, investing, fixing, and adjusting their portfolio. They truly live the American dream to buy, build your equity, move up to the next property, and build your retirement.”

Seeing her parents turn little, beleaguered pieces of property into nice homes for families and lucrative investments for themselves continues to fuel Glover’s passion as a real estate broker, investor, and attorney.

Listen in as Glover shares several examples of how she is helping homeowners overcome the fears and misconceptions that make them feel trapped in a home that no longer fits their lifestyle.

With a career spanning 30 years, Glover’s innovative strategies for using real estate to build equity and invest for retirement have been life-changing for many of her clients.

To watch the full interview and read Kerri Murphy’s greatest takeaways on how to leverage home equity and make deals happen, visit https://inspiredliving.tv/2021/01/18/spotlight-interview-unlock-your-home-equity-with-carol-glover

To learn more about Carol Glover visit https://www.unlockyourhouseequity.com/

About Carol Glover
Carol has been handling real estate sales/transactions since 1983. As a broker, real estate attorney, co-owner of a residential rehabilitation/development company and a property management company, Carol has handled just about every type and size of real estate transaction. Her background in real estate, corporate and trust/probate law taught her the ‘how- to’s’ of real estate, now leaving her the time to focus on client service and deal creation. Her vast experience enables her to analyze deals from multiple angles. A lifelong resident of Manhattan Beach, she also volunteers at the MB Chamber, Leadership MB, and the City of MB and is a frequent public speaker. After graduating from Mira Costa, she earned her BA at the University of California, Irvine and her JD at Loyola Law School.

“Raising the Bar Volume 5: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” hit Amazon.com’s Best Seller list on January 14, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industry, Data Transmission Systems, and String Instruments categories, and reaching Number Two in the Online Advertising and Dreams categories. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Mentoring and Coaching, Telecommunications, and Web Marketing categories.

One of the most proven and time-honored ways to share one’s knowledge is by writing a book.  But a lot of people think the task is too big or too time-consuming. Or maybe they dream of writing a book but have too many ideas swimming around in their head and just need some help getting it out and structured in a way that would truly help others.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Transformational Coach, Best-Selling Author, and co-founder of The Book Doulas, Jenny Joy discussed how she helps ordinary people tell their extraordinary stories through her “Birth Your Book” program.

During the interview, Joy shared how her personal journey led her to help others make their dream of writing a book to reality, saying,” I did not think I would be a writer. I was someone who would hang out in the background of the world as a young child. I went through some traumatic experiences that had me really hold off from shining my light… one of the major traumas in my life was being sexually abused as a young child. And one thing that my abuser did was put his hand over my mouth, and said, ‘Don’t tell anyone, or I will kill you.’ As a young child, I felt very silenced… and so, my personal journey led me to seek various healers and to really overcome and transform the kind of wounded innocence that I had gone through, and how to really learn how to shine my light, and share my gifts with the world”.

“My background happens to be in some shamanic practices and I was in a deep meditation one day when I received the message ‘You are here to give voice to the voiceless.’ And that was just so powerful. That’s become my mission to help others share whatever they’ve been through. When you move through transforming, like a phoenix through a fire, you almost have to rebirth yourself into the world and that’s really how this ‘Birth Your Book’ program came about.  I became a number one best selling author by sharing my own personal journey and story. And then I helped someone else do the same thing. She just loved the experience and started calling me the Book Doula.  I was so touched and that’s really how we started to offer programs to help others birth their stories into life.” 

Today, Jenny Joy and her business partner Rebecca Randolph help their clients to transform and move beyond their personal tragedies by sharing their gifts through writing.

To listen to the full interview, visit: https://Influencersradio.com/jenny-joy

To learn more about Jenny Joy and The Book Doulas “Birth Your Book Program,” visit https://thebookdoulas.com

About Jenny Joy
Jenny Joy Tamera Arredondo is a Transformational Coach, Energetic Medicine Woman, and a #1 Best-Selling Author. She is a national presenter and performer sharing stages with global transformational leaders including Marianne Williamson. Jenny Joy’s other passions lie in music, dance and the holistic healing arts. As a Holistic Healing Artist, she has combined her fine skills into movement therapy. She has also founded two organizations aligned with the holistic healing arts. Breathe Bodyworks, a source for healing the mind-body-spirit and Soul Garden Space, which strives to nurture seeds of love and creativity.

“Expert Profiles Volume 13 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on January 6, 2021, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industries and Public Relations categories. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Consulting, Knowledge Capital, Customer Relations, and Service Industries categories.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Grief Specialist and Founder of The Grief & Trauma Healing Network Anne-Marie Lockmyer discussed the kinds of losses that cause grief, why grief can make people so uncomfortable, and how to best support others when they are experiencing what feels like an unbearable loss.

According to Lockmyer, grieving isn’t limited to the death of a loved-one. Grief and loss can be experienced over things like the loss of a job, a divorce, a wayward child, and even the impact to our lives from the current COVID pandemic.

During the interview, Lockmyer explained that while loss and grief are something everyone experiences, it’s still one of the most misunderstood and least talked about subjects, saying, “In society, we are taught how to acquire things, but we’re not taught what to do when we lose them. And it’s kind of crazy, because we’re suffering loss all the time. And loss creates grief. The Grief Recovery Institute would tell you that grief is the normal and natural reaction to any kind of substantial loss. But I really like this definition, too, especially when you think of the times we’re living in right now, with COVID, because it’s also the normal and natural emotional reaction to the change or end of any familiar pattern of behavior. And how many familiar patterns of behaviors have changed for us overnight, recently, right in this past year? So when these changes happen, these hurts happen, and these disappointments happen, we experience loss. And with these losses, the emotions that are created are grief. So we have lots of people who are grieving that don’t even realize that they’re grieving, They just know that they’re not feeling good or they may be sad or depressed. But they don’t recognize that it’s grief, and that it’s actually a very normal and appropriate reaction to circumstances”.

Even though grief is the natural and healthy response to any substantial loss, the pain can sometimes be overwhelming, preventing someone from moving forward and living life.

As a widow herself, Lockmyer knows the pain and devastation that grief and the losses of life cause and is living proof that one can go from surviving to thriving. Today, she uses her story, training, and experience to bring grief support and freedom to the brokenhearted, helping people around the world embark on a journey of healing.

With her program, Living After Loss, Anne-Marie Lockmyer offers hope and healing for grieving hearts. She is passionate about advocating for and loving the grieving and being an educational catalyst to society on grief and loss. Her authentic and heartfelt approach creates a deep connection with her clients and audiences.

Anne-Marie Lockmyer is an advanced certified grief support and recovery specialist, certified in critical incident stress debriefing, a certified trauma-integrative practitioner, and the award-winning author of the best-selling book, “When Their World Stops: The Essential Guide to Truly Helping Anyone in Grief.”

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/anne-marie-lockmyer

To learn more about Anne-Marie Lockmyer and The Grief & Trauma Healing Network, visit https://www.griefandtraumahealing.com

For a lot of people, midlife is when the battle with their bodies seems harder and harder to win, to some, maybe even impossible. Especially for women facing menopause.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Health & Wellness Expert Beth Ann Dice discussed how women approaching menopause can take control of their health and manage their hormones naturally so they can make their mid-years their best years.

During the interview, Beth Ann shared what led to her discovery of a natural alternative to prescription drugs for managing her health, saying, “In my late 30s, I was diagnosed with colitis after experiencing some digestive issues for a few years. I stumbled across an amazing gastroenterologist when I was living in Beaufort, South Carolina, who was happy to have a patient sitting in front of him that was not just looking to get pumped full of medications. He introduced me to this concept of a food and mood journal, and we worked very closely together to find a natural way for me to control my symptoms”.

As a result of her determination and research, Beth Ann was able to manage her symptoms with dietary changes while avoiding over $200 a month in prescriptions and supplements that came with her diagnosis. She has been in remission for over 10 years now.

Describing how it occurred to her to apply the same strategies as she began to recognize the onset of the hormonal symptoms experienced by so many middle-aged women, Beth Ann continued, “Fast forward several years later, when I started experiencing my first perimenopausal symptoms, I thought ‘If I put myself into remission from colitis just through what I did or didn’t eat, I bet I can manage my hormonal symptoms in the same way.’ So again, I just really laser-focused on my food and mood journal and found very quickly that I was right. I could control those symptoms as well. As I really fine-tuned that, I thought to myself, if I could do this for me, I would love to be able to share this with other women. At a time when a lot of women are gearing down and looking forward to retirement, this has become a whole new career for me that I absolutely love and am super passionate about”.

Driven by a passion to share her discovery with others, Beth Ann created the 4M Method to Wellness as part of her coaching programs that include Hormone Boss and her signature wellness program, MISSION:Midlife Metamorphosis, which enables her to help women navigate the many changes and challenges that midlife can bring and not just beat menopause, but make their mid-years their best years and experience better health for their entire life. 

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/beth-ann-dice

To learn more about Beth Ann Dice and her 4M Method, visit https://www.BethAnnDice.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Bonita Owens, Founder of the Amazing Women Network, discussed the common struggles and stress of female entrepreneurs and how she helps them make the transition from solopreneur to CEO.  

During the interview, Owens outlines three specific pitfalls she sees facing female entrepreneurs as they try to transition from the solopreneur who does everything to the CEO focusing on growing their business.

1. Imposter syndrome
2. People Pleasing
3. Letting Go

According to Owens, imposter syndrome is common, even among successful female solopreneurs, as they start to build a team. She explained, “When you’re starting as a solopreneur, it’s just you, and everything hangs on your own decisions, your work ethic, and all of the energy and focus that you’re putting into building your business… Then when it’s time to bring other people on board, you have to become the leader of your company in a different way. You have to be an example when you are selling your vision to them, communicate what it is you want them to do, and be able to give them constructive criticism. So a lot of women think, ‘Oh, my gosh, who am I to do this?’  But you have to express what you want from your team in a way that is definite and bottom line.”

Owens shared that one of the more difficult pitfalls some women business owners face is what she calls People Pleasing, making it difficult or uncomfortable to say NO, even in a professional environment, saying, “It can be very difficult for some women to say NO because we want to make people happy. We want people to like us. We worry about being seen in a certain light. But if you have problems saying NO and creating those boundaries, it causes lots of problems when you are building a team.  I’m a firm believer that life is business and business is life. I can’t say this for everybody, but more often than not… when we have problems saying NO in our personal lives, we bring that into our businesses as well. I like to explore the struggle with why it’s difficult to say NO and help women to reframe their thoughts and stop being afraid to say NO, so they can create those boundaries when they need to make those decisions.”   

The third pitfall Owens shared is Letting Go. Recognizing when it’s time to stop trying to do everything and start building a team is a critical milestone that just about every successful entrepreneur must face. It’s a decision that can mean the difference between growth and stagnation for the businesses.

Through her work at the Amazing Women Network, Bonita Owens is helping ambitious female entrepreneurs overcome these challenges so they can grow their business to its true potential by showing them how to build a team with confidence, intention, and effective communication.

As an Inspirational Speaker, Empowerment Coach, Leadership Developer, and the best-selling author of “Who Stole My Significance?”, Bonita has a unique ability to “hear beyond the surface” of issues her clients describe. Her intuitive ear and coaching style allow her to connect with clients and verbalize what they are feeling. As a result, her clients have gained clarity about who they are, what they want, and the confidence to pursue those desires.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/bonita-owens

To learn more about Bonita Owens and the Amazing Women Network, visit https://AmazingWomenNetwork.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Artisan Storyteller and Communications Expert Michale Gabriel discussed how she helps corporations, charities, community leaders, and educators discover new ways to listen deeply, engage employees, build effective teams, discover hidden potential, and develop authentic leadership skills through the power of storytelling.

During the interview, Michale demonstrates her remarkable ability to paint vivid pictures and invoke powerful emotions through words. 

Sharing how her journey as a storyteller began as a child in Alaska, Michale explained, “I’m a third generation Alaskan. I grew up listening to stories and reading stories and being captivated by them. But never would I have thought during all those years that I would end up with a business where I was storytelling and teaching storytelling around the world”. 

Describing the moment storytelling evolved from advocation to vocation, Michale continued, “I had been a Director of Development for the University of Washington School of International Studies. We just finished a campaign, raising our goal of $2.8 million…when one morning, I was having a meditation in my backyard. And all of a sudden, I saw in my imagination… in my mind’s eye, a globe with hands underneath holding it up. The words over the top were ‘Peace Through Story’… And those words were so powerful for me.  I knew my calling was to step out into the world and bring about peace through storytelling.”

That was 38 years ago. With no real strategy or plan, Michale left her job at the university to take the plunge into life as a professional storyteller, long before such a career was widely recognized. She just knew it was something that she needed to do, never imagining where the journey would lead her.

Story by story, country by country, Michale’s journey as an artisanal storyteller has taken her to elementary-school classrooms, national conferences, children’s hospitals, corporate boardrooms, leadership summits, conference halls, fundraising galas, and even Soviet television, where her programs reached over 50 million viewers and she was named Russia’s “American Fairy Godmother.”

Along with her passion for artisanal storytelling, Michale has the unique gift of being able to help others handcraft their own stories that are not just interesting and entertaining, but also have the power to motivate, inspire and impact the lives of others.

Today, as the Founder and CEO of Michale Gabriel Story by Design, Michale shares her unique approach to artisanal storytelling with clients in corporate, nonprofit and educational settings around the world. She has been a consultant and strategic communications partner and co-creator of three gold standard leadership programs for The Boeing Company for more than 20 years.

Listening to this fascinating conversation, it’s easy to see why Michale’s leadership development workshops, executive coaching, and conference keynotes on the “Power of Story” have been attended by thousands of executives, managers, professionals and influencers worldwide.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/michale-gabriel

To learn more about Michale Gabriel Story by Design, visit: https://michalegabriel.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Relationship Expert and creator of Feminine Success Mastery, Sherica Matthews discussed why so many women who have reached a high level of financial, career, or academic success struggle to find personal success, specifically in their romantic relationships.

Matthews is a Certified Relationship Coach with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and over 15 years of experience as a project manager. 

During the interview, Matthews displayed what sets her apart as a Relationship Coach by sharing her passion and deep understanding of the human psyche combined with the unique ability to apply her concrete and logic-based perspective to emotionally charged relationship issues.  

Explaining the internal conflict often experienced by successful people when it comes to relationships, Matthews said, “When there’s a disconnect between feeling successful and looking successful according to society, a lot of people tend to feel a little embarrassed about it. Because when you’re successful, you have it going on, you’re kind of expected to have a good relationship, you’re expected to have a relationship that reflects your material success. When that doesn’t match up, then there’s this part of you that doesn’t feel worthy, or you may feel like an imposter, or you just may feel embarrassed about it.”

According to Matthews, many successful women find themselves in mediocre relationships because they settle for someone who might be good ‘to’ them rather than someone who is good ‘for’ them. Just because she isn’t in what society would classify as a ‘bad’ relationship, doesn’t mean she is in a ‘healthy’ relationship.

Cautioning against setting expectations of a ‘perfect’ relationship, Matthews strongly encourages women to strive for maximum compatibility and personal growth as she outlined the four most important questions a woman should ask herself to determine if she is in the right relationship.

1. Do her values align with her partner’s?
2. Does she feel free?
3. Does she feel heard and valued?
4. Does her partner share the same vision for the future?

Listen to this interview and it’s easy to understand why CEOs, entrepreneurs, engineers, and other high achieving women choose Sherica Matthews to help them reach their full potential in personal relationship success. 

To listen to the full interview, visit: https://Influencersradio.com/sherica-matthews

To Learn More about Sherica Matthews, visit https://ShericaAMatthews.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Longevity Health Coach and Founder of SheFlower.com Jennifer Rychlick discussed how she helps women enhance and empower the mind and body by combining mindset, movement, and natural remedies to achieve balance and harmony.

During the interview, Jennifer revealed how facing a life-threatening battle with ovarian cancer at the young age of thirty-eight was the ‘Wake Up Call’ that fuels her passion to do what she does today, explaining, “It was the day after my 38th birthday. I laugh now saying that I thought it was the worst birthday present possible. But what I discovered honestly, is that it turned out to be the best birthday present because it really woke me up to ‘This One Life’… At the time, I was a single mom of three in a very high demanding career in the beauty industry, working with women and seeing just so much suffering around me. And then there it was, I was being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. My big ‘Wake Up Call’ was sitting in chemotherapy, meeting lots of other women who are truly are fighting for their lives, telling me they were back with the same type of cancer as me for their third and fourth time. I was always one of the youngest there. I said to myself, there’s no way I’m coming back to this room again. And it was after going through the chemotherapy, really fighting through the battle, that actually almost killed me. On day 16, I lost my hair that one day. It was very much my wake up call to ‘This One Life.’ As soon as I recovered from that, I just felt deep in my soul that I needed to understand ‘Why so much suffering?’  ‘Why am I getting cancer at the young age of 38?’ I also wanted to understand why I was meeting so many other women fighting the same cancer again. And so that was really where I did my deep dive in and I’m here today to share it with others.”

Known as Coach Ms.Mindful, Jennifer Rychlick’s mission is to share what she describes as easy and pleasurable solutions to support longevity health. Her unique way of seeing the body as a system and what makes it sick and what makes it tick have been called game-changing and to many, even life-saving.

To listen to the full interview, visit: https://Influencersradio.com/jennifer-rychlick

To learn more about Coach Ms.Mindful Jennifer Rychlick, visit https://SheFlower.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize,  Wealth Transformation Expert Barbara Wallick discussed how she helps women around the world face their relationships with Money and Success.

As a Certified Master NLP Coach and Practitioner with over 30 years of experience in the Financial Industry working as a Personal Financial Planner,  Barbara helps her clients overcome the limiting beliefs and other obstacles that create what she calls deep-rooted Money Blocks.

During the interview, Barbara explained how the fears and self-doubt embedded from the past can cause someone to self-sabotage their success saying, “A Money Block is a negative unconscious belief around money or around yourself that limits you from achieving your desires in life, whether that is retiring early, expanding a business, or paying off debt.  You may have taken information, typically from things that happened in your childhood, and settled it into your unconscious mind as you aren’t good enough, or you’re stupid, or you’re not good with money or that making money is hard. And over time, we forget that we’ve taken that in, yet it plays a huge role in our ‘now’ and in our future success.”

Wallick also discussed how she helps her clients overcome the limiting beliefs that cause Money Blocks by assisting them in going deep into the unconscious mind to clear the self-doubt and fear, allowing them to realize their full potential and design a road map for reaching their financial goals.

Barbara concluded the interview by inviting listeners to visit her website at https://www.barbwallick.com/ where they can book a 30-minute consultation or access her free mini-course, “Revive Your Financial Plan in 2021”.

To listen to the full interview visit: https://Influencersradio.com/barbara-wallick

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Certified FASTer Way to Fat Loss Coach Michele Pechacek discussed the unique challenges that women entering their 40s and 50s often face and the simple changes they can make for a big difference in the way they feel both physically and mentally.

Michele Pechacek became a certified health coach after discovering the transformative power of whole food nutrition that relieved the chronic health issues she had suffered in her mid-30s. Recognizing the role simple factors such as hydration, exercise, and eating more fruits and vegetables played in disease prevention, she wanted to help others make the lifestyle changes necessary for optimal health.

During the interview, Michele shared how at age 49, despite routinely exercising and eating healthy, she started gaining weight and couldn’t understand what was going on with her body, saying, “I was eating fruits and vegetables. I wasn’t eating fast food every meal. I wasn’t sitting on the couch… the typical things you think why you’re gaining weight. I was a very active person. I love to walk and do yoga. I was working out and trying to eat a lot of plants in my diet… But even with my experience as a certified health coach, I found myself gaining weight. I was just really frustrated and thinking… is this the way it’s going to be? Am I just going to gain 10 pounds every decade of my life? I felt utterly hopeless.”

Michele admits that even for a certified health coach there was a lot of confusion. She tried everything from taking on the mentality of calories in, calories out by eating less and moving more, to eating low carb, and even a ketogenic diet. Nothing seemed to work. Like so many women her age, she began to wonder if the weight gain she was experiencing is just what happens as the body and hormones change.

Feeling defeated, Michele joined a program coached by a colleague that seemed encouraging and unique. It was the FASTer Way to Fat Loss. Realizing she had nothing to lose, Michele jumped all in, and by the end of the program, not only had she had dropped her recently gained 10 pounds, but she lost a total of 10 1/2 inches as well.

According to Michele, the benefits she experienced went beyond the scale and included better sleep, improved energy, mental clarity, better digestion, food freedom, and balanced hormones, saying, “I was thrilled that I finally found something that worked. The program was based on scientific principles and in a matter of just six or seven weeks, I started to see significant improvements in my overall health.”

Michele was so profoundly impacted by her transformation that she knew she had to share this information with others who are struggling with the same issues. That’s why she became a Certified FASTer Way to Fat Loss coach, dedicated to helping women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond face the challenges and frustrations that come with hormonal changes and achieve their health goals.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/michele-pechacek

To learn more about Michele Pechacek, visit https://getfitwithmichele.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Networking and Sales expert Tish Times discussed how entrepreneurs and small business owners can produce lucrative bottom-line results even if they are uncomfortable with selling.

Listening to Tish Times speak from the stage or learning from her training programs, one might think her confidence and unparalleled sales and networking ability come naturally. But it turns out that’s not the case at all. According to Times, she’s far from being a natural-born salesperson and actually struggled with confidence most of her adult life.

During the interview, Times revealed that she was perfectly comfortable in her job at a staffing company, working the phones from her cubicle. But it was when her boss tricked her into taking a sales position that the seeds of her systematic, sincere, and effective approach to selling were planted.

“I was really comfortable in my cubicle making phone calls for people who were looking for jobs. It was super easy for me. But I had a manager who saw something in me, and she tricked me into going into sales. She created a ‘Performance Manager’ position and said that I would be a liaison between the sales and the operation staff. The job required me to go on sales calls with the sales professionals so that I could understand what they do. Little by little, I started closing more of those sales myself.  But I realized that I wasn’t quite selling; I was just getting to know people and building relationships by being consistent and authentic…  I was really good at it. Once I figured that out, it was something that I loved to do, and I love to do it to this day.  The biggest obstacle that I had to overcome was myself, my own fears, my own mindset, and thoughts around sales”.

For nearly 10 years, Tish Times has been helping others overcome those same obstacles. Through her programs, Tish teaches small business owners, solo entrepreneurs, and sales professionals how to create revenue-generating business connections, follow-up effectively, stay top-of-mind, shorten the sales cycle, and close sales with ease.

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/tish-times

To learn more about Tish Times and download a Free copy of her Networking Handbook, visit: www.TishTimes.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Political Consultant Dr. Angela Demaree discussed the common fears, misconceptions, and little known pitfalls encountered by first-time candidates.

Demaree, known as the Non-Traditional Political Consultant For Non-Traditional Political Candidates, is a veterinarian, military veteran, and the CEO and Principal Consultant for PAWS Consulting, a public health and political consulting firm. Demaree was recently medically retired as a Major in the U.S. Army Reserves having deployed in 2012 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 

When Demaree lost her job two weeks before her final service-connected surgery, she did the only reasonable thing she could think to do, she ran for Congress to ensure Reservists didn’t continue to fall through the loopholes in the law.

During the interview, Demaree revealed how the strategies and demands of getting a political campaign off the ground parallel those of start-up companies, explaining, “As a veterinarian, I worked last year with a veterinary technology startup company and participated in startup accelerator programs. And what I’ve really learned is that campaigns are the ultimate startup companies. Because startup companies have to get a foundation in place very quickly, raise a lot of money, and get their products out to the consumers.

Campaigns are very similar. Because now you’ve got the subject matter experts, advocates, and activists who now have to wear the CEO hat in their very own startup company. Their start time is when they file the paperwork, the end time is on Election Day.  While startup companies can continue to run indefinitely, but with a campaign, you have a finite period of time… And now you have two primary roles, which is A: Raising money, and B: The primary spokesperson for your campaign. It’s exactly the same as a startup company in the entrepreneurial world. And it’s a very different mindset, you’re now going to have to delegate perhaps all of the things that you love to do to somebody else so that you can now step into the candidate role and become the CEO of your campaign.”

Through her experiences serving as the COO of a startup company, a congressional candidate, and a certified high-performance coach, she developed accelerator programs to help first-time political candidates get the infrastructure and fundraising in place to hit the ground running while ensuring they have the mental, emotional, and physical stamina required to thrive on the campaign trail.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/angela-demaree

To learn more about Dr. Angela Demaree, visit  https://www.pawsconsulting.com/candidate

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Mediator and CPA Dana Garnett discussed her strategies for helping businesses avoid the high cost of workplace conflict.

During the interview, Dana shared her personal crisis and how it fueled her passion for helping others shed new light and opportunity on even the deepest divides.

Dana early retired herself from a successful international career with The Coca-Cola Company to raise her children and became an “expat trailing spouse.” After twenty years of marriage and following her husband’s career to Morocco then Thailand, Dana was blindsided when over a Skype call he told her he wanted a divorce.

In a state of shock, Dana found herself in a bitter mediation process that left her family financially and emotionally devastated, explaining, “We went through an embroiled divorce that was just so full of anger and resentment. We blew through all of our daughters’ college savings. We spent close to $270,000 on legal fees and $30,000 in therapy. It was such a waste and so devastating for our daughters.”

Dana went on to describe how a casual conversation with her piano tuner led to a career decision that would not only change her life but the life of the clients she helps today.  “My piano tuner knew I was going through mediation, and he asked how it went. I told him it was horrible, I felt bullied and vulnerable… that nobody should have to suffer this way, and how I wished I could do something to help.  That’s when he casually suggested that I should become a mediator and do it better… I told him that I can’t, I’m not an attorney. He said that I didn’t have to be an attorney. I asked him how he knew this, he said, ‘Well, I tune pianos just for fun…  I’m a mediator.’”

Within six weeks of that conversation and her divorce decree, Dana took her first mediation course at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and never looked back, saying, “I was so fascinated with this one course called the Neuroscience of Conflict. I learned how we are wired physiologically a certain way, and we have choices around how we respond to things and how we can alter our situation ourselves if we just know how.”

Determined to help others not feel bullied by the mediation process and get resolution more quickly, Dana went on to earn her Master’s degree and became certified in different social-emotional intelligence modalities.

Today, Dana specializes in helping professional partnerships and small, family-owned businesses get to the heart of the conflict quickly so they can resolve differences, repair and restore relationships, and save their business for generations to come.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/dana-garnett

To learn more about Dana Garnett, visit: https://mindfulstrategy.com

“Expert Profiles Volume 12 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on October 6, 2020, climbing all the way to number two in the Service Industries category and reaching the number three spot in the Business Consulting category. The book was also an Amazon Number One Hot New Release in the Service Industries and Business Consulting categories.

Su Orosa – How to Develop Conscious Living Habits

Gene Fetty – How to Get Rid of Door Dings, Dents, and Hail Damage 95% Faster Than Traditional Body Shops

Mary Ann Ernette – Helping Women Navigate Questions About Divorce Daily

Katalin Reimann – Integrating Holistic Health and Wellness Practices for Optimal Health For Your Body, Mind and Spirit

Ann McIndoo – Ann McIndoo – Author’s Coach – How to Get Your Book OUT of Your Head, and INTO Your Hands!

“Expert Profiles Volume 12 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGJNLNW/ as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project 501(c)3, is a nonprofit organization which provides training to local individuals in evidence-based practices for individuals with autism. Global Autism Project believes that every child has the ability to learn and their potential should not be limited by geographical bounds. The Global Autism Project seeks to eliminate the disparity in service provision seen around the world by providing high-quality training to individuals providing services in their local community. This training is made sustainable through regular training trips and contiguous remote training.

To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://globalautismproject.org/.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Gallup Certified Strengths Coach Anna Nelson discussed the importance of understanding personal strengths and weaknesses for online business owners. 

During the interview, Nelson explained why so many smart and driven people who are experts in their field struggle with the transition from employee to business owner, saying, “A lot of online entrepreneurs left corporate because they were doing things that they didn’t like or weren’t good at… now they find themselves in a similar position, but it’s for their own business, and that can be discouraging when you have something really great to offer the world.”

According to Nelson, the key to true business growth and success for online entrepreneurs lies in their ability to focus on their strengths or ‘superpowers’, and delegate the parts of their business they might not be so good at or enjoy doing.

Describing how she applies these principles to her own business, Nelson said, “I’m extremely good at helping someone who wants to learn what their strengths are. I’ve been doing it since I was kid…encouraging and motivating people and helping them see what they’re really good at… What I’m not good at is planning my social media calendar. I hate it so much…that’s not what’s going to make me money…so I hired an intern to do that and she’s good at that…Now I can actually go out and talk to the people who need my help… and change their lives.”

As a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, Nelson works with online business owners to build a profitable, fun business. Through 1:1 coaching and team workshops, she helps entrepreneurs discover their superpowers and assemble a team that empowers them to do more of what they naturally do best.

And that is literally Nelson’s superpower. 

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/anna-nelson

To learn more about Anna Nelson, visit: https://annaynelson.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Virtual Fitness & Nutrition Coach Michelle Renae discussed how shifting from a mindset of high expectations to creating small sustainable habits can be the difference in long-term weight loss and fitness success. 

Working in the corporate world as a Finance Manager for over 25 years, Michelle understands how easy it is for busy professionals to let their fitness goals move to the bottom of that never-ending to-do list.

Like so many others, Michelle has ridden a roller-coaster of health throughout her life. In the past, she has taken an all or nothing approach to fitness and nutrition. She has had successes that often led to failures simply because she prioritized that aspect of her life too heavily, neglecting others, resulting in unsustainable habits.

During the interview, Michelle explained the roller-coaster of health, saying, “We have this natural need to be all in or out. And that can be a great thing because we have this high motivation to be successful. We nail it, and then life steps in, and we lose it. And then we start it again, and we lose it again.”

Describing how this impacts not only the way we look but how we feel as well, Michelle said, “…whenever you’re on that low point of the roller coaster, where you’re not eating well, you’re not exercising, you feel insecure generally, and things seem to be going wrong more in your life… versus when you’re on that upswing, your motivation is there…you feel like you can tackle anything.”

In 2018, Michelle discovered the FASTer Way to Fat Loss. The virtual health and fitness program not only delivered physical results but also shifted her mindset and gave her a newfound sense of empowerment, which inspired her to become a Certified FASTer Way to Fat loss Coach to impact others in a similar way.

Today, Michelle Renae works with busy professionals to incorporate small and sustainable strategies for successfully creating new healthy habits that make significant changes.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/michelle-renae

To learn more about Michelle Renae, visit http://michellerenaefitness.com

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Christian Health and Fitness Coach Ally Miller shared her journey to overcoming a negative body image and an addiction to sugar and high-fat foods. She now helps others do the same. 

For 22 years, Miller was a student-athlete. She excelled at soccer, playing through high school and even at the collegiate level. But inside, she never felt pretty or skinny enough to be accepted and worthy of love, defining herself by what she thought were other’s perceptions of her. 

During the interview, Miller explained how her diet of frozen pizzas, mint chocolate chip ice-cream, and fast-food finally caught up to her, saying, ”I think a lot of people would be surprised if they saw the way I eat now. I grew up eating a really poor diet… I didn’t eat any fruits except strawberries dipped in sugar, or vegetables besides corn on the cob or baked potatoes that were loaded with butter and salt. Everything I ate was highly processed, high in fat, and high in sugar. I ate a lot of fast food. I’m talking McDonald’s two or three times a week. I played competitive soccer all the way through college, but in high school, I could already see the effects that the diet had on my body. And as a result, I was starting to gain weight, especially in my midsection, which really, I struggled with my body image. I was embarrassed by that.”

Describing her first attempt at weight loss as a confusing and frustrating experience, Miller said, “I listened and researched what fitness influencers were eating. I also did a lot of high-intensity interval training, which I actually dreaded, but that’s what I was told I needed to do to lose weight. I tried various diets, meal replacements, supplements, and nothing worked.” 

According to Miller, that all changed when she discovered the connection between her physical health and her faith, “God created a body, soul, and spirit and so all three are intricately connected. You must take care of all three aspects in order to be truly healthy”. 

For Miller, that meant learning how to properly nourish and strengthen her body with whole plant-based foods and cross training.

Today, Miller is the founder of Cross Training Women, where she helps women transform not just their physical health, but their mental and spiritual health from the inside out with biblical scripture-based principles.

Listen to the full episode at https://influencersradio.com/ally-miller

To learn more about Ally Miller and Cross Training Women, visit https://crosstrainingwomen.com

To join Ally’s Facebook group for Christian women who want to overcome their struggles with food, exercise, and body image, visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/crosstrainingwomen

Under the stress of a pandemic, operations for traditionally offline, brick-and-mortar businesses have been turned upside down in 2020, finding themselves completely unprepared to face challenges they couldn’t conceive nine months ago.

On a recent episode of Influencers Radio with Jack Mize, Business Technology Expert Trina L. Martin discussed how small- to medium-sized businesses can leverage technology without breaking the bank.

Until this year, keeping up with the latest technology hasn’t been a priority for many businesses in the manufacturing, consulting, and professional service industries, especially leveraging online communications platforms like Zoom, Podcasting, and YouTube.

When asked why companies are neglecting these opportunities Martin said, “I see that small and medium-sized businesses are really struggling with technology today…  they’re afraid they don’t have the budget for high-tech solutions”.

According to Martin, businesses don’t have to go overboard with their technology budget, but they must do something because it’s no longer a question of a return on investment but a question of whether these companies will be able to stay in business. Martin says,  “You can’t afford not to…if you don’t level up your technology, you risk losing business opportunities, and losing the clients you already have because you can’t communicate with them.”

During the interview, Martin shared the method she uses to assess the technology needs of a business so that she can design a customized solution that will allow them to adapt, sustain, and even thrive during this time of uncertainty—without breaking the bank.

As a former Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy and Cyber Intelligence Analyst for the FBI, Martin understands the security risks business owners face when they take on new communication technology. She ensures they choose the right solution to protect sensitive client information.

Martin explained that she also protects her clients from being oversold for services to implement her solution by recommending vendors and overseeing the entire project. “I will give you all the information and who can help you…  so that you won’t be going to a company selling you the Cadillac of solutions when what you really need is the Toyota… I will prescribe them exactly what they need, tell them where they can go to get it, and then I’m going to oversee it to make sure that is exactly what they got,” says Martin.

Once the solution is implemented, Martin provides follow-up training..

As a testament to her true passion and commitment, Martin concluded the interview by generously offering a Free 30 Minute Discovery Call for business owners who need help navigating their technology needs in a drastically changing environment.  

To listen to the full interview visit https://InfluencersRadio.com/trina-l-martin

To learn more about Trina L. Martin visit https://trinalmartin.com

To schedule a free 30 Minute Discovery call visit https://discovery.trinalmartin.com

PROGRAM 15 will host two Player Identification events in the eastern and western regions of the US during January and February 2021. PROGRAM 15 CEO/President of Baseball Operations Jeremy Booth, VP of Player Personnel Gordon Blakeley, and Field Coordinator James Lofton will evaluate attendees on behalf of sports management agency Amuse Sports USA to represent players for opportunities to play professional baseball in Asia.

Backed by decades of Pro Baseball Scouting experience, PROGRAM 15’s in-depth and credible evaluations are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country. The collaboration is a perfect fit with Amuse Sports USA whose client roster includes active players on teams in Major League Baseball (MLB), Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPO), Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), and Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

Booth said, “This event is another piece in PROGRAM 15’s vision to enhance evaluation for players across the globe. We’ve never in our lifetime seen times like these, and players are looking for a place to play. When you factor in the loss of Major League Baseball affiliated opportunities, the international market becomes even more attractive for players to enter. We are excited to work with Amuse Sports USA to assist in these opportunities to advance players in their career path.”

Analytical data including video, Blast Motion swing performance metrics, and Scoutcast field performance metrics will be captured on all players attending the events.

High school graduates, current college, as well as professional players are eligible to attend.

Visit https://futurestarsseries.com/p15-amuse-sports-pro-player-id/ for Dates, Locations, and Event registration.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT AMUSE SPORTS USA:
Amuse Sports USA Inc. works closely with Athlete Solution Inc. to offer attentive services that include training and mental care of athletes, agent work such as contract negotiations and domestic and international player transfers, management service such as endorsement deals with brands and media appearances, and life planning for a post-retirement career. For more information on Amuse Sports USA visit https://teamamsports.com/en/

“Raising the Bar Volume 4: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” hit Amazon.com’s Best Seller list on July 23, 2020, climbing all the way to Number One in the Business Consulting category, and reaching Number Two in the Service Industry category. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Consulting category and Number Two Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry Category.

“Expert Profiles Volume 11 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on June 16, 2020, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industries category and reaching the Number Four in Business Consulting category. The book was also an Amazon Number One Hot New Release in the Service Industries and Business Consulting categories.

Linda Barnicott – Painter of Memories

Alexis Jane – Shift Your Mindset to Attract All That You Desire

Gail Dixon – Finding Your Heart’s Voice

LaWanna Bradford – Strategic Planning for Your Success

Jason Gardner – Barks & Berries: A Love Story

Donna Singer – The Art of Jazz

Claire E. Jones – How Implementing Systems Improves Productivity and Profitability for Small Business Owners

Lindsay Andreotti – How To Feel Empowered To Create A Life You Love

Denise Miller – How To Improve Communication Strategies For Personal and Business Growth

Paula Jean Ferri – A Leading Voice for Millennials With Tourette’s

Joe Grushkin – Thinking Big with The National Association of Local Businesses

Jerry Kezhaya – How to Out-Market and Out-Sell Your Competition: In Good Times and Bad

Mike Stewart – Embracing Change to Survive and Thrive in a Changing Business World

“Expert Profiles Volume 11 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B1WK3C6/ as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project 501(c)3, is a nonprofit organization which provides training to local individuals in evidence-based practices for individuals with autism. Global Autism Project believes that every child has the ability to learn and their potential should not be limited by geographical bounds. The Global Autism Project seeks to eliminate the disparity in service provision seen around the world by providing high-quality training to individuals providing services in their local community. This training is made sustainable through regular training trips and contiguous remote training.

To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://globalautismproject.org/.

Savior Publishing House‘s recent release, “Senior Housing Innovators – Profiles of Success: Top Real Estate Professionals Share Their Journey to Creating a Better Life For Senior Homeowners & Their Families,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on June 9, climbing all the way to Number one in several Real Estate, Nursing Home Care and Aging Parents & Eldercare Hot New Release categories. 

Savior Publishing House has pledged 100% of the royalties from the retail sales of the book to be donated to CoronaVirus Relief Efforts.

In response to book reaching Number one, Savior Publishing House Founder, Max Keller, said, “Hitting the Best Seller list is something we are excited to have achieved. This is an important project for us because we have been able to create a powerful resource for Senior Homeowners and their families.”

Describing the unique concept behind the book, Keller explained, “We reached out to some of the top Senior Housing Real Estate Professionals across the country and asked them to share their stories and insight about how they are helping seniors and their families in their communities.”

Nobody becomes a real estate entrepreneur because it’s easy. Especially when it comes to helping to solve the unique challenges faced by Senior homeowners and their families.

For many, helping seniors and their families navigate through often overwhelming housing options and decisions they must make is not just a career, it’s a life calling.

SENIOR HOUSING INNOVATORS is compiled from candid conversations with real estate entrepreneurs who hold themselves to relentlessly high standards as educators and advocates for the success of Senior homeowners and their families.

Filled with inspirational and motivating stories about their journey to success, this book shines a light on the defining moments and lessons learned in their pursuit of creating a business that provides a better life for their customers.

SENIOR HOUSING INNOVATORS reveals some common and not so common traits, that often go unrecognized. Some find their way via trial and error, sometimes with luck, but usually, it is through perseverance and passion. 

Keller expressed appreciation for the book’s contributors, saying, “We are extremely fortunate to have the caliber of Real Estate Professionals who gave their time to participate in this project. Each and every one of them is a true advocate and educator for senior homeowners. To have Amazon put this book at the top of their Best Seller lists is an incredible achievement and puts a spotlight on the appreciation and recognition these professionals deserve.”

SENIOR HOUSING INNOVATORS Features conversations with:
Tim S. Davis
Steve Carlson
Hector Perez
John Medina
Mike Fisher & Marisa Rohrer
Don & Anne Marie Corbett

Senior Housing Innovators – Profiles of Success: Top Real Estate Professionals Share Their Journey to Creating a Better Life For Senior Homeowners & Their Families is now available in the Kindle Store on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089NBJFRY/.

Matt Dubiel, Owner and Station Manager of WCKG Radio, one of the few remaining locally owned and operated Chicago media outlets, has pledged $3 million dollars in on-air and online advertising for local Chicago area businesses that have been impacted by the recent wave of vandalism and looting.

The station has allocated up to five minutes per hour for this pro bono project to help rebuild Chicagoland businesses. The free advertising package includes on-air advertisement time on WCKG 1530AM and sister station Q101FM as well as the company’s online and digital outlets, which reach over 1 million people per week. Dubiel’s pledge not only includes on-air time, but WCKG talent will write, voice, and produce the 30-second spots for businesses as well.

Dubiel says, “These businesses were already beaten down by the virus. We need to help now, and I’ve got time and airtime. I’m going to be digging in, writing, voicing, and producing radio commercials for our area businesses free. Then we will broadcast them free on-air and online at no charge”.

To take advantage of Dubiel’s pledge, Chicagoland local businesses who got hit with vandalism, theft, and looting should text “rebuild chicagoland” to (312) 535-8362 when they are ready to open back up.

Dubiel is committed to helping Chicago area businesses impacted by vandalism and looting through December 31, 2020, and hopes other broadcasters will follow his lead.

WCKG broadcasts on AM 1530 and online at WCKG.com. WCKG is licensed to the City of Elmhurst in Chicago. WCKG also simulcasts on a low power FM translator broadcasting from Elmhurst on 102.3 FM. The FCC recently granted WCKG a construction permit to move their 102.3 FM to the top of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. WCKG also recently received approval to increase power of AM 1530 from 760 watts to 4,000 watts. WCKG can be found on Twitter @WCKGChicago and on Facebook.com/WCKGChicago

The recent release by Entrepreneur, Transformational Coach and Speaker, David Norrie, “Turned On: Tuning In, In a Tuned-Out World,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on May 12, 2020 climbing all the way to No. 1 in the Christian Leadership and Religious Leadership categories. The book was also on the best seller’s list in Men’s Christian Living, Men’s Inspirational Spirituality, Conduct of Life & Spirituality, Personal Success & Spirituality, Personal Transformation & Spirituality, Inspirational Personal Testimonies, and Sociology of Marriage and Family categories.

The book was also a No. 1 Hot New Release in several categories on Amazon, including Christian Leadership, Religious Leadership, Men’s Christian Living, Men’s Inspirational Spirituality, Conduct of Life & Spirituality, Personal Success & Spirituality, and Sociology of Marriage and Family categories.

In this book, Norrie reveals how shortened attention spans in a fast-paced, competitive world have caused many to be unable to disconnect or relax. Devices that were intended to simplify tasks and create more free time have instead consumed more time. People no longer stand in line without reaching for a phone. Family dinners are interrupted by electronic devices. There is no connection with the people surrounding us. The light in the world is dim and it’s time to get TURNED ON.

“Turned On: Tuning In, In a Tuned-Out Word” is a hot topic and a must-read for anyone who is so focused on what’s next that they’re missing out on what’s happening now.

In response to the book hitting No. 1, Norrie stated, “Hands down, this is the proudest moment of my professional career. I’ve poured so much into this book because the subject matter is so important to me, my family. and I think to the world. All the hours in front of the computer, the times I’d wake up in the middle of the night to jot down at thought, it’s all pretty overwhelming now, to see the book become a best seller. All praise to God. I hit my knees and asked him to give this book spiritual wings and He did.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Norrie is a devoted husband, father, and entrepreneur and the founder of Turned On, a platform he created along with his wife Angelike to help preserve the lost art of face-to-face connection within the home, workspace, and faith community. Identifying himself as “a student of human interaction,” his mission is to open the eyes of those people who have put their lives on autopilot and to make them more aware of the disconnection that is rapidly happening in board rooms, bedrooms, living rooms, coffee shops, churches, and social media platforms. He desires to help people stop watering down their ability to interact with one another and express themselves more authentically by being “TURNED ON” to see with new eyes and listen with new ears to the possibilities happening all around them. He hopes to restore the light to a world going dark.

To learn more about, David Norrie, visit https://www.turnedon.com/

“Turned On: Tuning In, In a Tuned-Out World” is available in Kindle and Paperback editions in the Amazon.com store at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0886LDNXK

DETROIT– In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Michigan restaurants lost more than $490 million in sales and 72,000 jobs, forcing many to close their doors. COVID-19 has also brought unique challenges to nonprofits serving vulnerable homeless populations. Neighborhood Service Organization, for example, had to transfer nearly 100 homeless to a new facility to allow for greater social distancing but which lacked an operating kitchen.

Pay it Forward: Power a Business & Feed the Homeless is a community-driven campaign aimed at funding Detroit minority-owned restaurants to cater meals for those in need. In less than ten days, more than 360 donors across the community have raised more than $32,000 to support this effort: paying seven local restaurants to feed about 100 individuals five days a week, including homeless sheltering at Neighborhood Service Organization as well as at-risk girls and women through Alternatives for Girls.

On Monday, April 13, Detroit Pepper Company Chef and Owner Marlin Hughes delivered the first set of meals to Neighborhood Service Organization, with meal delivery to Alternatives for Girls starting this Wednesday.

For at least six weeks, the following restaurants are delivering meals to those in need:

●     Mondays: Detroit Pepper Company’s Marlin Hughes (East Warren)
●     Tuesdays: Norma G’s Lester Gouvia (Jefferson Chalmers)
●     Wednesdays: YumVillage’s Godwin Ihentuge (New Center)
●     Thursdays: T’Mo’s BBQ’s Tito Dotson (Northwest Detroit/Live6)
●     Fridays: Rincon Tropical’s Lizaida Moreno (Southwest Detroit)

Two local bakeries are also providing desserts to residents twice a week: Terri’s Cakes’ Garnet T. Gullet (Eastside) is delivering on Wednesday and Lucki’s Cheesecakes’ Rhonda Crenshaw Morris (Woodbridge/Northwest) on Friday.

“We wanted to be able to help an at-risk group and monetarily help keep local Detroit businesses operating through COVID-19 all at the same time: This does both,” YumVillage Owner and Chef Godwin Ihentuge said. “Getting this kind of support from the community really shows me how much people care about local restaurants and Detroiters. People are ordering take-out, tipping, and contributing to efforts like this, all helping me and other local businesses keep our doors open.”

“Because of the shelter-in-place order from Governor Whitmer, we are in a position where we have to meet all the basic needs of our clients,”  Neighborhood Service Organization President and CEO Linda Little said. “Food is the number one basic need. This food not only provides nutrition for those we serve, it also provides comfort. It shows those experiencing homelessness that the community cares. We are extremely grateful for this outpouring of love from the restaurants and donors.”

Five Detroit professionals launched the campaign on April 3, with the goal to raise enough money to support the homeless through the worst of the COVID-19 crisis, estimated at about $5,000 per week.

“There are a lot of efforts happening in the city to support those in need during this crisis but we wanted to prioritize black-and brown-owned businesses in Detroit neighborhoods to help make sure they’re still here when this is over,” campaign collaborator Jeremy Lewis said. “The community is really stepping up in a grassroots way to show their support – both to restaurants and those in the hardest situations.”

The group recently partnered with Soulcial Scene, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting black-owned businesses, to serve as the campaign’s nonprofit fiduciary. The organizing team also applied for and were successfully awarded two COVID-19 response mini-grants from the Desai Sethi Foundation (Detroit Community Resilience Prize) and the Schusterman Family Foundation (REALITY Micro Grant). All of the money raised from the campaign will go directly to partner local restaurants, Neighborhood Service Organization, Alternatives for Girls or other beneficiaries who may be added as the fund increases.

Donations will be accepted until May 1 on either Soulcial Scene’s donation page or the crowdfunding platform.

PRESS CONTACT:
Organizing team contact: Jeremy Lewis – 313.550.8038
Restaurant contact: Godwin Ihentuge – 734.585.4268
Neighborhood Service Organization contact: Sharon Maier, VP,  Corporate Development – 313.400.6439

“Raising the Bar Volume 3: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on April 9, 2020, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industry category, and reaching Number Two in the Business Consulting category. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry and Business Consulting categories.

Max Keller, Founder of Savior Publishing, confirmed they have officially launched a search for Senior Housing Professionals to be featured in the upcoming book, “Senior Housing Innovators.”

Explaining the search process, Keller said, “This is an important book for us, so we will be reaching out to a select group of Senior Housing Professionals we feel are true advocates for the success of Senior homeowners and their families, while at the same time committing to help with CoronaVirus Relief Efforts.

Savior Publishing has pledged 100% of the royalties from the retail sales of the book to be donated to CoronaVirus Relief efforts.

Scheduled for release in May, “Senior Housing Innovators“ will spotlight each of the Senior Housing Professionals selected from this search, sharing their insights and real-world experience with helping Senior homeowners and their families navigate through the often overwhelming decisions they face.

Keller said, “The Senior Housing Professionals we select are passionate about helping senior homeowners or those who have a senior family member. They are dedicated to dispelling the myths and misconceptions so many people have about the senior housing options that are available.  We anticipate a lot of exposure around this project, for both CoronaVirus Relief efforts and the people we select to feature in the book, so we really want to showcase those Senior Housing Professionals who are actually in the trenches, working hard every day and willing to share that experience to benefit a great cause and the success of senior homeowners in their communities. That is what will make this a win-win-win project.”

With several industry leaders expressing interest in participating, Savior Publishing House is expected to announce the final selections by April 17th.

To learn more about, Max Keller, visit https://saviorhomebuyers.com

Author, Real Estate Investor and National Speaker Max Keller‘s recent release, “HOME TO HOME –  The Step By Step Senior Housing Guide” hit Amazon.com’s best seller lists, climbing all the way to Number One in the Nursing Home Care category on March 20, 2020.

Senior Housing options can be overwhelming.  In “HOME TO HOME,” Keller dispels the myths and misconceptions about Senior Housing while helping seniors and their families navigate through the decisions and special challenges they are currently or will soon be facing.

Keller says, “Too many people wait too long to plan and find themselves in a health crisis, a property crisis and a housing crisis, all in one.”

In response to the book hitting Amazon’s best sellers list, Keller stated, “I am just thankful we created a resource that thousands of senior homeowners and their adult children have found useful. All the credit to God.”

“HOME TO HOME –  The Step By Step Senior Housing Guide” is a must-read for Senior homeowners or anyone who has a Senior family member.

To learn more about, Max Keller, visit https://saviorhomebuyers.com

Senior Homeowners and their family members can request a Free Copy of “Home To Home – The Step By Step Senior Housing Guide” by visiting https://SaviorPublishingHouse.com/max-keller/

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Max Keller’s company, Savior Home Buyers, specializes in helping Seniors with their housing choices. Max’s inspiration, to focus on helping Seniors, was birthed out of his close relationship with his Grandmother, “Momo.” Although Momo is in a better place, Max’s mission and passion to serve Seniors and their families continues daily. He considers it a great privilege and blessing to have been able to serve hundreds of local Seniors and continues to do so tirelessly.

Keller holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in Teaching from Louisiana College. Max, his wife, and children live in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

After nearly two years as Chicago’s Fox Sports Radio Affiliate, WCKG (AM 1530) is dropping the “Fox Sports Radio” moniker and rebranding as “Sportsbook Radio.” The move coincides with the State of Illinois launching sports gambling this week with local sports legend Eddie Olczyk placing the first wager at Rivers Casino Sportsbook in Des Plaines.

Sportsbook Radio promises to offer guidance to sports fans and gamblers on everything from how to get started, to where the best odds can be found, locally and digitally.

WCKG management has not offered any insight on programming changes, other than to point out that the syndicated Rich Eisen Show (Premiere) will no longer be heard on AM 1530 as of April 7, 2020. Eisen’s show has been canceled by Premiere. Sportsbook Radio will continue to carry Clay Travis (5A-8A) and Dan Patrick (8A-11A) live weekdays, for the time being.

“We’re planning to develop long-form and short-form Sportsbook Radio content on WCKG, with local casino and media partners to be announced. That work is underway, but rather than have sports personalities cover gambling, we’d prefer to have gambling experts on-air. Ultimately, we will see our studio inside a Chicago-area sportsbook, to get as close to the action as possible. We are exploring that idea with a few local partners.”, WCKG Station Manager Matt Dubiel said.

In the meantime, Sportsbook Radio is offering fans a free newsletter at WCKG.com with tips, local sports gambling information and reviews of online sportsbooks.

ABOUT WCKG

WCKG broadcasts from sunrise to sunset on AM 1530 and online at WCKG.com. WCKG is licensed to the City of Elmhurst and reaches roughly 80% of the Chicago radio market. WCKG also simulcasts on a low power FM translator broadcasting from Elmhurst on 102.3 FM. The FCC allows parent company DuPage Radio, LLC to split up AM 1530 and 102.3 FM this October. W272DQ was granted a construction permit to move their 102.3 FM to the top of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. WCKG was granted approval to increase power of AM 1530 from 760 watts to 4,000 watts. WCKG can be found on Twitter @WCKGChicago and on Facebook.com/ WCKGChicago

“Expert Profiles Volume 10 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on March 10, 2020, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industries and Business Consulting categories. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industries and Business Consulting categories.

PROGRAM 15 and New Balance Baseball continue their unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches with the announcement of their collaboration with BASEBALL B.C., the recognized Provincial Sport Organization for amateur baseball in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

BASEBALL B.C. will host Future Stars Series Player Identification and Development events throughout the British Columbia province starting with the February 16th Skills Training & Evaluation Regional Pro Combine in Vancouver.

All players attending Baseball B.C. events will be evaluated by PROGRAM 15 Professional Scouts for selection to attend the Future Stars Series World Combine and potential invitation to join the World Team Roster for the Future Stars Series International Week, the annual signature event of New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15 held at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series says, “As the governing body for baseball in British Columbia, Baseball BC is always looking to evolve and grow players in their province. World team Coach Corey Eckstein is a huge believer in them, and the news was met with strong support from Jamie Bodaly with partner program the Langley Blaze. It’s exciting to start this relationship now and watch it grow over time with the integration of several events in BC to help players achieve.”

BASEBALL B.C. staff will use the scouting, developmental, and analytical information provide by PROGRAM 15 to help players grow and advance and potentially in their selection process for the B.C. entry in the Canada Cup Championship event held every summer between the Canadian provinces. Beginning in 2021, BASEBALL B.C. will bring a full team to Florida for the Future Stars Series World Combine event.

Shawn Schaefer, Grassroots Coordinator, BASEBALL B.C. said, “We are looking forward to our partnership with the Future Star Series while bringing developmental and exposure benefits with the goal of long term success to our athletes in British Columbia.”

ABOUT THE BASEBALL B.C.
BASEBALL B.C. (the B.C. Amateur Baseball Association) is the recognized governing body for baseball in British Columbia. Through its programs and leadership, BASEBALL B.C., in cooperation with its affiliates, supports the development of baseball and aspirations of its members by offering opportunities and setting procedures, standards and policies. BASEBALL B.C. is a unified and democratic organization representing and supporting all legitimate systems of baseball and its different sport expressions. To learn more about BASEBALL B.C. visit https://www.baseball.bc.ca

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Author, International Speaker, and Proud Mom Loren Lahav recently signed an agreement with Author Publishing to publish her new book The Courage to Raise a Gentleman: Building the Foundation of an Extraordinary Life for Self, Family and Humanity.

In her latest book, Lahav shares the lessons from different perspectives, backgrounds, and lifestyles that are used to teach kids the characteristics and qualities of being a gentleman.

Lahav states, “To raise a gentleman, YOU have to do what you want your boys to grow up to be, you can’t blame it on the school system, technology, or this generation. It is our responsibility to have more awareness, to catch our boys doing things right and to acknowledge them when they do, and to keep acknowledging them, ALWAYS.”

“Lahav had several options on the table, so we are very excited that she decided to sign with us. Lahav is the real deal and this book will, without a doubt, become the go-to guide for parents that want to raise their sons as gentlemen that make a positive impact in life,” said Ann McIndoo, Co-founder of Author Publishing.

Author Publishing specializes in publishing personal development and business books meant for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and professionals.

Lahav’s book will be available for purchase on Amazon.com and through other national book retailers beginning in October 2019.

About Loren Lahav

Loren Lahav is a dynamic trendshaper who is unwavering in her resolve to Stay True to how she chooses to live her life and leave her imprint on others. She is consistently switched on, especially when it comes to delivering her message to others from the front of the room, no matter the size of the audience.

Loren’s leadership and business triumphs are a testament to her obsession with creating value. She has built explosive teams in 25 countries and she is a real estate investor and property owner throughout the United States.

Loren has been a keynote speaker for many signature events, has been featured in multiple publications and on talk shows, and has authored three books which have been translated into three languages and distributed worldwide.

For more information about Loren Lahav, visit https://lorenlahav.com/about/

Founder of invigoMEDIA Bob Mangat‘s recent release, ‘PAIN INC: How To BUILD Expert Celebrity Status in Your Community That Creates A Mass Army of Patients Willing to Pay You CASH For Your Services’ hit multiple Amazon.com bestseller lists on August 29th, climbing all the way to Number One in the Practice Management & Reimbursement and Service Industry categories.

With the dramatic payment and reimbursement changes in the insurance industry over the last few years, ‘PAIN INC’ is a must-read for any physician/clinic owner looking to get an edge on the competition, to stand out and create AUTHORITY in the marketplace, to increase profits, reduce expenses, and have more time to do the things they love.

Based on Mangat’s real-world knowledge and proven results, ’PAIN INC’ exposes the disturbing effect declining health insurance reimbursements are having on unprepared pain management physicians. According to Mangat, “Times have changed, and over the past few years, the insurance industry has cut reimbursements for all physicians, but especially for pain management specialists, who are often getting reimbursed only ten to twenty-five percent of their fees by the insurance companies. Relying on insurance providers for new clients and income is no longer a viable option.”

In ‘PAIN INC’ Mangat shares how he is helping clinic owners not just save their practices, but implement a system that will allow them to have a far greater impact on their patients, their team and their own lifestyle.

Mangat explains, “I’ve created multiple seven-figure businesses with the exact same strategies that I outline in this book. These are the same processes that I use in the clinics I work with around the world. My hope is that clinic owners will use this book to develop a deeper understanding of what they can be doing to create the practice and life they deserve.”

As a tactical sales and marketing playbook, ‘PAIN INC’ provides clinic owners everything needed to create a well-oiled machine designed to dramatically transform their practice in a short period of time.

‘PAIN INC:  How To BUILD Expert Celebrity Status in Your Community That Creates A Mass Army of Patients Willing to Pay You CASH for Your Services’ is now available in Kindle and Paperback editions on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1946694355

ABOUT BOB MANGAT
Bob Mangat is a #1 Best Selling Author, CEO & Founder of invigoMEDIA, EverGenius®, and the 7 Figure Clinic Practice Growth System, Speaker with 17+ years of hands-on experience architecting ADVANCED business growth systems. Bob has been featured in Entrepreneur.com, Forbes, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, and many others.

To learn more about Bob Mangat, visit https://invigomedia.com

“Raising the Bar Volume 2: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on August 20, 2019, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industry category, and reaching Number Two in the Knowledge Capital category. The book was also a Number One Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry and Knowledge Capital categories.

• Chase Morgan – Create a Moment
• Tricia Parido – Recovery, Life, and Wellness Coach
• Michael Roth – Holistic Addiction & Wellness Specialist
  Annelies James – UK Personal Brand Specialist
• Del Lewis – Nationally-Recognized Business Advisor to Today’s Entrepreneurs & CEO’s
• Dr. Christine Sauer – Internationally-Recognized Integrative Mental & Brain Health Expert
• Miguel de Jesus – Internationally-Recognized Author, Business Leader, & Executive Coach
• Brock Short – It’s All About the Experience
• Kevin Parker – True Warrior: Addiction Recovery Coach

“Raising the Bar Volume 2: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers – Volume 1” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WJTNBQM/ as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

“Expert Profiles Volume 9 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on July 2, 2019, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industries category and Number Three in the Business Ethics category. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Ethics and Service Industries categories.

The Future Stars Series has experienced exponential growth over the last three years. What began as a grassroots effort by New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15 to reach as many undiscovered players as possible has grabbed the attention of over 100 of the most respected amateur baseball organizations throughout the US, Canada, and Latin America who have come on board as Regional Directors and Partners.

With growth comes opportunity. PROGRAM 15 has announced the following dates and locations for the upcoming New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Super Regional Tournaments.

Mid-Atlantic Philadelphia, PA Sep 13-15
NorCal Stockton, CA Sep 13-15
Southeast Panama City, FL Sep 20-22
Midwest Joplin, MO Sep 20-22
Southwest Las Vegas, NV Sep 20-22
Florida Cocoa Beach, FL Sep 27-29
Texas Houston, TX Sep 27-29
Great Lakes Joliet, IL Sep 27-29
Ohio Valley Cincinnati, OH Sep 27-29
Northeast Boston, MA Oct 4-6
Gulf Coast Sterlington, La Oct 4-6
Texas Dallas,TX Oct 11-13
Carolinas Cary, NC Oct 19-20
Northwest Portland, OR TBD

More dates and locations will be announced as they are confirmed including events hosted at MLB Urban Youth Academies in Dallas, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series said, “This is the next step in providing a cohesive quality return and analysis for players. Continually seen by MLB scouts and colleges in environments that go beyond the singular event and keeps a development focus for player advancement”.

The invitation-only four-game events will be hosted by PROGRAM 15 Regional Director organizations and feature PROGRAM 15 Partner teams as well as high school age prospective partner programs that have been identified through Future Stars Series Advisory Board members and Partner Events including select MLB Youth Academy teams.

Participation in the Super Regional tournaments will provide players accelerated visibility to the highest echelons of decision-makers at the professional and college baseball levels. Results of the events will be used to seed teams for the 2020 Future Stars series National Championship Trials, where a true national champion will be crowned for each age group.

Tournament logistics for each event will be managed by 2D Baseball in conjunction with FiveTool Baseball Crossroads Baseball, Atlantic Coast Baseball, and Impact Baseball.

PROGRAM 15 professional scouting staff will create Individual Scouting Reports which are made available to college and pro scouts across the country as well as each player through a stored profile on the PROGRAM 15 Proprietary Scouting Database. Select players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches will be submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and a potential invitation to join elite players from around the world at the prestigious New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week.

Visit the following websites for Future Stars Series Super Regional Tournaments information and registration.
https://FutureStarsSeries.com
https://www.2dsports.org
https://fivetool.org

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Molly Ola Pinney, Founder and CEO of the Global Autism Project will be awarded Columbia University’s Medal of Excellence on Wednesday, May 22nd during Commencement. This honor is awarded to alumnus or alumna under 45 years of age whose record in scholarship, public service and/or professional life is outstanding and is the highest honor bestowed by the University.

Pinney’s unparalleled work in the field of autism raises the bar when it comes to helping people on the spectrum gain access to education around the world. Driven by the belief that no parent or child should suffer simply because of the country they are born, led Pinney to create and deploy a highly sustainable model that works with local professionals around the world to quickly ramp up the availability of autism services in under-resourced areas.

“I’ve been doing this work for over 15 years. At the Global Autism Project, we believe that when you trust the locals, empower them with the proper knowledge, real change can take effect. I am grateful that my alma mater recognizes what we are building and am deeply humbled and honored to be receiving this award,” says Pinney.

There are over 85 million people with autism worldwide and many live in places where there’s no understanding of autism by their families and local communities. This lack of understanding can lead to severe mistreatment and even death of children with autism in many countries.

On the impact recognition by Columbia University brings to the organization Pinney said, “With this award, we are able to bring greater awareness to work that the Global Autism Project and our partners are doing around the world. We currently have partnerships in 14 countries and that’s just a tip of the iceberg for what’s to come. We can eliminate the stigma surrounding autism and make sure that everyone has access to an education and we can do it in our lifetime”.

About Global Autism Project:
The Global Autism Project is a 501c3 that works to ensure that quality services for people with autism are available in countries by partnering with local centers and businesses to build local capacity to work with children with autism. Their model is sustainable and scalable. It was founded in 2003 by Molly Ola Pinney and currently has 15 employees. To find out more visit www.globalautismproject.org. Molly can be reached for further comment at molly@globalautismproject.org or directly by phone at 917-686-7392.

The best and brightest amateur baseball talent from Puerto Rico, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Australia, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, and Venezuela will come together at the Coastal Florida Sports Park, home of the PROGRAM 15 / New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Florida Event Operations in March 2020 for the inaugural Future Stars Series World Combine.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Training and Evaluation Combines have garnered a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series said, “This event is another piece in the vision to enhance player development and evaluation for players across the globe. We’re excited to work with these countries to advance their players and assist in a high return for both players and their future clubs. To bring this volume of players together into one place for all the MLB clubs and colleges to see is going to be a lot of fun along with selecting the world team from this event in conjunction with the advisory board clubs”.

Participation in the World Combine is by invitation only. Elite players will be selected by PROGRAM 15 staff through workouts and player development camps in designated locations throughout the Caribbean and Canada. Additional countries are currently under consideration and will be announced as they are confirmed.

The World Combine will be broadcast globally by FloSports TV, the exclusive Live Streaming and On-Demand Coverage Provider for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series. The event includes a player evaluation and testing day followed by four days of games.

All players will be evaluated by PROGRAM 15 staff for potential invitations to join the 2020 World Team Roster for the Future Stars Series International Week, where they will compete head to head with the National Team at the annual signature event of New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15.

PROGRAM 15 and The Future Stars Series has built solid joint venture and sponsorship relationships with several undisputed global brand leaders in amateur and Major League Baseball, which will be involved in this highly anticipated event, including New Balance Baseball, Franklin Sports, Vizual Edge, Diamond Kinetics, Monsterful, Motus, Torch Eyewear and G-Form.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

On a recent episode of “The Interview” with Matt Dubiel, Dean Graziosi, Best Selling Author, Investor, Entrepreneur, and Trainer, discussed how ordinary people are taking their knowledge & experience & turning it into a business that fulfills others.

According to Dubiel – the financial ‘downturn’ is coming, jobs will not come back. Graziosi agrees and shares a solution that is a win-win for everyone.

Graziosi believes that retirees and those closing in on retirement have a wealth of untapped knowledge, in danger of being lost to sedentary retirement years or wasted on unfulfilling, menial, part-time jobs to pass the time for very little money.

It’s not just about personal enrichment, Graziosi says, “If you are in your 50s, 60s, 70s and you’re good at anything, you have a skill or expertise, you should feel absolutely guilty if because you’re not helping this broken, flawed education system. How do you help it? By extracting what you know, sharing it with people to impact their lives, get paid for it, and do it again. That’s a lot more exciting than being a greeter at Walmart ”.

When host Matt Dubiel asked Dean who can benefit from this online education boom, Graziosi explained, “Whether you’re approaching retirement, graduating high school, considering college, or middle aged and in a high paying career – everyone is in a position to take advantage of what Forbes is saying is already a $335 Million dollar a day industry!”

Dean Graziosi knows how to create success. From extremely humble beginnings Dean started with a firewood business in high school, to a collision repair shop and his first real estate deal before the age of 20. From there he went on to create a multimillion-dollar real estate business, became a Multiple NY Times best selling Author, 16 years every day on TV and is one of the most watched real estate and success trainers of our generation. Dean maximized the success and profits in each of these endeavors along his evolution and his businesses and brand have generated nearly $1 Billion Dollars in revenue. Dean is obsessed with sharing the Success Habits learned along this journey with the world.

The interview concluded with Graziosi saying “This is how I want to be remembered with Tony Robbins. This is my legacy. I want to be able to say we changed education forever!”.

To listen to the full interview on WCKG Radio, visit https://wckgradio.com/dean-graziosi-how-to-live-your-dreams-and-get-paid-to-share-your-knowledge/.

To learn more about Dean Graziosi’s mission, please visit www.MattsKnowledge.com.

“Expert Profiles Volume 8 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on May 1, 2019, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industries category and Number Three in the Business Ethics category. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Ethics and Service Industries categories.

“Raising the Bar: Conversations With Industry Leaders Who Go ABOVE & BEYOND For Their Customers – Volume 1,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on April 30, 2019, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industry category, and reaching Number Three in the Knowledge Capital category. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry and Knowledge Capital categories.

PROGRAM 15 and the New Balance Future Stars Series is taking their commitment to “Developing The Stars of Tomorrow” beyond on-field amateur baseball talent with the announcement of a new Baseball Operations Internship Program.

Led by Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, the internship is designed to provide a foundation for Major League Baseball careers in the roles of player evaluation, development, analytics, and baseball operations.

The first round of intern candidates were selected after Booth met with longtime colleague Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball for his recommendations to the program.

Booth says, “We’re very fortunate to have such qualified candidates. I remember what it’s like to want to work in baseball in ways other than playing. So much can help that process and accelerate a person’s growth by solidifying the foundation. Since my first year scouting, I’ve been a part of the Buck O’Neil Scouts and Coaches Association. In addition to Tyrone, Future Stars Series Advisory Board members Junior Vizcaino, Danny Montgomery, Kevin Bootay, Bobby Heck, Arnold Braithwaite and Dan Nellum are members as well. The message there has always been to pay it forward to the next wave and make it better, and if we can be a help to these young minds then we’re all in”.

Each intern candidate, which include former pro and college players along with those with analytic backgrounds, was vetted thoroughly by PROGRAM 15 with Brooks and Future Stars Series Advisory Board clubs. There are both short and long term opportunities available based on each candidate’s goals, development curve, and long term goals in baseball. Interns will be present with scouts and development staff at events and partner events across the country.

Kevin Bootay, Major League Scout with the Miami Marlins said, “Baseball is at a crossroads where the new generation of players, coaches and scouts should have a sense of the history of baseball as well as the feel and instincts to play the game. It is incumbent on mentors to pass this along to this new generation. PROGRAM 15 is at the forefront of this mission of sharing that knowledge.”

Future internship opportunities for college students as well as masters grads seeking a career in professional baseball operations are in development.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

PROGRAM 15 Scouting Reports are just one of the reasons Future Stars Series Scouting and Evaluation events have built a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Backed by decades of Pro Baseball Scouting experience, PROGRAM 15 ’s highly skilled scouting staff provides amateur players in-depth and credible evaluations they can trust, because they are the same credible evaluations that are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country.

NY Mets Scouting Director, Marc Tramuta stated, “The evaluation staff at the PROGRAM 15 has had their credibility tested daily throughout Major League Baseball. Reading their reports and discussing the players with them directly leaves little doubt as to what you’ll be seeing. It’s easy to look forward to the Future Stars Series Events and the players in them.”

The following former Professional Scouts and Major League veterans have been added to the PROGRAM 15 Scouting Staff and will be covering New Balance Future Stars Series Regional, National and International Player Evaluation events.

Gordon Blakeley – Southeast US and International Scout
Gordon is a 35 year MLB executive with the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Atlanta Braves as area scout, national cross checker, Director of Professional Scouting, Assistant to General Manager, and Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations. Has been involved in the Scouting, Signing, and Development of many current MLB players such as Alex Rodriguez,David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Alfonso Soriano, El Duque Hernandez, Miguel Andujar, Gary Sanchez, Luis Severino and Ron Acuna. Blakeley personally signed 13 players that appeared in MLB All-Star Games. He is a New York Yankees executive with 5 WS rings from 1996, 1997-1999, and 2009 and 7 American League Championships.

Ben Moore – Pacific Rim Scout
Ben grew up playing baseball in the capital city of Australia, Canberra, and was one of the youngest players ever to sign a baseball contract with the Australian Capital Territory Acadamy of Sports. Ben represented Australia for baseball in their junior national teams. He signed and played at Howard Junior College in Texas. He is currently the Head Coach of the Downunder Travellers. Ben has a passion for seeing Australian baseball players develop and progress. Ben will lead the scouting efforts in the Pacific rim for PROGRAM 15.

Derrick Ross – Scout
Former MLB scout with 15+ years’ experience identifying the physical and mental tools needed to play Major League baseball. Ross has worked with both the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians where he was heavily involved in drafting 70+ players from his region, a large % of whom have signed, and are playing in both the Majors/Minors. Ross has multiple connections to college coaches, professional scouts, pro coaches, and front office executives that he utilizes to advise players.

Nick Brugh – Scout
Brugh most recently served as a Scout with the Tampa Bay Rays. Prior to Tampa Bay, he spent 4 years in the Pittsburgh Pirates Player Development Department with MiLB Operations, Scouting, Research, Baseball Tech, and Video. Nick also worked at Dominican Republic complex for the entire 2016 season and was a member of the 2017 EL Championship Staff. Nick is an alum of Walsh University (Canton, OH) and was a pitcher for the Cavaliers.

Bill Bliss – Scout
Bliss was a 3rd round draft pick out of Villanova University as an RHP in 1991. He went on to play in the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies systems for 7 years. After his playing days, Bill scouted 4 years with the Baltimore Orioles, coached 2 years with the Philadelphia Phillies, scouted 6 additional years with the AtlantaBraves, and also coached 2 years in the Atlantic League. He is a pitching consultant with various travel team organizations, and signed Ryne Harper in the 37th round out of Austin Peay University, called up by Mariners in 2016 and in MLB camp with Twins in 2019.

Tim Moore – Scout
Moore was drafted professionally in the 13th round of the MLB Draft out of High School and has an 8 year minor league playing career. He attended MLB Scout School in 2001 and went on to scout 15 years as a Professional/Amateur Scout. His resume includes being an Amateur Scout for the Cleveland Indians (2002-2004), AtlantaBraves (2004-2011), and a Pro Scout for the 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros (2013-2017).

Darin Blair – Scout
Blair started as an Associate Scout with the Kansas City Royals. He worked for the Kansas City Royals 1996-2000, Montreal Expos 2001, Florida Marlins 2002-2006, Baltimore Orioles 2006-2013, and Atlanta Braves 2015- present. Darin has signed 15 players; 3 from Independent Leagues, 9 Drafts, and 3 Free Agents. 2 of his signees have made it to MLB.

Mark Stathas – Scout
Stathas finished his college career at the University Texas El Paso where Baseball America ranked him 13th in the country in National Batting. He also holds the Western Athletic Conference hitting record with a .630 average. Mark was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd overall selection) of the MLB Draft. He has worked for the Detroit Tigers as an Associate Scout 2015 present.

Rick Arnold – Scout
Arnold has 36 years of MLB, Professional, Amateur, and International scouting experience. He’s worked with the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, as well as the Major League Scouting Bureau.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Serie says, “The Future Stars Series mission is about a better return for players and the game as a whole. These scouts are a mix of guys who have done the job at the highest levels and those who have the faith of the MLB clubs as leaders of tomorrow. This crew will join our existing veterans to scout all events and partner events to consistently see the players that participate and help them advance. I’m excited to go forward with them as we work to be the best we can be each day, and today is a day where I can say we got better”.

PROGRAM 15 and The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series continue their unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball with the addition of new members to their Advisory Board.

Offering guidance in their respective areas of expertise, which range from international play to amateur and professional player analysis and development, the following members have been named to the PROGRAM 15 – New Balance Future Stars Series Advisory Board.

Darin Everson – Colorado Rockies – Hitting Coordinator
Rob Holiday – Philadelphia Phillies – Director, Amateur Scouting Administration
Rick Strickland – Texas Rangers – Hitting Consultant

On the new Advisory Board appointments, Booth stated, “Rob, Rick, and Darin come from all different cross sections of the game. Rob has been instrumental in the leadership of the Phillies scouting and development departments for 3 decades and a big influence in their give back initiatives. Rick has been a leader in his field for a long time and is always at the cutting edge of the game while working hard to find a way to make it accessible for all. Darin has seen the trials and difficulties of players from the cold weather environments in being seen and moving forward the correct way, and all have earned their resumes and accomplishments. We are excited to have their influence and input”.

Members of the advisory board consult directly with Booth on ways to improve the amateur baseball experience as well as innovate new ways to elevate the development and growth experience for both players and evaluators.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Molly Ola Pinney, Founder and CEO of the Global Autism Project spoke at the United Nations on April 2nd, to kick off World Autism Awareness Month to discuss the conditions of people with autism in countries around the world.

People diagnosed with autism in many countries face discrimination in their communities, they rarely have access to the services needed to help them reach their potential and the diagnosis can often be a death sentence. The Global Autism Project and their partners around the world work to change the stigma of autism by providing locally led educational training and services within their own communities.

“Our model is highly focused on sustainability as we emphasize doing with others, instead of for them,” says Pinney. “We believe that the best people to educate and create change in communities are the people from those very communities.”

Nonprofit organizations have developed a reputation for going where they are not wanted and for attempting to change things using their own paradigm, instead of considering the cultural norms and nuances of the places they work. The result is an implied assumption that the local people cannot help or create change themselves which in turn produces perpetual dependence out outside help.

Sangeeta Jain, a partner in India and a parent of a child with autism describes the Global Autism Project as “the light at the end of a very long, dark and lonely tunnel…They understand us, let us lead the way, and support us and this movement by showing us our own power to create change. I’ve never seen an NGO work this way and we are grateful for all that they’ve done.”

Autism can be a tough diagnosis anywhere in the world but can be particularly devastating where the locally held belief that people with autism are possessed and need to be given back to their ancestors. Pinney emphasizes the need not just for awareness but for action. Ensuring that every child with autism has a safe place where they can go to learn in their own country is paramount to ending the humanitarian crisis endured by many autistic children around the world. Global Autism Project achieves this by partnering with and training the teachers at autism centers in research-backed practices in countries around the world.

The Global Autism Project is a 501c3 that works to ensure that quality services for people with autism are available in countries by partnering with local centers and businesses to provide necessary and ongoing education. Their model is sustainable and scalable. To find out more visit www.globalautismproject.org. Molly Ola Pinney can be reached for further comment at molly@globalaustismproject.org.

What started as a grassroots initiative just three short years ago between PROGRAM 15 and New Balance Baseball, The Future Stars Series has become one of the most innovative and talked about amateur baseball player development and identification systems in the industry.

Continuing their commitment of “Developing The Stars of Tomorrow”, PROGRAM 15 has announced the unification of top amateur baseball tournament leaders for one simple but powerful mission.

To discover and put a spotlight on talented players, teams and the leaders of those organizations through a series of events focused on good teams playing against good teams.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, said, “Talking with every college coach and professional scout or executive, they continue to reiterate the need to see players truly compete against peers of their ability for an extended period of time.

We vet the organizations involved here thoroughly through college and pro scouts, and it’s become something where to be invited here, you have to do things in a way that focuses on the programs, provides financial relief to the family, and allows high-level return through true scouting reports, advanced analytics, and development feedback. We’re excited that the vision is shared and look forward to getting this going for the partner programs both here now and the ones we will bring on board.”

This series of events will provide players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through accelerated visibility to the highest echelons of decision makers at the professional and college baseball levels as well as a path for player and team advancement to Future Stars Series Training and Evaluation Combines and the Future Stars Series National Championship Tournaments.

Joining PROGRAM 15 in these unification events are:

2D Sports – The Official Team Event Logistics Organization of the Future Stars Series.

Five Tool Baseball – The Official Team and Family Focused Event Operations Organization of the Future Stars Series.

Crossroads Baseball – This Future Stars Series Partner Event promotes the development, education, and recruitment of High School Baseball Players.

Atlantic Coast Baseball – Promotes amateur baseball through “The Ultimate Tournament Experience” by providing teams and their families with the highest quality service, top-notch accommodations, superior communication, and an unparalleled baseball experience that will ensure lifelong memories.

Music City Classic – This Future Stars Series Partner Event is one of the top “invite only” tournaments in the country attracting hundreds of college coaches and professional scouts to Nashville each summer.

NorCal World Series – Nationally-recognized event featuring The Who’s Who in the Northern California baseball community.

Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) – This Future Stars Series Event Partner is regarded as one of the most talented and competitive summer collegiate baseball leagues in the country.

Impact Baseball – This Future Stars Series Event Partner provides college coaches, professional scouts, and athletes exposure to each other while educating and promoting the game of baseball.

The events will follow the 2D Baseball Scout Series format and will be operated by Crossroads, VTool, and Atlantic Coast Baseball along with the nationally respected Music City Classic, Impact Baseball, NorCal and Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) tournament hosts.

Ross Blankenship, COO of 2D Sports said, “2019 is going to be an exciting year for teams, fans, and the scouts. We have put together an impressive team of professionals to develop a plan that will be nothing short of impressive. In 2019, teams will be able to take part in a Regional and Super Regional model that will play into an impressive National event. We have secured some of the best facilities in the country to host these events and will be bringing in some of the most talented teams around the country which will be evaluated by some of the most well respected scouts in the game. What you will see in 2019 will only be the beginning of what is to come in 2020 with the expansion of this model on a National level. The best is yet to come.”

Projected Regions and Event Locations
Northeast – Boston, MA
Mid Atlantic – Philadelphia, PA
Carolinas – North Carolina
Texas – Houston, TX
Texas – Dallas, TX
Gulf Coast – Sterlington, LA
Southeast – Panama City, FL
Florida – Cocoa Beach, FL
Great Lakes – Joliet, IL
Northwest – Seattle, WA
Midwest – Joplin, MO
SoCal/NV – Las Vegas, NV
NorCal – Stockton, CA
Ohio Valley – Cincinnati, OH

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches will be submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Future Stars Series Scouting and Evaluation events, led by PROGRAM 15’s faculty and staff of former pro scouts, Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans has built a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

With Florida being the spring training home to half of Major League Baseball teams it makes perfect sense that PROGRAM 15 has selected Coastal Florida Sports Park as the Florida-based home to PROGRAM 15 and New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series events and training camps.

Coastal Florida Sports Park, located on the Central East coast of Florida ten miles from Cocoa Beach, will provide players, teams, and coaches attending PROGRAM 15 and Future Stars Series events an outstanding, one-of-a-kind experience at a facility with a rich history.

PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, Jeremy Booth says, “We’re ecstatic to find a home in the southeast in a place as dynamic and cutting edge as Coastal Florida Sports Park. Their location, facilities, network, and commitment to excellence and innovation are unrivaled in their area.

Their access to all regions of the east coast and international appeal coupled with the ability to fully accommodate every player’s needs in a cost-effective way is exactly what we’re looking for. We look forward to their hosting of many events including tournaments, player Identification days, and combines.”

The one-time spring training home of the Astros and Marlins has undergone 50 million dollars in renovations and upgrades and includes a 5,000 seat Major League Stadium with clubhouses, 9 additional fields, including 5 MLB size fields. The 35,000 Sq. Ft. Indoor Training Facility has 14 Indoor Batting Cages with 7 ProBatter Video Simulators and up to 12 indoor bullpens.

The on site All-Star Player Resort, which houses up to 84 teams, has a full kitchen and catering service, Rec Hall with two 30′ big screens and six 72″ big screens, 2 Arcades and 50″ big screens in every players suite.

Chris Capozzi, Senior Vice President of Operations for Coastal Florida Sports Park says, “When providing a world class experience for baseball development on our campus, we needed the most dynamic and innovative team we could find to call our state of the art complex home. The choice was simple, PROGRAM 15 is hands down the leader and game changing partner we wanted to work with. We could not be more excited to be the Southeast home for significant events in player identification, tournaments and assessments. Sunny Florida provides year round opportunities for true player development and PROGRAM 15 will be able to impact more players and provide pathways for success that you will not find anywhere else.”

To learn more about Coastal Florida Sports Park visit https://coastalfloridasportspark.com

COASTAL FLORIDA SPORTS PARK:
A sports complex to beat all sports complexes, Coastal Florida Sports Park is a place where athletes of all levels can practice and play in facilities fit for the pros and truly improve their ability to compete in the game and move to the next level. The complex was designed and created by the organization’s corporate board of directors, owners, employees and staff that is made up of real baseball people, such as D-1 & D-2 head coaches, professional MLB veteran players and many other baseball and softball individuals that have helped to create and shape the Southern United States travel, college and professional baseball and softball industries. Their internal connections and relationships with the MLB, NCAA, NAIA, and JUCO colleges and coaches along with the MLB-style facilities, training center, relationships and events, allows Coastal Florida Sports Park to promote and assist placement of athletes to the NCAA, NAIA and JUCO for college placement like no others can. For more information visit https://coastalfloridasportspark.com or @coastalflsports on Twitter and Instagram.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

Since 1912, Fenway Park, the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball and home to the Boston Red Sox, has hosted 11 World Series. PROGRAM 15 is proud to announce that Fenway Park will host the main event showdown between the World and National teams on September 22nd during the 2019 New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, says, “I’m excited for this event to move to such an iconic location. With Boston as a home base for New Balance, Franklin, GForm, and All Star along with being a special place in my life’s history, this is appropriate for the signature event of New Balance Baseball and its global grassroots efforts.”

The annual signature event of New Balance Baseball is an invitation-only series featuring international high school talent identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League Players, Coaches and Scouts through Future Stars Series player development combines, scout days, partner events and national trials.

“Future Stars Series International Week selects the best amateur baseball players from around the world to compete in our own backyard. Our partnership with the Boston Red Sox elevates this event to become a premiere prospect event and we are thrilled to grow the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification program for New Balance Baseball,” said Neil Brooks, Senior Marketing Manager of New Balance Baseball.

The past two years have seen top amateur baseball players from Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico (World Team) and USA (National Team) compete head to head during the highly anticipated three-game series.

The inaugural New Balance Future Stars Series International Week was held in 2017 at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas and featured an incredible 14 players who were chosen in the following 2018 MLB Draft, including TWO first round picks, Grayson Rodriguez (11th overall, Baltimore Orioles) and Noah Naylor (29th overall, Cleveland Indians).

The 2018 International Week was held at Camelback Ranch in Glendale Arizona, spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. Last year’s annual event featured several players expected to be picked during the upcoming 2019 MLB Draft.

NY Mets Scouting Director, Marc Tramuta stated, “The evaluation staff at PROGRAM 15 has had their credibility tested daily throughout Major League Baseball. Reading their reports and discussing the players with them directly leaves little doubt as to what you’ll be seeing. It’s easy to look forward to the Future Stars Series Events and the players in them.”

The following players have already been selected for the 2019 National and World Team rosters with additional players currently being evaluated for invitations.

NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER
Mick Abel, RHP (Gunderson Baseball) 2018 Returning Player
Max Carlson, RHP (Blizzard) 2018 Returning Player
Nick Griffin, LHP (AR Sticks)
Tink Hence, RHP (AR Sticks)
Hayden Durke, RHP (Team LA)
Michael Brooks, IF (Scorpions) 2018 Returning Player
Tommy Troy, SS (NorCal)
Nate Clow, SS (Giants Scout Team/FTB)
Kyle Russell, SS (New Level Prep)
Dylan Crews, OF (Scorpions)
Braylon Bishop, (2021) CF (AR Sticks)
Tyler Soderstrom, C (NorCal)
Nate Wohlgemuth, RHP (Oklahoma Fuel)

WORLD TEAM ROSTER
Joseph Gonzalez, RHP (PR) 2018 Returning Player
Alex Ayala, LHP (Panama) 2018 Returning Player
Caden Griffin, LHP (CAN)
Luis Hernandez, C/OF (PR)
Luis Gonzalez, C (PR)
Sabin Ceballos, SS/3B (PR)
Peter Vasquez, SS (2021, PR)
Jose Izarra, SS (VZ) 2018 Returning Player
Jessiel Garcia, OF (2021, PR) 2018 Returning Player
Roque Salinas, OF (MEX)
David Calabrese, OF (CAN)

The Future Stars Series is the global initiative between New Balance and PROGRAM 15 to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur baseball players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. Manufactured in the U.S. for over 75 years and representing a limited portion of our U.S. sales, New Balance Made U.S. is a premium collection that contains a domestic value of 70% or greater. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 6,000 associates around the globe, and in 2017 reported worldwide sales of $4 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com.

“Expert Profiles Volume 7 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on March 7, 2019, climbing all the way to Number One in the Business Ethics and Service Industries categories. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Business Ethics and Service Industries categories.

The new book, “Winning Deals in Heels,” by Frisco, Texas real estate investor Nancy Wallace-Laabs hit the Amazon.com Best Seller list on February 28, 2019 in three categories climbing all the way to Number One in the Real Estate Sales & Selling category. The book was also a Number One Hot New Release in the Real Estate Investments and Real Estate Buying & Selling Homes categories.

The book is the result of the author’s candid conversations with highly respected women real estate investors sharing the defining moments and lessons they learned on their journey to success.  

Describing the unique concept behind the book, Wallace-Laabs explained, “One of the biggest things that I hoped to accomplish with this book is to let people, especially women, who are new to real estate or even thinking about investing in real estate, know that they are not alone in the feelings, fears and obstacles they face. It’s not a topic I could tackle alone, so I reached out to some of the top women real estate Investors I knew and asked them to share their journey as well. I believe we created a powerful resource for anyone new to real estate investing. ”

In response to book reaching Number One, Wallace-Laabs expressed her appreciation for the book’s contributors, saying, “It’s such an exciting achievement.  To have Amazon put this book at the top of a Best Seller list really puts a spotlight on the passionate women who I was fortunate to interview for this project. Each and every one of them deserves recognition for being true educators and advocates for their customers and communities.”

“Winning Deals In Heels” features inspirational, and motivating stories from:

Kristin Gerst – Capricorn Mortgage Investments

Amy Sayre – August Real Estate Investments, LLC

Sandra J. Nesbitt – Reddtrow Properties, LLC

Jaime Wooley Burleson – W Streets, LLC

Lolita Sheriow – Harrtstone Management Inc.

Sue Abrams – Ranger TX Solutions

Susan Tierney – S2Equities, LLC & Casa Bella Tejas

Missi Lou Wilson – Northbrook Realty Group

Shenoah Grove – Texas Wealth Network


Belkis Guifarro  – WBT Partners, LLC & Latino REIA Houston

Wallace-Laabs has pledged 100% of the royalties from the retail sales of “Winning Deals In Heels” to be donated to Hope’s Door New Beginning, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families escape and heal from domestic abuse, dating abuse, and family violence.

“Winning Deals in Heels”  is a must-read for every woman thinking about getting into the real estate investment game. The book is currently available in Kindle Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon.com

To learn more information about the book visit http://WinningDealsInHeels.com

About Nancy Wallace-Laabs:
Nancy Wallace-Laabs is the co-founder of KBN Homes along with her husband and business partner Brian Laabs. Since moving to Frisco, TX in 2005, the couple has helped hundreds of buyers, sellers, and investors achieve their real estate goals. To learn more about Nancy Wallace-Laabs, visit kbnhomes.com.

About Hope’s Door New Beginning:
Hope’s Door New Beginning Center is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to building lives without violence in our community. We help individuals and families escape and heal from domestic abuse, dating abuse, and family violence through our free trauma-informed services. Our community educators enhance the community’s capacity to recognize and respond to abuse through free educational programming to schools and organizations, while our certified BIPP facilitators help individuals who have exhibited controlling or abusive behaviors in the past achieve healthy and non-violent conflict resolution skills.

You can learn more about Hope’s Door New Beginning Center by visiting hdnbc.org

Brian Ainsley Horn and Jack Mize, founders of Authority Media Group LLC have launched their new multi-media project, DigitalAttentionSpan.com.   Digital Attention Span will provide free access to trainings, tools, and templates designed to help infopreneurs create, publish and sell their knowledge.

The idea is based on a 2015 study from Microsoft Corp that discovered people start to lose concentration after about 8 seconds.

However other studies show that people still consume longer form content:

• Netflix released a binge-watching study that found subscribers who finish the first season of a show watch about two hours a day and finish it in a week.
• Print book sales are up more than 10% between 2013 and 2017
• In the past four years, the number of people who listen to podcasts has increased from 12% to 24%. The most popular podcast of 2017 was S-Town that averages around 54 minutes an episode. As of April 2018, it’s been downloaded nearly 77 million times

This shows that people have become much more selective of the content that they give their limited time to consume.  While consumers only spend about 8-seconds figuring out what they want to see, they’ll spend much longer with content they actually like.

Digital Attention Span will help information marketers capture the attention of their ideal prospects and then stay with them to consume their content.  They will regularly release new content through a blog, podcast, video channel and have a free members area with tools and templates.

The podcast, hosted by Jack Mize, has short but actionable episodes.  The first episode, ”What Is Digital Attention Span?” introduces the concept and explains why digital attention span is not the same as short attention span.

Mize states, “The internet, social media and mobile technology has impacted our attention spans and companies like Netflix, Amazon and iTunes have developed marketing strategies that are changing the way consumers make decisions.

It’s a new world and business owners, in just about any field, who recognize this have an opportunity to gain a huge advantage over their competitors by applying these simple but powerful marketing strategies”

The blog will feature in-depth posts with tactical information that can be applied easily. The first post, “How To Create A Simple Lead Funnel For The Digital Attention Span Economy” walks the reader through the process of adding content upgrades to their articles and blog posts to help grow their email list.

Horn explains, “In a Digital Attention Span Lead Funnel, you want to focus on capturing the attention of the right person, get them to quickly trust you, keep them engaged with quality content, then make it easy for them to start working with you.”

Anyone building a new information marketing business or that wants to grow an existing one, needs to understand how the Digital Attention Span Economy is changing everything about marketing online.

Digital Attention Span is a training resource exclusively to help understand and overcome these changes. 

For more information about Digital Attention Span and to unlock the bonus content, tools and templates, visit  https://digitalattentionspan.com/join/ and create a free account.

Continuing their unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball, PROGRAM 15 has announced their collaboration with Five Tool Showcases on New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Events.

Five Tool Showcases will work hand in hand with 2D Sports to manage Team and Family Focused Event Logistics for Future Stars Series Tournaments around the country, including Super Regionals, leading up to the highly anticipated National Trials this summer. This will allow PROGRAM 15’s staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches to focus on the professional scouting and development of the players.

Five Tool Founder and President, Lynn Vanlandingham stated, “The vision of PROGRAM 15 to partner with the clubs and provide a system to assist in the analysis, development and promotion of the club’s players aligns with the vision that Cherie and I had when we founded Five Tool”.

Started in January of 2013 as a joint effort between college coaches and select clubs to establish events that provide quality competition at quality venues, Five Tool events allow the players to showcase their abilities in a manner that is friendly to the college recruiters and professional scouts while allowing the clubs to maintain fiscal responsibility to their members.

Vanlandingham, added, “Another, exciting aspect of this venture is to provide OBJECTIVE data for the players. Subjective rankings currently garner much attention in the Travel Ball world; however, objective data allows a player to establish a baseline of where he is today and set out a plan to improve his skills. After establishing a baseline, a parent can invest their money in strength, hitting or pitching coaches instead of chasing the same data in showcase after showcase. We believe that this combination of quality individual events, in conjunction with our traditional tournaments will provide a high value to our customer base.”

PROGRAM 15 will also serve as the Amateur Baseball Player Identification Partner of Five Tool Showcases West and Midwest Regions for 2019.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, said, “Lynn and the Vtool crew have established a level of event that has changed the landscape of amateur baseball. Working with him and his group of professionals is a natural fit. With their established relationship with 2D, it’s an easy marriage to change the game and come together for the good of the players.”

ABOUT FIVE TOOL
Five Tool Showcases was established in January of 2013. The foundation was a joint effort between college coaches and select clubs to establish events that provide quality competition at quality venues. The goal is to provide events that allow the players to showcase their abilities and do so in a manner that is friendly to the college recruiters and professional scouts while allowing the clubs to maintain fiscal responsibility to their members. Five Tool’s goal is to host local teams seeking exposure for their players while accommodating out of town clubs in a manner that minimizes travel and the expense associated with select baseball. The mix of local and regional clubs provides great competition in a central location that is convenient for college recruiters and professional scouts in the central, Midwest, Northwest, Southeast, Texas, and West regions. For more information on Five Tool visit fivetool.org.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

“Winning Deals in Heels,” the new book by Frisco, Texas real estate investor Nancy Wallace-Laabs, is the result of the author’s candid conversations with highly respected women real estate investors sharing the defining moments and lessons they learned on their journey to success.

Chances are, anyone who has ever thought about becoming a real estate investor will recognize some of the same feelings of doubt and exhilaration described within these fascinating, inspirational, and motivating stories.

On the release of her new book, author Wallace-Laabs said, “This has been such an important project for me in so many ways because I get to publish the kind of book that I wish I could have read when I was starting out in real estate, and it gives me the opportunity to help spread the word about a great organization like Hope’s Door.”

Wallace-Laabs has pledged 100% of the royalties from the retail sales of “Winning Deals In Heels” to be donated to Hope’s Door New Beginning, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families escape and heal from domestic abuse, dating abuse, and family violence.

When asked about the women she chose to feature in the book Wallace-Laabs explained, “The women I asked to be interviewed for this book were chosen because I felt they are passionate about their business and true advocates for the success of their customers and community. They’re not celebrity gurus or reality TV stars. They are real women who are in the trenches, doing it every day.”

The confirmed lineup of successful women real estate investors featured in “Winning Deals In Heels” include:

Kristin Gerst – Capricorn Mortgage Investments

Amy Sayre – August Real Estate Investments, LLC

Sandra J. Nesbitt – Reddtrow Properties, LLC

Jaime Wooley Burleson – W Streets, LLC

Lolita Sheriow – Harrtstone Management Inc.

Sue Abrams – Ranger TX Solutions

Susan Tierney – S2Equities, LLC & Casa Bella Tejas

Missi Lou Wilson – Northbrook Realty Group

Shenoah Grove – Texas Wealth Network


Belkis Guifarro  – WBT Partners, LLC & Latino REIA Houston

“Winning Deals in Heels”  is a must-read for every woman thinking about getting into the real estate investment game. The book will be available in Kindle Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon and other major book retailers.

About Nancy Wallace-Laabs:

Nancy Wallace-Laabs is the co-founder of KBN Homes along with her husband and business partner Brian Laabs. Since moving to Frisco, TX in 2005, the couple has helped hundreds of buyers, sellers, and investors achieve their real estate goals. To learn more about Nancy Wallace-Laabs, visit kbnhomes.com.

About Hope’s Door New Beginning:
Hope’s Door New Beginning Center is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to building lives without violence in our community. We help individuals and families escape and heal from domestic abuse, dating abuse, and family violence through our free trauma-informed services. Our community educators enhance the community’s capacity to recognize and respond to abuse through free educational programming to schools and organizations, while our certified BIPP facilitators help individuals who have exhibited controlling or abusive behaviors in the past achieve healthy and non-violent conflict resolution skills.

You can learn more about Hope’s Door New Beginning Center by visiting hdnbc.org.

Quantity and Quality rarely come in the same package, but that’s exactly what PROGRAM 15 is bringing to the world of amateur baseball player scouting and development with the announcement that Evolution Metrix will be joining them at all New Balance Future Stars Series Combines, Tournaments, and Partner Events.

Quantity: PROGRAM 15 has instantly and exponentially expanded their scouting and player identification power with the Evolution Metrix network of over 200 data collectors capturing player data and analytics at all New Balance Future Stars Series Combines, Tournaments, and Partner Events, as well as high school games and amateur baseball events across the country for PROGRAM 15 Scouts to evaluate and cross-check.

Quality: PROGRAM 15 Scouting reports and database will now include multiple advanced data points on players that are not currently being recorded at traditional amateur baseball showcase events.

PROGRAM 15 Scouting Reports are just one of the reasons Future Stars Series Scouting and Evaluation events have built a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Backed by decades of Pro Baseball Scouting experience, PROGRAM 15 ’s highly-skilled scouting staff provides amateur players in-depth and credible evaluations they can trust because they are the same credible evaluations that are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country.

Evolution Metrix will assist PROGRAM 15 in the capture of simple and advanced data for relevant player analytic assessment at all New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series and Partner Events. The analytic models and data are then compiled by PROGRAM 15 scouting and advisory staff to best assist in both development and true player evaluation.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series said, “Players need a standard to train against that provides a true evaluation for prediction of future success, and neither evaluation nor development can exist without the other. The impact of this relationship with Evolution Metrix is going to be tremendous. It’s like rocket fuel for our scouting staff. It’s a huge win for players, our partner programs, and for baseball.”

Justin Volman, CEO and Founder of Evolution Metrix said, “Working with PROGRAM 15 is an exciting step for our business and will allow both organizations to extend their reach both throughout the US and Internationally.”

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches are submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events including a potential invitation to join elite players from around the world at the prestigious New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT EVOLUTION METRIX
With over 200 scouts in key areas across the globe, Evolution Metrix is able to collect both quantitative and qualitative data on thousands of baseball players for whom that data is not always readily available. To learn more about visit https://evolutionmetrix.com or @evolutionmetrix on Twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

PROGRAM 15 Scouting Reports are just one of the reasons Future Stars Series Scouting and Evaluation events have built a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Backed by decades of Pro Baseball Scouting experience, PROGRAM 15 ’s highly skilled scouting staff provides amateur players in-depth and credible evaluations they can trust, because they are the same credible evaluations that are trusted by Major League scouts and college coaches across the country.

NY Mets Scouting Director, Marc Tramuta stated, “The evaluation staff at the PROGRAM 15 has had their credibility tested daily throughout Major League Baseball. Reading their reports and discussing the players with them directly leaves little doubt as to what you’ll be seeing. It’s easy to look forward to the Future Stars Series Events and the players in them.”

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series recently confirmed the 2019 Scouting Staff which includes former Professional Scouts and Major League veterans who will be covering New Balance Future Stars Series Regional, National and International Player Evaluation events.

Rick Oliver – Director of Scouting
Rick Oliver brings 28 years of experience with the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau; 10 years as an area scout, 18 years as the Assistant Director with oversight of amateur scouting, cross-checking, and Scout School, as well as, 11 years as a collegiate coach at U La Verne, Cal State Fullerton (CWS) and Chapman College. Oliver played four years in the California Angels organization; finishing in Triple A (PCL Champions).

Adam Czajkowski – Northeast Supervisor
Adam Czajkowski has 7 years of professional baseball experience, beginning his player evaluation career as an Assistant Coach at Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY while serving as an Associate Scout for the Washington Nationals. He would move on to the Pittsburgh Pirates and would spend a season working with their Major League staff as a video intern. He would later join the New York Yankees within the Scouting/Player Development departments, ultimately signing 2 major league players. Czajkowski has worked with the PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series since inception, first in the front office and now as the Northeast Scouting Supervisor.

Mike Eaglin – West Coast Supervisor
Mike Eaglin spent four years as Scouting Supervisor for the Minnesota Twins, as well as, the better part of a decade as a pro player with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox. Before becoming a scout, Eaglin transitioned his knowledge and experience as a professional athlete into the field of coaching and player development. Eaglin started “E3 High Performance Baseball, LLC” to develop the tools of amateur and professional ballplayers across the state of California and beyond.

Rusty Gerhardt – Texas, Gulf Coast
Rusty Gerhardt spent 18 years on the field as a pitcher, manager, and coach in the San Diego Padres Organization. While with San Diego, Gerhardt pitched in 23 Major league games. He eventually joined the MLB Scouting Bureau in North Texas and Louisiana, patrolling the area’s high school, college, and junior college baseball talent for 28 years. Gerhardt is also a graduate of Clemson University where he was inducted in their Hall of Fame. Over the last 25 years, Gerhardt has organized and worked 200+ Open Tryout camps across a 9-state area.

Robbie Moen – Texas, Midwest
Robbie Moen was a standout player at the University of Arizona. After a 4-year pro career, Moen spent 9 years in collegiate baseball as an assistant coach for the University of Arizona, Kansas State University and Loyola Marymount University. Moen was hired by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as a scout and signed Robi Estrada, Steven Tinoco, and Jake Thompson.

Brad Matthews – Southeast Supervisor
Brad Matthews scouting career has spanned over two decades as a Major and Minor League Scout with the Toronto Blue Jays, an Area Scouting Supervisor with the Tampa Bay Rays, and part-time scout with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds. Matthews has drafted and signed 39 players including 6 Major Leaguers and was responsible for signing the 1st overall pick and later Cy Young Award winner and 5-time all-star, David Price in 2007. The following year he was selected the Tampa Bay Rays Scout Of The Year. Matthews evaluated Major and Minor League players for the Toronto Blue Jays from 2012-2018.

Noel Sevilla – International Director
Noel Sevilla brings 10+ years of pro baseball scouting experience in the amateur, pro, and international scouting departments for the Boston Red Sox (2008-2010), Seattle Mariners (20102016), and as an MLB Scouting Consultant for The Baltimore Orioles (2017-present). He’s a member of the South Florida Collegiate Baseball League Advisory Commission (2013present). Sevilla is the signing scout of closer Edwin Diaz (3rd round, 2012 MLB Draft) and played a vital role on the signing of former Cuban free agent Guillermo Heredia.

Brad Stoll – Midwest
Brad Stoll has spent 17 years as a part-time scout with the Milwaukee Brewers and nearly 15 of those years as Head Baseball Coach at nationally ranked Lawrence High School, leading his team to the Final 4 or winning the State Title nearly 30% of his tenure. Stoll was named Kansas 6A coach of the year in 2009 as well as Baseball Coaches of America Region 5 Coach of the Year. From 2009-2016, Stoll was the Assistant Coach for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League which played in the championship series twice. Stoll has served as a member of the USA Baseball 18U task force selection committee. He has been a guest speaker at state coaches’ conventions in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas, as well as, a presenter at the ABCA National Convention.

ESPN Senior Writer, Keith Law said “PROGRAM 15 has assembled an enviable staff of longtime industry veterans who bring their experience, scouting acumen, and development expertise to all of their events. They get the right players on the field and they work to help those players improve.”

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

On the heels of a banner 2018, PROGRAM 15 continues their unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball with the announcement of their collaboration with 2D Sports on New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series and Scout Game events.

2D Sports has been named the Official Team Event Logistics Organization of the Future Stars Series and will license and run Future Stars Series Tournaments around the country, including Super Regionals, as well as be involved with the highly anticipated National Trials this summer.

As the Official Team and Amateur Baseball Player Identification Partner of 2D Sports and The Scout Games, PROGRAM 15 will vet and approve all teams participating in the Scout Games events.

2D COO Ross Blankenship stated, “We are extremely excited about this partnership. We are now going to have the ability to truly provide all the teams and players with two important pieces to enhance their overall growth as players and as programs.”

Brandon Magierowski, 2D CEO, added, “PROGRAM 15’s scouting platform merged with 2D event logistics will improve the overall event experience and provide more opportunity for players across the Country to be recruited to College programs and play at the Professional level.”

The Scout Games will also serve as the regional event arm of The Future Stars Series and along with upcoming FSS Partner Events, will be an integral piece of the road leading to National Trials and potential invitation to join elite players from around the world at the prestigious New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, said, “Here you have two innovative groups with deep foundations in the game, doing things for the right reasons. It’s an easy partnership that complements each other’s core goals and strengths. This isn’t just excitement, man I’m truly happy to be working with these guys.”

Individual players can register with PROGRAM 15 to attend Scouting and Evaluation sessions held at Scout Game locations prior to the event.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Training and Evaluation events have garnered a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

ABOUT 2D SPORTS
2D Sports hosts travel baseball tournaments and showcases at top-tier NCAA, NJCAA, and NAIA venues throughout Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and Florida. For more information on 2D Sports visit www.2dsports.org or @2D_sports on Twitter and 2dsports on Facebook.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

“Local Marketing Trendsetters Volume 8 – Customer Attraction Strategies From Top Local Marketing Experts,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on December 12, 2018, climbing all the way to Number 2 in the Service Industry category and Number 6 in Sales & Selling category.

In response to book reaching Number One, ‘Local Marketing Trendsetters’ Project Coordinator Heather Mize, said, “Hitting the Best Seller list is something we are excited to have achieved. This is an important project for us because we have been able to bring together top local marketing experts who are actually in the trenches, working hard every day, and were willing to share that experience to benefit their communities.”

Mize expressed appreciation for the book’s contributors, saying, “We are extremely fortunate to have the caliber of experts who gave their time to be interviewed for this project. Each and every one of them is a true advocate and educator. To have Amazon put this book at the top of their Best Seller list in the Service Industry category is an incredible achievement and puts a spotlight on the appreciation and recognition they deserve.”

‘Local Marketing Trendsetters – Volume 8’ contains powerful and fascinating conversations with passionate, dedicated and driven individuals who have played such an influential role in the success of so many others, and features conversations with:

• Neil Howe – Dominating Locally with Map Listings
• Clarence Fisher – Tulsa Internet Marketing
• Juan C. Soto – Denver Video Marketing Strategist
• Rick Brown – Media Communications Coordinator
• James Hamilton Healy – Free Wi-Fi: A Hospitality Business Asset, Not Just Another Amenity
• Jeff Yoe – Edmond Strategist on The Power of Targeted Proximity Marketing
• Matt Doehrmann – How to Drive in Business with Direct Mail
• Markus Loving – What is your “Online Reputation” – and Why Is It So Important?

“Local Marketing Trendsetters Vol 8 – Customer Attraction Strategies From Top Local Marketing Experts” is now available in the Kindle Store at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L57811N/.

“Expert Profiles Volume 6 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on December 19, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Free Enterprise category, and reaching Number Two in the Business Ethics category. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Free Enterprise and Business Ethics categories.

Brooklyn, New York – Global Autism Project announced today it has been named a “2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the Global Autism Project promotes the acceptance and integration of individuals with autism worldwide, by training communities in culturally relevant, sustainable practices.

“We are honored to be named a 2018 Top-Rated Nonprofit,” says Molly Ola Pinney, Founder and CEO of Global Autism Project. “We are proud of our accomplishments this year, including the addition of 6 new international partnerships across four different continents. This year has been huge for us, and we’re thrilled to be recognized by GreatNonprofits.”

The Top-Rated Nonprofit Award is based on the rating and number of reviews that Global Autism Project received from volunteers, donors and international service recipients. “If you ever have doubts of the goodness of people, you need to travel and get to know this amazing non-profit,” said Wafa, a former volunteer, “Passionate people, actual changes, and good hearts. Global Autism Project has a special place in my heart.”

“Global Autism Project is a great example of a nonprofit making a real difference in the world,” said Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits, “Their award is well-deserved recognition not only of their work, but the tremendous support they receive, as shown by the many outstanding reviews they have received from people who have direct experience working with Global Autism Project.”

GreatNonprofits is the leading platform where people share stories about their personal experiences on more than 1.6 million charities and nonprofits. The GreatNonprofits Top-Rated Awards are the only awards for nonprofits determined by those who have direct experience with the charities – as donors, volunteers and recipients of aid.

The complete list of 2018 Top Rated Nonprofits can be found at: https://greatnonprofits.org/awards/browse/Campaign:Year2018/Issue:All/Page:1

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project promotes the acceptance and integration of individuals with autism worldwide by training communities in culturally relevant, sustainable practices.
To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://www.globalautismproject.org.

About GreatNonprofits
GreatNonprofits is the leading site for donors and volunteers to find stories and ratings of nonprofits. Stories on the site influence 30 million donation decisions a year.
Visit www.greatnonprofits.org for more information.

“Expert Profiles Volume 5 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on October 30, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Industrial Business Management category, and reaching Number Two in the Service Industry category. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry, Industrial Business Management, and Industrial Management & Leadership categories.

When PROGRAM 15 were looking to hold their next New Balance Baseball Futures Stars Series event in the New England area, it seemed only logical that they’d look to partner with a group that’s been at the forefront of player development in that area.

The Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) and Brockton Rox will host the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series invite-only tournament with testing for enhanced college and professional exposure during the first week of October 2019.

Given PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Jeremy Booth’s long relationship with FCBL Commissioner Chris Hall, as well as Rox GM Todd Marlin, the partnership was seemingly inevitable.

“I’ve known Chris and Todd for a long time since we were all involved in the Can-Am league,” Booth said. “They’ve done an excellent job with the Futures League in building it from the ground up. They’ve seen their endeavor grow to a national level as a proving ground for collegiate players as they grind to move forward. Their reach stretches deep into the college ranks, and we’re excited to partner up with a group who’s professionally and progressively minded to being a full exposure and development product to the northeast regions.”

The Future Stars Series has seen a meteoric rise over the past few years since its inception, with partner programs joining at an increasingly rapid rate and the quality of events continuing to improve to previously unseen levels Many in the industry are still buzzing about International Week at Camelback Ranch despite now being more than two months removed from the wildly successful three-game series.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Regional Training and Evaluation Events have garnered a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experience available.

The Futures League was co-developed by Drew Weber and long-time force in independent baseball Chris Carminucci back in 2010 and has a lengthy list of alumni who’ve gone on to be drafted, including 2015 first-rounder Chris Shaw as well as 28 players in 2018.

“The Futures League has just continued to grow,” said Marlin, whose Rox are hosting the event. “It’s gotten better every year; the quality of play has gotten better. Some people may look from the outside looking in and say we’ve lost teams, but sometimes you get stronger by making changes and growing in the right direction, and I think that’s what the league is set up to do now.

“Brockton itself, we’re really evolving. It was a tough few years there before we came in, and we had a couple tough ones ourselves. But, we’re trying to rebuild those alliances within the community that were lost over the years, and we’re starting to show signs of that. We’re growing – not as quickly as we want, but it’s getting there – and we’re starting to learn the market a whole lot better.”

Forging a logical partnership with PROGRAM 15 can only help both groups, especially given how like-minded they both are in regards to the importance of development.

“I’d known Jeremy through his days of playing when I was running Nashua or Worcester, we’d had dealings, and I knew Chris Hall has been friends with him for a long time as well,” Marlin said, continuing, “I just think this is a really natural fit for the two programs; New Balance being right in our backyard doesn’t hurt at all either…everything that we can do like this helps us. It’s a little bit different for the types of things that we do. This in particular is going to bring some credence to what we’re doing here in Brockton, and it’s also going to show us an opportunity to show off our facility, which we really like to do, especially to kids who might have hopes of hopefully being in the Futures League in a few years.”

On the future of the collaboration beyond October, Marlin said, “I would really hope so, I would hope that something like this continues to grow and can spread throughout New England. I know Jeremy’s got lots of big visions, and if we can be a part of that, we would be very happy with it.”

ABOUT FUTURES COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE (FCBL)

The FCBL is summer collegiate baseball at its best! Regarded as one of the most talented and competitive leagues in the country, (FCBL) began its initial year of operations in 2011 founded by ownership groups from both the Brockton Rox (Can-Am League) and the Lowell Spinners (Single A affiliate Boston Red Sox). To learn more visit http://thefuturesleague.com/

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

For years, the Impact Baseball 16U and 17U World Series have been some of the most anticipated events in the Carolinas.

Next year, they’ll be even better.

When the 2019 16U event gets underway on June 27 in Raleigh-Durham, NC, it will mark the beginning of a partnership between Impact Baseball and the New Balance Future Stars Series powered by PROGRAM 15.  That partnership will continue through the prestigious 17U event, which takes place between July 19-22.

“Those are our two best tournaments,” said Impact Baseball founder and creator Andy Partin, who also runs the Dirtbags, a new PROGRAM 15/Future Stars Series partner program. “I feel like those are the two every year where a lot of the teams in this area, they circle it on their calendar. The Impact 16U World Series for the Carolinas and in this area, it’s a big deal. 16U and 17U, they’ve been around for a long time. We’ve got great venues, we’ve got great teams over four or five days. It’s a cool atmosphere. I think (NBBFSS/P15 CEO) Jeremy (Booth) and his guys are going to bring a little bit extra to those tournaments.”

With an emphasis on development at these tournaments, as well Partin’s incredible success with the Dirtbags, partnering with Impact was a logical move for Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series.

Booth said, “The Impact events have done exactly what the name says: Impact the game and the region. As we move ahead to help players across the country, working with events with such credibility is always the goal, and the Impact consistently keeps its seat on the highest level.”

Partin started Impact Baseball in 2001 – before he founded the Dirtbags – and has continually been looking for a way to add value to his events while keeping costs down, explaining, “There’s facility fees and all those things that continue to rise, but we try to find ways to still bring a lot of value at a good price for a lot of teams.  I think the value and what’s going to be important with having Jeremy and all the scouts coming to these events and actually sitting there and watching the games and sharing what’s happening on the field is not just going to help all of those teams, but it’ll help college coaches.  Those guys, they need help. They can’t be everywhere. By partnering, this is going to be a cool situation where a lot more is going to happen for these kids. And that’s important to us, getting information out about who’s doing what and trying to get more eyes on these kids. I think Jeremy and his group is going to help us do that at these tournaments.”

Each player on a registered team will go through a full evaluation and receive their measurable data, and selected players will receive a scouting report written by PROGRAM 15 Pro Scouts.

Player profiles and evaluations will be logged into the PROGRAM 15 Proprietary Scouting Database and made available to college coaches and pro scouts.

Both teams and players will have the opportunity to advance within the Future Stars Series events. Players identified by PROGRAM 15’s MLB experienced scouting staff will be submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities to attend the organization’s highly regarded invite-only Skills, Training and Evaluation Combines, selection to New Balance sponsored regional and national events as well as a coveted spot on the National or World Team Rosters for the 2019 New Balance Baseball International Week.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Regional Training and Evaluation Combines have garnered a reputation as the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experience available.

ABOUT IMPACT BASEBALL
Impact Baseball has been operating since 2001 hosting innovative baseball and softball showcase tournaments and training camps for youth and high school athletes. Events are held at top-notch facilities providing college coaches, professional scouts and athletes exposure to each other while educating and promoting the game.

The Impact Baseball brand believes in challenging the status quo and always finding new vehicles to carry athletes up the ladder to their highest level.  Their goal is to educate athletes, parents, and others in a variety of ways, as well as to recognize as many deserving athletes and their accomplishments as possible.

To learn more about Impact Baseball visit ImpactBaseball.com

Personal Stylist Melanie Kluger’s new release, “The Confident Closet: The ultimate guide to helping you purge, organize, & build a wardrobe for confidence & personal style,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on October 23, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Fashion, Commercial Fashion, and Fashion & Art categories.

In this extensive workbook, Kluger lays the foundation for creating a spacious closet filled with clothing the reader loves. “The Confident Closet” inspires, pushes, and helps the reader take action leaving the overwhelm in the dust. There is an emphasis on self-love that is rare and exciting in a style book, making it stand out among the rest. Through journaling, checklists, thought-provoking questions, and beautifully designed charts, readers are given the tools to thoroughly and comprehensively make a change.

Kluger’s approach is not only realistic and attainable, but she brings an aspect of joy that is quite refreshing. Instead of feeling intimidated, there is a feeling of empowerment. Readers will be ready to take on the world with a newfound clarity, self-assurance, and know-how that will last a lifetime.

In response to the book hitting Number One, Kluger stated, “I couldn’t be happier that the book has resonated with so many people!  It’s been a joy to create and the fact that women all over the world have been loving it means everything to me.”

Residing in the Bay Area with her husband and two kids, Kluger has worked with women for the past 15 years and truly has found her passion in women’s closets. Filled with practical and thought-provoking information, “The Confident Closet” breaks down not only how to feel more confident in one’s style, but how to trust the personal instincts to make the right decisions about a dream wardrobe. This refreshing workbook is unique in its ability to be body-positive while addressing deep-seated issues that come up as people realize why they are holding onto clothes that don’t serve them.

“The Confident Closet: The ultimate guide to helping you purge, organize, & build a wardrobe for confidence & personal style” is now available in Kindle and Paperback editions on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/0464860784

To learn more about Melanie Kluger visit https://www.theconfidentcloset.com

The Scorpions are one of the most well-known and highly-respected programs in travel baseball has produced. The alumni list for the Scorpions Baseball Club is an impressive one with household names like Chris Sale and Zach Greinke dotting a lengthy list of big leaguers, but that’s not what Scorpions President & CEO Bob Rikeman is the most proud of when he speaks about the program he took over around two years ago.

“I think what I’m most proud of is creating value,” Rikeman said. “If you look at travel baseball, no investment broker in the world is going to tell you it’s a good investment. It’s just not. If you look at things from a business standpoint; if you think about it, you spend all this money for your kid to potentially get a 25-percent scholarship. If that’s at a state school, you may get $1,100. So, if you look at all the money people are spending on travel baseball, what are you giving back to them? I think the value we’re creating with the scholarship program, the academic tutoring, the things that are good for all of the kids…that’s what I’m most proud of, not just the kids that are getting the big-time scholarship in the ACC or SEC schools.”

The Scorpions were founded by Sal Lombardo in 1994 to positively effect the lives of its players both on and off the field. The focus isn’t primarily on the players who will one day turn into the Chris Sale’s and Zach Greinke’s. It’s looking out for, as Rikeman puts it, “the other 90 percent” who are looking to further their educations and careers at the college level.

“When I took it over, they were already starting to grow,” says Rikeman, a long-time college coach and scout for the Chicago White Sox.

“They already had affiliates. One of the things I wanted to do – and I coached college and was a scout in professional baseball for almost 25 years – was not go back on the field, but run a business. My goal for this organization was to create development within travel baseball. There’s too much, in my opinion, missing school to play baseball in tournaments and five games in 24 hours. I want to change travel baseball to make it more of a development-based organization where we’re getting kids to go to college for the right fit.

“The 10 percent of kids that go to the SEC schools, they don’t need the Scorpions, Evoshield, anybody. They’re good enough they’re going to get drafted. But what about the other 90 percent of kids who are in your organization and paying to play baseball? What are we doing for those kids? So that’s really what I want, to make it more development-based. We’ve added a scholarship program, so that every single kid who plays for the Scorpions gets scholarship money towards private school. If they go to Rollins, Jacksonville or even a Harvard, they can earn up to $23,500 per kid. We want to do things like that. We have an academic tutoring program we’ve implemented. It’s trying to be different than, ‘Give me your money and let’s go to a tournament.’ There are programs out there that have had much more success in guys going to the major leagues, but our major success rate is with college. That’s something that I’m really proud of, that we’re trying to find as many spots for kids to play as humanly possible so they can continue playing a game they love.”

There are certainly plenty of opportunities for those under the Scorpions vast umbrella do so, with teams all over Florida and now Georgia that host players from ages 9-18; they also own a Florida Collegiate League team called the Seminole County Scorpions.

But it’s the extraordinary commitment to development – both on and off the field – that made the Scorpions core values mesh with those of the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series powered by PROGRAM 15.

“I think there was two things that made it a fit,” Rikeman said. “One, I really like sitting down with PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series CEO Jeremy Booth and talking baseball with him, and I like his philosophy of teaching the game and making sure we’re helping every kid. That’s maybe not 100 percent possible, and I understand that, but in some way, shape or form we can try to help every kid in some way. I know we can’t get every kid a baseball scholarship, I know we can’t get every kid in the SEC. But, I like Jeremy’s philosophy of trying to teach every single kid to be better, and I think that’s going to help them be better in life and everything else. That was one key. The other thing is the program is just outstanding. We had a couple kids go to Camelback this year, and they loved it. I know Neil Brooks, his son plays for us, and I respect him a ton. When he came to me and said, ‘I really think you need to talk to these guys, it’s time,’ I said OK. I think it’s a good fit for what I’m looking for with the Scorpions and a good fit for what Jeremy’s looking for with PROGRAM 15.”

The connection for both programs was Mr. Brooks, the manager for Baseball Sports Marketing at New Balance. Rikeman had initially approached Brooks — whose son Michael plays for the Scorpions and was one of two members of the organization, along with Dylan Simmons, who played at the International Week event at Camelback Ranch this year – when he first took over the Scorpions, but things ultimately didn’t come together until this summer, when Booth flew down to Orlando to meet with Rikeman.

Things went so well, the announcement of the Scorpions joining forces with PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series was made the very same day.

“Bob Rikeman is a baseball guy with a huge heart for players,”PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series CEO Jeremy Booth. “He is the epitome of what we’re looking to work with here in the global grassroots player identification and development group. I’m going to lean on Bob not only for Florida, but for the New England region where we both have roots. The Scorpions have been a national name for a long time, and ‘Rike’ is taking their tradition to a new level. We’re excited to be part of that journey with them and we can’t wait to get to Florida in December and feature their teams on FloSports next summer.”

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

After being a huge hit in 2017 and 2018, with over a dozen College Coaches in attendance to scout the incredible talent on display, the Pennsylvania Invitational is back for more in 2019 with pro scout evaluations and expanded opportunities for exposure as a Partner Event of the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series powered by PROGRAM 15.

The 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Invitational will be held July 5-7, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA. Geared toward collegiate exposure, each player on a registered team for the invite-only event will go through a full evaluation and receive their measurable data. Selected players will receive a scouting report written by PROGRAM 15 Pro Scouts and both teams and players will have the opportunity to advance within the Future Stars Series events.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, says, “We are excited to work together with Atlantic Coast Baseball on this event. ACB and Matt DeSantis have a great relationship with PROGRAM 15 Mid Atlantic Regional Director Mark Helsel and US Elite, and we cannot wait to get to the region and help players grow.”

Players identified by PROGRAM 15’s MLB experienced scouting staff will be submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities to attend the organizations’ highly regarded invite-only Skills, Training and Evaluation Combines, selection to New Balance sponsored regional and national events as well as a coveted spot on the National or World Team Rosters for the 2019 New Balance Baseball International Week.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Regional Training and Evaluation Combines have garnered a reputation as one of the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Atlantic Coast Baseball owner Matt DeSantis says, “We are thrilled to come together with Future Stars Series powered by PROGRAM 15. Bringing this type of event to Pittsburgh will be a huge benefit to players in our region. Pennsylvania has needed an opportunity for our young baseball players as our region has flown under the radar despite some talented players. We can’t wait to provide players the exposure that PROGRAM 15 brings. This is the way to help our high school baseball talent take one step closer towards achieving their dream.“

To learn more about the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Invitational and request an Invitation visit https://www.playacbaseball.com/tournaments-lrc.php

ABOUT ATLANTIC COAST BASEBALL
Atlantic Coast Baseball (home of the Cap Classic® Series) is passionate about the game of Baseball and has been hosting the Atlantic’s premier events since 2006. The mission of ACB is to promote amateur baseball through “The Ultimate Tournament Experience”, by providing our teams and their families with the highest quality service, top-notch accommodations, superior communication, and an unparalleled baseball experience that will ensure lifelong memories!

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

At first, Rick Strickland was just looking for a way to give back to a community that helped him put together a solid professional career as an outfielder in the New York Yankees organization.

Over two decades later, he finds himself at the helm of one of the premier programs when it comes to player development in youth baseball, the St. Louis Pirates.

“The genesis of getting into coaching, it wasn’t something that I initially wanted to do,” Strickland admits.

“I did have some younger cousins that were involved in high school baseball back in the early 90’s, and I remember I was sitting on the sidelines and trying to piece my life together after pro ball, and one of the dads asked me if I would coach. It wasn’t anything that was planned out, I was just volunteering my time and just doing it. It was wanting to offer something back to the community, and even to this day, it’s grassroots, which goes back to community service. The Pirates weren’t put together as a business, it was a community involvement to give back. Some of these people when I was coming up were supportive of me and taking me places and spending their money and resources that they had just to see that I was able to be successful in the game.”

Since then, the Pirates, the newest partner program of the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series powered by PROGRAM 15, have evolved. The Pirates started as a fall season program with the goal of promoting area high school players to college and professional scouts. The program was so successful that it grew into a year-round institution in 2006. Due to the program’s efforts, hundreds of student athletes have received college baseball scholarships and many have gone on to play the sport professionally.

As that grassroots-movement grew, so did the talent level of the players they were able to attract. The Pirates have seen dozens of alumni taken in the MLB Draft – included are first-rounders Jake Odorizzi, Jon Harris, and Kyle Parker, as well as notables like Cody Asche and Mitch Keller – and seemingly countless players commit to colleges all across the country.

“The biggest thing we’ve done is we’ve been very blessed to have some really good players,” Strickland said. “It’s not that we go out and scour the country looking for those players, our basis has always been if we get a player, we’ll put everything we can into that player to make him better. As we got more talented players, it was easy to for us to become identifiable through the recruitment channels and through the club channels by the caliber of players we had. So, when that goes out and we get people committing to schools, there’s that grassroots-movement where people start talking about it. You want to do what’s right for the kid. It’s not cheap to do, sure, but I think people understand it all goes back into making sure the player is as good as he can possibly be.”

However, when asked what he’s the most proud of over his two-plus decades at the helm of the Pirates, that didn’t come up. While some might use the opportunity to brag about the amount of players who’ve come through his doors that he’s sent to professional careers, Strickland instead chose to look at the amount of lives his program’s been able to impact, regardless of whether they made it to the big leagues or never played again past their time in St. Louis.

“Collectively, you look over the years at all the kids you helped and that you’ve had some involvement with,” he said. “When we started to have some success, I would always ask myself, ‘Is it our program that’s really having this profound effect or is it the actual kid?’ I sat back and looked at it, and there would be these kids in their senior years that were in American Legion ball or some house league or something like that, and they didn’t have any opportunities to play college ball and nobody was recruiting them. But then, when they came here, those activities started to happen.

“When I look back at it over the years, the two things we’ve done is we’ve helped make kids better and we’ve had a positive influence in the community. More importantly, when you look at the list of players who’ve come through the program and how we’ve been able to help them move on to the next level with college baseball and in some instances, pro ball, that’s what really speaks. A great deal of the players who’ve come through here have gone on to extend their baseball career, and that’s really how we keep score. It isn’t how much money we make or how many wins or losses we get, we measure it by how many lives we actually impact.”

It was that philosophy, as well as an incredible devotion to player development, that led Strickland and the Pirates to partner with the New Balance Future Stars Series and PROGRAM 15 .

“I met Jeremy in Jupiter in 2012,” Strickland recalled. “We exchanged business cards at that time, but I stumbled across him this past year at the ABCA and he was talking about what he was doing with PROGRAM 15. I’ve always been trying to create relationships with people who are trying to push the game in the development part and the mentorship part with players in a different direction, people who are real. Talking to him, he was saying things I’d already been saying, but not motivated enough to do on my own. He was trying to do those things. What you want to do is align yourself with people who are like-minded, and that’s why I said we were going to take a chance and partner up with PROGRAM 15 and see where it takes us.”

Strickland will likely field teams at the upcoming National Tournaments in Cypress, Texas in late June and July, 2019. Whether it be his program’s innovations with technology – especially in being one of the first in the country to utilize the Hittrax system – or unique approach to an elite training regimen, the fruits of the labor that comes from that attention to detail with player development will surely be on display.

“I can tell you that from our standpoint, when it comes to development, that’s all our program is. Our focus isn’t so much on the baseball aspect of it…from the traditional method of teaching kids how to play baseball, we were past that five years ago,” Strickland said.

“When Jeremy was talking about the training and development stuff, I’ll be honest, I’m already there. People come to us for development ideas and technology and stuff you can use to help develop your kids, so we already had a good foundation with that. I’d had a lot of relationships with these companies that PROGRAM 15 was looking at, so this was a natural fit. From the development side, that’s the number one thing we think that we’re good at. Players get developed, and it’s different than some of the other programs, even in our area. We know that we’ve inspired other programs to come out and do things. Any time you can find people who are really dedicated to the development side, that’s a natural fit for me.”

The feeling is certainly mutual.

“Rick Strickland and the St. Louis Pirates are a staple of amateur baseball in the Midwest,”said PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series CEO Jeremy Booth. “They’ve earned their national rep through dedication to player development and a no fear approach to helping players in progressive ways. They embody ‘Fearlessly Independent’ and we get better having both Rick personally and the Pirates organization as a partner program. The scout day we held in St. Louis was a huge success, and they’re loaded with prospects. We can’t wait to see them in Houston.”

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

AUSTIN, Texas — October 16, 2018 — Today, FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, announced an expanded agreement with PROGRAM 15 to provide live and on-demand coverage of the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Nationals exclusively on FloLive.tv.

In the original agreement, FloSports agreed to live stream the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week in 2018-19 on FloLive.tv. The updated agreement adds roughly 240 baseball games to the live event schedule. The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Nationals powered by PROGRAM 15 will take place at the National Training Center in Cypress, Texas, July 10-28, 2019.

The expanded agreement includes the 15s, 16s and 17s age groups of the 2019 New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Nationals. More than 600 players for each age group will be in attendance, including some of the best individual talent in the country. Scouts from all Major League Baseball teams are expected to be in attendance as well as college coaches from across the country.

“We’re excited to be able to bring more baseball events to FloSports and expand the viewership of this event,” PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Series Jeremy Booth said. “Beyond player development, providing exposure for these athletes is one of PROGRAM 15’s top priorities, which is possible with FloSports’ incredible reach. New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week on FloLive went very smoothly, and we’re looking forward to a very long and successful relationship.”

“PPROGRAM 15’s staff of former MLB scouts, players and coaches hand selects the very best amateur players in the country to compete in the Nationals,” FloSports Director of Rights Acquisition Lindsey Ross said. “We are thrilled to extend our partnership with the Future Star Series and add national exposure to these events.”

Streaming more than 10,000 live competitions per year, FloSports continues to emerge as the global leader in live, in-depth, and on-demand digital coverage for passionate sports fans.

To access live and on-demand coverage of all baseball games, visit FloLive.tv to become a monthly or annual PRO subscriber. Either subscription unlocks access to premium content across the entire FloSports network. Watch the events across all screens by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Roku, or Apple TV 4.

About FloSports
FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, partners with event rights holders and governing bodies to unlock a world of sports coverage that true fans have been waiting for. Through live streaming of premier events, original video programming, and weekly studio shows, FloSports is growing the sports, the events, the athletes, and the fans. Current verticals under the FloSports header include Basketball, MMA, Football, Wrestling, Track, Gymnastics, and more.

About PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

About New Balance
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

It was clear this was different from the second they walked in the door.

From the moment the 21 members of the National Team and 23 members of the World Team set foot in their respective clubhouses at Camelback Ranch – the beautiful spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox – that this wasn’t going to be like any event they’d ever been at before.

After a successful debut event in Sugar Land, Texas, the second annual International Week series put on by PROGRAM 15 and the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series was highly anticipated.

It did not disappoint.

Not when the players walked into a professional clubhouse full of gear made just for them by PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series partners like New Balance, Wilson, Torch Eyewear, Franklin, Zinger, All-Star and more.

Not when there were PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series staff at every turn to help an already talented group get even better.

Not when the three-game series put some of the absolute best amateur talent on the planet on display.

It did not disappoint. 

Not for the players.  Not for their families.  Not for the sponsors.  Not for the partner programs.  Not for the staff.

Did. Not. Disappoint.

“This wasn’t a showcase. International Week is about giving back,” said PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series CEO Jeremy Booth. 

“This event, for me, was a brotherhood opportunity. To truly to get to know the players that will lead this game for the next generation is truly important to all of us that were involved. Some of the cleanest baseball I’ve seen at the amateur level, and highly entertaining to watch. The players that attended considered it their first day in professional baseball. The staff made an impact, and the responses we’ve been seeing from the players made it all worth it.”

After the National Team swept the three-game series last year, the event was a lot more competitive the second time around; behind a dazzling start by Daniel Espino, the World Team took Game 2 for their first-ever victory at the event. 

“It’s been great competition, there are great players here from all around the world,” said World Team standout Blake Buckle, who went 4-for-6 and is a returnee from the inaugural event in 2017. 

“It’s gotten better since last year with more recognition, a lot more scouts in the stands and the sponsors have really been supporting it. It’s been a great event. Last year, I think it was a bit lopsided for us. The World team got boatran in all three games, basically. But this year, it’s more competitive and seems like more of an equal playing field as it expands.”

But a just-as-stacked National Team roster was simply too much, and they were able to take Game 3 and win the series for the second consecutive year.

“The level of talent for the International Week event was second to none,” said PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series director of player development Sean Travers. 

“Even better than the talent level, was the players desire to learn and apply what the instructors and coaches were suggesting.  There were major adjustments being made over the three days.  What an incredible baseball environment.”

International Week, which was broadcast to a reach of over 40 million viewers on FloSports, drew rave reviews from everyone in attendance – including members of PROGRAM 15/New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series’s expansive advisory board as well as a strong contingent of scouts from numerous big league and college teams – and also garnered national attention in an ESPN.com article written by Keith Law.

“We took a step forward together in this event to accomplish goals for players, the game, and to give back like our sponsors are so renowned for,” Booth said. “You could see the difference on their faces in how they left versus when they arrived.  We can’t wait for 2019.”

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

“Expert Profiles Volume 4 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on September 11, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Service Industry category, and reaching Number Two in the Financial Services Industry and Company  Business Profiles categories. The book was also an Amazon Hot New Release in the Service Industry, Financial Services Industry, and Company Business Profiles categories.

GLENDALE, Arizona — August 28, 2018 – In response to worldwide demand and the success of last year’s inaugural New Balance Future Stars Series International Week, which featured 14 players who went on to be selected in the 2018 MLB Draft, PROGRAM 15 has partnered with FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, to provide live and on-demand coverage for this year’s International Week on FloLive.tv. The event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 1, through Monday, Sept. 3, at Camelback Ranch Stadium in Glendale, AZ.

FloLive will provide exclusive game coverage, including live, instant replay and video-on-demand archived footage for the highly anticipated annual event at Camelback Ranch, the spring training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. Top amateur baseball prospects will be playing from Canada, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Slovakia, and the USA.

“FloSports is a group of innovators who have succeeded in elevating the quality, comfort, and delivery in online and live streaming broadcasts,” said Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series. “As our reach has spread across many countries, we are beyond excited to work with them to give fans around the world the opportunity to follow our elite amateur baseball prospects year-round.”

“We are really excited about our partnership with PROGRAM 15, and we see the upcoming Future Star Series as just the beginning,” FloSports Director of Rights Acquisition Lindsey Ross said. “We view this as an excellent opportunity to showcase elite baseball talent to a global audience of fans.”

To access live and on-demand coverage of New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series events, visit FloLive.tv and become a monthly or annual PRO subscriber. Either subscription unlocks access to premium content across the entire FloSports network. Watch the events on all screens by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Roku, or Apple TV 4.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT FLOSPORTS
FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, partners with event rights holders, governing bodies, and other media companies to unlock a world of sports coverage that true fans have been waiting for. Through live streaming of premier events, original video programming, and weekly studio shows, FloSports is growing the sports, the events, the athletes, and the fans. Current verticals under the FloSports header include Rugby, Basketball, MMA, Football, Wrestling, Track, Gymnastics, Hockey, and more.
For more information, visit www.FloSports.tv.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

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• Peak Physical Shape
• Real Inner Peace

Phillips says, “It’s sad to know that most modern-day Men are struggling in one, if not all of the core areas of life and it simply have to be this way. What I’ve found is Men aren’t lacking the desire to change things, they just haven’t been shown the correct map to get them the results they want. That’s what Breakthrough does. We give them a map to support and equip them to become better husbands, fathers and financially successful in their real estate investments or business pursuits”

Breakthrough at the Beach is for Men pursuing Freedom – the time and financial freedom to pursue becoming the greatest version of themselves as husbands, fathers and producers in their businesses.

To learn more about Breakthrough at the Beach and submit an application, visit http://www.breakthroughatthebeach.com/

ABOUT BRANT PHILLIPS

Brant is a full-time real estate investor, business owner, business coach, speaker and bestselling author. He has been featured on Fox News as a Real Estate expert and hosts local seminars and training events.

In addition to Brant’s real estate pursuits, he’s an active entrepreneur as owner of a coaching and consulting business, a property management company and also owns a marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs to utilize the same marketing strategies he uses in his businesses. One of his companies, Invest Home Pro, was recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

To learn more about, Brant Phillips, visit https://brantphillips.com/

Digital Marketing and Social Selling Consultant Matt Bertram‘s recent release, Build Your Brand Mania: How to Transform Yourself Into an Authoritative Brand That Will Attract Your Ideal Customers, hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on July 24, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Public Relations, Direct Marketing, and Online Services categories. The book also reached Number Two in the Digital Media, Marketing for Small Business, and Search Engines categories, as well as Number Three in the Media & Communications Industry, Online Advertising, and Social Media categories.

In this book, Matt Bertram reveals tactics and strategies to quickly build authority and create “Trusted Advisor Status” to dramatically gain mindshare with prospects as well as increase web presence, dominate a niche, and generate more leads online than ever before.

Bertram shares strategies and tactics that he has personally helped implement for hundreds of clients and entrepreneurs, including:

– Understanding the science behind credibility
– A blueprint to creating a desired online reputation
– The hidden concepts behind affinity audiences, attraction marketing, and cause-based selling
– Case studies and real-world examples of people and businesses that achieved significant success through brand building
– A step-by-step explanation of how to build authority using the best tools, platforms, and resources online
– Why achieving a “Trusted Advisor Status,” SERP stacking, and the celebrity effect is so important
– Brand new ways to use social media, paid ads, email automation. and more

In response to the book hitting Number One, Bertram stated,“It’s great to see the book getting exposure. I believe it answers a question that’s on a lot of people’s minds when thinking about online marketing and social media, ‘How do I build my brand?’”

With the recent buzz around building authority and creating “Trusted Advisor Status” in the media, Build Your Brand Mania subject matter is a hot topic and a must read for entrepreneurs.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Matt Bertram is a trainer, local keynote speaker and consultant in Digital Marketing and Social Selling. He is currently the Co-host of the most popular SEO podcast on iTunes and Ahrefs called, “The Unknown Secrets of Internet Marketing.” He is COO at eWebResults, a top internet marketing agency since 1999.

To learn more about, Matt Bertram, visit https://www.buildyourbrandmania.com/

Build Your Brand Mania How to Transform Yourself Into an Authoritative Brand That Will Attract Your Ideal Customers at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FC58VDR/

Real Estate Investor Brant Phillips‘s recent release, “Private Lender Playbook: How to Passively Invest in Real Estate as a Private Mortgage Lender,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on July 19, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Banks & Banking, Interest Economics, and Personal Taxes categories.

Private Lender Playbook takes the reader step-by-step through the process of Private Mortgage Lending to passively invest in real estate and earn predictable money every month. Investors find that financing options available to purchase and renovate real estate can be limited. Traditional mortgage lenders are reluctant to loan money for properties requiring extensive remodeling or repairs. As a result, the market for private money lenders has grown closing the gap in funding that traditional lenders weren’t filling.

In response to the book hitting Number One, Phillips stated, ““WOW! I’m extremely excited that our latest book, the Private Lender Playbook, hit #1 on the best seller list. A lot of work and support went into making this book happen. Nathan Long and I are honored to share this important message that I know will impact the financial future of our readers, both real estate investors and lenders.”

With the recent buzz around passive real estate investing, the “Private Lender Playbook” subject matter is a hot topic and a must read for private money lenders and borrowers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brant is a full-time real estate investor, business owner, business coach, speaker and bestselling author. He has been featured by the local media as a Real Estate expert and hosts local seminars and training events.

To learn more about, Brant Phillips, visit https://brantphillips.com/

“Private Lender Playbook: How to Passively Invest in Real Estate as a Private Mortgage Lender” is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F9D5971/ 

PROGRAM 15 and The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series continue their unwavering commitment to change the game of baseball with the addition of new members to their Advisory Board.

According to Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, the advisory board will be tasked to advance the organization’s mission to provide amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

Members of the advisory board will consult directly with Booth on ways to improve the amateur baseball experience as well as innovate new ways to elevate the development and growth experience for both players and evaluators.

Booth says, “As we continue to build out and execute the initiatives of Program15 and the NB Future Stars Series of Player development and identification through Major League Professionals, we’ve added expertise at the highest levels to assist in and advise on our endeavors. I could not be more gratified than to see this list of baseball decision makers and industry visionaries join us with their support and guidance. The advisory board members have quite literally impacted how the game is played, evaluated, and measured. They have built World Series champions and drafted all stars. They have changed the game for the better. We couldn’t ask for a better group and nowhere else in amateur baseball is this type of support and interest paralleled.”

Offering guidance in their respective areas of expertise, which range from international play to amateur and professional player analysis and development, the following members have been named to the PROGRAM 15 – New Balance Future Stars Series Advisory Board.

Bobby Heck, Special Assistant to the GM, Tampa Bay – Heck began his career as a scout for the Texas Rangers in 1995 and continued his scouting career with the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros.  In 2012, Heck moved on to the Tampa Bay Rays as special assistant to the General Manager.

David Post, Special Assistant to the GM, Padres – Post signed with the Dodgers as a 10th-round draft selection in 1992 and had a minor league career spanning 12 seasons with the Dodgers, Indians, Pirates, Yankees and Rockies organizations. In 2004, he began his scouting career with the Marlins, covering the Northwest from 2004-06 and Florida in 2007. In the offseason of 2007, he joined the Astros as a national crosschecker. In 2012, Baseball America named Post on a list of “Top 10 Future Scouting Directors.” Post was hired by the Padres in 2014 as a special assistant to the general manager/scouting

Brian Bridges, Scouting Director, Braves – Brian Bridges joined the Braves in 2008 as an area supervisor, then was promoted to a regional crosschecker in the Southeast. Bridges was promoted to Scout Director in 2014.

Junior Vizcaino, International Scouting Director,  Pirates – Vizcaino began his baseball career after being drafted in the 11th round of the January 1985 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He spent nine years in the Minor Leagues and became a scout for the Atlanta Braves in 1994. In 2000, Vizcaino moved to the Kansas City Royals and was promoted to National Scouting Supervisor in 2007. In 2017, the Pirates brought him back as the Director of International Scouting.

Scott Barnsby, Scouting Director, Indians – Barnsby has scouted thousands of players during his 15 years with the Indians. He started as an area scout, served as a regional and national crosschecker, and was promoted to Director of Amateur Scouting in 2017. Barnsby served as the point person for the Indians’ draft in June 2018.

Jason Smith, National Crosschecker, Angels – Jason Smith was an Area scout for the Cleveland Indians from 2001-2013, and the west coast crosschecker from 2014-16. Smith signed JD Martin, Francisco , Wolters, Pestano as an area scout, and supervised the West coast and drafting of: Adam Plutko, Greg Allen, Shane Bieber.

Darren Fenster, Minor League Manager, Red Sox  – Darren Fenster was a three-time All-American shortstop at Rutgers University, and was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 2000 MLB Draft. He played from 2000 through 2004 for four Royals minor league teams, before suffering a career-ending ACL injury during the 2005 spring training. Fenster joined the Boston Red Sox organization in 2012, making his professional coaching debut as the hitting instructor for Class A Greenville Drive in the 2012 season. In 2013, Fenster was promoted to the manager of the Red Sox Gulf Coast League rookie team. In 2014, he was promoted again returning to Greenville as the Drive’s 2014 manager.

Dan Nellum, East Coast Crosschecker, Brewers – A native of Washington, Nellum has spent the past seven years scouting the Mid-Atlantic for the Brewers after a 16-year college coaching career. The Central Florida graduate began coaching at Seminole State College before coaching at his alma mater for a year. He served as an assistant coach at Georgetown from 1993-1996, Old Dominion from 1997-1999 and Navy from 2000-2007.

The addition of the new board members bolsters the leadership and strength of the existing advisory board which includes the following:

Marc Tramuta, Scouting Director, NY Mets
Mark Snipp, Special Assignment Scout, Arizona Diamondbacks
Joe Butler, Pro Scout, Chicago White Sox
Darnell Coles, Hitting Coach, Milwaukee Brewers
Derek Johnson, Pitching Coach, Milwaukee Brewers
Kevin Bootay, Pro Scout, Miami Marlins
Arnold Brathwaite, Northeast Supervisor, San Francisco Giants
Keith Law, ESPN Writer

The MLB teams represented on the advisory board are the Brewers, Mets, Giants, White Sox, Angels, Braves, Marlins, Rays, Pirates, Red Sox, Dodgers, Diamondbacks, Padres, and Indians.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit https://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about PROGRAM 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest PROGRAM 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

“Expert Profiles Volume 3 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on July 13, 2018, climbing all the way to Number Two in the Industrial Business Management, reaching Number Three in the Business Ethics category and Number Five in the Knowledge Capital category.

PROGRAM 15 is proud to offer discounted ticket rates to Thursday & Friday Astros home games being played during the 2018 Future Stars Series National Tournaments between June 27 and July 30, 2018. Participating players and their families will have the opportunity to see the World Series Champion Houston Astros play at Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, says, “Last year we focused on baseball. With the level of play we had along with the teams coming to compete this summer, we wanted to focus on the off-field experience in 2018 to complement the baseball and give our families the best Houston has to offer. Seeing the hometown team step up to give affordable baseball to the families attending is outstanding for everyone and shows the class of the organization.”

The Future Stars Series is the global initiative between New Balance and PROGRAM 15 to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur baseball players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches are submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events.

For information on special ticket prices and game schedule visit http://futurestarsseries.com/fss-astros/

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT THE FUTURE STARS SERIES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The 2018 Future Stars Series National Tournaments will be held at the Cy-Fair Sports Association Schiel Road Complex between June 27 and July 30, 2018. These five events will feature some of the top talent in the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 grad classes.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

“Expert Profiles Volume 1 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on May 21, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Industrial Business Management and reaching Number Four in the Women & Business category.

“Expert Profiles Volume 2 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators,” hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on May 10, 2018, climbing all the way to Number One in the Company Business Profiles and Industrial Business Management.

100% of the royalties from the retail sales of the ‘Expert Profiles’ book series are donated to Global Autism Project.

In response to book reaching Number One, ‘Expert Profiles’ Project Coordinator Heather Mize, said, “Hitting the Best Seller list is something we are excited to have achieved. This is an important project for us because we have been able to bring together business owners, entrepreneurs, and community leaders who are actually in the trenches, working hard every day, and were willing to share that experience to benefit their communities and a great cause.”

Mize expressed appreciation for the book’s contributors, saying, “We are extremely fortunate to have the caliber of experts who gave their time to be interviewed for this project. Each and every one of them is a true advocate and educator. To have Amazon put this book at the top of their Best Seller list in the Company Business Profiles and Industrial Business Management is an incredible achievement and puts a spotlight on the appreciation and recognition they deserve.”

‘Expert Profiles Volume 2’ contains powerful and fascinating conversations with passionate, dedicated and driven individuals who have played such an influential role in the success of so many others, and features conversations with:

Matt Mitchell – Creating Unforgettable Memories for Your Dream Wedding

Nayeli Gomez – The Code Queen

Julie A. Stein – Protecting and Nourishing Skin for Life

Lorri Silvera – Overcoming Fear Fatigue

Batista Germaud – Helping Women Over 40 Look and Feel 15 Years Younger and Achieve a Pain-Free Life

Patty L. Cummings – Fitness Innovator and Creator of Astro-Durance Total Body Bungee Systems

Darren Coleman – ‘Easy Prey’ Author Shares Insight into Cybersecurity and IT Services for Ultimate Peace of Mind

“Expert Profiles Volume 2 – Conversations with Influencers & Innovators” is now available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CRVM862/ as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project 501(c)3, is a nonprofit organization which provides training to local individuals in evidence-based practices for individuals with autism. Global Autism Project believes that every child has the ability to learn and their potential should not be limited by geographical bounds. The Global Autism Project seeks to eliminate the disparity in service provision seen around the world by providing high-quality training to individuals providing services in their local community. This training is made sustainable through regular training trips and contiguous remote training.

To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://globalautismproject.org/.

The scouting reports and database information generated through today’s amateur baseball showcase events are often the primary conduit to college recruiters and scouts that so many players and their families rely upon for reaching the next level of baseball.

However, most of these events have one big and rarely talked about problem. The information is 20 feet wide but only two inches deep, filled with glowing scouting reports on the obvious, easy-to-identify prospects; players who recruiters and scouts will be tripping over themselves to get to…with or without a report. Even the most inexperienced level of scout often found evaluating many of the showcase events today has a shelf full of reports on players they were ‘right about.’

And that’s the big problem. There are many truly talented players that scouts misjudge or overlook entirely.

PROGRAM 15, the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball and Prospect Wire, one of the largest and highly regarded scouting services for high school baseball in America, are on a mission to evolve the scouting and recruiting process and provide these players a real opportunity to reach their true potential.

By merging the unquestionable credibility of PROGRAM 15’s Scouting and Evaluation Reports with Prospect Wire’s innovative Scoutcast real-time analytics, these two recognized leaders in the amateur baseball player development and evaluation world are committed to making sure no player goes undocumented or unevaluated during the upcoming Prospect Wire Elite 100 Events.

PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches will be on site to evaluate and write pro scouting reports on players attending the events. Along with their extensive scouting experience, PROGRAM 15 staff will have access to video and analytics data on every pitch, every swing and every play of the games collected through Scoutcast, the new, state of the art scouting solution from the founder of Prospect Wire, Matt Bomeisl.

PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, Jeremy Booth said, “Matt and the Prospect Wire crew continue to innovate and find ways to improve their system. It’s just another big step in partnership as we move forward to make a difference and help players succeed. We will implement this comprehensive solution in all Future Stars Series events and coming team scout days.”

Scoutcast is driven by several technologies, spearheaded by Flightscope’s doppler radar system, and uses Scoutcast’s own proprietary technology to generate a platform of analytics and video within hours of completion.

For a complete schedule of Prospect Wire Events visit https://prospectwire.com/events/ or follow them on Twitter @ProspectWire

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com/.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

PROGRAM 15 National Training Center
22515 Schiel Rd Cypress, TX 77433
Customer Support (832) 430-1312

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

PROGRAM 15 is proud to announce the NorCal World Series has been added as one of the partner events for the New Balance Future Stars Series. PROGRAM 15 and Future Stars Series staff will attend and scout the NorCal World Series event to write MLB scouting reports and select players for the 2018 International Week and invite-only combines in the fall.

The best and brightest of Northern California’s top baseball-playing student athletes will come together in one unified regional event to be held June 8-11, 2018 in Stockton, CA. The event will include Batting Practice, Defensive Workouts, and each player will play in 3-4 competitive games. This is a must-see event for college and professional scouts.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Regional Training and Evaluation Combines have garnered a reputation as one of the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, says, “Tony Crivello is a legend in Northern California baseball over the last two plus decades. He’s had hundreds of college players come through his program and over 50 major leaguers. He is the Northern California Regional director for PROGRAM 15 and is involved in the training centers we are building across the country. As a special assistant to me in all areas of youth baseball, he has shown time and time again to have vision and the best interests of the players in mind. Bringing this event into the fold was an absolute cake decision.”

Tony Crivello, President and GM of NorCal Baseball, said, “We are thrilled to become a partner with PROGRAM 15. We feel we have one of the best events in the country with some of the best players in the country. There is no doubt the PROGRAM 15 model and vision fits what we believe in. Jeremy and his staff are the best in baseball at evaluations and development. There is no doubt that every player in our event will benefit from PROGRAM 15 and the vision of better baseball players.”

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches are submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events.

To learn more about The NorCal World Series visit https://www.norcalworldseries.com/

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT THE NORCAL WORLD SERIES:
The NorCal World Series is a nationally-recognized event that features The Who’s Who in the Northern California baseball community. The NorCal World Series promotes the highest level of high school baseball the region has to offer and continues to assist participating student-athletes achieve their goal of becoming college ballplayers. The best players year in and year out choose the NorCal World Series to compete and be seen by college and pro scouts. More than 50 participants in the NorCal World Series events have signed MLB contracts.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

PROGRAM 15 and Future Stars Series National Training Complex located at Cy-Fair Sports Association
22515 Schiel Rd, Cypress, TX 77433
Customer Support (832) 430-1312

Project Coordinator for Authority Media Publishing, Heather Mize, confirmed they have officially launched a search for Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Community Leaders, to be featured in the upcoming book series, “Expert Profiles.”

Explaining the search process, Mize said, “This is an important book for us, so we will be reaching out to our network of media professionals and freelance journalists to submit profiles of local business owners and community leaders who they feel are true advocates for the success of their customers and community, while at the same time committing to spread the word about a great organization like Global Autism Project.

Authority Media Publishing has pledged 100% of the royalties from the retail sales of the book to be donated to Global Autism Project.

Scheduled for a Summer 2018 release, “Expert Profiles“ will feature conversations with selected Influencers & Innovators sharing their insights and real world experiences in making a difference in the lives of others.   

Mize said, “The people we select to be included in this book are passionate about their business and the people they help. They will answer the tough questions and bust the myths and misconceptions around some of the most common and not so common situations we face in life. ‘Expert Profiles’ will cover a lot information that is rarely talked about when it comes overcoming obstacles and achieving success in business and life.”

With several industry leaders expressing interest in participating, Authority Media Publishing is expected to announce the final selections by mid June.

However, Mize asserted, “One of the reasons we launched this search is because we did not want to go the route of filling this book with the stereotypical ‘Experts.’ This search would be unnecessary if that was the case. We anticipate a lot of exposure around this project, for both Global Autism Project and the people we select to feature in the book, so we really want to showcase those Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Community Leaders who are actually in the trenches, working hard every day and willing to share that experience to benefit a great cause and the success of their communities. That is what will make this a win, win win project.”

‘Expert Profiles’ will be available in Digital and Paperback editions through Amazon as well as most major online and offline bookstores and retailers.

About Global Autism Project:
Global Autism Project 501(c)3, is a nonprofit organization which provides training to local individuals in evidence-based practices for individuals with autism. Global Autism Project believes that every child has the ability to learn and their potential should not be limited by geographical bounds. The Global Autism Project seeks to eliminate the disparity in service provision seen around the world by providing high-quality training to individuals providing services in their local community. This training is made sustainable through regular training trips and contiguous remote training.

To learn more about Global Autism Project, visit https://globalautismproject.org.

World Autism Awareness Month officially kicked off on April 2nd with World Autism Awareness Day. Recognized internationally, World Autism Awareness Day encourages Member States of the United Nations to take measures to raise awareness about people with autism throughout the world.

There are currently over 70 million people in the world challenged by various degrees of autism, with 85% of this population living in developing countries. In many parts of the world, families of children with autism have no resources, nowhere to turn, and live in communities that have little to no understanding or acceptance of people with autism.

Global Autism Project is working hard to change this by partnering with communities around the world and providing training on how to work with kids with autism in a SUSTAINABLE way.

Founder and CEO of Global Autism Project, Molly Ola Pinney, was a featured speaker at the recent TEDx Live event in New Bedford, MA which focused on the theme of “Begin.” The event included discussions surrounding the importance of community, innovation, culture, and education.

Pinney took the infamous red stage at the Zeiterion Theatre to present a new perspective on global aid. Speaking from her 14 years of experience in the international development and nonprofit sector,  Pinney challenged the way people think about helping by putting forth the idea that doing things for others may not be the best way to help.

The Global Autism Project, instead, promotes the acceptance and integration of individuals with autism by training communities in culturally relevant, sustainable practices. Pinney encouraged the audience to consider their actions when feeling compelled to help, whether that includes supporting education, solving major social issues, or creating programs to feed the homeless.

Pinney related the story of her travels to Ghana where she was introduced to the inefficient world of good-hearted people who simply want to help, but feel compelled to “do for” rather than “do with.” She talked about NGOs, or non-governmental organizations, which bring in loads of second-hand shoes to towns with a capable cobbler, school buildings that sit empty for lack of teachers and furniture, or SUVs that are out of place in countries without roads.

When she learned from the mother of a child with autism that many people in her country believe the child is possessed by a demon, Pinney’s first instinct was to try to “help.” But then she thought about the misguided attempts she had witnessed and knew there must be a better way.

“We’re taught as kids doing for others is good, but I’ve learned a lot about the best way to help,” said Pinney. “There is a distinction between doing with people and doing for people. When we do for people, what we really mean is, ‘I’m going to help you in the way that I think is best.’ We make assumptions about what they’re capable of, and what they’re not capable of.”

As an alternative, Pinney advocated beginning by simply “doing with” people. She recommended asking questions such as “What do you feel you need? What do you think is best? What can I help you with?” She plaintively asked, “Can’t we ask instead, ‘What do you need to make more shoes? How can your community support a school? What will make it easier to carry out your everyday tasks?’”

Pinney began the Global Autism Project with a firm belief that everyone in the world should have access to reach their potential. She quickly realized that families everywhere have the same worries, concerns, and questions about a child with autism. Most want their child to be happy, and to be able to live an independent life. So, the Project decided that it would focus on working with these parents to collaborate rather than dictate. In closing, she said, “The next time you feel compelled to help, I encourage you to begin instead by first saying, ‘What will happen if I do this with you?’”

About Molly
Molly Ola Pinney is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Autism Project, an international nonprofit committed to promoting the acceptance and integration of the global autistic community. She started the organization after moving to Ghana in 2003 to serve as a therapist for young man with autism. Struck by the need for teacher training, community outreach and understanding of autism, she created a model for sustainable change. The Global Autism Project has worked in ten different countries, currently holds consultative status with the United Nations, and is actively working towards a goal of establishing centers of excellence in 20 countries by year 2020.

Molly, originally from New Hampshire, has traveled and worked internationally for over 14 years. She earned a BA in Sociology with a concentration in Neuroscience from Columbia University, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for her work. She was honored with the Comcast NBC Universal award, the Autism Light Foundation award, and had the opportunity to ring the NASDAQ bell alongside her staff in 2012. Molly has been an invited speaker at the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day event, as well as multiple events in the fields of nonprofit leadership, applied behavior analysis, and entrepreneurship.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California almost 30 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes on a diverse mix of topics. Many of these talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The TED2014 Conference will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, along with the TEDActive simulcast in neighboring Whistler. TEDGlobal 2014 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

TED’s media initiatives include TED.com, where new TED Talks are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed; and TEDBooks, short e-books on powerful ideas. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world get help translating their wishes into action; TEDx, which supports individuals or groups in hosting local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDNews, or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED.

PROGRAM 15 continues to push the game of baseball, and it’s amateur athletes into new territories through innovation by selecting Supplement Pharm, the healthy lifestyle company that develops and provides high-quality sports nutrition products to athletes and fitness enthusiasts, to help players participating in Future Stars Series Combines and Tournaments gain better performance through nutrition.

Led by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts, and coaches, Future Stars Series Regional Training and Evaluation Combines have garnered a reputation as one of the most comprehensive amateur baseball player identification and development experiences available.

Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, says, “Supplement Pharm is some of the best sports nutrition I’ve ever used in training. They have worked hard to perfect and develop products that will help athletes separate themselves. Excited to add them to aid in athlete’s growth.”

Sean Rose, CEO and Co-founder of Supplement Pharm, said, “We’re excited to become the official sports nutrition partner of PROGRAM 15 and the New Balance Future Star Series Combines and Tournaments. PROGRAM 15 is the most elite player evaluation and development program in the world, comprised of former professional players, MLB scouts and Executives sharing the same goal as us here at Supplement Pharm, to help athletes push beyond one’s boundaries and achieve their highest potential at both the amateur and professional levels.”

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches are submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events.

To learn more about Supplement Pharm, visit http://www.athlete-armour.com/

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT SEAN ROSE AND SUPPLEMENT PHARM:
Sean Rose is CEO and Co-founder of Supplement Pharm, a premier sports nutrition company founded in 2013 and based out of St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to helping athletes optimize their training and athletic performance by offering products to help build and improve strength & muscle, endurance, and support lifestyle goals of every kind.

More than ever, athletes face the reality of tough competition. It is imperative to make use of every advantage in order to maintain relevant in your sport. Nutrition and supplementation is equally as important as training, especially for pro-athletes. Supplement Pharm is dedicated to offering the most exclusive products to inspire performance and push beyond one’s boundaries. To learn more about Supplement Pharm products visit www.athlete-armour.com or @my1sp on Instagram.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

In a growing trend among people in the Down syndrome community, friends, family members, and loved ones of people with Down syndrome are getting a tattoo with three arrows.

The three arrows represent the third copy of the 21st chromosome that people with Down syndrome have.

For World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, 2018, an awareness day for the genetic disorder, Jackson Horn’s family got inked.

“He’s 7 years old right now, still is very nonverbal,” his dad, Brian Ainsley Horn, explained some of Jackson’s learning delays.

“I knew Jackson was going to be fine, but it was heartbreaking to see your adult child in tears,” grandmother, Shary Horn, said.

Brian was the one crying at his son Jackson’s birth, because Down syndrome was not what he planned for.

“It was going to be nothing like what I originally thought of when I dreamed of having a son,” Horn said.

But just like the tattoo, the sting lessened in time and Brian beams with pride when talking about how far Jackson has come since his infancy in the NICU to being voted class president of his kindergarten class.

The tattoo represents what every loved one of someone with Down syndrome understands. “The arrowheads symbolize that before you can launch forward you have to be pulled back,” Brian Horn said. “You know that was the whole experience with down syndrome. It is extremely hard at first, but after you get past that point it’s an amazing journey.”

The Horn family went to Flying Squid in Houston for their tattoo.

Ben Perez with the Flying Squid said, “I was honored to participate in spreading D.S. awareness! Jackson is a GREAT KID!! If anyone is interested in a D.S. awareness tattoo let me know! This is A GREAT CAUSE!”

Search the hashtag “the lucky few tattoo” on social media to see people around the world jumping on this trend.

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Jacksonville, Fla. – The Wilcher Group, a Sarasota, Florida real estate group, launched a new brand strategy and website that elevates the group’s identity and supports its unique place within the local community.

“We have grown our business significantly over the last several years. Our brand relaunch represents the natural evolution of that transformation,” said John Wilcher, the Founder and President. “Today, The Wilcher Group offers our clients the ultimate experience in buying or selling a home. It’s imperative for our brand to reflect and promote our company as it is today and the tremendous value we bring.”

An updated corporate website was introduced at TheWilcherGroup.com to reflect the new brand identity and showcase the team’s advantages and competitive strengths, including its founder, John and his wife Kelly Wilcher.

Designed in partnership with Level 7 Communications, the new visual identity and website present the agency as modern and evolving while better communicating The Wilcher Group’s strengths.

Kenneth Pugmire, President of Level 7 Communications said, “To thrive in this new digital attention span economy, you must not only grab a site visitors attention, but instantly communicate your company values and uniqueness. I am honored to have helped John modernize and elevate their brand in a design that is simple and elegant.”

Level 7 Branding and The Wilcher Group would like to encourage everyone to explore the new site at TheWilcherGroup.com.

With 13 years of real estate experience in the Sarasota area, John Wilcher has an intimate knowledge of the neighborhoods and locales that this fabulous paradise has to offer. He was previously with RE/MAX, where he consistently won awards for top sales production. He has a sincere passion for helping buyers and sellers through the real estate sales process.Integrity, great communication, and professionalism are very useful during a real estate transaction, and John polished these skills while serving in the armed forces. He has an impressive history of being a Marine, Army Sergeant, police officer, as well as a decorated combat veteran of the Afghanistan war. This extensive training has prepared John to handle the sometimes intense world of the buying or selling of a home.

For more information, please visit TheWilcherGroup.com
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The recent release of My Reason. My Hero. Inspirational True Stories from Successful Entrepreneurs and Their Amazing Kids featuring Creator of the Invincible Wellness System Maria Whalen and Riana Whalen hit the Amazon.com best seller list on October 31, 2017, climbing all the way to Number 1 in the Parenting, Small Business, and Knowledge Capital categories.

Entrepreneurs are clever, imaginative and mentally inquisitive by nature, and sharing these unique traits with their kids can help them be successful. My Reason. My Hero.  is about the lessons that a group of entrepreneurs have learned from their kids and applied in their businesses, and about the entrepreneurial lessons the kids have already learned from their entrepreneur parents.

Maria Whalen stated, “My daughters response to hearing it hit number 1?  ‘Good, every parent should read it!’  She’s right, there’s more beneficial lessons in this book than most will ever learn in traditional schools.  It was an honor to do this project together, it was more rewarding than I even anticipated.”

As the pioneer of true individual health freedom, Maria Whalen is transforming alternative and western medicine worldwide. After battling back from near death and healing herself completely of so-called “incurable” diseases, Maria created her groundbreaking Invincible Wellness System. Maria reveals how to become your own doctor and gain complete control of your own health so you never become sick again. The Invincible Wellness System frees you from today’s healthcare system, giving you complete and total independence. She is the figure that industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and titans of business turn to for invincible health.

Riana Whalen is an energetic 12-year-old who enjoys gymnastics, loves animals, and travels the world with her mom, Maria.

To learn more about, Maria Whalen, visit http://IntentionalNetwork.com

My Reason. My Hero. Inspirational True Stories from Successful Entrepreneurs and Their Amazing Kids is now available on Amazon.com at  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076PLZ9WG/

PROGRAM 15 and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. are both known for their unwavering commitment to innovation and pushing the game of baseball and it’s athletes into new territories. Over the past 100 years, Wilson athletes have won Golden Glove awards, World Series championships, Olympic medals and they will soon add the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series World Champions to that list.

PROGRAM 15 has announced Wilson Sporting Goods Co. as the official supplier of baseballs and gloves for the The 2018 New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series International Week. The invitation-only series features international high school talent identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional baseball veterans. Each player participating on the International Week World and National team rosters will receive a Wilson glove.

Chad Moeller, 11 Year MLB Catcher, and PROGRAM 15 National Catching Coordinator said, “Wilson coming together with PROGRAM15 and the Future Stars Series makes perfect sense. They’re a legendary brand and used by Major League players everywhere. Players will benefit from their addition and International Week just got better as well”.

Wilson will also be the official baseball for PROGRAM 15’s National Skills, Evaluation and Training Combines as well as the National Trials – Championship Tournaments to be held June 27 through July 30th, 2018 in Houston, TX.

PROGRAM 15 has been responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Combines and Tournaments, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, Jeremy Booth says, “We are ecstatic to add a group like Wilson to the fold. Their gloves are second to none, and we’re excited to have our players and partner programs using one of the best gloves on the planet. Adding them to International Week was a no-brainer.

We used Wilson baseballs last year in our events and the quality is exceptional. We are proud to have them as the official ball and look forward to working with Wilson as they’ve joined the movement.”

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about PROGRAM 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest PROGRAM 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT WILSON:
Chicago-based Wilson Sporting Goods Co., a division of Amer Sports, is the world’s leading manufacturer of sports equipment, apparel and accessories. Through its dedication to creating products that enable athletes at every level to perform at their best, Wilson has earned its place as a leader in sporting goods for over a century. Twitter – @wilsonballglove, and on Facebook – Facebook.com/WilsonBaseball.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

PROGRAM 15, the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball has announced the December 1st Grand Opening of their Northern California Regional Training Center.

Located in Rancho Cordova, CA, the NorCal Training Center will be available to teams and individual baseball players of all ages and skill levels.  The almost 15,000 square feet facility is equipped with seven batting cages, two tee cages along with areas for strength and conditioning and fielding development.

As an official  PROGRAM 15 Regional Training Center, the structure and philosophy are based on the highly innovative baseball player development system created and used by PROGRAM 15 at their National Training Center in Texas as well as at the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series international combines and events.

The NorCal facility will offer personalized instruction, small group fundamental clinics and advanced position specific workshops as well as exclusive monthly onsite player development sessions attended by members of PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former professional players, coaches, scouts and Major League veterans.

Owner of the NorCal Training Center, Jamie Timms, a seasoned and highly respected entrepreneur with a passion for baseball and an eye for opportunity learned about PROGRAM 15 through former MLB Scout and childhood friend, Butch Baccala, who also happens to be the VP of Scouting for PROGRAM 15.

Timms said, “Both my boys play baseball and I absolutely love the game.  What I saw in PROGRAM 15 was the opportunity to achieve my goal of helping a lot of kids.  Not just in developing the physical skills to play the game of baseball, but to help every kid reach their full potential and give them an opportunity to further their higher education through baseball, whether it be a Junior College or D1 University.  That focus and dedication is exactly what I saw in PROGRAM 15. The more I saw the success of the program and the players, the more I wanted to be part of that organization.”

PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball Operations for The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, Jeremy Booth says, “Jamie is driven to help players and take the next step toward maximum results in player growth. He’s entrenched in the community and interested in unifying the region for the youth and this group will work exceptionally well with our regional director, Rob Bruno of NorCal baseball.”

The PROGRAM 15 NorCal Regional Training Center, located at 11347 Folsom Blvd. Suite A,B,D, Rancho Cordova, CA. 95742, is scheduled to open December 1st.

For updates on the NorCal location visit http://program15norcal.com

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about PROGRAM 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest PROGRAM 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

ABOUT NEW BALANCE:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

(New York and Houston)- Monsterful VR, the innovative and fast growing immersion engagement brand for sports and technology, today announced a partnership with Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15, and the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series to design and implement a custom programmed Virtual Reality training system to enhance player development through technology. The new patented interactive VR platform is the latest advancement in the space, and the first of its kind on the market. The implementation is set to begin in 2018.

“I’m thrilled to announce this partnership as the next evolution in our fast growing business,” said Jarett Sims, Monsterful VR founder. “We’re interested in ensuring that from end to end we have an ecosystem where kids age six and up to Major League players are using our system effectively to improve their play quality. Jeremy Booth’s experience in evaluating and coaching some of the great players in the game today as well as working with the younger athletes on a consistent basis, brings a lot to Monsterful so it’s exciting to work with him and now have him on our board as well. Baseball is our next step, but not our last for sure.”

“Jarett Sims and the Monsterful Staff’s experience in developing quality Major League player development products made this an easy decision,” added PROGRAM 15 founder and veteran MLB talent evaluator Booth. “This technology has already shown results with players we recently tested it with at the New Balance Future Stars Series International Week. I’m very excited about working with Jarett to lead this innovation in player development and translate analytical data into accelerated player growth.”

Set to launch the first quarter of 2018, RBI-VR, Monsterful VR’s state-of-the-art training platform that extends far beyond the entertainment value of Play the Pros (PTP), which debuted as a consumer facing product at Detroit’s Comerica Park to wrap up the 2017 regular season.  The RBI-VR virtual reality gaming engine is built on a proprietary process developed by Monsterful VR engineers for compiling and calculating the enormous amount of data used to recreate the throwing mechanics, correct biomechanics, vertical and horizontal release point of any pitcher in the league with near 100% accuracy.

Utilizing virtual reality to enhance pitch recognition and reaction time while minimizing injury risk is the perfect marriage of sport and technology. One of the revolutionary features built into RBI-VR is that it does not just provide players with the experience of hitting against Major League level pitching. The platform also evaluates, documents and provides Major League level feedback to the hitter that can also be made available to recruiters and scouts.

The fully immersive nature of the RBI-VR hitting experience is based on a physics engine built by Monsterful VR which accurately replicates the Magnus Effect – the phenomenon that governs the spin and flight of the ball once thrown by the pitcher – and the accurate physics of the bat + ball collision. The software is not just a close representation of the game, but a highly refined, accurate and measurable re-creation what it is to hit against Major League pitching, and allows for the capture of the tens of thousands of new data points measured by the system with each swing.

The Program 15 and New Balance Future Stars Series VR Tournament will be held in January for Baseball academies across the country with Monsterful VR’s RBI-VR training product.

Major League Baseball’s Detroit Tigers recently expanded their Fan Experience at Comerica Park with the debut of Monsterful VR’s Play the Pros (PtP) virtual reality batting cage. The Play the Pros fan engagement platform enables ball parks, entertainment venues, and retail establishments around the country to provide fans the opportunity to virtually step up to the plate at a major league ballpark and take real swings against simulated pitches from their favorite MLB pitchers. It will soon be expanded into a remote platform bringing this unique experience into the home and commercial establishments as well. 

ABOUT MONSTERFUL VR:
A leader in designing best-in-class sports VR experiences, Monsterful VR’s success is built on revolutionary technology. When developing its baseball platform, the company incorporated feedback from an advisory board that includes Detroit Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon, Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker, Philadelphia Phillies catching coach John McLaren, and former MLBPA COO Gene Orza . Others, such as baseball legend Edgar Martinez, were also consulted.

The fully immersive virtual reality experience enables hitters to face top pitchers in baseball. It tracks their swing analytics based on proven metrics, triggering real-time feedback. Artificial Intelligence and predictive analytics are additional features that make Monsterful VR’s RBI-VR unlike any player development tool coaches have used before.

For more information on Monsterful visit www.monsterfulvr.com

ABOUT PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. For more information on Program15 and the Future Stars Series, visit www.futurestarsseries.com or @program15bb and @ftrstarsseries on twitter.

Entrepreneur and Business Breakthrough Coach Ramona Lever‘s recent release, Branding Yourself For Success How to Attract Clients that say YES! hit Amazon.com’s best seller list on August 9, 2017, climbing all the way to Number One in the Public Relations and Online Advertising categories.

Branding Yourself For Success is loaded with gems and takes the reader on a journey of self-discovery, providing insights, tools and valuable information to uncover their unique personal brand. Ramona helps the reader understand how important a personal brand is and what is needed to do to position yourself to achieve and stand out from competitors.

In response to the book hitting Number One, Ramona stated, “Reaching number one is wonderful because it means I’m helping people all over the world create an Authentic Personal Brand!”

Ramona Lever is an Author, an Internationally Accredited Behavioural Profiler and an expert in Personal Branding. Her extensive experience in Sales and Marketing coupled with her background in Coaching and Counselling have given her the passion and understanding to empower others to achieve outstanding results.

Ramona has created the perfect Business Breakthrough program for passionate Entrepreneurs to heal, remove blocks, align with their soul purpose, and create an abundant and authentic personal brand. 

To learn more about, Ramona Lever, visit http://www.ramonalever.com/

To learn more about Ramona Lever’s Personal Branding ecourse “Permission to Shine,” visit www.personalbrandingecourse.com

Branding Yourself For Success How to Attract Clients that say YES! is now available on Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K6HON5A/

When it comes to high school baseball, and high school sports in general, quality information is scattered all over the place. It can cause worthy players to get lost in the shuffle. Prospect Wire President and Founder Matt Bomeisl was one of those players. With no college commitment to play baseball after graduating from high school in 1999, Bomeisl joined a summer travel team. During one tournament, he caught the eye of then-Florida Gators Head Coach Andy Lopez and committed to the University of Florida on the spot.

Fortunately, Bomeisl finally had the opportunity to be seen by someone with a true eye for baseball, even though he had been largely ignored by the showcase scouts.

Unfortunately he is the exception.

The scouting reports and database information generated by today’s amateur baseball showcase events are often the primary conduit to college recruiters and scouts that so many players and their families rely upon for reaching the next level of baseball.

However, most of them have one big and rarely talked about problem. The information is 20 feet wide but only two inches deep filled with glowing scouting reports on the obvious, easy-to-identify prospects; players who recruiters and scouts will be tripping over themselves to get to… with or without a report. Even the most inexperienced level of scout, often found evaluating many of the showcase events today, has a shelf full of reports on players they were right about.

And that’s the big problem. The truly talented players these scouts are wrong about fade away without the opportunity to reach their true potential.

Two recognized leaders in the amatueur baseball scouting world, PROGRAM 15 and Prospect Wire, have stepped forward to evolve the amateur baseball scouting world with a better way.

Bomeisl always dreamed of turning around and helping players in a the way he was helped that summer of 1999. That’s exactly what he did when he started Prospect Wire. Today, as one of the most highly regarded national tournament and event providers, Prospect Wire helps connect players by working and sharing information with colleges and MLB Scouts as they follow players progress through the different levels of baseball.

Bomeisl says, “We have utilized technology across all parts of our events to bring a first class experience to our participants and go above and beyond in the process of providing exposure and coverage to the players.”

PROGRAM 15 Founder, CEO and President of Baseball operations Jeremy Booth has had a diverse baseball career as a pro player, hitting coach, scout and cross-checker for Major League organizations.

Booth explains,”Those were incredibly valuable experiences that provided me with a view that most people involved in this game just don’t have the opportunity to see.

I got to witness the evolution of success for a lot of players, which gave me a unique perspective that changed the way I look at amateur players and their potential. I discovered two very important things. First, that there are a handful of very key variables that have a huge impact on a player’s future in this game that weren’t being measured or even addressed in most player development processes. Second, many of the theories, data points, and evaluation methods being used as blindly accepted predictors of baseball talent are flat out wrong.

What’s troubling to me, and to the future of baseball, is the amount of raw talent that has gone unnoticed. I’ve seen players with tremendous potential neglected or completely ignored in the shadows of guys who happen to fit the current, and in my opinion, often flawed evaluation and prediction methods.”

As the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball, PROGRAM 15 is responsible for executing the Future Stars Series Combines and Tournaments, which is a grassroots initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

The PROGRAM 15 faculty and staff includes former pro scouts, Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans. The passion, drive and ability to evaluate and identify potential high level players who may otherwise go unnoticed by less experienced eyes, have earned PROGRAM 15 the respect of the player evaluation and development world.

Recognizing the staggering odds for an amateur player to reach the Major Leagues, PROGRAM 15 and Prospect Wire have teamed up to to develop a modern data driven scouting system which will provide each player the opportunity to grow and reach a level of achievement matching his highest potential.

While that may not be at the level to secure an MLB contract, it can translate into the opportunity to earn scholarships from Junior College to Division 1 University Baseball programs; something that has been out of reach for many amateur players until now.

PROGRAM 15 and Prospect Wire are committed to provide the very best on field training and development combined with the very best in player evaluation data and exposure.

Future Stars Series Skills, Training & Evaluation Combines include individual PROGRAM 15 Scouting Reports and Developmental Feedback from scouts who have signed Major League players.

For the new data driven scouting system Prospect Wire will capture advanced data using FlightScope analytics and provide social media coverage and videos for the PROGRAM 15 Regional Combines to connect and share player information with colleges and MLB Scouts.

PROGRAM 15 Scouts will also crosscheck and write up scouting reports on players identified by Prospect Wire through their extensive event coverage.

On the scouting system partnership, Bomeisl says, “We are very excited to bring our scouts, social media coverage, and college text alert system to these events. The guys at Program 15 are putting an emphasis on player development which is something that is missing from the event side in amateur baseball.”

The partnership was a logical fit for Booth, who is constantly seeking to work with those who have the integrity and vision of Bomeisl and Prospect Wire, saying, “When you find those people with a commitment to excellence and pride in their work product, those are the ones who you seek to work with and ultimately become a match. Prospect Wire has a track record of excellence and player growth. They truly want to help players and help the game.”

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about Program 15, please visit http://program15.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest Program 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB

To Learn more about Prospect Wire visit https://prospectwire.com/ or follow them on Twitter @ProspectWire

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

New Balance Baseball has elevated their commitment to “Developing the Stars of Tomorrow” by announcing PROGRAM 15 as the Official Global Grassroots Player Identification and Development Program for New Balance Baseball.

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches will be submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters for New Balance sponsored events.  

New Balance Baseball sponsors Future Stars Series and Area Code Games.

PROGRAM 15 has been responsible for executing the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series Combines and Tournaments, an initiative between the two organizations to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

Future Stars Series has experienced exponential growth over the last year. The grassroots effort by New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15 to reach as many undiscovered players as possible has grabbed the attention of over 70 of the most respected organizations in amateur baseball who have come on board as Regional Directors and Partners.

Founded by CEO and President of Baseball operations Jeremy Booth, PROGRAM 15 boasts a faculty and staff that includes multiple Major League All-Stars and World Series veterans.

Booth’s passion and drive have earned him the respect of the player evaluation and development world.  Booth attributes his reputation and ability to evaluate and develop player potential to his diverse career as a pro player, hitting coach, scout and cross-checker for Major League organizations.  This experience also led him to develop the Combine Athletic Testing System used by PROGRAM 15 staff.

Booth explains,”It was an incredibly valuable experience that provided me with a view that most people involved in this game just don’t have the opportunity to see.

I got to witness the evolution of success for a lot of players, which gave me a unique perspective that changed the way I look at amateur players and their potential.  I discovered two very important things. First, that there are a handful of very key variables that have a huge impact on a player’s future in this game that weren’t being measured or even addressed in most player development processes. Second, many of the theories, data points, and evaluation methods being used as blindly accepted predictors of baseball talent are flat out wrong.

I’ve watched too many players and their families pay a ton of money to have their hopes and expectations mismanaged. While it’s easy put the blame on ‘Trophy Mills.’ I think this occurs more often due to misinformation and evaluation errors than intentional deception. It’s generally good people giving bad advice.

But what’s more troubling to me, and to the future of baseball, is the amount of raw talent that has gone unnoticed. Not just because of financial obstacles. I’ve seen players with tremendous potential neglected or completely ignored in the shadows of guys who happen to fit the current, and in my opinion, often flawed evaluation and prediction methods. Collectively, it’s a player evaluation and development failure, and I knew the whole process could be and should be better.

That’s the foundation on which the Program 15 Combine Athletic Testing System was created.”

Future Stars Series Evaluation and Training Combines are led and attended by the PROGRAM 15 National Staff of Major League Veteran players, scouts and coaches. Each player is provided field apparel and footwear by New Balance and put through PROGRAM 15’s Combine Athletic Testing System which includes a full scouting report, developmental feedback and plan to assist in their long-term growth from scouts who have signed Major League players.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about PROGRAM 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest PROGRAM 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

About PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15, based in Houston, TX is built with the idea of quieting the noise and helping families to navigate the paths of proper instruction and development plans for all youth players with aspirations of playing baseball beyond high school and select ball levels through the execution of personalized development plans for each player.

About New Balance:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

The Future Stars Series nationwide search for amateur baseball talent which was started as an initiative to ‘Change The Game’ of baseball between New Balance and Program 15 in 2016 will land at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, TX August 14-17.

The Future Stars Series International Week is an invitation only series featuring international high school talent identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional baseball veterans through Future Stars Series Regional Combines and Development Camps and the recent Future Stars Series National Trials – Championship Tournaments held in Houston, TX.

The National team roster includes top amateur players from the U.S. and the World team top players from Canada, Japan, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Mexico.

 The two teams will go head to head in a three-game series with the winner being crowned as the inaugural New Balance Future Stars Series World Champions.  

*** FUTURE STARS SERIES NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER

NAME / JERSEY NUMBER / POSITION / HEIGHT / WEIGHT / SCHOOL COMMITMENT

AJ Miller / #33 / 1B / 6’2″ / 205 lbs / Oregon
Andrew Walling / #29 / LHP / 1B / 6’3″ / 204 lbs / Oregon State University
Damon Casetta-Stubbs / #18 / RHP / 6’4″ / 200 lbs / Seattle U
Dominic Pipkin / #23 / RHP / 6’4″ / 170 lbs / Cal
Grayson Rodriguez / #16 / RHP / 6’5″ / 220 lbs / Texas A&M
Hunter Watson / #32 / 3B / 6’4″ / 215 lbs / Texas A&M
Jack Filby / #25 / C / 6′ / 180 lbs / UCLA
Jackson Cobb / #19 / C / OF / 6’4″ / 210 lbs / Univeristy of Kansas
Josh Richter / #34 / RHP / 6’3″ / 200 lbs
Justin Williams / #5 / 3B / 6’2″ / 200 lbs / Penn State
Mason Ronan / #9 / LHP / 6’2″ / 195 lbs / Michigan State
Mick Abel / #13 / RHP / 6’5″ / 170 lbs / Oregon State (2020)
Nic Kent / #3 / SS / 6’2″ / 180 lbs / University of Virginia
Osiris Johnson / #11 / OF / 6’1″ / 185 lbs / Cal State Fullerton
Phillip Dull / #14 / RHP / UT / 6′ / 180 lbs / West Virginia
Porter Brown / #22 / OF / 5’11” / 170  lbs
Sean Guilbe / #7 / SS / 6’2″ / 205 lbs / Univ. of Tennessee
T.J. McKenzie / #17 / SS / 2B / 6’1″ / 160 lbs / Vanderbilt
Thomas Schultz / #26 / RHP / 6’5″ / 196  lbs/ Vanderbilt (2019)
Troy LaNeve / #15 / RF / 6′ / 195  lbs/ Vanderbilt (2019)
Vinny Tosti / #2 / CF / 6’1″ / 193  lbs/ University of Oregon
William Duncan / #66 / RHP / 6’5″ / 195 lbs

NATIONAL TEAM COACHING STAFF
Manager: Tony Crivello, NorCal Baseball
Bench Coach: Steve Trombly, Trombly Baseball
Pitching Coach: Jason Phillips, US Elite Baseball
Hitting Coach: Karl Carswell, KC Barnstormers
3rd Base Coach: Will Roland, Citius Baseball
1st Base Coach: Greg Blaesing, Rhino Baseball
Bullpen Coach: Randy Curtis, ABD Baseball

***FUTURE STARS SERIES WORLD TEAM ROSTER

NAME / JERSEY NUMBER / POSITION / HEIGHT / WEIGHT / SCHOOL COMMITMENT

Franco Aleman / #6 / RHP / 6’6″ / 220 lbs / Cuba
Jaden Brown / #23 /  SS / 6’1″ / 178 lbs / Canada
Blake Buckle / #20 /  LF / C / 6’2″ / 205 lbs / Canada
Evan Chenier / #19 /  RHP / 6’5″ / 210 lbs / Canada
Mateo Gil / #2 / SS / 6’2″ / 180 / TCU  lbs/ Mexico
Alberto Gonzalez III / #22 /  RHP / 6’1″ / 178 lbs / Mexico
Jose Gutierrez / #24 / 1B / 6’2″ / 230 lbs / Dallas Baptist University / Mexico
Jesus Jacquez / #13 / RHP / 6’5″ / 210  lbs/ Dominican Republic
Yeankarlos Lleras / #39 /  RHP / 6′ / 160 lbs / FIU / Puerto Rico
Wendell Y Marrero / #16 /  RF / 6’1″ / 205 lbs / Puerto Rico
Travis McDougall / #17 / RHP / 6’6″ / 200 lbs / Canada
Tyler McWillie / #11 /  RHP / 6’2″ / 210 lbs / Canada
Noah Naylor / #12 /  C / 6′ / 195 lbs/ Texas A&M / Canada
Sebastian Nuñez / #28 /  C / 5’8″ / 170 lbs / Puerto Rico
Dylan Ohlsen / #18 /  3B / 6′ / 195 lbs / Canada
Roberto Peña / #99 / RHP / 6’2″ / 205 lbs / University of Florida / Venezuela
Kevin Pérez / #30 /  CF / 6’3″ / 178  lbs/ Puerto Rico
Edinson Renteria Jr. / #3 /  3B / 6’1″ / 185 lbs / Columbia
Cerfi Solano / #1 /  2B / 5’11” / 185 lbs / Dominican Republic
Angel Tiburcio / #33 / RHP / 6’3″ / 210 lbs / FIU / Dominican Republic
Xavier Valentín / #26 / C / 5’10” / 180 lbs / FIU / Puerto Rico
Taisei Yahiro / #29 / OF / 6’3″ / 180 lbs / Japan

WORLD TEAM COACHING STAFF
Manager: Sean Travers, Ontario Blue Jays
Bench Coach: Corey Eckstein, Sandlot British Columbia
Pitching Coach: Mike Steed, Ontario Blue Jays
Hitting Coach: Rafael Santo Domingo, PRBAHS (Puerto Rico)
3rd Base Coach: Mike Garza, Primetime Baseball
1st Base Coach: Alvin Montilla, Dominican Republic
Bullpen Coach: JR Bardin, Texas Sun Devils

PROGRAM 15 and Future Stars Series CEO and President of Baseball Operations, Jeremy Booth said, “Our goal when we started this venture was to elevate the game of baseball by providing players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches. With the upcoming Future Stars Series International Week, the baseball world will get to see that’s exactly what we accomplished”.

On August 14th all National and World team players will get to participate in a Development and Testing day with PROGRAM 15 National Staff composed of former MLB Players, Scouts, Executives & Coaches including:

Jeremy Booth – CEO, President of Baseball Operations, Former Pro Player & MLB Scout
Butch Baccala – Vice President of Scouting, 25 + Year MLB Scout
Trenidad Hubbard – Director of Player Development, 10 + Year MLB Player
Roberto Kelly – National Outfield and Baserunning Coordinator, 14+ Year MLB Player
Stephen Randolph – National Pitching Coordinator, 6 + Year MLB Player
Chad Moeller – National Catching Coordinator, 11+ Year MLB Player
Benji Gil – National Infield Coordinator, 8+ Year MLB Player
Adam Czajkowski – Director of Operations, Former MLB Scouting Supervisor

Former Player and General Manager of the Houston Astros, Manager of World Series winning New York Yankees and MLB Vice President of On-Field Discipline, Bob Watson, is scheduled to make a special appearance to address the players.

All Tournament players will be outfitted head-to-toe from Future Stars Series Sponsors.

New Balance will provide each player with Uniforms, Equipment Bags, Workout Attire and Footwear (BP Jackets, Shirt, Shorts, Turfs and Spikes).

Zinger Bats will provide two bats for each player
Franklin Sports will be providing Batting Gloves
All-Star Sports will be providing Catchers Gear, Helmets and Bags.

Scouts, Coaches, and Staff will be using evaluation and development tools provided by:

Blast Motion – the industry’s most accurate motion capture sensor integrated with communication, analysis, coaching, and management tools will also be on hand for demonstrations and data collection.

FlightScope – The first multi-frequency 3D tracking radar for baseball employing direct distance measurement to provide accurate positions, speeds, and angles of pitched and hit ball trajectories.

Other Future Stars Series Sponsors behind the initiative include:
Akadema
Oakley
SkillShow
NCSA (Next College Student Athlete)

The three-game series, which will be attended by college and pro scouts will be open to the public and begins on August 15th at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, TX – Home of the Sugar Land Skeeters.

For more information about Future Stars Series International Week visit http://futurestarsseries.com/international-week

About The Future Stars Series
The Future Stars Series is Official Global Player Identification and Development Series of New Balance Baseball.  

As New Balance Baseball’s exclusive Grassroots Outreach Program the Future Stars Series core mission is to elevate the game of baseball by discovering players across all economic levels and providing them with the opportunity to achieve their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

All Future Stars Series Events include true Major League scouting evaluations, developmental feedback and plan to assist in their long-term growth from scouts who have signed Major League players. Player profiles and evaluations will be logged into the Blast Motion swing sensor data and Flightscope analytic data.  Individual Scouting Reports are made available to each player through a stored profile on the PROGRAM 15 Proprietary Scouting Database.

The Organizations Behind The Future Stars Series
Led by New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15, the Future Stars Series is executed by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of Major League Veteran players, scouts, coaches, and executives.

Through joint ventures and sponsorships, the Future Stars Series has built solid relationships with several undisputed global brand leaders in Major League Baseball.

Future Stars Series Path for Individual Players
The Future Stars Series international search for undiscovered talent begins with Regional Combines and Development Camps.  

Players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional baseball veterans are submitted to New Balance Baseball for advancement and potential selection to Regional, National, and International team rosters.

Future Stars Series Regional Team rosters are divided into Upperclass and Underclass Divisions. Players selected by New Balance Baseball will be invited to participate in the Future Stars Series National Event in Houston, TX where they will compete for a spot on National and World Teams.

Future Stars Series International Weekend
Elite players identified through Regional Combines, Tournaments and the National Event will be invited to join either the World (International Players) or National (U.S. Players) Team Rosters and compete at The Future Stars Series International Weekend

International Weekend is the signature event of Program15 and the New Balance
Baseball Future Stars Series.  Held in Houston, TX, this highly anticipated annual event featuring top amateur baseball players from Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and the USA.

The Future Stars Series Partner Programs
The New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series and Program 15 have experienced exponential growth over the last year, grabbing the attention of over 70 of the most respected organizations in amateur baseball who have come on board as Regional Directors and Partners.

Future Stars Series Partner Program extends to geographic regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

Each Region is comprised of a maximum of 16 Travel Organizations. As a convenience to player families and travel arrangements, Regions are led by a Director based in a centrally located hub for the program.

Partner Programs compete in Regional Tournaments to advance to the National Event in Houston, TX, where a true Future Stars Series National Champion is crowned.

To ensure maximum scouting and player development, the National Event holds a maximum of 64 qualifying teams

For the latest combine schedules and to register for upcoming events visit http://futurestarsseries.com/combine-schedule.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about PROGRAM 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest PROGRAM 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

About PROGRAM 15

PROGRAM 15, based in Houston, TX is built with the idea of quieting the noise and helping families to navigate the paths of proper instruction and development plans for all youth players with aspirations of playing baseball beyond high school and select ball levels through the execution of personalized development plans for each player.

About New Balance

New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

PROGRAM 15 has confirmed the following dates and locations for the highly regarded Future Stars Series Skills and Evaluation Combines through November with additional 2017 dates to be announced within the next few weeks.

8/25-26: Vancouver, BC (Langley Blaze Complex)
8/28-29: Calgary, AB (Lethbridge)
8/31-9/1: Toronto, ON (U of Toronto)
9/9-10: Chicago, IL (TBD)
9/16-17: Seattle, WA (U of Washington)
9/23-24: Kansas City, MO (U of Kansas)
9/30-10/1: Philadelphia, PA (Pitt/Maryland)
10/7-8: Houston, TX (Premier Baseball of Texas Sports Complex)
10/14-15: Boston, MA (NEBC complex)
10/28-29: San Francisco, CA (Cal)
11/4-5: Richmond, VA (Tuckahoe Sports Complex)
11/11-12: Los Angeles, CA (USC)

The Future Stars Series nationwide search for amateur baseball talent is the initiative between New Balance and PROGRAM 15 to elevate the game of baseball by providing players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

The grassroots effort to reach as many undiscovered players as possible has experienced exponential growth over the last year, grabbing the attention of over 70 of the most respected organizations in amateur baseball who have come on board as Regional Directors and Partners.

The Future Stars Series Skills and Evaluation Combines consist of the following two-day combine structure and are open to all amateur high school age players.

Day One:
– Tool Testing and Player Development by Position
– Athletic Strength and Conditioning Testing with Instruction
– Hitting: Blast Motion Metrics, Exit Velocity, Raw Power, Swing Analysis and Development
– Pitching: Game Calling, Long toss, Game Day Routine, Arm Care
– Recruiting Education with NCSA

Day Two:
– Mental Skills Workshop
– Games

New Balance Baseball will provide all players with:
– Footwear
– New Balance Future Stars Series Combine Hat & Shirt

Each player will receive a full PROGRAM 15 Scouting Report, developmental feedback and plan to assist in their long-term growth from scouts who have signed Major League players. Player profiles and evaluations will be logged into the PROGRAM 15 Proprietary Scouting Database.

Future Stars Series Skills and Evaluation Combines are led and attended by the PROGRAM 15 National Staff of Major League Veteran players, scouts, and coaches including:

Jeremy Booth – CEO and President of Baseball Operations
Butch Baccala – VP of Scouting – 25+ Years MLB Scout
Adam Czajkowski – Director of Operations – Former MLB Scouting Supervisor
Trenidad Hubbard – Director of Player Development – 10+ Years MLB Player
Roberto Kelly – National Outfield and Baserunning Coordinator – 14+ Years MLB Player
Chad Moeller – National Catching Coordinator – 11+ Years MLB Player
Benji Gil – National Infield Coordinator 8+ Years MLB Player
Steve Randolph – National Pitching Coordinator – 6+ Years MLB Player

Scouts, Coaches, and Staff will be using evaluation and development tools provided by:

Blast Motion – the industry’s most accurate motion capture sensor integrated with communication, analysis, coaching, and management tools that enable the daily drive to improve.

SkillShow – Leader in onsite sports filming and Draft scouting videos used by many MLB scouting departments. Player videos will be made available to each participant.

PROGRAM 15 President and Director of Development, Jeremy Booth stated, “Our program is specifically designed to develop the individual player’s ability to his full potential, then to get that player the results that their ability deserves. Our commitment is the same, whether it’s a young man with the desire to move from select ball to playing in high school, from high school to being recruited by a college or from college to MLB draft pick.”

Amateur players identified by PROGRAM 15’s National Staff of former Major League and professional players, scouts and coaches will be submitted to New Balance Baseball for advanced opportunities and potential selection to regional and national team rosters.

The Future Stars Series Skills and Evaluation Combines are hosted by a selected regional college program or summer league and will serve as a recruiting showcase opportunity as well.

For information and to register, visit http://FutureStarsSeries.com/combine-schedule

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about PROGRAM 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest PROGRAM 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

About PROGRAM 15:
PROGRAM 15, based in Houston, TX is built with the idea of quieting the noise and helping families to navigate the paths of proper instruction and development plans for all youth players with aspirations of playing baseball beyond high school and select ball levels through the execution of personalized development plans for each player.

About New Balance:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook.

The weekend had a rainy start as hundreds of the nation’s top amateur baseball players from the Class of 2018 descended upon the Premier Baseball of Texas Sports Complex just outside of Houston, TX June 24-28.

Twenty Four teams from as far west as California, east as Pennsylvania, north as Wisconsin, as well as southern strongholds of Louisiana and Texas, came to battle it out to see who would be crowned the inaugural New Balance Future Stars Series National Champions. After three rounds of hard-fought games, US Elite Baseball out of Pennsylvania emerged as the winners in a very close championship game.

But the chance to win a tournament isn’t what drew this caliber of players from across the country. Far from it.

Unlike so many of today’s amateur baseball ‘Showcase’ events, The Future Stars Series isn’t about winning trophies. It’s much bigger than that. In addition to tournament play, each player is put through PROGRAM 15’s Combine Athletic Testing System which includes a full scouting report, developmental feedback and plan to assist in their long-term growth from former MLB players, coaches and scouts.

Started just over a year ago as a grassroots effort by New Balance Baseball and PROGRAM 15 to reach as many undiscovered players as possible, the Future Stars Series has grabbed the attention of over 70 of the most respected organizations in amateur baseball who have come on board as Regional Directors and Partners.

This unique combination and opportunity has spurred a growing legion of parents, players, coaches, and scouts who consider the Future Stars Series to be the New Standard For Player Scouting and Development Events.

According to James Bills, Owner and Head Trainer for the University of Baseball as well as associate scout for the New York Mets, “It’s a great event. As an associate scout, I’ve gotten to sit in the booth and you see a lot of talent here, probably some of the best talent that I’ve seen this year….. I’ve been an associate scout for the New York Mets for the last five years. I’ve been around baseball 22 years coaching, and my facility’s been open almost two years now. I’ve been to a lot of different events. I run a lot of events and have been involved with some of the biggest events there ever were in the state of Texas, been across the country and I’m gonna tell you that this has probably been one of the coolest things.”

When asked about the technology used by the Future Stars Series Bills stated, “The cool thing about the analytic stuff is that when we are watching from the bleachers, we can see VELOs and exit velocities. You want to see that kind of stuff because, as a parent, you want to see where your player can get better or how they compare with other players.

I think a lot of times these kids feel like they’re doing more than what they actually are and now they’ve got something to compare them with. Their buddy standing beside them has an exit VELO of 91.1 and then they have an exit VELO of 81.1, yet, they feel like they’re doing a lot more than he is and they don’t know why he’s getting playing time over them…. it’s pretty impressive to watch their faces when they say, ‘Well, I see what I need to work on.’”

Gabe Gamboa with ABD Academy from Southern California shared his thoughts on being part of PROGRAM 15 and the Future Stars Series, “Just a class act event. Top notch facility so far, and just excited to see what the future comes to all with this event.”

Gamboa went on to describe the opportunities for his team, saying, “We got out to the field and you got to take pregame, got some BP, I had scouts around evaluating players. In addition to that, we got some big league guys doing the times. Just running 60, 40 shuttles, the Blast Motion sensor. It was really intensive, in-depth, first day of the combine…. The advances in technology, I think they’ve got about four or five different companies out here. There’s CrunchAnalytics, FlightScope, Blast Motion. Just all that technology, all the information just leading the pack. I haven’t seen this at any event before”.

CEO and President of Baseball Operations for Program 15 and the New Balance Future Stars Series, Jeremy Booth agrees, stating, “The bar has definitely been raised, which is exactly what we set out to do from the beginning. Our mission is to change the game of baseball. Both on and off the field because I’ve watched too many players and their families pay a ton of money to have their hopes and expectations mismanaged. While it’s easy to put the blame on ‘Trophy Mills,’ I think this occurs more often due to misinformation and evaluation errors than intentional deception. It’s generally good people giving bad advice.

But what’s more troubling to me, and to the future of baseball is the amount of raw talent that has gone unnoticed. Not just because of financial obstacles. I’ve seen players with tremendous potential neglected or completely ignored in the shadows of guys who happen to fit the current, and in my opinion, often flawed evaluation and prediction methods. Collectively, it’s a player evaluation and development failure, and I knew the whole process could be and should be better. That’s the foundation on which the Program 15 Combine Athletic Testing System was created and that’s what the Future Stars Series is all about.”

The Future Stars Series is the initiative between New Balance and Program 15 to elevate the game of baseball by providing amateur baseball players across all economic levels an opportunity to reach their full potential through the training, development, and guidance of former MLB players, scouts, and coaches.

For the latest Future Stars Series updates and announcements follow @ftrstarsseries on Twitter or visit http://futurestarsseries.com.

To learn more about Program 15, visit http://program15.com. And keep up-to-date with all of the latest Program 15 news and announcements on Twitter @Program15BB.

To learn more about New Balance baseball, visit http://www.newbalance.com/men/featured/baseball/, and follow @NB_Baseball on Twitter and @Nbbaseball on Instagram.

About Program 15:
Program 15, based in Houston, TX is built with the idea of quieting the noise and helping families to navigate the paths of proper instruction and development plans for all youth players with aspirations of playing baseball beyond high school and select ball levels through the execution of personalized development plans for each player.

About New Balance:
New Balance, headquartered in Boston, MA has the following mission: Demonstrating responsible leadership, we build global brands that athletes are proud to wear, associates are proud to create and communities are proud to host. New Balance is the only major company to make or assemble more than 4 million pairs of athletic footwear per year in the USA, which represents a limited portion of our US sales. Where the domestic value is at least 70%, we label our shoes Made in the USA. New Balance owns five factories in New England and one in Flimby, U.K. New Balance employs more than 5,000 associates around the globe, and in 2015 reported worldwide sales of $3.72 billion. To learn more about New Balance, please visit www.newbalance.com and for the latest press information please visit http://newbalance.newsmarket.com. Keep up-to-date with all of the latest New Balance news on Twitter @NewBalance and newbalance on Facebook. 

The BruxRelief device will attach behind the user’s ear using a medical grade reusable adhesive gel. The device uses patent pending sensor technology to measure muscle activity when the user is clenching or grinding their teeth.

Once the device senses clenching or grinding during stressful events or sleep, the device will emit a signal to the subconscious to stop the behavior without disturbing the wearer’s workday or sleep.

The device will also communicate via bluetooth with a smartphone and the free BruxRelief app. You can use the app to customize the therapy and track progress. There is also and online web portal to share therapy and progress with dentists.

Amidst recent TV interviews of Demi Moore bravely showing off pictures of when she lost her front tooth while grinding her teeth at night because of stress and even New York Times Best Selling Author Tim Ferris recently tweeting that he just discovered that he suffers from bruxism disorder (unconscious teeth grinding) people are becoming more aware of this silent, destructive disorder that affects one in every three people.

Moore explained, “I think it’s something that’s important to share because I think it’s literally, probably after heart disease, one of the biggest killers in in America, which is stress. Stress sheared off my front tooth.”

According the the Academy of General Dentistry, one in three people clench or grind their teeth unconsciously during the day or night. The problem is that only about 10% of those that suffer from bruxism don’t even know it, only 10% are ever diagnosed.

People grind their teeth do to several factors but stress is the leading cause of bruxism disorder… unfortunately it’s extremely hard to detect bruxism early in a patient. Usually a dentist is only able to detect bruxism after damage or pain occurs in the patient. Resulting in $1000’s in dental bills.

Predovich explains, “what I’m really excited about is the innovations we’ve made in building our device. We’ve invented patent-pending technology that costs just a fraction of the cost of our competitors. Finally we’ll be able to offer dentists and bruxism sufferers a real solution for detecting and treating bruxism disorder, before damage to one’s teeth ever occurs.”

Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel, has been getting botox injections for the last few years to deal with her bruxism, but for many, this kind of treatment would be considered extreme and not to mention expensive. With Predovich’s BruxRelief device, bruxism sufferers can destress their life and treat bruxism behavior for less than $100. This is truly a huge breakthrough in technology and help more people detect their bruxism before it’s too late and easily treat it using the same revolutionary device.

For more information on the BruxRelief device, see the Kickstarter campaign here.

Brant Phillips, founder of Invest Home Pro and a respected advisor in Houston real estate investment community, recently released his new book, “Conversation with a Millionaire Real Estate Investor.” The book takes the reader behind the closed doors to witness firsthand what it’s like to be in the room with a couple of real estate millionaires as they talk shop about the exact habits, strategies and actions that have created their wealth through real estate investing. Phillips once again goes against the grain to be a voice for the people and continues to bring a realness and transparency about how to create, build and grow a real estate business.

Phillips said, “I’ve been very fortunate to have some incredible teachers and mentors in my life. ‘Conversations with a Millionaire Real Estate Investor’ was all about sharing some of the incredible wisdom and insights one of my mentors shared with me that he has learned over his 40+ years of successful investing.

“As this book was coming together, it had this eery cool feel of being akin to a ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ of sorts as the two of us shared our stories of starting in real estate without money, knowledge or experience, but ventured ahead and created our own paths to success and of course, we shared some of the hard knocks along the way. I would say this book is ultimately a resource for others looking to gain insight and inspiration about how to overcome their fears and limiting beliefs that are holding them back and to always keep chasing after their financial and real estate dreams, no matter their circumstances and starting point.”

“Conversation with a Millionaire Real Estate Investor” is available in both Kindle and Trade Paperback formats through Amazon.com and other major book retailers.

About Brant Phillips

Brant Phillips is a full-time real estate investor, business owner, business coach, speaker and bestselling author.  In addition to his real estate pursuits, Phillips is an active entrepreneur as the owner of a coaching and consulting business and a property management company. He also owns a marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs to utilize the same marketing strategies he uses in his businesses.

About Invest Home Pro

Invest Home Pro is a residential real estate investment company that helps investors with all aspects of investing such as investment strategy, locating deals, purchasing properties, financing, construction and renovation, property management, and marketing. Invest Home Pro has purchased, renovated, and consulted on hundreds of properties and continues to assist investors achieve phenomenal returns.