Americans for the Arts

What's the best way to change perceptions? Tell jokes about the very thing you want to change. Maz Jobrani is an entrepreneur, comedian, actor, and now author whose Iranian roots are deeply embedded in everything he touches. Like George Lopez, or Chris Rock, his comedy and his heritage are intertwined with hilarious, thought provoking socio-political views. The former PhD candidate has broken comedy records, appeared on 24 alongside Kiefer Sutherland, and created the first Middle Eastern comedy tour (Axis of Evil). On Innovation Crush, Maz dishes on social responsibility, entrepreneurship, and how "be funny first" has been the secret to his success.

5 years ago, Chris Redlitz walked into San Quentin prison for the first time. He came out a changed man...luckily only 3 hours later. The serial entrepreneur and technology visionary had reluctantly visited to speak to inmates about entrepreneurship, but the passion he witnessed in that room convinced him to start The Last Mile, a business and technology incubator inside San Quentin, the oldest prison in California. On Innovation Crush, Chris walks us through his passion, personal transformation, the differences between incarcerated entrepreneurs and free businessmen...oh, and that one time he sailed from California to Hawaii.

Having lost his ability to walk at age 5, and the ability to breathe solely on his own later in life, Dr. Victor Pineda has grown to become the consummate multi-hyphenate: scholar, professor, activist, filmmaker, international guest speaker, social design thinker, and White House appointee under President Obama. His day job affords him the ability to travel the world, working with governments, businesses, and locals on inclusion initiatives for persons with disabilities. His passions afford him a creative twist on everything he does, from adapting and creating new technologies, to working with the likes of Microsoft and the UN. On Innovation Crush, Victor dishes on several principles of innovation from universal design thinking, to the power of simplification, to policy change. More at worldenabled.org.

Jennifer Ferro is the President of KCRW, a nonprofit public radio station based in Los Angeles, CA. Her journey started when she was asked by a friend to volunteer for the station to help record a dance concert and 21 years later she's now overseeing the innovation within the organization. On Innovation Crush, Jennifer discusses the importance of building community, having creative freedom amongst your team, and instilling trust amongst your listeners.

NAMP Radio panelists Ron Evans, Maris Smith, and Matt Campbell talk with photographer and branding guru Ben Collier, about the power of images to move audiences by invoking shared emotions. Ben will share his top tips for the do's and don'ts to achived memorable photographs. Add to your knowledge of photography as a tool for marketing while getting inspired to take memorable pictures at your next event or performance.

Guest panelists:
Ben Collier graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in art-semiotics, a dual concentration combining modern culture & media with visual art. His honors thesis documentary about vintage baseball runs on Rhode Island PBS, ran at the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, and was a Best Documentary Nominee at the 2003 Ivy Film Festival. Post graduation Ben's career has focused on three areas: development, marketing, and branding.
www.benjamincollier.com
NAMPRadio Recommends:

• Maris recommends: Social Media contest company http://offerpop.com
• Ron recommends: http://twapperkeeper.com for capturing a full timeline of tweets from a conference or events
• Ben recommends: Behance, a cool site that links artists and people looking for artists, together. http://behance.com
• Matt recommends cool sites about creative QR code creation: http://contentdeveloper.com and http://www.beqrious.com
   

Outro music: “Anyway" by the band ANEMO. Find out more about this band via their page on the Podsafe Music Network.

Ron Evans and Maris Smith talk with Hannah Rudman about her work to help empower organizations to become resilient by delivering their core value propositions to customers through digital business models and channels.
Guest panelists:
Hannah Rudman is Managing Director of Rudman Consulting Ltd., and blogs at consultrudman.com She is also Founding Director of Envirodigital Ltd.: envirodigital.com

NAMPRadio Recommends:
Maris recommends: Guidelines for Facebook postings: www.buddymedia.com/resources/white-papers

Ron recommends: Thomas Cott's "You've Cott Mail" daily free arts stories service: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1k115/id2.html

Hannah recommends: http://getambition.com a digital development reseource she runs in the U.K. with lots of resources.      
Outro music: “My Radio" by Andrew Diamond. Find out more about this artist at his page on the Podsafe Music Network. 
 

In this episode, the panelists Ron Evans, Matt Campbell, and Maris Smith talk to Journalist Bobbi Booker about the changes in the media industry over the last few years and the effects those changes are taking on our interactions with media contacts. Bobbi offers some great do's and don'ts to help you get the attention of your desired media contacts.
NAMPRadio Recommends

• Matt recommends: A study showing that a "Mad Libs"-style sign-up form increased registration on a website over the typical "Name: _______; Address: __________" format... http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1007
• Ron recommends: Tweetdeck for iPhone (check the Apple app store) -- fantastic 3rd-party Twitter application that lets you track multiple conversations, upload photos and videos, auto-shorten urls, and so much more.
• Bobbi recommends: 10000words.net -- a great site of help guides that help you navigate through contemporary journalism and storytelling.
• Maris recommends: sendspace.com -- free service to send large files to people

Ou introduction music: “Charlie Chaplin” featuring singer/songwriter Katie Herzig. Find out more about this artist via her homepage: www.katieherzig.com or her page on the Podsafe Music Network.