You've most likely have come across at least one article about CBD (Cannabidiol) in any article talking about trending supplements. Bear Syavong is well versed in the uses for CBD and how it helps patients and is the CEO of Alternative Vibes, he is also evangelizing the uses and properties of CBD to new audiences. Bear and pioneers like him are on the front lines moving research and information to patients to help consider alternative options along with their pharmaceuticals.
AACE thanks Bear for his work and for his courage to come out of the "green closet" with his family and friends as part of his path to provide alternative healthcare options to patients across the US.
As someone who is "multi-ethnic", where do you feel you fit in? And how did your parents meet?
This to me sometimes can be a sensitive matter as for many. Sometimes you hear the word minority gets thrown around and it makes you think has much changed since the 80's? Growing up I have witness situations when my father was called names being Asian, which we don't see much anymore. However at times there is that discomfort. Me being me, I tend to adapt well to my surroundings and I like to make new acquaintances along the way in life.
My father is from Savannakhet Laos and he met my mother in Vientiane Laos where she resided at that time.
How did you talk to your parents about cannabis and CBD?
Well first and foremost, my family is very familiar with my cannabis use since the age of 12 or 13 yrs old, which they were always against. A couple years back I had mentioned to my parents that I became a caregiver and started a CBD company, from there on I speak to my parents and educate them how cannabis can help. They have attended our medical cannabis presentations at Elgin Community College and other events showing love and support. Both my parents use Alternative Vibe's CBD oil. Both of my parents takes Alternative Vibes' CBD oil Daily since.
How does CBD work with autism?
Our product "Patience" was named by a child that we help with our CBD oil. He said he named it Patience because that is how it helps him feel when he takes it. I am not a physician or someone that can get into depth of how CBD chemically works by its interactions and such. I can say from my time volunteering, our network of physicians, pharmacists, and the testimonials, cannabis has helped many.
When did you first hear about the benefits of CBD?
I have family members that owns a cannabis clinic as well as High Times award winners, I became more curious to medical cannabis and how it can help patients. I then became a caregiver and through my researches I came across CBD and the first thing I thought of was my parents.
Can you explain full spectrum CBD?
When you think of Full Spectrum, think of the Sun. Now with it being CBD oil, it contains all natural traces of cannabinoids. Those cannabinoids we can think of as a key for our body in this case our endocannabinoid system which will work in synergy to find that balance our body needs. However depending on strains those natural traces of cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant will vary, some can have more or less of the other.
What is your favorite product from Alternative Vibes? And why?
All of the products from Alternative Vibes are my favorite, for one we had formulated them buy infusing our CBD oils with essential oils provided by our partners. I believe in our high quality CBD oil and products. I have had many 3rd party lab reports to confirm our products before putting them into market for patients and consumers. Currently I do have to say that I am excited about the new products that I am formulating our 1000 mg CBD Isolate bottles they are: Daily Blend, His, Hers. With each of our products we have heard great testimonials from our customers.
How has being in the cannabis industry benefited you?
It has enabled me to expand my horizons by helping others with cannabis and the education of its use.
What would you say to someone interested in entering the industry?
It is a great time to be in, as so many before us has sacrifice for this industry to be where it is at today. The opportunity to help many others and it is a community of compassionate and likeminded individuals.
Have you reached out to the API (Asian Pacific Islander) community about CBD?
Recently back in February we had attended the Hawaii Hemp Fest and we intend to return 2019 as a vendor.
What is your favorite story about a patient?
There are many favorites as tough as it is to say. Due to privacy I can say in general that with many after taking our products some say they had better sleep, anxiety lessening, pain relief, helps with depression, schizophrenia, and even a dog that got hit by a car that took our pet CBD. But if I really did have to choose one, it would truly be Karter's story. He was introduced to us through a mutual friend and the story is yet to be told.
What was the epiphany that blew your mind about CBD?
When people tells me CBD is something saved their life or brought back some type of quality in living.
This chart shows which cannabinoids are applied for each condition.


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Nicole Cutler, L.Ac., MTCM, Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM)®
Nicole Cutler, L.Ac., MTCM is a long time advocate of integrating perspectives on health. With a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester and a Master's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches Institute, Nicole has been a licensed acupuncturist since 2000. She has gathered acupuncture licenses in the states of California and New York, is a certified specialist with the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association, has earned diplomat status with the National Commission of Chinese and Oriental Medicine in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology and is a member of the Society for Integrative Oncology. In addition to her acupuncture practice that focuses on stress and pain relief, digestion, immunity and oncology, Nicole contributes to the integration of healthcare by writing articles for professional massage therapists and people living with liver disease.
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Stephen Holt, M.D. is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine NYCPM (Emerite) and a medical practitioner in New York State. He has published many peer-review papers in medicine and he is a best-selling author with more than twenty books in national and international distribution. He has received many awards for teaching and research. Dr. Holt is a frequent lecturer at scientific meetings and healthcare facilities throughout the world. He is a best selling author and the founder of the Holt Institute of Medicine.

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Q: Переход на следующий таб при нажатии на ссылку Здравствуйте!
Имеется код:

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И соответственно файл js:
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$(function() {

$('ul.tabs').each(function(i) {
    var storage = localStorage.getItem('tab'+i);
    if (storage)       $(this).find('li').eq(storage).addClass('current').siblings().removeClass('current')
        .parents('div.section').find('div.box').hide().eq(storage).show();
})

$('ul.tabs').on('click', 'li:not(.current)', function() {
    $(this).addClass('current').siblings().removeClass('current')
        .parents('div.section').find('div.box').eq($(this).index()).fadeIn(150).siblings('div.box').hide();
    var ulIndex = $('ul.tabs').index($(this).parents('ul.tabs'));
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    localStorage.setItem('tab'+ulIndex, $(this).index());
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Немогу понять, как сделать так, чтобы при нажатии на param автоматически открывало вторую вкладку с Текст 1.
A: Узнаю знакомый по другому заданию код, js, мне кажется, почти такой же, как там. И в том задании я его переписал в более удобочитаемый вид, поэтому решил сделать решение на основе того переделанного кода, так как использовать текущий код для добавления нужного функционала, это разрыв мозга.
Не очень понял, зачем вам в ссылке на следующий таб код PHP, что именно вы хотите передавать этим кодом.
Если делать без PHP, то получается такой код на JS, все манипуляции с меню сохраняются в localStorage, что позволяет при обновлении страницы оставаться на том табе, который был активен перед обновлением:
$(document).ready(function() {

    // Загрузка из localStorage сохранённого пункта меню и открытие его
    var storage = localStorage.getItem('item');
    if (storage && storage !== "#") {
        $('.nav-tabs a[href="' + storage + '"]').tab('show');
    }

    // Функция клика на произвольный пункт меню
    $('ul.nav').on('click', 'li:not(.active, .dropdown, .disabled, .divider)', function()      {
        var itemId = $(this).find('a').attr('href');
        localStorage.setItem('item', itemId);
    });

    var list = $('ul.nav').find('li');

    var length = list.length - 1;

    // Функция клика на кнопку Next
    $('.next').click(function() {
        list.each(function(i) {
            if($(this).hasClass('active') && !$(this).hasClass('dropdown'))     {
                if (i != length) {
                    $(this).removeClass('active');
                    searchValidItem(i);
                    return false;
                } else {
                    $(this).removeClass('active');
                    searchValidItem(-1);
                    return false;
                }
            }
        });
    });
});

// Функция для определения следующего подходящего пункта в меню
var searchValidItem = function(index) {
    var list = $('ul.nav').find('li');
    var nextIndex = index+1;
    var nextItem = list.eq(nextIndex);
    if (!nextItem.hasClass("disabled") && !nextItem.hasClass("dropdown") && !nextItem.hasClass("divider")) {
        nextItem.find("a").tab('show');
        localStorage.setItem('item', nextItem.find('a').attr('href'));
    } else {
        searchValidItem(nextIndex);
    }
};

Пример сделал на основе своего кода из задания по ссылке выше. Сделал также циклическое переключение табов, думаю, не помешает. :)

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Soft skills can include aspects of basic, all-purpose skills that include the cognitive elements related to non-academic skills. Soft skills are identified to be the most critical skills in the current global job market specifically in this fast-moving era of technology. Soft skills such as communication skills, thinking and problem solving skills, professionalism, team work, ethics, moral and leadership skills can be regarded as the additional generic skills that gives an edge to any student.
The Social Service Club at Hi-Tech Gurukul encourage and develop moral values amongst students with regards to their responsibility towards society. We imbibe the feeling of sharing and caring amongst our students for the underprivileged in the society. Along with the social values of sacrifice and charity, we teach our students lessons on moral values, and facing despair with faith, hope and optimism.
Hi-Tech Gurukul (A CBSE affiliated school in Kota) is Eurovision's showcase school to provide 21st century learning coupled with the traditional ethics and principles. Being the first E-learning school in India, Hi-Tech Gurukul makes use of tablets as a means of imparting education to its students.


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Marta I. Rendon; Chere Lucas Anthony
Rendon MI, Anthony C. Rendon M.I., & Anthony C Rendon, Marta I., and Chere Lucas Anthony.Hispanic American Pioneers in Dermatology. In: Kelly A, Taylor SC, Lim HW, Serrano A. Kelly A, & Taylor S.C., & Lim H.W., & Serrano A(Eds.),Eds. A. Paul Kelly, et al.eds. Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 19, 2021. https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2585&sectionid=211771284
Rendon MI, Anthony C. Rendon M.I., & Anthony C Rendon, Marta I., and Chere Lucas Anthony. (2016). Hispanic american pioneers in dermatology. Kelly A, Taylor SC, Lim HW, Serrano A. Kelly A, & Taylor S.C., & Lim H.W., & Serrano A(Eds.),Eds. A. Paul Kelly, et al. Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e. McGraw-Hill. https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2585&sectionid=211771284
Rendon MI, Anthony C. Rendon M.I., & Anthony C Rendon, Marta I., and Chere Lucas Anthony. "Hispanic American Pioneers in Dermatology." Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e Kelly A, Taylor SC, Lim HW, Serrano A. Kelly A, & Taylor S.C., & Lim H.W., & Serrano A(Eds.),Eds. A. Paul Kelly, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2016, https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2585&sectionid=211771284.
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As the population of the United States diversifies at an increasingly rapid rate, the need for healthcare providers skilled in treating skin conditions for patients of all ethnic and racial groups continues to grow. As a result, Hispanic American dermatologists have become key players in the dermatology community. Hispanic dermatologists account for only 4.8% of all dermatologists in the United States.1 Given the rise in the Hispanic population, this figure is disproportionately low. From 2012 to 2060, the Hispanic population in the United States is expected to grow from 53.3 million to 128.8 million.2 By the end of that period, nearly one in every three U.S. residents will be of Hispanic descent, up from about one in six today.2
Many of the premier Hispanic American dermatologists in the United States today were born in Central or South America and trained there before immigrating to the United States. To understand their influence, it is important to understand the origins of dermatology in the Southern Hemisphere.
Modern dermatology in Latin America began in the early twentieth century, when a few committed individuals opened dermatologic schools. The field attracted bright students and scholars, many of whom spent extensive time studying in Europe under Drs. Kaposi, Riehl, Sezary, Hallopeau, and Sabouraud, to name a few. They made major advances and published extensively in the fields of mycology, leprosy, cutaneous tuberculosis, and psoriasis. These physicians were from Argentina (for instance, Drs. Sommer, Aberastury, Baliña, Fidanza, and Puente), Brazil (Drs. Rabello, Lindenberg, Araujo, and Machado), Colombia (Dr. Uribe), Cuba (Dr. Menocal), Ecuador (Dr. Gault), Mexico (Drs. Lucio y Nájera, Cicero, and Ureña), Peru (Drs. Carrión and Escomel), Uruguay (Dr. Foresti), and Venezuela (Dr. Diaz). Their quest to advance dermatology helped establish Latin Americans as premier leaders in dermatology, and helped elevate dermatology in Central and South America into a position of importance.3 Today, the Colegio Ibero Latino Americano de Dermatologia (CILAD) is the largest Spanish-speaking dermatology society in the world, with more than 4000 members in 22 countries.
Despite the large number of Hispanic dermatologists in CILAD and the rapid growth of the Hispanic population in the United States, the number of Hispanic dermatologists practicing in the United States is disproportionately small; however, they constitute an important group. The following pioneering Hispanic American dermatologists, all master clinicians, have made and continue to make important contributions in basic science, clinical research, field research, education, and medical leadership.
Pedro Barquin, MD (1916–2002) [Figure 98-1], graduated from the School of Medicine of the University of La Habana, Cuba, in 1943. After finishing his dermatology residency, he went into private practice and was also Professor and Chairman of Dermatology and Leprosy at the Finlay Hospital of the Armed Forces in La Habana. He was President ...


Interesting — I came across those rules about a month ago or less. Did you hear the interview with Leonard on PBS and is that what led you to the 10 rules? Just Curious.
I saw it via Frank Boosman's blog entry on the subject.


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About a half hour outside Sidi Ifni on the road to Guelmime is the town of Mesti, where the Tafyoucht cooperative of women produces argan oil.
Argan trees are only found in Morocco, and the oil pressed from the nuts can be eaten or used on the skin and in cosmetics. We sat with the women cracking the nuts and found how difficult it is. It was much easier to hit my finger than the nut. I have read that an automated method of removing the nuts has not been developed and so they are all cracked by hand (!)–mostly by women like ones we sat with. We chatted with a young woman near us, so deft she could crack the tiny nuts from the shells while chatting. She was abandoned by her husband while she was still pregnant. Her daughter is now five years old. Both she and her mother work at the cooperative. The process is lengthy, but nothing is wasted. The outer husk of the argan nut can be removed mechanically and is used as animal fodder. A classic photo from Morocco is a herd of goats climbing in argan trees and eating the nuts. (I did not take this one, I'm still looking for my tree of goats.) The nuts can still be cracked and squeezed for oil after they've been through the digestive tract of a goat, so fallen nuts are collected as well as those still on the trees. The hard inner shell that is removed by the women is used as fuel in the community bread oven. The raw nuts are pressed for cosmetics, or toasted and then cold pressed for edible oil. The slide show below shows the process at Tafyoucht.
We were present on a lively day at the cooperative. Not only was there another group of visitors, but there was a film crew from BBC Arabic. The presenter asked whether he could interview Joyce as a resident of the area to ask her about the cooperative and its work and value to the community. It was fun to watch.
We purchased some skin oil and some cooking oil. We did not buy, but tasted, amlouze, a blend of argan oil, ground almonds and sugar. It would be good on toast.
When you plan your visit to southern Morocco, the Tafyoucht cooperative is a great place to visit.
Great post. Have no idea how you find the time. I will suggest your blog to all Sidi Ifni visitors.


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Restaurant Promoter's Job Description
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Restauranting has always been a competitive business. For yours to succeed you'll have to edge out your competitors in the game of ingenuity. One way to go about it is to hire a promoter. A promoter goes out into the city and online to attract new business for you, and works with you to develop special events or occasions at your restaurant. You'll want to work with your promoter closely so that she has the best resources at her disposal to do the job well, while also trusting her enough to make independent judgments that affect your business.
Public Relations Specialist
The foremost job description of a restaurant promoter is that of public relations specialist. A promoter has to be someone who knows how to play the game of building brand awareness and audience enthusiasm. He should have social contacts that he can draw upon to get word-of-mouth flowing. He should be brave about walking up to business owners, local neighborhood organizations and people on the street. He has to understand what gets people excited. With a restaurant, that's pretty easy: food, drink, ambiance and entertainment, preferably at a bargain. Then he needs to know how to use these lures adeptly to draw people through your doors. And of course he must have some proficiency at leveraging social networks to do the same good work he does in the flesh.
Artist, Designer and Organizer
Your promoter will get involved in a lot of design work. She'll make posters, flyers, and coupons. She might compose and sing jingles, or hire others to do the performing. She'll have to write a good deal of compelling sales copy. And, of course, she'll have a hand in planning and managing events at your restaurant. Most promoters work around specific events. By hiring a promoter to promote your restaurant on a general basis, she will likely get ambitious to organize events. These can include occasions like live music shows and special dinners for local groups. She should be a creative person, and her style of creativity should mesh with your tastes.
Your promoter will become the face of your business wherever he goes. His attitude, his style of interaction, his appearance and the promises he makes to people will all reflect on your restaurant. If he builds good impressions this can go a very long way toward building excitement and loyalty toward your restaurant — not only among the people he interacts with, but among those people's friends and colleagues. Bad impressions can have just as wide a reach in the wrong direction. It's a gamble, but it's one at the heart of hiring a promoter.
Your promoter will need good business sense and the freedom to make business decisions on your behalf. She'll often be in a position to work out arrangements with local businesses and media personalities, and won't have time to report back to you for your oversight and approval. This work is her domain, and you need to hire someone who is a master of that domain and then give her the rein to exercise her power. On the other hand, the business side of her job is also where you'll have to work the most closely with your promoter. She'll need a budget from you to promote your restaurant, and she'll need to be able to make promises that only you can deliver on. These might involve discount coupons, the house specials on the night's menu, live musical performances or preferred seating for guests. She'll have to manage money and show good sense in forecasting the return on her costs.
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Home > Questionnaires > Questionnaire: Experienced Discrimination School?
By law schools must provide a quality education to all students regardless of variables like race, religion and gender. At some schools, unfortunately, the delivery of this education occurs side by side with various examples of discrimination.
Knowing if you have been discriminated against at school can be a challenge. After all, there are many types and forms of discrimination, and not all of them always physically take place at school. To help you reflect on your experiences of equality at school we have put together the following questionnaire. Match your answer totals to the explanations at the end to help work out if you have experienced discrimination at school.
1. Have you been assigned a task at school based on your gender?
2. Were you steered towards certain courses based on anything other than academic abilities?
3. Have you been denied access or admission to a school based on ability status?
4. Are you subject to derogatory vocabulary from other students, teacher or staff?
5. Do you believe teachers encourage students of other races, genders, etc. more?
6. Have you been told you can not join a club based on any variable besides interest?
7. Have you been advised against overnight school trips because of your sexuality?
8. Are you told your religion is incorrect at school?
9. Have you been advised at school to avoid friendships with students from other cultures?
10. Have you been bullied at school due to your beliefs?
11. Do you notice students "grouped" according to gender, race, religion, etc at your school?
12. Have you lodged a complaint at school and never heard more about it?
Have You Experienced Discrimination at School?
If you answered "yes" to between zero and four questions then you may have experienced infrequent episodes of discrimination at school. This does not make them right, but it does mean that systemic discrimination - the kind that is planned and/or actively encouraged - is less likely. It may be that you have had a discriminatory teacher or that fellow students discriminate against each other. Stand up against these voices by looking into student organisations which promote equality. If you can't find one, approach a teacher who is vocal against discrimination to find out more about how students can educate others about the importance of equality.
If you answered "yes" to between five and eight questions then you may have experienced fairly consistent episodes of discrimination at school. Reflect on your experiences and see if you can pinpoint a pattern. Were the same people always involved? Were the events ever reported to anyone in a position of authority? Did the school react in the same way each time? Was it ever explained to those involved why their words or actions were wrong? Have you ever been formally taught the importance of diversity at school? A pattern may emerge or it may not, but you should be left with answers which allow you to determine if discrimination is in any way school sanctioned, systemic at your school or even if your school's unofficial policy is simply to turn a blind eye.
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De Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR; Estse Publieke Omroep) is de Estse publieke omroep. De omroep werd opgericht in 2007, naar aanleiding van een fusie tussen Eesti Raadio en Eesti Televisioon.

Geschiedenis
In de herfst van 1921 werden er voor het eerst plannen gemaakt voor een radio-uitzending, en deze kwam er. Op 11 mei 1924 was de eerste uitzending in Haapsalu, en enkele dagen daarna werd de Eesti Raadioklubi (Estse Radioclub) opgericht. In de zomer van dat jaar werd de naam veranderd in Raadio-Ringhääling.

Op 18 december 1926 werd er voor het eerst een regulier programma samengesteld, en begon de Raadio-Ringhääling steeds meer luisteraars te krijgen. Dit leidde tot de verhuizen naar een gebouw aan de Pikk tn. in Tallinn, alwaar ze hun uitzendingen vervolgden. Op 1 juni 1932 trad Estland toe tot de International Broadcasting Union. Even later veranderde de Raadio-Ringhääling haar naam in Riigi Ringhääling (Staatsomroep).

Tijdens de Sovjet-periode werd de Riigi Ringhääling sterk beïnvloed door Moskou. Sinds het uiteenvallen van de Sovjet-Unie hebben de ETV en de Eesti Raadio flinke stappen voorwaarts gemaakt, met als grootste punt de fusering in 2007. De wet riep ook de Eesti Ringhäälingunõukogu (RHN; Raad van de Estse Publieke Omroep) in het leven als beheerder van de op dat moment zes publieke netten: één tv-zender en vijf radiozenders.

Op 19 september 2014 stemde de Estse overheid in met een Russischtalige tv-zender, ten behoeve van de Russische minderheid in Estland. De eerste uitzending vond plaats in september 2015.

Kanalen van de ERR

Televisie
 ETV - Algemeen kanaal
 ETV2 - Kanaal voor kinderen en de Russische minderheid
 ETV+ - Russischtalig kanaal

Radio
 Vikerraadio - Algemeen kanaal
 Raadio 2 - Gericht op de jeugd
 Klassikaraadio - Speelt voornamelijke klassieke muziek, volksmuziek, jazzmuziek en culturele programma's af.
 Raadio 4 - Voor culturele minderheden, voornamelijk de Russische minderheid
 Radio Tallinn - Voor internationale luisteraars

Alle kanalen zijn via internet te benaderen via ERR Otse, ook voor mensen die buiten Estland wonen.

Externe link
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ORIGIN8 LIMITED AND INVEST IN AFRICA EQUIP SMEs WITH MODERN MARKETING TECHNIQUES FOR REVENUE GROWTH
The leading integrated marketing communications firm, Origin 8 Limited in collaboration with Invest in Africa, a non-profit organization that develops solutions for both public and private sector enterprises in Africa to support their growth organized a workshop on Wednesday, 30th November 2022 dubbed "Modern marketing for revenue growth" to train Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The objective of the workshop was to equip SMEs with the adequate skills needed to adapt to modern ways of marketing and optimize modern marketing strategies to become more competitive in the marketspace and maximize revenue.
The facilitators include Kwesi Fiadjoe, Marketing and communications Expert and Susan Sakyiama, PR Manager both at Origin8 Limited through interactive sessions shared knowledge with the participants.The following key points were some highlights of the training:
Marketing has evolved and modern marketing involves creative thinking, research, data analysis, strategy and the use of technology to promote and sell goods and services.
Digital marketing which is now the new way of marketing has come to complement the traditional way of marketing and not to displace it.
Marketing should be seen as an investment and not as an expense.
Businesses must strategically plan and be intentional with marketing and avoid ad hoc marketing as much as possible.
Additionally, Michael Nartey our partner from Invest in Africa urged the participants to put the knowledge into practice and to look forward to workshops that would support the growth of their businesses.
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Sachin Agrawal
SACHIN AGRAWAL, Founder & CEO, Tarika Group, has over twenty years of experience managing innovation and development of solutions and optimizing complex business processes; Business & Technology Architecture and Integrations. His proficient leadership and exceptional communication skills, technical expertise, combined with industry experience have delivered extraordinary results for his firm and clients.
Sachin has implemented a strong process-oriented system, managing a team of offshore and onsite professionals. He has created a global company with presence in America, Asia, and Africa. Under his leadership, Tarika Technologies has acquired several key accounts, providing Enterprise Solutions and successfully implementing the virtual CIO model. In addition, he has launched several products in the ERP, Communication, Entertainment & Media domains, further extending to mobile apps. He has performed complete business and technology assessment, advised on Enterprise Architecture and provided solutions for several mid to large companies across Europe, Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.
Sachin is the CIO to a leading firm in Bethesda, Maryland USA that provides acquisition support services; and technical advisor to the Crisis Center Hotline located in the state of Maryland in the United States. During his career, he also served as Director of Information Technology at a prestigious infrastructure management firm in the DC area providing IT consulting, infrastructure design and enterprise solutions for small to large corporations all around the mid-Atlantic region, as well as governmental organizations. His innovation in business process has led to a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Offices for one of his clients.
In recent times, he has partnered with Origin8 Limited, a leading PR & Advertisement firm located in Ghana, extending all the products and services offered by Tarika to the African region. As an integral part of this partnership, Origin8 will be heading the sales and marketing of EBIMS AirWatch 5.0 in the West African market; a cloud-based ERP solution by Tarika, supporting the needs in the Media industry providing real time strategic planning, monitoring, management of operations, automation of collections and complete digitization of payments through integrations to local payment gateways. He is also the Chief Technology Advisor for Origin8 Limited, driving advanced digital solutions for clients in Ghana; and introducing customized ERP for businesses across West Africa.
His keen interest in international business has formed key alliances and relationships worldwide in areas aside technology. Other areas of his expertise include managing and streamlining business processes, vertically independent Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Management, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, high-level network and systems architecture, design and development capabilities of secure distributed applications for both private as well as governmental organizations.
Mr. Agrawal holds a Master of Science in Information Architecture with highest honors; a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Associates in Computer Engineering Technology from Capitol Technology University in Maryland, USA. In his leisure, Mr. Agrawal enjoys playing musical instruments and practices Haidong Gumdo, the Korean swordsmanship, as a senior martial arts practitioner. His personal blog can be found at www.sachinagrawal.com.
Moses Owiredu Okai
Moses Okai, Creative Coordinator, Origin8 Limited in Ghana is a senior Creative with a copywriting background. His experience spans digital, traditional, and consultancy. He is an enthusiastic creative inspired by originality and ingenuity.
With about a decade as a creative, he has had the opportunity to work on brands including Cal Bank, Access Bank, Imperial Leather Soap, Robb, Cussons Baby, Carex, Camel, Royco, So Klin, Coral Paint, GNPC, GHACEM, UBA, GIZ, UNICEF, SG Bank, Lancaster University Ghana, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel to mention a few.
Over the years, Moses has come to believe that the biggest mistake you can make as an advertiser is to judge advertising as laypeople judge it. If you do, you'll end up as an artist or an entertainer. The goal of advertising is not to be liked, to entertain, or to win advertising awards; it is to SELL.
Moses received his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the University of Ghana, Legon, and has a Certificate from AAA School of Advertising South Africa, Cape Town. He developed an interest in advertising whiles a student at the university when he got the opportunity to serve as a Trainee Copywriter at Lowe Lintas. After School he got the opportunity to serve as the Production Manager at Roverman Productions, Sales & Promotions Executive Cleaver House, Copywriter at Creative Eye Ghana, Copywriter NowAvailable Africa, Creative Director Emerge Ghana, and Origin8 as a Senior Copywriter and rising to become the Creative Coordinator.
Emmanuel Gyan
Emmanuel Gyan, Finance and Procurement Manager, Origin8 Limited is a Senior and Experienced Auditor and Qualified Accountant with a demonstrated history of working with Audit Firm, Micro Finance, Public Sector, Marketing, and Advertising, etc.
Emmanuel is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant, Ghana, and a Board Member of Fapempa Co-operative Credit Union. He is also the Finance Committee Chairman for Kaneshie Church of Christ.
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#A11y Rules Podcast
Conversations around web accessibility
E29 – Interview with Glenda Sims – Part 1
Glenda Sims is Deque's lead of Accessibility Methodology Practice and Quality. She has been doing digital accessibility since before 2000, and it's her passion. She used to say she was the self-appointed accessibility Godess!
Download file "E29 - Interview with Glenda Sims - Part 1" | Duration: 31:18 | Guest: Glenda Sims | Series: A11y Rules Podcast
Nic: Welcome to the Accessibility Rules Podcast. You're listening to episode 29. This episode has been sponsored by patrons like you. I really do appreciate your support. If you're not a patron yet and want to support the show, please visit patreon.com/steenhout. I'm Nic Steenhout and I talk with people involved in one way or another with web accessibility. This week, I'm speaking with Glenda Sims. Hi Glenda.
Glenda: Hi Nic.
Nic: Thanks for joining me on this show and talking about web accessibility. I like to let guests introduce themselves, so in a brief elevator pitch style introduction, who's Glenda Sims?
Glenda: If I were in an elevator with you, for sure I would introduce myself as, Hi, I'm Glenda the Good Witch Sims and I used to say I was the self appointed accessibility goddess. I've been doing digital accessibility since before 2000 and it's my passion. I can't distinguish work from play.
Nic: That's a good thing to be able to enjoy work as if it's play isn't it?
Glenda: It is fantastic yes.
Nic: It sounds a little bit like your job is your lifestyle more than a job.
Glenda: It is and I feel so fortunate to be in a position where I get to do something I love so much and it's not like I landed this job right out of college, but yes, I'm very, very grateful for what I get to do.
Nic: Why do you love it so much?
Glenda: I think there's something about the current generation, the millennials that's really fascinating and that is they don't want to just work because somebody told them to or just to earn a dollar. More often that not, they want to contribute to something important and meaningful and even though I'm a lot older than millennials I resonate with that. I want to be the same person 24 hours a day and so being able to do something that makes the world a better place, makes me feel good about how I spend my time.
I certainly don't always spend my time on accessibility, I do have some other hobbies and passions that might not be so beneficial to the world at large, but during my work hours, to not just make money, but to make the world a better place is deeply satisfying.
Nic: Fair enough. Tell me one thing that most people would not know about you.
Glenda: If you have only known me through the digital accessibility culture world, you might not be aware that I grew up on race tracks with sports cars.
Nic: Okay.
Glenda: My father was very, very interested in cars and I was the only child and so I just became his shadow on the racetracks. That technically was my nickname, the Shadow and I, as far back as I can remember, the first car that he had was an 1956 oh no, 1965 356 Porsche Cabriolet ruby red and so I say to people that the reason I'm only 5'4″ is I grew up in the back seat of one of those small cars and it stunted my growth.
Nic: I see. Well that's a best reason to have a short stature that I've heard in long time.
The bulk of our conversation today is about web accessibility and you've probably heard millions of different definition of the term, how would you define web accessibility?
Glenda: My definition really comes from Sharron Rush at Knowbility and that is when people regardless of abilities or disabilities can get to and use the same information and functionality. It's as simple as that.
Nic: Yeah. Simple, yet mission critical.
Glenda: Mission critical and sometimes complex.
Nic: Yeah.
Glenda: Resolve.
Nic: Simple does not mean it's easy.
Glenda: Mm-hmm (affirmative), absolutely.
Nic: What do you do? Where does your role fall within the world of accessibility?
Glenda: Right now, I have the great privilege of working at Deque and I'm the lead of our Accessibility Methodology Practice and Quality. What's curious about the field of digital accessibility is while we have international standards, the wonderful W3C, WCAG 2.0 guidelines are an example. While we have these great standards, trying to get consistency and accuracy across accessibility experts has some challenges and so what my role at Deque is to make sure that the 50 plus experts that work at Deque are providing the same consistent, accurate, quality information to all of our clients and I really extend it far beyond just Deque. I've also been involved in the International Association of Accessibility Professionals in creating this certification program. I believe deeply in it and I'd be curious to know how you feel about it?
Nic: I have mixed feeling, I have to say.
Glenda: Mm-hmm (affirmative)
Nic: I was quite interested when IAAP first saw the light of day and I do think that a certification is important for the world at large and I think that the IAAP probably has the best chance of becoming that international reference, but until that happens, it's I guess a bit of a chicken and an egg kind of thing where I'm personally hesitant to sink effort and resources and energies into it because I don't know where it's going to go, but of course the flip side to that is that unless we all put in energies and effort and resources into it, it's not likely to happen.
Glenda: It's very true and it's something that I have felt for a long time needed to occur and not from a perspective of let's make it hard to become an accessibility expert, but actually the opposite. For those of us who were lucky enough to learn accessibility in the early days, we certainly didn't learn it in a school setting for the most part and did we learn it right, or did we learn whatever our mentors taught us, or whatever blog we happened to read and so there's some misinformation out there, there's gaps in knowledge and when a new person wants to become an accessibility expert, how do they know what to learn, and so you and I should, offline, maybe hang out, have a little virtual happy hour and I'll show you the outline of content for the certification program that's already been published and reviewed and the two exams that are already in place, and the 100's of people that have already passed certification.
Nic: Yeah, that'd be interesting to to have a look under the hood.
Glenda: Yeah, it's really neat and so the reason I bring this up is within Deque, I wanted to do certification and then I realized it wasn't smart for me to just do it for Deque, but to really just contribute to an international certification and what I ended up doing is I did it in two phases.
Phase One was I knew IAAP was getting ready to try to come into being and I knew that certification was just one of the elements that they were going to cover and I thought to myself, "Okay, I'm sitting here at a company with 50 plus accessibility experts. Before I even get into IAAP, what if I created an exam that would help me find out who of my people were on it. They were A plus, versus maybe some of my newer people who still had some gaps in knowledge that we handle through quality control, but what exactly were those gaps in knowledge so I could get them trained and filled."
Prior to IAAP, I actually created a Deque way exam as a mental practice and my exam is, it's currently 48 multiple choice questions that are really, really hard. Ask anyone of my employee's they'll tell you and when I created the exam it's nothing that's dependent on a promotion or anything like that so it's not scary and it really is just a tool to help employees document their knowledge, or for me to help them find resources to fill in any gaps of knowledge that they have and so far to a person everybody that's taken my exam has said, "This was beneficial, useful and they like it."
I did that first.
Nic: Right.
Glenda: Before the certification program, and the certification program taught me that I didn't know how to write questions.
Nic: That's quite a skill as well to do that. How did you become aware of accessibility and the importance of accessibility when you started learning? You said there was no resources, no real courses out there when you got into it. How did you become involved?
Glenda: It's curious. My accessibility background actually goes back to the physical world. My first job straight out of college, I graduated with a degree in human resources and I was working at the University of Texas employment center and one of my best friends, Colleen, was the interviewer that was the primary person to interview people with disabilities. She understood all of the etiquette and she understood the ADA and so she was right next to me and I would hear how she respectfully would offer assistance and make sure that people got reasonable accommodations, and so that physical space, interview employment process was my first exposure to it before I even became a geek.
Then I think that made me already, that foundation of everybody should have equal access was so well set that when I became a programmer further on in my career, I couldn't imagine creating barriers to prevent the same people that we'd hired or were students at the University from doing what they needed to do independently, and then the big, big turning point for me was I had worked in human resources as a human resource professional. Then I became a programmer and ended up leading the team of HR programmers at the University of Texas at Austin and then I decided, you know what would be really fun is to go work on the central web team for the University of Texas.
I applied for that, got it. Walked in, sat down at my desk, looked around the room and said, "So, this accessibility stuff for people with disabilities, I'm interested in pursuing that." This was in December of 1999.
Glenda: I said, "I'm interested in pursuing that here in this job." I'd already been doing it a little bit in my HR job and I said, "Does anybody else here want to do that, or are you okay if I consider that as one of my passions." And they're like, "You can do it. That's great and you need to go meet a professor on campus. His name is Dr. John Slatin and he happens to be blind."
Glenda: And so it's like the world was just opening doors for me left and right, because for people who may not know John Slatin, he was an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin that went blind and instead of getting cranky about losing his sight, he became an international expert on digital accessibility and helped co-chair with WCAG 2.0 so I was learning at the feet of the master and he ended up being one of my closest, closest friends.
Nic: Yeah, I wish I'd had the opportunity of meeting him. I'm unfortunately never did. It's a good way to get started into accessibility with such mentors.
Glenda: It was the most amazing introduction because instead of me learning about it as a topic or something that I could apply to people with disabilities, all of a sudden I was working directly with a very important professor who was blind. I couldn't get it wrong Nic. If I sent John an email and I included an image or I sent him a page and it included an image without Alt text, it wasn't going to work.
Glenda: The very next thing that happened, I think that was the most significant is John said, "I really want to introduce you to Sharron Rush." And he opened those doors to me and the moment he opened the door for Sharron Rush, it's very I think telling about the community of accessibility, at least the way I've experienced it, is that it can be incredibly welcoming and so between John and Sharron, I was given a seat at the table to learn from some of the best in the business and living in Austin didn't hurt either.
Nic: Yeah, yeah. You've been doing accessibility for near on 20 years now.
Glenda: Yes.
Nic: Has your view of accessibility changed over the last two decades?
Glenda: You know, when I first started I was in an EDU setting and it was just so foundational that you need to give students and faculty and staff equal access. I never questioned it, but it definitely was a grassroots effort and I will admit that I started with a very strong focus on visual disabilities, and let's even be more specific, on blind.
My mentor was blind and John was such an amazing human being. He didn't limit his thought patterns to blind, but that was my first focus and remember how long ago this was, right? Jaws was the only screen reader. You couldn't use screen readers on Macs. Smartphones didn't exist. This was a long, long time ago.
Nic: Gee you're old.
Glenda: I know. I know, but I act like a four year old so it balances back out.
Glenda: What was interesting about my journey is that I had this very strong understanding and empathy for what it was like to be blind and then I watched my progression where I would think I understood what it was like to be deaf, until I hung out with a deaf professor pretty far into my career. I went to a deaf conference where I was one of the few people that didn't know sign language and I was the one with the disability because I didn't know sign language and so I watch my evolution of truly understanding, or having a better understanding of the different types of disability, and I would say that it goes like this for me personally, blind, I understood best first and then I think I understood deafness next and I didn't really understand motor until I started to have some personal relationships.
I understood it conceptually, but just that deeper understanding of the problems for motor that you think you can do by, "Oh, put your mouse in a drawer. Don't use your mouse pad." Okay well it's a little bit more than that and the one that scared me from the very, very beginning was cognitive. Now, what's surprising about that is my degree in addition to an HR degree, I have a degree in psychology, so why should cognitive scare me, right?
Glenda: Cognitives cool, but I was overwhelmed with the thought of how am I supposed to help somebody with a cognitive disability? I don't understand. If you're blind and you can't see, then I have all these techniques and tools that I understand. If you're deaf, then I understand the need for captioning or sign language, but when it came to cognitive, I just … I was frightened by it and so for me, I guess it was maybe two or three years ago, when the cognitive task force really was doing wonderful work at the W3C and I heard Lisa Seeman speak about where they were starting that I finally got over my fear and dove in. The evolution personally for me was along those lines and I'll be so bold to suggest that I actually think our field has evolved in a similar way. The things that we needed to do for people that were blind were so obvious, so technically doable and if you didn't do them they were a locked door.
Glenda: A lot of those got documented in the standard first.
Nic: Do you think maybe part of the reason also comes down to the fact that the squeaky wheel gets the grease and that the blind community has a very long history of advocating for their needs?
Glenda: I definitely think that that had a part to do with it, but I like to take 10 steps backwards and also think that for people that are blind, until we did certain things, there was no way they could use it independently.
Glenda: I do think you've got a point though, because the same could be said for captions and while captions were included in the standards for a long time, I saw them on television, but they weren't super common on the web in my early days, so I think it's a combination of actual need, bonafide, we need this to be independent, and appropriate advocacy so that the need is so clear that you can't deny it.
Nic: Yeah. Yeah. I think that's really important. We're working in a field of accessibility but I think at the same time we have some responsibility to be advocates as well.
Glenda: Absolutely. There's one group that I didn't mention and I would be remiss to say that I was slow to really understand the needs for people with low vision, which is actually pretty dang ironic because while I don't technically have an official disability, my vision is very, very bad. I believe that one of my eyes without correction is 21,250.
Glenda: Okay so if I'm standing on a football field with you and you look down the football field and see something at the other end, that's what things look to me like when they're 20 feet away.
Glenda: I'm just, my eyes are terrible and I'm right at the edge of being able to even have them corrected because my glasses are getting so fat and so you would think I would understand the needs of low vision a little bit better than I did, but I don't know if you're familiar with Dr. Wayne Dick from California State University.
Nic: Yeah, yeah.
Glenda: He's a brilliant expert in the field who also happens to have low vision and there were a number of things that he said, and I heard for years, but I didn't truly understand the problem and the needs. In the last year and half, I volunteered for the low vision task force at the W3C.
Nic: Yup.
Glenda: And Glenda learned her lessons finally.
Nic: You learn lessons by exposure. I think that's an important aspect that we tend to forget as a wheelchair user myself, I notice that a lot of people don't pay attention to physical accessibility until they've been around me for a little bit.
Nic: It's important to … I guess it's a lesson for developers that are interested in building their accessibility skills is to try to find ways to get contact with people that have accessibility needs.
Glenda: It's not until you really test it with real people that you know you passed. Very much what you said, and I think that me having that exposure did make a difference. Working on a university campus was such a treasure as well, because whenever I needed people with a certain disability type, I could get them, easy. All I had to do was either call Dr. John Slatin's office where he had an accessibility research institute, and he already knew people that would be willing to work with me on usability studies, or I could call our Services for Student's with Disabilities and say, "Can you put out a voluntary call to the students and see if any of them would like to come help me with usability testing and I'll provide free pizza." And so pizza and soda and maybe a gift card and I would get everything that I needed every single time so that face to face exposure. That moment of, "Oh, I thought this would work, but it really didn't." Yeah. That's an important one.
Nic: Did you face any barriers when you got started into accessibility? Or are you facing barriers now when you're trying to implement accessibility?
Glenda: I would say that I am a rebel at heart. I'm a grassroots kind of person and there were some barriers and challenges, but I felt like I had enough people that … and I was on the right side of what needed to be done that I never let those things slow me down. I'll give you an example. It wasn't obvious at the University of Texas when I started that accessibility was a legal requirement. It was obvious that it should be done, but the question of must it be done was not crystal clear and so John Slatin and I and some other wonderful human beings sat down to draft a policy for the University of Texas back in the early 2000's and it was rejected as a policy because it wasn't, they said, a legal requirement. We're like, "How can you say that?"
Instead of backing off, what we did is we established it, not as a policy, but as a guideline.
Glenda: Then we started a competition on campus for webmasters at UT to submit parts of their website to see who was the most accessible and hand out awards. This may sound really familiar to you because it was Sharron Rush who helped me do the competition. We called it, it was Open Air or Accessibility Internet Rally for University, and so what we did is we built the knowledge base, we built the guidelines and then the moment it became obvious that it was legal requirement, it was so sweet as the compliance folks at UT turned to us and said, "You know that guideline you've written? Can we see it and turn it into a policy?" And John and I are like, "Yes, we'd be delighted."
Nic: Yeah. I bet you were.
Glenda: Persistence pays off and just because people in a leadership role don't get it, doesn't mean that you can't make significant, significant progress.
Glenda: But it can feel like you're rolling a giant boulder uphill if you don't connect in with a community. I think community is really important and also picking my battles. I'm not going to bang my head against the wall. If there's a door that shut right now, for example, in Deque, if there's a client, or a potential client that is absolutely arms crossed, refusing to believe that this needs to be done. Okay, well we could talk to them until their blue in the face, but they're not ready yet and there are thousands of other potential clients out there that are like, "I get it, I want to do it. I want to do it now."
Okay so should I bang my head against the person who's in the stubborn pose or shall I let them decide when they want to come knock on my door? I pick who to work with and my doors open.
Glenda: But let's spend our energy in positive productive ways with people that are ready to do it. Yeah, there are some challenges, but nothing we can't overcome with persistence.
Nic: Wonderful. Hey Glenda on that note, I think we're going to wrap up this segment of our conversation.
Glenda: Cool.
Nic: Thank you so much for this. You've thrown much things to ponder and think about so that's really good. We'll finish our chat next week.
Glenda: Sounds great.
Nic: Thanks for joining.
Glenda: All right. Take care. Bye bye.
Nic: Thank you for listening and until next week, well that's all, but before I go, I want to thank my patrons once again and remember that if you need a hand ensuring your site's accessibility, I'm available. Contact me on my website at incl.ca.
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