Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, Cyber Liability, Sean ORourke | Tags: Combs & Company, Cyber Insurance, Did You Know That?, Sean O'Rourke
“I feel sort of really aware of how the… online cyber world has begun to take over reality.” Brad Paisley
2022:05
It’s time to talk cyber again… this time focusing on how the legal system is handling cyber claims/disputes/incidents/etc. That means we’re bringing one of the best cyber lawyers out there back to Did You Know that?
Rebecca Rakoski is a founding partner of XPAN Law Partners, a practice focused on better preparing and protecting their clients when it comes to all things cyber. This episode focuses a lot on how recent court decisions are providing clearer guidelines for how companies must handle their cyber footprints.
Learn more about Rebecca and XPAN by visiting the sites below:
Website: https://xpanlawpartners.com/
LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-rakoski-esq-1460b116/
LinkedIn (firm): https://www.linkedin.com/company/xpan-law-partners/
Twitter: @XPANLawPartners
Email: rrakoski@xpanlawpartners.com
Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, Susan L Combs | Tags: Combs & Company, Pancakes for Roger, Susan L Combs
February 1st we kicked off Combs & Company’s annual campaign to support the University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic, which helps veterans and their families navigate the VA claims process and secure disability benefits when they are faced with obstacles along the way.
Combs & Company will make a donation to the Veterans Clinic for every pancake-loving picture posted on social media and with the hashtag #PancakesForRoger throughout the month of February.
Follow along with the campaign at PancakesforRoger.com.
10 days in and we have already reached more than half the states in the US and several countries. We are excited to see so many familiar faces participating again this year, and love seeing all the new faces as well! Follow Penny Pancakes as she tracks the campaign around the world (updated every Tuesday and Friday).
Upcoming Events:
Join the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic for a pancake breakfast in honor of Major General Roger Combs this February 22, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Join us on March 1, 2022 from 10-11am, for an Open House Event at the Veterans Clinic, located at 820 Conley Avenue, Columbia, MO 65211.
Join us on March 4, 2022 from 3-5pm for a Book Launch Event at the Rusty Coffee Pot, located at 114 East Vermont, King City, MO 64463.
Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean ORourke | Tags: Claire Poole, Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke
“On climate change, we often don’t fully appreciate that it is a problem. We think it is a problem waiting to happen.” Kofi Annan
“Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” Dan Gable
2021:27
What one word do you equate with both climate change and sports? I’ll give you a moment. For me? It’s passion. There are few topics that evoke more passionate responses than climate change and sports. It’s that common visceral response which spurred the creation of an organization focused on building positive environmental impacts through a partnership with sports organizations.
Claire Poole is a lover of nature, football (soccer in the U.S.), and rugby. Those passions are on full display with Sport Positive Summit and Sport Positive Leagues (links down below). These are Claire’s efforts to bring environmental changes to both the big stadiums and arenas as well as the fans’ everyday lives. She’s doing so by making it a competition. And what sports fan isn’t looking to always beat their arch nemesis?
Join us for an important and lively discussion on this episode of Did You Know That?.
Find out more about Claire and Sport Positive via connections below.
Claire’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairepoole/
Sport Positive LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sport-positive/
Sport Positive Summit Website: www.sportpositivesummit.com
Sport Positive Leagues Website: www.sportpositiveleagues.com
Twitter: @SportPosSummit
Twitter: @claireypoole
Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Sean ORourke | Tags: Combs & Company, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Niole Soto, Sean O'Rourke, Susan L Combs
“Fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds’ worth of distance run” “If” by Rudyard Kipling
2021:25
Want to know a dirty secret about sports? A majority of professional athletes, across all sports, don’t earn enough from the sport to make ends meet. Many of these athletes have full-time jobs, even in-season, in order to support themselves and pursue their goal of making it to the “bigs.” This is the reality facing thousands of athletes in the still-evolving sport of CrossFit, and it’s why my next guest on Did You Know that? is really someone to emulate.
Nicole Soto has a master’s degree; she co-owns a CrossFit gym; she coaches group classes and personal clients; and she’s a highly respected nutritionist. In her spare moments, she spends time with her husband and two dogs, and prepares herself to compete at the highest levels of CrossFit. In her first year back competing, Nicole finished among the top 200 fittest women in the world. So, if you want to get past your excuses, you’ve come to the right place.
Learn more about Nicole and her gym via the accounts below:
Instagram (personal): @Nicole_J_Soto
Instagram (gym): @Rise_Athletics_
Facebook: Nicole Soto Learn more about CrossFit (the methodology and sport) at https://www.crossfit.com/
Filed under: Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, CrossFit, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean ORourke | Tags: Beard of Knowledge, Chad Schroeder, Combs & Company, Did You Know That?, Feature Friday, Sean O'Rourke
“Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.” Unknown
2021:24
Sports and statistics seem to have been made for each other. Would we be so entranced by the history of a sport/game/league/franchise if we couldn’t marvel or argue about 56 (MLB), 92 (NHL), 100 (NBA), or 208 (NFL)? Maybe, but probably not.
What most sports statistics have in common is uniformity. If you want to break DiMaggio’s 56-game streak, then you will have to hit in 57 straight. But what if I told you there is a global sport where everything is the same for just a moment, but will be different an hour from now, and might not reflect anything that came before? What do the statistics mean then?
Well, that’s the challenge Chad Schroeder faces everyday as the official statistician of CrossFit. There are still clear winners in CrossFit, but how they earn the wins isn’t the same from hour to hour, day to day, or year to year. Yet somehow, he helps those following and working in the sport make sense of the chaos. Chad gives some insight into how he does that on this episode of Did You Know That?
Filed under: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, Motivational, Tenacious Tuesday, Try and Stop Me Podcast | Tags: Colleen Blum, Michael Shein, Tenacious Tuesday, The Hype Handbook, Try and Stop Me Podcast
Try & Stop Me Podcast with Host: Colleen Blum
Cult Leaders, Mischief Maker and Boundary Breakers– what do they all have in common whether we like to admit it or not? They understand what attracts like minded individuals and tap into those strengths to get HYPE from humans.
Michael Schein has been studying individuals for years gathering some interesting facts. As he says, “never in history have people been so susceptible to propaganda and persuasion as they are now. Hype truly runs our world.”
Now what if we could tap into the hype and use the strategies for good in the world and impactful business success? Well he has done just that, Mike is going to share with us his journey, which lead him to the creation of his new book “The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets From the World’s Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers”.
Buckle up for a truly interesting conversation.
You can grab The Hype Handbook on Amazon!
CLICK HERE to listen to the Podcast, or watch it below!
Filed under: Branding You, Combs & Company Blog, Did You Know That?, Exciting News, Feature Friday, Get Creative, Marketing | Tags: Feature Friday, Knowinnovation, Sean O'Rourke, Stavros Michailidis
Host: Sean O’Rourke
Guest: Stavros Michailidis
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Ernest Hemingway
I’ve always loved this quote. To me, it speaks volumes about how difficult it is to be “creative.” I actually referenced this quote during my very first conversation with Stavros Michailidis, my guest on this edition of Did You Know That? While my point was one of doubt that creativity could be learned, you’ll discover during this discussion that it was more my definition of creativity was too limited. Humans demonstrate creativity everyday – usually without all the blood – we just have a tendency to not recognize it, and thus, not apply it to future endeavors.
Music: “Naked Memories” by Assaf Ayalon via Artlist
About Stavros Michailidis:
Stavros has been facilitating KI events since 2009 and today he focuses on leading KI’s operations. He brings to KI his experience as an entrepreneur, having co-founded a design build firm, a disaster recovery not-for-profit and an eco-friendly dry cleaning business. Despite his business background, Stavros knew Science had captured his heart when he found himself preferring to read Science News over Harvard Business Review while stuck at airports between flights.
To learn more about his company, Knowinnovation, CLICK HERE
#didyouknowthat #youtube #creativity
Filed under: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company Blog, Exciting News, Marketing, Motivational, Try and Stop Me Podcast | Tags: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company, Jessica Mazzucco, Motivation Monday, The Glute Recruit, Try and Stop Me Podcast
By Colleen Blum
Standing OUT Against the Instabody “Perfect” World – What IS That?! With Jess Mazzucco CEO of The Glute Recruit
What are we teaching our girls they need to be through social media? Do I need to take butt selfies to grow my fitness business? CEO of The Glute Recruit – Voted Best Personal Trainer in Westchester answers all. Jess tells her story about her journey through the corporate fitness world which lead her to create her own company. Jess touches on the unrealistic expectations that social media has and how she is trying to be the change in her industry by getting away from those never changing butt selfies and teaching our little ones to be strong & not focus on skinny.
Guest: @thegluterecuit
Host: @tryandstopme_podcast
Use Code: COLLEEN20 for 20% off your GluteRecruit resistance band!
https://www.thegluterecruit.com/shop
To listen to the full podcast, CLICK HERE
#MotivationMonday
Filed under: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company, Combs & Company Blog, Motivational, Try and Stop Me Podcast | Tags: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company, Stephanie Virchaux, Try and Stop Me Podcast
Podcast: Try and Stop Me
Host: Colleen Blum
Guest: Stephanie Virchaux, of SV Empowerment
On Episode 2, we sit down with my dear friend Stephanie Virchaux.
Stephanie is the Founder of SV Empowerment, she is a Motivational Speaker and an Energy Healer.
Stephanie had over a decade in the corporate world marketing for some of the top beauty brands in the industry. She was making well over 6 figures in the “opportunity of lifetime” position. Despite all of the perks, at the end of the day, it just wasn’t what her gut was telling her to do. Listen along as she shares her journey which lead her to her coaching business where she was able to use her own tools to help her through some extremely difficult times of her own.
Instagram: @tryandstopme_podcast
Guest Instagram: @stephanievirchaux
To listen to the full podcast, CLICK HERE or check it out on Spotify!
Filed under: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company Blog, Exciting News, Motivational, Try and Stop Me Podcast | Tags: Colleen Blum, Combs & Company, Motivation Monday, Tony Pec, Try and Stop Me Podcast
Podcast: Try and Stop Me
Host: Colleen Blum
Guest: Tony Pec, Y Not You Media
Our guest Tony Pec is the go to man for social media and all things business.
Hear how he saw the potential in Instagram growth which led him to say “forget the college degree” and dove right into creating his own Forbes Accredited Marketing agency!
Take a listen the preview below!
To listen to the full podcast, CLICK HERE or check it out on Spotify!
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