Welcome to Tech Talks with Lou, the show in which I discuss the top tech secrets for success from the best in today's digital world.
So, to make you feel more confident with the trials and tribulations of technology, each week, I'll be chatting with business owners about their successes with tech in their quest to fulfill their dreams. And I'll also be hearing from you the listener, about your tech tales of frustration from the corporate world, and how I can help shift your mindset with a positive sense of calm about all things tech.
E042: Donata & Hans on Data Privacy, Laws and Policy Generators
Episode 42
Friday, November 24, 2023 • Duration 45:14
Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President & Legal Engineer and Hans Skillrud, Donata's husband and Co-Founder & Vice President of Termageddon discuss the importance of data privacy for anyone who owns a website. We talk about all the different data privacy laws around the world, and how it is the responsibility of you the website owner, to understand the regional law of the visitor that is visiting your site. Shifting the ownership of data from customer to content creator, and consent from website owner to website visitor.
E041: Jo Blood on Ergonomics, Workstation Assessments and Self Care
Episode 41
Saturday, November 18, 2023 • Duration 36:57
Jo Blood is Owner of Posture People, improving people's lives in the workplace and supporting freelancers and businesses to care for their body when working at a desk. We talk about working from home, legal requirements for small businesses and the benefit of having a standing desk, as well as all the equipment that is not so good to use if you're working on a screen! Do check out Posture People YouTube videos.
Topics:
Ergonomics
Workstation assessments
Improving people's lives
Helping people flourish when they are working
Do you love your office chair?!
Legal requirements for small businesses
Value of employees
Self-Care
'How to work from your kitchen table'
Tips for ideal posture
Standing desks
Listen to your body
'The Comfort Crisis'
(The noise in the background on this episode is from the Posture People Warehouse, shipping all the amazing workstation equipment out to customers!)
E032: Gemma Casey on Championing and Supporting Start-Ups and Growing Businesses
Episode 32
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 • Duration 39:18
Gemma Casey is NatWest Ecosystem Manager for Wales and host of Inspiring Women Wales Podcast. We talk about Gemma's background in Journalism and storytelling in respect to starting your own business, and the benefits of being supported by the likes of an entrepreneur accelerator programme.
Topics:
Journalism
Helping Communities tell their story
Building relationships with trust
Introduction of Camera Phones - pilot
Cutting out and sticking copy for newspaper proofs
Core values of business
Business Journalism
Communication | Collaboration | Connection
Business community support and experience
How to articulate your business clearly
60 second pitch
Storytelling as a marketing tool
Building target audience and where they exist
Citizen Journalism
Micro broadcasting / Hyperlocal Media
Core values and critical thinking
Podcasting
The Rose Review - launched by Alison Rose, NatWest's CEO
E031: Saasha Celestial-One on being a Female Tech Founder and fighting the Climate Crisis
Episode 31
Friday, February 3, 2023 • Duration 41:41
Saasha Celestial-One is the Co-Founder of Olio - the Number 1 Free Sharing App.
Saasha is part of the solution to fighting the climate crisis, and with technology is actively campaigning to educate and inspire individuals and families around the world to reduce food waste and landfill.
We talk about female entrepreneurship, community, remote working, and gamification. All very much being a big part of the success behind Olio for employees and the 6 million users worldwide.
Topics:
Best friends and new Moms
Searching for a business problem
Sharing unwanted items
Co-Founding a tech business
Female Founded Team
The Founders Dilemma - book
Female founders get less than 1% of available venture capital
Full-time Female Entrepreneurs
Olio, from day one has offered fully remote working
Gamification - rewards for in-app achievements
Behaviour Change
Early Adopters and Customer Segmentation
Normalising behaviour change
Feel-good sharing factor
Technology bringing communities back together
Focus on business food waste
75,000 Food Waste Heroes in the UK
Food waste counts for 10% of global carbon emissions
Number 1 most impactful thing we can do to address the climate crisis is reduce food waste - Project Drawdown
Extending the functionality of the Olio app
If your business canteen has surplus food waste at the end of the day, get in touch with Olio.
E030: Rob 'The DermaGuru' on Pharmacosmesutical Technology and Skincare
Episode 30
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 • Duration 39:55
Rob Russell-Haworth-Dunne, also known as 'The DermaGuru' is on a mission to promote skincare for all genders, and all skin types. His skincare knowledge is incredibly advanced and is an industry mentor and educator. We talk about technology in skincare products and devices, as well as technology to support his growing skincare clinic that serves clients worldwide.
E029: Jonny Stevens on Developing an Alcohol Free Drinks Discovery App
Episode 29
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 • Duration 53:48
Jonny Stevens has been working in tech and hospitality for nearly a decade and has developed the worlds first Alcohol Free (AF) Drinks Discovery App. We talk about life in hospitality, using tech to greater inform customers, alcohol free drinking choices available and development of the Better Without App.
Topics:
Working in Hospitality
Events & Project Management
Technology and Problem Solving
Hospitality Back Office Systems
Allergen information on menus
Networking events
Hospitality during Covid
Anxiety and alcohol
Alcohol free(AF) beer on draught in over 200 pubs in the UK
Normalising AF social drinking
Tom Kerridge - Hand & Flowers in Marlow AF cocktails
E028: JUICE on Skating, Dance, Teaching, Pain, Positive Mindset and Skate Tech
Episode 28
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 • Duration 39:57
Ceejay, aka JUICE has 14 years on wheels, and has always been a mover and a groover, and his mission is get as many skating as possible, even the likes of me!
We talk about skating growing up, dreams of being talent spotted for the live stage and the important reality of having a positive mindset. Unbelievably, there was a time in Ceejay's life where he could not walk and he's now a superstar skate hero.
E027: Matt Young ‘The Journaling Guy’ on Journaling & Men’s Mental Health
Episode 27
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 • Duration 42:59
Matt Young has spent more than 20 years in broadcasting and is the Founder of The Journaling Guy. We talk about Matt's early career in car and mobile phone sales, as well as an extensive career in radio. This has fundamentally put Matt in a superb position to be the Founder of The Journaling Guy, helping men of all ages start journaling and communicating more.
Topics:
Working on 'The Business'
Car Sales & Radio
Mobile Phone Sales - commission
Founding The Journaling Guy
Helping men to communicate
Breaking down barriers to communication
Download of thoughts onto paper
Going through difficult times in life
Connectivity technology
Men's Mental Health
Reminder to write and journal
Digital journaling
Reach out and speak to partners, friends and family
E026: Jeremy Inson on Sports Journalism, Storytelling and The World Cup
Episode 26
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 • Duration 55:04
Jeremy (Jez) Inson is an International, multi platform Sports Journalist. Jez and I met at Uni and I have been in awe of his success in broadcasting. We talk about Sydney Olympics in 2000 through the years of sporting events to the Qatar World Cup 2022, storytelling, all the secrets of producing sporting broadcasts and how to become a Sports Journalist.
Topics:
Sports Journalism
Sydney Olympics 2000
Performing Arts & Storytelling
History of Storytelling
Who, What, Where, When, Why and How
Sporting documentaries
Combining social and politics
Football World Cups
Qatar World Cup 2022
Advice on how to become a Sports Journalist
Knowing your worth
Speed of delivery
Live Streaming
Process of broadcasting from high profile sports events
E025: Ginny Foster on creating Patents and Becoming a Robotics Champion
Episode 25
Sunday, November 20, 2022 • Duration 44:15
Ginny Foster now has 6 Patents to their name, she has over 10 years expereince in electrical engineering and her specialism is Robotics. We talk about determination, languages, and what it means to have a Growth Mindset in tech and engineering fields. We also discuss normalising our knowledge when it is above and beyond the norm.
Topics:
Growth Mindset and Resilience
Being a Digital Immigrant in a land of Digital Natives
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