What did you actually learn?

Working networking with Grace Fogarty

If networking is something to be endured rather than enjoyed, listen up because networking supremo Grace Fogarty could be the answer to your prayers. With a background in acting and presenting, Grace understands that if you want to connect with the right people, you’ve got to put the work in so you’re prepared when you show up. It’s this experience and practice which has led her to set up Present with Grace [https://presentwithgrace.com/] a consultancy that helps business owners, network without the ‘ick’. Jill met up with Grace at London Bridge for a walk along the north bank of the Thames to talk about how networking can actually work, if you know what to do. Connect with Grace on LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/in/gracefogarty] Grace runs a free masterclass every month on how to get more clients from networking. Sign up to join the next one! [https://presentwithgrace.com/workshop] •••••• “What did you actually learn?” is the podcast that gets out and about to find out how people learn new stuff and help others to do the same. We’ve turned off Teams to visit fascinating people in person in the places where they hang out to find out how they absorb and pass on new info. The podcast is produced by Switched-on Multimedia [http://www.switched-on.tv/], film and content producers for training and education. To find out how Switched-on Multimedia [http://www.switched-on.tv/] can boost your training and education video and digital content visit www.switched-on.tv •••••• CREDITS: Presenter: Jill Sainsbury (Connect with Jill on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillsainsbury/]) Voiceover: Ian Miles This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit switchedonmultimedia.substack.com [https://switchedonmultimedia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The cart stuck in the river with Sarah Yandell

At what point should a business owner put their foot on the accelerator and head for the heights? Alternatively at what point should that person put their hand up and say ‘I’m stuck’! Business coach [https://yandellcoaching.com/blogs]Sarah Yandell [https://yandellcoaching.com/blogs] knows all too well that fast growth without structure leads to chaos whereas little or no growth will inevitably just fizzle out. As a woman who’s grown more than one business to six figures, Sarah has lived the dramas and put right the mistakes so she is now in a great position to help others who want to grow their businesses especially if the cart has got stuck in the river. On a beautiful spring day Sarah took Jill Sainsbury on a walk along the banks of the River Stour on the Essex-Suffolk border to talk about how she got to where she is, helped along with way by the odd dip in the river. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit switchedonmultimedia.substack.com [https://switchedonmultimedia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Empathy for the villain with Francesca McChron

If you watch a play or film do you feel sorry for the villain or do you think they deserve what’s coming to them? Good drama is rarely black and white so the actor playing the baddie, needs to portray what makes them tick to ensure the audience ‘gets it’. Actor Francesa McChron [https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-mccrohon-70851895/] firmly believes empathy is essential for all characters both good and bad in an every setting whether that’s on the stage, on film, at an immersive event or in a role play for professional training. She caught up with Jill Sainsbury [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillsainsbury/] on a windy day beside Portsmouth Harbour close to her home. “What did you actually learn?” is the podcast that gets out and about to find out how people learn new stuff and help others to do the same. We’ve turned off Teams to visit fascinating people in person in the places where they hang out to find out how they absorb and pass on new info. The podcast is produced by Switched-on Multimedia [http://www.switched-on.tv], film and content producers for training and education. To find out how Switched-on Multimedia [http://www.switched-on.tv] can boost your training and education video and digital content visit our website [http://www.switched-on.tv] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit switchedonmultimedia.substack.com [https://switchedonmultimedia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Aprendido with Andy Candler

When starting out in our careers we’re all encouraged to ‘think big’ so that one day we’ll ‘make it’ in whatever form that takes. Once there, what then? Learning consultant Andy Candler did indeed ‘make it’ reaching the top of his profession, running a highly successful agency, managing staff and huge budgets but then it all came to an end. Andy had to change tack. That change included a trip to Bogota, learning Spanish and using his years of learning tech experience to start again on a new but equally rewarding course. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit switchedonmultimedia.substack.com [https://switchedonmultimedia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Tech for good with Gina Blackie

Technology is impacting our lives whether we like it or not so we may as well learn to live with it, or even embrace it! That’s the view of Gina Blackie of Nurture Public Relations [https://www.nurturepublicrelations.com/] who works with tech firms to help them explain to the public what they do and why. Except what they do can be complex and hard to understand. Journalist Jill Sainsbury met up with Gina in Whitchurch in Hampshire for a much needed, tech-free walk along the River Test. •••••• "What did you actually learn?" is the podcast that gets out and about to find out how people learn new stuff and help others to do the same. We’ve turned off Teams to visit fascinating people in person in the places where they hang out to find out how they absorb and pass on new info. The podcast is produced by Switched-on Multimedia [http://www.switched-on.tv], film and content producers for training and education. To find out how Switched-on Multimedia [http://www.switched-on.tv] can boost your training and education video and digital content visit www.switched-on.tv •••••• CREDITS: Presenter: Jill Sainsbury Voiceover: Ian Miles This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit switchedonmultimedia.substack.com [https://switchedonmultimedia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]