﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>What's the Big Idea?</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz</link><language>en</language><copyright>2007</copyright><itunes:subtitle>What's the Big Idea</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Visual Media Concepts has developed a monthly podcast strictly devoted to entrepreneurs and business professionals.

Topics will include leadership, communications, sales, marketing, advertising, and much more. We hope that this program will entertain, inform, and most importantly inspire you to achieve more.</itunes:summary><description>Visual Media Concepts has developed a monthly podcast strictly devoted to entrepreneurs and business professionals.

Topics will include leadership, communications, sales, marketing, advertising, and much more. We hope that this program will entertain, inform, and most importantly inspire you to achieve more.</description><itunes:owner><itunes:name>What's the Big Idea</itunes:name><itunes:email>mike@vizmedia.biz</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="http://images.quickblogcast.com/97713-90340/DefaultImage/WTBI.jpg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Business" /><item><title>Customer Loyalty</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/06/17/venting.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Phil Sorentino , at &lt;a href="http://www.humorconsultants.com/"&gt;Humor Consultants&lt;/a&gt;, talks about creating customer loyalty. Are you doing all you can?&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/06/17/venting.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">54e1c2f1-a86a-4ced-acec-31f1431b5a2d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:08:26 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:02:36</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/Customer%20Loyalty.m4v" length="10257123" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the BIG IDEA about fostering a positive attitude?</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/04/01/whats-the-big-idea-about-fostering-a-positive-attitude.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>Robert Cannon, from Cannon Advantage, discusses issues about how managers can become leaders by fostering a positive attitude.

Visual Media Concepts has developed this monthly podcast for entrepreneurs and business professionals.</description><category>Business</category><category>Management</category><category>Leadership</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/04/01/whats-the-big-idea-about-fostering-a-positive-attitude.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">702876b4-fc7f-463e-a6e4-69bd073ba0c6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:20:04 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:05:00</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/BigIdea_Show%2002-Fostering%20Attitude-iPod%20Crop.m4v" length="18823360" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the BIG IDEA about Staying Positive?</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/03/02/whats-the-big-idea-about-staying-positive.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>How is staying positive and your reptilian brain related?&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Health</category><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/03/02/whats-the-big-idea-about-staying-positive.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">750dc805-a368-4e7a-ab6f-e3cdb54d007f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:13:25 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:03:30</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/BigIdea_Stay%20Positive.m4v" length="15628852" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the BIG IDEA about Time Management</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/02/13/whats-the-big-idea-about-time-management.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Gary Mull is back to discuss a topic that should be a favorite to all business professionals and entrepreneurs. Let this information wash over you and recharge your batteries!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://www.optibility.com/index.html" target="_blank"&gt; Optibility Performance Group&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Time Management</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/02/13/whats-the-big-idea-about-time-management.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">62e4864b-b14a-4566-8dd6-7f6a11d56ed7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:17:50 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:04:36</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/BigIdea_Show%2002-Gary_Time%20Management-iPod%20Crop.m4v" length="18564094" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the BIG IDEA about Financial Fitness</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/01/19/whats-the-big-idea-about-financial-fitness.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;            &lt;font color="#034287" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jerry Browning of the &lt;a href="http://www.chironcompany.net/index.asp" target="_blank"&gt; Chiron Company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#034287" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Making
          differences that matter – so you and your organization thrive.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;I  have a passion for
              working with organizations and love helping people enrich their
              work life and also make their best contribution
          for the organization. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In a time where
              most operations are being asked to do more with less, I can help
            through:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
            &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt; &lt;b&gt;organizational
                    consultancy&lt;/b&gt; processes with the scope of the entire organization
                    or limited areas that require attention&lt;/font&gt;
          &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
            &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;              individual &lt;b&gt;coaching&lt;/b&gt; or other processes to support change and
                growth of key people who must meet challenges or increase
                      responsibilities&lt;/font&gt;
          &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
            &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;              &lt;b&gt;group
            facilitation&lt;/b&gt; to flush out hidden agendas, increase real
                participation and contribution to meetings,
                      or identify what is
                            in the way of the
                            group’s energy moving forward&lt;/font&gt;
          &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
            &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"&gt;              &lt;b&gt;training&lt;/b&gt; to build skills relevant to the work at hand and the
                goals that matter&lt;/font&gt;
          &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><category>Finance</category><category>Podcast Listing</category><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/01/19/whats-the-big-idea-about-financial-fitness.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">09d0f8fb-5289-4d35-bfee-cb6a13837d8d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:56:02 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:05:33</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/BigIdea_Fiduciary%20Fitness.m4v" length="21067266" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the BIG IDEA about self care</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/01/05/whats-the-big-idea-about-self-care.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;Gini 
                      Maddocks, BA, LMT began teaching stress management first 
                      as a social worker and later as a licensed medical massage 
                      therapist.&amp;nbsp; She is now an award winning author, educator, 
                      columnist and speaker.
                    &lt;br&gt;She 
                      has developed and branded,&lt;b&gt; R&amp;amp;R: Rescue and Relief&lt;/b&gt;™, 
                      a program which includes self-care techniques for all walks 
                      of life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Tahoma;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#3333cc" size="2"&gt;Gini 
                      has a BA in sociology from Miami University —&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Tahoma;" color="#3333cc" face="Arial" size="2"&gt; and 
                      worked as a &lt;i&gt;social worker&lt;/i&gt; for a number of years. 
                      &lt;/font&gt;
                    &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3333cc" face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Over 
                      23 years experience in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt; massage therapy &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;stress 
                      management&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt; techniques gathered from Maine to Hawaii 
                      , gives her a dynamic way of introducing simple yet significant 
                      behavioral modifications into the workplace—convincing hundreds 
                      that they too can “FEEL BETTER”!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font color="#3333cc" face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#3333cc" face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;Check out her &lt;a href="http://www.holisticmatters.net/default.asp" target="_blank"&gt; website&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#3333cc" face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description><category>Health</category><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2008/01/05/whats-the-big-idea-about-self-care.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">ca7d7e11-8977-411d-9fb2-626fe606134f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:53:04 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:04:42</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/Big%20Idea_Gini.m4v" length="21709557" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>Podcast Alley</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/12/02/podcast-alley.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.podcastalley.com/"&gt; My Podcast Alley feed!&lt;/a&gt; {pca-15bcbc2efae5e6a5e656b73873cd6d4f}</description><category>Podcast Listing</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/12/02/podcast-alley.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">b85f425b-7340-46bd-a857-c16cf7aaa2b4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:44:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Managing Decisions</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/11/25/managing-decisions.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Bob Cannon established the Cannon Advantage in 2001, after 33 years of honing his business skills in the corporate world. His experience stretches from production management to sales, market research, product management, sales management, marketing, E-commerce, corporate strategy, enterprise management and the board of directors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please visit the &lt;a href="http://www.cannonadvantage.com/index.html" target="_blank"&gt; Cannon Advantage website&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;br&gt;</description><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/11/25/managing-decisions.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">14f981e1-04dd-406c-b80b-322cc36db734</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:29:49 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What's the Big Idea about Decisions</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>How do you tackle making decisions?</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:03:59</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>Business, Podcast, What&amp;amp;#39;s the Big Idea, Cannon Advantage, Decisions, Decision</itunes:keywords><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/BigIdea_Decision%20Making-iPod%20Video.m4v" length="13812929" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the Big Idea about Humor?</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/11/15/httppodcastvizmediabiz.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>Phil Sorentino, from Humor Consultants, will be sharing some information with you about how your sense of humor and attitude are connected. Phil is a Certified Speaking Professional, player, head coach, co-founder and owner of Humor Consultants, Inc.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/11/15/httppodcastvizmediabiz.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c35b6211-06a8-4ae9-b8b7-6e2a738e3858</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:02:52</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/BigIdea_Humor-iPod%20Video.m4v" length="12731096" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the Big Idea about Stress</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/10/09/whats-the-big-idea-about-stress.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>Kay Frances Brewer has inspired audiences in 38 states and Canada since 1984. She offers a healthy dose of laughter that can be just what the doctor ordered for your event. With her clean and upbeat stress management presentations, people laugh while they learn without straining their brains.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Kay has been a professional stand up comedian, morning radio personality, Director of Marketing for a national restaurant chain, TV talk show host and family caregiver. She holds an MBA, a degree in Physical Education and a 3rd degree black belt in karate.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Years of national touring have honed Kay into one of the most respected and requested stress management humorists in the country. With her extensive experience and educational background, your meeting dollars will go twice as far because you get both an educator and an entertainer. Kay is hilarious, effective and second to none. Your people will thank you!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PROGRAMS:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “Laugh…Just For The HEALTH Of It!” - Keynote presentation. It’s “humor-with-a-message” at it’s finest!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;•&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; “Say ‘Yes!’ To Less Stress”- Interactive stress management workshop.&lt;br&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/10/09/whats-the-big-idea-about-stress.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">491c4d77-c7c3-4754-9a0c-63be4ceb83f7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:55:01 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Stress</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Kay Frances Brewer has inspired audiences in 38 states and Canada since 1984. She offers a healthy dose of laughter that can be just what the doctor ordered for your event. With her clean and upbeat stress management presentations, people laugh while they learn without straining their brains.

Kay has been a professional stand up comedian, morning radio personality, Director of Marketing for a national restaurant chain, TV talk show host and family caregiver. She holds an MBA, a degree in Physical Education and a 3rd degree black belt in karate.  

Years of national touring have honed Kay into one of the most respected and requested stress management humorists in the country. With her extensive experience and educational background, your meeting dollars will go twice as far because you get both an educator and an entertainer. Kay is hilarious, effective and second to none. Your people will thank you!

PROGRAMS:

•    “Laugh…Just For The HEALTH Of It!” - Keynote presentation. It’s “humor-with-a-message” at it’s finest!

•    “Say ‘Yes!’ To Less Stress”- Interactive stress management workshop.</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:03:49</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>business, podcast, kay frances, stress, what&amp;amp;#39;s the big idea</itunes:keywords><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/Kay_Stress-iPod%20Video.m4v" length="16995500" type="video/x-m4v" /></item><item><title>What's the Big Idea?</title><link>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/09/08/whats-the-big-idea.aspx</link><dc:creator>What's the Big Idea</dc:creator><description>
      This month's speaker is &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.garymull.com/" rel="external"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.garymull.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Gary Mull&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.
      &lt;br&gt;
      &lt;br&gt;
      During the last decade as a professional speaker, keynote
      presenter, and seminar leader, Gary Mull has delivered his
      entertaining and informative talks before government, civic
      and professional audiences internationally. He has written
      many published articles on motivation, using technology, and
      other topics, and has been a guest and host of several
      Television talk shows.
      &lt;br&gt;
      &lt;br&gt;
      Mr. Mull is also a founding member of the &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://optibility.com/" rel="external"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.optibility.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Optibility Performance Group&lt;/a&gt;.
      &lt;br&gt;
      &lt;br&gt;
      The Optibility Performance Group guides individuals and
      organizations to high performance, with customized, focused
      solutions in:
      &lt;br&gt;
      Leadership, Communication, Team-building and Time Management.
      &lt;br&gt;
      &lt;br&gt;
      Please contact at Gary Mull at (937) 558-1538 or e-mail him
      at info@optibility.com&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>Business</category><comments>http://podcast.vizmedia.biz/2007/09/08/whats-the-big-idea.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">0f232d68-f084-42c5-949d-801541eafc92</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:31:20 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>What's the Big Idea</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle /><itunes:summary /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:block>no</itunes:block><itunes:duration>00:07:43</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords /><enclosure url="http://media.podcastingmanager.com/97713-90340/Media/Big%20Idea_Public%20Speaking-MPEG4.mp4" length="29480147" type="video/mp4" /></item></channel></rss>