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The Brave Writer podcast is a big juicy conversation about how to bring learning to life for your kids! Julie Bogart and guests talk about how parents and children are partners in the learning adventure, especially when approaching the daunting task of writing. Brave Writer appeals to homeschoolers, educators, and parents who want more out of "school" than merely passing tests. Visit us at http://bravewriter.com and follow along at the blog for show notes: http://blog.bravewriter.com
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Welcome to the FileForms Business Compliance Podcast, where we decode the ever-changing world of corporate regulations. From BOI reporting to the Corporate Transparency Act, we unravel the complexities of compliance, providing insights and strategies to keep your business on track. Join us as we navigate through the maze of the new BOI reporting requirement, featuring expert interviews and practical advice for businesses of all sizes. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or a newcomer to t ...
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246. Living Through Books with Lindsay Smith
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Lindsay Smith caught our eye on Instagram with all the cool book projects she does with her homeschool kids. We are thrilled she accepted our invitation to be our guest on today’s show to tell us more about them. We discuss the importance of fun, visual timelines of accomplishments: books read, skills gained, and milestones achieved. Timelines also…
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245. High School Writers: Natural Stages of Growth in Writing #4
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Welcome to our fourth episode in our Natural Stages of Growth in Writing series! Today we cover the High School Writers stage, broken up into two parts: The Great Conversation (freshmen and sophomores) and The Rhetorical Imagination (college prep). It can feel overwhelming for homeschooling parents to teach writing at the high school level, but it …
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244. Middle School Writers: Natural Stages of Growth in Writing #3
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Welcome to our third episode in our Natural Stages of Growth in Writing series! Today we cover the Middle School Writers stage, which typically occurs around ages 9-12. This stage is all about building confidence, instilling in your student that they can consistently express themselves well in writing. We dive into freewriting practices—generating …
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Staying Compliant: Protecting Your Business with Brian Fine
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Brian Fine, a CPA from Miami, shares his journey in the accounting industry and his transition from a large firm to a smaller firm. He emphasizes the importance of building strong relationships with clients and providing personalized service. Brian discusses the variety of clients his firm serves, including executives, disaster relief companies, at…
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243. Emerging Writers: Natural Stages of Growth in Writing #2
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Welcome to our second episode in our Natural Stages of Growth in Writing series! Today we cover the Emerging Writers stage, which typically occurs around ages 8-10. We explain that the key to the Emerging Writers stage is partnership. Parents need to partner with their kids while writing, just like parents naturally partner with their kids while te…
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242. Beginning Writers: Natural Stages of Growth in Writing #1
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We’re re-recording our Natural Stages of Growth in Writing series! If you’re a longtime listener, you may remember our first series on the topic. It was made up of conversations between Julie and her son. Now we’re recording in an updated format with more lessons learned and observations gleaned over the years. In this episode, we cover the Beginni…
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Parenting is not just about managing behaviors but about building meaningful relationships that help both parents and children grow. Dr. Shefali, New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent and The Parenting Map, proposes an approach that prioritizes connection, embraces playfulness, and redefines success. In this episode, Dr. Shefali…
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Complexities of Beneficial Ownership Reporting and the Need for Robust Solutions w/ Melissa Wiley from Lowenstein Sandler
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In this episode, Frank Tumminello and Melissa Wiley, Partner at Lowenstein Sandler, discuss the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its impact on businesses. They delve into the legal and practical implications of the CTA, including court cases, compliance challenges, and the timeline for business owners to file reports. Melissa provides insights …
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Raising Awareness about New Compliance Requirements for Small Businesses with Carl Brown
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In this episode, Frank Tumminello sits down with Carl E. Brown Jr., the state director for the DC Small Business Development Center, and discusses the services and resources provided by the center to small businesses in Washington, D.C. These include free confidential counseling, industry research, loan package review, workshops, and a marketplace …
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240. Struggling With Math? An Interview With Pat Murray of CTC Math
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There are two major pain points in homeschooling: writing and math. Our guest today helps us with the math part. Pat Murray is the founder of CTC Math, which should sound very familiar to listeners as CTC has been an incredible sponsor for many of our episodes. Pat tells us about the all-too-common trajectory of students: They’re fine with math whe…
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Understanding the Corporate Transparency Act and its Impact on Businesses Proactive Compliance: Don't Wait Until the Last Minute w/ Bill Quick
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In this episode, Frank Tumminello interviews Bill Quick, Vice President and Corporate Transparency Act Chair with Polsinelli Law Firm, about the Corporate Transparency Act and its impact on businesses. They discuss the practical application of compliance, the challenges of understanding the law, and the need for transparency. Bill shares his journe…
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When parents map out the annual homeschooling budget, there’s a tendency to only focus on curriculum. In this episode, we encourage you to prioritize tools that really bring learning to life. Plus, we give you tips on how to get them on the cheap. We dive into specific suggestion after specific suggestion, mainly grouped into six buckets: Writing u…
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Talking BOI compliance and real estate investment with Sebastian Flores of NidoSpaces
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In this episode, Frank talks with Sebastian Flores, founder of NidoSpaces, as he shares his journey into real estate investment and entrepreneurship. He discusses his background, education, and career path, including his time at Warner Brothers and Google. Sebastian explains how the COVID-19 pandemic provided him with an opportunity to start his ow…
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238. Thinking Differently About Learning with Maren and Angela
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Today, we reunite with fellow podcasters and homeschool moms, Maren Goerss and Angela Sizer. We dive into their new book, Think Differently About Learning: A Homeschool Where Children and Parents Thrive. It can be all too easy for homeschooling families to unintentionally replicate the negative aspects of traditional schooling that they were trying…
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237. 2024-25 Book Reveal Talk! With Dawn Smith
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It’s almost time for our annual book list release! Every year we curate a new list of books to be part of our Dart (ages 8-10 ), Arrow (10-12), and Boomerang (12-14) programs. Dawn Smith spearheads this undertaking and she joins us today to describe how she picks which books to be on the list. The reason the book release is so highly anticipated is…
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Navigating the Corporate Transparency Act: Mastering BOI Compliance Before the Deadline
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Discover the critical intersections of business compliance and the evolving Corporate Transparency Act as I, Frank Tuminello, team up with Eric Green from Tax Rep Network. We navigate the tumultuous legal seas that businesses are currently facing, including a case from Alabama that could reshape the landscape of corporate reporting. As the clock ti…
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236. Happy Book Birthday: Becoming a Critical Thinker by Julie Bogart!
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Hooray! Today’s the publication day of my (Julie’s) new workbook, “Becoming a Critical Thinker.” If you’re a longtime listener of this podcast, you know that I’m pretty strict about workbooks. They should lead a child to mastery, to embodiment, to knowing the content for themselves. That’s the approach I took to creating this workbook. I’ve reduced…
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Empowering Entrepreneurs Online: Building a Strong Digital Presence with UENI
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This episode Fileforms Business Compliance Podcast features an engaging conversation between host Frank Tumminello and guest Christine Telyan, the founder of UENI, a platform dedicated to helping small businesses establish a strong online presence. Christine shares her insights into the challenges faced by small businesses in today's digital landsc…
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235. Why Moms Make the Best Advocates: Shannon Watts
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Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action, a six-million member organization she describes as “maybe the world's largest real life field experiment for what happens when you show women how their abilities and their burning desires and their values align, and how they come alive and can achieve things they never imagined possible.” We are t…
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234. Unfrazzling the Frazzled Homeschooling Mom
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Today we answer a listener’s letter. An excerpt:: My kids craft. All. The. Time. They wake and craft. Hot glue and paper scraps everywhere. Markers and lost lids everywhere. Cardboard everywhere. Currently they’re making some kind of escape room with string strung everywhere like a spider's web. I let them be and I read aloud for an hour or so, so …
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233. Endgame Tips to Finish the Year Strong
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Springtime often pulls homeschoolers in what can feel like two different directions. The first is the concern of what needs to be done before the end of the school year. The second is wanting to play outside. Today we cover how to unite the two. We give ideas of how to incorporate formal education with being outside: Measuring the circumference of …
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Understanding the Knowledge Gap in BOI Compliance | Episode #2
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In this episode, Frank Tumminello and Ian Quinlan discuss the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the importance of BOI compliance. They highlight the knowledge gap among small business owners and the need for education and awareness. They also emphasize the potential financial liabilities for businesses that fail to comply with the CTA. The conve…
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Corporate Transparency Act compliance and BOI reporting with Kenny Dettman from TaxNow/Sagemont Tax
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In this episode, FileForms co-founders, Frank Tumminello and Kenny Dettman (TaxNow, Sagemont Tax Services), discuss March Madness, BOI reporting deadlines, recent FinCEN Updates, and how you can avoid the year-end sprint to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act. Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting is Now Required in the US File your BOI…
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232. A Deep Dive into AI with Dr. Kelly Cohen
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When a lot of people hear “Artificial Intelligence,” they think RoboCop or the Terminator, but Dr. Kelly Cohen thinks about life-saving medical processes. Dr. Kelly Cohen’s startup, Genexia, uses AI to identify coronary artery disease using mammograms. Today he joins us to talk about his AI optimism and vision for the future. Join us as we talk abo…
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231. Artistic Homeschooling with Hana of Pepper and Pine
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Hana’s Instagram account, Pepper and Pine, is one of the most beautiful accounts on the internet: colorful, full of books and art. Her homeschooling approach is much the same. Using the Waldorf philosophy, she blends creativity and curiosity into her lessons, keeping them targeted to specific developmental stages. Today, we have a rich conversation…
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Today’s episode is a Poetry Teatime: You drink tea, people pick poems to read aloud, you listen and enjoy them while you're eating a delicious snack. Of course, since this is Brave Writer, we take time between the poems to talk about our love for poetry and how we use it to teach children about language: similes, imagery, space, expression, connect…
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229. Brave Writer Student to Professional Author: Millie Florence
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At age 20, Brave Writer alum Millie Florence has already published three books. She joins the show today to talk about her writing process, her publishing experience, and what she learned in her Brave Writer classes. Plus, we geek out about Minecraft Story Mode and our favorite middle grade novels. Resources: Buy Millie’s books or schedule a presen…
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We often practice compassion for others but hesitate when it comes to compassion for ourselves. Friend of the podcast Dr. Diana Hill joins us today to talk about her newest book, “The Self-Compassion Daily Journal,” and give us some practical tips for practicing self-compassion. We talk about the science of stress in the body, being a connected par…
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227. The Learning Game with Ana Lorena Fábrega
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There’s a big difference between “the game of school” and “the learning game.” Ana Lorena Fábrega picked this up as a kid when she went to 10 different schools by the time she was 15. She learned it again as an educator herself. Today Ana joins us to discuss her book, “The Learning Game.” We talk about memorization vs. applied learning, “pointsific…
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226. The Internet and Parenthood with Jill Smokler of She's Got Issues
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The internet has been a great tool for creating community. It has given us ways to connect, commiserate, and even start entrepreneurial adventures. In the 90s, we were just figuring out blogs and message boards. Now, there is TikTok, Instagram, and going viral. Founder of Scary Mommy and She’s Got Issues, Jill Smokler joins us to talk about how bei…
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