Best Dan Hamer Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 51: Greg Hahn The Lost Tapes 33:37

1d ago33:37

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Greg Hahn is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mischief@No Fixed Address. Greg is going to go rogue and move this missive to first person. I started Mischief because I wanted to create a place where people- both employees and clients- could come and do the best work of their lives, with less layers, pretense and other unnecessary complic…

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39. Charging Onwards And Upwards - Lorenza & Eliza Pye 33:38

1+ y ago33:38

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On this episode we chat to Lorenza who's daughter Eliza was diagnosed with Charge Syndrome. Her diagnosis meant that Lorenza would have to navigate a new and unknown world of disability, including learning Signlanguage to enable her to speak with her daughter. Their story is full of triumph and positivity through all the tough things they have gone…

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38. Sportsperson, Sports Coach, Aurthor and DJ Disability Won't Stop Him - Adam Hayes 48:26

1+ y ago48:26

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This week we have Adam Hayes come to chat with us about his life with cerebral palsy. He's a sports person, sports coach, DJ, Author and Disability speaker and he's come to share all about his life twists and turns. Find his book via here Follow him on Instagram @_djwheels Support the showBy Ceri Winfield

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37. Changing Lives Through SDR And Therapy - Mike Poole Pt 2 50:06

1+ y ago50:06

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On this episode we are joined by the legend in the SDR world, Mike Poole from Walk this Way. He is a font of knowledge when it comes to SDR rehabilitation and teaching kids how to walk. He has so much knowledge we just had to get him on the podcast so he could share some hints and tips with others! If you'd like to find out more about what mike doe…

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36. Changing Lives Through SDR And Therapy - Mike Poole Pt 1 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

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On this episode we are joined by the legend in the SDR world, Mike Poole from Walk this Way. He is a font of knowledge when it comes to SDR rehabilitation and teaching kids how to walk. He has so much knowledge we just had to get him on the podcast so he could share some hints and tips with others! If you'd like to find out more about what mike doe…

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35. Become Disabled Changed My Life - Nathan Maguire 29:32

1+ y ago29:32

29:32

Natham Maguire, Paralympic silver medalist, Commonwealth Champion and European champion came on the podcast to chat about his life. He has an acquired disability, which happened as a child and now he is an amazing athlete. He goes in to detail about what that was like for him and how sport was the thing that kept him going and gave him something he…

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34. Doing Sport Isn't Just About Becoming A Paralympian - Dan Berney 47:18

1+ y ago47:18

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This episode we talk all things sport, disability sport, abled bodied sport and what ways you can get your child into a sport. We wanted to make sure people know that children doing sport is all about the enjoyment, the fun they have, the friends they make, this isn't just about becoming a Paralympian. Dan has so much experience of growing up doing…

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33. Sex And Cerebral Palsy - Georgia Hamer 43:47

1+ y ago43:47

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This episode we are joined by Georgia one of our ambassadors to talk all things connected to sex. Including how it is taught to people with cerebral palsy, how it is spoken about around teens with cerebral palsy and even the cautions and potential for abuse. It needed to be spoken about and I am so glad I had Georgia giving her own personal experie…

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32. Fundraising Can Change A Disabled Child's Life! - Tree of Hope 31:39

1+ y ago31:39

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This episode we were joined by Katie Wotawa from Tree of Hope Children's Charity. They do amazing work, helping families raise the funds they so desperately need to get the equipment, therapy and treatments that dramatically change a disabled child's life. They do amazing work, supporting and getting funding and grants for thousands of children acr…

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31. Adaptive Clothing That Works For You - Bealies Adaptive Clothing 29:51

1+ y ago29:51

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This week we are joined by Caron from Bealies adaptive wear. She came on the podcast to chat about everything disability adaptive wear and how she got started on wanting to provide more options for adaptive clothing on the market. She has lived experience with her son being in a wheelchair and thats what started it all. Its great to hear what she i…

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30. Living Independently With A Disability - David Smith OBE 44:43

2y ago44:43

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This week we are joined by David Smith OBE who is passionate about living independently, always has been and now he is really keen on supporting others who are disabled to learn how to live more independently and strive for a more independent life. We know it's not always as easy as Davids journey might sound, but he does have some great hints and …

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29. SDR Has Changed My Life - Chris Brittain 44:50

2y ago44:50

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Chris Brittain joins us on this podcast to share his experience of having SDR at the age of 7. He has Diplegic Cerebral Palsy and he chose at the age of 7 to have SDR and my gosh has it completely changed his life. Because of this he wants to share his story to help inspire other parents, children and show what can be done if you put the effort in …

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28. The Loss Of My Mum and Brother Changed Everything - Lisa Maniatis 35:19

2y ago35:19

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Lisa Maniatis is back for another podcast, she has been through a lot in the past year and she wanted to share her journey with everyone and what it means now. Disclaimer we do talk about death in this podcast so if that is something you do not want to listen to please feel free not to. Lisa is excited for her future, providing so much more for peo…

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27. In There Like Disability Swimwear - Kes-Vir Swimwear 28:09

2y ago28:09

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This episode we were joined by Daksha from Kes-vir swimwear, she comes to talk about all the products they offer, how they got started and the reasons why they wanted to provide disability specific swimwear! We also find out about their best products and what's to come in the near future! Find them on socials: Facebook- www.facebook.com/KesVir Inst…

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26. Cerebral Palsy Won't Stop Me! - Georgia Hammer 43:54

2y ago43:54

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This episode we are joined by Georgia Hamer who shares about her life with Cerebral Palsy, what have been the hard bits, but also what she has enjoyed the most. She talks about how she hasn't let her cerebral palsy stop her from enjoying music, going to festivals and even having her own radio show. It is great to hear from her about her journey thr…

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25. My Child's Deaf and I Had To Learnt Everything! - Catherine Clapham 50:52

2y ago50:52

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Catherine felt it was necessary to share her experience of being told her first born child was deaf. With no experience of ever being around a deaf person and no one in the family it was a new learning experience for her and her husband, but one she has loved and is proud of how far they have come. She's learnt all about cochlea implants and how he…

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Episode 50: Sir John Hegarty 38:59

2y ago38:59

38:59

Sir John Hegarty, awarded a Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to advertising and Creative industries, Founder, Creative Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) and The Garage Soho, now adds to his title, ‘The Imposterous First Birthday Edition Season Two Finale and Episode 50 Guest’. It’s a lot. Welcome to the big time SJH. John Hegarty has been…

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24. Motivation Comes Through Action - Ali Golchin 50:15

2y ago50:15

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Ali comes to share his story with Cerebral Palsy, how he found his motivation to learn to walk, start strength training and Brazilian Jiujitsu! It was very inspiring to hear him talk, how he learnt about what he needed to do if he wanted to get anywhere in life and that without pain their is no progress. Follow Ali on instagram @deathgripbjj If you…

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Episode 49: Dan Nelken 31:40

2y ago31:40

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Dan Nelken is a Creative’s Creative. Saying this exposes the fact we haven’t read Dan’s book, ‘A Self-Help Guide for Copywriters’. If we had we would have written something far more original and spent a lot less time sweating the unavoidable mediocrity of it. Anyway, Dan Nelken is an active advertising creative who works on the world's biggest bran…

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Episode 48: Lizi Hamer 23:01

2y ago23:01

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Here we are, back with the second installment of SAW IT. AM IT. A series of conversations hosted by Shannon Crowe featuring some of the brilliant creative leaders Shannon met at Cannes Lions SEE IT BE IT program in 2017. Today’s guest is Lizi Hamer. The Drum named Lizi as one of the world's most creative women, Cannes Lions selected her in the top …

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23. How I Help Others On A Similar Journey With A Disabled Child - Nadine Neckles 37:29

2y ago37:29

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This episode we had the pleasure of interviewing Nadine, who came to chat about her journey with her daughter who has a disability and what she did to help her deal with some of the emotions that came up, she also decided to use the tools that she found to help others in similar situations through developing the Special Journey Journal, which is av…

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Episode 47: Maria Milusheva 32:28

2y ago32:28

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Welcome to the first episode of SAW IT. AM IT. A series of conversations hosted by Shannon Crowe featuring some of the wonderful creative leaders Shannon met at Cannes Lions SEE IT BE IT program in 2017. Today’s guest is Maria Milusheva. Maria is Creative Director & Partner at Noble Graphics. Working in advertising since 2005 (17 years and counting…

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Episode 46: Alvin Teoh 35:18

2y ago35:18

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In his uniquely brilliant laconic style, a way of speaking and thinking that we’ve quickly come to love here at The Imposterous Alvin says, “It feels like forever, but I am still new at this job. I've been ECD for some years now and I feel I need another 200 more to fully understand what the heck I am doing. I like the work, can't say I love the jo…

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22. Changing The Thoughts And Fears Of Disability - Dan Berney 54:51

2y ago54:51

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We welcome back our ambassador Dan to talk about changing the thoughts and fears of disability. Dan knows all too well about explaining his disability to others especially children as he works as a nursery worker and has done for 7 years. He is very good at explaining to all the little ones he works with how to talk about disability, what kinds of …

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Episode 45: Anouk Jans 40:18

2y ago40:18

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Anouk Jans creates creative concepts, brand identities, campaigns, social media strategies and digital content to help define, establish and build international love brands that shape culture. Driven by a pioneering spirit, Anouk gives brands an opportunity to rethink marketing by creating dynamic campaigns for today’s audience, with stories about …

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Episode 44: David Smith + Mums in Ads 41:06

2y ago41:06

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David Smith is a creative thinker of international standing. Founded Blood UTD in 2016 - an agency that began life with a focus on doing the best work in the space of sport and fitness. But has since evolved to focus on good companies - by good, we mean companies that are focused on generating profit in a manner that is fair and sustainable. This i…

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21. I Didn't Want To Do Sports... My Dad Made Me! - Chris Rattenbury 1:13:14

2y ago1:13:14

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Our first episode of season 2 and we kick it off with guest Chris Rattenbury, a para athlete and sportsman who has had a tone of experience working his way through para sport, finding the sport that was right for him. He was open about his upbringing, from what he struggled with to what made him the person he is today. Make sure to follow him on in…

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Episode 43: Natalie Lam 41:34

2y ago41:34

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You know it’s a good day when Natalie Lam joins us on The Imposterous. Natalie is Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. She’s responsible for overseeing the creative output of more than 60 agency brands including Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis, Razorfish, Sapient, Digitas with integrated creative, d…

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Episode 42: Gus Worland 29:58

2y ago29:58

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Much loved Australian television and radio host, and passionate mental fitness advocate Gus Worland founded Gotcha4Life in 2017, following the success of the ABC series Man Up and losing a very close friend and life mentor to suicide, as he realised he had the ability and networks to make a real difference. Gus simply does not accept the alarming s…

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Episode 41: Veronica Beach 33:25

2+ y ago33:25

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Veronica Beach is the original founder and now partner of the poolhouse (www.the-poolhouse.com), a social network for Producers in TV, Film & Advertising. Previously Veronica was the Director of Production at Pereira O'Dell from 2020 - July 2022 overseeing the San Francisco & New York offices from the Agency side and their In-House production depar…

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Episode 40: Paul Middleditch 42:27

2+ y ago42:27

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Paul Middleditch has directed four feature films and is regarded as one of the top performance/action TV Commercial Directors in the world. He is Australasia's most awarded commercials Director, having over 300, with 8 Cannes Lions, 4 of which are gold, and numerous International and National awards to his credit. He was recently ranked 8th Best Co…

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Episode 39: Pum Lefebure 36:46

2+ y ago36:46

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Pum Lefebure is a co-founder and chief creative officer of Design Army in Washington, DC, where she oversees all creative coming through the agency's doors. The Thailand native brings a global sensibility to American design - a creative point of view that draws from different cultures and resonates with diverse audiences. In this episode of The Imp…

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Episode 38: Peter Nankervis 33:16

2+ y ago33:16

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The Imposterous, Peter Nankervis is Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Group and a passionate corporate coach working with CEO’s and guiding leadership teams to identify the right people and performance solutions to accelerate business transformation and growth. He brings to this episode a history of partnering with companies that have successfully acce…

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Episode 37: Tommy McCubbin and Steve Sammartino 41:22

2+ y ago41:22

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Two great guests, two episodes in one. Where to start? Let’s begin with Steve Sammartino. Wikipedia tells us Steve is an Australian futurist, author and entrepreneur and according to Forbes, he launched Rentoid in 2007, one of the early sharing-economy, peer-to-peer online hire and rental marketplaces. Rentoid was featured in Rachel Botsman and Roo…

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Episode 36: Elaine Li 27:29

2+ y ago27:29

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Meet the imposterous Elaine Li, creative director and photographer. Elaine was born and raised in Hong Kong, spent time in Melbourne, Chicago, San Francisco, and is now based in Sydney. So far in her advertising career, Elaine has planted a beer ad in people’s dreams; raised money for bushfire victims with a burnt Christmas tree; and made edible fi…

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Episode 35: Brent Smart 40:17

2+ y ago40:17

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Brent Smart is a rare breed of marketer - equal parts creative and commercial. A brand builder who has taken NRMA to third strongest brand in Australia (it was 36th when he started) and is the strongest insurance brand in the world. With a track record of changing the fortunes of brands, leading NRMA to 3 years of customer growth after 7 years of d…

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Episode 34: The McFarlanes 26:30

2+ y ago26:30

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Mietta started her career in Sydney at Ogilvy and Droga5 working across brands KFC, QANTAS, Coca Cola and Sunbeam Appliances. Seven years ago Mietta made the move to New York where she’s since created influential campaigns for The New York Times, The Jed Foundation for Teen Suicide and Kraft. Her work has been featured on CNN, Buzzfeed, The Wall St…

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Episode 33: Damon Stapleton 32:20

2+ y ago32:20

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Damon is Chief Creative Officer and one of the founders of The Monkeys Aotearoa. Before that he was Regional Chief Creative Officer of DDB (New Zealand and Australia). He was formerly Chief Creative Officer of DDB New Zealand where he won over 20 Agency of the Year titles, including DDB New Zealand being named agency of the year in Australia. Befor…

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Episode 32: Dr Valerie Young and Rachel Lounds 42:17

2+ y ago42:17

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The term “thought leader” is vastly overused. But when it comes to Valerie Young, she’s that — and more. Widely considered the world’s foremost expert on impostor syndrome, Valerie is uniquely qualified to help organisations, workshop facilitators, coaches, and individuals to stamp out impostor syndrome. Valerie earned her doctoral degree in educat…

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Episode 31: Jeff Goodby 39:20

2+ y ago39:20

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How we got Jeff Goodby on The Imposterous still baffles us. But then we remember Laura Petrucelli talked him into it so yeah, it had nothing to do with us. Back to feeling like imposters. Jeff, along with his friend Rich, started this whole Goodby Silverstein and Partner thing. Jeff grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Harvard, where he wrote…

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#3 Viva La Sickness 1:47:32

2+ y ago1:47:32

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Dan and Elaine get down with the sickness and talk about our Vegas vacation. Playboy bunnies and Easter Bunnies join us for funnies and Ted Bundy.By Dan Hamer

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Episode 30: Faker 3:33

2+ y ago3:33

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Faker by Tom Spicer. Spoken by Rupert Degas. As Tom Spicer says, “If ever there was something in desperate need of a rebrand, it’s imposter syndrome. It definitely sounds bad. But so many amazingly talented people have encountered it and lived to tell the tale, how bad can it really be? In fact imposter syndrome might just be the reason for their a…

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Episode 29: Jane Caro 31:09

2+ y ago31:09

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Jane Caro AM spent 35 years as an award winning copywriter and 7 years teaching Advertising Creative in the School of Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. Jane is a Walkley Award winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator. These days Jane is a full time writer, speaker…

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Episode 28: Emma Robbins 29:50

2+ y ago29:50

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Not every conversation on The Imposterous ends with us looking at each other saying, ‘Well, she’d be good to work for’. But this one did. Emma’s career spans 25 years, from junior writer, to Group CD, through to Executive Creative Director and Board Member at Clemenger BBDO. Now ECD at M&C Saatchi Melbourne Emma has won multiple international award…

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20. Rebuilding, Strengthening and Building Functions of the Body - ABR England 27:59

2+ y ago27:59

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This episode we had the pleasure of interviewing Anam Khan from ABR England, she came to chat about everything to do with ABR Therapy and how it helps children across the UK and beyond improve their lives from the ground up. Its great to hear about such a good therapy that can completely change a child and families lives forever, Anam has the exper…

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Episode 27: Claudia Cristovao 29:48

2+ y ago29:48

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Claudia Cristovao is the Head of Google Brand Studio APAC. She studied Communication, Film and Fine Art between Lisbon, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London and is an honors graduate at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and holds an MA from Saint Martins in London. Claudia has worked as a writer, brand developer and Creative Director for Nike, …

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Episode 26: Cam and David Blackley 27:05

2+ y ago27:05

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David’s son Cameron better known as Cam has led international creative shops including Droga5 New York and Sydney, Publicis London, AMV BBDO, Grey, BMF; for the last four years he’s filled the Chief Creative Officer’s chair at M&C Saatchi Australia. Cam has been awarded hundreds of times at international awards including a coveted D&AD Black Pencil…

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19. Wheelchair Dance Changed My Life! - Lizzie Sawyer 37:19

2+ y ago37:19

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This episode we had the amazing opportunity to interview Lizzie Sawer who has Spina Bifida. She wanted to share her story, the hard parts included, but also share about the amazing dance group she found and has given her a sense of belonging. It was pleasure to hear Lizzie's story and if you would like to find out about the dance group she is a par…

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Episode 25: Julian Cole 30:22

2+ y ago30:22

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Julian Cole is a strategy consultant to global brands including Apple, Facebook, Disney, Snap and Uber. Previously he held the role of Head of Comms Planning at BBDO and BBH in New York. Julian has helped create award winning work for PlayStation, Bacardi, Pepsi, Google and Coca-Cola. With a void of practical information online, in 2017 he started …

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Episode 24: Cindy Gallop 30:11

2+ y ago30:11

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Cindy Gallop likes to blow shit up. She is a brand and business innovator, consultant, coach and keynote speaker available to work with anybody who wants to change the game in their particular sector. People go to Cindy for radical, innovative, groundbreaking, transformation - Cindy does not do status quo! She can help you own the future as the lea…

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