Ryan Foland speaks with Michael Reddington, an expert at moving people from resistance to commitment. He is an executive resource, Certified Forensic Interviewer, President of InQuasive, Inc., and author of The Disciplined Listening Method.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Michael talk about the nature of effective communication and p…

Ryan Foland speaks with Park Howell, who is a business storytelling consultant, podcast host, and keynote speaker.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Park delve into the power of storytelling in building trust and connection.Tune in for an interview packed with ideas and tips on refining your public speaking skills and staying relevant …

Ryan Foland speaks with Jeff Harry who is a Positive Psychology Play Speaker. He shows individuals and companies how to tap into their true selves to feel their happiest and most fulfilled — all by playing.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Jeff discuss the importance of embracing failure, sharing authentic stories, and consistently pu…

Ryan Foland speaks with Sally Z, an Award-Winning & TEDx Speaker, Bravery Expert, Coach and Best-Selling Author.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Sally talk about the framework for persuasive messages: Moment, Meaning, Move and the role of stories in communication, pitching, and connecting with an audience.Tune in for an interview pac…

Ryan Foland speaks with Kit Pang, the founder of BostonSpeaks. He is also a Public Speaking Anxiety Expert, a Harvard Business School Speaking Coach and a Cat Dad!In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Kit talk about maintaining a positive mindset even in a challenging situation and viewing challenges as opportunities for growth.Tune in fo…

Ryan Foland speaks with Mike Olson, a motivational speaker and a retired professional e-sports player.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Mike talk about the importance of using one's voice to communicate intentions and goals effectively. They also discussed the value of not fearing failure and using it to improve oneself.Tune in for an…

Ryan Foland speaks with Neil Sahota, an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisor, author of the best-seller Own the AI Revolution, and sought-after speaker.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Neil talk about how artificial intelligence can assist in discovering improved methods for enhancing your int…

Ryan Foland speaks with Berke Brown, a leader in organizational and personal behavior change. He is also the founder of Berke Brown International with a track record of creating sustainable cultural changes for Fortune 500 companies, organizations, and municipal governments. In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Berke talk about the true …

Ryan Foland speaks with Tiffani Bova. The global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce, and the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ. In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Tiffani talk about staying curious and being passionate about what that topic is so you can literally reach out to everyone.Tune in for…

Ryan Foland speaks with Chris Barton. An Innovation Keynote Speaker and the Founder and Creator of Shazam, the app that changed the way the world discovers music. He holds 12 patents and played key roles in the early days of Google and Dropbox. In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Chris talk about adding emotions to the humor to bring th…

In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Max talk about how you can feel empowered to want to share your story with others so that they can learn from it.Tune in for an interview full of ideas and tips on having a full grip on your story so you can communicate it properly as a public speaker.By Ryan Foland

In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Mark talk about giving your audience the pathway, showing them different stories, and helping them understand what it means to partner with you.Tune in for an interview full of ideas and tips on how to validate your speaking style, and a few certain things you should aim to teach your audience.…

In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Cynthia talk about how to take the audience on a learning journey with you when you speak.Tune in for an interview full of ideas and tips on how to stand out and share your own stories authentically.By Ryan Foland

In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Vivian talk about carrot cake as an analogy for DEI, how to activate people and bring them into a certain story funnel, and the importance of having access to tools as a public speaker.Tune in for an interview full of ideas and tips on how to use social media in different ways and learn how to play th…

Ryan Foland speaks with Laura Sicola, a speaker, coach and leadership communication expert who helps people hone their Vocal Executive Presence.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Laura talk about the importance of mastering the three C's – that's the ability to Command the room or the screen, to Connect with the audience and to Close t…

Ryan Foland speaks with Gordon Bufton, who is a creator, serial entrepreneur, humanitarian, explorer, and founder of GeniusCreators.org.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Gordon talk about being able to make decisions that serve your speaking career. One of the key messages in this discussion is how to bring value to your audience by c…

Sailing through adversities. Ryan Foland speaks with speaks with Dustin Reynolds. The first double amputee to sail around the world alone. He is an Environmentalist, a Humanist and an International Man of Mystery.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Dustin talk about overcoming adversities and making choices with the situation that you h…

Ryan Foland speaks with James Taylor, an in-demand keynote speaker and internationally recognized leader in business creativity and innovation.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and James talk about becoming a professional speaker. James also shares his tips on waiving your speaking fee – not speaking for free. One of the key messages in t…

Ryan Foland speaks with Jeff Butler, a speaker, author and workplace strategist who helps organizations create workplaces where employees thrive.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Jeff talk about how to approach your craft to find patterns and see what works and what doesn't in formulating your speaker algorithm. One of the key message…

Ryan Foland speaks with David Wood, speaker, coach, and communications ninja.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and David talk about having a counterphobic approach to life, not playing safe, and going for it even if it's a longshot.One of the key messages in this interview is that if you don't ask, you don't get.Tune in for an interview f…

In this session, Chris is joined by LaBrina Loving who leads Developer Advocacy for Game Developers at Microsoft who will share her journey as a .Net Developer working in enterprise into the world of gaming. We will cover some of the key challenges that game developers of all sizes face and how cloud can help.…

Perf Testing has traditionally been a higher environment activity. This leads to issues such as performance issues being identified late in the cycle, high MTTR for such issues, unplanned work, etc. However applying “Shift Left” to Performance Testing is a hard problem to solve. In this episode, Chris is joined by HariKrishnan as they talk through …

Ryan Foland speaks with Jaime Cohen, communications coach and advisor, whose mission is to help you find The Right Words, which also happens to be the name of her company.In this episode of our podcast series, Ryan and Jaime talk about getting comfortable on stage and finding confidence in your performance.One of the key messages in this interview …

Ten years and more passed since Patrick Debois coined the term DevOps, in 2009. In the IT world, nothing is definitive. All the technologies and techniques continue to evolve following an innovation trend that we cannot stop. We cannot merely say: ‘I’m tired of changing; please give me a rest.’ The only option is to be ready for the change. In DevO…

Listen in to this session as Chris is joined by Thomas Thornton, as they talk about DevOps in real-world scenarios.By Chris Reddington and Thomas Thornton

In this video, chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what’s coming soon and Azure related news! We’ll also be walking through the new GitHub Issues Beta!By Chris Reddington

Most organizations engaged in transformation today are moving from left to right in digitally-driven maturity models. The objectives are well known: increase agility, boost productivity, and provide seamless digital experiences for consumers. Architects play a pivotal role as the curators of this transformation. In this session, Asanka will share h…

In this episode, Chris is joined by Susanne Tedrick. Susanne is an Azure Infrastructure Specialist for Microsoft and the award-winning author of “Women of Color in Tech”. They will discuss the basic technical and business considerations to be made when migrating applications and workloads to the cloud, based on the Cloud Adoption Framework.…

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With Chris, while gaming with the Cloud Family Community.By Chris Reddington

In this session Chris is joined by Ivo who will explain how Telco providers are leveraging Azure to offer services to their customers. He will explain how they transform and what the future will be. He will also cover the benefits and struggles that they faced on the way.By Chris Reddington and Ivo Haagen

In this session, Chris is once again joined by Lee Williams. Chris and Lee talk through industry trends around Game Streaming (i.e. streaming games to your device, rather than livestreaming what you’re playing to others), and the opportunities this brings to game creators and consumers.By Chris Reddington and Lee Williams

In this video, chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what’s coming soon and Azure related news!By Chris Reddington

In this session, Chris is joined by Martin Woodward - Director of Developer Relations at GitHub to talk about building communities, building experience talking and leading communities and then of Developer Relations, what it means and how to get into that role as your job.By Chris Reddington and Martin Woodward

People with hearing impairments are often overlooked, yet they are actually in greater numbers most people believe. In this talk, I’ll give insight to those people. I know this of my own experience since I am deaf user with Cochlear Implants which gives me a hearing back, but it is not a full hearing as you might hope for. I also can give some insi…

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With Chris, while gaming with the Cloud Family Community.By Chris Reddington

The number of microservices running in enterprises increases daily. As a result, service composition, governance, security, and observability are becoming a challenge to implement and incorporate. A “cell-based” architecture is an approach that can be applied to current or desired development and technologies to address these issues. This technolog…

In this session, Chris is joined by Karl Cooke, Blogger at https://irishtechie.com. Chris and Karl talk all about the CloudWithChris.com integration platform, and the numerous automation/integration activities that Chris has in place to save time and focus on building content!By Chris Reddington and Karl Cooke

In this session, Chris is joined by DeveloperSteve Coochin, a Developer Advocate at Snyk. In this episode, Chris and Steve talk about vulns in the wild for a bit (well and to geek out in general), especially on the back of some research that Steve did recently on the likes of PHP. Steve has recently been looking into the security vulns that get let…

In this video, Chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what’s coming soon and Azure related news!By Chris Reddington

When using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), there’s a chance that kubenet might be the only possible choice due to your requirements. If so, you may still want to use Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) to leverage Azure Application Gateway’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities. In this session, we will make the journey together to…

Due to COVID-19, vOpen.Tech had to move so quickly from being a physical event to a virtual one. That meant that collecting registrations and user info as well as registering users had to be done online. Azure AD B2C was the silver bullet that allowed us to overcome and succeed, with almost no code and in less that 15 days! In this session we will …

In this session, Chris is joined by Vanessa Bruwer - Senior Engineer on the FastTrack for Azure team. Vanessa talks how the FastTrack for Azure team deliver monitoring sessions; teaching customers to fish, taking them from knowing nothing about Azure Monitor to being able to configure monitoring for any service in a few focussed sessions. Ready to …

In this video, chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what’s coming soon and Azure related news!By Chris Reddington

In this session, Chris is joined by Dr. Keith McNally. Dr. Keith teaches Azure Cloud to help transitioning military members gain employment in the IT industry. By using a project-based learning structure, he helps adult learners the features and functionality of Microsoft Azure. In this session, Chris and Keith talk through how this work came toget…

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With Chris, while gaming with the Cloud Family Community.By Chris Reddington

In this episode, Chris is joined by JJ Asghar as they talk through lessons learned from cultivating open source projects and communities. Over the last decade, JJ has had the privilege professionally of building and cultivating some Open Source projects and communities.This isn’t a tools talk. This is a talk about the soft skills you have to have t…

Are you now working with source code? Whether that’s Application Code, Infrastructure as Code, Database Schemas or Data Science workbooks as code, you may have heard of a term ‘Continuous Integration’ (CI). This is the process of regularly merging code, and running a series of automated builds/tests/checks to ensure that quality remains high in you…

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With ChrisBy Chris Reddington

In this episode, Chris is joined by Peter Gallagher, Freelance Programmer for PJG Creations, Microsoft Azure MVP, Pluralsight Author… IoT Expert, proud dad, gadget addict and Meetup organiser. Peter talks about the various IoT simulators available, Azure IoT and his experiences IoT across his career. If you’re a maker or interested in IoT, then thi…

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With Chris, while gaming with the Cloud Family Community.By Chris Reddington