Activating The Gig Economy For Older Adults With Teri Lucie Thompson And Bringing Entertainment And Education To Trade Shows With Seth Kramer

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Activating The Gig Economy For Older Adults With Teri Lucie Thompson And Bringing Entertainment And Education To Trade Shows With Seth Kramer

While many people from ages 55 and up are thinking of retirement, there are still a significant number of them who still wish to work. Yet, with newer generations taking over the workforce, it can be especially hard for this age group to find jobs that will take them. And what a waste of talent and experience that would be! Teri Lucie Thompson co-founded Knackstor Global, a digital platform that activates the gig economy for older adults, allowing them to earn, volunteer, and create community. In this episode, she sits down with Dr. Diane Hamilton to share with us the origin of this great company and the ways they are creating opportunities for adults. What is more, Knackstor caters to a double-sided market, providing a supply of experienced talents from those 55 years old and up and demand from small businesses, non-profits, and corporations looking to leverage their expertise. 

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Who says magic is only for entertainment? Seth Kramer, an illusionist and mentalist, uses his talents to help companies market and gain sales. He joins Dr. Diane Hamilton in today’s conversation to talk about how he balances entertainment with education to draw people into a company or brand. Seth takes us to his work in trade shows and how he works together with businesses for their presentation and to achieve their marketing goals. With so many competitions popping out, it has become a must to learn how to stand out in the crowd. Allow Seth to give you some insights to not only get leads but also converting those, even in settings like trade shows and business events. 

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What is the difference between Vimeo and Youtube?

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Youtube is always in the spotlight.  However, they do have some competition.  Vimeo is another site where users can upload, view and share videos.  As of March, 2010, they had over 3 million members.  Vimeo’s name comes from combining video and me together.  You won’t find any commercials on Vimeo.  I was doing some checking to see what people were saying about how they felt about the differences between Youtube and Vimeo . . .  here are some of the differences between the two sites:

Those who preferred Youtube, did so due to some of the following reasons: 

  1. Quality
  2. Links to Related Videos
  3. Embedding
  4. Larger Audience
  5. Higher Possibility of Going Viral
  6. Large File Size
  7. Good Playback
  8. Can have infomercials and self-promotion

Pocket-lint.com has an interesting article that explains some of the advantages they found for Vimeo.  Some of these things include:

  1. Ownership
  2. Content Allowed
  3. Copyright Issues
  4. Library
  5. Video Quality
  6. Uploading
  7. Promotion/Humiliation
  8. Community
  9. Downloadable
  10. Support
  11. Purpose

To read the rest of the article and find out about each of these 11 areas, click here.