We’re all living stories that aren’t finished yet, and this podcast picks up right in the middle of some really interesting journeys. Whether it’s navigating adulthood, the Christian life, marriage, a music career, grief, healing, or parenting, this podcast hosts conversations for everyone to find themselves a part of. Tune in every other week to find new episodes full of great conversation, laughter, vulnerability, and more!
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Green Soap is a podcast for tattooers, tattoo havers, tattoo getters, and anybody else. Hosted by tattooer Eric Ayala and tattoo haver Sam Eaton.
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Welcome to the Sheffield Digital Podcast. This is the place to hear about the exciting digital industries in the Sheffield City Region. We cover engaging topics about the local tech sector with special guests from a thriving community of companies, accelerators, policy-makers, educators, freelancers, events organisers, and more! If you’re interested in unique tech career stories straight from Sheffield, then check out our interviews with people who share the why’s and the how’s of what they ...
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Josh Kerr and Taylor Kerr of Maddie & Tae
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45:25Episode 2 of “In The Middle Of It” features Hannah’s brother: hit songwriter and producer Josh Kerr, and his amazing wife: award-winning country singer Taylor Kerr from the duo Maddie & Tae! In Josh and Taylor’s first ever interview together, they discuss their love story, their NICU experience with both of their children, what it’s like for them t…
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Celebrating Sheffield Digital’s 10th Anniversary - with Mel Kanarek and Chris Dymond
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1:03:11In this episode you’ll find out why Sheffield Digital was set up ten years ago, what has happened over the years, and what the future holds. Mel and Chris, two of the Co-founders and Directors, return to the podcast to celebrate ten years of Sheffield Digital. They discuss whether their initial expectations for Sheffield Digital have been met, most…
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Host Hannah Kerr sits down with her friend Mike Weaver, lead vocalist of Big Daddy Weave, and shares lots of laughs while also having a raw and honest discussion about navigating grief while maintaining faith, and how to find purpose when your prayers aren't answered the way you hoped.By Hannah Kerr
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“What are you in the middle of?” Is the central question for this podcast hosted by Christian music artist and songwriter Hannah Kerr. Join Hannah and her guests as they share their hearts while diving into what they’re in the middle of and how God is working through it all. New episodes and incredible guests every other week, starting May 14th! Yo…
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How did you get here: Interview with Business Development Manager at Hydra Creative - Richard Kerr
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37:58Richard Kerr shares his career path to becoming Business Development Manager at Hydra Creative. His story includes why he changed his degree from Architecture to English Language and Literature, how being a chef got him into Marketing, and what he does in his job now. Hydra Creative is a full-service digital marketing agency. Services include bespo…
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How did you get here: Interview with Sophie from the Home Office
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25:52This episode features an interview with Sophie from the Home Office. Sophie is Head of Data Science for Automation and Innovation, Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT). Sophie tells us about what her job involves, her pathway into tech, and what it’s like balancing work and motherhood. Subscribe to the podcast If you’d like to have new episodes of t…
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Everything you need to know about IP at the beginning of your tech journey - with Kerry Russell from Shakespeare Martineau
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40:40Just imagine if you could sit down with a solicitor specialising in Intellectual Property (IP) and ask them everything you need to know at the beginning of your tech journey. Well, we did just that with Kerry Russell, an IP Lawyer at Shakespeare Martineau, which is one of our Associate Sponsors. Kerry gives us an overview of IP and the main IP righ…
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How did you get here: Interview with Odette and Hannah from the UK Home Office
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29:57This episode features an interview with Odette McHenry and Hannah Turner from the UK Home Office. Odette is Deputy Director for Automation and Innovation in the Digital, Data and Technology Department (DDaT). Hannah is the Head of Commissioning for Automation and AI. Odette and Hannah tell us about what their individual jobs involve, the unique pat…
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Meet The Meetup: SheffieldR Users Group - Interview with Grace Accad from the University of Sheffield
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13:59Grace Accad, co-organiser of the SheffieldR Users Group Meetup, tells us what to expect from the events they hold, the wide range of topics they cover, and who usually attends. She also shares why she put herself forward to join the organising team. This is your chance to find out about other similar meetups in Sheffield. These include Sheffield Da…
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Meet The Meetup: Sheffield StartUp - Interview with Gary Neville
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38:52Gary Neville, co-organiser and co-host of the Sheffield Startup Meetup, shares the challenges of running a community startup event, explains the success of the format, and tells us about the common shared realities of the founder's journey. Gary touches on some of the risks attached to becoming a founder, emphasises the importance of encouraging di…
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Meet The Meetup: Sheffield DM - Interview with Giorgio Cassella from Evoluted
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28:29Giorgio Cassella, Managing Director at Evoluted, shares the story behind the roots and growth of Sheffield Digital Marketing Meetup - also known as Sheffield DM. Since launching in 2018, the meetup has evolved and changed – particularly in response to the pandemic – whilst staying true to the principle of giving something back to the marketing comm…
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How did you get here: Interview with Managing Director at Appt China - Joy Quan
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32:49Joy Quan shares her journey from starting out as an international student at the University of Sheffield to becoming the Managing Director at Appt China in Kunming. Appt is an international digital agency specialising in bespoke app, web and software development and digital communications in the UK and China. Joy tells us what it was like arriving …
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How did you get here: Interview with four Software Developer apprentices at Tes
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37:25This episode of the Sheffield Digital podcast features a group interview with four apprentices working at Tes Global. In collaboration with Makers, Tes offered the opportunity for those passionate about tech to retrain, learn to code, and launch a new career in software development. Jack Thacker, Noelia Perez Marin, Sonia Khan and Jose Lopez Guerre…
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We’re finally back. This week we sat down with One Arm Willie. Willie is a tattoo artist at Sickle and Moon Tattoo in Columbia, South Carolina. Follow us on Instagram: Willie: https://www.instagram.com/onearmwillietattoo/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/…
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How did you get here: Interview with Co-Founder & CEO of The Tech Dept - Dan Kirby
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33:58How did you get here? Dan Kirby shares his journey to becoming Co-Founder and CEO of The Tech Dept, specialists in working with early-stage startups, particularly impact startups. Their mission is to help impact founders do good at scale. Dan tells us about his life as an entrepreneur since 2001, the highs and lows of running a business, and why he…
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Disclaimer: Our SD card was actin' up on us. If you notice any funky bits, no you didn't. This week we sit down with Dean Caves. Dean is a tattoo artist and co-owner of Old Ghosts Tattoo in Raleigh, North Carolina. Follow us on Instagram: Dean: https://www.instagram.com/deancaves/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://ww…
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How did you get here: Interview with Founder & CEO of AI machine learning startup TUBR - Dash Tabor
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17:22How did you get here? Dash Tabor shares her journey to becoming the founder of an AI machine learning startup. Dash Tabor didn’t expect to work in tech, never mind to start her own deep-tech company specialising in the application of AI for small and incomplete datasets. Growing up, she felt that tech wasn’t her, that it was too complicated and too…
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In this weeks episode we sit down with Hannah Evans. Hannah is a tattoo artist at Faithful and True Tattoo in Fresno, California. Follow us on Instagram: Hannah: https://www.instagram.com/hannahevanstattoo/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/…
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This episode is a day late, our bad. Today we had the pleasure of chatting with Brandon Kerr. Brandon is a tattoo artist at Opal Heart Tattoo in Matthews, North Carolina. Follow us on Instagram: Brandon: https://www.instagram.com/old_red_eyes/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: http…
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This one is a long one, but it's full of nuggets so buckle up. In this episode we sit down with Sean Perkinson. Sean is a tattoo artist at Faith Tattoo in Santa Rosa, California. Follow us on Instagram: Sean: https://www.instagram.com/sean_tats/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: ht…
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Today we are joined by Tannis Almond. Tannis is a tattoo artist and co-owner at Black Rabbit Tattoo in Richmond, Virginia. Follow us on Instagram: Tannis: https://www.instagram.com/tannistattoos/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/…
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This week we are joined by Charles Wicks. Charles is a tattoo artist currently tattooing at Downtown Tattoo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Follow us on Instagram: Charles: https://www.instagram.com/cwstattoos/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/…
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Back to guests this week and today we are joined by Alex Graham. Alex is a tattoo artist currently tattooing at Faith Tattoo in Santa Rosa, California. Follow us on Instagram: Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alex_w_grahamtattoos/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instag…
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No guest this week, just us. Follow us on Instagram: Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/By Eric Ayala & Sam Eaton
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This week we are joined by Damien Broderick. Damien is a content creator from Dublin, Ireland, best known for his “Let’s Get Dressed” series highlighting Men’s fashion. Damien’s Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damienbroderick/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DamienBroderick Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@damienbroderick Follow us on Inst…
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In this week's episode we are joined by Woozy Machine. Woozy is an artist currently tattooing at Parliament Tattoo in London, England. Follow us on Instagram: Woozy: https://www.instagram.com/woozymachinetattoos/ Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/ …
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In this week's episode we are joined by Ken Cox. Ken is a tattoo artist and ultramarathoner, currently tattooing at his private studio in New Orleans, Louisiana. Follow us on Instagram: Ken: https://www.instagram.com/flashyken Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram…
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In this week's episode we are joined by Manny Bravo. Manny is a tattoo artist and professional fisherman, currently tattooing at Lucky Club Tattoo in Bakersfield, California. Follow us on Instagram: Manny: https://www.instagram.com/bravotattoos Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: htt…
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Today we are joined by Eric's living and breathing portfolio, Jacob Mauro. We discuss their friendship, why we get tattooed, and what it's like to complete a full back piece in a week. Follow us on Instagram: Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/ Jaco…
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In this week's episode we are joined by our first guest. Wooddy, known across the internet as DamnitWooddy, is a tattoo artist and content creator, currently working at Faithful and True Tattoo in Fresno, California. Wooddy's Links: https://www.instagram.com/damnitwooddy/ https://www.tiktok.com/@damnitwooddy https://www.youtube.com/@damnitwooddy ht…
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In this week's episode we have the Eric Ayala deep dive. We talk about growing up in Las Vegas, Eric's tattooing career, and stolen fridges. Follow us on Instagram: Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/…
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The boys discuss recording a podcast about tattoos and tattooing. Follow us on Instagram: Green Soap: https://www.instagram.com/greensoappod/ Eric: https://www.instagram.com/eric_ayala_/ Sam: https://www.instagram.com/samxeat/By Eric Ayala & Sam Eaton
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SDP 75: Becoming a B Corp - an interview with Mina
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29:04Last autumn, Mina announced that it had become B Corporation (B Corp) certified. The global B Corp movement sets a standard for businesses who want to ‘do good’ through their actions towards the environment, their employees and the impact they make in their local community. In this interview with Mina Co-Founder and Managing Director, Chris Dalrymp…
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Sheffield Digital Insight: Building teams and developing people at Tes
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17:58‘Sheffield Digital Insight’ focuses on careers in the tech sector. In a series of interviews with people who work in the Sheffield City Region, we are starting a conversation about different roles, the skills you need or can expect to learn, and everything that is exciting and inspiring about working in tech. This episode features Ryan Temple who i…
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SDP 74: Turning a lifestyle business into an award-winning scale-up
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38:48Mel follows-up with Dan and Andrew from Airship, delves into some Sheffield history and finds out the highs and lows of reinventing a tech business. If you listened to Episode 72 of this podcast, you will have heard us chat with two very successful start-ups: Mina and Airship. You will also have discovered that Airship isn’t really a start-up; the …
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SDP 73: Creating a Gigabit city and getting to grips with the eSports scene in Sheffield
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1:15:56In episode 73 of the Sheffield Digital podcast we talk to Natalie Ward, City Manager for CityFibre. We’re also joined by Giorgio Cassella, Head of Marketing at Evoluted and founder of Afterwork.gg, and Adam Jessop, founder and CEO of Endpoint Gaming. First up, we ask Natalie about how she got into working in broadband connectivity, what changes she…
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SDP 72: Airship & Mina - two of Sheffield’s most exciting startups talk about their journeys so far
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1:15:27In the first half of episode 72 we discuss product development and scalability, working remotely and hiring during national lockdowns, Sheffield as a tech business location, how to encourage people to enter careers in tech, and diversity in the industry. And here are our guests: Julian Cole, Lead Developer, and Andrew Whiteley, Director, from Airsh…
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SDP 71: The future of The Children's Media Conference & asking what the heck happened with Cryptopunk NFTs
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57:40In episode 71 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we speak to Kathy Loizou, Co-founder and Director of The Children's Media Conference, and we're also joined by Alex Amsel, award-winning game developer and blockchain expert. In the first part of the episode, Kathy fills us in on the history of The Children’s Media Conference, how it’s adapted during C…
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SDP 70: What next for the Sheffield Digital Podcast?
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14:34In episode 70 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, Iain and Mel share the news that the podcast is going on a short pause. But more importantly, we want your feedback on how we can make it much better. What kind of feedback are we talking? Well, we’ve been recording since 2017 and we’ve had a fairly consistent interview/news format throughout. This la…
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SDP 69: Reflecting on a unique year for Sheffield's digital community
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51:12In this final episode of 2020, Iain, Mel and Chris look back on what has been a year of unique challenges for Sheffield's digital businesses and community members. After sharing a few personal reflections, we turn to the kinds of difficulties the community has faced, as well as the different ways people have used their creativity and generosity to …
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SDP 68: Virtual reality in healthcare and finding the next generation of games developers
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52:51In episode 68 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, we are joined by Ivan Phelan, Senior Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University who specialises in using VR for healthcare, and Jake Habgood, Director of Education Partnerships at Sumo Digital. It was great to have Ivan and Jake with us to discuss using games and VR in various healthcare settings,…
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SDP 67: Virtual events and getting ready for Sheffield Digital Festival
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1:09:04In episode 67 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we look ahead to the Sheffield Digital Festival with four of our fantastic event organisers. They talk us through what they have planned for their events and and their approach to doing it all virtually. And here are our guests: Amanda and Simon Cookson from Northern Value Creators Tim Latham from Data…
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SDP 66: Tracey Johnson and David Akeroyd on Barnsley's Digital Campus and supporting start ups
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1:08:07In episode 66 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we speak to Tracey Johnson and David Akeroyd from Barnsley DMC and Barnsley College respectively. They tell us all about DMC2, a new space for companies to scale up, co-work and enjoy a thriving community. It was great to hear all about the digital scene in Barnsley from Tracey and David. Despite COVID…
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SDP 65: Dean Sadler on turning TribePad into a climate-positive company
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55:07In episode 65 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we speak to Dean Sadler, founder and CEO of TribePad about his plans to make the company climate positive. Plus there’s the usual round up of news, events and exciting information. In the first part of the episode, we speak to Dean about some of the data captured by TribePad recruitment software over t…
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SDP 64: Festival news, policy debates and a great developer offer
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32:07In episode 64 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, Mel and Chris share some updates from the city’s digital sector. It’s one of those shows for you to catch up on all the news and hear what’s coming in the community. Topics and exciting information covered includes: the Sheffield Digital Festival re-boot (Nov 16–22) the Council is asking videos in a b…
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In episode 63 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, we speak to people from three different companies to hear how they are approaching the return to office working. Or maybe they’re not! A little spoiler there. The show features: Dan Kirby, Co-founder of The Tech Dept. Sarah Mackie, Head of HR at Zoo Digital Mai Mai Lam, Director of HR Operations and S…
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SDP 62: Mark Mobbs on a new campaign to support Sheffield businesses and communities
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46:52In episode 62, we speak to Mark Mobbs from Marketing Sheffield about the new Make Yourself at Home campaign. It aims to support local businesses and communities by offering a framework that helps us all shout about the city as it moves forward from Covid-19. Marketing Sheffield is part of Sheffield City Council and it was great to hear Mark talk ab…
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SDP 61: Accelerators, EdTech and life out of lockdown
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1:00:57In episode 61, Sheffield Digital’s directors Mel Kanarek and Chris Dymond talk about life in lockdown and how Sheffield’s digital sector has responded to the crisis. This is one of our news and update-type shows, so buckle up and listen in to find out what’s going on and coming up. You’ll hear about: Sheffield Startup Summer 2020 the AWRC Accelerat…
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SDP 60: James Marriott and Stuart Grimshaw on freelancing in the time of Covid-19
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46:35In episode 60 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we talk all things freelancing with software engineer, Stuart Grimshaw, plus audio specialist and organiser of the Sheffield Collective meet-up, James Marriott. We’ve covered all sorts of Covid-19 related subjects over the last three months, so we thought we’d use this episode to focus on freelancers. …
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SDP 59: Jonny Briggs on adapting during the pandemic and rescheduling Sheffield Digital Festival
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50:56In episode 59 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast we speak to Jonny Briggs, director of Field, Sheffield design studio and co-producers of the Sheffield Digital Festival. We talk about business during the pandemic and plans for a rescheduled festival later in the year. Like many companies, Field Design saw big changes earlier this year at the start of…
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