Blanket the Homeless

Happy Monday Friends! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. Back to the grind. My next guest is extremely charismatic! He has a big heart, extremely talented and super engaging! Please welcome Ken Newman! Ken Newman is an actor, professional magician, speaker and the President and Creative Director of Magnet Productions, a company specializing in live trade show presentations and corporate events.  Over the past 25 years, Ken’s team of  professional presenters and ‘infotainers’ (jugglers, escape artists, comedians, magicians, (but no mimes)), have presented at thousands of Trade Shows and Conferences throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.  Magnet’s approach to trade show and event marketing is based on a simple idea:  Using humor to communicate a company’s message is the most effective way to make that message memorable.   In addition to live presentations, Ken’s associated company, Magnet Media produces corporate videos and provides production services and hosting for live broadcasts, webinars, sales kickoffs, training programs, and more.  A short list of Magnet’s clients include Cisco Systems, AT&T, Lenovo, Adobe, Apple, Citrix, Bitdefender, Splunk and HP.     For the past ten years, all earnings from his musical endeavors have been donated to homeless charities in San Francisco.   Six years ago, he started his own street-outreach organization called "Blanket The Homeless."  The original idea came from a friend, Bronica DiCarlo who suggested distributing emergency blankets to the homeless during a particularly cold winter.   Starting with that simple idea, Blanket the Homeless has since expanded their offerings to include socks, gloves, hats, first aid kits, nutrition bars, Covid masks as well as a “Resource Guide” of free food, shelter and other services in San Francisco.  Since October of 2016, they have distributed over 8,000 of these ‘Care Packages’ to people living on the streets.  They now work in partnership with St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco, the SF AIDS Foundation, the San Francisco Zen Center, Raising Sparks Ministry, and other organizations in the Bay Area. As part of his BTH fundraising efforts, Ken executive produced and was a contributing artist on a double vinyl album titled, “Blanket The Homeless”.  This compilation featured the top recording artists in the Bay Area, including two-time Grammy Award winning, Fantastic Negrito.  Producer, Scott Mickelson, in addition to contributing a track himself, commissioned the remaining 13 artists and produced their tracks.  All proceeds from album sales and ticket sales from the release concert in November of 2019 were in support of Ken’s organization. To support Ken or to learn more, head to the links below: http://linkedin.com/in/kennewman http://facebook.com/kennewmanmusic http://facebook.com/blanketthehomelesssf http://instagram.com/ken_newman Support for Label Free Podcast is brought to you by ​MANSCAPED™​, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  ​MANSCAPED  offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels. They obsess over their technology developments to provide you the best tools for your grooming experience. MANSCAPED is trusted by over 2 million men worldwide! We have an exclusive offer for my listeners - 20% off + free shipping with the code: LabelFree20 at    https://www.manscaped.com​  As always thank you for the support, to contact me directly follow the link below:  https://www.labelfreepodcast.com​  Stay Healthy, Stay Ready-  Deanna Marie Kuempel  #ad​​ #sponsor​