The Other 99%

Empowering people through inspirational learning experiences With the support of Alberta Chambers of Commerce, Sherry Kennett-Shmyr founded Invest In You Today in 2015 with a mission to make the Walt Disney’s world class excellence training available and affordable in Western Canada to help empower people through inspirational learning experiences. Clients include: • Alberta Blue Cross • Alberta Financial Services Corporation • ATB • Canadian Red Cross • Canadian Tire • Flaman Group of Companies • Government of Canada • GuardaWorld • Oilers Entertainment Group • Ronald McDonald House Charities • University of Alberta • University of Saskatchewan Before devoting her passion to Invest In You Today, Sherry founded, owned and operated three companies for over a decade in the retail, trade exhibition, and publishing industries before selling each to individual owners. Grateful for an amazing community of family, sponsors, hosts, marketing superstars, and lifelong learning loving friends, Sherry makes great effort to emotionally connect and help others raise their customer experience through leadership, service and employee engagement learning experiences. Sherry is committed to finding creative and special ways to give back to the community proudly donating over $140,000.00 cash to non-profit organizations and over $15,000.00 in toys, meals and gifts to Ronald McDonald House Charities. In her free time, Sherry loves to experience the ocean, surprise others and walk with her husband and fur-baby Zak. Sherry’s dream role: to travel around the world as a professional present giver.

Kendal is one of Canada’s top entrepreneurs and motivational speakers who grew up on Sweetgrass First Nation, SK. He was raised single-parented, living on welfare and no opportunity to be involved in after school sports. In grade 5, his best friend from South Africa gave Kendal a helping hand by giving him the opportunity to take part in soccer. He never forgot about what his friend had done for him when he later founded the popular clothing brand, Neechie Gear. A lifestyle apparel brand that empowers youth through sports. A portion of profits help fund underprivileged youth to take part in sports. After finishing two degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, Kendal grew the brand from a small 1 bedroom apartment to a small kiosk to several pop-up stores and recently opened a new headquarters in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The brand is now sold to consumers across North America through other exclusive retail partners and online (www.NeechieGear.com). Kendal recently launched a new company, Netmaker Enterprises with a focus on helping others turn their passion into a business. His services include: motivational talks, seminars, coaching and a growing online academy. Kendal and his company have won numerous provincial, national and International awards. He was recently the runner-up for the YBI Global Entrepreneur of the Year which had taken place in the United Emirates. His entrepreneurial journey has taken him around the globe and has allowed him to speak as far as Russia and Dubai. Aside from running his business, Kendal is on a mission to empower young leaders across Canada by showing people that regardless of where you come from and what you have gone through, you can change it. You can become anything you are willing work hard for. Have a listen to him sharing his story in amazing detail

Supporting causes with content from the Dalai Lama to the United Nations with Katrina German by Steve Whittington

On this episode of The other 99 % the guest is Chad Jones. Chad is the CEO of Push Interactions, formerly CollegeMobile, is an award-winning developer of customized smartphone and tablet applications for organizations, specializing in Apple iOS, AndroidTM, BlackBerry®, and Windows® Phone. Push's feature-filled mobile apps are designed to improve customer retention or workplace productivity. Push’s vision is to improve quality of life through quality technology.

Local business Podcast: Steps for creating trust with your customers online. Sara Wheelwright helps businesses people can trust, to reach customers. She shares her thoughts on what it takes to create trust with your customers in this new economy we all find ourselves in. The ever increasing connected economy that ironically with more connecting seems to create more noise and less trust.

In this episode of the other 99% Steve talks with Jane Halford from Bolt Transition Jane has a long career as a leader and now chooses to help create better leaders. 40% of all leadership transitions fail within the first 18 months. This is an alarming statistic and Jane dives into the challenges facing leadership transition and what organizations can do to bring this fail rate down. Hosted by Steve Whittington, this podcast is dedicated to exploring tips, strategies and training for creating success as a small to medium enterprise. Jane describes herself and a “recovering accountant” a humble description of the great work she is pursuing. http://stevewhittington.com

Mouneeb Shahid is the CEO of 2webdesign an digital design and marketing firm that has been around for 12 years. When this podcast was being recorded Mouneeb was in London, UK working on his Masters in Digital Strategy, an example of his dedication to improvement for himself and clients he serves. Our conversation ranges from the struggles of starting out to the challenges of educating clients and leading internal teams. Lots of thought comments and insights from a Saskatchewan Digital Marketing Leader.

On today's episode, we have Ryan Sailor, general manager of Southland Trailer Corp., a leading manufacture of light industrial trailers in western Canada. Ryan talks about working with family, innovation, and the importance of having the right company culture implemented. Ryan talks about was it like growing up with an entrepreneurial Dad and reflects on opportunities and the visions to look at situations differently - from an employee perspective and from the management perspective - and learn to understand the fiscal impact and the cultural impact of changes in the company.

The internet is 'the great equalizer', and this guest is a perfect example of that. Have a listen, and learn how a farmer from Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, has become a digital leader for auctions in North America. Hosted by Steve Whittington, this podcast is dedicated to exploring tips, strategies and training for creating success as a small to medium enterprise.