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Brayden Currin - Even Young Adults Have A Story - Convene Connections Podcast #16

Brayden Currin – Even Young Adults Have A Story – Convene Connections Podcast #16

Everyone has stories to share, even if you are only in your early twenties. The teen years can be a time to learn important lessons, and Brayden shares his experience ...
Matthew Currin Reflects on What Memorial Day Means to Him - Convene Connections Podcast #14

Matthew Currin Reflects on What Memorial Day Means to Him – Convene Connections Podcast #14

Matthew discusses the importance of stopping to think about the meaning of Memorial Day and shares his own story of losing a fellow Marine. Matthew has experienced many lessons throughout ...
Jodi Walkins Helping Others Get Healthy and Fit - Convene Connections Podcast #13

Jodi Walkins Helping Others Get Healthy and Fit – Convene Connections Podcast #13

Jodi discusses the events in her life that lead her to becoming a fitness and nutrition coach. Jodi Watkins spent almost 14 years active duty military in the Air Force ...
Interview with Author Tom Leveen on Writing, Creating Characters, and Telling Your Story - Convene Connections Podcast #7

Interview with Author Tom Leveen on Writing, Creating Characters, and Telling Your Story – Convene Connections Podcast #7

Matthew Currin had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Leveen, an award winning Author of 9 novels primarily in the horror and young-adult fiction genres. Tom describes himself as an ‘escape ...
Marc Cavelli on Helping Veterans and First Responders - Convene Connections Podcast #6

Marc Cavelli on Helping Veterans and First Responders – Convene Connections Podcast #6

Trigger warning: PTSD and service related suicide discussion. Marc Cavelli and Matthew Currin introduce Joint Task Force 22 to Zero to the Convene Communities platform. The inception of this organization ...
Lifestyles Health & Wealth with Nicole Justice - Convene Connections Episode 5

Lifestyles Health & Wealth with Nicole Justice – Convene Connections Episode 5

Lifestyles Publication Moves from Print to Convene In the latest episode of the Convene Connections Podcast, Nicole Justice and Matthew Currin discuss her publication’s arrival to Convene Communities. Before becoming ...
Creating Online Products to Sell Online - Convene Connections Ep 4

Creating Online Products to Sell Online – Convene Connections Ep 4

Carrie Walters talks about the community she created, Convene Business Academy, which includes a FREE course to help people develop a product to sell using Convene. Go join her group ...
How the Yokefellow Non Profit is Using Convene for Training - Convene Connections Ep 3

How the Yokefellow Non Profit is Using Convene for Training – Convene Connections Ep 3

Non-Profits Can Use Convene for Volunteer and Internal Training for FREE talks about how she is using her Convene Community to provide online training for volunteers that work at her ...

Importance of Training for First Responders

By Dan Turner, Retired UMMC Flight Nurse As with any profession that requires memory and perfection of skills, first responders must think of continuing education opportunities and training as a ...