Fuzion Win Happy Podcast

When the work that you do each day helps to make a huge difference to some of societies biggest problems, that must be at the heart of a Win Happy life. In today's show I chat with the CEO of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, Darren Ryan who has been with the organisation for 10 years. Darren talks about about his mum the social worker and his sister who helped to guide him to a towards a "making a difference" career, which was sealed by a four year old child in India called Sabina. Darren explains the work that the organisation does, bringing big social impact ideas to life such as Food Cloud, Men's Sheds and Grow It Yourself. Enjoy the show!     This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty  

I'm always blown away when I see Tidy Towns volunteers up early on a Sunday morning picking up other people's rubbish. In today's show I chat with Tom Butler, who has been Chairperson of Ballincollig Tidy Towns for the last 20 years. Tom talks about the influences in his life, lessons learnt from his scouting days, lessons from his dad, Jim, and what drives him to do what he does each day and the difference the awards have made to towns and villages all over Ireland. Why does Tom do what he does? - it's simple, it's all about Pride. Enjoy the show   This show has been brought to you by Fuzion Communications, a Marketing, PR, Graphic Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland with offices in Dublin and Cork. The show is produced by Greg Canty

In part two of this two part podcast, Greg chats with the Creative Director of Fuzion, Jonathan Leahy Maharaj, or JLM as many know him. We chat about his passion for design, his love of typography and fonts, the creative process with design for clients, ghost signs in our cities and towns and his love of photography. He also talks about how client's can help input proactively into the design process to help get exactly what they want. Enjoy the show! #WinHappy This show is brought to you by Fuzion Communications

Growing up in Ireland with an English accent, as an only child, living with mum and gran and being a little bit darker than the rest of us can't have been easy! In part one of this two part podcast I chat with one of the Fuzion gang, our Creative Director and Mr.Nice Guy, Jonathan Leahy Maharaj, or JLM as many know him. We talk about the early days discovering a love for design, the challenges of having a family at a young age, working in the iconic Sir Henry's and as a chef in Cafe Paradiso and eventually getting back to his passion in design. Enjoy the Show! This show is brought to you by Fuzion Communications

In this episode we chat with the co-founder of Renatus Capital, Mark Flood, who grew up on a horse farm in County Meath. This self confessed SME loving entrepreneur has had an interesting career, from his early training as an accountant with BDO to quickly switching to equity finance, which led to him taking a huge role with the Racing Post for many years. Eventually he founded Renatus Capital, an Irish equity firm with his partner and old boss from BDO, Brendan Travnor. Renatus operate a clever investment vehicle, which focuses on SMEs, enabling those with potential to realise this quickly. Mark talks about Renatus and key portfolio investments in Boojum, Simtech, Rennicks and plans for the future. Enjoy the show         

Will Kerry win the All Ireland Final this Sunday and stop Dublin winning 'five in a row'. In this episode we chat with Kerry GAA Legend, Tommy Doyle, winner of seven All Ireland medals, and one of those few greats who came closest to this unique feat. What is his verdict on the big match? Enjoy the show! Other Episodes with Tommy Doyle: How to win an All-Ireland medal and how to win seven How to stop Dublin winning five in a row (earlier this year) This podcast is produced by Fuzion Communications.  

In this episode we chat with Limerick man, Dave Moloney, the CEO of Bothar, the charity that provides support to communities by sending livestock from Ireland. Dave tells us about his career and a small community project in Limerick, that resulted in the formation of the charity. He tells us about how Bothar make a huge difference to communities, he talks about the challenges of running a charity including the small task of getting 430 goats off a plane without a lift! Enjoy the show.   

In this episode we chat with Karen Egan, the VP of Advanced Customer Engagement with VMware. Karen chats about her early life, her love of maths, her time in UCC and the challenge of having a baby at that time and her early career moves that took her to a software company in the UK, and to Apple and Motorola in Ireland. We chat about her career success, her huge role with VMware and the challenges of managing in a huge multicultural company with a global presence. We talk about VMware, the importance of STEAM and not STEM, gender and life balance, embracing diversity and how to keep large teams of people motivated and engaged. As Karen says, it is about 90% attitude and 10% aptitude. Enjoy the show!    

In part two of this two part podcast we chat with Emma Morgan, a senior Fundraising Manager with Concern, a Fundraising Consultant and a Career Mentor. Emma discusses her career, the challenges with her role and we discuss the sector including the importance of trust with the general public. We chat about her consulting work, the importance of professionalism and communications in the industry and why people refer to her as being "Morganised". Emma Morgan has a huge career ahead of her - Watch this space! Enjoy the show 

Emma Morgan was raised by her grandmother, Rose, who was in her seventies. In part one of this two part episode we chat with Emma Morgan a senior Fundraising Manager with Concern, a Fundraising Consultant and a Career Mentor. Emma enjoyed a very special relationship with her Gran, growing up in Ballyfermot, where she was taught the importance of education and where all of her interests were encouraged. Emma excelled at art and her education and won many scholarships, and this very driven young woman who has a big social conscience found herself drawn to the charity sector. Emma was going to fulfil her dreams, as she says herself "Whatever it takes" Enjoy the show!    

In this episode Greg chats with the experienced journalist, Brian Mac Intyre, who has just been made redundant for the second time. We talk about the enthusiastic young journalist interviewing Martin Sheen of the West Wing, working in the United States and campaigning door to door for Barack Obama in 2008. Brian chats about his career as a journalist in Ireland, his screenplay writing and his story consultancy. We talk about what's next for the industry and what is next for him. Enjoy the show 

In this episode we chat with Helen Whelton, Head of Medicine and Health at UCC. Helen, one of eight children, who grew up in a farm on the River Blackwater in Fermoy found her way to UCC studying dentistry. Research lit up a passion in Helen and led her on a career path that took her to huge roles in UCC, University of Leeds and back to UCC as well as President of the International Association of Dental Health. Behind every great woman is a great team and a great man - Helen talks about Frank and the important role a partner can play in your success. Enjoy the show

In part two of this two part episode we chat with Neasa (de Baroid) the talented singer/songwriter and EFT practitioner. We chat about her return to Ireland, rebuilding her musical career and a new career as an EFT practitioner, which was inspired by her own challenges with performance anxiety, which held her back at different times in her life. We also talk about a new musical direction and her new single 'Rain', which captures why she returned from a successful career and life in Australia. Enjoy the show!   

In part one of this two part podcast we can with Singer/Songwriter and EFT Practitioner, "Neasa" (de Baroid). She chats about her early life when she was singing as soon as she could speak, and her stage was a USA biscuit tin!  From school plays, to TV appearances, to various bands in Ireland and then a big move to Australia that included adventures with head hunters in the jungle and a successful career with the band 'Lir' and solo work. Enjoy the show

In part two of this two part podcast we chat with best selling author and award winning writer and fashion stylist Annmarie O'Connor. We talk about hustling in the UK with various gigs, all the time pushing for a writing career in fashion. We chat about her two books, 'The Happy Closet' and 'The Happy Medium' and getting comfortable in your own skin, finding "grand" as Annmarie calls it. We also talk about her recent big move, uprooting her life of friends and family in Dublin for a life in Cork, because Dublin has become too damn expensive! Enjoy the show!    

In part one of this two part podcast Greg chats with Annmarie O'Connor, best selling author and award winning stylist and fashion writer. We chat about the importance of your appearance and first impressions and also stepping through the landmines of complimenting people about how they look today. We talk about her early life, the tragic death of her father when she was just four, moving from New York to Galway and the "freedom years" of college. Enjoy the show!  

In part 2 of a two part podcast Greg chats with John McGlinchey, head of Global Sales with CompTIA. We talk about his successful career with CompTIA where he has quickly risen through the ranks, working across global markets. We also talk about a perfect life in Chicago with his wife Fiona and their beloved dog, Josie and how all of this was cruelly taken from him this year. John shares the heartbreaking story of his beyond brave wife, Fiona who faced the end of her life this year and how he coped with this. We all need to appreciate the lives we have.  

In part 1 of this two part episode Greg chats with John McGlinchey, Global Sales Leader and EVP with CompTIA. The sports and music loving John, chats about his early life in Glenties (centre of the universe!) in Donegal, working in the family business, working as an electrician and a DJ. Life was good except for the sudden and tragic loss of his brother, Martin when they were both young. John's career switched to sales and sales management and this quick learner developed his own unique sales process, APPCOM, which he explains in detail in this episode and one that led to career success, which brought him to Chicago and a global role with CompTIA. Enjoy the show!  

"The way to change the future, is to invent it" In this episode Greg chats with Orla Dolan, CEO of Breakthrough Cancer Research. She talks about her inspirational father, Gerry O'Sullivan, the talented and much travelled surgeon from West Cork, who was driven to find solutions to the cancers that he faced in his work with patients every day. He began a cancer research centre in Cork, focusing on the hardest to solve problems and creating a model that brought front line doctors and researchers together. Sadly, Gerry passed away himself from cancer, and his daughter Orla continues to oversee his work by fundraising and instigating research, which is already making significant breakthroughs. Enjoy the show!    

In this episode we chat with Elaine Nevin, the CEO of ECO-UNESCO, which can be described as the organisation for youth environmental action in Ireland. Elaine shares her early life stories growing up in a farm near Galway and the appreciation for nature and the environment that this experience brings her. After a spell teaching in Spain she returned to Ireland and her passion for the environment brought her to ECO-UNESCO. Elaine tells us about the incredible work the organisation is doing with our young people and how this can influence how we look after our environment in the future. She also tells us what makes her angry including over production and money motivating too many decisions in our world. Enjoy the show!