Tony Boni and Sean Esler stopped by the GRP Studios with some Seminole County H.S Interns that are working with them and the Be The Change Today Foundation. Tony and Sean have both been on the podcast before in different capacities but today was all about Be The Change Today Foundation and what they are doing to change our community. It started with poker tournaments that raised money for specific charities, which was tremendously successful but the direction has evolved and developed to include future pickleball tournaments, domino tournaments and other options to raise money for charities that can't always do it themselves. A lot of help came from the AFP - Association of Fundraising Professionals but we also talked about how they are adapting the original idea into a much larger scale for putting the "Fun" back in FUNdraising. Talked about charity marketing, the Seminole County Schools Intern Program, how the donation dollars are used and what the BTCTF operational costs are, how charities will be vetted that will be receiving the donations and some other topics that help tell their story. Looking forward to what they will be doing going forward and how much of an impact they can make! You can find out more about them here at https://bethechangetodayfoundation.org/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMDSKBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETEwdFZ3aUdUd1ROc0pOOUp0AR7MqJ_RYyuWUg8NrsGLX3TZk3iLysUw9btdUfa2lDRVC5xgXLzJOs3Exhnx_Q_aem_g0vCym5iM6DENcD_dslszA

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Data and Analytics were the topic of discussion on Episode 163 of the Check Your Six podcast. Army veteran Jake Dyal with Certus Core based in Tampa, dialed in to talk about what it is that they do and how they are handling the challenges in collecting and analyzing data for clients, especially in the military and national security arena. Jake's time in the Army provided him with the education and experience that led him to pursuing his career in the private sector in collecting and analyzing data for a myriad of sources and then providing mission specific content to their clients. We talked about the changing face of war, new and emerging technologies including the use of AI, how growing and adding investors can sometimes change the perspective of a business when investors are involved. We talked about the challenges they have in this industry with hiring and the expectation of the new hires coming in and Certus Core's expectations of those new staff members. Edge computing, sensor data and the tools that are involved which continue to develop and expand at an ever increasing rate, data in defense and the potential challenges that involve ethical collection and use of that date were just a couple of other things we discusses on the episode. You can find out more about what they do at their website, https://www.certuscore.com/

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Episode 162 of the Check Your Six podcast brought another young lady into GRP Studios, Sarah Ricks, this time talking about human trafficking, modern day slavery and some of its many layers that are all happening right here, not just in some far away land. Sarah owns Fire Drive Films, which is her creative umbrella but also operates the non-profit I See Roses Movement which will be focused on instruction, education and exposing the evil that is human trafficking. We talked about her projects, her event coming in January, her feature film, her back story about what drew her into this area and how she plans to fight against it. We have had the pleasure of working with Sarah on a couple of project and I cannot wait to be a part of what she has coming up! You can find out more about the movement at https://iseerosemovement.org/

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