Leona Laurie & Tony K Silver guest on The Business Show on Marlow FM 10th August 2023

On The Business Show on Marlow FM on 10th August 2023, my guests social media expert Leona Laurie and LinkedIn expert and educator Tony K Silver, who joined me to talk about their work, and to discuss a range of business news stories. 

I chose the letter B as my theme for my music choices (for reasons which become clear later in the show) with Blue Monday by New Order as my first choice.  You can hear it at https://youtu.be/FYH8DsU2WCk .

Tony then talked about his work with those in business on how to use their LinkedIn profile to help them achieve their objectives, and also about a new strand of his work with schoolchildren about understanding LinkedIn and what it can do for them.

You can connect with Tony via https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyksilver/.

I then chatted with Leona about her work in the world of social media, with the word “fragmentation” cropping up a lot in conversations that she has.

We then had something of a conversation, including Tony’s thoughts on the matter, about whether LinkedIn is social media – a hot topic apparently!

You can connect with Leona via https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonalaurie/.

Tony’s music choice was “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (the source of my B-B-B prompt!) by Bachman Turner Overdrive because it’s Smashey & Nicey!  For those on whom that cultural reference is lost, see https://youtu.be/1ZaKaz-jLK8 .  For those who want to just hear the song, go to https://youtu.be/4cia_v4vxfE .

And his business news choice was https://news.sky.com/story/construction-industry-makes-surprise-return-to-growth-12933521 - is construction a good barometer for the economy?  And can we talk ourselves into a boom?

Leona’s music choice was Tears for Fears with “Mad World”, because her husband learned how to play it to serenade her.  Hear the version we talked about at https://youtu.be/NEpfvTdR5-U.  

She then chose two linked stories for us to chat about - you’ll find them at https://fortune.com/2023/07/24/sag-aftra-writers-strike-explained-artificial-intelligence/ and https://www.maginative.com/article/the-making-of-genesis-movie-trailer-midjourney-runway/ - AI certainly has its dark side creating a risk of job losses, but also has its bright side creating jobs and making work easier.

My last song was on the BBB theme – AC/DC with “Back in Black” – hear it for yourself at https://youtu.be/pAgnJDJN4VA - 962m views and counting.

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