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ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com How we are pivoting with the market.  Where is the market? What are we doing differently? What should buyers and sellers do differently?  Where are we going?  Where will we end up?  The host for this episode is Kina Knisley.  The guest for this episode is Colette Ching.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Trump Asserts His Authority, But Forgets to Ask 50 Governors.  Trump has a total meltdown at the 4/13 task force press meeting. Beginning with a video depicting him totally successful in the handling of the COVID-19 crisis, he ended with a thud, proclaiming he was "Calling the shots" when it comes to when all 50 states will open up their economies. Govornors will take issue to such statements. Tim Apicella, Winston Welch, and Stephanie Dalton explore and discuss a truly memorable press conference, and recent tweets from Trump reflecting that he is falling out of affection for Fox News and Dr. Fauci.   The host for this episode is Tim Apicella.  The guests for this episode are Stephanie Dalton and Winston Welch.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com He makes national life and death decisions on the basis of intuition - the 'metrics' are 'in his head.'.  Jay Fidell, Stephanie Dalton and Winston Welch will discuss how the national response has gone this week, Trumps efforts to blame others, Trump's efforts to distract the confuse the public, his moves to create consultants and task force he can blame for his own failures, the status of the pandemic in the U.S. (we have more cases than any other country in the world), Trump's suggestion that he wants to "open up" the economy despite medical advice to the contrary. New therapeutics, work on vaccines.  The PPE wars, the mask wars, the test wars and the ventilator wars, and the new reverse federalism.   The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guests for this episode are Stephanie Dalton and Winston Welch.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com post pandemic production potentials.  Germany and Hawaii in the coronavirus crisis exchange challenges and opportunities. The hosts for this episode are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Information Technology to the Rescue!.  Scientist Ethan Allen of Likable Science will help us understand how a tracking app can be useful in dealing with a pandemic, and the collaboration announced by tech giants Google and Apple promising to build and deploy that app around the world.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Ethan Allen.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com COVID-19 & Local Food Delivery.  Demand for local food has boomed amongst residents in Hawaii who are looking for safe, convenient ways to get groceries. Oahu Fresh offers delivered local food products to peoples' doorsteps, and since the COVID-19 outbreak, they have seen a surge in demand for this service. Matt Johnson, the CEO of Oahu Fresh, discusses what is happening with local food economies in Hawaii since the outbreak, and how to maintain this level of demand and relevance into the future.  The host for this episode is Doorae Shin.  The guest for this episode is Matt Johnson.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Every business must make a plan to deal with it.  Janina Abiles is ProService Hawaii’s Director of HR and Safety Training where she leads the integration of safety and HR training teams.  Her team drives client retention through HR and safety training experiences to help small business owners hire, retain, protect, and manage their workforce. Janina will help us understand the challenges Hawaii business owners, employers and employees are experiencing in the covid-19 crisis, how they can deal with those challenges, and how ProService can help.   She will also discuss the changes that are taking place in the workplace and in ProService because of the crisis, and how the workplace and ProService will be different when we have returned to some semblance of normalcy.         The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this epi

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com The Energy crisis didn't start with the industrial revolution.  The "energy crisis" has bee around as long as human civilization itself, And after all these years, we still haven't learned our lessons.  Stan will tell you what you've been missing and how to make a difference in the 21st century.  After all, It's about time, don't you think?  The host for this episode is Stan Osserman.

Professor Tim Brown will help us understand the global aspects of the pandemic; how and by what mechanisms it has spread from country to country around the world, how the curves are doing and will be doing in the hotspot countries, how they could wind up reinfecting the countries that were infected earlier, and how (and when) and by what mechanisms the pandemic will peter out.  And how is the pandemic affecting them, particularly the ones with lesser healthcare or legal systems.  And how will global geopolitics be affected.  Is closing borders the right way to deal with this.  Or is the only solution a vaccine.  And where is that likely to be developed, in the US or elsewhere? The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Tim Brown.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com People get stressed in our lock-down.  Kumi Macdonald of NAMI Hawaii will help us understand what NAMI does and how it serves the community in stressful times like these.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Kumi Macdonald.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Does it help the media, or does it hurt them.  Chad Blair of Civil Beat will help us understand the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the media, in Hawaii and nationally, including print, online, cable and network television, whether or not the media is meeting our expectations on reporting the events in the crisis, whether the crisis is making the media more or possibly less credible and sustainable, and how that impact takes us forward from challenges and difficulties the media has had before in the time of Trump.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Chad Blair.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Nonprofits are suffering too, if not more.  Lisa Maruyama of the Hawaii Affiliation of Non-profit Organizations will help us understand how Hawaii's nonprofits are doing in the time of the Corona crisis, how they are being hurt, how they are participating in responding and dealing with the crisis, whether the community and the government is helping them in the time of the crisis, and what we can do to appreciate and support them so they do not become victims of the crisis. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Lisa Maruyama.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Because Security Matters.  Security Industry Association and SIA Women in Security Forum initiatives underway in the time of Coronavirus.  The host for this episode is Andrew Lanning.  The guest for this episode is Janet Fenner.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com with Legal Marketing Consultant Meranda Vieyra.  We discuss strategies that law firms, especially small and medium sized law firms, can utilize now to survive and thrive during these uncertain times, including specific suggestions to promote attorney-client communication, to maintain staff relationships, to develop business, to keep up-to-date on changes to the courts and legal practice, and to maintain a presence in the community.  We will also discuss what this all means for the future of the legal profession.  The host for this episode is Mark Shklov.  The guest for this episode is Meranda M. Vieyra.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com How Small Business Endures the Pandemic?.  Dr. Andrea Braun’s interview will clarify the dental community’s response to the Covid-19 global pandemic particularly as small business is affected.  She will discuss major issues such as messaging accurate information, federal funding assistance and the effort to comeback from current shutdown conditions.  The host for this episode is Stephanie Dalton.  The guest for this episode is Andrea S. Braun, DDS.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com A new generation of leaders steps up in a time of the coronavirus crisis.  Derek Turbin is stepping up and running for District 20 of the State House.  We'll find out his background, his family, schooling and political issues and priorities on things, why he wants to run, and what he wants to do in office.  We'll talk about homelessness and affordable housing, jobs, taxes, the federal bailout, the social fabric and the economy in Hawaii in the time of the coronavirus crisis.   The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is Derek Turbin.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com LIVE FREE: On the Frontline.  60% of the over 16K deaths from COVID-19 are persons of color. Many have spoken about pre-exhisting conditions and systemic racism in health care that has caused this epidemic within a pandemic. Michael McBride, a California based social activist, community leader, former Advisor on President Obama’s Faith Based Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and frequent contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, the Huffington Post is leading the way with boots on the ground to provide free masks and hand sanitizers to the most vulnerable - the elderly and those in prison. Our other guests are two local special educators who share how they are working diligently to provide continued education for our keiki through distance learning in Hawaii.   The host for this episode is Kecia King.  The guests for thi

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Beyond Football.  We talk with Coach G about the pillars of his program and the culture of excellence he is striving for with his University of Hawaii football team.   The host for this episode is Rusty Komori.  The guest for this episode is Todd Graham.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Keli'i Akina and Attorney Jeff Portnoy Talk Story.  Curfews, stay-at-home rules, suspension of government open-meeting and Sunshine laws - these are some of the recent measures taken by state and local officials to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic. But how far should the government go in restricting our personal rights and liberties in the name of public safety? Jeff Portnoy, a First Amendment attorney who frequently represents the media, calls Governor Ige's recent Coronovirus proclamations “over-broad,” and “kind of like martial law.”   Join us as host Keli'i Akina and Jeff Portnoy explore this timely topic.   The host for this episode is Keli'i Akina.  The guest for this episode is Jeffrey Portnoy.

ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Idea and Inspiration for Today's Hawaii.  John Fink talks about his new book, Think About It. Why he wrote the op-ed pieces in the book, why and how he compiled them into the book, and what he hopes to achieve to publishing them now.  To give us a handle on the kinds of pieces he has been writing, he will read some for us on the show.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guest for this episode is John Fink.