Ian McDonald

On The Eve Of Our 100th Episode

May 10, 2012 by Marc Vaillancourt 2 Comments

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – almost two years to the day I shared our first episode with you - I’ll be posting episode 100, a conversation with writer, world traveler and fighter of the status quo Chris Guillebeau! I still can’t believe we’ve hosted 100 meaningful conversations! 100 episodes is a milestone worth celebrating … most [...]

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Top Five Episodes for October 2011

November 2, 2011 by Marc Vaillancourt Leave a Comment

Another great month of conversations! On a side note – Thank you to all of you who voted for our podcast for the Podcast Awards! Winners will be announced on November 4, 2010. Here are the top five episodes for October 2011: #1. Episode 71: Our conversation with artist Kesra Hoffman. #2. Episode 69: Our [...]

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The Round Up (week ending July 2, 2011)

July 3, 2011 by Marc Vaillancourt Leave a Comment

Welcome to The Round Up for the week ending Saturday, July 2, 2011. A few conversations and articles that caught our attention this past week. Our suggestions this week: NPR’s Fresh Air had a great conversation with Fareed Zakaria, the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS and an editor at large for Time magazine. The subject of the [...]

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Top 5 Episodes for November 2010

December 1, 2010 by Marc Vaillancourt Leave a Comment

Time to recap another great month of conversations. Each and every week, our little project continues to gain momentum. In November alone, our episodes were downloaded more than 400 times! That may not seem like a lot, but considering we do no advertising and really completely on word-of-mouth, we are very excited. If you are [...]

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Episode 25: The Power of a Coach with Building Champions’ Steve Scanlon and Ian McDonald

November 8, 2010 by Marc Vaillancourt Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Welcome to episode #25 – a milestone episode for this little project. Twenty-five episodes and more that 14.5 hours of inspirational, meaningful and informative conversations. Thanks for coming on this journey with me. We launched our project with my good friend Ian McDonald and a conversation we called [...]

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Episode 1: The Power Of A Life Plan with Ian McDonald

May 24, 2010 by Marc Vaillancourt 1 Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | Download We are delighted to launch The Conversation Hub podcast series with a conversation with Ian McDonald. Ian is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, father and husband and someone who is committed to helping others. During a trade conference in San Diego in the spring of 2000, Ian was captivated by [...]