Thursday 30 June 2016

Spotlight on Management: Coach Chris Browne at the National Museum of Computing

Coach Chris Browne
The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park is delighted to play host to a book-signing where TV Coach - Chris Browne (also one of London's top Development Coaches) is the keynote speaker.

Coach Chris, will be "Inspiring a Shared Vision" and opens the event to be held at the Museum on July 5th.
Coach Chris Browne is a Speaker and Coach who specialises in inspiring individuals to take the necessary steps towards making positive change of life. He is a member of ITOL, qualified in teaching, and has also been working in the field of Personal Development for a number of years. Coach Chris has had the pleasure of working with individuals and delivering workshops as well as talks at many well known organisations in the United Kingdom and internationally on various topics such as Employability, Communication, Confidence building, Goal setting, and also facilitating workshops on Successful Interview Techniques,  Catch him on Sky203's Chrissy B show too!

Dr Audrey Tang
Also presenting and signing her book is Secklow Sounds' own Dr Audrey Tang (Host of LifestyleMK).  Her book "Be a Great Manager Now" published by Pearson is not only heading for "Book of the month"in WH Smith Travel, but has been submitted by the publishers to the CMI Book of the Year Awards, and has been licensed by Skill Pill as part of their digital library.  Audrey says of her book:
"In the current fast-paced world, we sadly have little time for self-development. Pearson’s “2 in 1” series structures its content for the busy manager. The grey pages are full of tips, ideas and insights – things you can try immediately, but then when you get the time to think about why something was effective, the “big picture” section looks that the context and theory behind the ideas. This supports managers not just in knowing what to do, but in understanding why they are doing it, and as such empowers them to implement their own actions based on that understanding."
Gary Fay
Maria Jensen
Speakers include Maria Jensen, Manager of Amtrac Ltd, and Gary Fay co-director and founder of Identifi Global - talent recruitment agency, who will also be offering CV support throughout the evening.

The evening is aimed at new and aspiring managers, is free to attend (although it is by invitation only), and is even CPD accredited to 2 hours (or 2 CPD points).



...and covering it all for Secklow Sounds will be David Stimson of DSP New Start and "Transition"
David Stimson


For more information, or if you would like to attend please email
audrey@clickproductions.co.uk by 5pm Friday July 1st 2016.







Wednesday 29 June 2016

When Lifestyle and Transition meet...

David Stimson
David Stimson from Secklow Sounds' "Transition" (Thursdays 3 - 4pm) will be interviewing LifestyleMK's Dr Audrey about her new book "Be A Great Manager Now".

This "2-in-1" style text, published by Pearson offers busy managers instant tips and ideas to implement immediately within the workplace, and then presents the theory behind the idea for a deeper understanding, when the reader has time.  The book is already moving into "Business book of the Month" in WH Smith Travel, it has been submitted by the publishers to the CMI Book of the Year Awards (Commuting Reads category), and is licensed to Skill Pill as part of their digital training library.

Audrey Tang
Mean Business Event
Audrey, who has been interviewed this week by "The Crazy Mind" (read full interview here) is delighted with Transition's support.  She said "I've had the pleasure of working with David on one of his "Dragon's Den" events for Young Enterprise.  Finding that career you both love and succeed in is getting ever more difficult with so many choices, and so much instability, that having a focus, and the support from those involved in the Young Enterprise programme, is a wonderful opportunity".  She will be signing her book at the "Mean Business" event on Tuesday July 5th at The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park at a workshop and networking evening aimed at new and aspiring managers.  Appearing also as the keynote speaker to "Inspire your shared vision" is Sky 203's Coach Chris Browne.  Coach Chris is one of London's top Development Coaches with years of experience in motivating and assisting companies and individuals.  Coach Chris is also resident coach on the Chrissy B Show, (Great positive show) Where he shares advice and gives inspiration to the viewers who may have challenges in various areas of their lives. This show gives good, genuine practical, valuable, life changing information to help you to develop and enhance your life! (Catch it on Sky 203 or Youtube)

More to follow on this exciting event soon!!

David is covering the launch, as well as interviewing Audrey on Transition 3 - 4pm Thursday July 7th.


Tuesday 28 June 2016

Do you fancy giving bug hunting or pond dipping a go? If the answer is yes join us at Howe Park Wood this weekend!

By Laura Tarry
Picture by Harry Appleyard

Join The Parks Trusts’ Rangers, members of Milton Keynes Natural History Society and The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust on Saturday 2nd July 2016, 11-4pm at the next ‘Nature Day’ in Howe Park Wood.
Nature Day’ is a free event for all ages to enjoy which will include nature walks, bug hunting, a bat display from our local bat group, ferrets, a storyteller, pond dipping, and lots of children’s activities. Also, Bucks Owl and Raptor Group- ‘Give A Hoot’ will be there to teach the children about Owls and how to look after them and he will also be bringing a special guest with him - George the Owl!
Briony Fox, Head of Community Engagement at The Parks Trust, said: “There will be a chance to speak to experts about the wildlife, take part in fun activities whilst enjoying the outdoors. There is something for everyone from nature walks and guided tours to pond dipping.”
Milton Keynes Natural History Society will be on hand to provide additional advice.
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust protects wildlife and enhances iconic landscapes across their three counties. They look after 88 nature reserves, run events, speak up for wildlife and inspire thousands of children to discover the joys of the natural world. This event gives BBO Wildlife Trust the chance to talk about what the local Wildlife Trust does and to share some great tips on helping wildlife at home.

Please meet in the car park on H7, Chaffron Way opposite the Westcroft Centre. No booking necessary. 

Sunday 26 June 2016

Newsletter w/c June 26th

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Every Sunday we'll update you on the special shows on Secklow Sounds.
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W/C June 26th  2016,THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST SPECIALS ON SECKLOW SOUNDS...

MONDAY June 27th 10am "THE STICKS WITH TERRY SULLIVAN" - FEATURING GORDY MARSHALL



Joining Terry Sullivan on this week’s Sticks show as his guest is Former Moody Blues Drummer Gordy Marshall, Gordy will tell us why he has left The Moody Blues and what he is doing now, plus what’s on this week in MK and surrounding areas. 

The Sticks show can be heard at 10am Mondays. Tune in via the Secklow Sounds web site or via the TuneIn radio app.
thesticks9@gmail.com
Twitter: @thesticks9
Contact Terry with requests, dedications, shout-outs
Twitter: @thesticks9 Email: thesticks@secklowsounds.org


TUESDAY June 28th: 7 - 8pm "LIFESTYLEMK” with Audrey, Gill & Dave: Get Active this summer!
grin emoticontells us all about the best restaurants, and our experts weigh in on superfoods and Nutrition for our pets.
It's the last show of the season this week - we'll be back again in October!!

Tune in from 7 - 8  www.secklowsounds.org/player or catch the show's repeats on SPREAKER orMIXCLOUD
@draudreyt
@gili80
@davejsanderson
#lifestylemk
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TUESDAY June 28th: 10pm "SOUNDTRACKS” with TONY CARTY – 
OLIVIA!


The first half of this edition has plenty of new releases like Internet Famous, Now You Me 2, Swiss Army Man, Free State of Jones and a rich orchestral score for Independence Day Resurgence.  The second half salutes one of Hollywood’s great leading actresses – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND because on Friday 1st of July she’ll be celebrating her 100th birthday.  There’ll be music from several films and we’ll also hear her in scenes from some of her movies.
Soundtracks: 1 hour Tues 10pm, repeats Sunday midnight and Mon 11am
Catch past shows on Mixcloud


A TREASURY OF FILM MUSIC:

The stock of ALL the past SOUNDTRACKS shows (over 180!) on a variety of topics RIGHT HERE

Thursday 23 June 2016

Volunteers needed - Outside Broadcast (OB) Lead

If you'd like to get a start in radio, Secklow Sounds is looking for an OUTSIDE BROADCAST lead.

Full training will be given so this is a great opportunity to enhance your CV's!

Secklow Outside Broadcast Service

Job Description  - Outside Broadcast (OB) Lead

Lead on all aspects of setting up and performing an Outside Broadcast on behalf of Secklow Sounds Radio (105.5FM designate).

Duties Include (but not an exhaustive list):-

1. Conducting site surveys to ensure the OB location is suitable - to include:
 a) Power
 b) Internet access
 c) Physical location - chairs, table available, safe and protected from inclement weather
 d) Access to site

2. Managing of all physical properties owned by Secklow or OB location services
 Care of Secklow equipment and setup on site - Mixer, PA, Laptop, Microphones, headsets, all leads etc
 Care of any externally supplied power cables, tables, chairs awnings etc

3. Liaison with the external OB party organisers - to include
 Their requirements for the broadcast are met:-
 e.g. Promos and Sweepers for the OB Event, designed, built and scheduled (prior to the event for publicity)
 Liaison to ensure smooth running on the day of the event

4. Assembling and Managing a small OB team
 Ensure enough presenters are available to fullfil, the requirements (e.g. Broadcast hours)
 Ensure enough helpers on the day for kit transportation, setup and disassembly at the end of the day

5. On the day
 Transportation and setup of hardware
 Setup of Software on Studio Laptop to enable OB transmission
 Setup of Playout PC (at the main studio) to enable OB transmission
 Presenter line up to cover the transmission hours
 Checking of OB during the on-line hours to ensure transmission OK
 Shutdown and packaging of kit for transportation back to base
 (may mean overnight storage on OB Lead property if UCMK is locked up)

by Mick Bannister.

For further details, please contact:

mick@secklowsounds.org
or 
mike@secklowsounds.org

Secklow Sounds is a community radio station entirely run by volunteers.

Sunday 19 June 2016

Newsletter W/C June 19

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W/C June 19th  2016,THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST SPECIALS ON SECKLOW SOUNDS...

MONDAY June 20th 10am "THE STICKS WITH TERRY SULLIVAN" - FEATURING THE DOCTOR and NICK HEYWOOD



It's flashback to the 80's this week on The Sticks.
Flashback to the 80’s this week in the Sticks
Joining Terry Sullivan on this week’s Sticks show as his guests are The Doctor from Doctor and The Medics and Nick Heywood also details of how you can win tickets to The Flashback Festival on 9/10 July worth £198, plus what’s on this week in MK and surrounding areas.

The Sticks show can be heard at 10am Mondays. Tune in via the Secklow Sounds web site or via the TuneIn radio app.
thesticks9@gmail.com
Twitter: @thesticks9
Contact Terry with requests, dedications, shout-outs
Twitter: @thesticks9 Email: thesticks@secklowsounds.org


TUESDAY June 21st: 7 - 8pm "LIFESTYLEMK” with Audrey, Gill & Dave: Knowing what I know now!
grin emoticontells us all about the best restaurants, and our experts weigh in on superfoods and Nutrition for our pets.
What would you like to have known when you were young!?

Tune in from 7 - 8  www.secklowsounds.org/player or catch the show's repeats on SPREAKER orMIXCLOUD
@draudreyt
@gili80
@davejsanderson
#lifestylemk
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TUESDAY June 21st: 10pm "SOUNDTRACKS” with TONY CARTY – 
MACK, BLACK and LALO



Soundtracks celebrates three GREAT musicians who all had birthdays on 21 June.  There’s the late MACK GORDON – a superb lyricist.  There’s also another lyricist – DON BLACK and then there’s the musical all-rounder LALO SCHIFRIN.  There are other things as well, so you must ask yourself one question – do you feel lucky?
Soundtracks: 1 hour Tues 10pm, repeats Sunday midnight and Mon 11am
Catch past shows on Mixcloud


A TREASURY OF FILM MUSIC:

The stock of ALL the past SOUNDTRACKS shows (over 180!) on a variety of topics RIGHT HERE

Sunday 12 June 2016

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W/C June 12th  2016,THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST SPECIALS ON SECKLOW SOUNDS...

MONDAY June 13th 10am "THE STICKS WITH TERRY SULLIVAN" - FEATURING MARCUS VERE and GLENN GREGORY


It's flashback to the 80's this week on The Sticks.
Joining Terry Sullivan on this week’s Sticks show as his guests are Marcus Vere of Living In A Box and Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17 also details of how you can win tickets to The Flashback Festival on 9/10 July worth £198plus what’s on this week in MK and surrounding areas. 

The Sticks show can be heard at 10am Mondays. Tune in via the Secklow Sounds web site or via the TuneIn radio app.
thesticks9@gmail.com
Twitter: @thesticks9
Contact Terry with requests, dedications, shout-outs
Twitter: @thesticks9 Email: thesticks@secklowsounds.org



TUESDAY June 14th: 7 - 8pm "LIFESTYLEMK” with Audrey, Gill & Dave: Working Woes!!

grin emoticontells us all about the best restaurants, and our experts weigh in on superfoods and Nutrition for our pets.
What do you do for "Exposure"!?  We look at the working world in this week's lifestyle show!

Tune in from 7 - 8  www.secklowsounds.org/player or catch the show's repeats on SPREAKER orMIXCLOUD
@draudreyt
@gili80
@davejsanderson
#lifestylemk
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TUESDAY June 14th: 10pm "SOUNDTRACKS” with TONY CARTY –
SOUNDTRACKS




Soundtracks continues dipping into some multi-disc sets of CDs.  We’ve got some from Elmer where the scores were all REJECTED! There’s more from Mancini and Jerry. There’s also Goblin and Ennio and we mark the anniversary of an eccentric.
Soundtracks: 1 hour Tues 10pm, repeats Sunday midnight and Mon 11am
Catch past shows on Mixcloud


A TREASURY OF FILM MUSIC:

The stock of ALL the past SOUNDTRACKS shows (over 180!) on a variety of topics RIGHT HERE


Wednesday 8 June 2016

Annual Public Open Day at The Parks Trust

Join us at our Annual Public Meeting this June to find out more about our charity
by Hannah Bodley

You are invited to join us at our Annual Public Meeting on Wednesday 29th June 2016, from 6-8:30pm at the Pavilion in the beautiful setting of Campbell Park.
Our Chief Executive, David Foster will present highlights from 2015-16 and discuss our plans for the future.
This will be a great opportunity for you to find out about what we do as a Charity as well as how we care and maintain the greenspace in the city.
Staff will be on hand to answer questions about improvements to facilities in the parks, the way we manage our land and trees for people and for wildlife, the events in the parks and new landscapes being taken on by the Trust.
Chief Executive, David Foster said: “we’d love to see as many people as possible at our public meeting to find out about what we do, why we do it,  how we raise the money to pay for it all and how we are governed and account to the people of Milton Keynes. “

If you can not attend our Annual Public Open Day don’t worry! Please email us at: info@theparkstrust.com and we will send you a copy of our Annual Report, or call us on : (0)1908 233600

Sunday 5 June 2016

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Every Sunday we'll update you on the special shows on Secklow Sounds.
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W/C June 5th 2016,THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST SPECIALS ON SECKLOW SOUNDS...

MONDAY June 6th 10am "THE STICKS WITH TERRY SULLIVAN" - FEATURING DEAN FRIEDMAN and MITCH BENN

Joining Terry Sullivan on this week’s Sticks show as his guests are legendary singer songwriter Dean Friedman and comedian Mitch Bennplus what’s on this week in MK and surrounding areas. 

The Sticks show can be heard at 10am Mondays. Tune in via the Secklow Sounds web site or via the TuneIn radio app.
www.the-sticks.co.uk
thesticks9@gmail.com
Twitter: @thesticks9
www.facebook.com/sticksmag
Contact Terry with requests, dedications, shout-outs
Twitter: @thesticks9 Email: thesticks@secklowsounds.org



TUESDAY June 7th: 7 - 8pm "LIFESTYLEMK” with Audrey and Dave:  Dating disasters!!

grin emoticontells us all about the best restaurants, and our experts weigh in on superfoods and Nutrition for our pets.

Tune in from 7 - 9  www.secklowsounds.org/player or catch the show's repeats on SPREAKER orMIXCLOUD
@draudreyt
@gili80
@davejsanderson
#lifestylemk
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TUESDAY June 7th: 10pm "SOUNDTRACKS” with TONY CARTY – 
NEW RELEASES


Continuing the dipping into box multi-discs sets of CDs this edition concentrates on TV themes.  There are some real oldies, many memory joggers and a few for you to identify if you wish.  Now hurry and sit down – the programme’s about to start.
Soundtracks: 1 hour Tues 10pm, repeats Sunday midnight and Mon 11am
Catch past shows on Mixcloud


A TREASURY OF FILM MUSIC:

The stock of ALL the past SOUNDTRACKS shows (over 180!) on a variety of topics RIGHT HERE