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Ted Talks For Kids

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hi, i'm steve adubato welcome to, this is one on two this segment, it is my pleasure to introduce two very special guests who are gonna talk about

something really important sheila rostiac vice president, hr total rewards and talent management pseg and also anna payanzo cotton who is vice president of workforce development and

lifelong learning at rowan college at burlington county good to have you both with us >>thanks for having us >>thank you so much >>sheila, this is a, we're here to talk about a program called wise pathways

>>yes >>which is? >>women in sustainable employment, and so think of it as a 40 hour workshop, designed to really build a bridge between qualified women seeking employment >>right

>>and industries that include energy, gas, electric, water and the construction trades with in demand jobs, looking for that talented pipeline of diverse talent >>these are non traditional employment situations right? >>absolutely

>>what does that mean? describe it >>well typically we understand that to mean areas where women or whatever the target population is, underrepresented so the percentage of women working in these areas is small, and in some cases

less than one percent of the total workforce until we... >>the department of labor kind of says anything less than 25 percent >>well let's go through some of them >>yeah

>>okay like? >>so pipe fitters >>pipe fitters? >>welders >>welders? >>plant operators, technicians >>these jobs can pay really great wages? >>that... they're...

>>but historically women have not had access? >>it's not so much that they haven't had access, kind of the starting point is building awareness >>and so this starts from you know, we say, we think of workforce development

starts in kindergarten and that's where we need to target the diverse talent and really guide folks make all people aware of the good paying jobs that have real strong career paths in industries that they may not traditionally have thought

were appropriate >>you know what's so interesting here? is this is a partnership, right? it's a >>public private partnership and we were actually in a conversation with the foundation folks at your organization

>>and they were talking about this, and they were saying "well there's a partnership a collaboration" i go, "well who's the collaboration with?" and you folks came up, so explain the collaboration with rowan college >>and it's even broader than

rowan college, i'll start by saying, the collaboration started through a conversation with, between folks at the american job center, which is under the oversight of the workforce development board >>okay >>at the county, and the

human services department at the time, we were talking to pseg >>in burlington county? >>in burlington county >>so that's south jersey? for folks who may not be aware >>south jersey >>of it

>>burlington county, and and so our, as part of the kind of general workforce planning, that group of folks myself included, met with folks from pseg, to discuss ways that we could help them with some of their hiring needs, and also planning for

some education and some talent development work at the college so it was really a partnership across institutions, including the workfor... throughout the workforce system at the county >>but also let's make it clear in terms of expanding the partnership, there are other

corporations involved as well >>exactly >>right? >>american water...? >>american water ace - atlantic city electric we have sisters in the brotherhood as another industry organization, and construction

representative >>is it fair to say, sheila that the more organizations the more private sector companies involved, the more potential opportunities for employment? >>absolutely, this is an industry solution that we just

are implementing at the >>regional level. we're hiring you know, speaking from pseg's standpoint, you know, our >>customers are demanding resiliency, so we're making >>sure >>new jersey energy strong so when the extreme weather

hits, you know, you can depend on the lights and heat to be on, and so we've got significant hiring going on, and we look to our local partners for what we want to hire locally, we want that >>diverse talent, and we want folks with the skills ready

to join >>let's talk about skills let's talk about the curriculum itself >>because i'm looking at the curriculum, and it's intense >>let's break it down what actually is being taught?

>>so some, a lot of it is just career awareness, it begins with exposure to folks who have worked in the industry there's a math primer, math prep, there are some fundamental mathematic skills that are necessary for all folks involved, and many folks

need some brush ups with that a good amount of it is just understanding workplace dynamics, learning some of the tools and what they'll have to learn on the job, so... >>what about interviewing skills? >>interviewing skills, resume

there's a resume workshop >>a resume workshop? >>a resume workshop so whether you have a very well developed strong resume, or are just you know, have pieces or just beginning to think about what your resume would look like and all of the participants

had a chance to sit down with someone and walk through >>and sheila, you and i have had so many conversations about hr, the people part of things >>talk about that, the part of the curriculum that deals with the communication, the people

part of it? >>yeah so anna mentioned the career awareness portion is really bringing to life the people today that serve in lead roles, that we're talking about, so we will bring, along with the partners from industry that were part of this program

we will bring our role models women who are successful and have navigated the waters and are doing well in these career to come and talk about their real life experience >>mentors? >>why is that so important? >>it's critical, you need to

be able to see yourself having the ability to do these type of jobs, and it's one thing for human resources to come talk about the opportunity and the culture of working in our industry nothing beats those that have done it successfully, and

sharing their stories >>talking about stories what have you gotten back anna, from some of the students who have participated? what kind of feedback? >>well we've heard just positive feedback in general folks have said they learned

so much about how their prior skills are thing they didn't think were relevant, could be translated into this industry, that was an important part of the resume workshop as well, was just walking through what experience would be relevant to this

to this industry, and helping folks just have confidence in themselves, they said developing a network of peers just within the cohort of the class, they, you know they found folks they could relate to, they could rely on for support, so beyond the mentors

they also had the, they've maintained contact with among themselves, within the group of participants >>and feedback from the employers? >>it's been great so we send our recruiters out to the programs, so in

addition to the hiring managers are direct recruiters so we've built those relationships, we're helping folks navigate all of the pre-employment testing and application process and again, it's as much as we want them to come work for

pseg, we're just as thrilled when they work for another industry in this state >>they find employment? >>that's our goal >>so a question, before i let you out of here, why shouldn't this, why couldn't this, be a model moving forward? expand it

to other schools? other companies? creating more opportunities for women? like, why not? >>well absolutely, we're looking at, this is one of several industry bootcamp models, as we refer to it >>industry boot camp models?

>>industry boot camps >>i like that >>so this is exposure to the energy utility industry for, and construction industry for women, but we're looking at industry boot camps and information technology for young adults, for women

for you know, for returning military, as well, we're partnering with various various pipeline organizations and that was another important component of this program was having the relationships with folks who are working with individuals who are

looking for jobs, who are going through, in some cases transitional housing programs and looking for a life change >>overall, and being able to connect those organizations with the employers, and with the trainers, through the network that was established

>>finally creating opportunities? >>mm hmm >>that's what it's about? >>it is >>it's important stuff sheila and anna i want to thank you so much for talking about the wise pathway programs again

again and one more time sheila "wise" stands for? employment. we've got another pilot kicking off at the end of february, so there's still time for those interested in becoming part of our next program to get involved >>log on and find out more

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@steveadubato >>we are pleased to be joined by randy wallock who is the coadvisor of the tedx youth club at lawton c. johnson summit middle school in summit, new jersey

we're about to show a clip from the classroom close up series about these tedx youth club operation describe it, what is it? >>well, for the past four years we've had sanctioned ted talks in our school, where we have >>by the way, for those who

don't know what ted talks >>oh >>is all about? >>a ted talk would be... >>i don't want to assume >>okay, absolutely, it's on a national stage, they get some of the greatest minds, innovators, inventors

they bring them together give them a 20 minute platform and then they do these subgroups, those would be the >>tedx youth, or the tedx groups and then within that there's tedx >>how could kids do this? >>watch the clip

>>no way! >>they do an amazing job >>are you saying kids are involved in this very prestigious ted talks operation? >>they, in our school they run every single aspect of it >>does the classroom close up

video prove it? >>it certainly does >>well let's find out >>alright >>let's take a look at classroom close up, and all about ted talks with kids >>perfection. perfection is one of the most complex terms in

existence. it is only an idea and a false one at that because it can never... >>this is lily, she's a 7th grader, and she's not reading cue cards or a teleprompter, the story she's telling is more like a talk in fact, it's a tedx youth talk

>>so can you talk about your conclusion a little bit? so everyone can get... >>randy wallock and janice cavanagh are coadvisors for the tedx youth afterschool club here at lawton c. johnson >>tedx is entirely student

driven, we have auditions we take ten students who present actual ted talks and then we have about eight other students that produce every other angle of the production >>tedx youth is part of the non profit organization

ted, which is devoted to spreading ideas through short, powerful talks ted began in 1984, as a conference where technology entertainment, and design converged, and today covers almost all topics and global issues

>>this year's theme is "i have a question" >>what is perfection? >>who are we? >>do i see what you see? >>whether a universal language is good or not >>they come to us with these different idea and it's

it's not working with a 12 or 13 year old they are equal, and as the year progresses, and they become experts in whatever they're learning, they know more than we do >>it's actually taught me a lot about myself, i've learned how

to, kind of, motivate myself and just decide to work and not to procrastinate because you're given that decision all the time >>tonight, i would like to share my knowledge with all of you, of how to become self motivated

>>there's an air of confidence and the ones that know they did it, it is a badge to that >>everything that you will see hear and eat tonight is at the hand of the producers >>the start of an official universal language would slowly make the beautiful variety of

our world vanish >>we have 12 and 13 year old kids, and they sound like npr reporters >>i no longer care if one line isn't perfectly straight or if i get a six out of ten on my english reading quiz because i am never going to

achieve perfection >>once we see 'em up there and especially they're comfortable, and they're relaxed, it's incredible >>we're taught an abundance of subjects in school, but none of them are focusing on how to thrive when interacting with

different people >>i love it, it's the smartest two hours of my week >>in everyday issues, people feel so strong about their cause in a controversial topic that they fail to recognize how other people feel >>it's what in some utopian

society that may never exist education should be >>work hard, dream big, be open minded, be happy, and most importantly, be kind thank you and have a wonderful rest of your evening [applause] >>well i'll tell you, that's

amazing, and as someone who's taught and coaches and writes about communication, and presentation, i'm blown away by what i just saw so for these young people involved in this extraordinary journey, this process, this challenge, what do they take

away from it? >>i think they gain quite a bit of confidence, i think they learn how to work through not being perfect, a lot of times, these are the kids that get 97's and 98's and always do incredibly well on tests and everything's very easy

and i think for a lot of 'em it's the first time they hit that wall, it's the first time they can't do something >>repeatedly, i think it gives them a sense of humility >>and when they finish it a tremendous sense of accomplishment

>>you know, it is so interesting because so many adults, in professional life any walk of life, it is the ability, or the inability to get up >>present, connect, engage persuade, where they fail they falter

>>they stammer, they just can't connect, what you're doing for these young people is giving them a skillset and the confidence for a lifetime >>yes, i mean it's pretty amazing what they walk away with, it's incredible how well

they adapt to the program and the standards, and every year increase our expectations, so it's a new... >>who are the kids? do they self select? >>we do auditions, every year there are, this year we selected 15, and 10 will

present, they'll find out who's presenting in the next couple weeks >>why did you decide to become a teacher? >>i was a terrible student >>[laughter] >>get out of here! >>i was a terrible middle

school student, i had an awful middle school experience i just couldn't find anything that clicked, so as i got older, and i began to love education, i sort of found out that a lot it had to do with teachers, and the ones that i did meet along the

way, who had a impact, had a profound impact, so my grandfather was a teacher and my mother was a teacher and at some point i realized that i think it was little bit in my blood, and just sort of destined for me to follow in their footsteps

>>so for you, when you see these young people get up and do what they do, under this pressure, and they have to then do it >>i mean they can practice but we've also seen a lot of people practice, and then you know, you'll see it in the

>>superbowl, we're taping after the superbowl, you see people do really well and practice and then, you know you've seen people practice these young people practice and what happens sometimes if they don't perform when the time comes?

>>well the whole goal is for it to be a talk so we always >>we always discuss the idea of having tethers instead of a memorized speech >>so it's not a performance? >>so make it clear to people >>not a performance, a talk

>>a talk >>a conversation >>which, psychologically and emotionally, for those of us who are in this field it makes all the difference in the world, explain that to >>folks >>well, i think instead of

the best of them are not memorized speeches >>that's right >>many of... >>that's the danger? >>you get stuck, you're dead >>go ahead, explain it >>so, many of them still will rely on that, but the

best that we've seen are the ones where the kids become so familiar with the content >>that they give something that's unique every single time they do it, and their 99th time doing it is different than their 100th, which is >>different than the one they

present to people, and those are the ones that are most comfortable and engaging >>it's a conversation >>it is a conversation >>it's a talk >>which is, by far, the best way to connect and

communicate >>well you are really helping these young people in so many ways >>mm hmm, we try >>it's a powerful tool and we wish more folks >>will be doing this randy wallock, who is over at

the lawton c. johnson summit middle school in summit thank you for doing what you're doing >>when i heard they're doing ted talks for kids, i'm like "no way!" >>and now you just proved it keep doing what you're doing

and thank you >>great, thank you so much >>we'll be right back, right after this, great stuff >>oh yeah >>we're honored to have doctor anthony costa who is an orthopedic surgeon meridian orthopedics and also

medical director total joint center at riverview medical center, good to see you doctor >>thank you for having me steve >>let's talk a little bit about osteoarthritis. what is it? >>osteoarthritis. the quote "regular" arthritis, if people talk about having arthritis

this is the one that they're talking about typically >>there's over 180 subtypes of different arthritic >>no? >>yeah there's a lot but the most prominent is osteoarthritis, that's the one that affects most people

>>genetic? >>there is a genetic predisposition, we haven't figured that out as well yet, but we know that there's it's a multifactorial problem but yes, you can blame mom and dad a little bit, because there is a genetic...

>>i can blame my parents for that too? >>please do >>good i had a long list here [laughter] i'm only kidding! let's do this, because there's rheumatoid arthritis...? >>rheumatoid arthritis >>what's the difference?

is a systemic problem, meaning that it's an autoimmune there's an autoimmune factor to it where your body is attacking its own joint, whereas the osteoarthritis is, there is a wear and tear portion where, you know, your weight and your activity affects the

osteoarthritis significantly not where you have your body attacking itself, but rather the external forces environmental forces weigh in hard >>let's talk about some of the options, because there are apparently, all the information

is that there are more options today than ever before, if you have osteoarthritis let's talk about them >>osteoarthritis... >>what are some of the obvious? >>well the... >>the options? >>the beginning, i mean, i'm

an orthopedic surgeon, and yes i, ultimately, you will get to the point where you may need to have the joint replacement >>but you do try to avoid that? >>yes, yeah the... >>how? >>multiple ways. once we figure out through, you know

the x-rays and your physical examination, and your history where do you lie on the spectrum? do you have mild arthritis? do you have moderate arthritis? are you way over here on the severe arthritic range? if you're in the mild or moderate, there are

many non-operative treatments diet and exercise always you know, losing weight >>what does it do? what does that have to do with it? >>because if you're doing we've, studies show that low impact aerobic activity is actually better for patients

with arthritis, now you would think that, well it's wear and tear, but how would exercising it be good for it? and it turns out that my most happy patients are the patients that get up and exercise on a near daily basis >>so let's clarify this

we use terms "low impact" i don't want to assume... i do stair stepper, elliptical my wife is constantly on the treadmill, and i avoid the treadmill, she is younger m... part of my logic is that the pounding on the treadmill bothers my knees, am i wrong?

>>no, you're not, i mean the, in the, the exercise that you named, that elliptical machine, and is gonna be less impact than walking on a treadmill, but the treadmill if, you know, what you were saying is exactly right, try it see how it makes you feel

>>the higher impact exercises they're more like jogging >>especially on the street? >>right. basketball, those type of jumping type of things >>okay let's talk, hip replacement, knee replacement improvements, what are they? >>well...

>>by the way, let's, guys can we get a shot of this? steve, you have the shot? steve barcy? talk about, what are we looking at here? >>well this is a knee prior to, you know, a healthy knee, you know... >>this is a healthy knee?

>>this is a healthy knee so we have, you know, thigh bone, leg bone, and then the kneecap >>got it >>the, when patients think of arthritis, a lot of times they think, "oh, that i have a problem with my bone" and that

really isn't the primary problem, the problem is the cap of the bone, which is called the cartilage, the cartilage wears away, that's what causes an irregular surface here >>bone on bone? >>and then eventually you

get bone on bone, exactly right. once, when you go through all the conservative measures, you're not able to get relief and you're functionally limited, you can't pick up your grandkids, you can't do the things that you wish to do, eventually you get

to the point where that cartilage cap has worn away so badly, that injections aren't helping, advil's not helping, none of these things are helping, you need a knee replacement. people who think that it's replacing the entire knee, when really i just

need to replace that cartilage surface >>is that when you're moving here? >>let's move over here, guys take a shot >>so instead, knee replacement meaning "cut here cut here remove and replace" it's

more of a resurfacing, so if i turn this to the side, you'll notice this little, there's a a thin coating, that's all that is removed during a knee replacement, in order to get... let's see if we can pull that off here >>oh, so that's interesting

you're not replacing as much as you previously did? >>correct. well the replacement mounts are about the same however, we're not removing big part of bone here we're just taking, it's more like capping a tooth, if you have a cavity, you take out the

>>cavity, you leave as much tooth as you can, same concept here. we're removing just the end, the cap goes on, on the bottom part, the cap goes on and plastic goes in between >>what's the advantage here? >>that plastic used to last about ten, maybe fifteen years

so people think, "i don't want to have a knee replacement i'm gonna outlive this thing i'm gonna have to go back into the operating room in ten fifteen years" that's really not the case anymore since 1997, the plastics increased in the quality

significantly, so now we're thinking more like twenty twenty five, possibly thirty >>you get, you use it longer? >>years >>real quick, before i let you out, the, jen, help me on this the hip, the anterior approach to the hip?

>>oh, it... >>real quick on that >>the anterior approach? there's many ways to access the hip. you can have an incision by your butt kinda way in the back there >>you can have it on the side and in the front, by, through

experience, i mean we've generally speaking, the conventional way to do it is through the back, i now i come in through the front this is not a new thing, it's something that i embrace because i think that the patient's get up faster

why? the incision's around the three inch mark, i'm cutting less to access that joint space by cutting less and having the soft tissues managed better the patients are getting up a little bit faster >>recovery faster? >>yes, our obje... the

data is the first few weeks we think that there's evidence to say, "yes, people are getting up and moving faster" after that six week mark really everything kinda melds together and everybody does well ultimately, but it's my goal to get patients up

immediately after surgery and that's what they do we have the surgery is on day on friday, you're up walking on friday >>get... what? >>yeah, same day surgery >>amazing changes? >>it's happening

>>doctor anthony costa involved in some really important work, and it's impacting a lot of people orthopedic surgeon meridian orthopedics medical director total joint center at riverview medical center

i want to thank you for talking to us, a whole lot of people out there who are dealing with hip and knee and other orthopedic issues we appreciate it, good stuff >>my pleasure steve thank you >>one on one with steve adubato

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