In this episode of Button Banter, we engage in conversation with Bianca Robinson, the CEO of CEO Sleepout. The dialogue spans personal anecdotes, coastal life reflections, and Bianca's experiences with cold water immersion, delving into mental health and environmental conservation. We discuss:

• CEO Sleepout's effort to tackle homelessness through early trauma intervention, an upcoming UK hackathon, and a supportive interaction with King Charles.
• The importance of empathy, values in business, and the broader social responsibilities of business leaders.
• The resilience and passion fuelling CEO Sleepout, with themes of community involvement and personal fulfilment.

In association with our partnership with MFC Women

In this first episode of a brand-new season of Button Banter, we are delighted to chat to Sarah Burn, captain of MFC Women about:

• Her background and how she got into football
• The importance of good morale and a team ethic
• How effective communication is essential to an effective team and helps empower people to step up – in sport and in business
• Who she would love to stand up and take a penalty against
• Aspirations for this season

In this episode, we have some great banter with the legend that is Maz (Marrie Wieczorek), former Middlesbrough FC Women player and manager and England Lioness:

We talk about MFC Foundation, her current timeline project, a royal encounter and the Boro Women Ultras. Listen now to hear about:

• The importance of equality for men and women, girls and boys in football
• How football unites families and people of all ages
• How her passion for football and team translates into marketing, where you are also working on a process and performing to win!

In this podcast you can expect some great banter, bold statements (on both sides!) and some great recommendations from Kathryn Rodgers, HR Consultant and franchise owner of face2faceHR in Newcastle.

Kathryn loves effective communication and delivering flexible, people-oriented Human Resources (HR). In this episode, we discuss:

• How people are your most influential resource in terms of getting you where you want to go, and how you can make that happen
• The benefits of face-to-face communication over the written word
• What marketing means to Kathryn and how an interest in people’s stories motivated her to start a career in HR

In this episode, we chat to Phil Wears, Founder of Mango Dental Technologies, a family run business who are delivering and improving dental technologies such as dentures, implants, crowns & bridges via a forward-thinking dental lab and academy for dentists.

Expect a hole(!) load of puns and banter in this episode which covers:

• How Mango Dental set out to rethink everything about dental technologies from their name, the feel of the lab, the customer journey, to the whole experience.
• How they created a world class academy with speakers from all over Europe and make it accessible to North-East dentists.
• How Mango Dental is going to be working with Red Button Marketing Training to empower dentists and practice owners with the right marketing plan.

In this podcast we chat to Rachel and Laura from First For Fostering, a small, community based, Independent Fostering Agency located in Darlington.

Rachel is passionate about making a positive difference to childrens' lives and founded First For Fostering in 2019. Laura is one of the amazing social workers and a foster carer. In this podcast you will discover:

• Common myths around fostering and what the process looks like
• How First For Fostering have built a team of people to help carers succeed
• How a happy and motivated team has a great impact on people interested in fostering

In this episode of Button Banter, we talk to James Lees, Managing Director of marketing agency Blend about:

• How his marketing journey started
• Nurturing talent and creating future marketing directors
• How marketing processes and football have many similarities

In this episode, we chat to Helen Stewart, Managing Director at Colewood Digital, a fantastic digital marketing agency based in Teesside:

• Discover how Helen’s journey unfolded from starting out as a PPC exec in London to leading Colewood Digital as MD for the last 3 years
• Hear about Helen has created a great team spirit, been open to innovation and embraced change
• Remember microsites? How the world of marketing and digital has changed over the years