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This week Jimmy talks with teaching and linguist artist and CEO of Costa Ricau2019s Call Center, Richard Blank! He talks about producing speech artists, script writing and role-playing, and calculated risk-taking!
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Downloadedfrom:justpaste.it/THEDTalks THEDTalkspodcastSeason5byDr.Jimmy Chrismon.SoftskillconversationswithRichardBlank. EP:9 ThisweekJimmytalkswithteachingandlinguistartistandCEOofCosta Rica’sCallCenter,RichardBlank!Hetalksaboutproducingspeechartists, scriptwritingandrole-playing,andcalculatedrisk-taking! THEDTalksisapodcastfortheatreteachersandtheatreeducationstudents. Dr.JimmyChrismon,TheatreEducationprofessoratIllinoisState University, bringsyou storiesandinterviewsfromexperiencedK-12theatreteachers,currenttheatreeducation majors,andprofessorsoftheatreeducationthatwillwarmyourheart,renewyourfaithin teaching,andprovideresourcestobetteryourpracticeinyourtheatre classroom.
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This week Jimmy talks with teaching and linguist artist and CEO ofCosta Rica’s Call Center, RichardBlank! Hetalks aboutproducing speechartists, scriptwriting androle-playing, and calculatedrisk-taking!
Dr.JimmyChrismonisatheatreeducatorwith17yearsofexperienceinthepublicschools of NorthandSouthCarolina.Hecurrentlyteaches fulltimeasanAssociateProfessor ofTheatre TeacherEducationatIllinoisStateUniversity. Hewas anadjunct theatre facultymember atWinthrop University andCentral Piedmont CommunityCollege.Hehasacted,directed,designed,andproducedprofessionallyfor25 years.
Hereceived hisBachelor ofArts DegreeinTheatre EducationfromTheUniversity ofNorth CarolinaatCharlottewherehewasaNorthCarolinaTeachingFellow. Hereceived hisMaster ofEducation Degree inTheatre EducationfromThe Universityof NorthCarolinaat Greensboro.He receivedhis Doctorof EducationDegree inCurriculum and InstructionfromGardner-WebbUniversity.
Hehas alsoworked forThe Children’sTheatre of CharlotteandTheLake NormanSchool of theArts.Hereceivedthe2022JohnnySaldanaAwardforOutstandingProfessorofTheatre EducationfromtheAmericanAllianceforTheatreandEducation.
Hehaspublishedarticlesinnotablejournals.Hisresearchincludeseffectivetheatreteachers, intimacydirection, wellnesspractices for theatreteachers, and trauma-informedpractices in theatreeducation.
Heisaconsentforwardartist,anIntimacyDirector.,workshopleader,andguestspeakerHe currentlyresidesinBloomington, Illinois.
Dr.Chrismon’sactingcreditsinclude:TheCuriousIncidentoftheDogintheNighttime, Lonely Planet,Doubt:AParable,Company,TheHistoryBoys,Godspell,Shadow Box,TheBaltimore Waltz,Tick,tick..Boom…
Read More AssociateProfessorofTheatreTeacherEducationatIllinoisStateUniversity.
HostofTHEDTalks, apodcastfortheatreeducation.Formerhighschooltheatre teacher, adjunctfacultyintheatreeducation,theatredirectoratthecollegiateandhighschoollevelsas wellascommunitytheatre level,experiencewith IBTheatre,middleschool, andelementary theatreteaching.
ExperiencewithEdTPAandNationalBoardforProfessionalTeaching Standards.
Itisaprivilegeandobligationtoestablishandmaintainthehighestofexpectationsofmy studentsat alllevels asI teachwhat I lovemost, theatre.
Whetheritbeteachingstudentsfrompreschoolthroughhighschoolthevalueof theatre education,performancetechniques,theatrehistory,directing,technicaltheatre,playwriting,andmusicaltheatreorteachingtheatreeducationmajorsvariousmethodsofteachingtheatre, classroommanagementstrategies,waystoformhealthyrelationshipswiththeirstudentsand theatreforsocialchange,mypassionformycraftsoftheatreandteachingareattheforefront ofall Ido.
Itis myhope topass thatpassion on tomy studentsto createeducated consumersof theatre aswellasthehighestqualityofprofessionalsinallareasoftheatre,specificallyastheatre educators.
I love what I do. I love my students. I take my job as a teacher very seriously as it is a joy, honorandprivilegetoimpartmylovetothoseIteachandcontinuethetraditionofexcellence intheatre education
Richard’svisionquestjourneyisfilledwithtwistsandturns.At27yearsold,herelocatedto CostaRicato trainemployees forone ofthe largercall centersinSan Jose. Withamixofmotivationalpublicspeaking stylebackedbytactfulandappropriaterhetoric, Richardsharedhisknowledgeandtrainedover10000bilingualtelemarketersovertwo
decades. RichardBlankhasthelargestcollectionofrestoredAmerican Pinballmachinesandantique Rockola Jukeboxes in CentralAmerica making gamification astrong part of CCC culture.
RichardBlankisthe ChiefExecutiveOfficerfor CostaRica’sCallCenter since2008.
Mr.RichardBlankholdsabachelorsdegreeinCommunicationandSpanishfromthe UniversityofArizonaandacertificateoflanguageproficiencyfromtheUniversityofSevilla, Spain. AKeynotespeakerforPhiladelphia'sAbingtonHighSchool68thNationalHonorsSociety inductionceremony.
Inaddition,enteredintothe2023HallofFameforBusinessalongsideotherfamousalumni. PayingitforwardtoAbingtonSeniorHighSchoolisveryimportanttoMr.Blank.Assuch,he endowsascholarshipeachyear forstudentsthatplanon majoringinaworldlanguage atthe university level.
CostaRica’s CallCenter (CCC)is a stateof theart BPOtelemarketing outsource company locatedinthecapitalcityof SanJose,CostaRica.
Ourmain focus hasbeen, and willalways be to personallytrain each andevery Central Americacallcenteragentsothatwemayofferthehighestqualityofoutboundandinbound
telemarketingsolutions andbilingual customerservice to smalland mediumsized international companies,entrepreneursaswellasfortune500companies. https://costaricascallcenter.com/en/outbound-bpo-campaigns/ Dr.JimmyChrismon,THEDTalks,RichardBlank,CostaRica'sCallCenter,Outsourcing, TelemarketingCallCentre,BPO,NearshoreContactCenter,Sales, Entrepreneur, B2B, Business,Podcast,Gamification,Leadership,Marketing,CX,Guest,Money,B2Ceducation, BPO trainer,
#DrJimmyChrismon #THED Talks#RichardBlank#CostaRica#CallCenter#Outsourcing #Telemarketing#BPO#Sales#Entrepreneur#B2B#Business#Podcast#Gamification#CEO #learnpodcasting#podcastepisode#podcastguest#podcasting#podcastinterview #podcastplaylist#podcasts#podcastskills#podcastshow SoftskillconversationswithRichardBlank.THEDTalkspodcastSeason5byDr. Jimmy Chrismon.EP:9 https://youtu.be/MRP7yd_-_2o?si=QTGuFFDDeuwgdpYY