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In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we make sure not to lose the map and never, ever walk into strange houses in the middle of the woods as we look back at the 1999 found footage classic “The Blair Witch Project”…

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The Sydney Sentinel's Travis de Jonk explore's the week's top stories on sydneysentinel.com.au.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK is Michael Williams - the artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival. We first spoke with Williams on the speakeasy last year in 2021 when he navigated Sydney Writers' Festival through the pandemic landscape to produce a brilliant 2021 festival. LISTEN to that interview here.

The Sydney Writers' Festival returns this year from 16 to 22 May 2022 - bigger, more engaging and politically charged than ever - with an equally bold theme: ‘Change My Mind’

Michael Williams joined us recently in the studio to discuss how the festival fared last year, tell us all about the exciting Sydney Writers' Festival 2022 program and to explain what the festival theme - Change My Mind - is really all about. He also gives us his event highlight picks that are not to be missed.

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The Sydney Sentinel would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

In this episode, the Sentinel's editor Peter Hackney and features editor Travis de Jonk explore the top headlines of the week, including the $40 million CBD revitalisation funding investment from NSW State government and the City of Sydney council; reports of rising Anti-Asian sentiment and racism in Sydney; and we look at the two big, fun and thought provoking festivals taking over our city. 

This week our special guest on the show is artistic director of the Sydney Writers Festival, Michael Williams, who tells us about his new role and his extraordinarily accessible and politically charged 2021 program for the festival.

You can check out our Sydney Sentinel interview with Michael Williams here: https://sydneysentinel.com.au/2021/04/sydney-writers-festival-2021-putting-writers-and-ideas-within-reach/ 

And check out more details about the Sydney Writers Festival right here in our What’s On Sydney article in the Sydney Sentinel.
https://sydneysentinel.com.au/2021/04/out-about-sydney-april-2021/

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The life-cycle of a customer is the exact map brands need to create strategic experiences which create lifetime value for customers. Understanding where they’ve been, and where they are likely to go, are two critical building blocks for customer experience design. But also vital is leadership which spends time in the field to understand the customer’s needs, 360-communication across teams, and having buy-in from leadership in charge of the purse-strings. Michael Williams, Senior V.P. of One Vanderbilt, one of the biggest buildings in NYC both in height and level of customer experience. Michael delivers big thoughts, and big value on: how getting insights from the wrong audience can be valuable; why fan experiences such as in sporting events offer unique challenges; building driveway-to-driveway experiences; a powerful example of experience done right from Disney; and why asking a question about your CFO’s car can unlock the checkbook.

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Novelist Susan Johnson and journalist Avani Dias join Cassie and Kate as they read Ella Baxter's New Animal and Francis Spufford's Light Perpetual; and Artistic Director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, Michael Williams, explains Debutante Balls and the program of the (forthcoming) Sydney Writers' Festival

An Election Week special, as Judd pairs course and culture conversation with writer, radio host and television commentator Michael Williams; based in Washington, D.C., the good Mr. Williams' covers politics for Voice of America and is a member of the USGA Golf Journal editorial board.

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Show Notes

• 01:44 – Another five-star review! 
• 02:52 – Some familiar faces made CPA Practice Advisor's 2019 40 Under 40 list | CPA Practice Advisor
• 04:10 – AICPA held a not-so-time-zone-inclusive webinar on diversity and inclusion | Accounting Today
• 04:59 – David's Home Away from Podcast, AutoEntry,  just got acquired by Sage! | Sage
• 07:18 – Better late than never - Blake finally files is taxes! 
• 10:15 – Fyre Festival - Accounting Version | Financial Post
• 11:17 – Testing, testing … Is this thing on? CPA Canada failed to test its test-taking software before unleashing it on test-takers | Going Concern
• 14:45 – Wanna play with numbers AND carry a gun? | Journal of Accountancy
• 14:56 – AICPA has released new standards for forensic accountants | AICPA 
• 15:21 – Tipalti raises $76 million in a recent D funding round | CPA Practice Advisor
• 15:46 – Fundbox packs a bigger punch now with $176 million in Series-C funding | 
• 17:23 – Speaking of Intuit, QuickBooks Online is now offering mileage tracking, and if adding some other performance-enhancing elements in its September round of updates | QuickBooks
• 19:31 – Not-so-thrifty glitch in TurboTax results in a $216 million tax bill for one probably very unsuspecting thrift-store employee | Forbes
• 21:53 – Out with the V, in with the X ... Microsoft ushers in a newer, shinier function for Excel | Microsoft 
• 24:35 – Wells Fargo and Plaid's new data-sharing agreement gives customers even more data control | Bank Innovation
• 26:00 – BBVA wants to be a lover, not a fighter, using its Open Platform, and further innovation to help fintech startups | Bank Innovation 
• 28:45 – Sharing the love, fintechs are pairing up with smaller banks to overcome the no-charter hurdle | L.A. Times
• 31:54 – It’s a numbers game – accounting-related positions are the best jobs to have in America! | MarketWatch 
• 35:57 -  A position that allows you to learn and move upward leads to the highest amount of job satisfaction
• 37:57 – Tech is top priority … Really, it is! | Deloitte Controllership Digest 
• 40:11 -- Make sure you come back next week for more important survey results, like the third-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey! 
• 40:36 – The moment you've been waiting for! More news and insight on the MyPayroll fiasco! 
• 41:32 – Meet two of the frontline reporters in the MyPayrollHR situation - Chelsea Diana, and Michael Williams
• 47:44 – It's important to note that there is no indication that the employees of MyPayrollHR  knew what was going on. 
• 49:16 – It's still not clear where all that money went, or if parties, like Cachet, who eventually covered the missing payroll, will be reimbursed
• 49:40 – Just how big of a tangled web did Michael Mann weave? 
• 50:22 – At least three banks claim a combined loss of $36 million due to fraud, but did not name Mann, or MyPayrollHR in their disclosures
• 50:58 – This Michael actually laid eyes on that elusive Michael, and can confirm he is human, sort of ... 
• 51:40 – The Big Chill - Mann's check-kiting antics resulted in frozen accounts at both Bank of America, and Pioneer Bank
• 52:55 – Mann, and MyPayrollHR's parent company, Valuewise, had their hands in a variety of business, ranging from staffing to healthcare, and beyond
• 57:22 – Though Mann has admitted to $70 million worth of fraud, it's up in the air what will happen next
• 59:27 – No matter Mann's motive for committing this fraud, the key takeaway for accountants and bookkeepers recommending payroll services to clients is to know exactly who you're dealing with! 

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Earlier this month, Andrew had the opportunity to speak with Michael Williams, head of The Wheeler Centre, about the event: Paul Kelly does Shakespeare.

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