We're helping our friend and his business beat cancer mark (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/itsupportprovider) from m3 Networks (https://m3networks.co.uk/) and Les Johnson chat about continuing the fight started by his late wife Who's Les Johnson and why is he featuring on this episode of the "Techcess" technology podcast?
Les Johnson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesjohnson71/) is a remarkable human being.
And we're not just saying that because he's done some magnificent design work for us here at m3 Networks. (https://m3networks.co.uk)
Les has a heart-breaking story.
And it's what brought him into joining in with the campaign "Business Beats Cancer (https://techcess.libsyn.com/o%20https:/www.linkedin.com/company/business-beats-cancer-dundee/about/)".
From hearing his story, we knew we needed to help him however we can, and this episode is part of an effort to do so.
This week's episode also provides us with an opportunity for a call back to a previous episode guest.
Remember Alison Henderson from episode 40 (https://www.techcesspodcast.com/changing-it-provider-during-covid-the-dundee-and-angus-chamber-of-commerce-explain-how-theyre-now-using-technology-to-grow-in-business-with-the-help-of-m3-networks/)?
Alison joined us from Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce.
We'll let you listen to hear for yourself how Alison (https://techcess.libsyn.com/o%20https:/www.linkedin.com/in/alisonhenderson/) fits in with this week's episode 😉
If you or your business are in visiting distance of Dundee, then you'll definitely want to listen to this episode.
Either way, you'll hopefully feel like supporting our friend Les Johnson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesjohnson71/) in his campaign to raise awareness and funds for this very worthwhile cause...
As you'll know if you're a regular listener to the "Techcess" technology podcast, we're very enthusiastic in raising awareness of good causes and charitable organisations.
What's on offer for any businesses around the Dundee are who want to get involved?
As Les explains, the organisers of this very worthwhile cause really want to give attendees an incredible night.
Any business in the area (or even from further afield if you're a Techcess fan!) that wants to donate either a prize of a cash donation, you can do so by contacting either Les or Alison directly.
Here is Les's LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesjohnson71/) profile for you to connect with him.
Here is Alison's (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonhenderson/).
Click this is you're hard of hearing and want to just download and read the episode as a PDF:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/techcess/Techess_52_Business_Beats_Cancer.pdf (http://traffic.libsyn.com/techcess/Techess_52_Business_Beats_Cancer.pdf)
In an area with restricted data? Click this for a smaller sized version of the episode. (http://traffic.libsyn.com/techcess/Lowe_bandwidth_veriosn_-_Business_Beat_Cancer_with_Les_Johnson_release.mp3)
Episode transcript preview
You would have probably already seen the link to the PDF above.
Here's a very quick sneak preview of that transcript of episode 52
"Welcome to Techcess
Les Johnson is joining me today to talk about "Business Beats Cancer Dundee", who are our charity partners for quarter three this year. And if you've been following the podcast, you'll know that we here at m3, we choose a charity once per quarter, so we support four charities per year, where we donate all of our customer feedback satisfaction to the charity and we convert all of that feedback into pounds. I mean, donate it at the end of the quarter. So Les is going to tell us all about the great work that they are doing over there and how you can get involved, and about a fantastic up and coming event that I'm sure you don't want to miss.
There is a little bit of a connection, actually in history with you, Les, and m3 because you actually designed the m3 Networks logo way back. It must be coming up for our 13th birthday next month. So many moons ago.
Les
Yep still going strong. Which is good. Sign of a good logo.
Mark
Yes, absolutely. It always gets mentioned, even now about how strong it looks with the colours and stuff. So, yeah, it stood well, the test of time. But we're not here to talk about us at m3 today. We're actually here to talk about Business Beats Cancer. And so maybe you can tell us a bit about, obviously the charity, what's been set up, what it does and who it's helping and things?
Les
Well, business beats cancer. The Dundee chapter. The idea is being knocking around for some time. I think it's been a case of getting the right people on board. I think having the right people on board determines the success of any chapter. Something like this. I mean, the reason I got involved is because this means a lot to me, this charity. My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago and the first time, basically, she didn't want to tell anybody, which was her right. She kept it very quiet. She went through...
