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This week we are joined by Harry Pappas, co-owner of multiple Rent-a-center franchises. Harry is a serial entrepreneur who is highly specialized in the franchise space. He has grown many franchise concepts throughout the years including Burger King, Krispy Kreme, Quiznos and Colortyme now Rent-a-center. You are going to love his story and gain so much from his knowledge and expertise. If you know someone who owns a franchise, be sure to share this episode with them. We would love to hear from you. Please leave a review and a 5-star rating. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button to automatically be notified when the Entrepreneur Express Tip drops on Fridays and guest interviews drop on Tuesdays. Interested in being a guest on the podcast? Email YouRock@iEvolveConsulting.com to learn more. Keep evolving, entrepreneur.  YOU ROCK!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/annette-walter/support

This week we are joined by Harry Pappas, co-owner of multiple Rent-a-center franchises. Harry is a serial entrepreneur who is highly specialized in the franchise space. He has grown many franchise concepts throughout the years including Burger King, Krispy Kreme, Quiznos and Colortyme now Rent-a-center. You are going to love his story and gain so much from his knowledge and expertise. If you know someone who owns a franchise, be sure to share this episode with them. We would love to hear from you. Please leave a review and a 5-star rating. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button to automatically be notified when the Entrepreneur Express Tip drops on Fridays and guest interviews drop on Tuesdays. Interested in being a guest on the podcast? Email <a href="mailto:YouRock@iEvolveConsulting.com">YouRock@iEvolveConsulting.com</a> to learn more. Keep evolving, entrepreneur.  YOU ROCK!--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/annette-walter/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/annette-walter/support</a>

37. Episode 19: Rent-A-Center with Harry Pappas

In this episode, Teri welcomes Harry Pappas, the Founder and CEO of the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) Harry is a serial entrepreneur and has never worked for the corporate world. His core goal is to get the healthcare community to adopt new technology, software, apps, voice and other forms of technology that can have a dramatic impact on improving patient outcomes, patient care and patient safety while driving down the cost of Healthcare for all citizens. When it comes to healthcare and technology, Harry knows his stuff. HIMMS is the largest health IT show in the United States. In 2018, they had over 42,000 healthcare professionals from about 150 countries. In 2019, the event will be in Orlando, Florida and kicks off on February 12th.Key points from Harry!What they are doing at the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) and how they are really going to feature voice technology at The HIMSS Global Conference &amp; Exhibition.How he got into the Voice SpaceHe had never planned to start an educational association for healthcare technology, but due to a number of personal events that took place with his mother and some other family members, he was forced to get into helping to transform healthcare by developing educational events to help the healthcare community better understand the technology revolution that we are in right now.He has been in technology his whole life and has been in the healthcare space for about 15 years.He combined the knowledge and experience he gained from working in commercial enterprises and major hospitals, and applied it into innovating healthcare technology.How he sees Voice changing things and HIMMSAt HIMSS, for the last three years, they have been demonstrating, under the radar, the use of voice in the operating room, the use of voice in the labor and delivery room, and even in the trauma ED.Due to the tremendous proliferation of voice skills in so many areas of the hospital, they can now demonstrate a lot of new skills in many more areas.They have the iHome, a health and wellness smart home where they will be able to demonstrate voice skills pertaining to better health and wellness in the home, and how the technology can enable seniors to age in place, and provide them with remote healthcare coverage.They added a voice award program into HIMSS. They are also doing a one day conference on voice technology in healthcare. They will have some of the top hospitals to demonstrate for visitors what and how they are using voice. They also have a women in voice panel with a great lineup of speakers.Links and Resources in this EpisodeThe HIMSS Global Conference &amp; ExhibitionAlexa in Healthcare ConsortiumDr. Teri Fisher on TwitterDr. Teri Fisher on LinkedInPlease leave a review on iTunes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Harry Pappas, the Founder and CEO of the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) Harry is a serial entrepreneur and has never worked for the corporate world. His core goal is to get the healthcare community to adopt new technology, software, apps, voice and other forms of technology that can have a dramatic impact on improving patient outcomes, patient care and patient safety while driving down the cost of Healthcare for all citizens. When it comes to healthcare and technology, Harry knows his stuff. HIMMS is the largest health IT show in the United States. In 2018, they had over 42,000 healthcare professionals from about 150 countries. In 2019, the event will be in Orlando, Florida and kicks off on February 12th.Key points from Harry!<ul><li>What they are doing at the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) and how they are really going to feature voice technology at The HIMSS Global Conference &amp; Exhibition.</li></ul>How he got into the Voice Space<ul><li>He had never planned to start an educational association for healthcare technology, but due to a number of personal events that took place with his mother and some other family members, he was forced to get into helping to transform healthcare by developing educational events to help the healthcare community better understand the technology revolution that we are in right now.</li><li>He has been in technology his whole life and has been in the healthcare space for about 15 years.</li><li>He combined the knowledge and experience he gained from working in commercial enterprises and major hospitals, and applied it into innovating healthcare technology.</li></ul>How he sees Voice changing things and HIMMS<ul><li>At HIMSS, for the last three years, they have been demonstrating, under the radar, the use of voice in the operating room, the use of voice in the labor and delivery room, and even in the trauma ED.</li><li>Due to the tremendous proliferation of voice skills in so many areas of the hospital, they can now demonstrate a lot of new skills in many more areas.</li><li>They have the iHome, a health and wellness smart home where they will be able to demonstrate voice skills pertaining to better health and wellness in the home, and how the technology can enable seniors to age in place, and provide them with remote healthcare coverage.</li><li>They added a voice award program into HIMSS. They are also doing a one day conference on voice technology in healthcare. They will have some of the top hospitals to demonstrate for visitors what and how they are using voice. They also have a women in voice panel with a great lineup of speakers.</li></ul> Links and Resources in this Episode<ul><li><a href="https://www.himssconference.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The HIMSS Global Conference &amp; Exhibition</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12126728/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexa in Healthcare Consortium</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/drterifisher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Teri Fisher on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tvfisher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Teri Fisher on LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="http://alexaincanada.ca/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please leave a review on iTunes</a></li></ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

HIMSS and the Intelligent Health Association with Harry Pappas

In this episode, Teri welcomes Harry Pappas, the Founder and CEO of the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) Welcome Harry Pappas!Harry is a serial entrepreneur and has never worked for the corporate world. His core goal is to get the healthcare community to adopt new technology, software, apps, voice and other forms of technology that can have a dramatic impact on improving patient outcomes, patient care and patient safety while driving down the cost of Healthcare for all citizens.The Intelligent Health Association (IHA)A healthcare incident concerning his mother made him realize how bad the healthcare system is the US and worldwide. He promised his mother that he would use all his talents, resources and connections all over the world to improve the delivery of healthcare by educating the healthcare community around the world to adopt new technologies and processes.He divested his companies and decided to do social good.He started out by forming the RFID in Healthcare Consortium which then led to the formation of the Intelligent Health Association because he realized that RFID and RTLS technologies were only tools that needed to be surrounded by other complementary technologies.They have an Alexa in Healthcare Consortium and other technology oriented alliances.IHA is focused on education. They are vendor neutral technology agnostic and the association is by invitation only.Similarities of Voice to the Early Stages of the Dotcom BoomVoice is similar to the Dotcom enterprises, but Voice is more consumer oriented because an individual doesn’t need a laptop or any knowledge about how the web works.Voice is going to be the next WWW.Getting involved with the Alexa ConferenceWhen he was approached by Bradley Metrock to contribute to the organization of the conference, he jumped on-board because his goal is always to help educate the community. They decided to create a track on healthcare and bring in real-world applications of voice.He will be doing a panel session where they will have both vendors and end-users talking about real-world application of voice.List of resources mentioned in this episode:Harry on LinkedinTeri's Live Broadcast at the Alexa ConferenceTeri's Live Workshop at the Alexa ConferenceOther Useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Harry Pappas, the Founder and CEO of the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) Welcome Harry Pappas!Harry is a serial entrepreneur and has never worked for the corporate world. His core goal is to get the healthcare community to adopt new technology, software, apps, voice and other forms of technology that can have a dramatic impact on improving patient outcomes, patient care and patient safety while driving down the cost of Healthcare for all citizens.The Intelligent Health Association (IHA)<ul><li>A healthcare incident concerning his mother made him realize how bad the healthcare system is the US and worldwide. He promised his mother that he would use all his talents, resources and connections all over the world to improve the delivery of healthcare by educating the healthcare community around the world to adopt new technologies and processes.</li><li>He divested his companies and decided to do social good.</li><li>He started out by forming the RFID in Healthcare Consortium which then led to the formation of the Intelligent Health Association because he realized that RFID and RTLS technologies were only tools that needed to be surrounded by other complementary technologies.</li><li>They have an Alexa in Healthcare Consortium and other technology oriented alliances.</li><li>IHA is focused on education. They are vendor neutral technology agnostic and the association is by invitation only.</li></ul>Similarities of Voice to the Early Stages of the Dotcom Boom<ul><li>Voice is similar to the Dotcom enterprises, but Voice is more consumer oriented because an individual doesn’t need a laptop or any knowledge about how the web works.</li><li>Voice is going to be the next WWW.</li></ul>Getting involved with the Alexa Conference<ul><li>When he was approached by Bradley Metrock to contribute to the organization of the conference, he jumped on-board because his goal is always to help educate the community. They decided to create a track on healthcare and bring in real-world applications of voice.</li><li>He will be doing a panel session where they will have both vendors and end-users talking about real-world application of voice.</li></ul>List of resources mentioned in this episode:<ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpappas1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry on Linkedin</a></li><li><a href="http://VoiceFirstHealth.com/Live" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teri's Live Broadcast at the Alexa Conference</a></li><li><a href="http://AlexainCanada.ca/Live" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teri's Live Workshop at the Alexa Conference</a></li></ul>Other Useful resources:<ul><li><a href="https://alexaincanada.ca/flash-briefing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voice in Canada: The Flash Briefing</a></li><li><a href="https://alexaincanada.ca/alexa-commands-complete-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Complete List of Alexa Commands</a></li><li><a href="https://alexaincanada.ca/skills/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reviews of top Alexa Skills in Canada</a></li><li><a href="https://alexaincanada.ca/devices/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in Canada</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/drterifisher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teri Fisher on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/alexaincanadaca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexa in Canada on Twitter</a></li><li><a href="http://fb.com/AlexaInCanada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexa in Canada Facebook Page</a></li><li><a href="https://alexaincanada.ca/community" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexa in Canada Community Group on Facebook</a></li><li><a href="http://instagram.com/alexaincanada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexa in Canada on Instagram</a></li><li><a href="http://alexaincanada.ca/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Please leave a review on iTunes</a></li><li><a href="https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=12733&amp;GR_URL=http%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F2DGEHfh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shopping on Amazon.ca</a></li><li><a href="https://www.voicefirst.fm/alexaconference" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FM</a></li><li>use promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off</li></ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Alexa Conference 2019 with Harry Pappas

My Conversation with Harry Pappas