PodSAM

Summit Series Ep5: Kris Blomback and John Rice | Risk Management

Safety is no accident.

Our industry employs heavy machinery and human beings operating outdoors on mountainsides in harsh weather. This episode is packed with helpful tips and illuminating anecdotes to help your ski area mitigate risk.

Episode 6 of PodSAM is slated for release in August and will be a bit different than the previous 5. We'll hear direct from the mentees! Between now and then Wintry Mix will return as well so be subscribed. 

Episode 3-6 of PodSAM is supported by MountainGuard and Axess. 

Subscribe to PodSAM on apple podcasts, google play or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

PodSAM is the new podcasting space of SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine and is currently in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. 

Support this podcast by subscribing to SAM Magazine at www.saminfo.com/subscribe

PodSAM theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. 

Summit Series Ep4: Kris Blomback and Jody Churich | Capital Planning and Project Management

When is the right time to invest capital? How best to predict and/or assess the ROI? Who should lead the project? These questions and more are chewed on with Kris Blomback GM of Pats Peak and longtime Powdr executive Jody Churich in episode 4. 

Episode 5 of PodSAM is slated for release in July and will feature John Rice of Sierra-at-Tahoe and Kris Blomback of Pats Peak on the topic of risk management. 

Episode 3-6 of PodSAM is supported by MountainGuard and Axess. 

Subscribe to PodSAM on apple podcasts, google play or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

PodSAM is the new podcasting space of SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine and is currently in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. 

PodSAM theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. 

Summit Series Ep3: Barb Green and Bill Jensen | Finance and Revenue

Control expenses or drive revenue? It depends. Episode 3 features Barb Green of Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain and Bill Jensen of Telluride discussing financial and revenue management. Tune in for an array of advice for middle managers hoping to jump from budgeting a department to driving resort wide revenue. 

Episode 4 featuring Jody Churich of Powdr and Kris Blomback of Pats Peak is slated for release in late June. Episode 3-6 of PodSAM is supported by MountainGuard and Axess. 

Subscribe to PodSAM on apple podcasts, google play or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

PodSAM is the new podcasting space of SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine and is currently in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. 

Support this podcast by subscribing to SAM Magazine at www.saminfo.com/subscribe

PodSAM theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. 

Summit Series Ep2: Blaise Carrig and John Rice | Problem Solving

What if the highway leading to your mountain gets severed? Yes. That happened. How do you ask for help when a problem is unsolvable within your current team? What creates a shared problem solving culture? This episode delves deep into the experiences of John Rice of Sierra-at-Tahoe and Blaise Carrig of Vail Resorts on the topic of problem solving.

Episode 3 featuring Bill Jensen of Telluride and Barb Green of Blue Mountain is slated for release in June. 

Subscribe to PodSAM on apple podcasts, google play or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

PodSAM is the new podcasting space of SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine and is currently in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. 

PodSAM theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. 

NSAA Special: John Rice and Blaise Carrig | Ep2 Teaser

Headed to Marco Island for NSAA 2018? Make PodSAM a part of your inflight entertainment and be subscribed for the rest of the season.

Episode 1 with Bill Jensen and Jody Churich is currently live. Episode 2 will be out later in May. Until then here's a quick snippet of what's on tap from Blaise Carrig and John Rice.

Subscribe to PodSAM on apple podcasts, google play or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Support this podcast by subscribing to SAM Magazine at www.saminfo.com/subscribe

PodSAM is the new podcasting space of SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine and is currently in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. 

PodSAM theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. 

Summit Series Ep1: Bill Jensen and Jody Churich | Management Skills

What is the difference between leadership and management? How do Jensen and Churich spot good managers? What advice do they have for the next generation? The podcast version of SAM's Summit Series is underway. Episode 2 is slated for release in the middle of May. 

Subscribe to PodSAM on apple podcasts, google play or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

PodSAM is the new podcasting space of SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine and is launching in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. 

PodSAM theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. 

Summit Series Preview - Welcome to PodSAM

Listen and learn.

PodSAM will be launching with a six episode run derived from SAM's (Ski Area Management) Summit Series, which brought together industry leaders via conference call to share best practices and stories from their careers with an audience of up and comers. 

There will likely be future PodSAM audio series on this channel over the months and years, so be sure to subscribe. For the spring and summer of 2018 we’ll be hearing from John Rice, General Manager of Sierra at Tahoe, Blaise Carrig, Senior Advisor of Vail Resorts Mountain Division, Jody Churich, Executive VP at Powdr Corp and Woodward, Bill Jensen, CEO and Partner at Telluride, Barb Green, President of Blue Mountain, and Kris Blomback, GM at Pats Peak.

These conversations moderated by Paul Thallner of High Peaks Group provide a rare deep dive inside the minds of some of the most experienced players in ski area operation. Topics include management skills, problem solving techniques, finance, capital planning and risk. 

The first full episode of PodSAM is slated to be published a week prior to the NSAA Convention. We’ll drop new episodes after that throughout the spring and summer.

The launch of PodSAM is in partnership with Alex Kaufman of the Wintry Mix Podcast. Theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Share this with a colleague, subscribe where you get pods, visit saminfo.com for details on the Summit Series and thanks for tuning in.