Remote Work Radio

In this episode of Remote Work Radio , our host Marta Nielsen reconnects with Carri Beck, a remote worker living in Iron County, UT. Carri is an alumni of USU Extension's  Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course who found a remote job as a staff accountant for LedgerGurus , a remote-first accounting company for e-commerce businesses. She provides an update on her recent promotion and her lon...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio , our host Marta Nielsen interviews Brynn Larsen, the youngest alumni of USU Extension's  Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) course. Brynn is an artist who lives in Carbon county and started an animation business while she also devotes her time to attending college and working as a math tutor. All of her business operations are fully remote and she provides...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio , our host Marta Nielsen interviews Carolyn Lewis, a nurse and teacher who lives in Washington County, Utah. Carolyn shares how she transitioned from being a nurse working night shifts to becoming a nursing educator and pursuing her masters and Ph. D. degrees. She recently moved to Utah in order to care for her mother and worked at a nursing home while taking t...

In this episode, our executive producer, Paul Hill,  features the audio of the film "Empowering Rural Utah Through Remote Work," a short documentary on the impact of the Rural Online Initiative program in the lives of three women from rural Utah who found remote work: Marriah Birch in Carbon County, Vicky Kuykendall in San Juan County, and Carri Beck in Iron County.  The film also features Joshua...

This special episode of Remote Work Radio is a blast from the past! In March 2020, our executive producer Paul Hill caught up with Piute County Commissioner Darin Bushman to discuss how small, rural businesses were adapting to the unique circumstances of the pandemic and innovating through e-commerce technology and social media. They also discuss the success of USU Extension's Rural Online Initiat...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen interviews Brent Willson, a father of 6, Air Force veteran, and resident of Carbon County. Brent explains how he was able to find a new remote job after completing USU Extension's Master Remote Work Professional certificate course. He also shares the personal benefits he's experienced through remote work and the impact it has had on his...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen interviews William Kremlin, a native of Vernal, Utah. William loves his life in the Uintah Basin, but had been laid off from his job and was worried he would have to leave his hometown to find work. He learned about USU Extension's  Master Remote Work Professional certificate course from the state's  Vocation Rehabilitation office and de...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, host Marta Nielsen interviews Ann Collier, a mom of 8 living in rural Utah. Ann was recently hired as a customer service representative with Entrata , a property management software company. In this episode, Ann describes her experience and gives great advice about the remote job application process and creating a resume.

In this episode, our host Marta Nielsen interviews Kevin Franke, a 10-year remote work veteran. As an experienced remote employee for Sierra Wireless, Kevin found the Master Remote Work Professional certificate course very beneficial, providing him with a wide variety of relevant information.

In this episode, our host Marta Nielsen interviews Dolores Heaton, a Program Coordinator for USU Extension's Rural Online Initiative program. Dolores discusses her shift from in-office work to remote work and encourages everyone, interested in working remotely or not, to consider taking the Master Remote Work Professional certificate course.

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielsen interviews single mother, paraprofessional, and remote transcriber, Coree Buck. Coree describes how she juggles two jobs while being a single mother to five boys and emphasizes the benefits of having a remote position so she can spend valuable time at home with her sons while still doubling her income.

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Bess Bennett, an entrepreneur and single mom who lives in rural Utah. Bess completed the Master Remote Work Professional  certificate course and is expanding her work as a freelancer with the skills she gained through the course. In this interview, she tells us her story, including how she manages her homestead, works as a vir...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Laurel Farrer. Laurel is a remote work consultant and CEO of Distribute Consulting , a firm that helps organizations and people make the switch from the traditional office environment to working remotely. In her interview, Laurel provides insightful tips on how to adapt to the modern workplace practice as both an employee and...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Murice Miller, a resident of Moab, Utah. Murice recently completed the Master Remote Work Professional certificate course and in this interview, he describes his experience with the course and how he came away inspired to pursue his goals as an entrepreneur.

In this special 4-part series of Remote Work Radio , we are interviewing tech entrepreneurs from Southern Utah. Joshua Aikens , one of our past program participants and chair of the Silicon Slopes St. George Chapter , will interview founders who started tech companies outside of urban areas. In this episode, Josh interviews Ryan Wedig, co-founder and CEO of PrinterLogic , a leading software as a s...

In this special 4-part series of Remote Work Radio , we are interviewing tech entrepreneurs from Southern Utah. Joshua Aikens , one of our past program participants and chair of the Silicon Slopes St. George Chapter , will interview founders who started tech companies outside of urban areas. On this episode, Josh interviews Brian Green, co-founder and CTO of Aptivada , an enterprise software solut...

In this special 4-part series of Remote Work Radio , we are interviewing tech entrepreneurs from Southern Utah. Joshua Aikens , one of our past program participants and chair of the Silicon Slopes St. George Chapter , will interview founders who started tech companies outside of urban areas. On this episode, Josh interviews Skylar and Travis Topham, brothers who started out as health-care speciali...

In this special 4-part series of Remote Work Radio, we are interviewing tech entrepreneurs from Southern Utah. Joshua Aikens, one of our past program participants and chair of the Silicon Slopes St. George chapter, will interview founders who started tech companies outside of urban areas. On this episode, Josh interviews Ryan Kohler, co-founder of ApplicantPro about his experience starting a hirin...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio , our host Marta Nielson interviews Carri Beck from Iron County, Utah. Carri completed the Rural Online Initiative's  Master Remote Work Professional (MRWP) certificate course and was soon after hired as a 'remote' accounting specialist for LedgerGurus . In this interview, she shares how she discovered this remote job opportunity, the hiring process with a virt...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio , our host Marta Nielson interviews Simone Kuzma who recently moved to Escalante in Garfield County from Kentucky. Simone is a remote worker in the tourism industry for a company based in Germany. She recently completed the USU Extension Rural Online Initiative's  Master Remote Work Professional   certificate course and explains how aspiring remote workers can...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Pyper Lambson from Sanpete County. Pyper is a financial manager for a company in Bluffdale, Utah who opened the door to remote work within her organization. She recently completed the USU Extension Rural Online Initiative's  Master Remote Work Professional   certificate course which helped her improve her remote work skills so...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Callie Ward, the USU Extension Assistant Professor in Garfield County who recently completed the Rural Online Initiative's Master Remote Work Professional certificate course. Callie provides a review of the course and explains how it is designed to support working adults by providing an experiential learning environment that m...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Chelsea Guymon from Emery County. Chelsea was an early graduate of the USU Extension Rural Online Initiative's  Master Remote Work Professional   certificate course and became a remote worker soon after. She not only successfully negotiated with her current boss to allow her to work from home, but she was also hired as a part-...

In this episode of Remote Work Radio, our host Marta Nielson interviews Dr. Lendel Narine, the statewide evaluation specialist who developed the evaluation plan for the Rural Online Initiative. He explains how the ROI program is directly aligned to the statewide needs assessment he conducted in 2020 with over 1,000 subjects.

In this episode of Remote Work Radio our host Marta Nielson interviews Jeff Mottishaw with the Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget. Jeff is leading the new  Utah Works  statewide telework program that is tasked with the rollout of converting 2,500 state jobs to remote by the end of 2020. Jeff shares findings from a pilot study and how implementing remote work will help improve everythi...