Viewers who have tuned into the August episode of CCTV may have noticed some changes -- and mistakes. It happens. Start-up ventures go through growing pains, and our OC16 show is no exception. But bringing in new people can spur fresh ideas and create better chemistry in the long run.

Taking over as our on-camera host is Theresa Tilley. She's been a model, beauty pageant winner, and has done commercials and print ads. Theresa was also a Research Analyst for the Hawaii State Senate Judiciary Committee and Executive Director of an environmental non-profit organization. Her current full-time job is in sales and marketing. In short, she's a career changer herself, who combines looks with brains. (Is it sexist to say that?)

Behind the camera, we're working with two young guys who have experience in a variety of businesses that fit our goal of becoming a multi-media marketing company. Marc Edward was a professional photographer, wedding videographer and entrepreneur. He's also producing his own new TV show about local artists and risk-takers with unusual career choices, so Marc is a good fit for us.

Also joining the CCTV team is Robert "Aukai" Reynolds, a friend of Theresa's who will be shooting, editing and producing segments as well. He has his own website development company called Zeyar, and I'll be working with him to provide his web clients with cross-promotional opportunities on our TV show.

See where this is going? We're filling a niche for small businesses that need exposure, but might not be able to afford mass advertising campaigns in print or on the network TV stations. What's more, we plan on creating viral videos for local businesses that tie into word-of-mouth social media networks. Low cost productions with potentially big impact. If you want to know more, drop me an email.

As for the mistakes... well, trying to coordinate two new videographers with my former producing partner presented some technical challenges. Names that were supposed to be included in graphics got left out. Editing fixes weren't made in time for the deadline. Typos slipped past us that wound up on screen. I take responsibility for those things, and we're making the corrections. The good thing about being on OC16 is that the revised version will run for the rest of the month after we fix the problems.

Special Offer: In reference to the above mistakes, we omitted the name of Judy Wilkinson, VP of Sales for Ohana Deals, a local company that she created with her daughter (Amy Choi) to offer great bargains through their website and emails. I heard about them through a Tweet from Roxanne Darling, for her client Kalapawai Market in Kailua. Ohana Deals put together a limited time offer to get $50 worth of food for just $25. Within a week, they reached their target of 300 customers who took advantage of that offer.

If you have a business or store that might benefit from special promotions like that, visit their website for contact info. If you want to be sent emails about other deals, it's easy to sign up! Make sure you tell them Career Changers sent you.

For viewing times and links to our YouTube Channel videos, please visit www.CareerChangers.tv!

Maybe some of you readers can help me out. As you probably have heard, Disney will be opening their new Aulani resort at Ko Olina in the fall of 2011. The project will create thousands of jobs -- construction first, then hiring of resort staff and performers. Have any of you applied online and heard back yet about when interviews will be conducted in Hawaii?

I tried contacting Disney and a local PR firm that was supposed to be handling press for them, but apparently they didn't feel my Career Changers TV show or Star-Advertiser blog were worth their time... even though OC16 is available to over 350,000 Oceanic Time Warner subscribers in Hawaii. You'd think they would want to publicize the positive aspects of creating jobs in West Oahu, and talk about the show they're developing, which I heard was supposed to reflect Hawaiian culture.

I'm not sure who is writing that play or if they're consulting any kupuna. I do know that former Hawaii playwright, Y York, was contacted by Disney about the project. She wrestled with the idea, telling me that she felt conflicted about a mega-corporation possibly exploiting a native culture for commercial gain. My argument in favor of taking the assignment was she could use the opportunity to address those very concerns of hers -- in a subtle, non-direct way, wink-wink. But Y (yes, that's her real first name) turned down the offer and moved to the Mainland with her husband, Mark Lutwak. He used to be the artistic director of the Honolulu Theatre for Youth.

If any of my readers have leads on the play that's being developed, please email me! Also, we'd like to film performers as they try out for the show and follow their progress, sort of like the American Idol audition segments. Know any local singers or dancers who will be going for those Disney show jobs? If they'd like to be on CCTV, lemme know.

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Somewhat related to the Disney Aulani resort is the question of public beach access at Ko Olina. Through my other blog for Beach Access Hawaii, I've been receiving emails from angry residents and visitors who wanted to go to the beach at Ko Olina, but were turned away by security guards at the gate.

They were told that the public parking spaces were full, and they could not park near the shops or anywhere else and walk to the lagoons. If they did, their cars would be towed. The people who contacted me asked how Ko Olina could do this if the public has a right to beach access. The answer is you DON'T have a right to access the shoreline through private property without the owner's consent.

Although new laws mandate commercial oceanfront development projects include public access, Ko Olina only had to provide eight public parking spaces per lagoon. That's right -- just EIGHT public spaces. Who negotiated that deal? I have no idea. My advice to residents out there is to complain to your Neighborhood Board, and contact your State legislators.

How many public sparking spaces will Disney provide for the Aulani resort beach access? Again, I don't know since no one from Disney will talk to me about that or the show, or anything else. If they really want to be considered part of the ohana, perhaps they should be a little more open about their plans.

Our new Career Changers TV program for August is now running daily on OC16. To find out viewing times, please visit our site. On the right hand side, there's also a link to the CCTV YouTube Channel, where you can see video clips from the show. Have a great weekend!

Kehau Kali, a local entrepreneur and Hawaii president of CEO Space, has arranged for best-selling author Chuck Vollmer to give a talk in Downtown Honolulu on Tues., Aug. 10 from 5:30 to 8 pm. His book, JOBENOMICS, was written to spur debate and discussion on job creation, with the intent of creating millions of jobs nationwide.

In Hawaii, his goal is to create 20,000 new private sector jobs by the year 2020. How? You'll have to attend the event or get his book to find out! You can also contact Kehau to learn more about CEO Space, and how she works with entrepreneurs and businesses to take them to the next level through mentoring and coaching programs.

To register for the Aug. 10 event, click here for the CEO Space Hawaii link... or visit Kehau's CEO Space website.

Among Chuck's ideas:

• Establish an Asian College Prep & Business School in association with the Asian Junior Exec training center being developed in Massachusetts.

• Make Honolulu a destination city for the 2011 Folklore Music Festival, and the 2013 American International Choral Festival (draws 250,000 participants).

• Expand the Paakea quarry, a 208-acre coral mining operation (anyone know about that?)

• Raise $150 million in funding for these types of initiatives through the EB-5 Foreign Investor Program, another thing that's news to me...

He's got many other suggestions and ideas, so I hope the business publications and local media will provide some coverage while he's in town.

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Got leads for other business stories or job openings? Send them to me! Even if we don't put them on the Career Changers TV show, I'd be glad to share useful info here in my blog.

Our new August show starts airing Thursday night at 8:30 PM on OC16. For other viewing times and links to our CCTV YouTube Channel, please check out our website!

Ordinarily, I'd post these type of items on the CareerChangers.tv home page in the Job Alerts & Updates section, but our web guy (Mahlon Moore) is on vacation this week. In addition to doing commercial voiceovers and traffic reports on the radio, Mahlon runs Linkscreen, a low cost website developer service ($50 a month gets you up and running).

In my recent posts about the Kokua Market food co-op farm tour, I mentioned their marketing person, Leslie Ashburn. She's also a personal chef who specializes in macrobiotic cooking. If you're interested in learning more about her healthy approach to eating, you can sign up for her classes:

Back-to-School Lunchbox, Aug 15, $38 (for parents who want to give their kids healthier options)
Brown Rice Sushi Making, Sept 3, $38
Easy Whole Foods Cooking for Busy People, discounted classes (8-wk series) starts on Sept 12, $30/class or $160 for whole series

Be sure to tell Leslie you heard about her classes from CCTV!

Now for something completely different: a friend of the show sent me a job alert for two construction management positions. Kelly McCormick of gkkworks (formerly Syska Hennessy Construction Group) needs an on site Quality Control rep and manager for federal projects they're doing. Responsibilities include:

- Conducts weekly QC meetings to review the schedule and status of work, to review the status of submittals, to schedule the three phases of control, to coordinate testing of the work, and to resolve QC and production problems.
- Performs the three phases of control for each definable feature of work.
- Reviews as-built drawings to ensure they are kept current on a daily basis and ‘red lined’ to show deviations that have been made from the contract drawings.
- Signs and furnishes a certificate to the Contracting Officer with each payment request, attesting that “as-built drawings are current and the work for which payment is requested, including stored materials, is in compliance with contract requirements”.

Email Kelly at kmccormick@gkkworks.com for more info, and tell her you heard about the openings through Career Changers TV.

Our new August show premiers Thursday night at 8:30 PM on OC16. To find out other viewing times each day, please visit our website. Mahalo!