Episode 019: Dave Turner lives for travel and exploring, and turned his hobby into a series of children's books and a YouTube and Instagram channel that features all of his adventures‪.‬ The Ketchup Thyme Podcast

Episode 019: Dave Turner lives for travel and can’t wait to get back to exploring the world. He takes us along for the ride and we hear how his hobbies of videography and hiking with his dog Kobe turned into a series of children's books, as well as a YouTube and Instagram channel that feature all of their adventures.

You can find Dave on Instagram:
@KobieDogUSA
@DogDadDave   
  
DogDadDave YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfSTvf-Q-63rfGqIaco5hKg
 
Personal YouTube (travel montages): 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgI6tlrsRUwC0mNQAYUav5w

Purchase Kobie Dog USA Books on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Dave-Turner/e/B086V5N34P?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1617408292&sr=8-2
 
Amazon Self-Publishing:
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/

On today’s show we’re hanging with Dave Turner who is a good friend from my Ritz-Carlton, Denver days. I have just about the best memories of working there, and a lot of that was because of the amazing people I worked with. You’ve already met Danny Diaz and Dawaun Butterfield who were on the show earlier this year, and they’re pretty awesome too. But today, we’re catching up with Dave to hear all about his year and how COVID affected his job in the event industry. 

Dave is the Director of Event Technology at one of the biggest AV companies in the world. His career has taken him across the country working at some of the biggest convention hotels in Las Vegas, Denver, and California. He currently works at a luxury resort in Scottsdale Arizona, where he has been working throughout this entire pandemic. He shares how it’s been working as the only full time employee in the AV department, and how they have had to consistently make adjustments to their operation. He explains how they started doing more community driven COVID-safe events, like when they repurposed their huge blow up screen from movie nights at the pool. They basically turned their parking lot into a drive-in movie theatre for the community - how awesome is that!! He even figured out how to use a FM transmitter to broadcast the movie’s audio over the radio waves so people could listen in their own cars… Talk about pivoting and adjusting your business to fit the current needs. Amazing. 

Dave is also very creatively talented and started his own Youtube and instagram channels that feature him and his dog Kobie as they take on adventures and hikes all over the country. He even published his own children’s books featuring Kobie in a series called “Kobie Dog USA”. Right now, he’s got 3 out - Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, with Rhode Island coming out next… so what, only 46 more to go? He’s got this! 

Also, just a heads up - if you hear some funky audio and internet connectivity issues, you need not worry - that was on our end, not on yours. No need to adjust your speakers :) It is actually kind of hysterical to me, now in retrospect, that we’d be having these issues when talking to a mega techie AV guy. Why didn’t we do a check check, mic check 1 2, 1 2 3?!?? That would have saved us a lot of hassle.

But don’t let that stop you from listening to the whole thing. This guy is super witty and kept me laughing through the whole conversation. 

You can find Dave and Kobie’s adventures on Instagram @KobieDogUSA and 
@DogDadDave, as well as his YouTube channels which I’ll link in the show notes. I’ll also share the Amazon link for Dave’s children’s stories if you were interested in purchasing a book. 

So - other than dealing with a few technical difficulties, please enjoy this fun conversation with my friend, Dave Turner.