Most people who go to the gym are looking for much the same thing - they just want to get in better shape. Some people are trying to shed the pounds accrued during pregnancy. Others find themselves working out to get back into the dating game. In places where the great outdoors plays an active part of so many lives, like Denver, more people are training for "sports" that most people would consider extreme.
The Denver mom's vocation as a personal trainer, combined with her love of nature, has now expanded her life in another direction altogether; Stricker's book, Pilates for the Outdoor Athlete, was recently published by Fulcrum.
Audio conferencing has many applications that go far beyond corporate board rooms. The military, law enforcement, school administrators, local governments, all of these and more have made great use of recent breakthroughs in telecommunications technology. One program uses a scheduled monthly audio conference in its bid to alleviate - and hopefully eradicate - the pressing social problem of homelessness.
Social improvement and the reversal of urban decay have gotten a huge boost from audio conferencing technology, speeding up the mechanisms of change that effect the lives of so many people. To the needy, how and why things get done are not of as much importance as the accomplishments themselves; it is the duty of innovation.