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b'Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by\\xa0Rainforest Alberta.The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.April DeJong\\xa0April is a serial entrepreneur, a trait she received from her parents who owned a furniture store in Edmonton that she worked at growing up. That experience set the tone for her business life - do it all, do it well. After working in international trade and economic development, April left that career to start a family and work alongside her husband in their award-winning residential design firm, DeJong Design Associates. Over the past year, April started a real estate team with another Realtor who comes from a design background as well. For most people that would be enough, but April also owns and operates a vintage clothing pop-up shop with two of her friends, and she has a boutique graphic design studio. April is now helping her kids launch their own businesses.Lisa Poole\\xa0Lisa Poole is a family care partner and provides insight from a perspective of lived experience. Her father John has a diagnosis of vascular dementia and resides in LTC. Lisa sits on Dementia Network Calgary\\u2019s Strategic Council, Alzheimer Society of Calgary\\u2019s Board of Directors, AGE-WELL\\u2019s Older Adult and Caregiver Advisory Committee, Alzheimer Society of Canada\\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement\\u2019s Community Based Dementia Care and Support Advisory Team, is co-chair of Dementia Advocacy Canada, and is the founder and editor of Dementia Connections Magazine.Please be sure to share this episode with everyone you know. If you are interested in being either a host, a guest, or a sponsor of the show, please reach out.We are published in\\xa0Google Podcasts\\xa0and the\\xa0iTunes store for Apple Podcasts\\xa0We would be grateful if you could give us a rating as it helps spread the word about the show.Show SummaryIn this episode, April has a conversation with Lisa Poole talking about Dementia and why she started Dementia Connection magazine.\\xa0Show Quote:Credits...This Episode Sponsored By:\\xa0Community Now! MagazineEpisode Music: Tony Del DeganCreator & Producer:\\xa0Al Del DeganSystem Engineering Sponsor:\\xa0Kris Chase - PODMaster 2020'