Voice Mail

Ep 3: Postal development in Africa and preparations for 27th Universal Postal Congress

Isaac Gnamba-Yao, CEO of La Poste Côte d'Ivoire, joins us in this episode of Voice Mail to discuss:

• Preparations for the 27th Universal Postal Congress
• Major challenges facing La Poste Côte d'Ivoire and postal operators in the region
• Postal innovations at La Poste Côte d'Ivoire
• Appealing to the digital generation
• Role of the post in socio-economic development
• Building e-commerce
• The importance of partnerships for postal operators
• Impact of the pandemic on La Poste Côte d'Ivoire
• Post office of the future

Ep 2: Cheryl Ganz on postal museums and the future of the stamp

Dr Cheryl Ganz, former curator of Philately at the Smithsonian and member of the USPS Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, joins us in this episode of Voice Mail to discuss:

• How a childhood interest in collecting led to Cheryl becoming a stamp collector
• The role of a postal museum
• Making postal museums not just for philatelists but also for the general public
• Museums as a window into global cultures
• How Cheryl came to be Chief Curator Philately at the Smithsonian
• The renewal of the philatelic exhibit - making it into an exciting gallery
• Stamps and storytelling
• Creating a stamp exhibit that will engage with digital natives
• How philately has responded digitally to the pandemic
• Online visitors to the Smithsonian
• Future of the postage stamp
• Postage stamps and national identity and heritage
• Postmarking of stamps - importance of a proper cancellation
• Changes to postage stamps over the years
• Hunting for buried treasure - stamps hidden around the house

 

Ep 1: How DHL is supporting COVID vaccine distribution

Thomas Ellmann, VP Life Sciences and Healthcare at DHL, is our guest for the first episode of Voice Mail. We discuss how DHL is supporting distribution of the COVID vaccine around the world.

• What DHL's Customer Solutions and Innovations Group does
• Sourcing and distributing PPE (personal protective equipment) material, including masks and gloves, for governments and other customers
• Distributing vaccines as well as other products needed to administer vaccines to patients
• Technology and infrastructure developed specifically for distributing the coronavirus vaccine, including temperature control at very low temperatures
• Safety issues of carrying vaccines at very low temperature, including air cargo transport of dry ice
• Air freight capacity
• Working with other air cargo carriers as well as using DHL's own aircraft fleet
• Understanding the magnitude of the logistics effort in distributing COVID vaccine doses around the world
• Monitoring temperature during transit
• Distributing the vaccine to remote areas and countries with less developed infrastructure
• DHL and COVAX
• DHL partnering with other non-profits
• Local storage and distribution of vaccines
• Lessons learned from the vaccine roll-out