Podcasts about community innovation

Steve Haberlin - Calming Student Stress: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Learning in K-12 Classrooms. This is episode 760 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. Steve Haberlin, PhD, is an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida.  Dr. Haberlin's research focuses on the implementation of mind-body practices, including mindfulness, meditation interventions to address mental health concerns in educational settings and help students unfold their potential.  His research involves studying the impact of brief meditation, including the use of technology-assisted devices, to improve focus and reduce stress and anxiety. A life-long meditator, with more than 25 years' experience, his work involves facilitating meditation professional development training and workshops for faculty.  Dr. Haberlin is the author of Meditation in the College Classroom: A Pedagogical Tool to Help Students De-Stress, Focus, and Connect, Awakening to Educational Leadership: A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Supporting and Coaching Teachers, and Calming Student Stress: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Learning in K-12 Classrooms, which was released earlier this year. Our focus today is Steve's book - Calming Student Stress: Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Learning K-12 Classrooms. Excellent conversation! Great read! Please share. Thanks for listening! Before you go... You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee. This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it.  Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you! You are AWESOME! Connect & Learn More: http://facebook.com/steve.haberlin/ steve.haberlin@ucf.edu https://www.amazon.com/Calming-Student-Stress-Mindfulness-Meditation/dp/147587300X https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781475873016/Calming-Student-Stress-Mindfulness-Meditation-and-Other-Strategies-to-Reduce-Anxiety-and-Enhance-Learning-in-K-12-Classrooms Length - 50:21

In this episode of the TRX Podcast, host Nathan D'Rozario sits down with Scott Mackenzie, Commercial Director at Horizon Leisure Centres, to explore the evolving landscape of fitness, leisure, and community engagement.With a career spanning leading brands like Fitness First and David Lloyd, Scott shares his journey through the fitness industry—from fitness product strategy to senior leadership. They discuss how leisure centres can strike the balance between commercial growth and community accessibility, the importance of modernising member experiences, and the role of innovation in the future of fitness.Scott also opens up about his leadership lessons, the value of practicing what you preach in fitness, and what it takes to create a lasting impact in an ever-changing industry.If you're passionate about fitness, business strategy, or the future of community wellness spaces, this one's not to be missed.Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow the TRX Podcast for more conversations with industry leaders.

The following article of the Energy industry is: “Creativity in Motion: Bridging Art and Business” by Daniel Pandza, Community Innovation Catalyst, Interlub Group.

We have reached yet another mile episode of The Unique CPA, number 200, and Randy Crabtree joins producer Justin Grant to celebrate the show's journey. They reflect on the supportive community that has sprung up around the show, the Bridging the Gap Conference, and plans for the future, while having some fun too with a bloopers segment that's sure to make you laugh along with them. Randy also shares his thoughts on new directions for the podcast, such as becoming a go-to source for specialty tax news and analysis, and the rise of private equity in the accounting profession, before closing things out looking forward to the next hundred episodes. Get the full show notes and more resources at TheUniqueCPA.com

Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVMFULL SHOW NOTES https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/657What happens when a seasoned ERP advisor with over two decades of experience achieves MVP status? Join us as we explore the intriguing journey of Rob Delprado from CPA to a leader in Dynamics 365 and discuss the vibrant user community supporting Business Central. His insights highlight the importance of community, the evolution of accounting software, and the future of ERP solutions. This episode sheds light on how platforms like Microsoft Business Central and innovative ISVs are revolutionizing business productivity.  TAKEAWAYS• Rob shares his journey from CPA to ERP advisor • The significance of community in Dynamics 365 • Exploring advancements in accounting processes • Challenges with electronic invoicing in the current landscape • The role of ISVs in enhancing ERP solutions • Insights into hardware integration in ERP systems • Rob's path to becoming an MVP and its impact OTHER RESOURCES: Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVPThis year we're adding a new show to our line up - The AI Advantage. We'll discuss the skills you need to thrive in an AI-enabled world. Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge We've helped 1,300+ people across 70+ countries establish successful careers in the Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 ecosystem.Benefit from expert guidance, a supportive community, and a clear career roadmap. A lot can change in 90 days, get started today!Support the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening

Discover the transformative journey of Fort Wayne, the Midwest's fastest-growing metro, with our distinguished guests, board chair Mike Packnett and vice chair Brenda Gerber Vincent. Together, we uncover the stories behind the anticipated $3 billion in building permits by 2024 and celebrate the city's accolade as the most affordable place to live. Through heartfelt conversations, we explore what sets Fort Wayne apart as a top destination for Gen Z homeownership and a beacon of community innovation and collaboration.Join us as we highlight the extraordinary unity in Fort Wayne's community development, where marketplace leaders and pastors from diverse backgrounds come together to drive positive change. This episode shines a light on impactful leaders like Pastor Anthony Payton and the significant contributions of African American pastors who uplift the entire community. We draw comparisons to other cities and reflect on successful collaborations in Allen County, showcasing how unique strategies pave the way for substantial milestones and achievements.The episode also delves into the profound impact of faith-driven leadership and mentorship in Fort Wayne. We explore how initiatives like the Global Leadership Summit and the Ignite Emerging Leader program connect seasoned and emerging leaders through faith-based principles. From the inspiring "death club" story at a local school to the vibrant prayer community at Electric Works, we celebrate the transformative power of mentorship, unity, and prayer. Tune in to be part of the Citywide Movement of Love Fort Wayne, where love, support, and prayer uplift our community.

Mark Dunneback, Association VP for Workforce and Community Innovation at Kalamazoo Valley Community College talks about the College's upcoming Technical Trades Expo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to season two of Collective Wisdom! In this episode, Lucy is joined by Natacha Hildebrand, a corporate and non-profit leader who recently worked in community innovation at Nike and is also a Co-founder of BasBlue, a brand marketing consultant, and a strategic advisor for THE BOARD. This conversation is about the power of releasing societal pressures, cultivating your many interests, and centering community in our work.Natacha shares how a project with Annie Leibowitz and Gloria Steinem helped her embrace her identity as a multi-hyphenate and step into being a community gatherer and leader for women around the world. She also tells us about her experience co-founding BasBlue and how she learned to ask for support from her own personal board of advisors. Tune in for a powerful reminder that the best is yet to come — even when it takes a little more time than we might desire. Jump into the conversation:[4:00] How Natacha discovered the unique magic in her work[5:40] Natacha's experience working with Annie Leibowitz & Gloria Steinem[9:00] Being a multi-hyphenate & embracing many talents[13:15] The origin story of BasBlue[17:00] What it's like to shift roles in an organization you co-founded[24:00] How to step away from the path you “should” be on[28:00] Natacha's personal board of advisors[31:30] How to ask for support & introductions[35:00] The slow yes & the power of yet More about our guest: Natacha Hildebrand is a community-building veteran and marketing leader, focused on growing brands at the intersection of culture, content, and commerce. She was most recently at Nike, leading Community Innovation. She is also the Co-founder of BasBlue, a foundation and member's space in Detroit, MI, and she currently serves as a strategic advisor for THE BOARD, a diverse network of experts and C-suite consultants across Beauty, Fashion, Tech, and Loyalty. Stay connected:Check out The Murmuration CollectiveConnect with us on Instagram & LinkedInSubscribe to our monthly newsletterLearn more about our January 2025 retreat in Kenya

In this episode...We explore the essential foundations of self-love, self-respect, and how setting healthy boundaries can transform your relationship with yourself and others. If you've struggled with people-pleasing or difficulty in respecting your own needs, this episode is for you!Listen and learn more about:The Seven-Segment Model to assess and improve your self-love practicesHow to cultivate self-respect Why self-love is just the beginning and what additional tools are needed for long-term personal growthDr. Shana's insights into the importance of recognizing areas where you still need to grow after self-assessmentPlus, learn about Dr. Shana's workbooks, including tools to help both adults and children build healthier relationships with themselves, and where you can find more of her valuable resources to support your journey.Mentioned in Show:You can learn more through her website www.DrShainna.com or follow along on Instagram @DrShainna.Dr. Shainna's Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Shainna-Ali-PhD/author/B07KY521H6?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueGuest bio:Dr. Shainna is a mental health counselor, educator, and advocate who is passionate about empowering individuals to foster mental wellness. Dr. Shainna has created a variety of resources to support mental well-being across the lifespan including the newest release, Designing Healthy Boundaries and a best-seller, The Self-Love Workbook. Additional resources include The Self-Love Workbook for Teens, Luna Finds Love Everywhere: A Self-Love Book for Kids, and The Self-Love Planner. Additionally, her passion for improving mental health access inspired her to host the Mental Wellness Practice Podcast. She is the owner of The Mental Wellness Practice, LLC, a strengths-based clinical and consulting practice and has been featured in outlets such as ABC, CBS, NPR Washington Post, and Insider. Dr. Shainna serves on the Dean's Council for the University of Central Florida's College of Community Innovation and Education, has served on the Board of Directors of The Mental Health Association of Central Florida, is a past president of the Florida Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, and has been honored with the Pete Fischer Humanitarian Award, the Association for Specialists in Group Work's Al Dye Award, and the University of Central Florida's Noble Knight distinction for her efforts in promoting mental wellness. High Vibe links:Visit Melissa's Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SouleaAffirmations?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1391629267&from_page=listingHigh Vibe Mindset Podcast Transcripts: https://www.soulea.co/podcastSupport the show I've launched a new affirmation card deck designed with YOU, the listeners in mind! The Body Deck offers 77 beautiful cards that address the three high-vibe killers of disconnection, negative-self talk & lack of self-care/coping practices. Best of all, it's portable & affordable at $33. Benefit from the transformative practice of affirmations anywhere you go. Stop self-sabotage & start being the highest version of YOU: Visit soulea.coSupport the show

When it comes to kindness, one thing is clear. Everyone could use more of it.  Beekman 1802 is a brand built entirely for one purpose: making beauty kinder. And no, not in a jovial or solely ingredient-based sense.  Join Paul as he digs into this deep dive on kindness as a pillar of Brand Advocacy, in conversation with Brad Farrell (Chief Marketing Officer @ Beekman 1802 | ex-Kiehl's, ex-L'Oréal).  Aiming to be the #1 prestige brand for sensitive skin globally, there are no compromises when it comes to building through word-of-mouth and practical kindness at Beekman.  From the brand's origin story (hello, goat milk farmer who moved in with the Co-Founders) to the tactical ways both analytical and creative skills can create high-performance marketing teams, this is the science of Advocacy down to an art.  Get ready for Brad's expert take on… Making Beauty Kinder: To your skin, your social media sphere, and yourself. Beekman is a brand utilizing ambassadors like any other in the beauty game, with one key twist; any Advocate of theirs is also rewarded for spreading digital kindness over solely product promotion. Dig into the impact of this choice, and the strategy it takes to deliver it at scale – while still scaling the success of your brand.  Two-Way Conversations as The Crux of Community: When innovating from the wants of actual customers, a brand can rarely go wrong. Back-and-forths with those in your community are key. From social listening and customer service insights, to requests from ambassadors & Advocates, all feedback must be welcome. Learn how to identify the most actionable insights to surprise and delight your brand fans, turning their thoughts into meaningful action. It's community building at its best; responsive, inclusive, and genuinely engaging.  Infusing the Mission Into Every Aspect of Brand: Brad unpacks how to be a living, breathing example of your brand's core values – making your brand mission a visible, tangible part of everything you do. From communicating product developments to a cohesive experience at any marketing touchpoint, learn how best to align every strategy and every decision with your brand's north star.  Here's how you build brands with a mission-driven approach.  Rate & review Building Brand Advocacy: Apple Podcasts Spotify Connect with Brad: On Beekman 1802's website On Brad's LinkedIn

The following article of the entrepreneurs industry is: “Mexican Culture: Asset or Liability?” by Daniel Pandza, Community Innovation Catalyst of Interlub Group

During a recent event, speakers came together to celebrate food diversity, scientific advances, and community innovation. This week's episode of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features two panels from the program moderated by Dani. First, panelists discuss the power and privilege that shape food and agriculture systems, what we can learn from looking back at traditional foodways, and why communities must be engaged in growing their own food. Then, speakers explore the educational approaches that are nurturing the next generation of food systems leaders, the value of bringing culturally relevant ingredients into the classroom, and how programs can connect food, nutrition, and planetary health.  Speakers include Rachel Atcheson, Deputy Director for the New York City Mayor's Office on Food Policy; Sheryll Durrant, Board President of Just Food and the Food and Agriculture Coordinator for the International Rescue Committee; Jessica Harris, an author and journalist, leading expert on foodways of the African Diaspora and Professor Emeritus at Queens College; Tony Hillery, CEO and Founder of Harlem Grown; Michael Kotutwa Johnson, a member of the Hopi Tribe in Northern Arizona, an Indigenous Resilience Specialist at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment and an Associate Faculty at the Indigenous Resilience Center at the University of Arizona; Stephen Ritz, Executive Director of Green Bronx Machine; Karen Washington, a farmer and activist with Rise and Root Farm; and Marion Williams, National Program Director for Wellness in the Schools. This event was held in partnership with the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, Food EDU, The Rockefeller Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the Alliance of Bioversity International - CIAT.  While you're listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.    

⭐️ Get your free Human Design Chart https://www.miranda-mitchell.com/free-human-design-chart-video ⭐️  Today, we have an extraordinary conversation lined up for you. Joining us on the show is the ever-insightful Thomas Waterman, founder of Sacred City and Humans Together, a man whose mission is to cultivate spaces that honor the journey towards authenticity and community. In this episode, Thomas opens his heart to us, sharing his deep-seated beliefs in the power of vulnerability, personal stories, and true human connections. We dive into those crucial moments that have helped him stay grounded, his transformative approach to life that eschews an obsessive quest for truth in favor of living authentically and productively. Prepare to journey through a deep discussion—from the balance between self-true and societal expectations, to the intimate traditions like the tea ceremony that remind us to align with our core values. Thomas reveals the beauty of imperfection and the healing that blossoms from open and honest relationships within community settings. With a refreshing honesty, Thomas talks about the role of conflict, the art of surrender, and the power of letting go in both personal and communal endeavors. He invites us to embrace the rollercoaster of life, sharing with us his own experience of overcoming the escape mechanisms like alcohol, and inspiring a more present and substantive way of being. Get ready to reflect, be sparked with curiosity, and perhaps even transform as we explore what it means to contribute, innovate, and thrive in truth and love. Stay with us as we dive into this nourishing dialogue that promises to provoke prosperity and celebrate your own spiritual, authentic unfolding. Chapters: -  Personal Spiritual Journey -  The Power of Vulnerability and Connection - The importance of living authentically - The Importance of Sincerity in Relationships and Community - Innovation and Commitment - Journey of Surrender and Letting Go - Maintaining Love and Truth - Approach to Alcohol and Escape - Embracing Discomfort and Courage

Listen to episode 268 of the Digital and Social Media Sports podcast, a best of, featuring parts of conversations with: Listen below or on Apple, Spotify and Stitcher. 110 minute duration. Listen on Apple, Spotify or Stitcher. Posted by Neil Horowitz Follow me on Twitter @njh287   Connect on LinkedIn

In this episode, Nathan Clausen, the Director of Continuous Improvement at Trimac Transportation and founder of Innovate Cochrane, shares his insights on fostering community innovation. Key highlights: - Nathan founded Innovate Cochrane to identify and address local needs through grassroots innovation, inspired by his passion for community involvement. - The episode discusses the differences between corporate innovation (often top-down) and community innovation (voluntary, grassroots participation) Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by Rainforest Alberta. The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta. Host:  Mike Procee is an entrepreneur, facilitator, innovator and problem solver. Working in the Calgary Energy Sector, Mike strives to build the innovation ecosystem and community. From his volunteer position on the Strategic Capability Network, where he founded the Calgary Innovation Peer Forum, to pursuing his DBA in Winter 2024, focused on innovation, Mike is pushing the thinking on what it means to be a corporate innovation practitioner.  Guest: Nathan Klassen is a corporate innovator by day and a personal & community innovator all the time. With a professional background in continuous improvement, change management and organizational transformation, he brought this personal wiring and toolkit into the community arena, co-founding Innovate Cochrane - a community-initiated non-profit committed to raising and releasing innovation capacity to benefit those in Cochrane, Alberta and beyond. 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 Google Podcasts and the iTunes store for Apple Podcasts We would be grateful if you could give us a rating as it helps spread the word about the show. Show Links: Innovate Cochrane Show Quotes: "My curiosity around Communication innovation started with continuous improvement and lean, the toolkits we roll out at a company level, but these could also be useful to communities" Credits... This Episode Sponsored By: New Idea Machine Episode Music: Tony Del Degan Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan  

My guest today is Steve Haberlin, PhD. Steve is a researcher and academic who has studied mindfulness and meditation in higher education settings for the past decade. As an assistant professor in the College of Community Innovation & Education at the University of Central Florida, he currently researches meditation practices with undergraduates. Steve's most recent book is called Meditation in the College Classroom, which we discuss in this episode.Some of the topics we explore include: - How Steve first got into meditation and mindfulness- The benefits of meditation on unhelpful mind wandering - Why only a small percentage of people regularly meditate - Some nuances using meditation in a clinical setting- What led Steve to research meditation in the college classroom- The need for education systems to  focus on the development of a whole person- And how teachers to start integrating meditation into the classroom—————————————————————————Steve's Website: https://www.stevehaberlin.com/Meditation in the College Classroom: https://a.co/d/2jwzVMr—————————————————————————Thank you all for checking out the episode! Here are some ways to help support Mentally Flexible:You can help cover some of the costs of running the podcast by donating a cup of coffee! www.buymeacoffee.com/mentallyflexiblePlease subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It only takes 30 seconds and plays an important role in being able to get new guests.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mentally-flexible/id1539933988Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyflexible/Check out my song “Glimpse at Truth” that you hear in the intro/outro of every episode: https://tomparkes.bandcamp.com/track/glimpse-at-truth

Meet Kelly Buchanan Spillers, a visionary marketing executive with a remarkable 17-year journey in digital marketing and advertising across diverse leadership roles in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business arenas. Her expertise lies in harnessing the power of brands, crafting personalized experiences, and orchestrating unforgettable customer journeys across all touchpoints.Kelly has spearheaded a global team of talented marketing professionals dedicated to reimagining the customer experience by infusing human connections into every interaction. She led integrated marketing planning, global and field marketing, business development, and branding initiatives. Under her guidance, digital experiences, including website and MarTech strategies and performance media channels, were flawlessly integrated to create a compelling end-to-end journey, earning unwavering customer loyalty.Notably, Kelly's transformative impact extends to her tenure at L'Oréal, where she held multiple digital and brand marketing roles, culminating in her influential position as Vice President of Digital Marketing for L'Oréal USA – Consumer Products Division. Her leadership was instrumental in establishing the Chief Digital Marketing Office and designing the team structure through a dynamic organizational change management program.Kelly's remarkable career commenced immediately after graduating from the University of Central Florida, where she honed her core Project Management skillset at an interactive advertising agency. The allure of New York City beckoned her to explore opportunities at some of the nation's premier advertising and consulting firms, including prestigious tenures at Digitas, Ogilvy, and Accenture Interactive, further shaping her prowess in the marketing landscape.Beyond her professional achievements, Kelly is deeply committed to giving back to her communities. An avid annual volunteer for the New York City Heritage of Pride Organization, she is equally devoted to fostering education through her active membership in the UCF Dean's Advisory Board at the College of Community Innovation and Education. As a founding board member of Bridge to Grow, an educational nonprofit, she passionately advocates for standardized testing preparation and math tutoring programs to support those in need. She is also a DEI advocate, delivering keynote speeches on this passionate topic. Lastly, Kelly has recently joined as the NYC Chapter co-leader for the CMO Collaborative. Kelly holds a master's of business administration from NYU Stern School of Business, complementing her bachelor's degree from the University of Central Florida. Her relentless pursuit of excellence and her dedication to enriching the lives of others exemplify the essence of Kelly Buchanan Spillers—an exceptional marketing trailblazer with a profound commitment to both her profession and her community.MAIN TAKEAWAYS:[00:04:09] L'Oreal kids and nostalgia.[00:09:39] Mental toughness and diversity.[00:12:43] Career trajectory changes.[00:15:37] Networking and giving value.[00:21:57] Comparison and its impact.[00:23:02] Personal satisfaction and career trajectory.[00:27:27] Changing mindset towards work-life balance.[00:30:11] Breaking old ingrained habits.[00:35:05] Expanding personal network.[00:38:16] Investing in Yourself and Conferences.Purchase your copy of "Relationships that Work" on Amazon today at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD2KJX17?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420

In this engaging episode, I spoke with visionary entrepreneur Vicki Saunders, dedicated to ushering in a new era of inclusive and ethical business practices. Through her organization, SheEO, now Coralus Vicki, aims to empower women and non-binary entrepreneurs by challenging traditional economic systems and advocating for equity and communal support. Since its inception in 2015, SheEO has expanded to five countries and has funded 107 innovative individuals with a focus on creating a more equitable and inclusive world. During our conversation, Vicki shared her insights on leveraging community for entrepreneurial success, navigating AI's ever-changing landscape, and embracing diverse voices' unique contributions. Her experience and wisdom provide valuable guidance for entrepreneurs looking to impact the world positively. This episode is a must-listen for those interested in leadership, innovation, and community building and offers valuable insights and inspiration for all who tune in. Join us for an enlightening discussion with Vicki Saunders on the future of business and entrepreneurship. #Leadership #Innovation #CommunityBuilding #PodcastInsights --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chemarvilleletstalk/message

The following article of the entrepreneurs industry is: “Local Tech: How Community Innovation is Driving Global Progress” by Amilcar Estrada-Molina, Co-Founder of Bleps Vision

 At each annual meeting, SMGA recognizes the accomplishments of businesses, people, and communities from the prior year. Honored for Community Innovation was the City of Salem. Jeremy Grady, member of the Salem Economic Development Corporation and market president at First Dakota National Bank, joins the Growing Places Podcast to unpack the keys Salem's Exponential Growth where in less than one year, after devastating losses to the community from the 2022 derecho, the Salem community rebuilt a local Economic Development Corporation, rallied together in fundraising nearly $250,000 for local economic development work, and launched an industrial park, and already has future housing plans in the works. Jeremy's Hidden Gem - https://www.mccookcountryclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SalemSouthDakota/https://www.salemsd.com/https://www.firstdakota.com/Read more about Salem's accomplishments online here:2022 Partners in Progress Awards21-Acre Industrial ParkSalem Community Raises over $245,000 for Economic Development

In today's episode, I am thrilled to have Josh Gould, the Director of Innovation at Pittsburgh's Duquesne Light Company, share his unique insights from his dynamic career in energy and innovation. With experience as an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist, and a federal government official, Josh brings a wealth of knowledge to the conversation. We dive into his journey, from founding the Innovation Hub at Con Edison to his current role at Duquesne Light Company. Join us as we discuss the importance of making innovation relevant and tangible for everyone in an organization. Josh shares fascinating stories that showcase how innovation can be accessible, concrete, and directly tied to our daily work. We explore the interplay between innovation and strategy, embracing uncertainty and running tests to validate market outcomes. Moreover, we delve into the power of partnership and collaboration in design and innovation. Discover how Josh and his team involve communities and customers early to create more meaningful solutions that reflect their needs. It's time to rethink paradigms and make innovation a shared, transformative journey. Take advantage of this illuminating conversation with one of the leading minds in energy and innovation, Josh Gould!

In this special edition of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon, PPF president and CEO, is joined by outgoing B.C. Premier John Horgan. On one of his last days as premier of British Columbia, Mr. Horgan gives a no-holds-barred interview on challenges in energy policy, healthcare and climate change, as well as his bubbling frustration with the federal-provincial relationship. This episode includes a #PPFproud shoutout to Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for offering more than $85 million in grants to support colleges and partner organizations through the College and Community Innovation program.

In this special edition of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon, PPF president and CEO, is joined by outgoing B.C. Premier John Horgan. On one of his last days as premier of British Columbia, Mr. Horgan gives a no-holds-barred interview on challenges in energy policy, healthcare and climate change, as well as his bubbling frustration with the federal-provincial relationship. This episode includes a #PPFproud shoutout to Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for offering more than $85 million in grants to support colleges and partner organizations through the College and Community Innovation program.

In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother's Son” podcast, I sit down to talk with Kattie Lail. Kattie was exposed to meth at a very young age. Both her parents struggled with meth addiction, which resulted in a very dysfunctional home. When she was arrested at 19, Kattie realized she didn't want to continue going down the same path. She went on to be a counselor of high-risk populations and remained sober for several years. After a relapse – or recurrence of symptoms – she was arrested on federal charges and spent three years in prison. That is when Kattie finally started to accept help from the people around her. She found a loving, supportive community to help her maintain wellness. Today, Kattie is married with a young son and two Great Danes. Through her work as a peer coach and supervisor at We Face it TOGETHER, she can give back and help others. She loves being there for her members and sees the best in them, even when they cannot. We Face it TOGETHER is a nonprofit addiction and wellness program which provides confidential, evidence-based peer coaching for those impacted by addiction, including loved ones. They don't require sobriety or follow a one-size-fits-all program. The story of We Face it Together starts with co-founder Kevin Kirby, a seasoned business executive. Despite being well connected in the community, having a loving family and the ability to draw upon significant financial resources, Kirby struggled to get well from his alcohol addiction. Once he did, after multiple treatment stays across a few years, he wanted to learn all he could about his disease and the addiction treatment landscape. Kirby recognized there were flaws in the system and wondered how people with fewer or no resources ever managed to get well. He was called to do something. First, he was connected with Charlie Day, a lawyer, CPA and health care finance expert, who would ultimately become Face It TOGETHER's other co-founder. Day had recently served as a senior finance officer in one of the nation's largest regional integrated health care systems. He was an experienced start-up strategist and business innovator and ready to give back to the community. Kirby and Day began crafting a vision for a community-wide transformation around the disease of addiction, along with some of the nation's leading experts. Very soon they could see that those with the most “skin in the game” – employers, health care organizations and others – needed to play a leading role. Their work led to a seven-month community town hall process that enlisted the private, public and social service sectors to identify shared solutions to addiction in the community. Face It TOGETHER was the outcome of those town halls. The organization's model was unique, innovative and designed to bring social transformation around addiction. In 2009, the nonprofit opened its doors and began coaching in the Sioux Falls community. Face It TOGETHER has been recognized by Ashoka, a leading network of social entrepreneurs, and has received the Bush Foundation's Prize for Community Innovation. The nonprofit has also partnered with the Daniels Fund, to expand programming into Colorado, and Stand Together, as part of its prestigious catalyst program. Since its start, Face It TOGETHER has coached members in more than 40 states, one U.S. territory and two other countries. The team's dedication to the mission and vision has remained unwavering. And although Face It TOGETHER's primary service, peer coaching, fundamentally has not changed, the organization has refined its processes and continued to learn from the communities in which it operates. To find out more about Kattie and the work that she is doing at We Face it Together, check out their website at www.wefaceittogether.org.

In this podcast episode, we speak with Jerry Ross (CEO, National Entrepreneur Center) about his journey as an entrepreneur, his efforts in the community, and how he rose to become the head of the NEC. We discuss the NEC and what it does for entrepreneurs, and where it is headed. Jerry speaks about the pandemic period and its effects on the NEC, and the lessons learned. He shares his approach to sharpening his leadership saw and some advice on how you can as well. Jerry speaks about his way of facing challenges and change in the business landscape and leaves great pearls of wisdom for new leaders. To get a hold of Jerry or the NEC: Website: https:nationalec.org https://bizlinkorange.com LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerryrossonline This episode is sponsored by the Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative (VEI) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empowerveterans Website: http://www.vei.center --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-leadership-void/support

In this final episode, we will look at the intersection between SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.  The focus of SDG 11 is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable while the focus of SDG 3 is to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Leonard Mwesigwa is a 2nd Year Ph.D. Student in Planning at the University of Toronto and a Founder/CEO of Inclusive Green Growth Uganda (IGGU), an NGO based in Uganda whose vision is “A prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development”. Leonard was born & raised in Uganda. He is a Professional Civil Engineer with a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil & Building Engineering, Kyambogo University, Uganda; Master of Science in Transport Planning & Engineering, Newcastle University, UK; Master of Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University, UK and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Planning & Management from Uganda Management Institute. He has worked in both private and public sector organizations for over 10 years and on several urban policy design and urban infrastructure development projects. Notably as a Senior Urban Transport Planner at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for over 6 years, he oversaw and participated in several city road designs and construction projects.  As a practicing Urban Transport Planner, he is passionate about developing equitable and sustainable urban transit systems in the Global South. His Ph.D. research aims at examining the potential use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in delivering socially inclusive and equitable urban transit systems in rapidly urbanizing African cities. Karen Chapple, Ph.D., is the Director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, where she also serves as Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning. She is Professor Emerita of City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as department chair and held the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Urban Studies. Chapple studies inequalities in the planning, development, and governance of regions in the U.S. and Latin America, with a focus on economic development and housing.Chapple is currently engaged in many research projects related to inequality and sustainability planning, with a focus on residential and commercial/industrial displacement. Since 2006, she has served as faculty director of the UC Berkeley Center for Community Innovation, which has provided over $2 million in technical assistance to community-based organizations and government agencies. This has included research on the potential for gentrification and displacement near transit-oriented development (for the Association of Bay Area Governments); more effective planning for affordable housing and economic development near transit (for the Great Communities Collaborative); the relationship between the arts, commercial and residential revitalization in low-income neighborhoods; and the role of green jobs and industrial land in regional economies.  Chapple holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Columbia University, an M.S.C.R.P from the Pratt Institute, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Prior to academia, Chapple spent ten years as a practicing planner in economic development, land use, and transportation in New York and San Francisco.

This episode of Grow With Us features Tyrance Billingsley, the founder of Black Tech Street. Tyrance is a Tulsa born entrepreneur and his ancestral lineage connects his family back to the Black Wall Street Massacre. Tyrance is honoring his familial legacy by creating an organization whose mission is to empower Black people to create intergenerational wealth in the tech industry. In this episode, Tyrance and Evan discuss his political and entrepreneurial start, how it led him to another civically minded experience at City Year, and how Black Tech Street is planning to change the landscape of the tech industry in Tulsa.  If you are interested in looking at our open career opportunities, don't forget to check out our career website:https://talent.intulsa.com/ ( https://talent.intulsa.com/) Additionally, join our Talent Network for featured opportunities and tailored outreach from our Talent Partners at: https://jobs.intulsa.com/talent-network (https://jobs.intulsa.com/talent-network)

Originally from the West Indies, Cynthia Barnett, Ph.D., from Norwalk CT,retired at age 59 to pursue the question--Why Are There So Few Women in theSciences? Cynthia became CEO and founder of a non-profit program--AmazingGirls Science-- whose goal is to ignite the spark in girls for STEAM (science,technology, art, engineering and math). As a STEAM champion, Cynthia won theInaugural AARP Purpose Award and the Community Innovation and LeadershipAward for the Connecticut Technology Council. At age 79, Dr. Barnett says she“leads a vibrant, purpose-driven life” with many new initiatives underway,including intergenerational programs and robotics. She lives her life as a “thankyou.”We need to catch girls at a young age to bring them into the sciences. - Cynthia Barnett PhDConnect with Cynthiawebsite: www.amazinggirlsscience.comEmail: drcynthiabarnett@gmail.com

Carlini8 is today's Zenchats guest. He is an NFT expert who has been engaging in the NFT space since 2017, the Ex-CoFounder of NFT Boxes, a project he co-founded with Pranksy, and the founder of Purrnelope's Country Club. We discuss his time in NFTs and Crypto in 2017, how he and Pranksy built NFT Boxes, and, most importantly, how he created Purrnelope's Country Club, which was inspired by CryptoKitties. Don't miss this episode as Carlini8 shares some fantastic insights regarding his projects as well as advice for people on what to do for the next NFT bull run.I hope you enjoy this episode with Carlini8 from Purrnelope's Country Club, and please consider subscribing to the podcast and leaving a review - it really helps 

Expanding the number of use cases your community addresses beyond Support. Community Industry News: Sarah Wylie joined 6sense as Communities Marketing Manager Lauri Wansley joined HubSpot as Senior Manager, Community Managers  Karina Meza was promoted to Community Manager at Fiverr Amanda Petersen joined Siemens as Community Innovation and Incubation Lead Angela Keck joined Understood as Senior Community Manager Saumya Bagga was promoted to Manager, User Community Support at G2

Amy Guterman is a human-centered designer and innovator, with a focus on leveraging tech for social impact. She is the Senior Director of Community Innovation, Impact Labs & Open Source Commons at Salesforce. At Salesforce, her team leads Impact Labs and Open Source Commons to foster community collaboration and inspire innovation on the world's most pressing challenges. Amy's work includes designing interventions to address issues in equity in education, housing and homelessness, and global health information systems. Her work has been featured in publications such as Forbes, FastCo, Wired, and The Verge and recognized internationally by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The White House.

The Fitvision Podcast is back! We are delighted to have Fiona Descoteaux, Founder & CEO Innovate Communities as our first guest joining us as we get kick started into our new season. Fiona has a wealth of experience working across non profit organisations and the local development and social enterprise sectors. Innovate Communities works within communities to create solutions that lead to sustainable and long term improvements within the locality. On this episode of the Fitvision Podcast Mark and Fiona discuss the all too common cognitive barrier of imposter syndrome. In many cases this can be debilitating when you are trying to progress in your career but there are ways to overcome it which we identify today. Also we look at where our passion comes from and how we can use that passion to push ourselves onto greater heights. If you would like to find out more about Fiona or Innovate Communities see below: LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/fionadescoteaux Website: www.innovatecommunities.ie To find out more about Fitvision find us at: Website - www.fitvision.ie Instagram - @fitvision Email - Info@fitvision.ie

In today's show, we welcome Amanda Schenstead from Regina Saskatchewan. Listen in as Amanda speaks about her journey as a music therapist and her role as President of the Music Therapy Association of Saskatchewan. She also tells us more about how she views music therapy as a part of overall wellness. A little more about Amanda: Amanda Schenstead grew up in small town Whitewood, SK and after graduating from high school, she attended Brandon University where she completed a Bachelor Degree in Music with Majors in Flute Performance and Minors in Theatre and English. She then went on to complete a Master of Music Therapy Degree at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON where she was also a recipient of a SSHRC Scholarship for her arts-based major research project. In 2009, she returned home to Saskatchewan where she has since been working as a music therapist at Wascana Rehabilitation Centre with the Veterans and Extended Care programs. She has also enjoyed work in the Palliative Care program which operates out of the Pasqua Hospital. Outside of work, Amanda is an active member of Regina's theatre community as an actor, director, musician, and playwright. She also enjoys weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons. MTAS website: https://musictherapysk.com/ MTAS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Music-Therapy-Association-of-Saskatchewan-272929639392252/ To join the discussion online, please use hashtag #CanadianMusicTherapy

Lennox SD is poised for exponential growth. Hear from Nate Vander Plaats, city administrator, and Sharese Ihnen, president of the Lennox Area Development Corporation, about all things economic development and why Lennox was deserving of the SMGA Community Innovation Award.

Sometimes you say yes to an opportunity and you strap in for a fun ride. YCDC sits down with Deb Robertson, Director of the Kilgore Memorial Library, to hear her story of literacy and information advocacy. Whether it's investing in new programs for the library or engaging the community in vital conversation —Robertson believes in the impact a public library can have. Because some services will always remain vital.    HOST:  Derek Dauel   This podcast is produced by the York County Development Corporation.  For more information, please visit https://www.yorkdevco.com/.  .. TWITTER: @YorkNEDevCo FACEBOOK:  facebook.com/YorkCountyDevelopmentCorporation/  .. TEAM: Lisa Hurley, Exec. Director  Derek Dauel, Host + Development Coordinator  Mitchell Roush, Producer  

Michele Gill, a professor of educational psychology in the College of Community Innovation and Education, shares her research in conceptual change and implicit beliefs which play a role in what we value and how we create change in what we believe. In this episode, Michele shares her insights on how we can create new habits and resolutions, how we can stick to these resolutions and her expertise in educational psychology. View the transcript of this episode. Follow UCF on social! Instagram: @ucf.edu Facebook: @UCF Twitter: @UCF TikTok: @ucf.edu

Community resilience and COVID-19 response. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the City of Geneva, New York and the Hobart and William Smith Colleges were affected by and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic Chris Annear is an Associate Professor and Craig Talmage is an Assistant Professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Emma Falkenstein is the Assistant Director of Development at BluePrint Geneva and was a student at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. They published a paper titled, Rapid Community Innovation: a Small Urban Liberal Arts Community Response to COVID-19. This is part of a series with the International Town Gown Association looking at how college and university communities have worked together to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Host: Toney Thompson

I attended the STAT Summit last week and heard the heart-wrenching story told by Charles Johnson, who is the founder of 4Kira4Moms, which is a group dedicated to improving maternal health equity. Charles's family is African American. After a planned C-section, his otherwise-healthy wife died an avoidable death because 10 hours after the clinical team was alerted that she had internal bleeding—10 hours later—they got around to wheeling her into surgery. At that point, she had three liters of blood in her abdomen. She bled out and died, leaving her newborn infant motherless. This all went down at a large, incredibly well-respected integrated delivery network. One of the biggest issues in healthcare today … well, there are many issues, so maybe I should start again. One of the biggest issues in healthcare that is going to be discussed on this podcast today is how to engage those patients or members or employees or consumers who might need our healthcare industry to work better on their behalf. This is especially a problem (a well-known problem) when we consider those patients who our healthcare system in so many ways does not serve well: many minority patients, Black people, other people of color, the LGBTQ community, people who do not speak English as their first language. These patient cohorts emerge on the other side of our healthcare industry sporting patient outcomes that are even worse than our usual not-so-great average patient outcomes.   In this healthcare podcast, we're gonna talk about a new coalition formed by Walmart and six other employers, plus Included Health, which is the combined entity of Grand Rounds and Doctor On Demand. (They merged recently.) So, there was a coalition that was formed. It's called the Black Community Innovation Coalition, and in short, it's a new virtual-care program aimed at combating health disparities among African American workers. I wanted to learn more about this coalition, so in this episode I'm speaking with Ian Tong, MD, about the aforementioned Black Community Innovation Coalition—the how and also the intent. Dr. Tong is the chief medical officer over at Included Health and also a clinical assistant professor and adjunct faculty in the medical school at Stanford. One reason I was so intrigued is that the Black Community Innovation Coalition leverages ERGs (employee resource groups) in a way I thought was different. If you're unfamiliar, ERGs or, as I said, employee resource groups, used to be called employee affinity groups. Many big companies have them. These ERGs bring together groups with shared identities, shared experiences, shared interests. What I thought was worth contemplating if you're interested in improving health equity, health outcomes … through these existing ERG organizations, it might be possible to pull the healthcare system and these patients closer together to create healthcare benefits and care delivery models that are designed with them in mind. So, what I think might be actionable to others relative to this coalition and its methodology is the best practice of building the engagement mechanism into the design of the initiative. So often it's an afterthought if you think about it. We build the thing, and then we wonder how to “market” it—like the “marketing” is this separate and sequential function. It's not. And marketing is also probably a limiting misnomer. This is especially true, though, when contemplating minority populations for a whole bunch of reasons that we get into in this conversation. So that's number one: Build the engagement mechanism into the program design. But here's number two: Consider the engagement mechanism relative to existing channels of engagement, re: ERGs or otherwise. Other links on the show include: Rebecca Etz, PhD (EP295) talking about some best ways to measure primary care quality. The Harvard Implicit Bias Test You can learn more by checking out the Implicit Bias Test, the CDC REACH site, and includedhealth.com.  Ian Tong, MD, is chief medical officer at Included Health (formerly Doctor On Demand and Grand Rounds Health). In this role, Ian leads all clinical care delivery, including clinical products and service lines, clinical quality, and practice performance of the clinical staff. Prior to Doctor On Demand, Ian held leadership roles including chief resident of Stanford Internal Medicine and co-medical director of the Arbor Free Clinic. He also founded and was medical director of The Health Resource Initiative for Veterans Everywhere (THRIVE), honored with the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Service to Homeless Veterans in 2008 by the US Secretary of Veterans Affairs. A national collegiate champion in rugby at the University of California at Berkeley, Ian was named to the All-American Team in 1994. He graduated from Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in English, then earned his medical degree from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed residency and chief residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and is currently a clinical assistant professor (affiliated) at Stanford University Medical School. He is board certified in internal medicine. Ian has dedicated his career to improving equity in, and access to, high-quality care. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area. 04:33 What is the Black Community Innovation Coalition? 05:06 Who are the partners behind the Black Community Innovation Coalition? 06:23 How is the Black Community Innovation Coalition focusing on patients? 08:05 “If you take a one-size-fits-all approach to your employees, that is not going to be adequate or complete.” 08:56 How the Black Community Innovation Coalition is incorporating engagement into its core foundation. 13:18 “There's a great deal of hesitancy around engaging care, and there's a high level of avoidance.” 15:26 EP338 with Nikki King, DHA.16:34 “The technology is not making that experience worse. It's a bad experience, and it's broken already.” 23:27 “I feel very strongly that everyone should probably have a virtual primary care clinician.” 27:20 EP295 with Rebecca Etz, PhD.28:15 “We really want to pay attention to that encounter being the best encounter possible because that … might be the only chance you get to engage that patient.” 29:00 Why is virtual care important for self-insured employers? 32:08 “We cannot afford to have low-value encounters.” You can learn more by checking out the Implicit Bias Test, the CDC REACH site, and includedhealth.com.  @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth What is the Black Community Innovation Coalition? @Driantong discusses community health initiatives on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth Who are the partners behind the Black Community Innovation Coalition? @Driantong discusses community health initiatives on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth How is the Black Community Innovation Coalition focusing on patients? @Driantong discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth “If you take a one-size-fits-all approach to your employees, that is not going to be adequate or complete.” @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth “The technology is not making that experience worse. It's a bad experience, and it's broken already.” @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth “I feel very strongly that everyone should probably have a virtual primary care clinician.” @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth “We really want to pay attention to that encounter being the best encounter possible because that … might be the only chance you get to engage that patient.” @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth Why is virtual care important for self-insured employers? @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth “We cannot afford to have low-value encounters.” @Driantong discusses the Black Community Innovation Coalition on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthcareinitiatives #pophealth Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! 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Today's podcast interview is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Paul Sorenson of the Regional Data Alliance (www.stldata.org). RDA's mission is to build shared data infrastructure and support strong data actors who use quality data to improve people's lives. The St. Louis Regional Data Alliance (RDA) is housed at the University of Missouri – St. Louis's Community Innovation and Action Center (CIAC). Over the past three years, the RDA has built a strong data community of over 350 local data practitioners and has developed infrastructure to support data efforts across local governments, social services, public health stakeholders, and education providers. During our conversation Paul talks about what data is, how it can be used to positively impact communities and his path to seeing data as a tool.

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S. Kent Butler is a professor of counselor education in the College of Community Innovation and Education and a champion for diversity, equity and inclusion at UCF. He's conducted extensive research into mentoring among diverse groups and led successful initiatives for African-American male students. Kent joins Knights Do That Host Alex Cumming to discuss how we can all be better listeners, the dynamics of mentorship and how we can cultivate a space where everyone feels like they belong. View the transcript of this episode. Follow UCF on social! Instagram: @ucf.edu Facebook: @UCF Twitter: @UCF TikTok: @ucf.edu

Iain Davey has an extraordinary side-hustle growing food, raising goats, and chickens, driving a biodiesel car, making jam, cheese, bread, yoghurt, and reusing waste materials such as tyres and rice husks in innovative ways. Always inspiring to talk to Iain about his eco-life and sustainable home hacks as well as his dedication to beach cleanups. https://youtu.be/r81yx6_4cwQ (Watch the video of our talk here) Iain's tips + links below. ** JOIN the Seeking Sustainability Live Supporters ** ~HAPPS~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmoydEVVSWhIWWt2OWwwT29IazVlRmVPVEdHUXxBQ3Jtc0tudi0yRDJtVTNhZkdDWTZIdFFHUnVGRlI1VUJnVVhIb0ljVlBmMi15aWRRTjdxRkNxRzZFcm9nc3o1dUV4RHk0V3g0YlVfTkp3UFQwSmZ6V29mdXluT1FURVpHVFplUnE0WGNxb1ZROEdJSkY2eEUzTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhapps.tv%2Finvite%2F%40JJWalsh%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B (https://happs.tv/invite/@JJWalsh​​)​ ~BuyMeACoffee~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldMazlyZjZlN0M3OFh6cDJKeVBvZXZVLVk0UXxBQ3Jtc0tuZWRoUFFQdVJUdU9TZDZ6TUNEbHU3azJNak0yNTlfbWFURlExTk9zRENKOFpza3d2SDBJT21nSzliSlFYYXNQU0dRZVNlT2IwaHhSNGotSEVsbmFOb0pZb1NTbm02YkdKQkVfV1BqaUY1NDhvRk5HZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buymeacoffee.com%2Fjjwalsh%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jjwalsh​​)​ ~Patreon~ https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa29WZ2pLTHBqd2x5djJCQUZvS1Z0WjJHTlBpZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttR2k3LVFRd0QtTU5ZSWVsNnJLYzlxT2hzbjc4Vm82bEpOUXlBSnRPNENYdndHWVB6Wkh0MXJCM3hON1d1a29aSkRoQW1kVzZmNncyOXFGMVdvSHRPNkNOWTg3dWZ4cDNUTWtQbGdtTkU1WWFaU2JwYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fjjwalsh%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B (https://www.patreon.com/jjwalsh​​) JOIN the support team on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbjRdeieOLGes008y_I9y5Q/join (YouTube Memberships ) SoundCloud sourced BGM thanks to Hikosaemon Topics covered- Iain Davey's Tips: Good idea to keep goats out of the garden House Design, Solar + Green Roof benefits Insulation + insulated windows + Natural Light + utilizing cross breezes Self-Sufficient Proteins by raising Chickens and Goats: pickled eggs, cheese and yoghurt Tempura-Oil Reused in the Diesel Car Water Catchment systems, pots and fish Diverse crops Gardening Repurpose disused rice farm for vegetables Goats + Chickens in balance with weeding + manure + growing vegetables Helping neighbors with unpicked fruit trees to make jams Compost Toilet Weed dampening using mulch Iain Davey's Eco Blog- Pictures and more details available about his Eco-Home and Eco-Life Design https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblBTN2tpa3NMcmJMREhBREl4NVp2ckVTR0xCUXxBQ3Jtc0tsYXA0c2YwRGlGWkRzUGRrb3Y5ODcyZWhpQldFa1dIdXBaa3JRYzVpamhqTnp4eDE2eV9zdWctVm5HcTFfT2ptYW5ZTm82dmpFNXA3aWx1enlIcmM4dGhWYThPZko3Q2tiRjRSWjJpTnBFcFhlOV80dw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fecohouse66.wordpress.com%2F (https://ecohouse66.wordpress.com/) https://youtu.be/NYJMbjFqSog (2020 Talk with Iain Davey) - Eco-Lifestyle Tips and Tricks Support this podcast

Claire Connolly Knox is an associate professor and the emergency and crisis management academic program coordinator in the College of Community Innovation and Education. This year she released a 2021 book of the Year from ASPA's Section on Democracy and Social Justice Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. Claire joins Knights Do That Host Alex Cumming to discuss her expertise in emergency and crisis management, hurricane season and the impact on our coastal wetlands. View the transcript of this episode. Follow UCF on social! Instagram: @ucf.edu Facebook: @UCF Twitter: @UCF TikTok: @ucf.edu

High Impact President Peter Schaeffing has a candid conversation with Leah Fremouw, SVP & Director of Community Innovation at Virginia Community Capital (VCC) and Andrea Longton, C.F.A., Founder and Author-Administrator of The Social Justice Investor™

High Impact President Peter Schaeffing has a candid conversation with Leah Fremouw, SVP & Director of Community Innovation at Virginia Community Capital (VCC) and Andrea Longton, C.F.A., Founder and Author-Administrator of The Social Justice Investor™

An economist, a retooled policy analyst, and an academic walk into a conversation about creating standards; what follows is an exposition replayed for graduate students in technology, sociology, political economics, and finance. Now IT Matters is incredibly grateful to Kate Ruff for joining the latest edition of Why IT Matters: Creating the New Norms. Kate holds many roles, including Co-Director of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Lead of the Canadian Common Approach to Impact Measurement, and Assistant Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carlton University. This in-depth conversation is about the assumptions we place behind structures such as accounting measures, impact measures, and the necessity of community participation that creates and supports them. Uncover the crucial threads of what becomes perceived as immutable standards in economy and business that are much more able to be changed by racial/social justice activism, which presents a holistic view of why change advocacy is critical. Learn why it’s not just about who is in the room for these discussions; but how they prioritize what ultimately becomes standardized. Here is what you should take away from this conversation: Changework has a much more significant economic impact than is sometimes discussed in technology or revealed in the ordinary course of business The technology used by nonprofits and impact organizations as a tool is a product of economic assumptions that need revision through changework The urgency of this outcome must happen in the next year Alongside these key takeaways, you will learn about Kate’s prodigious experience, observations, and wisdom. One last note, if you love Dungeons & Dragons, then this conversation is for you! Why IT Matters is hosted by Tracy Kronzak and Tim Lockie of Now IT Matters! Click here to watch this episode!

This episode is an excerpt from our new Policy Talks YouTube series. On Policy Talks, Assistant Professor of Public Management & Policy Garima Sharma speaks to public policy leaders from Metro-Atlanta about some of the biggest issues in the field today. She also asks questions submitted by students in her Policy Issues courses. In this episode, Garima Sharma speaks to Veronica Berry, Founder & CEO of TruDiary, and Sagdrina Jalal, Senior Director of Community Innovation at the Center for Civic Innovation, about how to reach the most vulnerable in order to provide food and maternity care in underserved areas. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to follow the full Policy Talks Series.

In today's episode, I speak to Dr. Amanda Wilkerson about her experience pursuing her EdD. Dr. Wilkerson shares her passion for mentoring and how she has benefited from her mentors. We discuss everything from her challenges transitioning from attending an HBCU to a PWI and personal story pursuing a tenured track position. She also discussed her book From Student to Scholar: Mentoring Underrepresented Scholars in the Academy.Dr. Amanda Wilkerson is a scholar and social reformer who examines academia and analyzes K-20 student achievement in order to better understand enhancing the human condition. She is a tireless advocate for equity and excellence in higher education who seeks to build a better world for individuals and institutions through cooperation, collaboration, and community engagement. Currently, Dr. Wilkerson serves as an Assistant Professor in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida. She is also an affiliated faculty member and visiting scholar with the Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University. A proud graduate of Florida A&M University, Dr. Wilkerson has always expressed a sincere commitment to promoting the common good by teaching and mentoring young people who face socioeconomic challenges. She has written educational materials and coordinated forums on significant civic and scholastic matters. Dr. Wilkerson served as the guest editor for the Urban Education Research and Policy Annuals Journal-Hillard Sizemore Special Edition and she has written several articles. As a part of her passion for higher education and her mission to create inclusive learning environments, Dr. Wilkerson regularly works with instructional leaders to build their capacity for studying and practicing equity-based pedagogical approaches. Her research focuses on explicating affirmative teaching practices, educational policies, and community organizing methods that improve community partnerships and bolster student success. Dr. Wilkerson has been recognized with the Outstanding Service in Education award by the Holmes Scholars Association of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and the Diversity Scholarship with the Adult Higher Education Association (AHEA). She serves as the national chair for the Urban Education Topical Action Group for AACTE. Dr. Amanda Wilkerson is an innovator and an intellectual who continues to work on community development projects, charitable causes, and advocacy initiatives for nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. Follow Dr. Wilkerson on Instagram & Twitter. Get the From Student to Scholar book which Dr. Wilkerson authored.About the Writing on My Mind PodcastDr. Emmanuela Stanislaus, doctorate coach and diversity consultant, discusses the ups and downs of pursuing a doctoral degree. Tune in as she shares personal stories and revealing conversations with other BIPOC women who share their doctoral journey and provide inspiration for others to level up as doc students.Join the Writing on My Mind Community waitlist. Email your questions to writingonmymindpodcast@gmail.com.Follow Dr. Emmanuela Stanislaus on Instagram and Twitter. Connect with Dr. Emmanuela Stanislaus on LinkedIn.Support the show (https://paypal.me/dremmanuela)

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the tyrant doesn't care if you love him, as long as you don't love one another. In this episode, I speak with Luke Sheahan about his book, "Why Associations Matter: The case for First Amendment Pluralism". Free associations are essential for political liberty, human flourishing, and for genuine community; but Sheahan argues that recent judicial decisions are increasingly subsuming freedom of association and assembly into speech rights. Free speech is essential for political liberty, but it's not sufficient -- It works in tandem with the right of association and assembly to strengthen and create venues for free speech. But the right of association goes beyond that. So, Luke and I discuss a number of things including the philosophy of Pluralism, Tocqueville's concern that individualism leads to centralization, Robert Nisbet's work on community, decentralization and the need to revitalize associations, and some of the arguments for free association from Aristotle, Aquinas, Magna Carta, the American founders, and more. We also discuss some of the problems with bad communities, racism, and the limits of association. Visit https://www.themoralimagination.com/episodes/luke-sheahan for show notes and resources.

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In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Alex Durussel-Baker. The founder of CreativeMornings/Edinburgh, she's also a certified Design Sprint coach, an award-winning UX designer, produces awareness campaign @diabetesbydesign and is a coach at Tribe Women. With a background in startups and agency design, she founded Korero Studio - a design collective that brings together “plug-and-play” talent to deliver Design Sprints, an innovation methodology to help solve tricky business problems and bring ideas to life in just five days. (Alex specialises in delivering design thinking and strategic workshops for businesses and individuals in the early phases of their product or service.) Therefore, in this episode we discuss the dynamic CreativeMornings (a movement begun in NYC 'believing in the power of communities' that, every month, sees people gather in over 200 cities across nearly 70 countries), along with her viewpoints on how to run truly catalytic workshops. Alex also discusses the dynamic @diabetesbydesign which raises awareness and dispels misconceptions surrounding T1D - informing, inspiring and igniting new conversations around this often misunderstood disease.

Resiliency and perseverance are top of mind these days. Today's retirement podcast conversation is an inspiring story of overcoming adversity throughout life and creating a meaningful second act with a higher purpose. COVID-19 has many ripple effects. Forced to stay at home, many people are finding themselves doing more self-reflection about their true priorities. And others still are being forced to think about what's next earlier than they planned. What will you choose to do when your days of full-time work come to a close? The story of our guest today will fuel your self-reflection. It's the story of an educator who "retired" and then re-fired. Resiliency and Perseverance Lead to a Great Second Act We discuss: Her Amazing Girls Science Program What inspired her to write her book I'm Not Done Yet...And You Shouldn't Be Either Her journey to college, beginning with multiple rejections, and culminating in a Doctorate from Columbia University How dealing with challenges creates greater strength Why becoming an Empty Nester can be a catalyst Why creativity and resiliency can be cultivated How people can recognize a calling Why some people believe that they can never achieve their dreams yet others do just that Her advice for anyone who's retiring, but not done yet ____________________________ Bio Dr. Cynthia Barnett is the author of I’m Not Done Yet … and You Shouldn’t Be Either A research study by the American Association of University Women called “Why so few women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math” prompted Dr. Barnett to join the movement to empower girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) by seeking to ignite their interest and spark their enthusiasm while building core life skills of self-confidence, self-esteem, curiosity, problem-solving and risk-taking. Dr. Barnett has become a STEAM champion and is passionate about bringing opportunities to young girls to blaze their own path in STEAM fields to get them ready to meet 21st Century challenges in the scientific and technological fields. Saturday Academy was one of the programs featured on CBS  on their Martin Luther King “Fulfilling the Dream” program focusing on people in the community who give back. The Connecticut Technology Council has honored Dr. Barnett with its Community Innovation & Leadership Award. Dr. Cynthia won the Inaugural AARP Purpose Prize for her work with igniting the SPARK in girls for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). _______________________________ Wise Quotes On Resiliency "I made a decision that I was going to swim and I was not going to sink. And one of the things I learned from that difficult situation and that really bubbled up in me was my own problem-solving skills. I learned how to figure it out.  I had an inner strength in me that I didn't know existed. I learned how to be independent and how to be confident. And it was a very difficult time, but I made it through."   On Self-Reflection "Sometimes it's difficult. It depends on the mind where one may be thinking they want to lead their life. It's a lot about reflection. And thinking, 'Well now it's time. It's time to do something else. It's time to give back. And it's time to really make a difference.'      On Recognizing a Calling "That inner calling, it just speaks to us and if people are really willing to think of where they're going next, where they want to spend the next 20 years - because research shows that we are going to live to another 20 or 30 years after we leave the regular workforce. As an example, I left my position as an assistant high school principal 17 years ago, I was 60 at the time. I'm going to be 77 next month. And I'm thinking, 'What would I have done in all that time? 'I would have been absolutely bored. So it's so important to really think of what's next for us. And many people don't think about that.

In honor of Black History DC, we are sitting down with Director Ashley Emerson, the Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of African American Affairs (MOAAA) to talk about how innovation impacts Africans Americans in the DC area, the community, #BlackHistoryDC, and more! Follow @MOAAA_DC and visit http://MOAAA.dc.gov for the city-wide calendar of events. And as always, make sure to follow us for new episodes of the lastest #OCTOpod @octodc!

We are joined in this episode by Virgílo Varela, a consultant in Social and Community Innovation that talked to us about one of his main skills and passion: Dragon Dreaming. Dragon Dreaming is a systemic design process, a philosophy and a methodological framework, to create collaborative and sustainable projects, something that a lot of youth workers struggle with. For some, it's difficult to have everyone dreaming in the same direction, and for others it's hard to make the projects sustainable. Many times, both. The process is composed of four steps: Dreaming, Planning, Doing and Celebrating. We talked about the importance of celebration: if we don't celebrate, our energy and motivation starts to get depleted, and we lose heart, we fall out of love, we start doing, for the sake of doing, and the output is much less creative, energizing, and innovative that could be otherwise, if we would make celebration as much as a priority as doing, or planning. It was a really a wonderful conversation, hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Give us your feedback to the email talkingyouthworkpodcast@gmail.com http://www.dragondreaming.org/

Welcome to the Better Leaders Better Schools podcast.  This is a weekly show for ruckus makers -- What is a ruckus maker?  A leader who has found freedom from the status quo. A leader looking to escape the old routine. A leader who never, ever gives up. As a new principal you are trying to figure out just who you are.  What your leadership voice is, and the footprint and legacy that you'll leave behind. How do you start to make change happen? How do you gain the trust, credibility and build relationships that you'll need to take the school to the next level? In today’s episode, our guest Heather Bell Williams is one of our ruckus makers who has a better idea about how to do this, how she would build her dream school and building leadership in teachers. We hope you enjoy the podcast. All the highlights, resources, and next steps can be found below. Listen to the full episode here and learn more at betterleadersbetterschools.com   Key Talking Points     Introduction to Heather     Footsteps of principals     Inviting people for change     Community innovation     How would you build your dream school?     Building leadership in teachers     Message for self-awareness     Top three priorities     Advice to make a difference   Key Milestones of the Episodes [04:27] Introduction to Heather [05:13] Following the footsteps [10:25] Inviting people to the change [13:12] Aha moments [19:00] Community Innovation [24:55] Building leadership [29:19] Pre-testing and post-testing [30:10] Heather’s message [31:53] Heather’s top three priorities [33:09] Advice from Heather   Key Quotes “The amazing gift to give your kids to just give them unfiltered undivided attention and pour into their lives.” “How can we make some subtle shifts to add value to these kids’ lives and  continue to help them and push them?” “You're not limited by any resources. You're only limitations your imagination.” “I look back on my journey here in this building so much of a thing so many of the things that we had to overcome.”   About Our Guest Heather is a Chief Ruckus maker of a small school in St. Stephen, New Brunswick where she and her husband have lived for 20 years.  They have raised two great sons with a focus on community engagement. She is most proud of the summer intervention camp, on-site daycare, and the employment of a family coordinator whose sole job is to get kids to school.   Resources  Emotional Intelligence 2.0   Tip of the Week Training, Mentoring and Leading Students: Be a principal that trains, mentors and leads a group of students.  This will put you back in touch with the kids and with some of the things in the classroom.  Putting yourself in position and sharing your knowledge with students build relationships quicker than you'll ever imagine.   Show Some Love BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW   LEVEL UP

This week, we welcome Troy Pollock from PushPay. Troy is the Vice President of Community Innovation at PushPay. We are talking with Troy about how your church can use your Worship Experience and the content you create for your Worship Experience to engage your community. We are going to talk about how to be KNOWN and to be SEEN, how to RECEIVE and how to PARTICIPATE. For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/219 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

This week, we welcome Troy Pollock from PushPay. Troy is the Vice President of Community Innovation at PushPay. We are talking with Troy about how your church can use your Worship Experience and the content you create for your Worship Experience to engage your community. We are going to talk about how to be KNOWN and to be SEEN, how to RECEIVE and how to PARTICIPATE. For show notes, video interview and resources for your production team, visit twelvethirty.media/219 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/makingsundayhappen/support

Dr. Amanda Wilkerson is an Assistant Professor of Urban Education at the University of Central Florida in the College of Community Innovation and Education. Wilkerson has written educational materials and coordinated forums on significant social, educational, and community matters. Emerging social justice advocate and scholar, Dr. Wilkerson serves as the guest editor for the Urban Education Research and Policy Annuals Journal-Hillard Sizemore Special Edition. Wilkerson seeks to build a better world through cooperation, collaboration, and community action. As a part of her passion for higher education, Amanda is enhancing how students seize the promise of post-secondary education through access. Specifically, she creates and manages collaborative partnerships that provide important services for underserved student populations. As a passionate supporter of civic engagement, Amanda continues to work on community development projects, charitable missions, and advocacy initiatives for nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. Her twitter handle is #DrAVWilkerson Dr. DeShawn Chapman has positioned her work at the intersection of educational research and practice. Beginning as a middle and high school classroom teacher, DeShawn honed her core skills in curriculum and instruction by working in general and special education at both suburban and urban schools. Roles such as Department Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee Chair, Program Developer and Research cultivated Dr. Chapman’s expertise as a teacher leader. Currently, she is an instructor of classroom management, diversity, and teaching methods courses in Valencia College’s Educator Preparation Institute, as well as, the Director of First Star Central Florida Academy – a college and career preparation program for high school youth in foster care, housed in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida.  Dr. Chapman uses her research and experience in traditional and non-traditional educational spaces to encourage the development of learning environments that result in equitable educational outcomes for underserved students, particularly students impacted by poverty and trauma. Dr. Shalander Samuels is currently a high school English teacher and adjunct professor. Her research interests include: English Speakers of Other Languages’ (ESOL) achievement and gaps in learning as well as creating unique literacy intervention programs in majority minority communities. She is keen on developing varying opportunties through the concepts of intersectionality whilst connecting higher education and grades k-12 research, especially in urban areas. Dr. Samuels has written several educational materials and presented at national and international conferences as well as she has coordinated research forums that focuses on literacy. Her instagram is the.teacher.corner

"What are your own personal values and messages around money? Different values drive different agendas, that will help drive the kind of change and interest that you want to get involved in. What are the issues that you can be tackling?" Episode #17 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Aneil Gokhale, Director of Philanthropy with the Toronto Foundation, a Foundation that connects philanthropy with community needs and opportunities in order to make Toronto the best place to live, work, learn, and grow. Aneil and I talk about how he and his team worked to build the Vision 2020 program, how support from the community can become progressively larger with an innovative approach to philanthropy, and how they are leading the charge with engaging millennials and modern donors to build Toronto into the best place to live, work, learn, and grow. Join the Social Impactors Community: 1. Leave a #iTunes review to help new people find it! Link: https://apple.co/2WI5Ckn 2. Check out my website and share it! There's even a #merch store to become a real life #socialimpactor! Link: http://bit.ly/thesocialimpactorswebsite #SocialImpactEverywhere --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theimpactorspodcast/support

On this week’s episode of the Northeast Newscast, we are speaking with Adrienne Haynes, an attorney and business woman who specializes in helping entrepreneurs develop sustainable infrastructure and business practices. She is the managing partner of SEED Law, a boutique business law firm, and owner of SEED Collective, a consultancy. Haynes is speaking with the Northeast News regarding a Community Innovation District pilot program, that aims to model community-designed and lead economic development, a process driven by community members, both residents and entrepreneurs, to identify, engage, and cultivate new and emerging areas for growth and innovation. In the pilot program, the process will be led by a Community Council, a curated group of 7-15 members that either live, play, work, or worship in the community. Each council will engage in a process to create a customized innovation model.

This past Saturday, I set up my portable recording studio in Cary, North Carolina, to live-podcast the PCRM Kickstart Your Health NC Triangle event.

In this episode I share my strategies for building a community of creative and innovative practice in my classroom, and how you can do the same too!

Caroline Kremer (WG '19) speaks with Colleen Briggs, Executive Director of Community Innovation at JP Morgan Chase & Co, about JP Morgan's approach to incubating and growing new financial technology companies. In this podcast, Colleen discusses the business opportunities for fintech companies focused on serving the underbanked, as well as her work with the Financial Solutions Lab and the Catalyst Fund. Colleen is responsible for helping establish and execute JP Morgan Chase & Co's global philanthropic strategies on financial health and community development, including two signature initiatives – the Financial Solutions Lab and PRO Neighborhoods competition. The Lab is a $30 million, five-year initiative that convenes leading experts in technology and design to improve consumer financial health for underserved populations. PRO Neighborhoods is a five-year, $125 million program that works to increase the availability and accessibility of vital economic opportunities in distressed neighborhoods. Colleen also manages numerous programs across both topics designed to surface new approaches to community challenges, as well as explore global cross-cutting themes across the Foundation’s work, such as women’s empowerment, peer learning, evaluation, and attracting additional investment in JP Morgan's projects. Colleen is a member of the Asset Funders Network Steering Committee and the Innovations for Poverty Action Policy Advisory Group. She earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Today’s guest is Colleen Briggs, Executive Director for Community Innovation and Corporate Responsibility at JPMorgan Chase. Colleen leads a visionary effort that is part of JPM’s commitment to building “more inclusive growth,” globally, by finding innovative models that build financial access and economic expansion. Our timing is great because just last week, the Center for Financial Services Innovation announced its new class of winners for the Financial Solutions Lab competition. The Finlab is funded by a $30 million, five-year commitment from JPMorgan that Colleen oversees, aimed at finding, supporting, and scaling innovative ways to promote consumer financial health. This is part of a $1 billion program that the bank has undertaken globally.   Here is a link to the JPMorgan press release on this year’s competition, which includes an overview of the winners, and here is a further article by the American Banker. Colleen comes to this work from a diverse background at nonprofits, on Capitol Hill, and now in the private sector, searching for better solutions for lower-income financial consumers. In listening to her, I was struck by the degree to which she has her finger on the pulse of the trends underway, both globally and in the U.S.  She shares insights on how to make it profitable to serve low income customers; how to win the trust of consumers who are wary of digital products; on the failures of traditional financial education; on the primacy of behaviorally-based product design; on the need for new business models; on how to build partnerships between banks, fintechs and community organizations; on how innovative cultures can take root in big banks; on platforms that can get new solutions to scale; on the business opportunity for banks -- and their corporate customers -- from building global inclusion; on mixing high tech and high touch and the limits of automation; and on how to shift the whole marketplace. She has wise advice for all the players. Since we recorded this episode, I’ve become the board chair at CFSI. Last week we held the Emerge Forum in Orlando, where a record audience talked about exciting new ideas for financial health. There was huge enthusiasm there about the new Finlab winners. In a sign of the maturing of the fintech startup world, three companies in this year’s class are reaching beyond the typical millennial customer base and instead building new tools for seniors. Watch for their progress. Here are my other podcasts with the Finlab and past winners Digit, Ascend, and Bee.   More on Colleen Briggs Colleen Briggs is Executive Director of Community Innovation within the Office of Corporate Responsibility and Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase & Co, a global leader in corporate philanthropy with $200 million invested in communities annually. She is responsible for helping establish and execute the firm’s global philanthropic and corporate responsibility financial capability, including the Financial Solutions Lab, and community development strategies, including PRO Neighborhoods. The Lab is a $30 million, five-year initiative that convenes leading experts in technology, behavioral economics, and design to improve consumer financial health. PRO Neighborhoods is a five-year, $125 million program that works to increase the availability and accessibility of vital economic opportunities in vulnerable neighborhoods across the country. Colleen also manages the Foundation’s portfolio of global financial inclusion grants, impact framework and grant guidelines and works with the lines of business to share best practices to improve the firm’s products and services.     Prior to joining, Colleen was the Economic Policy Advisor to Senator Debbie Stabenow. In this role, Colleen managed the Senator’s economic portfolio, including policy related to financial services, tax, small business, job creation, community development, manufacturing, and housing. Colleen managed the Dodd-Frank market reforms for the Senate Agriculture Committee, and helped draft the Recovery Act, TARP, the Dodd-Frank Act, and healthcare reform. Colleen is a member of the Asset Funders Network Steering Committee and the Innovations for Poverty Action Policy Advisory Group. She earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. More links Some organizations Colleen mentioned: Neighborhood Trust / FlexWage / Lending Club / LendStreet / Propel And more for our listeners Please remember to review Barefoot Innovation on ITunes, and please sign up to get emails on new podcasts and my newsletter and blog posts at  jsbarefoot.com.   Also go to jsbarefoot.com to send in your “buck a show” to keep Barefoot Innovation going. Please also join my facebook fan page, and follow me on twitter. Support our Podcast - Send "A buck a show" And watch for upcoming podcasts. My guests include Christopher Giancarlo, Acting Chairman of the CFTC; Brett King, founder of Moven; John Ryan of Conference of State Bank Supervisors; and a special series we recorded at the American Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Conference this month. The ABA show includes a conversation with Promontory CEO (and former Comptroller of the Currency) Gene Ludwig and Alistair Renee of IBM Watson, who have teamed up to bring artificial intelligence to compliance through regtech. See you soon! Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Thank you!

“Are these… 18th century working conditions?” Gabriel Allahdua asks. Gabriel came from St. Lucia to work on a farm as part of the Temporary Foreign Worker program.  He describes the long hours, difficult working conditions and his disappointment over speaking to a Parliamentary committee that’s reviewing the TFW program. Justicia for Migrant Workers put us in touch with Gabriel.   Are Canadian politicians bending gender norms? Jerald Sabin, a research associate at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, talks about a study on masculinity in the last election, co-authored by Kyle Kirkup.   And a new segment where Supriya gets mad at Twitter.

Using demographic information to predict and track neighborhood gentrification urbandisplacement.orgTRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:All right. Good afternoon everybody. You're listening to method to the madness on k a l x Berkeley 90.7 FM, university of California and listener supported radio streaming on the World Wide Web, a k a lx.berkeley.edu. However you are listening to us this morning. Thanks for joining. My name is Eileen is r and this is method to the madness, a public affairs show that celebrates the innovative spirit of the bay area. And today [00:00:30] I am fortunate enough to be joined in studio by Dr Miriam Zuck. Hi Doctor. How are you? Speaker 2:I'm good. How are you? Thank you for having me. Speaker 1:Uh, I'm great. Thanks for coming in. And um, today we're going to be talking about, um, a new project that had just been published, uh, of which Dr Zuck is the program project director called the urban displacement project. Tim, before we get to that a, we're in and we're going to talk a little bit about gentrification and some of the macro trends happening in the bay area right now. My first, I wanted to, [00:01:00] uh, start off by, we usually in this, uh, program talk about innovative ideas and projects that are bringing light, bringing to light, you know, um, issues that aren't necessarily fully understood. So I think what you're doing is a perfect example of that. Um, but we first kind of talk about what's the problem set, like, what led you to, uh, want to solve this problem? What are you trying to solve? Speaker 3:Okay. Speaker 2:This particular pro problem. Well, [00:01:30] um, I actually came to this issue sort of in a roundabout way. I, um, became, I used to work in air quality, um, policy. I lived in Mexico City for a number of years and was starting to get interested in issues of transportation since that's one of the biggest, um, emitters of air pollution in, in Mexico City and in a lot of urban areas. So I became interested in issues of land use and transportation and how people get around in cities and how do we make them healthier for people. Um, and when I did my [00:02:00] doctoral degree here at UC Berkeley, it was really that intersection of health and place. So how do we make neighborhoods healthy for everyone? So not just healthy for, um, the wealthy, but healthy for low income households as well. Um, so I was doing research in Fresno, um, and looking at neighborhood revitalization and a lot of the efforts there, um, a lot of it going on around high speed rail and transit and access and how do we revitalize [00:02:30] neighborhoods. And as I was there, um, people were excited about revitalization but really anxious. They, they thought, who are you revitalizing our neighborhoods for? And is this going to lead to displacement? So that actually is what got me interested in the issue. And um, this project is kind of trying to answer those questions, um, of when we do invest in neighborhoods, when, especially when we invest in transit and access in neighborhoods, um, is that [00:03:00] leading to displacement and how do we help people stay in neighborhoods as they improve? Speaker 1:Okay. So that's a, I think a really great, um, summary. I think of how you got to it. Now I want to ask about, uh, before we dive into the project itself and I want to hear kind of a little bit the, the history of how you went about achieving this really cool map, which everybody can check out@urbandisplacement.org. Um, I want to ask is this, uh, is this a unique problem? Like usually we can see problems and look back to history of [00:03:30] some kind of precedent, but it seems the macro trend of this flight kind of back to urban cores, um, is the reverse of the previous trend of people going out to the suburbs and leaving the cities. And so is this a new problem, this idea of gentrification? Is it a 21st century problem or has it always existed? Speaker 2:I mean, there is the, the, the issues of, of people sort of homesteading, let's call it. Um, and moving into sort of low income neighborhoods and pushing out low income households is not [00:04:00] that new. I mean, I, in terms of the academic literature on it, um, could dates back to the 1960s in London when people started writing about it. And really coining this term gentrification. Um, but you know, we, if you search back even further, you can find all sorts of evidence. I'm a brown stoning and in, um, New York area, um, all sorts of issues like that. So I think the issue of place and, and whose neighborhood is it and you know, what are the amenities there [00:04:30] and who has the right to be there span history. Um, the, the current issue of gentrification and people trying to go back into city higher income households moving back into the cities, um, is a little bit more recent. But I think if you think about it more generally about displacement and, um, and right to break to the city, it's, um, it's not that now. Speaker 1:Okay. And, um, uh, looking from Dallas [00:05:00] from a historical perspective, that question, but thinking about like where we are in a moment in time, I can't think of a more timely project with the rising rents in the bay area, which is really priced so many people out of being able to live in the kind of core inner bay area. Um, and some of the statistics that you were seeing these ages staggering. I think I saw the average rent price in San Francisco is getting around $3,000 a month, which is, you know, I think I'm thinkable for a lot of people, yet there is this elite class of people [00:05:30] who can afford that and it's not a big deal. So having us really understanding what this trend, how it's happening and how to, how to handle it, I think is super, super important. So let's talk about the maps. So we'll actually, before we go there, I want to ask you a little bit about, so you're housed in a place, as I understood, it's called the community, the center for community innovation. And that's a cow, um, organization or department, the center. So tell us a little bit about Speaker 2:that. Sure. It's a center started by a [00:06:00] professor, Karen Chapel and the department of city and regional planning. Um, and did generally a lot of, um, uh, professors and researchers here. We'll create centers to sort of how's their research and, um, have sort of an identity to their research. Um, and students that work with them. So this center was started by a professor chapel and really looking at housing community and economic development. It started with issues in the bay area, but we've gone regional [00:06:30] and international. Um, she's done work throughout Latin America. She's done work in Dubai. Um, so we're, we've expanded greatly, but especially in the last 10 years, a lot of our focus has been around transit oriented development just because that is sort of the dominant frame in city planning right now. Um, we want to get people out of their cars, we want them to use more transit, we want to be better for the environment. Speaker 2:Um, and so this project really [00:07:00] comes out of that, comes out of a statewide interest in this, right? So because of, uh, AB 32 and the global warming app, global warming act, um, the state is trying to encourage regions to do a better job of linking housing and transportation and land use planning, um, and really trying to encourage transit oriented development. So we have a long history of doing research on this. Um, and, and as those programs have been coming out through [00:07:30] what's called the sustainable community strategies, um, communities are anxious, they're anxious that this is going to lead to displacement and, um, advance advancing gentrification, especially in places like the bay area and Los Angeles hot market cities. But we do see it in, in places that you might not expect as well, where we do see these kinds of pressures in communities throughout California. Speaker 1:Yeah. When we're talking to Dr Mariam Zuck, the, she is the project director of the urban displacement project out of the [00:08:00] Center for community innovation here at cow. Uh, and this is a method to the madness here on k a l x Berkeley 90.7 FM. And you know, it was interesting, I was doing a little bit of research on your center and I saw that it was, um, reference Ab 32, which I didn't draw that connection when I first saw the map. But I guess the, the, um, targets that are put out by that, uh, Bill are, are very, very aggressive and there's, so there's a whole interdisciplinary focus on satisfying those targets. [00:08:30] And I guess it does make a lot of sense to have, um, a lot of urban planners involved because that's going to be the core of kind of figuring out the longterm effect you guys have. When you're looking at, um, the types of trendings that you're looking at. Do we have in your mind the population growth that we're going to have to solve for in places like the bay area? Speaker 2:Um, so the bay area is currently going through an update of its community strategies which are mandated under SB three 75, which is sort of one of the implementing [00:09:00] mechanisms of Ab 32. Um, and it's called Plan Bay area and, and that's what they do. They do a lot of forecasting with that. So they know the future population. Um, or they, they, they forecast rather the future population and the future number of households with that. Um, I don't have the exact numbers on hand cause they are currently going through an update of it. Um, but they, they're required to, once they project out those households and project out what the transportation [00:09:30] is gonna um, the transportation infrastructure is going to be there trying to create plans that will meet the needs of those future households. So one of the goals, at least in the last plan bay area, um, was to house the entire population. Um, which is hard, um, the future population, right. Without, without having to displace people outside of the bay area region. Um, Speaker 1:and which is technically the nine counties that touched the bay. Is that right? And that's [00:10:00] approximately what, six and half million people now [inaudible] Speaker 2:oh, sure. Yeah. My numbers. I, I think it's something around there. Five to six, something like that. Yeah. So I don't know what the current projections are out out. Um, I think the plan bay area might project out to 2030. Um, so they're currently working through those forecasts right now. Speaker 1:But I do know that the macro trend in, in terms of the United States and the world in general is just way more people and not having too much more space [00:10:30] in terms of lease in like a densely populated urban core, like the bay area. Yeah. Speaker 2:People want to live in cities. Yeah. So, so that's certainly one of the issues that that plane barrier is trying to solve. Right. We don't necessarily want our workers to have to move out to Tracey and Stockton, um, and commute those really long commute. So that's actually shooting ourselves in the foot in terms of trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if we're, if all of our low wage workers are living outside of the region having to commute [00:11:00] in. Speaker 1:Yeah. So the answer isn't to build bigger freeways, it's to build more densely populated urban cores that have access to public transit. Yeah. And is there anything being thought of besides bart in terms of public transit options in the bay? I know we're getting a little bit off of what you're doing, but do you know anything about that? Speaker 2:Well, there are, I think, 75 new stations or train stations and train routes planned throughout the bay area. Um, so there's the Bart going out to eastern [00:11:30] Contra Costa County, if I remember correctly, the smart, um, which goes up through, um, north Bay. Um, there's extensions of Bart, right? So right now we're seeing the extension down to San Jose going on. So there's a lot of upgrading our existing transit, but there's also trying to, um, I know you've probably heard about the bus rapid transit, um, efforts going on in Oakland. Um, Berkeley unfortunately didn't want it. Um, and I'm sure there's other [00:12:00] areas around the bay area that are trying to use buses similar to the way that we use to trains to get people to places faster and at lower cost. Speaker 1:Okay, great. So that we, we went, veered off a little bit there, but I'm so interested in this topic, but let's get back to, okay. So you, um, are at the center for community innovation and you see this problem of, um, gentrification and wanting to do some research on it. And we see the product to the end result, [00:12:30] which is this incredible map. And I encourage everybody to go check it out@urbandisplacement.org. Uh, but tell me a little bit about how you came to even wanting to build something like that, or how did that idea come about? Speaker 2:So I would actually say this is an intermediate product where actually, well the product project is ending officially, um, next year. Um, at least the state funded piece of it. Um, but the, we were also funded by the regional planning agencies to do this work. And [00:13:00] the idea behind it, especially from the regional agencies was help us figure out where we can both Papas understand where we're experiencing these things right now, these, these pressures, um, and where we expect to see them into the future in part so that we can do a better job of enacting policies and investments, um, in the right places. So that's where it came about. Um, we were fortunate to, to participate in the regional prosperity plan, which was part, [00:13:30] um, it was run by the regional agents, the planning agencies. Um, and it was a project funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, um, the, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Speaker 2:Um, so as part of that project, um, right there was this, the, the, they called it the regional early warning system for displacement. So what can we learn from what the information we have now about where these processes are [00:14:00] going to continue or advanced in the future? Um, so it was both sort of a, a data exploration, um, endeavor as well as, um, we did nine community-based case studies as part of that project. So working with community based organizations to better understand what are the pressures that they're experiencing, what are the policies that they think that they have seen work and the on the ground. And then how do we compare the experience on the ground to what the data is saying. [00:14:30] Um, so that sort of where it came about. Speaker 1:So there's a quantitative and qualitative component. Speaker 2:Exactly. And we're also working for the state law, um, piece of this project. We're working with UCLA. So there is a la component to the research, um, where the idea is what can we provide for, um, regional plan planning around the state to help them better understand these issues. So we're continuing to work with them, um, and figure out sort of how can we generalize [00:15:00] this information to other communities around the state. Speaker 1:So, and the quantitative side really kind of has this visual component of this map, um, and, and playing around with the map, you have a lot of different data sets in there. So how did you go about deciding which data sets to visualize that really would it got, I'm a very big, um, I have a huge interest in data visualization. I think it's one of the new, I think I've, I view as an art form, you know, trying to figure out ways to unlock the secrets of this [00:15:30] data. There's lots of different ways to look at it. So you have looked at lots of different data sets. How did you decide which data sets to visualize in your map? Speaker 2:Sure. So first we started with, I mean, we had a long list of all the data we wanted to look at. Um, some of that got thrown out because we couldn't get data that covered the entire region. The goal was to cover the entire region and to be able to go back at least 10, 20 years. So that, because we know that these are long processes. Um, so [00:16:00] some of the things that we wanted, we had to throw out, um, like we thought we could get information on, um, housing discrimination complaints, um, and we could get it at the city level, but we wanted it at a smaller grain, right? We want to understand what's happening at the neighborhood level, so, and, and we couldn't go back very far for that. So, so that was one narrowing step. Um, I think we start off with like a hundred variables that we wanted to look at. Um, so we narrowed it down based on that. Then we collected [00:16:30] all sorts of data a lot from the census, which has its limitations, right? The, our data ends at 2013 and you don't have to be rocket scientist and the bay area to know that things have really skyrocketed since 2013 so we know that what our estimates are conservative right now because we don't have more recent data, at least on demographic data. Speaker 1:And is it, isn't it, um, the census data doesn't get down to the neighborhood level, does it? Speaker 2:It does. We looked at the census track level, which is, you know, three to 5,000 [00:17:00] people. Um, you could get block group level data, um, but the quality of the data, there's a lot of uncertainty at those levels. So yes, Speaker 1:that's your, is that your most granular unit is the center Speaker 2:and distract? Right now we're trying to do a little bit more granular analysis in San Francisco. Um, but yeah, the census tracks is how we decided to summarize the data. Um, so once we had a clean data, so we, most, a lot of it was from census. Um, we purchased assessor data, um, tax assessor [00:17:30] data to get information on housing units, um, transaction data to see sales prices. We have, um, vacancy data from the postal service. There's all sorts of different data sets that we collected and we cleaned them and we started running, um, statistical models to see, you know, what are the variables that really look like they're important in terms of predicting neighborhood change. Um, so we would all dumb down. [00:18:00] In addition to that, we did a bunch of, uh, uh, we did a bunch of academic literature review to see what if other people found and how are they defining gentrification specifically? Um, displacement. We separated it out, um, in part because we didn't want to enter into the current debates about does gentrification necessarily involve displacement or not? So we've separated them. Gentrification we're looking at is mostly demographic change in, in neighborhood. Um, and Speaker 1:is it a demographic, like is it ethnic, is it, [00:18:30] but as, as a more just, um, economic, Speaker 2:it's mostly economic, um, because there's an income, right? So we looked at growth in median income as well as educational attainment, which tends to be a better, um, uh, tracker of, of class, um, than income just because there's issues about the way people report their income. Um, sure. Speaker 1:It just as a matter of understanding this, the gentrification, the definition, gentrification one is the changing mix of kind of undergraduate [00:19:00] degrees or something in a certain census tract. Speaker 2:Yes. Right. Well, it's, the definition of gentrification where you using or to to for the modeling purposes are, um, it starts off as a vulnerable tract. So it starts off with a higher proportion of low income households. Um, higher proportion of rentals. Um, there's two more, which of course are escaping me right now. I know hot in the studio right now just so, um, [00:19:30] there's, um, a higher proportion of people of color. Um, and there's one more, which of course it probably is a higher proportion of people with less than a bachelor's degree. Yeah. Um, so, so it starts off as a vulnerable place. Um, we see demographic changes we just discussed and we also see investment in real estate. So we see growth in sales prices, new development, um, because it's all cash purchases. We do not. Yeah. That's something that you probably could get from the [00:20:00] assessor's office. Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah, we do because there's a, there's mortgage information on there too, so, yeah, that's a good point. So, um, so that, so that was kind of how we define gentrification and we looked at displacement simply as the loss of low income households. Um, we've toyed with a bunch of different things. Um, people, a lot of people have been asking, well, but couldn't it just be that people are moving up and the income scale, which is true. Um, and we did a little bit of analysis. [00:20:30] Unfortunately you don't have that kind of data available, um, at the household level. But what we did analysis that we did right ends in 2013. So this is the period of the great recession. And, um, when we looked at national level data, we found the opposite to true. Right? You have many more people who are going down in the income ladder rather than up. So for at least for this period, we feel like it's a decent enough proxy for displacement. Speaker 1:Interesting. So we're talking to Dr Miriam Zuck, she's the project director [00:21:00] for the urban displacement project coming out of the Center for Community Innovation here at Cau. You can check out the map that she built and published a, it was last week was when it came out as, or is it this Monday? This Monday came out of the urban@urbandisplacement.org and she's been doing the rounds and different radio stations here in the bay area. So we're very lucky to have her here. Thanks for coming in again. Um, so I wanted to ask about, um, you were just talking about the data collection and the visualization is really cool. Um, but I think one of the intents here [00:21:30] is to not only visualize what's going on and identify places that are at risk for displacement, but provide some kind of actionable intel to organizations. And that's really, I think where the rubber meets the road is we know this is happening and you know, anybody who's been to, like I used to live, uh, in the western edition in San Francisco 15 years ago, and if you go to Divisadero street now, it is like Disneyland compared to what it used to be. Speaker 1:So this is something that's happened happening and everybody knows it. But the question is, what do you do about it? Because [00:22:00] these are market forces and market forces we all know are very powerful. So supply and demand, if someone wants to live there and they're willing to pay more, it's hard to stop that from happening. So what do you think is the, the, the actions that can be taken out and whether they be on an individual level, government level, um, what do you think is the real way to combat displacement? Or can we, or is it just inevitable? Speaker 2:I don't think it's inevitable. And so part of the thing that we're trying to emphasize with these maps are that somebody had called them on the continuum [00:22:30] of gentrification the other day. And I said, no, no, no, it's not a continuum that, that, that implies some sort of inevitability. Um, there are things that we can do and we're currently working on a policy tool that will really help community organizations and cities and people interested figure out what's, what are the right tools for my place. So originally we thought that we were going to be able to say, okay, you're a place at risk. Here are the things that you need to do. But there's so much diversity in neighborhoods and cities that it didn't make sense and [00:23:00] we didn't want, you know, to give out some generic lists that then people can just be like, man, this doesn't apply to me and, and move on. So we're currently in the process of developing a tool that will really try to match what the conditions are in the place with what are the appropriate policies and investment in types. Um, but there's a lot that cities can do. Um, there's a lot that land on or you know, property owners can do being good, being good, uh, uh, landlords, um, mean not raising the rents, not or, [00:23:30] or just, uh, raising the rents a moderate amount instead of doubling them, tripling them, um, just because they can right now. Yeah. Because Speaker 1:who was the first city in 30 years for somebody to enact [inaudible] Speaker 2:yeah. So, yeah, which is, it is a step can do that and still struggle. You know, there's, there's petitions out right now to try to repeal it. Um, of course. Uh, and so, but it's shows the leadership over there, um, that hopefully other cities will follow in suit in. Other cities [00:24:00] are actually saying like cities that you wouldn't expect. Um, um, places in San Mateo County or talking about rent control, which I think a lot of us thought that there was no hope for anybody in acting, rent control anymore. Um, yeah, but, but we see that it's happening and people see it as a solution. So, you know, there are things that cities can do in terms of helping people stay in place as the, as the neighborhood is changing. Um, things like tenant protections are in control, just cause evictions, ordinances, um, [00:24:30] preserving affordable housing. So a lot of affordable housing stock is at risk. Speaker 2:The, the subsidized housing stock is at risk. So, um, you know, people are no longer accepting section eight vouchers because they don't have to, they can get more money if they don't. Um, so enacting policies, anti-discrimination policies could be helpful and then there's making more affordable housing. Um, and w kind of similar into the preservation. Um, you know, historically most low income households [00:25:00] have lived in non subsidized housing, but it was affordable to them. That doesn't really exist in the bay area anymore. And so trying to convert some market rate housing into subsidized housing is what some cities are looking into. Um, and just generating no new resources or being open to citing affordable housing in your communities, which is a big hurdle in a lot of communities. Um, is another thing that we're looking at. Speaker 1:Are you talking about Nimbyism? Like people want it, but they don't want it for a housing in their [00:25:30] neighborhood. Is that what you mean? Speaker 2:Absolutely. I mean it's a huge struggle. Um, you know, they'll say, oh, we don't want the density or we don't want the traffic, but really they don't want, um, people that are different from them and their neighborhoods. Um, and certainly asset building, you know, we're seeing a lot of movement, especially in minimum wage, but even the new minimum wages that's going to be enacted, what over a three year period in some of these cities, um, it's still not going to [00:26:00] meet the demand that the need for housing. I mean, I think you need to be making over $25 an hour to be able to afford housing. Um, so, Speaker 1:so highly controversial. And some of the owners like restaurants I've been noticing is they're just getting rid of their best stuff. Yeah. Cause they just saying they can't afford it too though. They just need to, waitresses and the waiters have to do more work basically. Yeah. Um, so I mean it's a complicated Web, but, uh, and you know, you've, you've been, you've done great work in helping us to understand a little bit more. [00:26:30] I want to ask them the last questions here in Burleson. We're talking to Dr Miriam Zuck here on methods to the madness on KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM. I'm your host Ali Nasar. Um, when you're doing research, I, one of the most illustrative, um, tasks in the research process is the quantitative or qualitative side. So we were talking about the quantitative. Can you share with us a story during the qualitative part of looking at this that really crystallized this problem for you, that really made you really understand it and like redouble [00:27:00] your efforts to try to solve it? Speaker 2:Sure. Um, so our case studies, um, were selected for a variety of different reasons. Some of them were places that have already undergone gentrification, like the mission. Some of them were places where the anxious about it, like marine city. Um, and some places were places where, you know, we see pockets of low income and um, households that we feel like neighborhoods are changing. But there wasn't quite enough information there. So for [00:27:30] instance, um, the monument corridor in Concord, nobody really thinks of Concord as a gentrifying area. Um, and we started working with a monument impact, a community based organization out there that's been heavily involved with the downtown revitalization efforts and trying to really protect tenants. Um, and we started doing interviews, uh, with all sorts of different kinds of stakeholders. And in one of our interviews with a landlord, we heard him say, um, or he responded [00:28:00] when we asked him his opinion about the bart stations, cause it is near a Bart station. Speaker 2:There's all sorts of reasons why you might want to see it. You might see investment there. He said, you know, I don't really care about the Bart station, but, um, I know the laptop crowd does. So I, uh, I'm planning on evicting all of my low income Latino households. Um, eventually I want to convert to condos and I want to make room for the laptop crowd to move in and more like, where are we? We're [00:28:30] out in Concord, you know, and there's that speculation happening all over the place. Um, so property owners see that the demand is regional and they know that eventually we're gonna run out of space, um, in more of the hot market parts of the bay area and they're prepping for this. And so we're starting to see change in areas that we wouldn't expect. Um, and when we heard that story, we were like, this is a really, this is a huge issue and we're only scratching the surface at this point. Speaker 1:Great. Well that's [00:29:00] a really powerful story and I think helps to crystallize, you know, the issue here of, like I said earlier of the supply and demand problem, you're always gonna have capitalists trying to take advantage of it and that's one of the basis of this country's built on. But yeah, to be able to mitigate that somewhat and make it have a fair playing field, I think is the trick that we've got to find the bay area being a progressive leader in the country. Hopefully we can lead the way for others to really understand this. So thanks for all your work, Dr Zack. Absolutely. And I, like I said before, I really encourage everybody to go to the urban displacement.org that's the map where you can [00:29:30] go and play around with all the data that she's visualized for us. And a, you can check us out@calixdotberkeley.edu if you want to learn more about the program, this is method to the madness. Thanks for joining. Have a great Friday. 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This week: We kick off with the most depressing intro ever (yet still hilarious) and then get to the good stuff. We talk to Shannon Jackson at the Open Engagement conference, preceded by a (unfortunately) truncated conversation with Jen Delos Reyes. Shannon Jackson is Professor of Rhetoric and of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies. She is also currently the Director of the Arts Research Center. Her most recent book is Social Works: Performing Art, Supporting Publics, and she is also working on a book about The Builders Association. Other awards and grants include: Lilla Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Performance Studies (NCA); Junior Faculty Fellowship, Radcliffe College; the Kahan Scholar’s Prize in Theatre History (ASTR); the Spencer Foundation Dissertation fellowship; the Black Theater Network; the National Endowment for the Humanities, and several project grants from the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, UCIRA, the San Francisco Foundation, and the LEF Foundation. Selected adaptation, performance, and directing credits: White Noises, The Smell of Death and Flowers, Hull-House Women, Catastrophe, The Successful Life of 3. Jackson serves on the boards of Cal Performances, the Berkeley Art Museum, and the Berkeley Center for New Media.  She serves on the editorial boards of several journals, has been a keynote speaker at a variety of international symposia, and has co-organized conferences and residencies with the Arts Research Center, The Builders Association, Touchable Stories, American Society of Theatre Research, the American Studies Association, the Women and Theatre Project, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Multi-campus Research Group on International Performance, and UCB’s Center for Community Innovation.  Jackson was an Erasmus Mundus visiting professor in Paris at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Nord and at the Université Libre de Bruxelles for the 2008-09 academic year. Before moving to Berkeley, Jackson was an assistant professor of English and Literature at Harvard University from 1995 to 1998. Jen Delos Reyes is an artist originally from Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Her research interests include the history of socially engaged art, group work, and artists' social roles. She has exhibited works across North America and Europe, and has contributed writing to various catalogues and institutional publications. In 2008 she contributed writing to Decentre: Concerning Artist-Run Culture published by YYZBOOKS. In 2006 she completed an intensive workshop, Come Together: Art and Social Engagement, at The Kitchen in New York. She has received numerous grants and awards including a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant. She is the founder and organizer of Open Engagement, a conference on socially engaged art practices. She is currently an Assistant Professor and teaches in the Art and Social Practice MFA concentration at Portland State University.