Podcast appearances and mentions of laura stanley

It's been a year of perpetual crises: the hangover of the health crisis, the emergence of geo-political crises, national and international economic crises, and an environmental crisis. Charities had to navigate various issues, overcome myriad threats, and practice resilience in the face of all challenges. But, in the face of such challenges, we've also seen so many positives. Charities have shifted towards flexible giving, found innovative solutions to service user demands, embraced new and exciting tech such as ChatGPT, trialled new platforms such as Threads, and broadly embraced the digital. We want to discuss the ups and downs of 2023. The Charity Digital Content Team, Laura Stanley, Josie Sparling, and Ioan Marc Jones dives into key developments, explore reactions to crises, and talk about tech. So join us to review 2023 in the UK charity sector.

2023 has proved another challenging year for the charity sector. The Cost-of-Living crisis has provoked a Cost-of-Giving crisis, meaning many charities have been faced with less funds to deal with increased demand. But, as ever, we've seen charities prove their resilience with a host of novel fundraising solutions and creative forms of service delivery.  In 2024, charities will go even further. They may flex their muscles with flexible giving, invert expectations with inverse giving, prove anti-social on social media, embrace the art of artificial intelligence, start playing around with Gaming for Good, and so much more. The future of fundraising is a fascinating landscape, with plenty of room for experimentation.  Our three Charity Digital guests, Laura Stanley, Lisa Chomette, and Ioan Marc Jones, discuss the above fundraising trends and so many more, explore some of the core challenges and obstacles charities face, look at digital tools that can help with fundraising, and so much more. 

There are lots of theories about life working in the charity sector. We've heard that it provides huge job satisfaction, that it is bureaucratic and frustrating, that it pays badly or well, that the benefits are few or many. Surveys suggest a sense of fulfilment, but also point to an unhealthy work culture, high expectations to go above and beyond, and a poor work-life balance. So we thought we'd clear the air. We use our knowledge from working with people across the sector, our experience from working in a charity, information collected from surveys and reports, and additional research to explore what it's really like to work in the charity sector. The podcast covers, among other things, reasons people are attracted to working in the sector, the drawbacks of non-profits, problems we've encountered in our research, how charities can improve working life, and so much more. So join our host, Chiara Simmons-Wood, and our Content Team, Josie Sparling, Laura Stanley, and Ioan Marc Jones, to discuss working life in the charity sector and why it might just be the best place for you.

Tech has always played a paradoxical role in the history of climate change: as both problem and solution. Tech is one of the main drivers of greenhouse gas emissions and pushes us further into the climate crisis. Tech also helps us to limit our emissions and deal with the various impacts of the climate crisis. The choice rests on humans and our collective choices. We need to ensure that, now and in the future, we use the right tech in the right way, reject catch-all and one-stop solutions, and consider how tech can inform meaningful climate action. In our latest podcast, we touch on solutionism, behavioural change, the importance of green tech, and so much more. Join our host, Lisa Chomette, and our content writers, Josie Sparling, Laura Stanley, and Ioan Marc Jones, to discuss whether technology can save the planet.

This podcast is sponsored by the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organisation that powers the .ORG domain.  Looking after your cyber security is a constant process. Cyber threats grow more sophisticated, new tools to tackle them arrive on the scene, and charities must stay up-to-date in order to stay secure. In 2022, 30% of charities were able to identify a cyber attack that happened over the last year, with almost two in five of these attacks impacting their services and 19% resulting in a negative outcome.  In this podcast, our guests will explore the most common cyber threats that charities are experiencing in 2023 and the best practice they can put in place to prevent or mitigate them. Join our host Lisa Rowland, Charity Digital's Events Manager, to discuss the latest developments in cyber security with Rick Wilhelm, Chief Technology Officer at PIR.org, Sophie, Economy and Society Resilience Officer at the National Cyber Security Centre, and Laura Stanley, Content Writer at Charity Digital.

Charity professionals are all too aware of the cost-of-living crisis. It has posed a dual threat to non-profit organisations: funds decrease as service demand increases. The crisis is the defining issue of 2023, so much so we've put it front and centre of our #BeMoreDigital Conference. This year, charities will need to work out how to tackle the challenges arising from the crisis. So in this podcast, we're going to discuss and provide advice on just that. We will consider, among many other things, the importance of financial sustainability, meeting excessive energy bills, combating cyber threats, treating staff and volunteers fairly, ensuring extra provisions for service users, and so much more. Our host Lisa Chomette is joined by two Charity Digital regulars, Laura Stanley and Ioan Marc Jones, to discuss the cost-of-living crisis, the cost-of-giving crisis, the challenges that will arise, and how your charity can face the crisis head on.

The Charity Digital podcast started more than three years ago with old headphones, not much sense of direction, and perhaps a little too much ambition. But now, as we speed past our 100th episode, we are growing and growing, with professional equipment, backing tracks and editing software, external thought leaders and internal experts, and still too much ambition. Our podcast was born in February 2019. In our first month, we received less than 100 listens. By November 2022, on the other hand, we have reached 37k listens from people across the world, tuning in to hear us discuss climate change, the state of fundraising, online giving, and so much more. So we want to dedicate an episode to growing a podcast. We want listeners to learn from our many mistakes, to embrace our few successes. We have accumulated a dream team of guests: three people who have appeared on perhaps too many podcasts, three people who have built a rapport over months of recorded arguing, three people who will share all their limited wisdom. So join Laura Stanley, Nick Wyatt, and Ioan Marc Jones to get all your tips on how to grow a podcast.

Nearly a third of charities have reported a decline in income over the last 12 months, according to research from Blackbaud. But while funds are required to help charities continue delivering their services as demand continues to rise, organisations also must balance this with looking after their donors too, particularly as money worries grow.  In this podcast, Charity Digital's host, Laura Stanley, is joined by Emily Martin (Senior Fundraising Manager, Mass Participation, GOSH Charity), James Grant (Head of Individual Giving and Legacies, SSAFA), and Phillip Hunt (Senior Manager, Demand Marketing, Blackbaud) to discuss the current state of fundraising in the UK and what this means for the sector.   Listen to find out the fundraising trends that matter and how charities are adapting to them moving forwards.  You can read Blackbaud's full report here: 2022 Status of UK Fundraising Report  | Blackbaud

The urgency of adapting our energy supply to mitigate climate change brings the question of nuclear energy to the fore. Last week, we covered the case against. This week, nuclear physicist and safety specialist Mat Flusk presents the case for, along the way giving us unsentimental insights into the politics of the industry and future technology.    Plus, "crossing the floor".     Our Patreon   Buy our merch     Second Row Socialists on Twitter     Comradio on Twitter       Alternative Left Entertainment     Follow ALE on Twitter     Mat Flusk on Twitter    Do Artifacts Have Politics? - Langdon Winner (1980)    Authoritarian and Democratic Technics - Lewis Mumford (1964)    On Authority - Frederick Engels (1874)     The Meaning of Confederalism - Murray Bookchin (1990)    20 years after Richard Hillman first appeared onscreen, he's still Corrie's greatest ever villain - Laura Stanley in The Metro (2021)    World Nuclear News    How To Drive A Nuclear Reactor by Colin Tucker (2020)    Christian Wakeford's voting record

Cyber attacks happen – and charities are not immune. Around a quarter of charities in the UK were affected by a cyber attack in 2020, including half of large charities. Yet nobody seems to be talking about them.  Part of the reason these attacks succeed is a lack of awareness in their methods and how to defend against them. Cyber security experts Symantec estimate that there are 135 million phishing attacks attempted every day alone, relying on relevance (usually something being talked about on the news), emotion (fear or urgency), and authority (messages from your bank or employer).   We can only learn from our mistakes if we know what they are – this means talking openly, as a sector, we talk about them. In this podcast, Charity Digital's Laura Stanley is joined by Gerry Crow, Director of Operations and Support at The Mary Stevens Hospice; Clare Mills, Director of Communications and External Affairs at the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action; and Chris Hall, Head of Marketing at Charity Digital, to discuss why charities are reticent when it comes to cyber security and how we can remove the stigma in the future.  

‘Tis the most obvious time of the year. And we are going to do the most obvious podcast, based on the one Charles Dickens book that isn't 900 pages. We are going to make egg-nog, drink in the office, and use our expertise to tell you about the past, present, and future of fundraising. The past will cover the joys and authenticity of in-person fundraising, the immediacy and the emotive connection, but the mistakes of ignoring the digital. The present will future on the effects of COVID-19, the mistakes charities are making, and the way to overcome those problems. The future will show the mistakes charities might make and what they could do to ensure perpetual happiness. Charity Digital Content Lead and host, Laura Stanley, is joined by three esteemed colleagues, Ioan Marc Jones (Content Editor who did not die), Lisa Chomette (Business Development Manager), and Sacha Dhabalia (Marketing Intern) to discuss their thoughts on fundraising.

In cyber space, no one can hear you scream. That's a touch excessive, but we have your attention. Cyber attacks are often treated like scary stories, something we imagine will never happen to us, something that we know are true but sometimes treat as though they are phantoms. For the last few years, Charity Digital have been talking openly and honestly about cyber security. We've been inviting others across the sector to talk about stories, too, attempting to undermine the stigma that seems to follow data breaches, ransomware and malware attacks, social engineering, cloud vulnerabilities, and so much more. And as we approach Halloween, we are going to be as open as ever, discussing not only the horror stories we have heard, but the solutions that help charities avoid being part of that story. Charity Digital Content Lead and host, Laura Stanley, is joined by three esteemed colleagues, Chris Hall (Head of Marketing), Mimi Morrill (Events Manager), and Nick Wyatt (Growth Marketing Executive) to talk, to provide comfort, and to ultimately stop cyber security seeming so scary.

Today Neena is joined by Laura Staley who is a Feng Shui Consultant and an author. She helps people transform their space in order to thrive in their place. We journey with Laura as she goes back to the basement flooding, and what happened after that became her turning point. We also talked about her books and programs that have empowered a lot of people to look at their belongings in a different way. If you are someone who is struggling to let go of things, someone who is afraid to become a hoarder, or someone who needs help decluttering their home to clear out their head, this episode is for you.   Laura Staley is the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura Staley passionately supports people thriving by guiding them to a holistic transformation of space, heart, and life. Laura knows that there's a relationship between the conditions of our homes or workplaces and the quality of our lives. Trained and certified with the Western School of Feng Shui and seasoned by two decades of working with a variety of clients, Laura uses her intuition and expertise to empower her clients to produce remarkable results in their lives. Her trifecta of serving people includes speaking, writing, and compassionate listening. She serves clients in central Ohio, western North Carolina, and on Zoom!    Prior to creating her company, Laura worked as a full-time parent and an assistant professor at Ohio Wesleyan University. She earned a Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University. Her joys in life include laughing with loved ones, dancing, reading, meditating, running, being in nature, and listening to music she loves. She resides in Black Mountain, NC.   Reach out to Laura: Website: https://www.cherishyourworld.com/ Email: Laura@cherishyourworld.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/CherishYourWorld/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/cherishyourworld/   Show notes: [1:55] Who is Laura and how does she help break limiting beliefs? [5:04] The flooded basement experience and the realizations afterward [11:38] Is it still healthy to hold on to things? [19:58] Does Laura still practice the donate-keep pile?  [24:10] How to take someone through the mentality that the limiting belief is a lie [27:13] Decluttering for freedom class and how that empowers [31:32] Give yourself permission [33:22] Let's talk about Laura books [35:59] Diving into what Laura said: "The women were ready" [41:47] Neena shared when she lost everything in 2009 [43:09] On decluttering books [46:03] Where to find Laura [47:12] Outro   We discuss real-life topics, tools, and tips on how to challenge and transform your thinking with no sugar added. Hope you will go on the journey with us as we grow, fail, and get back up.    https://linktr.ee/Neenaperez

In this episode of Leadership in Motion, Laura Stanley, an occupational therapist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), joins Victoria and Marnie to share her leadership development over the past 5 years of her career. Topics include Laura's tips for getting involved in leadership opportunities, advocating for occupational therapy to others, and conquering self-doubt as a new leader. Resources Mentioned in the Episode: New OTs on the Block New Grad Q and A Have any comments or suggestions about Leadership in Motion? Complete our Listener Feedback Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Leadership_in_Motion Contact Us! Phone: 416-322-3011 Email: osot@osot.on.ca Follow us on Twitter @OSOTvoice and on Facebook @OntarioOTs Connect with us on LinkedIn

Ep 0028 | 3-24-2017 On this episode of Best of Up In Your Business, Kerry interviews personal jeweler Laura Stanley. Laura reinvented herself professionally after her family's business, Stanley Jewelers Gemologists, closed.

The 10-album 2018 Polaris Music Prize Short List has arrived. To document this important occasion we gathered three jurors — Ian Steaman, Laura Stanley and Marc-André Mongrain — to weigh in on each album.

Kerry talks with jewelry store owner and gemologist Laura Stanley of Stanley Jewelers. Learn more and find links and resources for entrepreneurs at www.upyourbusiness.org.

What can you get for a dime? Add it to the federal reimbursement for a school meal, and it buys a lot. Use it to support spending on farm to school, and it generates many more times its value in local economic development. That's the thinking behind Michigan's "10 Cents a Meal" pilot, which directs millions of dimes into locavore salad bars, entrees, and snacks for children in 16 districts. Modeled after trailblazing farm to school policy in Oregon, the program received state funding for the first time this year. At just $250K, it seems a small start. But its crafters, and its champions in the state Senate, are planning on big—statewide in time, just like in Oregon.

What's so smart about those USDA-regulated "Smart Snacks" sold in school vending machines? More whole grain, and lowered sugar, fat, and calories—even if they're Cheetos, Doritos, or Pop Tarts. These reformulated items are less unhealthy, sure, but new research from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity proposes that their "copycat" look and packaging is designed to maintain brand loyalty outside of school, where the original versions are heavily marketed to teens. The strategy may be working—and backfiring on school food service when the presence of perceived junk food undermines parent trust.

On July 6, 2016, the school nutrition community suffered the tragic loss of one of its own when Philando Castile was shot by police during a routine traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Philando—a.k.a. "Mr. Phil" and "Mr. Rogers with dreadlocks"—was the beloved 32-year-old cafeteria supervisor for the J.J. Hill Montessori School in Saint Paul. In this special episode, produced in collaboration with Saint Paul Public Schools, we hear about Philando from his colleagues and his mother, Valerie Castile. They join us in mourning, and in celebration of a life well lived and a job well done. Image: Student letter posted outside J.J. Montessori School, Saint Paul: "This year I was going to give you a gift but then you dided but Im giving you a gift anyway! You hade the biggest heart ever I rilly miss you. I rilly rilly miss you Your the best lunch man we ever could have I wish you were alive. You have Rainbows in your heart!"

In a move they say will “spur innovation,” Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have voted to issue block grants for school nutrition programs in three pilot states, cutting them loose from federal federal mandates and supervision. #StopTheBlock’s opponents to this measure—to date, more than 1,000 organizations—say these states would be cut loose from a lot more. On today’s episode, Education/Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) describes how block grants, because they’re easily shaved down in the federal budget, have historically led to the gutting of public services. Doug Davis of the Burlington (VT) School Food Project predicts an unraveling of standards, policies, and protocols that would cast farm-to-school and national supply chains into chaos and jeopardize the nutrition safety net of millions of children in need.

From two new studies, research you can use to pitch your breakfast program to students, parents, and school administrators. First, evidence that a morning meal is critical to maintaining healthy weight in adolescents. In fact, two breakfasts—at home and at school—are not just better than none, but very possibly better than just one. Second, evidence that participation goes up most reliably when the marketing strategy is direct, personal, and on-the-spot—and as simple as “Good morning, Johnny… How about you grab a breakfast on your way to class?”

Food courts at school are an increasingly popular way to win the participation of trend-savvy teenagers. If you’re flirting with the idea for any of your sites, give a close listen to today’s guests. They’re equally prepared to either talk you into or out of the immense investment involved in embracing this style of food service. Because it doesn’t involve just money, but also—and more significantly—a commitment to sea change in the entire school community’s attitude towards lunch. Not ready for that? Listen anyway, because best practices in the biggest, hippest food courts can be best practices anywhere.

Laura Stanley is a dynamic 3rd generation jeweler and the Vice President of Stanley Jewelers Gemologist in North Little Rock Arkansas. Laura shares what it took to actually cut the Esperanza Diamond in the store while it was open for business.   She also gives the story of the woman who found the diamond how it became associated with the American Gem Society.  

Mitochondrial Diseases and Hyperbaric Medicine This week I sat down with experts in the fields of mitochondrial diseases and hyperbaric medicine. Each cell in our body has an “engine” where the nutrition we consume through eating is converted to the energy we need to function and survive. These engines are known as “Mitochondria”. These cellular […] The post Mitochondrial Diseases and Hyperbaric Medicine – Top Docs Radio appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Our seventh episode features Laura Stanley who is a 3rd generation jeweler in North Little Rock Arkansas. Laura talks about the “Jewelers for Children” charity and how the American Gem Society is changing to stay ahead of the times. She also covers the impact estate jewelry could have in your jewelry store, and so much more. 

The face of free school food is about to change in some neighborhoods thanks to something called Community Eligibility. Community Eligibility helps bring universal meal service to high poverty districts. It’s been introduced in phases, and this coming school year it’s going national. This week on Inside School Food, Laura Stanley is chatting with two experts who can help listeners understand the specifics of Community Eligibility — Madeleine Levin, senior policy analyst in the Child Nutrition Unit at the Food Research and Action Center, working on school nutrition issues, and Leslie Fowler, director of nutritional support services, at Chicago Public Schools. This program was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. “More kids eat when community eligibility is implemented.” [08:00] –Madeleine Levin on Inside School Food “There’s no obligation to participate. The greater need is around the students that need the program and that’s what we’re focusing on.” [21:00] –Leslie Fowler on Inside School Food

Today Neena is joined by Laura Staley who is a Feng Shui Consultant and an author. She helps people transform their space in order to thrive in their place. We journey with Laura as she goes back to the basement flooding, and what happened after that became her turning point. We also talked about her books and programs that have empowered a lot of people to look at their belongings in a different way. If you are someone who is struggling to let go of things, someone who is afraid to become a hoarder, or someone who needs help decluttering their home to clear out their head, this episode is for you. Laura Staley is the founder of Cherish Your World, Laura Staley passionately supports people thriving by guiding them to a holistic transformation of space, heart, and life. Laura knows that there's a relationship between the conditions of our homes or workplaces and the quality of our lives. Trained and certified with the Western School of Feng Shui and seasoned by two decades of working with a variety of clients, Laura uses her intuition and expertise to empower her clients to produce remarkable results in their lives. Her trifecta of serving people includes speaking, writing, and compassionate listening. She serves clients in central Ohio, western North Carolina, and on Zoom!  Prior to creating her company, Laura worked as a full-time parent and an assistant professor at Ohio Wesleyan University. She earned a Ph.D. in political science from The Ohio State University. Her joys in life include laughing with loved ones, dancing, reading, meditating, running, being in nature, and listening to music she loves. She resides in Black Mountain, NC. Reach out to Laura:Website: https://www.cherishyourworld.com/Email: Laura@cherishyourworld.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/CherishYourWorld/IG: https://www.instagram.com/cherishyourworld/ Show notes:[1:55] Who is Laura and how does she help break limiting beliefs?[5:04] The flooded basement experience and the realizations afterward[11:38] Is it still healthy to hold on to things?[19:58] Does Laura still practice the donate-keep pile? [24:10] How to take someone through the mentality that the limiting belief is a lie[27:13] Decluttering for freedom class and how that empowers[31:32] Give yourself permission[33:22] Let's talk about Laura books[35:59] Diving into what Laura said: "The women were ready"[41:47] Neena shared when she lost everything in 2009[43:09] On decluttering books[46:03] Where to find Laura[47:12] Outro We discuss real-life topics, tools, and tips on how to challenge and transform your thinking with no sugar added. Hope you will go on the journey with us as we grow, fail, and get back up.  https://linktr.ee/NeenaperezSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/straight-talk-no-sugar-added-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy