Podcast appearances and mentions of megan o connor

Megan O’Connor (@MeganMOConnor), Head of Strategic Partnerships at Chegg, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- What she saw change in education when the pandemic hit.- Whether incumbent universities will adapt to a more value-oriented student.- How to unbundle a credential.- The idea of digital guilds.- What Megan would do if she was building a brand new university today.- The state of homeschooling.- The prospects of a Facebook University or Walmart University.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Megan O’Connor is serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Kaplan, one of the world’s largest and most diversified educational services providers. She is currently spearheading development of Kaplan’s new Boost program, designed for pre-college students to help bridge the gap between the college experience and work readiness. Prior to joining Kaplan, Megan founded, led and sold Clark, a provider of end-to-end operation software, education services and coaching for teachers who want to grow their tutoring business. Before Clark, Megan was a founding partner of New York-based startup  studio Human Ventures and Director of Development at the nonprofit Pencils of Promise. Megan has an MPA from NYU's Wagner School of Public Service and a BA from Santa Clara University. Join us on the Parent Corner January 13, 2021 at 1pmET/10amPT and then in #podcast. Connect with Megan on Twitter, LinkedIn and find out Boost at BoostbyKaplan.com. Please follow #WordofMom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and email us at info.wordofmomradio@gmail.com. Thanks to our sponors Safety Bags, StadiumBags.com, NoSuchThingasaBully.com and Smith Sisters Bluegrass for our theme song, She is You! #WordofMomRadio ~ Sharing the wisdom of women, in business and in life. 

In this guest episode, Dinur and Adam are talking with Megan O’Connor, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kaplan Test Prep, about the importance of experiential learning and how college students can actually be prepared for the modern workforce. SHOW NOTES Find Megan on Twitter at @MeganMOConnor The post Episode 80: An Interview with Megan O’Connor of Kaplan Test Prep appeared first on Go From Stress To Success!.

Megan O’Connor is an entrepreneur that enjoys solving complex problems with a societal impact, especially related to education or the future of work. As the founder of Clark (acquired by Noodle), Megan set out to provide educators with the economic opportunities they deserve by giving them tools to start tutoring businesses. Under her leadership as CEO, Clark served thousands of educators and raised funding from Lightspeed Ventures Partners, Winklevoss Capital, Rethink Education, Foundation Capital and more. Before Clark, Megan was a founding partner of New York-based startup studio Human Ventures and Director of Development at the nonprofit Pencils of Promise. Currently Megan is serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Kaplan, one of the world’s largest and most diverse education providers.In this episode, Megan reveals what inspires her work in the educational realm. Stay tuned as we discuss how higher education is changing because of COVID. Plus, Megan predicts the future of online education and how college will evolve. Find Megan O’ConnorLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganmoconnor/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meganmoc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/meganmoconnorBoost by Kaplan: https://boostbykaplan.com/

I’m talking with Megan O’Connor, founder of Nth Cycle. Nth Cycle is a modular system for on-site recycling of li-ion batteries and electronics waste. They recover the strategic metals from these products, enabling a domestic source of materials for the U.S. clean energy market. We talk about striving to be a new linchpin in the specialty metals value chain, participating in the Innovation Crossroads accelerator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, raising money, and being a female founder of a high-technology startup. Megan is reading The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, and listening to the Queens in Tech podcast.

Megan O’Connor (@MeganMOConnor), entrepreneur-in-residence at Kaplan, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The recent waves of innovation in education.- How college and K-12 evolve post-COVID.- What will have changed about education in the next 5-10 years.- Whether she would bet on solutions inside or outside of the existing education system.- The future of ISAs.- What the new wave will be in education.- Whether big companies like Facebook or Google will create their own universities.- Whether the mechanics of video games can be applied successfully to learning.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Megan O’Connor (@MeganMOConnor), entrepreneur-in-residence at Kaplan, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The recent waves of innovation in education.- How college and K-12 evolve post-COVID.- What will have changed about education in the next 5-10 years.- Whether she would bet on solutions inside or outside of the existing education system.- The future of ISAs.- What the new wave will be in education.- Whether big companies like Facebook or Google will create their own universities.- Whether the mechanics of video games can be applied successfully to learning.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Venture capital continues to sideline diverse entrepreneurs and investors. Women and people of color are starting businesses at some of the highest rates across the United States and world but are receiving the least amount of investment compared to their white peers. How do we close the venture capital gap? Heather Matranga, Senior Director of Innovation at Village Capital, Melissa Bradley, Managing Director of 1863 Ventures, and Megan O’Connor, Entrepreneur in Residence at Kaplan Test Prep pinpoint the factors that cause inequality in capital allocation and find solutions to fixing the gender financing gap.

Our guests are from Sterling Vineyards and Beringer Wines. Tom Simoneau is back on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon, as Dan Berger is travelling this week. Megan O’Connor, Brand Manager for Beringer. Jim Cawdell is also in. He begins by mentioning Whisper Sisters, a new brand, whose name celebrates the speakeasies. Beringer is the oldest continuously operating winery in Napa Valley. They grew sacramental wine and spirits during Prohibition and continued to operate. They shipped grape bricks back then that included a label, “Do not add water and sugar and yeast, or else it might turn into wine.” Beringer Brothers was founded in 1875. They use a “living wine label” like the ones we saw on the show a few months ago. The first wines in this line were aged in Bourbon barrels. They also have Sauvignon Blanc aged in tequila barrels. Megan O’Connor says that they had the idea for this line a couple of years ago, the Beringer Brothers Spirit Barrel Aged Wine. Craft spirits are more popular and wine drinkers are getting more adventurous. They wanted to experiment with aging the wine this way. Jakob and Frederick Beringer actually did this 140 years ago so they have revived the practice. When you age Sauvignon Blanc in tequila barrels, you get impact from the oak, as with any wine, you get rounder edges, it seems softer, warmer, the acidity is less bracing, and it adds vanilla and clove flavors. Normally SB has citrus and grassy flavors, so this way you get a complex wine with tequila and barrel flavors in it. Tom says the note in the nose is really distinctive and it certainly does make a difference. They wanted it to be special but also drinkable. On the back of the bottle, there are instructions to download the app. They have 3 million downloads now. A Whisper Sister was the person who would, in a whisper, tell where the bar was, during Prohibition. It is a tribute to Bertha Beringer. The Beringer Brothers line brings out various points of Beringer’s history. Prohibition devastated California’s wine business, as only 5% of wineres made it through. Bertha Beringer was the daughter of Jakob Beringer, one of the founding brothers. She sold wine to the church as scaramental wine, they sold medicinal brandy in pharmacies, and other clever ways to keep the business going. Mark Beringer is the great-great grandson of the founder, he is the eighth winemaker in their history, most of whom have been close family. After the break, we will taste some aluminum bottles from Sterling, then a Pinot from Chateau St. Jean, then a Santa Barbara Pinot and one called Deadeye. Casual occasion wine consumption, is that Megan O’Connor calls it, and she says the category, featuring aluminum bottles, is growing fast. Tom Simoneau introduces the aluminum bottles. If you’re by the pool, or at the beach, or if you want something to put in the cooler that will chill fast, these products will do that. Some are wine, some are wine coolers. The Sterling is not, it is all real wine and it is very good wine! They don’t have to change the winemaking very much to accommodate the packaging. Glass bottles can be very inconvenient or even dangerous in some places. Barry Herbst says that Bottle Barn will be getting some of these product. They even make a screw top that a straw fits through. They taste a Russian River Pinot Noir, a classic example of the highest quality local style. Barry Herbst reminds listeners that there are tastings at Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa, Fridays and Saturdays, from noon to 5. Then in September they will have a tasting at the Hyatt with Petaluma Gap wines.

The mission of Megan O’Connor’s company is empowering: We build educators into entrepreneurs. The company she co-founded, Clark, gives tutors and educators an online platform with tools for opening and managing an education business. For example, if you decided you wanted to start a side business tutoring, you could join Clark to automate scheduling, payment management, monitor student progress, find client leads, and get support from others with similar businesses. Clark also has added a content platform that facilitates sharing and collaboration among tutors on content ideas. Clark is the perfect example of technology enabling business owners to improve where they spend their time, and increase their revenue, impact and reach. Clark was even featured on Apple's Planet of the Apps, and as a result received venture funding and the opportunity to work with Gary Vaynerchuk to perfect their platform.  Some of the best startups are created when the founders are passionate about solving a problem. While growing up, Megan watched her mother – a school teacher – struggle with the demands of her personal tutoring business. When Megan realized there wasn’t a solution on the market to help her mom reduce time spent on administrative tasks with her tutoring business, the seed for Clark was planted. Today, Clark has 11 full-time employees, funding from leading venture investors, and ambitious plans to continue its work of creating powerful tools that empower the people doing some of the most important work there is, our educators.

Can you imagine a reality where you could explore the ocean without getting wet? How about flying through the clouds without leaving the ground? How might your perspective of swimming or flying change? In this episode of the Stanford SciCast, Andrew Pollack, a CS major, and Hanna Payne and Laura Anderson, two marine scientists, explore the world of virtual reality and the impact of technology on environmental education. What are the benefits of VR experiences and can virtual “dives” increase care and understanding of the ocean? As the team learns about the VR industry with Megan O’Connor of Unity Technologies and environmental education with Indira Phukan from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education, they see how technology and education can intersect. They also experience ocean VR with Talia Weiss and Geraldine Fauville at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab and Erika Woolsey, an Ocean Design Fellow and CEO of The Hydrous. From coral reefs to kelp forests, dive into the world of virtual reality and its potential as an environmental education tool. Learn more about the Stanford SciCast at https://stanfordscicast.wordpress.com Image and Music Credits: vr by Mello is licensed under CC BY 3.0 “Orange Sunshine” by Rod Hamilton and Tiffany Seal is licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 “What’s Later?” by Apache Tomcat is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 “Please Listen Carefully” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 “Mission Bucharest” by Pharaos is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 “Admin” by A.A. Aalto is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 “Music Box and Chill” by Daniel Birch is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 “Underwater” by Meydan is licensed under CC BY 4.0 “Evening Journey” by TRG Banks is licensed under CCO 1.0

Have you identified a gap in a market that aligns with your passion? Are you ready to fill that gap, take the leap, and land? Are you a Type A person, unsure how to deal with the transition from having a predictable work schedule to an anything can happen at any moment schedule? Do you wonder how to get venture capitalist as interested in your product or service as much as you are? How do you even start up a start up?! Tune in to today’s episode to hear how Megan O’Connor, CEO & Co-Founder of Clark Virtual Tutors, identified a need in the market and helped create a solution for other educating entrepreneurs. Find out how Megan went from sales at The Economist, to selling her own service with passion. In this episode, you will… Discover how to identify your purpose in the market Value the importance of extensive research to assist with the leap process Obtain a trick for being fearless in a meeting where stakes are high Reform your time management schedule from terms of months and years, to days in the startup world Feel empowered to dress like yourself, and in turn gain killer confidence

This week on Mom Talk Radio, Kathy Walsh, author of Today an Elephant I Will Be!, shares mindful parenting tips for raising peaceful kids. Spotlight on Moms features Marci Weber of WhatsForDinnerMoms.com. Robert Rosenthal, author of cookbook Short Order Dad, shares from techniques and fundamentals every man should know about cooking. Behavior Consultant for Tangram’s Life Coaching program, Megan Lauman, shares the top 10 tips for students with disabilities who are heading to college. Megan O’Connor, co-founder and CEO or Clark, shares how individualized instruction impacts our children.

Food Talk with Mike Colameco is brought to you by the following generous underwriters: This week on Food Talk, host Mike Colameco kick off the show with Megan O’Connor and Kari Underly of the Muscolo Meat Academy located in and on the line from Chicago. Megan and Kari go on to explain that the Muscolo Meat Academy is proud to offer new standards of skill, knowledge as well as certification. With their ambitious curriculum and nurturing environment, the academy is built to prepare students for the challenges of the time-honored and demanding trade of butchery. Next up, Mike has Dan Amatuzzi and Nicholas Coleman in the studio from Eataly in NYC just touching the surface on the topic of grapes and olive oil. Frank DeCarlo of Peasant Restaurant in Nolita rounds out the episode catching up with Mike and talking about happenings past and present at the restaurant.