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Budget season is underway in New York and New Jersey. On this episode of Policy Outsider, guest Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, a former New Jersey State treasurer, joins Rockefeller Institute President Bob Megna to discuss spending plans in the Garden and Empire State. The conversation covers what is included and excluded from reported budget numbers and how differences in budget formulation make it difficult to do apples-to-apples comparisons between states. Guests: Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, former New Jersey State treasurer Bob Megna, president, Rockefeller Institute of Government Learn More: Op-Ed: How big is New Jersey's budget?

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: Democrat Tom Suozzi defeats Republican candidate Mazi Pilip in Tuesday night's special election to replace the expelled George Santos. Meanwhile, a large group of people in New Jersey could soon become eligible for clemency according to Governor Phil Murphy. Plus, beware of Valentine's Day related scammers requesting money warns New York and New Jersey State officials.

Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…A Nor'easter dumps up to 12 inches of snow in some parts of the state…. This FIERCE WINTER BLAST  causing dangerous driving, transit delays, and school closings; Plus, DIRE STRAITS .... Three Carepoint Hudson County hospitals face financial woes forcing the state to request disaster plans; Also, two recent suicides at the New Jersey State prison renew concerns over the use of prolonged periods of solitary confinement; And, MISSING MENENDEZ … immigration advocates speak out…concerned about a  LATINO VOICE  if the embattled U.S. senator steps down or loses his seat.    

Gen. Keith Kellogg, Former National Security Adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, Former Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council in the Trump administration, and the author of "War By Other Means" Topic: Lloyd Austin's hospitalization, latest in Israel-Hamas war Dr. Ben Dworkin, Founding Director of the Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ Topic: Gov. Murphy's New Jersey State of the StateCol. Patrick Callahan, New Jersey State Police Superintendent and State Director of Emergency ManagementTopic: Conditions in New Jersey after rain and floodingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Governor Hochul is warning of coastal flooding and widespread power outages as the region braces for a storm starting late Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile A new poll finds nearly 80 percent of city residents support the city's right to shelter mandate, which requires officials to provide a bed to anyone in need. Plus, Governor Phil Murphy signs a new bill requiring all New Jersey fitness clubs to offer members who signed up online a place on their website to initiate cancellation. Finally, ahead of Tuesday's New York and New Jersey State of the State addresses, WNYC's Michael Hill sat with reporters Jon Campbell and Nancy Solomon, who cover Governors Hochul of New York and Murphy of New Jersey for a special preview.

Dante is getting a ticket for selling cigarettes to a four year old and the guys dive into New Jersey state laws.

Steve Dnistrian—Candidate for New Jersey State Senate in the 11th District, located in Monmouth County—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his race against incumbent Sen. Vin Gopal (D). In a recent interview, Sen. Gopal referred to anyone that believes there was a link between the sudden uptick in marine life deaths and offshore wind development as a conspiracy theorist.

The New Jersey State Board of Education narrowly approved several changes to its equity code Wednesday, including removing the terms "male" and "female". Pags breaks down this story and gives his thoughts. PLUS...It's time for Cray News with Kay at the bottom of this hour.

Mailing address:P.O. Box 1613Cranford, NJ 07016GET OUR MERCH HERE TO SUPPORT THE SHOW. NEW SHIRTS AVAILABLE NOWWWW.THEGARDENSTATE.COMJoin the mail bag by leaving a voicemail at: 908-679-9993Welcome back to The Garden State, the only NJ podcast that gives you all the news you need to know this week.  At least 7 tornadoes tore through New Jersey during this past weekend's stormDid you know that NJ is a global leader in glitter production, an industry steeped in secrecy NJ TRANSIT is kicking OFF SPRING WITH a new promotion where your friends can get free tickets “TAKE A SPRING BREAK & BRING A FRIEND ON US” PROMOTION NJ girl, 11, found dead by suicide in school bathroom after alleged bullying A Driver plunged their car in a river and tried swimming away in hours long stand offA 4 year old boy was found by New Jersey State troopers in woods after going missing for an hourThanks for tuning in once again and for supporting the podcast. If you're enjoying the show, make sure to leave us a review! We love reading those!Follow us on all our socials to keep up to date with that and everything else happening. https://linktr.ee/thegardenstate

Michael Wallace has the top local stories from the WCBS Newsroom.

Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane have the morning's top local stories from the WCBS newsroom.

Happy New Year!!! We are kicking off 2023 with a look at one of the oldest prisons in the United States. New Jersey State Penitentiary or the Trenton State Prison was built over 200 years ago, and the prison is still kicking. What Jail or Prison would you like us to cover? Drop us a line and tell us all about it at takeontheworld411@gmail.com. We are Part of the Deluxe Edition Network .... Check out The Other Great Shows on our network at http://www.deluxeeditionnetwork.com #TakeOnTheWorld #TheDen #PodcastRecomendation #NewJerseyStatePenitentiary #OldJail On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4v6bFimpr1SSNg7xmvjBSt YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TOTWPod or Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-1178413 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/takeontheworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/takeontheworld/support

Mark Trible and Roderick Self salute Atlantic City and all of South Jersey's first round playoff winners, catch up on the news of the sports world from the last week and have a debate on Halloween candy. Sponsored by South Jersey Elite Realty Group.

About Abram: Abram currently serves as the Director of Membership and Marketing at the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA). Prior to his arrival at NJSBA, Abram served as the Brand and Marketing Manager at NAPABA were he focused on creating membership acquisition and retention marketing campaigns that communicate NAPABA's value to a diverse audience of AAPI legal professionals. He was also responsible for developing new products and programs to encourage members to interact with NAPABA and each other.Abram previously worked at ASUG (Americas' SAP Users' Group) where he was the marketer in charge of membership. Abram developed the company's first-ever membership marketing plan to drive growth, engagement, retention and awareness.  In addition to his membership and marketing duties at ASUG, Abram was responsible for creating a powerful member experience for 24,000 attendees at the SAPPHIRE NOW + ASUG Annual Conference. He also assisted in the company's rebranding and helped revamp the ASUG website to be more member-friendly.Prior to ASUG, Abram worked at the American Bar Association for four years. There, he created several successful campaigns to meet the ABA's membership acquisition, retention and engagement goals.Abram holds a B.A. in Political Science from Lake Forest College.--------------Links and Connect: njsba.comLinkedInTwitterInstagram--------------About Create GoodPodcast: The Create Good podcast is a conversation with change makers and rabble-rousers to find out what makes them tick and how they create good. We created the podcast because we were missing the connections and community that came from conferences and gatherings. Our goal is to share some awesome nonprofit folks with the community. Subscribe to follow along.Event: Create Good started as a conference, the first one was in 2017, to gather nonprofit communications leaders creating breakthrough work and share them in a fun and inspiring space. Like everyone else, we had to pivot due to the pandemic. We moved the conference online and this year we are pivoting again to a series of webinars and podcast. We are hoping to return to our in-person conference in 2023. Visit the site to see past sessions and sign up for the newsletter to find out when we will meet in person again at the next Create Good Conference. www.creategoodconference.com--------------About BC/DC IdeasWe are a full service marketing and communications agency who focuses exclusively on nonprofits for the last 11 years. From strategy and social media to web sites and video production, we can do it all. Let's talk about how we can bring your vision to life. www.bcdcideas.com--------------Intro Music by ItsWatR  from Pixabay

Today on the Bernie & Sid Show: Despite losing the Gubernatorial race in NJ - Jack finds himself winning more than ever. CRT continues to be a widespread issue in the classrooms. What can concerned parents do to put a stop to it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, Stuart welcomes Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab. Elizabeth talks about the Lab's mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research that helps inform NJ policy makers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity. She also talks about the lab's valuable and vital collaboration between the Bloustein School and the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration in Newark. The two speak about recent reports that the lab has worked on including ones on the impacts and implications of cannabis legalization, COVID eviction assistance, and local treatment of vacant commercial property. Tune in for more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ejbtalks/message

The Bleav in the Garden State Podcast is back! Tonight is a top 10 matchup between the #7 Princeton Tigers and the #3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the New Jersey State Championship game of College Lacrosse. Alex and Austin Divitcos are joined by Princeton Offensive Coordinator, Coach Jim Mitchell. Coach Mitchell is one of the top lacrosse minds in the game. They discuss his coaching philosophies and his inspiring journey to where he is today.  

 Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter   Facebook Group The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you'd search for a friend and request to join.   Historical Events 1911 Birth of Marie Clark Taylor, American botanist. In 1941, she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in botany from Fordham University. She spent her career at Howard University, becoming a beloved professor and mentor. Marie herself taught biology at Cardozo high school in Washington D.C early in her career. At Howard, she was passionate about training future generations of science teachers. And every summer, Marie's summer science institute helped high school teachers become better at teaching biology. Today, an auditorium at Howard University is named in her honor.   1926 Birth of David Austin (books by this author), English a rose breeder and writer. His technique was to breed roses with the best of both the old and new roses: blending the charm and fragrance of heirloom roses and the repeat-blooms and color options of modern roses. To his excellent staff, he was known simply as "Mr. A." David died in December 2018 at the age of 92. Today David Austin Roses is run by his son David and his grandson Richard. His niece is landscape architect, journalist, and radio personality Bunny Guinness. Her mother was David's sister. David once said, The work of the plant breeder should always be to enhance nature, not to detract from it....we should strive to develop the rose's beauty in flower, growth, and leaf.    1971 On this day, the New Jersey State Flower, the Violet, was officially adopted by the legislature after a proposal from Senator Josephine Margetts. Josephine and her husband, Walter, owned a nursery and an apple and peach orchard. She was a crusader for the environment and introduced legislation to protect the land and waterways of New Jersey. She worked to ban the use of DDT. By the time Josephine put forth her legislation for the Violet, New Jersey was the last state without an official state flower. When it came time for Josephine's bill to be debated, Senator Joseph J. Maraziti, R-Morris, read this poem: Roses are red, Violets are blue If you vote for this bill Mrs. Margetts will love you. Josephine's legislation was passed 30-1. The sole dissenting vote was Senator Frank Guarini, D-Hudson. He told the press, I'm a marigold man. As Josephine no doubt knew, Violets are spring flowers. They've been around for a long time - even the ancient Greeks loved violets. In floriography or the language of plants, their heart-shaped leaves are a clue to their meaning: affection, love, faith, and dignity. And the color of violets adds another layer of meaning. Blue violets symbolize love, white violets symbolize purity, and yellow violets convey goodness and high esteem.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Sleepy Cat Farm by Caroline Seebohm This book came out late in 2021, and the subtitle is A Gardener's Journey. The Sleepy Cat Farm Story begins in 1994 on six acres of land purchased by a retired CEO. Over twenty years later, those six acres have become a sprawling baker's dozen. With the help of landscape architect Charles stick, Fred Landman transformed Sleepy Cat into a true garden-lovers experience. (I do believe it is my new favorite garden…) The connective tissue between the garden spaces is the golden path that swoops past signature elements in the garden like a grotto, a celestial pavilion, a garden devoted to Japanese Iris, a spirit bridge, a koi pond, a reflection pool, a maze, serpentine hedges fashioned out of European hornbeam, and an enormous Atlas statue. The garden has become a popular stop for gardeners in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Fred is often found leading tours. If Sleepy Cat sounds like it appeared out of nowhere, well, it kind of did. There's also a bit of a mismatch between the name Sleepy Cat and the place's grandeur. The title references a dozen cats that get to live there. Even Ken Druse, who wrote the forward to this book, was a bit dubious about Sleepy Cat the first time he was invited to visit.  As was the photographer for the book Curtis Taylor. As Ken shares in the forward, Curtis has a way of figuring out if a garden is worth his time. He casually asks the garden's owner, "How many daffodils have you planted recently?" When he asked Fred this very question, the answer was, "Only 5000". This book tells the Sleepy Cat story, and the stunning images by Curtice Taylor make that story unforgettable. In fact, if you don't want to visit Sleepy Cat after getting the book, then you are not a gardener. This book is 192 pages of a garden transformation that would make Beatrix Farrand smile. You can get a copy of Sleepy Cat Farm by Caroline Seebohm and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for $30.   Botanic Spark 2006 On this day, the 2006 memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, by American author Elizabeth Gilbert (books by this author) is released. Chronicling the author's trip around the world after her divorce, the book was on The New York Times Best Seller list for 187 weeks and made into a movie (2010) starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem. In the book, Elizabeth wrote, Then there was a pop-surprise bonus side order brought over by the waitress for free—a serving of fried zucchini blossoms with a soft dab of cheese in the middle (prepared so delicately that the blossoms probably didn't even notice they weren't on the vine anymore).   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Forested mountains, clear freshwater streams and breathtaking, panoramic views from Sunrise Mountain await you in Stokes State Forest. People outside of New Jersey rarely think of these amazing spots when the Garden State comes to mind, but if you get the chance to go you should take it. Even with a low of 27 degrees Mike and some friends from work spent the night in Stokes State Forest and obviously took the time to record an episode! This was an idea put together by Trevor in the Greetings From the Garden State Facebook group and it was great to enjoy New Jersey with our listeners. Segment 1Trevor Patterson is a commercial real estate broker by day but one of his passions is camping, particularly in harsher elements, cold-weather camping for about 20 years. Trevor gives some great tips on how to stay warm and pass rule number 1: Don't die! We also discuss using a tent or just a tarp. Trevor shares a lot of his experiences and his adventures in other New Jersey State parks! Today in New Jersey History: Madison, NJ was incorporated in 1889. Segment 2Dan Grant joins Mike and Trevor in this segment to discuss going out with Trevor the first time, what his experiences have been and what he enjoys the most about camping, particularly cold-weather camping. Also how his approach has changed and how he has gotten himself better prepared each time out.  New Jersey Fun Fact: Salt water taffy can trace its origins to Atlantic City 1883.Segment 3Joe Beyroutey actually spent two nights out with Trevor on this trip. The night before was actually Joe's first time out so Mike had a lot of questions for him since this night was his first time out. Joe called this a "perspective enhancing trip."  Segment 4In our last segment Brent Kozlowski joins us to discuss his experiences camping with Trevor in the past. Even though Brent lives in the forest, he does love coming out with his friends to disconnect with them. Eventually Dan jumps back on because we wanted to give Trevor, Dan, and Brent an opportunity to talk with each other about their experiences together, going from a business relationship to a personal relationship, and how much Dan and Brent look up to Trevor.  Want to learn more about Stokes: https://nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/stokesstateforest.html Thank you to our sponsors: Albert & Whitney CPAs awcpasllc.comContact the show: greetingsfromthegardenstate@gmail.comWebsite: greetingsfromthegardenstate.comFollow us on Instagram: @greetingsfromthegardenstateMusic (used with permission): "Crazy" by Manny Cabo www.mannycabo.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GardenState)Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GardenState)

Anthony rides solo this episode discussing Stacey Abrams second bid for governor of Georgia and the chaos at the New Jersey State House | Follow Anthony on Twitter @antmiggss | Anchor: https://anchor.fm/s/657453a0/podcast/rss | Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0F0d6jYcgm7vVuy7EyCDmb | Watch Everything In Moderation: https://anchor.fm/everything-in-moderation --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theanthonymiragliottashow/message

#50 Edward Durr Jr., Republican truck driver and political novice, defeats longtime New Jersey state Senate President Steve Sweeney "Shhh… it MATT ers”  is a weekly podcast helping us “ESCAPE THE ECHO CHAMBER”  Friday, we'll unpack the weekly news that was relevant in the lives of the panel.   #50 Edward Durr Jr., Republican truck driver and political novice, defeats longtime New Jersey state Senate President Steve Sweeney     https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/durr-defeats-sweeney/2021/11/04/3c2b9f52-3d85-11ec-bfad-8283439871ec_story.html  

New Jersey State Senator Joe Pennacchio joins the Dom Giordano Program to discuss legislation that he's working on with other New Jersey lawmakers that would completely re-write the enforcement of any potential vaccine passport schemes in the state. Pennacchio explains that he would like to start the conversation and bring a discussion to the forefront concerning the civil rights implications of denying work and other situations based on vaccination status. Then, Pennacchio and Giordano discuss the politicization of therapeutics such as Ivermectin and the negative impact that silencing of debate has on the trust of public in receiving the vaccine. (Photo by Getty Images) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Genovese has long been a features and food writer for NJ.com and he recently published the most ambitious piece of his career - a list of the best thing in every NJ town. Last week, we went through some of his choices, applauding some and critiquing others. He heard it. Now, he's here to let us know how the list came to be, what he's learned about New Jersey via its food, why Central Jersey is real, and much much more. This is an insanely fun conversation with a true Jersey icon, a culture defining writer who's driven the Munchmobile all over this God damn state showing us its best parts. Please support all of Peter's work at NJ.com and don't forget to check out his books like NJ Diners, The Great American Road Trip: US 1 Maine to Florida, and New Jersey State of Mind. Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today in cannabis news: Dispensaries in the state of New Jersey are prohibited from selling edibles that resemble food items; a Texas state judge rules that the state's prohibition on the manufacture and sale of smokable hemp is unconstitutional; and the FDA assures that Iowa's state medical cannabis statute does not jeopardize federal funding for colleges and universities. It's Wednesday, August 25 and TRICHOMES.com is bringing you the top cannabis news from around the web. You can also listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify–search TRICHOMES and subscribe!

Kimberly Dickstein-Hughes, the 2020 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year, brings joyous and disruptive energy to her work, both in her school and the teaching community at large. Whether helping students think critically about Shakespeare or facilitating their own engaged and authentic work, “Kimmy D” is a transformative force in the lives of her […]

"Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;" - Romans 12:6 John David Mann has been creating careers since he was a teenager. At age 17, he and a few friends started their own high school in New Jersey, called “Changes, Inc.” Before turning to business and writing, he forged a successful career as a concert cellist and prize-winning composer. At 15 he was recipient of the 1969 BMI Awards to Student Composers and several New Jersey State grants for composition; his musical compositions were performed throughout the U.S. and his musical score for Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound (written at age 13) was performed at the amphitheater at Epidaurus, Greece, where the play was originally premiered. John is coauthor of more than thirty books, including four New York Times bestsellers and five national bestsellers. His titles are published in thirty-eight languages, and have sold over 3 million copies. Click here to learn more about John David Mann! Pre-order John's new book Steal Fear! Enroll in Podcast Systems University today and use with coupon code STU20 to get the course for only $297 and regularly $497! Click here! Get the 10 Levels of Passivity FREE Report by emailing: podcast@storehouse310turnkey.com. Make planning a priority this year! Go to https://boldlyandco.com/. ** Use the Code: STOREHOUSE at checkout for a 20% discount on ALL products. ** Use the Code: STOREHOUSE495 gives a $200 off discount on the next workshop. If you are interested in joining the War Room Mastermind Group, email: wrmastermind@gmail.com.

Public sector pensions... school choice... affordable healthcare... You've heard it a million times over. But what if we could get those liberty policies into action? The impact would be huge, and today's guest is seeking to make that reality, as I'm joined by Jim Tosone who is running for New Jersey State Senate in legislative district 39 as a Libertarian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NJ Globe Editor and Host of NJ Globe Power Hour David Wildstein welcomes New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer about the latest on federal budget, coronavirus, and what he deems "moocher" states when it comes to New Jersey State and Local Taxes.

NJ Globe Editor and Host of NJ Globe Power Hour David Wildstein welcomes New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer about the latest on federal budget, coronavirus, and what he deems "moocher" states when it comes to New Jersey State and Local Taxes.

Faith Saunders has been a trainer for over 20+ years. She started her career at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), now Rutgers University, where she worked for over 12 years. During this time, she received a master’s degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation from the same and later became an adjunct professor at the School of Health Related Professionals – a position she held for many years. She left Rutgers University to implement and develop a New Jersey State-funded Employment Institute - Career Connection Employment Resource Institute (CCERI) at the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ). She served as director of CCERI for fourteen years - providing training and technical assistance to over 150 organizations in 10 New Jersey counties on mental health and employment-related issues. She transitioned to being a "full-time" entrepreneur in 2014. At Discover A New Future, they provide leadership, personal and career development trainings and consultation services to various groups and organizations throughout New Jersey. Their overall objectives in all that they do is two-fold: -to leave people feeling that they were seen and heard -to provide individuals with practical tools that they can use to enhance their personal and/or professional lives She is also the Executive Producer and host of the Discover A New Future Show that airs weekly on Princeton Community TV, the author of two books - BREAK FREE: 52 Tips to Escape From Your Self-imposed Prison, Journal to Wellness: Live the Life you Desire and Deserve and many other wellness tools. She has contributed to other books such as Stephanie Clark’s book – Life as a Single Mom: It Isn’t Easy, or Is It? (2007). In 2015, she started the Women’s Empowerment Break Free! Be Free and Soar Conference that is geared at bringing women from inner cities together to receive information and resources that can help them to navigate their hectic everyday lives. Most recently, we also started to host Women's Weekend Retreat. Faith says, "Who am I? "An ordinary person, who is trying to make this world a better place than when I got here.” Website – https://www.discoveranewfuture.com Course - https://discover-a-new-future.teachable.com/ Wellness Products on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/discoveranewfuture NJ Hope and Healing - https://www.mhanj.org/njhope/ 866-202-HELP (4357) Text support: NJHOPE to 51684 Mental Health First Aid - https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/   Visit WomenEntrepreneursRadio.com for information about online courses, articles & interviews of interest to women business owners.  Deborah Bailey is a writer and host of Women Entrepreneurs Radio podcast. Learn more about her and her books and writing courses at: https://DBaileycoach.com For Deborah's paranormal and fantasy romance fiction, visit: https://dbaileycoach.com/brightbooks

Faith Saunders has been a trainer for over 20+ years. She started her career at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), now Rutgers University, where she worked for over 12 years. During this time, she received a master's degree in Psychiatric Rehabilitation from the same and later became an adjunct professor at the School of Health Related Professionals – a position she held for many years. She left Rutgers University to implement and develop a New Jersey State-funded Employment Institute - Career Connection Employment Resource Institute (CCERI) at the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ). She served as director of CCERI for fourteen years - providing training and technical assistance to over 150 organizations in 10 New Jersey counties on mental health and employment-related issues.  She transitioned to being a "full-time" entrepreneur in 2014. At Discover A New Future, they provide leadership, personal and career development trainings and consultation services to various groups and organizations throughout New Jersey. Their overall objectives in all that they do is two-fold:  -to leave people feeling that they were seen and heard -to provide individuals with practical tools that they can use to enhance their personal and/or professional lives She is also the Executive Producer and host of the Discover A New Future Show that airs weekly on Princeton Community TV, the author of two books - BREAK FREE: 52 Tips to Escape From Your Self-imposed Prison, Journal to Wellness: Live the Life you Desire and Deserve and many other wellness tools.  She has contributed to other books such as Stephanie Clark's book – Life as a Single Mom: It Isn't Easy, or Is It? (2007).  In 2015, she started the Women's Empowerment Break Free! Be Free and Soar Conference that is geared at bringing women from inner cities together to receive information and resources that can help them to navigate their hectic everyday lives. Most recently, we also started to host Women's Weekend Retreat.  Faith says, "Who am I? "An ordinary person, who is trying to make this world a better place than when I got here.”  Website – https://www.discoveranewfuture.com Course - https://discover-a-new-future.teachable.com/ Wellness Products on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/discoveranewfuture NJ Hope and Healing - https://www.mhanj.org/njhope/ 866-202-HELP (4357) Text support: NJHOPE to 51684 Mental Health First Aid - https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/   Visit WomenEntrepreneursRadio.com for information about online courses, articles & interviews of interest to women business owners.  Deborah Bailey is a writer and host of Women Entrepreneurs Radio podcast. Learn more about her and her books and writing courses at: https://DBaileycoach.com For Deborah's paranormal and fantasy romance fiction, visit: https://dbaileycoach.com/brightbooks

Today we celebrate a botanist of the American West and the husband of Kate Brandegee. We'll also learn about the woman who created the legislation for the New Jersey State Flower, the Violet. We hear some words about the role of the botanist from one of our horticultural greats. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about transitioning from a beloved garden to something new… this story is special. And then we’ll wrap things up with a touching tribute to a gardener, a public servant, and a nursery owner.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org   Curated News How Selfish Are Plants? Let’s Do Some Root Analysis | The New York Times | Cara Giaimo   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events February 16, 1843 Today is the birthday of the American botanist Townshend Stith Brandegee. Townshend was born into one of America’s oldest and prominent families, and he was the oldest of twelve children. Townshend’s middle name, Stith, was his mother’s maiden name. Townshend was descended from three generations of men named Elishama. Townshend’s great grandfather, Elishama Brandegee I, had fought in the Revolutionary War. By 1778, Elishama bought a pretty piece of land in Berlin, Connecticut, known as the mulberry orchard. The History of Berlin tells a charming story of how Townshend’s great grandmother, Lucy, made a red silk gown with the silk from her silkworms. Apparently, she intended to give the dress to Martha Washington, but somehow she ended up wearing it and keeping it for herself. The Brandegee family continued to grow Mulberry (Morus) trees on the property. In fact, Townshend’s grandfather, Elishama Jr., founded the very first silk and cotton-thread company in Berlin. A successful entrepreneur, Elishama Jr, owned a mercantile store, which was the largest store between Hartford and New Haven, and people came from miles around to do their trading. His grandmother, Lucy, was a teacher and founded a private all-girls seminary, now a private prep school for girls known as the Emma Willard School. Townshend's father, Dr. Elishama Brandegee, became the town physician, and by all reports, he was beloved by all who knew him. Townshend and his dad shared a love of nature, and as a young boy, Townshend created his very own fern collection. Townshend came of age during the Civil War, and somehow he managed to live through two years of service in the union army. After his military service, like his father before him, Townshend attended Yale and graduated from Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School. He forged his own path as a young civil engineer, and he ended up working on much-needed railroad surveys in the American West. In his spare time, both as a student at Yale and as a young engineer, Townshend botanized, and he even made some discoveries and sent specimens to Harvard’s Asa Gray. Townshend’s unique combination of surveying experience and botanical work proved invaluable as he began creating maps of the western forests. In fact, it was his love of forests that brought him to the greatest love of his life: Katherine Layne Curran. When his father died in 1884, Townshend’s inheritance allowed him to pursue his interests without any financial worries. And in the late 1800s, if you were a young botanist with means and interested in West-coast botany, all roads lead to the California Academy of Sciences. In her early forties, Katharine Layne Curran was the curator of the Academy. She had been married to an alcoholic and then widowed in her twenties. She’d survived medical school when females were just breaking into the field of medicine, and she’d given up her career as a physician when it proved too difficult to set up a practice as a woman. By the time she met Townshend, the last thing Katharine had expected to find was love. And yet, these two middle-aged botanical experts did fall in love - “Insanely in love” to use Katharine’s words - and to the surprise of their friends, they married. Kate always referred to Townshend as “Townie.” Equally yoked, Townie and Kate’s happy honeymoon was a 500-mile nature walk - collecting plant specimens from San Diego to San Francisco. After their honeymoon, Townie and Kate moved to San Diego, where they created a herbarium, library, and garden praised as a botanical paradise. In 1899, the jeweler Frederick Arthur Walton, who was reported to have the largest private cactus collection in England, visited Kate and Townie in San Diego. Frederick shared a review of the Brandegee’s spectacular garden in his magazine called The Cactus Journal: “The garden of Mr. and Mrs. Brandegee… [is] a wild garden, being situated upon the mesa, or high land overlooking the sea.  Mr. and Mrs. Brandegee are enthusiastic botanists, and have built a magnificent herbarium, where they spend most of their time. The wild land round the herbarium is full of interesting plants that are growing in a state of nature, while being studied and described in all their various conditions. Mrs. Brandegee has preserved specimens of all the kinds she can get. In some cases where the plants are very rare, I asked how she could so destroy such beauties. She replied that her specimens would be there to refer to at any time, with all its descriptions and particulars, whereas if the plant had been left growing, or sent to some botanical gardens, it would probably have died some time, and all trace have been lost.” Townie and Kate continued botanizing - individually and together. During their lifetime, botanists could travel for free by train, and the Brandegees used these free passes regularly in their travels throughout California, Arizona, and Mexico. On one trip to Mexico, Kate left early, and she managed to survive a shipwreck. The story goes that Townsend asked about the fate of the specimens before asking about Kate. Yet, this anecdote shouldn’t discount their very loving marriage; they were both just maniacally focused on their botanical work. In 1906, when an earthquake destroyed the Berkeley herbarium, the Brandegees single-handedly restored it by donating their entire San Diego botanical library (including many rare volumes) and herbarium of over 80,000 plants. Keeping in mind that Townshend's substantial inheritance had funded all of their botanical efforts, Townie and Kate requested a modest stipend of $100 per month in exchange for their life’s work. Despite years of haggling, Berkeley never agreed to pay the Brandegees a cent for what was the richest private plant collection in the United States. Incredibly, the Brandegees continued to be selfless when it came to Berkely. They followed their plants and books to campus, where Townsend and Kate worked the rest of their lives pro bono. And while Townshend was honored with the title of curator of the herbarium, Kate was not given a title. In the early spring of 1920, a 75-year-old Kate was walking at Berkeley when she fell and broke her shoulder. Three weeks later, she died. On April 7, 1925, five years later - almost to the day - Townshend joined Kate on his final journey.   February 16, 1971 On this day, the New Jersey State Flower, the Violet, was officially adopted by the legislature after a proposal from Josephine S. Margetts. In 1967, when Josephine Margetts was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1967, she became the first woman to represent Morris County, New Jersey, since 1938. Politics was in Josephine’s blood. Her grandfather, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, ran for Governor of Pennsylvania. And Josephine’s late husband, Walter T. Margetts Jr., served as New Jersey’s state treasurer. A nursery and orchard owner, Josephine was environmentally conscious, and she introduced legislation to protect the land and waterways of New Jersey - even helping to ban the use of DDT. Long before Josephine was born, the violet was unofficially selected as the State Flower of New Jersey. By the late 1960s, New Jersey was the only state without legislation supporting an official state flower. And so, with the urging of local garden clubs, Josephine introduced legislation in February of 1971 to make the violet official State Flower of New Jersey. When it came time for Josephine’s bill to be debated in the legislature, Josephine’s peer Sen. Joseph J. Maraziti, R-Morris, read this poem: “Roses are red,  Violets are blue  If you vote for this bill Mrs. Margetts will love you.” Josephine’s legislation was passed 30-1. The sole dissenting vote was Sen. Frank J. Guarini, D-Hudson. He told the press, "I'm a marigold man." Two years later, in 1973, a newspaper called The Record out of Hackensack New Jersey, shared an Op-Ed titled, Consider the Lilies of the Field. “Conventional, chauvinist wisdom would have it that Mrs. Margetts introduced the bill because she's a woman and women are well, you know interested in growing things, flowers and plants and trees, the fruit of the earth. But Mrs. Margetts is not one of your everyday garden club ladies. She studied at the Ambler School of Horticulture, she operates a commercial apple and peach orchard in Pennsylvania, and she has a holly nursery on the grounds of her home in New Vernon. The house on the property is rather substantial for a Jersey farmhouse if memory serves, it has 14 bathrooms, but no matter.” As Josephine no doubt knew, Violets are spring flowers, and they’ve been around for a long time. The ancient Greeks enjoyed violets. If you enjoy floriography ("FLOOR-EE-ah-grah-FEE") or the symbolic meaning of plants, the heart-shaped leaves offer a clue to their meaning: affection, love, faith, and dignity. The color of violets can add another layer of meaning. Blue violets especially symbolize love and devotion. White violets symbolize purity and yellow violets symbolize goodness and high esteem.   Unearthed Words The chief work of the botanist of yesterday was the study and classification of dried, shriveled up mummy's whose souls had fled. They thought their classified species were more fixed and unchangeable than anything in heaven or earth that we can now imagine. We have learned that they are as plastic in our hands as clay in the hands of the potter or color on the artist canvas and can readily be molded into more beautiful forms and colors than any painter or sculptor can ever hope to bring forth. — Luther Burbank, Address to the Pacific States Floral Congress, 1901   Grow That Garden Library Uprooted by Page Dickey This book came out in 2020 (I bought my copy in November), and the subtitle is A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again. When Margaret Roach reviewed this book, she wrote, "An intimate, lesson-filled story of what happens when one of America’s best-known garden writers transplants herself, rooting into a deeper partnership with nature than ever before." If you’ve ever moved away from a beloved garden, or there is a move in your future, you’ll find Page’s book to be especially appealing. Uprooted is Page’s story about leaving her beloved iconic garden at Duck Hill - a landscape she molded and refined for thirty-four years. Set on 17 acres of rolling fields and woodland, Page’s new property is in northwestern Connecticut, and it surrounds a Methodist Church, which is how Page came to call her new space, Church House. What does it mean to be a seasoned gardener (at the age of 74) and to have to start again? How does a gardener handle the transition from a beloved home to the excitement of new possibilities? Uprooted gives us the chance to follow Page through all the major milestones as she finds her new homeplace. We get to hear about her search for a new place, how she establishes her new garden spaces, and her revelations as she learns to evolve as a gardener. If you’ve ever wondered how on earth you’ll ever leave your garden, Page will give you hope. And, if you’re thinking about revamping an old garden space or starting a new garden, you can learn from Page how to create a garden that will bring you joy. As an accomplished garden writer, Page’s book is a fabulous read, and the photography is top-notch. And although the move from Duck Hill marked a horticultural turning point in her life, Page found herself excited and reenergized by her brand new space at Church House. This book is 244 pages of the evolution of a gardener as she transitions from Duck Hill to Church House with a lifelong love of nature, gardens, and landscape possibilities. You can get a copy of Duck Hill Journal by Page Dickey and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $18   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart In researching Josephine Margetts — the woman who created the bill for the State Flower of New Jersey (the Violet), I came across her obituary. When Josephine Margetts died in March of 1989, Fran Wood wrote a touching tribute to her that was featured in The Daily Record out of Morristown, New Jersey: “Snow was falling on the day they remembered Josephine Margetts last week. It was gathering in little drifts on the trees outside her back door, collecting on the glossy leaves of some 15 varieties of holly… The fresh flakes formed in little peaks on the bird feeders just inches away from her breakfast table, covered the glass roof of the greenhouse where lantana, gardenias and scented geraniums had flowered for more winters than anyone could remember and accumulated along the fence rails next to the vegetable garden where she used to raise more produce than her family could eat in a summer. If the loving cultivation of these grounds, the perennials, the flowering shrubs and trees and all those hollies she planted and nurtured had been Mrs. Margetts' only accomplishment, it would have been worth remarking on. For gardening was a successful business as well as a private pleasure for her. Besides operating a licensed holly nursery on her home grounds, she and her family turned out some 10,000 bushels of peaches and apples each year at their Pennsylvania farm. Like all true gardeners, Mrs. Margetts got tremendous satisfaction from planting a seed and watching it grow. She considered herself no less rewarded by those things that grew on their own accord like the tiny white pine seedling that appeared in the middle of a flagstone path one spring. She hadn't the heart to pull it up, she said, and so it grew and grew until it rivaled the height of the tallest hollies and its expanding girth forced strollers to detour around it. Gardening was far from Mrs. Margetts' sole accomplishment, of course, but her inherent appreciation for the beauty of the land and the miracles of nature were at the root of her environmental legacies to New Jersey. As a state assemblywoman, she sponsored New Jersey's first "wetlands" legislation, the Wetlands Act of 1970, aimed at protecting some of our most vulnerable saltwater areas. She also sponsored the Pesticides Control Act, the Municipal Conservation Act, the National Lands Trust and the Appalachian Trail Easement all bills whose goals were the preservation of natural resources. The Environmental Quality Act, which she also sponsored, made it a law for state agencies seeking construction funds to first submit detailed project studies to the state Department of Environmental Protection for approval. She also supported equal opportunity for women long before the word "feminist" was coined. But it was the environment, the beauty of nature, that stirred this farm girl most deeply, and her passion for it didn't lessen even in her last year or so, when the plants nearest to her were Boston ferns, a Christmas cactus and pots of ivy, and the closest she got to the outdoors were the vistas of lawns and gardens and trees seen through the windows of her room. During those months, she kept a small library of books within arm's reach among them Gov. Tom Kean's The Politics of Inclusion, James Herriot's Dog Stories, The Fine Art of Political Wit and several volumes detailing the laws of New Jersey. And, in their midst, were Cam Cavanaugh's Saving the Great Swamp, the Directory of Certified N.J. Nurseries and Plant Dealers, New Jersey: A Photographic Journey, by John Cunningham and Walter Choroszewski and several well-worn (and, no doubt, well-loved) garden books. There was something symbolic about the snow that fell as Josephine Margetts was laid to rest last week. For as it covered the lawns and shrubs and gardens she knew and loved, it also blanketed every square inch of the state she knew and loved and whose natural beauty and precious resources she worked so devotedly to preserve.”   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Jersey girl Amanda Werner started her intense fitness journey back in 2014. After years of cardio as a track star, Werner discovered lifting weights was a continuous way to fill a void in her post traumatic life. She has placed 1st-10th in the Xcalibur Cup, New Jersey State, Gold's Classic, & Team Universe fitness competitions. Beginning in the novice bikini class, she is now entering upcoming events in the new category of Wellness, which allows women to be lean but still maintain their muscular curves. She has also been sponsored by Evogen, a fitness brand that believes unwavering discipline should be built upon a balanced lifestyle. Amanda will be competing for her PRO card in November at Team Universe. @amanda5104 @faded_truth

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Ding ding ding the match is over. This matchup was finished in 6 rounds with your friendly neighborhood Weirdo with a Beardo Nolan Bryan and Pastor Gary Podosek going over the 9th and 10th amendments of the US Constitution compared against the New Jersey State Constitution!

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Dante is getting a ticket for selling cigarettes to a four year old and the guys dive into New Jersey state laws.

Live coverage of the New Jersey State Senate Committee Hearing on S2173, a Bill which aims to remove religious exemptions from vaccination.

This episode, we're talking about Princess Doe with special guests, author Christie Napurano and Ret. Det. Stephen Speirs.Check out our Instagram for photos discussed in the episode!Princess Doe SourcesWho Is Princess Doe?PrincessDoe.orgDoe NetworkMorning Call articleLong Island Press article"Never Forget Me" Facebook GroupIf you have any information regarding Princess Doe, you can contact the Warren County Prosecutor's Office at (513) 695-1325 or the New Jersey State police at 1-800-709-7090.Follow Us:WebsiteTwitterInstagramFacebook

Danny, Blake, and Nathaniel are joined by special guest Kevin as they talk about movies from New York and New Jersey. What are the best movies? Which stereotypes are true and which are not? Plus, comparing the New York of yesterday with the Gotham of today (kinda).The show begins with a talk about all the week's news surrounding The Batman. The four also talk about the latest addition to the Terminator franchise and how they feel about the return of James Dean.The guys then talk about some of their favorite movies from New York and New Jersey. The usual suspects such as Martin Scorsese and Kevin Smith are brought up. There are also surprises like a recently concluded television show and a brief talk about New Jersey's first and greatest superhero.And Harrison Ford is given a much needed makeover!Adventures in Movies! is hosted by Nathaniel Muir, Blake, and Danny. You can find Nathaniel on Instagram at nathaninpoortaste. Danny can be found on Twitter @default_player and on Instagram at default_player. Blake can be found on Twitter @foureyedhorror and on Instagram at foureyedhorror. You can reach us personally or on Twitter @AiPTMovies.Rock Angel by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/K8eRXvLL7Wo 

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Listen to the FULL INTERVIEW #43 on Contempt for Hinduism and Political Misinformation about India in the USA with Renee LynnRenee's story of extreme harassment at her place of work because of her Hindu beliefs will be quite shocking for many, especially in a multi-cultural state like New Jersey where one might expect far more tolerance and opennessListen to her story and how she successfully sued the US Government in what is an historic case 

The Bills are 2-0, and Drew is trying not to freak out....We open the show with a discussion of the finer points of New Jersey, which the Bills now own. Then we recap Sundays return to the Meadowlands, dissecting what was a fantastic gameplan by our staff & some excellent execution by our defense & QB. Then, we recap the action around the AFCE this weekend & preview our matchup with the Bengals on Sunday. We break down their defensive vulnerabilities, the reasons to be believe they'll be 0-3 come Monday, and Drew gets a little misty-eyed talking about why he loves this week so much! Stop by the tailgate - 5330 Big Tree Rd, Orchard Park NY @RockpileReport - Twitter RockpileReport716@Gmail.com Subscribe to the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCCLKdFFzt4DQ1TBg7lwEzw   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Bob Delaney. Delaney is a former NBA Referee, Retired New Jersey State Trooper, Leading Authority in Post Traumatic Stress, Corporate Educator & Motivator and also currently serves as a Special Advisor to the Southeastern Conference. He has served the NBA in various areas of officiating development, including most recently as the Vice President, Referee Operations/Director of Officials. He is the founder of two schools that trained officials for high-integrity roles within the NBA, WNBA and college basketball. His Performance Enhancement Program (PEP) has provided training for the NFL, U.S. Army, FBI, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Homeland Security and more. During a 25-year NBA officiating career, Delaney officiated more than 1,700 regular season games, more than 200 playoff games, nine Finals and two All-Star Games and was one of the NBA’s highest-rated crew chiefs. In 2003 he received the prestigious Gold Whistle Award from the National Association of Sports Officials. In this episode, Delaney takes you inside the responsibility of an NBA Official as well as a look back at his time as a State Trooper in New Jersey including a 3 year undercover job to infiltrate organized crime and how he uses that experience today to help people navigate post-traumatic stress. He currently works with sports teams, military branches, police departments and families who have lost loved ones to help them through difficult times. Bob shares some of his most effective strategies and techniques in this episode that can be applied to traumatic events of all kinds for you to use with your team, staff and loved ones. All that and more on Episode 156 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Bob Delaney. Delaney is a former NBA Referee, Retired New Jersey State Trooper, Leading Authority in Post Traumatic Stress, Corporate Educator & Motivator and also currently serves as a Special Advisor to the Southeastern Conference. He has served the NBA in various areas of officiating development, including most recently as the Vice President, Referee Operations/Director of Officials. He is the founder of two schools that trained officials for high-integrity roles within the NBA, WNBA and college basketball. His Performance Enhancement Program (PEP) has provided training for the NFL, U.S. Army, FBI, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Homeland Security and more. During a 25-year NBA officiating career, Delaney officiated more than 1,700 regular season games, more than 200 playoff games, nine Finals and two All-Star Games and was one of the NBA's highest-rated crew chiefs. In 2003 he received the prestigious Gold Whistle Award from the National Association of Sports Officials. In this episode, Delaney takes you inside the responsibility of an NBA Official as well as a look back at his time as a State Trooper in New Jersey including a 3 year undercover job to infiltrate organized crime and how he uses that experience today to help people navigate post-traumatic stress. He currently works with sports teams, military branches, police departments and families who have lost loved ones to help them through difficult times. Bob shares some of his most effective strategies and techniques in this episode that can be applied to traumatic events of all kinds for you to use with your team, staff and loved ones. All that and more on Episode 155 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr!

The Office of International Trade and Investment (OITI) is the lead international business development office in the New Jersey State government committed to promoting the Garden State as a premier business and investment destination. In this episode, Wesley Mathews, Vice President and Director of OITI discusses how the office works with government and private-sector partners to foster innovation and sustainable job growth by widening New Jersey’s global reach and supporting international trade and investment.

No government shutdown, no millionaire's tax -- but no deal either yet in the budget dispute between Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature. Host Alex Zdan talks to Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, and Katherine Landergan, reporter for Politico. And for how this budget battle looks for the future of Gov. Phil Murphy’s tenure, Alex speaks with Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky, president of Optimus Communications and Republican strategist Mike DuHaime, partner at Mercury Public Affairs.

Self-storage units present a unique challenge in case of fire. The come with the hazards found in a hoarder house, but worse. Making entry can be tough—nowadays, the simple padlock has often been replaced by an electronic lock. And while many of these storage units are constructed of block, a lot of them –especially in buildings converted to storage facilities may have sheetrock walls between the units. And who knows what's stored in them? With me today to talk about the hazards is Jim Kirsch, a 35-year veteran of the fire service who retired as a captain in the Bergenfield, New Jersey Fire Department. He is a former volunteer chief, a New Jersey State certified level II fire instructor, drill ground instructor, and fire prevention official. Jim is an instructor at the Bergen County New Jersey Fire Academy. Support this podcast

On this Special episode of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle recorded during the New Jersey Association of ASCs annual conference in East Brunswick New Jersey, we interview State Association leaders and discuss issues affecting New Jersey ASC’s.   Visit the ASC Podcast with John Goehle Website   Support the ASC Podcast with John Goehle by becoming a patron member. Get AEU Credits for Listening to the Podcast!   Purchase John’s Books Go to the ASC Podcast Store

Troy Singleton first joined the New Jersey Assembly in 2011, but he's been politically active for years, learning about how to be an effective lawmaker. In this You Should Run podcast, Troy talks about why he got involved in politics and how easy it can be to first get started, as well as some challenges along the way and his positive vision for improving government. We also break a bit of news - is Troy Singleton running for President? Tune in to find out! 

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State Theatre New Jersey Board Chair Scott Fergang chats with New Jersey State President of Bank of America Bob Doherty about why supporting the arts is so important to Bank of America and what makes The State so special.

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Bob Delaney has lived not one but two enviable and intimidating lives—and he’s nowhere near done, yet. In his first career, Delaney was a New Jersey State Trooper who went undercover for three years to infiltrate the Mob in the Garden State. Forget Tony Soprano—this was the real thing. He later went on to became an NBA referee. No kidding. He is the author of "Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob," with my friend Dave Scheiber.

This week on the big show, Fingers and Tracy discuss the confirmation hearings, James O'Keefe's latest sting operation, the Philadelphia soda tax (yes again) and will Obama pardon Hillary at the last minute? Ashe Schow stops by to talk about Betsy DeVos and the oh so fancy New Jersey State inaugural ball that she'll be attending.

This year has been particularly dry, which caused DEP to issue a drought watch in late July for most northern and central regions of New Jersey. With continued dry weather, there is now a possibility that the watch may become a warning. Jeff Hoffman, New Jersey’s State Geologist, joined Bob Bostock to discuss the current drought watch and DEP’s role in public awareness, water conservation, and prevention of droughts. For more information the drought watch and DEP’s involvement, please visit http://njdrought.org/ A Drought Warning Public Hearing will be held on October 20. It will be at 10 a.m. in the Millburn Free Public Library auditorium, 200 Glen Avenue in Millburn, NewJersey.  View Notice

Method to the Madness host Lisa Kiefer interviews Rebecca Masisak, CEO of the non-profit, TechSoup Global, whose mission is to connect fellow non-profits with tech products and services to help enable social change.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Method to the madness is next. And your listening to method to the madness and biweekly public affairs show Speaker 2:k a l ex Berkeley celebrating bay area innovators. I'm your host, Lisa Kiefer. And today I'm interviewing Rebecca Massa sac, the CEO of tech soup global connecting NGOs and nonprofits around the world with the right technology [00:00:30] to enable social change. Tell us what is tech super tech Speaker 3:soup global. A tech soup is a nonprofit social enterprise that's dedicated to increasing the capacity of those working for good in the world and civil society and the social sector, often nonprofits in libraries. And how do you do that? I think of you as a platform. You're reenacting two groups. That's right. We do a lot of different activities, but we, they're all driven by an engine that's really a platform for matching resources for nonprofits, [00:01:00] a lot of it technology at present, uh, provided by technology corporations and then matching that to 700,000 organizations around the world doing great work. Besides nonprofits, are there other organizations? It's generally in nonprofits, NGOs, charities, there are of course a lot of different names for people doing public benefit work. Um, and then also libraries, public libraries. Well, let's back up a little bit because I understand that it was started from a $2,500 grant in 1987 by Daniel Ben Horan. Speaker 3:Correct. Who was the original [00:01:30] founder. He's still on board. He's very active in the organization. He's his, he's now his role as the chief instigator. So he's still kind of watching out for the culture and also guiding the vision in many ways. Great. Because his vision was to bring these two groups, these computer savvy people together with groups that need computers and didn't have the savvy. That's right. Back in 1987 he was a part of the, well, the online community and he noticed that there were these, a technical people who kind of really wanted to contribute back to society [00:02:00] and were excited by technology. And he also noticed that his activist friends, he had a, he was a journalist by background. He noticed that they really needed help with technology. And in some cases he was also being contacted by journalists, friends who were doing reviews of software and saying, well, we've got three or four copies. Speaker 3:These could go to some good use for somebody working at a nonprofit, but we don't know how to find those nonprofits. And so that was how we got the idea to really match mentors for technology with nonprofits in the bay area who needed that help. Okay. And you came in in 2001 [00:02:30] and really broadened this vision. Can you talk about what you did once you came in as an innovator? Wow. That kernel, the idea led to the, that sort of happening at the same time as the expansion of the worldwide web and this thing called e-commerce. And so at the time in the year 2000, the leadership, including Daniel, had the notion of really scaling a platform and ecommerce platform that would help in Khan technology, philanthropy, reach many, many more organizations. There was really no vision at that time to go global. It was, it was [00:03:00] meant to be a national service. Speaker 3:Uh, and so, uh, they had the foresight to realize that they needed to hire a professional and experienced business management as well to work with the nonprofit teams. And so, uh, that I was brought in then with a number of critical hires, um, one of whom was our business development director who went out and did a lot of good deals to bring more technology corporations into the platform and agreed to do it this way. They're, they're in kind philanthropy. And then I was the person who had that kind of general management experience at running a scaled [00:03:30] ecommerce business. And uh, and so that's, that's how I happened to join the organization. Quite an honor. You want a big bid to expand this from? I believe you created NGO source out of this? We did, although that was much later. That was in 2008. We first, as I say, launched as a, uh, US-based service. Speaker 3:And we got a lot of demand from, I had nonprofits in Canada calling me or, or the person we were working with at Cisco to help them administer their donation program saying, [00:04:00] oh, can you help this hospital in Serbia? And so we were, we were interested in helping, but we also realized what we were good at and what we weren't good at. And so we knew that we needed people with local knowledge, both of the structures of the sector and also how to help reach organizations, how to market to them and help them get educational resources and support together with the technology itself, whether it was software or hardware or services. And so that, that first kind of colonel, there was two to go global. So, so we started a model to [00:04:30] expand that through NGO partnerships. Now we have 65 of those around the world and we serve 236 countries and territories, uh, with those product donation programs, many of whom we have more than a hundred corporations who donate in this manner. Speaker 3:And many of those partners that we work with on the NGO side also find donors locally. Walk me through a typical us and global client who needs your product. Okay. So on the corporate donor side, we typically work with technology corporations who want to [00:05:00] um, or will more than willing to help nonprofits either have a full donation of their, uh, software or or hardware or who have special charity offers for them, but need to reach them, need to find them and also need some times to help them understand and optimize the use of the technology. I mentioned there were about a hundred of those kinds of corporate relationships that we have, many of whom we've been working with for years in a real partnership model. And they include names like Microsoft and Google and semantic and Adobe and Cisco and bit defender [00:05:30] and lots of very big names. Speaker 3:So, so the way that it works for the nonprofit side is that they can come to one place, whether they're in the u s or in another country, they're going to come to a website that's localized for them. So it'll be in their language. And, and their, their description of whatever the structures are legally and so forth. And um, they will read information about what is available to, to them in the catalog of offers that, that uh, I was just mentioning from the corporate side. So they'll register in one place, we will validate their public [00:06:00] benefits status, gather a little bit of information necessary for eligibility, and then they can effectively kind of shop for, uh, anything that's available to them in one place as opposed to the old world before techsoup existed where they might've thought that they, they weren't even sure what they needed say to put a website together or they might've thought to themselves, why we need this product from Adobe, but we don't know who to talk to at Adobe. Speaker 3:And they might've had to make several phone calls and it might've been someone at Adobe as an individual who wanted to help them but also didn't have [00:06:30] really the process or resources to actually make it happen. They wouldn't know is this a legitimate organization? Then they'd have to go to shipping and Bega favor to, to send a product and so forth. And what techsoup offers as a solution kind of closes that gap because we make it easy for the corporate organization to really reach more and more nonprofits. They're very happy to do that. As long as those supports, support and administration structures are in place for them. And we give them reports and lots of good stories from the nonprofits that help them understand [00:07:00] the impact of their work. And then on the nonprofit side, it just makes it a lot easier for them to get a, you know, first rate of quality products. Speaker 3:So validation is a big thing that you do. So we have a, um, a legal team and some of this work has been done with the leading foundations in the country as well as with the corporate donors that I just talked about on the [inaudible] side to really define who is a public benefit organization, a nonprofit organization in each country. And we've done that for, for all of these countries and [00:07:30] territories. Somebody actually go out to these places. The research and so forth is done ahead of time when that documentation is created. Then when we have to use that, it's happening in an online process but with local support. And then there are also centralized experts reviewing things. And so the, the way that that works say a for you talked about NGO source. So NGO sources is a type of validation service. It was um, generated in partnership with the council on foundations and as you mentioned, there was a, a bid [00:08:00] for that service in 2008 an RFP that was put out in tech soup one that and has since launched and created that service. Speaker 3:And the way that works is some maybe will make sense to a US audience is kind of like a turbo tax method, but for the NGOs. So this is for us cash grant makers who want to make sure that they have this process of equivalency determination, which is a type of very high powered validation if you will, to determine that that organization that they're going to give a cash grant to really meets all of the requirements [00:08:30] of the five Oh one C3 internal revenue service documentation. And so what will have to happen there is that the organization will have to have some documentation translated and know that they have a disillusion clause. You know, their bylaws will have to be shared their financials for several years. We'll have to be shared. It's quite involved and it's a bit overwhelming. If you're an NGO working in Kenya, you may not really have any idea what all of those things are that you're being asked for. Speaker 3:So this little TurboTax kind of application allows them to see what they need to collect [00:09:00] and know where they are in the process, uh, ask questions locally if somebody's in their time zone or close to their time zone in their language in order to complete that process. And so we then provide that information back to the grant maker. And furthermore, that certificate goes into a repository so that if the Ford Foundation or the Rockefeller Foundation or the gates foundation wants to also make a grant to that same organization, they can rely on that same documentation. And the NGO doesn't have to do it more than once, which is the way it's used to us. So you're saving time and saving money. [00:09:30] What does techsoup get from these two sides of the equation? So, so tech soup gets the, the mission benefit of course, of building this capacity. The model is also a social enterprise, which makes it very sustainable. Speaker 3:And that was quite an innovation that the organization came up with even prior to my joining the organization, but just been quite successful, which is this administrative fee model. So what happens is when a nonprofit or NGO comes to one of these sites to register and look for what's available for [00:10:00] them, they pay a small fee to do that. And that covers the administrative costs and uh, allows us to provide lots of benefit back to them. We keep reinvesting those fees and webinars and articles and local events and kind of resources, GE software and exactly. And on average an organization gets about $17,000 retail value of technology from us. And in a given year, the average Ben that an organization has to make with techsoup is about $150. That's great. So, [00:10:30] so it's, it's really worth it to them. Even the smallest organizations have an information technology budget around $10,000 a year. Speaker 3:So have you been monitoring the efficiencies? I mean, this is a lot of data. That's right. So strategically we realize that that data and information is more and more valuable. Um, you know, we've recently added Amazon web services to the, the catalog of offers and they have a big vision along with many others around finding nonprofits in, in other parts of the world. You know, we've done that with Google [00:11:00] as well. So that data and information on where nonprofits are, what they're doing is very, very hard to come by. When you think about gps data, there's nothing like a satellite infrastructure and a gps coordinate that is the same everywhere in the world. How people describe those kinds of organizations has a lot of historical roots and maybe a totally different kind of legal structure in each country. Um, not to mention the fact that you've got a lot of closing spaces and civil society around the world. Speaker 3:So you've got to really behave a little bit differently in this space. So that data [00:11:30] has tremendous value and we want to unleash that for lots of people who want to do good in terms of providing resources and programs to support good work and important work in the world. Do you let your partners talk to one another? Say there's an NGO in Africa that wants to talk to a nonprofit in the u s that has a similar problem or they have a solution to their problem and, and we, and we do, we do do some of that sharing and we have some forums for them to connect as well, which they do find very valuable. Um, I think there's a lot more potential for us [00:12:00] to do more of that video opportunities to communicate not only with you and your staff but amongst themselves. Yeah, we have some um, interesting projects going on around the world often which are grant supported. Speaker 3:So in Mozambique for example, we have some e-learning projects going on where we're, we're just really trying to help people do exactly what you just said, create small videos for things that they're doing, the work they're working on and sharing that with others and really leveraging what each has. It's a visual world now and in order to know what's [00:12:30] going on remotely, I mean I liked the story you want to, you want to save them their story. Absolutely. We have a digital storytelling contest as story makers going on right now on techsoup.org based in the u s although we will have international coverage as well. And it is exactly this type of thing. We've got training about how to tell your story and how to create true video and we will have awards at the end of that. And so we do campaigns and things like that as well. Speaker 3:You provide grant writing services. We don't really provide grant writing services, but we do have a lot of content [00:13:00] and technology that helps you manage your fundraising and grants. Um, so that's definitely the number one topic. When you uh, survey, uh, nonprofits, non profit use you guys over just using a cloud based about 40% of our catalog is cloud-based offers as well. So we have a lot of cloud services. Obviously the, the, what's happening with technology in the world is changing quite a lot and so we have to remain relevant to the nonprofits who, who come to tech soup. And so we won't be asking [00:13:30] them to take up offers that we don't think are good offers for them. But we also want them to make their decisions about what makes sense for them. If they are an existing organization who has databases and perhaps applications that they need to use on servers, they may decide this is really how they need to support it. Speaker 3:For now. They may have reasons for doing that might not be optimal from a pure technologist point of view, but it might be right for them. Other organizations who are smaller or starting new projects or efforts surely should be thinking very seriously about [00:14:00] the cloud and how this might change their approach to things. And so we are covering all of those bases with, in other words, you know, for a small fee you're keeping up to date on everything. Whereas in a nonprofit or NGO, they don't have time or staff to do that. Right. The barriers and challenges are different. You know, in the, in when we first started, the barrier was the price of the license of the software. In a way we would go out and and have, you know, technologists do a plan for the nonprofit for technology, but then they couldn't get any of the products. Speaker 3:They couldn't get any grant funding for the technology. [00:14:30] Right. Today the barriers are different. It's relatively easy to go get an application sign up to a subscription. Perhaps that's fairly affordable, but that's not really what it takes to use technology well. And effectively. So you still have to change people's behavior. You might have to migrate data into that. It might change the way you do things, plus you have to make a selection. A couple of years ago I was just struck, I went to the nonprofit a technology conference and there were probably 200 so-called CRM customer relationship management offers there. And [00:15:00] so the question is how would you decide which one to take? And I think there's a lot of that going on in the cloud space and it's just changing. There's a lot of complexities to consider. Most a nonprofit organizations do not have a professional technology team. Speaker 3:They may in fact have a really bright technologist, um, but they also may have a very limited understanding of the board and senior management level of some of these choices. They're all hearing those buzzwords. We should think about our data, big data, we should think about cloud, but they don't necessarily [00:15:30] know how to, how to apply that to their organizations. With success, you've uncovered a lot of efficiencies in that arena. And with that data, is there anything that you've discovered that was a surprise to you from your users? If I'm surprised by anything. Um, it's, you know, kind of my original surprise and joining the sector was how amazing the organizations are and the people and the work that goes on in the world and how important it is and how under visible it is, if I can say it that way and also how unconnected they are. Speaker 3:You know, and I think back to [00:16:00] your point, I think this opportunity for us to have a lot more network effect and the work we've done to date, um, I think there are so many more resource needs we can help meet with this matching platform in the realm of technology for sure. But certainly well beyond that to connect them with skilled volunteers is because there has to be some overlap in some of these NGOs that are doing the same thing and the different countries and most definitely even in one county to another in the state. Some, they probably don't even know that they exist because they're busy doing important work every day. We've done, um, through our caravan studios [00:16:30] subsidiary, we've done a lot of work with domestic violence shelters in the state of California where instead of sort of endless, if you're familiar with the term hackathons and lists, kind of just bring the technologists in a room per day and they'll, they'll develop something quick as an application. Speaker 3:We found that that's good but it doesn't get lasting support. It isn't really owned, it doesn't really solve the problem. So we brought together the practitioners in a innovation kind of workshop environment to get them to talk about not technology cause they don't know technology, but really what they're [00:17:00] trying to do and what issues they face. And then for us to go with them and others to think more about the, the applications and we've put together several applications. I'm safe night being one of them. That is a kind of application that for example helps them find beds for people when they run out of beds in their supply of shelter by allowing individuals like us to sign up with our credit card and be pinged at the point when someone needs a bed to say, yes, I'll go ahead and cover that application space technology. Speaker 3:It is and [00:17:30] and so that sort of community of bringing people together and helping them understand that they're all solving the same problem instead of them developing, you know, 20 different apps and getting grants do that separately. This is the way to do it and leverage each other's talent. How were you drawn to this sector? I mostly had a, a corporate career, small business and large corporation and I was on the board of Performing Arts workshop in San Francisco for six years, but I really did not have experience in the sector. My husband saw an ad on craigslist for this ecommerce manager position at [00:18:00] an organization called complimenter, which became now techsoup global and thought, wow, you're skills would be great here because I had just been working in a internet company and so I interviewed and got the job offer, thought the plan and vision was interesting and um, thought I would maybe work here for six months and here it is 14 years later. Speaker 3:It's amazing. Yeah. To date we've distributed five point $6 billion worth of technology through this process. Billion. Billion. Yeah. And we have reached 730,000 [00:18:30] nonprofit organizations in the world. No one knows how many there are actually there, there really is no, you know, comprehensive data. But the estimates from Johns Hopkins are about 10 million across the world. So include NGOs. Yes. So when I, when, when the terminology is another thing that's so difficult about our space, cause there isn't really, you know, you can say the word corporation and you kind of understand what it means. It's, it's much more difficult in this space. So when I say NGOs, I'm using that term really broadly. So nonprofits, NGOs, social benefit [00:19:00] organizations for the most part, uh, charities, those are all the same from how we think about it. And sometimes we use the term social benefit organization, but it's not really a legal term. Speaker 3:And some people call them civil society organizations or community organizations. So there's still a lot of growth in this area, I assume. Absolutely. As the need grows bigger. Uh, how NGOs and nonprofits are using this technology now. It's not just their back office enterprise kind of functions, which of course they still need email and so forth, but they also are using it very much in their programming. [00:19:30] They're using it to help parents of autistic children be able to visually see the progress that they don't always get to witness themselves. You know, when you see those things, you're so moved by it. I, I, every time I'm out in the community and have an opportunity to see how technology makes a difference in the work, I'm, I just want to go back and work harder at this kind of infrastructure stuff we do in the center. Speaker 3:But that really enables to make things nonprofit sector to me a little more vibrant. I think I have this idea of stodginess I, and [00:20:00] you use that word stodgy. So I need to just say, I guess I disagree a little bit with you maybe and maybe because I have more visibility. I think that there are a lot of reasons for things being more complex and difficult in the sector. I think sometimes, um, you're, when you're on the business side or the corporate side, you can, that can look to you like stodginess. Um, I'm not saying that there are high performing nonprofits and you know, everywhere, of course just like businesses, they're not all high performing in every way, but sometimes there really are [00:20:30] reasons for the complexity that they face. And so I, I find myself every once in a while kind of longing for the simplicity of business decisions that are just not that simple when you're mission-based and when you have to be driven by those things. Speaker 3:And it's not as simple as saying is, is this a market when we're going to a country, you know, we can't just say, is there, are there enough NGOs here to really sustainably support this service? From an economic point of view, we also have to look at the need there. You know, if you're working in the Ukraine, it's very hard to work there and be effective, but [00:21:00] doesn't mean that they don't have a great need and even a greater need than many other places for strong civil society. So we don't want to make all of our decisions just based on economics either. But of course we need to make it work and, and survive as an organization and a community resource. So, so it's quite complicated. But I do think that there's a lot of kind of excitement and creativity around what technology can do. Speaker 3:And I think that where there isn't excitement about that there might be excitement about the cause and the work that they do. And I think that organizations [00:21:30] and people who are doing, who are on that side of the equation, um, are really open when, when people do come to them with ideas or ways that they can use technology to do something in a better way, in a more efficient way or more creative way, they're not resistant to it in general. It's just that the doing of it is, is complex. Speaking of complexity, how do you manage this technology across the globe? So we have NGOs or nonprofits who are partners of tech soup and who run the tech soup program in their country or [00:22:00] their region. When we started, we allowed the partner to choose between calling it tech soup if they wanted to or calling it something that was in partnership with tech soup. Speaker 3:And so that people were familiar with it, people were familiar with their, and so we have a mix of things across the network. Um, but we have a lot, quite a lot of countries, tech soup, New Zealand, you know, their techsoup, Japan, there are quite a lot of them that are using uh, the tech suit name. For some they're, they're still using something that's in partnership with tech soup. There's a lot of diversity in this, this partner network. And you know, our French partner [00:22:30] does a lot with refurbishing mobile technologies. For example, our Swedish partners, very big in volunteering for example. So we've got different kinds of knowledge across the network. You're in San Francisco. We started in San Francisco and we do have a team, a large team in San Francisco, but we are in many other places as how many employees? Approximately about 200. And when you count the, the, the employees that are part of the nonprofit network that I've, or our partner network that I've mentioned, that's probably another 75 employees or so who really focused on texted programs [00:23:00] around the world. Speaker 3:I can see why people would become interested in, in this data that you're collecting. This network is a very powerful construct. They run the program locally. It's a social enterprise. The monies are collected locally for the part that is, is a service paid for and shared. And that's how that works. But we also think together, we also pursue opportunities together and we make decisions together about priorities and strategies and so forth. And it's a big collaboration that is, I call it a marriage. Sometimes, you know, it's, it's um, a things are defined because there are times when we're [00:23:30] rolling out something for Microsoft or Google Type Corporation where we have to do the same thing exactly the same way in 68 countries on day one or when we're running something like NGO source through the network there, there's not a lot of leeway for people to do things in different ways. Speaker 3:You have to exactly the process as it is. But when we're running things like local community events or projects like we have in the Balkans, in central new eastern Europe, uh, transparency, he is a project there, which is everyone putting their applications in one place that they've developed around transparency [00:24:00] so that other people can learn about this projects and use them and so forth. So it's simply a website exchange for that. Well, we can do that in lots of different ways. Or Our NetSquared program, which is organized by people around the world who just raised their hand and say, I'm really interested in helping people connect with social issues and technology. And at the intersection there we give them lightweight support in terms of here are some ideas we, we help them get together and talk to each other. And in some cases we might give them ideas for programming, but often it's just what is driven by what they are [00:24:30] interested in locally and with their audiences interested in. Speaker 3:And so we can allow for this both, you know, hyper localization and lots of diversity and, and capture that so others can learn and we can see network effect from that. And we can also do things in this very controlled one way everywhere type of west. The government approached you with any requests for information. This is good data. We haven't been approached for one of these sort of mandatory data sharing type things. You know, we're very mindful of um, you know, being in compliance and, and following privacy laws and [00:25:00] Patriot Act checking where required and things like this. So we do have those things built into the service as well. Um, but we have been approached by government agencies about helping them work better and more effectively with civil society and giving more of a voice to the civil society actors and in some cases using technology to do that. Speaker 3:And I think that's really exciting. We have yet to really have any of those become something at scale. Uh, but we've got a number of promising and interesting conversations going on that we hope to be a part of in a useful role as a partner. Where [00:25:30] is techsoup global going to be in five years? A few years back, you know, we'd set a goal. I had said we will be in a hundred countries by 2015 and, and I think that a lot of times the staff at techsoup will kind of say, wow, we, you know, we blew right by that. But are you at now 236 countries and territories. But where we're going is to try to deepen what we can offer in each of those geographies and broaden, I should say. So that will be technology resources cause we don't have the same resources available everywhere today. Speaker 3:I'm an example of what you mean by deepening [00:26:00] the technology. So the broadening would be having more things in our own catalog, but also other kinds of offers that I'll talk about in a minute. And the deepening would be having the, the education and the kind of local events or connection to volunteers or training or services consultants that will actually help them be able to use some of the technology that might be relatively easy to get in some ways. But I'm not so easy to implement and optimize. The other part of what we'll do is we'll try to take the same engine, the same matching engine [00:26:30] and platform and help those, uh, nonprofits who are signed up for it really shine and be presented to many other players who might want to connect with them. And that might be a people who have corporate programs. For example, we recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Benevity who is one of the leading solutions for corporate giving, working with, I think about 190 corporations. Speaker 3:So working with lots of very big employee giving programs. I think about 12 million kind of vet these [00:27:00] places. That's right. The part of the issue is the, are they a valid organization, do they meet our requirements? And the other part of it's just reaching them, being able to reach them and being able to dialogue with them about offers that are available and getting them to, to be interested in it. So, you know, sometimes we think we've scaled and sometimes I say we've just scratched the surface of scale. There's so much more we can do and it's exciting and we really have the energy to do it and so and so. That's really, we won't stop doing the things we're doing, but we will, we'll really try to, as I say, deepen them and fill them out [00:27:30] in, in the countries where they're, they're a lot lighter right now I understand that you got a very prestigious award. Speaker 3:Full Circle Fund gave us some recognition and yes, I did get an award. The impact that that texts who has had is to really have made this a pie of resources around technology bigger for everybody. You know, I think that that the, the technology corporations we work with are doing more with their products and more interesting things with their product philanthropy because techsoup is a partner they can work with. We leverage their [00:28:00] resources and they're able to leverage what we've put together to effectively reach NGOs. And a lot of them will say that and recognize that benefit. Um, a lot of it is the validation, but some of it is also just our ability to be trusted by the community and work well with the community. Also from the point of view of the, the nonprofits who was really our primary audience, right. I feel like they would and do say when we survey them that we have really been a game changer for them. Speaker 3:They are so emotional when they talk about the resources we've brought the, [00:28:30] the, the people at the organizations who really engage around this. Um, I remember CIO for a New Jersey State police association saying that every dollar he saves by getting technology through Techsoup, he's able to, his, his management has agreed he can put into at risk youth, um, programs. And so, so there's a lot of creative things happening out there for people who are, you know, looking at this as a way to save but also a way to do better things. And um, you know, that kind of passion and emotion that comes from the community [00:29:00] I think unleashes all kinds of excellent benefit for the world. And so, uh, I think our impact is felt kind of in what we enable there and that passion and the impact of the work they do. So, uh, on the side of helping the corporations do good and find more creative ways and more scaled ways of doing more and more. Speaker 3:So if somebody wanted to get ahold of you and learn more about techsoup global, how would they do that? You can visit the website, the techsoup global website for a good overview of everything that we do. And you can go from there to, there's [00:29:30] a, there's a page where you can pick your country. If you're, you're, I'm not US-based in the u s you could go to techsoup.org and then you would see kind of the resources specifically available here. And, uh, we, we also, I'm happy to be contacted directly to, um, I'm just rebecca@techsoup.org and I'm happy to, you know, guide the question to the right point of, uh, or person within the organization if somebody wants to understand something more. That's great. Rebecca, thank you so much for being on the program. Well, thank you very much for having me. Speaker 1:You've been listening [00:30:00] to method to the madness. We'll be back again in two weeks at the same time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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