Podcasts about sustainable engagement

Charles Allen, Engagement Director for the Audubon Delta unit of the National Audubon Society and co-founder of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, joins John to reflect on nearly 20 years since Hurricane Katrina and what it means for New Orleans today. They discuss his experience with post-Katrina recovery, the importance of community-led rebuilding, and how neighborhoods have navigated uneven redevelopment. Charles also explores how communities can stay engaged on the impacts of climate change and why public participation is key to building long-term resilience.

How do you know that you are working in (or out of) alignment with your energy type? In this episode, I am sharing how Generators and Manifesting Generators can identify when they are aligned or not aligned with their energy. Join us as we explore the signature and the not-self of being a Generator or Mani-Gen, offering insights that can benefit teachers and educators of all energy types. I will be diving into how to cultivate satisfaction and joy in your everyday tasks, and how to recognise and address frustration as a sign of being out of alignment. My beautiful Generators and Mani-Gens, this episode is for you!

Want to build a thriving business but missing a financial roadmap? This episode of the Play Big Faster Podcast equips you with the tools you need! Host Scherrie L. Prince chats with Scott Rupp, a renowned Professional Speaker, Author, and Leadership Specialist. Together, they explore the keys to financial success for entrepreneurs who are ready to scale. Scott dives deep into actionable strategies for building a predictable revenue model, fostering a culture of sustainable employee engagement, and creating a long-lasting business environment. Packed with practical insights and expert advice, this episode is your roadmap to take your venture to the next level. Solopreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Entrepreneurs, this one's for you!  A champion for sustainable employee engagement, Scott shares proven strategies to empower your workforce and cultivate a culture of success. So, ditch the financial uncertainty and unlock the full potential of your business with actionable tips from this episode. Tune in and get ready to Play Big Faster! 

Ever pondered the power of genuine recognition in your workplace? Tune in as we dig into a riveting dialogue with Erin Mies, co-founder of People Spark Consulting, who casts a brilliant light on the pivotal role intentional recognition plays in boosting employee engagement. Erin's mantra, "having light, we pass it on to others," beautifully encapsulates her approach as she shares her rich experience from the agriculture industry. We navigate the terrain of employee engagement, exploring how data can be a handy tool in identifying behaviors that foster increased engagement.Meanwhile, the second part of our discourse ventures into the fascinating world of behavior recognition and its potential impact on workplace dynamics. Erin guides us through the nuances of providing precise recognition, dissecting the merits and drawbacks of recognition programs. She also uncovers the connection between such programs and coaching and feedback techniques. Curious about how to develop effective leadership programs and align people strategies with business objectives? You're in for a treat as Erin unearths compelling insights on these topics. Join us for this transformative conversation that's bound to inspire change in your workplace!About the guest:Erin Mies helps small and mid-sized businesses in agriculture and food grow their margins and improve their business through straightforward, practical HR solutions. She is the co-founder of People Spark Consulting. Episode Topics:·      Defining intentional recognition·      The role of engagement surveys·      Patterns and trends observed in engagement survey data·      How organizations can use engagement survey data to identify specific behaviors that lead to improved engagement·      Behaviors that organizations commonly seek to recognize·      Examples of how recognizing these behaviors positively impacts employee morale and engagement·      Strategies for effective communication·      Pros and cons of recognition programsTo dive deeper on the content and learn more from Erin and the team at People Spark Consulting, visit this link. Grain Elevator and Processing Society champions, connects and serves the global grain industry and its members. Be sure to visit GEAPS' website to learn how you can grow your network, support your personal professional development, and advance your career. Thank you for listening to another episode of GEAPS' Whole Grain podcast.

Turnout in Louisiana's primary was historically low — so low that Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Landry was able to win the race for governor outright with less than 20% of all registered voters voting for him. State politics reporter Molly Ryan talked to some voters at the polls, and at an LSU tailgate, to better understand the causes and consequences of low voter turnout. A group of organizations known as the Central Wetlands Reforestation Collective has united to restore wetlands in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish. One of their main goals is to plant cypress trees, which combat flooding and provide homes for many species living in the area.  Mike Biros, the coalition's program director, and Arthur Johnson, CEO of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, joins us for more on how they hope to restore the area's wetlands and unite the community in the process. At Opelousas Junior High, Ville Platte Elementary, Central Middle School in Eunice, and maybe soon a school near you, local dads are greeting kids as they head to school. It's part of the positive morning tour, launched by the organization Dads & Kids and Family Tree Medical Associates.  Elliot Mitchell, Dads & Kids' president and founder, joins us for more on the history of the organization and their latest initiatives to help prepare new dads for the early days of fatherhood. Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and assistant producer is Aubry Procell. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman. You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12 and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play and wherever you get your podcasts.  Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Pro humanitate," the cherished motto of Wake Forest University, serves as a guiding principle for its students, fostering a vibrant culture of active student engagement. And Brian Cohen, the Assistant Director of Sustainability at Wake Forest University, is deeply committed to nurturing and empowering future leaders within this esteemed institution. In this episode, Brian shares illuminating insights into the university's pioneering sustainability initiatives and programs, shedding light on the remarkable sustainability leadership group tailored specifically for first-year students.    Wake Forest University has set forth an audacious objective of attaining carbon neutrality by 2040, accompanied by a commendable 50% reduction target by 2030. Cohen adeptly expounds upon the interplay between people and technology, emphasizing that the true effectiveness of optimizing building and facility sustainability ultimately hinges upon the individuals who inhabit these spaces.   For those ardent about sustainability and eager to witness the transformative potential of student-led initiatives, this episode of Sustainable AI is an absolute must-listen. Prepare to be inspired by Wake Forest University's unwavering dedication to sustainability, where the convergence of passion, innovation, and proactive engagement paves the way for a cleaner future.   Quotes "The impact of an individual...really does make a difference." (05:45-05:58 | Brian) "Understanding if you want to have an impact, a big impact, what are the behaviors that are going to have the biggest impact?" (13:53-14:00 | Brian) "Wake Forest students are just known for being engaged, being involved...people want to make a difference...the size of the school...it's large enough that you feel like you have the support, you have the resources, but not too large where you feel like you're getting lost...social norms are a powerful thing." (17:03-18:17 | Brian)   Links Connect with Brian Cohen: https://sustainability.wfu.edu/ https://sustainability.wfu.edu/people-2/people/   Connect with Dylan: https://www.sustainaiplanet.com Email: dylansingla@sustainaiplanet.com Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

Today I'll be chatting with Kilian Roach, Director of Compliance and Sustainable Engagement at Comprenew. Comprenew is a company focused on electronic recycling and refurbishment located in Grand Rapids, MI. Electronics are everywhere now from our phones, tvs, computers, and video games. Each of these items contain metals that can be reused in new products so electronic recycling and refurbishment is only becoming more and more important. Follow us on social media @sustainabiliME.pod Comprenew: https://comprenew.org/  Basel Convention: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/basel-convention-control-transboundary-movements-hazardous-wastes#:~:text=The%20Basel%20Convention%20regulates%20the,flammable%2C%20ecotoxic%20and%20infectious%20wastes. 

On this week's podcast, Jacques is joined by Arthur J. Johnson, CEO, of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED). Arthur was recently recognized by the River Network for his leadership and impact on communities along the Mississippi River. Arthur discusses new programs at CSED, including glass recycling for coastal restoration and a new young leadership cohort. Arthur also reflects on the need for restoration of the MRGO Ecosystem to support people and nature across the Greater New Orleans region.

On this week's podcast, Jacques is joined by Arthur J. Johnson, CEO, of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED). Arthur was recently recognized by the River Network for his leadership and impact on communities along the Mississippi River. Arthur discusses new programs at CSED, including glass recycling for coastal restoration and a new young leadership cohort. Arthur also reflects on the need for restoration of the MRGO Ecosystem to support people and nature across the Greater New Orleans region. Learn more about CSED and support their work https://sustainthenine.org/ (https://sustainthenine.org/)

In today's episode, Massimo is joined by Michael Condren, an organizational development and leadership development practitioner and researcher.In the past Michael has worked internally and as a consultant in OD, talent management, coaching and leadership development at F250 companies in technology, healthcare, retail and marketing. His work now focuses on people and organizations that are working to create lasting, positive social change. He helps activists, social change agents and their funders design and manage their organizations in ways that sustain individual and collective engagement and effectiveness over time and through adversity. Michael has an M.A. in positive organizational psychology from Claremont Graduate University, where he is currently finishing his doctorate on organizational characteristics that support social heroes. His research and publications include articles and book chapters on heroism, mentoring and cross-cultural intelligence. Highlights from today's podcast include: How organizations can maintain engagement, fulfillment, and flow for their employees What positive deviance is and why it is impactful for building organizations How organizations can identify and foster the positive deviants in the company A way that organizations can move away from toxic work culture Connect with Michael: Website Linkedin To download my Conscious Communication Workbook to support you in turning toxic conflict into collaborative gold, please visit Massimobackus.com/workbook

Jenga Mwendo, a Lower 9th Ward native and current resident/homeowner, is the founder of the Backyard Gardeners Network and has worked since 2007 to strengthen the Lower Ninth Ward community – organizing neighbors to revitalize and create gardens, planting trees, and developing support systems to encourage and support the culture of growing in the neighborhood by and for the Lower 9th Ward and the larger Black community of New Orleans. Mwendo has worked with the Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development to lead a Food Action Planning initiative and Tulane City Center as a Community Organizer. She is a graduate of the Southern University Agricultural Leadership Institute, a TogetherGreen Fellow, and an IATP Food and Community Fellow. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work including the 2014 EBONY Magazine “Hero Next Door.” Mwendo currently manages BGN's two community gardens in the Lower 9th Ward where she lives with her daughter. If you like what Jenga is doing and would like to donate to her cause visit her website link below. #BlackExcellence Jenga's Website- http://backyardgardenersnetwork.org/ Jenga's Instagram- @Jengabuilds MasterMine Instagram- MRG.MasterMine MasterMine Facebook- MRG MasterMine MasterMine Email- MRG.MasterMine@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mastermine-mrg/message

Simone and Jacques have a special, panel-esque episode all about the infamous Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, nicknamed the "Hurricane Highway", and progress made in the decade since its closure. Pontchartrain Conservancy Coasts & Community Program Director John Lopez, National Wildlife Federation Gulf Program Deputy Director Amanda Moore, and Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development CEO Arthur Johnson offer their invaluable perspectives on the channel's devastating impact to the surrounding communities and ecosystem prior to its closure in 2009, particularly when it acted as a funnel for storm surge when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The panelists also discuss the rebound made by the ecosystem over the past 10 years that was captured in a recently released report and increased community engagement around coastal restoration.

Thanks for tuning in this week! Today, Simone and Jacques have a special, panel-esque episode all about the infamous Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, nicknamed the "Hurricane Highway", and progress made in the decade since its closure. Pontchartrain Conservancy Coasts & Community Program Director John Lopez (https://mississippiriverdelta.org/staff/john-lopez/), National Wildlife Federation Gulf Program Deputy Director Amanda Moore (http://mississippiriverdelta.org/staff/amanda-moore/), and Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development CEO Arthur Johnson (http://sustainthenine.org/team/) offer their invaluable perspectives on the channel's devastating impact to the surrounding communities and ecosystem prior to its closure in 2009, particularly when it acted as a funnel for storm surge when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The panelists also discuss the rebound made by the ecosystem over the past 10 years that was captured in a recently released report (https://mrgomustgo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MRGO-White-Paper-10-01-2020.pdf) and increased community engagement around coastal restoration.

This week we sit down with two guests to reflect on where we've come in the years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. First we talk to Sidney Coffee, who headed the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities in 2005 at the time of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She would go on to be the first chair of the CPRA and has been instrumental in shaping that agency, the Coastal Master Plan, and coastal restoration in Louisiana. Next we welcome Arthur Johnson back to the show. Arthur is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED). Arthur and his organization have played a crucial role in helping communities, such as the Lower 9th Ward, recover and rebuild in the years since Katrina. He reflects on the progress since 2005 and the challenges communities still face in building a more equitable Louisiana for all communities.

This week we sit down with two guests to reflect on where we've come in the years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. First we talk to Sidney Coffee, who headed the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities in 2005 at the time of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She would go on to be the first chair of the CPRA and has been instrumental in shaping that agency, the Coastal Master Plan, and coastal restoration in Louisiana. Next we welcome Arthur Johnson back to the show. Arthur is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED). Arthur and his organization have played a crucial role in helping communities, such as the Lower 9th Ward, recover and rebuild in the years since Katrina. He reflects on the progress since 2005 and the challenges communities still face in building a more equitable Louisiana for all communities. Please consider helping those affected by Hurricane Laura. We've compiled a list of organizations here that you can support to get relief, supplies and more: http://mississippiriverdelta.org/LauraRelief

On today’s show Erik Johnson, Director of Bird Conservation at Audubon Louisiana & Justin Lehman, Coastal Marshbird Technician, also from Audubon Louisiana stop by to talk with Jacques & Simone about being vocal about stopping the proposal to build an airport on Elmer’s Island, how things are going restoration wise from a bird perspective, Justin’s typical day in the Louisiana marshes, the new project Black Rails, the surveys being conducted and more! Arthur Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED) also stops by to talk with Simone & Jacques about Cypress seedlings being planted into their urban wetlands and how to get involved in their C.R.U.S.H. program.

This episode brings us to New Orleans to explore the way the river divides people and the way a changing climate exacerbates that problem. Our guests are Happy Johnson, chief resilience officer, Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development and co-founder of the Team Happy Foundation; Heather Stone, oral historian and assistant professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and Tegan Wendland, interim news director and reporter for WWNO in New Orleans.

On this episode of Delta Dispatches, Simone and Jacques speak to a couple of great guests about coastal restoration with Amanda Moore and Arthur Johnson. First, Simone speaks with Amanda Moore, Deputy Director of The National Wildlife Federation Mississippi River Delta Restoration Program, to talk with Simone about the restoration of the Gulf Coast. Then Arthur Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED) joins the program to talk with Jacques about the key initiatives of the CSED.

As Vice President of Engagement at Healthx, Frank Hone leads the engagement strategy area, helping customers to better connect with their members and providers, while developing business models to help improve “action-oriented engagement.” The Healthx suite of digital engagement solutions meet the needs and opportunities of a diverse customer base of healthcare payers, with emphasis on administrative cost reduction, member steerage toward best use of the healthcare system, and member health improvement. Frank's engagement thought leadership stems from his experience in consumer and healthcare marketing. He also recently served as Chief Engagement Officer at Healthcentric Partners, Inc., a firm uniquely focused on engagement strategy and marketing consulting for employee health and well-being improvement. Frank was formerly Director of Sustainable Engagement at Healthways, where he led efforts to elevate engagement, give it stronger context, and develop a customer-focused strategic framework. He served as the organization's thought leader and evangelized across the enterprise and with a variety of customers. His 2008 book, Why Healthcare Matters, How Business Leaders Can Drive Transformational Change, was written as an Employer's Guide to Healthcare Consumerism, and offers a blueprint for organizations seeking to adopt a consumer-centric mindset around individual health decisions and healthcare choices. He worked in consumer healthcare marketing with several NY ad agencies, including 12 years at Ogilvy Healthworld, where he served as Executive VP of the Global Business Group, and a member of the Board of Directors. He was responsible for defining and driving organizational strategy, new business planning, service expansion and internal cohesion across 55 network offices in 36 countries. He was an innovator and thought leader in the area of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs at Medicus Consumer/DMB&B and Rubin-Ehrenthal, both NY-based ad agencies. He held account management responsibilities for leading national and global accounts. Frank also ran a new product marketing consulting firm and gained consumer packaged goods experience during his early years in advertising. He learned from W. Edwards Deming in a seminar course during business school and applies Deming's principles of quality and process improvement to engagement strategy.   A magna cum laude graduate from Boston College with a BA in Economics and Communications, he earned his MBA at Columbia Business School. Follow Frank on Twitter @frankhone, see his LinkedIn profile, reach him by email at fhone@healthx.com, and see more at the Healthx website. 00:00 Frank explains Health Plan Member Engagement.03:30 How the consumers in the healthcare realm are changing and becoming more proactive and technology-based.04:50 The need for current health plans to evolve.05:40 How the ability to integrate data sets will improve health plans and help them become a source of guidance.07:50 How healthcare technology, health plans and providers tie in together in the changing healthcare landscape.12:30 Where is the line between the payer and the provider in the future of healthcare?15:00 Frank explains how Home Healthcare works.16:15 How the stigma against insurance companies now can encourage health plans to move towards transparency.17:20 How health plans can change to reduce consumer suspicion and stigma.19:35 Is the patient the key to transformation of payer perception?21:50 Frank talks about the book he wrote, “Why Healthcare Matters: How Business Leaders Can Drive Transformational Change”.23:00 The emerging shift in investment in employee health and well-being, opening up opportunities for employers and health plans in terms of accessing health systems and utilizing more health tools in the market.25:00 The need for an established “firewall” for health plans.27:00 The types of health tools available to health plans and consumers in the current healthcare market, and how they can be utilized to benefit the healthcare market.32:30 The next step to build mobile integration into data sets and health plans.33:50 What Healthx helps payers accomplish in the healthcare space.35:00 For more information, Frank can be reached by email at: fhone@healthx.com, by phone at: 9173757716, or at healthx.com and on LinkedIn.

This week we’ll talk about employee engagement. It’s really about Emotional attachment! And Emotional Attachment is deeply influenced by two things - how we view people and how we structure and manage our organizations.

This week we’ll talk about employee engagement. It’s really about Emotional attachment! And Emotional Attachment is deeply influenced by two things - how we view people and how we structure and manage our organizations.