Let’s Hear It

Let’s Hear It


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ComNet’s Clarence B. Jones Award Winner Susan Vandergriff of A Step Ahead Chattanooga
September 22, 2020

Susan Vandergriff walked away from a seventeen-year career as a banker because something was missing in her life. She went back to school, studied social work, and ended up with a part-time office manager job at a new organization called A Step Ahead Cha.

ComNetworkV - A Preview of This Year's Virtual Gathering
September 16, 2020

There are no excuses not to make it to ComNet this year – it’s free and it’s virtual. So you don’t have to leave the house and you can attend in your pajamas. Eric speaks with the Communications Network’s CEO Sean Gibbons about all the amazing keynotes, .

The opening of the American mind - Javier Torres-Campos of the Surdna Foundation talks about culture, equity, and the state of the American theater
September 09, 2020

Our cultural institutions shape how we view the world, and Javier Torres-Campos, the Director of the Thriving Cultures Program at the Surdna Foundation, is doing his part to help shape those cultural institutions for the better. Javier doesn’t just fund .

Ideas for Days: Career Karma’s CEO and co-Founder Ruben Harris Tells Us How Business and Nonprofits Can Learn From Each Other
August 26, 2020

With so many people out of work and low on hope, we look to the leaders who are blazing new trails to success. Eric had the incredible luck to connect with Ruben Harris, co-founder of Career Karma, a startup that helps people network, learn, and find emp.

Renée DiResta - Disinformation in the Age of COVID
August 05, 2020

This week, Disinformation King Kirk Brown sits down with Renée DiResta, Technical Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a multidisciplinary research center that works on understanding how information moves on the internet. Renée has writ.

Sabeel Rahman of Demos is the Optimist We All Need to Hear From
July 22, 2020

Sabeel Rahman is a leading progressive thinker, movement builder, convener, and collaborator whose specialty is linking big ideas to social change strategies.   Since 2018, he has been the president of Demos, an organization that was started in 2000 by p.

Swimming in a Sea of Disinformation: Author Nina Jankowicz on How to Lose the Information War
July 08, 2020

Unless you've been living under an extremely large rock for the past four years, by now you are well aware that the information we receive on a daily basis isn't always what it seems to be.   This week, Kirk interviews Nina Jankowicz, whose new book, How.

Thaler Pekar and the Magic of Sharing Stories
June 24, 2020

In the past month, nonprofits and foundations across the country have made strong statements of commitment to racial justice, in particular to support the Movement for Black Lives. At the center of this work is an understanding that we need to create new.

Revisiting our Conversation with Ben McBride
June 10, 2020

We hope that you are staying well and healthy and safe. As we were thinking this week about what show to share with you, we kept returning to this conversation with Ben McBride that aired last year.   Ben is a pastor and activist who has devoted his care.

Dominique Derbigny on Closing the Women's Wealth Gap
May 27, 2020

Welcome to another episode of Let’s Hear It. We hope you are staying as physically distanced and emotionally connected as you can! This week, we had the honor of speaking with Dominique Derbigny, the Deputy Director of the Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap .