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Feb 4, 2023 • 39min

Playmaker of the Knowledge (Basketball) Team with Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez is a well-seasoned Social / Open Business strategist and 2.0 practitioner with over 26 years of working experience on Knowledge Management, Collaboration, Learning, Online Communities, Remote / Distributed Work and Social Networking for Business, I’m currently focusing on helping organizations make the most out of their own change management initiatives and digital transformation programs (including Social Business) by making sense of their own data analytics visualizations. In a nutshell, work smarter, not necessarily harder. Luis works for panagenda as a business developer, Digital Transformation and Data Analytics doer. Connect with Luis on Mastodon at @elsua or via LinkedIn
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Jan 24, 2023 • 36min

Latch on to the Organizational Inclusiveness with Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson

Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is a Full Professor and Director of The Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. Her research focused on the intersection of leadership and diversity and she works with the best companies to implement evidence-based practices to develop inclusive leaders across organizations.   She has received $3.8 million in external grant funding and presented her work at over 170 meetings around the world including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America. Media outlets featuring Stefanie’s work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and Wall Street Journal. She has appeared on Fox, ABC, NBC, and CNN. Dr. Johnson was recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 30 thought leaders in management for 2020 and named as the “authoritative voice on inclusivity and diversity.” The book was released by Harper Collins in June and is a Wall Street Journal National Bestseller and Wall Street Journal’s Book of the Month for September. Forbes, Business Insider, HRPS and SHRM listed INCLUSIFY as a must read for leaders. “In INCLUSIFY, Stefanie Johnson takes the conversation beyond diversity, moving us closer to real inclusion and equality. Her positive spin on what we can achieve by working together will change the workplace.” Billie Jean King. Founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative
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Jan 19, 2023 • 25min

Philanthropy and the Management of Knowledge: Grants and the Business Intelligence a nonprofit needs with Gauri Manglik

Gauri has dedicated her career to building intuitive and delightful user experiences. Seeing the opportunity to force multiply the nonprofit sector's ability to create impact through software led her to her work at Instrumentl. As CEO and a co-founder, she has led Instrumentl to serve over 2,000 nonprofits today, making it a favorite tool among grant seekers for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place. Before Instrumentl, Gauri was CEO and co-founder of Fondu, an online community for sharing bite-sized restaurant reviews. After Fondu was acquired by Airbnb, Gauri led their mobile and special projects teams. 14-day free trial, use BYNKPOD50 for $50 off your annual or monthly subscription www.instrumentl.com The Ultimate Grant Writing Resources Collection | https://www.instrumentl.com/freebies/grant-writing-resources-collection Upcoming live, free grant writing classes https://www.instrumentl.com/events/resources
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Dec 15, 2022 • 31min

The organizational power hidden behind the lack of knowledge stewardship with Camille Mathieu

The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do notnecessarily reflect the positions of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory or affiliates. Because You Need to Know with Camille Mathieu Camille Mathieu is a results-driven information professional and independent consultant with over 10 years of experience in a variety of library and information science functions. She currently works as the Knowledge Management Program Manager for the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Previously, they served as Associate Knowledge Officer for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) after graduating with a Master of Library and Information Science degree from UCLA. Camille also works as a consultant for Cairnway.co. https://www.cairnway.co/ Camille’s primary working areas and research interests include institutional ontology development, information organization and discovery, content services, enterprise search optimization, and strategic knowledge capture. She is passionate about developing strategies to align people, processes, and digital products to enable sustainable business operations.Outside of work, Camille enjoys gardening, rollerblading, and spending time with their wife and dog.
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Dec 6, 2022 • 26min

Episode 2 TechSoup: The Digital Transformation of Nonprofits Around the World with Elizabeth Hunt

Elizabeth Hunt is Senior Director, Global Network Marketing and Enterprise Communications at TechSoup. She leads a team that strategically supports the digital marketing needs of the TechSoup Global Network of 62 independent big tech NGOs who collectively serve mission critical technology solutions, strategy and skills-building resources to community-based nonprofit organizations in more than 230 countries in 39 languages. She also guides strategic communications to share the TechSoup impact story and to amplify the power of civil society.  A former journalist, Elizabeth holds a Masters in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She is Vice President of the Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation, which has served the greater Omaha, Nebraska area for nearly 80 years. She is inspired daily by changemakers who are rooted in local communities all around the world.  She lives just north of San Francisco with her husband, two year-old daughter and dog. TechSoup supports nonprofits, charities and libraries around the world by providing access to mission-critical technology solutions, learning resources that build professional skills, and opportunities to network and engage in community.  Support TechSoup and the digital transformation and resilience of civil society today! TechSoup Global Survey https://blog.techsoup.org/posts/new-techsoup-study-opens-a-window-into-how-we-work-with-data #NPTech #NonprofitPodcast #Nonprofits #NPdata
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Dec 1, 2022 • 17min

Episode 1 with TechSoup: How to change the world of philanthropic endeavors with Shruti Ramaswami

Shruti Ramaswami is the Vice President of Strategic Relationships and Strategy at TechSoup. In her role, Shruti manages corporate relationships to help technology companies distribute and engage with the civil society sector. She also helps lead TechSoup’s overall strategy with a goal of supporting TechSoup’s sustainability while supporting the evolving needs of the sector and championing values of equity, inclusion, and diversity.   Shruti holds a Masters in International Business and Development Economics from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, with a focus on the role of the private sector in sustainable development. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two young sons. She is also a member of Chief, a network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders, with the hopes to cultivate and support more women in leadership positions. Support TechSoup and the digital transformation of civil society today!   #NPTech #NonprofitPodcast #Nonprofits #NPData TechSoup supports nonprofits, charities and libraries around the world by providing access to mission-critical technology solutions, resources that build professional skills, and opportunities to engage in community.@TechSoup
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Oct 26, 2022 • 38min

Creating organizational Capacities: Networks, Leadership, and Community with Céline Schillinger

Cover-art of Because You Need To Know Céline is a global Engagement Influencer, and helps leaders and organizations succeed and grow by engaging their clients, partners and employees.Engagement is the active mobilization of many talents, to deliver value together. This requires new leadership methods, tools and behaviors.Thanks to a rich experience in the corporate world acquired over 3 continents in large and small organizations Céline has driven award-winning engagement innovations in business and industrial environments. Book page (publisher’s website): https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/dare-to-un-lead/ Book page (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Dare-Lead-Relational-Leadership-Fragmented-ebook/dp/B09QBRYQ6H/ref=sr_1_2 Book page (my website): https://weneedsocial.com/the-book #leadership #unleadership #DareToUnLead #WeNeedSocial
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Aug 27, 2022 • 36min

Nonprofits and the role of Technology Services with Neil Wagner, Carolina Trigo, and Jorge Ricardo Calejo

BYNTK Neil Wagner, Carolina Trigo, and Jorge Ricardo Calejo Carolina Trigo is passionate about what she does, she has been a project manager at DevScope since 2018. With a background in Hospitality and Digital Marketing, having worked in Spain and Mozambique, she is a proactive person and loves to make omelets without breaking any eggs. Avid for knowledge, she will be in a constant search for learning, she has a creative mind and is a people person and a problem solver. Last year, Carolina won the gold award “Young Project Manager of the Year 2021”, an initiative promoted by APOGEP (Portuguese Association) and IPMA Young Crew Portugal. Neil Wagner graduated with a B.Comm in 1976 and an MBA in Finance from Concordia University in 1978, and went to work at Bell Canada in Ottawa, where he quickly applied his financial and quantitative skills to write the first financial plan for the Computer Communications Group of Bell. After 2 years, Neil was recruited by an old professor from Concordia to teach Finance at the University of Calgary and considered doing a doctorate in Finance. Neil spent four years as a full-time faculty member at the university but realized that he did not have the passion to be an academic. As a believer in giving back to the community Neil is the Volunteer CIO for the Calgary Counseling Center, a not-for-profit counseling and educational institution, where he has guided the implementation and adoption of a highly sophisticated technological footprint designed to tightly support the organization’s business & research goals. Neil was a long-serving member of the Deans Advisory Committee for the Computing in Business program at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Jorge Ricardo Calejo is the Portals Team Manager at DevScope and has over 17 years of experience working with Microsoft Technologies, from .NET to SharePoint and Office365. He loves to design new solutions, leader of a great team, passionate for tech and problem solver. Father of twins is also Co-Founder and Evangelist of the Portuguese Community for Power Platform.
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Aug 26, 2022 • 24min

Who is Your Organization Excluding? The view from Amit Taneja

Amit Taneja serves as the inaugural senior vice president and chief inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) officer at Chautauqua Institution. He provides leadership on several institutional priorities to make Chautauqua more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible, including the creation of the IDEA strategic plan, training, policy issues and practice updates. Amit engages with the leadership of various Chautauqua community groups and all Chautauquans on IDEA related initiatives. He consults with Chautauqua Institution groups or individuals that want to create their own IDEA related goals that support the larger IDEA strategic plan. He is especially passionate about engaged dialogue and partners with several institutional offices and personnel to infused IDEA principles and practices in the work of the staff, board and community organizations. In his personal time, Amit enjoys gardening, flying kites, and making bow-ties, and he is a techno DJ with his own podcast. He put his bow-tie-making efforts on hold during the pandemic and made and donated more than 200 masks to essential workers, those working in health care facilities, and those at higher risk of COVID-19. He and his husband, Christopher live with their two feline overlords – Calvin and Hobbes.
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Aug 14, 2022 • 32min

Good Knowledge Management is Good Customer Service with John Antill

John Antill is currently a Knowledge Manager at US Army Expeditionary Civilian Workforce. With over 14 years of progressively responsible knowledge management experience in complex technical roles – both military and civilian – requiring exceptional project coordination, problem solving, and management skills, John has established a track record of success by leveraging a collaborative leadership style to accomplish all short- and long-range objectives. An engaging and articulate communicator, he is able to clearly convey complex technical information and propose novel solutions to build consensus with key project stakeholders, including high-value clients and executive leadership. Furthermore, his consistent focus on remaining at the forefront of rapidly evolving technology allows him to drive enterprise-wide innovation and maintain a competitive advantage. He is an accomplished international author, writing 58 articles on knowledge management. John has spoken at several conferences nationally and internationally.  John is on the Board of Minority Empowerment Through Technology which provides under-served college STEM students to get the technology they need to be successful in their course-ware and projects. John holds a Master of Science in Knowledge Management from Kent State University and a Master of Certified Knowledge Management from the KMInstitute. https://realkm.com/author/john-antill/

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