The Ripple Effect Podcast with Steve Harper

Maxine Clark is the Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop®, a teddy-bear themed retail-entertainment experience. In 2004, Build-A-Bear became a public company traded on the NYSE. Today there are over 350 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide and over 200 million stuffed animals have been sold worldwide. In 2022, Build-A-Bear will celebrate its 25th anniversary.

This topic was too important to not share with our podcast community. It's a quick episode with audio from a recent video I posted on Youtube. Hope you enjoy it! Please subscribe to my Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveHarperrippleon/a  

Dr. Tenesha Wards, Founder and Medical Director of Infinity Wellness Center, supports the top 5% most difficult cases that are often written off by other doctors. She founded The Infinity Way™ program to uncover and correct the root cause of chronic fatigue and other patient symptoms. The Infinity Way™ custom care plans, followed by her whole team, meet the unique needs of individual patients and help them achieve their wellness goals. Dr. Wards established her practice with science-backed, holistic principles that support whole-body health.

Lynae Wood, Interior Designer & Decorator   Before Lynae moved into restyling homes, she was a full time TV meteorologist with an interior design habit on the side. That habit turned into an undeniable desire to help people take their spaces from partly lovely to 100% fabulous.   Lynae draws on her background in environmental science to create rooms that are calm and beautifully balanced by incorporating colors and textures found in nature.  She uses her "decorating magic" to help style homes that reflect her client’s unique personalities and interests. Lynae loves to utilize items clients already have in their homes and then elevate the design by finding additional furniture, art, lighting and decor to perfectly compliment the space and take it from 'just ok' to jaw dropping!

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Lynette is a sought after speaker & performer, entrepreneur, and a business coach who specializes in helping entrepreneurs go from lightbulb moment to launched in a fraction of the time, so they can skyrocket their sales and create the life and business of their dreams.

Todays Episode of The Ripple Effect Podcast is an interview with the amazing Sylvia Acevedo, who shares her experiences with becoming a Entrepreneur. Sylvia is a dear freind of mine, so I hope y'all enjoy this episode!

Barry Silverberg is a veteran nonprofit and volunteer leader whose 45-year career has engaged him in all aspects of nonprofit leadership, management, resource development, and communications. His emphasis is currently on nonprofit governance, strategic thinking, board engagement, professional and organizational development, and public policy awareness and advocacy. Barry founded, and is Executive Director of Nonprofit Austin and the Center for Nonprofit Studies at Austin Community. Since its start in 2000, the Center has become a leading provider of workforce development and professional learning opportunities in Central Texas. Its classes and Certificates reflect Barry’s commitment to unleashing the potential of every participant and promoting racial and social equity and justice within the nonprofit community. Barry’s career also includes 15 years as adjunct faculty at St. Edward University teaching the New College’s Nonprofit Management and Leadership course. He was formerly the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations CEO; Executive Director of the American Creativity Association; and enjoyed a 23-year career as Executive Director/ CEO of Jewish Federations in Syracuse, NY and Austin, TX. An active coach and mentor, Barry believes change emanates from passionate individuals moved by visions and dreams. As creator, Executive Producer, and Moderator, of the Center’s Civil Society television and webcast, he focused a year on the experience of people of color in Austin. He was the Secretary of School of Thought, an international nonprofit whose online education provide courses, content, and other resources that teach creative and critical thinking skills to anyone and everyone, for free. Barry played a pivotal role in the creation of the Texas Nonprofit Council, during his service on two Texas Legislature task forces focused on strengthening and engaging the nonprofit sector. He has consulted with hundreds of area and state nonprofits and has been a leader in dozens of nonprofit organizations. He also shares his perspective with foreign delegations sponsored by the United States Department of State. Barry has a master’s degree in Jewish Communal Service from Brandeis University (1976) and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in Judaic Studies (1969). Married to Marcia Lederman Silverberg for over 45 years, they have two children.

Steve kicks off season 7 of this episode. He's clearly caffeinated and ready to rock and roll or should we say Ripple his way into 2022! Come along for the ride!

As we approach a new year, most of us will look toward setting resolutions and goals because well, that's what we do. I suggest a different approach before you do all of that. One that helps you start planning from a position of recognition and self-appreciation.