HeyJaredLet’s Hear It
Welcome to Let’s Hear It, a podcast about foundation and nonprofit communications (among other things), hosted by non-relatives Eric Brown and Kirk Brown.Let’s Hear It is sponsored through the generous support of the College Futures Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, the…
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Most Conferences Suck, But Not This One! - A Bonus Preview of ComNet26 (opens the original)
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Eric went to the Communications Network annual conference for 21 years in a row, so he knows a little bit about what makes this gathering special. In this bonus episode, Eric is joined by Communications Network CEO Sean Gibbons, VP of Events and Community Carrie Clyne, and Director of Strategic Projects and Partnerships Erica Pelletreau two weeks before ComNet26 in San Diego. And this conference comes at a critical time. It's been a very hard year to do communications for good. Nonprofits are lo
So You Wanna Start a Podcast? With Emily Shaw and Bridget Conley (opens the original)
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This podcast exists because Kirk Brown had what Eric thinks was a very stupid idea, to start a podcast about foundation and nonprofit communications. Seven years later, they're still at it. Our guests today, Emily Shaw and Bridget Conley, started the podcast Disrupting Peace because Bridget had a very good idea: create a podcast to take on the question of why peace hasn't worked, and find ways to address those challenges. Bridget is the research director at the World Peace Foundation. Emily is t
Eloy Ortiz Oakley Shows How Valuable College Really Is (opens the original)
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We are delighted to have College Futures Foundation CEO Eloy Ortiz Oakley back on the show to talk about one of our favorite subjects – the value of a college degree or certificate. Eloy joined us to talk about a new study College Futures commissioned from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce that makes a powerful case about how valuable a college education is, not only to students, but to California’s economy. The conversation also offers a perfect example of how a foun
Fiona Guthrie of the Innocence Project on Using Story to Fight for the Wrongfully Convicted (opens the original)
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Fiona Guthrie spent decades reporting stories as a broadcast journalist and later served as Director of Story at the Ford Foundation. Now, she’s using storytelling to help free people who are wrongfully imprisoned, including those on death row. In this episode, Eric talks with Fiona about the extraordinary career that led her to the Innocence Project, one of the country’s leading advocates for the wrongfully convicted. They discuss why it’s essential for an organization to stay relentlessly focu
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