Public Engagement, Marketing, and Morel Hunting with Amanda Roberts

Share your Field Stories!Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Amanda Roberts, Partner and Chief Marketing Strategist at Avid Core, a woman and minority owned strategic communications company about Public Engagement, Marketing, and Morel Hunting.   Read her full bio below.Special thanks to our recurring sponsor Dawson - https://www.dawsonohana.com/DAWSON is a Native Hawaiian global business enterprise serving Federal clients through construction, PTS and environmental services. Operating worldwide, DAWSON is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi with offices across the U.S. Rooted in the Hawaiian values of aloha (embodying humility, respect, and compassion for all) and ʻohana (family), DAWSON carries forward a kuleana (responsibility) to benefit the Native Hawaiian community. DAWSON's environmental branch brings science, solutions, and sustainability to planning, compliance, munitions and remediation. With a permanent 8(a) status, DAWSON is the perfect solution to all of your business needs. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form  Showtimes: 1:04  Shout outs2:48  Nic and Laura talk about giving back to the community9:53  Interview with Amanda Roberts starts14:11  Amanda talks about public engagement31:29  Amanda discusses marketing strategies33:02  Morel hunting Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org. Connect with Amanda Roberts at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandamarieroberts/ Guest Bio:Amanda co-founded Avid Core in 2020 with Virginia Quiambao Arroyo.  For more than a decade, Amanda has worked as a federal government contractor on a wide range of outreach and communications projects. Amanda managed a contract with the Department of the Interior for environmental collaboration and conflict resolution where Amanda led public involvement projects for environmental planning. She started supporting environmental planning with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2018.Amanda grew up in Northern Virginia and currently lives in Fairfax with her husband and two young children.   Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller Support the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players.