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Heron Soundbites

by The Heron Foundation

Podcast by The Heron Foundation

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Episodes

  1. Heron Presidential Podcast Ep. 2

    We’re back with Episode Two of the Presidential Podcast where we talk to Dana Bezerra about placing community agency front and center in our work.

  2. Heron 2019 Presidential Podcast

    Heron is excited to launch our 2019 Presidential Podcast! In 2018, we welcomed Dana Bezerra as the new president of the Heron Foundation, and we shifted our focus to working at the intersection of communities and capital markets. Now, following her one-year anniversary, we've asked Dana to…

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  3. Soundbites: Lobbying for a Values-Based Economy

    David Levine, President and CEO of the American Sustainable Business Council, on bringing sustainable businesses together to drive policy change.

  4. T00: Tom Mitchell, Cambridge Associates

    T00: Tom Mitchell, Cambridge Associates by The Heron Foundation

  5. T100: Brent Kessel, Abacus Wealth Partners

    T100: Brent Kessel, Abacus Wealth Partners by The Heron Foundation

  6. Soundbites: Moving Toward A Net Contribution Lens

    Toni Johnson of Mission OutLoud sits down with Heron's Dana Bezerra to discuss Net Contribution and what that actually means.

  7. Soundbites: President's Letter 2017

    Toni Johnson of Mission Out Loud, sits down with Heron's Clara Miller to discuss her latest letter to the field.

  8. Soundbites: Investing in Change in Buffalo

    Toni Johnson sits down with Matt Enstice, head of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Organization, a Heron grantee, to talk about BNMC's impact in the local community.

  9. Soundbites: Making Sense of Adult Learning

    Gabi Zolla from CAEL discusses the ways that they are changing the practices of workplaces and schools to better accommodate adult learners.

  10. Soundbites: Empowering Families Through Tech

    Jesus Gerena of the Family Independence Initiative talks about their approach to community development, supporting the efforts of families in poverty with data.

  11. Soundbites: Investing in Your Own Backyard

    Toni Johnson in discussion with Jennifer Pryce of the Calvert Foundation, on building communities and growing small business.

  12. Soundbites: The Metrics that Matter in Housing Development

    Maggie Grieve of Success Measures discusses a collaborative approach to building powerful metrics and serving more than 600 community-based organizations.

  13. Soundbites: Mapping Data to Outcomes

    Maggie McCullough of PolicyMap discusses how organizations and individuals can use data to understand their impact on a community level.

  14. Soundbites: A New Way to Measure Success

    Jennifer Tescher of CFSI sits down with Toni Johnson to discuss how the financial industry is learning to evaluate its own success by measuring its impacts on consumers’ financial health.

  15. Soundbites: Tamara Draut, Vice President of Policy and Research at Demos

    Toni Johnson spoke with Tamara Draut of Demos about her new book, the shifting demographics and conditions of the working class and upcoming work from Demos.

  16. Soundbites: Adventures in Affordable Housing Finance

    Toni Johnson sat down with the Housing Partnership Network's Tom Bledsoe to discuss HPN's work in places like New Orleans and the use of enterprise capital.

  17. T00: Thomas Van Dyck, RBC Wealth Management

    T00: Thomas Van Dyck, RBC Wealth Management by The Heron Foundation

  18. T100: Patricia Farrar-Rivas, Veris Wealth Partners

    interview with Patricia from Veris.

  19. Laura Callanan, Founding Partner at Upstart Co-Lab

    Toni Johnson talks with Laura Callanan, founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab, on the topic of social entrepreneurship and its unexpected heroes.

  20. Tom Mitchell, Managing Director at Cambridge Associates

    Tom Mitchell, Managing Director at Cambridge Associates by The Heron Foundation

  21. Francis Byrd, CEO of Byrd Governance Advisory

    Francis Byrd, CEO of Byrd Governance Advisory by The Heron Foundation

  22. Kristin Hull, Director of the Nia Community Fund

    Toni Johnson joins Kristin Hull, Director of Nia Global Solutions to discuss their approach to investing for greater social and financial outcomes.

  23. Teresa Erikson, Staff Director of the Northern Plains Resource Council

    Teresa Erikson of the Northern Plains Resource Council frames the impact of a declining coal industry on the communities dependent on their success.

  24. Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and President of PolicyLink

    Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and President of PolicyLink by The Heron Foundation

  25. Soundbites: Sonia Kowal, President of Zevin Asset Management

    Sonia Kowal of Zevin Asset Management talks about the future of the impact space and punishment profiteering among public companies.

  26. Soundbites: Shamez Alibhai, at Cheyne Capital

    Shamez Alibhai of Cheyne Capital discusses his work in investing in socially responsible real estate and overcoming the common prejudice that the finance sector is not in the business of creating impactful social change.

  27. Soundbites: Matthew Weatherley-White, Managing Director at The CAPROCK Group

    Matthew Weatherley-White discusses the growth of impact investing and transcending the embedded tribalism of public companies and capital markets by initiating impactful conversations.

  28. Soundbites: Rodney Christopher, Director of Capital Markets at Heron Foundation

    Heron's Rodney Christopher discusses the importance of unrestricted revenue and offers thought son the overhead question.

  29. Soundbites: Ross Baird, Executive Director of Village Capital

    Ross Baird offers insights into capital inequality and how Village Capital seeks investment opportunities beyond the usual suspects.

  30. Soundbites: Gil Crawford, CEO of MicroVest

    Gil Crawford talks about MicroVest, sustainable banking and the real economy.

  31. Soundbites: Robyn Shrader, CEO of National Cooperative Grocers

    Toni Johnson, VP of Knowledge & Influence at Heron, chats with Robynn Shrader, CEO of National Cooperative Grocers on how a co-op grocer works, the value of data sharing and future plans for NCG.

  32. Soundbites: Joel Solomon, Chairman & Co-Founder, Renewal Funds

    Joel Solomon of Renewal Funds discusses his organization's mission, focus on organic food, green technologies and future plans.

  33. Soundbites: Clara Miller on TalkPoverty radio

    On a TalkPoverty radio interview, Clara Miller discusses why “business as usual” is no longer an option. As part of a Labor Day special,TalkPoverty Radio interviewed a series of experts around the issue of labor unions, poverty and philanthropy. Steve Kreisberg, Director of Collective Bargaining,...

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