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On Balance
by Dr. Rod Berger
Dr. Rod Berger introduces On Balance, part of the SPN network. Dr. Berger invites you into the conversation around the world of education and explores the stories of today with the personalities impacting tomorrow. Investigating the ideas poised to shape the minds of our next generation and enlighten the path that will lead us towards our brightest future.
Episodes
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The Talent Pipeline in Education: Room to grow. Needs to be met.
In this episode of On Balance Dr. Berger spends time with Jadd Martinez of Amergis to learn more about staffing shortages across education and beyond those that we hear about in the headlines. Jadd Martinez joined Amergis Educational Staffing in 2003 and has spent the majority of his career in...
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On Balance with Rachel Byrne Executive Director of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Rachel Byrne, Executive Director of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation (CPF), joins host Dr. Rod Berger to learn more about CP and the educational opportunities to impact individuals, families, educators, and organizations driving CPF's mission. More than 17 million people globally are living with...
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Karin Klein Discusses Her Latest Book, Rethinking College
Check out the latest episode of On Balance as Dr. Rod Berger takes a deep dive into higher education through the lens of award-winning journalist Karin Klein and her latest book, Rethinking College - A Guide To Thriving Without A Degree. "A valuable reassessment of America's educational system."...
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On Balance with Chirag Tailor: The Nuts & Bolts of Entrepreneurship
As a graduate teaching assistant at Georgia Tech, CEO & Co-Founder of Instructify Chirag Tailor worked on designing educational technology to improve the quality of online education. After entering the industry, he continued volunteering with the Georgia Tech EdTech Lab led by his advisor, Dr.…
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On Balance with Claire Smith and Krissy Taft: The Power of Recognition
Spotlight on Recognition: Enhancing Education with Hilight's Claire Smith and Krissy Taft Welcome to "On Balance," the podcast where we delve into the world of education, technology, and entrepreneurship through inspiring and insightful conversations. I'm your host, Dr. Rod Berger, and in this...
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On Balance with Vance Aloupis
In this On Balance episode, Dr. Rod Berger sits down with Strategos Group Partner and former Florida State Legislator Vance Aloupis, who discusses his latest venture: a new Strategos consulting practice called National Advocacy Management (NAM). Drawing on his background in education advocacy,...
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On Balance with Adam Giery: From Struggling Reader to Published Author
Adam Giery, Managing Partner at Strategos Group, embodies the aspirational spirit of a student with the ferocity of a grizzled veteran of the choppy waves of entrepreneurship. This special episode of On Balance with Dr. Rod Berger looks at the power of persistence through an exemplar of authentic...
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On Balance with Joanna McFarland CEO of HopSkipDrive
Joanna McFarland and a group of moms discussed the daily challenge of getting their kids from point A to point B at a child’s birthday party in late 2013. Joanna suggested they buy a van and hire all the moms and babysitters in the neighborhood to drive their children around. The idea sparked…
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On Balance with Amir Nathoo
Amir Nathoo is the co-founder and CEO of Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes for K-12 learners. He led Square Payroll's development and served as CEO and co-founder of Trigger.io. He holds an MEng in Electrical and Information Sciences from The University of Cambridge. Outschool is…
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On Balance with Autumun Rivera
The Strategos Podcast Network is happy to debut the first episode of Strategos #TeacherTalks in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week! Our first episode is an On Balance special with host and Strategos Senior Advisor Dr. Rod Berger and Autumn Rivera, a sixth-grade science teacher, 2022 Colorado...
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On Balance with Kathleen Rogers
Kathleen Rogers is the President of EARTHDAY.ORG. Under her leadership, it has grown into a global year-round policy and activist organization. She has been the leading voice in developing campaigns and programs focused on diversifying the environmental movement, highlighted by Campaign for...
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On Balance with Tom Sayer of Ello
Before Ello, Tom Sayer was the head of impact and adoption programs at Google for Education, where his team was responsible for ensuring that Google tools were used effectively in classrooms worldwide. He is on the board of GO Public Schools, an organization dedicated to giving voice to families…
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On Balance with Victor Wang of Stockpile
Victor Wang is the CEO of Stockpile, the leading online brokerage for kids and families. He is also the founder of The Stockpile Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing financial awareness, advancing knowledge of financial planning, and investing in marginalized communities...
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On Balance with Education Entrepreneur Dov Friedman
Dov Friedman has been selling EdTech for over a decade. Friedman joins Dr. Berger to discuss the role culture plays in understanding the impact on the development of young people across the world. Friedman is incredibly refreshing and transparent with his entrepreneurial journey. During his...
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On Balance with Kevin Jenkins
Dr. Rod Berger is joined by Kevin Jenkins, Director of Enterprise Growth & Investments at Strategos Group, to discuss work in the financial services sector and the role education has played in his decision to pivot from a classic engineering career to one of a more fluid and entrepreneurial path.
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On Balance with Teen Author Quincy Kadin
Quincy Kadin is a high school student in Los Angeles. After feeling the effects of anxiety during her childhood, she spurred this courageous trailblazer to author a book for all ages. Frankies Fishy Feelings is a fantastically grounded book helping kids and parents navigate emotional obstacles.
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On Balance with TEDx Speaker and Wellbeing Expert Teodora Pavkovic
Teodora Pavkovic is the Director of Wellbeing at Linewize, where she leverages her decade-plus of experience as a parenting coach and digital wellness practitioner to provide guidance and advice to parents, teachers, and school administrators on topics concerning mental health, responsible and…
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On Balance with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Chief Academic Officer Francie Alexander
On Balance with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Chief Academic Officer Francie Alexander. Dr. Rod Berger and Francie discuss her life's work throughout education and current trends impacting policy and practice. HMH recently released its Educator Confidence Report which showed teachers rated their...
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On Balance with Dr. Jody LeVos - Supporting Kids in a Chaotic World
Dr. Jody LeVos As Chief Learning Officer at Begin, Jody is responsible for leading HOMER’s team of learning design experts to craft an innovative, playful learning curriculum and provide data-driven insights for parents. With over a decade of experience in the children’s media and early learning...
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On Balance with Nick Dazé on Blockchain Viability
Nick Dazé is the co-founder and CEO of Heirloom, which builds no-code tools allowing schools and employers to tokenize credentials on the blockchain. Before co-founding Heirloom, he co-founded PocketList and was an early team member at tech companies such as Faraday Future ($FFIE), Fullscreen...
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On Balance with Ben Farrell: Human-Centered Design & Innovation for the AI World
Ben Farrell joins Dr. Rod Berger to discuss wildly innovative approaches to education positioning current students for the future. Human-centered design, and entrepreneurism and innovation underscore this new approach to education. Ben joined the New England Innovation Academy (NEIA) from The...
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On Balance with Nina Rees of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Nina Rees | President and Chief Executive Officer National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) Nina Rees is the president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the leading national nonprofit organization committed to advancing the charter school...
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On Balance with Alex Alvarado & Siddarth Cidambi of Daybreak Health
On Balance brings together the founders of Daybreak Health to discuss mental health issues throughout U.S. education and solutions to meet students, families, and schools where they are needed most. After observing his brother's struggles with mental health, Alex Alvarado knew that more could be...
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On Balance with Ana Homayoun
In this On Balance episode, Dr. Rod Berger sat down with Ana Homayoun to discuss her latest book, ERASING THE FINISH LINE: THE NEW BLUEPRINT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS BEYOND GRADES AND COLLEGE ADMISSION. For over two decades, Ana has focused on helping students discover practical solutions to promote...
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On Balance with NSLA's Aaron Philip Dworkin
On Balance with the CEO of the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), Aaron P. Dworkin, explores the organization's upcoming SUMMER LEARNING SUMMIT (October 9-11, 2023, at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC) and the background of a leader who has always looked to make a...
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On Balance with Global Education Ambassador Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs works with schools, organizations, and agencies to create responsive learning environments, upgrade curriculum, and support teaching strategies to meet the needs of contemporary learners. Her models of curriculum mapping and her design and approach to modernizing school...
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On Balance with Garrett Bauman & Breeyn Mack
Breeyn Mack (Senior VP of Education) and Garrett Bauman (Director, Public Policy and state Partnerships) of Teaching Strategies join Berger to talk about public policy across the education ecosystem in the U.S. Driven by research that shows a child's first eight years form a critical foundation…
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On Balance with Dr. Andrew Kahn
In this On Balance episode, Dr. Rod Berger sits down with Dr. Andrew Kahn, Associate Director of Behavior Change and Expertise at Understood. About Andrew Kahn: Andrew Kahn, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist specializing in working with people who think and learn differently. In his role as...
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On Balance with Addison Davis
In this On the Clock episode, Dr. Rod Berger sits down with new Strategos Group Partner and former Hillsborough County Public Schools Superintendent Addison Davis. Davis is an accomplished education leader with a wealth of experience in the field. As Superintendent of Hillsborough County Public...
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Uncovering the Hidden Effects of Trauma's Impact on Learning and Student Well-being with Kristin Greco, CEO of Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR)
Welcome to another episode of On Balance with your host, Dr. Rod Berger. In today's episode, we have a fascinating discussion with guest Kristin Greco, CEO of Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR). This episode dives deep into the important and often overlooked topic of trauma in schools and…
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On Balance with Chip Paucek
In this episode of "On Balance," Dr. Rod Berger sat down with Christopher "Chip" Paucek, the co-founder and CEO of 2U, Inc. About Chip Paucek and 2U 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), described by Forbes Magazine as the “nation’s leading provider of software for universities” delivering digital higher...
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On Balance with Dr. J.D. LaRock
In this episode of "On Balance," Dr. Rod Berger sat down with J.D. LaRock. About. J.D. A respected educator, scholar, and policy expert, Dr. LaRock NFTE's President and Chief Executive Officer. He came to NFTE from the Commonwealth Corporation, Massachusetts’ public-private state authority…
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On Balance with Doug Dennerline
In this On Balance episode, Dr. Rod Berger sat down with Doug Dennerline, CEO of Betterworks. Doug has worked in Silicon Valley since 1982 - starting with HP selling the first PC, followed by 12 years at 3Com, and 12 years at Cisco, massively scaling those companies. In his last role at Cisco, he...
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On Balance with Kelsey Clark
In this episode of On Balance, Dr. Rod Berger sits down with Kelsey Clark. Kelsey is a member of Boston Consulting Group's Public Sector and People & Organization practices as well as a member of the firm’s education leadership team in the US. Kelsey serves as the Dallas office lead, as well as...
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On Balance with Bill Salak of Brainly
Bill Salak has more than 20 years of experience overseeing large-scale development projects and more than 24 years of experience in web application architecture and development. Bill founded and served as CTO of multiple Internet and web development companies, leading technology projects for...
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On Balance with Ashley Naranjo
On Balance with Ashley Naranjo Ashley Naranjo, M.Ed. Education and Outreach Strategist, Office of the Under Secretary for Education, Smithsonian Institution Naranjo is a museum educator specializing in the use of digital resources for teaching and learning. She currently manages distance learning...
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On Balance with Advait Shinde
Advait co-founded GoGuardian to provide K-12 schools with new technologies that enable students to engage in a better learning experience. His dedication to help unlock student potential in education is made clear through his mission of using the internet in an open, but safe way. In his role as...
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On Balance with Hunter Moore
On Balance with Hunter Moore explores the journey of an entrepreneur aiming to break outdated industry norms to better the world for generations on the come. Check out more of Hunter's background below! While working at many STEM corporations (IBM, Boeing, Pratt and Whitney, Sandia National...
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On Balance with Caroline Jenner of JA Worldwide
Caroline began her career as an entrepreneur and joined JA as a volunteer in Slovakia in the 1990s. She worked to establish JA operations in eight Eastern European countries after the Berlin Wall came down and eventually led the founding of JA Europe in 2002. She is passionate about the impact...
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On Balance with David Shafer
On Balance with David Shafer - Shafer serves as Chief Entrepreneur responsible for Cognia’s Trusted Partner Program, along with exploring partnerships and new ways to increase Cognia’s impact. For more than two decades, he has led multiple successful start-ups, including Frontline Education and...
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On Balance with Pierre Dubuc
Pierre Dubuc is the co-founder and CEO of OpenClassrooms, one of the largest global education-to-employment platform providers, with 355,000 students across 140 countries, thousands of full-time diploma students, and hundreds of corporate customers. OpenClassrooms is a private, B-Corp-certified...
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On Balance with Michael Simpson
On Balance with Michael Simpson, the CEO and Co-founder of PAIRIN. Simpson sits down with Berger to discuss his career path, the nuances of data, and making transformational change occur while others sit on the sidelines. Simpson is refreshingly honest about his goals, the challenges of the…
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On Balance with Johnny Key
In this episode of On Balance, Dr. Rod Berger sat down with former Arkansas Secretary of Education Johnny Key to discuss his recent career move from the public sector to Strategos Group, which allows him to continue pursuing his passion—finding solutions that create positive education outcomes…
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On Balance with Madeleine Thakur
Today, I sat down with Madeleine Thakur, President and CEO of The Children’s Movement of Florida. We discussed the significance of early learning and why parents should understand its importance. “What we know from the brain research over the last 40 years of brain research is that the first…
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On Balance with Dr. Mike Magee
In this episode of On Balance, Dr. Rod Berger sat down with Dr. Mike Magee, president of Minerva University. About Dr. Mike Magee Dr. Mike Magee is the President of Minerva University. Prior to joining Minerva, he was founding CEO of Chiefs for Change, a non-profit organization supporting leaders...
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On Balance with Maureen Kelleher & Rebecca Klein of Ed Post discuss project - Jane Crow: Then and Now
On Balance with Maureen Kelleher & Rebecca Klein discuss their ground-breaking project, Jane Crow: Then and Now. The project explores the role women have played in the very complicated and impactful social structures of education.
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On Balance with Anand Padmanabhan
In this episode of On Balance, Dr. Rod Berger sat down with Fordham University’s VP and Chief Information Officer Anand Padmanabhan. They talked about the value of technology to higher education students and faculty as it relates to post-graduation job placement. About Anand Anand Padmanabhan is…
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On Balance with Ruth Birman
On Balance with Ruth Birman of DigitalEd Director of Product Development and Innovation with six years of experience leading global product teams through digital transformation, design thinking, and product growth. A natural facilitator and technology officer, connecting internal teams, senior...
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On Balance with Monica Fagraeus Lundstrom
On Balance with Monica Fagraeus Lundstrom Boksnok announces rebranding, changes name to Lylli with new visual identity and product updates The Swedish tech company Lylli, previously known as Boksnok, closed a seed round of 1.2 million Euro earlier this fall. The company now gears up for growth…
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On Balance with Mikael Larsson
On Balance with Mikael Larsson Learnster develops the LMS of tomorrow for growing organizations. Learnster’s cutting-edge technology creates new, efficient ways of sharing information and knowledge with the entire organization. Save valuable time with Learnster’s smart Automation Rules. The...
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Dr. Rod Berger introduces On Balance, part of the SPN network. Dr. Berger invites you into the conversation around the world of education and explores the stories of today with the personalities impacting tomorrow. Investigating the ideas poised to shape the minds of our next generation and enlighten the path that will lead us towards our brightest future.
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