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Escape Velocity with Tracey Halvorsen — 37 episodes

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Why Higher Ed Websites Still Look the Same, with Voltaire Santos Miran

2

Carol Keese - A CMO Says Marketing Isn't the Fix

3

Empathy Is Not a Soft Skill: Jaime Hunt on Higher Ed Marketing, AI, and Solving What Matters

4

Alia Poonawala on Building a Film Like a Startup Raise: A Johns Hopkins Executive, a Sundance Actor, and the Cost of Bifurcating Yourself

5

Curiosity as a Career Strategy: Diane Querey on 20 Years of Digital Transformation at World Wildlife Fund

6

Building Cultures Where People and Ideas Thrive

7

Escape Velocity | Dayana "Day" Kibilds: Why Higher Ed Language Fails the Students It Claims to Serve

8

Why Brand Messaging Now Matters More Than Your Website | Yianni Mathioudakis and Monica Sanchez of DEEO

9

Designing Resilience: Creativity, Leadership, and Building Optionality in Uncertain Times - Sabrina Depestre

10

The Infinity Within: Fear, Curiosity, and the Game of Being Human (with Kris Land)

11

Brain Tumors, Bigness, and Believing in Everything with Jen Dary

12

Second Harvest - Purpose, Creativity, and the Power of Real Connection

13

Creative Thought in Action: Reimagining Skidmore's Story with Elizabeth Stauderman

14

Sarah Patterson - Tango with the Numbers: How Financial Clarity Fuels Creative Freedom

15

Build the Stage: Mallory Willsea on Media, AI, and Escaping the Status Quo

16

Christina Melito - Designing for Tension: Creative Leadership in the Age of AI

17

Traci Barrett - Navigating the Journey

18

Brigid Lawler - Rethinking Enrollment in an Age of Disruption

19

Real Talk with Gen Z: What Today's Students Actually Want from Colleges – Romy

20

Pete Mackey on Why Listening Is the Real Strategy—and Why Higher Ed Needs More Courage to Change

21

Richard Banfield - The Art of Being Human

22

Tracy Gosson - Stage Four and Forward

23

Carl Smith, The Bureau - Burnout, AI, and Bullsh*t: What Agency Leaders Need to Hear

24

Ashley Budd, Author of Mailed It! 💌 | Senior Marketing Director at Cornell University | Nonprofit Consultant | Keynote Speaker

25

What it's Like to Be Gen Alpha

26

Elizabeth Bawol Round 2, Creative Director of Brand and Strategy at Wide Eye Creative

27

Nancy Lyons, CEO at Clockwork and author of "Work Like a Boss"

28

Miles Kemp, CEO & Design Innovator at Variate

29

Chris Gilbert, Creative Developer

30

Kara Redman, Founder and Lead Strategist - Backroom

31

Edit Barry and Allison Le (E&A Collaborative) - Mission Driven Brand Consultancy

32

Elizabeth Bawol, Creative Director of Brand and Strategy at Wide Eye Creative

33

Monica Sanchez and Yianni Mathioudakis - cofounders of DEEO

34

Dave Look, CEO Chromatic