August 6, 2021
Episode 105: In the past two years, Orange County has been quietly building an infrastructure around social enterprise. From The UCI and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State Fullerton; to funding through the OC Community Foundation’s Social Innovation Fund, RevHub, and Octane OC; to backbone organizations providing fiscal sponsorship like Charitable Ventures and OneOC. Orange County is poised to become a hub of social innovation. In this panel, we talk to the movers and shakers laying down tracks to pave the way for social entrepreneurs and discover what that means for the social sector. Part two of two.
August 6, 2021
Episode 104: In the past two years, Orange County has been quietly building an infrastructure around social enterprise. From The UCI and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State Fullerton; to funding through the OC Community Foundation’s Social Innovation Fund, RevHub, and Octane OC; to backbone organizations providing fiscal sponsorship like Charitable Ventures and OneOC. Orange County is poised to become a hub of social innovation. In this panel, we talk to the movers and shakers laying down tracks to pave the way for social entrepreneurs and discover what that means for the social sector. Part one of two.
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July 30, 2021
Episode 103: Plan Like The Martians Do! If it's good enough to land rovers on Mars, it's good enough for us!
Story Planning: Explore the space between “what is” and “what could be” using storytelling methods to think differently when communicating new ideas with Paul Propster, CSUF alumnus and Story Architect for NASA/JPL’s Office of Formulation.
JPL partners with NASA and CalTech to create the United States unmanned missions to space such as MARS rovers.
Paul is a seasoned storyteller, strategy-lover, line-blurrer, dot-connector, and message-driven professional. With more than 25 years in strategic communications, Paul has helped clients across industries to tell their stories. From small, women-owned businesses to energy to technology to NASA, he partners with teams to cultivate a narrative that produces greater emotional investment in stakeholders. Since 2014, Paul has been the resident “storytelling architect” for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab’s Office of Formulation, spearheading the development and establishment of a storytelling culture, processes, and tools. He led the capture of an Earth mission (MAIA), a Heliopyhsics mission (SunRISE), and an Astrophysics mission (SPARCS). Also, he co-led the development and delivery of the 2018 Strategic Implementation Plan.
Paul is an old, salty surfer, mountain biker, music and movie lover, and enjoys spending as much time as possible at the beach. He lives in Southern California with his wife Laurie and his 3 sons.
July 22, 2021
Jodi Balma, Political Science Professor at Fullerton College, has been recently named an Orange County Teacher of the Year. Jodi hosts the Slice of Orange Podcast on all things politics in North Orange County, California. In this episode, she talked with our host, Zoot Velasco about the Gianneschi Center.
July 2, 2021
Episode 100: Leading Social Enterprise with “Homeboy” Fr. Greg Boyle (Rebroadcast)
Fr. Greg Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, an international model for social enterprise; a Jesuit pastor at the Dolores Mission, and author of Creating A Culture of Tenderness, Tattoos on The Heart, and Barking to The Choir. This was his keynote speech recorded at the 2019 G3X Conference.
June 11, 2021
Episode 97: Ken Wilcox discussed his new book Leading Through Culture at a G3X Zoom Conversation in December, which we recorded for this podcast. He talked about his experiences leading a key Silicon Valley bank financing innovation in the tech industry. Marrying finance with innovation has many implications for our sector. Mr. Wilcox currently serves as Emeritus Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank, a bank he led for many years. Mr. Wilcox is Chairman of the Asia Society of Northern California, Treasurer of the Asian Art Museum, and a member of the Advisory Board of the 21st Century China Center Advisory Board. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wilcox was a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Wilcox earned a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in German studies from Ohio State University. (Part 3 of 3)
June 11, 2021
Episode 97: Ken Wilcox discussed his new book Leading Through Culture at a G3X Zoom Conversation in December, which we recorded for this podcast. He talked about his experiences leading a key Silicon Valley bank financing innovation in the tech industry. Marrying finance with innovation has many implications for our sector. Mr. Wilcox currently serves as Emeritus Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank, a bank he led for many years. Mr. Wilcox is Chairman of the Asia Society of Northern California, Treasurer of the Asian Art Museum, and a member of the Advisory Board of the 21st Century China Center Advisory Board. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wilcox was a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Wilcox earned a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in German studies from Ohio State University. (Part 2 of 3)
June 11, 2021
Episode 97: Ken Wilcox discussed his new book Leading Through Culture at a G3X Zoom Conversation in December, which we recorded for this podcast. He talked about his experiences leading a key Silicon Valley bank financing innovation in the tech industry. Marrying finance with innovation has many implications for our sector. Mr. Wilcox currently serves as Emeritus Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank, a bank he led for many years. Mr. Wilcox is Chairman of the Asia Society of Northern California, Treasurer of the Asian Art Museum, and a member of the Advisory Board of the 21st Century China Center Advisory Board. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wilcox was a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Wilcox earned a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in German studies from Ohio State University. (Part 1 of 3)
June 1, 2021
Episode 96: The list of 29 Recession Stars includes the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Central Orange Coast Foundation, an endowment for the clubs. Robert Santana is the CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs while also running their foundation. The Clubs themselves did well during the recession but were already too large in 2008 to be part of my study of Recession Stars. They continued to grow like a juggernaut after the recession. The foundation was the Recession Star and the only one of its kind. It grew substantially during the recession, helping both organizations grow. The foundation went from $142,000 in 2008 to $463,000 in 2012. By 2018 it grew to just over $1 million. That is a 725% growth building an endowment for the clubs. When you hear Robert speak, you can see why they had such growth. I was able to host Robert as a speaker at our conference on leadership in 2019, rebroadcast for you here.
