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It's hard to match Brent Colburn’s experience in dealing with high-stakes communication challenges. Brent has led communications for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Managment Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (where he was Chief of Staff), the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (created by Facebook … [Read more...] about How to Communicate in a Crisis: Lessons from the Pentagon, Homeland Security, FEMA & More

Listen to the episode here — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps. Mark Barker and Jordan Ruden are the co-founders of digital marketing agency Craft & Commerce. They serve nonprofits, advocacy campaigns, government agencies, and other purpose-driven organizations. As part of that work, Mark and Jordan have become experts in the use of online media to … [Read more...] about How Republicans Are Beating Democrats Online, With Mark Barker & Jordan Ruden

Listen to the episode here — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts and other podcast apps.   Tracy Palandjian has the kind of background that sets a person up for a lucrative career in business or finance. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with an economics degree, and then graduated with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar, … [Read more...] about Tracy Palandjian: Changing How Change Happens, With Pay for Success

Listen to the episode here — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and other podcast apps. For more than seven years, Jake Harriman was a US Marine, serving as a platoon commander in the Infantry and in a Special Operations unit. He was deployed in Southwest and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and served two combat tours in Iraq. … [Read more...] about Jake Harriman: Fight Terrorism By Ending Extreme Poverty

Listen to the episode here — or subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and other podcast apps. We hear so many stories about government spending big money without getting results — to the point that many Americans agree with Ronald Reagan’s famous assertion that government isn’t the solution, it’s the problem. That claim was never accurate, as … [Read more...] about Jennifer Park: What If Government Just Did What Works?