In the Trust Tree Podcast

Stupid questions? Never. Fear of change? Nope. Love of learning? Absolutely. Relax – you’re In the Trust Tree.

Consider this your invitation to join the inner circle of DVQ Studio, where we like to say, “You’re in the Trust Tree.” This is a safe space where we focus on the joy of learning rather than the pursuit of perfection. It’s an opportunity to dish about (and sometimes debate) what’s new or nerdy, without judgment.

Clocking in at about 10 - 30 minutes each, every episode of “In the Trust Tree” explores a trend, tool or tip affecting social change agents and nonprofits. We hope you’ll join us by listening now, or by contacting us to share or ask something (anything!) for a future episode.

Episodes

Episode 13: Intercultural development (Jan. 25, 2012)

Diversity and inclusion consultant Chad Beyer joins us for a great conversation about using an intercultural perspective in diversity and inclusion work. Chad is executive director of Be One: Catalyst for Inclusion and managing partner at InclusionWorks.

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Episode 12: Taking risks and the fear of change (Jan. 18, 2012)

Tera Qualls (@terawozqualls) joins us in the studio for a great discussion about taking risks and the fear of change in the nonprofit sector. Tera is a project manager at the Community Research Institute at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy. She also serves on the national board of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (http://ynpn.org/) 

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Episode 11: Citizen journalism, hyper-local news, establishing roots in different communities, tupperware and dead butterflies.

Special guest Denise Cheng (@dennetmint), research at outreach editor for the Journalism Accelorator and former Rapidian staffer, joins us to share her experiences with both citizen journalism and hyperlocal news. We also talk with Denise about her many ventures establishing roots within the multiple cities in which she's lived, tupperware, and more. This is a must listen! You can check out Denise's blog at http://blog.dennetmint.com/

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Episode 10: Advocating for touring bands in the music industry

Join us with special guest Tracy Olmsted (http://www.olmsteddesign.com/) to discuss the music industry and in particular professional booking/gigging. Tracy is working on a cool new project that will serve as a resource to independent bands interested in finding out more about the venues they are considering booking for tours. Of course, we also talk about the music industry as a whole. Tracy is a vocalist and graphic designer. She is married to Russell Olmsted, member of the band Ultraviolet Hippopotamus (http://www.uvhippomusic.com/index.html), which has toured extensively in the United States. 

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Episode 9: Leadership development (Jan. 4, 2012)

Special guest Marnie Harris (http://leadershiplabs.wordpress.com/) joins us to discuss the need for leadership development. We also touch a bit on generational issues as it relates to leadership. Marnie is board vice president of BL2END (Business Leaders Linked to Encourage New Directions) http://www.grblend.org/home.html and chaired the 2011 A New Conversation Group: Give! Creating a Culture of Giving.

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