Making Our World Better

Bradley Cook, Ed.D. | Virtual Solution To Age Old Issues

Finding time, talent and funding to accomplish all the things nonprofit leaders and small business owners are responsible for and striving for and bolster the bottom line is a never-ending battle. Veteran and social entrepreneur Dr. Bradley Caro Cook shares how he is generating a solution to these age-old issues with virtual assistants through his organization Super Virtuals. 
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity and Events Services – if you are interested in how I can bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you. You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about Supervirtuals, visit www.supervirtuals.com, or follow Bradley Caro Cook on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-caro-cook/) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bradley.caro.cook).
 
 

Lloyd Lewis | Lessons Learned From Building the arc

This conversation originally aired in July of 2022, but the lessons Lloyd Lewis, CEO of arc Thrift Stores provided are so strong I wanted to share them again.
To learn more about aft Thrift Stores, visit www.arcthrift.com.
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas! 

William Browning | Creating Hope For Equity Through ECE

If we really want to be serious about equity, future workforce development and generally, hope for the future of our country, it should all start with Early Childhood education. You’ll hear from CEO William Browning how Clayton Early Learning in Denver is leading a charge to serve children, their families and educators to create valuable and positive outcomes that will ripple across Colorado and the nation. William also shares some master leadership lessons I know you will appreciate.
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity and events services. If you’re interested in how I may be able to help bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you. You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com
To learn more about Clayton Early Learning and how you can support or volunteer to advance its efforts to provide hope for a better future, visit www.claytonearlylearning.org.
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Andrea Filz | Elevating Military Veteran Transitions

After a military career of tremendous leadership responsibility and service, navigating an everyday civilian career can present difficult obstacles in ways most of us take for granted. You’ll hear from Andrea Filz how she and her team of mentors, alumni and volunteers at Salute Colorado are supporting military veterans with awesome programs to help with successful life-altering transitions
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity and events services. If you’re interested in how I can help bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, let's talk! You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about Salute Colorado and how you can support or volunteer to advance its efforts and make a big difference with a military veteran, visit www.salutecolorado.org or reach out to Andrea directly at andrea@salutecolorado.org.
 

Jonathan Tee | Striving For Human Flourishing

When a passion for creating opportunities for all people to live the American Dream collides with decades of high level experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, the result is a mission laser-focused on human flourishing as you'll hear from Jonathan Tee, partner of the impactful Oak Rose Group and Oak Rose Fund.
This podcast is brought to you by JC Charity & Events Services - if you're interested in how I can bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, let's talk: www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about Jonathan's work with the Oak Rose Group and Oak Rose fund, visit their websites:
www.oakrosegroup.com
www.oakrosefund.org
 

Doug McConnell | Fighting ALS In The Open Water

The diagnosis of ALS is about as cruel as a medical diagnosis comes, but you’ll hear how in the wake of not one but two family ALS diagnosis, Doug McConnell, co-founder of A Long Swim, along with his sister Ellen, decided to fight back and are making a real difference in the epicenter of ALS research at Northwestern University in Chicago by raising millions of dollars through open water swims across the world. Doug's story of swimming the English Channel is awesome!
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity & Events services. If you’re interested in how I may be able to help bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you. You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about A Long Swim and how you can support Doug and his team's efforts in fighting ALS, visit www.alongswim.org. 

Richard Casper | Healing Wounds Of War With Music & Art

Turning the experience, pain and trauma of being a U.S. Marine who was blown up by IEDs four times in four months of combat in Fallujah, Iraq, into a beacon of hope and healing through arts and music programs for US Military veterans dealing with post traumatic stress is an incredibly inspiring journey Richard Casper, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Creativets shares. You're going to love Richard's story of building an amazing organization to shine a light in some dark places for people who we all owe so much.
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity & Events services. If you’re interested in how I may be able to help bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you. You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about creativets and how you can support its awesome work, visit www.creativets.org, find them on Instagram or stream creativevets music
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/creativets/934641060)
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5IvR5LShfLCBvBMt2KPaBc

Andy Magel | Work, Production & 2nd Chances

Providing employees with dignity and hope for a better future while giving them the opportunity to do excellent work with integrity and responsibility to each other – that’s how they do business every day at Mile High Workshop, an insanely cool social enterprise that gives people second chances and also works with some of the most recognizable brands in the country. I promise you’ll be inspired to hear from CEO Andy Magel how an idea with grace as a core value blossomed into a powerhouse organization making a real difference, on this episode of making our world better.
This podcast has been brought to you by JC Charity and Events Services. If you’re interested in how I might be able to bolster your efforts and help your team achieve its goals, I would love to have a conversation with you – you can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about and to support Mile High Workshop, visit www.milehighworkshop.com. For a great pillow at a great price that is making our world better, visit https://everpillow.com/store/
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Eddy Badrina | Technology & Inspiration For Better Food

With technology, creativity and the right inspiration, it is always possible to build a better mousetrap, even when it comes to growing vegetables and shortening the supply chain. You’ll hear from CEO Eddy Badrina how his company Eden Green has innovated an amazing technology that saves water and minimizes environmental impact whle making it possible to grow farm to table local produce on a huge scale that doesn’t have to travel thousands of miles and can be on grocery shelves in hours
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity and Events Services – if you are interested in how I can bolster your efforts or help your team achieve its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you. You can reach me at www.makingourworldbetter.com
To learn more about Eden Green and the company’s incredible technology, visit www.edengreen.com. To learn more about Eddy, visit www.badrina.com.
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Bob Delaney | Undercover Agent, NBA Ref, Dedicated Humanitarian

Going from State trooper to undercover agent infiltrating the east coast mafia to refereeing basketball in the NBA to traveling the world helping others with post traumatic stress is a unique journey the legendary Bob Delaney shares with nobody else. You will hear how he is taking what he’s learned through his incredible experiences to initiate higher levels of support for military, law enforcement, first responders when it comes to post-traumatic stress. 
This podcast has been brought to you by JC Charity and Events Services. If you are interested in how we can to bolster your efforts and help your team achieve its goals, we would love to have a conversation with you – find us at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about the work Bob is doing, order his books or hire him as you next keynote speaker, visit www.delaneyconsultants.com. 
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