Education Opens Doors’s founder, Jayda Batchelder, heads into the podcast studio with Jodie and Shelly to discuss how her non profit organization is pivoting during COVID to help students maximize their educational opportunities. She tells the story of how Education Opens Doors began and got to where it is today!

Jodie and Shelly hopped in the podcast room with Jennifer Bartkowski and Elena Hill after their live panel here at The Slate to talk all things back-to-school 2020. Hear how educators and other stakeholders are preparing for a different learning environment!

Virginia Mimmack is the head of the Health Care Practice Group at Jackson Walker, and we talked “all things telemedicine” with her.  Use of telemedicine is on the rise, and might stay that way due to our changing world.  What can you expect with increased use of telemedicine – and how could it improve your patient experience?  Will medicine stay virtual when we go back to normal? Let’s hear!

Author of “Thank You for Voting”, Erin Geiger Smith, joins us for Fast Facts after her book tour stop at The Slate had to be postponed. From lawyer to journalist - and now Harper Collins author- she tells us how her book came to life. She shares some mind-blowing statistics and reminds us that voting is right everyone should exercise. Join us to hear how to be the best voter you can be.

Noelle Leveaux is a leader, a marketing genius, and so much more. She had an important and honest conversation with us about race, privilege, and where we all go from here. How do we talk to our children about race? What is getting her through this time?  Tune in to this important conversation with us!

Birth order psychology is her jam. Why do we act the way we do? Are you the typical middle child?  What are the pressures on first born daughters?  Kelly Jameson dives into everything about birth order psychology with The Slater Sisters. 

Creating – and maintaining – company culture is at the heart of a thriving organization.  Take a look at the changing workplace with Lindsay Wilson, President of Corgan, as she works to maintain culture in her own company, as well as that of her clients.  Her business is changing, and so is yours! 

Hear from the amazing Hedda Dowd, the Creative Founder & CEO of Rise Souffle, about what is on the horizon for her revered restaurant! She talks about what is changing in the restaurant world – and how she and her team are adapting their business in response.

What does summer camp look like in 2020? Linda Paulk, President and CEO of Sky Ranch Camps, talks about the importance of camp for your kids this summer – and how it will look a little different!