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Journey To Impact episodes
- 048: Components of Effective Technical Training Programs - Part II (Slingshot Stories)
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett revisit their conversation about training programs for technical careers as a means to alleviate poverty. They interview Karen Treas who is the Chief Administrative Officer and Vice President of Career Services and Industry Relations for Moore Tech. You'll hear how Moore Tech is providing technical training and placements. If you missed the first episode, you'll want to go back and revisit that here.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis:
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]
Moore Tech:
www.mooretech.edu
LinkedIn
Instagram: @moore.tech15 min - 047: Considerations for International Impact Work - Dr. Steve Winstead, Lead Pastor of International Evangelical Church
In this episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Steve Winstead, the Lead Pastor at the International Evangelical Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He and Ed discuss some of the things you need to consider when doing work internationally.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Dr. Steve Winstead:
www.iecinaddis.org
Instagram: @sswinstead
www.winsteadfam.org
Books
Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine
Foreign fo Familiar by Sarah A. Lanier
When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert48 min - 046: Components of Effective Technical Training Programs (Slingshot Stories)
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett discuss training programs for technical careers as a means to alleviate poverty. You'll hear interesting ways that some programs are training individuals and even developing future employees.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]13 min - 045: Urgency in Impact (Slingshot Stories)
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett discuss the importance of recognizing the urgency of need in the world while still being wise with your resources and how you approach those needs.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]12 min - 044: Quantity Vs. Quality of Impact (Slingshot Stories)
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett discuss how easily impact organizations and donors can get distracted by things like how many people are being served. Ultimately, the more important focus is the magnitude of benefits and outcomes in the lives of those being served.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]13 min - 043: The Forsaken Children - Joe Bridges, Founder
Today Ed talks with Joe Bridges, Founder of The Forsaken Children. They discuss the work that's being done in Ethiopia to help at-risk children living in poverty on the streets.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
The Forsaken Children:
theforsakenchildren.org
Instagram: @theforsakenchildren
myminternational.org
Books
Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert58 min - 042: The Interconnected Nature of Poverty (Slingshot Stories)
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett discuss the interconnected nature of poverty, and consequently, how poverty fighting efforts can be interconnected as well.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]14 min - 041: Christian Love Expressed In Equal Education - David Montague, Founder & Executive Director of Memphis Teacher Residency
Today Ed talks with David Montague. David started his career as a stock broker, but his journey to impact has led him to become the Founder and Executive Director of Memphis Teacher Residency, where their mission is “Christian love expressed in equal education.”
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Memphis Teacher Residency:
www.memphistr.org
LinkedIn
www.edgap.org
www.litgap.org
Books
Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine
A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr.52 min - 040: 4 Questions To Ask Every Poverty Fighting Program (Slingshot Stories)
If you're trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a poverty fighting program, here are 4 questions you can ask. Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett will break these down in today's episode of Slingshot Stories.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]11 min - 039: Benefit-Cost Ratio & Monetizing Impact (Slingshot Stories)
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett discuss benefit-cost ratio as it relates to impact.
Show Links
Ed Gillentine:
EdGillentine.com
Instagram: @journey.to.impact
Slingshot Memphis
www.slingshotmemphis.org
LinkedIn
Instagram: @slingshotmemphis
Email: [email protected]16 min
About Journey To Impact
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Everyone has the ability to make a difference, but how does one ensure they are using their unique passions, gifts and talents to create the greatest impact possible? Oftentimes taking the first…
step can be the biggest hurdle in one's journey to impact and knowing which direction to take can become overwhelming. Journey To Impact will explore the variety of routes one can navigate on their personal impact journey through a variety of topics focusing on impact investing, philanthropy, social enterprise, donor advised funds, and much more so that you can begin to strategically impact your neighborhood, community, or even the world! Your guide on this journey is Ed Gillentine. Ed is the principal of Gillentine Group where he engages the hearts of people who want to use their wealth to create significant impact, but he is also personally invested in global philanthropy and impact projects. Whether this is your first destination on your journey to impact, or you consider yourself a guide, you'll learn something new from Ed and his guests who will share invaluable lessons learned through successes and failures along their own journeys to impact. Now it's time to get off the bench, let's do this!