Since 2009, Ball State University's immersive learning production, Ball State Sports Link, has emerged as a national leader in sports media and production. Graduates can be found at ESPN, Turner Sports, every professional sports league, and many NCAA Athletics Departments across the country. BSU's Sports Production major was the first four-year academic track in the nation and was spearheaded by Chris Taylor. Chris joined Productive Disruption to talk about the program's history and how its manic focus on creative storytelling has led to student-produced Emmy-award-winning content.

The mission of the Call Me MISTER® (an acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) initiative is to increase the pool of available K-12 teachers from a broader more diverse background. Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Roy Jones, and Site Coordinator, Mark Joseph, joined Productive Disruption to chat about the program's origins and provide their thoughts on the national teacher shortage.

If you've ever Googled a school, you've likely come across their Niche profile page. With more than 27 million users last year, the Niche platform helps its users discover the schools, companies, and neighborhoods that are right for them. Niche analyzes dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school in the United States. Niche's Senior Enrollment Insights Leader for K-12, Angela Brown, joined Productive Disruption to talk about the platform and the state of enrollment and recruitment in the K-12 landscape.

Rhodes Branding is launching a podcast in December 2021 called Productive Disruption! The podcast will spotlight bold and innovative ideas in K-12 education. Episodes will be posted once per month starting in December. Full episodes will be posted wherever you listen to podcasts, as well as the Rhodes Branding YouTube channel. Subscribe and share!