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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!
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Allison Karnes returns in this episode to discuss the need for sustainability in an organization. She is the founder of WRAPS, which you can learn about in Episode 67. Because WRAPS gives away a lot its products to those in need, she chose to produce and sell other goods and run a cafe to create additional streams of revenue to run the ministry rather than allowing it to be solely dependent on donations. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact WRAPS:...
This is a fantastic episode where Ed sits down with Vinessa Brown, the Executive Director of LifeLine To Success. This organization helps equip and transform former criminal offenders "into productive members of society." Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org LifeLine To Success www.lifeline2success.org
This episode features Robert Fockler, the President at Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Community Foundation of Greater Memphis: www.cfgm.org LinkedIn Books: Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia by E. Digby Baltzell
Ed talks with STS Enterprise about how they are providing young people with learning opportunities and helping them to develop skills so they can be successful in their careers and communities. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org STS Enterprise www.stsenterprise.org LinkedIn Instagram: @stsenterprise Email: contactus@stsenterprise.org
Ed and Jared discuss the benefits of a mentoring relationship and what makes a mentorship effective. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org
In this episode, Ed Gillentine talks with Bob Collins form TrustBridge Global Foundation. Bob explains how TrustBridge helps break down barriers to global giving. He also discusses four major vehicles used to steward significant resources for charitable giving: Donor-Advised Funds, Private Foundations, Supporting Organizations, and Charitable Trusts. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact TrustBridge Global Foundation: www.trustbridgeglobal.com LinkedIn B...
Ed and Jared discuss the significance of redirecting young people who are headed down the detrimental path towards the criminal justice system. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org
In this episode, Ed Gillentine interviews Ross Overline who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Scholars of Finance. Ross discusses how he believes finance is the biggest lever for driving change and why it is consequently so important to instill the values of integrity, humility, compassion, courage, curiosity, and impact into the financial leaders of tomorrow. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Scholars of Finance: www.scholarsoffinance.org Instagram: @sch...
Ed and Jared discuss organizations that help individuals navigate the challenges associated with reentering society after going through the justice system. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org Referenced Episode: 027: Heart + Analytics = Greater Impact
In this episode, you’ll hear from Lincoln Vallett who is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Elevate Ethiopia. This non-profit organization aims to empower and educate families so that they can break the cycle of poverty and go on to produce impact themselves. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Elevate Ethiopia: www.elevateethiopia.org Instagram: @elevateethiopia Books: Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey Gi...
In Episode 54, Ed and Jared discussed professional certifications and their role in career advancement . This episode features Robert Montague from Tech901, a non-profit that offers training and certifications in the IT industry. These education programs allow individuals to start or advance an IT career and move towards earning a better living. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingsho...
In this episode, Ed talks about legacy planning and impact investing with Phil Cubeta. Phil has been educating in this arena for quite a while and his passion and thoughtfulness regarding philanthropy are undeniable as he and Ed dive deep into a range of topics. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Phil Cubeta: LinkedIn Books: Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine A Spectrum of Legacies by Mark A. Weber Wealth in Families by Charles W. Collier
Ed discusses with Jared Barnett from Slingshot Memphis how some professional certifications can be useful for getting a job or advancing a career where others may have no perceivable value. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org
In this episode, Ed sits down with JW Gibson who has grown up in Memphis and made an impact on the city in a number of different ways. Mr. Gibson explains his plans for continued impact as he runs to be the next mayor of Memphis. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact JW Gibson: www.jwgibsonformayor.com Books Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine The Art of War by Sun Tzu
In Episode 50, Ed talked with Jared Barnett from Slingshot Memphis about the benefits of private transportation. This episode continues with that theme as Ed sits down with My City Rides, a non-profit organization that helps make it possible for individuals in the Memphis area to own affordable transportation. To learn even more about My City Rides, revisit Episode 24. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org Link...
In episode 49, Ed and Munit discussed the challenges women face working in the country of Ethiopia. During that trip, Ed also got to sit down with Mintewab Abebe and talk about the obstacles she has overcome in pursuing her education and now practicing corporate law in Ethiopia. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Books Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine Animal Farm by George Orwell
Today, Ed Gillentine and Jared Barnett discuss how owning a private vehicle rather than being completely reliant on public transportation can lead to financial and even health benefits. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Slingshot Memphis: www.slingshotmemphis.org LinkedIn Instagram: @slingshotmemphis Email: disrupt@slingshotmemphis.org
Today’s interview is going to sound a bit different. On our podcast, you’ll frequently hear Ed reference Ethiopia and the business he helped start there called Highland Harvesters. This is one of two interviews Ed did while in Ethiopia and it features a Highland Harvesters employee named Munit Bekele. She talks about the challenges women face in her country and how she has fought hard to overcome those challenges. Show Links Ed Gillentine: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact High...
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 Instagra...
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 Corb...
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