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Businesses Doing Good

glenn@goodcities.net (Glenn Barth)

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On the 3rd Thursday of each month at 11 a.m. Eastern, Glenn Barth interviews a business leader whose business model focuses on benefitting the local city or community where the business is located or in the communities the business serves. These leaders go beyond typical Corporate Social Responsibility and build their business model around a plan for moving the needle on a big social need. Below are recorded podcasts from our recent calls.
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In this episode, GoodCities President, Glenn Barth interviews Brian Wilkinson, Director of Network Development for VIVA. Viva is an international NGO based in London that develops cross sector networks in cities around the world to care for vulnerable children. Viva is currently working with 38 networks in 27 nations transforming the lives of child…
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Here’s the eighth and final part of our series based on Reggie McNeal’s latest book, Kingdom Collaborators: Eight Signature Practices of Leaders who Turn the World Upside Down. Today’s podcast focuses on the practice of pain-tinged optimism. This practice is one that helps leaders deal with burnout and compassion fatigue that can easily drag a lead…
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Today we continue our eight part series on Reggie McNeal’s latest book, Kingdom Collaborators: Eight Signature Practices of Leaders who Turn the World Upside Down. In this episode, GoodCities’ President Glenn Barth talks with our City Coach, Reggie McNeal about the Signature Practice of Kingdom Leaders who Call the Party!…
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Today we continue our eight part series in which GoodCities’ President, Glenn Barth interviews our City Coach, Reggie McNeal. This series is based on Reggie’s most recent book, Kingdom Collaborators: Eight Signature Practices of Leaders who Turn the World Upside Down. Today we are in the sixth podcast in this series and the focus is on the signatur…
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In this series of episodes, Glenn Barth interviews author and City Coach, Reggie McNeal on the content of his recent book entitled, Kingdom Collaborators: 8 Signature Practices of Leaders Who Turn the World Upside Down. Today we focus on the fifth of those practices - Shaping a people-development culture.…
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In today’s podcast, the President of GoodCities, Glenn Barth is interviewing best selling author and the City Coach of GoodCities, Reggie McNeal. His latest book is Kingdom Collaborators: Eight Signature Practices of Leaders who Turn the World Upside Down. In this fourth in a series of eight podcasts, Glenn and Reggie talk about the practice of kin…
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In this series of episodes, Glenn Barth interviews author and City Coach, Reggie McNeal on the content of his recent book entitled, Kingdom Collaborators: 8 Signature Practices of Leaders Who Turn the World Upside Down. Today we focus on the third of those practices - Combining Social and Spiritual Entrepreneurship to Turn the World Upside Down.…
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Our guest on the February 21 Conference Call is Mic Klaith, Relationship Manager at Alerus Bank. The topic is "The Power of Community Banking." We're pleased to have Mic Klaith, Relationship Manager at Alerus Bank in Eden Prairie. Alerus Financial has its headquarters in Grand Forks, ND. Founded as the Bank of Grand Forks in 1879 to serve the Dakot…
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Our guest on the January 17 Conference Call is Scott Barr of SouthWest Exteriors in San Antonio. The topic is "Ownership and Stewardship.” We're pleased to have Scott Barr, Steward of Southwest Exteriors, founder of OFB, and leader with Unicity. Southwest Exteriors is a specialty contracting company that installs Hardiplank Replacement Siding and R…
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“A Worldview Filled with Hope: a Conversation between Glenn Barth and Scott Myers.” This is a Feature Presentation in this series in which the Chairman of GoodCities, Scott Myers, and Glenn Barth, the President, discuss the reason we do the Businesses Doing Good Conference calls.By glenn@goodcities.net (Glenn Barth)
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Our guest on the October 18th Conference Call is Wendy Clark. The topic is "Revitalizing Durham." We're pleased to have Wendy Clark with us as our guest for this edition of Businesses Doing Good. Wendy Clark is a dedicated entrepreneur who started her first business at the age of 20 with less than $100. Almost twenty-five years later, that business…
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Our guest on the September 20th Conference Call is Dr. Amy Sherman. The topic is "Business as an Agent of Community Benefit." We're pleased to have Dr. Amy Sherman with us as our guest for this edition of Businesses Doing Good. In this conference call, Amy will tell stories of businesses that are improving the quality of life for people where they …
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In this episode, Reggie McNeal discusses “Raising Your Collaborative IQ”. Any city movement that achieves significant results requires collaboration among a variety of players. However, collaboration does not come naturally; it has to be practiced. Reggie describes the key elements that leaders should know about collaborative cultures - how they wo…
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Our guest on the August 16th Conference Call is Louis King. The topic is "Jobs that Transform Lives" Some nonprofits today are serving a critical role as they serve as conduits for people from poor communities to enter the workforce. Summit Academy OIC is just that kind of place. Louis J. King II is a visionary leader who serves as President and CE…
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Alan McMillan was in the right place at the right time, Silicon Valley in years of dramatic transformation into the information age. He rode the crest of of the wave in sales and management and lived through the adreniline laced experiences of fianancial successes, job loss, getting re-hired, and then turned his life from success to significance wh…
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Our guest this month is Reggie McNeal of GoodCities on the topic: "Flourishing Cities". Dr. Reggie McNeal enjoys helping people, leaders, and Christian organizations determine and experience epic wins with Kingdom impact. Prior to GoodCities, he served for ten years as the Missional Leadership Specialist for Leadership Network of Dallas, TX. Upon l…
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In this episode, Glenn Barth interviews Reggie McNeal, City Coach of GoodCities. The interview addresses the question of how the Church measures success. To shift to a Kingdom Agenda, Reggie advocates that churches shift the Story, the Scorecard, and Stewardship of the mission.By glenn@goodcities.net (Glenn Barth)
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Our guest on the May 17 Conference Call is Matt Whiat of the Barry-Wehmiller Leadership Institute. The topic is "Truly Human Leadership" Matt Whiat wakes up each day to put people in the driver’s seat so that passion and opportunity meet. As a co-founder of the Barry-Wehmiller Leadership Institute, Matt draws on over 20 years of leadership experien…
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In this episode, Glenn Barth interviews Reggie McNeal, City Coach for GoodCities. Reggie discusses the four information revolutions. The Fourth Information Revolution brings with it mass customization and radical decentralization. He then lists the challenges and opportunities for the church that come with this time of massive change.…
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Our guest on the April 19 Conference Call is Bill Barberg of Insight Formation. The topic is "The Power of Collective Impact." Bill Barberg is the President and Founder of Insight Formation, a strategy mapping and software company that works with leaders in the Public Sector to develop and successfully execute strategies so that complex, immense, a…
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In this episode, Reggie McNeal interviews Glenn Barth, President of GoodCities. Glenn describes three missional epochs of the church through history as the point of encounter between the church and the world has changed. In our time, serving others together in cities where we live and work advances the Kingdom incarnationally.…
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Our guest on the March 15 Conference Call is Mike Simon of Simon Solutions. The topic is "Technology that Serves those Who Serve." Mike Simon is the President of Simon Solutions Inc. (SSI), an industry leader in care networking technology and community impact. SSI helps communities advance a more networked, collaborative, and comprehensive approach…
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In this episode, Author Reggie McNeal explores what it meant when Jesus established the Church in commissioning his Disciples. What we think of as the Church is very different from what Jesus had in mind when he demonstrated the Kingdom of God to his disciples and asked them to do the same for others. The early Church got it, where often the modern…
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Our guest is Ron Hogue of Galt Strategies in Dallas, TX. The topic is "A Beyond Profit Culture." Ron Hogue lives and works in Dallas as a consultant for the business marketing and turnaround company, Galt Strategies. His work helps companies establish a “beyond profit” culture. Prior to his current work, Ron has served as a pastor for churches in C…
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Glenn Barth interviews Reggie McNeal regarding "The Importance of Kingdom-centric Thinking in City Movements" The Kingdom of God is not there to serve the Church, but the Body of Christ exists to serve the Kingdom of God. As Christians, we tend to spend so much time focused on the Church and it’s issues that we neglect much of the work God is doing…
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Our guests are Paul Turek and Brett Struwe of Caribou Coffee. The topic is "Caribou Coffee's 100% Rainforest Alliance Certification" In 2011 Caribou Coffee became the first major coffeehouse retailer in the US committed to sourcing 100% of their coffees from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms. The Rainforest Alliance Certified seal is a symbol of…
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Our guest is Pablo Guevara of Epoch Pi in Cleveland, OH. The interview topic is "Purposeful Investing." EPOCH Pi was created in 2015 with the intent of creating a better world through business. EPOCH Pi is focused on helping purposeful companies thrive and flourish. Whether they think of themselves as impact, conscious capitalists, benefit corporat…
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Our guest is Jonathan Halperin of Greyston Bakery. The interview topic is "Open Hiring at Greyston Bakery and Beyond". Greyston Bakery has been working at the intersection of social inclusion and business innovation for 35 years. Open Hiring is its proven and transformative business practice now being adopted by small as well as multinational compa…
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Our guest is Chuck Proudfit, President of SkillSource and Executive Director of At Work on Purpose®. Chuck also serves as an Executive Board Member for Self Sustaining Enterprises. This innovative organization creates self-sustaining initiatives, including entrepreneurial ventures, that generate a sustainable flow of funds for ministry around the w…
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Our guest is Scott Myers, CEO and Chairman of Good Place Holdings. Scott has worked since 1982 at the family business, founded in 1965, in roles from entry level lab technician to CEO and Board Chair. He led the formation of Good Place Holdings, a C Corporation with no owners, as a succession strategy to maintain the company’s biblically-derived le…
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