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Common Good Vermont: Leadership Vermont - Educational Leadership Challenges 02/18/2014

Leadership is all around us. Host Mark Furnari meets with Winton Goodrich, Leadership Development Consultant, to find out how he motivates others to lead and ways to expand leadership opportunities throughout Vermont.

Local Media Show: I Left My Sole in Vermont 01/30/2014

Nicole Grubman, author of 'I Left My Sole in Vermont: A walker's Journey and Guide Through Central Vermont Back Roads', shares the adventure and significance of moving, and being who we are, when we just walk.  more info: http://www.ileftmysoleinvermont.com/

Local Media Show: Salmagundi: A Stage Where Change Takes Place 12/03/2013

Nick Carter speaks with Jen Berger, producer of the Salmagundi Project, a series of variety shows that aim to bridge the gap between socially minded artists and creative activists.

Common Good Vermont: Legislative Preview: Tax and Nonprofit Issues 11/11/2013

Featuring Rep. Janet Ancel/ Calais/ Chair House Ways & Means, and Senator Tim Ashe/Chittenden/ Chair, Finance to discuss upcoming tax issues that pertain to nonprofits and other issues that will be of interest to the sector in the next half of the session.  The program will air live on www.channel17.tv and calls will be taken on the air at 802.862.3966
 

Common Good Vermont: Government Accountability Committee, Part 2 of 2 10/29/2013

This House Committee made up of Rep. O'Brien, Co-Chair along with Sen. Snelling, and Rep Evans, Sen French, Sen. Pollina, Rep. Sharpe, Sen. Starr and Rep. Toleno, discuss RBA (Results Based Accountability) in Vermont's legislature as a way to measure outcomes and impacts of legislation.  Agency of Transportation RBA Progreass: Susan Minter, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Transportation, Richard Tetreault, Division Director, Agency of Transportation. Updates from Agency of Natural Resources by Justin Johnson, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources. Report Recommendations by BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative.

Watch part one here.

Common Good Vermont: Government Accountability Committee, Part 1 of 2 10/29/2013

This House Committee made up of Rep. O'Brien, Co-Chair along with Sen. Snelling, and Rep Evans, Sen French, Sen. Pollina, Rep. Sharpe, Sen. Starr and Rep. Toleno, discuss RBA (Results Based Accountability) in Vermont's legislature as a way to measure outcomes and impacts of legislation. Discussion of CT's progress with RBA: Diana Urban, Representative, Connecticut Legislature, Anne McIntyre-Lahner, Program Director, Department of Children & Families.

Watch part two here.

Common Good Vermont: Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food 10/24/2013

Kathleen Merrigan, Former Deputy Secretary of the USDA, will focus on local food and food insecurity during her visit to Vermont hosted by the Vermont Community Foundation.

Named by Time magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2010, Merrigan has been a consistent champion for families, farmers, and the environment throughout her career, launching the USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food,” overseeing the development of the USDA Organic standards in an earlier role at the USDA, and working for Senator Leahy as senior staff to the Senate Agriculture committee.

Merrigan will offer her perspective on where Vermont fits in the national picture on these issues, which are central to the Community Foundation’s Food and Farm Initiative.

Common Good Vermont: Benchmarks for a Better Vermont Showcase and Graduation 10/16/2013

Benchmarks for a Better Vermont celebrates the completion of its first Performance Institute with 18 Vermont nonprofit organizations who learned and applied the Results-Based Accountability framework within their organizations. In this video, seven Performance Institute organizations present how RBA has changed their culture and their outcomes.

Common Good Vermont: Cecile Green - Horizontal Leadership 10/08/2013

Common Good Vermont presents Cecile Green of RoundSky Solutions as she discusses "Horizontal Leadership", a paradigm that harnesses everyone as a leader. We'll discuss different ways to look at "power" and how it is used in organizations.

Local Media Show: Charlotte Paper 10/01/2013

The Charlotte News celebrates 55 years with a community fundraising campaign. Guests Brett Sigurdson, Editor-in-Chief and Meg Smith Co-chair of the Charlotte News Board of Directors will discuss the history and future of the paper.You'll find some info on the paper and Thrive @55 campaign here: http://www.thecharlottenews.org/support-the-news.html.

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