Seize the Good

Check out this week’s episode for an interview with Will Butler, VP, Community at Be My Eyes App. Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. We talk about how the app works, why it started, and the impact it has. Check it out!  Edited by Nightcall Sound - https://www.nightcallsound.com Check out Be My Eyes on social media:  https://www.bemyeyes.com https://www.facebook.com/bemyeyesapp https://twitter.com/BeMyEyes https://www.instagram.com/bemyeyesapp/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/be-my-eyes/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-you-watch-movies-if-you-cant-see/id1470367534?i=1000442920237 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/be-my-eyes-helping-the-blind/id905177575

Check out this week’s episode for an interview with Shayna Fowler (@shayna_fowler), Founder & Executive Director of Khana Panties. Khana is on a mission to ensure every girl has the panties she needs to manage menstruation and stay in school—starting with Uganda. While pads have become more accessible in the developing world, panties have not. Without panties to hold pads in place, over 8 million girls in Sub-Saharan Africa miss up to one week of school every month. Many girls drop out entirely once they start their period. Edited by Nightcall Sound - https://www.nightcallsound.com Check out Khana Panties on social media: https://khanapanties.com https://twitter.com/KhanaPanties https://www.instagram.com/khanapanties/ https://www.facebook.com/khanaunderwear/

This week we’re interviewing Frank Agin, who founded and facilitates the Charitable Roundtable - a monthly networking event for nonprofits and people who want to help nonprofits in Columbus, Ohio We chat about how charities can help each other, creating resources for nonprofits, and using networking for good. Edited by Nightcall Sound - https://www.nightcallsound.com Social Media Links: Charitable Roundtable: http://www.charitableroundtable.com Networking Rx: https://www.amspirit.com/blog/category/podcast Frank & LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankagin/

Check out this week’s episode for an interview with Madison Mikhail Bush, Founder & CEO of POINT. POINT’s mission is to eliminate the barriers to doing good by connecting volunteers and charities through technology. POINT provides a free mobile volunteer app that makes getting involved in your community just as easy as booking an Airbnb. Edited by Nightcall Sound - https://www.nightcallsound.com Check out POINT on social media: https://pointapp.org https://twitter.com/pointapp https://www.facebook.com/pointapp.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/pointapp/ https://www.instagram.com/pointapp/

Check out this week’s episode for an interview with Jamie Foltz, Founder of Do Gooder Columbus. Do Gooder is a print, social, and digital digest to inspire, motivate, and recognize good in our community. https://dogoodercolumbus.com Edited by Nightcall Sound - nightcallsound.com Check out Do Gooder on social media: https://www.facebook.com/dogoodercolumbus/ https://twitter.com/ColumbusGooder https://www.instagram.com/dogoodercolumbus/ Check out these Do Gooder stories: www.Dogoodercolumbus.com/a-fabulous-friendship www.Dogoodercolumbus.com/twelve-everyday-moms-doing-extraordinary-good www.Dogoodercolumbus.com/in-paiges-name

This week we chat with David Musgrave, the host of The People vs. Happiness podcast. He’s awesome, and we talk about what happiness is and how he’s been exploring it over the past few months. Edited by Nightcall Sound (nightcallsound.com) Find David & The People vs. Happiness on social media! https://www.facebook.com/thepeoplevshappiness/ https://www.instagram.com/thepeoplevshappiness/ https://twitter.com/TPvHpodcast ThePeopleVsHappiness@gmail.com Frederick Buechner Quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/159184-i-have-come-to-believe-that-by-and-large-the

This week we chat with Okan McAllister – an amazing businessman with a heart for social change. He tells about Prime Movers, which is two-year program for young people that teaches how to make change. We chat about social entrepreneurship, how you don’t always have to choose between making money and doing good, and systems thinking. It’s honestly fascinating. Edited by Nightcall Sound. https://www.nightcallsound.com Find Okan & Prime Movers on the internet! https://www.theprimemovers.org https://www.facebook.com/primemoversORG https://www.instagram.com/primemoversorg/ https://www.instagram.com/okanmcallister/ https://twitter.com/okanmcallister Shoot STG Podcast an email at stephanie@seizethegood.org and find us on IG @seizethegoodpodcast

This week we’re chatting with Candice Lawton of TerraCycle. Candice tells us about the amazing work TerraCycle does to eliminate the idea of waste and recycle things you wouldn’t think are recyclable. She’s amazing and I can’t wait for you guys to hear her thoughts. Edited by Nightcall Sound. https://www.nightcallsound.com Find TerraCycle on social media: https://www.facebook.com/TerraCycle/ https://www.instagram.com/terracycle/ https://twitter.com/TerraCycle Check out these videos to learn more: Now This: TerraCycle Aims to Make Our Waste Stream Completely Recyclable Dubai Future Talks with Tom Szaky Beyond Recycling: Loop How the World's Biggest Brands Plan to End Garbage

This week we chat with Ashley Post, Communications Manager at Charity Navigator – which is a great tool for people who like to support charities financially. We chat about how charities get rated, which includes a lot of financial records, and why its so important. Edited by Nightcall Sound. https://www.nightcallsound.com Check out https://www.charitynavigator.org and https://www.seizethegood.org. Find Charity Navigator on social media: https://www.facebook.com/charitynavigator/ https://www.instagram.com/charitynav/ https://twitter.com/CharityNav

This week we chat with the American Red Cross about why blood donation is so important – and where your blood goes! We also hear about how Red Cross volunteers help with natural disasters, house fires, etc. Thanks to Rodney Wilson of the Central Ohio/Indiana office for sharing these stories! Edited by Nightcall Sound. https://www.nightcallsound.com Check out https://www.redcross.org for opportunities to volunteer and find blood drives. Head to Instagram and Twitter to find @americanredcross and @seizethegoodpodcast.

This week we’re chatting with Hannah Davis, Founder & CEO of BANGS Shoes. BANGS Shoes is a social enterprise that creates sustainable shoes AND helps entrepreneurs in developing countries. Hannah’s story about creating BANGS Shoes is pretty amazing. Edited by Nightcall Sound. https://www.nightcallsound.com - Follow Hannah! @hannahcdavis - Follow BANGS! @bangsshoes - Learn more about being an ambassador: www.BANGSshoes.com/BA - Watch this super cool video: www.bangsshoes.com/liveBANGS - Learn more about KIVA: https://www.kiva.org - Learn more about microfinance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpSNM625LFU

This week I’m chatting with Nancy Day-Achauer, community advocate and grassroots organizer in Central Ohio. She’s amazing & this is a great story about seeing a problem and actually DOING something about it. We chat about how she and a team of other incredible people work to help with the opioid crisis, senior citizens who are stuck at home, and food insecurity. Find Nancy on social media! Edited by Nightcall Sound https://www.nightcallsound.com . Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.dayachauer Twitter: https://twitter.com/nancydayachauer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-day-achauer-04479714/ 2-minute video on addiction: https://www.addictionpolicy.org/what-is-addiction Jordan’s Crossing: http://jordanscrossingcolumbus.org United West Side Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedWestsideCoalition/ Hilltop Senior Initiative: https://www.hilltopshalomzone.org

This week I sat down with three Ohio State Representatives, Allison Russo, Kristin Boggs, and Mary Lightbody. We chat about being a woman in politics and how they formed a coalition called “Ohio Women Lead” to amplify other women’s voices. Find them on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/OhioWomenLead/ https://www.facebook.com/Boggs4Ohio/ https://www.facebook.com/Russo4Ohio/ https://www.facebook.com/marylightbodyOH19/

This week I met with Jenna Homan - President of the Fairy Goodmothers. This organization hosts pop-up shops to give away free prom dresses to absolutely any young girl in high school - no strings attached. It's really an amazing story of how something seemingly so simple can make a huge difference - empowering choices & raising self-esteem. Check out https://www.fairygoodmothers.org. Edited by NightCall Sound https://www.nightcallsound.com

This week I chat with Jen Golbeck, more commonly known as Golden Ratio Mom of Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram. We chat about the joy she brings people, how it affects her life, and why she started the account. Edited by NightCall Sound https://www.nightcallsound.com