Today on the podcast we have Jeanne Martinet, author of The Art of Mingling. In every facet of society these day, there are times when we must be able to mingle or make small talk. It can often times be a painful experience, but it doesn’t have to be. So how do you work a…
As the second part of our interviews with the NACAS keynote speakers, we’re speaking with Alison Levine today. Alison can be described as adventurer, explorer, professor, and author of The Edge: The Art of High Impact Leadership, a New York Times best seller. Alison holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in Communications, and a…
These next two weeks, we’re excited to bring you interviews with the two upcoming keynote speakers at this year’s NACAS annual conference, held at the beginning of November NACAS, or the National Association of College Auxiliary Services, is an organization providing the higher education community extensive opportunities for members to share ideas, develop business solutions,…
Joining us on the podcast today is Dr. Roger H. Martin, author of the recently published book entitled, Off to College: A Guide for Parents, published by The University of Chicago Press. With Off to College, Dr. Martin helps parents understand the important period of the first year of college by providing the perfect tour of…
Capstone’s Aida McGowan joined this episode to talk about the millennial generation. Aida has worked for Capstone at Coppin State University since 2011. Working on a university campus allows her to interact with this generation on a day-to-day basis. Having entered college as an older adult and first generation college student, she was exposed to…
On this episode, we interviewed Jim Lee, Senior Advisor, Knowledge Management, with APQC, the American Productivity and Quality Center. APQC is a member-based, non-profit organization, focused on benchmarking, best practices and knowledge management research. Their mission is to help organizations around the world improve productivity and quality in a variety of ways. Jim has over…
2014 was such a fun year on the podcast that we decided to put together a “best of” episode to recap everything. Going through everything was a fairly large task, but we came up with a few of the clips that we thought you would enjoy hearing again. Unfortunately, with so many episodes, some really great stuff…
Joining the Conversation today is Ron Campbell, the Executive Director of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services, or NACAS. This is Ron’s second time joining us on the podcast after we originally interviewed him in 2012. Today Ron joined us, not only to catch up on what is going on with NACAS, but to share…
Today we’re doing something a little different… Instead of an individual interview, we have a panel of senior leaders from Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The individuals participating are: Bob Harrison, President Kelly Hahn, CFO Dr. Clinton Gabbert, VP of Student Services Anne Erdman, VP for Administration This team has been working together on…
We’re on the road at the 2014 NACAS Annual Conference. On Monday of the conference, we spoke to Steven Lacker (Sasaki), Tom Petrinni (EVIVE), Greg Powell (Denny’s Corporation), and Kristan Wun (Caldwell and Gregory), about what they’re up to and what the world of higher education is facing now.
This week we’re on the road again, so you’ll be getting a handful of podcasts from the 2014 NACAS Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada. Ranging from housing and dining, to bookstores and campus card systems, NACAS is the largest auxiliary services support organization serving higher education. People representing institutions and auxiliary service companies will be with…
In the student affairs world, dealing with parents is something we do almost as much as dealing with the students. In this episode, we spoke with the interim Vice President for Student Affairs at Auburn University, Lady Cox about dealing with parents. She told us some funny stories about some experiences she’s had and gave some great…
