Pivot Point mneel
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A podcast about organizational leaders engaged in graduate research-practice partnerships; their stories of the projects they designed, carried out, and the pivot points along the way that made all the difference
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Listening & Learning: A Conversation with Dr. Casey Cover
Casey partnered with a rural racial justice advocacy organization that aimed to build inroads with their local business community. The first step was clarifying business leaders' perceptions related to race, racism, equity, and inclusion. Casey got to work!
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Navigating Tensions: A Conversation with Dr. Michelle Nicome
Dr. Michelle Nicome drew on decades of experience in philanthropy to support a University that faced multiple and overlapping financial challenges. In this episode, we will hear how she responded to these challenges and navigated her own challenge of moving between the roles of consultant and researcher.
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Amplifying the Voices that Matter: A Conversation with Dr. Lakita Little-McKinney
When Dr. Lakita Little-McKinney began working with All-In-Milwaukee–a coalition of education partners helping limited-income, high-potential students graduate college–they wanted to better understand barriers to completion. Lakita found a way to center student voices in her investigation and empower All-In Milwaukee to expect more from its university partners.
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Looking to the Past to Reconstruct the Future: A Conversation with Dr. LeonardL
In this third episode, Dr. Leonard L. Richards Jr. encounters long-standing racial underrepresentation among faculty at a predominately white college of education. Even before critical race theory was in the news, Leonard was using it to bring together the past and present to chart a more responsible future for a college he loved.
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Looking for justice: A Conversation with Dr. Riley Post
In this week’s episode of Pivot Point, Riley Post helps West Point improve its peer evaluation process for cadets. You'll hear how Dr. Post identified inherent shortcomings in the process that existed, and how he supported the redesign of a more just and productive approach to peer evaluation for cadets at the United States’ most prestigious military academy.
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Getting to Yes: A Conversation with Dr. Alex Yu
Alex Yu says that when he launched his project he only had and a general sense that he wanted to help a non-profit organization improve. By the end of a process filled with all kinds of twists and turns, Alex was helping Colorado’s biggest LBGTQ+ advocacy organization remake the way they approached fundraising.
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The power of the pivot!
Michael does a fantastic job of exploring the chaos behind the pivot and the order that comes from the choice to lean into the pivot!